Mid-Morning Art Thread

Forging The Shaft
John Ferguson Weir

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 09:30 AM (Pi558)

2 Nice picture of Congress at work!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 18, 2024 09:30 AM (hOUT3)

3 Forging The Shaft

That's what she said!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 09:31 AM (Pi558)

4 Drive shaft?

Posted by: huerfano at December 18, 2024 09:31 AM (DKIGo)

5 That's what we're calling it these days?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at December 18, 2024 09:31 AM (luW68)

6 I like shafts

Posted by: B Hussein at December 18, 2024 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

7 That looks like M-5 the computer zapping Scotty's assistant when he tried to cut off the power to the unit!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 18, 2024 09:31 AM (J2vNu)

8 Heave! Ho!

Posted by: BignJames at December 18, 2024 09:31 AM (Yj6Os)

9 The forge was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 09:31 AM (Pi558)

10 Oh my!

Posted by: George Takei at December 18, 2024 09:31 AM (JCZqz)

11 "Forging The Shaft"

Is that the opposite of "Just the tip"?

Posted by: Doof at December 18, 2024 09:32 AM (jgdZo)

12 In Soviet Amerika, shaft forge you.

Posted by: Just the punchline at December 18, 2024 09:32 AM (NgqoH)

13 Has OSHA seen this? They are going to be really pissed off.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 18, 2024 09:32 AM (e+6P0)

14 Too dark to hang.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 18, 2024 09:32 AM (SfhV1)

15 Then I found this note taped on the mailbox that said
"Goodbye, turkey, my attorney will be in touch," mhm
So I decided right then and there
I was gonna do what's right, give 'er her fair share
But brother, I didn't know her share was gonna be that much

She got the goldmine (She got the goldmine)
I got the shaft (I got the shaft)

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 09:32 AM (gbOdA)

16 Just another day at the Paolo factory.

Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 09:32 AM (v6JzV)

17 "This cat Shaft is a bad . . ."

"Watch yo' mouf!"

"I'm jus' talkin' 'bout Shaft!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 18, 2024 09:32 AM (J2vNu)

18
who's the man that won't cop out
when there's danger all about

Posted by: Don Black votes NO at December 18, 2024 09:32 AM (/7KEl)

19 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I can feel the heat from such cool art!
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 18, 2024 09:32 AM (W/lyH)

20 "Forging The Shaft"
-

SHUT YO MOUTH!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 18, 2024 09:33 AM (O77yV)

21 I like this painting like I like my coffee, dark and murky.

Posted by: fd, sculpting his mashed potatoes at December 18, 2024 09:33 AM (vFG9F)

22 Feels like my life most days.

Posted by: IC - Cope Harder, Liberals at December 18, 2024 09:33 AM (EmT/E)

23 Hmmmm.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 18, 2024 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

24 Come on down to Bob's House of Paints!
Really yuge sale or oranges & browns!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 09:33 AM (Pi558)

25 I think Weir was drawing a comparison between a steel mill and Dante's Hell.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 18, 2024 09:33 AM (J2vNu)

26 The MET

Title: Forging the Shaft

Artist: John Ferguson Weir (American, West Point, New York 1841–1926 Providence, Rhode Island)

Date: 1874–77

Culture: American

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 52 x 73 1/4 in. (132.1 x 186.1 cm approx. a hectare)

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 09:33 AM (gbOdA)

27 that should be 'cat'

Posted by: Don Black votes NO at December 18, 2024 09:33 AM (/7KEl)

28
She got the gold mine.

Posted by: Jerry Reed at December 18, 2024 09:33 AM (dg+HA)

29 Behold the power of this fully functional, forged shaft!

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 18, 2024 09:33 AM (Q4IgG)

30 I see Wolfus beat me to it.

Horde mentality. Great morons.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 18, 2024 09:33 AM (O77yV)

31 There's nothing here that is pleasing to the eye.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at December 18, 2024 09:33 AM (SfhV1)

32 OK have fun with this

Posted by: Don Black votes NO at December 18, 2024 09:34 AM (/7KEl)

33 That's a Weir painting.

Posted by: dantesed at December 18, 2024 09:34 AM (Oy/m2)

34 From the MET

This painting is a pendant to Weir’s earlier The Gun Foundry (1864–66; Putnam County Historical Society), which depicts the interior of the West Point Iron and Cannon Foundry in Cold Spring, New York. That foundry produced more of the Union Army’s heavy artillery and Parrott guns during the Civil War than any other. Forging the Shaft, painted ten years later, represents the same foundry’s dramatic fabrication of a propeller shaft for an ocean liner.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 09:34 AM (gbOdA)

35

Forging the shaft. Alernate title to the continuing resolution.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 18, 2024 09:34 AM (x0n13)

36 I like this painting like I like my coffee, dark and murky.
Posted by: fd

I like my coffee like I like my women. Ground up & in the freezer. 😳

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 09:34 AM (Pi558)

37 I see Wolfus beat me to it.

Horde mentality. Great morons.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 18, 2024

***
I may have got the "yo' mouth" part wrong. Is it "shut" or "watch"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 18, 2024 09:34 AM (J2vNu)

38 stand back
no tellin how big this is gonna get

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 09:35 AM (gbOdA)

39 Did you know that there is no color "brown"? Brown is just dark orange.

Posted by: fd, sculpting his mashed potatoes at December 18, 2024 09:35 AM (vFG9F)

40 "This painting is a pendant to Weir’s earlier The Gun Foundry (1864–66; Putnam County Historical Society), which depicts the interior of the West Point Iron and Cannon Foundry in Cold Spring, New York. That foundry produced more of the Union Army’s heavy artillery and Parrott guns during the Civil War than any other. Forging the Shaft, painted ten years later, represents the same foundry’s dramatic fabrication of a propeller shaft for an ocean liner. As a veteran of the 7th Regiment New York State Militia, Weir was invested in showcasing the country’s successful transition to postwar industrialization."

Posted by: runner at December 18, 2024 09:35 AM (QTCRF)

41 I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 18, 2024 09:35 AM (GBKbO)

42 Can't wait for 1 hunnert.... gotta share some Fed jackassery that was tossed our way during an audit yesterday. I'm freaking belly chucklin just teasing you about it....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at December 18, 2024 09:35 AM (luW68)

43 Did you know that there is no color "brown"? Brown is just dark orange.
Posted by: fd

Crap!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 09:36 AM (Pi558)

44 my post @40 is better than that other one @34!

Posted by: runner at December 18, 2024 09:36 AM (QTCRF)

45 This is interesting. Lots of details to look at but the darkness of the scene makes detail harder to see. The depiction of the fire is really good. Just looking at this, I can feel the heat in that space and hear the roar of the furnace. I'm guessing that actually being in this place would be nearly unbearable.

Very nice CBD!

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 18, 2024 09:36 AM (4XwPj)

46 Did you know that there is no color "brown"? Brown is just dark orange.
Posted by: fd, sculpting his mashed potatoes at December 18, 2024 09:35 AM (vFG9F)

So combine dark red and dark yellow?

Posted by: Doof at December 18, 2024 09:37 AM (jgdZo)

47 43>> *snort*

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at December 18, 2024 09:37 AM (luW68)

48 Just the Shaft.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 18, 2024 09:37 AM (YeGMU)

49 I remember seeing this picture in one of those old Horizon history books. It might have been in "Labor On The March," but I'm not sure.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 18, 2024 09:38 AM (Q0kLU)

50 2 words you dont want to hear in the mens room

nice shaft

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 09:38 AM (gbOdA)

51 This is interesting. Lots of details to look at but the darkness of the scene makes detail harder to see. The depiction of the fire is really good. Just looking at this, I can feel the heat in that space and hear the roar of the furnace. I'm guessing that actually being in this place would be nearly unbearable.

Very nice CBD!
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 18, 2024

***
Not to mention the trickle of molten metal along the floor just below the blast column, or whatever it's called.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 18, 2024 09:38 AM (J2vNu)

52 Manly men.

Posted by: redridinghood at December 18, 2024 09:38 AM (NpAcC)

53 Just looking at this, I can feel the heat in that space and hear the roar of the furnace.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 18, 2024 09:36 AM (4XwPj)

Yup! It's not great art, but it does give the sense of the scene.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 18, 2024 09:38 AM (d9fT1)

54 Brown is the new orange.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 18, 2024 09:38 AM (YeGMU)

55 the same foundry’s dramatic fabrication of a propeller shaft for an ocean liner.
Posted by: rhennigantx

"Hey, you guys! They say that this one's gonna go on some ship called the Titanic! They say it can never be sunk!"

Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 09:39 AM (v6JzV)

56 Manly men.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 18, 2024

***
"Men, men, men, men,
Manly men, men, men . . ."

Posted by: Two & a Half Men Theme Song at December 18, 2024 09:40 AM (J2vNu)

57 That guy at the front of the line better not be there very long. Or he wont be there very long....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at December 18, 2024 09:40 AM (luW68)

58 Why don't those dwarves have axes and shields?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 18, 2024 09:40 AM (YeGMU)

59 The dude sitting on the right is filling out the OSHA paperwork.

Posted by: Roy at December 18, 2024 09:42 AM (z+ik4)

60 Very nice painting. From the days of heroic industrialization in America.

Would hang, in the mechanical room.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 18, 2024 09:42 AM (u82oZ)

61 No women working in the foundry! Reeeeee!

Posted by: ERA, Now! at December 18, 2024 09:42 AM (G5+As)

62 I got yer forged shaft right over here buddy!

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2024 09:42 AM (L6sxK)

63 I may have got the "yo' mouth" part wrong. Is it "shut" or "watch"?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 18, 2024 09:34 AM (J2vNu)
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"Shut."

