Mid-Morning Art Thread

Portrait of Jakob Fugger
Albrecht Durer

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Fart!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 14, 2024 09:30 AM (Y+DQr)

2 Jeepers. He looks unpleasant.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 14, 2024 09:31 AM (Y+DQr)

3 The background is pretty. Ground-up lapis lazuli?

Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 14, 2024 09:31 AM (pafXr)

4 He’s an ugly Mother -Fugger.

Posted by: Czech Chick at October 14, 2024 09:31 AM (fpVC1)

5 That Fugger.

Posted by: BignJames at October 14, 2024 09:31 AM (Yj6Os)

6 Why doesn't me have any shoulders?

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 14, 2024 09:31 AM (Y+DQr)

7 I was expecting an Elizabeth Squaw Warren painting

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at October 14, 2024 09:31 AM (hOUT3)

8 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 14, 2024 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

9 Portrait of a Douche.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 14, 2024 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

10 "Jeepers. He looks unpleasant."

Durer does unpleasant.

Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 14, 2024 09:32 AM (pafXr)

11 Stupid looking Fugger.

Posted by: dantesed at October 14, 2024 09:32 AM (Oy/m2)

12 Looks like something Monty Python would've used in a cartoon short.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 14, 2024 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

13 His hair is retreating up the sides.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 14, 2024 09:32 AM (y31cs)

14 Looks like he just saw a nekkid dood on an ottoman.

yikes!

Posted by: Run with it! at October 14, 2024 09:32 AM (89Sog)

15 Is he wearing a mink stole?

Posted by: redridinghood at October 14, 2024 09:32 AM (NpAcC)

16 He sucks.

Posted by: Hunter Biden at October 14, 2024 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

17 You're leaving a salient Fugger!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 14, 2024 09:33 AM (y31cs)

18 I bet he was teased a lot as a child.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 14, 2024 09:33 AM (U7wke)

19

What about Fugger's Mother!!!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 14, 2024 09:33 AM (x0n13)

20 I want to see a portrait of the Mother Fugger.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 14, 2024 09:33 AM (g8Ew8)

21 Kind of looks like the current aged Michael Keaton.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 09:33 AM (oZhjI)

22 Poor guy.... probably teased all through school.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 14, 2024 09:33 AM (Q4IgG)

23 I'm more familiar with Durer's prints. This is fine, a bit minimal and not very interesting to look at, honestly.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 14, 2024 09:34 AM (WPL6O)

24 1 Fart!
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 14, 2024 09:30 AM (Y+DQr)

This made me laugh.

Thanks!

Posted by: Run with it! at October 14, 2024 09:34 AM (89Sog)

25 Portrait of Jakob Fugger

Out: Its good to be the King

In: Its good to be the personal banker to the Emperor

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 09:34 AM (oZhjI)

26 Was going to say looks miserable, probably after sitting still the last 6 hours straight.

Posted by: Skip at October 14, 2024 09:34 AM (ZvL9a)

27
19

What about Fugger's Mother!!!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 14, 2024 09:33 AM (x0n13)

20 I want to see a portrait of the Mother Fugger.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 14, 2024 09:33 AM (

Is this why we can't have nice things?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 14, 2024 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

28 He'd like to talk to you about transgender rights. For a couple hours. In your living room.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 14, 2024 09:35 AM (Q4IgG)

29 Fugger?

Hardly knew her!

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 14, 2024 09:35 AM (zGJie)

30 Looks like he doesn't skip the dumbbell shrugs.

Posted by: PabloD at October 14, 2024 09:36 AM (/zi6l)

31 Alternate Title: In The Makeup Chair Before The Drag Show

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 14, 2024 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

32 Jacob Fugger?

More like Jacob Fuggeddaboutit....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 14, 2024 09:36 AM (7fElN)

33 "estimated his overall wealth to be around $400 billion in today's money, equivalent to 2% of the GDP of Europe at that time"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 09:36 AM (oZhjI)

34 Alternate portrait title - Greta von Thule the Later Years.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 14, 2024 09:36 AM (zGJie)

35 Was his mother a mudder? Was his father a mudder? Did they love the slop?!

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024 09:37 AM (CEzQx)

36 Thin upper lip. Needs to grow a moustache.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 14, 2024 09:37 AM (ViCCR)

37 Was his mother a mudder? Was his father a mudder? Did they love the slop?!
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024 09:37 AM (CEzQx)

Hello Mudder. Hello Fadder......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 14, 2024 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

38 Why doesn't me have any shoulders?

He's got massive traps that come up to his ears.

Posted by: t-bird at October 14, 2024 09:38 AM (tvIQJ)

39 35 Was his mother a mudder? Was his father a mudder? Did they love the slop?!
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024 09:37 AM (CEzQx)

You went in an Alan Sherman direction there.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 14, 2024 09:38 AM (y31cs)

40 "estimated his overall wealth to be around $400 billion in today's money, equivalent to 2% of the GDP of Europe at that time"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 09:36 AM (oZhjI)
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The Elon Musk of the 15th-16th century?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 14, 2024 09:38 AM (7fElN)

41 And all that fur but the Little Ice Age is fiction just like the Roman Climate Optimum!

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024 09:38 AM (CEzQx)

42

He supports the Intafugger against the Jooz!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 14, 2024 09:38 AM (x0n13)

43 Being that rich he could afford to smile. Would hang the portrait though

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 14, 2024 09:39 AM (vS8VI)

44 Its good to be the personal banker to the Emperor

Right up to the point where the Emperor decides he has too much debt and has you killed.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 14, 2024 09:39 AM (U7wke)

45 22 Poor guy.... probably teased all through school.
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Even worse if it's pronounced "fudger"!

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024 09:39 AM (CEzQx)

46 Fugg the Rich!

Posted by: scottst at October 14, 2024 09:40 AM (qcvs8)

47 I was expecting something Italian today.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 14, 2024 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

48 38 Why doesn't me have any shoulders?

He's got massive traps that come up to his ears.
Posted by: t-bird at October 14, 2024 09:38 AM (tvIQJ)

Fugger to Durer: Make me look ripped, brah!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 14, 2024 09:41 AM (y31cs)

49 Bet he has a dumb-ass son, too.

Posted by: Red Forman at October 14, 2024 09:41 AM (Aqu9a)

50
I seem to recall a late 60s era band "The Fuggs"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 14, 2024 09:41 AM (x0n13)

51 Even worse if it's pronounced "fudger"!

That would be one of Tampon Timmy's distant ancestors: I. B. Fudger

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 14, 2024 09:41 AM (zGJie)

52 The background looks like the blue carpet they tacked up behind the contestants in the game show Classic Concentration (1987-91). Hosted by Alex Trebek, prize model was Marjorie Goodson (daughter of Mark Goodson), announcer was Gene Wood.

Posted by: Puzzled at October 14, 2024 09:41 AM (cPMHg)

53 Was his mother a mudder? Was his father a mudder? Did they love the slop?!
Posted by: andycanuck

You went in an Alan Sherman direction there.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Didn't the Marines attack Camp Grenada in '83?

Posted by: Tonypete at October 14, 2024 09:41 AM (WXNFJ)

54 Quite modern-looking isn't it?

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024 09:41 AM (CEzQx)

55 Odd that the title doesn't include the honorary "von der Lilie."

This guy was the man. He made Elon Musk look poor. And he was certainly much more powerful than today's richest men.

It's a good portrait of one of the hardest nosed businessmen to ever live. It really captures that "trifle with me at your peril" attitude.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 14, 2024 09:42 AM (awTae)

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 14, 2024 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)

57 Very cool. The man who is indirectly responsible for the rise of Protestantism. He put Leo into such debt that the pope had to start selling indulgences to pay him back ! And we know how that turned out....

Posted by: runner at October 14, 2024 09:42 AM (V13WU)

58 All the good explosive action happens at Camp Intifada you muddas.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 14, 2024 09:42 AM (zGJie)

59 All name jokes aside . . . doesn't he look like the actor from Scrubs? He played the character who always gave the lead character such a hard time?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 14, 2024 09:43 AM (J2vNu)

60 Only one "g" in The Fugs.

Posted by: Child of the 60s at October 14, 2024 09:43 AM (cPMHg)

61 Looks like a modern painting to me, for some reason.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 14, 2024 09:43 AM (v6JzV)

62 40 "estimated his overall wealth to be around $400 billion in today's money, equivalent to 2% of the GDP of Europe at that time"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 09:36 AM (oZhjI)
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The Elon Musk of the 15th-16th century?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 14, 2024 09:38 AM (7fElN)

More like the Rockefeller of his day. Rockefeller was worth about 350 Billion in today's dollars. Elon is only at 258.

It's all monopoly money anyway. I'd say Rockefeller and Fugger probably had more substance to their wealth that Musk (although he does have SpaceX and Tesla- but how much of Tesla is propped?)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 14, 2024 09:43 AM (y31cs)

63 Why doesn't me have any shoulders?
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 14, 2024

***
He skipped shoulder day. For years.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 14, 2024 09:44 AM (J2vNu)

64 Per wiki, a mega rich Venetian merchant.
By today's standards, a multi billionaire

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 14, 2024 09:44 AM (JQ2jo)

65 "Call me 'Fucker' again."

Posted by: gKWVE at October 14, 2024 09:45 AM (gKWVE)

66 Financier warrior. Durer eliminates anything that detracts from the man's iron demeanor. Fuggers dealt with emperors, kings, nobility. Gold and real estate, threats and retribution.

Look at that background. If it hadn't been painted by Albrecht Durer, it could easily be mistaken for a masterwork by a 20th century artist.

You sign a contract with Jakob Fugger, you better have your i's dotted and your t's crossed.

Posted by: mrp at October 14, 2024 09:45 AM (rj6Yv)

67 Didn’t a Fugger play for the Packers?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 14, 2024 09:45 AM (v6JzV)

68 His father was a Fugger.

Posted by: Kramer at October 14, 2024 09:45 AM (unn1B)

69 Pope Leo should have declared Venice anathema and called for a Crusade against them.

See problem solved.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 14, 2024 09:45 AM (zGJie)

70 He scowls like that because he can't keep his lady's ankles on his "shoulders". Frustrates the hell out of both of them.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2024 09:46 AM (Aqu9a)

71 67 Didn’t a Fugger play for the Packers?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 14, 2024 09:45 AM (v6JzV)

Pete Rozelle made him change his name to Buttkiss

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 14, 2024 09:46 AM (x0n13)

72 Didn’t a Fugger play for the Packers?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Oooooh, the Packers!!

Posted by: Buttigig at October 14, 2024 09:46 AM (WXNFJ)

73 Boobs a Lot was the Fugs most famous tune.

Posted by: Boobs=Art at October 14, 2024 09:46 AM (cPMHg)

74 Durer of course has many fine works to his name. I figure portraits are what these guys do when they need to pay the rent.

