Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Ecstatic Virgin Anna Katharina Emmerich
Gabriel von Max

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 1st

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 25, 2024 09:30 AM (v6JzV)

2 Good grief, what the heck is this about?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 25, 2024 09:30 AM (v6JzV)

3 Headache?

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 25, 2024 09:30 AM (ReKWQ)

4 Doesn't look Ecstatic. Not even smiling.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 25, 2024 09:31 AM (puGZl)

5 Most people wake up from a hangover with a strange person in bed with them. She must have staggered into a convent.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 25, 2024 09:31 AM (/8Il0)

6 Doesn't look ecstatic to me.

Posted by: BignJames at July 25, 2024 09:31 AM (AwYPR)

7 Nurse!

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 25, 2024 09:31 AM (puGZl)

8 I am sure a nice man will come along soon, hang in there

Posted by: Skip at July 25, 2024 09:31 AM (ZjfBh)

9 Gotta say, I've rarely seen someone who looked less ecstatic.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 25, 2024 09:31 AM (J2vNu)

10 What makes her estatic?

Posted by: Eromero at July 25, 2024 09:32 AM (o2ZRX)

11 Stigmata?

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 25, 2024 09:32 AM (ReKWQ)

12 The Ecstatic Virgin Anna Katharina Emmerich

So...not the great great grandmother of Roland then?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 25, 2024 09:32 AM (oZhjI)

13 [Waking in the hospital, the day after the Trump-Biden election in 2020] "I voted for WHO???"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 25, 2024 09:32 AM (J2vNu)

14 Cannibal Bob!

How do you do, sir?

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 25, 2024 09:32 AM (ReKWQ)

15 Bet that candle puts out a lot of soot.

Posted by: BignJames at July 25, 2024 09:33 AM (AwYPR)

16 So...excedrin strength headache?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 25, 2024 09:33 AM (oZhjI)

17 Not sure what to think about the placement of the crucifix.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 25, 2024 09:33 AM (d9LQi)

18 Chairwoman of the Itty Bitty Titty Committee

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at July 25, 2024 09:33 AM (sJHOI)

19 What makes her estatic?
Posted by: Eromero

Only the Paolo knows...

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 25, 2024 09:33 AM (v6JzV)

20 I didn't see teh crucifix on her lap. Okay, maybe it's an older meaning of "ecstatic," as in "an ecstasy of religious fervor"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 25, 2024 09:33 AM (J2vNu)

21 "Hon, when I suggested a nightcap, that's not what I meant."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 25, 2024 09:33 AM (kgE5c)

22 Not sure what to think about the placement of the crucifix.

I do

Posted by: Andres Serrano. at July 25, 2024 09:34 AM (oZhjI)

23 At first glance, I thought the crucifix was a dagger and her ecstasy was the suicidal variety.

I'm glad the initial perception was wrong.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 25, 2024 09:34 AM (HnUIn)

24
I don't get it

no hang

Posted by: Don Black at July 25, 2024 09:34 AM (/7KEl)

25 Faith

Posted by: redridinghood at July 25, 2024 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

26 Not sure what to think about the placement of the crucifix.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

Looks a little threatening, doesn't it?

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 25, 2024 09:34 AM (ftFVW)

27 Not tonight, Dear,
I'm having a Virgin Headache...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at July 25, 2024 09:35 AM (TGPs7)

28 Who put this elastic on my head?

Posted by: Anna at July 25, 2024 09:35 AM (i0F8b)

29 No Boobies, No Hang...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at July 25, 2024 09:35 AM (TGPs7)

30 Headache?
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 25, 2024 09:30 AM (ReKWQ)
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Not just any headache!

https://youtu.be/PO9yJfqSyKc

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 25, 2024 09:36 AM (sF0TL)

31 Webster - In early use, ecstatic was sometimes linked to mystic trances, out-of-body experiences. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at July 25, 2024 09:36 AM (5Seyi)

32 There's something ... off about her proportions. She's skinny. Super skinny. Dangerously skinny. She's not buried under a comforter or anything, but there is nothing to indicate that she has a lower body at all. She's not busty. Her stomach appears to be essentially hollow.

Yet her arms look normal.

Odd.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 25, 2024 09:36 AM (HnUIn)

33 Ecstatic, involving an experience of mystic self- transcendence

Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2024 09:36 AM (5MvGY)

34 1st
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 25, 2024 09:30 AM (v6JzV)

You've already regrown your nic appendage???

And to stay on topic -- quite a talented artist to use so much of the same color, yet be able to portray such detail within it.

Posted by: Doof at July 25, 2024 09:36 AM (RhGG0)

35 She doesn't look that happy to me.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 25, 2024 09:36 AM (LkLld)

36 Oh, upon embiggening it appears she is afflicted by the stigmata.

Posted by: She Hobbit at July 25, 2024 09:36 AM (ftFVW)

37 So...excedrin strength headache?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 25, 2024 09:33 AM (oZhjI)
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Horde minds.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 25, 2024 09:36 AM (sF0TL)

38 If that's 'ecstatic', I don't wanna see 'orgasmic' ...

Posted by: Dr_No at July 25, 2024 09:37 AM (ayRl+)

39 Did she just break her crucifixion playset?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 25, 2024 09:37 AM (Q4IgG)

40 Tonypete, fistbump for finding the alternative

Posted by: Ben Had at July 25, 2024 09:37 AM (5MvGY)

41 Her biography at Wiki:
https://tinyurl.com/3ctr2spk

Posted by: andycanuck (wse2C) at July 25, 2024 09:37 AM (wse2C)

42 "My brain hurts!!"

Posted by: look whats not at July 25, 2024 09:37 AM (nakGR)

43 1st
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 25, 2024 09:30 AM (v6JzV)

You've already regrown your nic appendage???

Hmmm. I changed it on my phone, but not on my laptop.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 25, 2024 09:38 AM (v6JzV)

44 That cross is pointing in an interesting direction. Would hang , then pray

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 25, 2024 09:38 AM (9Lk6I)

45 Stigmata?
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Yes.

Posted by: andycanuck (wse2C) at July 25, 2024 09:39 AM (wse2C)

46 She's obviously 'immanentizing the eschaton' ...

Posted by: Dr_No at July 25, 2024 09:39 AM (ayRl+)

47 29 No Boobies, No Hang...
Posted by: Mister Ghost at July 25, 2024 09:35 AM (TGPs7)

Alternate title to Bob Marley's"No woman No Cry."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 25, 2024 09:40 AM (x0n13)

48 Makes me glad I'm Protestant.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 25, 2024 09:41 AM (v6JzV)

49 Ran out of pigments?

Posted by: red speck at July 25, 2024 09:41 AM (0Id0S)

50 Cannibal Bob!

How do you do, sir?

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 25, 2024 09:32 AM (ReKWQ)

Too formal babe...lol. How about a big squeeze hug!? Xoxo luv ya.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 25, 2024 09:41 AM (puGZl)

51 Emerson, Lake & Palmer had better cover art for 'Brain Salad Surgery' ...

Posted by: Dr_No at July 25, 2024 09:41 AM (ayRl+)

52 If we're doing commercials...

"WOW! I could've had a V8!"

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 25, 2024 09:42 AM (sF0TL)

53 Emerson, Lake & Palmer had better cover art for 'Brain Salad Surgery' ...
Posted by: Dr_No

I think I played that album until the groove was worn out.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 25, 2024 09:42 AM (5Seyi)

54 At first glance, I thought the crucifix was a dagger and her ecstasy was the suicidal variety.

I'm glad the initial perception was wrong.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 25, 2024 09:34 AM (HnUIn)

Yup. Saw a dagger too. I believe that's us...not the artist Joe. Huh.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 25, 2024 09:43 AM (puGZl)

55 ELO scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. Couldn't stand the organ.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 25, 2024 09:43 AM (v6JzV)

56 Near miss by the sniper.

Posted by: torabora at July 25, 2024 09:43 AM (PFkF2)

57 Her book, a transcription of her visions, on the Passion of Christ served as an additional source for Gibson’s movie. She suffered greatly from her maladies and was given the gift and grace to bear a stigmata.

Posted by: 7man at July 25, 2024 09:44 AM (LleUA)

58 Makes me think of "Unknown Tongue" by Blue Oyster Cult

Posted by: SFGoth at July 25, 2024 09:44 AM (KAi1n)

59 The left hand is nicely done.

The right pinky is a little off.

/I've got nothing.

Posted by: spindrift at July 25, 2024 09:44 AM (OguvZ)

60
Trade Secrets - a limerick

If you can't find a rhyme for your new limerick
You'll sure be amazed by this one simple trick
The key to this game
Is just make up a name
Like "The Ecstatic Virgin Anna K. Emmerich"

Posted by: muldoon at July 25, 2024 09:44 AM (uCfKO)

61 25 >>>Faith

Nah... Religion. Different.
(See, Hebrews 11)

Posted by: red speck at July 25, 2024 09:44 AM (0Id0S)

62 Her visions of Christ's Passion inspired Mel Gibson's movie, which is now twenty years old!

Posted by: Pete in Texas at July 25, 2024 09:45 AM (BHrzb)

63 The right pinky is a little off.

Posted by: spindrift at July 25, 2024 09:44 AM (OguvZ)
-

Thanks for the tip!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 25, 2024 09:45 AM (sF0TL)

64 She's feeling cross. Kamala just phoned, asking her to pledge her delegate vote at the convention.

Posted by: JuJuBee, fact checker hammered by events at July 25, 2024 09:45 AM (+ZG1g)

65 Apparently, many of those blessed with stigmata suffer great pain throughout their bodies. e.g. - St. Padre Pio, Rhoda Wise.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 25, 2024 09:45 AM (5Seyi)

66 The detail in this is very well done even though it's kinda monochromatic. That's impressive. The stigmata isn't obvious at first which is nice. Someone knew the art of subtlety. This is a quiet and subtle depiction of a miracle that most would consider terrifying if not horrifying. Nicely done.

I approve CBD.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at July 25, 2024 09:46 AM (4XwPj)

67 I see horror. I see self-torture. I see guilt. Exactly the opposite of the joy of Grace Jesus provided.

Posted by: red speck at July 25, 2024 09:46 AM (0Id0S)

68 The expression on her face is beautiful. She is in love with our crucified Christ. The wonder and amazement at the wounds in her hands show the depth of her love.

Beautifully done.

