Mid-Morning Art Thread

A Difficult Question
Ignaz Marcel Gaugengigl

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Howdy, CBD!

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 09:30 AM (N0dT2)

2 1

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2024 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

3 The MET
Title: A Difficult Question (Une Question Difficile)

Artist: Ignaz Marcel Gaugengigl (1855–1932)

Date: 1883

Culture: American

Medium: Oil on panel

Dimensions: 11 5/8 x 16 in. (29.5 x 40.6 cm)

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2024 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

4 Congrats on the first, Doof!

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 09:31 AM (v6JzV)

5 What's he fiddling with?...a calculator?

Posted by: BignJames at November 14, 2024 09:32 AM (Yj6Os)

6 I like this. And I generally don't like old stuff with people in it.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at November 14, 2024 09:32 AM (SfhV1)

7 The question is: does sitting this way make me look gay?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 14, 2024 09:32 AM (ExV1e)

8 Is the question, "Who stole the desk"?

Posted by: Bert G at November 14, 2024 09:33 AM (VARTN)

9 Not what I would call manly men.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 14, 2024 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

10 Do these girly leggings, jacket with a bow, and wavy hair make me look ghey?

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2024 09:33 AM (gbOdA)

11 Artist: Ignaz Marcel Gaugengigl (1855–1932)

I bet Gaugengigl was a barrel of laughs.

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 09:33 AM (v6JzV)

12 They're dressed like twins.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 14, 2024 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

13 This is really a great painting. Just beautiful.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at November 14, 2024 09:33 AM (KnYvu)

14 did not see 7

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2024 09:33 AM (gbOdA)

15 Could he make it any darker?? Sheesh…

Posted by: tubal at November 14, 2024 09:34 AM (PCK5/)

16 It's really hard to see what's going on. The painting is really dark.

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 09:34 AM (v6JzV)

17
I'd hit 'em, I'd hit 'em both.

Posted by: Mayor Pete at November 14, 2024 09:34 AM (5hfjS)

18 They look as though they are trying to figure out Windows 11.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 14, 2024 09:35 AM (J2vNu)

19 That's a couple of 1970s prog-rock guys. I shannot be convinced otherwise.

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 09:35 AM (N0dT2)

20 I like it. It's good art for a study or library.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at November 14, 2024 09:35 AM (g8Ew8)

21 Teachers book with answer is sitting on the vase right beside them.

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2024 09:35 AM (gbOdA)

22 Guy on the right: "while you're down there..."
Guy on left:😊

Wouldn't hang

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 14, 2024 09:35 AM (/y7Fe)

23 did not see 7
Posted by: rhennigantx

Different nic's attorneys will be in touch.

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 09:35 AM (v6JzV)

24 A Difficult Question

"What the hell kind of answer is maybe?"

"Dude, she's throwing red flags. Run!"

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 09:36 AM (OIPBq)

25 Should be titled: Twinks in a Library

Posted by: Bonecrusher at November 14, 2024 09:36 AM (JNTt1)

26 "So, Pierre, how much wood *would* a woodchuck chuck *if* a woodchuck could chuck wood?"

Posted by: Kris at November 14, 2024 09:36 AM (EwaUh)

27 Mornin', Kris!

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 09:37 AM (v6JzV)

28 That's a couple of 1970s prog-rock guys. I shannot be convinced otherwise.
Posted by: Doof

That's what the mustaches are saying.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at November 14, 2024 09:37 AM (geznp)

29
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 14, 2024 09:38 AM (SeMLu)

30 They don't just skip leg day, they don't even lift, bro!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 14, 2024 09:38 AM (Xnrdt)

31 Vase as a bookshelf. Bold choice.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at November 14, 2024 09:38 AM (SfhV1)

32 They're working on the composition of the perfect joke.

Little do they know that it will be used in WWII as a weapon of war.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 09:38 AM (GBKbO)

33 27 Mornin', Kris!
Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 09:37 AM (v6JzV)

Howdy!

Posted by: Kris at November 14, 2024 09:39 AM (EwaUh)

34 42

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2024 09:39 AM (gbOdA)

35 Can you tell I had sauerkraut for dinner?

Posted by: Bruce at November 14, 2024 09:39 AM (zaFN2)

36 That's a couple of 1970s prog-rock guys. I shannot be convinced otherwise.
Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 09:35 AM

Sez The Horde's Mr. Yacht Rock Guy.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 14, 2024 09:39 AM (Xnrdt)

37 I wonder why that look never came back?

Posted by: banana Dream at November 14, 2024 09:40 AM (0Q4vB)

38 They're working on the composition of the perfect joke.

Little do they know that it will be used in WWII as a weapon of war.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 09:38 AM (GBKbO)

And you won't get it

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 09:40 AM (N0dT2)

39 He was in search of an answer
The nature of what we are
He was trying to do it a new way
He was bright as a star
But nobody understood him
"His numbers are not the way"
He's lost in the deepest enigma
Which no one's unraveled today

But he knew, he knew more than me or you

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2024 09:40 AM (gbOdA)

40 So, Pierre, how much wood *would* a woodchuck chuck *if* a woodchuck could chuck wood?"
Posted by: Kris at November 14, 2024 09:36 AM (EwaUh)

Pierre: Shut up! I'm still pondering what the chicken wanted on the other side of the road.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at November 14, 2024 09:40 AM (g8Ew8)

41 A marriage proposal?

Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 14, 2024 09:41 AM (MpEy/)

42 Serious leg intertwining going on there...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 14, 2024 09:41 AM (Q4IgG)

43 Donde esta la playa nudita?

Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2024 09:41 AM (gbOdA)

44 38 They're working on the composition of the perfect joke.

Little do they know that it will be used in WWII as a weapon of war.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 09:38 AM (GBKbO)

And you won't get it
Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 09:40 AM (N0dT2)

======

What if the real joke is that there is nothing to get?

What if the real joke is the friends we made along the way?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 09:41 AM (GBKbO)

45 Well, next thing I know, he took it out.

Posted by: Fag On The Left at November 14, 2024 09:41 AM (5MA0f)

46 The difficult question is which one is the gayest.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 14, 2024 09:41 AM (CCSef)

47 Besides breaking the classic guidelines of composition, it could use some happy bushes.

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at November 14, 2024 09:41 AM (Xnrdt)

48 If they don't figure out this word problem, the professor will take the rest of their furniture.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at November 14, 2024 09:42 AM (geznp)

49 Best hung in a dark room.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at November 14, 2024 09:42 AM (sX1BW)

50 Time-traveling dudes watching porn on an iPhone.

Posted by: Zombie Slim Pickens at November 14, 2024 09:42 AM (ZtgZZ)

51 I like it, but the artwork is from the 1880's and the men look like people dressed in a style from the late 1700's?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2024 09:43 AM (rhwAT)

52 Time travellers using their smartphone!!

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 14, 2024 09:43 AM (hovnC)

53 Who names their child Ignaz?

Posted by: redridinghood at November 14, 2024 09:43 AM (NpAcC)

54 >>> But he knew, he knew more than me or you
Posted by: rhennigantx at November 14, 2024 09:40 AM (gbOdA)

Kansas had some interesting pieces. Spiritual but in a very searching for answers way.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 14, 2024 09:43 AM (0Q4vB)

55 That's a couple of 1970s prog-rock guys. I shannot be convinced otherwise.
Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 09:35 AM

Sez The Horde's Mr. Yacht Rock Guy.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 14, 2024 09:39 AM (Xnrdt)

True. But I've also been linking Iron Maiden over the past few days. I have broad tastes!

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 09:43 AM (N0dT2)

56 Vase as a bookshelf. Bold choice.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at November 14, 2024 09:38 AM (SfhV1)

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NOBODY TELL ACE!

Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 14, 2024 09:43 AM (MpEy/)

57 A difficult question: How does the artist painting us pronounce his name? And who let him in here? And what's he doing with our desk?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 14, 2024 09:43 AM (Wnv9h)

58 I would never guess that this was painted after the Civil War. It has the feel of something contemporary to the 1700s. I should look up more of his art (nothing on Wiki) as he obviously has fine talent. The poses are natural for the scene, the use of light and background is excellent, and the details are natural and realistic. The scene doesn't make me want to hang it but his talent is clear. Since he did mostly historical scenes, I suspect a classical image with female nudes would be worth looking at.

Posted by: JTB at November 14, 2024 09:43 AM (yTvNw)

59 So very ghey.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 14, 2024 09:44 AM (RIvkX)

60 32 They're working on the composition of the perfect joke.
Little do they know that it will be used in WWII as a weapon of war.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

A Monty Python skit, as I remember.

Posted by: Auspex at November 14, 2024 09:44 AM (j4U/Z)

61 [ ] dog
[ ] tree
[ ] boobs

Sad!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 14, 2024 09:44 AM (zlGo9)

62 "What is the sound of one hand fapping, Marcel?"

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 14, 2024 09:44 AM (hovnC)

63 Well, this is an odd image. I guess the difficult question is "What is going on here?"

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 14, 2024 09:44 AM (WPL6O)

64 It's fops and dandies all the way down.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 14, 2024 09:44 AM (NgqoH)

65 What if the real joke is that there is nothing to get?

What if the real joke is the friends we made along the way?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 09:41 AM (GBKbO)

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"IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IT'S DEEP INSTEAD OF FUNNY!!!!!"

Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 14, 2024 09:45 AM (MpEy/)

66 I like it, but the artwork is from the 1880's and the men look like people dressed in a style from the late 1700's?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I think they look more like the late 1600s. Probably meant to portray some famous scientists or philosophers.

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 09:45 AM (v6JzV)

67 Those guys could be part of an English rock band from the "mod" or "glam" eras.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 14, 2024 09:45 AM (W5ArC)

68 Why the assumption that they're gay?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2024 09:45 AM (A/or2)

69 If a child is ignant you name them Ignaz.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 14, 2024 09:45 AM (CCSef)

70 "What is the sound of one hand fapping, Marcel?"
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 14, 2024 09:44 AM

*one handed golf clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 14, 2024 09:45 AM (Wnv9h)

71 I've worked with a lot of people, mostly men, solving various mathematical problems. I have never adopted a posture like that with any of them.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 14, 2024 09:46 AM (xCA6C)

72 That's a couple of 1970s prog-rock guys. I shannot be convinced otherwise.

It's definitely Peart and Lifeson, taking a break from the kimonos circa 1977.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 09:46 AM (2ocoG)

73 A Difficult Question
Ignaz Marcel Gaugengigl

Fred and Mark discuss the implications of the electrifying the guitar and if it would lead to head bobbing. True story. Pinky swear to it.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at November 14, 2024 09:46 AM (vO42M)

74 Alternate title: "Men waiting to be interviewed for a position as Barack Obama's catamite."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 14, 2024 09:46 AM (W5ArC)

75 A Difficult Question

I'm halfway there, do I go ahead and suck it?

Posted by: Ignaz Gargleball at November 14, 2024 09:46 AM (7I6ib)

76 True. But I've also been linking Iron Maiden over the past few days. I have broad tastes!
Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 09:43 AM

Until MisHum links some Iron Maiden, they can't and won't be taken seriously by anyone in The Horde.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 14, 2024 09:46 AM (Xnrdt)

77 >68 Why the assumption that they're gay?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2024 09:45 AM (A/or2)

Gaydar goes beep beep beep.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 14, 2024 09:46 AM (NgqoH)

78 Who names their child Ignaz?
Posted by: redridinghood

It was originally IgNAZI!!! Reeeeeeeeee...!!!

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 09:46 AM (v6JzV)

79 Besides breaking the classic guidelines of composition, it could use some happy bushes.

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at November 14, 2024 09:41 AM (Xnrdt)

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* golf clap *

ISWYDT, Duncanthrax

Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 14, 2024 09:47 AM (MpEy/)

80 How do you pronounce that painter’s last name. Go-gan-giggle?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 14, 2024 09:47 AM (CCSef)

81 Can you tell I had sauerkraut for dinner?

One cheek sneak?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 14, 2024 09:47 AM (xCA6C)

82 Those guys could be part of an English rock band from the "mod" or "glam" eras.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 14, 2024 09:45 AM (W5ArC)

I'm gonna suggest ancestors of these guys...
https://youtu.be/wCWVuCCWqzQ

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 09:48 AM (N0dT2)

83 That kind of lousy moustache is back in style. Why? It was somewhat acceptable in the 80/70s, but enough is enough!

Posted by: H at November 14, 2024 09:48 AM (4N/0w)

84 Why the assumption that they're gay?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2024 09:45 AM

IYKYK.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 14, 2024 09:48 AM (Xnrdt)

85 > it could use some happy bushes.

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at November 14, 2024 09:41 AM (Xnrdt)

I think the happy bushes aren't going to appear until after they've had a couple of glasses of wine and a nice bubble bath.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 14, 2024 09:48 AM (W5ArC)

86 Here's a copperplate print of it [mirror imaged] and they're looking at a figurine -- ancient I'd assume:

https://tinyurl.com/ymctefyy

Oddly enough, DDG's image search gave almost no hits for the Question but shows the artist did alot of 18th Century and Regency clothed paintings.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 14, 2024 09:48 AM (hovnC)

87 Gaydar goes beep beep beep.

Yeah, the old "one beep only" does not apply here.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 14, 2024 09:48 AM (xCA6C)

88 no no, the shelf hanger goes there and then the fiddly bit screws up *through* the board and then..

Posted by: TexasDan at November 14, 2024 09:49 AM (z/ifB)

89 One of those panels in the back is a secret door that occasionally opens to let out a chimpanzee that brings more tea and cleans the table.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 14, 2024 09:49 AM (0Q4vB)

90 Why the assumption that they're gay?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2024 09:45 AM (A/or2)

They're perusing a gay sex toy catalog. It's a natural assumption.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 14, 2024 09:49 AM (ExV1e)

91 Posted by: Ignaz Gargleball at November 14, 2024 09:46 AM (7I6ib)

Since the other guy is fully dressed probably not.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2024 09:49 AM (A/or2)

92 Alternate title: "Men waiting to be interviewed for a position as Barack Obama's catamite."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 14, 2024 09:46 AM (W5ArC)

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"But, sir, I thought I was applying for a job as a chef and paddle-boarder?"

Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 14, 2024 09:49 AM (MpEy/)

93 These guys stand next to each other at the urinals.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 14, 2024 09:49 AM (xCA6C)

94 at 1st glance I thought one guy was doing something to the other guy

Posted by: Don Black at November 14, 2024 09:49 AM (/7KEl)

95 >83 That kind of lousy moustache is back in style. Why? It was somewhat acceptable in the 80/70s, but enough is enough!

Posted by: H at November 14, 2024 09:48 AM (4N/0w)

I participated in a Movember fund raiser a few years back. Grew a glorious porn 'stash. By the end of the month, no one would sit next to me on the train on my commute to work.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 14, 2024 09:50 AM (NgqoH)

96 I do like the vase, though. No homo.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 14, 2024 09:50 AM (xCA6C)

97 One of those panels in the back is a secret door that occasionally opens to let out a chimpanzee that brings more tea and cleans the table.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 14, 2024 09:49 AM (0Q4vB)

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The imaginations in this place ... lol

Now I'm amped up for some Gorilla TV!

Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 14, 2024 09:50 AM (MpEy/)

98 And there's a pile of books resting on the opening of the big vase to the left [I thought it was part of the wood paneling] so the salon's owner is a true Moron with books piled up everywhere there's a flat surface!

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 14, 2024 09:50 AM (hovnC)

99 The artist did some nice work...

https://is.gd/6YFnfj

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 14, 2024 09:51 AM (d9fT1)

100 > "But, sir, I thought I was applying for a job as a chef and paddle-boarder?"
Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at Novem

Paddling is involved, yes, along with whipping, caning, and other variants.

As for chef, I think you misunderstood "salad tossing".

Posted by: Barack "Gaylord" Obama at November 14, 2024 09:51 AM (W5ArC)

101 Ian Anderson pondering the proposed lyrics for Bungle in the Jungle.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2024 09:51 AM (W6hoT)

102 It's his first cell phone, he will get the hang of it

Posted by: Skip at November 14, 2024 09:51 AM (VoOKY)

103 Freddie Mercury went through several phases. This was one of his more outrageous ones.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 14, 2024 09:51 AM (xCA6C)

104
What if the real joke is that there is nothing to get?

What if the real joke is the friends we made along the way?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024

***
I started a joke . . . which started the whole world laughing. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 14, 2024 09:51 AM (J2vNu)

105 It's pronounced "vazzzz".

Posted by: Guys in the painting at November 14, 2024 09:51 AM (Xnrdt)

106 I like how it's not obvious what the question is that they are trying to solve. It could be anything. Whatever it is, they are scouring stacks of books and looking at that thing in the one guy's hand. I think it's the most difficult question of all: where does the missus want to go to eat?

Posted by: Kris at November 14, 2024 09:51 AM (EwaUh)

107 By the end of the month, no one would sit next to me on the train on my commute to work.
Posted by: Heavy Meta

You can only pull it off if you are a state trooper, I think.

Posted by: H at November 14, 2024 09:51 AM (4N/0w)

108 Trying to fathom the Ikea instructions to assemble the table.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 14, 2024 09:52 AM (aD39U)

109 Politics · Trending
Caligula
2,402 posts

guess who's supposedly Caligula
only one guess!

Posted by: Don Black at November 14, 2024 09:52 AM (/7KEl)

110 They're working on the composition of the perfect joke.

Little do they know that it will be used in WWII as a weapon of war.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024

***
"Left -- left -- left a wife and seventeen children --
Left -- left --"

Posted by: Zombie Henry Kuttner at November 14, 2024 09:52 AM (J2vNu)

111 I like the light play on the coats.

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at November 14, 2024 09:52 AM (AiZBA)

112 True. But I've also been linking Iron Maiden over the past few days. I have broad tastes!
Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 09:43 AM

Until MisHum links some Iron Maiden, they can't and won't be taken seriously by anyone in The Horde.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 14, 2024 09:46 AM (Xnrdt)

T Rex linked them on last night's ONT. Is that close enough??

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 09:52 AM (N0dT2)

113 Here's a brighter, colour reproduction of the work although maybe a bit too bright with me not knowing which reproduction, CBD's or Lapham's Quarterly's, is closer to the real work's.

https://tinyurl.com/y3mm2fhb

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 14, 2024 09:53 AM (hovnC)

114 > You can only pull it off if you are a state trooper, I think.
Posted by: H at November 14, 2024 09:51 AM (4N/0w)

Or the policeman character in The Village People.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 14, 2024 09:53 AM (W5ArC)

115 They're aristocrats writing Project 1725 to crush the masses.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 14, 2024 09:53 AM (xCA6C)

116 >guess who's supposedly Caligula
only one guess!

Posted by: Don Black at November 14, 2024 09:52 AM (/7KEl)

We we already have Elagabalus so Caligula is a step up I suppose.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 14, 2024 09:53 AM (NgqoH)

117 It's definitely Peart and Lifeson, taking a break from the kimonos circa 1977.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 09:46 AM (2ocoG)

As much as I love Rush, I do have to admit to wishing I could unsee the photo inside the 2112 album.

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 09:54 AM (N0dT2)

118 By the end of the month, no one would sit next to me on the train on my commute to work.
Posted by: Heavy Meta

You can only pull it off if you are a state trooper, I think.
Posted by: H

Or Joseph Stalin.

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 09:54 AM (v6JzV)

119 Here's a brighter, colour reproduction of the work although maybe a bit too bright with me not knowing which reproduction, CBD's or Lapham's Quarterly's, is closer to the real work's.

https://tinyurl.com/y3mm2fhb

Oh, that's better. I completely missed his monocle, as well as the little statue and a letter opener.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 14, 2024 09:55 AM (xCA6C)

120 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. So. A couple dudes checking out a Mannix redhead. Nice.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 14, 2024 09:55 AM (W/lyH)

121 Little do they know that it will be used in WWII as a weapon of war.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 09:38 AM

Zat vas not funny!!!!

Posted by: Some German at November 14, 2024 09:55 AM (Wnv9h)

122 Paddling is involved, yes, along with whipping, caning, and other variants.

As for chef, I think you misunderstood "salad tossing".

Posted by: Barack "Gaylord" Obama at November 14, 2024 09:51 AM (W5ArC)

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Well-played, Rodrigo.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 14, 2024 09:55 AM (MpEy/)

123 Who names their child Ignaz?
Posted by: redridinghood

***
Egg-zactly what I been sayin'!

Posted by: Offisa Pupp at November 14, 2024 09:55 AM (J2vNu)

124 >As much as I love Rush, I do have to admit to wishing I could unsee the photo inside the 2112 album.

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 09:54 AM (N0dT2)

The one where Geddy Lee looks like Yoko Ono's doppleganger?

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 14, 2024 09:56 AM (NgqoH)

125 Alternate title:

Two Fops Peruse the "All Strumpets" Website

Posted by: naturalfake at November 14, 2024 09:56 AM (eDfFs)

126 The artist did some nice work...

https://is.gd/6YFnfj
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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A Man and His Dog

Would hang!

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 14, 2024 09:56 AM (hovnC)

127 Here's a brighter, colour reproduction of the work although maybe a bit too bright with me not knowing which reproduction, CBD's or Lapham's Quarterly's, is closer to the real work's.

https://tinyurl.com/y3mm2fhb
Posted by: andycanuck

Thanks. Kinda looks like the guy on the left is looking at an atlas.

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 09:56 AM (v6JzV)

128 Following the successful tenure of Jennifer Lopez in 2023, Emily Ratajkowski was recently announced as the U.S. ambassador to the lingerie and loungewear brand Intimissimi — a title she is “thrilled” to have acquired.

“Intimissimi celebrates women and femininity in such an inspiring way,” Ratajkowski said in a statement. “I truly believe in the power of beautiful lingerie to make you feel confident and empowered, and Intimissimi does this beautifully.”

Ms. Ratajkowski's ambassadorship leaves little to the imagination.

Posted by: Moron News Service at November 14, 2024 09:57 AM (Xnrdt)

129 Kind of dark. And where did the TI calculator come from.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 14, 2024 09:57 AM (4780s)

130 I know those guys! I saw them open for Peter Frampton at Nassau Coliseum in 76.

Posted by: look whats not at November 14, 2024 09:58 AM (nakGR)

131 "What is this thing?"

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at November 14, 2024 09:58 AM (O7ZrN)

132 I thought that style of dress went out after the age of Napoleon? Beau Brummell changed so much of what was considered proper attire.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 14, 2024 09:58 AM (2NHgQ)

133 In the brighter version #113 you can also see another bronze statuette [headless] and a spearhead out the back of the chair.

The men are 'antiquarians'!

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 14, 2024 09:58 AM (hovnC)

134 Past the century mark: They just took all of InfoWars and gave it to TheOnion libs.

I never watched InfoWars and know nothing about Alex. But throughout the next four years, when you hear people complain about Trump, remember that the second the left gets any little advantage they use it to annihilate their selected enemies.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 14, 2024 09:59 AM (0Q4vB)

135 Emily Ratajkowski was recently announced as the U.S. ambassador to the lingerie and loungewear brand Intimissimi
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Another masterful appointment by Trump!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 14, 2024 09:59 AM (fs1hN)

136 "What is this thing?"

Zut alors! Are you blind? It is clearly a Renaissance sex toy.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 14, 2024 09:59 AM (xCA6C)

137 In the brighter version #113 you can also see another bronze statuette [headless] and a spearhead out the back of the chair.

The men are 'antiquarians'!
Posted by: andycanuck

As I said above, it looks like they're perusing an atlas. Maybe trying to figure out where the artifacts might've come from?

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 10:00 AM (v6JzV)

138 MSNBC hosts asking why Kamala lost.

Posted by: It is Go Time Donald at November 14, 2024 10:00 AM (G3Bvh)

139

Why yes, it does look like a chanker...

Posted by: Gent #2 at November 14, 2024 10:00 AM (l1Lgw)

140 I think they look more like the late 1600s. Probably meant to portray some famous scientists or philosophers.
Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 09:45 AM (v6JzV)

My take, too. The wigs are the give-away.
Calculus is hard, yoh.

Posted by: sal at November 14, 2024 10:00 AM (f+FmA)

141 T Rex linked them on last night's ONT. Is that close enough??
Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 09:52 AM

No. Despite some occasional flashes of brilliance from CBD, MisHum remains the premier arbiter of music amongst CoBs.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 14, 2024 10:00 AM (Xnrdt)

142 maybe a bit too bright with me not knowing which reproduction, CBD's or Lapham's Quarterly's, is closer to the real work's.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 14, 2024 09:53 AM (hovnC)

The reproduction I used is from the Met's website, and that's where the painting is displayed.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 14, 2024 10:00 AM (d9fT1)

143 Ian Anderson pondering the proposed lyrics for Bungle in the Jungle.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 14, 2024 09:51 AM (W6hoT)

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I'm still astonished to have learned only within the past few years that my favorite song (chord progression by Don Felder, which Henley labeled "Mexican Reggae" upon first hearing) -- Hotel California -- was likely stolen, if not borrowed, from Mr. Anderson's song "We Used To Know."

* Mind Blown *

[Although Henley's lyrics and the dueling-guitar "solo" at the end do still make it a classic ...]

Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 14, 2024 10:01 AM (MpEy/)

144 138 MSNBC hosts asking why Kamala lost.
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How can someone so perfect; who ran such a perfect campaign, not come out on top?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 14, 2024 10:02 AM (fs1hN)

145 T Rex linked them on last night's ONT. Is that close enough??
Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 09:52 AM

No. Despite some occasional flashes of brilliance from CBD, MisHum remains the premier arbiter of music amongst CoBs.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 14, 2024 10:00 AM (Xnrdt)

Much truth to your statement, there is!

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 10:02 AM (N0dT2)

146 No. Despite some occasional flashes of brilliance from CBD, MisHum remains the premier arbiter of music amongst CoBs.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Has he adopted Buck Throckmorton's upright-bass rule yet?

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 10:02 AM (v6JzV)

147 Politics · Trending
Caligula
2,402 posts

guess who's supposedly Caligula
only one guess!

Posted by: Don Black at November 14, 2024 09:52 AM (/7KEl)

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Our future recess-appointed U.S. Attorney General?

Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 14, 2024 10:02 AM (MpEy/)

148 Still trying to figure out that object that looks like a mobile phone. Some ancient carved icon?

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at November 14, 2024 10:02 AM (wzAuc)

149 Many super duper conservative conservatives were fine with Alex Jones getting destroyed. Because there are still many so called conservatives who don’t understand what we’re up against. They still think we’re in 1995 where we just disagree on the highest marginal tax rate but otherwise the left are good Americans.

Posted by: It is Go Time Donald at November 14, 2024 10:02 AM (G3Bvh)

150 Alternate title:

"Johnny Rotten's and Sid Vicious' Initial Foray Into Progrock as the Carnal Relation Blunderbuss Was a Complete Failure"

Posted by: naturalfake at November 14, 2024 10:03 AM (eDfFs)

151 A Difficult Question
Ignaz Marcel Gaugengigl

I hope they're biologists, because answering "What is a woman" is really tough.

Posted by: Ketanji Brown Jackson at November 14, 2024 10:04 AM (JCZqz)

152 How can someone so perfect; who ran such a perfect campaign, not come out on top?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 14, 2024 10:02 AM (fs1hN)

Racism, sexism, ableism (rejecting the idea of a mentally challenged President), additional assorted isms, and Elon Musk.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 14, 2024 10:04 AM (ExV1e)

153 How can someone so perfect; who ran such a perfect campaign, not come out on top?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 14, 2024 10:02 AM (fs1hN)

The word Joy Read used was flawless. She ran a flawless campaign. Riiiiight.

Posted by: It is Go Time Donald at November 14, 2024 10:04 AM (G3Bvh)

154 I swear he looks like he's holding an iPhone.

Posted by: Donald Vance at November 14, 2024 10:05 AM (Y5C66)

155 A duel...

https://tinyurl.com/2wm8jjd6

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 14, 2024 10:05 AM (hovnC)

156 90 Why the assumption that they're gay?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 14, 2024 09:45 AM (A/or2)

They're perusing a gay sex toy catalog. It's a natural assumption.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Only those who are pure of heart may comment on the holy art thread.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 14, 2024 10:06 AM (9Fkqg)

157 > How can someone so perfect; who ran such a perfect campaign, not come out on top?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 14, 2024 10:02 AM (fs1hN)

I know, right? Just look at the way she dominated in 2016, by winning zero delegates in the Democratic primary. How can someone with that level of charisma possibly fail.