Beats house painting, I guess.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024 09:47 AM (2bKP8)

75 "Fug" is also a term, possibly British, for a strong concentration of smoke and smells in a room. Perhaps he was a heavy pipe smoker and the word is derived from this guy's name . . .?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 14, 2024 09:47 AM (J2vNu)

76 Very nice and if I was one of his descendants I'd be proud to hang it on the wall. He has the look of a powerful individual.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 14, 2024 09:47 AM (2NHgQ)

77 Interestingly Venice and the Emperor's home demesne of Austria were not generally friendly but I guess business is business right?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 09:47 AM (oZhjI)

78 Carnegie was richer than Rockefeller. In today's dollars.

Posted by: runner at October 14, 2024 09:48 AM (V13WU)

79 Why doesn't me have any shoulders?
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 14, 2024

***
He skipped shoulder day. For years.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 14, 2024 09:44 AM (J2vNu)

C'mon. He's rich. He don't need no muscles.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 14, 2024 09:48 AM (g8Ew8)

80

74 Durer of course has many fine works to his name. I figure portraits are what these guys do when they need to pay the rent.

Beats house painting, I guess.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024 09:47 AM (2bKP

"Ja"

- - A. Schickelgrruber, two coats one afternoon!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 14, 2024 09:48 AM (x0n13)

81
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 14, 2024 09:48 AM (BkEzK)

82 70 He scowls like that because he can't keep his lady's ankles on his "shoulders". Frustrates the hell out of both of them.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2024 09:46 AM (Aqu9a)

He's a Corvair Rampshoulder.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 14, 2024 09:48 AM (y31cs)

83 His mother was a Fugger...

Posted by: Kramer at October 14, 2024 09:48 AM (unn1B)

84 "He has the look of a powerful individual."

'Come at me, bro.'

Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 14, 2024 09:48 AM (pafXr)

85 He has shoulders
It's just that he has a giraffe neck too

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at October 14, 2024 09:49 AM (R82aP)

86 It's all monopoly money anyway. I'd say Rockefeller and Fugger probably had more substance to their wealth that Musk (although he does have SpaceX and Tesla- but how much of Tesla is propped?)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 14

Definitely.

He managed his family's mining empire after he was acting as the de facto trade representative for the HRE in Venice at the age of thirteen or maybe fourteen.

People like this simply don't exist anymore.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 14, 2024 09:49 AM (awTae)

87 81
No dog. Not art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 14, 2024 09:48 AM (BkEzK)

That's no stole around his neck.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 14, 2024 09:49 AM (x0n13)

88 82 LOL

Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 14, 2024 09:49 AM (pafXr)

89 Didn’t a Fugger play for the Packers?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus

Ray Nitschke.....bad fugger

Posted by: BignJames at October 14, 2024 09:49 AM (Yj6Os)

90 A. Schickelgrruber, two coats one afternoon!

The Earl Scheib of Vienna?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 14, 2024 09:49 AM (zGJie)

91 That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.

Posted by: Delta Burke at October 14, 2024 09:49 AM (VoAdT)

92 Didn’t a Fugger play for the Packers?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 14, 2024 09:45 AM (v6JzV)

You're thinking of Jim Taylor.

I can see how you would make that mistake.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024 09:50 AM (2bKP8)

93 What's a fugger?

Posted by: I gotta ask at October 14, 2024 09:50 AM (unn1B)

94 If Jakob Fugger was alive today, he would be CEO of Permaville, USA.

Posted by: Independently Wealthy at October 14, 2024 09:50 AM (cPMHg)

95 34 Alternate portrait title - Greta von Thule the Later Years.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 14, 2024 09:36 AM (zGJie)

*snort

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! Catz for Trump! at October 14, 2024 09:50 AM (OX9vb)

96 90 A. Schickelgrruber, two coats one afternoon!

The Earl Scheib of Vienna?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 14, 2024 09:49 AM (zGJie)

Leave the door open, he does the hallway for free!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 14, 2024 09:50 AM (x0n13)

97 You sign a contract with Jakob Fugger, you better have your i's dotted and your t's crossed.
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Or have a good Jewish female lawyer disguised as a man to represent you.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024 09:50 AM (CEzQx)

98 80 A painting contest: Durer v. Fuehrer!

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 14, 2024 09:50 AM (v6JzV)

99 Future victim of Autoerotic Asphyxiation.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 14, 2024 09:51 AM (Zz0t1)

100 Watch your mouth!

Posted by: Pete in Texas at October 14, 2024 09:51 AM (BHrzb)

101 Why doesn't me have any shoulders?
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 14, 2024

***
He skipped shoulder day. For years.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 14, 2024 09:44 AM (J2vNu)

Guy's got massive traps.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 14, 2024 09:52 AM (U7wke)

102 "Ja"

- - A. Schickelgrruber, two coats one afternoon!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 14, 2024 09:48 AM (x0n13)

Or I suppose they could go to the park and make those caricature portraits people seem to like.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024 09:52 AM (2bKP8)

103 "...had more substance to their wealth that Musk (although he does have SpaceX and Tesla- but how much of Tesla is propped?)"

It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at October 14, 2024 09:52 AM (unn1B)

104 100 Watch your mouth!
Posted by: Pete in Texas at October 14, 2024 09:51 AM (BHrzb)

This cat Shaft was a bad Jakob Fugger . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 14, 2024 09:52 AM (x0n13)

105 Heh. For all the jokes here, wiki notes that the name was originally spelled 'Fucker' when the family first moved to Augsburg in the 1300's.

Posted by: t-bird at October 14, 2024 09:52 AM (Ez0wT)

106 [repeated phrase to Popes, Kings, etc.] Fuck youse, pays me my money!

Posted by: Jakob Fugger at October 14, 2024 09:53 AM (Aqu9a)

107 Hey, that guy owes me money.....

Posted by: Ddad at October 14, 2024 09:53 AM (6bE9C)

108 Even Durer's 'happy' pictures are not very happy.
https://tinyurl.com/5n9y7rwu

Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 14, 2024 09:54 AM (pafXr)

109 105 Heh. For all the jokes here, wiki notes that the name was originally spelled 'Fucker' when the family first moved to Augsburg in the 1300's.
Posted by: t-bird at October 14, 2024 09:52 AM (Ez0wT)

Meet the Fuggers! Ben Stiller.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 14, 2024 09:54 AM (x0n13)

110 The Packers (a real team) play the Texans (who play a real team on TV) next week. At Lambeau Field.
They should put on Ice Cube's "No Vaseline".

Posted by: gKWVE at October 14, 2024 09:54 AM (gKWVE)

111 First impression - "why is former MSU coach Mark Dantonio wearing that outfit for his portrait?"

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 14, 2024 09:54 AM (0MGV0)

112 From the last thread

James Carville has gone completely around the bend:
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He lies about everything, except he is telling the truth when he says he’s going to have a roundup.

Literally, this election is about the Constitution. We are not going to have one if we lose it. I’m not exaggerating—I would love to debate anybody on that question.

I suspect there are three parts to this

1) Reving up lefty thugs/activists
2) Carville knows all sorts of lefty power brokers have objectively broken existing laws and should be prosecuted.
2) Carville also knows the novel lawfare strategies of Biden/Harris open up even more avenues for prosecution - imagine if Trump uses FARA like Biden did?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 09:55 AM (oZhjI)

113 Even Durer's 'happy' pictures are not very happy.
https://tinyurl.com/5n9y7rwu
Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 14, 2024 09:54 AM (pafXr)

His self portrait is probably his most famous work. No, he doesn't look like a happy fellow.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024 09:56 AM (2bKP8)

114 I think that there is an actual town in Austria named “Fuck.”

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 14, 2024 09:56 AM (v6JzV)

115 Generated this with Tensor and prompt. Comments?

https://tinyurl.com/7zpkt77z

Or maybe this one?

https://tinyurl.com/3c2x5r43

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 14, 2024 09:57 AM (zGJie)

116 2) Carville also knows the novel lawfare strategies of Biden/Harris open up even more avenues for prosecution - imagine if Trump uses FARA like Biden did?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 09:55 AM (oZhjI)

Rats sign petition for anti-poison legislation.

Details at 11.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 14, 2024 09:57 AM (VoAdT)

117 114 I think that there is an actual town in Austria named “Fuck.”
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 14, 2024 09:56 AM (v6JzV)

The fields of Fuck are barren.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 14, 2024 09:58 AM (y31cs)

118 You guys are being so hard on Herr Fugger. He was probably a nice middle class merchant who had made enough money to have the famous artist do a portrait of him. I imagine he was thrilled with the result.

Posted by: Tuna at October 14, 2024 09:58 AM (oaGWv)

119 114 I think that there is an actual town in Austria named “Fuck.”
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 14, 2024 09:56 AM (v6JzV)

Fucking.

Someone pointed out once that you could go from Hugging to Kissing to Fucking to Wedding in one day without leaving your car.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 14, 2024 09:58 AM (VoAdT)

120 118 You guys are being so hard on Herr Fugger. He was probably a nice middle class merchant who had made enough money to have the famous artist do a portrait of him. I imagine he was thrilled with the result.
Posted by: Tuna at October 14, 2024 09:58 AM (oaGWv)

He was the richest guy in the world.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 14, 2024 09:59 AM (y31cs)

121 I think that there is an actual town in Austria named “Fuck.”
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 14, 2024 09:56 AM (v6JzV)

I'm sure most of us have looked up the origin of the English word... it surprises no one that it comes from German.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024 09:59 AM (2bKP8)

122 Someone pointed out once that you could go from Hugging to Kissing to Fucking to Wedding in one day without leaving your car.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 14, 2024 09:58 AM (VoAdT)

Not in a Miata.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 14, 2024 09:59 AM (y31cs)

123 Late to the Art. Imma assume the Horde has already run through the obvious jokes.

Way O/T but whichever Moron warned me off Season 8 of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, wow, you weren't kidding. How to kill a show in one woke move. Watched the first episode and we're done. Now off to The Office, which I've never actually seen, and the new season of the Frasier reboot.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 14, 2024 09:59 AM (LxER7)

124 Not in a Miata.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 14, 2024 09:59 AM (y31cs)

No one's that flexible.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 14, 2024 09:59 AM (VoAdT)

125 Actually, the town in Austria was Fucking, renamed “Fugging” in 2021.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 14, 2024 10:00 AM (v6JzV)

126 I think Bearclaws means Musk and not Fugger...

Alexander S. Vindman @AVindman 22h
If this asshole could just focus on SpaceX, he would be a hero. Instead, he insists on being a villain.

Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando 19h
If this asshole could just focus on macronutrients, he wouldn’t be a cherub-looking fatass.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024 10:00 AM (CEzQx)

127 imagine if Trump uses FARA like Biden did?

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"No standing."

