Mid-Morning Art Thread

Valencian fisherman
Joaquín Sorolla

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 09, 2024 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

3 Sailor gonna beach that bitch.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 09, 2024 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

4 Nicely done, would pull the net in

Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2024 09:31 AM (qZbdW)

5 Ah, they're fishing for oranges!

Posted by: Alexandria Ocasio Cortez at May 09, 2024 09:31 AM (PiwSw)

6 What the hell you trying to catch there?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 09, 2024 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

7 Right in front of the "No Fishing" sign too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2024 09:31 AM (Q4IgG)

8 It's really small on my screen. I like it, though.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 09, 2024 09:32 AM (9yWhg)

9 Banned for dolphin destruction.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 09, 2024 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

10 They look sharp. Well-dressed and snappy. They must get their work clothes from Valenciaga.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 09, 2024 09:32 AM (d04cU)

11 Nothing like Joaquin on the beach.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 09, 2024 09:32 AM (R4t5M)

12 What the hell you trying to catch there?
Posted by: Sponge

Valencians. Duh.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 09, 2024 09:33 AM (9yWhg)

13 Spanish Light: Sorolla in American Collections
September 17, 2023–January 7, 2024

I actually saw this in person.

It was the largest collection of Sorolla in the US.

Posted by: rhennigantx at May 09, 2024 09:33 AM (ENQN6)

14 Kinda like it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2024 09:33 AM (75/Pp)

15
Valencians. Duh.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 09, 2024 09:33 AM (9yWhg)

Seems she'd be pissed if you hit her with that thing.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 09, 2024 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

16 "Valencian" is a weird word. It makes sense, but it's an odd construction. Awkward. They should have picked a better denonym."Valencianans" sounds a little better to my ear.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 09, 2024 09:34 AM (d04cU)

17 Very nice. Thank you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2024 09:34 AM (XkYcA)

18 "Sorolla was born on February 27, 1863, in Valencia, Spain, and was the eldest child of a tradesman. "

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2024 09:35 AM (75/Pp)

19 Nat Gallery London (now)

Full title Valencian Fishermen
Artist Joaquín Sorolla
Artist dates 1863 - 1923
Date made 1895
Medium and support Oil on canvas
Dimensions 65 × 87 cm
Acquisition credit On loan from the Broere Charitable Foundation

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

20 Lovely painting, great soft tones. Also, tells a story. Would hang.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 09, 2024 09:36 AM (2NHgQ)

21 "Valencianans" sounds a little better to my ear.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 09, 2024 09:34 AM (d04cU)

Romanians?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2024 09:36 AM (75/Pp)

22 I fixed the graphic. It should look a bit better without the border.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 09, 2024 09:36 AM (d9fT1)

23 16 Valencianii

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

24 What kind of fish do you catch with fishing baskets?

Posted by: redridinghood at May 09, 2024 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

25 Oh hell.

I need more coffee!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 09, 2024 09:36 AM (d9fT1)

26 I was taking in the scene, struck by the mundaneness of fishing on a small scale like this. Day after day of the same thing, with little gratitude for your efforts, toiling away in faceless anonymity.

But then I realized I have to get back to creating that Worker's Comp data sheet...

Posted by: red speck at May 09, 2024 09:37 AM (0Id0S)

27 No, Romans. Romania is a different thing, as are Romanians- except when they WERE Romans.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2024 09:37 AM (75/Pp)

28 It's very nice. But I don't understand the fishing method. Anyone care to explain?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2024 09:37 AM (7tyGW)

29 Best to get the net fixed before they miss the morning tide.

Posted by: huerfano at May 09, 2024 09:37 AM (VGOMa)

30 My first car was a '91 Sorolla.

It had cloth seats, not the Valencian leather.

Posted by: reason at May 09, 2024 09:38 AM (s3On1)

31 Gorgeous.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2024 09:38 AM (iyc2T)

32 I fixed the graphic. It should look a bit better without the border.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 09, 2024 09:36 AM (d9fT1)
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"We withdraw our protest." - Fishermen Without Borders

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 09, 2024 09:39 AM (0ODjL)

33 What kind of fish do you catch with fishing baskets?
Posted by: redridinghood

basketfish (Kentrocapros rosapinto)

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

34 Are those beehive-like things fish traps, or something like lobster traps?

The guy in the plaid shirt looks like he's holding a fish in his left hand.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2024 09:39 AM (J2vNu)

35 There. Are. Two. Fishermen.

Posted by: capt jean-luc picard at May 09, 2024 09:39 AM (ZdexC)

36 It's very nice. But I don't understand the fishing method. Anyone care to explain?
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2024 09:37 AM (7tyGW)

Don't they use kind of basket looking things for crab and lobster?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2024 09:40 AM (75/Pp)

37 28 >>>It's very nice. But I don't understand the fishing method. Anyone care to explain?

Isn't it obvious? You wade, knee-deep, in the surf, grabbing little fishies by hand, and then shove them through the little hole in the top of the net -- all while your son-in-law stands there like an idiot in your daughter's gardening hat, not doing a thing to help.

Posted by: red speck at May 09, 2024 09:40 AM (0Id0S)

38 So the second guy is a trap repairman??

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 09:40 AM (ZdexC)

39 I fixed the graphic. It should look a bit better without the border.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 09, 2024 09:36 AM (d9fT1)

Much better.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 09, 2024 09:40 AM (Zz0t1)

40 It's very nice. But I don't understand the fishing method. Anyone care to explain?
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2024 09:37 AM (7tyGW)
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This is for the rons here. The nets look like....

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 09, 2024 09:40 AM (0ODjL)

41 No, Romans. Romania is a different thing, as are Romanians- except when they WERE Romans.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

That's before they transitioned. They were Cissylvanians.

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

42 What kind of fish do you catch with fishing baskets?
Posted by: redridinghood

The autistic ones.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 09, 2024 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)

43 Is that a grunion on his belt?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2024 09:41 AM (bo7UB)

44 Much better.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 09, 2024 09:40 AM (Zz0t1)

F*ck. I have no idea why that is happening.

It looks one way on my PC and another way on the blog.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 09, 2024 09:42 AM (d9fT1)

45 Is that a grunion on his belt?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2024 09:41 AM (bo7UB)

.......or are you just happy to see me?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 09, 2024 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)

46 Why do they need a boat if they're fishing in ankle deep water? Something else is going on here.

Posted by: Weasel at May 09, 2024 09:42 AM (n1cjr)

47 I was taking in the scene, struck by the mundaneness of fishing on a small scale like this. Day after day of the same thing, with little gratitude for your efforts, toiling away in faceless anonymity.

But then I realized I have to get back to creating that Worker's Comp data sheet...
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A bad day of fishin'
is still better than
A good day in the office!

Posted by: a bumper sticker on a '91 Sorolla at May 09, 2024 09:42 AM (s3On1)

48 They're gonna need a bigger boat...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2024 09:42 AM (7fElN)

49 Nice description of the artist from Sothebys

https://shorturl.at/kzERW

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2024 09:42 AM (iyc2T)

50 Doesn't seem like beehives would be the most efficient fishing tool.

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

51 Look! A little man in the boat!

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2024 09:44 AM (Q4IgG)

52 I like the light on the water. Would hang.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 09, 2024 09:44 AM (Wnv9h)

53 They use wicker traps to catch river eels but they're cigar-shaped not round. Use it for ground-feeders??

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 09:44 AM (ZdexC)

54 Sam was a basket case!

Posted by: Captain Beefheart at May 09, 2024 09:44 AM (V5BDR)

55 Is that a grunion on his belt?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2024 09:41 AM (bo7UB)
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as was the style at the time

Posted by: Abe Simpson at May 09, 2024 09:44 AM (s3On1)

56 Doesn't seem like beehives would be the most efficient fishing tool.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 09, 2024 09:43 AM (9yWhg)
******
Maybe they're fishing for bees.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 09, 2024 09:45 AM (NpAcC)

57 It's very nice. But I don't understand the fishing method. Anyone care to explain?
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2024 09:37 AM (7tyGW)
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Looks like the baskets are set upside down so that fish can get trapped in them during high tide. Perhaps the fishermen then see what they caught when the tide goes out again.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2024 09:45 AM (7fElN)

58 An ancient Valencian saying, "He who smelt it, dealt it."

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 09:45 AM (ZdexC)

59 46 Why do they need a boat if they're fishing in ankle deep water? Something else is going on here.

setting up for a NBC flood story

Posted by: Taggart at May 09, 2024 09:45 AM (og5mY)

60 A method of fishing where you have to find a fish and then drop a basket over it seems ... inefficient.

Maybe Valencians weren't the sharpest tools in the shed.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2024 09:45 AM (bo7UB)

61 They need some poles.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 09, 2024 09:46 AM (NpAcC)

62 I see a red sash, I kill the man wearing it. So run you cur. And tell the other curs the law is coming. You tell 'em I'm coming! And Hell's coming with me you hear! Hell's coming with me!