Posted by: Dimwitted Twitter Leftist at November 14, 2024 10:06 AM (W5ArC)

158 The reproduction I used is from the Met's website, and that's where the painting is displayed.
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Very good.

Artificially lightened for the magazine's run then I suppose.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 14, 2024 10:06 AM (hovnC)

159 Shouldn't Barriemore Barlow be in a zebra-striped suit?

Posted by: look whats not at November 14, 2024 10:07 AM (nakGR)

160 Only those who are pure of heart may comment on the holy art thread.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 14, 2024 10:06 AM (9Fkqg)

You're gonna be lonely for the next hour.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 14, 2024 10:07 AM (ExV1e)

161 It looks like an old phone, with the tiny antenna at the top. They wouldn't know what it was and couldn't call anyone anyway.

Posted by: Megthered at November 14, 2024 10:07 AM (mAWUX)

162 Corn flake cookies w/my coffee...they're pretty good.

Posted by: BignJames at November 14, 2024 10:07 AM (Yj6Os)

163 Many super duper conservative conservatives were fine with Alex Jones getting destroyed. Because there are still many so called conservatives who don’t understand what we’re up against. They still think we’re in 1995 where we just disagree on the highest marginal tax rate but otherwise the left are good Americans.

The left is a cargo cult. They think they can destroy America but keep the wealth as long as it's still called America. The NRO crowd doesn't get that.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 10:08 AM (2ocoG)

164 The left as usual is retarded. They are simultaneously, making fun of Musk for getting a “joke” appointment. Cuz it’s not a real department. And then 5 seconds later they’re freaking out that he will dismantle social security and Medicaid and end life in America as we know it.

But they’re the smart ones.

Posted by: It is Go Time Donald at November 14, 2024 10:08 AM (G3Bvh)

165 144 How can someone so perfect; who ran such a perfect campaign, not come out on top?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 14, 2024 10:02 AM (fs1hN)

Because we're just so damned Evil.

Posted by: XTC at November 14, 2024 10:08 AM (UnA8+)

166 The answer: it is a cell phone from the future.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at November 14, 2024 10:08 AM (mAT4V)

167 The word Joy Read used was flawless. She ran a flawless campaign. Riiiiight.

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The flawless part that I liked the best was her ability to bribe out-of-touch, arrogant celebrities to come and say nice things about her.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 14, 2024 10:08 AM (dDmld)

168 Past the century mark: They just took all of InfoWars and gave it to TheOnion libs.

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Maybe Elon and The Babylon Bee can buy the Harris2028.com website?

Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 14, 2024 10:09 AM (MpEy/)

169 > The flawless part that I liked the best was her ability to bribe out-of-touch, arrogant celebrities to come and say nice things about her.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 14, 2024 10:08 AM (dDmld)

And the stupidity to think this was a feature rather than a bug.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 14, 2024 10:09 AM (W5ArC)

170 Then there was the other flawless part where she didn't memorize stock answers to the big questions that everyone knew she would be asked.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 14, 2024 10:09 AM (dDmld)

171 170 Then there was the other flawless part where she didn't memorize stock answers to the big questions that everyone knew she would be asked.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 14, 2024 10:09 AM (dDmld)

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Kamala saying she would change nothing about Biden's administration, including the Afghanistan pullout, was perfect.

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

172 In Justine Bateman news. Well not news really, but keeping the caligula theme, there was a spoof trailer done way back for a sequel to the movie, lots of nudity of course. Funny.

Justine Bateman and Milla Jovovich were in it. Even a older, (still hot) Helen.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 14, 2024 10:10 AM (0Q4vB)

173 The left as usual is retarded. They are simultaneously, making fun of Musk for getting a “joke” appointment. Cuz it’s not a real department. And then 5 seconds later they’re freaking out that he will dismantle social security and Medicaid and end life in America as we know it.

Musk and Vivek can't actually do anything other than make recommendations. It isn't like we've had a shortage of people listing things that they think should be cut.

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

174 How can someone so perfect; who ran such a perfect campaign, not come out on top?

As I mentioned on the previous thread, Ezra Klein went on Pod Save America (big lefty podcast) and offered the limited hangout that Kamala lost because things got so bad in big cities under Democrat rule that everyone rejected the "the economy is fine, kulak!" gaslighting in favor of their own two eyes. He calls it a failure of governance by Democrats, which is still a deflection from the truth that said dysfunction is exactly what the left wants.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 10:10 AM (2ocoG)

175 167 The flawless part that I liked the best was her ability to bribe out-of-touch, arrogant celebrities to come and say nice things about her.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 14, 2024 10:08 AM (dDmld)

I'll admit, I was wrong about this one.

I'd thought the reason the celebrities all waited until the last minute is because they were waiting to be told that the fix was in.

Posted by: XTC at November 14, 2024 10:10 AM (UnA8+)

176 172 Even a older, (still hot) Helen.
Posted by: banana Dream at November 14, 2024 10:10 AM (0Q4vB)

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I watched her first starring role a week or so ago.

She gets quite naked.

Age of Consent.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 10:11 AM (GBKbO)

177 Ah, he made an etching of the same scene from a different angle that shows more clearly that the object is a statuette. One guy is looking at it with a monocle.

https://tinyurl.com/2h9w34d3

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at November 14, 2024 10:11 AM (wzAuc)

178 MSNBC hosts asking why Kamala lost.
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Res ipsa loquitor

Or

If you're asking the question, isn't that kind of an answer in itself?

Posted by: ... at November 14, 2024 10:11 AM (ksjMr)

179 Helen Mirren was a butterface.

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 10:12 AM (v6JzV)

180 174 As I mentioned on the previous thread, Ezra Klein went on Pod Save America (big lefty podcast) and offered the limited hangout that Kamala lost because things got so bad in big cities under Democrat rule that everyone rejected the "the economy is fine, kulak!" gaslighting in favor of their own two eyes. He calls it a failure of governance by Democrats, which is still a deflection from the truth that said dysfunction is exactly what the left wants.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 10:10 AM (2ocoG)

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My favorite part was his requisite drop of calling what Abbott did by sending migrants to NYC as cruel.

Even in this "come to Jesus" moment, he's got to genuflect at the shibboleths of the left about how Abbott is the real villain of the last few years in terms of illegal immigration.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 10:12 AM (GBKbO)

181 Res ipsa loquitour

FIFY. Yours was a recipe for broccoli.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 14, 2024 10:13 AM (xCA6C)

182 MSNBC hosts asking why Kamala lost.
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Res ipsa loquitor

Or

If you're asking the question, isn't that kind of an answer in itself?

Posted by: ... at November 14, 2024 10:11 AM (ksjMr)

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If only they had a better quality candidate.

/The Left even ruins sarcasm ...

Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 14, 2024 10:14 AM (MpEy/)

183 My favorite part was his requisite drop of calling what Abbott did by sending migrants to NYC as cruel.

Yeah. The migrants agreed to go to NYC, so why is it cruel, Ezra?

Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 10:15 AM (2ocoG)

184 These guys remind me of Mandy Patinkin in long curly hair and a mustache in The Princess Bride.

Posted by: Offisa Pupp at November 14, 2024 10:15 AM (J2vNu)

185 As I mentioned on the previous thread, Ezra Klein went on Pod Save America (big lefty podcast) and offered the limited hangout that Kamala lost because things got so bad in big cities under Democrat rule that everyone rejected the "the economy is fine, kulak!" gaslighting in favor of their own two eyes. He calls it a failure of governance by Democrats, which is still a deflection from the truth that said dysfunction is exactly what the left wants.

Did he happen to mention which specific things were really, REALLY stupid, and we shouldn't do that again?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 14, 2024 10:15 AM (xCA6C)

186 Yeah I get that Musk and Vivek won’t have any real powers. It’s the juxtaposition of the left’s thinking that I find hilarious. He has no power but also has all the power is what they think.

Posted by: It is Go Time Donald at November 14, 2024 10:15 AM (G3Bvh)

187 183 My favorite part was his requisite drop of calling what Abbott did by sending migrants to NYC as cruel.

Yeah. The migrants agreed to go to NYC, so why is it cruel, Ezra?
Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 10:15 AM (2ocoG)

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Also...moving to NYC is cruel?

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

188 These guys remind me of Mandy Patinkin in long curly hair and a mustache in The Princess Bride.

Yes!

Posted by: Archimedes at November 14, 2024 10:15 AM (xCA6C)

189 I am glad they think the Harris campaign was “flawless.” Hope they run that type of campaign again.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at November 14, 2024 10:15 AM (7PziG)

190 Artificially lightened for the magazine's run then I suppose.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 14, 2024 10:06 AM (hovnC)

Probably. It's a pain in the ass trying to figure out which reproduction is most accurate, especially when the museum doesn't have its own reproduction.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 14, 2024 10:15 AM (d9fT1)

191 A difficult question: Why is a carrot more orange than an orange?

Posted by: Lars at November 14, 2024 10:16 AM (kJH1Z)

192 My favorite part was his requisite drop of calling what Abbott did by sending migrants to NYC as cruel.

Yeah. The migrants agreed to go to NYC, so why is it cruel, Ezra?
Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 10:15 AM (2ocoG)

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Also...moving to NYC is cruel?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

How can a self declared sanctuary state be cruel?

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 10:16 AM (OIPBq)

193 Thanks. Kinda looks like the guy on the left is looking at an atlas.
Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 09:56 AM (v6JzV)

It's a Charles Atlas advertisement. And he's muttering, "Why yes, I'm tired of the bullies kicking sand in my face at the beach".

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at November 14, 2024 10:16 AM (g8Ew8)

194 Did he happen to mention which specific things were really, REALLY stupid, and we shouldn't do that again?

And anyone who pushed them (himself included) should never be taken seriously again nor allowed anywhere near power.

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

195 Yeah. The migrants agreed to go to NYC, so why is it cruel, Ezra?
Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 10:15 AM (2ocoG)

It was cruel to make Democrat tax payers fund the invasion instead of Republican taxpayers.

Posted by: It is Go Time Donald at November 14, 2024 10:16 AM (G3Bvh)

196 Hardly anyone wants to say that with the wind at his face and everything else, Trump ran a brilliant campaign.

He went in to win, they illegally switched out the candidate, they tried to arrange a phony "preference cascade" and cheat every way they could dream up, and he beat their pasty sunken asses. Again.

If our side fails to acknowledge the role Trump played in this amazing win, we are destined to be cast aside, sooner than later.

Posted by: ... at November 14, 2024 10:17 AM (ksjMr)

197 186 Yeah I get that Musk and Vivek won’t have any real powers. It’s the juxtaposition of the left’s thinking that I find hilarious. He has no power but also has all the power is what they think.
Posted by: It is Go Time Donald at November 14, 2024 10:15 AM (G3Bvh)

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It'll probably be analysis and sending recommendations to the WH for things to cut.

A good amount should be culled with EOs, especially with Loper backing Trump.

Some of it will probably end up as legislation necessary to pass through Congress.

I'd love to see a long series of small bills repealing small bits here and there for the entire run of Congress under Trump.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 10:17 AM (GBKbO)

198 A difficult question: Why is a carrot more orange than an orange?

Posted by: Lars at November 14, 2024 10:16 AM (kJH1Z)

moar carotene?

Posted by: BignJames at November 14, 2024 10:17 AM (Yj6Os)

199 It's a Charles Atlas advertisement. And he's muttering, "Why yes, I'm tired of the bullies kicking sand in my face at the beach".

I'm telling you, it's Freddy Mercury, and he's saying:
I've had my share of sand kicked in my face, and I've come through!

Posted by: Archimedes at November 14, 2024 10:18 AM (xCA6C)

200 The 'Joy' is gone from X.

Joy Reid deleted her X social media account, joining other distraught Democrats, like Don Lemon and Jamie Lee Curtis, who've left the social networking site after President-Elect Donald Trump's surprise destruction of our precious democracy on November 5th.

Posted by: Moron News Service at November 14, 2024 10:18 AM (Xnrdt)

201 Did he happen to mention which specific things were really, REALLY stupid, and we shouldn't do that again?

No specifics, just a rundown on things like being acosted on subways, homeless people and poop and drugs everywhere, and high prices.

The closest he got to specifics was saying that Abbott was able to send a lot of migrants because a lot of them had jumped the border, but even that was hand-wavey.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 10:18 AM (2ocoG)

202 @155 “A Duel”. Very nice, thanks for posting andycanuck.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at November 14, 2024 10:18 AM (UUYRH)

203 Helen Mirren was a butterface.

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 10:12 AM (v6JzV)

Shut your whore mouth!

https://is.gd/6ihOxu (NSFW)

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 14, 2024 10:18 AM (d9fT1)

204 Appearing on Fox News’ Hannity on Wednesday, Graham said: “To every Republican, give Matt a chance.”
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Ok. One of two things is happening here. No power of and.

1.) there is something truly terrible about Matt Gaetz that we don't know, but are about to find out

2.) President Trump followed my advice and sent a professional strangler to choke Graham to the brink of death as a warning

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 14, 2024 10:19 AM (7oYYI)

205 One for the Morons and Moronettes!

The Surprise
https://tinyurl.com/ycxexusm

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 14, 2024 10:19 AM (hovnC)

206 I don’t care one iota about Alex Jones but I do care when anyone is unfairly prosecuted.

Pastor Martin Niemoller nailed it.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 10:19 AM (D6PGr)

207 Shut your whore mouth!

https://is.gd/6ihOxu (NSFW)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Yeah, nice boobs. But a weird face.

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 10:19 AM (v6JzV)

208 If NPR and PBS still receive government funds, Vivek/Elon have failed. Honestly if they do nothing else but finally blow up public radio/TV, I’ll be a happy garbage voter.