----- Hawaiian Judge

Democrats need not ever worry about their shady tactics being used against them - that was sort of the point of the march through the institutions, after all... you capture all the levers of power precisely because you want to be sure no one can pull on them but you.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 14, 2024 10:00 AM (awTae)

128 Damnit. What rhymes with nostril?
Nostril, Burger, fugger.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at October 14, 2024 10:01 AM (J8LnB)

129 Looks like a modern painting to me, for some reason.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 14, 2024 09:43 AM (v6JzV)

It's the blue. Very expensive...only the wealthiest artists used it a lot.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 14, 2024 10:02 AM (d9fT1)

130 Posted by: Anna Puma at October 14, 2024 09:57 AM (zGJie)

I would use either of the as GalCiv 4 leaders.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 14, 2024 10:02 AM (U7wke)

131 Vindman is the perfect archetype of the villain. He exudes villainy. He fits every narrative trope in the western canon of literature that tells an audience "this is the bad guy".

Even down to the self-aggrandizing puffery of calling decent men villains.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 14, 2024 10:02 AM (VoAdT)

132 Fucking, Austria

We say that all the time!
— Hungarians

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 14, 2024 10:02 AM (v6JzV)

133 I keep telling y'all. There is a code for everything.
Ev...ree...thing!!

Take, for example this Jakob guy.

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M95.12
Cauliflower ear, left ear

Posted by: muldoon at October 14, 2024 10:02 AM (uCfKO)

134 So, it being Columbus Day and all, the water taxi is on Sunday schedule, so I'm stuck on the bus.

It stinks.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 14, 2024 10:02 AM (opniS)

135 I think that there is an actual town in Austria named “Fuck.”
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 14, 2024 09:56 AM (v6JzV)

I'm sure most of us have looked up the origin of the English word... it surprises no one that it comes from German.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024

***
Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 tried to convince me that it arose from signs on medieval English battlefields advertising legal prostitution: "Fornication Under Consent of the King." Leaving aside the fact that it's not idiomatic English -- we'd say "BY Consent of the King" -- the word is much older than the mIddle Ages.

Of course this was the same girl who was convinced that she and I interpreted colors differently because her eyes were blue and let in more wavelengths of light than did my dark brown ones.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 14, 2024 10:02 AM (J2vNu)

136 Interesting example of Durer's art. Compared to his better known portraits this one seems, at first glance, quite plain and uninspiring. Then I noticed the man's eyes and expression. The sense of firm purpose and determination comes through. The rather nondescript background makes the man's face almost pop out of the frame. His hat and clothing are not dramatic or demonstrate wealth, they are not important to him. In such a 'simple' portrait Durer has captured an essence and presence that grows on the viewer.

Posted by: JTB at October 14, 2024 10:03 AM (yTvNw)

137 Why did Durer paint a picture of Michael Ironside?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 14, 2024 10:04 AM (N1DT3)

138 And the heat is blasting. Why? It's almost 60 degrees outside. And smells are always smellier when they are warm.

*gags*

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 14, 2024 10:04 AM (opniS)

139 End Wokeness @EndWokeness 1h
Kamala Harris on Columbus Day:

"European explorers ushered in a wave of devastation, violence, stealing land, and widespread disease"

Bonchie @bonchieredstate 11m
This is such a stupid, over-simplified description.

When Cortez landed in Mexico, for instance, the Aztecs were running a murderous slave empire. The entire reason Cortez won was because thousands of other tribe members joined his fight.

That's just one example.

Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando 19m
I’m fine with renaming Columbus Day, but only if it’s called “Howard Zinn is a Retarded Commie Fa—ot Day”

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024 10:04 AM (CEzQx)

140 Cauliflower ear, left ear

**********

Actually on second thought it looks rather more like a calamari ear, amiright?

Posted by: muldoon at October 14, 2024 10:04 AM (uCfKO)

141 "Cauliflower ear, left ear"

They have a cure for that now? Seems like there's a pill for everything.

Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 14, 2024 10:06 AM (pafXr)

142 He used to have a gig as a fortuneteller in a circus sideshow as:

Jakob Fugiere, the Squiggly Auricle

Posted by: muldoon at October 14, 2024 10:06 AM (uCfKO)

143 "The natives lived in peace and harmony and didn't believe in evil things like private land ownership, adn then those evil whiteys stole their land!"

.....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 14, 2024 10:06 AM (VoAdT)

144 Actually on second thought it looks rather more like a calamari ear, amiright?

Posted by: muldoon at October 14, 2024 10:04 AM (uCfKO)

And that weird fold in his upper lip? Early cleft palate surgery?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 14, 2024 10:07 AM (d9fT1)

145 134 Holidays are a PITA. Time to pare em back a bit.

Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 14, 2024 10:07 AM (pafXr)

146 You can only tell if it’s calamari ear if you squind real hard.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 14, 2024 10:07 AM (v6JzV)

147 Tim Walz does Jack Woltz.

The world was still ridiculing the ad when the news came that Tim Walz, in another effort to assuage the doubts about his masculinity, had invited journalists on a pheasant hunt. A bunch of photographs of the “hunt” are circulating. You’ll see lots of outdoorsy garb and a few dogs. What you won’t see are any shotguns. ...in the fake, synthetic world of Harris-Walz, no guns were thought necessary. As someone quipped, perhaps they were planning to catch the pheasants by hand and strangle them. Eventually, Walz was given a gun, but it was painfully clear that he had no idea how to handle it. ...Candidates can suddenly turn things around and emerge victorious after weeks or months of trailing in the polls. The most difficult obstacle to victory, however, is being made to appear ridiculous. That is almost inevitably fatal. Harris and Walz have made themselves ridiculous time and again this last week or two. I do not believe they can recover.

https://tinyurl.com/38yyd9hf

A man in my position can't afford to be made to look ridiculous.

https://tinyurl.com/2we6vj9z

Posted by: Kamala at October 14, 2024 10:08 AM (xCA6C)

148 Yeah. The Comanchees were a swell, friendly bunch.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 14, 2024 10:08 AM (mKKL7)

149 It's the blue. Very expensive...only the wealthiest artists used it a lot.
=====

No rings, chains, big furs, etc. Just the face.

Face is almost photographic and absolutely fascinating.

Posted by: mustbequantum at October 14, 2024 10:08 AM (RxnYx)

150 "The natives lived in peace and harmony and didn't believe in evil things like private land ownership, adn then those evil whiteys stole their land!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 14, 2024 10:06 AM (VoAdT)

America was Eden before the evil white man arrived.

Just think how much better off the Indians would be without Western medicine, technology, law...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 14, 2024 10:08 AM (d9fT1)

151 oops

Posted by: Archimedes = Kamala at October 14, 2024 10:08 AM (xCA6C)

152 146 You can only tell if it’s calamari ear if you squind real hard.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 14, 2024 10:07 AM (v6JzV)

He found out the girl he was really into just wanted to cuttle.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 14, 2024 10:09 AM (VoAdT)

153 *And smells are always smellier when they are warm.*

You're soaking in it.

Posted by: Madge at October 14, 2024 10:09 AM (unn1B)

154 Yeah. The Comanchees were a swell, friendly bunch.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 14, 2024 10:08 AM (mKKL7)

Apaches too

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 14, 2024 10:09 AM (CIS44)

155 All the Native Americans lived in peaceful harmony with each other. Then evil white people showed up and taught them how to fight and kill each other.

Or so I’ve been told by the left.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 14, 2024 10:09 AM (FTTRR)

156 Breaking911 @Breaking911 21h
Biden says he knows how hurricane victims feel because lightning once struck his home

https://tinyurl.com/4euyf4ny
29 seconds; LOUD; more massive bullshit so expect a GOP response today. I assume it's recycling the kitchen fire lie unless it's a new one based on it?

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024 10:09 AM (CEzQx)

157 Or maybe this one?

https://tinyurl.com/3c2x5r43
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 14, 2024 09:57 AM (zGJie)

This one. Beautifully badass.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! Catz for Trump! at October 14, 2024 10:09 AM (OX9vb)

158 Yes, I'll admit it, I'm obsessed with his ear. It fascinates me but at the same time disgusts me. It repels me but I can't look away. If his name was Otis I would inspect it up close with an Otis-scope!

Posted by: muldoon at October 14, 2024 10:09 AM (uCfKO)

159 Check out the examples of Durer's art on his Wiki page. The variety of media and materials is amazing. Most have seen his etchings and woodcuts but his watercolor wildlife and landscapes are breathtaking.

Posted by: JTB at October 14, 2024 10:10 AM (yTvNw)

160 Face is almost photographic and absolutely fascinating.

Posted by: mustbequantum at October 14, 2024 10:08 AM (RxnYx)

Yup. And Durer was confident of his abilities so he didn't paint a busy background to distract from the portrait.

The dude could paint!

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

161 "Just think how much better off the Indians would be without Western medicine, technology, law..."

And gambling.

Posted by: Plus firewater at October 14, 2024 10:10 AM (unn1B)

162 Fugger me!
/Christian Slater

Posted by: GWB at October 14, 2024 10:10 AM (E8qwH)

163 If his name was Otis I would inspect it up close with an Otis-scope!

Posted by: muldoon at October 14, 2024 10:09 AM (uCfKO)

Elevate your puns! Lift them out of the gutter!

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

164 155 All the Native Americans lived in peaceful harmony with each other. Then evil white people showed up and taught them how to fight and kill each other.

Or so I’ve been told by the left.
Posted by: Settled Science at October 14, 2024 10:09 AM (FTTRR)

Because non white people are so dumb they can't even figure out how to brain a guy with a rock and take his stuff?

So racist.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 14, 2024 10:11 AM (VoAdT)

165 Also, no other culture has ever invaded and taken over lands before. Only evil Europeans. Every other culture on the planet has been there forever, in the exact same place, never ever having invaded their neighbors or conquered far off lands to bike empires.

Well according to the left anyway.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 14, 2024 10:11 AM (FTTRR)

166 99 Future victim of Autoerotic Asphyxiation.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 14, 2024 09:51 AM (Zz0t1)
----
But plastic bags had not been invented yet!

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, impossibile at October 14, 2024 10:11 AM (qfLjt)

167 He's a loathsome brute. Yet I can't look away!

Posted by: Seinfeld reference at October 14, 2024 10:11 AM (unn1B)

168 Can one make pizza crust from a cauliflower ear?

Posted by: Low-Carb Cal at October 14, 2024 10:11 AM (cPMHg)

169 I met Eddie Muller yesterday.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 14, 2024 10:12 AM (v6JzV)

170 Leading Report @LeadingReport 15h
BREAKING: National Border Patrol Council has endorsed former President Trump.

Leading Report @LeadingReport 13h
BREAKING: Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has officially endorsed Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley in his bid for reelection. [andy: he endorsed PDT a few days ago, last week.]

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024 10:12 AM (CEzQx)

171 Posted by: Low-Carb Cal at October 14, 2024 10:11 AM (cPMHg)

Yes. There’s recipes out there. You can also use shredded chicken as your base too.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at October 14, 2024 10:12 AM (eZwyX)

172 I think Kamal is right. And she should set an example for all of us. Move back to India or Jamaica, showing us how wrong it is for someone to come to a new land.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 14, 2024 10:13 AM (FTTRR)

173 You can make a pig's purse out of a silk ear.

Posted by: Or something like that at October 14, 2024 10:13 AM (unn1B)

174 This sure sounds sincere:

Leading Report @LeadingReport 21h
BREAKING: DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says that Americans should “condemn the rhetoric” suggesting that the Biden/Harris administration would “intentionally allow individuals to cross the border illegally to vote.”

