Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Old Shepherd's Chief Mourner
Edwin Henry Landseer

[Hat Tip: EW, for reminding me of a fine artist]

And some bonus art for Friday The 13th!

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 st

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 13, 2024 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

2 1st

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 13, 2024 09:30 AM (YO1Vi)

3 First!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 13, 2024 09:30 AM (W/lyH)

4 He's a good doggie.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 13, 2024 09:30 AM (WXNFJ)

5 Drat

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 13, 2024 09:30 AM (YO1Vi)

6 Poor pup.

Posted by: BignJames at December 13, 2024 09:31 AM (Yj6Os)

7 Well, I guess it's art.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 13, 2024 09:31 AM (hY4dx)

8 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. That's what I get for spelling it out
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 13, 2024 09:31 AM (W/lyH)

9 Aww... who's a good boy?

Posted by: red speck at December 13, 2024 09:32 AM (0Id0S)

10 Nice but a bit depressing. Wouldn't hang , sad doggies give me the sadz

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 13, 2024 09:32 AM (YO1Vi)

11 Aw, loyal friend beyond the end.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at December 13, 2024 09:32 AM (w54T2)

12 That's some rustic furniture.

Posted by: BignJames at December 13, 2024 09:32 AM (Yj6Os)

13 where 's the 'no dog, not art' guy?

Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at December 13, 2024 09:32 AM (/7KEl)

14 Awwww....

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 13, 2024 09:32 AM (ufFY8)

15 A tisket a tasket
He's master's in the casket

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 13, 2024 09:33 AM (hY4dx)

16 Funny how a picture can poke you right in the chest and make you tear up.

Posted by: huerfano at December 13, 2024 09:33 AM (DKIGo)

17 V&A family of museums (Vicky and Bert)
Brief description
Oil painting entitled 'The Old Shepherd's Chief Mourner' by Edwin Henry Landseer. Great Britain, 1837.
Physical description
In a sparsely furnished room, a dog rests its head on the coffin of its master, the shepherd.
Dimensions
Height: 45.7cm
Width: 61cm
Depth: 7cm
Framed height: 702mm
Framed width: 857mm
Framed depth: 68mm

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 13, 2024 09:33 AM (gbOdA)

18 The cat is in the coffin, because hungry, and cat.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 13, 2024 09:33 AM (ufFY8)

19 A very evocative piece of art.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 13, 2024 09:33 AM (W/lyH)

20 I would definitely hang this!

Posted by: redridinghood at December 13, 2024 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

21 Nice, but would not hang.
OT dropped off van for inspection, walked a couple miles home. It's cold out there.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 13, 2024 09:34 AM (4780s)

22 Rejected Alpo commercial.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 13, 2024 09:34 AM (Q4IgG)

23 where 's the 'no dog, not art' guy?
Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at December 13, 2024 09:32 AM (/7KEl)

Busy looking for the sniper.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 13, 2024 09:34 AM (lH8E4)

24 Alternate Title: There Will Be No Frisbee Today

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 13, 2024 09:34 AM (hY4dx)

25
* doffs hat *

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at December 13, 2024 09:34 AM (a3Q+t)

26 I'm not clicking on that bonus art link. I know the rule around here.

Posted by: dantesed at December 13, 2024 09:34 AM (Oy/m2)

27 Dog is thinking Ok I waited for my walk long enough, if he don't get his lazy ass up I'll just pee on this carpet.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 13, 2024 09:34 AM (VwHCD)

28 Lovely painting. It tells a story and evokes your emotions. Sad, but shows a sense of what loyalty is. Thanks cbd.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 13, 2024 09:34 AM (VjSGz)

29 The Friday the 13th art is worse than the ottoman guy.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 13, 2024 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

30 Dogs understand death.

If I should die before my dog, let him see my body. I don't want him to think I abandoned him.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 13, 2024 09:34 AM (lkGEd)

31 The opposite happened to me - my childhood doggie died on my 13th birthday. RIP Snowball.

Do you see why I am like I am?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 13, 2024 09:35 AM (WXNFJ)

32 Doggeh looks a lot like our new one (except ours is black). Cross between a lab and a greyhound - I've heard them called "lurchers".

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 13, 2024 09:35 AM (LxER7)

33 Slippers, crook, and I assume a calling horn and not just rams horns kept as decoration.

Good boy. Good boy.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 13, 2024 09:35 AM (hovnC)

34 Diogenes up early and its not Tuesday. Odd, he's punctual.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 13, 2024 09:35 AM (4780s)

35 A Tisket, A Casket

I mention this every so often
But pneumonia is no time for scoffin'
It's not the fever, my friend
That gets you in the end
It's the wheezin' and finally, the coffin

Posted by: muldoon at December 13, 2024 09:35 AM (991eG)

36 Must be art

Posted by: Skip at December 13, 2024 09:35 AM (AYz4A)

37 Well.... That's depressing. Never mind.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 13, 2024 09:35 AM (4XwPj)

38 We don't deserve dogs.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 13, 2024 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

39 My dog died 4 years ago… still not ready for another.

Posted by: tubal at December 13, 2024 09:36 AM (4GXOe)

40 And some bonus art for Friday The 13th!
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AAARRRRGGGHHH!!!

Eyes no see!!!! No see!!!

Posted by: Nork corporal visiting the Art Thread at December 13, 2024 09:36 AM (hovnC)

41 > Cross between a lab and a greyhound -

musta been one fast Lab

Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at December 13, 2024 09:36 AM (/7KEl)

42 The monkeypox was no respecter of dog ownership.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 13, 2024 09:36 AM (hY4dx)

43 My first thought was that dog is not a shepherd.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 13, 2024 09:37 AM (4780s)

44 Loyalty.

Posted by: davidt at December 13, 2024 09:37 AM (i0F8b)

45 If I should die before my dog, let him see my body. I don't want him to think I abandoned him.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 13, 2024 09:34 AM (lkGEd)

If you die before your cat, at least you'd be giving him a last meal.

Posted by: gKWVE at December 13, 2024 09:37 AM (byeIv)

46 No! I got dust in my eyes! I'm chopping onions! I have nasal congestion!

Boo hoo hoo hoo!

Posted by: Pete in Texas at December 13, 2024 09:37 AM (BHrzb)

47 Ok, bonus link was funny, Friday link was frightening.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 13, 2024 09:37 AM (ufFY8)

48 Dog's thought bubble:

"The shepherd is my lord..."

Posted by: muldoon at December 13, 2024 09:38 AM (991eG)

49 musta been one fast Lab
Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at December 13, 2024 09:36 AM (/7KEl)

The boy can fly!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 13, 2024 09:38 AM (LxER7)

50 If you remember that all you love will disappear from Earth and then you will keep you from too much shock.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at December 13, 2024 09:39 AM (UYIW/)

51 26 I'm not clicking on that bonus art link. I know the rule around here.
Posted by: dantesed

There's bewbz.
Sort of.

Posted by: You've been warned at December 13, 2024 09:39 AM (dg+HA)

52

My initial thought after clicking on the Left, was CBD you scumbag!

The one on the right looks like a perfect match for Ottoman man!

good Shabbos one and all.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 13, 2024 09:39 AM (x0n13)

53 Notice that none of the sheep showed up for him.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 13, 2024 09:39 AM (W4Jwy)

54 Most dogs are better than many people.

Posted by: tubal at December 13, 2024 09:40 AM (4GXOe)

55 Diogenes up early and its not Tuesday. Odd, he's punctual.
Posted by: From about That Time at December 13, 2024 09:35 AM (4780s)

Ol Joe woke me up.
He's having a bad night.
Sad. Like this painting.
(See how I stayed within the 100 comment rule?)

Posted by: Diogenes at December 13, 2024 09:41 AM (W/lyH)

56 53 Notice that none of the sheep showed up for him.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 13, 2024 09:39 AM (W4Jwy)

---------

And the hamster's life goes on unaffected.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 13, 2024 09:41 AM (hY4dx)

57 Yoko is always welcome in my house. Even in the morning.

Posted by: Helen Keller, Art Critic at December 13, 2024 09:41 AM (G5+As)

58 I really should have known better thsn to click those links.

Be warned. Only madness waits to greet you on the far side of those portals. Madness, I say...

MADNESS!!!

Posted by: tankdemon at December 13, 2024 09:41 AM (W4Jwy)

59 oh very nice painting! love landseer

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 13, 2024 09:41 AM (Pv3Rg)

60 Edwin Henry Landseer
[Hat Tip: EW, for reminding me of a fine artist]
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I thought I recognized the name.