Posted by: It is Go Time Donald at November 14, 2024 10:20 AM (G3Bvh)

209 Did he happen to mention which specific things were really, REALLY stupid, and we shouldn't do that again?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 14, 2024 10:15 AM (xCA6C)

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Polymarket (as of now): "After Losing 2024, The Democrat-Communists Will:"

. Engage in self-reflection, learn from their mistakes, and moderate (5%);

. Double-Down on Stupid & Destruction (95%).

Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 14, 2024 10:20 AM (MpEy/)

210 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Has Trump called you about the Press Secretary gig yet?

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 10:21 AM (v6JzV)

211 Yeah, nice boobs. But a weird face.

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 10:19 AM (v6JzV)

You're looking at her face?

Posted by: BignJames at November 14, 2024 10:21 AM (Yj6Os)

212 Kamala's campaign was too perfect for the American people to understand.

Posted by: NBC News at November 14, 2024 10:22 AM (cHOHf)

213 Hardly anyone wants to say that with the wind at his face and everything else, Trump ran a brilliant campaign.

I knew Trump was likely to win after I saw someone make the observation that Trump was clearly having real fun campaigning and Kamala was clearly angry at the idea of having to campaign instead of just sucking dicks to get installed.

The real "joy" was Trump's all along.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 10:22 AM (2ocoG)

214 All she had to do was stop the war in Lebanon and Gaza and she would receive everyone's votes here," Dearborn's Democratic mayor, Abdullah Hammoud, told the Associated Press.

That's all, the vice President just had to stop two wars? Why not demand World Peace while you are at it. This is shear stupidity. Now they will see Trump cheer on as Gaza is bulldozed and annexed. Hope they are happy.

Whoever said that is just being a useful idiot. Neither Netanyahu nor Hamas ever wanted to end the fighting -- But Harris is supposed to wave some magic wand and resolve a religious conflict that's been going on for a century?!

let's add Putin to that rogues gallery because he has a vested interest in creating as much chaos as possible to divert attention from his nefarious objectives.

What an amazingly stupid thing to say. It lacks both common sense, basic political knowledge and knowledge of his constituents. The Muslims I interacted with where mostly conservative and traditional. I sincerely doubt they would vote for a woman president.

These aren't serious people. But their stupidity will have serious, tragic and lasting repercussions for what they

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at November 14, 2024 10:23 AM (JCZqz)

215 So out of curiosity, is anyone else finding that half the internet appears to be down? Like Althouse, Powerline, ArsTechnica, and more?

Or is it just me? Seems half of things are working and half is not.

Posted by: SimoHayha at November 14, 2024 10:23 AM (KfVMM)

216 I know lots of people are freaking out about Rubio. I’m not. He’s the son of Cuban refugees. He gets it. Would he be my first choice? No. But I think he’s an OK choice.

Posted by: It is Go Time Donald at November 14, 2024 10:23 AM (G3Bvh)

217 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 14, 2024 10:19 AM (7oYYI)

IIRC Graham has always held the position that a President should be able to have his picks approved and not voted against based on differences in political positions.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 10:23 AM (D6PGr)

218 Ok. One of two things is happening here. No power of and.

1.) there is something truly terrible about Matt Gaetz that we don't know, but are about to find out

2.) President Trump followed my advice and sent a professional strangler to choke Graham to the brink of death as a warning

3) They offered Miss Lindsey nudes of Pete Hegseth.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 10:23 AM (2ocoG)

219 "Aspire Food Group" - Remember that name people, if you see it on a product, it might be crickets you're eating.

National Post:

"FIRST READING: Trudeau’s $9 million bet on edible crickets runs into trouble" - The world's largest cricket factory, funded in large part by federal monies, enters extended retooling

Article here: https://is.gd/2Sa5R6

I wonder how much of their money troubles is graft, and how much is the public's reaction of "No, we will not 'eat ze bugs', that's disgusting."

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 14, 2024 10:23 AM (O7YUW)

220 Appearing on Fox News’ Hannity on Wednesday, Graham said: “To every Republican, give Matt a chance.”
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Ok. One of two things is happening here. No power of and.

1.) there is something truly terrible about Matt Gaetz that we don't know, but are about to find out

2.) President Trump followed my advice and sent a professional strangler to choke Graham to the brink of death as a warning

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 14, 2024 10:19 AM (7oYYI)

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... and leave a horse's ~~head~~ ass in his bed.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 14, 2024 10:23 AM (MpEy/)

221 214 Whoever said that is just being a useful idiot. Neither Netanyahu nor Hamas ever wanted to end the fighting -- But Harris is supposed to wave some magic wand and resolve a religious conflict that's been going on for a century?!
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at November 14, 2024 10:23 AM (JCZqz)

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I was told that Biden had that magic wand several times over the past year every time a rumor of a ceasefire bubbled up.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 10:24 AM (GBKbO)

222 Ok. One of two things is happening here. No power of and.

1.) there is something truly terrible about Matt Gaetz that we don't know, but are about to find out

2.) President Trump followed my advice and sent a professional strangler to choke Graham to the brink of death as a warning
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 14, 2024 10:19 AM (7oYYI)

Apparently Gaetz' big crime is he rakes in the poon.

As if that's going to sink him with his voter base.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 14, 2024 10:24 AM (dGCAG)

223 217 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 14, 2024 10:19 AM (7oYYI)

IIRC Graham has always held the position that a President should be able to have his picks approved and not voted against based on differences in political positions.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 10:23 AM (D6PGr)

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I'm curious if Graham has ever voted no for a cabinet pick.

My bet would be never.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 10:24 AM (GBKbO)

224 I knew Trump was likely to win after I saw someone make the observation that Trump was clearly having real fun campaigning and Kamala was clearly angry at the idea of having to campaign instead of just sucking dicks to get installed.

The real "joy" was Trump's all along.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024

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Indeed. Who was it here who said that this election was won by French fries, a garbage truck, a bullet, and a squirrel? True -- but Trump's visible enjoyment of what he was doing was a fifth element.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 14, 2024 10:25 AM (J2vNu)

225 That guy looks awful comfortable with his head close to the other guys crotch.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 14, 2024 10:25 AM (zZu0s)

226 My name is Ignaz Marcel Gaugengigl. Prepare to die.

Posted by: Mandy Patinkin at November 14, 2024 10:25 AM (QSk+L)

227 Then there was the other flawless part where she didn't memorize stock answers to the big questions that everyone knew she would be asked.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 14, 2024 10:09 AM (dDmld)

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Kamala saying she would change nothing about Biden's administration, including the Afghanistan pullout, was perfect.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I think that was the cement on her campaign.
NO ONE wanted four more years of that train wreck.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 10:25 AM (OIPBq)

228 222 Apparently Gaetz' big crime is he rakes in the poon.

As if that's going to sink him with his voter base.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 14, 2024 10:24 AM (dGCAG)

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Mark Halperin is saying that Gaetz is gonna get confirmed.

I saw a separate report that the Senate GOP is pretty much resigned to Trump running the show.

We'll see.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 10:25 AM (GBKbO)

229 DUmmies will never understand Israel. They only fight because the Arabs want them dead. If Arabs ever stopped trying to kill them there would be no need to fight.

Posted by: It is Go Time Donald at November 14, 2024 10:25 AM (G3Bvh)

230 Apparently Gaetz' big crime is he rakes in the poon.

As if that's going to sink him with his voter base.

Democrats are still trying to push that Christians can't vote for Trump because he's been married multiple times and was swimming in snizz when he wasn't grabbing it.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 10:26 AM (2ocoG)

231 I know lots of people are freaking out about Rubio. I’m not. He’s the son of Cuban refugees. He gets it. Would he be my first choice? No. But I think he’s an OK choice.

I think he's a bad pick because he isn't very bright, but I'm not freaking out about it. There is a spectrum of possible responses between "OMG, he's perfect!" and "the world is ending with his nomination".

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

232 That guy looks awful comfortable with his head close to the other guys crotch.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 14, 2024 10:25 AM (zZu0s)

Well, it IS National Pickle Day. Perhaps CBD was being subtle with paying homage?

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 10:26 AM (N0dT2)

233 anyone else finding that half the internet appears to be down?

On my phone this site often "can't be found".

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 14, 2024 10:26 AM (amplj)

234 I was told that Biden had that magic wand several times over the past year every time a rumor of a ceasefire bubbled up.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 10:24 AM (GBKbO)

That's not a wand.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at November 14, 2024 10:26 AM (g8Ew8)

235 I know lots of people are freaking out about Rubio. I’m not. He’s the son of Cuban refugees. He gets it. Would he be my first choice? No. But I think he’s an OK choice.

Posted by: It is Go Time Donald at November 14, 2024 10:23 AM (G3Bvh)

Two words....Hillary Clinton

Posted by: BignJames at November 14, 2024 10:26 AM (Yj6Os)

236 Besides being a fighter Trump has the luck of the Irish.

Having Hillary and Kamala as opponents goes a long way.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 10:27 AM (D6PGr)

237 200 The 'Joy' is gone from X.

Joy Reid deleted her X social media account, joining other distraught Democrats, like Don Lemon and Jamie Lee Curtis, who've left the social networking site after President-Elect Donald Trump's surprise destruction of our precious democracy on November 5th.
Posted by: Moron News Service

The flouncing brings a smile to my cold cold heart.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 14, 2024 10:27 AM (3ksun)

238 Gaetz needa to ditch the TV preacher pompadour.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at November 14, 2024 10:27 AM (/9y/E)

239 I read the Rubio pick as a bellwether telling us the direction of future American engagement. Its gonna be the clean up of Central and northern South America. It will be a Who's Your Daddy moment.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 14, 2024 10:27 AM (AdHga)

240 Trump put the pressure on Hillary, Biden, then Kamala. He just has this way.

Soon enough the media will acknowledge how politically talented he is, likely when he is gone and can't hurt them anymore. They will laugh at us having to exist without him.

I am grateful he elevated Vance who at least gets how to deal with the media. And I am expressly grateful to Traitor Pence who thought he was doing the coup de grace on our movement but ended up commuting seppuku instead.

As the kids say - you just played yo seff.

Posted by: ... at November 14, 2024 10:27 AM (ksjMr)

241 I know lots of people are freaking out about Rubio. I’m not. He’s the son of Cuban refugees. He gets it. Would he be my first choice? No. But I think he’s an OK choice.
Posted by: It is Go Time Donald at November 14, 2024 10:23 AM (G3Bvh)

As everyone remembers, last time Trump brought in a bunch of people who were not from government (and a few who were, but were either unmotivated or not very good), and his Cabinet started off very shakily.

This time he's bringing in people with government experience, but not the kind that are friendly to the Deep State, which is the problem he had when he REPLACED his initial Cabinet appointments with supposed pros who knew what they were doing.

They knew alright. Stabbing the boss in the back is a skill.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 14, 2024 10:27 AM (dGCAG)

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

Why do you think he’s not very bright?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 10:28 AM (D6PGr)

243 they've been fighting Arabs since 1920, long before Hitler really hit his stride,

Posted by: no 6 at November 14, 2024 10:28 AM (pGTZo)

244 202 @155 “A Duel”. Very nice, thanks for posting andycanuck.
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It was at CBD's link that includes two dog paintings so... art!

99 The artist did some nice work...
https://is.gd/6YFnfj
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 14, 2024 10:28 AM (hovnC)

245 Whoa whoa hold on a second. Are you telling me a young, rich, single dude in South Florida who is also a congressman gets a ton of pussy?

This is an outrage!!! He can’t be anywhere near the leaves of power.

Because, reasons.

Posted by: It is Go Time Donald at November 14, 2024 10:28 AM (G3Bvh)

246 There are cultures that did/do eat insects ie the Japanese, but we don't and suggesting we should is just another bend the knee power move.

Posted by: eleven at November 14, 2024 10:28 AM (fV+MH)

247 @237/nurse ratched: "The flouncing brings a smile to my cold cold heart."

My reaction to them: "And STAY gone this time! (Ya lousy bums.)"

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 14, 2024 10:28 AM (O7YUW)

248 230 Democrats are still trying to push that Christians can't vote for Trump because he's been married multiple times and was swimming in snizz when he wasn't grabbing it.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 10:26 AM (2ocoG)

They really do think that the right wants a Handmaid's Tale-style Theocracy.

Never mind that that Theocracy was actually inspired by Islam.

Posted by: XTC at November 14, 2024 10:28 AM (UnA8+)

249 I think he's a bad pick because he isn't very bright
Posted by: Archimedes

Can you give an example of his not being very bright?

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 10:28 AM (v6JzV)

250 "I'm curious if Graham has ever voted no for a cabinet pick."

I too, am curious. But we might not be talking about the same thing.

Posted by: Lindsey Graham at November 14, 2024 10:28 AM (UwOfL)

251 228. Oh man. I hope so.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at November 14, 2024 10:28 AM (7PziG)

252 I read the Rubio pick as a bellwether telling us the direction of future American engagement. Its gonna be the clean up of Central and northern South America. It will be a Who's Your Daddy moment.

I can see that.

I still see the Rubio appointment as a win regardless of what he does because it means DeathSantis will be picking his successor.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 10:28 AM (2ocoG)

253 I know lots of people are freaking out about Rubio. I’m not. He’s the son of Cuban refugees. He gets it. Would he be my first choice? No. But I think he’s an OK choice.

Posted by: It is Go Time Donald at November 14, 2024 10:23 AM (G3Bvh)

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Getting him off the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (and "Gang of Eight" as Vice Chair) and out of the U.S. Senate seems to be the primo benefit -- especially being able to have DeSantis threaten to appoint him (if not confirmed as A.G.) or someone like a Byron Donalds to replace him.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Evil Child-Murdering, -Raping, and -Mutilating Left Elected Trump #47 at November 14, 2024 10:28 AM (MpEy/)

254 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 10:29 AM (tjClK)

255 Looks like they're playing Words With Friends.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 10:29 AM (tjClK)

256 The way Trump used that cackle at the end of his ads with fire and rioting and destruction in the background was a modern marvel.

Posted by: ... at November 14, 2024 10:29 AM (ksjMr)

257 222 Apparently Gaetz' big crime is he rakes in the poon.

I'm not a chick, but I don't see the appeal. Gaetz, at best, would be described as "an odd looking fellow", and not the kind of guy to be swimming in poon.