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024 10:14 AM (CEzQx)

175 128 Damnit. What rhymes with nostril?
Nostril, Burger, fugger.
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at October 14, 2024 10:01 AM (J8LnB)

Hm. Not perfect, but hostile?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! Catz for Trump! at October 14, 2024 10:14 AM (OX9vb)

176 159 Check out the examples of Durer's art on his Wiki page. The variety of media and materials is amazing. Most have seen his etchings and woodcuts but his watercolor wildlife and landscapes are breathtaking.
Posted by: JTB

I absolutely love his self portraits.

Posted by: Tuna at October 14, 2024 10:14 AM (oaGWv)

177 Hostrel.

Posted by: No, wait at October 14, 2024 10:15 AM (unn1B)

178 Hostile

Posted by: Settled Science at October 14, 2024 10:15 AM (FTTRR)

179 174 This sure sounds sincere:

Leading Report @LeadingReport 21h
BREAKING: DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says that Americans should “condemn the rhetoric” suggesting that the Biden/Harris administration would “intentionally allow individuals to cross the border illegally to vote.”
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024 10:14 AM (CEzQx)

======

Condemn the rhetoric, but don't look into it!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 10:15 AM (GBKbO)

180 Damnit. What rhymes with nostril?

austral, claustral, rostral
Yes, I just happened to think of those, why do you ask?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 14, 2024 10:16 AM (xCA6C)

181 Ctrl+f gets 38 hits on 'fugger' comments, so I'm out

Posted by: Don Black is coming to your town at October 14, 2024 10:16 AM (/7KEl)

182 "European explorers ushered in a wave of devastation, violence, stealing land, and widespread disease"

The disease thing is kind of fascinating. Cortez accidently spread smallpox all through Mexico dooming the homicidal regimes there, but it really was accidental.

Cortez went to Mexico with a smallish party against the orders of the governor in Havana. He made contact with the local Indian powers in Mexico and saw the potential to unite the anti-Aztec factions against the Aztecs.

Meanwhile the governor sent an army to bring Cortez back. Cortez won them over to his side (these people have lots and lots of gold!) and the governor's army joined him. One of the guys in the governor's army had an active case of smallpox...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 10:16 AM (oZhjI)

183 Full Metal Trump

https://is.gd/YCqBKy

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Born In the Wagon of a Middle Class Show at October 14, 2024 10:17 AM (L/fGl)

184 Ok I’ll condemn the rhetoric if you fucking stop doing it.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 14, 2024 10:17 AM (FTTRR)

185 All the Native Americans lived in peaceful harmony with each other. Then evil white people showed up and taught them how to fight and kill each other.

I'm reminded how much the left hates the movie Apocalypto....

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 10:17 AM (oZhjI)

186 "European explorers ushered in a wave of devastation, violence, stealing land, and widespread disease"

Please describe a world in which the importation of Old World diseases into the New World doesn't happen. I'll wait.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 14, 2024 10:17 AM (xCA6C)

187 Some jokes write themselves.

Posted by: The ghost of Rodney Dangerfield at October 14, 2024 10:17 AM (1wdUl)

188 Keep on fugging that monkey...

R A W S G L 🌎 B A L @RawsGlobal 8h
🚨#NEW: Eight animals, all of them monkeys, were found dead in a Hong Kong, China zoo, the city's government said on Monday, a rare incident in the financial hub, with necropsy and laboratory tests arranged to find out the cause of deaths. - Reuters

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024 10:18 AM (CEzQx)

189 183 Full Metal Trump

https://is.gd/YCqBKy
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Born In the Wagon of a Middle Class Show at October 14, 2024 10:17 AM (L/fGl)

========

Addition to that:

Vivian Kubrick (Stanley's daughter) comes out full MAGA in support of Trump and Trump's use of Full Metal Jacket footage:

https://x.com/ViKu1111/status/1845553795276689790

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 10:19 AM (GBKbO)

190 And the New World gave the Old World tobacco, tomatoes, and syphilis in return.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2024 10:19 AM (Aqu9a)

191 European explorers ushered in a wave of devastation, violence, stealing land, and widespread disease"

So wait a minute, we are supposed to hate Columbus because other people that followed later brought diseases to the New World.

So...are we supposed to hate Chairman Xi for sending COVID to the US/Europe?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 10:19 AM (oZhjI)

192 Jakob Fugger was a pretty interesting Renaissance guy. Wiki says he spent the first three decades of his life in Venice, became a priest and moved into a monastery as a monk, before marrying, returning to his family hometown in Germany and becoming a political leader, banker and entrepreneur.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 14, 2024 10:20 AM (+iiWN)

193 191 So wait a minute, we are supposed to hate Columbus because other people that followed later brought diseases to the New World.

So...are we supposed to hate Chairman Xi for sending COVID to the US/Europe?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 10:19 AM (oZhjI)

=======

European imperialism is bad.

All other imperialism is good.

How hard is this to understand?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 10:20 AM (GBKbO)

194 Planned Parenthood kills more people every weekend than Christopher Columbus killed his entire life.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 14, 2024 10:20 AM (YcteL)

195 A big factor in the spread of disease in the New World was the pigs they brought with them. Those things get a lot of the same diseases as humans, can pass them to humans, and soon started going feral in the New World.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 14, 2024 10:21 AM (v6JzV)

196 The vain in Spain splatter mainly on the spans.

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper 30m
NEW - Briton plunges to death from bridge in Spain making online content

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024 10:21 AM (CEzQx)

197 190 And the New World gave the Old World tobacco, tomatoes, and syphilis in return.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2024 10:19 AM (Aqu9a)

Corn.

Potatoes?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 14, 2024 10:21 AM (y31cs)

198 The dissonance is real. On Reddit, they believe Trump is not even campaigning. Like, this is due to the leftist media simply not covering Trump’s rallies at all. Trump has never stopped campaigning.

It is amazing to see how different the world is where the commies live.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at October 14, 2024 10:21 AM (7PziG)

199 : Eight animals, all of them monkeys, were found dead in a Hong Kong, China zoo, the city's government said on Monday, a rare incident in the financial hub, with necropsy and laboratory tests arranged to find out the cause of deaths. - Reuters
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024

***
MSM reporter: "Clearly suicide. Monkeys have been known to commit suicide."

Zookeeper: "They don't hang themselves!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 14, 2024 10:22 AM (J2vNu)

200 : Eight animals, all of them monkeys, were found dead in a Hong Kong, China zoo, the city's government said on Monday, a rare incident in the financial hub, with necropsy and laboratory tests arranged to find out the cause of deaths. - Reuters
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024

***
MSM reporter: "Clearly suicide. Monkeys have been known to commit suicide."

Zookeeper: "They don't hang themselves!"

Did they have dirt on Hillary?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 14, 2024 10:22 AM (xCA6C)

201
Vivian Kubrick (Stanley's daughter) comes out full MAGA in support of Trump and Trump's use of Full Metal Jacket footage:

I don't really see a paradox in wanting an effective anti-woke military and trying to avoid war. Morally we should only enter a war when we have to and then attempt to win it as quickly and with as few American casualties as possible.

This modern notion of the military has mostly a social change organization that occasionally bombs people...but only in a proportional way... is EVIL. Dragging out wars only causes more misery.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 10:23 AM (oZhjI)

202 : Eight animals, all of them monkeys, were found dead in a Hong Kong, China zoo, the city's government said on Monday, a rare incident in the financial hub, with necropsy and laboratory tests arranged to find out the cause of deaths. - Reuters
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024

***
MSM reporter: "Clearly suicide. Monkeys have been known to commit suicide."

Zookeeper: "They don't hang themselves!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 14, 2024 10:22 AM (J2vNu)

Let's see what happens 28 days later . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2024 10:23 AM (Aqu9a)

203 Eight animals, all of them monkeys, were found dead in a Hong Kong, China zoo, the city's government said on Monday, a rare incident in the financial hub, with necropsy and laboratory tests arranged to find out the cause of deaths. - Reuters
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024

***
MSM reporter: "Clearly suicide. Monkeys have been known to commit suicide."

Zookeeper: "They don't hang themselves!"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 14, 2024 10:22 AM (J2vNu)

Let's see what happens 28 days later . . .

It's usually 12 monkeys.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 14, 2024 10:25 AM (xCA6C)

204 If crushing the democrats and their media dominance forever means never having to hear people misuse the word rhetoric again, it would be reason enough.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 14, 2024 10:25 AM (VoAdT)

205 Monkeypox?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 14, 2024 10:26 AM (v6JzV)

206 It's usually 12 monkeys.
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... and then there were four.

Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024 10:26 AM (CEzQx)

207 If crushing the democrats and their media dominance forever means never having to hear people misuse the word rhetoric again, it would be reason enough.

Given that she was there when the word was created, you'd think Martha Raddatz would be more careful.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 14, 2024 10:26 AM (xCA6C)

208 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Not art I would hang. Or monkeys either.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 14, 2024 10:26 AM (W/lyH)

209 @LeadingReport 21h
BREAKING: DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says that Americans should “condemn the rhetoric” suggesting that the Biden/Harris administration would “intentionally allow individuals to cross the border illegally to vote.”
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024 10:14 AM (CEzQx)

This means they're doing it, bigly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 14, 2024 10:27 AM (Zz0t1)

210 Ordering Asian food when you are high AF

https://bityl.co/SMXQ

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 14, 2024 10:27 AM (aD39U)

211 Of course this was the same girl who was convinced that she and I interpreted colors differently because her eyes were blue and let in more wavelengths of light than did my dark brown ones.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 14, 2024 10:02 AM (J2vNu)

I'm sure she had other charms, that made her worth being around.

They always do.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024 10:27 AM (mUOah)

212 198 The dissonance is real. On Reddit, they believe Trump is not even campaigning. Like, this is due to the leftist media simply not covering Trump’s rallies at all. Trump has never stopped campaigning.

It is amazing to see how different the world is where the commies live.
Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at October 14, 2024 10:21 AM (7PziG)

=======

*story about how Kamala refuses to give interview with Time Magazine*

"What does it matter? Trump is in a right-wing bubble and never talks to anyone!"

*in same story, it says that Trump talked for 90 minutes across 2 interviews with the Time reporter*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 10:27 AM (GBKbO)

213 Kamala didn't know Joe was slow ... cause she's slower.

She's like asking a goldfish what is water.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 14, 2024 10:28 AM (YcteL)

214 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 10:19 AM (GBKbO)

This is really good

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at October 14, 2024 10:28 AM (eZwyX)

215 201 This modern notion of the military has mostly a social change organization that occasionally bombs people...but only in a proportional way... is EVIL. Dragging out wars only causes more misery.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 10:23 AM (oZhjI)

========

War is evil and must be avoided at all costs which is why when we fight wars we fight them in a way that makes them last forever.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 10:28 AM (GBKbO)

216 CNN will soon tell me how that Fill Metal Jacket ad is dangerous.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 14, 2024 10:29 AM (FTTRR)

217 I have information that can lead to the arrest and conviction of Hillary Clinton.

Posted by: The Eighth Monkey at October 14, 2024 10:29 AM (aD39U)

218 Dragging out wars only causes more misery.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 14, 2024 10:2

But it creates maximum chaos and destabilizes the globe while generating perpetual profits for defense contractors who donate to Democrats.