Look longer and soften your hearts.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 25, 2024 09:47 AM (xe4ug)

69 I see horror. I see self-torture. I see guilt. Exactly the opposite of the joy of Grace Jesus provided.
Posted by: red speck

Agree completely.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 25, 2024 09:47 AM (v6JzV)

70 I doubt the ecstatic part. Probably PMS.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at July 25, 2024 09:47 AM (g8Ew8)

71 Faith
Posted by: redridinghood at July 25, 2024 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

Well I guess it would be nice
If I could touch your body
I know not everybody
Has got a body like you

Posted by: George M. at July 25, 2024 09:47 AM (OguvZ)

72 I have the book she wrote about the life of the Virgin Mary. I keep meaning to read it, but visionary literature has never been my cup of tea.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 25, 2024 09:47 AM (Q0kLU)

73 Ghosts be looking at that woman and sayin' "Damm, that girl is *pale*".

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at July 25, 2024 09:48 AM (fv27Y)

74 Is this from that Twilight Zone episode?

Posted by: blaster at July 25, 2024 09:48 AM (xhfG9)

75 She's obviously 'immanentizing the eschaton' ...

********

As an Army doctor I was occasionally called on to immunize the echelon.

Posted by: muldoon at July 25, 2024 09:49 AM (uCfKO)

76 She definitely looks burdened by what has been. He's just an old dead dude. Imagine what can be, unburdened by what has been.

Posted by: Kamala Harris at July 25, 2024 09:50 AM (B3pV/)

77 Wiki notes her visions were used to find a religious building in Ephesus which had not been excavated at the time she had them AND that a book written about her was a source for Gibson's Passion of the Christ.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 25, 2024 09:50 AM (oZhjI)

78 Look longer and soften your hearts.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 25, 2024 09:47 AM (xe4ug)

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You must be new around here.

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2024, Now #1 With a Bullet! at July 25, 2024 09:51 AM (qC/Q1)

79 The longer I look at this, the more details I see. It's amazing what this artist did with a limited pallet.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at July 25, 2024 09:51 AM (4XwPj)

80 “Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master”

-- Matthew 25:23

Posted by: Tonypete at July 25, 2024 09:52 AM (5Seyi)

81 It's well drawn and uses space well. I could do with a bit more color and light. Guess it depends on the point being made.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at July 25, 2024 09:52 AM (w+hdv)

82 Got me so down I got me a headache.

Posted by: Frank Black at July 25, 2024 09:52 AM (NgqoH)

83 51 >>>Emerson, Lake & Palmer had better cover art for 'Brain Salad Surgery' ...

I once returned home from Tower Records with a CD of Bad Company's first album. I excitedly popped it in and hit play. It started out oddly progressive-rock sounding, with instruments I didn't expect from Bad Co. After about 30 sec, I opened the CD tray to realize it was, in fact, Brain Salad Surgery. Very weird moment.

Posted by: red speck at July 25, 2024 09:52 AM (0Id0S)

84
Ecstasy is one hell of a drug

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 25, 2024 09:52 AM (xG4kz)

85 Yup. Saw a dagger too. I believe that's us...not the artist Joe. Huh.
Posted by: Cannibal Bob at July 25, 2024 09:43 AM (puGZl)
++++
Probably.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 25, 2024 09:53 AM (HnUIn)

86 She definitely looks burdened by what has been. He's just an old dead dude. Imagine what can be, unburdened by what has been.
Posted by: Kamala Harris

Imagine where you could go if you could go where you imagine.

Posted by: Stock Word Salad Sayings for Kamala

Posted by: rickb223 Buy Ammo & Shelf Stable Foods at July 25, 2024 09:54 AM (t8fhO)

87
"When I next see my haberdasher, we're gonna have words!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 25, 2024 09:54 AM (xG4kz)

88 Look longer and soften your hearts.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 25, 2024 09:47 AM (xe4ug)

Says the lady who emptied her pistol at a portrait of a pleasant, normal fellow because she thought he had a smirk.

Posted by: spindrift at July 25, 2024 09:54 AM (OguvZ)

89 That is a very nice painting. Not my choice of subject, but the entire thing is compelling and enjoyable to look at.

Posted by: Ribbed at July 25, 2024 09:54 AM (IHRQq)

90 Emerson, Lake & Palmer had better cover art for 'Brain Salad Surgery' ...
Posted by: Dr_No at July 25, 2024 09:41 AM (ayRl+)

Scorpions - Blackout

Posted by: Doof at July 25, 2024 09:54 AM (RhGG0)

91 Definitely not a hanging item.

Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Titbit #04 at July 25, 2024 09:55 AM (qfLjt)

92 The pattern on the blanket and the stripes on the pillow. Just wow.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at July 25, 2024 09:55 AM (4XwPj)

93 enjoyable to look at.
Posted by: Ribbed

Seriously?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 25, 2024 09:56 AM (v6JzV)

94 I loved the cover of 'Houses of the Holy'.
-- Pedo Joe Tatoe

Posted by: Tonypete at July 25, 2024 09:56 AM (5Seyi)

95 I suspect she has distorted visual acuity. Apparently suffering from a stigmatism.

Posted by: muldoon at July 25, 2024 09:57 AM (uCfKO)

96 Willowed
Funny meme:
https://tinyurl.com/wn9hwj5j

Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Titbit #05 at July 25, 2024 09:57 AM (qfLjt)

97 I suspect she has distorted visual acuity. Apparently suffering from a stigmatism.
Posted by: muldoon at July 25, 2024 09:57 AM (uCfKO)
++++
:: groan ::

Nice.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 25, 2024 09:57 AM (HnUIn)

98 What's with the blood on her left hand? Looks like a single drop, maybe smeared.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 25, 2024 09:58 AM (Q4IgG)

99 The cover art for Houses of the Holy was inspired by Arthur C. Clarke's novel Childhood's End.

Pedos, pedos everywhere

Posted by: Buzz Lightyear at July 25, 2024 09:59 AM (oZhjI)

100
Well done painting but would not hang.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at July 25, 2024 09:59 AM (RKVpM)

101 The beatings over the head will continue until you are ecstatic

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at July 25, 2024 09:59 AM (JRP2U)

102 Past 100! Woo hoo!

We're free at last!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 25, 2024 10:00 AM (v6JzV)

103 enjoyable to look at.
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Seriously?
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I think the color scheme is comforting and still sets the tone of a quiet and strained hospital room. There's so much to look at. Everything has details.

Posted by: Ribbed at July 25, 2024 10:00 AM (IHRQq)

104 Breaking: FBI has created a task force of 400 agents to look into the DC anti-American pro-Hamas riots.

J/K of course. FBI still has 400 agents investigating 82 year old grandmothers who were within 50 miles of DC on January 6. No time or resources time to look into real crimes.

Posted by: Kumala Word Salad at July 25, 2024 10:01 AM (D4ItZ)

105 Dr.- Why do you keep banging your head against the wall?

Nutty Patient:- I like the feeling when I stop.

Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Titbit #06 at July 25, 2024 10:02 AM (qfLjt)

106 What's with the blood on her left hand? Looks like a single drop, maybe smeared.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 25, 2024 09:58 AM (Q4IgG)

Fist fight with the waitress at Bubba's Bar.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at July 25, 2024 10:02 AM (g8Ew8)

107 She's blessed with the wounds of Christ. She's had visions of his suffering and has felt the depth of His love for us.

It's quite moving.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 25, 2024 10:02 AM (f81tH)

108 Although I'm not familiar with the whole story behind the painting, the artist has created an effective and moving image. The plain white clothing and bandages make me think of piety and virginity (she was a nun). The candle seems less for illumination and more as part of a prayer ritual. I assume that is a stigmata on the right hand which would indicate her holiness, perhaps due to the ecstacy of her vision. The detail and use of soft color adds to the effectiveness of the painting.

BTW, ecstacy originally meant not simply profound joy or pleasure as it is used today. It meant to be transported outside or beyond oneself, especially concerning a connection to God, and to be overwhelmed by the experience.

Posted by: JTB at July 25, 2024 10:02 AM (zudum)

109 What's with the blood on her left hand? Looks like a single drop, maybe smeared.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 25, 2024 09:58 AM (Q4IgG)
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This is discussed in the seminal work "The Theology of Racial Division: Biblical Origins of the 'One Drop Rule' and the Holiness of Power"

It can be found in the "Sociology and Theology" stacks in the "Post-Reconstruction" subsection of the "Postbellum" section of the Party's central library.

Posted by: Democrat Party Chief Archivist at July 25, 2024 10:03 AM (HnUIn)

110 The pattern on the blanket and the stripes on the pillow. Just wow.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at July 25, 2024 09:55 AM (4XwPj)

That's what attracted me to this piece...the amazing detail!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 25, 2024 10:07 AM (d9fT1)

111
Everything has details.
Posted by: Ribbed

Animals have details -- possums, birds, lizards, and sharks, for example. Without details, would birds fly? I think not! Now, flies do not have details, but they do have wings. Red Bull gives you wings. The wind, you are that beneath my wings. "What wings?" you scoff. "Merely details", says I. ** cackles **

-- Visions on the road to Kamala

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 25, 2024 10:07 AM (xG4kz)

112 I'll pass on this painting.... So just checking in.. So Wray says Trump was not hit by a bullet but shrapnel ? Would that make it better Chris? Does that not make it an assassination attempt ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 25, 2024 10:08 AM (IyPmt)

113 The pattern on the blanket and the stripes on the pillow. Just wow.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at July 25, 2024 09:55 AM (4XwPj)
++++
Yeah. An amazing degree of subtlety and skill on display there.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 25, 2024 10:08 AM (HnUIn)

114 I'm not seeing the detail. Just variations of white and gray, except for the girl's hair and the crucifix.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 25, 2024 10:08 AM (v6JzV)

115 Business Insider: A millennial who's been looking for a job for over 4 years says his degrees have offered little value: 'I can't get anything even at minimum wage'

Lol.

Anyone wanna guess what his degree was in?

Posted by: Kumala Word Salad at July 25, 2024 10:09 AM (D4ItZ)

116 Imagine where you could go if you could go where you imagine.

Posted by: Stock Word Salad Sayings for Kamala
Posted by: rickb223 Buy Ammo & Shelf Stable Foods

Bitch stole my act...and didn't realize it was a joke!