Maybe the Paolo can give some insight. What's Gaetz' secret?

Posted by: Moron Analyst at November 14, 2024 10:29 AM (JCZqz)

258 Well, it IS National Pickle Day. Perhaps CBD was being subtle with paying homage?
Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024

***
National Pickle Day! Well! Away with those sweet and bread-and-butter fake pickles, peasants! Dill or garlic only for me! Fill my dish!

(My love for pickles dates to my childhood, when my mother would stop at a local deli for their big pickle. You could slice it thick or thin. To this day I recall the wonderful flavor. Possibly because they were garlic pickles? Not sure. The deli closed in 1964, so there's no way to check.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 14, 2024 10:30 AM (J2vNu)

259 257 222 Apparently Gaetz' big crime is he rakes in the poon.

I'm not a chick, but I don't see the appeal. Gaetz, at best, would be described as "an odd looking fellow", and not the kind of guy to be swimming in poon.

Maybe the Paolo can give some insight. What's Gaetz' secret?
Posted by: Moron Analyst at November 14, 2024 10:29 AM (JCZqz)

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Dude is rich and powerful, being in Congress.

Are chicks looking at his face?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 10:30 AM (GBKbO)

260 Paul sure has been quiet. Crying in his mom's ballsack no doubt.

Posted by: ... at November 14, 2024 10:30 AM (ksjMr)

261 Tillerson Mattis and co, were among the worst, all establishment recs, the Theranos board seat should have been the red flag,

Posted by: no 6 at November 14, 2024 10:30 AM (pGTZo)

262 Tranny Lee Curtis deleted he X account?

Oh NOES!!!

Anyways,

I had bacon for breakfast. Not just bacon but bacon wrapped with more bacon.

Yummm

Posted by: Marcia at November 14, 2024 10:30 AM (89Sog)

263 I will say, it's really nice that the ladies in the infusion room get so excited when the First Lady walks into the back section. They make her feel so good.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 10:30 AM (tjClK)

264 I loathe pickles. Yuck.

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 10:31 AM (v6JzV)

265 Wonder if Joy Reid deleting her X account indicates that she realizes her days at MSNBC are numbered? One can only hope

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 14, 2024 10:31 AM (/y7Fe)

266 I saw a separate report that the Senate GOP is pretty much resigned to Trump running the show.

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Perhaps. But I just can't imagine a scenario would the Senate GOP would back Trump against their own grift.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 14, 2024 10:31 AM (7oYYI)

267 Corn flake cookies w/my coffee...they're pretty good.
Posted by: BignJames at November 14, 2024 10:07 AM (Yj6Os)

Just bookmarked a recipe for those.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at November 14, 2024 10:31 AM (s9EYN)

268 Democrats are still trying to push that Christians can't vote for Trump because he's been married multiple times and was swimming in snizz when he wasn't grabbing it.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 10:26 AM (2ocoG)

It's got to be very confusing for them. Musk has a body count, I'm sure RFK does too. These guys are men... which is what's so confusing to the left. Apparently they really don't know the difference between men and women.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 14, 2024 10:31 AM (dGCAG)

269 Ezra's comment regarding the eeeeevil of Abbott was just-

Early pre-2028 anti-memeing of Abbott in case he runs for Preezy.

Abbott's got a similar opportunity as DeSantis and has better speech-making prowess.

Still, Vance really has the best chance to go all the way.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 14, 2024 10:31 AM (eDfFs)

270 The way Trump used that cackle at the end of his ads with fire and rioting and destruction in the background was a modern marvel.

Anecdotally, Trump's most effective ad was "Kamala is for they/them. Trump is for you". A lot of moderates have said that that line is what swung them.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 10:31 AM (2ocoG)

271 how young PDJTs cabinet is!

I love it

Posted by: BlackOrchid at November 14, 2024 10:31 AM (s3qiR)

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

Why do you think he’s not very bright?

The Gang of Eight and amnesty. Anyone with a couple of synapses to rub together could see that he was being used for cover by the Dems and the GOPe to get amnesty.

Just look at the other members. That should tell you everything you need to know about Dondi.

In the context of proposed immigration reform, the Gang of Eight consists of the following four Democratic and four Republican senators. Of the eight senators that originally composed the group, five remain in office as of 2024. John McCain died in 2018, Jeff Flake's term ended in 2019, and Bob Menendez resigned in 2024.

Sen. Michael Bennet, D-CO
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-IL
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-AZ
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC
Sen. John McCain, R-AZ
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-NJ
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-FL
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY

Posted by: Archimedes at November 14, 2024 10:32 AM (xCA6C)

273 his father was house speaker, which is much like wrangling and strangling cats,

Posted by: no 6 at November 14, 2024 10:32 AM (pGTZo)

274 266 I saw a separate report that the Senate GOP is pretty much resigned to Trump running the show.

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Perhaps. But I just can't imagine a scenario would the Senate GOP would back Trump against their own grift.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 14, 2024 10:31 AM (7oYYI)

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And then! I saw a report saying that Richard Blumenthal (D-scum) knows that there are 10 GOP senators who won't vote for Gaetz.

I dunno.

We'll see.

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

275 > Helen Mirren was a butterface.

Posted by: Bulg
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dude you say that about everybody

Posted by: Don Black at November 14, 2024 10:32 AM (/7KEl)

276 Would not hang.

Looks too much like doing homework. Whats 057 + 122 in octal ?

Posted by: Next2Nothing at November 14, 2024 10:32 AM (tA1/w)

277 I read the Rubio pick as a bellwether telling us the direction of future American engagement. Its gonna be the clean up of Central and northern South America. It will be a Who's Your Daddy moment.
Posted by: Pudinhead at November 14, 2024

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Rubio just *looks* awfully young. I wonder if some of the foreign leaders he'll deal with will not take him seriously because of that. If so, he'll have to compensate for it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 14, 2024 10:32 AM (J2vNu)

278 Switching socks, again...

Posted by: One of these days I'll choose a new nick and stick with it. Today is not that day. Certified dangero at November 14, 2024 10:33 AM (89Sog)

279 It's got to be very confusing for them. Musk has a body count, I'm sure RFK does too. These guys are men... which is what's so confusing to the left. Apparently they really don't know the difference between men and women.

a la Silicon Valley..."these guys fu*k!"

Posted by: BlackOrchid at November 14, 2024 10:33 AM (s3qiR)

280 268 Democrats are still trying to push that Christians can't vote for Trump because he's been married multiple times and was swimming in snizz when he wasn't grabbing it.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 10:26 AM (2ocoG)

It's got to be very confusing for them. Musk has a body count, I'm sure RFK does too. These guys are men... which is what's so confusing to the left. Apparently they really don't know the difference between men and women.
Posted by: BurtTC at November 14, 2024 10:31 AM (dGCAG)

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Puritanism = American Christian conservatism has always been an incomplete portrait.

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

281 Pickles, cheddar cheese, French bread and pilsner beer is the perfect lunch.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 14, 2024 10:33 AM (7oYYI)

282 >>Whoa whoa hold on a second. Are you telling me a young, rich, single dude in South Florida who is also a congressman gets a ton of pussy?

Pensacola is not south Florida, but, yeah...

Posted by: one hour sober at November 14, 2024 10:33 AM (Y1sOo)

283 Rubio just *looks* awfully young. I wonder if some of the foreign leaders he'll deal with will not take him seriously because of that. If so, he'll have to compensate for it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I wonder how many will call him "Dondi."

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 10:33 AM (v6JzV)

284 Without wading through cesspool segments of the internet I gather from bits dropped here at the HQ that Gatz had lots of pretty coeds dating him. Garland and the deep state tried to manufacture a case that Gatz was involved with underage girls, even trafficking them but they failed to plant any evidence, or possibly they were just too lazy and figured the rumor would be enough to rid them of Gatz since conservatives are so puritanical.

Of course the usual concern trolls on the right are clutching their pearls and saying picking Gatz is another yuuge mistake by DJT.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 14, 2024 10:33 AM (zYCTH)

285 >>2.) President Trump followed my advice and sent a professional strangler to choke Graham to the brink of death as a warning.

--

Not certain he would have perceived it as such.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at November 14, 2024 10:33 AM (wzAuc)

286 fixed

Posted by: One of these days I'll choose a new nick and stick with it. Today is not that day. Certified dangero at November 14, 2024 10:33 AM (89Sog)

287 Switching socks, again...
Posted by: One of these days I'll choose a new nick and stick with it. Today is not that day. Certified dangero at November 14, 2024 10:33 AM (89Sog)

Long winded bastard.

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

288 Since 2021 Gatez has been under "congressional investigation" for allegedly having sex with women and dabbling in drugs. The sex is alleged to have been with an underage woman. Alleged. Not proven. Same with the drugs. Alleged. In some circles these accusations have been refuted, proven false... in others they haven't.

The GOP seems to think it was worth the time, effort and money to keep an investigation running for 3 years and not turning up shit.... just to fuck with someone they dislike.

Now that Gatez has resigned from Congress to pursue the AG position those investigations are closed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 14, 2024 10:34 AM (Q4IgG)

289 I'm not a chick, but I don't see the appeal. Gaetz, at best, would be described as "an odd looking fellow", and not the kind of guy to be swimming in poon.

Maybe the Paolo can give some insight. What's Gaetz' secret?
Posted by: Moron Analyst at November 14, 2024 10:29 AM (JCZqz)

I would assume looks are not the highest priority for many women. There's money and power of course, but also a "I don't GAF" attitude Gaetz has, I bet that appeals to the ladies.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 14, 2024 10:34 AM (dGCAG)

290 National Pickle Day! Well! Away with those sweet and bread-and-butter fake pickles, peasants!

Use bread-and-butters on beef brisket sandwiches and you will change your mind.

Posted by: Auspex at November 14, 2024 10:34 AM (j4U/Z)

291 Anecdotally, Trump's most effective ad was "Kamala is for they/them. Trump is for you". A lot of moderates have said that that line is what swung them.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 10:31 AM (2ocoG)

Trying to imagine *any* GOP having the stones to go there. Or to mock her cackle.

If we play nicey next time they will eat our candidate for lunch.

Posted by: ... at November 14, 2024 10:34 AM (ksjMr)

292 Remember:
Trey Gowdy held in secret the sworn testimony he heard from multiple witnesses in their hearings, each testified that the Russian Collusion was pure made-up bullshit.

Witness after witness testified to the committee that exact same thing.

And night after night--after hearing that testimony but a few hours before--Gowdy went on the news programs and equivocated about how there might be or might not be proof of Trump's crimes.

He is one of many House Republicans that helped keep the Russian Collusion lie going. For years.

He's a piece of shit of the lowest order.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 14, 2024 10:34 AM (3SkHF)

293 Joy Reid deleted her X social media account, joining other distraught Democrats, like Don Lemon and Jamie Lee Curtis,

After some other political video i watched, YouTube automatically forwarded me to a Don Lemon podcast thing where he was in California, slumming with other low-level podcasters and YouTubers. He tried to hype up the importance of alternative media, and how Kamala’s reliance on traditional media hurt her, and he's riding the wave of the future.

You could feel he didn't believe a word of it lol, although he has 283K subscribers. He referred to them as "The Lemon Nation" and "Lemonheads". It was literally the gayest thing I've seen in some time.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at November 14, 2024 10:34 AM (JCZqz)

294 Apparently Gaetz' big crime is he rakes in the poon.

As if that's going to sink him with his voter base.
Posted by: BurtTC

Poonraker? You'll be hearing from my barrister.

Posted by: James Bond at November 14, 2024 10:34 AM (YRZ82)

295 Wonder if Joy Reid deleting her X account indicates that she realizes her days at MSNBC are numbered? One can only hope
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 14, 2024 10:31 AM (/y7Fe)

I just find it amusing that they, the View at least, has identified "alternative media" as a huge win for Trump and a major component in his victory and their response to that is to withdraw from it. As Pepper Brooks would say, "That's a bold strategy, Cotton, let's see if it works out for them."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 14, 2024 10:34 AM (ExV1e)

296 Besides being a fighter Trump has the luck of the Irish.

Having Hillary and Kamala as opponents goes a long way.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

One word: Divine Intervention.

Trump had help.

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

297 too many characters.

Posted by: One of these days I'll choose a new nick and stick with it. Today is not that day. Certified radical at November 14, 2024 10:34 AM (89Sog)

298 Just a suggestion for a future art thread: A Hunter Biden retrospective. One of the great artists of our time may be passing from prominence before our eyes. We should celebrate his contributions to Humanity. Maybe hang an original HB in the White House so they talk about it on the tours.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at November 14, 2024 10:35 AM (pIfcn)

299 Rubio just *looks* awfully young. I wonder if some of the foreign leaders he'll deal with will not take him seriously because of that. If so, he'll have to compensate for it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 14, 2024 10:32 AM (J2vNu

Travel w/a posse of Marines/Green Berets

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

300 292 Remember:
Trey Gowdy held in secret the sworn testimony he heard from multiple witnesses in their hearings, each testified that the Russian Collusion was pure made-up bullshit.

Witness after witness testified to the committee that exact same thing.

And night after night--after hearing that testimony but a few hours before--Gowdy went on the news programs and equivocated about how there might be or might not be proof of Trump's crimes.

He is one of many House Republicans that helped keep the Russian Collusion lie going. For years.

He's a piece of shit of the lowest order.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 14, 2024 10:34 AM (3SkHF)

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"Why isn't Trump picking establishment stooges for cabinet picks this time?!"

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

301 Posted by: Archimedes at November 14, 2024 10:32 AM (xCA6C)

Is illegal immigration better or worse since they rejected Bush’s immigration reform plan ?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 10:35 AM (D6PGr)

302 I wonder how many will call him "Dondi."
Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024

***
Only people old enough to remember that strip. Who are also old enough to remember the premiere of dirt.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 14, 2024 10:35 AM (J2vNu)

303 I'd love to see a long series of small bills repealing small bits here and there for the entire run of Congress under Trump.
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Sorry, best we can do is an Omnibus, the day before the last CR funding runs out.

Posted by: Congress at November 14, 2024 10:35 AM (fs1hN)

304 it does seem like that scene in quincy, where everyone goes down, Schumer knew who the marks were,

Posted by: no 6 at November 14, 2024 10:35 AM (pGTZo)

305 Helen Mirren a Butterface?!? Her nose is slightly large and her face a touch thin, but come on! That's a very attractive woman.