The Monarch of the Glen, 1851: the image was widely distributed in steel engravings. Now in the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh.

https://tinyurl.com/3jtpyeve

Posted by: Nork corporal visiting the Art Thread at December 13, 2024 09:41 AM (hovnC)

61 53 Notice that none of the sheep showed up for him.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 13, 2024 09:39 AM (W4Jwy)

IF the dead guy was Muslim, for sure. But Muslims hate dogs like they hate Jews, so not a Muslim in the box.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 13, 2024 09:42 AM (x0n13)

62 Off, now-blind sock.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 13, 2024 09:42 AM (hovnC)

63 Dogs understand death.

If I should die before my dog, let him see my body. I don't want him to think I abandoned him.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 13, 2024 09:34 AM (lkGEd)

When we had the Best Cat Ever euthanized at home, the vet pointed out as she was doing the job, the other cats were arrayed around him, facing outward.

She said they were guarding him. Which is exactly what it looked like. Calm, alert, purposeful.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 13, 2024 09:42 AM (lH8E4)

64 That’s a great painting.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 13, 2024 09:42 AM (rSi2x)

65 Thanks for including the Landseer. I love his animal paintings and the backdrops, landscape or not. The colors he uses and the details of the poverty of the shepherd (rough wood textures and worn textiles and the simple coffin) form such a poignant veil that enhances the sadness of the scene. The realistic image and pose of the dog in the circumstance tears the viewer's heart out. It is haunting.

Posted by: JTB at December 13, 2024 09:43 AM (yTvNw)

66 The one on the right looks like a perfect match for Ottoman man!

good Shabbos one and all.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 13, 2024 09:39 AM (x0n13)
********
Yeah, a perfect match. They should hook up.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 13, 2024 09:43 AM (NpAcC)

67 Death comes but the bleat goes on.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 13, 2024 09:43 AM (hovnC)

68 54 Most dogs are better than many people.
Posted by: tubal at December 13, 2024 09:40 AM (4GXOe)

A most cromulent statement!
A related version is that
"ALL dogs are better than most politicians!"

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 13, 2024 09:43 AM (hOUT3)

69 I which country did the Australian shepherd breed originate?

A. Australia
B. The USA
c. Spain
D. New Zealand

Posted by: muldoon at December 13, 2024 09:44 AM (991eG)

70 Morning, Art Folken,

Yes, depressing, but also encouraging -- that an animal would actually miss you. Dogs have been known to do this. Not sure about cats.

Linda swears that my big red tabby Arizona went off his feed and literally got sick when I left him with her for a month during my move to CO. He liked her okay, but there was Linda's cat (he hated other felines), the new surroundings, and, she keeps saying, "He missed you."

She also said that when she lived with us in '98-'99 in Denver, every afternoon about 4 pm Arizona would walk over near the door and sit there waiting. He knew what time I got home. That I might believe.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 13, 2024 09:44 AM (J2vNu)

71 I have a story that pisses me off about a fir tree that a dog could pee on and one could make a coffin out of, but I am waiting for comment 101.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 13, 2024 09:44 AM (ufFY8)

72 The difference between humans dogs is that dogs can't fake love.

Posted by: Tail wagging at December 13, 2024 09:44 AM (dg+HA)

73 musta been one fast Lab
Posted by: Don Black

Lab results from cat scans are pretty quick.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 13, 2024 09:45 AM (lkGEd)

74 I'm always saddened when a best friend, usually a dog but occasionally a cat, mourns a dead human or even another dead animal friend.

Posted by: Ciampino - unconditional love at December 13, 2024 09:45 AM (i0xsb)

75 The dog doesn't have a drink or cards. WTF?

Posted by: pudinhead at December 13, 2024 09:45 AM (jFCkp)

76 And some bonus art for Friday The 13th!

There's a happy bush!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 13, 2024 09:46 AM (a3Q+t)

77 And Landseer was the precursor for the other masterpieces -- "Dogs Playing Poker" and "Dogs Playing Pool".

https://tinyurl.com/2h5e6snj

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 13, 2024 09:46 AM (hovnC)

78 Shear emotion.

Posted by: Sheep punz? at December 13, 2024 09:46 AM (dg+HA)

79 I was gonna duct tape a guy to a horse but I respected the horse more.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at December 13, 2024 09:47 AM (UYIW/)

80 69 I which country did the Australian shepherd breed originate?

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The answer is Grant's Tomb?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 13, 2024 09:47 AM (hY4dx)

81 good Shabbos one and all.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 13, 2024 09:39 AM

Remember not to roll.

Posted by: Walter Sobchak at December 13, 2024 09:48 AM (a3Q+t)

82 > Shear emotion.
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Nah... doesn't flow well with the guitar riff.

Posted by: Aerosmith at December 13, 2024 09:49 AM (Q4IgG)

83 Good Boy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 13, 2024 09:49 AM (RIvkX)

84 Whelp. There goes what was left of my hearing.

Posted by: Kris at December 13, 2024 09:49 AM (EwaUh)

85 Baaad puns.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 13, 2024 09:49 AM (hovnC)

86 Sorry about that, chief.

Posted by: Agent Shepherd at December 13, 2024 09:51 AM (jxRfg)

87 I'm always saddened when a best friend, usually a dog but occasionally a cat, mourns a dead human or even another dead animal friend.
Posted by: Ciampino - unconditional love at December 13, 2024

***
Li'l Bit, the dilute calico kitten I brought home from college, quickly made friends with incumbent red male tabby Rusty, and they sat together and played together. When he died about four years later, after I'd left home, Mom said Li'l Bit trotted all over the apartment for most of the day, calling and apparently looking all over for Rusty. Clearly she missed him.

She certainly missed Mom after she passed. Li'l Bit went into shock and hid from me. Took her three weeks to come out from under the bed and sit with me at last.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 13, 2024 09:51 AM (J2vNu)

88 Shear up.

Posted by: What do you say to a sad sheep? at December 13, 2024 09:51 AM (dg+HA)

89 26 I'm not clicking on that bonus art link. I know the rule around here.

Posted by: dantesed at December 13, 2024 09:34 AM (Oy/m2)
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Well it's two links and one is no Zappa and the other is not maple syrup.

Posted by: Ciampino - gives me the sadz at December 13, 2024 09:51 AM (i0xsb)

90 Anyway, this is a fine and affecting painting.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 13, 2024 09:52 AM (J2vNu)

91 I never thought of playing Yoko Ono on Friday the 13th but it makes PERFECT sense.
*jabs icepick in ear*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 13, 2024 09:53 AM (RIvkX)

92 The puppy is sad.

Posted by: But what about ewe? at December 13, 2024 09:53 AM (dg+HA)

93 The sniper is not there, because done.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 13, 2024 09:53 AM (ufFY8)

94 Baaad puns.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 13, 2024 09:49 AM (hovnC)
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There are no good puns.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 13, 2024 09:54 AM (RIvkX)

95 That dog did not have its tail docked. Isn't that unusual for herding breeds, at least the actual working members of the type?

Posted by: muldoon at December 13, 2024 09:54 AM (991eG)

96 By definition, good puns are baad.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 13, 2024 09:55 AM (ufFY8)

97 CBD went to a lot of trouble to find and embed today's Friday the 13th Bonus Links, and you should honor that by clicking on them.

Kind of like S&H Green Stamps for stopping by this morning.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 13, 2024 09:55 AM (a3Q+t)

98 When I worked at the vet, we would always encourage people to bring in their other pets when euthanizing kitty or doggie. They seemed to sense that their friend was gone, so they were less likely to wander around the house looking for their best mate.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 13, 2024 09:56 AM (SfhV1)

99 *doffs hat*

The goodest boy.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 13, 2024 09:56 AM (kgE5c)

100 74 I'm always saddened when a best friend, usually a dog but occasionally a cat, mourns a dead human or even another dead animal friend.
Posted by: Ciampino - unconditional love at December 13, 2024 09:45 AM (i0xsb)

Robert E. Lee’s horse Traveller, with him throughout the war, only outlived him by a few months in 1871.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 13, 2024 09:56 AM (W6hoT)

101 69 I which country did the Australian shepherd breed originate?

A. Australia
B. The USA
c. Spain
D. New Zealand

Posted by: muldoon at December 13, 2024 09:44 AM (991eG)
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Wait! Wait, I know this, don't tell me ..... Samoa, yes Samoa.

Posted by: Ciampino - I'm too clever for Muldoon's tricks at December 13, 2024 09:57 AM (i0xsb)

102 There are no good puns.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 13, 2024 09:54 AM

There's only you and me
and we just dis wool be.