Posted by: Jack Handy, Deep Thoughts at July 25, 2024 10:09 AM (B3pV/)

117 I'll pass on this painting.... So just checking in.. So Wray says Trump was not hit by a bullet but shrapnel ? Would that make it better Chris? Does that not make it an assassination attempt ?
Posted by: It's me donna

The cabal's selective outrage is on full display for any that care to look for it. Imagine is the parties were reversed.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 25, 2024 10:09 AM (5Seyi)

118 Anyone wanna guess what his degree was in?
Posted by: Kumala Word Salad at July 25, 2024 10:09 AM (D4ItZ)
++++
My guess is "something useless."

And my follow-up guess is that he didn't say, "well, shit. I guess I'd better take one of those jobs that are 'beneath me' and get some experience so I can get my earnings up eventually. This degree was a dry hole and I'm behind the 8-ball now. I need to find the modern equivalent of a file room that needs a clerk and get my foot in the door."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 25, 2024 10:11 AM (HnUIn)

119 Obama's gonna back Kamala today... Must have found the polls are acceptable

Posted by: It's me donna at July 25, 2024 10:11 AM (IyPmt)

120
Chuck Schumer is a grey meat griller, puzzled by why his grey meat burgers were not grilling when he had no fire going on the grill.

AOC will chew him up and spit him out when his personal armageddon comes.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 25, 2024 10:11 AM (xG4kz)

121 I also love this work. I suppose it is a Catholic thing - we certainly do embrace the blood, suffering and pain themes as they relate to Jesus.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 25, 2024 10:11 AM (5Seyi)

122 Animals have details -- possums, birds, lizards, and sharks, for example. Without details, would birds fly? I think not! Now, flies do not have details, but they do have wings. Red Bull gives you wings. The wind, you are that beneath my wings. "What wings?" you scoff. "Merely details", says I. ** cackles **

-- Visions on the road to Kamala
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 25, 2024 10:07 AM (xG4kz)

Some of y'all are way too good at this. LOL.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at July 25, 2024 10:12 AM (g8Ew8)

123 Undergrad degree: multi platform journalism. 😂

So learning to tweet and Instagram wicked burn memes? And you say ya can’t find a job huh? Shocking.

Posted by: Kumala Word Salad at July 25, 2024 10:12 AM (D4ItZ)

124 Willowed:

As I said upthread, engagement rings are a scam. Same for most of the wedding industry.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Not entirely. I'm not *that* jaded - yet. I do think it is generally excessive, but if you're actually treating marriage as the biggest conscious decision of your life that will last the rest of your life, putting some money in and making it nice is understandable - within reason.

Posted by: Joe Mannix

Put the money on a house, not a piece of jewelry.

Posted by: rickb223 Buy Ammo & Shelf Stable Foods at July 25, 2024 10:13 AM (t8fhO)

125 112 I'll pass on this painting.... So just checking in.. So Wray says Trump was not hit by a bullet but shrapnel ? Would that make it better Chris? Does that not make it an assassination attempt ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 25, 2024 10:08 AM (IyPmt)

And shrapnel from where? The teleprompters? They were untouched. The left is trying so hard to downplay this event, and not even use the phrase "assassination attempt".

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 25, 2024 10:13 AM (N39Ws)

126 Put the money on a house, not a piece of jewelry.
Posted by: rickb223 Buy Ammo & Shelf Stable Foods at July 25, 2024 10:13 AM (t8fhO)
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Exactly.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 25, 2024 10:14 AM (HnUIn)

127 Anyone wanna guess what his degree was in?

Theater arts?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 25, 2024 10:14 AM (Q0kLU)

128 I suppose it is a Catholic thing - we certainly do embrace the blood, suffering and pain themes as they relate to Jesus.
Posted by: Tonypete

As a Protestant, I don't get that. We have the bare cross, because Christ isn't on it anymore. It's His triumph over His crucifixion that's important for us.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 25, 2024 10:14 AM (v6JzV)

129 Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 25, 2024 10:08 AM (v6JzV)

Clean your glasses.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 25, 2024 10:14 AM (d9fT1)

130 A big shiny rock on the finger is the chick version of a luxury car. It makes no sense and is impractical. But we like to show off as humans and so here we are.

Posted by: Kumala Word Salad at July 25, 2024 10:15 AM (D4ItZ)

131 Not entirely. I'm not *that* jaded - yet. I do think it is generally excessive, but if you're actually treating marriage as the biggest conscious decision of your life that will last the rest of your life, putting some money in and making it nice is understandable - within reason.

Posted by: Joe Mannix

Put the money on a house, not a piece of jewelry.

Posted by: rickb223 Buy Ammo & Shelf Stable Foods at July 25, 2024 10:13 AM (t8fhO)

Dropping $40k on a one day event is ludicrous. As rickb223 says - put it on a house.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 25, 2024 10:15 AM (N39Ws)

132 Didn't watch FJB last night, saw bits thos morning. Althouse had a piece about his watch. The time on his watch was 6:07. So it wasn't live at all, surprise. Did they promote it as live? From the tiny bit I saw he looked bad.

Posted by: Megthered at July 25, 2024 10:15 AM (rwiQP)

133 Put the money on a house, not a piece of jewelry.

Posted by: rickb223 Buy Ammo & Shelf Stable Foods

Absolutely. The female obsession with jewelry has always perplexed me.

"Oooooo, shiny thing!" Please.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 25, 2024 10:15 AM (v6JzV)

134 Animals have details -- possums, birds, lizards, and sharks, for example. Without details, would birds fly? I think not! Now, flies do not have details, but they do have wings. Red Bull gives you wings. The wind, you are that beneath my wings. "What wings?" you scoff. "Merely details", says I. ** cackles **
-- Visions on the road to Kamala
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 25, 2024 10:07 AM (xG4kz)

This is where I started reading today. Wtf?, I said.

Oh. Yeah. Kamala.

I cannot believe this is reality.

Posted by: Lady Who Always Has a Burning Question at July 25, 2024 10:15 AM (JCLJi)

135 Breaking: FBI has created a task force of 400 agents to look into the DC anti-American pro-Hamas riots.

J/K of course. FBI still has 400 agents investigating 82 year old grandmothers who were within 50 miles of DC on January 6. No time or resources time to look into real crimes.
Posted by: Kumala Word Salad

If you have an extra 800 agents to fuck around with, you have 795 too many.

Posted by: rickb223 Buy Ammo & Shelf Stable Foods at July 25, 2024 10:15 AM (t8fhO)

136 We are no longer burdened by tomorrow. Because today we embrace what yesterday unburdened us from. Yes, from the fire we have returned to the safety of our democracy, safe knowing what has been undone.

*wild applause*

Posted by: Kamala's Lettuce Brain at July 25, 2024 10:16 AM (Q4IgG)

137 Democracy in action!

Election Wizard
@ElectionWiz
BREAKING: DNC moves to hold 'virtual' nomination of Kamala before August convention, blocks delegates from nominating new candidate in Chicago, despite Kamala receiving zero votes

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at July 25, 2024 10:16 AM (L/fGl)

138 130 A big shiny rock on the finger is the chick version of a luxury car. It makes no sense and is impractical. But we like to show off as humans and so here we are.
Posted by: Kumala Word Salad at July 25, 2024 10:15 AM (D4ItZ)

If that is what she wants -fine. But don't dare bitch when I bring home a really nice truck or (and?) sportscar.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 25, 2024 10:16 AM (N39Ws)

139 I also love this work. I suppose it is a Catholic thing

Posted by: Tonypete at July 25, 2024 10:11 AM (5Seyi)

I am obviously not Catholic, but I certainly appreciate the art, for its amazing technical qualities, but also for the emotional content.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 25, 2024 10:16 AM (d9fT1)

140 I think it’s hot too, seeing the big shiny rock along with the shiny wedding band, on my wife’s finger. Probably triggered by my caveman brain or something.

Posted by: Kumala Word Salad at July 25, 2024 10:16 AM (D4ItZ)

141 118 Anyone wanna guess what his degree was in?
Posted by: Kumala Word Salad at July 25, 2024 10:09 AM (D4ItZ)
----
"Navel Lint: The Stochastic Interweave Of The Fibers -- A Minority Mathematical Model."

Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Titbit #07 at July 25, 2024 10:16 AM (qfLjt)

142 Put the money on a house, not a piece of jewelry.

Posted by: rickb223 Buy Ammo & Shelf Stable Foods at July 25, 2024 10:13 AM (t8fhO)

I dunno. There's something chivalrous and unselfish about presenting a bauble of some worth to a woman and asking her to marry.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 25, 2024 10:17 AM (UlRld)

143 137 Democracy in action!

Election Wizard
@ElectionWiz
BREAKING: DNC moves to hold 'virtual' nomination of Kamala before August convention, blocks delegates from nominating new candidate in Chicago, despite Kamala receiving zero votes
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at July 25, 2024 10:16 AM (L/fGl)

So Dems, how is the "We must save Democracy!!!!" going for you?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 25, 2024 10:17 AM (N39Ws)

144 115 Anyone wanna guess what his degree was in?
Posted by: Kumala Word Salad at July 25, 2024 10:09 AM (D4ItZ)

I looked up the article.

Bachelor's in Multiplatform Journalism at the Florida Institute of Technology

Master's in Journalism from Georgetown.

I really need to get a job as a high school guidance counselor. I will ask the important questions such as "How do you expect to earn money with a degree like that?"

Posted by: NR Pax at July 25, 2024 10:17 AM (/8Il0)

145 As a Protestant, I don't get that. We have the bare cross, because Christ isn't on it anymore. It's His triumph over His crucifixion that's important for us.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

You guys probably serve jello salads at potlucks too instead of rigatoni and chicken.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 25, 2024 10:17 AM (5Seyi)

146 To all those folks afraid America 'isn't ready' yet for a black woman and a gay man in the White House- Now IS the time! We now face one of the two most important elections in American History.

Those guys at Lexington and in Concord decided they weren't going to take any more shit !!! We shouldn't either. The Fascists won't know what hit them!

What's needed above everything else is to beat Trump in this election. As smart as he is, what state electoral votes would he bring the ticket? Likely none. It's not worth the risk of electing Trump and I'm sure that Buttigieg would agree and feel honored by even being vetted.

What electoral votes did Kamala Harris bring in 2020? That would be none of them. She's from California. Joe picked her because she was the best person for the job.

Georgia. She was a reward for Black voters who saved Biden's primary. Why should such voters faithfully vote for Democratic voters without a seat at the table.

The job of a Vice President is about getting elected. Democrats have a straight white male problem. Representation matters. We need to expand the map more than break two glass ceilings in a single election.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at July 25, 2024 10:17 AM (B3pV/)

147 Undergrad degree: multi platform journalism. 😂

So learning to tweet and Instagram wicked burn memes? And you say ya can’t find a job huh? Shocking.