Posted by: Wally at November 14, 2024 10:36 AM (UwOfL)

306 303 I'd love to see a long series of small bills repealing small bits here and there for the entire run of Congress under Trump.
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Sorry, best we can do is an Omnibus, the day before the last CR funding runs out.
Posted by: Congress at November 14, 2024 10:35 AM (fs1hN)

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This is what I'm actually expecting.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 10:36 AM (GBKbO)

307 He is one of many House Republicans that helped keep the Russian Collusion lie going. For years.

He's a piece of shit of the lowest order.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 14, 2024 10:34 AM (3SkHF)

He also - as a career prosecutor, no less - aggressively urged Trump to agree to a Mueller interview so he wouldn't "look guilty."

He tried his hardest to set Trump up for a process crime. He should be milled into animal feed.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 14, 2024 10:36 AM (7oYYI)

308 I wonder how many will call him "Dondi."
Posted by: Bulg

LOL! Forgot that one. Fits.

Posted by: Auspex at November 14, 2024 10:36 AM (j4U/Z)

309 Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY
Posted by: Archimedes at November 14, 2024 10:32 AM (xCA6C)

The speech that sumbitch gave yesterday made me want to throw my laptop across the room. The balls on that guy.

He basically said "You better take this opportunity to reach across the aisle and not do to us what we've been doing to you for the last 8 years."

I can't wait for him to burn in Hell. What an evil POS.

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

310 Abbott's got a similar opportunity as DeSantis and has better speech-making prowess.

DeSantis, OTOH, has been a more impactful Governor - border theatrics notwithstanding. That is, of course, due to the different nature of the office in each state but it's true nonetheless.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 14, 2024 10:36 AM (ExV1e)

311 So when's Fox News do this interview today with FEMA's Whoop'i Washington, who is still quivering in fear of the nearness of MAGA people.

Posted by: Mr Gaga at November 14, 2024 10:37 AM (ZtgZZ)

312 Would not hang.

Looks too much like doing homework. Whats 057 + 122 in octal ?
Posted by: Next2Nothing at November 14, 2024 10:32 AM (tA1/w)

Looks like something Oscar Wilde would have hanging in his den.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 14, 2024 10:37 AM (dGCAG)

313 Anecdotally, Trump's most effective ad was "Kamala is for they/them. Trump is for you". A lot of moderates have said that that line is what swung them.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 10:31 AM (2ocoG)

Trying to imagine *any* GOP having the stones to go there. Or to mock her cackle.

If we play nicey next time they will eat our candidate for lunch.
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If only we nominated better quality candidates, we wouldn't have to be so mean to win.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 14, 2024 10:37 AM (3SkHF)

314 Since 2021 Gatez has been under "congressional investigation" for allegedly having sex with women and dabbling in drugs. The sex is alleged to have been with an underage woman. Alleged. Not proven. Same with the drugs. Alleged. In some circles these accusations have been refuted, proven false... in others they haven't.

The GOP seems to think it was worth the time, effort and money to keep an investigation running for 3 years and not turning up shit.... just to fuck with someone they dislike.

Now that Gatez has resigned from Congress to pursue the AG position those investigations are closed.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

If you can't prove it in three years, gtfo.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 10:37 AM (OIPBq)

315 If there was a caption to this one, it would be "Monsieur, the question is not so much which way do you dress but which trouser leg we can employ to...contain your gargantuan wedding tackle. Non, non, Monsieur, pray not reveal it again - It...locked at me, and there is only so much a tailor can bear to see. Would Monsieur be happy if a sewed a holster in place? That might contain the member in question. Mom Dieu, I cannot unsee it.

Short title: "What finally persuaded M. La Salle to become a cobbler."

Posted by: Cardinal Biggles at November 14, 2024 10:38 AM (tmPIh)

316 Pensacola is not south Florida, but, yeah...
Posted by: one hour sober at November 14, 2024 10:33 AM (Y1sOo)

Pan handle Florida doesn’t sound as good.

Maybe Spring Break area Florida would be better.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 10:38 AM (D6PGr)

317 The flouncing brings a smile to my cold cold heart.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 14, 2024 10:27 AM (3ksun)

I must object. Nothing cold about your heart, dear lady!

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 10:38 AM (N0dT2)

318 which we know was a passive op from Putin through Danchenko,

Posted by: no 6 at November 14, 2024 10:38 AM (pGTZo)

319 247 @237/nurse ratched: "The flouncing brings a smile to my cold cold heart."

My reaction to them: "And STAY gone this time! (Ya lousy bums.)"
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant
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Marc Andreessen @pmarca 6h
X needs a Dramatic Exit button. 😆

https://tinyurl.com/233pxn39
Larson cartoon!

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 14, 2024 10:38 AM (hovnC)

320 Gaetz does have good hair though. Thick, luxurious hair to snarl fingers and pull and howl.

Grrrrr

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 14, 2024 10:38 AM (qQ8yH)

321 Pensacola is not south Florida, but, yeah...
Posted by: one hour sober at November 14, 2024 10:33 AM (Y1sOo)

It's all south Florida to the rest of us.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 14, 2024 10:38 AM (dGCAG)

322 Helen Mirren a Butterface?!? Her nose is slightly large and her face a touch thin, but come on! That's a very attractive woman.
Posted by: Wally at November 14, 2024

***
She and Blythe Danner were two of the loveliest and most talented creatures of their era.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 14, 2024 10:38 AM (J2vNu)

323 266 I saw a separate report that the Senate GOP is pretty much resigned to Trump running the show.

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Perhaps. But I just can't imagine a scenario would the Senate GOP would back Trump against their own grift.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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The GOP Senate used its own former member, Jeff Sessions, to sign off on a years long fake investigation of teh Russia Russia hoax, they then pivoted to impeachment theater involving Ukraine which was also fake fake fake.

Essentially, the GOP Senate used the threat of impeachment and imprisonment to prevent Trump from attacking their traitorous grift and the perverts among them like Lady Lindsay, Lankford, etc. Pence was their insurance policy if they could bring down PDT.

All of those failed as did the more serious Dem attacks in the Biden era, the massive cheat in 2020 where the GOP was complicit, the Jan 6 conspiracy failed with another impeachment, etc.

Now the Senate GOP has exhausted most of its tools and destroyed its own cover. Vance is not an insurance policy and Glitch himself is a decaying shell of a man like Biden. We shall see what they shall do and Thune himself probably doesn't know.

Posted by: whig at November 14, 2024 10:38 AM (ctrM5)

324 Marc Andreessen @pmarca 6h
X needs a Dramatic Exit button. 😆

https://tinyurl.com/233pxn39
Larson cartoon!
Posted by: andycanuck

X is not an airport. No need to announce your departure.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 10:39 AM (OIPBq)

325 Puritanism = American Christian conservatism has always been an incomplete portrait.
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Correction. Puritans = Roundheads.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 14, 2024 10:39 AM (AdHga)

326 Helen Mirren was a butterface.

Helen Mirren had her own face. She didn't look like anonymous actress #7. She wasn't a great beauty for the ages but she wasn't ugly either.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 14, 2024 10:39 AM (ExV1e)

327 Since 2021 Gatez has been under "congressional investigation" for allegedly having sex with women and dabbling in drugs. The sex is alleged to have been with an underage woman. Alleged. Not proven. Same with the drugs. Alleged. In some circles these accusations have been refuted, proven false... in others they haven't.

The wonderful byproduct of the MeToo movement.

Accusation without any evidence whatsoever is the new black.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 10:39 AM (tjClK)

328 She and Blythe Danner were two of the loveliest and most talented creatures of their era.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Now, I'll agree with you on Blythe. What a babe in 1776!

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 10:39 AM (v6JzV)

329 Why do you think he’s not very bright?
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In 2015 Dondi didn't do the (R) convention to acknowledge DJT -- I think he was getting his hair plugs.

Posted by: mustbequantum at November 14, 2024 10:39 AM (evfHH)

330 >320 Gaetz does have good hair though. Thick, luxurious hair to snarl fingers and pull and howl.

Grrrrr

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 14, 2024 10:38 AM (qQ8yH)

That sounds very...specific...

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 14, 2024 10:39 AM (NgqoH)

331 Haven't heard anything from Mike Pence lately. And I really don't care

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 14, 2024 10:40 AM (/y7Fe)

332 Long winded bastard.

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

I'm hurt that you called me long winded. I'm hurt!

Hurummpphhh...

Posted by: One of these days I'll choose a new nick and stick with it. Today is not that day. Certified radical at November 14, 2024 10:40 AM (89Sog)

333 He's a piece of shit of the lowest order.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Gowdy, as well as many others, are a classic example to what happens to these people after they have spent too many years haunting DC. Enriching themselves and families, and totally disregarding what is right, fair, and honest. A big FU. Term limits imposed for Congress before I die...that's all I ask.

Posted by: Cheri at November 14, 2024 10:41 AM (oiNtH)

334 >>Pan handle Florida doesn’t sound as good.

Here in Pensacola, we affectionally refer to it as The Redneck Riviera. It's basically lower Alabama.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 14, 2024 10:41 AM (Y1sOo)

335 I will say, it's really nice that the ladies in the infusion room get so excited when the First Lady walks into the back section. They make her feel so good.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 10:30 AM (tjClK)

Just got a bit dusty here.

Please send my best to the First Lady!!!

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 10:41 AM (N0dT2)

336 Posted by: Archimedes at November 14, 2024 10:32 AM (xCA6C)

Is illegal immigration better or worse since they rejected Bush’s immigration reform plan ?

I don't want to make assumptions, but it sounds like you think we should have taken the plan offered by the Gof8. All that would have done would be to allow what happened under Biden to happen 11 years earlier.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 14, 2024 10:41 AM (xCA6C)

337 I'm trying to think of something I give less of a shit about than Joy Behar or whoever leaving twitter.

Does she really think she is depriving people of something?

I mean if you're gonna make a statement make a statement. No one cares if you flounce. I mean if I ever had cause to leave this place for example I would make sure my last words were at least highly targeted and memorable, and made my intendeds squirm.

Posted by: ... at November 14, 2024 10:42 AM (ksjMr)

338 I think Abbott didn't really get going until Allen West challenged him in the primary, thats another good man who was done dirty first by the Florida leg, and then the GOPE national

Posted by: no 6 at November 14, 2024 10:42 AM (pGTZo)

339 Rubio just *looks* awfully young. I wonder if some of the foreign leaders he'll deal with will not take him seriously because of that. If so, he'll have to compensate for it.

I think the knowledge that he's backstopped by The Donald will get him the respect that he might not command himself.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 10:42 AM (2ocoG)

340 Democrats are still trying to push that Christians can't vote for Trump because he's been married multiple times and was swimming in snizz when he wasn't grabbing it.
Posted by: Ian S.

I read that Pete Hegseth has been married 3 times and had an affair while married to his second wife and his mistress became pregnant and then also, wife number 3.

Confirmations are going to be tough for anyone if perfect is the prerequisite.

Posted by: old chick at November 14, 2024 10:42 AM (F3Dlr)

341 I never got the Helen Mirren love. To be fair I don’t like Lynda Carter’s face at all either.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 10:42 AM (D6PGr)

342
Please send my best to the First Lady!!!
Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 10:41 AM (N0dT2)

She says "Thank you!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 10:43 AM (tjClK)

343 @341 Helen Mirren and Lynda Carter have faces?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 14, 2024 10:44 AM (/y7Fe)

344 Now that Gatez has resigned from Congress to pursue the AG position those investigations are closed.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

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You left out, A "factual basis for guilty plea" document released with the news release announcing Stephen Alford's admission that he tried to extort money from the family of U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz reveals new information about the scheme.

Alford pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to one count of wire fraud." Alford was part of an "extortion plot orchestrated by a former federal prosecutor named David McGee."

Posted by: whig at November 14, 2024 10:44 AM (ctrM5)

345 Rubio just *looks* awfully young. I wonder if some of the foreign leaders he'll deal with will not take him seriously because of that.
_____

I know, right?!?!

Posted by: Antony Blinken at November 14, 2024 10:45 AM (fs1hN)

346 Posted by: Archimedes at November 14, 2024 10:41 AM (xCA6C)

I didn’t think you would answer the question.

And being a huge advocate for Ukraine doesn’t make me think you are not bright.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 10:45 AM (D6PGr)

347 "But ... but ... it goes to ELEVEN![/]" ...

Posted by: Dr_No at November 14, 2024 10:45 AM (ayRl+)

348 Mohammed Amin al-Husseini became Grand Mufti of Jerusalem in 1921, and was a rabid anti-zionist/anti-semite. Long before you-know-who.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 14, 2024 10:45 AM (xAP/Y)

349 331 Haven't heard anything from Mike Pence lately. And I really don't care
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Assistant intern trainee to Dan Quail back in Indiana.

Posted by: Auspex at November 14, 2024 10:45 AM (j4U/Z)

350 Lynda Carter's face is pretty enough, but she just looks dumb. Don't know what it is, but she's got dumb face.

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 10:45 AM (v6JzV)

351 Please send my best to the First Lady!!!
Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 10:41 AM (N0dT2)

She says "Thank you!"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 10:43 AM (tjClK)

*double-taps fist over heart*

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 10:45 AM (N0dT2)

352 I'm trying to think of something I give less of a shit about than Joy Behar or whoever leaving twitter.

Does she really think she is depriving people of something?

The big feature of social media is that it lets randos talk to celebrities. Some celebs genuinely enjoy that because they're cognizant of what it is they do and who's paying for it. But a lot of them believe they're far too important for that and are always looking for ways to get out.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 10:45 AM (2ocoG)

353 You could feel he didn't believe a word of it lol, although he has 283K subscribers. He referred to them as "The Lemon Nation" and "Lemonheads". It was literally the gayest thing I've seen in some time.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at November 14
****
Obviously you're not watching enough CNN.

Posted by: Anderson Pooper at November 14, 2024 10:45 AM (0Gnoc)

354 I didn’t think you would answer the question.

And being a huge advocate for Ukraine doesn’t make me think you are not bright.