Posted by: Dave Mason at December 13, 2024 09:57 AM (a3Q+t)

103 96 By definition, good puns are baad.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt

Thanks.
That's the first we herd.

Posted by: The sheep at December 13, 2024 09:57 AM (dg+HA)

104 There are no good puns.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 13, 2024 09:54 AM (RIvkX)

What about fish puns?

Posted by: dantesed at December 13, 2024 09:57 AM (Oy/m2)

105 By definition, good puns are baad.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 13, 2024 09:55 AM (ufFY

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See, no one has ever explained this to me and now I shall I enjoy every lame fish pun there is.
*mops brow in relief*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 13, 2024 09:57 AM (RIvkX)

106 What about fish puns?
Posted by: dantesed at December 13, 2024 09:57 AM (Oy/m2)
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Asked and answered!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 13, 2024 09:58 AM (RIvkX)

107
A. Australia
B. The USA
c. Spain
D. New Zealand

Posted by: muldoon at December 13, 2024 09:44 AM

One of these is not like the others.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 13, 2024 09:58 AM (a3Q+t)

108 That dog did not have its tail docked. Isn't that unusual for herding breeds, at least the actual working members of the type?

Posted by: muldoon at December 13, 2024 09:54 AM (991eG)

We are assuming that he is a working dog, but maybe he is the shepherd's house dog!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 13, 2024 09:59 AM (d9fT1)

109 Lovely painting. My heart melts for doggies.

I clicked on the bonus "art."

You bastard CBD!

Posted by: mpfs, Jooish Spy Dolphin reporting for duty at December 13, 2024 09:59 AM (8HAde)

110 By definition, good puns are baad.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt

Thanks.
That's the first we herd.
Posted by: The sheep
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You guys are such cards!

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 13, 2024 09:59 AM (hovnC)

111 When I worked at the vet, we would always encourage people to bring in their other pets when euthanizing kitty or doggie. They seemed to sense that their friend was gone, so they were less likely to wander around the house looking for their best mate.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 13, 2024

***
Never had a vet suggest that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 13, 2024 10:00 AM (J2vNu)

112 Ohhh that painting
🥺😭

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at December 13, 2024 10:01 AM (U1FmN)

113 Might be taking the adopt a pet thing a bit too far.

https://tinyurl.com/yuk7c2yy

Posted by: JackStraw at December 13, 2024 10:01 AM (LkLld)

114 Story on the local news today about a homeowner in an affluent area bitching because some thieves cut down and stole her 7 foot fir tree that was decorated on her front lawn.

Two things:

1. It pisses me off that there are stupid animals out there that would do such a destructive, selfish, and ultimately transitory, short term act.

2. I am filled with a bit of schadenfreude, because this Karen appeared to be an AWFL who probably voted Biden, and I am sort of glad because this may wake her up.

So cognitive dissonance, a little.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 13, 2024 10:02 AM (ufFY8)

115 musta been one fast Lab

************

He was on speed...

...a meth Lab

😀

Posted by: muldoon at December 13, 2024 10:02 AM (991eG)

116 103 96 By definition, good puns are baad.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt

Thanks.
That's the first we herd.

Posted by: The sheep at December 13, 2024 09:57 AM (dg+HA)
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Flock you for trying to suck me in. My complaint will be herd reverberating off the walls.

Posted by: Ciampino - I'm too clever for Muldoon's tricks at December 13, 2024 10:03 AM (i0xsb)

117 Might be taking the adopt a pet thing a bit too far.

https://tinyurl.com/yuk7c2yy

Posted by: JackStraw at December 13, 2024

***
The Changeling!

(The kitten looks much like my Dagny)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 13, 2024 10:03 AM (J2vNu)

118 There are no good puns.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 13, 2024 09:54 AM (RIvkX)

You're just trying to pull the wool over our eyes.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 13, 2024 10:03 AM (W4Jwy)

119 @77 And Landseer was the precursor for the other masterpieces -- "Dogs Playing Poker" and "Dogs Playing Pool".

https://tinyurl.com/2h5e6snj
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 13, 2024 09:46 AM (hovnC)
*******
There are more intelligent animals around that table than any faculty meeting.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 13, 2024 10:03 AM (rSi2x)

120 69 I which country did the Australian shepherd breed originate?

A. Australia
B. The USA
c. Spain
D. New Zealand

Posted by: muldoon at December 13, 2024 09:44 AM (991eG)
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Wait! Wait, I know this, don't tell me ..... Samoa, yes Samoa.
Posted by: Ciampino - I'm too clever for Muldoon's tricks at December 13, 2024 09:57 AM (i0xsb)

American Samoa?

Posted by: mrp at December 13, 2024 10:04 AM (rj6Yv)

121 That's a beautiful painting. Depressing but beautiful.

The lady in the Friday link looked native.

And, I clicked and watched the Bonus link in it's entiretywith the volume on. So my day can only get better.

Posted by: Stateless at December 13, 2024 10:04 AM (jvJvP)

122 When I worked at the vet, we would always encourage people to bring in their other pets when euthanizing kitty or doggie. They seemed to sense that their friend was gone, so they were less likely to wander around the house looking for their best mate.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 13, 2024

This is what my family always does

Posted by: BruceWayne at December 13, 2024 10:05 AM (MGB5H)

123 My dog does that to the couch when i won't give him pizza crusts.

Beggy little bastard

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 13, 2024 10:06 AM (VoAdT)

124 118 There are no good puns.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 13, 2024 09:54 AM (RIvkX)

You're just trying to pull the wool over our eyes.
Posted by: tankdemon

Shear eloquence.

Posted by: Make it stop! at December 13, 2024 10:06 AM (dg+HA)

125 post-100 so - here's the Diddler
x.com/VigilantFox/status/1867389644616147117
Teach men not to rape!
PS. LeBron James is mighty quiet l8ly

Posted by: gKWVE at December 13, 2024 10:06 AM (byeIv)

126 Dog's other thought bubble:

"Now I lamb me down to sleep..."

Posted by: muldoon at December 13, 2024 10:06 AM (991eG)

127 Wait! Wait, I know this, don't tell me ..... Samoa, yes Samoa.
Posted by: Ciampino - I'm too clever for Muldoon's tricks at December 13, 2024
*
American Samoa?
Posted by: mrp at December 13, 2024

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Don't keep it to yourself. Tell us Samoa.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 13, 2024 10:06 AM (J2vNu)

128 American Samoa?
___
They're our best seller!

Posted by: Girl Scouts at December 13, 2024 10:07 AM (dg+HA)

129 Beautiful art but makes me sad. Also I clicked on bonus art...unclicked as fast as I could.

Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at December 13, 2024 10:09 AM (DJ7uY)

130 Art!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 13, 2024 10:10 AM (M9b5y)

131 We are assuming that he is a working dog, but maybe he is the shepherd's house dog!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

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Perhaps, but judging by the furnishings, and considering that shepherds generally pasture their sheep in remote area's, it's way more likely that a shepherd's dog would be a working member of the team.

re: cutting the tail short, this guy's other dogs were named Bob, Doc and Snippy.

Posted by: muldoon at December 13, 2024 10:11 AM (991eG)

132 Why is it an advantage to clip a working shepherd dog's tail?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 13, 2024 10:13 AM (J2vNu)

133 Why is it an advantage to clip a working shepherd dog's tail?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 13, 2024 10

So the tail doesn't whip and spook the animals.

Posted by: BruceWayne at December 13, 2024 10:14 AM (MGB5H)

134 My mom told me not to click on some links and put your wallet in your front pocket when you go to town.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at December 13, 2024 10:15 AM (UYIW/)

135 Why is it an advantage to clip a working shepherd dog's tail?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 13, 2024
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So the tail doesn't whip and spook the animals.
Posted by: BruceWayne at December 13, 2024

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Did the sheepherders in Scotland do that with their collies? Seems a shame to spoil the looks of such a magnificent-looking dog.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 13, 2024 10:16 AM (J2vNu)

136 Yahoo News has an article gleefully discussing that the CEO killer has sparked debate over health care. And how it has brought single payer into the national discussion. Oh and health care executives are afraid to push back for fear of being targeted so there is no pushback from an institutional standpoint.

The left has the megaphone all to themselves.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 13, 2024 10:16 AM (uBEDY)

137 Perhaps, but judging by the furnishings, and considering that shepherds generally pasture their sheep in remote area's, it's way more likely that a shepherd's dog would be a working member of the team.