That's the point of DC foreign policy - maximum chaos, maximum profit. From the regime's viewpoint, our wars aren't always being lost... they're being won, because the point is to keep the skim going as long as it's feasible to keep dumping men and money into them, and then leave behind a situation so completely fucked up that it sets the table for our next adventure.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 14, 2024 10:29 AM (awTae)

219 Goldfish Kamala -- she makes the most of that 3-second memory.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 14, 2024 10:29 AM (YcteL)

220 " her eyes were blue and let in more wavelengths of light than did my dark brown ones."

Hmm. I wonder if any light gets through the colored iris into the retina at all.

Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 14, 2024 10:30 AM (pafXr)

221 Hey, TJM, I met Eddie Muller yesterday at the AFI Film Noir Festival in Silver Spring, MD.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 14, 2024 10:30 AM (v6JzV)

222 218 But it creates maximum chaos and destabilizes the globe while generating perpetual profits for defense contractors who donate to Democrats.

That's the point of DC foreign policy - maximum chaos, maximum profit. From the regime's viewpoint, our wars aren't always being lost... they're being won, because the point is to keep the skim going as long as it's feasible to keep dumping men and money into them, and then leave behind a situation so completely fucked up that it sets the table for our next adventure.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 14, 2024 10:29 AM (awTae)

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Is "Go Team Red" even infecting YD?

Your hatred of the political class used to be so much more pure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 10:31 AM (GBKbO)

223 Forever wars make billions in profit for defense contractors. Those contractors pay, err I mean lobby, the government to never end wars.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 14, 2024 10:32 AM (FTTRR)

224 221 Hey, TJM, I met Eddie Muller yesterday at the AFI Film Noir Festival in Silver Spring, MD.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 14, 2024 10:30 AM (v6JzV)

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I had to look him up, but that's still pretty cool.

I bet I could have a half-way decent conversation with him. Half-way. I don't know film noir nearly as well as I might wish to.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 10:32 AM (GBKbO)

225 Is "Go Team Red" even infecting YD?

Your hatred of the political class used to be so much more pure.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 10:31 AM (GBKbO)

Wrong! I've just gotten to the point where I sometimes forget they're still technically two parties.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 14, 2024 10:32 AM (awTae)

226 Condemn the rhetoric, but don't look into it!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 10:15 AM (GBKbO)

It astonishes me, that we've evolved as a nation, to the point where government officials call for censorship, and the corporate press nods their heads in agreement.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024 10:32 AM (2bKP8)

227 I believe Wolfus has often stated that his Mrs. No. 2 was a smokeshow.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 14, 2024 10:33 AM (v6JzV)

228 221 Was he hard-boiled, wearing a hat?

Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 14, 2024 10:33 AM (pafXr)

229 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 14, 2024 10:29 AM (awTae)

USG in action baby!

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at October 14, 2024 10:33 AM (eZwyX)

230 >BREAKING: DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says that Americans should “condemn the rhetoric”
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that's not a 'no'

Posted by: Don Black is coming to your town at October 14, 2024 10:33 AM (/7KEl)

231 225 Wrong! I've just gotten to the point where I sometimes forget they're still technically two parties.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 14, 2024 10:32 AM (awTae)

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Pure.

I was worried for a moment, there.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 10:33 AM (GBKbO)

232 Defense contractor bribing is a bipartisan effort.

Posted by: Settled Science at October 14, 2024 10:33 AM (FTTRR)

233 163 If his name was Otis I would inspect it up close with an Otis-scope!

Posted by: muldoon at October 14, 2024 10:09 AM (uCfKO)

Elevate your puns! Lift them out of the gutter!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 14, 2024 10:10 AM (d9fT1)
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So you're telling him to crane his neck?

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, bisogna allungare il collo at October 14, 2024 10:33 AM (qfLjt)

234
I'm sure she had other charms, that made her worth being around.

They always do.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024

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Ah . . . yes. A considerable amount of charms. It just always struck me (quietly) how smart she was in some areas, and how clueless in others.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 14, 2024 10:34 AM (J2vNu)

235 R A W S G L 🌎 B A L @RawsGlobal 8h
🚨#NEW: Eight animals, all of them monkeys, were found dead in a Hong Kong, China zoo, the city's government said on Monday, a rare incident in the financial hub, with necropsy and laboratory tests arranged to find out the cause of deaths. - Reuters
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024 10:18 AM (CEzQx)

That's it, game over. They finally made monkeypox covid.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024 10:34 AM (2bKP8)

236 I just injured myself measuring radio frequencies.

It still hertz.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 14, 2024 10:34 AM (tRufZ)

237 Elon just fucked the planet with a gigantic Bic lighter. What's his encore now?

Posted by: Roy at October 14, 2024 10:34 AM (z+ik4)

238 Ok. Off to work.

Be excellent to each other.

Vote Republican across the board if you want to live.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 14, 2024 10:34 AM (Zz0t1)

239 Vivian Kubrick (Stanley's daughter) comes out full MAGA in support of Trump and Trump's use of Full Metal Jacket footage

Interestingly, based on an image search of Vivian Kubrick, it appears she had an acting career under the stage name "Shelley Duvall".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 14, 2024 10:34 AM (U7wke)

240 I had to take my kitty to the vet ER yesterday...he had impaled his tongue on a canine tooth and couldn't pull his tongue back in his mouth...I thought he had swallowed something that lodged in his throat.

Posted by: BignJames at October 14, 2024 10:35 AM (Yj6Os)

241 228 His hat was on a table next to him.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 14, 2024 10:35 AM (v6JzV)

242 It astonishes me, that we've evolved as a nation, to the point where government officials call for censorship, and the corporate press nods their heads in agreement.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024 10:32 AM (2bKP

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But at the same time, alarm the threat to "a free press" that another candidate "poses", because he constantly criticizes the lies they publish about him.

Dems are always testing to see if the country is at critical stupidity.

Posted by: Axeman at October 14, 2024 10:35 AM (krQz2)

243 Sunday a week ago my mother passed away. Last night at 2AM my second grandchild was born.

Life comes and it goes and the wheel turns.

Also, 9lbs, 5 oz. 21.5 in long.

Big boy.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 14, 2024 10:35 AM (aD39U)

244 Jakob Fugger looks like a member of his family ought to look. Wealthy, influential, powerful, and a right hardass SOB. The Left should pray to the God they rejected in gratitude that Trump is like none of that ambitious family.

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at October 14, 2024 10:35 AM (XjTSo)

245 Eight animals, all of them monkeys, were found dead in a Hong Kong, China zoo, the city's government said on Monday, a rare incident in the financial hub, with necropsy and laboratory tests arranged to find out the cause of deaths. - Reuters
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024

The zoo keeper confessed: "Yes, I killed them. I killed them all. I hate fucking monkeys".

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 14, 2024 10:35 AM (g8Ew8)

246 226 Condemn the rhetoric, but don't look into it!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 10:15 AM (GBKbO)

It astonishes me, that we've evolved as a nation, to the point where government officials call for censorship, and the corporate press nods their heads in agreement.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024 10:32 AM (2bKP

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I don't know if anyone's been talking about this over the weekend, but the DOJ sued VA on Friday.

Why? Because VA removed 6,000 non-citizens from its voter rolls. The process that identified these 6,000 was self-identification. They told government officials at some interaction (I think it's mostly DMV interactions) that they are not US citizens and should be removed. The state gave all of them opportunity to provide documentation that they are US citizens.

The DOJ sued to stop that.

In VA. Where it's a felony to knowingly add non-citizens to the voter rolls (a law signed by Tim Kaine in 2008 ).

Remember, VA is to the point where the DOJ is filing obviously BS lawsuits over 6,000 illegal voters in VA, but NC is pretty much in the exact same spot it was 4 years ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 10:35 AM (GBKbO)

247 Muldoon, what is it that doctors are looking for with the otoscope during annual checkups? I asked my PCP, and he said it's to see if there's light coming in from the other side. I'm skeptical.

Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 14, 2024 10:35 AM (pafXr)

248 Life comes and it goes and the wheel turns.

Also, 9lbs, 5 oz. 21.5 in long.

Big boy.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 14, 2024 10:35 AM (aD39U)

CONGRATS!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at October 14, 2024 10:36 AM (Zz0t1)

249 243 Sunday a week ago my mother passed away. Last night at 2AM my second grandchild was born.

Life comes and it goes and the wheel turns.

Also, 9lbs, 5 oz. 21.5 in long.

Big boy.
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Sorry to hear about your mum G'ruumpy. But many congratulations upon being a grandfather, twice blessed!

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at October 14, 2024 10:37 AM (XjTSo)

250 228 I pushed his mom down a flight of stairs once, but she had it coming. Just watch out for that guy; he's working an angle.

Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 14, 2024 10:37 AM (pafXr)

251
I guess I can never be President of these only slightly United States because I have a high cholesterol level.

Dream Status: Abandoned.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at October 14, 2024 10:37 AM (RKVpM)

252 243 Condolences and Congratulations, G’rump.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 14, 2024 10:37 AM (v6JzV)

253 Elon just fucked the planet with a gigantic Bic lighter. What's his encore now?
Posted by: Roy at October 14, 2024 10:34 AM (z+ik4)

Mars, baby!

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 14, 2024 10:37 AM (g8Ew8)

254 I'm sure she had other charms, that made her worth being around.

They always do.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024

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Ah . . . yes. A considerable amount of charms. It just always struck me (quietly) how smart she was in some areas, and how clueless in others.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 14, 2024 10:34 AM (J2vNu)

Yep. Been there/done that.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024 10:37 AM (2bKP8)

255 Did Eddie Muller tell you about the blacklist?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 14, 2024 10:37 AM (63Dwl)

256 Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 14, 2024 10:35 AM (aD39U)

May the joyous event help ease your grief.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 14, 2024 10:38 AM (Aqu9a)

257 Morning.

So was his mama Old Mother Fugger?

Yeah, I know the joke has probably already been made. That isn't going to stop me.

Posted by: Robert at October 14, 2024 10:39 AM (LbDq6)

258 Elon just fucked the planet with a gigantic Bic lighter. What's his encore now?
Posted by: Roy at October 14, 2024 10:34 AM (z+ik4)

I would assume, getting Starship to re-enter atmosphere without burn-through on any of the control flaps.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 14, 2024 10:39 AM (U7wke)

259 I recently read an article from about a month ago; before the VP debate. The comments seemed to show a conservative consensus that Vance was a bad choice.
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From the NeverTrump to the Reasonable Republicans, they were all pushing this.
They really, really wanted us to believe that the "childless cat women" was going to lose the election.
Yes, of the AWFLs.
Which--I'm convinced--they are all married to.
So, the have this bizarre calculus that, if they can force the Republican Party to appeal to AWFLs, like their wives, then they'll finally get laid this year.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 14, 2024 10:39 AM (YcteL)

260 255 Nope. He and my BiL talked about Megalopolis.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at October 14, 2024 10:40 AM (v6JzV)

261 Anyone hearing anything like this outta North Carolina or Tennessee? Seems the residents on the ground have formed "militias and are telling FEMA to GTFO.