Of course, many companies have "social media staff" positions but it's not obvious to me why one would need a degree to do it. Maybe it's a case of "We would have hired you but your grade of a C in Snark 310 left us with some concerns that you were the person we need in this high-stakes position."

Posted by: Oddbob at July 25, 2024 10:18 AM (/y8xj)

148 You guys probably serve jello salads at potlucks too instead of rigatoni and chicken.
Posted by: Tonypete

Tuna casserole and macaroni salad.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 25, 2024 10:18 AM (v6JzV)

149 We are no longer burdened by tomorrow. Because today we embrace what yesterday unburdened us from. Yes, from the fire we have returned to the safety of our democracy, safe knowing what has been undone.

*wild applause*
Posted by: Kamala's Lettuce Brain at July 25, 2024 10:16 AM (Q4IgG)
++++
Well done.

And no, tomorrow is a burden. It is a burden and a responsibility. "Tomorrow" is the point of the entire exercise. What sets us apart from the animals is the greatest discovery in the history of the universe: the future. We know it's there. We have to try to achieve it as well as we can. That is our burden. It is our blessing and our curse.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 25, 2024 10:18 AM (HnUIn)

150 @117

>>The cabal's selective outrage is on full display for any that care to look for it. Imagine is the parties were reversed.

Clearly they are attempting to downplay the severity of the assassination attempt and the threat to Trump, and are trying to remove the power of the image of the bleeding ear and the fist in the air defiance.

These people never stop.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 25, 2024 10:18 AM (XV/Pl)

151 146. The overestimation of Mayor Pete is wonderful.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at July 25, 2024 10:19 AM (aVudl)

152 You guys probably serve jello salads at potlucks too instead of rigatoni and chicken.
Posted by: Tonypete

Tuna casserole and macaroni salad.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

With peas in it.

Posted by: rickb223 Buy Ammo & Shelf Stable Foods at July 25, 2024 10:19 AM (t8fhO)

153 I dunno. There's something chivalrous and unselfish about presenting a bauble of some worth to a woman and asking her to marry.
Posted by: nurse ratched

The ring itself, within a reasonable $$ range, I have no issues with.

But kneeling down to ask her to marry you strikes me as begging. I'm sure that is a minority view but, whatevs.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 25, 2024 10:20 AM (5Seyi)

154 Tomorrow I will be unburdened by yesterday’s releasing of my present burden that encompasses future burdens.

Posted by: Kumala Word Salad at July 25, 2024 10:20 AM (D4ItZ)

155 Speaking of Emerson,
They released a poll this morning (I think) ... Kamala has closed the gap opened by Biden's debate performance.

Georgia is now competitive. PA looks lost to us now.

The Democrats are rebuilding the Obama coalition and young voters are coming back to their traditional home.

Not liking our chances at all.

Posted by: Defenestratus at July 25, 2024 10:20 AM (2NabX)

156 Going by this my wife is apparently ecstatic all the time too

Posted by: ... at July 25, 2024 10:20 AM (v9JpZ)

157 We are no longer burdened by tomorrow. Because today we embrace what yesterday unburdened us from. Yes, from the fire we have returned to the safety of our democracy, safe knowing what has been undone.

*wild applause*
Posted by: Kamala's Lettuce Brain at July 25, 2024 10:16 AM (Q4IgG)

Think about it. Kammy is just copying Barky's style of campaign speeches. They were nothing but word salads too.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at July 25, 2024 10:20 AM (g8Ew8)

158 I dunno. There's something chivalrous and unselfish about presenting a bauble of some worth to a woman and asking her to marry.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 25, 2024 10:17 AM (UlRld)
++++
I agree. That's what I said on the last thread. Marriage is important, and so are its symbols, and putting some money into it is called for. But within reason. Unreasonable demands and unreasonable offers in an orgy of reckless spending are red flags. There's a future to be built together, and starting that future by spending all you have and more on baubles and custom embossing for paper napkins is insane.

Make it nice. Make it memorable. Don't burn through your future for it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 25, 2024 10:20 AM (HnUIn)

159 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipeaczmRACA

unburdened

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 25, 2024 10:20 AM (gbOdA)

160 Darth Lloyd has nothing better to do than review 20 Medals of Honor issued to troopers of the 7th Cav.

How to further demoralize the troops dipsh1t.

Let's review all your awards.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 25, 2024 10:21 AM (0h/0q)

161 I dunno. There's something chivalrous and unselfish about presenting a bauble of some worth to a woman and asking her to marry.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 25, 2024 10:17 AM (UlRld)
No different than a crow bringing you a shiny bottle cap or penny when you feed him.

Posted by: Megthered at July 25, 2024 10:21 AM (rwiQP)

162 Trump is a reverse Samson. The hordes of wicked men will tear down the palace above their heads just to get at one man.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at July 25, 2024 10:21 AM (cf/0E)

163 WHAT CAN BE

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 25, 2024 10:21 AM (gbOdA)

164 155. Isn’t Trump up by 2 in PA in that poll?

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at July 25, 2024 10:21 AM (aVudl)

165 UNBURDENED BY WHAT HAS BEEN

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 25, 2024 10:21 AM (gbOdA)

166 > So learning to tweet and Instagram wicked burn memes?
---------
Journalism 101.

*sticks finger in nose*

Posted by: Kamala's Lettuce Brain at July 25, 2024 10:22 AM (Q4IgG)

167 Many of us questioned at the time why the pollsters suddenly seemed to be being "honest" about Trump's lead over Biden.

Looks like it was all because of the planned narrative shift. The Left are so transparent - and yes the Steal is 100% on.

Posted by: ... at July 25, 2024 10:22 AM (v9JpZ)

168 F'ing sock...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 25, 2024 10:22 AM (Q4IgG)

169 A big shiny rock on the finger is the chick version of a luxury car. It makes no sense and is impractical. But we like to show off as humans and so here we are.
Posted by: Kumala Word Salad at July 25, 2024 10:15 AM (D4ItZ)

If that is what she wants -fine. But don't dare bitch when I bring home a really nice truck or (and?) sportscar.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed

Guys, don't cry when she runs off after six months with a Harley rider and takes the $25k ring with her.

Posted by: rickb223 Buy Ammo & Shelf Stable Foods at July 25, 2024 10:22 AM (t8fhO)

170 No different than a crow bringing you a shiny bottle cap or penny when you feed him.
Posted by: Megthered at July 25, 2024 10:21 AM (rwiQP)

Yes, I mean.... WAIT A SECOND

Posted by: ... at July 25, 2024 10:23 AM (v9JpZ)

171 $25k to repair a Harley? Getting off cheap.

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 25, 2024 10:23 AM (0h/0q)

172 Dropping $40k on a one day event is ludicrous. As rickb223 says - put it on a house.

My niece and her husband had a blow-out event wedding. I wouldn't be surprised if it ran to twice that. But they're both well-paid professionals with no house and no kids and no desire for either. So... carpe that frickin' diem, I guess.

Posted by: Oddbob at July 25, 2024 10:24 AM (/y8xj)

173 No different than a crow bringing you a shiny bottle cap or penny when you feed him.
Posted by: Megthered

Yep.

When I proposed to my wife, my "ring" was a twisty tie.

We celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary last fall.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 25, 2024 10:24 AM (v6JzV)

174 "A bad debate performance destroyed Biden, even though he was already trailing. An assassination attempt had no effect on Trump's support. A brown face fixed all of the Democrats problems."
-bullshit

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 25, 2024 10:24 AM (GBKbO)

175

The gerbils! They're in my brain!

Posted by: Anna K. Emmerich at July 25, 2024 10:24 AM (9kiNb)

176
Guys, don't cry when she runs off after six months with a Harley rider and takes the $25k ring with her.
Posted by: rickb223 Buy Ammo & Shelf Stable Foods at July 25, 2024 10:22 AM (t8fhO)

I had a couple of biz partners that on second marriage did that 3 month bullfuckingshit buy that you do when your poor. 1 spent 45k for a marriage that lasted 18 months.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 25, 2024 10:25 AM (gbOdA)

177 "To all those folks afraid America 'isn't ready' yet for a black woman and a gay man in the White House- Now IS the time! We now face one of the two most important elections in American History."

Too late. We already did that in 2008.

Posted by: Ripley at July 25, 2024 10:25 AM (GUOwU)

178 Head on, apply directly to the forehead...

Posted by: PA Dutchman at July 25, 2024 10:25 AM (QyT5w)

179 If there's anyone who cannot and never can be "unburdened by what has been," it's a progressive. The sins of the past are the basic cornerstone of progressive ideology, and the basis for all of their claims of power. Their every action is justified by some past misdeed - real or imagined - committed by someone else and then transferred to the contemporary target. That's how it works.

"Unburdened by the past" indeed. Gimmie a break. At no level is this remotely possible for a prog, not in the general or in the specific. These are the same people who drive the consumption of antidepressants into the stratosphere and pinch pennies for therapy for years on end. If there's no "burden" of the past, none of that would be happening, because it wouldn't matter - and nobody intentionally pours money and effort into things that don't matter.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at July 25, 2024 10:25 AM (HnUIn)

180 with no house and no kids and no desire for either.
Posted by: Oddbob

So what was the point of their getting married?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 25, 2024 10:25 AM (v6JzV)

181 I am obviously not Catholic, but I certainly appreciate the art, for its amazing technical qualities, but also for the emotional content.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 25, 2024 10:16 AM (d9fT1)

I'm sure you've got the Catholic Guilt thing pretty down pat.

Posted by: ... at July 25, 2024 10:25 AM (v9JpZ)

182
Because today we embrace what yesterday unburdened us from.

Now, there are those of you who jeer at me for leaving that dangling preposition. Do not try to outwit me when the subject of dangling thingies is raised. And, yes, I myself have raised many a dangly thingy, I can assure you! ** cackles ** Like Armour hot dogs they were -- short ones, fat ones, ones that shot their rocks; tall ones, thin ones, even ones with chicken pox. "Bring 'em on!" I cried. ** cackles **

-- Visions on the road to Kamala

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at July 25, 2024 10:25 AM (xG4kz)

183 Self wrapping mummy?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 25, 2024 10:25 AM (VwHCD)

184 Let's blow Joe!

https://is.gd/OGPnPk

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at July 25, 2024 10:25 AM (L/fGl)

185 All of those Emerson polls showed Trump up, by the way. Every state, and in the general election.

But, polls are bullshit narrative designed to influence people.

