Mid-Morning Art Thread

Woman Awakening
Eva Gonzales

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 A R T

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2024 09:30 AM (ENQN6)

2 Rise and shine sweetheart

Posted by: Skip at February 28, 2024 09:31 AM (RyHSl)

3 hiya

Posted by: JT at February 28, 2024 09:31 AM (T4tVD)

4 I don't see the $20 on the nightstand...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 28, 2024 09:31 AM (7fElN)

5 Portrait of Elizabeth Taylor?

Posted by: dantesed at February 28, 2024 09:31 AM (88xKn)

6 She's cute. I like it.

This week's theme seems to be "Women in Bed."

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 09:31 AM (9yWhg)

7 He said he'd call. He didn't call.

Posted by: Woman at February 28, 2024 09:32 AM (NBVIP)

8 Title: Girl Awakening
Creator: Eva Gonzalès
Date Created: c. 1877/78
Physical Dimensions: 81.1 x 100.1 cm
Type: painting
Museum: Kunsthalle Bremen - Der Kunstverein in Bremen

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2024 09:32 AM (ENQN6)

9 Mascara is smeared on her right eye.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at February 28, 2024 09:32 AM (SfhV1)

10 Very pretty

Posted by: Tuna at February 28, 2024 09:32 AM (oaGWv)

11 I know that look. She's watching you pull up your jeans.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 28, 2024 09:32 AM (aD39U)

12 This doesn't look like a woman's awakening to me! She's not out at a club getting trashed on expensive booze and club drugs before finishing out the night with a random hook-up! This is no "awakening" that I recognize!

Posted by: Hollywood Executive at February 28, 2024 09:32 AM (HnUIn)

13 I'm liking these themes!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at February 28, 2024 09:32 AM (hOUT3)

14 I wonder if he is thinking about Roman Culture again?

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2024 09:32 AM (ENQN6)

15 Get into that kitchen and rattle them pots and pans ♫

Kidding, I like this one, would hang
she seems nice, and smart

Posted by: Don Black at February 28, 2024 09:32 AM (geLO8)

16 Well isn't that pretty!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 28, 2024 09:32 AM (6IDWi)

17 I can't quite tell if this is an idyllic scene or not.

At first glance, it looks like it - but then her face does not seem to reflect idyll.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 09:33 AM (HnUIn)

18 Wait a minute ........... is she a big, ol' fat person?

Posted by: Buffalo Bill at February 28, 2024 09:33 AM (R4t5M)

19 Good day, Sunshine!

Posted by: Beatles at February 28, 2024 09:33 AM (6IDWi)

20 I've seen worse...lots worse.

Posted by: BignJames at February 28, 2024 09:33 AM (AwYPR)

21 In 1879, she married the painter and engraver Henri-Charles Guérard, who was also a friend of Manet’s. Four years later, she died shortly after giving birth to her son.

sad

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2024 09:34 AM (ENQN6)

22 Wait a minute ........... is she a big, ol' fat person?
Posted by: Buffalo Bill at February 28, 2024 09:33 AM (R4t5M)

Roomy.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 28, 2024 09:34 AM (aD39U)

23 The chicka, she awaits the arrival of Paolo.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 28, 2024 09:34 AM (jvlno)

24 Wait a minute ........... is she a big, ol' fat person?
Posted by: Buffalo Bill at February 28, 2024 09:33 AM (R4t5M)
++++
I think "voluptuous" is probably closer.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 09:34 AM (HnUIn)

25 *but then her face does not seem to reflect idyll.*

She's pining for the F150s.

Posted by: Ford Motor Company at February 28, 2024 09:34 AM (NBVIP)

26 Heh, what will be the Paolo count this thread?

Posted by: davidt at February 28, 2024 09:34 AM (SYTee)

27 Wait a minute ........... is she a big, ol' fat person?
Posted by: Buffalo Bill

Are we going to have a repeat of yesterday's "voluptuous/zaftig" discussion?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 09:35 AM (9yWhg)

28 Her husband later married her sister Jeanne, who had often sat as a model for Eva Gonzalès, as is the case with this Bremen painting.

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2024 09:35 AM (ENQN6)

29 She doesn't look pissed off. Why doesn't she look pissed off?

Posted by: Muad'dib at February 28, 2024 09:35 AM (sjdRT)

30 Is he gone yet?

Posted by: Montec at February 28, 2024 09:35 AM (bWsRe)

31 I think "voluptuous" is probably closer.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 09:34
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Beat me to it.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 28, 2024 09:35 AM (ViCCR)

32 Don't make me come down there.

Posted by: Peter Paul Rubens at February 28, 2024 09:35 AM (PiwSw)

33 I hate this painting.

Posted by: Bill Cosby at February 28, 2024 09:35 AM (0FoWg)

34 Nice picture for the boudoir.

Posted by: jewells45fuckcancer at February 28, 2024 09:35 AM (iF0sF)

35 Otter, six-o'clock low!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 28, 2024 09:36 AM (T+Iwg)

36 "Was she a large girl? Big through the hips? Roomy?"

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2024 09:36 AM (ENQN6)

37 She doesn't look pissed off. Why doesn't she look pissed off?
Posted by: Muad'dib

The Paolo always leaves 'em satisfied.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 09:36 AM (9yWhg)

38 Why is the book sticking up like that?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at February 28, 2024 09:36 AM (SfhV1)

39 She's going to be late for work.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 28, 2024 09:37 AM (NpAcC)

40 This is a really nice one. I sure miss the days of just lazily waking up instead of bolting out of bed to do all the things.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at February 28, 2024 09:37 AM (igi3K)

41 My wife, around 10:15am.... thinking about getting out of bed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 28, 2024 09:37 AM (Q4IgG)

42 More cushion for the pushin'.

Not that that's a bad thing.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 28, 2024 09:37 AM (W5ArC)

43 She's about to go downstairs and heat up some Hot Pockets for breakfast.

Posted by: XTC at February 28, 2024 09:37 AM (sm6Pk)

44 29 She doesn't look pissed off. Why doesn't she look pissed off?
Posted by: Muad'dib

It was $20 in gold, not paper like in town!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at February 28, 2024 09:38 AM (hOUT3)

45 39 She's going to be late for work.

Sunday: that's her fun day.

Posted by: The Bangles at February 28, 2024 09:38 AM (NBVIP)

46 Where is TJM to give us his #/10 rating???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 28, 2024 09:38 AM (llON8)

47 She's about to go downstairs and heat up some Hot Pockets for breakfast.

Posted by: XTC at February 28, 2024 09:37 AM (sm6Pk)

Anyone eat "kippers" for breakfast?

Posted by: BignJames at February 28, 2024 09:38 AM (AwYPR)

48 I like this. It looks more like an 'illustration' than a 'painting,' but it's nice.

Would hang.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 28, 2024 09:38 AM (Q0kLU)

49 You guys are mean. This is a nice girl, waking to a new morning, the memory of last night's feverish shagging still fresh, her milky white thighs quivering ever so slightly, her...

BRB

Posted by: Don Black at February 28, 2024 09:39 AM (geLO8)

50 She's no Helga.
--Rothko

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 28, 2024 09:39 AM (zdLoL)

51 Her expression is enigmatic. At first glance, it looks like she's smiling slightly. But on closer examination it's harder to tell.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 09:39 AM (9yWhg)

52 42 More cushion for the pushin'.

Not that that's a bad thing.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 28, 2024 09:37 AM (W5ArC)

Quite.

Posted by: David St. Hubbins at February 28, 2024 09:40 AM (PiwSw)

53 I'm guessing that Baby Got Back And Front, but it's hard to tell with that sharp elbow in the way.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 28, 2024 09:40 AM (W5ArC)

54 She needs me.

Only to make her some coffee but, hey!, it's a start.

Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at February 28, 2024 09:40 AM (1u/pU)

55 Anyone eat "kippers" for breakfast?
Posted by: BignJames

Yes, but it's been a while because it is hard to find a good kipper these days!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at February 28, 2024 09:40 AM (hOUT3)

56 When Manolo is done with her treatment, Paolo will have no standing.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 28, 2024 09:40 AM (jvlno)

57 She appears to be unafraid to eat the sammiches she makes, I approve of this model and the art.

Never trust a skinny cook (sammich maker). Why ain't she well nourished? Does her own cooking not taste good to her?

Posted by: BifBewalski at February 28, 2024 09:40 AM (MsrgL)

58 I'm trying to figure out how many pillows she has.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 28, 2024 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

59 >>> 38 Why is the book sticking up like that?
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at February 28, 2024 09:36 AM (SfhV1)

It looks like the side table has a raised edge.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 28, 2024 09:41 AM (llON8)

60 It looks more like an 'illustration' than a 'painting,' but it's nice.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

I've never gotten the difference between the two. Please to be explaining.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 09:41 AM (9yWhg)

61 Kipper? I just met her!

Posted by: Obligatory at February 28, 2024 09:41 AM (NBVIP)

62 > Yes, but it's been a while because it is hard to find a good kipper these days!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at February 28, 2024 09:40 AM (hOUT3)

Those of us who are fond of kipling know the pain.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 28, 2024 09:41 AM (W5ArC)

63 Anyone eat "kippers" for breakfast?
Posted by: BignJames

You naughty boy, I've never kippered.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 09:42 AM (9yWhg)

64 > 58 I'm trying to figure out how many pillows she has.
Posted by: redridinghood at February 28, 2024 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

Three, at least. Maybe 4 if she has a rounded tummy.

Oh, you mean on the bed.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 28, 2024 09:42 AM (W5ArC)

65 Why is the book sticking up like that?
Posted by: grammie winger

What book? I don't see it.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 09:43 AM (9yWhg)

66
Likes games, she does
AWWWW! Eh? AWWWW!
(nudge nudge wink wink)

Posted by: Don Black at February 28, 2024 09:43 AM (geLO8)

67 Is she wearing lipstick in bed?

Posted by: Sam Brinton at February 28, 2024 09:43 AM (NBVIP)

68 It looks like the side table has a raised edge.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Looks like a fret work edge on that table

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at February 28, 2024 09:44 AM (hOUT3)

69 I'm trying to figure out how many pillows she has.
Posted by: redridinghood

Neither too many nor too few. The exactly right amount.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at February 28, 2024 09:44 AM (igi3K)

70 Never mind, Grammie. I see the book now.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 09:45 AM (9yWhg)

71 The purple flowers balance it.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 28, 2024 09:45 AM (6IDWi)

72 I dreamed...
...is a Corndog a sandwich?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at February 28, 2024 09:45 AM (kt+Zf)

73 Very nice painting. I like the woman's expression, the flowers by the bed and the shadows on the bed which picks up the lavender color. Also, it's nice to see a woman artist whom I didn't know of. Thanks, CBD.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 28, 2024 09:46 AM (Ki//m)

74 "The Kreutzer Sonata" is a print by R-X Prinet after Tolstoy, used for a long generation as the label for Tabu perfumes.