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 09, 2024 09:46 AM (JCZqz)

63 I found the little man in the boat!

Posted by: blaster at May 09, 2024 09:46 AM (xhfG9)

64 Maybe they're more like baskets to hold already-caught fish, caught using nets or hooked lines first. Stop them from jumping outta da boat??

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 09:46 AM (ZdexC)

65 Isn't you, isn't me
Search for things that you can't see
Going blind out of reach
Somewhere in the Valencian

Posted by: Taggart at May 09, 2024 09:47 AM (og5mY)

66 Get a net, guys.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2024 09:47 AM (bo7UB)

67 Myself and my fellow residents took great pride in creating wicker chairs, furniture and fishing baskets of all types.

Posted by: Pilgrim State Hospital Bldg. 23 at May 09, 2024 09:47 AM (V5BDR)

68 (insert pollock joke here)

Posted by: Moron Robbie - Little girls dreamt of being moms, women told them not to follow their dreams at May 09, 2024 09:47 AM (f6xX0)

69 It looks far, far better in person, but there is something wonky about the National Gallery website that doesn't allow me to pull a good image.

We fought a revolution to get out from under the thumb fo the British Empire!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 09, 2024 09:47 AM (d9fT1)

70 An ancient Valencian saying, "He who smelt it, dealt it."
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 09:45 AM (ZdexC)
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They had an old geezer fur a leader once. Rumor is, he meet the Pope and carped his pants.

Posted by: Abe Simpson at May 09, 2024 09:48 AM (s3On1)

71 4 baskets, 3 men. Not enough room for any fish in that boat.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 09, 2024 09:48 AM (NpAcC)

72 27 No, Romans. Romania is a different thing, as are Romanians- except when they WERE Romans.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2024 09:37 AM (75/Pp)
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Romulans?

Posted by: Ciampino is a Roman at May 09, 2024 09:48 AM (qfLjt)

73 That sort of fishing is a sideline for Valencians. Their major effort focuses on trapping bears, the fabled el oso de valencia. It's a process that requires some effort. El Oso, also known as La Bestia del Triste Picor has a weakness for legumes, especially the guisante variety.

When the winter comes and El Oso is fattening himself up for hibernation, the Valencian oso trappers carefully chip a wide hole in a frozen lake. They scatter guisantes there, then wait. When the bear comes up to take a pea, they kick him in the ice-hole.

Posted by: John Drake Nearing The Caspian Sea at May 09, 2024 09:49 AM (u/Zei)

74 In case nobody has said it yet:

The sea was angry that day my friends

Posted by: Taggart at May 09, 2024 09:49 AM (og5mY)

75 And the fisherman, ocean and boat are much aesthetically preferable to Biden and Psaki, and I expect that the fishermen-unlike Biden and Psaki- were making an honest living.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2024 09:49 AM (XkYcA)

76 Trying to catch fish in those little baskets is in-seine.

Posted by: huerfano at May 09, 2024 09:49 AM (VGOMa)

77 They're panning for goldfish.

Posted by: PabloD at May 09, 2024 09:49 AM (f7a6n)

78 I'd hang. Well, no, I'd buy it, then it would go in the basement next to my Winslow Homer knockoff canvas.

I can't say "Valencia" without invoking the Charo lisp.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at May 09, 2024 09:49 AM (YIxO9)

79 70 An ancient Valencian saying, "He who smelt it, dealt it."
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 09:45 AM (ZdexC)

Oh. Wise guy

Posted by: Delta Smelt at May 09, 2024 09:50 AM (WhMxF)

80 I found the little man in the boat!
Posted by: blaster
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So it's a science fiction painting? It's no Frazetta but it's okay, I guess.

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 09:50 AM (ZdexC)

81 When you wade in the swell with a big wicker bell
You're Valencian

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2024 09:50 AM (bo7UB)

82 I like this painting a lot. Colors are very authentic. Looking at it, you can almost hear the waves lapping against the shore and the boat in the background, almost smell the sea.

I would hang.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 09, 2024 09:50 AM (N39Ws)

83 Keep it creel, dudes!

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 09:50 AM (ZdexC)

84 Those poor cabin boys! Won't someone comfort them?

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2024 09:51 AM (WhMxF)

85 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I wonder what's on the menu tonight? Halibut I hope.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2024 09:51 AM (W/lyH)

86 F*ck. I have no idea why that is happening.

It looks one way on my PC and another way on the blog.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 09, 2024 09:42 AM (d9fT1)
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Caches. The picture is stored in your browser cache. CTRL+R (or F5) only does a simple refresh, and it will consult the cache.

CTRL+SHIFT+R (or SHIFT+F5) will demand a "cacheless refresh" that purges and replaces the local cache. Depending on the site, this may not work as expected, but it will almost always purge locally cached images and replace them.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 09, 2024 09:51 AM (d04cU)

87 Looking forward to Shrimp and Grits! for dinner.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at May 09, 2024 09:51 AM (YIxO9)

88 >>I see a red sash, I kill the man wearing it. So run you cur. And tell the other curs the law is coming. You tell 'em I'm coming! And Hell's coming with me you hear! Hell's coming with me!

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 09, 2024 09:46 AM

Kurt Russell killed as Wyatt. I love that movie.

Posted by: huerfano at May 09, 2024 09:52 AM (VGOMa)

89 The Valencian Leather in their boat seats is vastly inferior.

Posted by: Ricardo Montablah at May 09, 2024 09:52 AM (5f/Kz)

90 85 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I wonder what's on the menu tonight? Halibut I hope.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at

I had a halibut quesadilla for dinner last night. It was yummy.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2024 09:52 AM (WhMxF)

91 Are those Urban Sombreros they have on?

Posted by: J. Peterman at May 09, 2024 09:52 AM (bo7UB)

92 Do you know I eat octopus three times a day? I got fucking octopus coming out of my fucking ears. I got the fuckin' Russian shoes my feet's comin' through. How you like that? What, you want me to stay there and do nothing? Hey, I'm no fuckin' criminal, man. I'm no puta or thief. I'm Tony Montana, a political prisoner from Cuba. And I want my fuckin' human rights, now!

Would Hang.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 09, 2024 09:52 AM (4a+k3)

93 They're angling for an office promotion.

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 09:53 AM (ZdexC)

94

The smuggling of Algerian blonde hash is very profitable. Having made delivery, they will go back to their beach huts, clean up, change into their bling bling and take a limo to their hilltop is estate...

Posted by: Ped Xing at May 09, 2024 09:53 AM (HRQvT)

95 CBD. Many to choose from.
https://tinyurl.com/msum3j2t

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 09, 2024 09:54 AM (2NHgQ)

96 Valencia means strong or healthy, and I guess you'd have to be to try to capture sharks in a hand basket.

Posted by: Or, Nuts! at May 09, 2024 09:54 AM (V5BDR)

97 CTRL+SHIFT+R (or SHIFT+F5) will demand a "cacheless refresh" that purges and replaces the local cache.

cache and release?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 09, 2024 09:54 AM (9yWhg)

98 cache and release?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 09, 2024 09:54 AM (9yWhg)
++++
:: slow clap ::

Very nicely done.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 09, 2024 09:55 AM (d04cU)

99 The legend says Romulus slayed Remulus. What if it had been the other way round? Remans? All roads lead to Rema. When in Rema do as the Remans do.

Posted by: Ciampino is a Roman & not a Reman at May 09, 2024 09:55 AM (qfLjt)

100 I shall make you fishers of green-oranges.

Posted by: Jesus from Valencia at May 09, 2024 09:56 AM (ZdexC)

101 I love harvesting BBQ grill covers on the beach. Nature's bounty

Posted by: banana Dream at May 09, 2024 09:56 AM (Y6IkP)

102 The sea was angry that day.

Posted by: Amy Shumer at May 09, 2024 09:56 AM (tpjlM)

103 Very nicely done.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

I'll be here all week. Enjoy the buffet.