"Kamala's not that bad, back her at the DNC without complaint," is all I see.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 25, 2024 10:26 AM (GBKbO)

186 152 You guys probably serve jello salads at potlucks too instead of rigatoni and chicken.
Posted by: Tonypete

Tuna casserole and macaroni salad.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

With peas in it.

Posted by: rickb223 Buy Ammo & Shelf Stable Foods at July 25, 2024 10:19 AM (t8fhO)
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I'll take it with or without.
Damn I'm hungry now.

Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Titbit #08 at July 25, 2024 10:26 AM (qfLjt)

187 "Unburdened by the past" is a fancy way of saying FU to conservatism.

Ask them about conserving when it comes to the earf and suddenly they become Barry Goldwater.

Posted by: ... at July 25, 2024 10:26 AM (v9JpZ)

188 177 "To all those folks afraid America 'isn't ready' yet for a black woman and a gay man in the White House- Now IS the time! We now face one of the two most important elections in American History."

Too late. We already did that in 2008.
Posted by: Ripley at July 25, 2024 10:25 AM (GUOwU)

One and half BLACKS was a bad sitcom!

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 25, 2024 10:26 AM (gbOdA)

189 "DNC moves to hold 'virtual' nomination of Kamala before August convention, blocks delegates from nominating new candidate in Chicago, despite Kamala receiving zero votes"

Sounds like they're afraid of the muslim monster they created and fed and filled several states with.

Posted by: Ribbed at July 25, 2024 10:29 AM (IHRQq)

190 "To all those folks afraid America 'isn't ready' yet for a black woman and a gay man in the White House- Now IS the time! We now face one of the two most important elections in American History."

Can't the WH janitorial staff catch a break? They just got the place finally clean enough that a black light doesn't light up the room like Vegas thanks to Clinton. NEver mind the brown stains on the carpet from Obama's dog, Biden's dogs, and Biden himself shitting everywhere.

Now you want to put a person with great oral skills (certainly not oratory), and another whose kink is putting a fake woman's chest on so he can chestfeed his kids.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 25, 2024 10:29 AM (N39Ws)

191 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I'm sure you've got the Catholic Guilt thing pretty down pat.
Posted by: ...

CBD is an ecumenical guy!

Posted by: Tonypete at July 25, 2024 10:29 AM (5Seyi)

192 I'm sure you've got the Catholic Guilt thing pretty down pat.

Posted by: ... at July 25, 2024 10:25 AM (v9JpZ)

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

Don't remember from whom I first heard the phrase "I'm a recovering Catholic" but it was snort-worthy.

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2024, Now #1 With a Bullet! at July 25, 2024 10:29 AM (qC/Q1)

193 My wife and I were both previously married. No engagement. No ring, other than his and hers wedding bands. $25 quickie in front of Justice of the Peace.

24 years.

Those bands are the only bling we wear.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 25, 2024 10:30 AM (Q4IgG)

194 Guys, don't cry when she runs off after six months with a Harley rider and takes the $25k ring with her.
Posted by: rickb223 Buy Ammo & Shelf Stable Foods

If that is the case, the man chose poorly.

A real woman, who understands and appreciates her role in marriage is priceless. And if she will understand the sacrifice and work and thought put into a proclamation of love and a request for her hand, then go buy a beautiful ring for her. Some women are happy with a twisty tie. I think that's horribly offensive, but, you do you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 25, 2024 10:30 AM (1DWAs)

195 nobody intentionally pours money and effort into things that don't matter.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

California high-speed rail begs to differ.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 25, 2024 10:30 AM (v6JzV)

196 Besides, any polling that even tries right now is operating under the assumption that the 2020 election was real, and that's even more ridiculous regarding GA.

We have video evidence of a woman running stacks of ballots through multiple times in Fulton County.

So, they've built in assumptions around the election using 2020 as a base, but the base is nonsense. In the meantime, the GA Board of Elections has forced through changes that should tamp down on the crap brewing.

We'll see if that's effective or not, but polling of GA itself is heavily suspect.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 25, 2024 10:30 AM (GBKbO)

197 Now you want to put a person with great oral skills (certainly not oratory), and another whose kink is putting a fake woman's chest on so he can chestfeed his kids.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 25, 2024 10:29 AM (N39Ws)

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

The humiliation is part of the kink.

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2024, Now #1 With a Bullet! at July 25, 2024 10:30 AM (qC/Q1)

198 When I proposed to my wife, my "ring" was a twisty tie.
We celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary last fall.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 25, 2024 10:24 AM (v6JzV)

When my late husband proposed 31 years ago, he kind of "swung by" the mall while we were out on another errand. He parked and said, "I've been thinking... We should get married. Wha'd'ya think?" We went in and bought an engagement/wedding ring set for under $300.

We didn't have a lot of money, obviously. And we had to roll pennies in order to get groceries after returning from our camping honeymoon in Devil's Lake, Wisconsin.

But we were married nearly 30 years, and that ring, and his, are now my most valuable possessions.

Posted by: Lady Who Always Has a Burning Question at July 25, 2024 10:31 AM (JCLJi)

199 Absolutely. The female obsession with jewelry has always perplexed me.

"Oooooo, shiny thing!" Please.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 25, 2024 10:15 AM

I remember holding my friend's (now adult) daughter when she was probably not even a year old. Her eyes and hands went straight to my class ring. I told him, dude, she already appreciates good jewelry. You're in trouble.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 25, 2024 10:31 AM (kgE5c)

200 153
But kneeling down to ask her to marry you strikes me as begging. I'm sure that is a minority view but, whatevs.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 25, 2024 10:20 AM (5Seyi)
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Never understood that kneeling thing. It used to be that a man went and asked the woman's Dad for permission to marry the daughter, no kneeling. I asked my late Wife while we were driving into Cambridge down Mass Ave. Definitely no kneeling.

Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Titbit #09 at July 25, 2024 10:31 AM (qfLjt)

201 "We'll see if that's effective or not, but polling of GA itself is heavily suspect."

Raffensberger and Kemp have been notably quiet in the last year.

Posted by: Ribbed at July 25, 2024 10:32 AM (IHRQq)

202 My wife wanted a sapphire instead of a diamond. The mother of a friend of mine knew a good jeweler and it didn't cost me as much as a diamond of the same size.

22 years this September.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 25, 2024 10:32 AM (/8Il0)

203 Posted by: Lady Who Always Has a Burning Question at July 25, 2024 10:31 AM (JCLJi)

That's sweet. Sorry for your loss.

Posted by: ... at July 25, 2024 10:33 AM (v9JpZ)

204 Guys, don't cry when she runs off after six months with a Harley rider and takes the $25k ring with her.
Posted by: rickb223 Buy Ammo & Shelf Stable Foods

Mine would ride off on her own harley and throw the ring at me. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 25, 2024 10:33 AM (VwHCD)

205 I'm sure you've got the Catholic Guilt thing pretty down pat.
Posted by: ... at July 25, 2024 10:25 AM

Catholic guilt? The man had a Jewish mother! They wrote the book.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 25, 2024 10:33 AM (kgE5c)

206 201 "We'll see if that's effective or not, but polling of GA itself is heavily suspect."

Raffensberger and Kemp have been notably quiet in the last year.
Posted by: Ribbed at July 25, 2024 10:32 AM (IHRQq)

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From what I understand, the Board of Elections has effectively gone rogue in our favor.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 25, 2024 10:33 AM (GBKbO)

207 There absolutely HAS to be fried chicken.

Posted by: Southern Baptists at July 25, 2024 10:33 AM (3b0p6)

208 Tuna casserole and macaroni salad.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

With peas in it.

Posted by: rickb223 Buy Ammo & Shelf Stable Foods at July 25, 2024 10:19 AM (t8fhO)

Well, yeah....and bananas in the jello.

Posted by: BignJames at July 25, 2024 10:34 AM (AwYPR)

209 42 Beat me to it.

Posted by: gp At The Internet Desert Oasis at July 25, 2024 10:34 AM (X1vg/)

210 Technically proficient painting, good work if a bit Academic. Subject material, well... 'Mystical visions!'

...nah.

Posted by: LenNeal at July 25, 2024 10:34 AM (bFId9)

211 From what I understand, the Board of Elections has effectively gone rogue in our favor.

It is darkly amusing - a group made of rightwing people made a reasonable decision that favors the right and...we are all shocked.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 25, 2024 10:34 AM (oZhjI)

212 I asked my late Wife while we were driving into Cambridge down Mass Ave. Definitely no kneeling.
Posted by: Ciampino

If you had been driving in Roxbury back in the day, you'd have been ducking to avoid the shooting.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 25, 2024 10:35 AM (5Seyi)

213 I bought Dolley a replication of Galadriel's ring (not from the movie) with a cubic zirconia. After we married, she replaced the fake stone with a real one her mother had bought her when she was a child.

She has since replaced the band with a yellow gold, plainer one.

It's just a ring. We still bang. It's awesome.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 25, 2024 10:35 AM (GBKbO)

214 "All Men Are Created Equal": University Of Oregon Loses Key Motion In Free-Speech Case

Free speech lawsuit of Portland State University Professor Bruce Gilley who was blocked from the Twitter account of the University of Oregon’s Division of Equity and Inclusion after tweeting “All men are created equal.”

Posted by: SMOD at July 25, 2024 10:35 AM (RHGPo)

215 "From what I understand, the Board of Elections has effectively gone rogue in our favor."

I don't understand how Georgia is arranged. That would seem strange that they could operate without oversight from the secretary of state and the governor.

Posted by: Ribbed at July 25, 2024 10:35 AM (IHRQq)

216 211 From what I understand, the Board of Elections has effectively gone rogue in our favor.

It is darkly amusing - a group made of rightwing people made a reasonable decision that favors the right and...we are all shocked.
Posted by: 18-1 at July 25, 2024 10:34 AM (oZhjI)

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We are beaten wives and refuse to believe the nice gift doesn't have a fist behind it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 25, 2024 10:35 AM (GBKbO)

217 215 "From what I understand, the Board of Elections has effectively gone rogue in our favor."

I don't understand how Georgia is arranged. That would seem strange that they could operate without oversight from the secretary of state and the governor.
Posted by: Ribbed at July 25, 2024 10:35 AM (IHRQq)

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I think it's more about it being politically bad to oppose the Board of Elections as they impose the slightest bit of security around elections.

