Mid-Morning Art Thread [Kris]

The Widower
Edward Lamson Henry

For the most part, the subject matter of Edward Lamson Henry’s (1841 - 1919) artwork are mostly scenes of everyday life, generally cheery and humorous, and focusing on a type of nostalgic Americana. In some ways, Henry’s work reminds me of Norman Rockwell. And like Rockwell, although he was known for his merrier pieces, occasionally he dabbled in serious subjects. One of these is The Widower.

In The Widower, an old man sits alone in a dark room next to a small table set for tea. The title of the painting already gives us a hint about the mood, but even without it, details scattered throughout the painting communicate loss, loneliness, and memory. A small table set for two sits just off-center and lit by the sunlight streaming through an open window. At one end sits the man with his back to the viewer and shoulders slumped. His bent shoulders make him look tired, possibly from age, but also emotionally. The man doesn’t seem to be doing anything. He just sits there. I see a person alone, lost in thought in a cozy but dark room, and I feel guilty for trespassing on his private moment. A large, empty chair is opposite him at the table.

It looks like the wife died very recently. Tea seems to have been a daily ritual for this couple. He read his newspaper, and she sat in her comfy chair and did whatever she did. They enjoyed each other’s company during this quaint, quiet time. In the painting, the table is still set for two but the newspaper is untouched at his feet. He just sits there. Alone.

I think the chairs are interesting and reveal some details about the couple. His is small and simple with a straight, hard back while the other is large and looks quite comfortable. The husband seems like a practical, sober, down-to-earth man. He’s not interested in luxury and prefers simplicity. The wife was softer and gentler and balanced out his hard edges. Her chair is positioned straight on at the table implying a direct or open personality. He is positioned sideways, present but maybe a little detached.

A dog lies in shadow under the table. Many times in art, a dog can symbolize fidelity and family ties. The animal is also partially covered by the tablecloth and reminds me of a burial shroud. This couple was close. He still loves her but his life is dark now.

The light coming through the window shines directly onto the tea setting. This makes the work sadder. The widower took the time to set this table up. He put out a cup and saucer in front of the empty chair. I have heard of people who have lost loved ones who continue routines or keep places just as the deceased left them as a way to hang onto them. I think he’s trying to do something similar here, but, to me, it just enhances the loneliness. The man is silhouetted by the light, emphasizing his pose and mood. Everything else in the room is in darkness.

Above the painting’s center is a woman’s portrait. Because of where it is in the painting, I think it’s a portrait of the late wife. The woman in it is posed so that it seems she looks down at the widower. He is also facing the portrait but doesn’t — or can’t — look at it. The longing and loneliness feel raw. Next to the painting is a spent candle. Zooming in, I can see a blackened wick. Snuffed candles have long symbolized lost life or the passage of time.

The room depicted in the painting doesn’t look very big, but its shadows and single occupant make it seem larger. I say empty, but the room isn’t empty at all, not really. It is full of memory and emotion. I feel for this man. As described above, socially, this man would be stern and unemotional, and probably distant. In the privacy of his home, at a place where he probably was able to take off his armor, going about his daily routines, he let his true thoughts and feelings emerge. One of the things he did regularly was have tea with his wife. It was a small thing and probably one no one thought important. Now that she is gone, he continues the ritual to remember her. He loved his wife dearly and misses her deeply, and I feel guilty for witnessing it.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 09:30 AM

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1
ART

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 22, 2025 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

2 . Peace be with you, sir.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 22, 2025 09:31 AM (mT+6a)

3 Notice that the painting is on an outside wall. That's to prevent someone from cutting out the eyes and using it to spy on him.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2025 09:32 AM (ExV1e)

4 Depressing. Would not hang.

Posted by: Gref at January 22, 2025 09:32 AM (aBgBM)

5 Really, he just doesn't know where she hid the gold.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 22, 2025 09:33 AM (GBKbO)

6 dark...or dirty

Posted by: BignJames at January 22, 2025 09:33 AM (Yj6Os)

7 This is lovely. Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Kris.

Posted by: Black Orchid at January 22, 2025 09:33 AM (Pv3Rg)

8
SAAM
Edward Lamson Henry, The Widower, 1873, oil on wood, 8 x 5 7⁄8 in. (20.3 x 15.0 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, 1979.5.6

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 22, 2025 09:33 AM (gbOdA)

9 thx kris

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 22, 2025 09:33 AM (gbOdA)

10 I dislike dark paintings . That is why I’m not a big fan of Rembrandt though I acknowledge his painting genius.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 09:33 AM (D6PGr)

11
The teets are on the dog, I guess.

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 22, 2025 09:34 AM (RDFmy)

12 This is such a sad painting. Thanks, for the downer, Kris.

Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

13 It's too dark to make out the details.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at January 22, 2025 09:34 AM (SfhV1)

14 I know how he feels.

Posted by: BignJames at January 22, 2025 09:34 AM (Yj6Os)

15 Kris, thanks for a fine painting and explication of same on on this cold winter's morning. While it's true I've never been a widower, I still know what this man is feeling. At least he has his friend the dog.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 22, 2025 09:34 AM (omVj0)

16 Postcard sized.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 22, 2025 09:35 AM (gbOdA)

17 Is it sepia in here or just me?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 22, 2025 09:35 AM (mlg/3)

18 I was going to comment "he needs a dog!" but look, in the shadow, is his best friend.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 22, 2025 09:36 AM (u1uWe)

19 Loneliness of an Old Man.

Posted by: dantesed at January 22, 2025 09:36 AM (Oy/m2)

20 Edward sits alone in the gloom, planning his vengeance.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 22, 2025 09:36 AM (aD39U)

21 Edward Lamson Henry, The Widower, 1873, oil on wood, 8 x 5 7⁄8 in. (20.3 x 15.0 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, 1979.5.6
Posted by: rhennigantx at January 22, 2025 09:33 AM (gbOdA)

I was about to say imagine that painting about the size of a piece of standard size paper.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 09:36 AM (D6PGr)

22 I have nothing to add to what Kris said, so I'll keep my silly mouth shut.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 22, 2025 09:36 AM (Q0kLU)

23 I really like this. Thank you for posting.

Posted by: Czech Chick at January 22, 2025 09:36 AM (fpVC1)

24 >>A dog lies in shadow under the table. Many times in art, a dog can symbolize fidelity and family ties. The animal is also partially covered by the tablecloth and reminds me of a burial shroud. This couple was close. He still loves her but his life is dark now.

And in real life, dogs are unconditional love, loyalty and comfort.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 22, 2025 09:37 AM (u1uWe)

25 "Is that your wife?"

"No, that's just a picture of her."

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 22, 2025 09:37 AM (lTGtQ)

26 Fortunately, for us guys, its normally the wife that morns.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2025 09:37 AM (Wg6v7)

27 You can't start the next chapter if you keep rereading the last one.

Posted by: But he's still processing the loss at January 22, 2025 09:37 AM (dg+HA)

28 14 I know how he feels.
Posted by: BignJames

You and me, both.

Posted by: Widower Since 9/23/2020 at January 22, 2025 09:37 AM (G5+As)

29 My father-in-law did this for a time after his wife died. We would go over and he would be sitting in the living toom with one lamp lit in the entire house. He was lost.

Posted by: tubal at January 22, 2025 09:38 AM (PCK5/)

30 This painting is so sad, I thought at first he was painting from experience. But no, his wife outlived him.

Posted by: Kris at January 22, 2025 09:38 AM (EwaUh)

31 Thx Kris. Somber theme , somber coloring. Would hang , even though it's sad

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 22, 2025 09:38 AM (6v8aM)

32 yeah I just noticed that

a dog lying on the floor to the right of the chair

still, the art is too dark, IMO

hang status: no

Posted by: Don Black at January 22, 2025 09:38 AM (AOsQT)

33 No mauve. Not art.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2025 09:38 AM (Wg6v7)

34 I love this.
Thanks for the wonderful explanation, Kris.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 22, 2025 09:39 AM (NpAcC)

35 Who is the third chair for? The viewer?

Posted by: davidt at January 22, 2025 09:39 AM (i0F8b)

36 Which step of the grieving process is this?

I think there was an episode of Wings where Lowell went through all the steps in about a minute.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 09:39 AM (D6PGr)

37 Postcard sized.

Posted by: rhennigantx at January 22, 2025 09:35 AM (gbOdA)

Which is a testament to the artist's skill.

I really like this piece.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 22, 2025 09:39 AM (d9fT1)

38

So, Aqualung got lucky?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 22, 2025 09:39 AM (x0n13)

39 No sunlight. Not art.

Posted by: dantesed at January 22, 2025 09:39 AM (Oy/m2)

40 I think the smaller chair was hers. He's sitting in it, facing the portrait to feel the connection with her.

Posted by: TakeFive at January 22, 2025 09:39 AM (4DupB)

41 No sunlight. Not art.
Posted by: dantesed at January 22, 2025 09:39 AM (Oy/m2)

There is a dog.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 22, 2025 09:40 AM (aD39U)

42 It's no Hunter Biden.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 22, 2025 09:40 AM (lTGtQ)

43 41 No sunlight. Not art.
Posted by: dantesed at January 22, 2025 09:39 AM (Oy/m2)

There is a dog.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 22, 2025 09:40 AM (aD39U)

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Also trees.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 22, 2025 09:40 AM (GBKbO)

44 41 No sunlight. Not art.
Posted by: dantesed at January 22, 2025 09:39 AM (Oy/m2)

There is a dog.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 22, 2025 09:40 AM (aD39U)

And trees

Posted by: Kris at January 22, 2025 09:40 AM (EwaUh)

45 39 No sunlight. Not art.
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Mmm, the sun is setting. Hello, twilight, my old friend.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2025 09:40 AM (Wg6v7)

46 Definitely tells a story, a sad story. From a quick search he was a prolific painter and his other works are very bright and colorful and also convey a story of what life was like in the last part of the 19th century. Makes you wonder if he suffered a loss that inspired him to paint such a bleak scene.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 22, 2025 09:41 AM (2NHgQ)

47 Also trees.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Not happy little ones, though.

Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 09:41 AM (77rzZ)

48 45 39 No sunlight. Not art.
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Mmm, the sun is setting. Hello, twilight, my old friend.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2025 09:40 AM (Wg6v7)

Hmmm. Maybe time to listen to S&G again..

Posted by: tubal at January 22, 2025 09:41 AM (PCK5/)

49 I like that there is a flower under her painting, probably placed by the widower.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 22, 2025 09:42 AM (NpAcC)

50 * fine mist of hydrogen peroxide *

Look, it's dogs playing poker~!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 22, 2025 09:42 AM (mlg/3)

51 I think the smaller chair is hers. He's sitting in it, facing her portrait, maintaining a connection with her.

Posted by: TakeFive at January 22, 2025 09:42 AM (4DupB)

52 48 Mmm, the sun is setting. Hello, twilight, my old friend.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2025 09:40 AM (Wg6v7)

Hmmm. Maybe time to listen to S&G again..
Posted by: tubal at January 22, 2025 09:41 AM (PCK5/)

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I prefer the sound of silence.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 22, 2025 09:42 AM (GBKbO)

53 Hmmm. Maybe time to listen to S&G again..
Posted by: tubal

Please, no "Feelin' Groovy."

Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 09:42 AM (77rzZ)

54 It's sadness rivals “For sale: baby shoes, never worn”.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 22, 2025 09:42 AM (aD39U)

55 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 22, 2025 09:39 AM (d9fT1)

Not to be contrarian but I think it’s easier to paint small. Thats just my personal opinion. That’s not disputing the artist’s skill though.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 09:43 AM (D6PGr)

56 It's no Hunter Biden.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 22, 2025 09:40 AM (lTGtQ)

It's got plenty of brown in it.

Posted by: Angry landlord at January 22, 2025 09:43 AM (BI5O2)

57 If you embiggen it you can see that the room had a feminine touch.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 22, 2025 09:43 AM (NpAcC)

58 52 48 Mmm, the sun is setting. Hello, twilight, my old friend.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2025 09:40 AM (Wg6v7)

Hmmm. Maybe time to listen to S&G again..
Posted by: tubal at January 22, 2025 09:41 AM (PCK5/)

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I prefer the sound of silence.
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Let's build a bridge over troubled water.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2025 09:43 AM (Wg6v7)

59
Today he'd be residing at the Bide-A-Wee Village (AKA, G*d's Waiting Room) and be deluged by widders looking to share myriad social diseases.

Cabin in the woods, boy-o, cabin in the woods.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 22, 2025 09:43 AM (xG4kz)

60 Too dark. I'm A widower, and first thing I do every morning is throw open the blinds and let the light in.
Then go make coffee.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 22, 2025 09:43 AM (4780s)

61
"Free at last. Now I can marry Lola."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 22, 2025 09:44 AM (dxSpM)

62 This reminds me of my Dad in the months after my Mom died. He'd sit in the living room, quietly drinking his morning coffee. No TV, no paper, nothing, just silence. The cat would sit on his lap, and occasionally go check my Mom's empty chair. She was lost too. After a few weeks, Dad started sitting in Mom's chair once in a while instead, and I think that helped him get over the hump.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at January 22, 2025 09:44 AM (QdGJh)

63 I prefer the sound of silence.
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Let's build a bridge over troubled water.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2025 09:43 AM (Wg6v7)

I'd just lay me down.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 22, 2025 09:44 AM (aD39U)

64 61
"Free at last. Now I can marry Lola."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 22, 2025 09:44 AM (dxSpM)

======

I can see Clara now, Lorraine is gone.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 22, 2025 09:44 AM (GBKbO)

65 40 I think the smaller chair was hers. He's sitting in it, facing the portrait to feel the connection with her.
Posted by: TakeFive at January 22, 2025 09:39 AM (4DupB)

Possibly. The smaller chair just seems more masculine to me. I also have a similar comfy chair so it felt natural that it'd be the wife's.

Posted by: Kris at January 22, 2025 09:44 AM (EwaUh)

66 The dog has a cute tongue.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 22, 2025 09:45 AM (NpAcC)

67 I can see Clara now, Lorraine is gone.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 22, 2025 09:44 AM (GBKbO)

I snorted out loud.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 22, 2025 09:45 AM (aD39U)

68 Sad.

There's an old saying I heard about how men and woman grieve differently when they lose a spouse.

I wish I could remember it.... must have been 50 years ago.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2025 09:45 AM (Q4IgG)

69 I think the smaller chair is hers. He's sitting in it, facing her portrait, maintaining a connection with her.
Posted by: TakeFive

I can believe that. After KWB passed I remember pulling on one of his sweaters, sitting in his chair to feel the connection.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at January 22, 2025 09:45 AM (oXXmI)

70
I miss the olden days when one would acquire the title of "the widow" or "the widower."

As in, The Widow McGillicuddy, or The Widower Hendrickson.

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 22, 2025 09:45 AM (RDFmy)

71 61
"Free at last. Now I can marry Lola."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 22, 2025 09:44 AM (dxSpM)

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She was a showgirl

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 22, 2025 09:45 AM (hY4dx)

72 Thank you, Kris. Always love your expositions.

I'm taken with the way he handles the light from the setting sun on the tea table.
And I'm wondering if the dog facing out at the viewer is asking "where is she? I can't find her."
A very evocative work.

Posted by: sal at January 22, 2025 09:45 AM (f+FmA)

73 63 I prefer the sound of silence.
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Let's build a bridge over troubled water.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2025 09:43 AM (Wg6v7)
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I'd just lay me down.
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I am a rock.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2025 09:46 AM (Wg6v7)

74 "Free at last. Now I can marry Lola."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 22, 2025 09:44 AM (dxSpM)

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She was a showgirl
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 22, 2025 09:45 AM (hY4dx)

Yeah, but that was 30 years ago, when they used to have a show.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 22, 2025 09:46 AM (aD39U)

75 Best grieving widower.

Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 09:46 AM (D6PGr)

76 A beautiful writeup. I really appreciate Kris's contributions.

This painting reminds me why I made my wife to promise not to pass before me.

Posted by: Hedley Lamarr at January 22, 2025 09:46 AM (UWRAE)

77
Hey, Scoob, that's the ol' Widower Henry's house!

Posted by: Shaggy at January 22, 2025 09:46 AM (RDFmy)

78
"Free at last. Now I can marry Lola."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 22, 2025

***
Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 22, 2025 09:46 AM (omVj0)

79 Check each square with a dog in it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 22, 2025 09:46 AM (hY4dx)

80 I'd just lay me down.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 22, 2025 09:44 AM (aD39U)

With Mrs. Robinson

Posted by: dantesed at January 22, 2025 09:47 AM (Oy/m2)

81 I can see Clara now, Lorraine is gone.
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Snort.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2025 09:47 AM (Wg6v7)

82 His chair is sideways and he's not looking at the port right because he's turned to the sun so he can read the book in his lap.
Life goes on.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 22, 2025 09:47 AM (4780s)

83 Free at last. Now I can marry Lola."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 22, 2025 09:44 AM (dxSpM)

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She was a showgirl
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 22, 2025 09:45 AM (hY4dx)

Yeah, but that was 30 years ago, when they used to have a show.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 22, 2025 09:46 AM (aD39U)

I’ve always said that’s the most upbeat sad song ever.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 09:48 AM (D6PGr)

84 Actually, now that people are mentioning widowhood, I am reminded of a story. Details are vague because I don't have time to get the proper information.

