Mid-Morning Art Thread

The North-West Passage
Sir John Everett Millais

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 15, 2025 09:30 AM (kgE5c)

2 Top 3.

Posted by: front toward enemy at July 15, 2025 09:30 AM (TIizU)

3

Me-Lay Marston!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 15, 2025 09:30 AM (x0n13)

4 He's wanting to go north and west in her passage, IYKWIM.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2025 09:31 AM (4IClK)

5 Dere's de Art!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 09:31 AM (omVj0)

6 Ok, I think this one's ok

Posted by: Otto Pen at July 15, 2025 09:31 AM (sJHOI)

7 That beautiful skirt is going to get grimy spread out all over the floor.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at July 15, 2025 09:31 AM (XlI3u)

8 Who's the man in the boat?

Posted by: torabora at July 15, 2025 09:31 AM (DoOmQ)

9 Don't clean off the table. Just cover it.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2025 09:31 AM (4IClK)

10 Much better than yesterday's art.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 15, 2025 09:31 AM (NpAcC)

11 It's better than the picture of President Poopie-Head!

Posted by: Pete in Texas at July 15, 2025 09:32 AM (BHrzb)

12 That was a nice Jim "The King" Leyritz reference in JJ's morning report.

Posted by: front toward enemy at July 15, 2025 09:32 AM (TIizU)

13 Who's the man in the boat?
Posted by: torabora

Couldn't find him.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2025 09:32 AM (4IClK)

14 This is a whole lot better than yesterday.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 15, 2025 09:32 AM (0nHVk)

15 What's that mound that's covered up on the table?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 15, 2025 09:32 AM (Dv3i1)

16 So that's what they call her.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at July 15, 2025 09:33 AM (JhGY+)

17 Wife, daughter, or granddaughter?

Posted by: Pete in Texas at July 15, 2025 09:33 AM (BHrzb)

18 needs to straighten up his desk, otherwise tea & a biscuit...daughter's tending to her studies...thing's are mostly in order as they should be

Posted by: Otto Pen at July 15, 2025 09:33 AM (sJHOI)

19 I love the details in this painting.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 15, 2025 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

20 What's that mound that's covered up on the table?

Looks like a map, probably of the NW Passage.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 15, 2025 09:34 AM (Riz8t)

21 Passage?

Not Massage?

Why, those wily and rascally northwesterners!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 15, 2025 09:34 AM (3447G)

22 The North-West Passage

Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 15, 2025 09:34 AM (kgE5c)

23 "The North-West Passage" is an 1874 painting by Sir John Everett Millais depicting an elderly sailor with his daughter, reflecting on the failed British attempts to find a navigable route around North America's northern coast. The painting, currently housed at Tate Britain, captures the sailor's contemplation of past voyages and the enduring challenge of the Northwest Passage

Posted by: Archimedes at July 15, 2025 09:35 AM (Riz8t)

24 What's that mound that's covered up on the table?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 15, 2025 09:32 AM (Dv3i1)
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Almond Joys.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 15, 2025 09:35 AM (3447G)

25 Tate UK

Artist Sir John Everett Millais, Bt 1829–1896
Medium Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions support: 1765 x 2222 mm frame: 2157x 2623 x 145 mm
Collection Tate
Acquisition Presented by Sir Henry Tate 1894

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 15, 2025 09:35 AM (gbOdA)

26 She's got no ring, so the question should be, daughter, granddaughter, or mistress?

Posted by: Pete in Texas at July 15, 2025 09:35 AM (BHrzb)

27 Sadly, they both froze to death when their ship was crushed like toothpicks by Arctic ice.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 15, 2025 09:35 AM (w9Wax)

28 The passage was angy that day my friends..

Posted by: George Costanza at July 15, 2025 09:35 AM (XQo4F)

29
What is that, a potato on his desk?

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 09:36 AM (N9VmQ)

30 "The North-West Passage" is an 1874 painting by Sir John Everett Millais depicting an elderly sailor with his daughter, reflecting on the failed British attempts to find a navigable route around North America's northern coast.