It seems FEMA is putting out one set of public information and it's not jiving with what the boots on the ground are seeing.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 14, 2024 10:40 AM (tRufZ)

262 Currently reading A World Lit Only By Fire. I’m actually reading about this Fugger right here.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at October 14, 2024 10:40 AM (Aoykm)

263 Fart!
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 14, 2024 09:30 AM (Y+DQr)
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No one hears you....

Posted by: The Windstorm at October 14, 2024 10:40 AM (krQz2)

264 259 From the NeverTrump to the Reasonable Republicans, they were all pushing this.
They really, really wanted us to believe that the "childless cat women" was going to lose the election.
Yes, of the AWFLs.
Which--I'm convinced--they are all married to.
So, the have this bizarre calculus that, if they can force the Republican Party to appeal to AWFLs, like their wives, then they'll finally get laid this year.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 14, 2024 10:39 AM (YcteL)

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I saw an interesting observation that the recent appeals to men (Walz's hunting trip and Kamala's beer sip) aren't actually appeals to men but appeals to women who want the Democrat Party to appeal to men.

I doubt it's that conscious, but I'd bet that it's a form of that where the people calling the shots...simply have no idea what men want.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 10:40 AM (GBKbO)

265 In space, no one can hear you fart.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 14, 2024 10:41 AM (aD39U)

266 192 Jakob Fugger was a pretty interesting Renaissance guy. Wiki says he spent the first three decades of his life in Venice, became a priest and moved into a monastery as a monk, before marrying, returning to his family hometown in Germany and becoming a political leader, banker and entrepreneur.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 14, 2024 10:20 AM (+iiWN)

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So what you're saying is the guy couldn't hold down a job.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 14, 2024 10:41 AM (3iMA8)

267 173 You can make a pig's purse out of a silk ear.

Posted by: Or something like that at October 14, 2024 10:13 AM (unn1B)
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And you can keep lipstick in the purse, right?

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, il rossetto era nella borsa at October 14, 2024 10:41 AM (qfLjt)

268 I would assume, getting Starship to re-enter atmosphere without burn-through on any of the control flaps.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 14, 2024 10:39 AM (U7wke)

Yesterday was a big improvement over the previous flight. They'll solve it.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 14, 2024 10:42 AM (g8Ew8)

269 Sunday a week ago my mother passed away.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 14, 2024 10:35 AM (aD39U)

I feel ya....my mom passed on Friday the 4th...just as they were restoring power after 8 days without.

Posted by: BignJames at October 14, 2024 10:42 AM (Yj6Os)

270 So was his mama Old Mother Fugger?

Yeah, I know the joke has probably already been made. That isn't going to stop me.
Posted by: Robert at October 14, 2024 10:39 AM (LbDq6)

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That's the spirit!

Posted by: Amy Schumer at October 14, 2024 10:42 AM (3iMA8)

271 In space, no one can hear you fart.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 14, 2024 10:41 AM (aD39U)

Yes, we can, you stinky bastard. Where did you get pickled eggs?

-- everyone else on the space station

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 14, 2024 10:42 AM (U7wke)

272 Eight animals, all of them monkeys, were found dead in a Hong Kong, China zoo, the city's government said on Monday, a rare incident in the financial hub, with necropsy and laboratory tests arranged to find out the cause of deaths. - Reuters
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024

The zoo keeper confessed: "Yes, I killed them. I killed them all. I hate fucking monkeys".
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons

The go fuck the meerkats and leave the monkeys alone!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 14, 2024 10:43 AM (tRufZ)

273 but appeals to women who want the Democrat Party to appeal to men.

women want strong, masculine men no matter how much their own politics tells them otherwise

Posted by: brak at October 14, 2024 10:43 AM (25k9m)

274 209 @LeadingReport 21h
BREAKING: DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says that Americans should “condemn the rhetoric” suggesting that the Biden/Harris administration would “intentionally allow individuals to cross the border illegally to vote.”
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024 10:14 AM (CEzQx)

This means they're doing it, bigly.
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I do believe "condemn the rhetoric" means "get those people to shut up and stop talking about what we're doing". I want the blood of Mayorkas to be licked up by dogs along the banks of the Potomac.

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at October 14, 2024 10:43 AM (XjTSo)

275 >>> Just think how much better off the Indians would be without Western medicine, technology, law...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 14, 2024 10:08 AM (d9fT1)

To be fair, a lot of reservations still don't have electricity, running water, plumbing...

Which is why it's so rich that leftists will use native americans as props against whitey, and throw gobs of money at Africa to help people get running water and electricity there, but completely ignore the people in need in their own backyard. But this is the story of the left. (Also see our homeless, our war vets, etc.)

(The chiefs making bank on casinos could also spread more of the wealth around if they wanted, but that's also a verboten subject.)

Posted by: LizLem at October 14, 2024 10:43 AM (QAK8m)

276 I wonder if Jakob ever bought an election with Fuggerbucks.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 14, 2024 10:43 AM (3iMA8)

277 Yesterday was a big improvement over the previous flight. They'll solve it.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 14, 2024 10:42 AM (g8Ew

I have no doubt... I'm just thinking that's probably top of their to-do list.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 14, 2024 10:43 AM (U7wke)

278 In space, no one can hear you fart.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

Only the "intelligent" individual farts in his own dutch oven.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at October 14, 2024 10:44 AM (tRufZ)

279 I'd bet that it's a form of that where the people calling the shots...simply have no idea what men want.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 10:40 AM (GBKbO)

No...it's an appeal to what they think men are. But the progressive goal for 100+ years has been to blur the lines of demarcation in traditional society, so they have no idea what a real man (or woman) actually is, and are catering to their flawed image of masculinity and femininity.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 14, 2024 10:44 AM (d9fT1)

280 The zoo keeper confessed: "Yes, I killed them. I killed them all. I hate fucking monkeys".

I hate every ape I see

From chimpan- A to chimapn-Z

Posted by: No You'll Never Make a Monkey Out of Me at October 14, 2024 10:44 AM (25k9m)

281 The zoo keeper confessed: "Yes, I killed them. I killed them all. I hate fucking monkeys".
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 14, 2024 10:35 AM (g8Ew

And his fellow keepers said in unison, "well quit doing it then!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 14, 2024 10:44 AM (wyMQY)

282 I feel ya....my mom passed on Friday the 4th...just as they were restoring power after 8 days without.
Posted by: BignJames at October 14, 2024 10:42 AM (Yj6Os)

I think the hurricane sped my mother's demise a bit as we had to move her to a facility for stable oxygen. We got power back the day after she died.

I think she would have definitely preferred to die at home.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 14, 2024 10:44 AM (aD39U)

283 > "...the DOJ sued VA on Friday.

Why? Because VA removed 6,000 non-citizens from its voter rolls"
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The GOP needs to get off its collective ass and start filing frivolous lawsuits against the Democrats in every state. Do it daily. Allege voter fraud, election tampering, whatever.

It's not so much about winning those suits as it is causing the left to divert resources, time and money to fight off the accusations. If they're focused on "winning" a lawsuit they're not focused on cheating. At least in that particular instance. Do it frequently enough and in a lot of places and it starts to make a dent.

It's worked for the left for decades.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 14, 2024 10:44 AM (Q4IgG)

284 265 In space, no one can hear you fart.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 14, 2024 10:41 AM (aD39U)
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In a suit, if your comms are open then everyone listening can hear you fart BUT you will be the only one to smell it. Revel in it!

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, il rossetto e nella borsa at October 14, 2024 10:45 AM (qfLjt)

285 273 but appeals to women who want the Democrat Party to appeal to men.

women want strong, masculine men no matter how much their own politics tells them otherwise
Posted by: brak at October 14, 2024 10:43 AM (25k9m)

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There's a difference between what a progressive woman searches for in a sexual partner and what she wants from "a man". She wants men to be weak, to be dumb, and to be incompetent so that she can dominate them.

But she's not attracted to that variety.

However, it's how she pushes politics. If you look at Walz incompetently fiddling with guns he obviously has no history with, it makes more sense, I think.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 10:45 AM (GBKbO)

286 From 1976, an anatomically correct baby doll sold as, I'm not kidding, Archie Bunker's grandson.

https://tinyurl.com/4s7pxc5s

Link goes to Instagram. And yes, it is real.

Posted by: Robert at October 14, 2024 10:45 AM (7dRmv)

287 No...it's an appeal to what they think men are. But the progressive goal for 100+ years has been to blur the lines of demarcation in traditional society, so they have no idea what a real man (or woman) actually is, and are catering to their flawed image of masculinity and femininity.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 14, 2024 10:44 AM (d9fT1)

Like in that "I'm a man" ad - the first "man" up who talks about carburators is some weird lump tranny man who isn't fooling anybody. "I'm a man!" no you're not.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 14, 2024 10:46 AM (wyMQY)

288 I have no doubt... I'm just thinking that's probably top of their to-do list.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 14, 2024 10:43 AM (U7wke)

If I was SpaceX astronaut, I would insist that it would be a priority.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 14, 2024 10:47 AM (g8Ew8)

289 I want the blood of Mayorkas to be licked up by dogs along the banks of the Potomac.
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at October 14, 2024 10:43 AM (XjTSo)

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What DC is missing is its own set of Gemonian Stairs, emptying right into the Potomac.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 14, 2024 10:47 AM (3iMA8)

290 279 No...it's an appeal to what they think men are. But the progressive goal for 100+ years has been to blur the lines of demarcation in traditional society, so they have no idea what a real man (or woman) actually is, and are catering to their flawed image of masculinity and femininity.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 14, 2024 10:44 AM (d9fT1)

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Well, they do assure us that men will flock to the Democrat ticket because of Walz because he's so manly.

*waves hands in the air like a buffoon*

I'm still 100% convinced that VP picks don't move voters at any material level (I'm halfway convinced that POTUS picks don't do much either, that it's almost all fundamentals), but all the hand-wringing over this VP or that VP and how they'll affect elections...from the people paid to do this stuff, tells me that there's simply too much money flowing around.

They have to spin bullshit at all times or else the funding goes away.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 10:47 AM (GBKbO)

291 >>> European explorers ushered in a wave of devastation, violence, stealing land, and widespread disease" So wait a minute, we are supposed to hate Columbus because other people that followed later brought diseases to the New World.

Diseases go both ways. The Americas gave Europeans both syphilis and Montezuma's revenge. Yes, smallpox was horrible and devastating. But considering how much syphilis ravaged Europe, I think they got a pretty good revenge.