A German emperor (perhaps William I) had a dreadful marriage and was constantly arguing with his empress. After about 40-odd years of marital strife, she died.

Shortly after her funeral, an aide saw the emperor weeping and asked why. "You two never got along, why are you grieving?"

"You live with and argue with someone for years and then one day realize that you will never have anything to expect ever again," the emperor said, "and you will cry, too."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 22, 2025 09:48 AM (Q0kLU)

85 75 Best grieving widower.

Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino
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Well, he had an M-1 rifle.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2025 09:48 AM (Wg6v7)

86 Doggo, ergo Art.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 22, 2025 09:48 AM (+QlJh)

87 Kris,

Excellent writeup. You illuminate this painting for us. Thank you.

This is an emotionally evocative painting, with telling details.

But would not hang. Too much foreshadowing.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 22, 2025 09:48 AM (u82oZ)

88 His dog up and died.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2025 09:49 AM (Wg6v7)

89 Now that the old battleaxe is gone I need to get busy. Poker on Mondays, a trip into town to pick up a tart or two on Tuesday, Wednesday visit the smoke shop, Thursday a booze up at the pub and Friday place my bets with Bookie Billy. Saturday and Sunday rest up for the following week of fun and mischief. Free at last, free at last thank Gawd almighty I'm free at last! Maybe take her portrait to the pawn shop and see what I can get for it. Maybe a shilling or two.

Posted by: Jim Dandy, Living the Dream at January 22, 2025 09:49 AM (R/m4+)

90 The widower is keeping the plant watered and placed in the window. I guess it was probably her that did that in the past.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 22, 2025 09:49 AM (ogTiX)

91 I'm taken with the way he handles the light from the setting sun on the tea table.
Posted by: sal at January 22, 2025 09:45 AM (f+FmA)

Yes. The lighting is lovely. It reminds me a little bit of Vermeer.

Posted by: Kris at January 22, 2025 09:49 AM (EwaUh)

92 It reminds me of a painting I saw at a gallery at UT-Austin of a supper table in a small, shabby kitchen that had been set for two but used by only one. I looked at that painting for a long time. It was the saddest painting I have ever seen. I wish I could remember the artist's name.

Posted by: huerfano at January 22, 2025 09:50 AM (DKIGo)

93 His dog up and died.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2025 09:49 AM (Wg6v7)

Not so much upbeat but it is definitely sadder.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 09:50 AM (D6PGr)

94 "Free at last. Now I can marry Lola."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 22, 2025

Not to rain on your parade, but I know what I am and what I am is a man, and so is Lola.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 22, 2025 09:50 AM (Q0kLU)

95 Tastes like cherry cola.

Posted by: Mick at January 22, 2025 09:50 AM (dg+HA)

96 Notice there are no sammiches. So sad.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 22, 2025 09:50 AM (hY4dx)

97 Alternate Title:

"Ophelia's Ghost Glares From Her Portrait at Wilber. How Many Times Has She Told That Silly Old Goat, "Tea Spoon on the Right, Wilbur! The Tea Spoon Goes On the Right." Well, Now She Can Possess the Dog And Bite Wilbur's Ass Until He Learns the Proper Etiquette. Maybe Now the Old Goof Will Learn Manners!"

Posted by: naturalfake at January 22, 2025 09:50 AM (iJfKG)

98 This is a very sad painting. It reminds me of my dad.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 22, 2025 09:50 AM (D7oie)

99 "A man does not recover from such devotion of the heart to such a woman! He ought not; he does not."

Posted by: Jan Austen - Persuasion at January 22, 2025 09:50 AM (u1uWe)

100 I prefer the sound of silence.
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Let's build a bridge over troubled water.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2025 09:43 AM (Wg6v7)
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I'd just lay me down.
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I am a rock.
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2025

***
Getting the come-on from the hoors on Seventh Avenue.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 22, 2025 09:51 AM (omVj0)

101 Port right = portrait.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 22, 2025 09:51 AM (4780s)

102 Just checked the weather on my phone severe weather advisory...because it's cold...in the winter...

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 09:52 AM (KQk9m)

103 Thanks, Kris. Quite a coincidence for me that this is today's art. Wasn't going to mention this, but now I feel like I should.

On this date 3 years ago, I became a widower. Kris, your words, especially that last paragraph, are incredibly well written and very effectively capture the feeling of a man who has lost his wife.

I can't even begin to express how much the love and support from so many of you here in these gray boxes has meant to me over the past 3 years. So much love to you all!

Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2025 09:52 AM (gEQYA)

104 Port right = portrait.
Posted by: From about That Time at January 22, 2025 09:51 AM (4780s)

I was about to say port is left😀

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 09:52 AM (D6PGr)

105
Sorry for you sad anniversary, Doof.

Posted by: Shaggy at January 22, 2025 09:53 AM (RDFmy)

106 your

Posted by: Shaggy at January 22, 2025 09:53 AM (RDFmy)

107 Posted by: Jan Austen - Persuasion at January 22, 2025 09:50 AM (u1uWe)

That is my favorite Austen novel; Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2025 09:53 AM (dz9i+)

108
Now that the old battleaxe is gone I need to get busy. Poker on Mondays, a trip into town to pick up a tart or two on Tuesday, Wednesday visit the smoke shop, Thursday a booze up at the pub and Friday place my bets with Bookie Billy. Saturday and Sunday rest up for the following week of fun and mischief. Free at last, free at last thank Gawd almighty I'm free at last! Maybe take her portrait to the pawn shop and see what I can get for it. Maybe a shilling or two.
Posted by: Jim Dandy, Living the Dream

IOW, Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) in "The Guard", although he had never married.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 22, 2025 09:53 AM (xG4kz)

109 103 So much love to you all!
Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2025 09:52 AM (gEQYA)

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*cracks knuckles*

*cracks joints in neck*

*shotgun pumps fists*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 22, 2025 09:53 AM (GBKbO)

110
Let's try that again:

Sorry for your sad anniversary, Doof.

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 22, 2025 09:53 AM (RDFmy)

111 Thank you Kris for this explication. What an incredibly evocative piece. Melancholy comes off of it in waves.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 22, 2025 09:54 AM (RIvkX)

112 Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2025 09:52 AM (gEQYA)

There's a few of us here...maybe we should form a union?

Posted by: BignJames at January 22, 2025 09:54 AM (Yj6Os)

113 So much love to you all!
Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2025 09:52 AM (gEQYA)

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*cracks knuckles*

*cracks joints in neck*

*shotgun pumps fists*
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 22, 2025 09:53 AM (GBKbO)

Yeah - even to you. Just today though.

Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2025 09:54 AM (gEQYA)

114 84 MP4, if it really was a German Emperor, it would have to have been William I. His successor, Frederick III, died shortly after ascending the throne (and before his wife), and William II, the Kaiser of WWI, I think had a happy marriage (which produced 7 kids).

Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 09:55 AM (77rzZ)

115 There's a few of us here...maybe we should form a union?
Posted by: BignJames at January 22, 2025 09:54 AM (Yj6Os)

Too many of us. I've lost count.

Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2025 09:55 AM (gEQYA)

116 My mom never recovered fully from my father’s passing . Took at almost 5 years before she could get on with a semi normal life. She was a widow for 35 years before she also passed.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 09:56 AM (D6PGr)

117 Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2025 09:52 AM (gEQYA)

Thank you, and I'm sorry for your loss.

Posted by: Kris at January 22, 2025 09:56 AM (EwaUh)

118 113 Yeah - even to you. Just today though.
Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2025 09:54 AM (gEQYA)

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But seriously...

Many sad condolences on your unfortunate anniversary.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 22, 2025 09:56 AM (GBKbO)

119 Take my wife. Please.
Henny Youngman.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2025 09:56 AM (Wg6v7)

120 Doof, I remember. Your circumstances much like my own a decade earlier.
Somehow its both much harder and much easier to lose a good woman.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 22, 2025 09:56 AM (4780s)

121 The msm or a subset of it, is making a big stink about Netflix raising its rates. Again.

And it’s like yeah no shit assholes. Everything is increasing in price. We’ve been trying to tell you for the last 4 fucking years. It’s funny that car insurance increasing by 80% gets a shrug. Or eggs doubling in price. Or $4 gas. Or an $8 Big Mac. That was all right wing paranoia and misinformation about inflation. Inflation doesn’t exist.

But Netflix is increasing by $2 a month? Now inflation is suddenly a thing. And it’s outrageous!!!!

Leftists are so fucking weird.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 22, 2025 09:56 AM (/St6i)

122 Someone in Trump's team read my comments...from Zerohedge, a RIF will be used to fully get rid of the DEI folks. Since many of them have no ability to drop in and do anything else, and many have little seniority, it will likely purge most of the folks fully from fed gov...

"The heads of agencies and departments are also instructed to share the following with OPM by noon Thursday, Jan. 23;

A complete list of DEIA offices and any employees who were in those offices as of Nov. 5, 2024
A complete list of all DEIA-related agency contracts as of Nov. 5, 2024
Any agency plans to fully comply with the above executive orders and this memorandum
By Friday at 5 p.m., agency heads must submit to OPM:

A written plan for executing a reduction-in-force action regarding the employees who work in a DEIA office
A list of all contract descriptions or personnel position descriptions that were changed since Nov. 5, 2024, to obscure their connection to DEIA programs"

Posted by: Nova Local at January 22, 2025 09:56 AM (exHjb)

123 10 I dislike dark paintings . That is why I’m not a big fan of Rembrandt though I acknowledge his painting genius.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 09:33 AM (D6PGr)

I wonder how much of the darkness is due to the paints, or due to centuries of grime on the paintings?

Posted by: Josephistan at January 22, 2025 09:57 AM (ixyiv)

124 Doof, I am so sorry for your loss. May the memory of her be a blessing and a comfort to you.

Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

125 What is on the outside of the picture frame?
Lower left side

Posted by: kactus at January 22, 2025 09:57 AM (twS2i)

126 But Netflix is increasing by $2 a month? Now inflation is suddenly a thing. And it’s outrageous!!!!

It's not that Netflix is raising their prices, it's that Trump is now President. OMG! Inflation is totally out of control and the guy who's been in the WH for 2 days is to blame.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2025 09:58 AM (ExV1e)

127 I deal with widows more often than widowers. There's a reason for that I suppose.

Posted by: Eromero at January 22, 2025 09:58 AM (LHPAg)

128 I can't even begin to express how much the love and support from so many of you here in these gray boxes has meant to me over the past 3 years. So much love to you all!
Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2025 09:52 AM (gEQYA)
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May her memory be a blessing.

And for BignJames too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 22, 2025 09:58 AM (RIvkX)

129 I’m cracking up at the news coverage of weather. It’s January. It’s cold. Everyone panic!!!!!!

😱

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 22, 2025 09:59 AM (/St6i)

130
Look at the video someone posted with the guy showing trumpers the video of musk doing Nazi salute. They don't care. They laughed. Most of this stuff doesn't matter to them. Like Ukraine. They don't even know what dei stands for and they opposed it vehemently. You cannot rely on his voters for anything.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions

LOL, I love this one. It's right there in front of their faces and they refuse to see it. They cannot see the forest through the MAGA trees....

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 22, 2025 10:00 AM (RDFmy)

131
At long last he can now make chili the way he likes it -- without carrots

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 22, 2025 10:00 AM (xG4kz)

132 130
Look at the video someone posted with the guy showing trumpers the video of musk doing Nazi salute. They don't care. They laughed. Most of this stuff doesn't matter to them. Like Ukraine. They don't even know what dei stands for and they opposed it vehemently. You cannot rely on his voters for anything.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions

LOL, I love this one. It's right there in front of their faces and they refuse to see it. They cannot see the forest through the MAGA trees....
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 22, 2025 10:00 AM (RDFmy)

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The lesson, "the Nazi card is completely and totally played out," will never enter their minds.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 22, 2025 10:00 AM (GBKbO)

133 ’m cracking up at the news coverage of weather. It’s January. It’s cold. Everyone panic!!!!!!

😱
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 22, 2025 09:59 AM (/St6i)

It is an unprecedented weather event across the South though.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 10:00 AM (D6PGr)

134 Gotta say, nothing is quite as inspiring as a 90 minute work meeting where a series of senior executives speak, one after another, about how awesome, brilliant, and caring senior executives are.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2025 10:00 AM (ExV1e)

135 reassigned...

" The Justice Department has reassigned key senior officials across multiple divisions as part of a leadership shakeup ahead of the expected confirmation of President Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi, multiple people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.

Among those moved to other positions inside the department is Bruce Swartz, the longtime head of the Justice Department’s office of international affairs, which handles extradition matters, according to two people who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss personnel moves. As many as 20 or so officials in all have been reassigned.

Another affected official is George Toscas, a veteran deputy assistant attorney general in the department’s national security division who, in addition to helping oversee major terrorism and espionage investigations, has also been a key supervisor in politically charged probes over the last decade including into Hillary Clinton’s handling of classified information and Trump’s hoarding of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate."

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2025 10:01 AM (g47mK)

136 Well when they said snow was a thing of the past and then it snows...in Florida!

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 10:01 AM (KQk9m)

137 Powerful painting and wonderful analysis. Thanks, Kris. I was not familiar with this artist It had me thinking of the most recent widower in my congregation.( The Korean War vet. They had been married for more than 65 years. He met her when she was a nursing student. Wonderful woman and he loved her very much . I miss her. I am also thinking of some of recent widowers here.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2025 10:01 AM (dz9i+)

138 133 It is an unprecedented weather event across the South though.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 10:00 AM (D6PGr)

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Eh.

It's snowed in the South before.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 22, 2025 10:01 AM (GBKbO)

139 I have heard of people who have lost loved ones who continue routines or keep places just as the deceased left them as a way to hang onto them.

Well known example - Queen Victoria wore black for 40 years after her husband Prince Albert died, and had his uniform laid out for him every day.

Posted by: brak at January 22, 2025 10:01 AM (25k9m)

140 Reassigned until they get enough to fire them one hopes. I understand an investigation of the J6 cases handling is being done on the DOJ

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 10:02 AM (KQk9m)

141 Fire them or prosecute them as it happens

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 10:03 AM (KQk9m)

142 Look at the video someone posted with the guy showing trumpers the video of musk doing Nazi salute. They don't care. They laughed. Most of this stuff doesn't matter to them. Like Ukraine. They don't even know what dei stands for and they opposed it vehemently. You cannot rely on his voters for anything.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions

Again projection as they are ridiculously ignorant. That they have no knowledge of the Nazi based units in Ukraine is sadly hilarious.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 10:03 AM (D6PGr)

143 Trump changed the weather!

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 10:03 AM (KQk9m)

144 Well known example - Queen Victoria wore black for 40 years after her husband Prince Albert died, and had his uniform laid out for him every day.
Posted by: brak

She was also prevailed upon to write a letter of condolence to Mary Todd Lincoln after Abe's assassination, as one widow to another.

Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 10:04 AM (77rzZ)

145 I really enjoyed this post today. The art work which beautiful and the commentary on the work adds so much more. Thank you.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 22, 2025 10:04 AM (oyAbw)

146 It is an unprecedented weather event across the South though.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 10:00 AM (D6PGr)

Is it unprecedented?

I lived in the South for a few years. Every winter I was there we had a deep cold snap and snow. And every time it was the end of the world leading up to it. And 48 hours later when it warmed up again the snow melted, miraculously everyone survived the catastrophe and went on with their lives.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 22, 2025 10:04 AM (/St6i)

147 Someone in Trump's team read my comments.

==

Yes ! Of Course! How else could they have come up with it!

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2025 10:04 AM (g47mK)

148 Art bumming me out.. ugh

Anyway Trump has already created jobs and I am now a self designated telework employee and available for hire..

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 22, 2025 10:04 AM (jQ+5q)

149 I’m cracking up at the news coverage of weather. It’s January. It’s cold. Everyone panic!!!!!!

Unbelievably pretty day here, sun shining, snow still white from no melting. 12°, no wind.

And emergency notices on the phone. Pathetic. Got one word for you.

Long underwear.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 22, 2025 10:04 AM (4780s)

150 142 Again projection as they are ridiculously ignorant. That they have no knowledge of the Nazi based units in Ukraine is sadly hilarious.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 10:03 AM (D6PGr)

As far as they're concerned, if you aren't at bare minimum a socialist, you're a Nazi.

Posted by: XTC at January 22, 2025 10:05 AM (sm6Pk)

151 Doof, i remember hearing the sad news. Three years? Wow. Times were tough for all (most) of us but you had it especially tough.

Posted by: SFGoth at January 22, 2025 10:06 AM (KAi1n)

152 Funny how East Germany fit in so very well under communism, almost like the previous system was very similar....

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 10:06 AM (KQk9m)

153 Edward Lamson Henry
The Widower, 1873
Oil on Wood, 8 x 5 7⁄8 in.

Kris, what a thoughtful and from my perspective accurate understanding of this painting. When I looked up the size I struck by how small it is, 8 x 6 essentially.

Who knows if Mr. Henry used this size for meaning but if he did I am inclined to think the message is this universal time in our lives is easily overlooked by the outside - this painting would easily get overwhelmed in a museum or lessor setting.