This, of course, was back when the Brits were manly. At this point, I doubt they could find their way to the local mosque.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 15, 2025 09:36 AM (Riz8t)

31 This was the inspiration for The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (maybe).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 09:36 AM (omVj0)

32
24 What's that mound that's covered up on the table?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 15, 2025 09:32 AM (Dv3i1)
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Almond Joys.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 15, 2025 09:35 AM (3447G)

That's nuts.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 15, 2025 09:36 AM (i24o9)

33 Is that a dead wife laid out on the table?

Posted by: toby928 at July 15, 2025 09:36 AM (jc0TO)

34
Caption:

"Ah, Uh, This Is My Niece"

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 09:36 AM (N9VmQ)

35 The only survivor of the Franklin expedition?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 15, 2025 09:37 AM (Dg2sF)

36 The North-West Passage is an 1874 painting by John Everett Millais. It depicts an elderly sailor sitting in an 18th century armchair at a desk, with his daughter seated in a stool beside him. He stares out at the viewer, while she reads from a log-book.

4 Apr
Cabin boys seem extremely afraid of the calm evening seas.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 15, 2025 09:37 AM (gbOdA)

37 Meh. It’s too cluttered for me. And the expression on the old man’s face is, well, he’s kinda awful looking. Perhaps a few marbles short.

The art yesterday was awful, but it was certainly more interesting.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 15, 2025 09:37 AM (mT+6a)

38 What is that, a potato on his desk?

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 09:36 AM (N9VmQ)

No, he's just happy to see you.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 15, 2025 09:37 AM (i24o9)

39
Who else thinks it's funny to see paintings within paintings?

Kinda meta, yes?

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 09:37 AM (N9VmQ)

40 Caption:

"Ah, Uh, This Is My Niece"
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 09:36 AM

His ward.

Posted by: toby928 at July 15, 2025 09:37 AM (jc0TO)

41 >>"The North-West Passage" is an 1874 painting by Sir John Everett Millais depicting an elderly sailor with his daughter, reflecting on the failed British attempts to find a navigable route around North America's northern coast. The painting, currently housed at Tate Britain, captures the sailor's contemplation of past voyages and the enduring challenge of the Northwest Passage

That explains it!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 15, 2025 09:37 AM (GbwPZ)

42
No one else gets a kick outta that?

This guy painted 3 paintings in this one painting. Plus, a seascape, as a bonus. A lotta value, here. Am I wrong?

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 09:38 AM (N9VmQ)

43 The guy's got a righteous beard.

Posted by: toby928 at July 15, 2025 09:38 AM (jc0TO)

44 The daughter is very young compared to the old salt. I guess he was...spry...into old age.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 15, 2025 09:39 AM (Riz8t)

45 Embiggened, the captain looks fierce and choleric. Perhaps he will drop dead of apoplexy in the next year, leaving the house and fortune to the granddaughter/daughter/niece.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 09:39 AM (omVj0)

46 >>What is that, a potato on his desk?

It's on a plate next to a glass of wine.
Lunch of champions!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 15, 2025 09:39 AM (GbwPZ)

47 Definitely art.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at July 15, 2025 09:39 AM (N1DT3)

48 >>No one else gets a kick outta that?

This guy painted 3 paintings in this one painting. Plus, a seascape, as a bonus. A lotta value, here. Am I wrong?

Yeah, it's fun.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 15, 2025 09:40 AM (GbwPZ)

49 His ward.

The constitutional guardian I
Of pretty young wards in Chancery -
All very agreeable girls, and none
Are over the age of twenty-one!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 15, 2025 09:40 AM (Dg2sF)

50 Is that a hot toddy on the table?

Posted by: redridinghood at July 15, 2025 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

51 Lots of clutter. Maids day off?

Posted by: Case at July 15, 2025 09:40 AM (ilX37)

52 "Kate, I want you to become a prostitute."

Posted by: PabloD at July 15, 2025 09:40 AM (oyCAU)

53 I dunno, that toilet with the cigar dick and power cable motif yesterday gives this one a run for its money.

Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at July 15, 2025 09:40 AM (ERYKL)

54 > "The North-West Passage" is an 1874 painting by Sir John Everett Millais depicting an elderly sailor with his daughter, reflecting on the failed British attempts to find a navigable route around North America's northern coast.
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They should have called AAA and got a TripTik.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 15, 2025 09:41 AM (Q4IgG)

55 Brandy, you're a fine girl.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 09:41 AM (viF8m)

56 38 What is that, a potato on his desk?