Excellent! I have duped you!

Posted by: Archimedes at November 14, 2024 10:46 AM (xCA6C)

355 Trump has 80+ million voters pissed at the way things have been going.

But a gaggle of old, stale fart Senators mumbling and droolling about "muh traditions and teh decourms" is going to slow that firestorm?

They need to keep repeating this until they understand:
On November 5, 2024, the American People rendered the largest jury verdict in history--after the longest trial in history (9 years!)--in favor of Trump.
All of the bullshit, lies, deceit, and skullduggery you hid behind is torn down--you are next.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 14, 2024 10:46 AM (3SkHF)

356 Lynda Carter's face is pretty enough, but she just looks dumb. Don't know what it is, but she's got dumb face.
Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 10:45 AM (v6JzV)

I'm sorry, but she looks NOTHING like Eli Manning.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 10:46 AM (tjClK)

357 Those celebrity Leftists quitting X will be back on X at some point-

book it

Posted by: Don Black at November 14, 2024 10:46 AM (/7KEl)

358 no 6. Been fighting Arabs since the Zionist movement started in the late 1890's.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at November 14, 2024 10:47 AM (2NHgQ)

359 Lynda Carter's face is pretty enough, but she just looks dumb. Don't know what it is, but she's got dumb face.

I did not find her attractive in her WW days, but she peaked in about her 50s. She was an absolute knockout as an older woman.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 14, 2024 10:47 AM (xCA6C)

360 "I don't like Lynda Carter's face at all, either."

Alex, what is "Things gay men say"?

Posted by: Wally at November 14, 2024 10:47 AM (UwOfL)

361 > Lynda Carter's face is pretty enough, but she just looks dumb. Don't know what it is, but she's got dumb face.
Posted by: Bulg
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do you like anything

Posted by: Don Black at November 14, 2024 10:47 AM (/7KEl)

362 All of the bullshit, lies, deceit, and skullduggery you hid behind is torn down--you are next.

accurate

Posted by: kallisto at November 14, 2024 10:47 AM (dCxaZ)

363 Awww Doof.

How are you this chilly, windy, dark morning?

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 14, 2024 10:47 AM (0zf5s)

364 Ed Whelan @EdWhelanEPPC
Hope it's wrong, but I'm hearing through the grapevine about this bonkers plan: Trump would adjourn both Houses of Congress under Article II, section 3, and then recess-appoint his Cabinet.

As predicate for Trump's exercise of adjournment power, one House of Congress would seek other House's consent to adjourn and be denied. So Speaker of House would need to be complicit in evisceration of Senate's advice-and-consent role.

Ed Whelan @EdWhelanEPPC
House Speaker Mike Johnson needs to say NO to this right away.

alexandriabrown @alexthechick
Say no to what? Your Sources Say lie?

Name. The. Names.

Or I will continue my belief that you have utter contempt for the intelligence of the entire world.

I thought it would take at least until December for NRO to torch what was left of it's reputation. More the fool me.

Julie Kelly @julie_kelly2
The National Review harpies are about to tell us they are very disappointed in us.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 14, 2024 10:48 AM (hovnC)

365 Which one is 'Count de Money' ... ?

Posted by: Dr_No at November 14, 2024 10:48 AM (ayRl+)

366 You could feel he didn't believe a word of it lol, although he has 283K subscribers. He referred to them as "The Lemon Nation" and "Lemonheads". It was literally the gayest thing I've seen in some time.
____

Squeeze me baby, ’till the juice runs down my leg.

Posted by: Led Zeppelin - The Lemon Song at November 14, 2024 10:48 AM (fs1hN)

367 Doug Henning and his boyfriend mapping out a new trick?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at November 14, 2024 10:48 AM (ufFY8)

368 I've still got it too, boys!

(Pulls off pantsuit, revealing thong and pasties, as she starts working the pole)

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at November 14, 2024 10:48 AM (JCZqz)

369 Why oh why does Jonah Goldberg hate Matt Gaetz?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 14, 2024 10:49 AM (kTd/k)

370 anyone else finding that half the internet appears to be down?

On my phone this site often "can't be found".
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at November 14, 2024 10:26 AM (amplj)

Phone?

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at November 14, 2024 10:49 AM (iODuv)

371 Julie Kelly @julie_kelly2
The National Review harpies are about to tell us they are very disappointed in us.
____

I walked away from those idiots about 8 years ago. Are they relevant to anyone anymore?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 14, 2024 10:49 AM (fs1hN)

372 The wonderful byproduct of the MeToo movement.

Accusation without any evidence whatsoever is the new black.

The part where those accusations are known to be a CIA go-to for smearing people is important as well.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 10:49 AM (2ocoG)

373 369 Why oh why does Jonah Goldberg hate Matt Gaetz?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 14, 2024 10:49 AM (kTd/k)

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Because his betters told him that Gaetz is icky.

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

374 What has David French the Apostate, Servant of Satan been up to?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 14, 2024 10:50 AM (kTd/k)

375 I'm sorry, but she looks NOTHING like Eli Manning.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 10:46 AM

Come on, he said dumb, not lobotomized.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 14, 2024 10:50 AM (kgE5c)

376 do you like anything
Posted by: Don Black

Elizabeth Montgomery;
Dawn Wells;
Tina Louise;
Jan Smithers;
Barbara Eden;
Nicole Kidman;
Catherine Zeta-Jones...

I could go on. It's actually a pretty long list.

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 10:50 AM (v6JzV)

377 Why oh why does Jonah Goldberg hate Matt Gaetz?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 14, 2024 10:49 AM (kTd/k)

Goldberg found out that his couch has fantasies about Gaetz.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 14, 2024 10:51 AM (ExV1e)

378 375 I'm sorry, but she looks NOTHING like Eli Manning.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 10:46 AM

Come on, he said dumb, not lobotomized.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 14, 2024 10:50 AM (kgE5c)

Even Elisha is an order of magnitude above Danny Derps.

Posted by: XTC at November 14, 2024 10:51 AM (UnA8+)

379 I walked away from those idiots about 8 years ago. Are they relevant to anyone anymore?
Posted by: Chuck Martel

As relevant as ever. They are, as I understand, the most viewed daytime TV show, with several million viewers.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at November 14, 2024 10:51 AM (JCZqz)

380
Come on, he said dumb, not lobotomized.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 14, 2024 10:50 AM (kgE5c)

But he's the poster child for dumbface.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 10:51 AM (tjClK)

381 I still think Trump has the goods on many of the congressional turds, if not all of them. The "sensitive documents" he allegedly had at Mar-a-Lago were probably kompromat on all of them.

If he's got it, he really should use it. Or threaten to.

Get his picks confirmed and seated then release the goods anyway. Because fuck those people. Politics is ruthless and unforgiving.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 14, 2024 10:51 AM (Q4IgG)

382 The picture.... moments before the power lesbian burst in, swinging an ice axe and yelling: YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS IF ME, DAD!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Or maybe not at November 14, 2024 10:52 AM (LlRAj)

383 I used to work with an odd, average looking fellow in Minneapolis. He would stroll the streets of downtown collecting numbers of some pretty beautiful women. He was literally swimming in trim. I think that many of these women were flattered by someone who was willing to approach them and talk to them.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at November 14, 2024 10:52 AM (1FWWQ)

384 Markwayne (what kind of name is that anyway?) Mullin is no friend of Gaetz. It may be a tough nomination fight but that's okay.

BTW Murkowski who is pearl clutching over Gaetz voted to confirm Merrick Garland.

Posted by: blaster at November 14, 2024 10:52 AM (xhfG9)

385 Haven't heard anything from Mike Pence lately. And I really don't care
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Assistant intern trainee to Dan Quail back in Indiana.
Posted by: Auspex

I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't try to write another book warning everyone on the evils that will befall the nation with another Trump term and secure a job on one of the declining news channels.

Posted by: Cheri at November 14, 2024 10:52 AM (oiNtH)

386 I walked away from those idiots about 8 years ago. Are they relevant to anyone anymore?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 14, 2024 10:49 AM (fs1hN)
------------------

To themselves, yes. To the rest of the world? No.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 14, 2024 10:52 AM (tT6L1)

387 313 Anecdotally, Trump's most effective ad was "Kamala is for they/them. Trump is for you". A lot of moderates have said that that line is what swung them.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 10:31 AM (2ocoG)

Trying to imagine *any* GOP having the stones to go there. Or to mock her cackle.

--

The ad that stood out most, for me, showed how she ruined the lives of parents over truancy and bragged about it. Devastating.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at November 14, 2024 10:52 AM (wzAuc)

388 Rep MTG not a fan of Gaetz. He got her boyfriend fired . Surprised she hasn’t gone nuclear. Probably out of respect for Trump though she is probably second guessing herself a little bit.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 10:53 AM (D6PGr)

389 BTW Murkowski who is pearl clutching over Gaetz voted to confirm Merrick Garland.
Posted by: blaster

Somewhere off the coast of Alaska, their is an ice floe needing her on it. With a rabid polar bear.

Posted by: Cheri at November 14, 2024 10:53 AM (oiNtH)

390 #288
Mollie @MZHemingway
The FBI’s Matt Gaetz Operation Sidelined An Effective Republican Voice At A Crucial Time. That Was The Point thefederalist.com/2022/09/26…

FBI's Matt Gaetz Operation Silenced An Effective GOP Voice
And that was the whole point.
https://tinyurl.com/mt3499pm

Mollie @MZHemingway
The DOJ and FBI tried to frame Matt Gaetz in one of the worst ways possible for a man. Imagine what he would do to hold these awful, corrupt people to account.

Sean Davis @seanmdav
The FBI and DOJ previously tried to frame Matt Gaetz with the help of a con artist who was trying to extort Gaetz’s family out of tens of millions of dollars. I can’t think of a more perfect choice to tear the most corrupt agency on earth down to the studs. Bravo, President Trump.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 14, 2024 10:53 AM (hovnC)

391 Rep MTG not a fan of Gaetz. He got her boyfriend fired.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

Who is that?

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 10:54 AM (v6JzV)

392 Past the century mark: They just took all of InfoWars and gave it to TheOnion libs.

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

Maybe Elon and The Babylon Bee can buy the Harris2028.com website?
Posted by: ShainS

Onion will go broke, Babylon Bee buys Onion and gives Infowars back to Jones. LOL 😂

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at November 14, 2024 10:54 AM (8XYYe)

393 A lot of people are bent about Gaetz deposing Kevin McCarthy.

I memba even people like Bongino saying that it wasn't a fight the Republicans should have at the time.

But Gaetz was right. We needed to be rid of McCarthy.

Posted by: blaster at November 14, 2024 10:54 AM (xhfG9)

394 Because his betters told him that Gaetz is icky.

The real "norms" Goldberg and his ilk are always bleating about are "believe and obey your betters".

Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 10:54 AM (2ocoG)

395 As for the special election here to fill Gaetz's seat, FL-1 is the most Republican district in the state – R+19 or something like that.

Last month, Gaetz beat his Democrat challenger by a two-to-one margin, even though Gaetz did practically zero advertising in the district. There is zero chance a Democrat is going to win the special election.

I suspect DeSantis is going to endorse State Rep. Michelle Salzman. She's been very loyal to DeSantis from day one and I suspect DeSantis will reward her for that loyalty with his endorsement.

She checks many of the correct boxes -- anti-abortion, pro-Israel, pro-veterans, etc., but she's not MAGA to the core, witness her pushing LBGTranny shit in Florida Public Schools.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 14, 2024 10:54 AM (Y1sOo)

396 Somewhere off the coast of Alaska, their is an ice floe needing her on it. With a rabid polar bear.
Posted by: Cheri

Wielding a chainsaw.

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 10:54 AM (v6JzV)

397 What’s the airspeed of an unladen Swallow?

That is the difficult question.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at November 14, 2024 10:55 AM (MDua2)

398 andycanuck,
Regarding Ed Whelan, The Who's Slip Kid lyrics comes to mind.

"Keep away, old man (Slip kid)
You won't fool me
You and your history (Slip kid)
Won't rule me
You might've been a fighter (Slip kid)
But admit you failed
I'm not affected by your blackmail
You won't blackmail me"

Posted by: whig at November 14, 2024 10:55 AM (ctrM5)

399 Mollie @MZHemingway
The DOJ and FBI tried to frame Matt Gaetz in one of the worst ways possible for a man. Imagine what he would do to hold these awful, corrupt people to account

The schadenboner is glorious.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 10:55 AM (OIPBq)

400 A lot of people are bent about Gaetz deposing Kevin McCarthy.

I memba even people like Bongino saying that it wasn't a fight the Republicans should have at the time.

But Gaetz was right. We needed to be rid of McCarthy.
Posted by: blaster at November 14, 2024 10:54 AM (xhfG9)

Too many people on "our side" are too will to delay until tomorrow a fight we needed to have yesterday.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 14, 2024 10:56 AM (ExV1e)

401
Sean Davis @seanmdav
The FBI and DOJ previously tried to frame Matt Gaetz with the help of a con artist who was trying to extort Gaetz’s family out of tens of millions of dollars. I can’t think of a more perfect choice to tear the most corrupt agency on earth down to the studs. Bravo, President Trump.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 14, 2024 10:53 AM (hovnC)

But Schumer had the balls to stand up in front of the Senate and say that Trump should take this opportunity to NOT exact revenge for what the communist left has been doing to the right for the last 4 years under Garland and the evil Admin.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 10:56 AM (tjClK)

402 ep MTG not a fan of Gaetz. He got her boyfriend fired.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

Who is that?
Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 10:54 AM (v6JzV)

McCarthy

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 10:56 AM (D6PGr)

403 Posted by: Truck Monkey at November 14, 2024 10:52 AM (1FWWQ)

I'd prolly get pepper sprayed.

Posted by: BignJames at November 14, 2024 10:56 AM (Yj6Os)

404 She checks many of the correct boxes -- anti-abortion, pro-Israel, pro-veterans, etc., but she's not MAGA to the core, witness her pushing LBGTranny shit in Florida Public Schools.
Posted by: one hour sober at November 14, 2024 10:54 AM (Y1sOo)

Is she hot?