I see similar moments in McDonalds with regularity where elderly husbands, I think, often show up with regularity alone for a cup of coffee and minor breakfast. One could easily overlook them as having a stag meal on the way to somewhere else except I often see the same faces, in the same seats, at the same time of day as I drop in and out periodically. The scale there is life itself but given the impersonal nature of such places these moments too are easily overlooked.

The last observations is the use of season and foliage in this painting. The trees outside are full foliage which implies a time of healing, a renewed life, coming for this man once his grief has ebbed.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 22, 2025 10:06 AM (Q8Bj8)

154 138 133 It is an unprecedented weather event across the South though.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 10:00 AM (D6PGr)

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Eh.

It's snowed in the South before.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 22, 2025 10:01 AM (GBKbO
I've seen snow on the ground from Myrtle Beach to Laurel Mississippi,

Posted by: Eromero at January 22, 2025 10:06 AM (LHPAg)

155 "I have heard of people who have lost loved ones who continue routines or keep places just as the deceased left them as a way to hang onto them. I think he’s trying to do something similar here, but, to me, it just enhances the loneliness."

There's no right or wrong way to mourn. We when lose loved ones, there is no getting OVER it - just getting THROUGH it. That looks different for each person.

Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2025 10:06 AM (gEQYA)

156 In my LinkedIn fed there was a post from some AWFL about Elon. She was devastated that in the year 2025 someone could openly be a Nazi and be part of the presidents inner circle.

She was ratioed into oblivion. On LinkedIn mind you where people for the most part were afraid to speak their mind for fear of being cancelled professionally. They’re afraid no more it appears.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 22, 2025 10:07 AM (/St6i)

157 Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 22, 2025 10:04 AM (/St6i)

Yes unprecedented. I understand the woke weather people over dramatize weather events but this one deserves more than just a passing comment that it’s January.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 10:07 AM (D6PGr)

158 Anybody who does not abide by their temper tantrums is a nazi111!!

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2025 10:07 AM (g47mK)

159 >>as also been a key supervisor in politically charged probes over the last decade including into Hillary Clinton’s handling of classified information and Trump’s hoarding of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate."

Hillary's "handling"
Trump's "hoarding"

Guess which one was in possession of classified docs she did not have the clearance to see? Guess which one was regularly sharing these docs with civilian pals over unsecured AOL mail, having her foreign born housecleaner collect off the printer, were left in her aid's car sitting on the passenger seat?

My word, these journos are scumbags!

Posted by: Jan Austen - Persuasion at January 22, 2025 10:07 AM (u1uWe)

160 Look at the video someone posted with the guy showing trumpers the video of musk doing Nazi salute. They don't care. They laughed. Most of this stuff doesn't matter to them. Like Ukraine. They don't even know what dei stands for and they opposed it vehemently. You cannot rely on his voters for anything.

And the guy doing the video... what was his response to all the Democrats "doing a Nazi salute"? Was he incensed? Did he immediately call for their ouster? Or did he say "oh, this is taken out of context"?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2025 10:08 AM (ExV1e)

161 It's snowed in the South before.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 22, 2025 10:01 AM (GBKbO)

It has literally never snowed in the 35 years I have lived in this town.

We got 6" of dry powder yesterday.

I remain incredulous.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 22, 2025 10:08 AM (aD39U)

162 147 Someone in Trump's team read my comments.

==

Yes ! Of Course! How else could they have come up with it!
Posted by: runner at January 22, 2025 10:04 AM (g47mK)

They didn't the 1st 4 year term...of course, I didn't post that info then, either

...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 22, 2025 10:09 AM (exHjb)

163 If school had been canceled every time there was a potential for cold temps while waiting for the bus, Mom Refugee would have called the superintendent and threatened to drop me and my siblings on their porch.

"If it's not too cold for the engine to turn over, it's not too cold to wait for the bus"

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 22, 2025 10:09 AM (Jv+5B)

164 She was ratioed into oblivion. On LinkedIn mind you where people for the most part were afraid to speak their mind for fear of being cancelled professionally. They’re afraid no more it appears.

well, good

meanwhile on reddit this astroturf campaign has been implemented on every subreddit I subscribe to (or used to subscribe to).

reddit SUCKS

Posted by: Black Orchid at January 22, 2025 10:09 AM (Pv3Rg)

165 I'm telling you the Orange Man done it ,he reversed the poles or something
Stephen King probably

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 10:09 AM (KQk9m)

166 Tech question...

Just got back, so may have been asked.

if we watched the inauguration via a TV antenna in the attic, does legacy media have their viewership go up by one?

Cause those folks sure are screeching that not many folks watched it.

Elon is saying that viewership on X was also through the roof.

So maybe legacy media is lying....just a little bit?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 10:09 AM (a1415)

167 We got 6" of dry powder yesterday.

—

We call that Tuesday where I live. 😀

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 22, 2025 10:10 AM (/St6i)

168 The pain of loss in this painting is breathtaking. The small, intimate room displays the comfort of long use in company. The different chairs, especially the wingback upholstered one (presumably the wife's) shows the furniture was chosen by each user for comfort in their tradition. What makes the scene so poignant is the sunlight on the tea service and shining on the world outside. But it can't touch the man's loneliness and grief. That he tries to maintain the custom of time shared with his late wife adds to the pathos.

I can't imagine anyone looking at this painting and not feel the man's pain.

Posted by: JTB at January 22, 2025 10:10 AM (yTvNw)

169 G'morn, art lovers. Thank you, Kris, for your insights on the painting. The lighting is remarkably bright but spare, and the details are impressive.

Maybe someone has mentioned this already: on the left side of the framed portrait, bottom half, there's something seems to be sticking out from behind the frame, looks like papers.

His chair "is positioned sideways, present but maybe a little detached." Heh. I thought, easier to get into and out of if you don't have to struggle to scoot the chair back. I sympathize.

In the small version up top, I missed the dog entirely. Had to magnify the linked version just to see it well. Looks like a good old big canine. Faithful companion, hanging close by the man.

Posted by: mindful webworker - I feel his age. at January 22, 2025 10:10 AM (OYY6y)

170 Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2025 09:52 AM (gEQYA)

Love to you, Doof. This is one of the reasons this place matters/ aside from the excellent political and other types of analysis. It’s because although people can squabble and get vituperative , there is a lot of support for each other here. It happens at the Moron meet ups too, but for those that can’t get to them, this is a kind community.

May the Lord continue to comfort you and others who knew and loved your wife .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2025 10:10 AM (Vabrb)

171 155 "I have heard of people who have lost loved ones who continue routines or keep places just as the deceased left them as a way to hang onto them. I think he’s trying to do something similar here, but, to me, it just enhances the loneliness."

There's no right or wrong way to mourn. We when lose loved ones, there is no getting OVER it - just getting THROUGH it. That looks different for each person.
Posted by: Doof at January 22,

I saw this subject and knew it was going to hit close for you. Big hugs, Doof.

Posted by: Piper at January 22, 2025 10:10 AM (ZdaMQ)

172 Look at the video someone posted with the guy showing trumpers the video of musk doing Nazi salute. They don't care. They laughed. Most of this stuff doesn't matter to them. Like Ukraine. They don't even know what dei stands for and they opposed it vehemently. You cannot rely on his voters for anything.

Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions

LOL, I love this one. It's right there in front of their faces and they refuse to see it. They cannot see the forest through the MAGA trees....
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 22, 2025 10:00 AM (RDFmy)

The lesson, "the Nazi card is completely and totally played out," will never enter their minds.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 22, 2025 10:00 AM (GBKbO)

With the almost complete death of the Greatest Generation, so goes the extinction of their Greatest Boogyman.
"Nazis" are a catch-all for whatever the Left doesn't like. Like Olive Garden is the Libtard Catch-All for Bad Italian Chow,
So, you now have those terrible "Nazis", the Israelis trying to genocide the innocent, Palis.

Yeah, whatevs nutballs.

They should be ignored or laughed at. A ten second look online tells the truth.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 22, 2025 10:10 AM (iJfKG)

173 So maybe legacy media is lying....just a little bit?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 10:09 AM (a1415)

Never. I shant believe it. I shannot.

Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2025 10:10 AM (gEQYA)

174 Hey we've reached 1° here. Up from -5° overnight. Progress!

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 22, 2025 10:11 AM (6v8aM)

175 70 million watched on X another 5 million on YT. That doesn't count people watching replays. Tv is dead.

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 10:11 AM (KQk9m)

176 "There's no right or wrong way to mourn. We when lose loved ones, there is no getting OVER it - just getting THROUGH it. That looks different for each person."

I'm learning we never get over it or through it, we just bear it and do our best to get on.

Posted by: SkylerKet at January 22, 2025 10:11 AM (SXIn9)

177 Eh.

It's snowed in the South before.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 22, 2025 10:01 AM (GBKbO
I've seen snow on the ground from Myrtle Beach to Laurel Mississippi,
Posted by: Eromero at January 22, 2025 10:06 AM (LHPAg)

You guys act like if you acknowledge something you somehow lose to the evil forces of the Left. The amount of snowfall across the South is unprecedented. That some has melted and then iced over after temps dropped again makes for a dangerous situation .

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 10:11 AM (D6PGr)

178 It was like getting snow in Hawaii. It is quiet outside. The whole town is shutdown.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 22, 2025 10:11 AM (aD39U)

179 Posted by: JTB at January 22, 2025 10:10 AM (yTvNw

Always appreciate your thoughtful commentary, JTB. I can tell that you love art. I don’t know if you always have, but your comments are very interesting.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2025 10:12 AM (Vabrb)

180 Collin Rugg @CollinRugg
JUST IN: Pete Hegseth accused of making his second wife "fear for her safety" in new affidavit, allegations immediately get shot down by his second wife.

Another hoax. The fact that they are fighting this confirmation so hard tells you everything you need to know.

In a desperate attempt to halt his confirmation, Senators received an affidavit where Hegseth's former sister-in-law claimed his behavior caused ex-wife Samantha Hegseth to "fear for her safety."

The allegations were immediately shot down by Samantha herself, who said the information was not accurate.

"First and foremost, I have not and will not comment on my marriage to Pete Hegseth. I do not have representatives speaking on my behalf, nor have I ever asked anyone to share or speak about the details of my marriage on my behalf, whether it be a reporter, a committee member, a transition team member, etc."

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 22, 2025 10:12 AM (5LoD7)

181 Collin Rugg @CollinRugg
"I do not believe your information to be accurate, and I have cc’d my lawyer."

"There was no physical abuse in my marriage. This is the only further statement I will make to you, I have let you know that I am not speaking and will not speak on my marriage to Pete. Please respect this decision."

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 22, 2025 10:12 AM (5LoD7)

182
reddit SUCKS

I used reddit for years but it got to a point no matter how niche the subreddit, leftwing politics seeped into everything. Literally everything. I left after they banned "The Donald"

Posted by: brak at January 22, 2025 10:13 AM (25k9m)

183 178 It was like getting snow in Hawaii. It is quiet outside. The whole town is shutdown.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at January

We lost power last night and now have no hot water. You doing okay?

Posted by: Piper at January 22, 2025 10:13 AM (ZdaMQ)

184 Betting sis in law is a left wing loon

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 10:13 AM (KQk9m)

185 It was like getting snow in Hawaii. It is quiet outside. The whole town is shutdown.
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Are all of the dogs barking??

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 22, 2025 10:13 AM (5LoD7)

186 177 You guys act like if you acknowledge something you somehow lose to the evil forces of the Left. The amount of snowfall across the South is unprecedented. That some has melted and then iced over after temps dropped again makes for a dangerous situation .
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 10:11 AM (D6PGr)

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So, it has never, ever snowed this much in the South before?

Not ever?

Because that's what unprecedented means. It doesn't mean unusual or extreme or within living memory. It means that it has never, ever happened before.

The misuse of the word unprecedented is just one of my hobby horses. Like, when Benedict resigned as pope, I kept seeing "analysis" saying that it was unprecedented and then, in the next sentence, "It hasn't happened in a thousand years." Well, there is precedent, then.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 22, 2025 10:13 AM (GBKbO)

187 Deft use of dark orange.

Posted by: fd at January 22, 2025 10:14 AM (vFG9F)

188 It was like getting snow in Hawaii. It is quiet outside. The whole town is shutdown.
Posted by: Grump928(C)

The top of Mauna Kea does get snow. I think folks even go skiing there.

Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 10:14 AM (77rzZ)

189 28.8 degrees and creeping up under a blazing sun.

We may survive this.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 10:14 AM (a1415)

190 You guys act like if you acknowledge something you somehow lose to the evil forces of the Left. The amount of snowfall across the South is unprecedented. That some has melted and then iced over after temps dropped again makes for a dangerous situation .
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 10:11 AM (D6PGr)

Unprecedented!!!!!
Everyone panic!!!!!

Come on dude. It’s snow and ice. It’ll melt. You’ll be OK. I promise.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 22, 2025 10:14 AM (/St6i)

191 The only people talking about Nazis and Hitler are Democrats.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 22, 2025 10:14 AM (kTd/k)

192 Notable that Trump hasn’t issued one EO on 2A rights or reversed any (that I can find) of Biden’s related EO’s. Also nothing on cleaning up the ATF and draining up that cesspool who has created a host of anti 2A rules and actions. It’s also not even on Congresses radar with the exception of a few party members mentioning they want to move the HPA forward and work on national reciprocity.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 22, 2025 10:14 AM (DZ6nv)

193 But we know why they switched brands from "global warming" to "climate change"

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 10:14 AM (KQk9m)

194 We're back to billionaires wanting videos destroyed.

Posted by: Axeman at January 22, 2025 10:15 AM (krQz2)

195 Squabbling about snow… is there anything we will not be Irish over???

Posted by: tubal at January 22, 2025 10:15 AM (PCK5/)

196 I feel for the people who are not used to such bone chilling temperatures, ice and snow. I don’t even like having to drive in icy conditions or walking on icy areas and I am used to it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2025 10:15 AM (Vabrb)

197

how far are we going back ? Ice age ?? Unprecedented since at least the Ice Age !

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2025 10:15 AM (g47mK)

198 It's snowed in the South before.

You bet your ass it has!

Posted by: Cold Miser at January 22, 2025 10:15 AM (Q0kLU)

199
What does Intrade or whatever the betting polls are say about Pete's confirmation?

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 22, 2025 10:15 AM (RDFmy)

200 195 Squabbling about snow… is there anything we will not be Irish over???

lol it's like Grumpy Old Men time every morning no?

Posted by: Black Orchid at January 22, 2025 10:16 AM (Pv3Rg)

201 It's his third day in how has he not done everything yet!

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 10:16 AM (KQk9m)

202 192 Notable that Trump hasn’t issued one EO on 2A rights or reversed any (that I can find) of Biden’s related EO’s. Also nothing on cleaning up the ATF and draining up that cesspool who has created a host of anti 2A rules and actions. It’s also not even on Congresses radar with the exception of a few party members mentioning they want to move the HPA forward and work on national reciprocity.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 22, 2025 10:14 AM (DZ6nv)

I think he still has some time left in this term.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 22, 2025 10:16 AM (wyMQY)

203 Did Literally Biden kill Literally Hitler?

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2025 10:16 AM (Wg6v7)

204 Notable that Trump hasn’t issued one EO on 2A rights or reversed any (that I can find) of Biden’s related EO’s.

Oh no, the secret is out ...Trump is not a conservative and neither are the people he appointed and it was all an act and we're doomed, doomed

Posted by: brak at January 22, 2025 10:16 AM (25k9m)

205 The misuse of the word unprecedented is just one of my hobby horses. Like, when Benedict resigned as pope, I kept seeing "analysis" saying that it was unprecedented and then, in the next sentence, "It hasn't happened in a thousand years." Well, there is precedent, then.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 22, 2025 10:13 AM (GBKbO)

Yes this is the most snow ever recorded. You have a habit of being obtuse.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 10:16 AM (D6PGr)

206 202 I think he still has some time left in this term.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 22, 2025 10:16 AM (wyMQY)

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I was assured that sitting in the National Cathedral yesterday ended his presidency.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 22, 2025 10:16 AM (GBKbO)

207 The top of Mauna Kea does get snow. I think folks even go skiing there.
Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 10:14 AM (77rzZ)

Yep on my bucket list of places to ski. There’s no lifts, you have to have someone drive you up and pick you up at the bottom from what I’ve gathered.

It would be funny taking a flight to Kona and checking in a ski bag.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 22, 2025 10:16 AM (/St6i)

208 And losing power can be a very difficult thing for those who don’t have generators.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2025 10:16 AM (Vabrb)

209 lol it's like Grumpy Old Men time every morning no?
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Only Sophia Loren can fix this.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2025 10:17 AM (Wg6v7)

210 We lost power last night and now have no hot water. You doing okay?
Posted by: Piper at January 22, 2025 10:13 AM (ZdaMQ)

All is well here. I trudged out to the barn to get some canned milk for my coffee this morning. Luckily I have some high rubber boots.

It is beautiful outside. Mrs928 keeps hounding me to take more photos with my phone.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 22, 2025 10:17 AM (aD39U)

211 "It's his third day in how has he not done everything yet!
Posted by: steevy"

I think he overdid it on the global warming.