This one may have a future on the Lume package.
You have been warned.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 28, 2024 09:47 AM (zdLoL)

75 It looks like the side table has a raised edge.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 28, 2024 09:41 AM (llON

++++
It does, but it also isn't solid and so can't contain a spill.

I don't see the point.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 09:47 AM (HnUIn)

76 72 I dreamed...
...is a Corndog a sandwich?
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at February 28, 2024 09:45 AM (kt+Zf)

Dude, this is the painting thread, the dreaming thread is down the hall in room 100!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at February 28, 2024 09:47 AM (hOUT3)

77 Dude, this is the painting thread, the dreaming thread is down the hall in room 100!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at February 28, 2024 09:47 AM (hOUT3)
++++
Much better than the nightmares in room 101.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 09:48 AM (HnUIn)

78 Good Morning, Fen. Hope all is well with you today.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 09:48 AM (9yWhg)

79 I dreamed...
...is a Corndog a sandwich?
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism

Nay, a savory push-up pop.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at February 28, 2024 09:48 AM (igi3K)

80 Very pleasant painting. Slanty tilty composition is surprising when noticed.

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Refreshment at February 28, 2024 09:48 AM (MvF+J)

81 > 67 Is she wearing lipstick in bed?
Posted by: Sam Brinton at February 28, 2024 09:43 AM (NBVIP)

Why? Are you thinking about stealing it? I don't think it would work well on you. She's a "winter" and you're an "autumn".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 28, 2024 09:49 AM (W5ArC)

82 We can't see it from this angle, but her husband is lying beside her.
She's about to look over at him and think to herself "I bet he's thinking about other women."

Posted by: Know your meme at February 28, 2024 09:49 AM (NBVIP)

83 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: vic at February 28, 2024 09:49 AM (A5THL)

84 Much better than the nightmares in room 101.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 09:48 AM (HnUIn)

AJLT 1984

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2024 09:49 AM (ENQN6)

85
Your wife-
does she like... photography? 📷
Eh? Bet she does, I bet she does
Eh?
He asked knowingly

Posted by: Don Black at February 28, 2024 09:49 AM (geLO8)

86 Quietest part of the day ....

Posted by: Qmark at February 28, 2024 09:49 AM (Hi9Pi)

87 60 It looks more like an 'illustration' than a 'painting,' but it's nice.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

I've never gotten the difference between the two. Please to be explaining.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 09:41 AM (9yWhg)

Dittoes. N.C. Wyeth, who I really like, is regularly dismissed as a mere illustrator.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 28, 2024 09:50 AM (T+Iwg)

88 Those are some think forearms. I think she's ready for the bigtime!

Posted by: WWE Women's World Title Tournament at February 28, 2024 09:50 AM (89Sog)

89 She can't have *just* woken up. If she had, she'd be checking her phone for social media updates and DMs, squinting into a screen that burns into her sleepy eyes like a torch.

I think she's probably been up for 5-10 minutes and has finished the first round, finally earning a moment to luxuriate in the morning for a brief time.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 09:51 AM (HnUIn)

90 "She's about to go downstairs and heat up some Hot Pockets for breakfast."

She likes the sausage for breakfast. She's had the breakfast already.

Posted by: The Paolo at February 28, 2024 09:51 AM (SYTee)

91 She's thinking about making her husband a big plate of sausage, bacon, pancakes, eggs, and home fries to reward him, and herself, for their exertions of the previous night.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 28, 2024 09:51 AM (W5ArC)

92 I left your money on the dresser...see you next week.

Would Hang.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 28, 2024 09:51 AM (2ijlT)

93 The lighting, the composition, the pose, the sweet smile... well captured. Thanks for this one. Very nice.

Posted by: red speck at February 28, 2024 09:51 AM (0Id0S)

94 She's thinking about making her husband a big plate of sausage, bacon, pancakes, eggs, and home fries to reward him, and herself, for their exertions of the previous night.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 28, 2024 09:51 AM (W5ArC)
++++
That man is living the dream.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 09:51 AM (HnUIn)

95 She looks very huggable and snuggleable. Soft and curvy.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 09:51 AM (9yWhg)

96 I've never gotten the difference between the two. Please to be explaining.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 09:41 AM (9yWhg)

I think paintings are supposed to be a little blurry.

Posted by: BignJames at February 28, 2024 09:52 AM (AwYPR)

97 We could use someone with thick forearms.

Posted by: The Roller Derby League at February 28, 2024 09:52 AM (NBVIP)

98 I've never gotten the difference between the two. Please to be explaining.

I don't really know, myself. It's just one of those things that you instinctively feel. Perhaps CBD or Kris can explain.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 28, 2024 09:53 AM (Q0kLU)

99 This makes me horney.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 28, 2024 09:53 AM (hWxEy)

100 Ceilin' fan stirs the air
Cigar smoke did swirl,
A fragrance on the pillow case
And he thinks about the girl.
Spillin' wine wine and sharin' good times
She sure could make him smile.
He pays her well but what the hell
He'll be movin' in a little while,

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2024 09:54 AM (ENQN6)

101 Anyone eat "kippers" for breakfast?

"Smoke me a kipper, skipper; I'll be back for breakfast."

Posted by: "Ace" Rimmer at February 28, 2024 09:54 AM (sNc8Y)

102 Brandi, you're a fine girl.....

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 28, 2024 09:54 AM (a1415)

103 She's probably curious about the status of JT's birdbath.

Posted by: Just Wondering at February 28, 2024 09:54 AM (NBVIP)

104 We could use someone with thick forearms.

Posted by: The Roller Derby League at February 28, 2024 09:52 AM (NBVIP)

Gimme' a call.

Popeye

Posted by: BignJames at February 28, 2024 09:54 AM (AwYPR)

105 Do you know what my azz hole and my Ford have in common? They're both leaking tranny fluid

Posted by: Barry Soetoro at February 28, 2024 09:54 AM (X4yCj)

106 I've never gotten the difference between the two. Please to be explaining.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 09:41 AM (9yWhg)

is this the voluptuous vs zaftig question?

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2024 09:55 AM (ENQN6)

107 From Yahoo News, referring to the Athens, GA area, where UGA is located…

—-

In 2018, the local sheriff at the time, Ira Edwards, under pressure from Girtz and others, ended the practice of holding arrested immigrants in jail for 48-hour periods to give federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials an opportunity to pick them up for potential deportation.

The next year, Girtz and the commission passed a resolution denouncing white supremacy and declaring that immigrants lacking permanent legal status should “feel welcome and comfortable” interacting with government.

And in 2020, voters elected a liberal district attorney, Deborah Gonzalez, who pledged to “take into account collateral consequences to undocumented defendants” in making charging decisions.

——

All these people have blood on their hands. As do the voters who made it possible. As does George Soros who funds all of it.

Posted by: Montec at February 28, 2024 09:55 AM (bWsRe)

108 I dreamed...
...is a Corndog a sandwich?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards

More akin to a breaded porkchop. Though I can see a continuum that also includes chicken fried steak and hot pockets.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez Nick Saban for President! at February 28, 2024 09:55 AM (OUMaO)

109 I love seeing painting by artists I've not heard of before. Per Wiki, she was Manet's only formal pupil. She died giving birth. She was only 34 years old.

Posted by: Tuna at February 28, 2024 09:55 AM (oaGWv)

110 She's awakening to 8 minutes of Badalbeyli:
youtube.com/watch?v=xPs8Df9G-Zk

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Refreshment at February 28, 2024 09:55 AM (MvF+J)

111 She looks a bit like Liz Taylor. And the hair, a lot like Julia Louis-Dreyfus when she played Elaine.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 28, 2024 09:55 AM (J2vNu)

112 She's waiting for her husband to bring her some coffee.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 28, 2024 09:56 AM (NpAcC)

113 This painting is a great example of conjuring definition and detail out of nothing but gossamer strokes and the viewers imagination.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 28, 2024 09:56 AM (XV/Pl)

114 I gotta confess, I like Hot Pockets.

Haven't had one in years, though, so maybe their quality has declined like everything else's.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 09:56 AM (9yWhg)

115 When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
Look out your window and I'll be gone
You're the reason I'm a-traveling on
But don't think twice, it's all right

Posted by: Bob Dylan at February 28, 2024 09:57 AM (NBVIP)

116 94 That man is living the dream.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 09:51 AM (HnUIn)

The dream of a triple-bypass?

Posted by: XTC at February 28, 2024 09:57 AM (sm6Pk)

117 All these people have blood on their hands. As do the voters who made it possible. As does George Soros who funds all of it.

They don't care. And they won't care even when it happens to one of their own. Just like the Tibbetts family didn't care. We keep telling ourselves the lie that a liberal is just a conservative who hasn't been mugged yet. But that's not how it works. The sooner we all accept it, the better off we'll be.

Posted by: The Pimp Hand of Reality at February 28, 2024 09:57 AM (XShg/)

118 OT: I got through to the Ssocial Security (SS) Admin and scheduled a call back, as the wait time would be 37 minutes. They called about 40 minutes later . . . but the recording didn't understand I was pressing 1 to talk to an agent! I tried three times and got "I didn't understand your response." They are supposed to try me again about around 10:30 this morning, but I am not sanguine about the outcome.

Leave it to the feds to mess up something that businesses all over America get right.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 28, 2024 09:58 AM (J2vNu)

119 We Got Dibs!

Posted by: The Bay City Bombers at February 28, 2024 09:58 AM (89Sog)

120 104 We could use someone with thick forearms.

Posted by: The Roller Derby League at February 28, 2024 09:52 AM (NBVIP)

Gimme' a call.

Popeye
Posted by: BignJames at February 28, 2024 09:54 AM (AwYPR)

Which reminds me - isn't Steve Garvey running for office in CA?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 28, 2024 09:58 AM (T+Iwg)

121 >This painting is a great example of conjuring definition and detail out of nothing but gossamer strokes and the viewers imagination.