Posted by: LizLem at October 14, 2024 10:47 AM (QAK8m)

292 Like in that "I'm a man" ad - the first "man" up who talks about carburators is some weird lump tranny man who isn't fooling anybody. "I'm a man!" no you're not.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 14, 2024 10:46 AM (wyMQY)

Or the extremely ghey dude sitting on the back of the pickup "I love women". Ya sure bout that?

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 14, 2024 10:48 AM (CIS44)

293 264 259
I saw an interesting observation that the recent appeals to men (Walz's hunting trip and Kamala's beer sip) aren't actually appeals to men but appeals to women who want the Democrat Party to appeal to real American men.

I doubt it's that conscious, but I'd bet that it's a form of that delusion where the people calling the shots...simply have no idea what real Americanmen want.

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at October 14, 2024 10:48 AM (XjTSo)

294 "Like in that "I'm a man" ad - the first "man" up who talks about carburators is some weird lump tranny man who isn't fooling anybody. "I'm a man!" no you're not."

The guy sitting on his truck tailgate with his legs crossed? Get some lysol spray and wipe that gay assfunk off that gate!

Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 14, 2024 10:49 AM (pafXr)

295
What DC is missing is its own set of Gemonian Stairs, emptying right into the Potomac.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 14, 2024

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They could use their own Tarpeian Rock, too

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 14, 2024 10:49 AM (J2vNu)

296 283 It's not so much about winning those suits as it is causing the left to divert resources, time and money to fight off the accusations. If they're focused on "winning" a lawsuit they're not focused on cheating. At least in that particular instance. Do it frequently enough and in a lot of places and it starts to make a dent.

It's worked for the left for decades.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 14, 2024 10:44 AM (Q4IgG)

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I've been down on Youngkin because he hasn't been as vocal and visual with his election reforms in VA.

However,...as early voting has gone on, I'm falling more and more into the Youngkin camp of things. He might have actually cleaned up VA voting. He might have actually done it.

When VA goes from 10 points to Biden to unable to be called within a few hours of the closing of the polls in 2024, it's going to be clarifying.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 10:49 AM (GBKbO)

297 Diseases go both ways. The Americas gave Europeans both syphilis and Montezuma's revenge. Yes, smallpox was horrible and devastating. But considering how much syphilis ravaged Europe, I think they got a pretty good revenge.

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Europeans 55; indigenous Americans 6

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 14, 2024 10:50 AM (3iMA8)

298 Also, 9lbs, 5 oz. 21.5 in long.

Big boy.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at October 14, 2024 10:35 AM (aD39U)

Congrats, Man! and condolences.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 14, 2024 10:50 AM (y31cs)

299 If I was SpaceX astronaut, I would insist that it would be a priority.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 14, 2024 10:47 AM (g8Ew

I'd have assumed you'd push for - let's not land on a liquid surface, fall over, and explode. I know that wasn't a failure but it's kind of amusing. It was amazing that they set down pretty much right next to the anchored camera buoy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 14, 2024 10:51 AM (U7wke)

300 139 End Wokeness @EndWokeness 1h
Kamala Harris on Columbus Day:

"European explorers ushered in a wave of devastation, violence, stealing land, and widespread disease"

Bonchie @bonchieredstate 11m
This is such a stupid, over-simplified description.

When Cortez landed in Mexico, for instance, the Aztecs were running a murderous slave empire. The entire reason Cortez won was because thousands of other tribe members joined his fight.

That's just one example.

Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando 19m
I’m fine with renaming Columbus Day, but only if it’s called “Howard Zinn is a Retarded Commie Fa—ot Day”
Posted by: andycanuck (CEzQx) at October 14, 2024 10:04 AM (CEzQx)

So it's recently been revealed Columbus wasn't Italian, and was really a Spanish Jew.

Henceforth, any demands to cancel Columbus and Columbus Day are racist. How day they try to remove a Hispanic icon!

Posted by: Robert at October 14, 2024 10:51 AM (7dRmv)

301 I doubt it's that conscious, but I'd bet that it's a form of that delusion where the people calling the shots...simply have no idea what real Americanmen want.
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at October 14, 2024 10:48 AM (XjTSo)

They know what they want for them. That is more than enough for them.

'Trust me to know and to do what is best,
and I will take care of the rest.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 14, 2024 10:51 AM (y31cs)

302 Like in that "I'm a man" ad - the first "man" up who talks about carburators is some weird lump tranny man who isn't fooling anybody. "I'm a man!" no you're not.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 14, 2024 10:46 AM (wyMQY)

Wasn't every man in that ad a queer actor?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 14, 2024 10:52 AM (pjBYi)

303 Doesn't look like our kind of man.

Posted by: Doug & Tim at October 14, 2024 10:52 AM (a3Q+t)

304 Just got here.

Not too surprised to see there are nearly 50 "Fugger" references, mostly in the first 100 comments.

I'll bet CBD never anticipated that reaction from the Horde!

G'morn, y'all. What's left of the morn.

Posted by: mindful webworker - lately at October 14, 2024 10:52 AM (FWaX/)

305 286 From 1976, an anatomically correct baby doll sold as, I'm not kidding, Archie Bunker's grandson.

https://tinyurl.com/4s7pxc5s

Link goes to Instagram. And yes, it is real.
Posted by: Robert at October 14, 2024 10:45 AM (7dRmv)

I remember the bit where Gloria and Archie were debating calling their child Andrew Steven Stivic (ASS for short).

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 14, 2024 10:52 AM (N39Ws)

306 When I was in school, there were maybe three or four male classmates whom I would deem effeminate. And for all I know, maybe one of them was actually gay. But they were the exception. For modern teenagers, it seems to be the norm. Sad.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Jailhouse Bones Parker at October 14, 2024 10:52 AM (xPJvm)

307 When VA goes from 10 points to Biden to unable to be called within a few hours of the closing of the polls in 2024, it's going to be clarifying.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 10:49 AM (GBKbO)

“Wait til ya see what I’m holding in my trunk!”

~ The Buick Outside the Polling Location

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at October 14, 2024 10:53 AM (gGNEq)

308 Wasn't every man in that ad a queer actor?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 14, 2024 10:52 AM (pjBYi)

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To be fair, the black guy is bisexual.

So, yes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 14, 2024 10:53 AM (3iMA8)

309 Guys face realy pops with that background.

Posted by: javems at October 14, 2024 10:53 AM (8I4hW)

310 Or the extremely ghey dude sitting on the back of the pickup "I love women". Ya sure bout that?
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 14, 2024 10:48 AM (CIS44)

LOL. Yup. Got an instantaneous ping on the gaydar when I saw him.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 14, 2024 10:53 AM (g8Ew8)

311 I do believe "condemn the rhetoric" means "get those people to shut up and stop talking about what we're doing". I want the blood of Mayorkas to be licked up by dogs along the banks of the Potomac.
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at October 14, 2024 10:43 AM (XjTSo)

Why do you hate dogs?

Let the maggots have it.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024 10:54 AM (UTrUc)

312 307 “Wait til ya see what I’m holding in my trunk!”

~ The Buick Outside the Polling Location
Posted by: DoublySymmetric at October 14, 2024 10:53 AM (gGNEq)

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One data point that I think I knew but had forgotten was that in the 2023 state senate elections in VA, widely considered a disappointment since Republicans didn't gain the majority, they actually got the most votes across the state.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 10:54 AM (GBKbO)

313 >>> Vivian Kubrick (Stanley's daughter) comes out full MAGA in support of Trump and Trump's use of Full Metal Jacket footage:

This fascinates me, because of the rumors about why her dad suddenly died, ala exposing the elites in Eyes Wide Shut. Like RFK Fr, if she wants answers for her dead dad, there is only one party that cares about revealing them.

Posted by: LizLem at October 14, 2024 10:54 AM (QAK8m)

314 Rough childhood.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at October 14, 2024 10:54 AM (izQD1)

315 BREAKING: DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says that Americans should “condemn the rhetoric” suggesting that the Biden/Harris administration would “intentionally allow individuals to cross the border illegally to vote.”

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BREAKING: Willie Sutton says that Americans should “condemn the rhetoric” suggesting that they would “intentionally rob banks because that's where the money is.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Born In the Wagon of a Middle Class Show at October 14, 2024 10:54 AM (L/fGl)

316 Guys face realy pops with that background.
Posted by: javems at October 14, 2024 10:53 AM (8I4hW)

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Ever seen the painting in person? When you walk past the eyes follow you.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 14, 2024 10:54 AM (3iMA8)

317 To be fair, the black guy is bisexual.

So, yes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 14, 2024 10:53 AM (3iMA

Suck ONE cock...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 14, 2024 10:54 AM (pjBYi)

318 To be fair, the black guy is bisexual.

He said he had a daughter, not he fathered a daughter.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 14, 2024 10:54 AM (U7wke)

319 302 Like in that "I'm a man" ad - the first "man" up who talks about carburators is some weird lump tranny man who isn't fooling anybody. "I'm a man!" no you're not.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 14, 2024 10:46 AM (wyMQY)

Wasn't every man in that ad a queer actor?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 14, 2024 10:52 AM (pjBYi)

I think one of them might have been straight.

I know one is a pantifa supporter.

"I'm man enough..." No, buddy, you're a gutless pussy that does violence beneath a mask and a hoodie in the grand tradition of the Klan. Eat shit and die.

Posted by: Robert at October 14, 2024 10:54 AM (7dRmv)

320 Why do you hate dogs?

Let the maggots have it.
Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024 10:54 AM (UTrUc)

Now, now. Not all Slipknot fans are that turrible.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Jailhouse Bones Parker at October 14, 2024 10:55 AM (xPJvm)

321 299 If I was SpaceX astronaut, I would insist that it would be a priority.
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at October 14, 2024 10:47 AM (g8Ew
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They've already designed and built V2 with the forward flaps designed smaller and set more leeward to remove it from the plasma stream. Probably flight 7.

Posted by: WisRich at October 14, 2024 10:55 AM (G0vdT)

322 276 I wonder if Jakob ever bought an election with Fuggerbucks.
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The Fuggers were involved with collecting the funds raised by the indulgence which Tetzel was hustling, in order to give a German archbishop his third diocese, and some money to keep the St Peters construction/slush fund project going along. They were owed said money for floating Leo X for some loans, among other influential people. We know how that turned out!

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at October 14, 2024 10:55 AM (XjTSo)

323 Europa is one of the most promising places to look for currently habitable conditions beyond Earth.

Really? A globe covered in ice?
Fucking (not in Austria) cold if you ask me.

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, il freddo e terrinile at October 14, 2024 10:55 AM (qfLjt)

324 Now, now. Not all Slipknot fans are that turrible.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Jailhouse Bones Parker at October 14, 2024 10:55 AM (xPJvm)

*hangs head*

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 14, 2024 10:55 AM (CIS44)

325 Well, they do assure us that men will flock to the Democrat ticket because of Walz because he's so manly.

...

I'm still 100% convinced that VP picks don't move voters at any material level

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 10:47 AM (GBKbO)

Two different issues.

They think Walz is manly. And that is the disconnect. He isn't, and most Americans realize it.