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

104 Crude Stock in SPR

Jan 2021 638,085 K barrels highest point during Biden Administration
Jun 2023 347,158 K barrels lowest point during Biden Administration
Feb 2024 360,958 K barrels current level (replacing 4.7% of depletion)

Posted by: SMOD at May 09, 2024 09:58 AM (RHGPo)

105 Y'all should see the inside of the POTUS's head. I mean, it's like...barren. Nothing. Cavernous echos. A parasite could starve in there.

Posted by: RFK Jr's. recent "guest" at May 09, 2024 09:58 AM (PiwSw)

106 Weekly Jobless claims unexpectedly rise to highest level since August.

Posted by: Amy Shumer at May 09, 2024 09:58 AM (tpjlM)

107 Another very nice painting CBD. The depiction of the surf and the fishermen standing in it is well done. It’s an enjoyable and relaxing painting to look at.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 09, 2024 09:59 AM (U5wpN)

108 Do brain worms make good fish bait?

Posted by: Valencian Anglers Union at May 09, 2024 10:00 AM (V5BDR)

109 Bloomberg: Seriously Underwater’ Home Mortgages Tick Up Across the US

I think I’ve seen this movie before.

Posted by: Montec at May 09, 2024 10:00 AM (tpjlM)

110 Compare and contrast:
Israel says it reopened Kerem Shalom crossing after a rocket attack but the United Nations says no aid has entered Gaza.
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UNRWA estimates nearly 79,000 Palestinians have fled Rafah since Israel's offensive started on Monday.
===
UNRWA has been caught stealing and then selling humanitarian aid that came into Gaza that was intended to be given to Palestinian civilians, UN Watch reported on Wednesday, citing reports published by Palestinians in “an UNRWA-related chatroom.”

The Watch report also claims that those who report UNRWA’s actions with the humanitarian aid “face reprisals.”
-- Jerusalem Post

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 10:04 AM (ZdexC)

111 Manuel from Barcelona interned on a Valencian vessel one summer. He found the work and hardscrabble fisherman life too taxing, emigrated to UK, and that is how he met Basil, Sybil, and Polly.

Posted by: Flowery Twats at May 09, 2024 10:05 AM (V5BDR)

112 Bloomberg: Seriously Underwater’ Home Mortgages Tick Up Across the US

I think I’ve seen this movie before.
Posted by: Montec at May 09, 2024 10:00 AM (tpjlM)

Bear in mind the sequel is always the same story but bigger with much higher stakes.

Posted by: ... at May 09, 2024 10:07 AM (0gguK)

113
Wide Awake Media @wideawake_media
"Carry on putting them up and they'll carry on falling over."

Yet another of Sadiq Khan's ULEZ cameras falls victim to the Blade Runners in Hillingdon, West London—just 36 hours after it was installed.

This is now the sixth camera that has been "retired" in this location alone.

Within London's 'Ultra Low Emission Zone', drivers are charged a daily fee of £12.50 for driving vehicles that don't meet arbitrary "minimum emissions standards", essentially making driving an unaffordable luxury for people who can't afford to buy an expensive electric (or newer model ICE) vehicle, as they struggle to make ends meet already due to runaway inflation, extortionate energy bills and a cost of living crisis.

A group calling itself the "ULEZ Blade Runners" has vowed to remove or disable every last ULEZ camera in London.
https://tinyurl.com/mr5etvuj
1:16 minutes; great Cockney commentary; BTW, TFL = tough f#cking luck

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 10:09 AM (ZdexC)

114 This painting assumes the gender of the fishermx, glorifies the exploitation of native fishkin, and promotes nonvegan dietary options. Somebody better soup this down, in a hurry. Inshallah.

Posted by: Noah Peyton Collidgward at May 09, 2024 10:10 AM (0FoWg)

115 Those fishing baskets are the product of students in Basket-Weaving Studies at Haavhad and Columbia U.

Now if you want crab baskets then go see the Underwater Basket-Weaving Studies products. Wetsuit recommended. No smoking allowed. BYOB.

Posted by: Ciampino - No ivy under the waves at May 09, 2024 10:10 AM (qfLjt)

116 Herd Immunity News @HerdImmunity12
News: Blade Runners Running As Peoples Mayoralty: From our HIN insiders on the streets of London the vigilante gang known only as the Blade Runners, are running on the ballot paper..... of the nations hearts.

As reports from the MSM have confirmed, over 3,000 ULEZ cameras will be 'retired' in 2024. This seriously hampers the 'net-zero', man-made climate change ambitions for £400 mill, conspired by Labour Muslim Mayor and Imperial college London. Terrible.

The Blade Runners not be on the ballot paper in tonight's 2024 London Mayor Elections, instead they are growing in number and have massive support from the vast majority on the streets of London, Kent, Essex, Surrey and Hertfordshire.
#climatescam #KhanOut #BladeRunners #ULEZ #NetZero #wefagenda2030

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 10:11 AM (ZdexC)

117 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 09, 2024 09:51 AM (d04cU)

I delete previous versions when I update them, so that shouldn't be happening. But you are correct...it was cached.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 09, 2024 10:11 AM (d9fT1)

118 I can’t imagine wanting to drive in central London. But kudos to these rebels. I love it.

Posted by: Montec at May 09, 2024 10:11 AM (tpjlM)

119 ... UNRWA estimates nearly 79,000 Palestinians have fled Rafah since Israel's offensive started on Monday. ...
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 10:04 AM (ZdexC)
++++
Where'd they go?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 09, 2024 10:11 AM (d04cU)

120 Bloomberg: Seriously Underwater’ Home Mortgages Tick Up Across the US
I think I’ve seen this movie before.
Posted by: Montec at May 09, 2024 10:00 AM (tpjlM)

It's the Predatory Lenders fault! There I was sitting in my kitchen smoking a Kool when this man came online and told me I could qualify for all this moneys and all I had to do was sign and the check would be deposited in my bank account. He ain'ts be sayin nam about no 28% interesting and my monthly payment of 5 grand a month.

It's all Trump's fault! Help me Joe Biden!

Posted by: Karen McAwful, Wine Mom and Deadbeat at May 09, 2024 10:13 AM (4a+k3)

121 Where'd they go?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 09, 2024 10:11 AM (d04cU)

Oh you and your logic. Stop that at once. We have a narrative to make up.
- Hamas and Their Supporters at the UN

Posted by: Montec at May 09, 2024 10:13 AM (tpjlM)

122 This painting assumes the gender of the fishermx, glorifies the exploitation of native fishkin, and promotes nonvegan dietary options. Somebody better soup this down, in a hurry. Inshallah.
Posted by: Noah Peyton Collidgward at May 09, 2024 10:10 AM (0FoWg)
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Where are you studying for your MFA?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2024 10:13 AM (+87un)

123 One of my daughters has become friends somehow with an older European woman living in Cambridge, holds salon type gatherings somewhat often.
She got a tour of the art work yesterday, some Kaplinskies, some Man Rays.
I'm thinking I should encourage this relationship. Maybe.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 09, 2024 10:14 AM (4780s)

124 I delete previous versions when I update them, so that shouldn't be happening. But you are correct...it was cached.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 09, 2024 10:11 AM (d9fT1)
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Your actions don't matter, usually, when it comes to this. Caching is automatic and caches are stored specifically by and for the browser. The same file being somewhere else on your filesystem doesn't factor into it. You hit a page, the browser downloads and stores the assets. You hit the page again and it usually won't download and store assets it already has (or thinks it has). A different file name (e.g., "art.jpg" vs "art2.jpg") shouldn't end up being read from local caches, because the browser doesn't think it has a local copy already.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 09, 2024 10:14 AM (d04cU)

125 Hey Wyatt!
It's been awhile. Hope all is well.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2024 10:14 AM (W/lyH)

126 I had a halibut quesadilla for dinner last night. It was yummy.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2024 09:52 AM (WhMxF)

Dang. You're the second person I know to have had that this week. I must try it.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2024 10:15 AM (W/lyH)

127 Continuing on from comment 73 about Valencia's principal industry, I quote Sir Richard Attenborough's award-winning "The Wilds of Iberia":

The Valencian oso trappers are a hardy breed, and so they must be, for their quarry is elusive, wily, and to some hypoallergenic. La Bestia del Triste Picor can be dangerous, and those who trap the Oso de Valencia know this. It's closest relative, the Sidehill Gouger, accounts for the lives of multiple Minnesotans and Wisconsonites every year. The pelts of the Bear of Valencia has many uses, most notably in the fabrication of luchador masks and as generic replacements for Corinthian leather in East European automobiles. We dedicate this episode of "The Wilds of Iberia" to our second unit director, Hector,who was sadly savaged by a Valencian bear known locally as El Rudo, who executed a huricanrana and left Hector with a rash that failed to respond to treatment.