Posted by: muldoon at December 13, 2024 10:11 AM (991eG)

Of course you are correct, but I am being what in Yiddish is called a "nudnick."

Our German Shorthaired Pointer had a cropped tail (of course), but still managed to get burrs on it!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 13, 2024 10:17 AM (d9fT1)

138 Did the sheepherders in Scotland do that with their collies? Seems a shame to spoil the looks of such a magnificent-looking dog.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 13, 2024 10

I'm not sure on that one

Posted by: BruceWayne at December 13, 2024 10:18 AM (MGB5H)

139 Yahoo News has an article gleefully discussing that the CEO killer has sparked debate over health care. And how it has brought single payer into the national discussion. Oh and health care executives are afraid to push back for fear of being targeted so there is no pushback from an institutional standpoint.

The left has the megaphone all to themselves.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 13, 2024 10:16 AM (uBEDY)

Never mind the fact that what he was pissed about was caused by the government.

Posted by: BruceWayne at December 13, 2024 10:19 AM (MGB5H)

140 Knock, knock.....Who's there?
Ether.....Ether who?
The Ether bunny

Knock, knock.....Who's there?
Samoa.....Sanoa who?
Samoa Ether bunnies

Knock, knock.....Who's there?
Consumption...Consumption who?
Consumption be done about all these darn Ether bunnies?

Posted by: muldoon at December 13, 2024 10:19 AM (991eG)

141 Very depressing

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 13, 2024 10:20 AM (lTGtQ)

142 Who is strong, man or woman?

Woman is. It take 6 men to carry a man to his grave, but only one woman to put him there.

And THAT'S how the fight started, your honor.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 13, 2024 10:20 AM (lkGEd)

143 Best part of the bonus art was the guy nudging his friend like, "Can you believe this shit?"

Posted by: Auspex at December 13, 2024 10:21 AM (j4U/Z)

144 So there are no recorded radar traces that show where these drones returned to after they were seen?

FAA?
Air Force?
Navy?
NOAA?
NORAD?
Alleged "Homeland Security?"

Posted by: I gotta ask at December 13, 2024 10:21 AM (dg+HA)

145 Morning, Horde. (sips coffee)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 13, 2024 10:22 AM (8zz6B)

146 CBD went to a lot of trouble to find and embed today's Friday the 13th Bonus Links, and you should honor that by clicking on them.

Kind of like S&H Green Stamps for stopping by this morning.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 13, 2024 09:55 AM (a3Q+t)
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That's just what Big Penguin wants us to do!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 13, 2024 10:22 AM (7fElN)

147 Those sheriffs complained about the drones.
Hey guys, get in the Cop copter and go get them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 13, 2024 10:22 AM (ZAwHo)

148 Not Australia.

The Australian Shepherd is generally thought to be a product of the American West where they were used to help handle large flocks of sheep. In some circles it is thought that they were actually brought by Spaish Basque sheepherders who were a significant part of the sheep handlers inn the 1800s.

Posted by: muldoon at December 13, 2024 10:23 AM (991eG)

149 Geesh. A Hallmark channel painting.

Hadrian isn't here today so I will help him out:
Dog. Is Art.
Verdict: Double Plus Good.

I had 2 dogs once. Ralph, a scruffy terrier type thing and Cindy, an obese beagle who could escape any enclosure. One day Ralph was run over in front the house. Satan's dog, Cindy, for the next week would go out in the front yard and howl in grief over her buddy's death. I learned a lesson about life that week that will be one of the three things I learned in life that mattered when I pass on.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 13, 2024 10:23 AM (e+6P0)

150 So there are no recorded radar traces that show where these drones returned to after they were seen?

Posted by: I gotta ask at December 13, 2024 10:21 AM (dg+HA)

Drones? What drones?

Posted by: John Kirby at December 13, 2024 10:23 AM (Yj6Os)

151 CBD went to a lot of trouble to find and embed today's Friday the 13th Bonus Links, and you should honor that by clicking on them.

I've been on the internet long enough to know when the link previews as "naked woman" you don't click. You see Tubgirl and other horrors enough times enough times you learn these things.

Posted by: brak at December 13, 2024 10:24 AM (NGHTx)

152
Danny Glover is currently in Cuba, chuckling with the dictator over how good things are going, so he's a hero just like the health care shooter.

Posted by: Auspex at December 13, 2024 10:24 AM (j4U/Z)

153 Alternate title:

"Ol' Rex Ponders Just How He's Going to Get That Last Milk Bone Brand Dog Biscuit Out of Master's Pocket"

Posted by: naturalfake at December 13, 2024 10:24 AM (iJfKG)

154 The Australian Shepherd is generally thought to be a product of the American West where they were used to help handle large flocks of sheep. In some circles it is thought that they were actually brought by Spanish Basque sheepherders who were a significant part of the sheep handlers inn the 1800s.
Posted by: muldoon at December 13, 2024

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If the latter is true, why aren't they called Spanish shepherds or Basque shepherds?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 13, 2024 10:25 AM (J2vNu)

155 There was discussion earlier about whether or not Texas A&M was still a conservative school. For me the question was answered when they started protesting people calling them "Aggies" and demanded that they be referred to as "Agro Americans".

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at December 13, 2024 10:25 AM (Da7Vv)

156 Alternate Alternate title:

"Ol' Rex Thinks It's Damn Selfish of Master to Take the Last Milk Bone Brand Dog Biscuit With Him Into the Shadowlands and Over the Rainbow Bridge"

Posted by: naturalfake at December 13, 2024 10:26 AM (iJfKG)

157 If the latter is true, why aren't they called Spanish shepherds or Basque shepherds?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 13, 2024 10:25 AM (J2vNu)

Racism...straight up.

Posted by: BignJames at December 13, 2024 10:27 AM (Yj6Os)

158 The last time I looked, Texas A&M was still in the top ten list of most conservative schools, though these days that isn't saying much. I believe Hillsdale was number one.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 13, 2024 10:27 AM (lTGtQ)

159 Shepherds have a difficult job, made harder by the sheep

This ewe, for example, went spelunking

https://tinyurl.com/2f6w78t8

Posted by: Kindltot at December 13, 2024 10:27 AM (D7oie)

160 There was discussion earlier about whether or not Texas A&M was still a conservative school. For me the question was answered when they started protesting people calling them "Aggies" and demanded that they be referred to as "Agro Americans".
Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at December 13, 2024

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They're aggro, all right. (British slang for "aggravation/aggravating" or "annoyance/annoying")

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 13, 2024 10:28 AM (J2vNu)

161 Dense sentences from the Barrick 3Q report:

"The mine expects to achieve an 80% recovery rate by year-end, rising to 85% by 2025, and is targeting a 90% recovery rate by 2027. This will be supported by installation and commissioning of a new closed circuit classification step and grinding thickener-capacity increase. Also on the short term to-do list are bringing the deslime cyclones and staged reagent dosing to full operation which will increase the efficiency of the flotation operations by reducing the fines and increasing capacity of the carbon in leach launders to improve carbon containment at higher throughout.

LOL, "deslime cyclones"

Yeah, I'm a nerd.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 13, 2024 10:28 AM (ufFY8)

162
Hey! Sniff this rag and tell me what it smells like!"

Posted by: The Ether Bunny Next to His Windowless White Van at December 13, 2024 10:28 AM (iJfKG)

163 So there are no recorded radar traces that show where these drones returned to after they were seen?

Posted by: I gotta ask at December 13, 2024 10:21 AM (dg+HA)

Drones? What drones?
Posted by: John Kirby

Since the government claims no knowledge of them, shoot one down. See who comes to collect it.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 13, 2024 10:28 AM (lkGEd)

164 If the latter is true, why aren't they called Spanish shepherds or Basque shepherds?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 13, 2024
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Racism...straight up.
Posted by: BignJames at December 13, 2024

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"Seven Spanish omelets sent an old cheeseburger home. . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 13, 2024 10:29 AM (J2vNu)

165 And some bonus art for Friday The 13th!

What level of depravity must one possess to share these? Discuss.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 13, 2024 10:29 AM (e+6P0)

166
I'd hit...

Posted by: Lassie at December 13, 2024 10:29 AM (EFZgU)

167 "...people calling them "Aggies" and demanded that they be referred to as "Agro Americans"."

Ahem.
Agrix.

Posted by: Try to keep up at December 13, 2024 10:29 AM (dg+HA)

168 Unz hates the idea of Greater Israel.
They haven't asked the Druze locals in southern Syria -
x.com/EYakoby/status/1867356350453268959

Posted by: gKWVE at December 13, 2024 10:30 AM (byeIv)

169 The cat is in the coffin, because hungry, and cat.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt a

Or is he?