Posted by: Thomas Bender
---

that was beautiful, man

Posted by: Don Black at February 28, 2024 09:58 AM (geLO8)

122 >
More akin to a breaded porkchop. Though I can see a continuum that also includes chicken fried steak and hot pockets.

Sandwiches must have at least two separate pieces of bread. Corndog: not a sandwich. Hot dog: not a sandwich (unless you put two of them between two slices of bread). Tacos, burritos, etc.: not sandwiches.

Beef Wellington: also not a sandwich, but now I can't stop thinking about it. Maybe I'll make one this weekend.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 28, 2024 09:58 AM (W5ArC)

123 Fixing nic cookie. Apparently if you use "double quotes," they get posted correctly but deleted from the saved nic.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 28, 2024 10:00 AM (sNc8Y)

124 47 Anyone eat "kippers" for breakfast?
Posted by: BignJames at February 28, 2024 09:38 AM (AwYPR)

Those kippers should've been eaten by the sixth! It says soo on the packet!

Posted by: Basil F. at February 28, 2024 10:00 AM (DTX3h)

125
I think illustrator's are more exacting in detail, perhaps use some methods to enact accuracy to their work (some might call it cheating) like an opaque projector for sketch work.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 28, 2024 10:00 AM (nIvob)

126 Which reminds me - isn't Steve Garvey running for office in CA?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 28, 2024 09:58 AM (T+Iwg)

Feinstein's senate seat?

Posted by: BignJames at February 28, 2024 10:00 AM (AwYPR)

127 Sandwiches must have at least two separate pieces of bread. Corndog: not a sandwich. Hot dog: not a sandwich (unless you put two of them between two slices of bread). Tacos, burritos, etc.: not sandwiches.

Disagree. The pieces of bread (or tortilla) can be connected. Hot dogs and tacos are both sandwiches.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 10:01 AM (9yWhg)

128 The dream of a triple-bypass?
Posted by: XTC at February 28, 2024 09:57 AM (sm6Pk)
++++
Regular enthusiastic sex with a passionate wife who cooks you a hearty breakfast afterward?

Yeah, I'll roll the dice on the bypass.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 10:02 AM (HnUIn)

129 118 That happens a lot with auto-response systems these days; they often can't understand the DTMF tones they request. Annoying. Back in the bad old days of 56K modems, we had a lot of grief when branch offices switched to VOIP. Sometimes the modems wouldn't work reliably despite all the promises from all parties that they would work fine.

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Refreshment at February 28, 2024 10:02 AM (MvF+J)

130 115 When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
Look out your window and I'll be gone
You're the reason I'm a-traveling on
But don't think twice, it's all right
Posted by: Bob Dylan

HE'S SINGING ABOUT PENIS, ALSO CALLED COCK, WITH A CLEVER REFERENCE TO ROOSTER. AND THE ART IS CALLED WOMAN AWAKENING...BECAUSE SHE WANTS THE D, UNLIKE LITTLE GIRLS. SORRY JOE.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at February 28, 2024 10:02 AM (JCZqz)

131 Disagree. The pieces of bread (or tortilla) can be connected. Hot dogs and tacos are both sandwiches.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

My good man, you know not of what you speak!

Posted by: The Earl of Sandwich at February 28, 2024 10:02 AM (hOUT3)

132 Disagree. The pieces of bread (or tortilla) can be connected. Hot dogs and tacos are both sandwiches.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 10:01 AM (9yWhg)

Muffuletta?

Posted by: BignJames at February 28, 2024 10:03 AM (AwYPR)

133 nuts

Posted by: The Earl of Sandwich at February 28, 2024 10:03 AM (hOUT3)

134 It's the people's seat. DiFi's vintage derriere just sits in it.

Posted by: Ahem at February 28, 2024 10:03 AM (NBVIP)

135 Every state has an Athens. The cancer is everywhere.

Posted by: Montec at February 28, 2024 10:03 AM (bWsRe)

136 Yeah, I'll roll the dice on the bypass.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

How'd your weigh-in go this morning?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 10:03 AM (9yWhg)

137 Sorry Cap'n Ned, I suspect the cabin boys looking at this painting are consoling themselves, IYKWIMAITYD.

Posted by: Muldoon at February 28, 2024 10:03 AM (991eG)

138 OT but has Aaron Bushnell been able to quit smoking yet?

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 28, 2024 10:03 AM (xcrUy)

139 IMO, an illustration is something you might find in a textbook or newspaper article, whereas a painting is done for its own sake, and the edification of others

but I'm just a caveman

Posted by: Don Black at February 28, 2024 10:03 AM (geLO8)

140 In her reveries, she dreams of the day when she'll have enough scratch to buy the other half of the bed.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 28, 2024 10:03 AM (bo7UB)

141 The salmon mousse.

Posted by: Death points at February 28, 2024 10:03 AM (aD39U)

142
Disagree. The pieces of bread (or tortilla) can be connected. Hot dogs and tacos are both sandwiches.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 10:01 AM (9yWhg)

Wut?

Posted by: John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich at February 28, 2024 10:04 AM (T+Iwg)

143 Dead Uks

Zelensky: 31,000
U.S: ~70,000
Russia: 444,000

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2024 10:04 AM (ENQN6)

144 Every state has an Athens. The cancer is everywhere.

Yep. Anywhere you have anything more than a community college - this is what you get.

Posted by: The Pimp Hand of Reality at February 28, 2024 10:04 AM (XShg/)

145 How'd your weigh-in go this morning?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 10:03 AM (9yWhg)
++++
Higher than yesterday morning, lower than yesterday's morning/evening average. Still moving the right direction overall. Slow grind, but makin' progress.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 10:05 AM (HnUIn)

146 I pizza a sammich?

Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2024 10:05 AM (ENQN6)

147 Lovely!

Posted by: m at February 28, 2024 10:05 AM (o3SCB)

148 That happens a lot with auto-response systems these days; they often can't understand the DTMF tones they request. Annoying. Back in the bad old days of 56K modems, we had a lot of grief when branch offices switched to VOIP. Sometimes the modems wouldn't work reliably despite all the promises from all parties that they would work fine.
Posted by: Lithiated gp For Refreshment at February 28, 2024

***
If it doesn't work later today, I'll have to call tomorrow and wait out the time. They themselves admit the first week of a month is a busy time. Friday is 3/1, so maybe 2/29 won't be any worse than today.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 28, 2024 10:05 AM (J2vNu)

149 I pizza a sammich?
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2024 10:05 AM (ENQN6)

If it's a calzone.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 28, 2024 10:05 AM (aD39U)

150 Not something I would hang, being a big hairy male, but it is an effective, pleasant scene painted with an interesting technique. The background and cloth of her gown and pillows are sort of Impressionistic while her face and arms and the nightstand are more natural. Interesting contrast. Her face and posture are soft and languid and very feminine. Also, her features invite speculation by the viewer. I can imagine a young woman enjoying this or an older woman looking back on her youth.

Posted by: JTB at February 28, 2024 10:05 AM (zudum)

151 Nice . Woman zoftig. Would hang

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 28, 2024 10:05 AM (oyVa+)

152 126 Which reminds me - isn't Steve Garvey running for office in CA?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at February 28, 2024 09:58 AM (T+Iwg)

-----------

He's running against the very bug-eyed roundhead Adam Schiff for a Senate seat.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 28, 2024 10:06 AM (bo7UB)

153 What if i use 1 slice of bread,,,half-wich?

Posted by: BignJames at February 28, 2024 10:06 AM (AwYPR)

154 Something is wrong, I don't see any tats, piercings or colored hair. What is wrong with that woman?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at February 28, 2024 10:06 AM (++4z6)

155 @146 how do you do that? Sounds tasty

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 28, 2024 10:07 AM (oyVa+)

156 Yeah, I'll roll the dice on the bypass.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 10:02 AM (HnUIn)

Sometimes the risk is worth the reward!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at ~ at February 28, 2024 10:07 AM (hOUT3)

157 He's running against the very bug-eyed roundhead Adam Schiff for a Senate seat.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at February 28, 2024 10:06 AM (bo7UB)

Also Katie Porker and Barbra Lee?

Posted by: BignJames at February 28, 2024 10:07 AM (AwYPR)

158 Every state has an Athens. The cancer is everywhere.
Posted by: Montec at February 28, 2024

***
We had a similar murder in the suburban town where the airport is located, only about 15 miles from where I live.

On the good side, the escaped murderer who on Sunday pepper-sprayed a deputy and stole her police car, only to abandon it about a half mile from my place, was nabbed yesterday at a motel in the east about 15 miles in the other direction.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 28, 2024 10:08 AM (J2vNu)

159 drat

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at February 28, 2024 10:08 AM (hOUT3)

160 60 >>>It looks more like an 'illustration' than a 'painting,' but it's nice.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

I've never gotten the difference between the two. Please to be explaining.

For me, it's about purpose as well as style. Paintings are generally either sketchy to capture a moment or rendered thoroughly to represent a grand theme. Illustrations are more formulaic or stylized, and their purpose is to emote a particular reaction or grab attention.

That's why guys like Rockwell I consider to be incredibly talented graphic artists, while paintings like that one of the 1913 auto the other day belonged on a poster of magazine cover rather than an art gallery.

Posted by: red speck at February 28, 2024 10:08 AM (0Id0S)

161 148 If it still doesn't work, blame it on Nyquist.

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Refreshment at February 28, 2024 10:09 AM (MvF+J)

162 If it's a calzone.
------------
A calzone probably is a better description of Fani's hot pocket.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 28, 2024 10:09 AM (hWxEy)

163 Higher than yesterday morning, lower than yesterday's morning/evening average. Still moving the right direction overall. Slow grind, but makin' progress.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Good to hear, Joe. Weight loss is a long, depressing slog, but worth it in the end.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 10:09 AM (9yWhg)

164 We had a similar murder in the suburban town where the airport is located, only about 15 miles from where I live.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 28, 2024 10:08 AM (J2vNu)

The Man From The Plane?

Posted by: BignJames at February 28, 2024 10:11 AM (AwYPR)

165 If it's a calzone.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 28, 2024

***
"Costanza! Where's my calzone!!??"

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld Reference at February 28, 2024 10:11 AM (J2vNu)

166 I pizza a sammich?
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2024 10:05 AM (ENQN6)

If you fold it over, yes. That's my view.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 28, 2024 10:11 AM (Q0kLU)

167 Looks like she can't decide if she should get up, or go back to sleep.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 28, 2024 10:11 AM (VwHCD)

168 166 That's technically a 'wrap.'