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 18, 2024 09:43 AM (O77yV)

64 Did you know that there is no color "brown"? Brown is just dark orange.
Posted by: fd, sculpting his mashed potatoes at December 18, 2024 09:35 AM (vFG9F)

I'll pass on the potatoes at your house, thanks.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 18, 2024 09:43 AM (W/lyH)

65 Looks like an industrial version of what's-his-name who does all the 19th century kitsch.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 18, 2024 09:43 AM (KAi1n)

66 Manly men.
Posted by: redridinghood at December 18, 2024

Stronk, empowered transmen, H8ter!

Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 09:43 AM (v6JzV)

67 Could use a happy bush or two.

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at December 18, 2024 09:44 AM (a3Q+t)

68 It seems the R congress is giving us the shaft.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 18, 2024 09:44 AM (/U5Yz)

69 Needs more light.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 18, 2024 09:44 AM (YeGMU)

70 It almost looks like they are using a new superweapon to carve their way under the earth...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 18, 2024 09:45 AM (BpYfr)

71 "Hey doc, I got this intense burning sensation when I take a leak"

Posted by: Doof at December 18, 2024 09:45 AM (jgdZo)

72 It never ceases to amaze me how truly revolutionary industrialization was for mankind.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth - AoS Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief. Eat the cheesecake, buy the yarn. at December 18, 2024 09:45 AM (SRRAx)

73 Did you know that there is no color "brown"? Brown is just dark orange.
Posted by: fd, sculpting his mashed potatoes at December 18, 2024 09:35 AM

What are we, chopped liver?

Posted by: Taupe and Fawn at December 18, 2024 09:45 AM (a3Q+t)

74 Damn, Rick beat me to it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 18, 2024 09:45 AM (HsOwE)

75 I like this painting. Interesting to look at, I especially like the darkness and the machinery. Would be nice in a study or den.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 18, 2024 09:45 AM (Iy4wM)

76
Soon to be a movie, starring Richard Roundtree.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 18, 2024 09:46 AM (dxSpM)

77 I like it. I am assuming a drive shaft for a ship.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 18, 2024 09:46 AM (HsOwE)

78 Where's the hammer and anvil?

Posted by: DaveA at December 18, 2024 09:46 AM (FhXTo)

79 No idea what's going on there.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 18, 2024 09:47 AM (RIvkX)

80 Soon to be a movie, starring Richard Roundtree.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

A stiff Shaft.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 09:47 AM (Pi558)

81 Can you imagine the Carbon footprint.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 18, 2024 09:48 AM (YeGMU)

82 DaveA

For Communist ship foundries only. This is an American painting.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 18, 2024 09:48 AM (u82oZ)

83 Looks like an industrial version of what's-his-name who does all the 19th century kitsch.
Posted by: SFGoth at December 18, 2024 09:43 AM (KAi1n)

Kinkade? There would be more lens effects.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 18, 2024 09:48 AM (HsOwE)

84 Are we sure this isn't a deleted scene from Superman vs. The Mole People (1952)?

Posted by: Inspector Henderson at December 18, 2024 09:48 AM (G5+As)

85 Grond! Grond! Grond!

Posted by: Chanting Orcs at December 18, 2024 09:48 AM (i0F8b)

86 This is one powerful painting. The scene itself, forging the propeller shaft for a ship, is an unusual subject. The darkness relieved mostly from the furnace and glowing metal sets a mood of the effort needed for the metal work. The detail of the support structures is solid and massive although mostly in shadow. The relatively small figures ande their placement in the lower part of the painting emphasize the strength required to manufacture such large pieces and the cavernous facility needed to house them. The colors, mostly dark, are not dull or muddied but almost vibrant within the brown spectrum.

Weir did at least one other foundry scene similar in power. Oddly perhaps, his still lifes and landscapes are delicate and light. Interesting artist I want to learn more about.

Posted by: JTB at December 18, 2024 09:48 AM (yTvNw)

87 Ya know, a little automation might keep our membership numbers up...

Posted by: Forgers of the Shaft Union, Local 368 at December 18, 2024 09:49 AM (4SKzt)

88 50 2 words you dont want to hear in the mens room

nice shaft
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 18, 2024 09:38 AM (gbOdA)

Don't be so uptight. I'm sure men who complement another man's penis in a public restroom mean well enough.

Posted by: guy with the malfunctioning gaydar at December 18, 2024 09:50 AM (nVALX)

89 Mitchell >>>>>>> Shaft

Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 09:50 AM (v6JzV)

90 Kinkade? There would be more lens effects.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Yeah, Kinkade.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 18, 2024 09:50 AM (KAi1n)

91 Yup! It's not great art, but it does give the sense of the scene.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Hellish is the sense I get. Unbearable heat, dark, dangerous, and one can easily imagine the stench! I mean sweat, smoke, probably the smell of coal dust, and God only knows what else. How could they even breathe in that place?

I submit that a painting that can evoke that much sensory engagement, is great art.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 18, 2024 09:50 AM (4XwPj)

92 More like shafting the forge, amirite?

Posted by: Rolling Donut Unharmed By gp's Flying Leap at December 18, 2024 09:50 AM (kTmTW)

93 Strong, manly men.

Posted by: Tuna at December 18, 2024 09:51 AM (oaGWv)

94 John Holmes, the Early Years.
Might hang it in an office, not a home

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 18, 2024 09:51 AM (DopAq)

95 This painting would cause Kinkade to assume the fetal position in a corner, sucking his thumb.

Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 09:52 AM (v6JzV)

96 Way to dark for my phone

Posted by: Skip at December 18, 2024 09:52 AM (AYz4A)

97 At night, as a side gig, the fourth guy from the left posed for Lucien Freud.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 18, 2024 09:52 AM (a3Q+t)

98 39 Did you know that there is no color "brown"? Brown is just dark orange.

Posted by: fd, sculpting his mashed potatoes at December 18, 2024 09:35 AM (vFG9F)
----
Shit!

Posted by: Ciampino - orange turds? at December 18, 2024 09:52 AM (i0xsb)

99 31 There's nothing here that is pleasing to the eye.
Posted by: grammie winger

A bunch of sweaty buff dude working a hot metal rod?!?!? In sexy mood lighting? I'll take ten! Just wish they were topless...

Posted by: George Takei at December 18, 2024 09:52 AM (JCZqz)

100 Strong, manly men.
Posted by: Tuna

Old Spice Foundry Fragrance

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 09:52 AM (Pi558)

101
Hot Take - a limerick

There once was a foundry-man named Fritz
Who oversaw the men down in the pits
He skirted OSHA compliance
And showed his firm defiance
By issuing his workers oven mitts

Posted by: muldoon at December 18, 2024 09:53 AM (991eG)

102 I'll take ten! Just wish they were topless...
Posted by: George Takei at December 18, 2024 09:52 AM (JCZqz)

Sparks hurt, George.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 18, 2024 09:53 AM (HsOwE)

103 Shit!
Posted by: Ciampino

Hey, Big Boy.
-- Amber H.

Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 09:53 AM (v6JzV)

104 Weir did at least one other foundry scene similar in power.

Then went on to a long career with The Grateful Dead. Goes by Ace, too.

Posted by: Live Dead at December 18, 2024 09:53 AM (G5+As)

105 From the Bee:

Pope Announces Church May Bless Same-Sex Couples As Long As Priest Ends Blessing With ‘No Homo'

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 09:53 AM (Pi558)

106 94 John Holmes, the Early Years.
Might hang it in an office, not a home
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 18, 2024 09:51 AM (DopAq)

I think it would go nice in a man-cave.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at December 18, 2024 09:53 AM (N39Ws)

107 The way they're gripping that shaft is intoxicating.

Posted by: Lindsey Graham at December 18, 2024 09:53 AM (/U5Yz)

108 A nice snapshot of modern manufacturing, but it is strange. You people don't use children for this?

Posted by: China at December 18, 2024 09:53 AM (4SKzt)

109 77 I like it. I am assuming a drive shaft for a ship.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

It's a metal straw for Stacey Abrams to drink milkshakes with. She's very environmentally active.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 18, 2024 09:54 AM (JCZqz)

110 You should never cook bacon in the buff.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 18, 2024 09:54 AM (YeGMU)

111 "Ciampino - orange turds? "

Yep. Dark orange. Do you see brown in a rainbow?

Posted by: fd, sculpting his mashed potatoes at December 18, 2024 09:55 AM (vFG9F)

112 Is it in yet?

Posted by: Lily Phillips at December 18, 2024 09:55 AM (jxRfg)

113 Would hang above my forge and anvil.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 18, 2024 09:55 AM (XTmTf)

114 A nice snapshot of modern manufacturing, but it is strange. You people don't use children for this?
Posted by: China

The guys are Uighurs, so we're good.

Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 09:55 AM (v6JzV)

115 Weir did at least one other foundry scene similar in power.

Glad he skipped the Manhattan Project.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 18, 2024 09:55 AM (W/lyH)

116 Very much a guy painting, like forging scenes in movies, they speak to us.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 18, 2024 09:56 AM (HsOwE)

117 Taste the rainbow.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 18, 2024 09:56 AM (YeGMU)

118 67 Could use a happy bush or two.
Posted by: zombie Bob Ross

Look, Bob. I love your shows and your paintings but, the one and only painting of yours I have ever seen that had a people in it also had fire. A campfire with a guy sitting nearby leaning against a tree. Now don't get me wrong, your fire was good. Well done, you. But your peopling sucked. His proportions were all fucked up and he looked like a weird alien trying to look human. And why the fuck would there be bushes in a foundry? In short....

Zip it Bob.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 18, 2024 09:57 AM (4XwPj)

119 Ok, here goes....We're undergoing an audit by the FAA and getting ready to stroke the airworthiness certificate for a modified heavy jet (a BIG heavy jet, not some company cruiser). We have to generate the associated limitations for said big heavy jet and the MIDO has to bless them before we issue the certificate.

One of the limitations MUST be you cannot use the aircraft for banner towing.

Seriously.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at December 18, 2024 09:57 AM (luW68)

120 The guys are Uighurs, so we're good.
Posted by: Bulg

They don't look like Uighurs to me. Besides, the Yanks freed them during the War of Northern Aggression.

Posted by: Confused Racist at December 18, 2024 09:58 AM (JCZqz)

121 One of the limitations MUST be you cannot use the aircraft for banner towing.

-

Any reason why?

Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club at December 18, 2024 09:58 AM (hIXll)

122 There is probably more than one Irishman in that painting.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 18, 2024 09:58 AM (HsOwE)

123 This painting got me a bit sideways about how propeller shafts are made today. The process is identical except for the all the machines and computer automation. This is an awesome look at how big stuff gets made.

Huge Ship Shaft Forging and Machining Process
https://youtu.be/lK9W9SFoFTI

Bonus video about Weir. Warning: His personal life was nothing like the French painters which all seemed to be anarchists, drunks, fornicators, and generally crazy. Or as I like to frame matters live big, paint hard, die young.

https://youtu.be/8zfV6SDZvcU

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 18, 2024 09:58 AM (e+6P0)

124 13 Has OSHA seen this? They are going to be really pissed off.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 18, 2024 09:32 AM (e+6P0)

Watch some of the foundry/forge vids from other places on Youboob. There is really no equivalent to OSHA in some places.
Some people even working without shoes...

Posted by: Reforger at December 18, 2024 09:59 AM (xcIvR)

125 Sign on wall:

It has been 4 -0- days since our last employee vaporization.

Posted by: muldoon at December 18, 2024 09:59 AM (991eG)

126 How do those planes drag all those letters up the runway.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 18, 2024 09:59 AM (YeGMU)

127 Lizard Cheney issues a statement regarding her hand being caught in the cookie jar that ends with a familiar motif.

"No reputable lawyer, legislator or judge would take this seriously."

https://is.gd/bCrUYB

-
Well, she's convinced me.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 18, 2024 10:00 AM (L/fGl)

128 There is probably more than one Irishman in that painting.

We don't want the Irish!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 18, 2024 10:01 AM (Q0kLU)

129 Lol. For some reason I was going through ewetub a few weeks ago to find a Faron Young song that wasn't depressing. I came across 'Live fast, love hard, die young' and laughed my ass off at all the people in the 90s 'live hard, leave a pretty corpse' that they were expressing a similar sentiment.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at December 18, 2024 10:02 AM (HsOwE)

130 One of the limitations MUST be you cannot use the aircraft for banner towing.

Seriously.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at December 18, 2024 09:57 AM (luW6

In my last year at Boeing, I worked on the Airborne Laser program. I was amazed at the contortions the engineers would have to go through just to add one small antenna. "Breaking the skin" is a huge deal in certifications apparently.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 18, 2024 10:02 AM (W/lyH)

131 One of the limitations MUST be you cannot use the aircraft for banner towing.

-
Any reason why?
Posted by: Join Boron Cobbie's anti-nihilism, anti-degeneracy, anti-feminist, pro-patriarchy fan club

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Well, if it were Bruce Banner it could mean trouble.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 18, 2024 10:03 AM (L/fGl)

132 Any reason why?

Probably shouldn't comment on that....

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at December 18, 2024 10:03 AM (luW68)

133 This is one powerful painting.

That's what I see, too. Fire, metal, and muscle at the very limits of what humans could achieve back then.

But... wooden beams holding the place up?!

Posted by: t-bird at December 18, 2024 10:03 AM (hnMW+)

134 The three guys at the very front are Shadrach Meshach and Abednego.

The foreman's name is Daniel.

I specifically requested them for this job.

Posted by: Nebuchadnezzar, CEO of Babylon Industries, LLC at December 18, 2024 10:03 AM (991eG)

135 The dude sitting on the right is filling out the OSHA paperwork.
Posted by: Roy at December 18, 2024

***
And his computer is melting from the heat! REEEE!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 18, 2024 10:04 AM (J2vNu)

136 46 Did you know that there is no color "brown"? Brown is just dark orange.
Posted by: fd, sculpting his mashed potatoes at December 18, 2024 09:35 AM (vFG9F)

So combine dark red and dark yellow?
Posted by: Doof
---

And the Japanese only had shades of blue, no green, until we arrived.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 18, 2024 10:04 AM (QDStS)

137 In my last year at Boeing, I worked on the Airborne Laser program. I was amazed at the contortions the engineers would have to go through just to add one small antenna. "Breaking the skin" is a huge deal in certifications apparently. Posted by: Diogenes

Seemingly that has resulted in nobody having to time check if the doors are bolted on correctly.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 18, 2024 10:04 AM (e+6P0)

138 One of the limitations MUST be you cannot use the aircraft for banner towing.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at December 18, 2024 09:57 AM

Even if it's a yuge, luxurious banner that *needs* a big, heavy jet to tow it?

And wouldn't airworthiness be determined by if the plane didn't crash whilst towing a banner?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 18, 2024 10:04 AM (a3Q+t)

139 Hey, whatever happened to Joe Mannix? I haven't seen him in forever.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 18, 2024 10:05 AM (3AwA+)

140 Relax, everybody. Mush-head has spoken!

RNC Research@RNCResearch
Biden finally addresses the drones that have been hovering above the East Coast for weeks: "Nothing nefarious, apparently."
"I think one started and they all got— everybody wanted to get in their deal."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 18, 2024 10:06 AM (L/fGl)

141 Hey, whatever happened to Joe Mannix? I haven't seen him in forever.
Posted by: Brunnhilde

Day job getting in the way.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 10:06 AM (Pi558)

142 Hellish is the sense I get. Unbearable heat, dark, dangerous, and one can easily imagine the stench! I mean sweat, smoke, probably the smell of coal dust, and God only knows what else. How could they even breathe in that place?

I submit that a painting that can evoke that much sensory engagement, is great art.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 18, 2024

***
Wait a friggin' minute! I was told I'd be interning in the foundry office!
( -- Outraged Intern)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 18, 2024 10:06 AM (J2vNu)

143 I'm surprised it took until comment #16 to, how you say, get mentioned.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 18, 2024 10:07 AM (WXNFJ)

144 A bunch of sweaty buff dude working a hot metal rod?!?!? In sexy mood lighting? I'll take ten! Just wish they were topless...
Posted by: George Takei at December 18, 2024 09:52 AM (JCZqz)
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Heh. There was an episode of The Simpsons where Homer takes Bart to a foundry to keep him from turning gay.

Turns out the foundry was staffed by gay metalworkers who turned the foundry into a gay nightclub after hours...

"We work hard and we play hard!"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 18, 2024 10:07 AM (BpYfr)

145 I wonder if these guys are thinking "I'm glad it's Hump Day".

Posted by: JTB at December 18, 2024 10:07 AM (yTvNw)

146 46 Did you know that there is no color "brown"? Brown is just dark orange.
Posted by: fd, sculpting his mashed potatoes

I have an appointment with my doctor today. When he asks how things are going, I'll tell him my crap has been dark orange for several weeks and let you know if he's concerned.

Posted by: Confused Moron at December 18, 2024 10:07 AM (JCZqz)

147 This is one powerful painting.

That's what I see, too. Fire, metal, and muscle at the very limits of what humans could achieve back then.

But... wooden beams holding the place up?!
Posted by: t-bird

This isn't the greatest technical painting but it nails 19th century high technology. It captures something we would never know visually about otherwise. It is the American mind and muscle in action. Plus some Irish guys who where there to be vaporized.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 18, 2024 10:08 AM (e+6P0)

148 The three guys at the very front are Shadrach Meshach and Abednego.

Dewey, Cheatum & Howe!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 10:08 AM (Pi558)

149 So combine dark red and dark yellow?
Posted by: Doof

One should mix red and green for brown.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 18, 2024 10:08 AM (4XwPj)

150 Cbdm Thanks for choosing this painting. Interesting scene and interesting artist.

Posted by: JTB at December 18, 2024 10:08 AM (yTvNw)

151 It's too bad society was so sexist back then. Today, women would be just as eager and efficient at that job as men!

Posted by: Modern Feminist Lying to Herself at December 18, 2024 10:09 AM (JCZqz)

152 The dude sitting on the right is filling out the OSHA paperwork.
Posted by: Roy at December 18, 2024

***
And his computer is melting from the heat! REEEE!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

In the mid 70's I was part of a team that installed terminals near the furnaces in a steel mill. That was a real problem. That, and the absolute brutality of the steelworkers with any piece of their equipment.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 18, 2024 10:09 AM (WXNFJ)

153 Hey, whatever happened to Joe Mannix? I haven't seen him in forever.
Posted by: Brunnhilde

Day job getting in the way.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices

Harems are expensive. Those busty bikini blondes are high maintenance.

Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 10:09 AM (v6JzV)

154 Those men are going to need ssmmiches at some point.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 18, 2024 10:10 AM (YeGMU)

155 Be sure to hydrate, boys!!

Posted by: Nebuchadnezzar, CEO of Babylon Industries, LLC at December 18, 2024 10:10 AM (991eG)

156 If you want to make brown with watercolors, you mix red, blue and yellow.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 18, 2024 10:10 AM (NQtI0)

157 Thanks, Rick. I think Joe needs to readjust his priorities.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at December 18, 2024 10:10 AM (3AwA+)

158 So combine dark red and dark yellow?
Posted by: Doof

One should mix red and green for brown.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem

Mix avocado and Taco Bell for brown.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 10:11 AM (Pi558)

159 "I think one started and they all got— everybody wanted to get in their deal."

Just when I think I've mastered the English language, Joe Biden speaks...

Posted by: t-bird at December 18, 2024 10:11 AM (hnMW+)

160 It is the American mind and muscle in action. Plus some Irish guys who where there to be vaporized.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram

Dude, they're walking clouds of ethanol vapor! Of course a few are going to get vaporized now and again! Of course, it's part of their culture, so we have to accept it...

Posted by: 19th century OSHA at December 18, 2024 10:11 AM (JCZqz)

161 /dreamy King sock off

Posted by: muldoon at December 18, 2024 10:11 AM (991eG)

162 Steampunk version of Guns of Navarone.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 18, 2024 10:11 AM (W6hoT)

163 Okay, I finished doing up the spreadsheet shell for next year's budget. Can I go home now?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 18, 2024 10:11 AM (J2vNu)

164 Hey, whatever happened to Joe Mannix? I haven't seen him in forever.
Posted by: Brunnhilde

Day job getting in the way.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices

Harems are expensive. Those busty bikini blondes are high maintenance.
Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 10:09 AM (v6JzV)
***

I was thinking one of the husbands showed up.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 18, 2024 10:12 AM (W/lyH)

165 Be sure to hydrate, boys!!
Posted by: Nebuchadnezzar

It's amazing how some bullshit soiboy phrases get adopted into the general vernacular when there are perfect good, non-effeminate options available.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 18, 2024 10:12 AM (WXNFJ)

166 Speaking of dicks . . .

ProudArmyBrat@leslibless
Rep Eric Burlison (R-MO) is furious about the CR (still not released) that is to be voted on tomorrow to avert a Friday government shutdown.
Speaker Johnson is a total failure!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 18, 2024 10:12 AM (L/fGl)

167 How do I get one of those Federal jobs where I can stay at home?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 18, 2024 10:13 AM (YeGMU)

168 I'll take " what are the primary colors " for $1,000 .

Posted by: Ben Had at December 18, 2024 10:13 AM (XTmTf)

169 The three guys at the very front are Shadrach Meshach and Abednego.

The foreman's name is Daniel.

I specifically requested them for this job.
Posted by: Nebuchadnezzar, CEO of Babylon Industries, LLC at December 18, 2024 10:03 AM (991eG)

Semi-obscure Biblical reference - nice!

Posted by: Doof at December 18, 2024 10:13 AM (jgdZo)

170 Hey, whatever happened to Joe Mannix? I haven't seen him in forever. Posted by: Brunnhilde

Day job getting in the way. Posted by: rickb223

To honor Joe's sacrifice: This busty lady has shown interest in forging shafts.

https://is.gd/Md0OTP

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 18, 2024 10:13 AM (e+6P0)

171 Speaker Johnson is a total failure!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 18, 2024 10:12 AM (L/fGl)

But he prays a lot and wears a flag on his lapel. He’s awesome!!
- Most Republican voters

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at December 18, 2024 10:14 AM (L6sxK)

172 123 This painting got me a bit sideways about how propeller shafts are made today. The process is identical except for the all the machines and computer automation. This is an awesome look at how big stuff gets made.

Huge Ship Shaft Forging and Machining Process
https://youtu.be/lK9W9SFoFTI
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Iron workers union probably complained that automation was bad.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 18, 2024 10:14 AM (QDStS)

173 So combine dark red and dark yellow?
Posted by: Doof

One should mix red and green for brown.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 18, 2024 10:08 AM (4XwPj)

So red+yellow+blue = brown?

Posted by: Doof at December 18, 2024 10:14 AM (jgdZo)

174 According to a rando youtube channel Cuba is collapsing too.

But I guess that's kinda old newz.

Posted by: eleven at December 18, 2024 10:14 AM (iziT8)

175 I like this. People don't realize the genius and back breaking work our ancestors applied to build our modern world. Especially modern women, who, through ignorance and privilege think they can do without men. They think the world would be the same for them if men didn't exist. They live in a world of delusion.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 18, 2024 10:14 AM (pohLc)

176 Okay, I finished doing up the spreadsheet shell for next year's budget. Can I go home now?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Yes. Yes you may. Here's a note for your boss...

Dear asshole,
Let Wolfus go home, right now! If you refuse this request, we will hunt you down and carve your heart out with a spork! You bastard.

Regards
Mayhem

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 18, 2024 10:15 AM (4XwPj)

177 If you combine all the primary colors you get black.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 18, 2024 10:16 AM (YeGMU)

178 It's too bad society was so sexist back then. Today, women would be just as eager and efficient at that job as men!
Posted by: Modern Feminist Lying to Herself

It's axiomatic, which is why a month of holding the "Slow/Stop" sign is all they need before becoming the foreman.

Posted by: t-bird at December 18, 2024 10:16 AM (A1ulB)

179 We're gonna have an 'observation' regarding the use of certain forms....Apparently when it's filled out using an 'X' instead of a check mark in the box on said form, that condition will cause the big heavy jet to crash into the closest orphanage.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at December 18, 2024 10:17 AM (luW68)

180 The three guys at the very front are Shadrach Meshach and Abednego.

The foreman's name is Daniel.

I specifically requested them for this job.
Posted by: Nebuchadnezzar, CEO of Babylon Industries, LLC at December 18, 2024 10:03 AM (991eG)

After Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Upharsin screwed up the last job.

Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 10:17 AM (v6JzV)

181 Okay, I finished doing up the spreadsheet shell for next year's budget. Can I go home now?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Yes. Yes you may. Here's a note for your boss...

Dear asshole,
Let Wolfus go home, right now! If you refuse this request, we will hunt you down and carve your heart out with a spork! You bastard.

Regards
Mayhem
Posted by: Madame Mayhem

That escalated rather quickly.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 10:18 AM (Pi558)

182 To honor Joe's sacrifice: This busty lady has shown interest in forging shafts.

https://is.gd/Md0OTP
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 18, 2024 10:13 AM (e+6P0)

Busty and puffy. What a great combo!

Posted by: Doof at December 18, 2024 10:18 AM (jgdZo)

183 A shaft that size would likely be for a steamship drive.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 18, 2024 10:19 AM (pohLc)

184 We're gonna have an 'observation' regarding the use of certain forms....Apparently when it's filled out using an 'X' instead of a check mark in the box on said form, that condition will cause the big heavy jet to crash into the closest orphanage.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 10:19 AM (Pi558)

185 I'll take " what are the primary colors " for $1,000 .
Posted by: Ben Had at December 18, 2024 10:13 AM

Of light or paint?

(When you're a Star Fleet hero, you have to know these things.)

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 18, 2024 10:19 AM (a3Q+t)

186 Okay, I finished doing up the spreadsheet shell for next year's budget. Can I go home now?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

You do realize nobody cares what you do anymore. What are they going to do if you sit there and watch porn all day? Give you a bad performance review. I suggest you start taking off early and increase the frequency and for how long the closer you get to your check out date. Disclaimer: I have been known to offer up knowingly terrible advice with complete sincerity.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 18, 2024 10:19 AM (e+6P0)

187 Madame Mayhem, Brawlmark would like to offer you a position as greeting card writer.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 18, 2024 10:20 AM (XTmTf)

188 Speaking of dicks . . .

ProudArmyBrat@leslibless
Rep Eric Burlison (R-MO) is furious about the CR (still not released) that is to be voted on tomorrow to avert a Friday government shutdown.
Speaker Johnson is a total failure!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 18, 2024 10:12 AM (L/fGl)

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

It's funds the treasonous State Department's "Global Engagement Center" -- the nexus of the GloboHomo Censorship-Industrial Complex -- for another year.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Cartels Have Killed More Americans Than All Other Terrorist Orgs Combined at December 18, 2024 10:20 AM (rylEd)

189 How do those planes drag all those letters up the runway.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 18, 2024 09:59 AM (YeGMU)

Small airplanes and short messages so they get off the ground quickly. The stringers are usually bamboo and the lettering silk but dragging them on the runway for a couple hundred yards takes a toll.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 18, 2024 10:21 AM (W/lyH)

190 In my last year at Boeing, I worked on the Airborne Laser program. I was amazed at the contortions the engineers would have to go through just to add one small antenna. "Breaking the skin" is a huge deal in certifications apparently. Posted by: Diogenes

Out at Edward's, by chance?