Posted by: Schroedingers Sock at December 13, 2024 10:30 AM (FhXTo)

170 Aw man, there's a new Honey Boo Boo called "The Rizzler."

I find shows like "My Grotesquely Adipose Life" and so on distasteful, but I get it... There's a circus sideshow quality to them, and they allow more moderately overweight viewers to feel better about themselves.

But the "morbidly obese children" segment of entertainment takes it a bit too far... You're pointing and laughing at a kid who will die before his fortieth birthday, because his terrible parents don't care about him.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 13, 2024 10:30 AM (BI5O2)

171 Since there seems to be no good video, or even still photos of these so-called "drones", I am going with the assumption that if the objects exist at all, they are perfectly ordinary aircraft doing perfectly ordinary aircraft things.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 13, 2024 10:30 AM (8zz6B)

172 types deletes types deletes clears browser hidtory

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at December 13, 2024 10:31 AM (QSrLX)

173 158, Texas A&M has always been a conservative school. University of Texas has always been a lefty school in a really weird lefty town in the middle of Texas.

I do think Texas A&M is not as conservative as it used to be, because in many ways every institution in this country has moved left over the years. If we are going to start bashing Texas A&M, it is kind of like bashing Trump for not being as Trumpy as he could be versus everyone else. It is still a conservative school and being a state school that is an extremely difficult thing to do.

For sure, it is not like it used to be even back in the 90s. In the 90s Texas A&M wasn’t conservative. It was right wing and you throw in the boozing. It was an awesome combination. And no one respected the military like Texas A&M. There’s a reason that people like Margaret Thatcher, Helmut Kohl, George Bush, etc. would go to that school back in the 90s.

Posted by: Quint at December 13, 2024 10:32 AM (hcJdN)

174 The cat is in the coffin, because hungry, and cat.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt a

Or is he?
Posted by: Schroedingers Sock at December 13, 2024 10:30 AM (FhXTo)

Bravo.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 13, 2024 10:32 AM (ufFY8)

175
Since there seems to be no good video, or even still photos of these so-called "drones", I am going with the assumption that if the objects exist at all, they are perfectly ordinary aircraft doing perfectly ordinary aircraft things.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 13, 2024 10:30 AM (8zz6B)

........oh.

And here I thought they were talking about giant male bees.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 13, 2024 10:33 AM (iJfKG)

176 This ewe, for example, went spelunking

https://tinyurl.com/2f6w78t8

There was a parable about that...

Posted by: In the Bible at December 13, 2024 10:33 AM (dg+HA)

177 ['i]So there are no recorded radar traces that show where these drones returned to after they were seen?

FAA?
Air Force?
Navy?
NOAA?
NORAD?
Alleged "Homeland Security?"
Posted by: I gotta ask at December 13, 2024 10:21 AM (dg+HA)

There is new legislation coming up in Congress about drones. This is the drama to get support for "reasonable limitations on operation"

Posted by: Kindltot at December 13, 2024 10:33 AM (D7oie)

178 120 69 I which country did the Australian shepherd breed originate?

A. Australia
B. The USA
c. Spain
D. New Zealand

Posted by: muldoon at December 13, 2024 09:44 AM (991eG)
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Wait! Wait, I know this, don't tell me ..... Samoa, yes Samoa.
Posted by: Ciampino - I'm too clever for Muldoon's tricks at December 13, 2024 09:57 AM (i0xsb)

American Samoa?

Posted by: mrp at December 13, 2024 10:04 AM (rj6Yv)
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Shit!

Posted by: Ciampino - I thought I was too clever for Muldoon's tricks at December 13, 2024 10:34 AM (i0xsb)

179 Today's bonus art: A MidDecember Day's Nightmare

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 13, 2024 10:34 AM (Aqu9a)

180 Why is it an advantage to clip a working shepherd dog's tail?

I've been told* that Pembroke Welsh Corgis were traditionally docked to prevent their tails from being stepped on by the cattle.

* maybe it's BS but it's not my BS

Posted by: Oddbob at December 13, 2024 10:35 AM (/y8xj)

181 People, some anyway, need their UFOs... call it the Mulder Syndrome...

Posted by: tubal at December 13, 2024 10:35 AM (fCR74)

182 Poor doog.

Posted by: XTC at December 13, 2024 10:35 AM (UnA8+)

183 Kindletot, I believe you have the correct answer about the drones.

Posted by: Megthered at December 13, 2024 10:35 AM (HZt/w)

184 > So there are no recorded radar traces that show where these drones returned to after they were seen?
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At low altitudes radar, especially the ones used at airports, cannot distinguish aircraft (or drones) at distance. They're lost in the ground clutter; trees, hills, buildings, etc.

To be tracked, like on Flightradar 24 or ABSDexchange the drones would need a transponder. I'm not aware of a FAA rule mandating this.

Speculation seems to be that they're commercial drones being used to do surveying or something that requires several to be in the air at one time. Whether this is a legal, sanctioned "test", individuals or some outfit just fucking around is all debatable.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 13, 2024 10:35 AM (Q4IgG)

185
LeBraun James has taken a 'personal leave' from the Lakers, and 49'ers linebacker Wilson just didn't feel like playing last night.

Could it be a case of the sadz because of TRUMP?

I hope so.

Oh, and Danny, please stay in Cuba.

Posted by: Auspex at December 13, 2024 10:36 AM (j4U/Z)

186 @bennyjohnson
🚨Sen. Lisa Murkowski fears voter repercussions for opposition to Trump's cabinet selections:

“The approach is going to be everybody line up. If you want to survive, you better be good. Don't get on Santa's naughty list here because we will primary you."

Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at December 13, 2024 10:36 AM (/7KEl)

187 Where is Art Bell when you need him most?

Art Bell Coast to Coast
Phoenix Lights broadcast
3-14-97

https://youtu.be/fp0zEWGoi88
https://youtu.be/hz59bvrv7Qw

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 13, 2024 10:36 AM (e+6P0)

188 I'm taking care of bonus cats this weekend. Time to go check on the tiny, incredibly furry kittens.

And their grandma.

Posted by: Stateless at December 13, 2024 10:37 AM (jvJvP)

189 @bennyjohnson
🚨Sen. Lisa Murkowski fears voter repercussions for opposition to Trump's cabinet selections:

“The approach is going to be everybody line up. If you want to survive, you better be good. Don't get on Santa's naughty list here because we will primary you."
Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at December 13, 2024 10:36 AM (/7KEl)

Oh, No!!!

...Anyway.

Posted by: naturalfake at December 13, 2024 10:37 AM (iJfKG)

190 Since the government claims no knowledge of them, shoot one down. See who comes to collect it.
Posted by: rickb223
_________________________

Hmmm,, I wonder if a 30-30 Marlin would work

Posted by: Swamp Rabbit at December 13, 2024 10:37 AM (EFZgU)

191 Aftrr considering the grouping I'll take the Landseer

Posted by: Huck Follywood at December 13, 2024 10:38 AM (5boS6)

192 I am going with the assumption that if the objects exist at all, they are perfectly ordinary aircraft doing perfectly ordinary aircraft things.

Anything flying with flashing anti-collision blinkers is flying under FAA regs and is a known aircraft. The ones firing weapons are helicopters on military training missions; firing their chain guns with tracers. That eliminates 99% of the reported drones.

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at December 13, 2024 10:38 AM (Da7Vv)

193 Movie idea.

Santa's hit list.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at December 13, 2024 10:38 AM (UFmk/)

194 This could be the greatest Christmas ever. All I need are husks of ginger, bread, white bread, preferably Wonder bread, and holy water. And these hands.

Posted by: Eugene Meli at December 13, 2024 10:38 AM (jxRfg)

195 I think of BYU or Baylor as conservative back in the 90s. Aggies were right wing., we were far right of conservative, but we would still party.

Posted by: Quint at December 13, 2024 10:38 AM (hcJdN)

196 The cat is in the coffin, because hungry, and cat.
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt

🎵The cat's in the coffin with a silver spoon
Little boy blue and the man in the moon🎵

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 13, 2024 10:38 AM (lkGEd)

197 CBD was trolling you with those Fri 13 links...so I guess my studio art classes were trolled for 4 years when those kinds of models showed up for our life drawing classes. And their male counterparts.

Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 10:38 AM (dCxaZ)

198 The approach is going to be everybody line up. If you want to survive, you better be good. Don't get on Santa's naughty list here because we will primary you."
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Huffing piles of coke and stealing elections is more than enough to get on the naughty list, you hideous old crook. Do what Trump says and shut up.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 13, 2024 10:39 AM (BI5O2)

199 If the latter is true, why aren't they called Spanish shepherds or Basque shepherds?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

**********

I've heard them called Basque Shepherds. Probably a regional thing. Or maybe a sub-breed within the larger population.

Australian Cattle Dogs have sub-types, including Blue Heelers and Red Heelers. Red Heelers are descended from a line started by a rancher/breeder in Queensland who crossed a standard Collie with a Dingo (who ate nobody's baby) and are sometimes called Queensland heelers (mostly inn Queensland)

Posted by: muldoon at December 13, 2024 10:39 AM (991eG)

200 I think of BYU or Baylor as conservative back in the 90s. Aggies were right wing., we were far right of conservative, but we would still party.
Posted by: Quint

Baylor - NO DANCING!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 13, 2024 10:39 AM (lkGEd)

201 Unz hates the idea of Greater Israel.
They haven't asked the Druze locals in southern Syria -
Posted by: gKWVE
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Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby 11h
BREAKING: The Druze leader of al-Suwayda in southwestern Syria issued a statement for his village.

“We will not agree to live under the rule of the rebels, who are identical to ISIS, we want to live under Israeli rule and become part of Israel.”

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 13, 2024 10:39 AM (hovnC)

202 171 Since there seems to be no good video, or even still photos of these so-called "drones", I am going with the assumption that if the objects exist at all, they are perfectly ordinary aircraft doing perfectly ordinary aircraft things.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 13, 2024 10:30 AM (8zz6B)

I have noticed how many blurry photos have the green and red lights on them. That doesn’t tell you for sure what it is, but it does tell you it’s operating in accordance with FAA flight regulations, which is a darned peculiar thing for any stealth drones to be doing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 13, 2024 10:40 AM (W6hoT)

203 My wife and I were discussing what we want for XMAS. The only thing that lit her up was a dog. I have no needs for XMAS other than food, wine, Bourbon, and beer. Not sure we need a dog. Not sure what the cats will think about it, either.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 13, 2024 10:40 AM (jFCkp)

204 🚨Sen. Lisa Murkowski fears voter repercussions for opposition to Trump's cabinet selections:

“The approach is going to be everybody line up. If you want to survive, you better be good. Don't get on Santa's naughty list here because we will primary you."
Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at December 13, 2024 10:36 AM (/7KEl)

Good. Her votes to confirm Trump's appointees are votes to confirm, regardless of their motivation.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 13, 2024 10:41 AM (8zz6B)

205 My wife and I were discussing what we want for XMAS. The only thing that lit her up was a dog. I have no needs for XMAS other than food, wine, Bourbon, and beer. Not sure we need a dog. Not sure what the cats will think about it, either.
Posted by: pudinhead at December 13, 2024 10:40 AM (jFCkp)

Put a dog-ears headband on a large Norwegian rat. The cats will love it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 13, 2024 10:42 AM (BI5O2)

206 People, some anyway, need their UFOs... call it the Mulder Syndrome...
Posted by: tubal at December 13, 2024 10:35 AM (fCR74)

I want to believe.

https://youtu.be/vWbFFUlCnlc?feature=shared

BOC, Edge of the World

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 13, 2024 10:42 AM (ufFY8)

207 I haven't really been keeping up with the news...

does anyone know how Luigi Mangione knew that the CEO would be at that location and the date?

Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 10:42 AM (dCxaZ)

208 And now, open up your leftist hymn looks . . .

Jesus hates the little CEOs
All the CEOs of the world
Healthcare, bankers, oil executives
They'll get just what they gives
Jesus hates the CEOs of the world

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 13, 2024 10:43 AM (L/fGl)

209 Good. Her votes to confirm Trump's appointees are votes to confirm, regardless of their motivation.

Wrong people, wrong reason, but still...

Posted by: Archimedes at December 13, 2024 10:43 AM (xCA6C)

210 Things are going to get spicy in Golan if the Islamists attempt to drive on the Druze, the IDF will not let that happen.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 13, 2024 10:44 AM (RIvkX)

211 Owen Gregorian @OwenGregorian 3h
CNN loses in ratings to Food Network | David Krayden, The Post Millenial
CNN came in 17th place in primetime viewers for the first week of December, coming behind channels such as TNT, the Food Network, Discovery, and the Hallmark Channel.

Ratings at CNN continue to crater and it has fallen behind the Food Network and the History Channel with primetime viewers. Even with the sort of breaking news like the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson that once defined and boosted the network, CNN continued to slump. The subsequent manhunt for Thompson’s killer didn’t help either, nor did the ongoing controversies of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees or the then-looming regime change in Syria, Fox News reported. [...]

Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays 1h
BREAKING: People like food more than shit.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 13, 2024 10:44 AM (hovnC)

212 190 Since the government claims no knowledge of them, shoot one down. See who comes to collect it.
Posted by: rickb223
_________________________

Hmmm,, I wonder if a 30-30 Marlin would work
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30 - 30 has a real high rise and drop. I'd recommend 25mm proximity shell and a radar.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 13, 2024 10:44 AM (jFCkp)

213
“I do not believe that the solution to our problem is simply to elect the right people. The important thing is to establish a political climate of opinion which will make it politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right thing. Unless it is politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right thing, the right people will not do the right thing either, or it they try, they will shortly be out of office.”
― Milton Friedman

Posted by: Archimedes at December 13, 2024 10:45 AM (xCA6C)

214 Texas A&M still tends to be conservative, but what really hurt them was when the regents agreed to accept a couple hundred million dollars from Qatar in exchange for setting up a branch of their school in Qatar, and allowing them to spread pro-Arabic influence throughout the entire A&M system.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 13, 2024 10:45 AM (W6hoT)

215 I also remember that recent report of the hahah florida man shooting at a Walmart Drone and getting jailed that was odd coming out now because the Walmart test of drone delivery actually ended last August?

Yeah, I was wondering about that until recently

Posted by: Kindltot at December 13, 2024 10:45 AM (D7oie)

216 Blue Heelers and Red Heelers. Red Heelers are descended from a line started by a rancher/breeder in Queensland who crossed a standard Collie with a Dingo

Home of Bluey and Bingo.

Funny how making wholesome cartoons can create over $2b in wealth.

Good on you, Ludo.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 13, 2024 10:45 AM (ufFY8)

217 Murkowski is the poster girl for the wrong people.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 13, 2024 10:46 AM (xCA6C)

218 does anyone know how Luigi Mangione knew that the CEO would be at that location and the date?
Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 10:42 AM (dCxaZ)

the meeting was public for the stockholders and was announced

Posted by: Kindltot at December 13, 2024 10:46 AM (D7oie)

219 Ratings at CNN continue to crater and it has fallen behind the Food Network and the History Channel with primetime viewers.
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History channel is known as AHC - American History Channel - aka Adolph Hitler Channel.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 13, 2024 10:47 AM (jFCkp)

220 Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays 1h
BREAKING: People like food more than shit.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 13, 2024 10:44 AM (hovnC)

Who knew that CBD’s weekly food thread was trending?

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 13, 2024 10:47 AM (W6hoT)

221 118 There are no good puns.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 13, 2024 09:54 AM (RIvkX)

You're just trying to pull the wool over our eyes.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 13, 2024 10:03 AM (W4Jwy)
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For that ewes all fired.

Posted by: Ciampino - I thought I was too cleverer for Muldoon's tricks at December 13, 2024 10:47 AM (i0xsb)

222 > Anything flying with flashing anti-collision blinkers is flying under FAA regs and is a known aircraft.
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That is not necessarily true. It may or may not be flying under FAA regulations depending on what it's doing (speed, altitude, location, etc.) It is certainly not "known" to the FAA unless it is transmitting a location/alt/speed and other pertinent info and has filed a legit flight plan.

One thing is certain about these drones; they're not abiding by the various FAA laws and those instituted by city, county and state governments about who can fly them, under what conditions, where and when.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 13, 2024 10:47 AM (Q4IgG)

223 Do I hear Elvis singin' 'Old Shep' in the background ... ?

Posted by: Dr_No at December 13, 2024 10:47 AM (ayRl+)

224 Svengoolie with be airing "Saturday the 14th" tomorrow.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 13, 2024 10:47 AM (ufFY8)

225 the meeting was public for the stockholders and was announced

Posted by: Kindltot at December 13, 2024 10:46 AM (D7oie)

so the meeting was at the hotel?

Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 10:48 AM (dCxaZ)

226 223 Do I hear Elvis singin' 'Old Shep' in the background ... ?
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That was a good one. Elvis wore a purple striped shirt on the cover.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 13, 2024 10:49 AM (jFCkp)

227 Since the government claims no knowledge of them, shoot one down. See who comes to collect it.
Posted by: rickb223
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Hmmm,, I wonder if a 30-30 Marlin would work
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30 - 30 has a real high rise and drop. I'd recommend 25mm proximity shell and a radar.
Posted by: pudinhead

.338 Lapua.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 13, 2024 10:49 AM (lkGEd)

228 For small drones, close enough in to be identified as such, the weapon of choice should be a shotgun loaded with bird shot. The pellets that miss will fall harmlessly.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 13, 2024 10:50 AM (8zz6B)

229 >>> My wife and I were discussing what we want for XMAS. The only thing that lit her up was a dog. I have no needs for XMAS other than food, wine, Bourbon, and beer. Not sure we need a dog. Not sure what the cats will think about it, either.
Posted by: pudinhead at December 13, 2024 10:40 AM (jFCkp)

When we lived way out in the country my wife wanted to get a dog for protection? alarm?... I don't know. But 3-4 four months in with the dog she then decided it was lonely and now we needed a 2nd dog to be buddies with the first. They hated each other. Separately they were good dogos though. Good memories.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 13, 2024 10:50 AM (Y6IkP)

230 .338 Lapua.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 13, 2024 10:49 AM (lkGEd)

.700 Nitro Express

Posted by: BignJames at December 13, 2024 10:50 AM (Yj6Os)

231 (AP) - Tragedy has struck the Texas A&M campus when it was discovered that the entire beloved figure skating team has been missing since they left for Spring Training on Lake Conroe last April. School officials have no idea what could have happened to them according to their coach. Speculation that they all drowned is considered "premature".

Posted by: An Observation sez China Joe not my president at December 13, 2024 10:51 AM (Da7Vv)

232 Room got pretty dusty there for a bit.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 13, 2024 10:51 AM (hKoQL)

233 One thing is certain about these drones; they're not abiding by the various FAA laws and those instituted by city, county and state governments about who can fly them, under what conditions, where and when.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 13, 2024 10:47 AM (Q4IgG)

Another thing that is certain - they are not even trying to be stealthy, whoever is doing it wants people to see them and talk about them.

They’re like a UFO with a siren and a great big “look at me!” banner trailing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 13, 2024 10:51 AM (W6hoT)

234 so the meeting was at the hotel?
Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 10:48 AM (dCxaZ)

Typical sort of place to hold a meeting like that, but yes.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 13, 2024 10:51 AM (D7oie)

235 @ 226: [/]That was a good one. Elvis wore a purple striped shirt on the cover.
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I read in some fanzine a short time after that cover hit the racks that Elvis' favorite color was 'heliotrope' ... which is kinda purple.

Posted by: Dr_No at December 13, 2024 10:51 AM (ayRl+)

236 Re: The Rizzler
They showed him on the Jumbotron at a Rangers game, and the refreshingly candid Ottawa Senators' Brady Tkachuk was shown saying "That fat f***"

Some people still get it.

Posted by: Wally at December 13, 2024 10:51 AM (1fkrS)

237 It's not just us:

Top Russian Cruise Missile Engineer Gunned Down Near Moscow – Reports

A senior Russian cruise missile engineer was shot dead near Moscow, with Ukrainian media reporting he was assassinated by Ukraine’s intelligence.

Shatsky was deputy chief of design and head of software at the Moscow Experimental Design Bureau Mars, which develops automatic control and navigation systems for satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles. Mars is part of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom.

Exiled opposition journalist Alexander Nevzorov, who first broke the news of the assassination, said Shatsky also oversaw upgrades of Kh-59 missiles into the low-flying subsonic Kh-69 versions.

The Russian military is known to use Kh-59, Kh-69 and Kh-101 missiles against Ukraine.

Several Ukrainian news outlets, including RBC and Ukrainska Pravda, reported citing anonymous sources that Shatsky was gunned down as part of a “special operation” by the Ukrainian military’s HUR defense intelligence agency.

https://is.gd/Gb3mwJ

Posted by: Archimedes at December 13, 2024 10:51 AM (xCA6C)

238 so the meeting was at the hotel?
Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 10:48 AM (dCxaZ)

That's not unusual at all. Hotels earn good coin by renting out their conference facilities for corporate AGMs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 13, 2024 10:52 AM (8zz6B)

239 >One thing is certain about these drones; they're not abiding by the various FAA laws and those instituted by city, county and state governments about who can fly them, under what conditions, where and when.
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what if they have a waiver from certain USGovt authorities

Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at December 13, 2024 10:52 AM (/7KEl)

240 228 For small drones, close enough in to be identified as such, the weapon of choice should be a shotgun loaded with bird shot. The pellets that miss will fall harmlessly.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 13, 2024 10:50 AM (8zz6B)

Makes me think of the woman who was sunbathing topless in her yard, and some neighbor had a drone with a camera coming in for a good look.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 13, 2024 10:53 AM (W6hoT)

241 also what I'm seeing on X re: drones is that witnesses report activity begins after sundown and wraps up by 11pm local times

Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at December 13, 2024 10:53 AM (/7KEl)

242 For small drones, close enough in to be identified as such, the weapon of choice should be a shotgun loaded with bird shot. The pellets that miss will fall harmlessly.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Exactly. And it doesn't take much to screw up a propeller. Saw a clip where there were a thousand flying in California for a show and something screwed up the signal and they started dropping like flies into water. Like a lake or ocean.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 13, 2024 10:54 AM (lkGEd)

243 That's not unusual at all. Hotels earn good coin by renting out their conference facilities for corporate AGMs.

I'm aware of the existence of hotel conference room availability for all sorts of events. I just wanted to confirm.

thanks!

Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 10:54 AM (dCxaZ)

244 One thing is certain about these drones; they're not abiding by the various FAA laws and those instituted by city, county and state governments about who can fly them, under what conditions, where and when.
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what if they have a waiver from certain USGovt authorities
Posted by: Don Black

The same USG Authorities that claim no knowledge of them?

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 13, 2024 10:55 AM (lkGEd)

245 One thing is certain about these drones; they're not abiding by the various FAA laws and those instituted by city, county and state governments about who can fly them, under what conditions, where and when.

I can't see how these flights are physically possible because nobody is above the laws, rules, regulations, and restrictions!

Posted by: t-bird at December 13, 2024 10:55 AM (D7mYu)

246 that's great, now shareholder meetings are no longer a safe space, and everyone who attends is vulnerable, not just the CEO.

because these demons are just out for blood

Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 10:56 AM (dCxaZ)

247 MALIG-Nancy Pelosi trying to ‘tank’ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s House Oversight Committee bid: report

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No, no, it's Tank Abrams and Donkey Chompers Ocasio-Cortez.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 13, 2024 10:56 AM (L/fGl)

248 241 also what I'm seeing on X re: drones is that witnesses report activity begins after sundown and wraps up by 11pm local times
Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at December 13, 2024 10:53 AM (/7KEl)

Everyone knows that UFO’s and foreign intelligence services only work a regular 4 hour shift.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 13, 2024 10:56 AM (W6hoT)

249 also what I'm seeing on X re: drones is that witnesses report activity begins after sundown and wraps up by 11pm local times
Posted by: Don Black.

That sort of lines up with home from work and bedtime.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 13, 2024 10:56 AM (e+6P0)

250 >The same USG Authorities that claim no knowledge of them?

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices

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yes
do you believe the 'no knowledge' claim? I don't

Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at December 13, 2024 10:57 AM (/7KEl)

251 > Another thing that is certain - they are not even trying to be stealthy, whoever is doing it wants people to see them and talk about them.

They’re like a UFO with a siren and a great big “look at me!” banner trailing.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 13, 2024 10:51 AM (W6hoT)
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Someone on a Reddit sub that deals with drones thinks these are being used, perhaps illegally, to do some sort of nighttime mapping or surveying. There are applications, like LIDAR that benefit from this as there's less ground clutter (people, cars, etc.) moving around and LIDAR doesn't need light to "see."

Other uses that don't rely on light include surveying in spectral ranges outside the visible spectrum and the aforementioned "radar" technologies.

More likely is a bunch of nerds out to get YouTube, Facebook and TikTok clicks.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 13, 2024 10:57 AM (Q4IgG)

252 Hindenburg had a similar quote to Friedman. Paraphrase: You can build a society from good men and bad laws, but not good laws and bad men.