Posted by: John Drake Nearing The Caspian Sea at May 09, 2024 10:16 AM (u/Zei)

128 111
".... and that is how he met Basil, Sybil, and Polly."

Posted by: Flowery Twats at May 09, 2024 10:05 AM (V5BDR)
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Through no fault of his own, I may add.

Posted by: Ciampino - don't mention The Germans at May 09, 2024 10:16 AM (qfLjt)

129
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 09, 2024 09:46 AM

Any thoughts on the Kensington actions or the new Mayor? Morale in the force?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 09, 2024 10:16 AM (RKVpM)

130 I've had a grouper quesadilla before. Very tasty. Halibut would be good.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 09, 2024 10:18 AM (R4t5M)

131 Something about fish and cheese is just wrong.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2024 10:19 AM (+87un)

132 Apropos of nothing...

It looks like Criterion is releasing Peckinpah's "Pat Garret and Billy the Kid" in 4k soon.

I loves me some Peckinpah but having seen "Heaven's Gate" recently reminded me that Kris Kristofferson has the acting ability of your average igneous rock.

Decisions, decisions.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 09, 2024 10:20 AM (eDfFs)

133 Bloomberg: Seriously Underwater’ Home Mortgages Tick Up Across the US
I think I’ve seen this movie before.
Posted by: Montec at May 09, 2024 10:00 AM (tpjlM)
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Mrs WisRich has a client who is a Board member of local bank . Told her residential foreclosures are on a significant uptick.

Posted by: WisRich at May 09, 2024 10:22 AM (G0vdT)

134 Where'd they go?
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And they're safely out of the immediate war zone that you'd think would be good news.

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 10:23 AM (ZdexC)

135 I'll have the quesadilla.

Posted by: Billy Gibbons at May 09, 2024 10:23 AM (OguvZ)

136 Biden labored to articulate his thinking, or his “thinking.” This is how he put it on CNN: “I made it clear that if they go into Rafah – they haven’t gone in Rafah yet – if they go into Rafah, I’m not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities – that deal with that problem,”
-Scott Johnson
===

He labored because there is no thinking. He is trying to recall his instructions but cannot.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2024 10:24 AM (+87un)

137 When we lived in Monterey, CA there was a fish house that had the best halibut tacos, mango salsa with a side of black beans. Surprisingly cheap for lunch.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2024 10:24 AM (Q4IgG)

138 I enjoy the Tkachuk beatdown of Pastrnak last night. Had to watch that a few times. Good job, Florida.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 09, 2024 10:25 AM (R4t5M)

139 132 Apropos of nothing...

It looks like Criterion is releasing Peckinpah's "Pat Garret and Billy the Kid" in 4k soon.

I loves me some Peckinpah but having seen "Heaven's Gate" recently reminded me that Kris Kristofferson has the acting ability of your average igneous rock.

Decisions, decisions.
Posted by: naturalfake at May 09, 2024 10:20 AM (eDfFs)

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I love the film. Kristofferson is pretty good in it, but he's more of a supporting player to Coburn as Pat Garrett.

Also, I suspect that the portrayal of Billy the Kid is ahistorical to the extreme. But, Peckinpah wasn't interested in telling history. He told stories that spoke to him.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 09, 2024 10:25 AM (GBKbO)

140 Mrs WisRich has a client who is a Board member of local bank . Told her residential foreclosures are on a significant uptick.

Posted by: WisRich

That explains the number of listings exploding that I've been seeing. (Still don't know if I can afford anything, but one never knows.)

Posted by: Brother Tim sez Nick Saban for President! at May 09, 2024 10:25 AM (OUMaO)

141 Apropos of nothing...

It looks like Criterion is releasing Peckinpah's "Pat Garret and Billy the Kid" in 4k soon.

I loves me some Peckinpah but having seen "Heaven's Gate" recently reminded me that Kris Kristofferson has the acting ability of your average igneous rock.

Decisions, decisions.
Posted by: naturalfake

Watch it just for James Coburn's performance - his Pat Garret is superb, chilling and yet sympathetic at the same time. Peckinpah was smart enough to limit Kristofferson's role, and in the process he ends up doing a good job playing both the mythical and the historical Billy the Kid. Even Bob Dylan is good in his role as one of Billy's gang.

Posted by: John Drake Nearing The Caspian Sea at May 09, 2024 10:25 AM (u/Zei)

142 If they waded out a little further, they could catch blowfish.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 09, 2024 10:25 AM (ZgXGt)

143 When we lived in Monterey, CA there was a fish house that had the best halibut tacos, mango salsa with a side of black beans. Surprisingly cheap for lunch.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

On Fisherman's Wharf?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at May 09, 2024 10:25 AM (9yWhg)

144 Mrs WisRich has a client who is a Board member of local bank . Told her residential foreclosures are on a significant uptick.
Posted by: WisRich at May 09, 2024 10:22 AM (G0vdT)
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Foreclosures increase when property values fall. They aren't falling everywhere, but it's starting in some markets. Some (like mine) are still bat-shit insane.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 09, 2024 10:26 AM (d04cU)

145 My neighborhood has a half dozen properties listed for tax sales next week. This is one of the more solid neighborhoods in the city.

Posted by: From about That Time at May 09, 2024 10:26 AM (4780s)

146 London's 5 Best Women’s Only Private Members Clubs' 2023
Discover the five best women’s private member clubs in London, offering luxury amenities, networking opportunities and a supportive community of like-minded women.
thesybarite.co

amelia gentleman @ameliagentleman May 7
The Garrick has finally decided to allow women to join

Piers Morgan @piersmorgan May 8
Congratulations on your campaign to force the Garrick to accept women members. Here are the top 5 women-only clubs in London, I look forward to seeing you campaign for them all to now accept male members: thesybarite.co/women-private…

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 10:27 AM (ZdexC)

147
It was late in the second period in last night's EDM-VAN game and as I passed by after putting the dogs up I saw it was 4-1 Oilers. So I went to bed.

Should have stayed up. Canucks scored four unanswered goals and won 5-4. Bet the fans yelled the house down.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2024 10:27 AM (MoZTd)

148 Foreclosures increase when property values fall. They aren't falling everywhere, but it's starting in some markets. Some (like mine) are still bat-shit insane.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

I just sold my house. On the market for 2 days. 10 offers, much above asking.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 09, 2024 10:27 AM (R4t5M)

149 The last crash didn’t happen all at once. My market was about 6-8 months behind the National averages but it did happen eventually.

Posted by: Montec at May 09, 2024 10:28 AM (tpjlM)

150 Snapper or steelhead trout make the best fish tacos, grilled or fried. And cheese does not belong on fish tacos. Ever.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 09, 2024 10:28 AM (OrxD4)

151 @piersmorgan May 8
Congratulations on your campaign to force the Garrick to accept women members. Here are the top 5 women-only clubs in London, I look forward to seeing you campaign for them all to now accept male members: thesybarite.co/women-private…
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 10:27 AM (ZdexC)
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At least he's being sarcastic, because he knows better.

Male-only spaces are extremely socially, economically and physically dangerous. They must be destroyed and outlawed.

Female-only spaces are safe, liberating and essential. They must be defended at all costs (unless, depending on faction, the woman is a superior neo-woman with a cock).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 09, 2024 10:28 AM (d04cU)

152 Mrs WisRich has a client who is a Board member of local bank . Told her residential foreclosures are on a significant uptick.

Posted by: WisRich

Market in NH is interesting. Fairly low inventory. Prices are exorbitant. Average home sale price is just below $500k. Most new construction is $850k+. Since NH is a property tax heavy state, peoples' tax bills are pretty high - making it even harder for people to afford to buy. What I pay in a year for property tax is higher than what I pay a year in my mortgage.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 09, 2024 10:28 AM (N39Ws)

153
Discover the five best women’s private member clubs in London, offering luxury amenities, networking opportunities and a supportive community of like-minded women

__________

Networking opportunities and a supportive community of like-minded men, however, is evil.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2024 10:29 AM (MoZTd)

154 And real estate “experts” swore up and down that my market was special and immune from a downturn cuz reasons. Sure, Jan.

Posted by: Montec at May 09, 2024 10:29 AM (tpjlM)

155 I just sold my house. On the market for 2 days. 10 offers, much above asking.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 09, 2024 10:27 AM (R4t5M)
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You're in one of the crazy zones. Hyper-crazy. Or your house was hilariously underpriced. Even my loony market has cooled enough that stuff is usually on the market for more than a week, often two.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 09, 2024 10:30 AM (d04cU)

156 Israelis across the political spectrum were shocked Thursday by U.S. President Joe Biden’s commitment to stop the shipment of offensive weapons to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to prevent Israel from attacking Hamas in Rafah.