Posted by: fd at January 22, 2025 10:17 AM (vFG9F)

212 205 Yes this is the most snow ever recorded. You have a habit of being obtuse.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 10:16 AM (D6PGr)

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Recorded.

Not happened.

Like when people say that our temperatures are unprecedentedly high even when our measurements go back 150 years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 22, 2025 10:17 AM (GBKbO)

213 I feel for the people who are not used to such bone chilling temperatures, ice and snow. I don’t even like having to drive in icy conditions or walking on icy areas and I am used to it.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Yes, it's the ice that really scares me. And with these frigid temperatures, there is much melting going on.

Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 10:17 AM (77rzZ)

214 Yes, it has snowed in Charleston before.

Not often, and the Lowcountry doesn't 'do snow' well.

But let's face it, snow in Charleston is kinda like Jamie Raskin telling the truth.

Yes, it happens.

Ad when it does, folks are gonna talk about it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 10:17 AM (a1415)

215 Are you still without power, Piper? I have a Honda generator you can use.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 22, 2025 10:18 AM (aD39U)

216 Posted by: Black Orchid at January 22, 2025 10:16 AM (Pv3Rg)

I laughed. Thanks. There are some grumpy old women too, but they are outnumbered by the men.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2025 10:18 AM (Vabrb)

217 I can't imagine what it's like to lose your life partner.

The people close to me who have lost their mates seem to have recovered well, although my uncle only lasted 2 years after his wife of 63 years passed.

Posted by: kallisto at January 22, 2025 10:18 AM (dCxaZ)

218 Power outages are all too frequent these days in summer, winter , spring and fall and we know why.

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 10:18 AM (KQk9m)

219 Another hoax. The fact that they are fighting this confirmation so hard tells you everything you need to know.

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 22, 2025 10:12 AM (5LoD7)
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The rape gang with drugged solo cups comes next.

Posted by: Axeman at January 22, 2025 10:18 AM (krQz2)

220 198 It's snowed in the South before.

You bet your ass it has!
Posted by: Cold Miser at January 22, 2025 10:15 AM (Q0kLU)

The strangest thing is that it's much snowier and colder south of us here in East Texas; it's a big blob of intensely cold air that has slid down into the Gulf of America States and run into moisture there.

something something hell freezing over.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 22, 2025 10:18 AM (wyMQY)

221 Love to you, Doof. This is one of the reasons this place matters/ aside from the excellent political and other types of analysis. It’s because although people can squabble and get vituperative , there is a lot of support for each other here. It happens at the Moron meet ups too, but for those that can’t get to them, this is a kind community.

May the Lord continue to comfort you and others who knew and loved your wife .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2025 10:10 AM (Vabrb)

Thank you Fen, and everyone else. Appreciate the kind words. Y'all are truly the best!

And since Fen mentioned it -- for those who have never been to a MoMe -- DO IT!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2025 10:18 AM (gEQYA)

222 214 Yes, it has snowed in Charleston before.

Not often, and the Lowcountry doesn't 'do snow' well.

But let's face it, snow in Charleston is kinda like Jamie Raskin telling the truth.

Yes, it happens.

Ad when it does, folks are gonna talk about it.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 22, 2025 10:17 AM (a1415)

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The last snow in Charleston, we were living on James Island and we have pictures of Junior all bundled up in 3 inches of snow, having now idea what to do.

He was about 3 years old.

It's cute.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 22, 2025 10:18 AM (GBKbO)

223
Squabbling about snow… is there anything we will not be Irish over???

Wait. What?

Does...does that means snow will make us fall down drunk and believe in leprechauns?

Posted by: naturalfake at January 22, 2025 10:18 AM (iJfKG)

224 Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 22, 2025 10:14 AM (/St6i)

Don’t worry. If you acknowledge a unusual event and the consequences that may arise from it no one will think you’re weak.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 10:18 AM (D6PGr)

225 It's not so much the snow I mind, it's the damn penguins hogging the bird feeders.

Posted by: fd at January 22, 2025 10:19 AM (vFG9F)

226 199
What does Intrade or whatever the betting polls are say about Pete's confirmation?
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 22, 2025 10:15 AM (RDFmy)

Kalshi has him in the mid 90s.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 22, 2025 10:19 AM (/St6i)

227 Oh Dear God. I was just mentioning it. 2A always seems to fall to the bottom of the heap. Biden’s EO’s were low hanging fruit, you guys. I don’t know which 80 he declared in one EO were now void. Maybe it’s in there. Don’t know.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 22, 2025 10:19 AM (DZ6nv)

228 And losing power can be a very difficult thing for those who don’t have generators.

A lot of folks in Texas learned after the great "it's cold so the windmills froze" blackout debacle a few years back that generators aren't just for hurricane season

Posted by: brak at January 22, 2025 10:19 AM (25k9m)

229 Seems like there's an unprecedented amount of bickering going on here this morning.

Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

230 A snow event in the south should be cause for festivities and enjoyment. You know its going away in days at most, and far more of an inconvenience than danger.
But the left doesn't do enjoyment. No profit in it. Must be fear at all times.
Ice storms are a different story, costly and inconvenient. And not that unusual.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 22, 2025 10:20 AM (4780s)

231 It's 42 out! Cold! Brrr. My house is drafty.

Posted by: SFGoth at January 22, 2025 10:20 AM (KAi1n)

232 It's not so much the snow I mind, it's the damn penguins hogging the bird feeders.
Posted by: fd

For the win!

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 22, 2025 10:20 AM (Q8Bj8)

233 Notable that Trump hasn’t issued one EO on 2A rights or reversed any (that I can find) of Biden’s related EO’s.

I saw something on the 20th about there being a limit to the number of a President's predecessor's EO that can be immediately overturned. I don't know if this is true, what the limit might be, or how close Trump might be to reaching it but this is, if true, a potential reason.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2025 10:20 AM (ExV1e)

234 how pathetic that the left goes right back to the Kavanaugh playbook. They've got nothing else.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 22, 2025 10:20 AM (wyMQY)

235 226 199
What does Intrade or whatever the betting polls are say about Pete's confirmation?
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 22, 2025 10:15 AM (RDFmy)

Kalshi has him in the mid 90s.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 22, 2025 10:19 AM (/St6i)

After the deals are concluded… this is how sausage is made…

Posted by: tubal at January 22, 2025 10:20 AM (PCK5/)

236 But we know why they switched brands from "global warming" to "climate change"
Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 10:14 AM (KQk9m)

But yet they still talk about how much warmer everything is. Until inconvenient truths (SWIDT?) like snow happen.

Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2025 10:20 AM (gEQYA)

237 229 Seems like there's an unprecedented amount of bickering going on here this morning.
Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

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ARGH!

The pain!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 22, 2025 10:20 AM (GBKbO)

238 Don’t worry. If you acknowledge a unusual event and the consequences that may arise from it no one will think you’re weak.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 10:18 AM (D6PGr)

FFS put on a hat and some gloves and just go on with your life. It’s weather. It happens. Stop acting like a child.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 22, 2025 10:20 AM (/St6i)

239 I was just laughing over severe weather advisories over cold because I live in the northeast.

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 10:20 AM (KQk9m)

240 South Texas. Snow = Armageddon. It’s hilarious to watch.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 22, 2025 10:21 AM (DZ6nv)

241 Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 9h
The so-called Bishop who spoke at the National Prayer Service on Tuesday morning was a Radical Left hard line Trump hater. She brought her church into the World of politics in a very ungracious way. She was nasty in tone, and not compelling or smart. She failed to mention the large number of illegal migrants that came into our Country and killed people. Many were deposited from jails and mental institutions. It is a giant crime wave that is taking place in the USA. Apart from her inappropriate statements, the service was a very boring and uninspiring one. She is not very good at her job! She and her church owe the public an apology!

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 22, 2025 10:21 AM (5LoD7)

242
Sen Cotton told Democrat Shits to get used to staying in the building this weekend...and evenings....until they're done confirming.

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 22, 2025 10:21 AM (RDFmy)

243 Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 10:17 AM (77rzZ)

And for those of us who are getting up there on years some of us worry about slipping on ice and breaking something . Hey, I ‘ve tripped over something in the supermarket parking lot and it wasn’t even cold. One of the local, bigger markets here did not do a good job getting rid of ice patches.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2025 10:21 AM (Vabrb)

244 You guys act like if you acknowledge something you somehow lose to the evil forces of the Left. The amount of snowfall across the South is unprecedented. That some has melted and then iced over after temps dropped again makes for a dangerous situation .
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 10:11 AM (D6PGr)
January 21 here in ETEX we had two events that affected us, ten-twelve inches of snow and bai-din going in the Whitehouse. The latter was worse. But things are different today, I pray.

Posted by: Eromero at January 22, 2025 10:21 AM (LHPAg)

245 Apart from her inappropriate statements, the service was a very boring and uninspiring one. She is not very good at her job! She and her church owe the public an apology!

so it was a normal Episcopal service?

Posted by: brak at January 22, 2025 10:22 AM (25k9m)

246 Here in KY I'm waiting to see if we'll break 10 degrees.

So far.... no.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2025 10:22 AM (Q4IgG)

247 It snowed 3-5'' in Houston yesterday.

It doesn't snow often in DFW and when it does it's usually not much, but-

when the kiddos were little, any amount of snow was enough to generate demands to make a snowman.

Fortunately, even a 1 foot high snowman usually did the trick.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 22, 2025 10:22 AM (iJfKG)

248 Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 22, 2025 10:21 AM (5LoD7)

remember the Devo song Whip It?

I'm hearing that melody except the refrain is: Trash That Bitch!!

Posted by: kallisto at January 22, 2025 10:22 AM (dCxaZ)

249 184 Betting sis in law is a left wing loon
Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 10:13 AM (KQk9m)

Yeah....

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 22, 2025 10:22 AM (jQ+5q)

250 Thats me in the painting. I don't like it.

Posted by: Xipe Totec at January 22, 2025 10:23 AM (pohLc)

251 Yes, it has snowed in Charleston before.

Not often, and the Lowcountry doesn't 'do snow' well.

As long as it kills the damned alligators you've got down there, I'm all for it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 22, 2025 10:23 AM (Q0kLU)

252 229 Seems like there's an unprecedented amount of bickering going on here this morning.
Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

Too much bickering, not enough fistfighting.

C'mon, Moron Horde. Throw Hands! Feel Alive!

Posted by: XTC at January 22, 2025 10:23 AM (sm6Pk)

253 Unprecedented from the msm means panic. Most snow ever!! Coldest ever!! Hottest ever!! Wettest ever. Driest ever. Panic panic panic. And of course we’ll need more taxes and regulations to fight this unprecedented event.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 22, 2025 10:23 AM (/St6i)

254
We just hit double digits!

All I can say is Thank Christ there's null wind, because I'm burning oil & gas fast.

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 22, 2025 10:23 AM (RDFmy)

255 Seems like there's an unprecedented amount of bickering going on here this morning.

Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 10:20 AM (77rzZ)
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Geez, where'd you get that idea?!

It's just the right amount of bickering.

Posted by: Axeman at January 22, 2025 10:24 AM (krQz2)

256 I was just laughing over severe weather advisories over cold because I live in the northeast.
Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 10:20 AM (KQk9m)

That's okay. We laugh at the moaning whenever the NE gets warm enough that parkas are no longer required.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2025 10:24 AM (ExV1e)

257 And since Fen mentioned it -- for those who have never been to a MoMe -- DO IT!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Doof

This year it's Corsicana or bust!

Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 10:24 AM (77rzZ)

258 Notable that Trump hasn’t issued one EO on 2A rights or reversed any (that I can find) of Biden’s related EO’s. Also nothing on cleaning up the ATF and draining up that cesspool who has created a host of anti 2A rules and actions. It’s also not even on Congresses radar with the exception of a few party members mentioning they want to move the HPA forward and work on national reciprocity.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 22, 2025 10:14 AM (DZ6nv)

I believe that Vance has made remarks about dismantling ATF. Can't slay all the betes noir in a day.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2025 10:24 AM (8zz6B)

259 193 But we know why they switched brands from "global warming" to "climate change"
Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 10:14 AM (KQk9m)

A snowstorm in the Gulf of America is like a total solar eclipse to them. They desperately need to explain why their gods had gotten so angry to cause it. Some sacrifices are necessary too.

Posted by: Roy at January 22, 2025 10:25 AM (z+ik4)

260 234 how pathetic that the left goes right back to the Kavanaugh playbook. They've got nothing else.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 22, 2025 10:20 AM (wyMQY)

"Show me the man, I'll show you the 50 women who says he raped them."

--Democrats

Posted by: XTC at January 22, 2025 10:25 AM (sm6Pk)

261 The best bickering is when the HQ gentry get into it…

Posted by: tubal at January 22, 2025 10:25 AM (PCK5/)

262 4 I know how he feels.
Posted by: BignJames

You and me, both.

Posted by: Widower Since 9/23/2020 at January 22, 2025 09:37 AM (G5+As)

Yep.

Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at January 22, 2025 10:25 AM (JZnJ8)

263 It is 19F in Las Cruces, NM right now which is the coldest it has ever been since I have lived here. I take this as proof that climate change is real and we are all facing miserable deaths from global cooling.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 22, 2025 10:25 AM (Q8Bj8)

264 Ian Jaeger @IanJaeger29 14h
JUST IN: Philadelphia DA, Larry Krasner is pushing for state charges for J6 prisoners, pardoned by President Trump.
Unbelievable, this shouldn’t be allowed.

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 22, 2025 10:25 AM (5LoD7)

265 256 I was just laughing over severe weather advisories over cold because I live in the northeast.
Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 10:20 AM (KQk9m)

That's okay. We laugh at the moaning whenever the NE gets warm enough that parkas are no longer required.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2025 10:24 AM (ExV1e)

=========

We got about half an inch.

Both boys' schools were canceled.

I looked outside, having driven through snow storms when I lived in the mountains of Southwest Virginia, and thought to myself, "That's not going to last the day."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 22, 2025 10:25 AM (GBKbO)

266 The artist was 31 or 32 when he painted this, showing a sensitivity to the old.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 22, 2025 10:25 AM (doCjl)

267 >>Yes, it's the ice that really scares me. And with these frigid temperatures, there is much melting going on.

I was driving my VW bug with 4 friends in Maine back in early times. Driving about 40 on the Maine Turnpike because despite it being about 10 degrees it was raining and of course covering the highway with ice.

Took a long, sweeping left curve in the road and the car never straightened out so now I'm doing 40 going sideways. Car drifted toward the median, the left rear tire hit a pile of snow and turned the car into the median. Took down 3 small trees but the 4th stopped me cold.

State cop rolls up a couple minutes later, rolls down his window and asks if anyone is hurt. We tell him no and he says ok, tow truck will be along eventually, he had to go deal with the other dozens of wrecks on the highway. A couple months later I get a bill from the state of Maine for the 3 trees I took out. I'm still on the lam for that one.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2025 10:25 AM (LkLld)

268 Unprecedented from the msm means panic. Most snow ever!! Coldest ever!! Hottest ever!! Wettest ever. Driest ever. Panic panic panic. And of course we’ll need more taxes and regulations to fight this unprecedented event.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at January 22, 2025 10:23 AM (/St6i)
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And think how that sells papers, draws eyes, prevents remote clicking, invites link clicks....

"EVER!"

Think how we're primed to think we need to consume news to this level.

Posted by: Axeman at January 22, 2025 10:25 AM (krQz2)

269 Everything is closed. Hospitals even cancelled surgeries. You can barely get a cup of coffee. It’s unreal. It’s a lousy 4 inches of snow.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 22, 2025 10:26 AM (DZ6nv)

270 High 90's(even touching triple digits) with high humidity are normal in summer where I live as well. And yes there are advisories for that too...

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 10:26 AM (KQk9m)

271 260
"Show me the man, I'll show you the 50 women who says he raped them."

--Democrats
Posted by: XTC at January 22, 2025 10:25 AM (sm6Pk)

======

Well, in this instance, it's, "Show me the man, I'll show you the sister-in-law who says that he abused his wife when the wife herself says it didn't happen. Undo the committee vote!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 22, 2025 10:26 AM (GBKbO)

272 And for those of us who are getting up there on years some of us worry about slipping on ice and breaking something . Hey, I ‘ve tripped over something in the supermarket parking lot and it wasn’t even cold. One of the local, bigger markets here did not do a good job getting rid of ice patches.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Several years ago, I slipped on some slush and tore the quadriceps tendon in my left leg. Not fun.

Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 10:26 AM (77rzZ)

273 State cop rolls up a couple minutes later, rolls down his window and asks if anyone is hurt. We tell him no and he says ok, tow truck will be along eventually, he had to go deal with the other dozens of wrecks on the highway. A couple months later I get a bill from the state of Maine for the 3 trees I took out. I'm still on the lam for that one.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2025 10:25 AM (LkLld)

Keep looking over your shoulder for bounty hunter Johnny Appleseed.

Posted by: Roy at January 22, 2025 10:26 AM (z+ik4)

274 The mood reminds me of the song "Old Man" by Randy Newman: https://youtu.be/pVpUr5luo6k?si=yU214llqiDpnB3Zm

Posted by: Beverly at January 22, 2025 10:26 AM (Epeb0)

275 I still have a few fainting couches left over from the election. Mind you, not the best fainting couches, good enough to stop you from hitting the floor though. Plus you can have em at a steep discount.