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Refreshment at February 28, 2024 10:12 AM (MvF+J)

169 I pizza a sammich?
Posted by: rhennigantx at February 28, 2024 10:05 AM (ENQN6)

If you fold it over, yes. That's my view.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 28, 2024 10:11 AM (Q0kLU)

Role it up right and it becomes a fajita.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 28, 2024 10:12 AM (VwHCD)

170 Another nice one, CBD. She's quite attractive and definitely female.

Posted by: Doof at February 28, 2024 10:13 AM (JunzL)

171 Birthing hips.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 28, 2024 10:14 AM (aD39U)

172 Another nice one, CBD. She's quite attractive and definitely female.
Posted by: Doof at February 28, 2024 10:13 AM (JunzL)
++++
Well looky here! We got ourselfs a bona fide biologist!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 10:14 AM (HnUIn)

173 Brent Bozell
@BrentBozell

Can't make this up. CBS News fires
@CBS_Herridge
, then steals her notes, and in disgrace is forced to return them.

A week later, the president of
@CBSNews
who signed off on that theft receives an industry free speech award.

http://tinyurl.com/5faa3jre

Posted by: redridinghood at February 28, 2024 10:14 AM (NpAcC)

174 172 Ha!

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Refreshment at February 28, 2024 10:15 AM (MvF+J)

175 Can't make this up. CBS News fires
@CBS_Herridge
, then steals her notes, and in disgrace is forced to return them.

A week later, the president of
@CBSNews
who signed off on that theft receives an industry free speech award.

http://tinyurl.com/5faa3jre
Posted by: redridinghood at February 28, 2024 10:14 AM (NpAcC)

(Jump to top of page)

It makes sense. We live in ClownWorld now.

Posted by: Buffalo Bill at February 28, 2024 10:16 AM (R4t5M)

176 off sock

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at February 28, 2024 10:16 AM (R4t5M)

177 Higher than yesterday morning, lower than yesterday's morning/evening average. Still moving the right direction overall. Slow grind, but makin' progress.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Now women can no longer sing....

That old Fat Mannix has me in his spell.....

Posted by: JT at February 28, 2024 10:16 AM (T4tVD)

178 Another nice one, CBD. She's quite attractive and definitely female.
Posted by: Doof

She needs one-on-one pickleball lessons.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 10:19 AM (9yWhg)

179 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Morning breath.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 28, 2024 10:19 AM (W/lyH)

180 There's something I'm sposed to do today, and I'm considering blowing it off. Feeling rebellious. And/or lazy.

Posted by: Lithiated gp For Refreshment at February 28, 2024 10:19 AM (MvF+J)

181 Leave it to the feds to mess up something that businesses all over America get right.

I suppose congratulations are in order if you've never had trouble with a corporate phone tree. I've never known one to work right; they seem calculated to get you to give up and leave. Nortel was from Canada, and they were the pioneers.

At my pharmacy, they joke about it. There is no local input into the prompts, and pharmacists never meet the people in charge. There is one button they can push to set the process off, and that's all the control they have. It loses "automatic" refills, lies about contacting prescribers, and sometimes gets in a bad mood and calls to ask if you want something refilled that isn't supported by insurance timing, auto-generating a denial.

If you think it's only the federal government that can't handle this, your retirement is going to be long and frustrating. This is the world we have programmed for ourselves, in our cubicles in the basement where we get to call ourselves "engineers."

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 28, 2024 10:20 AM (zdLoL)

182 If you think it's only the federal government that can't handle this, your retirement is going to be long and frustrating. This is the world we have programmed for ourselves, in our cubicles in the basement where we get to call ourselves "engineers."
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at February 28, 2024

***
Oh, no, I don't think it's only the ferals. But businesses often do get it right -- in my experience, anyway. Usually they have an option where if you press 0 a few times you can get to a human. Dunno if this would work with SS; I might try it if the prompt still can't recognize "1."

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld Reference at February 28, 2024 10:22 AM (J2vNu)

183 It makes sense. We live in ClownWorld now.
Posted by: Buffalo Bill at February 28, 2024 10:16 AM (R4t5M)

Sadly, this seems so unexpected and yet almost "normal" now!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at February 28, 2024 10:23 AM (hOUT3)

184
Just WOW! Citizens in the Home Depot parking lot in Vermont take matters into their own hands. I do mean WOW!

https://twitter.com/ImMeme0/status/1762645628193009837

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 28, 2024 10:24 AM (nIvob)

185 There's something I'm sposed to do today, and I'm considering blowing it off. Feeling rebellious. And/or lazy.
Posted by: Lithiated gp For Refreshment

So a day-drinking day?

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at February 28, 2024 10:25 AM (hOUT3)

186 Two Dem senators and a waitress. Is that a sandwich?

Posted by: Northernlurker at February 28, 2024 10:25 AM (xcrUy)

187 Another nice one, CBD. She's quite attractive and definitely female.
Posted by: Doof at February 28, 2024 10:13 AM (JunzL)

Well looky here! We got ourselfs a bona fide biologist!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 10:14 AM (HnUIn)

She needs one-on-one pickleball lessons.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 10:19 AM (9yWhg)

You're both correct!

Posted by: Doof at February 28, 2024 10:25 AM (JunzL)

188 Just WOW! Citizens in the Home Depot parking lot in Vermont take matters into their own hands. I do mean WOW!

https://twitter.com/ImMeme0/status/1762645628193009837
Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 28, 2024 10:24 AM (nIvob)

I got no sound... was the guy shoplifting or something, I assume?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2024 10:26 AM (VoAdT)

189 So a day-drinking day?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar

Speaking of... did Hildawg ever show up to say she'd hit that regarding today's lovely lady? Maybe I missed it.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at February 28, 2024 10:27 AM (igi3K)

190 Just WOW! Citizens in the Home Depot parking lot in Vermont take matters into their own hands. I do mean WOW!
https://twitter.com/ImMeme0/status/1762645628193009837
Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 28, 2024 10:24 AM (nIvob)

Hahahaha! I love it!

Beat his pasty fat ass black and blue. GD looter.

More Please.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 28, 2024 10:27 AM (2ijlT)

191 Just WOW! Citizens in the Home Depot parking lot in Vermont take matters into their own hands. I do mean WOW!

https://twitter.com/ImMeme0/status/1762645628193009837
Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 28, 2024 10:24 AM (nIvob)

Bernie Goetz??

Posted by: Doof at February 28, 2024 10:28 AM (JunzL)

192 Just WOW! Citizens in the Home Depot parking lot in Vermont take matters into their own hands. I do mean WOW!

Vigilantism, here we come.
Thanks, Dermocrats.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 10:28 AM (9yWhg)

193 I got no sound... was the guy shoplifting or something, I assume?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2024 10:26 AM (VoAdT)

He was getting ready to turn his life around after he finished rebuilding the church!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at February 28, 2024 10:28 AM (hOUT3)

194
I got no sound... was the guy shoplifting or something, I assume?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2024 10:26 AM

Click on the sound icon to turn sound on, it defaults to off. Yeah, shoplifter.

"You ain't takin' our shit man. Drop it." You wanna hear what gets said.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 28, 2024 10:28 AM (nIvob)

195 I got no sound... was the guy shoplifting or something, I assume?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2024 10:26 AM (VoAdT)

Guy's name seems to be "Asshole".

Posted by: BignJames at February 28, 2024 10:28 AM (AwYPR)

196 My neighbors are an elderly couple of who are very left wing. They have a lawn sign for every Democrat candidate running for office every election. Dude used to be a college PERFESSER. To set the stage.

Yet, every 4th of July they have a big BBQ where everyone in the 'nabe is invited to drop by. And as long as I've lived there, every car they've owned has been Big 3. He even jokes with me that I need to ditch those foreign cars I own and buy American.

I think they honestly don't understand what the left means today. Because they definitely don't hate America, they're pretty cool people. But they're still stuck in 1990 where Democrats just want slightly higher taxes to fund more social programs.

And I think there are a ton of people like them out there.

Posted by: Montec at February 28, 2024 10:29 AM (bWsRe)

197 Click on the sound icon to turn sound on, it defaults to off. Yeah, shoplifter.

"You ain't takin' our shit man. Drop it." You wanna hear what gets said.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 28, 2024 10:28 AM (nIvob)

Lol, I mean i'm at work and i got no headphones.

But yeah, awesome.

That ain't even vigilantism. That's just how a civil society should operate.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2024 10:29 AM (VoAdT)

198 The portrait looks like Taylor Lorenz after an all night Zoloft bender.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 28, 2024 10:29 AM (eYF7X)

199 I think they honestly don't understand what the left means today. Because they definitely don't hate America, they're pretty cool people. But they're still stuck in 1990 where Democrats just want slightly higher taxes to fund more social programs.

And I think there are a ton of people like them out there.
Posted by: Montec at February 28, 2024 10:29 AM (bWsRe)
++++
Yup. Inertia's a hell of a drug.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 10:30 AM (HnUIn)

200 Just WOW! Citizens in the Home Depot parking lot in Vermont take matters into their own hands. I do mean WOW!

https://twitter.com/ImMeme0/status/1762645628193009837

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 28, 2024 10:24 AM (nIvob)

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

If that thief wasn't white, cities would be burning.

But yeah, MOAR of this please!

Those who make criminal justice impossible will make vigilante justice inevitable.

Posted by: ShainS -- Laken Riley (Business is business, and it's a murder most foul) at February 28, 2024 10:30 AM (jojlc)

201 82% of the American public supports Israel

-
But Biden, in his infinite wisdom, is sieg heiling his way to re-election!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 28, 2024 10:30 AM (FVME7)

202 Say no to crack!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2024 10:30 AM (VoAdT)

203 I think they honestly don't understand what the left means today. Because they definitely don't hate America, they're pretty cool people. But they're still stuck in 1990 where Democrats just want slightly higher taxes to fund more social programs.

You're right. I say it all the time. We're ruled by a couple generations who are about thirty to forty years behind in their perceptions.