Though Biden said the U.S. would continued to back defensive weapons like the Iron Dome, originally developed by Israel, it would prevent Israel from expanding its offensive capability, effectively leaving Israel to wait to be attacked.

Some Democrats, notably Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), were vocal in their criticism as well, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the self-styled “shomer” or “guardian” of Israel in Congress, was conspicuously silent.

Posted by: SMOD at May 09, 2024 10:30 AM (RHGPo)

157 141 Watch it just for James Coburn's performance - his Pat Garret is superb, chilling and yet sympathetic at the same time. Peckinpah was smart enough to limit Kristofferson's role, and in the process he ends up doing a good job playing both the mythical and the historical Billy the Kid. Even Bob Dylan is good in his role as one of Billy's gang.

Posted by: John Drake Nearing The Caspian Sea at May 09, 2024 10:25 AM (u/Zei)

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Knockin' on Heaven's Door was written for this film by Dylan.

And it's used perfectly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 09, 2024 10:30 AM (GBKbO)

158 My neighborhood has a half dozen properties listed for tax sales next week. This is one of the more solid neighborhoods in the city.
Posted by: From about That Time at May 09, 2024 10:26 AM (4780s)

Good! Good! They can come crawling to me for a nice minimum wage job at Arby's while they are living in their cars the deadbeats.

Hahahahaha!

Posted by: Dick Cheney, Mastermind On Viagra at May 09, 2024 10:30 AM (4a+k3)

159 127 Continuing on from comment 73 about Valencia's principal industry, I quote Sir Richard Attenborough's award-winning "The Wilds of Iberia":

Posted by: John Drake Nearing The Caspian Sea at May 09, 2024 10:16 AM (u/Zei)
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Sounds more like David than Richard.

Posted by: Ciampino - quotes from .... at May 09, 2024 10:30 AM (qfLjt)

160 148 Foreclosures increase when property values fall. They aren't falling everywhere, but it's starting in some markets. Some (like mine) are still bat-shit insane.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

I just sold my house. On the market for 2 days. 10 offers, much above asking.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 09, 2024 10:27 AM (R4t5M)

I'd love to sell mine. Problem is where would I go?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 09, 2024 10:30 AM (N39Ws)

161 Would hang in a heartbeat.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 09, 2024 10:30 AM (HUdPZ)

162 146 London's 5 Best Women’s Only Private Members Clubs' 2023
Discover the five best women’s private member clubs in London, offering luxury amenities, networking opportunities and a supportive community of like-minded women.
thesybarite.co

amelia gentleman @ameliagentleman May 7
The Garrick has finally decided to allow women to join

Piers Morgan @piersmorgan May 8
Congratulations on your campaign to force the Garrick to accept women members. Here are the top 5 women-only clubs in London, I look forward to seeing you campaign for them all to now accept male members: thesybarite.co/women-private…
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 10:27 AM (ZdexC)

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"Gender specific spaces are super important! Also, men should have no gender specific spaces."
-the reason I care so little about gender specific spaces anymore

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 09, 2024 10:31 AM (GBKbO)

163 I loves me some Peckinpah but having seen "Heaven's Gate" recently reminded me that Kris Kristofferson has the acting ability of your average igneous rock.

Decisions, decisions.
Posted by: naturalfake
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Finally found something Kristofferson couldn't do well, I guess. What a life!

I want to take this opportunity to pay tribute to TJM's film rankings. You should collect these into a book, they are so outstanding. I use your site as often as my wife asks me for a movie, so thank you.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2024 10:31 AM (Yb6t7)

164 You're in one of the crazy zones. Hyper-crazy. Or your house was hilariously underpriced. Even my loony market has cooled enough that stuff is usually on the market for more than a week, often two.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

It's the trendy pick (for now) in the south hills of Pittsburgh.

Can't wait to get out of here.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 09, 2024 10:31 AM (R4t5M)

165 Bob Mackin @bobmackin 20h
Tablet: “Since 2020, Tides has also donated just under $3 million to the Alliance for Global Justice, a far-left nonprofit that fiscally sponsors Samidoun, a PFLP front led by Charlotte Kates.” #cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli tabletmag.com/sections/news/…

The People Setting America on Fire
Billionaire donors are working with Islamic radicals and far-left revolutionaries to set America on fire

tabletmag.com

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 10:32 AM (ZdexC)

166 I like this painting. The scene is pleasant and the artist has captured the look and feel of the beach. The colors are especially accurate and subtle as they blend from darker water to shallow to sand.

If I had a beach shack or cabana, this would be a nice decoration.

Posted by: JTB at May 09, 2024 10:32 AM (zudum)

167 Some Democrats, notably Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), were vocal in their criticism as well, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the self-styled “shomer” or “guardian” of Israel in Congress, was conspicuously silent.
Posted by: SMOD at May 09, 2024 10:30 AM (RHGPo)

Good. Remind them they impeached Trump for what Biden is doing right now. See if they are interested impeaching Biden now. GOPe certainly can't (won't???) get it done.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 09, 2024 10:32 AM (N39Ws)

168 163 Finally found something Kristofferson couldn't do well, I guess. What a life!

I want to take this opportunity to pay tribute to TJM's film rankings. You should collect these into a book, they are so outstanding. I use your site as often as my wife asks me for a movie, so thank you.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2024 10:31 AM (Yb6t7)

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Why, thank you. I've thought about collecting stuff into a book. I've never figured out really how to package it, though.

Just do recall: I am only an asshole.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 09, 2024 10:32 AM (GBKbO)

169 And real estate “experts” swore up and down that my market was special and immune from a downturn cuz reasons. Sure, Jan.
Posted by: Montec at May 09, 2024 10:29 AM (tpjlM)
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I like my realtor. She's very good at her job.

I was with someone who was buying a house to offer advice. As he was signing the offer, I said, "and we've talked about this before, but you know that you're likely buying in within two years of a market top, and you might end up underwater with your down payment at risk." He knew, and was cool with it. No plans to move, wanted stability for his family, etc. All good.

The realtor, though, said, "we think that appreciation will slow dramatically, but we do not think there will be major declines." I replied, "Ms. Realtor, 'the market has reached a permanently-high plateau' has never and will never be true. It just doesn't happen."

The look she gave me would make someone think I'd just shot her dog.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 09, 2024 10:32 AM (d04cU)

170 131 Something about fish and cheese is just wrong.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2024 10:19 AM (+87un)
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Hey, the original (and only) pizza Napoletana is mozzarella and anchovies.

Posted by: Ciampino - fishermen's breakfast at May 09, 2024 10:33 AM (qfLjt)

171 Chuck Schumer has been urgently trying to find an "Anne Frank" he can trade

Posted by: SMOD at May 09, 2024 10:33 AM (RHGPo)

172
Who's on the all-igneous rock actors list?

Robert Redford
Gregory Peck
Burt Lancaster
John Wayne

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2024 10:33 AM (MoZTd)

173 165 Bob Mackin @bobmackin 20h
Tablet: “Since 2020, Tides has also donated just under $3 million to the Alliance for Global Justice, a far-left nonprofit that fiscally sponsors Samidoun, a PFLP front led by Charlotte Kates.” #cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli tabletmag.com/sections/news/…

The People Setting America on Fire
Billionaire donors are working with Islamic radicals and far-left revolutionaries to set America on fire

tabletmag.com
Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 10:32 AM (ZdexC)

Time to revisit the Marie Latoinette treatment on these elites?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 09, 2024 10:33 AM (N39Ws)

174 It was late in the second period in last night's EDM-VAN game and as I passed by after putting the dogs up I saw it was 4-1 Oilers. So I went to bed.
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Then the Penguins came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 10:34 AM (ZdexC)

175
Foreclosures increase when property values fall. They aren't falling everywhere, but it's starting in some markets. Some (like mine) are still bat-shit insane.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 09, 2024 10:26 AM

Other reasons are inflation, rising taxes, divorce, to name a few. I'm losing a neighbor to divorce, the second time in a row to that location.

They'll pocket a few bucks to split because of rising value while they were there, but it's a shame. I blame covid and the vax as the wife miscarried shortly after it was introduced.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 09, 2024 10:34 AM (RKVpM)

176 Average home sale price is just below $500k. Most new construction is $850k+.

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In my burg it’s the opposite. New construction is $500k. Same house 30+ years old is $700k. Why? Because the 30+ year old house has a decent lot with a mature neighborhood. The new stuff is on postage stamp lots with no mature trees or anything around. You can touch your neighbors house from your window in the near stuff.