Plus the fact that Trump hasn't just vanished from the scene, election integrity is big with the Republican base these days, and the institutional direction of the GOP is moving away from people like Kemp.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 25, 2024 10:37 AM (GBKbO)

218 Fatah and Hamas Sign China-Brokered ‘Unity Deal’

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Come on, people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at July 25, 2024 10:38 AM (L/fGl)

219 The women should be kneeling in front of the men during marriage proposals so they can show their gratitude afterwards.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at July 25, 2024 10:38 AM (g8Ew8)

220 Judge Refuses To Dismiss Trump Defamation Lawsuit Against ABC, Stephanopoulos

"A reasonable jury could conclude Plaintiff was defamed..."

The lawsuit stems from an interview in March where Stephanopoulos, while talking to Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), repeatedly described President Trump as being “liable for rape” following the judgement in a civil lawsuit filed by disgraced former author E. Jean Carroll. The jury in that case technically found Trump liable for sexual assault, but not for rape.

Posted by: SMOD at July 25, 2024 10:38 AM (RHGPo)

221 After we married, she replaced the fake stone with a real one her mother had bought her when she was a child.

She has since replaced the band with a yellow gold, plainer one.

The Ring of Theseus?

Posted by: Oddbob at July 25, 2024 10:38 AM (/y8xj)

222 Went to Walmart early to beat the Army Of Darkness, for a mattress pad, which has to be Walmart because there are no other 'department' or Big Box stores left in town. Shopko went under, and there used to be a really good Elder-Beerman where you could get actual nice things, but that's gone now, so it's dollar stores or Walmart. It's all that's left.
Anyway, ended up buying a refrigerator because the one in the house is 25+ years old, and I didn't have a backup. Walmart was offing a standup 7.5 cf Frigidaire for $154!
That's ridiculous cheap so on top of the car it went.

Posted by: LenNeal at July 25, 2024 10:39 AM (bFId9)

223 A very talented painter but possible psychopath, imo. His collection of monkeys not suited to the climate contributed to such thinking as did, "He owned a large scientific collection of prehistoric ethnological and anthropological finds, including one of the largest collections of skulls of his time." (But there was also so much more.)

Thank you, but would pass hanging this painting.

Posted by: L - If ... (Cellphone) at July 25, 2024 10:39 AM (LL19j)

224 White House Approves Nearly $3 Billion Weapons Sale To Saudi Arabia

When campaigning 4 years ago, President Biden pledged he would treat Saudi Arabia & its de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, as a "pariah"

Posted by: SMOD at July 25, 2024 10:39 AM (RHGPo)

225 Living without always-on internet is working out OK. Feel like an LIV now; it's not that bad.

Posted by: gp At The Internet Desert Oasis at July 25, 2024 10:39 AM (X1vg/)

226 It used to be that a man went and asked the woman's Dad for permission to marry the daughter
Posted by: Ciampino

My wife would've thrown a fit if I had done that. At least. I might not be here today.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 25, 2024 10:39 AM (v6JzV)

227 In Linz, Austria a pleasant bit of role reversal. At the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Mariendom) a place that has become a gathering spot for leftist ideology.
A place where a sculpture of the Virgin Mary, nude waist down, legs spread, giving birth, has been beheaded by radical Christians.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 25, 2024 10:40 AM (B/d6U)

228 I don't understand how Georgia is arranged.

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It's quite simple. They announce the results first then count the ballots.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at July 25, 2024 10:40 AM (L/fGl)

229 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around.
Dang. A virgin? At Washington State University we had virgins. All the rest were sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 25, 2024 10:40 AM (W/lyH)

230 "and the institutional direction of the GOP is moving away from people like Kemp."

That's the worst thing about Republican politics. The dirty insiders always taking advantage of the decent and honest to stay in power.

Posted by: Ribbed at July 25, 2024 10:40 AM (iFMeW)

231 At Washington State University we had virgins. All the rest were sophomores, juniors, and seniors.

At Michigan, there were two lion sculptures flanking the doors of the museum. Tradition had it that if a virgin walked by, they would roar. And they had never roared.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 25, 2024 10:42 AM (v6JzV)

232 I had a couple of biz partners that on second marriage did that 3 month bullfuckingshit buy that you do when your poor. 1 spent 45k for a marriage that lasted 18 months.
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 25, 2024 10:25 AM (gbOdA)
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The "three months' salary" standard for what an engagement ring should cost is absurd and unfair because it's regressive. The standard needs to change and be made progressive.

If a man clears $15k after taxes, it is hugely damaging to expect him to drop close to four grand on an engagement ring. He can't afford it. If a man clears $100k after taxes, four grand is an insult and unfair in the other direction.

The standard should be bound to tax brackets, and match those tax brackets. If you're in the 10% tax bracket, the ring should cost 10% of your annual net salary. If you're in the 37% tax bracket, the ring should cost 37% of your annual net salary.

This regressive "flat tax" approach to engagement rings needs to be made progressive in order to be made fair.

Posted by: Idiot at July 25, 2024 10:42 AM (HnUIn)

233 I believe the subject of the painting wrote “The Dolorous Passion of Jesus Christ”. I’ve read parts of it. Mel Gibson obviously used it as the foundation for his “The Passion of Christ” movie.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at July 25, 2024 10:43 AM (xt5tS)

234 232 The standard should be bound to tax brackets, and match those tax brackets. If you're in the 10% tax bracket, the ring should cost 10% of your annual net salary. If you're in the 37% tax bracket, the ring should cost 37% of your annual net salary.

This regressive "flat tax" approach to engagement rings needs to be made progressive in order to be made fair.
Posted by: Idiot at July 25, 2024 10:42 AM (HnUIn)

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Alternate proposal:

Ring pops.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 25, 2024 10:43 AM (GBKbO)

235 It used to be that a man went and asked the woman's Dad for permission to marry the daughter
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My wife would've thrown a fit if I had done that. At least. I might not be here today.

My son did that but it was a strategic move to gain the approval of her mother. And it worked. And in real terms, it's not as of they would have changed plans if he had said "no" anyway

Posted by: Oddbob at July 25, 2024 10:43 AM (/y8xj)

236 The women should be kneeling in front of the men during marriage proposals so they can show their gratitude afterwards.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at July 25, 2024 10:38 AM

Marriage proposal?

Posted by: ,la at July 25, 2024 10:43 AM (EUcbP)

237 185 All of those Emerson polls showed Trump up, by the way. Every state, and in the general election.

He's up but he's not as "up" as he was before Joe dropped out. There's such a thing as momentum - and we definitely had it after the debate. The assassination attempt really didn't change things and has largely already been forgotten by most of the electorate.

The American public has the memory of a Goldfish and half as much logical reasoning skills. They will revert to their base programming once they realize that doing so won't lose them any clout in their preferred social circles.

Plus, up by 2 in PA means he's down by 10k+ ballots in a corrupt stolen election.

Posted by: Defenestratus at July 25, 2024 10:44 AM (ArmUD)

238 France Is No Longer France: Tourist Gang Raped by Five ‘African-Type’ Men in Paris.

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Thank God nothing like that could happen in D.C.!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at July 25, 2024 10:44 AM (L/fGl)

239 "The American public has the memory of a Goldfish and half as much logical reasoning skills."

Concur.

Posted by: gp At The Internet Desert Oasis at July 25, 2024 10:45 AM (X1vg/)

240 If you had been driving in Roxbury back in the day, you'd have been ducking to avoid the shooting.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 25, 2024 10:35 AM

*contemplates Roxbury and Dorchester*

"Back in the day"?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 25, 2024 10:45 AM (kgE5c)

241 212 I asked my late Wife while we were driving into Cambridge down Mass Ave. Definitely no kneeling.
Posted by: Ciampino

If you had been driving in Roxbury back in the day, you'd have been ducking to avoid the shooting.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 25, 2024 10:35 AM (5Seyi)
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Well that was in 1975. I don't think I ever drove into Roxbury. I do remember the bussing conundrum and also a nasty fire in a residential building.

Posted by: Ciampino - Thur Titbit #10 at July 25, 2024 10:45 AM (qfLjt)

242 Alternate proposal:

Ring pops.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 25, 2024 10:43 AM (GBKbO)

Superman decoder rings.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at July 25, 2024 10:46 AM (g8Ew8)

243 France Is No Longer France: Tourist Gang Raped by Five ‘African-Type’ Men in Paris.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at July 25, 2024 10:44 AM (L/fGl)

Welcome to the Olympics!

Posted by: BignJames at July 25, 2024 10:46 AM (AwYPR)

244 former President Donald Trump’s would-be assassin used a semiautomatic rifle with a collapsible stock

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Is that a thing that goes up?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at July 25, 2024 10:46 AM (L/fGl)

245 >>At Michigan, there were two lion sculptures flanking the doors of the museum. Tradition had it that if a virgin walked by, they would roar. And they had never roared.

Not true. They roared when Dr. Anderson tried to stick his finger up the lions' butts.

Posted by: bed head at July 25, 2024 10:47 AM (Y1sOo)

246 In local news, some idiot escaped police a couple weeks ago on some beef, then somehow got a hold of the pursuing officer's cell phone number and texted him:
"LOL U cant catch me!"

...whereupon said officer called to triangulate the cell phone and promptly went and arrested him.

Posted by: LenNeal at July 25, 2024 10:47 AM (bFId9)

247 I can't afford to see my sister in Chelsea OR my cousin in Roxbury!

Posted by: Charlie on the MTA at July 25, 2024 10:47 AM (3b0p6)

248 My wife and I were originally going to elope to England, and her father was even willing to pay for it.

Then her mother said, "I would like to see my only daughter get married."

So much for the elopement.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 25, 2024 10:47 AM (v6JzV)

249 237 He's up but he's not as "up" as he was before Joe dropped out. There's such a thing as momentum - and we definitely had it after the debate. The assassination attempt really didn't change things and has largely already been forgotten by most of the electorate.

The American public has the memory of a Goldfish and half as much logical reasoning skills. They will revert to their base programming once they realize that doing so won't lose them any clout in their preferred social circles.

Plus, up by 2 in PA means he's down by 10k+ ballots in a corrupt stolen election.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 25, 2024 10:44 AM (ArmUD)

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Momentum from polls?

Again, I ask, what incentive is there to get it right from public pollsters?

Are they graded on their accuracy on polls 3+ months out from an election?