Posted by: The Pimp Hand of Reality at February 28, 2024 10:30 AM (XShg/)

204 The portrait looks like Taylor Lorenz after an all night Zoloft bender.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 28, 2024 10:29 AM (eYF7X)
++++
I used to have a coworker who's wife was a pharma rep. He always had pharma swag. His coffee cup for a goodly while was a white mug with that bouncy egg mascot printed on it with the words, "Have a ZOLOFT Morning!"

Gave me the willies every time I saw it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 10:31 AM (HnUIn)

205 I should have stayed home. I have a cold. It's raining, and for some reason the a/c in my office is on. Wednesday.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 28, 2024 10:31 AM (5sOEG)

206 201 82% of the American public supports Israel
-
But Biden, in his infinite wisdom, is sieg heiling his way to re-election!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 28, 2024 10:30 AM (FVME7)

To be fair, there's no ready graft in supporting Israel!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at February 28, 2024 10:32 AM (hOUT3)

207 I'm shocked at how anti-Christian I've become. I was grocery shopping and picked up a bottle that had the best deal. I noticed scripture on the front..the head of the company had a quote, "I praise God that I am able to provide for you and your family."

I put it back on the shelf and bought the secular honey instead. Anybody that preaches on their product is a raging Christofascist.

It's part of why i don't go to Chick-fil-A or In-n-Out. It's a benefit that I prefer their competitors' products without taking into account the extra side of sanctimony.

I grew up Christian home thought of myself as born again. Once the "moral majority" came along and started preaching hate, my belief system changed dramatically.

I like the United Church of Christ beliefs. They are open and accepting of not only other organized religions, but atheists, wicans and many other beliefs. I wish more churches were like them.

The religion I've been most closely associated with in my adult life is Unitarian Universalist. They actually are the only mainstream / organized Eurocentric religion with a chapter for Pagans!

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 28, 2024 10:32 AM (JCZqz)

208 Update: SS called me back, and neither 1 nor 0 worked. I suppose when they ring again (they promised around 11:30), I'll have to cancel and try again for a live person tomorrow morning. Grrrr.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 28, 2024 10:32 AM (J2vNu)

209 I haven't read the comments. Overslept.

My first thought when I saw this was that the artist was in love with this woman.
Painting is beautiful.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 28, 2024 10:33 AM (t/2Uw)

210 184
Just WOW! Citizens in the Home Depot parking lot in Vermont take matters into their own hands. I do mean WOW!

https://twitter.com/ImMeme0/status/1762645628193009837

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 28, 2024 10:24 AM (nIvob)

Have to admit, I thought this was going to be something about illegals.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 28, 2024 10:33 AM (KbCG3)

211 I like the United Church of Christ beliefs. They are open and accepting of not only other organized religions, but atheists, wicans and many other beliefs. I wish more churches were like them.

Mein Fuhrer ...

Posted by: G'rump928(c) tugs collar at February 28, 2024 10:33 AM (aD39U)

212 Gave me the willies every time I saw it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 10:31 AM (HnUIn)

I'm gonna go to med school and get board certified just so I can give pharma merch to my friends and family members with awkward medicine brands on them.

Because yes, yes I do want you to think about cervical warts every time you click your pen.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2024 10:33 AM (VoAdT)

213 I got no sound... was the guy shoplifting or something, I assume?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2024 10:26 AM (VoAdT)
==================
Yup. It was good sound. Some of our Congressional asshats should learn to speak that way to the fascisti, who are doing the same thing as the thief (on a larger scale), in fact.

Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at February 28, 2024 10:34 AM (y0KIn)

214 Bosomy.

Posted by: mrp at February 28, 2024 10:34 AM (rj6Yv)

215
Have to admit, I thought this was going to be something about illegals.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 28, 2024 10:33 AM

Based on the size of the shoplifters ass, definite American.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 28, 2024 10:34 AM (nIvob)

216 210 184
Just WOW! Citizens in the Home Depot parking lot in Vermont take matters into their own hands. I do mean WOW!

https://twitter.com/ImMeme0/status/1762645628193009837

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 28, 2024 10:24 AM (nIvob)

Have to admit, I thought this was going to be something about illegals.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 28, 2024 10:33 AM (KbCG3)

They were lined up by the front waiting for day work.

Posted by: Roy at February 28, 2024 10:34 AM (z+ik4)

217 I'm shocked at how anti-Christian I've become. I was grocery shopping and picked up a bottle that had the best deal. I noticed scripture on the front..the head of the company had a quote, "I praise God that I am able to provide for you and your family."

I put it back on the shelf and bought the secular honey instead. Anybody that preaches on their product is a raging Christofascist. ...
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison
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Actually, fair enough. I don't want products from demon-worshipers, she (I'm guessing a she) doesn't want products from Christians. Okay. Vote your dollar.

She's perfectly inverted from sanity and is a panicky bigot, but fair enough. Unless she calls for the Christians to be suppressed by the state, she's free to vote her dollar.

But I strongly suspect that it won't stop at voting her dollar.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 10:34 AM (HnUIn)

218 Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 28, 2024 10:32 AM

O_o

That's not how any of this works.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 28, 2024 10:35 AM (5sOEG)

219 Have to admit, I thought this was going to be something about illegals.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer

Think they were angry that a white guy would try to appropriate the free ride they would have given to BLM!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at February 28, 2024 10:35 AM (hOUT3)

220 *reading her mind* Please Xipe, come over here and give me a proper plowing. Please!

Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 28, 2024 10:36 AM (pohLc)

221 I'm shocked at how anti-Christian I've become.

"I'm a bigot and here's why that's A Good Thing."
-- Every Leftist Ever

Posted by: Oddbob at February 28, 2024 10:36 AM (sNc8Y)

222 Just WOW! Citizens in the Home Depot parking lot in Vermont take matters into their own hands. I do mean WOW!

https://twitter.com/ImMeme0/status/1762645628193009837
Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 28, 2024

***
And then very quietly put the stuff down inside the front door of the store and fade. No calling the cops.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at February 28, 2024 10:36 AM (J2vNu)

223 France's Eva Gonzales, one of the four most notable female Impressionists in the nineteenth century.

Again, a very pretty painting, and a fine start of the day. Thank you.

Posted by: L - We're done for now. We just don't have the guts to turn off the lights on the show at February 28, 2024 10:36 AM (GshMh)

224 The religion I've been most closely associated with in my adult life is Unitarian Universalist. They actually are the only mainstream / organized Eurocentric religion with a chapter for Pagans!
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 28, 2024 10:32 AM (JCZqz)
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Man, that's a full and complete load of horseshit, right there. Some idjit had to think extra-hard to write that silliness.

Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at February 28, 2024 10:37 AM (y0KIn)

225 Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 28, 2024 10:32 AM (JCZqz)

A few seem to be missing the concept of Christianity.

Posted by: BignJames at February 28, 2024 10:37 AM (AwYPR)

226 207 The religion I've been most closely associated with in my adult life is Unitarian Universalist. They actually are the only mainstream / organized Eurocentric religion with a chapter for Pagans!
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 28, 2024 10:32 AM (JCZqz)

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"We literally believe in nothing," is a great idea for a church.

It's Heinlein levels of understanding of religion.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 10:37 AM (GBKbO)

227 I like the United Church of Christ beliefs. They are open and accepting of not only other organized religions, but atheists, wicans and many other beliefs. I wish more churches were like them.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 28, 2024 10:32 AM (JCZqz)

Leftism boils down to one thing: I am the center of the universe and that which does not conform to me is wrong and bad.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 28, 2024 10:37 AM (KbCG3)

228 221 I'm shocked at how anti-Christian I've become.

"I'm a bigot and here's why that's A Good Thing."
-- Every Leftist Ever
Posted by: Oddbob at February 28, 2024 10:36 AM (sNc8Y)

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"I think of Christian as white, I hate Christians, but I am not a racist. Also, anyone who hates Islam is a racist, and Clarence Thomas is an Uncle Tom."
-DU, 94.3% probability

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 10:38 AM (GBKbO)

229 Contempt, properly directed, is the glue of any decent society.

Which is just a foofy way to say FAFO.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2024 10:38 AM (VoAdT)

230 Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 28, 2024 10:32 AM (JCZqz)

Leftism is their only religion. Nothing else must be allowed to compete with it,

Well, they're fine with that one "religion," because it worships death, like they do. But nothing else besides that.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 10:38 AM (9yWhg)

231 I'm shocked at how anti-Christian I've become.
. . . .
It's part of why i don't go to Chick-fil-A

-
Iowahawk posted that the first rule of Chick-fil-A is you don't talk about Chick-fil-A.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at February 28, 2024 10:38 AM (FVME7)

232 220 *reading her mind* Please Xipe, come over here and give me a proper plowing. Please!

Who is running in flip flops up there!?

Posted by: Downstairs Neighbor at February 28, 2024 10:39 AM (og5mY)

233 215
Have to admit, I thought this was going to be something about illegals.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 28, 2024 10:33 AM

Based on the size of the shoplifters ass, definite American.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 28, 2024 10:34 AM (nIvob)

Dopey white guy. Which I'm sure made our vigilante heroes just a tad bolder.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 28, 2024 10:39 AM (KbCG3)

234
A few seem to be missing the concept of Christianity.

Posted by: BignJames at February 28, 2024 10:37 AM

They have their religion, 'wokeism' which they choose to spread far and wide and demand acceptance of, while a mild Christian product offends them.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 28, 2024 10:39 AM (nIvob)

235 Well, they have regulatory mandates in many cases to invest at least some of their money in fixed income investments, and they also have income needs (to pay benefits), so, yes, that's what I believe is true.

Now explain why they wouldn't invest in tax free municipal bonds, but choose to invest in taxable Government Bonds instead. Also, do you realize how much money 34 Trillion dollars is? That is more than the GDP of the entire United States. Nobody has answered my question about why the government, which prints money at will, would ever need to borrow so much as a penny from anyone, particularly since they would be borrowing money that they printed in the first place.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at February 28, 2024 10:40 AM (CecP5)

236 No public hair?

Not art.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 28, 2024 10:40 AM (dGCAG)

237 221 I'm shocked at how anti-Christian I've become.

"I'm a bigot and here's why that's A Good Thing."
-- Every Leftist Ever
Posted by: Oddbob
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Virtue signalling that becomes a plan for action by some of them.

Nasty critters.

Posted by: whig at February 28, 2024 10:41 AM (hKOIV)

238 "Religion is a place I go to understand that no matter I do or say, I'm always right."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 10:41 AM (GBKbO)

239 Fuck Chick-fil-A. They give money to BLM and the Southern Poverty Law Center. I don't buy food from them.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 28, 2024 10:41 AM (pohLc)

240 The religion I've been most closely associated with in my adult life is Unitarian Universalist. They actually are the only mainstream / organized Eurocentric religion with a chapter for Pagans!