I call em coldpocolypse specials. As an extra bennie I will include a bottle of 10000000 mg black pills to make sure the feelings of despair never end!

Contact me !!!! for the best deals today!!!

Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it but not today. I'm a dangerous radical. at January 22, 2025 10:27 AM (89Sog)

276 34 degrees now. Water pipes intact. I can finally unpucker and relax a bit.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 22, 2025 10:27 AM (Aqu9a)

277 JUST IN: Philadelphia DA, Larry Krasner is pushing for state charges for J6 prisoners, pardoned by President Trump.

Has anyone asked what pre-existing Pennsylvania law they may have broken while they were in DC?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2025 10:27 AM (ExV1e)

278 >> I believe that Vance has made remarks about dismantling ATF. Can't slay all the betes noir in a day.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2025 10:24 AM (8zz6B)

Thanks. Hadn’t seen Vance’s remarks.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 22, 2025 10:27 AM (DZ6nv)

279 Apart from her inappropriate statements, the service was a very boring and uninspiring one. She is not very good at her job! She and her church owe the public an apology!
Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 22, 2025 10:21 AM (5LoD7)

Now, now. She was speaking "truth to power".

...

SHE WAS SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER!!!!!

*wears pussy hat*

*burns American flag*

Posted by: naturalfake at January 22, 2025 10:27 AM (iJfKG)

280 This painting made me go in and kiss my wife and give her a big hug.

Posted by: Sifty Boones at January 22, 2025 10:27 AM (KLLwY)

281 Eh.

It's snowed in the South before
***********
It was -11 here this morning. But we are in PA north of I-80, so January.

Posted by: Cosda at January 22, 2025 10:27 AM (Yl3dG)

282 South Texas. Snow = Armageddon. It’s hilarious to watch.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 22, 2025 10:21 AM (DZ6nv)

I lived in the Hudson Valley for 3 years and I can tell you that a significant amount of snow and temps below 20 for more than a day on the Gulf Coast is an event to be concerned about.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 10:27 AM (D6PGr)

283 Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 22, 2025 10:21 AM (5LoD7)

President Trump- if you or anyone you know is reading this website, please come to the church which I serve. If nothing else , what with occasionally skipping over parts of the service or once letting the advent wreath catch on fire, I don’t think I’m boring. 😉 I think the background in theatre helps. Anyway, I voted for you and am a conservative

Also, we had a guy down the street who had about 15 Trump/Vance signs out. He was in a signage war with the guy next to him, but Trump voter won.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2025 10:28 AM (Vabrb)

284 270 High 90's(even touching triple digits) with high humidity are normal in summer where I live as well. And yes there are advisories for that too...
Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 10:26 AM (KQk9m)

Well, yes… after all people are no more than brainless livestock, turkeys perhaps staring up at the rain and drowning…

Posted by: tubal at January 22, 2025 10:28 AM (PCK5/)

285 277 JUST IN: Philadelphia DA, Larry Krasner is pushing for state charges for J6 prisoners, pardoned by President Trump.

btw this REALLY pisses me off

that mofo won't charge a single crime in the city and lets us rot

Posted by: Black Orchid at January 22, 2025 10:28 AM (Pv3Rg)

286 264 Saw that yesterday. What possible charges can they bring since no crime was committed in their jurisdiction(mostly misdemeanors if that were committed in DC even but anyway)

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 10:28 AM (KQk9m)

287 277 JUST IN: Philadelphia DA, Larry Krasner is pushing for state charges for J6 prisoners, pardoned by President Trump.

Has anyone asked what pre-existing Pennsylvania law they may have broken while they were in DC?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2025 10:27 AM (ExV1e)

========

"Krasner is a hero for finding a way around a federal pardon! Also, the Right are monsters for trying to find a way around a federal pardon for Fauci!"
-DU, 50% probability (we'll have to see if anyone Republican AG actually tries it)

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 22, 2025 10:28 AM (GBKbO)

288 34 degrees now. Water pipes intact.

==

LOL

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2025 10:29 AM (g47mK)

289 JUST IN: Philadelphia DA, Larry Krasner is pushing for state charges for J6 prisoners, pardoned by President Trump.
Unbelievable, this shouldn’t be allowed.
Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 22, 2025 10:25 AM (5LoD7)
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I don't see how Pennsylvania could outlaw trespass on land a couple of states away, and not have it be a post hoc law.

Posted by: Axeman at January 22, 2025 10:29 AM (krQz2)

290 >> I lived in the Hudson Valley for 3 years and I can tell you that a significant amount of snow and temps below 20 for more than a day on the Gulf Coast is an event to be concerned about.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 10:27 AM (D6PGr)

Still have contacts up that way. I believe it was 9 degrees last night with about 5 inches on the ground. They were like, eh.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 22, 2025 10:29 AM (DZ6nv)

291
Have any of you seen the livestreams of Philadelphia streets on Youtube? It looks like Mogadishu...on crack.

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 22, 2025 10:29 AM (RDFmy)

292 Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 10:26 AM (77rzZ)

Sounds painful. Sorry!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2025 10:29 AM (Vabrb)

293 Lost my husband in 2022 to cancer. This picture is spot on about life after losing a beloved spouse.

Posted by: Inisfree at January 22, 2025 10:29 AM (3g6r+)

294 Fortunately, even a 1 foot high snowman usually did the trick.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 22, 2025 10:22 AM (iJfKG)

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

FU, A-Hole!

Posted by: Robert Reich at January 22, 2025 10:30 AM (o9+FD)

295 The mood reminds me of the song "Old Man" by Randy Newman: https://youtu.be/pVpUr5luo6k?si=yU214llqiDpnB3Zm
Posted by: Beverly at January 22, 2025 10:26 AM (Epeb0)

Hmmm.

That's a very dark song of hate.

Not sure the painting conveys that feeling.

YMMV.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 22, 2025 10:30 AM (iJfKG)

296 Ronald S. Lauder @lauder_ronald 22h
Elon Musk was accused of giving a Nazi salute at the Trump rally. Absurd. As someone who fought antisemitism for 40+ years, including as U.S. Ambassador to Austria during the Waldheim era, I know what Nazis look like. @elonmusk is no Nazi—he’s a great friend of the Jewish people.

Let’s end cancel culture and focus on fighting real hate, not trivializing evil.

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 22, 2025 10:30 AM (5LoD7)

297 280 This painting made me go in and kiss my wife and give her a big hug.

this is a great side effect of good art

my boyfriend of 17 years was looking really bad, I got really scared and it wasn't until I thought he could be at death's door that I realized I actually love him

Posted by: kallisto at January 22, 2025 10:30 AM (dCxaZ)

298 264 JUST IN: Philadelphia DA, Larry Krasner is pushing for state charges for J6 prisoners, pardoned by President Trump.
Unbelievable, this shouldn’t be allowed.
Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 22, 2025 10:25 AM (5LoD7)

Since when does he have the authority to file charges outside of Philadelphia?

I know Philadelphia THINKS they rule the entire state of PA with an iron first, but...

Posted by: XTC at January 22, 2025 10:30 AM (sm6Pk)

299 179 ... "Always appreciate your thoughtful commentary, JTB. I can tell that you love art. I don’t know if you always have, but your comments are very interesting."

Fenelon,
Glad my little comments are appreciated. I've always enjoyed art and how effective it can be at communicating feelings and actions. That probably started with a copy of Treasure Island with the NC Wyeth illustrations I read back in first or second grade. (His image of Blind Pew still gives me the creeps over 60 years later.)

I don't have Kris' knowledge (wish I did) but I enjoy trying to express how and why a work of art appeals to me.

Posted by: JTB at January 22, 2025 10:30 AM (yTvNw)

300 DA Krasner, how is the investigation into attempted assassination of DJT going ?

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2025 10:30 AM (g47mK)

301 Still, I'd rather have frigid temps and snow and ice than 90-degree temps and humidity.

I hate heat much more than I dislike cold.

Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 10:30 AM (77rzZ)

302 fkng embarrassment

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2025 10:30 AM (g47mK)

303
Snowman building in Panama City.

I'll bet the millionaires on the beach along 30A are enjoying the view of the Gulf of America this morning.

Posted by: Auspex at January 22, 2025 10:30 AM (j4U/Z)

304 A couple months later I get a bill from the state of Maine for the 3 trees I took out. I'm still on the lam for that one.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2025 10:25 AM (LkLld)

Pepperidge Farm remembers. . .

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 22, 2025 10:31 AM (Q0kLU)

305 12 degrees.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 22, 2025 10:31 AM (JdxE1)

306 Shocka~!

@ggreenwald 32m
Ukraine's Chief Army Psychologist was arrested Tuesday on charges of stealing $1 million in foreign war aid.

He bought apartment buildings, BMWs, and $150k at home.

No wonder Dems and McConnell called
@RandPaul a Kremlin agent for wanting an audit:

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 22, 2025 10:31 AM (mlg/3)

307 jack the ents up in Maine are waiting for you

they remember

Posted by: Black Orchid at January 22, 2025 10:31 AM (Pv3Rg)

308 The rape gang with drugged solo cups comes next.
Posted by: Axeman

Anyone with more than one front door, please step forward. Good. Are you afraid to fly, or willing to lie and say you are? Do you know what "hippocampus" and "indelible" mean?

Posted by: Leftist Smear Allegation Recruiter at January 22, 2025 10:32 AM (JCZqz)

309 Cold is easier to mitigate than heat imo

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 10:32 AM (KQk9m)

310 Have any of you seen the livestreams of Philadelphia streets on Youtube? It looks like Mogadishu...on crack.

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 22, 2025 10:29 AM (RDFmy)

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

Where's Mayor Wilson Goode when you need him?

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Treason Executable Again! at January 22, 2025 10:32 AM (o9+FD)

311 Still have contacts up that way. I believe it was 9 degrees last night with about 5 inches on the ground. They were like, eh.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 22, 2025 10:29 AM (DZ6nv)

And when I lived there I would not be concerned either. I would be headed to Windham or Hunter Mt to ski.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 10:32 AM (D6PGr)

312 This dog sees Darth Vader for the 1st time

https://x.com/TheFigen_/status/
1881769455916855585

Posted by: Don Black at January 22, 2025 10:32 AM (AOsQT)

313 Notable that Trump hasn’t issued one EO on 2A rights or reversed any (that I can find) of Biden’s related EO’s

It's been less than 48 hours since he took the oath of office.

Posted by: Chuck C at January 22, 2025 10:32 AM (D0HYP)

314 Sounds painful. Sorry!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

It was. The PT was worse, though.

Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

315 I don't have Kris' knowledge (wish I did) but I enjoy trying to express how and why a work of art appeals to me.
Posted by: JTB at January 22, 2025 10:30 AM (yTvNw)

I enjoy your posts. You're more eloquent than I.

Posted by: Kris at January 22, 2025 10:33 AM (EwaUh)

316 LOL if the psychologist took a million what did the higher ups take?

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 10:33 AM (KQk9m)

317 Feb 14-15 of 21 was snowmagedan in ETEX. Ran generators for a week, had no trouble on the roads, the snow all melted. And bai-din melted too.

Posted by: Eromero at January 22, 2025 10:33 AM (LHPAg)

318 Still, I'd rather have frigid temps and snow and ice than 90-degree temps and humidity.

I hate heat much more than I dislike cold.

Posted by: Bulg

======

Amen

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 22, 2025 10:33 AM (Jv+5B)

319 im super happy with everything so far but still waiting for the chainsaw to the useless agencies part

[crosses fingers]

Posted by: Black Orchid at January 22, 2025 10:33 AM (Pv3Rg)

320 DA Krasner, how is the investigation into attempted assassination of DJT going ?

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2025 10:30 AM (g47mK)
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He's too busy putting violent criminals back on the streets right after arrest--and hunting down people who paraded without a permit in a completely different jurisdiction.

Posted by: Axeman at January 22, 2025 10:33 AM (krQz2)

321 @ggreenwald 32m
Ukraine's Chief Army Psychologist was arrested Tuesday on charges of stealing $1 million in foreign war aid.

Corruption in the ukraine? Where is my fainting couch?

Posted by: Chuck C at January 22, 2025 10:34 AM (D0HYP)

322 Cold is easier to mitigate than heat imo
Posted by: steevy

Yes, it is.

Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 10:34 AM (77rzZ)

323 No standing, Krasner. Sit while you pee.

Posted by: Roy at January 22, 2025 10:34 AM (z+ik4)

324
Wait, so that little shit zelensky is arresting one of his own (probably a political enemy) to make it look like he's cracking down on foreign aid abuse??

Yeah, I Don't Buy It.

There's No Way ukraine is arresting ukrainians for stealing US dollars without an ULTERIOR MOTIVE.

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 22, 2025 10:34 AM (RDFmy)

325 This painting, which I've never seen before, affects me profoundly. My wife passed not so long ago. I know that pain.

Posted by: troyriser at January 22, 2025 10:34 AM (DPeYO)

326 Still, I'd rather have frigid temps and snow and ice than 90-degree temps and humidity.

I hate heat much more than I dislike cold.

Posted by: Bulg

I’m just the opposite though the older I get the more I move closer to your position.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at January 22, 2025 10:35 AM (D6PGr)

327 Do you have ANY IDEA how much permitless parading there would have been ALL OVER this country if Merrick Garland hadn't put a stop to it?!

Without a permit, you could have marching bands going by your house at 5 in the morning! Do you want that?!

Posted by: Axeman at January 22, 2025 10:35 AM (krQz2)

328 >>jack the ents up in Maine are waiting for you

>>they remember

Aside from lobster one thing Mainiacs take seriously are trees. Big industry in that state.

You ever want to get your pucker on be on a snowy back road in Maine with a trucker hauling trees on your bumper. You can practically hear Ludacris screaming at you.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2025 10:35 AM (LkLld)

329 You're more eloquent than I.
Posted by: Kris

Kudos to you for the proper grammar, Kris!

Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 10:35 AM (77rzZ)

330 Still, I'd rather have frigid temps and snow and ice than 90-degree temps and humidity.

I hate heat much more than I dislike cold.
Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 10:30 AM (77rzZ)

We are in complete opposite agreement.

*executes crisp Bellamy salute*

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 22, 2025 10:35 AM (Aqu9a)

331 LOL if the psychologist took a million what did the higher ups take?
Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 10:33 AM (KQk9m)

He got arrested for taking somebody else's share of the graft. Know your place in the pecking order!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2025 10:35 AM (8zz6B)

332
If you're desperate, and zelensky is certainly desperate, what better way to show your new benefactor you're not stealing foreign aid to get rich than to arrest one of your own as a scapegoat?

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 22, 2025 10:36 AM (RDFmy)

333 275 I still have a few fainting couches left over from the election. Mind you, not the best fainting couches, good enough to stop you from hitting the floor though. Plus you can have em at a steep discount.

I call em coldpocolypse specials. As an extra bennie I will include a bottle of 10000000 mg black pills to make sure the feelings of despair never end!

Contact me !!!! for the best deals today!!!

Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it but not today. I'm a dangerous radical. at January 22, 2025 10:27 AM (89Sog)

Corruption in the ukraine? Where is my fainting couch?
Posted by: Chuck C at January 22, 2025 10:34 AM (D0HYP)

I'm like over here!!!!

Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it but not today. I'm a dangerous radical. at January 22, 2025 10:36 AM (89Sog)

334 im super happy with everything so far but still waiting for the chainsaw to the useless agencies part

The Fed employee's union has already filed a lawsuit about the reimplementation of Schedule F, which reclassifies more people as politicals for easier firing. The outcome will be very telling for the rest of Trump's plans.

https://is.gd/OHs05J

Posted by: Archimedes at January 22, 2025 10:36 AM (xCA6C)

335 Freezing temps is Gods way of killing invasive species.... and deterring illegals

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 22, 2025 10:37 AM (jQ+5q)

336 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Great art Kris. Very touching.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 22, 2025 10:37 AM (W/lyH)

337 335 Freezing temps is Gods way of killing invasive species.... and deterring illegals
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 22, 2025 10:37 AM (jQ+5q)

Redundancy, eh??

Posted by: tubal at January 22, 2025 10:37 AM (PCK5/)

338 Beautiful, Kris. Poignant, but beautiful.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 22, 2025 10:37 AM (usyvb)

339 The more I learn about that Jamie Raskin guy...the more I don't care for him.

Posted by: Crusader at January 22, 2025 10:37 AM (azSra)

340 Covid got the wife ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at January 22, 2025 10:38 AM (iFTx/)

341
Think About It, Dum-Dums:

We've given zelensky nearly a third-of-a-trillion dollars and this muthafucka is "arresting" a ukranian for stealing a mere 1 milllion???

Fuuuuuuuck you, zelensky.

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 22, 2025 10:38 AM (RDFmy)

342 Wait, so that little shit zelensky is arresting one of his own (probably a political enemy) to make it look like he's cracking down on foreign aid abuse??

Yeah, I Don't Buy It.

There's No Way ukraine is arresting ukrainians for stealing US dollars without an ULTERIOR MOTIVE.