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at December 18, 2024 10:21 AM (JkCto)

191 If you combine all the primary colors you get black.
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 18, 2024 10:16 AM

Unless you mean light, in which case you get white.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at December 18, 2024 10:21 AM (a3Q+t)

192 Disclaimer: I have been known to offer up knowingly terrible advice with complete sincerity.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 18, 2024 10:19 AM (e+6P0)

That's a Hordeling's prime directive!

Posted by: Doof at December 18, 2024 10:21 AM (jgdZo)

193 That escalated rather quickly.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices

I think beginning with maximum overdrive is best, don't you?

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 18, 2024 10:21 AM (4XwPj)

194 Better hang that thing in a sunny room. Can't see it's details worth shit.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 18, 2024 10:22 AM (4780s)

195 I like the painting a great deal but I used to love watching Navy foundry work and, later, castings of more unique pieces by small operations.

A nice mid-week painting. Thank you.

>American Foundry Association, U.S. Metalcasting Industry Impact on U.S. Jobs & the Economy

Posted by: L - Rooster one day, Feather duster another at December 18, 2024 10:22 AM (NFX2v)

196 Needs more happy torches.

Posted by: Bob Ross at December 18, 2024 10:23 AM (YeGMU)

197 Wolfus, does it have a pivot table?

Without a pivot table, you can't go home early.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 18, 2024 10:24 AM (a3Q+t)

198 194 Better hang that thing in a sunny room. Can't see it's details worth shit.
Posted by: From about That Time at December 18, 2024 10:22 AM (4780s)

Back then, forging temperature was estimated by the color of the steel. This required a fairly dark environment.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 18, 2024 10:24 AM (pohLc)

199 Screw propellers beat paddlewheels with no problem!

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 18, 2024 10:24 AM (hovnC)

200 Yes. Yes you may. Here's a note for your boss...

Dear asshole,
Let Wolfus go home, right now! If you refuse this request, we will hunt you down and carve your heart out with a spork! You bastard.

Regards
Mayhem*

*Judges would also have accepted "Wolfus' Mother."

Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 10:24 AM (v6JzV)

201 Better hang that thing in a sunny room. Can't see it's details worth shit.
Posted by: From about That Time

The actual painting most likely has much better detailing and resolution. Online pics of paintings are all over the place with regards to color fidelity, resolution, and luminosity.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 18, 2024 10:24 AM (e+6P0)

202 Madame Mayhem, Brawlmark would like to offer you a position as greeting card writer.
Posted by: Ben Had

Oooh.... That could be fun!

"Happy fuck off dipshit day! Hope you fall in an open manhole!"

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 18, 2024 10:25 AM (4XwPj)

203 white hot
red hot

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 18, 2024 10:25 AM (hovnC)

204 111 "Ciampino - orange turds? "

Yep. Dark orange. Do you see brown in a rainbow?

Posted by: fd, sculpting his mashed potatoes at December 18, 2024 09:55 AM (vFG9F)
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LOL
Lots of brown in chemical preps gone bad .....! That's why we say 'shit' in that event.

Posted by: Ciampino - orange toirds? at December 18, 2024 10:25 AM (i0xsb)

205 Biden Advisors Used Insecure Pseudonymous Email Accounts to Brief Him on Sensitive Foreign Policy Matters

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ToiletBrushHead@liecentral
HorneyCokeHeadGunEnthusiast@thehomefront
BabblingBoozer@significanceofpassageoftime

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 18, 2024 10:25 AM (L/fGl)

206 by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 09:52 AM (v6JzV)

Probably not. I doubt he was that sensitive.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 18, 2024 10:25 AM (XUJpR)

207 Sorry to hear you're still alive!

Maybe the rest of us will get luckier next year.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 18, 2024 10:26 AM (hovnC)

208 205 Biden Advisors Used Insecure Pseudonymous Email Accounts to Brief Him on Sensitive Foreign Policy Matters

-
ToiletBrushHead@liecentral
HorneyCokeHeadGunEnthusiast@thehomefront
BabblingBoozer@significanceofpassageoftime
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 18, 2024 10:25 AM (L/fGl)

======

It was okay because the low-level staffer in the National Archives said it was okay.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 18, 2024 10:26 AM (GBKbO)

209 Back then, forging temperature was estimated by the color of the steel. This required a fairly dark environment.
Posted by: Xipe Totec

Today it is gauged by the size of the cost + plus contract I am told.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 18, 2024 10:26 AM (e+6P0)

210 Working Class Rembrandt

Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at December 18, 2024 10:26 AM (dVN87)

211 203 white hot
red hot

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 18, 2024 10:25 AM (hovnC)
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Blue hot?

Posted by: Ciampino - so which is hottest red, white or blue? at December 18, 2024 10:27 AM (i0xsb)

212 Fen, did you have a nice birthday yesterday?

Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 10:27 AM (v6JzV)

213 "Breaking the skin" is a huge deal in certifications apparently.

Posted by: Diogenes

The fuselage is a tube being cyclically pressurized/pressurized. The stresses from that cycle behave predictably until you make one section a little different by stiffening it. Then stress changes across the section and bad things happen if the section isn't properly modified.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at December 18, 2024 10:28 AM (luW68)

214 Blue hot?
--------
Only if I pay for dinner!

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 18, 2024 10:28 AM (hovnC)

215 Did the staff metallurgist know he was a metallurgist?

Posted by: BignJames at December 18, 2024 10:29 AM (Yj6Os)

216 Hope you fall in an open manhole!"
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 18, 2024 10:25 AM

Here in Brattleboro, we perfer personhole.

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein, Brattleboro Wymyn's and Feline Health and Wellness Cooperative at December 18, 2024 10:29 AM (a3Q+t)

217 Throw copper in the fire for lovely green flames.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 18, 2024 10:29 AM (4XwPj)

218 Okay, I finished doing up the spreadsheet shell for next year's budget. Can I go home now?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
---
One thing I've noticed about working from home is that I'll start working on a project almost as soon as I get up. Since I get up pretty early (around 4 am) I can be done with my day's work around noonish or shortly thereafter...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 18, 2024 10:30 AM (BpYfr)

219 Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 10:27 AM (v6JzV

It was quite nice. Thanks for asking.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 18, 2024 10:31 AM (XUJpR)

220 Here in Brattleboro, we perfer personhole.
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein,

Throw Cloggenstein in a fire for the smell of grease and failure!

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 18, 2024 10:31 AM (4XwPj)

221 199 Screw propellers beat paddlewheels with no problem!
---------------
Cuz they never break the surface.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 18, 2024 10:31 AM (jFCkp)

222 Madame Mayhem, Brawlmark would like to offer you a position as greeting card writer.
Posted by: Ben Had

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 10:31 AM (Pi558)

223 And now for a morning musical interlude

What I'd Say - Solo Piano/Vocal Cover
Henri Herbert
https://youtu.be/64ky1SmJCfI

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 18, 2024 10:31 AM (e+6P0)

224 RE: Certification. I worked for a company in the 90's that made helicopter blades for Bell. We had CNC equipment but the blades were all made by hand, just like in the 60's. Why? Bell didn't want to have to get the process recertified.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 18, 2024 10:32 AM (pohLc)

225 a tube being cyclically pressurized/pressurized. The stresses from that cycle behave predictably until you make one section a little different by stiffening it.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at December 18, 2024 10:28 AM

This is also, how you say, my story.

Posted by: Paolo at December 18, 2024 10:32 AM (a3Q+t)

226 13 Has OSHA seen this? They are going to be really pissed off.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram

Fuhgeddaboutit.

They're mostly working from home AND a total of about two field people actually understand foundry work and occupational safety and health.

Posted by: L - Rooster one day, Feather duster another at December 18, 2024 10:32 AM (NFX2v)

227 Did *not* want to be the new guy at work at this job.

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at December 18, 2024 10:32 AM (Hw6WF)

228 Tim Walz Reflects on Election Loss: "How Did We Lose to a Billionaire?"

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Well, you see, he’s smart and you're stupid.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 18, 2024 10:32 AM (L/fGl)

229 >>>Huge Ship Shaft Forging and Machining Process

I like how at the end of the video it shows the final, finished product for about 1/16th of a second.

Posted by: one hour sober at December 18, 2024 10:32 AM (Y1sOo)

230 From a time when man imagined, and built, useful stuff.

Posted by: Eromero at December 18, 2024 10:33 AM (LHPAg)

231 [Per news report on latest Shit-Sandwich GOPee Bill:]

Rep. Chip Roy, a Texas Republican who sits on the Rules Committee, told reporters after the House GOP conference meeting Tuesday morning that "this is not the process that we signed up for," saying lawmakers are supposed to be able to amend and debate key legislation on the House floor.

"We get this negotiated crap and we're forced to eat this crap sandwich," Roy said. "Why? Because freaking Christmas is right around the corner. It's the same dang thing every year — legislate by crisis, legislate by calendar, not legislate because it's the right thing to do."

Posted by: ShainS -- The Cartels Have Killed More Americans Than All Other Terrorist Orgs Combined at December 18, 2024 10:33 AM (0iGiW)

232 Ah well.... Time to get to work on my carousel! Later, peeps.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 18, 2024 10:33 AM (4XwPj)

233 Mike Johnson gets one lump of coal for Christmas.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 18, 2024 10:34 AM (XTmTf)

234 Ah well.... Time to get to work on my carousel! Later, peeps.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench)

Make sure it has pivot tables, or you can't go home.