It should physically hurt to be this stupid.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 28, 2024 10:41 AM (Q0kLU)

241 233 215
Have to admit, I thought this was going to be something about illegals.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 28, 2024 10:33 AM

Based on the size of the shoplifters ass, definite American.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 28, 2024 10:34 AM (nIvob)

Dopey white guy. Which I'm sure made our vigilante heroes just a tad bolder.

He is pretty fly tho.

Posted by: Offspring at February 28, 2024 10:41 AM (og5mY)

242 Nobody has answered my question about why the government, which prints money at will, would ever need to borrow so much as a penny from anyone, particularly since they would be borrowing money that they printed in the first place.
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at February 28, 2024 10:40 AM (CecP5)

Is to demonstrate the absolute power of the State over your lives comrades, da!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at February 28, 2024 10:42 AM (hOUT3)

243 So not everyone in Vermont is a ensoyelated pussy. Good to know.

Mary Kloggenstein hardest hit.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at February 28, 2024 10:42 AM (9yWhg)

244 Nobody has answered my question about why the government, which prints money at will, would ever need to borrow so much as a penny from anyone, particularly since they would be borrowing money that they printed in the first place.
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at February 28, 2024 10:40 AM (CecP5)

Okay, I give. Why do they borrow money that they printed in the first place?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) tugs collar at February 28, 2024 10:42 AM (aD39U)

245 A few seem to be missing the concept of Christianity.

Posted by: BignJames at February 28, 2024 10:37 AM

They have their religion, 'wokeism' which they choose to spread far and wide and demand acceptance of, while a mild Christian product offends them.
Posted by: Divide by Zero
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Pseudo religion for neurotics because wokeism has no fixed tenets nor agreement on articles of faith other than who they hate and a will to power.

Posted by: whig at February 28, 2024 10:43 AM (hKOIV)

246 Requires two slices of bread? Then can someone please explain an open-face sandwich or a hoagie?

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at February 28, 2024 10:43 AM (JRP2U)

247 Is fondue a prechewed cheese sandwich?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 28, 2024 10:44 AM (aD39U)

248
That shoplifters ass would choke off the Darien Gap.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 28, 2024 10:44 AM (nIvob)

249 A Tearful Ronna McDaniel Bids Goodbye to RNC Staffers by Ripping Rivals

Bye Ronna and GTFO you wretched c**t.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 28, 2024 10:45 AM (eYF7X)

250 Now explain why they wouldn't invest in tax free municipal bonds, but choose to invest in taxable Government Bonds instead. Also, do you realize how much money 34 Trillion dollars is? That is more than the GDP of the entire United States. Nobody has answered my question about why the government, which prints money at will, would ever need to borrow so much as a penny from anyone, particularly since they would be borrowing money that they printed in the first place.
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at February 28, 2024 10:40 AM (CecP5)

Municipals pay out less and so only really start making sense if you're in a fairly high income bracket. A corporate tax rate(if the relevant tax rate) favors federal debt, which also has less bankruptcy risk.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at February 28, 2024 10:45 AM (eYoxG)

251 Bye Ronna and GTFO you wretched c**t.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 28, 2024 10:45 AM (eYF7X)

Take the centerpiece with you.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 28, 2024 10:45 AM (aD39U)

252 You're right. I say it all the time. We're ruled by a couple generations who are about thirty to forty years behind in their perceptions.
Posted by: The Pimp Hand of Reality at February 28, 2024 10:30 AM (XShg/)

Most people never really progress beyond high school.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 28, 2024 10:45 AM (1Z8zZ)

253 234 They have their religion, 'wokeism' which they choose to spread far and wide and demand acceptance of, while a mild Christian product offends them.
Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 28, 2024 10:39 AM (nIvob)

They'd love to impose Islam on the rest of us, they just want to be immune from it themselves.

Posted by: XTC at February 28, 2024 10:45 AM (sm6Pk)

254 After two years of threats, the fibbies are arresting a journalist who covered J6 for Blaze. And they refuse to tell him the charges the DOJ will use. Welcome to the gulag.

https://shorturl.at/gnKP8

Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at February 28, 2024 10:46 AM (uuLII)

255 I'm ready for a Rant.

Posted by: Scottst at February 28, 2024 10:46 AM (Tp0xm)

256 Most people never really progress beyond high school.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 28, 2024 10:45 AM (1Z8zZ)

Father928 says 'People rarely change, they just become more of what they are.'

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 28, 2024 10:46 AM (aD39U)

257 244 Nobody has answered my question about why the government, which prints money at will, would ever need to borrow so much as a penny from anyone, particularly since they would be borrowing money that they printed in the first place.
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at February 28, 2024 10:40 AM (CecP5)

Okay, I give. Why do they borrow money that they printed in the first place?
Posted by: G'rump928(c) tugs collar at February 28, 2024 10:42 AM (aD39U)

Less inflationary. If they were printing it, the money supply would be doubling every year or potentially far worse once banking is taken into account.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at February 28, 2024 10:46 AM (eYoxG)

258 Has a certain "You don't have to get up right this minute do you? Why don't you come back to bed for a while?" vibe to it.

Posted by: RM at February 28, 2024 10:46 AM (urbih)

259 252 Most people never really progress beyond high school.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 28, 2024 10:45 AM (1Z8zZ)

The only difference between maturity/sanity and childishness/crazy, in the end, is how much money you make.

Posted by: XTC at February 28, 2024 10:46 AM (sm6Pk)

260 I like the United Church of Christ beliefs. They are open and accepting of not only other organized religions, but atheists, wicans and many other beliefs. I wish more churches were like them.

That's not a church, that's a social club.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 28, 2024 10:47 AM (1Z8zZ)

261 238 "Religion is a place I go to understand that no matter I do or say, I'm always right."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 10:41 AM (GBKbO)

Jesus would've wanted it that way.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 28, 2024 10:47 AM (KbCG3)

262 Most people never really progress beyond high school.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 28, 2024 10:45 AM (1Z8zZ)

Unfortunately, this is true. I have witnessed that, and it's pathetic.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 28, 2024 10:47 AM (pohLc)

263
Bye Ronna and GTFO you wretched c**t.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 28, 2024 10:45 AM (eYF7X)

Take the centerpiece with you.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 28, 2024 10:45 AM

LOL. Perfect.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at February 28, 2024 10:47 AM (nIvob)

264 Nobody has answered my question about why the government, which prints money at will, would ever need to borrow so much as a penny from anyone, particularly since they would be borrowing money that they printed in the first place.
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe
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Because it highlights the lie of fiat currency. The currency is worth x becuz Govt says so.

The mumbo jumbo of the Fed allows a) big banks to rake in some arbitrage profits, b) allows for control over the economy by raising or lowering interest rates through indirect means, c) lets the Treasury Department off the hook for massive deficits because the T-Bills, notes, etc. are distributed throughout the banking system as 'reserves'. Balance sheet cleansing as the liability for the Treasury becomes an 'asset' for the Fed Reserve and so on.

Posted by: whig at February 28, 2024 10:47 AM (hKOIV)

265 Fuck Chick-fil-A. They give money to BLM and the Southern Poverty Law Center. I don't buy food from them.

1) Does the actual company do so or is it one or more individuals associated with CFA?

2) If it's the company, do they do so on a regular basis or was it a one-time "please don't loot us" thing in The Summer of Floyd?

Not saying either one makes it OK but it's something to include in your calculus.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 28, 2024 10:47 AM (sNc8Y)

266 Actor Gary Sinise on X:

In Honor & Memory of McCanna Anthony “Mac” Sinise
1990 - 2024

Posted by: L - We're done for now. We just don't have the guts to turn off the lights on the show at February 28, 2024 10:47 AM (GshMh)

267 261 238 "Religion is a place I go to understand that no matter I do or say, I'm always right."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 10:41 AM (GBKbO)

Jesus would've wanted it that way.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 28, 2024 10:47 AM (KbCG3)

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He never judged anyone who outlined what it meant to be moral. Well, he did, but it's all about letting other people trans your kids. That was pretty explicit. Sermon next to the Mount.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 10:48 AM (GBKbO)

268 Even the Tooth Fairy?

Thank you, Joe Biden!

http://tinyurl.com/99kbn26c

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 28, 2024 10:48 AM (a1415)

269 It should physically hurt to be this stupid.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 28, 2024 10:41 AM (Q0kLU)

We can only do so much.

Posted by: Venereal Disease, Skin Infections from picking at it, Gravity.... at February 28, 2024 10:48 AM (VoAdT)

270 249 A Tearful Ronna McDaniel Bids Goodbye to RNC Staffers by Ripping Rivals

Bye Ronna and GTFO you wretched c**t.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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Florists and GOPe consultants hardest hit.

Posted by: whig at February 28, 2024 10:48 AM (hKOIV)

271 265 1) Does the actual company do so or is it one or more individuals associated with CFA?

2) If it's the company, do they do so on a regular basis or was it a one-time "please don't loot us" thing in The Summer of Floyd?

Not saying either one makes it OK but it's something to include in your calculus.
Posted by: Oddbob at February 28, 2024 10:47 AM (sNc8Y)

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The Foundation, which is funded by the corporation's profits.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 10:49 AM (GBKbO)

272 I like the United Church of Christ beliefs. They are open and accepting of not only other organized religions, but atheists, wicans and many other beliefs. I wish more churches were like them.

That's not a church, that's a social club.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 28, 2024 10:47 AM

Seriously...what do these people do on Sunday when the priest says "let us pray"? Shrug and go for coffee?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 28, 2024 10:49 AM (5sOEG)

273 Gary Sinise's Son, McCanna Anthony 'Mac' Sinise, Dead at 33: 'Our Hearts Ache'
Gary Sinise' son, McCanna Anthony 'Mac' Sinise, was diagnosed with a form of cancer called Chordoma in 2018 and died on Jan. 5

Fucking cancer.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 28, 2024 10:49 AM (aD39U)

274 He never judged anyone who outlined what it meant to be moral. Well, he did, but it's all about letting other people trans your kids. That was pretty explicit. Sermon next to the Mount.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 10:48 AM (GBKbO)

He gets us.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 28, 2024 10:49 AM (KbCG3)

275 That's not a church, that's a social club.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 28, 2024 10:47 AM (1Z8zZ)

Oh, so you're familiar with the UCC then.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2024 10:50 AM (VoAdT)

276 Not saying either one makes it OK but it's something to include in your calculus.
Posted by: Oddbob at February 28, 2024 10:47 AM (sNc8Y)

IIRC I saw it on their corporate donor lists.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 28, 2024 10:50 AM (pohLc)

277 After two years of threats, the fibbies are arresting a journalist who covered J6 for Blaze. And they refuse to tell him the charges the DOJ will use. Welcome to the gulag.