See the dictionary under "damned if you do and damned if you don't".

Posted by: Archimedes at January 22, 2025 10:38 AM (xCA6C)

343 The Fed employee's union has already filed a lawsuit about the reimplementation of Schedule F, which reclassifies more people as politicals for easier firing. The outcome will be very telling for the rest of Trump's plans.

so critical. I will pray for their wisdom!

meanwhile totally random but I just finished the new Catch 22 limited series. I love that book and the previous movie but this was ... amazing actually. did you guys watch? it blows Shogun (the new one) away but didn't win awards, but it should have.

Posted by: Black Orchid at January 22, 2025 10:38 AM (Pv3Rg)

344 @290 live in Mid Hudson and it was -5 last night and presently 1°. We got 6inches of snow Sunday night. Not predicted to be a lot of snow this winter , but cold

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 22, 2025 10:38 AM (6v8aM)

345 > Elon Musk was accused of giving a Nazi salute at the Trump rally.
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Social media sites are awash in photos of Democrats doing the exact same gesture.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2025 10:38 AM (Q4IgG)

346 I hate heat much more than I dislike cold.

Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 10:30 AM (77rzZ)

Exactly.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 22, 2025 10:38 AM (d9fT1)

347 you talk better me

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 22, 2025 10:38 AM (5LoD7)

348 Corruption in the ukraine? Where is my fainting couch?

Posted by: Chuck C at January 22, 2025 10:34 AM (D0HYP)
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Some guys from Ukraine--said they were movers--just took it.

Posted by: Axeman at January 22, 2025 10:39 AM (krQz2)

349 You ever want to get your pucker on be on a snowy back road in Maine with a trucker hauling trees on your bumper. You can practically hear Ludacris screaming at you.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2025 10:35 AM (LkLld)

Ever been on a Maine logging road with a tree truck barreling right towards you?

You learn how to do 50 in reverse really fast.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 22, 2025 10:39 AM (Q0kLU)

350 Posted by: troyriser at January 22, 2025 10:34 AM (DPeYO

If I’m recalling properly, Troy, and forgive me if I a mot, I remembered that your wife died in your arms. I am so sorry. May the Lird continue to be with you and comfort you and others who knew and loved her.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2025 10:39 AM (NmRlh)

351 > Elon Musk was accused of giving a Nazi salute at the Trump rally.
-------
Social media sites are awash in photos of Democrats doing the exact same gesture.

Sadly, even Ozzie man fell for it.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 22, 2025 10:39 AM (xCA6C)

352 Beautiful observations, Kris.

Posted by: KT at January 22, 2025 10:39 AM (xekrU)

353 I prefer the heat. One just needs to learn to stand all akimbo.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 22, 2025 10:39 AM (aD39U)

354 "JUST IN: Philadelphia DA, Larry Krasner is pushing for state charges for J6 prisoners, pardoned by President Trump."

Krasner is a Soros cockroach...for anyone that didn't know.

Posted by: BignJames at January 22, 2025 10:40 AM (Yj6Os)

355 Great post, Kris.

Posted by: Dagwood at January 22, 2025 10:40 AM (CC0N1)

356 The Fed employee's union has already filed a lawsuit about the reimplementation of Schedule F, which reclassifies more people as politicals for easier firing. The outcome will be very telling for the rest of Trump's plans.

https://is.gd/OHs05J
Posted by: Archimedes at January 22, 2025 10:36 AM (xCA6C)

Wasn't it an EO that established the right of Fed employees to unionize? EO it out of existence. When they riot in the streets, machine-gun the mobs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2025 10:40 AM (8zz6B)

357 "...it blows Shogun (the new one) away..."

Posted by: Black Orchid at January 22, 2025 10:38 AM (Pv3Rg)

I thought that the new Shogun was crap. I couldn't figure out why everyone was ranting about how good it was.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 22, 2025 10:40 AM (d9fT1)

358 I thought that the new Shogun was crap. I couldn't figure out why everyone was ranting about how good it was.

just kissing a certain demographic's ass

Posted by: Black Orchid at January 22, 2025 10:40 AM (Pv3Rg)

359 "JUST IN: Philadelphia DA, Larry Krasner is pushing for state charges for J6 prisoners, pardoned by President Trump."

How does that work? The "insurrection" was in DC.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 22, 2025 10:40 AM (xCA6C)

360 Corruption in the ukraine? Where is my fainting couch?

Posted by: Chuck C at January 22, 2025 10:34 AM (D0HYP)
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Some guys from Ukraine--said they were movers--just took it.
Posted by: Axeman at January 22, 2025 10:39 AM (krQz2)

Any of them happen to be interior decorators? We're still looking for that guy.

Posted by: Paulie Walnuts at January 22, 2025 10:41 AM (Aqu9a)

361 Wasn't it an EO that established the right of Fed employees to unionize? EO it out of existence. When they riot in the streets, machine-gun the mobs.

cut, jib, newsletter?

Posted by: Black Orchid at January 22, 2025 10:41 AM (Pv3Rg)

362 Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2025 10:38 AM (Q4IgG)

The darkly funniest one was somebody posting a carton of Superman’s supposed Nazi salute.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2025 10:41 AM (NmRlh)

363 Social media sites are awash in photos of Democrats doing the exact same gesture.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2025 10:38 AM (Q4IgG)
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But are actually better examples.

The Nazi salute goes strait out in front and high, not flying across the chest and finishing wide with a curve to the wrist.

Elon needs to look at how Liz Warren did her Nazi salute.

Posted by: Axeman at January 22, 2025 10:41 AM (krQz2)

364 In addition to the bitterly cold temperatures, the relative humidity in our house is in the very low 20's. Got a pan of water on the stove.

Used to have a humidifier, but it got so gross with mold and hard water deposits that we trashed it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2025 10:41 AM (Q4IgG)

365 >>Ever been on a Maine logging road with a tree truck barreling right towards you?

Oh yes. They are madmen.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 22, 2025 10:41 AM (LkLld)

366 > Elon Musk was accused of giving a Nazi salute at the Trump rally.
-------
Social media sites are awash in photos of Democrats doing the exact same gesture.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2025 10:38 AM (Q4IgG)

It's (D)ifferent when they do it

Posted by: Doof at January 22, 2025 10:41 AM (gEQYA)

367 "JUST IN: Philadelphia DA, Larry Krasner is pushing for state charges for J6 prisoners, pardoned by President Trump."

Krasner is a Soros cockroach...for anyone that didn't know.
Posted by: BignJames at January 22, 2025 10:40 AM (Yj6Os)
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The ludicrous actions kinda give it away...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 22, 2025 10:41 AM (7fElN)

368 Cold can kill you. You can have it. I can deal with the heat.

Posted by: fd at January 22, 2025 10:41 AM (vFG9F)

369 Wasn't it an EO that established the right of Fed employees to unionize? EO it out of existence.

Was it? That could be very important.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 22, 2025 10:41 AM (xCA6C)

370 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2025 10:39 AM (NmRlh)

Such a lovely thing to write. You are so incredibly kind and sweet, the heart of this place.

Posted by: troyriser at January 22, 2025 10:41 AM (DPeYO)

371
Notable that Trump hasn’t issued one EO on 2A rights or reversed any (that I can find) of Biden’s related EO’s. Also nothing on cleaning up the ATF and draining up that cesspool who has created a host of anti 2A rules and actions. It’s also not even on Congresses radar with the exception of a few party members mentioning they want to move the HPA forward and work on national reciprocity.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 22, 2025 10:14 AM

Vance was talking about abolishing the ATF yesterday

there are a couple of bills in the house to repeal the NFA / abolish the ATF

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 22, 2025 10:42 AM (tljrc)

372 Posted by: BignJames at January 22, 2025 10:40 AM (Yj6Os

Yes. I recalled . He’s just awful

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2025 10:42 AM (NmRlh)

373 "Posted by: Count de Monet at January 22, 2025 10:35 AM (Aqu9a)"

Water nice hash!

Posted by: fd at January 22, 2025 10:42 AM (vFG9F)

374 Also the Nazi salute usually...you know... saluted.

It wasn't used for greeting an audience. It saluted a superior.

Posted by: Axeman at January 22, 2025 10:42 AM (krQz2)

375 Wait, so that little shit zelensky is arresting one of his own (probably a political enemy) to make it look like he's cracking down on foreign aid abuse??

Yeah, I Don't Buy It.

There's No Way ukraine is arresting ukrainians for stealing US dollars without an ULTERIOR MOTIVE.

From my study of mob movies, made men aren't supposed to steal from other made men, and especially not steal from higher ranked ones like zelensky.

Posted by: Chuck C at January 22, 2025 10:42 AM (D0HYP)

376 Posted by: fd at January 22, 2025 10:41 AM (vFG9F)

Heat can kill you, too. And much more unpleasantly, from what I understand.

Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 10:43 AM (77rzZ)

377 I watched Roger Corman's Swamp Women yesterday. What a masterpiece: Women in prison, short shorts, an undercover women cop who busts everyone out of prison, swamps, alligators, guns, gams, tits, a hunky man who is helpless sex object, murder, women having fist fights in a the swamp, a box full of diamonds, a spear, and a rattle snake.

Damn.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 22, 2025 10:43 AM (Q8Bj8)

378 Posted by: troyriser at January 22, 2025 10:41 AM (DPeYO

Well, I don’t know about that, but your comment touched me, dear brother.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2025 10:43 AM (NmRlh)

379 School kids hardest hit:
Philadelphia mayor flubs Eagles chant before NFL playoff game

https://tinyurl.com/ktwbx5j5

Ha Ha -Nelson

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 22, 2025 10:44 AM (jQ+5q)

380 Cold or hot? Depends on the job you have.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 22, 2025 10:44 AM (oT+t6)

381
Cold can kill you. You can have it. I can deal with the heat.

Posted by: fd at January 22, 2025 10:41 AM

Amen

and that "you can add layers to stay warm" is bullshit

I don't own enough layers

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 22, 2025 10:44 AM (tljrc)

382 Daily Mail UK: EXCLUSIVE
Harris' marriage in turmoil as she blames husband for election defeat and focuses on future without the 'dead weight'

Posted by: SMOD at January 22, 2025 10:44 AM (RHGPo)

383 "JUST IN: Philadelphia DA, Larry Krasner is pushing for state charges for J6 prisoners, pardoned by President Trump."
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Maybe Florida could announce that it wouldn't be complying with extradition requests associated with J6 and establish a sanctuary for these politically persecuted souls.

Posted by: Crusader at January 22, 2025 10:44 AM (azSra)

384 Philadelphia mayor flubs Eagles chant before NFL playoff game

yeah she is a dumb dumb

Posted by: Black Orchid at January 22, 2025 10:44 AM (Pv3Rg)

385 It wasn't used for greeting an audience. It saluted a superior.

Hitler obviously had do superior, and after he'd been in power awhile, he did a half-assed Nazi salute that looked more like he was saying "Howdy, Hans".

Posted by: Archimedes at January 22, 2025 10:44 AM (xCA6C)

386 Western Lensman@WesternLensman
@ScottJenningsKY rips “total circus and spectacle” of woke bishop lecturing Trump at prayer service:
“These Woke-apalians or Espica-wokians or whatever they're calling themselves today."
"This was ridiculous. This was terrible. Donald Trump, I'm sure regrets participating in this event today to be lectured to and politicized in a church this way."
“It was, frankly, a disgrace to what they did to this event. I don't know if this event will happen ever again because of this particular Bishop, took it upon herself to turn this into a complete and total circus and spectacle."

-
In the words of Leonard Cohen, Hallelujah!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Rex, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent Made Glorious Summer By This Son of [New] York at January 22, 2025 10:44 AM (L/fGl)

387 Soros-Backed District Attorney Larry Krasner Exploring State Charges Against January 6ers Pardoned by Trump | Cristina Laila, The Gateway Pundit

Soros-backed Philly District Attorney Larry Krasner is exploring state charges against January 6ers pardoned by President Trump.

Trump pardoned more 1,500 January 6 defendants as one of his first acts as US President on Monday.

However, as expected, a Democrat DA is now trying to bring state charges to pardoned January 6ers.

Larry Krasner is seeking state charges against pardoned January 6 defendants who live in Pennsylvania.

Krasner will have an uphill legal battle because of double jeopardy laws.

Per CNN reporter Marshall Cohen: “Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner, a progressive Democrat, is exploring state charges against pardoned US Capitol rioters from PA. This would face significant legal hurdles, like double jeopardy. But he told me, “you can have a state prosecution for conduct that was not fully encompassed in the federal prosecution.”

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 22, 2025 10:44 AM (5LoD7)

388 Recall that Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort was hit with state charges in anticipation of a Trump pardon in 2019.

Then-Manhattan DA Cy Vance announced state charges against Manafort in March 2019 just MINUTES after the former Trump campaign chairman was sentenced for the second time on federal charges.

The Communists in the Southern District of New York (SDNY) hatched a plot to go around ‘double jeopardy’ laws. This way Manafort would still serve prison time if Trump were to issue a presidential pardon.

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 22, 2025 10:45 AM (5LoD7)

389 "Heat can kill you, too. And much more unpleasantly, from what I understand.
Posted by: Bulg"

You have to learn to loll around and drink Mint Julips.

Posted by: fd at January 22, 2025 10:45 AM (vFG9F)

390 Hitler obviously had do superior, and after he'd been in power awhile, he did a half-assed Nazi salute that looked more like he was saying "Howdy, Hans".
Posted by: Archimedes at January 22, 2025 10:44 AM (xCA6C)

Jerry Seinfeld had a funny stand-up joke about that.

Posted by: Kris at January 22, 2025 10:45 AM (EwaUh)

391
Any of You People remember the "deb frische" era of evil at AoS?

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 22, 2025 10:45 AM (RDFmy)

392 Per CNN reporter Marshall Cohen: “Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner, a progressive Democrat, is exploring state charges against pardoned US Capitol rioters from PA. This would face significant legal hurdles, like double jeopardy. But he told me, “you can have a state prosecution for conduct that was not fully encompassed in the federal prosecution.”

well he has plenty of time for this since he doesn't go after any actual crime ever

Posted by: Black Orchid at January 22, 2025 10:45 AM (Pv3Rg)

393 meanwhile totally random but I just finished the new Catch 22 limited series. I love that book and the previous movie but this was ... amazing actually. did you guys watch? it blows Shogun (the new one) away but didn't win awards, but it should have.
Posted by: Black Orchid at January 22, 2025 10:38 AM (Pv3Rg)

I tried watching the first episode but bailed out.

Two things for me:
1) they seemed to completely miss the humor

2) Everyone looked more or less alike. The casting director had a "type" I guess. Hard to tell them apart. The movie version had a lot of great distinctive looking actors and comics.

Anywho, I bailed. If you tell me, it gets better I'll give it a second chance.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 22, 2025 10:46 AM (iJfKG)

394 Well, I see Pennsylvania is working hard on the evil thing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 22, 2025 10:46 AM (usyvb)

395 382 Daily Mail UK: EXCLUSIVE
Harris' marriage in turmoil as she blames husband for election defeat and focuses on future without the 'dead weight'
Posted by: SMOD at January

He spoke better than she did! I thought he should be the one running. Her running mate and his really bizarre wife were not helpful.

Posted by: Piper at January 22, 2025 10:46 AM (ZdaMQ)

396 384 Philadelphia mayor flubs Eagles chant before NFL playoff game

yeah she is a dumb dumb
----------------
Its the Eggles. Jeebus.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2025 10:46 AM (Wg6v7)

397 Harris' marriage in turmoil as she blames husband for election defeat and focuses on future without the 'dead weight'
Hahahahahahahahaha

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 10:46 AM (KQk9m)

398 Daily Mail UK: EXCLUSIVE
Harris' marriage in turmoil as she blames husband for election defeat and focuses on future without the 'dead weight'
Posted by: SMOD

Well, in fairness, Doug is no Melania.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Rex, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent Made Glorious Summer By This Son of [New] York at January 22, 2025 10:47 AM (L/fGl)

399 Kris: Thank you for both the artwork, and the excellent analysis of it that you wrote for us. Very well done.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 22, 2025 10:47 AM (O7YUW)

400 Larry Krasner is seeking state charges against pardoned January 6 defendants who live in Pennsylvania.

Krasner will have an uphill legal battle because of double jeopardy laws.

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 22, 2025 10:44 AM (5LoD7)

and the fact that the "crimes" weren't committed in his jurisdiction.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 22, 2025 10:47 AM (aD39U)

401 Anywho, I bailed. If you tell me, it gets better I'll give it a second chance.

it does get better! Clooney is pretty annoying in his role and I agree I didn't love the start of it. but it improves and you get to know the guys

the humor to me is there but it's much darker humor, which I found more poignant and appropriate.

Posted by: Black Orchid at January 22, 2025 10:47 AM (Pv3Rg)

402 Kamala is about to be unburdened by a has been.

Posted by: fd at January 22, 2025 10:48 AM (vFG9F)

403 Wasn't it an EO that established the right of Fed employees to unionize?

I believe it was later codified into law. Whether that law should be considered Constitutional is a different question.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2025 10:48 AM (ExV1e)

404 Insurrection Barbie @DefiyantlyFree 12h
. @RepRaskin who accepted a full preemptive pardon covering all of the unknown crimes that he committed while being a part of the J6 committee has the audacity to go on MSNBC and say that Donald Trump pardoned his foot soldiers.