Posted by: Bulg at December 18, 2024 10:35 AM (v6JzV)

235 "We get this negotiated crap and we're forced to eat this crap sandwich," Roy said. "Why? Because freaking Christmas is right around the corner. It's the same dang thing every year — legislate by crisis, legislate by calendar, not legislate because it's the right thing to do."
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Well, we have Lincoln to thank for endless Brinksmanship as a governing ethos. See, also, Woody Wilson, FDR, LBJ, Jimmy Carter, Clinton, Obama, Bidouche....

Posted by: pudinhead at December 18, 2024 10:35 AM (jFCkp)

236 Ah well.... Time to get to work on my carousel! Later, peeps.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem

Those greeting cards won't write themselves!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 10:35 AM (Pi558)

237 233 Mike Johnson gets one lump of coal for Christmas.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 18, 2024 10:34 AM (XTmTf)

A coal enema.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 18, 2024 10:35 AM (pohLc)

238 What's the "run out" on that shaft?

Posted by: BignJames at December 18, 2024 10:35 AM (Yj6Os)

239 Four Canadian cabinet ministers have released their plan to bolster security on the US border. They've already discussed the plan with Homan and Lutnick, in talks they describe as "encouraging."

No word on what might have prompted this new interest in border security. 'Tis a mystery.

https://tinyurl.com/bdfvtjps

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at December 18, 2024 10:35 AM (paSBy)

240 Scott Adams retweeted
Jon Herold @patel_patriot 14h
👀

This CR is putting in a section that allows them to "quash or modify any legal process...if compliance with the legal process would require the disclosure of House data..."

House data = "any electronic mail or other electronic or data communication"

They're also applying this section to any pending matters.

Basically if somebody was trying to subpoena emails of a member of congress because of a potential crime or something, this would allow them to quash such a subpoena.

Interesting...

https://tinyurl.com/2p9a2pcy
Screencaps and Global Engagement Center info too

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 18, 2024 10:35 AM (hovnC)

241 Busty and puffy. What a great combo!
Posted by: Doof
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Checkerboard tablecloth doesn't help.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 18, 2024 10:36 AM (QDStS)

242 I had hoped to see @SpeakerJohnson grow a spine, but this bill full of pork shows he is a weak, weak man.

The debt will continue to grow. Ultimately the dollar will fail. Democrats are clueless and Big Gov Republicans are complicit.

A sad day for America.

— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 18, 2024

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at December 18, 2024 10:36 AM (V6W16)

243 Throw Cloggenstein in a fire for the smell of grease and failure!
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at December 18, 2024 10:31 AM (4XwPj)

Oh please don't.

Posted by: The Brattleboro Volunteer Fire Department at December 18, 2024 10:36 AM (PiwSw)

244 228 Tim Walz Reflects on Election Loss: "How Did We Lose to a Billionaire?"

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Well, you see, he’s smart and you're stupid.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 18, 2024 10:32 AM (L/fGl)

=======

Class warfare isn't about how much money one has. It's about loyalties to causes.

The university adjunct who makes $40,000 a year but can say anything without fear of repercussion? That person has more in common with the elite than the billionaire real estate developer that the elite are literally trying to murder.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 18, 2024 10:36 AM (GBKbO)

245 What's the "run out" on that shaft?
Posted by: BignJames

Probably +/- one inch.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 18, 2024 10:37 AM (WXNFJ)

246 "SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON: Elon Musk told me he doesn’t like the spending bill. I told them – I don’t either. We just have to get this done.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 18, 2024"

Why exactly do we have to get this done?

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at December 18, 2024 10:37 AM (V6W16)

247 Tim Walz Reflects on Election Loss: "How Did We Lose to a Billionaire?"

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Well, you see, he’s smart and you're stupid.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 18, 2024 10:32 AM (L/fGl)

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And Trump & Vance are alpha males while you're all gay & your shit's all retarded.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Cartels Have Killed More Americans Than All Other Terrorist Orgs Combined at December 18, 2024 10:37 AM (0iGiW)

248 Tim Walz Reflects on Election Loss: "How Did We Lose to a Billionaire?"

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Well, you see, he’s smart and you're stupid.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 18, 2024 10:32 AM (L/fGl)
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Not only did they lose to a billionaire, they spent about 3x more money than he did.

That's why he's still a billionaire and they are--and always will be--losers.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 18, 2024 10:37 AM (BpYfr)

249 Why exactly do we have to get this done?
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Cuz if you don't then they would have to make choices.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 18, 2024 10:38 AM (jFCkp)

250 246 "SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON: Elon Musk told me he doesn’t like the spending bill. I told them – I don’t either. We just have to get this done.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 18, 2024"

Why exactly do we have to get this done?
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at December 18, 2024 10:37 AM (V6W16)

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Because if we don't, the press will say mean things about Republicans and key client groups to the federal government won't get paid timely.

In other words: America will fall.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 18, 2024 10:38 AM (GBKbO)

251 Blue hot?

Would it be a plasma by then?

Posted by: t-bird at December 18, 2024 10:38 AM (L3CGb)

252 Somewhere on tv early this morning: Young people are increasingly getting their financial advice from TikTok and looking to invest in Bitcoin.

Posted by: L - Rooster one day, Feather duster another at December 18, 2024 10:39 AM (NFX2v)

253 "SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON: Elon Musk told me he doesn’t like the spending bill. I told them – I don’t either. We just have to get this done.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 18, 2024"

Why exactly do we have to get this done?

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at December 18, 2024 10:37 AM (V6W16)

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"Because trillions of people across the world will die if the feral government shuts down, h8r! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!"

Posted by: ShainS -- The Cartels Have Killed More Americans Than All Other Terrorist Orgs Combined at December 18, 2024 10:39 AM (0iGiW)

254 Probably +/- one inch.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 18, 2024 10:37 AM (WXNFJ)

bearing tolerance?

Posted by: BignJames at December 18, 2024 10:39 AM (Yj6Os)

255 https://is.gd/Md0OTP
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 18, 2024
*
Busty and puffy. What a great combo!
Posted by: Doof at December 18, 2024

***
She doesn't look puffy to me.

Looks like she ought to be on one of those TV spots, saying, "It's BlueChew"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 18, 2024 10:40 AM (J2vNu)

256 Shut it the fuck down. The election is over so give Bribe'em a big raspberry on the way out.

No it doesn't have to be done

Posted by: Ben Had at December 18, 2024 10:40 AM (XTmTf)

257 The thing that makes Trump unique is that he really loves, appreciates, and admires the actual working man. You can't fake it, and it is real.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 18, 2024 10:40 AM (pohLc)

258 Yesterday was Taco Tuesday. Today is Cigars and Scotch Wednesday with Old Farts at a local bar. I have a hard life.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 18, 2024 10:40 AM (e+6P0)

259 It is nice to see Musk turning his attention to how profligate Congress is.

It's only been people like Paul with a small but dedicated base making hay of this. Elon Musk trumpeting how fucked the "budgeting" process is could be helpful.

I swear, returning to 2007 spending wouldn't be cutting the federal government to the bone. No one outside of the federal government would feel anything. And it seems like it's just kind of generally accepted wisdom that we could probably do it.

It's just that those in power...don't want to do it. And the people out of power simply don't prioritize it as a voting issue, especially in primaries.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 18, 2024 10:40 AM (GBKbO)

260 Not only did they lose to a billionaire, they spent about 3x more money than he did.

demorats always love to spend other people's money

that's why they get into politics

Posted by: kallisto at December 18, 2024 10:41 AM (dCxaZ)

261 bearing tolerance?
Posted by: BignJames at December 18, 2024 10:39 AM (Yj6Os)

Likely poured babbitt. and 1 inch in a 60 foot shaft would be workable.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at December 18, 2024 10:41 AM (pohLc)

262 We just have to get this done.

...he said, without evidence.

Posted by: t-bird at December 18, 2024 10:41 AM (L3CGb)

263 Because if we don't, the press will say mean things about Republicans and key client groups to the federal government won't get paid timely.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 18, 2024 10:38 AM (GBKbO)

also...pushing granny off a cliff

Posted by: BignJames at December 18, 2024 10:42 AM (Yj6Os)

264 > "SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON: Elon Musk told me he doesn’t like the spending bill. I told them – I don’t either. We just have to get this done.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 18, 2024"

Why exactly do we have to get this done?
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Good question. Does congress have to stick around the capitol city if they don't "get it done?" Because that'd be a good reason (for them) to just "get it done" so they can spend time with their donors, scarfing up $$.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 18, 2024 10:42 AM (Q4IgG)

265 Painting of lightning the first candle of Kwanzaa?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 18, 2024 10:42 AM (exqwt)

266 We get this negotiated crap and we're forced to eat this crap sandwich," Roy said. "Why? Because freaking Christmas is right around the corner. It's the same dang thing every year — legislate by crisis, legislate by calendar, not legislate because it's the right thing to do."

-

You can stop it but you choose not to m

Posted by: Boron Quidquid at December 18, 2024 10:42 AM (YTrm3)

267 Busty and puffy. What a great combo!
Posted by: Doof
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Checkerboard tablecloth doesn't help.
Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 18, 202

***
There's no tablecl--

Oh.