And 100+ year old houses, those are the most sought after. Because they’re the neighborhood's without cookie cutter homes which is in high demand.

Posted by: Montec at May 09, 2024 10:34 AM (tpjlM)

177 Sounds more like David than Richard.
Posted by: Ciampino - quotes from ....

Almost as if I had selected the Attenborough brother that wouldn't be exactly qualified to do a nature documentary ...

Monty Python, by the way, has a great bit on Richard Attenborough's overacting, especially his reputation for tearing up during award ceremonies.

Posted by: John Drake Nearing The Caspian Sea at May 09, 2024 10:35 AM (u/Zei)

178 Who's on the all-igneous rock actors list?

Rock Hudson?

Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 09, 2024 10:36 AM (ZgXGt)

179 Biden will not be Democrats nominee. The CNN interview (and more to come), is part of Democrats exit strategy.

Posted by: Truthbomb at May 09, 2024 10:36 AM (SdP+s)

180 The FBI has resumed collusive efforts with social media companies to censor posts it claims are “disinformation,”

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I don't know if ironic is the word but this is happening just as we're beginning to find out how much we were lied to about the covidpocalypse.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 09, 2024 10:36 AM (L/fGl)

181 "The Polling Data Has Been Wrong All Along": Biden

During a brutal CNN interview aired Wednesday, Joe Biden looked shocked when host Erin Burnett reeled off a list of stats detailing how bad the economy is. Instead of suggesting how he is going to improve the situation, Biden denied any of it was real and claimed every poll showing Americans favouring Trump on the economy is wrong.

Lets Go Brandon

Posted by: SMOD at May 09, 2024 10:36 AM (RHGPo)

182 I just sold my house. On the market for 2 days. 10 offers, much above asking.

Location, location, location. It took us 4 months to sell our 3 year old house in Brazoria county (Hadrian 7's area) and we took over a 5% drop on asking.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2024 10:37 AM (/y8xj)

183 Bloomberg: Seriously Underwater’ Home Mortgages Tick Up Across the US
I think I’ve seen this movie before.
Posted by: Montec at May 09, 2024 10:00 AM (tpjlM)

It's the Predatory Lenders fault! There I was sitting in my kitchen smoking a Kool when this man came online and told me I could qualify for all this moneys and all I had to do was sign and the check would be deposited in my bank account. He ain'ts be sayin nam about no 28% interesting and my monthly payment of 5 grand a month.

It's all Trump's fault! Help me Joe Biden!
Posted by: Karen McAwful, Wine Mom and Deadbeat at May 09, 2024 10:13 AM

The Morning Report had the story about people SHOCKED that their mortgage on empty land would increase after they moved into their newly-constructed houses.

On the flip side, I was TERRIFIED about mortgage debt, so I borrowed as little as possible and threw every tax return and extra income at it until it was paid off. The people at my bank know better than to ask me about equity loans.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at May 09, 2024 10:37 AM (fxCK2)

184 126 I had a halibut quesadilla for dinner last night. It was yummy.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2024 09:52 AM (WhMxF)

Dang. You're the second person I know to have had that this week. I must try it.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2024 10:15 AM (W/lyH)

Be adventurous. Just try it for the halibut.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 09, 2024 10:37 AM (PiwSw)

185 Posted by: Montec at May 09, 2024 10:34 AM (tpjlM)

Gah! When we live north of Denver you couldn't scrape dirt fast enough to build those crappy little shack with detached garages on postage stamp lots. And sell them for north of $600k.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 09, 2024 10:37 AM (OrxD4)

186 ... Tablet: “Since 2020, Tides has also donated just under $3 million to the Alliance for Global Justice, a far-left nonprofit that fiscally sponsors Samidoun, a PFLP front led by Charlotte Kates.” ...
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 09, 2024 10:33 AM (N39Ws)
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Soros is a serious problem because it's extremely unclear who is behind him.

He's extremely rich, but he ain't *that* rich. Millions are achievable for him, billions are not (not routinely, anyway). He isn't even in the top 20 richest people in the country. That list bottoms out at around $40 billion, and Soros is only worth about $7 billion. His "foundation" manages most of his former fortune, but even that was barely - if even - a Top 20 fortune.

Soros' people are either serious and top-tier "value investors" in political destruction, or there's a *lot* more money coming from somewhere, and he's just the seed investor and guiding hand. I suspect the latter, but I'm at a loss for where all the money comes from.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 09, 2024 10:37 AM (d04cU)

187 "Eat the rich! Eat the rich !.."

Posted by: runner at May 09, 2024 10:38 AM (V13WU)

188 And Ricardo Attenburgo!

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 10:38 AM (ZdexC)

189 >>The People Setting America on Fire
Billionaire donors are working with Islamic radicals and far-left revolutionaries to set America on fire

Like they did in 2020 with BLM?
Let's not have them pretend this is a new development.

Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2024 10:38 AM (cCVOS)

190
Tilapia? Non, señor!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 09, 2024 10:39 AM (fdSfO)

191 Other reasons are inflation, rising taxes, divorce, to name a few. I'm losing a neighbor to divorce, the second time in a row to that location. ...
Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 09, 2024 10:34 AM (RKVpM)
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Those things add selling pressure, not necessarily foreclosure pressure. In this market, however, selling pressure is much more likely to lead to pricing pressure, which will add to foreclosure volume.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 09, 2024 10:39 AM (d04cU)

192 178 Who's on the all-igneous rock actors list?

Rock Hudson?
Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 09, 2024 10:36 AM (ZgXGt)

*raises one eyebrow*

Posted by: Dwayne Johnson at May 09, 2024 10:40 AM (PiwSw)

193 Location, location, location. It took us 4 months to sell our 3 year old house in Brazoria county (Hadrian 7's area) and we took over a 5% drop on asking.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2024 10:37 AM (/y8xj)

Well, of course, who wants to live next to a gigantic gang of baying hounds. And loud classical music!

Posted by: Cat Lover at May 09, 2024 10:40 AM (V5BDR)

194 183 On the flip side, I was TERRIFIED about mortgage debt, so I borrowed as little as possible and threw every tax return and extra income at it until it was paid off. The people at my bank know better than to ask me about equity loans.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at May 09, 2024 10:37 AM (fxCK2)

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We're pretty sure the bank would have given us 2-3 times as much as the current mortgage on our house is.

We asked for the mortgage without having sold the previous house (they're about equal value considering the sales prices), without any kind of contingency, and the loaner happily let us borrow what was pretty much the full amount for the new house (we scraped together about 10% or so).

The idea of having a loan that big is...eeek.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 09, 2024 10:40 AM (GBKbO)

195
"... and NO Filet-o-Fish sandwiches!"

-- "Demands of the Hamas Smellies, volume 3"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 09, 2024 10:41 AM (fdSfO)

196 195
"... and NO Filet-o-Fish sandwiches!"

-- "Demands of the Hamas Smellies, volume 3"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 09, 2024 10:41 AM (fdSfO)

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How about some gruel? Just don't ask for more.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 09, 2024 10:41 AM (GBKbO)

197 Just checked the Yahoo Finance page. Weekly jobless claims are up but all the indices are up too. Presumably because traders are thinking that the slowdown will pressure the Feds to lower rates sooner than later.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2024 10:42 AM (/y8xj)

198
I guess if you can't sell because you owe more then the residence is worth, the thing to do is stop paying, live rent free, force the foreclosure.

But that should only happen if people have no down payment money to lose. Has that policy returned of no money down?

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 09, 2024 10:42 AM (RKVpM)

199 Reacting to Biden quote about not sending bombs or artillery shells to Israel if a major Rafah invasion is started...

Senator John Fetterman @SenFettermanPA 10h
Hard disagree and deeply disappointing.

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 10:43 AM (ZdexC)

200 Knockin' on Heaven's Door was written for this film by Dylan.

And it's used perfectly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda

Amen to that - the scene it's paired with is ideal. Peckinpah did some magic with the minimalism there, making the aftermath of a shoot-out a meditation on the impermanence of life and the fading away of the frontier.