The idea that Kamala fixed Democrat problems around inflation, the economy in general, the foreign policy side of things, and that Trump's assassination attempt had no effect on things is bullshit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 25, 2024 10:48 AM (GBKbO)

250 refuse to believe the nice gift doesn't have a fist behind it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 25, 2024 10:35 AM (GBKbO)

What would be wrong with that?

Posted by: Barry Soetero at July 25, 2024 10:48 AM (v9JpZ)

251 "So much for the elopement."

Wait. Isn't that the point of eloping?

Posted by: Ribbed at July 25, 2024 10:48 AM (iFMeW)

252 The complaint argues that if "Kamala Harris were a candidate for something in 2024, federal law requires her to have filed a Statement of Candidacy and for her name to have appeared in the name of her authorized committee. But Kamala Harris’s name does not appear in the name of her purported authorized committee, ‘Biden for President,’ and, until Sunday, no Statement of Candidacy existed for her. Then Sunday, rather than filing her own Statement of Candidacy, she merely altered Joe Biden’s to replace his name with hers. There is no mechanism under the Act for one individual to end another’s federal candidacy by simply amending the other’s Form 2. Moreover, in that purported amended Form 2 Harris designated ‘Biden for President’ as her principal campaign committee and then renamed it. Altering a document submitted to a federal agency is a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1519.3." -Fox News

Posted by: SMOD at July 25, 2024 10:49 AM (RHGPo)

253 Alternate proposal:

Ring pops.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 25, 2024 10:43 AM (GBKbO)

Superman decoder rings.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at July 25, 2024 10:46 AM

Those would be ideal for my next bride!

Posted by: Mohammed M. Mohammed at July 25, 2024 10:49 AM (kgE5c)

254 I knelt. My wife is a treasure to be honored, kneeling while asking her to marry me is just a symbol of the value I put on her as a human.

I did however have my proposal plans thoroughly trashed. I was going to propose once I landed at the beach at the finish of the Tybee 500 catamaran race. Only our rudders got separated from our boat 5 miles off of Jekyll Island. So we couldn't make the finish - and after we got the boat back to land, packed up and drove the rest of the way to the finish - had the awards banquet and all that, it was 11pm by the time I had time to ask her if she wanted to go for a walk on the beach which is where I knelt and proposed in the pitch black. And I got hit by a wave while I was on my knee.

Posted by: Defenestratus at July 25, 2024 10:50 AM (RoAun)

255 Interesting. A sepia tone painting. "All the colors of the dust storm!"

Posted by: look whats not at July 25, 2024 10:50 AM (nakGR)

256 Paid $4 per gallon for gas yesterday. Let's see if the price increases or decreases as we near November.

Posted by: Pudinhead at July 25, 2024 10:50 AM (n17eQ)

257 I believe the subject of the painting wrote “The Dolorous Passion of Jesus Christ”. I’ve read parts of it. Mel Gibson obviously used it as the foundation for his “The Passion of Christ” movie.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken

Wellllll...yes and no on the authorship. It's generally accepted now there's little of Emmerich in the book and more of Brentano, the poet who drafted it based upon his, ahem, "memories of their discussions" (i.e. it's probably him inspired by things she said). When the was beatified they pretty much said, no, it's probably not really her authorship.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez fuck cancer at July 25, 2024 10:50 AM (OUMaO)

258 "I knelt. My wife is a treasure to be honored, kneeling while asking her to marry me is just a symbol of the value I put on her as a human."

I knelt. My wife started crying. Then she started laughing. Then she had an asthma attack and almost died.

Posted by: Ribbed at July 25, 2024 10:50 AM (iFMeW)

259 Imagine what can be, unburdened by what has been."

Don't try that whitewashed "Year Zero" revolutionary bullshit with me, Kamala. The mistakes of the past should be remembered so we don't make them in the present.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at July 25, 2024 10:51 AM (O7YUW)

260 Kamala will have good news and momentum until Labor Day. The convention etc will be great for her. Even in this sunshine, she will never have an outright lead in the EC.

After Labor Day, she will go off script and implode, because she is a terrible candidate.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at July 25, 2024 10:51 AM (aVudl)

261 There is no mechanism under the Act for one individual to end another’s federal candidacy by simply amending the other’s Form 2. Moreover, in that purported amended Form 2 Harris designated ‘Biden for President’ as her principal campaign committee and then renamed it. Altering a document submitted to a federal agency is a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1519.3." -Fox News
Posted by: SMOD at July 25, 2024 10:49 AM (RHGPo)

NWH.

Posted by: Barry Soetero at July 25, 2024 10:52 AM (v9JpZ)

262 Frick. Go away fag.

Posted by: .. at July 25, 2024 10:52 AM (v9JpZ)

263 The idea that Kamala fixed Democrat problems around inflation, the economy in general, the foreign policy side of things, and that Trump's assassination attempt had no effect on things is bullshit.

Sadly, absolutely none of those things matter to the overwhelming majority of voters in this country who don't watch the news, don't pay attention to events, don't have the education or intelligence to even comprehend what is going on socioeconomically with our country. They are mindless spigots of consumption and gluttony who only care what people think about them when told who they voted for.
We here, in the political blogosphere world - we're a very small insignificant bubble made up of individuals who are deeply invested in every headline that pops up. That simply isn't who constitutes the American electorate sad to say.

Posted by: Defenestratus at July 25, 2024 10:53 AM (RoAun)

264 Politico Frets About Vance’s ‘Weird Views on Gender’

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Only two?!!! How crazy is that?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at July 25, 2024 10:53 AM (L/fGl)

265 Despite minimal color, the level of detail with this piece is astonishing. You can even see the dirt under her nails.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Nothing to Contribute to the Debate at July 25, 2024 10:53 AM (xPJvm)

266 My wedding cost about $25k in today’s dollars. Paid for most of it ourselves both sets of parents chipped in a little. No debt was incurred.

Also lived together and owned a house when we got married. So it wasn’t a wedding vs buy house decision.

Posted by: Kumala Word Salad at July 25, 2024 10:53 AM (sc/Rh)

267 I love Trump:

She can't be trusted, she can't be trusted.

Posted by: Seems Legit at July 25, 2024 10:54 AM (JeYYB)

268 "... Gab learned that Thomas Crooks, the deranged Joe Biden supporter who attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump, may have had an account on our platform. We are unable to confirm that the account in question actually belonged to him. ..."

Posted by: SMOD at July 25, 2024 10:54 AM (RHGPo)

269 260 Kamala will have good news and momentum until Labor Day. The convention etc will be great for her. Even in this sunshine, she will never have an outright lead in the EC.

After Labor Day, she will go off script and implode, because she is a terrible candidate.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at July 25, 2024 10:51 AM (aVudl)

I keep saying, 48 million watched the Trump-Biden debate. It was the first time many of those were exposed to the real Biden.

A few weeks later, his support cratered to the point where he was forced to drop out.

This same thing will repeat with a Trump-Kamala debate. Will be the first time millions see the real Kamala.

The dems' buyer's remorse will be real. Possibly spectacular.

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 25, 2024 10:54 AM (KbCG3)

270 I dunno. There's something chivalrous and unselfish about presenting a bauble of some worth to a woman and asking her to marry.
Posted by: nurse ratched

The ring itself, within a reasonable $$ range, I have no issues with.

But kneeling down to ask her to marry you strikes me as begging. I'm sure that is a minority view but, whatevs.
Posted by: Tonypete at July 25, 2024 10:20 AM (5Seyi)

I suppose it all depends on how you feel about women in general. My view is - in this Lizzofied age - completely anachronistic. Which probably explains much about my psyche.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 25, 2024 10:54 AM (Q0kLU)

271 "Politico Frets About Vance’s ‘Weird Views on Gender’"

Does anyone even care what Politico says any more?

Posted by: Ribbed at July 25, 2024 10:54 AM (IHRQq)

272 263 Sadly, absolutely none of those things matter to the overwhelming majority of voters in this country who don't watch the news, don't pay attention to events, don't have the education or intelligence to even comprehend what is going on socioeconomically with our country. They are mindless spigots of consumption and gluttony who only care what people think about them when told who they voted for.
We here, in the political blogosphere world - we're a very small insignificant bubble made up of individuals who are deeply invested in every headline that pops up. That simply isn't who constitutes the American electorate sad to say.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 25, 2024 10:53 AM (RoAun)

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Remember, Democrats shut down ballot counting in six states at the same time in the middle of the night to ballot box stuff like Tammany Hall because Americans easily buy into their bullshit and the polls are accurate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 25, 2024 10:54 AM (GBKbO)

273 I notice the commenting rate is finally slowing after one and a half frenzied weeks.

Posted by: spindrift at July 25, 2024 10:54 AM (OguvZ)

274 Posted by: Defenestratus at July 25, 2024 10:53 AM (RoAun)

Your concern has been noted.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at July 25, 2024 10:56 AM (g8Ew8)

275 Many, Many people say Kamala is a cackling moron who sucked her way to the top. I’m
Not saying it myself just saying that many are saying it.

Posted by: Kumala Word Salad at July 25, 2024 10:56 AM (sc/Rh)

276 I've said people are stupid and the new polls show it.. We went from "it's the economy stupid" To It's a historic black woman stupid."

Posted by: It's me donna at July 25, 2024 10:56 AM (IyPmt)

277 Mine's parents laughed at me when i went over to ask permission...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 25, 2024 10:56 AM (32gLG)

278 One of my daughters married a Democrat, and she tried to gently correct me today when I referred to Kamala as Border Czar.

So much for graduate degrees.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 25, 2024 10:56 AM (Ykcsg)

279 POLITICO
@politico
Republicans pounce after Netanyahu protesters burn U.S. flags – and wave Hamas ones instead

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Is there nothing those Republicans won't pounce on?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at July 25, 2024 10:57 AM (L/fGl)

280 Also, it should be recalled that the average of polls (oh, dear lord, polling averages are even worse bullshit...what happens to a margin of error when you average two statistics?) was off by 7 points at the end of the race in 2020.

In Biden's favor.

With the massive cheat.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 25, 2024 10:57 AM (GBKbO)

281 Is there nothing those Republicans won't pounce on?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at July 25, 2024 10:57 AM

Democrat women.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 25, 2024 10:58 AM (kgE5c)

282 I bought Dolley a replication of Galadriel's ring (not from the movie) with a cubic zirconia. After we married, she replaced the fake stone with a real one her mother had bought her when she was a child.

She has since replaced the band with a yellow gold, plainer one.