The level of hypocrisy, the complete disconnect, and the total disregard for the American people and their ability to decipher corruption is truly mind blowing.

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 22, 2025 10:48 AM (5LoD7)

405 Philadelphia mayor flubs Eagles chant before NFL playoff game

yeah she is a dumb dumb
Posted by: Black Orchid

Give me an E L G L E S! EAGLES! Let's Go Birds!

Epic failure.

https://youtu.be/Bqg6iVhqVuY

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 22, 2025 10:48 AM (Q8Bj8)

406 This way Manafort would still serve prison time if Trump were to issue a presidential pardon.

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7)

We need to do this to the Bribem junta.

Posted by: BifBewalski at January 22, 2025 10:48 AM (Qj66B)

407 Krasner will have an uphill legal battle because of Jurisdiction.

As far as I know, the US Capitol in not in Pennsylvania or Philadelphia

Posted by: SMOD at January 22, 2025 10:48 AM (RHGPo)

408 You have to learn to loll around and drink Mint Julips.
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A well made Julip is a wonderful thing.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2025 10:48 AM (Wg6v7)

409 Any of You People remember the "deb frische" era of evil at AoS?

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 22, 2025 10:45 AM (RDFmy)

I do.

I've been around forever.

I'm hoping to qualify for a Platinum Level Commenter Pension.

Mine should start any day now. Annnnny day.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 22, 2025 10:48 AM (iJfKG)

410
Remember that wacky tiktok goblin who kept making tiktoks saying President Trump will NEVER be Inaugurated, instead, she said, he will be arrested on Jan 20th?

I cued it up:

https://is.gd/iCFQc0

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 22, 2025 10:48 AM (RDFmy)

411 Oh, yes, as far as the rude leftist clergywoman, I a not leftist and mostly not rude. I would have been thrilled to have President Trump come. Last week we had “ Battle Hymn of the Republic.” I bet he would have liked that..

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2025 10:48 AM (wv+Ne)

412 Harris' marriage in turmoil as she blames husband for election defeat and focuses on future without the 'dead weight'

Of course. It couldn't be that she was the suckiest candidate in the history of suck.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 22, 2025 10:48 AM (xCA6C)

413 Uh oh. CBD and I agree on something. Are we entering the End Times?

Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 10:48 AM (77rzZ)

414 and the fact that the "crimes" weren't committed in his jurisdiction.

he's just saying anyone pardoned who is unfortunately a resident of philadelphia will be tormented by his office

"find me the man and I will find the crime"

Posted by: Black Orchid at January 22, 2025 10:48 AM (Pv3Rg)

415 I thought that the new Shogun was crap. I couldn't figure out why everyone was ranting about how good it was.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 22, 2025 10:40 AM (d9fT1)

thank you! it had a number very good supporting roles - Tadanobu Asano did a fine job for example, but overall forgettable. Can't imagine watching it again.

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2025 10:48 AM (g47mK)

416 Cold is easier to mitigate than heat imo
Posted by: steevy
=====
This. You can put more clothes on, but there's only so many you can take off.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 22, 2025 10:48 AM (4780s)

417 Harris' marriage in turmoil as she blames husband for election defeat and focuses on future without the 'dead weight'

Sounds like old lady Emhoff is cruising for a bruising. . .

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 22, 2025 10:49 AM (Q0kLU)

418 Per CNN reporter Marshall Cohen: “Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner, a progressive Democrat, is exploring state charges against pardoned US Capitol rioters from PA. This would face significant legal hurdles, like double jeopardy. But he told me, “you can have a state prosecution for conduct that was not fully encompassed in the federal prosecution.”
Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 22, 2025 10:44 AM (5LoD7)

Uh, what crime was done in PA? Does this guy even Juridiction?

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 22, 2025 10:49 AM (QAkQ3)

419 Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ @realchrisrufo 11h
BREAKING: President Trump has signed an executive order rescinding Lyndon Johnson's EO 11246, which established affirmative action, and banning all federal contractors and publicly-funded universities from practicing race-based discrimination, including DEI.

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 22, 2025 10:49 AM (5LoD7)

420 Hi y'all = heil. Southern nazis!!!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at January 22, 2025 10:49 AM (iF6GW)

421 As far as I know, the US Capitol in not in Pennsylvania or Philadelphia
Posted by: SMOD

Well, not since the days of the Continental Congress, anyway.

Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 10:49 AM (77rzZ)

422 Harris better tread lightly, because her spouse can write a book too.

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2025 10:50 AM (g47mK)

423 Larry Krasner is seeking state charges against pardoned January 6 defendants who live in Pennsylvania.

Krasner will have an uphill legal battle because of double jeopardy laws.

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 22, 2025 10:44 AM (5LoD7)
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And very likely the lack of a Don't Trespass In Other US Territories law.

Or to put it more succinctly the likely lack of an applicable law for something that happened out of state.

But the progs don't care. They are going to bend whatever law they need to to put their domestic enemies behind bars. "Oh? You don't like Justice?!"

Posted by: Axeman at January 22, 2025 10:50 AM (krQz2)

424 Uh, what crime was done in PA? Does this guy even Juridiction?

yeah actually he is not making sense at all

he is the DA for philly only! not PA!

Posted by: Black Orchid at January 22, 2025 10:50 AM (Pv3Rg)

425 Details, details, I will just have to be creative like the NY DA
Krasner

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 10:50 AM (KQk9m)

426 Not a subject I want to contemplate at this point in life. And the dog is invisible to my weak eyes.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 22, 2025 10:50 AM (1bNHn)

427 Per CNN reporter Marshall Cohen: “Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner, a progressive Democrat, is exploring state charges against pardoned US Capitol rioters from PA. This would face significant legal hurdles, like double jeopardy. But he told me, “you can have a state prosecution for conduct that was not fully encompassed in the federal prosecution.”
Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 22, 2025 10:44 AM (5LoD7)

Uh, what crime was done in PA? Does this guy even Juridiction?
Posted by: Romeo13

Ah, jeez. Alvin Bragg has escaped NY and is giving seminars around the country. We are f'd

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 22, 2025 10:50 AM (Q8Bj8)

428 Maybe Florida could announce that it wouldn't be complying with extradition requests associated with J6 and establish a sanctuary for these politically persecuted souls.
Posted by: Crusader at January 22, 2025 10:44 AM (azSra)

Maybe Florida should charge the Philly DA with something stupid and seek to extradite it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2025 10:50 AM (ExV1e)

429 426 Not a subject I want to contemplate at this point in life. And the dog is invisible to my weak eyes.
Posted by: Eeyore at January 22, 2025 10:50 AM (1bNHn

Mine too...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 22, 2025 10:51 AM (VE6XX)

430 But they crossed state lines!!!!

Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 10:51 AM (77rzZ)

431 Posted by: naturalfake at January 22, 2025 10:48 AM (iJfKG)

I laughed . Thanks. When do you qualify for that? . I’ve been here since Obama’s ran the first time, I think, and could use some extra money coming in.
😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2025 10:51 AM (wv+Ne)

432 California burned itself down; unfortunately it's going to be hard for Pennsylvania to have such a display of their bad choices.

Posted by: Axeman at January 22, 2025 10:51 AM (krQz2)

433 Uh, what crime was done in PA? Does this guy even Juridiction?
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 22, 2025 10:49 AM (QAkQ3)

He wants to prosecute them for wrong think for being pennsylvanians- not Americans.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 22, 2025 10:51 AM (usyvb)

434 419 Oh no he's putting black people back in chains!

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 10:51 AM (KQk9m)

435 384 Philadelphia mayor flubs Eagles chant before NFL playoff game

yeah she is a dumb dumb
Posted by: Black Orchid at January 22, 2025 10:44 AM (Pv3Rg)

Do politicians really think that if they hop on a fandom bandwagon it'll sway votes? Seriously, if you don't like/follow sports/football, just say so. No one cares and we can tell. You look like an idiot and probably turn more people off.

Posted by: Kris at January 22, 2025 10:51 AM (EwaUh)

436 Philadelphia mayor flubs Eagles chant before NFL playoff game

yeah she is a dumb dumb
Posted by: Black Orchid

Give me an E L G L E S! EAGLES! Let's Go Birds!

Epic failure.

https://youtu.be/Bqg6iVhqVuY
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 22, 2025 10:48 AM (Q8Bj

What a bonehead!

Posted by: Dan Quayle at January 22, 2025 10:51 AM (Aqu9a)

437 Soon the J6 hostages will start talking, and be accused of lying.

Posted by: davidt at January 22, 2025 10:51 AM (i0F8b)

438 "...it blows Shogun (the new one) away..."

Posted by: Black Orchid at January 22, 2025 10:38 AM (Pv3Rg)

I thought that the new Shogun was crap. I couldn't figure out why everyone was ranting about how good it was.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 22, 2025 10:40 AM (d9fT1)
______

Hot Japanese girls? More seriously, I'm 100% convinced that the hype for 99% of shows, movies, etc is bought and paid for. Get the right critics and influencers, cut the right checks, and voila--instant hype that everyone else duckspeaks.

HBO was the original schemer for this, I think.

There's no other way I can explain the vast delta between the hype for X and what I actually think about X when I see it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at January 22, 2025 10:51 AM (iFTx/)

439 Uh, what crime was done in PA? Does this guy even Juridiction?

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 22, 2025 10:49 AM (QAkQ3)

In Philly...."Big Talker", I guess.

Posted by: BignJames at January 22, 2025 10:51 AM (Yj6Os)

440 A phase of life most of us fear to contemplate. The young don't want to think it'll happen to them, the old dread its coming.

Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at January 22, 2025 10:52 AM (Ij2uN)

441 Harris' marriage in turmoil as she blames husband for election defeat and focuses on future without the 'dead weight'

Sounds like old lady Emhoff is cruising for a bruising. . .
Posted by: Mary Poppins

Nah, some housekeeper is about to get knocked up.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 22, 2025 10:52 AM (Q8Bj8)

442 BREAKING: President Trump has signed an executive order rescinding Lyndon Johnson's EO 11246, which established affirmative action, and banning all federal contractors and publicly-funded universities from practicing race-based discrimination, including DEI.

This is just the beginning of the fight, as all of these institutions will now say they're abolishing DEI, while they create a new office of EID. Trump will have to keep after them, charge those who try to skirt his EO, and cut the budgets or grants for anyone found in violation.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 22, 2025 10:52 AM (xCA6C)

443 Oh... Looky... the three hostages released by Hamas, yeah, say they were held at least part of the time in a UN REFUGEE CAMP....

Which means, WE WERE PAYING FOR IT.

Shut it down... shut it all fucking down... then burn it... then salt the Earth...

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 22, 2025 10:52 AM (QAkQ3)

444 Maybe Florida should charge the Philly DA with something stupid and seek to extradite it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2025 10:50 AM (ExV1e)

Aggressive mopery. Hang him.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2025 10:52 AM (8zz6B)

445 440 A phase of life most of us fear to contemplate. The young don't want to think it'll happen to them, the old dread its coming.
Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at January 22, 2025 10:52 AM (Ij2uN)

Is it the phase where they shove cameras up your butt?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 22, 2025 10:53 AM (b4o9z)

446
Harris better tread lightly, because her spouse can write a book too.

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2025 10:50 A

and, he's got a mean left hook

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 22, 2025 10:53 AM (tljrc)

447 But they crossed state lines!!!!
Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 10:51 AM (77rzZ)
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That probably would have something to do with anything they would actually do.

"You cannot cross state lines on the way to a crime".

"But we were going to a rally."

Judge: Guilty!

Courts are going to get a lot more kangaroo in the near future.

Posted by: Axeman at January 22, 2025 10:53 AM (krQz2)

448 Can we confirm Hegseth already ?

"Over 1,000 tons of missile fuel chemicals head for Iran from China – report
Iranian cargo vessels will reportedly carry over 1,000 tons of sodium perchlorate, a key ingredient to make missile propellant."

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2025 10:53 AM (g47mK)

449 thank you! it had a number very good supporting roles - Tadanobu Asano did a fine job for example, but overall forgettable. Can't imagine watching it again.
Posted by: runner at January 22, 2025 10:48 AM (g47mK)

I'm glad to know that. I loved the first version, and was intending to watch this one but never got around to it. I'd just as soon watch the Richard Chamberlain version again.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 22, 2025 10:54 AM (wyMQY)

450 Hours before Trump was sworn in, acting director Paul Abbate stepped down.

"He had to have known that his days were likely very much numbered," she said. "It's been widely publicized and well known that Paul Abbate was involved in pushing the raid at Mar-a-Lago. Also, he was very involved in pushing the Jan. 6 misdemeanor cases that were worked rigorously at the FBI."

Posted by: SMOD at January 22, 2025 10:54 AM (RHGPo)

451 The level of hypocrisy, the complete disconnect, and the total disregard for the American people and their ability to decipher corruption is truly mind blowing.
Posted by: andycanuck

No leftist has ever been remedied by pointing out his hypocrisy. Ever.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 22, 2025 10:54 AM (mlg/3)

452 Hi y'all = heil. Southern nazis!!!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at January 22, 2025 10:49 AM (iF6GW)

iswydt

Posted by: BignJames at January 22, 2025 10:54 AM (Yj6Os)

453 What a bonehead!
Posted by: Dan Quayle at January 22, 2025 10:51 AM (Aqu9a)

It's "Iggles" anyway.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2025 10:55 AM (8zz6B)

454 BREAKING: President Trump has signed an executive order rescinding Lyndon Johnson's EO 11246, which established affirmative action, and banning all federal contractors and publicly-funded universities from practicing race-based discrimination, including DEI.

This is just the beginning of the fight, as all of these institutions will now say they're abolishing DEI, while they create a new office of EID. Trump will have to keep after them, charge those who try to skirt his EO, and cut the budgets or grants for anyone found in violation.
Posted by: Archimedes

Now he has done it. He has ended the Al Sharpton's race hustle.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 22, 2025 10:55 AM (Q8Bj8)

455
New fake Shogun gives Mariko grrl power! and turns her into ninja...with advanced swordmanship.

Also, new fake Shogun makes Mariko a very insincere Catholic, something she is certainly not in the original series.

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 22, 2025 10:55 AM (RDFmy)

456 Is it the phase where they shove cameras up your butt?
----------------
Yeah, that is when you know you've become old.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2025 10:55 AM (Wg6v7)

457 Harris' marriage in turmoil as she blames husband for election defeat and focuses on future without the 'dead weight'
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I can imagine that Doug's nailing the nanny might have had something to do with her loss. Also his strong pimp hand....

He could have cost her *some* of the defeat.

Posted by: Axeman at January 22, 2025 10:55 AM (krQz2)

458 Democrat voters abandon party after AOC, Jeffries say anti-trans athlete bill empowers child sexual predators

Longtime Dem law professor: 'Progressives have created a grievance Olympics … and it doesn't work'

Posted by: SMOD at January 22, 2025 10:55 AM (RHGPo)

459 I liked both Shogun series about the same. Neither is as good as the movie in my head when I read the book.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 22, 2025 10:56 AM (aD39U)

460 Last Minute Leak @LastMinuteLeak 1h
BREAKING: TIKTOK BANS USE OF "FREE PALESTINE".

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 22, 2025 10:56 AM (5LoD7)

461 They were trying to make the J6 hostages sign NDAs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 22, 2025 10:56 AM (JdxE1)

462 446
Harris better tread lightly, because her spouse can write a book too.

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2025 10:50 A

and, he's got a mean left hook
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 22, 2025 10:53 AM (tljrc)

nothing goes right in that family.

Posted by: Roy at January 22, 2025 10:56 AM (z+ik4)

463 Give me an E L G L E S!

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Ebonics.

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Treason Executable Again! at January 22, 2025 10:56 AM (o9+FD)

464 453 What a bonehead!
Posted by: Dan Quayle at January 22, 2025 10:51 AM (Aqu9a)

It's "Iggles" anyway.
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What would be even funnier is to find out how she spells Philadelphia.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2025 10:56 AM (Wg6v7)

465 Harris' marriage in turmoil

Posted by: SMOD at January 22, 2025 10:44 AM (RHGPo)
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Meh. They'll iron it out over a word salad.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 22, 2025 10:56 AM (RRBie)

466
I'm glad to know that. I loved the first version, and was intending to watch this one but never got around to it. I'd just as soon watch the Richard Chamberlain version again.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 22, 2025 10:54 AM (wyMQY)

You cannot, CANNOT replace Toshiro Mifune as Lord Toronaga - he made the film what it is, and Richard Chamberlain had more sexual chemistry with his female costar than the (straight) 2024 version with his beautiful costar.

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2025 10:57 AM (g47mK)

467 403 Wasn't it an EO that established the right of Fed employees to unionize?

I believe it was later codified into law. Whether that law should be considered Constitutional is a different question.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 22, 2025 10:48 AM (ExV1e)

Which one - EO was 10988 from JFK...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 22, 2025 10:57 AM (exHjb)

468 nothing goes right in that family.
Posted by: Roy

Well, except for that hottie Ella.

Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 10:57 AM (77rzZ)

469 455 I got that from the trailers and never bothered watching. I enjoyed the old miniseries and the book.

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 10:57 AM (KQk9m)

470 363 Social media sites are awash in photos of Democrats doing the exact same gesture.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 22, 2025 10:38 AM (Q4IgG)
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But are actually better examples.

The Nazi salute goes strait out in front and high, not flying across the chest and finishing wide with a curve to the wrist.

Elon needs to look at how Liz Warren did her Nazi salute.
Posted by: Axeman at January 22, 2025 10:41 AM (krQz2)

Funny how good Demoncrats are at the Nazi salute.

Posted by: Shy lurker aka Northernlurker at January 22, 2025 10:57 AM (kTd/k)

471 384 Philadelphia mayor flubs Eagles chant before NFL playoff game

yeah she is a dumb dumb
Posted by: Black Orchid at January 22, 2025 10:44 AM (Pv3Rg)

Do politicians really think that if they hop on a fandom bandwagon it'll sway votes? Seriously, if you don't like/follow sports/football, just say so. No one cares and we can tell. You look like an idiot and probably turn more people off.
Posted by: Kris at January 22, 2025 10:51 AM (EwaUh)

White Sox fan here. Big time. Loved the games at Cominskey Park.

Posted by: Barack Obama at January 22, 2025 10:58 AM (Aqu9a)

472 "Over 1,000 tons of missile fuel chemicals head for Iran from China – report
Iranian cargo vessels will reportedly carry over 1,000 tons of sodium perchlorate, a key ingredient to make missile propellant."
Posted by: runner at January 22, 2025 10:53 AM (g47mK)

I don't know if hitting one of those ships with a torpedo would result in an Earth-shattering Kaboom!, but it would do no harm to try.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2025 10:58 AM (8zz6B)

473 I thought that the new Shogun was crap. I couldn't figure out why everyone was ranting about how good it was.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 22, 2025 10:40 AM (d9fT1)

thank you! it had a number very good supporting roles - Tadanobu Asano did a fine job for example, but overall forgettable. Can't imagine watching it again.
Posted by: runner at January 22, 2025 10:48 AM (g47mK)

I liked it, however-

the big problem was the English dude. Very bland, rather poor actor, flat as the left rear tire on TJM's Prius.

He's our eyes and ears and needs to be able to convey a lot. He just couldn't.

A central weakness but I found all of the Japanese actors to be pretty great.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 22, 2025 10:58 AM (iJfKG)

474 461 They were trying to make the J6 hostages sign NDAs.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 22, 2025 10:56 AM (JdxE1)

Which is probably also why they are trying to bring state charges. They do not want these people getting home or talking to cameras about their treatment in the US lubyanka. They are probably hoping to slow walk the release so they can just transfer them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 22, 2025 10:58 AM (usyvb)

475 459 I liked both Shogun series about the same. Neither is as good as the movie in my head when I read the book.
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Yep. This is Clavell's masterpiece. Too bad Frank Herbert couldn't get there.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2025 10:58 AM (Wg6v7)

476
This is just the beginning of the fight, as all of these institutions will now say they're abolishing DEI, while they create a new office of EID. Trump will have to keep after them, charge those who try to skirt his EO, and cut the budgets or grants for anyone found in violation.
Posted by: Archimedes

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Have you seen the wording? It says that any rebranding or skirting is also banned and that all employees will be interviewed by agency heads to ID any such existing or budding offices or programs. Further, that any employee withholding information about such attempts will face adverse consequences.

He's sealing the exits. He's thought it through.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 22, 2025 10:59 AM (6iA+O)

477
Wow, I'm seeing some very rare weather conditions for us here. We had a light dusting+ of snow. Maybe 1/4" accumulation max.

Temp is just 27F at 11AM, and dew point is 9F. Very dry air. Sun is out pretty bright, and the snow is subliming away rapidly.

No melting, just subliming away. This is a very rare thing to see here.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 22, 2025 10:59 AM (w6EFb)

478 White Sox fan here. Big time. Loved the games at Cominskey Park.
Posted by: Barack Obama

Not surprised. The word on the street is he had a thing for balls.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 22, 2025 10:59 AM (Q8Bj8)

479 473 the big problem was the English dude. Very bland, rather poor actor, flat as the left rear tire on TJM's Prius.

He's our eyes and ears and needs to be able to convey a lot. He just couldn't.

A central weakness but I found all of the Japanese actors to be pretty great.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 22, 2025 10:58 AM (iJfKG)

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I have a Prius?

Where?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, watching B-movies with Roger Corman at January 22, 2025 10:59 AM (GBKbO)

480 417 Harris' marriage in turmoil as she blames husband for election defeat and focuses on future without the 'dead weight'

Sounds like they were having problems before. I don’t like Doug Emhoff but how was he responsible for her defeat? Take responsibility, Kamala.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 22, 2025 10:59 AM (6RN9t)

481 If Elon would have closed his fist on his chest, I would have taken that for the Star Trek Evil Spock world imperial salute.

Posted by: Axeman at January 22, 2025 10:59 AM (krQz2)

482 White Sox fan here. Big time. Loved the games at Cominskey Park.
Posted by: Barack Obama at January 22, 2025 10:58 AM (Aqu9a)

I heard Big Mike got you VIP seats at Soldier's Field

Posted by: Roy at January 22, 2025 10:59 AM (z+ik4)

483 BTW, the Seiko family are Catholic.

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 22, 2025 11:00 AM (5LoD7)

484 Geez! Musk did it only twice!

https://is.gd/wSvjGI

Posted by: Anonosaurus Rex, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent Made Glorious Summer By This Son of [New] York at January 22, 2025 11:00 AM (L/fGl)

485 This is Clavell's masterpiece.

Taipan is also very good. And Whirlwind.

Honestly, he never wrote a mid novel. All good.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 22, 2025 11:00 AM (aD39U)

486
White Sox fan here. Big time. Loved the games at Cominskey Park.

Posted by: Barack Obama

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Pop quiz - name the non-weather related cause of a game cancelation at said stadium

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 22, 2025 11:00 AM (Jv+5B)

487 A central weakness but I found all of the Japanese actors to be pretty great.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 22, 2025 10:58 AM (iJfKG)

many - yes; unfortunately the one playing Lord Toronaga, who I think was executive producer, sucked in his role.

Posted by: runner at January 22, 2025 11:00 AM (g47mK)

488 Have you seen the wording? It says that any rebranding or skirting is also banned and that all employees will be interviewed by agency heads to ID any such existing or budding offices or programs. Further, that any employee withholding information about such attempts will face adverse consequences.

He's sealing the exits. He's thought it through.

Yes, I've seen the wording, and I agree that that's what they're doing, but that doesn't mean the left won't try. They will, because who the hell do the voters think they are?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 22, 2025 11:01 AM (xCA6C)

489 At least Shogun didn't have a black samurai in it...

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 11:01 AM (KQk9m)

490 486
White Sox fan here. Big time. Loved the games at Cominskey Park.

Posted by: Barack Obama

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Pop quiz - name the non-weather related cause of a game cancelation at said stadium
Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 22, 2025 11:00 AM (Jv+5B)

Disco sucks

Posted by: Roy at January 22, 2025 11:01 AM (z+ik4)

491 Needs more Godzilla.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 22, 2025 11:01 AM (JdxE1)

492 Last Minute Leak @LastMinuteLeak 1h
BREAKING: TIKTOK BANS USE OF "FREE PALESTINE".
Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 22, 2025 10:56 AM (5LoD7)

Even if you include: "with purchase of two Palestines of equal value"?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 22, 2025 11:01 AM (8zz6B)

493 >>Democrat voters abandon party after AOC, Jeffries say anti-trans athlete bill empowers child sexual predators

Not even that -- Jeffries said is "releases predators" implying that all boys are predators, with trans as their prey.

We heard him loud and clear.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 22, 2025 11:01 AM (u1uWe)

494 485 This is Clavell's masterpiece.

Taipan is also very good. And Whirlwind.

Honestly, he never wrote a mid novel. All good.
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Fully agree but Shogun is his masterpiece.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2025 11:01 AM (Wg6v7)

495 461 They were trying to make the J6 hostages sign NDAs.
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 22, 2025 10:56 AM (JdxE1)

like being sent into the gulag was really just a bilateral contract?

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 22, 2025 11:01 AM (wyMQY)

496 Where's the Democrat telling their lunatics they have nothing to fear?
I seem to remember a Republican saying that after Obama was elected.

Posted by: Shy lurker aka Northernlurker at January 22, 2025 11:02 AM (kTd/k)

497 489 At least Shogun didn't have a black samurai in it...
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Wait a while. You know its coming.

Posted by: Pudinhead at January 22, 2025 11:02 AM (Wg6v7)

498 Pop quiz - name the non-weather related cause of a game cancelation at said stadium
Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 22, 2025 11:00 AM (Jv+5B)

You know … uh … I thought that … you know … the truth is, that a lot of the Cubs I liked too.

Posted by: Barack Obama at January 22, 2025 11:02 AM (Aqu9a)

499 Ofc Bishop Ugglo will be on The View to respond to Trump's comments. All prearranged no doubt

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 11:02 AM (KQk9m)

500 Isn't that duress?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 22, 2025 11:02 AM (JdxE1)

501 499 Ofc Bishop Ugglo will be on The View to respond to Trump's comments. All prearranged no doubt
Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 11:02 AM (KQk9m)

How classy

Posted by: It's me donna at January 22, 2025 11:03 AM (VE6XX)

502 >>They were trying to make the J6 hostages sign NDAs.

Or what?
Why would any just-pardoned person sign an NDA of their own, free will?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 22, 2025 11:03 AM (u1uWe)

503 U nas yest' NOOD shimpanze.

Posted by: Bulg at January 22, 2025 11:03 AM (77rzZ)

504 New fake Shogun gives Mariko grrl power! and turns her into ninja...with advanced swordmanship.

Ackshewallee that weapon (sorry I'm blanking on the name), was a traditional woman's weapon.

In theory, at least and in history I guess, if the castle was invaded the women were expected to fight.

So, not really out of place though they might have made more of it than was historically accurate.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 22, 2025 11:03 AM (iJfKG)

505 499 Ofc Bishop Ugglo will be on The View to respond to Trump's comments. All prearranged no doubt
Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 11:02 AM (KQk9m)

Busy schedule lately

Posted by: Satan at January 22, 2025 11:03 AM (z+ik4)

506 Nude Ape.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at January 22, 2025 11:03 AM (aD39U)

507 497 It is, the new Assassins Creed game set in Japan has a black samurai

Posted by: steevy at January 22, 2025 11:03 AM (KQk9m)

508 At least Shogun didn't have a black samurai in it...
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Wait a while. You know its coming.
Posted by: Pudinhead

I am waiting for a black gay guy to play the QE II in a BBC bio mini series.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 22, 2025 11:04 AM (Q8Bj8)

509 Twenty eight here in NOLA. Sun is melting the snow, eight inches worth at the house. Going to be slick out there.

Posted by: javems at January 22, 2025 11:04 AM (8I4hW)

510 Took another look at Elon, that arm finishes full out to his side.

Who's ever seen a "Nazi Salute" that goes out fully to the side.

What kind of moron are these?

Posted by: Axeman at January 22, 2025 11:05 AM (krQz2)

511 whirlwind seemed a might too long, noble housee was pretty good

Posted by: miguel cervantes at January 22, 2025 11:05 AM (dJR17)

512 Krasner is blowing smoke. He's grandstanding for national attention. Maybe he is eyeing a run for office?

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 22, 2025 11:05 AM (jQ+5q)

513 Aaron Rupar@atrupar
Tim Kaine to Elise Stefanik: "The notion that Democratic senators are for open borders and allowing illegal aliens to vote is a fantasy."

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You know, like Biden being to demented to serve.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Rex, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent Made Glorious Summer By This Son of [New] York at January 22, 2025 11:05 AM (L/fGl)

514 "One of the things he did regularly was have tea with his wife. It was a small thing and probably one no one thought important. Now that she is gone, he continues the ritual to remember her. He loved his wife dearly and misses her deeply, and I feel guilty for witnessing it."

At first, there were many times I went to look for T. in another part of the house to tell her something - "Hey Babe, how cool was it that there were three priests at your funeral."

Oh, poop. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at January 22, 2025 11:06 AM (WXNFJ)

515 For members of the horde who have a Netflix account, I highly recommend 'The Man on the Inside' with Ted Danson. I believe it is just 10 episodes in the 1st series and it is wonderful. Danson plays a retired architect widower of 1 year who just rattles around his big house. His daughter urges him to find something to do so he finds a job assignment with a detective agency to go undercover in a nursing home to find out who stole a valuable ruby necklace from one of the residents. Many wonderful characters, great writing, it is both comedy, heartwarming, and sad at times. It will especially be relevant to anyone past the age of 60. They are working on a 2nd season.

Posted by: Cheri at January 22, 2025 11:06 AM (oiNtH)

516 Steve Deace
@SteveDeaceShow

From a Little Birdie on Trump winning the birthright citizenship battle at the Supreme Court (where this will ultimately go):

"The best argument is that a president has power to end birthright citizenship if its an invasion. Whoever on Trump's team that crafted his EO appears to be following an opinion from Federal Judge Jim Ho making that case (or what we call in my legal circles "The Ho Invasion Theory"). I'm not sure even Clarence Thomas agrees yet with ending birthright citizenship whole cloth. But I do think more judges would be willing to sign on to ending it under the guise of a president stopping an invasion as opposed to a governor like when Texas tried this. Because presidents have wide constitutional latitude when it comes to matters of national defense, and these illegal aliens are causing enough harm to be treated as enemy combatants. Or at the very least this level of invasion has the potential to. And most agree that so-called birthright citizenship does not apply to enemy combatants."

Posted by: SMOD at January 22, 2025 11:07 AM (RHGPo)

517 Me thinks Elon is Trumps personal federally sanctioned information gathering department....

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at January 22, 2025 11:07 AM (jQ+5q)

518 This is a foreshadowing of what Mr. TiFW will be going through in a year or two - oh, how I wish there was a way to ease his coming pain....

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520 what is this spew you keep speaking off

Posted by: miguel cervantes at January 22, 2025 11:09 AM (dJR17)

521 they don't matter a dingoes kidney,

Posted by: miguel cervantes at January 22, 2025 11:11 AM (dJR17)

522 Of course. It couldn't be that she was the suckiest candidate in the history of suck.
Posted by: Archimedes

Both literally and figuratively.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 22, 2025 11:12 AM (WXNFJ)

523 Tractor rupar is terminally dim, I have discovered that when you try to communicate with him

Posted by: miguel cervantes at January 22, 2025 11:13 AM (dJR17)

524 Reminds me of a time I went thru a similar experience. Not easy, but necessary ...

Posted by: Dr_No at January 22, 2025 11:17 AM (ayRl+)

525 after a while, it is like punching down, there is no pointing in ridiculing them,

Posted by: miguel cervantes at January 22, 2025 11:20 AM (dJR17)

526 This painting hits like a ton of bricks. Lost my wife of some 30 years a little over 10 years ago. That first year was dark. So many nights I came home from my shift at the hospital, dumped something into a pot, then stood eating it over the sink. My ritual was to leave her robe on the bedpost and wheelchair next to her side of the bed, where they belonged. Life did move on, friends introduced me to a window and we have been married 7 years now.

Posted by: Danny at January 22, 2025 11:29 AM (Hpun1)

527 DA Krasner. BLM lawyer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Krasner

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 22, 2025 11:35 AM (iODuv)

528 The painting did not bring me to tears.

Your words did, Kris. Thank you.

Posted by: creeper at January 22, 2025 11:35 AM (M6moH)

529 Wife is asking what I did that led me to going and finding her to give a kiss and a BIG hug to, just now.

Didn't say anything except "Just for because, that's why." The reason was reading the description of the painting.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at January 22, 2025 11:44 AM (hKoQL)

530 I wonder if the Pixar movie "Up" cribbed Ellie's empty chair from that painting. They look similar.

Posted by: WillowViney at January 22, 2025 11:50 AM (d3MA1)

531 Kris, I'm sorry I was so very late.

What a lovely, thoughtful interpretation of the painting.
Thank you. You've made my day.

Posted by: L - It's a good day at January 22, 2025 12:15 PM (NFX2v)

532 Your explication of the details in the painting was very well done. You took an image and turned it into a whole story for me. Thanks for taking the time to write that.

Posted by: Sage Grouch at January 22, 2025 01:00 PM (opb66)

533 I think it interesting that the dog is lying at (his accustomed place?) the foot of her chair, rather than near the man.

When Carole Lombard died, her dachshund Commissioner - who had always, at best, ignored husband Clark Gable - was exceedingly sympathetic to Gable when he came home from the memorial service, and his devoted companion thereafter.

Posted by: Chas C-Q at January 22, 2025 01:32 PM (U8S9W)

534 A phenomenal painting and a symphonic review of it. I found myself re-reading and re-examining portions again and again. The dog, the tablecloth and the allusion of a burial shroud was heart wrenching.

Posted by: DWags at January 22, 2025 03:20 PM (AKFiu)

535 Brought tears to my eyes. I hope the subject had a couple of loyal kids to comfort him in his (and their) grief.

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