Never mind.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 18, 2024 10:42 AM (J2vNu)

268 263 also...pushing granny off a cliff
Posted by: BignJames at December 18, 2024 10:42 AM (Yj6Os)

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Shutting down the sub-department on gender studies in Indian reservations will push granny off a cliff!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 18, 2024 10:42 AM (GBKbO)

269 also...pushing granny off a cliff
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Are we talking about Nanzi?

Posted by: pudinhead at December 18, 2024 10:43 AM (jFCkp)

270 256. No it doesn't have to be done
Posted by: Ben Had

👍

Posted by: L - Rooster one day, Feather duster another at December 18, 2024 10:43 AM (NFX2v)

271 Someone tell me if we the taxpayers are going to be on the hook for the new Washington Commanders football stadium to be built in D.C. I'm too burned out to go digging for any more news on this shit funding bill.

Posted by: one hour sober at December 18, 2024 10:43 AM (Y1sOo)

272 bearing tolerance?
Posted by: BignJames

Oh yeah - things were sloppy back then. Babbitt bearings even.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 18, 2024 10:44 AM (WXNFJ)

273 Why exactly do we have to get this done?
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Because otherwise all the government employees will get a larger lump sum in their next check for the vacation time off rather than the usual amount.

That's not a joke.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid at December 18, 2024 10:44 AM (YTrm3)

274 271 Someone tell me if we the taxpayers are going to be on the hook for the new Washington Commanders football stadium to be built in D.C. I'm too burned out to go digging for any more news on this shit funding bill.
Posted by: one hour sober at December 18, 2024 10:43 AM (Y1sOo)

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Not at all!

Okay, a little bit.

Fine, all of it, but it'll make its money back in taxes!

Okay, it didn't make its money back in taxes, but it's an institution!

We have to tear down the institution because we need to sell more concrete to donors.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 18, 2024 10:44 AM (GBKbO)

275 You have to work you way up to forging something that big with precision. One of those guys really knows his brown.

Posted by: fd at December 18, 2024 10:44 AM (vFG9F)

276 "SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON: Elon Musk told me he doesn’t like the spending bill. I told them – I don’t either. We just have to get this done.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 18, 2024"

Why exactly do we have to get this done?
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at December 18, 2024 10:37 AM (V6W16)

Because if they don't, those mean people will release the photos of Mike Johnson having sex with boys.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 18, 2024 10:45 AM (lH8E4)

277 213 "Breaking the skin" is a huge deal in certifications apparently.

Posted by: Diogenes

The fuselage is a tube being cyclically pressurized/pressurized. The stresses from that cycle behave predictably until you make one section a little different by stiffening it. Then stress changes across the section and bad things happen if the section isn't properly modified.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead

We're talking anal here, right? Whenever you think you have enough lube, add some more. Easy!

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at December 18, 2024 10:46 AM (JCZqz)

278 274 271 Someone tell me if we the taxpayers are going to be on the hook for the new Washington Commanders football stadium to be built in D.C. I'm too burned out to go digging for any more news on this shit funding bill.
Posted by: one hour sober at December 18, 2024 10:43 AM (Y1sOo)
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The Commandos won't even make the playoffs.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 18, 2024 10:46 AM (jFCkp)

279 Parrott guns

Squawk!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 18, 2024 10:46 AM (BKPAh)

280 "Why exactly do we have to get this done?"

WHTPOPBJ!

Posted by: Congress at December 18, 2024 10:46 AM (vFG9F)

281 "A Gut Punch" - NBC’s Chuck Todd says ABC “Abandoned” George Stephanopoulos in Settling with Trump

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It's a slippery slope. If you punish one news actor lie, next thing you know, all their first amendment rights to lie will be chilled.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 18, 2024 10:46 AM (L/fGl)

282 Because otherwise all the government employees will get a larger lump sum in their next check for the vacation time off rather than the usual amount.

That's not a joke.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid

And I got a whole 2.5% COLA for '25.

Thanks - I think.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 18, 2024 10:46 AM (WXNFJ)

283 Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh 19m
🚨 BREAKING: Florida announces attempted felony murder charge and 18-page affidavit against Ryan Wesley Routh, attempted assassin of Trump.

Attorney General Ashley Moody says that a very young girl was devastatingly injured because Routh also fled the scene onto the highway.

She added that the feds are STONEWALLING their efforts to obtain key evidence in the case - and says she expects Pam Bondi and Kash Patel to do their job and cooperate after Trump takes office.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 18, 2024 10:46 AM (hovnC)

284 Where's the shop steward? The tonnage on this job doesn't pay shit! Fuckin' time study guy fucked us again!

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 18, 2024 10:47 AM (gm9Sb)

285 "You have to work you way up to forging something that big with precision. One of those guys really knows his brown.
Posted by: fd"

That might even be Vic supervising.

Posted by: Congress at December 18, 2024 10:47 AM (vFG9F)

286 Tim Walz Reflects on Election Loss: "How Did We Lose to a Billionaire?"

Ah, so now the talking point is "Elon Musk bought the election!"

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 18, 2024 10:47 AM (Q0kLU)

287 The first candle of Kwanza rarely arrives lubed.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 18, 2024 10:47 AM (hovnC)

288 bah off sock

Posted by: fd at December 18, 2024 10:48 AM (vFG9F)

289 Basically if somebody was trying to subpoena emails of a member of congress because of a potential crime or something, this would allow them to quash such a subpoena.

Interesting...

https://tinyurl.com/2p9a2pcy
Screencaps and Global Engagement Center info too
Posted by: andycanuck
--------------------------------

But as far as we citizens secure in our papers (email and all forms of correspondence) and possessions. Tough Sh*t.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at December 18, 2024 10:48 AM (QDStS)

290 287 The first candle of Kwanza rarely arrives lubed.
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Snort.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 18, 2024 10:48 AM (jFCkp)

291 287 The first candle of Kwanza rarely arrives lubed.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 18, 2024 10:47 AM (hovnC)

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Doesn't matter. It can still be used for the ceremonial Lighting of the Yule Girlfriend.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 18, 2024 10:49 AM (hY4dx)

292 247
And Trump & Vance are alpha males while you're all gay & your shit's all retarded.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Cartels Have Killed More Americans Than All Other Terrorist Orgs Combined at December 18, 2024 10:37 AM (0iGiW)
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Is it brown or dark orange?

Posted by: Ciampino - a shitstorm is brown at December 18, 2024 10:49 AM (i0xsb)

293 "SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON: Elon Musk told me he doesn’t like the spending bill. I told them – I don’t either. We just have to get this done.
— Eric Daugherty

Good to see Republican leaders have learned the right lesson from Trump’s massive win (which also dragged House and Senate Republicans across the finish line). That lesson, apparently, being "voters love supporting the Establishment and business as usual, and don't want anyone agitating for change or disrupting the status quo". Yup...well read.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 18, 2024 10:49 AM (JCZqz)

294 Fun Fact ... this is, kind of, how you cast a billet. Steel or Aluminum. Except for one really key point.

You cast them vertically. Because the way the artist drew it - and granted, he doesn't know shit - flies in the face of basic physics. Firstly, gravity.

That's how you create a really, really warped shaft. It'll bow - it must bow - as drawn. And worse, it'll bow every time you move that chain. Which is even worse.

I've worked on the machines that cast billets. Its a "drop floor" - if you can conceptualize that. The molten material flows through a fixed set of rings - for lack of a better term - while a controlled drop of the floor the material hits moves away from the rings. The material really is plasticized for a bit - it cools while it forms.

Posted by: How Shit Works at December 18, 2024 10:49 AM (afFsQ)

295 Lizard Cheney issues a statement regarding her hand being caught in the cookie jar that ends with a familiar motif.

"No reputable lawyer, legislator or judge would take this seriously."
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No. Nope. She texted, and had phone calls and a private conference with a witness. A witness she knew was represented by counsel. And who asked her if she should notify her lawyer or not. Cheney said not. That shit would get any lawyer anywhere disciplined, potentially disbarred and potentially charged with criminal witness tampering. It's literally insane behavior for an attorney or judge to do this.

Posted by: These people are utterly lawless at December 18, 2024 10:49 AM (d3XVU)

296 295 Lizard Cheney issues a statement regarding her hand being caught in the cookie jar that ends with a familiar motif.

"No reputable lawyer, legislator or judge would take this seriously."
===
No. Nope. She texted, and had phone calls and a private conference with a witness. A witness she knew was represented by counsel. And who asked her if she should notify her lawyer or not. Cheney said not. That shit would get any lawyer anywhere disciplined, potentially disbarred and potentially charged with criminal witness tampering. It's literally insane behavior for an attorney or judge to do this.
Posted by: These people are utterly lawless at December 18, 2024 10:49 AM (d3XVU)

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I remember when we were told that no lawyer or judge could refuse the ironclad logic of the Colorado case to keep Trump off the Colorado primary ballot.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 18, 2024 10:50 AM (GBKbO)

297 Someone tell me if we the taxpayers are going to be on the hook for the new Washington Commanders football stadium to be built in D.C.

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New helmets.

https://is.gd/5kDIDR

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 18, 2024 10:51 AM (L/fGl)

298 Then the guy goes outside, fires a shot, comes back in and tells his kids Santa committed suicide.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 18, 2024 10:51 AM (BKPAh)

299 WHYY, December 16, 2024, New Sixers arena could improve diversity in Philly construction, union says
The arena proposal is expected to receive full City Council approval this week.

It can destroy Philadelphia's Chinatown community that has existed for hundreds of years but there'll be "Diversity in Construction.