/shallow moron reaction

Posted by: blaster at November 14, 2024 10:56 AM (xhfG9)

405 Anecdotally, Trump's most effective ad was "Kamala is for they/them. Trump is for you". A lot of moderates have said that that line is what swung them.
Posted by: Ian S.

I mentioned yesterday, I think, that I watched Kyle Kulinski meltdown over Trump's speech on policy initiatives, including trans stuff. Kulinski kept saying it was all lies and BS, because schools aren't indoctrinating kids, kids aren't being surgically reassigned, etc...but then he was upset that hormonal therapy for children with gender dysphoria would be stopped, and the tiny 1% fraction of people wanting to reverse gender reassignment surgery could sue their doctors. His spin, lies, and misdirection were great.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at November 14, 2024 10:56 AM (JCZqz)

406 Rep MTG not a fan of Gaetz. He got her boyfriend fired . Surprised she hasn’t gone nuclear. Probably out of respect for Trump though she is probably second guessing herself a little bit.
---
The best emperor pits the factions of the court against each other.
Such a path exposes and distracts enemies, rids him of rivals and focuses the loyalists to his agenda.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 14, 2024 10:56 AM (3SkHF)

407 Haven't heard anything from Mike Pence lately. And I really don't care
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 14, 2024

***
I can remember when a lot of us here in '16 and '17 were lauding him as a real-life Race Bannon of Jonny Quest. We had no idea what a backstabber he would turn out to be.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 14, 2024 10:56 AM (J2vNu)

408 McCarthy and MTG were a couple?

Does Luntz know?

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 10:57 AM (v6JzV)

409 Little Orphan Karine no home yet.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at November 14, 2024 10:57 AM (aD39U)

410 400 A lot of people are bent about Gaetz deposing Kevin McCarthy.

I memba even people like Bongino saying that it wasn't a fight the Republicans should have at the time.

But Gaetz was right. We needed to be rid of McCarthy.
Posted by: blaster at November 14, 2024 10:54 AM (xhfG9)

Too many people on "our side" are too will to delay until tomorrow a fight we needed to have yesterday.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 14, 2024 10:56 AM (ExV1e)

=======

People were CONVINCED that in house drama in Congress would tank the entire presidential race for Trump almost a year later.

People need to understand that 99.9% of what happens in DC doesn't matter politically. Good or bad, no one gives a shit outside of dedicated partisans.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 10:57 AM (GBKbO)

411 I'd like to see individual FBI agents who participated in armed raids of the homes of pro life people punished.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at November 14, 2024 10:57 AM (kTd/k)

412 402 McCarthy
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 10:56 AM (D6PGr)

That's Frank Luntz's boyfriend.

Posted by: XTC at November 14, 2024 10:58 AM (UnA8+)

413 But Schumer had the balls to stand up in front of the Senate and say that Trump should take this opportunity to NOT exact revenge for what the communist left has been doing to the right for the last 4 years under Garland and the evil Admin.
Posted by: Sponge

Dear Chuck,
We won. GFY.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 10:58 AM (OIPBq)

414 Schumer is pleading for comity? He's scared, then. He never expected PDT to be given the whip hand.

Schumer was the beginning of the Trump persecution and he was also instrumental in resisting the Trump agenda.

Schumer realizes PDT has a mandate to burn down DC, so to speak.

Good.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 14, 2024 10:58 AM (tT6L1)

415
That's Frank Luntz's boyfriend.
Posted by: XTC at November 14, 2024 10:58 AM (UnA8+)

MTG was his "no I'm not homo" front.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 10:58 AM (tjClK)

416 Awww Doof.

How are you this chilly, windy, dark morning?
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 14, 2024 10:47 AM (0zf5s)

Well, my weather is a bit different (just the chilly part), but I am doing well, thanks. Hope you are, too!!

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 10:59 AM (N0dT2)

417 414 Schumer realizes PDT has a mandate to burn down DC, so to speak.

Good.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 14, 2024 10:58 AM (tT6L1)

=======

Schumer needs to realize that Trumpism isn't going to die with Trump at this point.

The makeover of the GOP is too far gone for that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 10:59 AM (GBKbO)

418 Trump, who has a wife and two ex-wives, should not have nominated Hegseth because he has a wife and two ex-wives.

Got it.

Posted by: blaster at November 14, 2024 10:59 AM (xhfG9)

419 Michelle Salzman

For a politician, she is an 8.
Which translates to a One.

https://images.app.goo.gl/UPtajjyz8mFptJVKA

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at November 14, 2024 11:00 AM (ufFY8)

420 Not literal boyfriend of course but she is definitely holding grudges for his ouster.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 14, 2024 11:00 AM (D6PGr)

421 I suspect DeSantis is going to endorse State Rep. Michelle Salzman. She's been very loyal to DeSantis from day one and I suspect DeSantis will reward her for that loyalty with his endorsement

Rumor is it will be Lara Trump

Posted by: It's me donna at November 14, 2024 11:00 AM (IyPmt)

422 .
NOOD

Rant, fume, rant some more, yell at the sky while shaking your fist. One man (who looks remarkably like Professor Farnsworth) heard yelling, "Hey you kids get out of that Jello tree!".

It's that time folks... Hie thee hence to the new thread!

NOOD RANT!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 14, 2024 11:01 AM (O7YUW)

423 Schumer realizes PDT has a mandate to burn down DC, so to speak.

Good.
Posted by: blake

The horro. The horror. Schumer may have to go back to NYS to live.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 11:01 AM (OIPBq)

424 I do not believe that MTG and McCarthy were actually in a relationship - people say that because she turned on a dime on whether McCarthy should remain Speaker.

McCarthy is the one that dumped her from committees because she was controversial.

Something happened. I suspect money was involved.

Posted by: blaster at November 14, 2024 11:01 AM (xhfG9)

425
Dear Chuck,
We won. GFY.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 10:58 AM (OIPBq)

I want everyone in the new administration to tell him EXACTLY that.

Sir, you created this environment and set the precedent. Reap it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at November 14, 2024 11:01 AM (tjClK)

426 421 I suspect DeSantis is going to endorse State Rep. Michelle Salzman. She's been very loyal to DeSantis from day one and I suspect DeSantis will reward her for that loyalty with his endorsement

Rumor is it will be Lara Trump
Posted by: It's me donna at November 14, 2024 11:00 AM (IyPmt)

=======

Lara is rumored for the Senate seat. The idea of Salzman is about Gaetz's House seat (an endorsement, not an appointment, of course).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 11:01 AM (GBKbO)

427 But Schumer had the balls to stand up in front of the Senate and say that Trump should take this opportunity to NOT exact revenge for what the communist left has been doing to the right for the last 4 years under Garland and the evil Admin.
Posted by: Sponge

Dear Chuck,
We won. GFY.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at November 14, 2024 10:58 AM (OIPBq)

P.S. - We shall endeavor to employ tactics and display attitudes that we learned from you and the "honorable" Nancy Pelosi.

Posted by: Doof at November 14, 2024 11:01 AM (N0dT2)

428 ...witness her pushing LBGTranny shit in Florida Public Schools.
Posted by: one hour sober

Which DeSantis is vehemently against.

Posted by: Cheri at November 14, 2024 11:01 AM (oiNtH)

429 Michelle Salzman

For a politician, she is an 8.
Which translates to a One.

https://images.app.goo.gl/UPtajjyz8mFptJVKA
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop

Almost in young Kristi Noem territory. Almost. But she has a lot of makeup on.

Posted by: Bulg at November 14, 2024 11:02 AM (v6JzV)

430 Seriously

NOODUS RANTUS

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 14, 2024 11:02 AM (O7YUW)

431 Noodus simianus

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 14, 2024 11:02 AM (J2vNu)

432 Lara is rumored for the Senate seat. The idea of Salzman is about Gaetz's House seat (an endorsement, not an appointment, of course).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 11:01 AM (GBKbO)

oops... Got it thanks

Posted by: It's me donna at November 14, 2024 11:02 AM (IyPmt)

433 People need to understand that 99.9% of what happens in DC doesn't matter politically. Good or bad, no one gives a shit outside of dedicated partisans.

That goes for online too. I really have enjoyed the memes, but I'll bet cash money that the vast majority of Trump voters don't know about the damn squirrel.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 11:02 AM (2ocoG)

434 Got it.
Posted by: blaster

I think Hegseth is a very good choice, my point was trying to slam Gaetz with sexual innuendo is ridiculous when it's been proven obsolete by Trump.

Posted by: old chick at November 14, 2024 11:02 AM (F3Dlr)

435 Is she hot?

/shallow moron reaction

***

She's a former "exotic dancer" so, no...

Posted by: one hour sober at November 14, 2024 11:02 AM (Y1sOo)

436 Schumer needs to realize that Trumpism isn't going to die with Trump at this point.

The makeover of the GOP is too far gone for that.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, finding suspense, madness, and humanity with Michael Powell at November 14, 2024 10:59 AM (GBKbO)
------------

"The people have spoken. Damn them!'

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 14, 2024 11:03 AM (tT6L1)

437 As for the age thing, Trump is doing it right. These people aren't children, or mummies. They're in the Goldilocks zone - old enough to know better, and young enough to live in our current reality.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 14, 2024 11:03 AM (7oYYI)

438 Oh no.

Now Eva Longoria is leaving? Actually she already has as she mostly lives in Mexico and Spain and travels the world for her work. But still, it is the thought that counts

At this rate who will be left to scold us?

Posted by: Ripley at November 14, 2024 11:03 AM (GUOwU)

439 Reading this am on the InfoWars saga. Jones bankruptcy triggered the sale of Infowars name logo, equipment, motor home, studio etc. All told Jones had assets of around five or $6 million. Bankruptcy court had an auction company provide an Anonymous auction and the winner is The Onion. their plan is to shut down anything related to info wars and use the platform to rebrand into A comedy and humor type site. Everytown USA has announced that they will be the exclusive advertisers, focusing on ridding the world of gun manufactures and gun violence. Meanwhile, the Sandy Hook parents and lawyers are now fighting over who’s gonna divvy up the $6 million which is all they’re getting out of their $1.6 billion judgment

Posted by: Jen the original at November 14, 2024 11:04 AM (c82Pc)

440 393 A lot of people are bent about Gaetz deposing Kevin McCarthy.
Posted by: blaster
========
Far too much of the media on the right is tied up in trying to prop up failing institutions and failed politicians because they are there.

The converse to Chesterton's fence is that institutions that we do understand are now destroyed by the left outside and grifters inside do not need propping up by the right.

Newt Gingrich instituted a 6 year term limit on committee chairs (only for the GOP btw as an internal caucus rule) in part to prevent those committee chairs from thwarting his big ideas on reform. That centralized power in the House with the leadership.

The problem came when unprincipled corrupt and criminal leaders like "Coach" became Speaker and later followed by drunkard and disloyal Boehner (part of the coup against Gingrich btw as a backbencher), followed by Paul Ryan who demonstrated he hated the GOP voters and Trump by his actions 2016-2018.

So, Gaetz topping McCarthy (ethics violator with Luntz and prior to that his relationship with Renee Elmers, is a perfect example of the converse of Chesterton's thesis.

Posted by: whig at November 14, 2024 11:05 AM (ctrM5)

441 Gaetz was right about McCarthy, as proven by the fact that McCarthy resigned soon after being deposed as speaker. What a douche-nozzle.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at November 14, 2024 11:07 AM (cWffP)

442
"So, Pierre, how much wood *would* a woodchuck chuck *if* a woodchuck could chuck wood?"
Posted by: Kris at November 14, 2024 09:36 AM (EwaUh)

A woodchuck would chuck all the wood he could chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 14, 2024 11:07 AM (+uHnC)

443 The schadenboner is glorious.
===
It's getting a bit throbby at this point.

Posted by: It's been a lot of winning at November 14, 2024 11:09 AM (LlRAj)

444 Anecdotally, Trump's most effective ad was "Kamala is for they/them. Trump is for you". A lot of moderates have said that that line is what swung them.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 14, 2024 10:31 AM (2ocoG)

It is even better because it forces a perspective shift through a play on words, and it forces people to consider both the meaning and the idea behind it. Really masterful use of language.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 14, 2024 11:12 AM (D7oie)

445 People were CONVINCED that in house drama in Congress would tank the entire presidential race for Trump almost a year later.

People need to understand that 99.9% of what happens in DC doesn't matter politically. Good or bad, no one gives a shit outside of dedicated partisans.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
=======
Too many rah rah GOP types do not realize that the party as a whole has an image problem and it is only that the Dems have went batshit crazy that leads people who just desperately want a norman life for them and their kids to vote for the corrupt, venal, and nasty GOPe.

Trump has a constituency because he fights. GOP by and large have no constituency because no hill is worth dying for for them. So you get GOPe types like the Governor of Wyoming trying to protect trannyism there becuz medical industry wants that revenue. And so on.

Posted by: whig at November 14, 2024 11:14 AM (ctrM5)

446 Which one is 'Count de Money' ... ?
Posted by: Dr_No at November 14, 2024 10:48 AM (ayRl+)

Don't get saucy with me.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 14, 2024 11:17 AM (Aqu9a)

447 It is even better because it forces a perspective shift through a play on words, and it forces people to consider both the meaning and the idea behind it. Really masterful use of language.
Posted by: Kindltot
=======
I was informed that Trump was a poopyhead and his lack of early ads spending ,with a bunch of former GOP strategists saying so on Fox, doomed him to defeat.

The stupidity and venality on their parts is that whatever you may think of Trump--the guy is demonstrably a branding genius.

Posted by: whig at November 14, 2024 11:17 AM (ctrM5)

448 441 Gaetz was right about McCarthy, as proven by the fact that McCarthy resigned soon after being deposed as speaker. What a douche-nozzle.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent
=======
And blew a lot of money on revenge challenging in primaries of the House members that ousted him.

He is a vile old queen whose time in the limelight has passed. Send him as ambassador to Moscow or something.

Posted by: whig at November 14, 2024 11:19 AM (ctrM5)

449 At this rate who will be left to scold us?
Posted by: Ripley
======
We fortunately still have the moonbat harpies on the Spew, I mean View.

Posted by: whig at November 14, 2024 11:20 AM (ctrM5)

450 At first I throught that was a picture of Mick and Keith

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