It's just a ring. We still bang. It's awesome.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, riding the anarchy train with John Landis at July 25, 2024 10:35 AM (GBKbO)

Isn't that sorta like the old lumberjack, carrying around his axe, and whenever someone points out how nice it is, he says "I've had it for 50 years!"

Astonished onlookers are amazed at what great shape it's in, and he says "well, I replaced the blade about 20 times, the handle about 30 times, but it's still the same old axe!"

Posted by: BurtTC at July 25, 2024 10:58 AM (8EW91)

283 New evidence suggests a huge asteroid DID hit EARTH 12,800 years ago causing an ice age, wiping out dozens of species and decimating humans

- A team of scientists discovered a 'platinum spike' suggesting a meteorite had hit
- Found in Wonderkrater in the Limpopo Province, north of Pretoria in South Africa
- Findings could prove mini-ice age Younger Dryas was triggered by a meteoroid

Posted by: SMOD at July 25, 2024 10:58 AM (RHGPo)

284 > 17 Not sure what to think about the placement of the crucifix.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at July 25, 2024 09:33 AM (d9LQi)

Ask me about how that works.

Posted by: Linda Blair at July 25, 2024 10:58 AM (W5ArC)

285 Pouncing is the real crime
Not burning flags or supporting Hamas.

Posted by: Kumala Word Salad at July 25, 2024 10:58 AM (sc/Rh)

286 Mentally, I add 5 points to PDJT polling results as a casual way to correct for bias

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 25, 2024 10:59 AM (Ykcsg)

287 Isn't that sorta like the old lumberjack, carrying around his axe, and whenever someone points out how nice it is, he says "I've had it for 50 years!"

Astonished onlookers are amazed at what great shape it's in, and he says "well, I replaced the blade about 20 times, the handle about 30 times, but it's still the same old axe!"
Posted by: BurtTC at July 25, 2024 10:58 AM

Terry Pratchett worked that gag, with a dwarf axe, into one of his books.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 25, 2024 11:00 AM (kgE5c)

288 Right now, Kamala is benefiting from being the back-up QB. When the starter stinks, everyone loves the back-up. Until everyone realizes that the back-up stinks worse than the starter.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at July 25, 2024 11:00 AM (RXJdG)

289 288 Right now, Kamala is benefiting from being the back-up QB. When the starter stinks, everyone loves the back-up. Until everyone realizes that the back-up stinks worse than the starter.
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at July 25, 2024 11:00 AM (RXJdG)

"Why don't they play that guy?!"

*One game later

"Oh."

Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at July 25, 2024 11:00 AM (KbCG3)

290 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at July 25, 2024 11:00 AM (v6JzV)

291 My wedding was 40K in today's money. My parents split the costs with Mrs B's father. My father felt that our side of the family would be too big to let her dad foot the bill. Her father was speechless at the gesture. Also, I think after us dating for 7 years they were waaaay more than happy to see this thing happen.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 25, 2024 11:01 AM (VwHCD)

292 Also, it should be recalled that the average of polls (oh, dear lord, polling averages are even worse bullshit...what happens to a margin of error when you average two statistics?) was off by 7 points at the end of the race in 2020.

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Biden “won” by 4.5%
The final RCP average was a Biden + 7.2%

Not quite off by 7.

Posted by: Kumala Word Salad at July 25, 2024 11:01 AM (sc/Rh)

293 238 France Is No Longer France: Tourist Gang Raped by Five ‘African-Type’ Men in Paris.
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Thank God nothing like that could happen in D.C.!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at July 25, 2024 10:44 AM (L/fGl)
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BBC radio said that exact same thing, France is no longer France, yesterday except they were talking about the huge election wins of the 'far right'.

Posted by: Braenyard at July 25, 2024 11:02 AM (B/d6U)

294 Let me give you a sample quote from the coming "debate" with Kamala:

Kamala: "America is better than Donald Trump."

They haven't used that one yet but I heard a rumble or two in passing from Dem operatives on TV. It's all gonna be focus-tested psy-op mindfuck shit like that. That's the stuff that sticks. Not policy.

Will it work? Who knows. Trump is pretty freaking good with rejoinders that defuse their little smoke bombs.

Posted by: .. at July 25, 2024 11:02 AM (v9JpZ)

295 notice the commenting rate is finally slowing after one and a half frenzied weeks.
Posted by: spindrift at July 25, 2024 10:54 AM (OguvZ)

Getting back to the depression baseline again.

Posted by: .. at July 25, 2024 11:04 AM (v9JpZ)

296 Married twice. Never had an expensive wedding or ring. Both marriages lasted.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 25, 2024 11:05 AM (xjTDL)

297 >>>Right now, Kamala is benefiting from being the back-up QB. When the starter stinks, everyone loves the back-up. Until everyone realizes that the back-up stinks worse than the starter.

When you have cheated by stealing the other teams' signals via advanced, in person, scouting, it doesn't matter who your quarterback is. Ask Jim Harbaugh.

Posted by: bed head at July 25, 2024 11:06 AM (Y1sOo)

298 Willowed:
Biden “won” by 4.5%
The final RCP average was a Biden + 7.2%

Not quite off by 7.
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What that means is they stretch to the limit of their margin of error.

Posted by: Ribbed at July 25, 2024 11:06 AM (IHRQq)

299 I did however have my proposal plans thoroughly trashed. I was going to propose once I landed at the beach at the finish of the Tybee 500 catamaran race. Only our rudders got separated from our boat 5 miles off of Jekyll Island. So we couldn't make the finish - and after we got the boat back to land, packed up and drove the rest of the way to the finish - had the awards banquet and all that, it was 11pm by the time I had time to ask her if she wanted to go for a walk on the beach which is where I knelt and proposed in the pitch black. And I got hit by a wave while I was on my knee.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 25, 2024 10:50 AM (RoAun)

I asked Penny to marry me while we were having sex. She got really pissed. Women! Pfft.

Posted by: Dr. Leonard Hofstadter at July 25, 2024 11:11 AM (iODuv)

300 Remember, Democrats shut down ballot counting in six states at the same time in the middle of the night to ballot box stuff like Tammany Hall because Americans easily buy into their bullshit and the polls are accurate.

That election also featured admitted Trump supporters who stayed home on election day because they exist only in a bubble of Trump-favored news and thought he had it in the bag.

Which is precisely the type of behavior I'm desperately trying to avoid. This is a fight for our country, and sitting here talking about "bullshit polls" and "ballot stuffing" and all of that is just whistling past the graveyard.

Every day, we should act like Trump is 5 points behind - not leading, because as we all know, that lead is ephemeral. It doesn't exist.

Posted by: Defenestratus at July 25, 2024 11:18 AM (vGfmL)

301 I am reading a 4 volume set of her mystical visions, "The Life Of Jesus Christ". It is fascinating. I don't understand how she could know these things. Places, times, details, and things Jesus said and did that were never in the Scriptures.

Posted by: Vince at July 25, 2024 11:25 AM (gx8O9)

302 And oh yeah, whenever I hear someone say "it is generally accepted now" relating to something that happened 300 years ago, I laugh.

Posted by: Vince at July 25, 2024 11:28 AM (gx8O9)

303 159 >>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipeaczmRACA

unburdened

I filtered Kamala's favorite phrase down to its essence. It's not profound. It's not even elegant in the Maya Angelou construct she so loves. All it means is Move on. Get on with it. Get over it. Let bygones be bygones.

And then it hit me. That was Richard Fish's favorite catchphrase from Ally McBeal back in the day. Bygones. It was funny when he said it. Kamala's just the retard who thinks she sounds profound when she says it.

Posted by: red speck at July 25, 2024 11:28 AM (0Id0S)

304 [O/T per CTH -- Newsmax's Carl Higbie Exposes DNC "Smurfing" Scandal: $200 Million in Irregular Donations, Disguised to Appear Like Small Donors; Rumble Link http://tiny.cc/heoazz ]

“This is verifiable data. Whoever is choreographing this volume is doing it in such small donations because they thought those wouldn’t get flagged by watchdogs and FEC officials. The way this is brought to our attention was not by the dollar amount, but rather by the number of donations per person. That’s where they messed up. But my question is, if these people whose names are on the FEC report are not making these donations, who is? Where’s the money coming from?”

“We can have all the voter ID laws we want, but if hundreds of millions of dollars are flowing in to influence our elections and we don’t know from whom, not only is it a gross violation of election laws, it’s a huge national security risk. When I tell you Democrats are a machine, this is the kind of stuff I’m talking about.”

Posted by: ShainS -- Trump 2024, Now #1 With a Bullet! at July 25, 2024 11:57 AM (WlJra)

305 OMG!
This is a wonderful piece of art!
It is almost monochromatic.
It highlights texturing and contrast to explore focus on the object of attention. And demonstrate the artist's ability to represent textural behavior. Which he does exceptionally.
The subject lady, apparently is in a sick bed, praying to Christ for a reason which the viewer cannot make obvious.
Only the artist's title of the piece can shed light on her purpose.

Posted by: john at July 25, 2024 02:08 PM (nEWxZ)

306 Afternoon.

Late to the party, but she doesn't look ecstatic. Although if you took off the bandages and got her to smile I bet she'd be really cute.

Alternate thought: Someone looks like they're about to recreate a certain scene from The Exorcist!

But anyway...Would hang.

Posted by: Robert at July 25, 2024 02:13 PM (jfhGT)

307 I hadn't heard of her before. Her life story is quite touching.

Posted by: Spartan at July 25, 2024 03:03 PM (fGAhH)

308 from Old French extasie,
via late Latin from Greek ekstasis ‘standing outside oneself’,
based on ek- ‘out’ + histanai ‘to place’.

Posted by: m at July 25, 2024 03:25 PM (64Zez)

309 A Message from God Don't vote for Liberal Democrats

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at July 25, 2024 04:33 PM (wGqjj)

310 "Ukraine is a country in Europe. It exists next to another country called Russia. Russia is a bigger country. Russia is a powerful country. Russia decided to invade a smaller country called Ukraine. So basically that's wrong."

Kamala Harris - Super Genius

Posted by: JackStraw at July 31, 2024 10:32 AM (LkLld)

311 I think that everything wrote made a ton of sense. However, what about this?
what if you were to write a awesome headline? I am not saying your content is not good., however suppose you added something
that makes people want more? I mean Mid-Morning Art Thread is a little vanilla.
You should peek at Yahoo's home page and see how they create news titles to get people interested.
You might try adding a video or a picture or two to grab people excited about what you've got to say.
Just my opinion, it might bring your posts
a little bit more interesting.

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