Posted by: John Drake Nearing The Caspian Sea at May 09, 2024 10:43 AM (u/Zei)

201 On the flip side, I was TERRIFIED about mortgage debt, so I borrowed as little as possible and threw every tax return and extra income at it until it was paid off. The people at my bank know better than to ask me about equity loans.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at May 09, 2024 10:37 AM (fxCK2)
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I left my bank over that. It was before I owned property, but I did finally have some money. They tried to upsell me on every credit product imaginable every time I went in. I asked them to stop. I told them to stop. It didn't stop. I moved banks. When I went in to close my account, the head man came out to ask me why (which surprised me because I had some money, but not all that much) and I told him, "because I've asked you for two years to quit pimping credit products at me, and you don't listen."

It was Wells-Fargo. I should just be glad that they didn't fraudulently open accounts in my name, I guess.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 09, 2024 10:43 AM (d04cU)

202 I'm amazed at some and the debt they carry. It would frighten the fuck out of me.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 09, 2024 10:43 AM (R4t5M)

203 Hey, the original (and only) pizza Napoletana is mozzarella and anchovies.
Posted by: Ciampino - fishermen's breakfast at May 09, 2024 10:33 AM (qfLjt)
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You are bringing up memories of bitterest family battles when I was little. Dad always wanted "half anchovies" Even one anchovy will ruin a pizza.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2024 10:43 AM (+87un)

204 Biden will not be Democrats nominee. The CNN interview (and more to come), is part of Democrats exit strategy.
Posted by: Truthbomb

If this is true, and I suspect it is, then either 1) the fix is in and somehow Kamala will be disposed of and the anointed (Hillzebub?) will automatically become the designated hitter or 2) it'll be a Donk bloodbath.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 09, 2024 10:43 AM (L/fGl)

205 201 It was Wells-Fargo. I should just be glad that they didn't fraudulently open accounts in my name, I guess.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 09, 2024 10:43 AM (d04cU)

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They kept sending me pamphlets about starting student loans several years after I'd graduated from grad school.

What I've learned about big bank data through Dolley's work is that...it's a complete mess.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 09, 2024 10:44 AM (GBKbO)

206 We're pretty sure the bank would have given us 2-3 times as much as the current mortgage on our house is.
...
The idea of having a loan that big is...eeek.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 09, 2024 10:40 AM (GBKbO)
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It's like those "how much home can you afford" calculators. Insane. Batshit, bugnuts insane. They do not reflect, in any way, what someone can "afford." They reflect what someone can *pay for* assuming no setbacks and razor-thin margins.

"I can pay for it" != "I can afford it." These websites tell people they can afford 20%+ more than they actually can. And banks will hand those loans out. YOLO.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 09, 2024 10:44 AM (d04cU)

207 But no one in Jersey City celebrated 9/11.

Posted by: ... at May 09, 2024 10:45 AM (0gguK)

208
Who do youse like in the sixth bout - Pantagruel v Pentangeli?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 09, 2024 10:46 AM (fdSfO)

209 206 It's like those "how much home can you afford" calculators. Insane. Batshit, bugnuts insane. They do not reflect, in any way, what someone can "afford." They reflect what someone can *pay for* assuming no setbacks and razor-thin margins.

"I can pay for it" != "I can afford it." These websites tell people they can afford 20%+ more than they actually can. And banks will hand those loans out. YOLO.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 09, 2024 10:44 AM (d04cU)

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We had to pay the mortgage payment on the 90% loan for about 5 months before the bank would allow us to recast with the proceeds from the previous sale (buying without contingency is a pain in the ass).

That was...a very high payment.

Now, Dolley's getting massive bonuses at the start of every year, and we're talking about recasting with a good portion of it...every year.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 09, 2024 10:46 AM (GBKbO)

210 Valencian fisherman
Joaquín Sorolla

Would hang. Lovely composition. The men form a leading line that pulls the to the right horizon while the fishing baskets take the eye to center horizon. These and the waves express a subtle energy. I read the light, based on the muted shadows, as being filtered by high clouds in the afternoon. The palette, dominated by blues and yellow, rendered with a looseness, captures life in harmony with its surrounding.

TLDR: this dude could paint.

Posted by: lost in space at May 09, 2024 10:46 AM (Amk6c)

211 Applies to your Leftists too:
Mélanie Joly @melaniejoly 18h [Justin's Minister of Foreign Affairs... and Domestic too if you get my drift]
Gender equality & protection of 2SLGBTQI+ rights are core Canadian values.

As attacks in gender & 2SLGBTQI+ rights rise around the 🌎, we recommit to supporting the irreplaceable work of human rights defenders.

Thank you for sitting down with me @InfoDignity.

Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 @ezralevant 12h
Did you or @yaarasaks [a Jewish Liberal MP] mention it to your friend Mahmoud Abbas?

His 2SLGBTQI+ policy is to throw gays off rooftops.

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 10:46 AM (ZdexC)

212 What I've learned about big bank data through Dolley's work is that...it's a complete mess.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 09, 2024 10:44 AM (GBKbO)
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I wonder how much of it is data at all, as opposed to odds-playing statistics games.

Buy a house with cash and you still get flooded for years with come-ons to refinance your mortgage. I think they just see a deed transfer in public records, assume, and send out the marketing.

Same thing with cars. Assume the loan, and send the come-on to the mailbox.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 09, 2024 10:48 AM (d04cU)

213 CNN: "Grocery prices are up 30%+ ... that's a real day-to-day pain that people feel..."

BIDEN: "They have the money to spend!"

>> not any more as people have run up their credit card adn have borrow from their 401(k) plans

Then he repeats the debunked lie about Snickers bars and "corporate greed."

>> this I find particularly offensive .. this kind of Jedi Mind Trick may work on the weak minded but for the rest of us it is a incredibly bad joke

Posted by: SMOD at May 09, 2024 10:49 AM (RHGPo)

214 I don't know if ironic is the word but this is happening just as we're beginning to find out how much we were lied to about the covidpocalypse.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 09, 2024 10:36 AM (L/fGl)

Definitely not ironic.

This has been the literal exact operation for 12 years or more.

As we are finally officially "told" of the previous malfeasance from 3 years earlier, they are already on their next 10 malfeasances. Which are to be admitted to in three years, maybe.

Posted by: ... at May 09, 2024 10:49 AM (0gguK)

215 They have money to spend. Fuck you.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 09, 2024 10:50 AM (R4t5M)

216 Continually increasing property taxes are a big contributor to defaulted mortgages. You start out with a payment and the next thing you know you have an 'escrow shortage' and your payment increases. Then insurance goes up and the next thing you know your payment a hundred dollars or more than you started with. Next year,lather, rinse, repeat.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 09, 2024 10:50 AM (OrxD4)

217 213 Then he repeats the debunked lie about Snickers bars and "corporate greed."

>> this I find particularly offensive .. this kind of Jedi Mind Trick may work on the weak minded but for the rest of us it is a incredibly bad joke
Posted by: SMOD at May 09, 2024 10:49 AM (RHGPo)

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The mass media has so much power that they were able to convince America that Trump was literally Hitler to the point that they had to shut down the nation, change election rules on the fly, mail in ballot cheat for months, and then shut down ballot counting in six states in the middle of the night to ballot box stuff like Tammany Hall to barely defeat literally Hitler in the electoral college.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 09, 2024 10:50 AM (GBKbO)

218 The FBI has resumed collusive efforts with social media companies to censor posts it claims are “disinformation,”

How about no. On the other hand. I did learn this one trick and saw where Yasmine Bleeth lives now and I did that one thing before bed. Don't even get me started on toenail fungus.

Posted by: Minnfidel at May 09, 2024 10:51 AM (RFpKf)

219 On the flip side, I was TERRIFIED about mortgage debt, so I borrowed as little as possible and threw every tax return and extra income at it until it was paid off. The people at my bank know better than to ask me about equity loans.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at May 09, 2024 10:37 AM (fxCK2)

The lovely and economically-savvy Mrs naturalfake insisted (insisted!!!!!) that we pay off our mortgage principle early, while the kiddos were still young, so-

we could afford to pay for college.

Man, did that work out well. Esp. now with inflation it's possilble that we might've been stuck with a ballooning mortgage.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 09, 2024 10:51 AM (eDfFs)

220 CNN: "Grocery prices are up 30%+ ... that's a real day-to-day pain that people feel..."

BIDEN: "They have the money to spend!"

If we had an opposition party - this would be an ad played on TV in every market. This is so much worse than the George Bush being amazed by barcode scanners at grocery checkouts.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 09, 2024 10:51 AM (N39Ws)

221 Biden: If Israel Goes Into Rafah’s Population Centers, I’ll Halt Weapons Used "To Deal With That Problem" — It’s "Wrong"

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Well, it's hard to dispute that Biden is the recognized authority on right and wrong.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 09, 2024 10:51 AM (L/fGl)

222 Why, thank you. I've thought about collecting stuff into a book. I've never figured out really how to package it, though.