Does it make sense anymore to surrender peacefully to the FBI ? I don't think it does.

Posted by: The Pimp Hand of Reality at February 28, 2024 10:50 AM (XShg/)

278 273 Gary Sinise's Son, McCanna Anthony 'Mac' Sinise, Dead at 33: 'Our Hearts Ache'
Gary Sinise' son, McCanna Anthony 'Mac' Sinise, was diagnosed with a form of cancer called Chordoma in 2018 and died on Jan. 5

Fucking cancer.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 28, 2024 10:49 AM (aD39U)

His tribute was beautiful. I can't imagine the pride he must've felt watching his son fulfill a vision at a time when his life was being taken from him.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 28, 2024 10:50 AM (KbCG3)

279 Blessed are ... the cheese makers?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 28, 2024 10:50 AM (aD39U)

280 I like the United Church of Christ beliefs. They are open and accepting of not only other organized religions, but atheists, wicans and many other beliefs. I wish more churches were like them.

Yeah...too bad about that Jim Jones thing.

Posted by: BignJames at February 28, 2024 10:50 AM (AwYPR)

281 The guy in the HD parking lot got beat up, appropriately enough, because he was not a POC. If he had been, no one would have lifted a finger. Because that would be racist.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at February 28, 2024 10:50 AM (QN7a1)

282 Leftism boils down to one thing: I am the center of the universe and that which does not conform to me is wrong and bad.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 28, 2024 10:37 AM (KbCG3)

The phrase "Do what thou wilt" is a shortened version of the saying "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law." It is most commonly associated with the occultist and writer Aleister Crowley, who popularized it as a key tenet of his philosophical system known as Thelema.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 28, 2024 10:51 AM (1Z8zZ)

283 IIRC I saw it on their corporate donor lists.

Fair enough. Thanks.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 28, 2024 10:51 AM (sNc8Y)

284 267 261 238 "Religion is a place I go to understand that no matter I do or say, I'm always right."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Solipsism is a helluva drug.

Posted by: whig at February 28, 2024 10:51 AM (hKOIV)

285 Because of the Gemini AI dust up, Alphabet lost $90B in share value yesterday. I may have to call my physician, my schaedenboner is not going away.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 28, 2024 10:51 AM (eYF7X)

286 282 The phrase "Do what thou wilt" is a shortened version of the saying "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law." It is most commonly associated with the occultist and writer Aleister Crowley, who popularized it as a key tenet of his philosophical system known as Thelema.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 28, 2024 10:51 AM (1Z8zZ)

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"That's no fun. What if someone wilt not do what I wilt to them?"
-Libertines, probably

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 10:52 AM (GBKbO)

287 Seriously...what do these people do on Sunday when the priest says "let us pray"? Shrug and go for coffee?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 28, 2024 10:49 AM (5sOEG)

Ohhhhhhhhhhh shoot. I thought he was saying "lettuce spray" all this time. I just nodded and smiled and went along because nobody else acted like that was a weird thing to keep saying.

Posted by: Warai-otoko is actually baptised UCC but that's not really relevant to anything at February 28, 2024 10:52 AM (VoAdT)

288 Leftism boils down to one thing: I am the center of the universe and that which does not conform to me is wrong and bad.

That describes most people around me - including those who vote Republican. What benefits them is what's good and just. What does not is not.

Posted by: The Pimp Hand of Reality at February 28, 2024 10:52 AM (XShg/)

289 284 Solipsism is a helluva drug.
Posted by: whig at February 28, 2024 10:51 AM (hKOIV)

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My proudest moment was when I invented you in my head.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 10:52 AM (GBKbO)

290 which does not conform to me is wrong and bad.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 28, 2024 10:37 AM (KbCG3)

The phrase "Do what thou wilt" is a shortened version of the saying "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law." It is most commonly associated with the occultist and writer Aleister Crowley, who popularized it as a key tenet of his philosophical system known as Thelema.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 28, 2024 10:51 AM (1Z8zZ)

Which is a Satanic version of Augustine.

“Once for all, then, a short precept is given thee: Love, and do what thou wilt: whether thou hold thy peace, through love hold thy peace; whether thou cry out, through love cry out; whether thou correct, through love correct; whether thou spare, through love do thou spare: let the root of love be within, of this root can nothing spring but what is good.”

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy - The Republic is already dead! at February 28, 2024 10:53 AM (eYoxG)

291 "I praise God that I am able to provide for you and your family."

Unacceptable! Christofascist!

Imagine getting triggered by such a simple thing. I'll bet the DU zombie was shaking with rage as xhe reached for the Chinese-sourced honey, Now with Cadmium!, instead.

Posted by: spindrift at February 28, 2024 10:53 AM (2IVCa)

292 And this morning's art selection is very pleasant. Good choice.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at February 28, 2024 10:53 AM (QN7a1)

293 >>I put it back on the shelf and bought the secular honey instead. Anybody that preaches on their product is a raging Christofascist.

Now do Penzy's spices.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 28, 2024 10:53 AM (6IDWi)

294 Fuck Chick-fil-A. They give money to BLM and the Southern Poverty Law Center. I don't buy food from them.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 28, 2024 10:41 AM (pohLc)

I believe you are conflating Chick-fil-A with the charity started by the founder but I could be wrong.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 28, 2024 10:53 AM (1Z8zZ)

295 That describes most people around me - including those who vote Republican. What benefits them is what's good and just. What does not is not.
Posted by: The Pimp Hand of Reality
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They be known as Churchians. Aka Cathedral.

Posted by: whig at February 28, 2024 10:53 AM (hKOIV)

296 Honestly, Imma not buying a Schnitzel Sandwich from a guy who is always washing people's feet. Just sayin.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 28, 2024 10:54 AM (hWxEy)

297 Curvy.

Built for comfort, nit speed.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at February 28, 2024 10:54 AM (ufFY8)

298 285 Because of the Gemini AI dust up, Alphabet lost $90B in share value yesterday. I may have to call my physician, my schaedenboner is not going away.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 28, 2024 10:51 AM (eYF7X)

Just visualize yourself tied to a bed, with a drunken and unwashed Hillary Clinton determined to give you oral sex. That should fix you up.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 28, 2024 10:54 AM (pohLc)

299 "That describes most people around me - including those who vote Republican. What benefits them is what's good and just. What does not is not."

Sorta like the homeowner in an HOA community.

My neighbor is breaking this By-Law!!!!!!!!!

Dude....By-laws also say you need to mow your yard at least monthly, and not have you car on blocks in the front yard.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 28, 2024 10:54 AM (a1415)

300 My proudest moment was when I invented you in my head.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I am the ghost of politics past. You will be visited by two other spirits of politics this eve.

Posted by: whig at February 28, 2024 10:54 AM (hKOIV)

301 >>I grew up Christian home thought of myself as born again. Once the "moral majority" came along and started preaching hate, my belief system changed dramatically.

Ask me how we know you weren't "born again". . .

Posted by: Lizzy at February 28, 2024 10:55 AM (6IDWi)

302 Just visualize yourself tied to a bed, with a drunken and unwashed Hillary Clinton determined to give you oral sex. That should fix you up.
Posted by: Xipe Totec

Been there.

Don't want a re-run.

Posted by: Huma at February 28, 2024 10:55 AM (lZVy/)

303 Now explain why they wouldn't invest in tax free municipal bonds, but choose to invest in taxable Government Bonds instead. Also, do you realize how much money 34 Trillion dollars is? That is more than the GDP of the entire United States. Nobody has answered my question about why the government, which prints money at will, would ever need to borrow so much as a penny from anyone, particularly since they would be borrowing money that they printed in the first place.
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at February 28, 2024 10:40 AM (CecP5)
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Only a taxpaying investor buys tax free bonds, and most of these funds are not taxpayers (their beneficiaries are), so those investors wouldn't ordinarily buy tax free debt.

Yes, I realize the national debt is more than our GDP. That's been a hot-button issue ever since PDJT/Resident Joey blew up the deficit.

Last question: taxing versus borrowing versus printing money at will. "Modern Monetary Theory" was used to do exactly as you say, which is to inflate the economy by printing money, and the citizens began to bitch about the price of food and gasoline.

Posted by: The Frumious Follywood at February 28, 2024 10:55 AM (ek+ZX)

304 300 My proudest moment was when I invented you in my head.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I am the ghost of politics past. You will be visited by two other spirits of politics this eve.
Posted by: whig at February 28, 2024 10:54 AM (hKOIV)

"You're screwed." - Ghost of politics present

"Yeah...you don't want to know." - Ghost of politics future

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 28, 2024 10:55 AM (KbCG3)

305 A Tearful Ronna McDaniel Bids Goodbye to RNC Staffers by Ripping Rivals

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 28, 2024 10:45 AM (eYF7X)

All those bastards who were unsatisfied by my ineffectual efforts to increase Republican electoral success while spending money like a drunken sailor just don't understand me. -- Ronna!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 28, 2024 10:56 AM (1Z8zZ)

306 300 My proudest moment was when I invented you in my head.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I am the ghost of politics past. You will be visited by two other spirits of politics this eve.
Posted by: whig at February 28, 2024 10:54 AM (hKOIV)

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Politics present will be a corpse.

Politics future will be a boot.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 10:56 AM (GBKbO)

307 Lord, make me chaste, but not yet.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 28, 2024 10:56 AM (aD39U)

308 Made Chicken Picatta last night. It came out well. Next time I'm going to try velveting the chicken slices in corn starch for an hour or so to see if it tastes better.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 28, 2024 10:56 AM (hWxEy)

309 >>Just visualize yourself tied to a bed, with a drunken and unwashed Hillary Clinton determined to give you oral sex. That should fix you up.
Posted by: Xipe Totec

You just saved me $150, thanks man.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 28, 2024 10:56 AM (eYF7X)

310 Seriously...what do these people do on Sunday when the priest says "let us pray"? Shrug and go for coffee?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Light my Fauci votive candle, get on my hands and knees before the nearest BIPOC, and beg for their forgiveness while acknowledging my unwanted presence on occupied Native lands!