All of Pennsylvania will be on the hook for this ugly, senseless fiasco. Let New Jersey have it lock, stock and barrel.

Posted by: L - Rooster one day, Feather duster another at December 18, 2024 10:51 AM (NFX2v)

300 Real Mac Report @RealMacReport 51m
🚨Just In: Speaker Mike Johnson's new spending bill allows vaccine and mask mandates, vaccine passports, expanded emergency powers, and gain-of-function research.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 18, 2024 10:51 AM (hovnC)

301 Frankly she should lawyer up, and cut an immediate sweetheart deal with Doj, if she can't get a BIDEN pardon.

Posted by: These people are utterly lawless at December 18, 2024 10:51 AM (d3XVU)

302 280 "Why exactly do we have to get this done?"

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Those babies aren't going to abort themselves

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 18, 2024 10:52 AM (hY4dx)

303 300 Real Mac Report @RealMacReport 51m
🚨Just In: Speaker Mike Johnson's new spending bill allows vaccine and mask mandates, vaccine passports, expanded emergency powers, and gain-of-function research.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 18, 2024 10:51 AM (hovnC)

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At least 150 Republicans will vote for it, and all Democrats will vote for it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 18, 2024 10:52 AM (GBKbO)

304 Let's not fund the Football team that decided all its fans were RACIST. Let Larry Fink fund them.

Posted by: pudinhead at December 18, 2024 10:52 AM (jFCkp)

305 I keep looking for all the usual "Back the GOP" suspects. They'll have educated, mature arguments as to why we must continue to back this shit show.

Posted by: How Shit Works at December 18, 2024 10:53 AM (afFsQ)

306 "No reputable lawyer, legislator or judge would take this seriously," says Liz Cheney.

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Who dis bitch think she is?

Posted by: Black Dialect Hillary at December 18, 2024 10:53 AM (i0F8b)

307 Why not the Washington Commanchees?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 18, 2024 10:54 AM (YeGMU)

308 306 "No reputable lawyer, legislator or judge would take this seriously," says Liz Cheney.

===

Who dis bitch think she is?
Posted by: Black Dialect Hillary at December 18, 2024 10:53 AM (i0F8b)

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She's on the inside. You're little people.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 18, 2024 10:54 AM (GBKbO)

309 286 Tim Walz Reflects on Election Loss: "How Did We Lose to a Billionaire?"

Ah, so now the talking point is "Elon Musk bought the election!"
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

No need to reflect on his erection loss after seeing his wife.

Posted by: King of the One Liners at December 18, 2024 10:54 AM (JCZqz)

310 305 I keep looking for all the usual "Back the GOP" suspects. They'll have educated, mature arguments as to why we must continue to back this shit show.
Posted by: How Shit Works at December 18, 2024 10:53 AM (afFsQ)

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Because it will lead to a clean slate from which Johnson will be able to finally start the regular budgetary process.

Which he could have done 10 months ago but didn't, but he'll do it now for reasons.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 18, 2024 10:55 AM (GBKbO)

311 "Daddy, why are they being so mean to me?" "Well, Liz, they were mean to me when I tried for WW3 and we settled on that mid east shit. Those Halliburton checks kept coming in, didn't they? So, be a big girl and go suck Hunter's dick and the big guy will give you a pardon." "Gee, thanks Daddy."

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 18, 2024 10:55 AM (gm9Sb)

312 Tim Walz Reflects on Election Loss: "How Did We Lose to a Billionaire?"
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Uh, you had a billion dollars, too. And the majority of billionaires on your side.

You know, you make a good point.

Thank goodness for Trump and Elon.

Posted by: Boron Quidquid at December 18, 2024 10:56 AM (YTrm3)

313 Guy who helped throw away $1.5 billion in 10 weeks: “How did you lose to a billionaire? (who spent less than half of what we did)?”

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 18, 2024 10:56 AM (W6hoT)

314 Why not the Washington Commanchees?
Posted by: Boss Moss

Too far East. Comanche were from Southern Plains.

Washington Algonquins works.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 18, 2024 10:57 AM (Pi558)

315 Because it will lead to a clean slate from which Johnson will be able to finally start the regular budgetary process. Which he could have done 10 months ago but didn't, but he'll do it now for reasons.

I can't tell if that's sarcasm - because it's really spot on perfect.

Posted by: How Shit Works at December 18, 2024 10:57 AM (afFsQ)

316 expanded emergency powers,

For the President or Congress ?

Posted by: It's me donna at December 18, 2024 10:57 AM (VE6XX)

317 313 Guy who helped throw away $1.5 billion in 10 weeks: “How did you lose to a billionaire? (who spent less than half of what we did)?”
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 18, 2024 10:56 AM (W6hoT)

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The complaint feels less about money and more about class warfare.

"Billionaires are bad" is the underlying assumption.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 18, 2024 10:57 AM (GBKbO)

318 315 Because it will lead to a clean slate from which Johnson will be able to finally start the regular budgetary process. Which he could have done 10 months ago but didn't, but he'll do it now for reasons.

I can't tell if that's sarcasm - because it's really spot on perfect.
Posted by: How Shit Works at December 18, 2024 10:57 AM (afFsQ)

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If you know only one thing about me and my opinion of politics, let it be this:

My cynicism? It's up here *reaches very high*.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 18, 2024 10:58 AM (GBKbO)

319 I know it's not the food thread but . . .

Cowboys’ Jerry Jones Admits to Eating Raccoons and Squirrels: “It’s Not Uncommon at All”

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Colonel Beauregard's Texas BBQ Coon.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 18, 2024 10:58 AM (L/fGl)

320 Billionaires have to produce billions of dollars worth of something to become billionaires.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 18, 2024 10:59 AM (YeGMU)

321 Cowboys’ Jerry Jones Admits to Eating Raccoons and Squirrels: “It’s Not Uncommon at All”

In Kentucky - we call it Burgoo.

Posted by: How Shit Works at December 18, 2024 11:00 AM (afFsQ)

322 If you know only one thing about me and my opinion of politics, let it be this:

My cynicism? It's up here *reaches very high*.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 18, 2024 10:58 AM (GBKbO)

I keep saying it, how much sex blackmail factors into the decisions our "representatives" make, but people around these parts seem to shrug it off.

Like I'm making this shit up.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 18, 2024 11:00 AM (lH8E4)

323 I know it's not the food thread but . . .

Cowboys’ Jerry Jones Admits to Eating Raccoons and Squirrels: “It’s Not Uncommon at All”

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Colonel Beauregard's Texas BBQ Coon.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 18, 2024 10:58 AM

Seriously?!

Posted by: P'Nut at December 18, 2024 11:00 AM (+QlJh)

324 Cowboys’ Jerry Jones Admits to Eating Raccoons and Squirrels: “It’s Not Uncommon at All”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 18, 2024 10:58 AM (L/fGl)

No 'possum?

Posted by: BignJames at December 18, 2024 11:00 AM (Yj6Os)

325 Noodus simianus JM

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 18, 2024 11:01 AM (J2vNu)

326 17 seconds of Kamala:

https://tinyurl.com/4d9baeae

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at December 18, 2024 11:01 AM (paSBy)

327 322 I keep saying it, how much sex blackmail factors into the decisions our "representatives" make, but people around these parts seem to shrug it off.

Like I'm making this shit up.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 18, 2024 11:00 AM (lH8E4)

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Blackmail. Threats. Just generally not wanting to fight established interests.

It just boils down to deep corruption.

Whatever the specifics, I imagine there are many reasons, it's a cesspool that just creates inertia.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, trying to figure out Joel Schumacher at December 18, 2024 11:01 AM (GBKbO)

328 Interesting that the original of that painting was destroyed in a fire, and Weir re-created it from memory.

Posted by: JoeBar at December 18, 2024 11:01 AM (AsY/J)

329 Crisis!!!

98% of Unionized Starbucks Workers Vote to Authorize a Strike at 525 Stores

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 18, 2024 11:02 AM (L/fGl)

330 There are worse things you can do to squirrels and raccoons than eat them.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at December 18, 2024 11:02 AM (elaR+)

331 "And the people out of power simply don't prioritize it as a voting issue, especially in primaries." - TJM

And thus ends the summary of the root cause of 90% of our avoidable problems, which is 95% of them.*

* there's a Yogi Berra quote about baseball in there but too early to think it through

Posted by: rhomboid at December 18, 2024 11:05 AM (1m82a)

332 know it's not the food thread but . . .

Cowboys’ Jerry Jones Admits to Eating Raccoons and Squirrels: “It’s Not Uncommon at All”
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Movie recommendation. THE FRESHMAN. Marlon Brandon. And that guy with the horse faced wife.

Posted by: These people are utterly lawless at December 18, 2024 11:05 AM (d3XVU)

333 Movie recommendation. THE FRESHMAN. Marlon Brandon. And that guy with the horse faced wife.
Posted by: These people are utterly lawless at December 18, 2024 11:05 AM (d3XVU)

That is one of my all-time favorite movies!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth - AoS Ladies' Brigade plucky comic relief. Eat the cheesecake, buy the yarn. at December 18, 2024 11:13 AM (SRRAx)

334 It's kinda like the pot room of the now-closed Kaiser Aluminum plant in Chalmette, LA ... hot, dirty, sweaty, dangerous. Operative philosophy: Pay attention or die. Your call.

Posted by: Dr_No at December 18, 2024 11:52 AM (ayRl+)

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