Just do recall: I am only an asshole.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Really? I have come to think of you as a free range Teletubbies character that writes great articles about movie directors.

Posted by: lost in space at May 09, 2024 10:51 AM (Amk6c)

223 As we are finally officially "told" of the previous malfeasance from 3 years earlier, they are already on their next 10 malfeasances. Which are to be admitted to in three years, maybe.
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I think it's also to push "it was a long time ago so no one should be punished over it -- politicians, civil servants, corporate capitalists" when Nuremburg 2.0 is the answer.

Posted by: andycanuck (ZdexC) at May 09, 2024 10:52 AM (ZdexC)

224 Continually increasing property taxes are a big contributor to defaulted mortgages. You start out with a payment and the next thing you know you have an 'escrow shortage' and your payment increases. Then insurance goes up and the next thing you know your payment a hundred dollars or more than you started with. Next year,lather, rinse, repeat.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 09, 2024 10:50 AM (OrxD4)
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Thankfully, my locality is fairly sane (so far) and has held the line on property taxes for decades. There was something of a coup in local government about 20 years ago because of it, and they've fiercely held it in control.

But insurance is an entirely different kind of brutality. It's a monster that is accelerating at crazy levels.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 09, 2024 10:52 AM (d04cU)

225 222 Really? I have come to think of you as a free range Teletubbies character that writes great articles about movie directors.
Posted by: lost in space at May 09, 2024 10:51 AM (Amk6c)

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Let's just say...I do not have a purse.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 09, 2024 10:52 AM (GBKbO)

226 You dumbfucks can afford it, says Mudpants.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 09, 2024 10:52 AM (R4t5M)

227 Why do they need a boat if they're fishing in ankle deep water? Something else is going on here.
Posted by: Weasel at May 09, 2024 09:42 AM

Drug runners for sure.

Posted by: Minnfidel at May 09, 2024 10:52 AM (RFpKf)

228 The little handwritten postcards asking me to sell my house are putrid.

Posted by: ... at May 09, 2024 10:53 AM (0gguK)

229 We struggled for years but finally paid everything off. All we have now are property taxes , insurance, utilities and food, and it still costs a couple of grand a month just to get out of bed.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 09, 2024 10:55 AM (OrxD4)

230 The little handwritten postcards asking me to sell my house are putrid.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2024 10:53 AM (0gguK)
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The ones I get aren't even hand-written. It's deceitful from the typeface all the way up.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 09, 2024 10:55 AM (d04cU)

231 It's like those "how much home can you afford" calculators. Insane. Batshit, bugnuts insane.

According to https://worldpopulationreview.com/ state-rankings/median-household-income-by-state (delete space after com/) our household income is roughly 2X the median for our area and a below-median house here would cost us fully half of our take-home. That's nuts.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2024 10:55 AM (/y8xj)

232 According to https://worldpopulationreview.com/ state-rankings/median-household-income-by-state (delete space after com/) our household income is roughly 2X the median for our area and a below-median house here would cost us fully half of our take-home. That's nuts.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2024 10:55 AM (/y8xj)

Wasn't it 30% for years?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 09, 2024 10:57 AM (R4t5M)

233 Biden's betrayal of Israel infuriates me inordinately. The IDF needs to get the job done NOW.

They are over the true target - the flak has not been more intense.

Do it.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 09, 2024 10:57 AM (ufFY8)

234 Gender equality & protection of 2SLGBTQI+ rights are core Canadian values.

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Dudley Do-Right was all about Gender equality & protection of 2SLGBTQI+ rights. Now, Snidely Whiplash, on the other hand, severely hetero.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, I've Been Through the Desert On a Horse With No Shame at May 09, 2024 10:58 AM (L/fGl)

235 And all the new construction is probably 20-50% above the median. Who the hell is buying those houses?

Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2024 10:59 AM (/y8xj)

236 Wasn't it 30% for years?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 09, 2024 10:57 AM (R4t5M)
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The old rules for a safe traditional 30-year mortgage were:
1. 20% down, seasoned capital (e.g., not a windfall - you saved it)
2. No more than 25% front-end ratio (your mortgage does not exceed 25% of your gross pay)
3. No more than 33% back-end ratio (your total debts, including mortgage, do not exceed 33% of your gross pay)

The very short-hand version (ignores rates, etc.) was "houses should be no more than about 3x your income."

But those are old rules.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 09, 2024 10:59 AM (d04cU)

237 "They have the money"

Smells like projection.

Posted by: ... at May 09, 2024 10:59 AM (0gguK)

238 235 And all the new construction is probably 20-50% above the median. Who the hell is buying those houses?
Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2024 10:59 AM (/y8xj)

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Almost like it's a bubble.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, fighting kaiju with Ishiro Honda at May 09, 2024 10:59 AM (GBKbO)

239 And all the new construction is probably 20-50% above the median. Who the hell is buying those houses?
Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2024 10:59 AM (/y8xj)

People leveraged to the max.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 09, 2024 11:00 AM (R4t5M)

240 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at May 09, 2024 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)

241 Johnson: Biden’s having a ‘senior moment’ on Israel

Posted by: SMOD at May 09, 2024 11:01 AM (RHGPo)

242 235 And all the new construction is probably 20-50% above the median. Who the hell is buying those houses?
Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2024 10:59 AM (/y8xj)

A new neighborhood is being built up the road from my home (NH). 2000 sq ft homes with at best 1/2 acre. Easily $1M each. All Massholes, CT or NYC.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at May 09, 2024 11:01 AM (N39Ws)

243 Beautiful. Would hang without hesitation. Thank you.

Posted by: L - If they do it with you, they'll do it to you, too at May 09, 2024 11:01 AM (NFX2v)

244 It's like those "how much home can you afford" calculators. Insane. Batshit, bugnuts insane.

Yeah.

My contribution to future fiscal happiness was to buy the least expensive house in the nicest neighborhood that we could actually afford by our calculations.

Most people in this neighborhood and surrounding area are "house poor". Add to that 2 Lexi or similar pricey cars, and big skiing trip or Euro vacay...and they got no money for nothin'.

Posted by: naturalfake at May 09, 2024 11:02 AM (eDfFs)

245 The ones I get aren't even hand-written. It's deceitful from the typeface all the way up.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at May 09, 2024 10:55 AM (d04cU)

Sorry I meant fake handwritten

The rule I live by is if you approach me about anything, I don't trust you worth a shit.

If I want something - I will find you.

Posted by: ... at May 09, 2024 11:02 AM (0gguK)

246 Who the hell is buying those houses?

No one is buying.

They are for our squatting newcomer Sparks of Divinity(tm) DACA Dreamer undocumented migrant illegal aliens.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 09, 2024 11:03 AM (ufFY8)

247
And all the new construction is probably 20-50% above the median. Who the hell is buying those houses?
Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2024 10:59 AM

According to a friend who lives near construction like that, it's dot Indian. They want new. They may not be here for more then five years so they want something that will be fairly 'fresh' when they go to sell. It actually makes sense.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at May 09, 2024 11:03 AM (RKVpM)

248 “My reaction, honestly, was, ‘Wow, that is a complete turn from what I have been told, even in, you know, recent hours,’” Johnson said of the Israel aid pivot. “I mean, 24 hours ago, it was confirmed to me by top administration officials that the policy’s very different than what he stated there. So I hope that’s a senior moment.”

Johnson on Wednesday “was in the SCIF having classified discussions with some top administration officials,” and was told that “there would be no delay whatsoever” in the “delivery of weapons to Israel.”

Posted by: SMOD at May 09, 2024 11:07 AM (RHGPo)

249 That same day, Johnson said he spoke with Netanyahu and “he described exactly what was happening before the news was confirmed.”

“And then I went straight to the White House and I said … ‘Somebody’s going to have to explain this to me, because it’s very different than what I was told.’ And they said, ‘Oh, this has nothing to do with the supplemental package that you all passed. … So this statement by the president tonight, I just want to — I hope, I believe he’s off-script. I don’t think that’s something that staff told him to say.”

But if Biden did mean what he said, Johnson said he feels betrayed.

Posted by: SMOD at May 09, 2024 11:09 AM (RHGPo)

250
But if Biden did mean what he said, Johnson said he feels betrayed.
Posted by: SMOD at May 09, 2024 11:09 AM (RHGPo)
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Stupid man. Imagine believing Biden, in anything...

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2024 12:02 PM (A2uJD)

251 Bait the Lobster Traps with Delta Smelt and Snail Darter

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