Posted by: Rabid Leftist "Christian" at February 28, 2024 10:56 AM (JCZqz)

311 Fuck Chick-fil-A. They give money to BLM and the Southern Poverty Law Center. I don't buy food from them.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 28, 2024 10:41 AM (pohLc)

I believe you are conflating Chick-fil-A with the charity started by the founder but I could be wrong.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 28, 2024 10:53 AM (1Z8zZ)

Among all the various corporate entities that decided to insert themselves into the Woke scrum, Chick Filet was one that many people felt let down by, because their leadership had stood up to other past events of Woke pressure.

I don't recall if it was BLM or Covid bullshit, but they bent the knee. To someone, somewhere.

Posted by: BurtTC at February 28, 2024 10:56 AM (dGCAG)

312 "You're screwed." - Ghost of politics present

"Yeah...you don't want to know." - Ghost of politics future
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at February 28, 2024 10:55 AM (KbCG3)
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Welcome to the New Normal.

It's the same as the Old Awful.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 28, 2024 10:56 AM (HnUIn)

313 The guy in the HD parking lot got beat up, appropriately enough, because he was not a POC. If he had been, no one would have lifted a finger. Because that would be racist.
Posted by: Erik In Texas at February 28, 2024 10:50 AM (QN7a1)

You're not wrong

Posted by: Doof at February 28, 2024 10:57 AM (JunzL)

314

I'd hit it...

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 28, 2024 10:57 AM (X4yCj)

315 310 Light my Fauci votive candle, get on my hands and knees before the nearest BIPOC, and beg for their forgiveness while acknowledging my unwanted presence on occupied Native lands!
Posted by: Rabid Leftist "Christian" at February 28, 2024 10:56 AM (JCZqz)

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So, you're gonna move and give away the house you live in and own to a Native American while continuing to make the mortgage payments, right?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, raging against the bourgeois with Pasolini at February 28, 2024 10:57 AM (GBKbO)

316 I am the ghost of politics past. You will be visited by two other spirits of politics this eve.

Holy sh*t. One of y'all creative types need to run with this.

Posted by: Oddbob at February 28, 2024 10:57 AM (sNc8Y)

317 I'm waiting for the ghost of politics continued by other means to swing by.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2024 10:58 AM (VoAdT)

318 Solipsism is a helluva drug.
Posted by: whig at February 28, 2024 10:51 AM (hKOIV)

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My proudest moment was when I invented you in my head.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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*golf clap 👏 *

Hilarious. Also, you know this world isn't a figment of your imagination. --Because no matter how fu ked up you may be, no way are you going to conceptualize the last 8 years. It's beyond absurdity. Just take say, Pelosi and her hammered husband...

Posted by: Aye carumba! at February 28, 2024 10:58 AM (h+Z2d)

319 Lord, make me chaste, but not yet.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 28, 2024 10:56 AM (aD39U)

Ah, the Prayer for a Mannix Girl.

Posted by: spindrift at February 28, 2024 10:58 AM (2IVCa)

320 "Holy sh*t. One of y'all creative types need to run with this."

* Raises hand*

I would like to nominate either J.J. or Ace.

Possibly a collaboration between them.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 28, 2024 10:58 AM (a1415)

321 What do you call it when you are firmly convinced that you're just a figment of someone else's imagination?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2024 10:58 AM (VoAdT)

322 "Holy sh*t. One of y'all creative types need to run with this."

* Raises hand*

I would like to nominate either J.J. or Ace.

Possibly a collaboration between them.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 28, 2024 10:58 AM (a1415)

Put up the ZOD signal.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 28, 2024 10:59 AM (aD39U)

323 319 Lord, make me chaste, but not yet.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 28, 2024 10:56 AM (aD39U)

Ah, the Prayer for a Mannix Girl.
Posted by: spindrift at February 28, 2024 10:58 AM (2IVCa)

But not chaste for too long. I'd eventually like to get caught.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at February 28, 2024 10:59 AM (VoAdT)

324 Welcome to the New Normal.

It's the same as the Old Awful.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
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Meet the new boss,
Just the same as the old boss.

Posted by: whig at February 28, 2024 10:59 AM (hKOIV)

325 321 What do you call it when you are firmly convinced that you're just a figment of someone else's imagination?
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An AI Delphi.

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 28, 2024 10:59 AM (hWxEy)

326 Fuck Chick-fil-A. They give money to BLM and the Southern Poverty Law Center. I don't buy food from them.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 28, 2024 10:41 AM (pohLc)

Their CEO said that whites ought to shine blacks' shoes. The company can go horsefuck.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 28, 2024 11:00 AM (Q0kLU)

327 "What do you call it when you are firmly convinced that you're just a figment of someone else's imagination?"

Standing there taking a leak and suddenly asking yourself.....is this a dream?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 28, 2024 11:00 AM (a1415)

328 They be known as Churchians. Aka Cathedral.

Posted by: whig at February 28, 2024 10:53 AM (hKOIV)

Not a term I'd ever heard or read before, so I looked it up. If I'm looking at the proper definition - it doesn't apply to the people I'm describing, because most of them don't even attend services. I don't either.

Posted by: The Pimp Hand of Reality at February 28, 2024 11:00 AM (XShg/)

329 Fuck Chick-fil-A. They give money to BLM and the Southern Poverty Law Center. I don't buy food from them.
Posted by: Xipe Totec at February 28, 2024 10:41 AM (pohLc)

Their CEO said that whites ought to shine blacks' shoes. The company can go horsefuck.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression)

Yeah, that was the end of them for me.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 28, 2024 11:00 AM (eYF7X)

330 295 That describes most people around me - including those who vote Republican. What benefits them is what's good and just. What does not is not.
Posted by: The Pimp Hand of Reality
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They be known as Churchians. Aka Cathedral.
Posted by: whig at February 28, 2024 10:53 AM (hKOIV)

The only things real are pain and sacrifice.

Posted by: XTC at February 28, 2024 11:01 AM (sm6Pk)

331 The rant...

It be here!

Aka....NOOD!!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 28, 2024 11:01 AM (a1415)

332 207. The religion I've been most closely associated with in my adult life is Unitarian Universalist.

Surely influenced by the Quaker Meeting Houses in close proximity in and around the county seat, the local Unitarian Universalist had (maybe still has) the white women confessions of privilege & working list of sacrifices to be made.

Supporters of those peaceful gatherings of a few years ago, continued willing supporters for the future.

And there's daycare.

Posted by: L - We're done for now. We just don't have the guts to turn off the lights on the show at February 28, 2024 11:01 AM (GshMh)

333
FTD stock down due to disappointing first quarter earnings projection. Miss me yet?

Posted by: Rona M at February 28, 2024 11:01 AM (nIvob)

334 Just WOW! Citizens in the Home Depot parking lot in Vermont take matters into their own hands. I do mean WOW!

It's coming.
Be prepared.

Good for the vigilantes.
The asshole was probably a hippie godless commie Democrat.

Fuck him.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 28, 2024 11:01 AM (ufFY8)

335 Nude Cheater Ape.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 28, 2024 11:01 AM (aD39U)

336 GOP senators signal that only way out of Ukraine-Russia war likely is ‘negotiated settlement’
"That’s probably where this thing ends up," said Sen. J.D. Vance.

Thanks unbelievably to Marco Rubio. Has this guy had some sort of epiphany?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 28, 2024 11:03 AM (eYF7X)

337 Not a term I'd ever heard or read before, so I looked it up. If I'm looking at the proper definition - it doesn't apply to the people I'm describing, because most of them don't even attend services. I don't either.
Posted by: The Pimp Hand of Reality
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Ok. Are you describing nominal Christians that were raised in the tradition but don't believe in it other than what is deemed socially acceptable in their social circles.

Churchians do attend church but mainly for socializing, networking, etc. but don't let the tenets of the faith interfere with whatever sinning they want to do. Pascal's wager types.

The Cathedral types want utopia on Earth and use religion to try to bring that about. They worship humanism instead of the Lord and invert the relationship between man and Lord.

Posted by: whig at February 28, 2024 11:04 AM (hKOIV)

338 336 GOP senators signal that only way out of Ukraine-Russia war likely is ‘negotiated settlement’
"That’s probably where this thing ends up," said Sen. J.D. Vance.

Thanks unbelievably to Marco Rubio. Has this guy had some sort of epiphany?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 28, 2024 11:03 AM (eYF7X)

The only settlement Putin should settle for is Zelenskyy drinks a Polonium Tea and the entire country becomes part of Russia.

Posted by: XTC at February 28, 2024 11:04 AM (sm6Pk)

339 The only settlement Putin should settle for is Zelenskyy drinks a Polonium Tea and the entire country becomes part of Russia.
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Putin is making money and gaining power why would he want that to end?

Posted by: Pudinhead at February 28, 2024 11:09 AM (hWxEy)

340 Ok. Are you describing nominal Christians that were raised in the tradition but don't believe in it other than what is deemed socially acceptable in their social circles.

Most of the people around me - which I think fairly well describes society in general - don't claim a religion in any way. What they have as far as a worldview pretty much is what benefits them. They don't steal because the consequences are too high - not because of a belief in not stealing.

That is most people now. I suspect it has been for a long, long time. Even when church was more popular - and I was forced to attend as a kid - I could see that most of the adults around me didn't think about it. They just accepted it. That preacher could have told them anything - and they would have swallowed it whole.

Posted by: The Pimp Hand of Reality at February 28, 2024 11:16 AM (XShg/)

341 what a lovely work! It's sensitive but also technically correct.

I'd love to see it IRL to note all the variations of hue in the "white" areas

Posted by: kallisto at February 28, 2024 11:42 AM (dCxaZ)

342 48 I like this. It looks more like an 'illustration' than a 'painting,' but it's nice.

Would hang.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at February 28, 2024 09:38 AM (Q0kLU)

I think I see what you mean. This artwork is not on the scale of the Wyeth masterpiece we saw yesterday. It is very sweet.

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Posted by: hirsute at February 28, 2024 04:25 PM (404UM)

344 THE BEST PART OF WAKING UP IS FOLGERS IN YOUR CUP

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at February 28, 2024 05:22 PM (wGqjj)

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