The people who hang the constitution on their wall, and discover that they have been swept up in Obamacare and their church shut down because of the coof, will have to wonder that they might not be tough enough and smart enough to get the freedom that they were promised.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at December 13, 2024 10:57 AM (lhenN)

253 I'm aware of the existence of hotel conference room availability for all sorts of events. I just wanted to confirm.

thanks!
Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 10:54 AM (dCxaZ)

sorry, I am not doing well today. The United Health meeting was there at the hotel, Thompson apparently had a room in the hotel across the street and walked over, and was shot in the sidewalk.
The meeting was announced cancelled since he was the main speaker.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 13, 2024 10:58 AM (D7oie)

254 If the latter is true, why aren't they called Spanish shepherds or Basque shepherds?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 13, 2024 10:25 AM (J2vNu)
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Maybe they got them from the Portuguese? ..... wait ... Lisbon .... Lisbo Shepherds?

Posted by: Ciampino - I thought I was too cleverer for Muldoon's tricks at December 13, 2024 10:58 AM (i0xsb)

255 do you believe the 'no knowledge' claim? I don't
Posted by: Don Black

I don't believe it, but I'd force them to choke on it on film.

And with Facebook, Tik-Tok, X and various other outlets, you no longer need Big Media to get the message out.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 13, 2024 11:01 AM (lkGEd)

256 Rename ceo positions to Food and Beverage intern.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at December 13, 2024 11:02 AM (KUQLR)

257 I would hang but that would be the dustiest room in the house.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at December 13, 2024 11:02 AM (17s+e)

258 You began wonderfully. I'd hang that painting without hesitation.

But then, you took a terrible turn to the other side gave us lesser art, so much lesser. 🫣🤬

Let's see what else is in store today and if you'll be able to redeem yourself. 😏

Posted by: L - cellphone at December 13, 2024 11:03 AM (NFX2v)

259 Posted by: Kindltot at December 13, 2024 10:58 AM (D7oie)

appreciate the clarification

have seen all the images of the murderer's arrest, just haven't had the time to drill down

Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 11:03 AM (dCxaZ)

260 Anyone who has ever read any of the vast selection of UFO literature will have heard about UFO "flaps". A "flap" is a sudden huge increase in UFO reports, for no apparent reason. Perhaps one particular incident got traction in the press for some reason, and a sector of the general public gets motivated to look more closely at the sky than is their wont, and sure enough, they see stuff they don't understand, and report it. Press reports it, and the cycles repeats. Eventually, people get bored with it, and the flap dies out.

Same thing happens with bus plunges.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 13, 2024 11:04 AM (8zz6B)

261 that's great, now shareholder meetings are no longer a safe space, and everyone who attends is vulnerable, not just the CEO.

because these demons are just out for blood
Posted by: kallisto at December 13, 2024 10:56 AM (dCxaZ)

we are due for another Occupy Wallstreet, which will be underemployed "elites" like Taylor Lorenz looking to lead the oppressed masses to a world where those underemployed elites will find themselves employed by managing those oppressed masses.
and there is a lot of misery in the health care industry. Financialization and stakeholder approaches make sure the focus is on the money side, and the fraud, waste and abuse makes sure that everyone pays through the nose, and the Obamacare rules make sure there are no competitors to undercut the corps and giant hospital systems where patients can get lost and neglected.

We are going to wind up with our own French Revolution here, with a complete collapse of the health care system, and it will kill me.like as not.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 13, 2024 11:05 AM (D7oie)

262 Another dog story. I always have coffee and cream cheese on sandwich thins for breakfast. Charlie the poodle likes cream cheese so when I empty a tub, I give it to him to lick clean. This morning, however, Charlie decided not to wait until I emptied the tub. I'll have to put the tubs further back from the edge of the island in the future.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 13, 2024 11:06 AM (L/fGl)

263 Some of these drones are the size of a volkswagon beetle.

Just saw a clip on instagram of what is purportedly a drone in the middle of a road somewhere in Jersey and had traffic stopped in both directions with emergency vehicles all over.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 13, 2024 11:06 AM (lkGEd)

264 Another dog story. I always have coffee and cream cheese on sandwich thins for breakfast. Charlie the poodle likes cream cheese so when I empty a tub, I give it to him to lick clean. This morning, however, Charlie decided not to wait until I emptied the tub. I'll have to put the tubs further back from the edge of the island in the future.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

You go Charlie! We're pulling for you!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 13, 2024 11:07 AM (lkGEd)

265 251 Other uses that don't rely on light include surveying in spectral ranges outside the visible spectrum and the aforementioned "radar" technologies.

More likely is a bunch of nerds out to get YouTube, Facebook and TikTok clicks.

*whistles innocently*

Posted by: microsoft flight simulator with new ultradetailed scenery at December 13, 2024 11:07 AM (v3pYe)

266 The USGovt has THEE most sophisticated electronic spotting/detecting/tracking/listening tech on Earth

the govt knows what this is
hey maybe it's a secret project funded by $$$ siphoned off from Ukraine aid

Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at December 13, 2024 11:07 AM (/7KEl)

267 Wasn't windshield pitting another of those mass hysteria things back in the 50s.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 13, 2024 11:08 AM (QB+5g)

268 the govt knows what this is
hey maybe it's a secret project funded by $$$ siphoned off from Ukraine aid
Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at December 13, 2024 11:07 AM (/7KEl)

I would not put it past the Feds to use some of their drone assets this way to feed the flap, and distract the public's eye from all the scumbaggery going on, pre-Inauguration.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 13, 2024 11:09 AM (8zz6B)

269 I'll have to put the tubs further back from the edge of the island in the future.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 13, 2024 11:06 AM (L/fGl)

The technical term for this is "counter surfing", or so I have been told!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 13, 2024 11:12 AM (hOUT3)

270 "I would not put it past the Feds to use some of their drone assets this way to feed the flap, and distract the public's eye from all the scumbaggery going on, pre-Inauguration."

That is pretty much what I thought early on. Our social mechanisms are being probed. Someone is harvesting all the data from all kinds of sources to see how this affects and propagates.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 13, 2024 11:12 AM (QB+5g)

271 Rule to live by

If the federal government denies something that something is happening and it is bad for the American People.

and

If the federal government says something is happening that something is not happening and it would have been good for the American People.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at December 13, 2024 11:14 AM (17s+e)

272 “The approach is going to be everybody line up. If you want to survive, you better be good. Don't get on Santa's naughty list here because we will primary you."
Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at December 13, 2024 10:36 AM (/7KEl)

How dare the great unwashed have a say in how things run? This is the end of democracy!!!

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 13, 2024 11:14 AM (Byz3x)

273 adjusts tinfoil hat to jaunty angle/

The Big Shots probably don't like drones. Assassination being at the top of the list as a reason why. Somebody is trying to provoke an excuse to severely limit if not ban them. Someone shoots down a legit drone, or a shot down drone falls on someone or something, and the game is on.

Posted by: davidt at December 13, 2024 11:15 AM (i0F8b)

274 A Japanese dog named Hachiko went to the train station every day for years to wait for its owner. Here is a photo of the dog's mourners: https://tinyurl.com/326z8xze

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at December 13, 2024 11:15 AM (zdLoL)

275 Who's a good boy.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at December 13, 2024 11:16 AM (aD39U)

276 I guess terrorism does pay after all. United CEO says health care system is “flawed” and needs reform.

Theoretically I agree, it is flawed. It is in need of reform. We need way the fuck less regulation. But what this guy means of course is it needs more govt and eventually a full takeover.

Well done Luigi. You’ve accomplished your goals. Spit.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 13, 2024 11:19 AM (Byz3x)

277 Rip my heart out with that painting, why don’t you?

Posted by: RebeccaH at December 13, 2024 11:40 AM (Nvors)

278 Thanks. Very much thanks!

Posted by: ol exjarhead at December 13, 2024 12:20 PM (q90KE)

279 Old Drooler misses his Master and those Doggie Treats

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 13, 2024 05:09 PM (wGqjj)

280 When someone writes an article he/she keeps the
plan of a user in his/her brain that how a user can know it.

So that's why this post is outstdanding. Thanks!

Posted by: Product quality control at December 16, 2024 11:44 PM (coVsi)

281 Highly descriptive blog, I enjoyed that a lot.

Will there be a part 2?

Posted by: Kickass at December 17, 2024 05:19 AM (WgaQj)

282 Why people still use to read news papers when in this
technological world everything is accessible on web?

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