I would normally agree, but I think this choice was catastrophically bad for the Democrats, and will reinforce the impression that their presidential ticket is clownish.

Into how many votes will that translate? Who knows...probably not many, but I think it will contribute to the lack of excitement among the Democrat faithful.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 14, 2024 10:56 AM (d9fT1)

326 323 Europa is one of the most promising places to look for currently habitable conditions beyond Earth.

Really? A globe covered in ice?
Fucking (not in Austria) cold if you ask me.
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, il freddo e terrinile at October 14, 2024 10:55 AM (qfLjt)

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I believe it's the presence of water that's the primary motivator behind the assertion.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 10:56 AM (GBKbO)

327 323
terribile not terrinile - fat fingers!

Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, il freddo e terribile at October 14, 2024 10:57 AM (qfLjt)

328 To be fair, a lot of reservations still don't have electricity, running water, plumbing...
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You ain't seen poor until you visit the non-casino area backroads of a reservation.

Third-world country, would be an upgrade.

Even illegals would stay home if that was where they had to live.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 14, 2024 10:57 AM (YcteL)

329 Europa is one of the most promising places to look for currently habitable conditions beyond Earth.
*
Really? A globe covered in ice?
Fucking (not in Austria) cold if you ask me.
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, il freddo e terrinile at October 14, 2024 1

***
I thought Titan was the only moon with an actual atmosphere. Not breathable by humans, but still an atmosphere.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 14, 2024 10:57 AM (J2vNu)

330 Patrick O'Brian had some fun with Mr. Fugger in his Aubrey-Maturin novel "The Thirteen-Gun Salute".

Posted by: Citizen Cake at October 14, 2024 10:57 AM (CwhoI)

331 Queensrÿche.

Posted by: J. Random Moron at October 14, 2024 10:58 AM (a3Q+t)

332 They've already designed and built V2 with the forward flaps designed smaller and set more leeward to remove it from the plasma stream. Probably flight 7.
Posted by: WisRich at October 14, 2024 10:55 AM (G0vdT)

Some times you forget that SpaceX doesn't have a problem with testing something that they're pretty sure will fail so that they can get real-world data.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 14, 2024 10:58 AM (U7wke)

333 325 Into how many votes will that translate? Who knows...probably not many, but I think it will contribute to the lack of excitement among the Democrat faithful.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 14, 2024 10:56 AM (d9fT1)

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I just keep going back to Palin in 2008.

The base loved her. Loved her. I hear about how she was the only reason some people voted for McCain.

And he lost in a landslide.

There will be people who have their esoteric reasons for voting one way or the other ("I liked this person's two-step in an appearance on a TV program."), but they're just immaterial to the overall vote totals. It's the one place where candidate quality just...doesn't seem to matter at all.

But more to the point, Walz is obviously a gay man playing as a straight man and hasn't met a straight man in decades to model after.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 10:58 AM (GBKbO)

334 I thought Titan was the only moon with an actual atmosphere. Not breathable by humans, but still an atmosphere.

also Triton, but it makes Titan look warm

Posted by: brak at October 14, 2024 10:58 AM (25k9m)

335 To be fair, the black guy is bisexual.
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He said he had a daughter, not he fathered a daughter.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 14, 2024 10:54 AM (U7wke)

Damn near every gay client I've had has children.

Rare are those who don't.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024 10:58 AM (UTrUc)

336 I thought Titan was the only moon with an actual atmosphere. Not breathable by humans, but still an atmosphere.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 14, 2024 10:57 AM (J2vNu)

There is no Titan.

Posted by: Jack Harper at October 14, 2024 10:58 AM (aD39U)

337 336 I thought Titan was the only moon with an actual atmosphere. Not breathable by humans, but still an atmosphere.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 14, 2024 10:57 AM (J2vNu)

There is no Titan.
Posted by: Jack Harper at October 14, 2024 10:58 AM (aD39U)

======

There is only Zuul.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 10:59 AM (GBKbO)

338 294 "Like in that "I'm a man" ad - the first "man" up who talks about carburators is some weird lump tranny man who isn't fooling anybody. "I'm a man!" no you're not."

The guy sitting on his truck tailgate with his legs crossed? Get some lysol spray and wipe that gay assfunk off that gate!
Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 14, 2024 10:49 AM (pafXr)

I like the TV ad where the brainiac girl is taking the roomba apart "again" and the mom says to the dad "Don't worry your pretty little head about, I'll take care of it" and the goes over to empower the girl.

Every ad on TV now is some variation of girlbossin.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at October 14, 2024 10:59 AM (uBBbP)

339 Really? A globe covered in ice?
Fucking (not in Austria) cold if you ask me.
Posted by: Ciampino - Si Ispettore, il freddo e terrinile at October 14, 2024 10:55 AM (qfLjt)

The theory is that under the ice is a liquid ocean world with volcanic vents capable of supporting weird life.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 14, 2024 10:59 AM (U7wke)

340 There is no Titan.
Posted by: Jack Harper at October 14, 2024 10:58 AM (aD39U)

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Prometheus was a Titan. Make of it what you will.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 14, 2024 10:59 AM (3iMA8)

341 When VA goes from 10 points to Biden to unable to be called within a few hours of the closing of the polls in 2024, it's going to be clarifying.
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If VA flips--and it'll be known relatively early in the night--they'll call off the steal in AZ, WI, MN, MI, NV, and CO*.
It'll mean a bloodbath for downticket as well.

*Yes, I kinda think Trump might pull CO. It's hard to tell, did he go there just to highlight the issue or is there actually a chance?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 14, 2024 11:00 AM (YcteL)

342 buck nood

Posted by: SturmToddler at October 14, 2024 11:01 AM (v6XNT)

343 Prometheus was a Titan. Make of it what you will.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 14, 2024 10:59 AM (3iMA

And he had to endure having his entrails eaten for all eternity while watching that horrible movie for his trouble.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 14, 2024 11:01 AM (y31cs)

344 Noodus throckmortonii

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 14, 2024 11:01 AM (J2vNu)

345 I believe it's the presence of water that's the primary motivator behind the assertion.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 10:56 AM (GBKbO)

Well, Mars has a little water, and must have had a lot more at some time, judging by the erosion features. Might be a fair amount tied up in buried ice. Mars is barely within the habitable zone, surface temperature-wise, and the gravity and the atmosphere won't kill you, although the latter won't support life. Build giant inflatable greenhouses to grow crops, and live in underground bunkers. People (a few) live in Antarctica year-round.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 14, 2024 11:02 AM (pjBYi)

346 Tucker Carlson was in Milwaukee when Vance was picked. He reported that EVERY GOPe and lobbyist was calling frantically to try and stop Vance from being put on the ticket.

That tells you how good of a pick Vance is. Everyone who hates this country hates him.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 14, 2024 11:02 AM (lTGtQ)

347 New TV add,

Husband "honey what kind of tampons should I buy you at the store?"

Wife "how many times do I have to tell you tampax large you stupid waste of space, and don't forget the lime again.!! Are you even a man!?

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at October 14, 2024 11:02 AM (uBBbP)

348 There will be people who have their esoteric reasons for voting one way or the other ("I liked this person's two-step in an appearance on a TV program."), but they're just immaterial to the overall vote totals. It's the one place where candidate quality just...doesn't seem to matter at all.

But more to the point, Walz is obviously a gay man playing as a straight man and hasn't met a straight man in decades to model after.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at October 14, 2024 10:58 AM (GBKbO)

Nobody knows. I think Tim "Sugar" Kaine might have cost Hillory some. He was just such a non-entity. They were trying to move the needle, that this was history, and then they saddled her with the most boring Veep running mate in the history of running mates.

Posted by: BurtTC at October 14, 2024 11:03 AM (UTrUc)

349 An entire Art Thread with no mention, much less heated discussion, of Nicole Kidman and Salma Hayek's Fashion Week dustup?

It's like I don't know you people anymore.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 14, 2024 11:03 AM (a3Q+t)

350 >>> Europeans 55; indigenous Americans 6
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 14, 2024 10:50 AM (3iMA

Oh, I'm not saying they are equivalent! Painful, horrific death trumps gradual, slow decay any day, all day. And Syphilis didn't wipe out Europe the way it did the Americas.

Because Victorians are weird sometimes, apparently there might have been "syphilis envy" in some circles. People associated the disease with artistry, since so many artists and writers had it. Yeah, I'll pass.

"Due to the extensive list of creative geniuses whose deaths were either caused or speculated to have been caused by the dreaded infection, syphilis acquired twisted positive connotations within European artistic circles during the Victorian era. Through notable figures such as Beethoven, Nietzsche, Flaubert, Goya and Wilde, gradually the belief propagated that the brain lesions one experiences during neurosyphilis – the second dormant phase of the syphilis if left untreated – stimulated fervent artistic inspiration before the illness would ultimately reach its tertiary stage of progressive dementia and paralysis." (from an article at Overland by Ellen Muller)

Posted by: LizLem at October 14, 2024 11:04 AM (QAK8m)

351 There's a problem. We don't have Pence on the ticket. We have JD, a real man and not gay. That's why he is weird.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 14, 2024 11:04 AM (gfViB)

352 Wow, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has endorsed Donald Trump. I do believe we've flipped Nevada. I also note that people are using "Harris-Biden administration" now.

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at October 14, 2024 11:04 AM (XjTSo)

353 Muldoon, what is it that doctors are looking for with the otoscope during annual checkups?

***************

Spare chage

Posted by: muldoon at October 14, 2024 11:05 AM (uCfKO)

354 I hope I never see that Fugger again!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO, AI Expert at October 14, 2024 11:07 AM (LPS7w)

355 Because Victorians are weird sometimes, apparently there might have been "syphilis envy" in some circles. People associated the disease with artistry, since so many artists and writers had it.

***********

Please clap!

Posted by: Jeb Bush at October 14, 2024 11:07 AM (uCfKO)

356 Fugger? I didn't even touch 'er!

Posted by: The_Hoser at October 14, 2024 11:16 AM (3qNLt)

357 Joe Scarborough
@JoeNBC
“Why is his staff hiding [Trump] away?”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Born In the Wagon of a Middle Class Show at October 14, 2024 11:07 AM (L/fGl)

Someone should reply with Trump's schedule for the next few days.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 14, 2024 11:20 AM (U7wke)

358 353 Thanks! I knew he was pulling my leg.

Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at October 14, 2024 11:20 AM (pafXr)

359 )) Hot girls are waiting for you on --- www.Nu21.eu

Posted by: Hassi at October 14, 2024 01:18 PM (5YTlt)

360 This thread seems to add up to a 21st century working man's version of "Ozymandias."

In his day, the guy and his family business were one of the closest things the Old World had to a Deep State. He was easily the richest man in Europe, and easily had influence on entire nations' politics.

But today? "Pffft, the guy's last name was Fugger, LOLOLOL."

"Look upon my mighty almost-obscene surname, and despair," indeed.

Posted by: They Can't Have My French Fries at October 14, 2024 02:33 PM (auTVz)

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