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 09:36 AM (N9VmQ)

No, he's just happy to see you.
____

Hello, everyone!

Posted by: Brian Stelter at July 15, 2025 09:41 AM (Dv3i1)

57 >>Much better than yesterday's art.

That wasn't art, it was a visual gag!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 15, 2025 09:41 AM (GbwPZ)

58 This guy painted 3 paintings in this one painting. Plus, a seascape, as a bonus. A lotta value, here. Am I wrong?

Yeah, it's fun.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 15, 2025 09:40 AM

I like mirrors in paintings. That takes some skillz.

Posted by: toby928 at July 15, 2025 09:41 AM (jc0TO)

59 She looks sad. Perhaps the lace is covering the body of her recently deceased and beloved dog or cat, and she is searching for an appropriate verse in the Bible.

The captain's face expresses his very different thoughts. "All this fuss over a damned cat!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 09:41 AM (omVj0)

60 is that a painting on the left or is it a window with a view of the ocean?

Posted by: dantesed at July 15, 2025 09:42 AM (Oy/m2)

61 Prim and Proper woman on an Ottoman > Fat guy on an Ottoman

Posted by: 18-1 at July 15, 2025 09:42 AM (t0Rmr)

62 Today's painting is a multimedia presentation.

Here's the accompanying soundtrack.

https://youtu.be/lKF2uPx-d50

Posted by: Archimedes at July 15, 2025 09:42 AM (Riz8t)

63 I would like to see a decorator hang this next to a Rothko in one of those multimillion dollar apartment homes in Manhattan.

The Contrast Style

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2025 09:42 AM (VofaG)

64 I reckon the artist has the map sitting like that so you can see it better, since it's central to the theme

Posted by: Otto Pen at July 15, 2025 09:42 AM (sJHOI)

65 This is a well done painting, especially the detail of the map and clutter in the room. Typical of old men. But, I'm not a fan.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly Whatever it is I'm against it at July 15, 2025 09:43 AM (qliBS)

66 That's gotta be Nelson in the painting.

Posted by: toby928 at July 15, 2025 09:43 AM (jc0TO)

67 "Northwest Passage" by Stan Rogers

https://tinyurl.com/2xdhsssp
4:50 minutes

And on the Last Day, the sea shall give up her dead.

Posted by: andycanuck at July 15, 2025 09:43 AM (2yoRf)

68
Ooh, mirrors.

Did Bob Ross ever do "reflections" on his show? Happy reflections, perhaps?

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 09:43 AM (N9VmQ)

69 He seems kinda pissed about the Northwest Passage.

Posted by: eleven at July 15, 2025 09:43 AM (fV+MH)

70 0 is that a painting on the left or is it a window with a view of the ocean?
Posted by: dantesed at July 15, 2025 09:42 AM (Oy/m2)

View. The blinds are raised.

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2025 09:43 AM (VofaG)

71 This, of course, was back when the Brits were manly.
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The Taliban says, "Hi!"

Posted by: andycanuck at July 15, 2025 09:44 AM (2yoRf)

72 This guy painted 3 paintings in this one painting. Plus, a seascape, as a bonus. A lotta value, here. Am I wrong?

Yeah, it's fun.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 15, 2025

***
Where is the third painting? I see only two.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 09:44 AM (omVj0)

73 The chick's a ginger.

Posted by: toby928 at July 15, 2025 09:44 AM (jc0TO)

74 44 The daughter is very young compared to the old salt. I guess he was...spry...into old age.
Posted by: Archimedes

Guy was probably in his 50s. Premature aging from salt and sun exposure.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 15, 2025 09:45 AM (Dv3i1)

75 Captain's Log
Stardate 2525.1

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 15, 2025 09:45 AM (gbOdA)

76 The passage was angy that day my friends..
Posted by: George Costanza at July 15, 2025 09:35 AM

They have antibiotics for that now.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 15, 2025 09:45 AM (Wnv9h)

77 Dad's worked his ass off. Daughter is lecturing him about the systematic oppression of marginalized peoples that she's learning about at uni.

Dad's heart breaks

Posted by: Otto Pen at July 15, 2025 09:45 AM (sJHOI)

78 Guy was probably in his 50s. Premature aging from salt and sun exposure.

Good point.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 15, 2025 09:45 AM (Riz8t)

79 >>That's gotta be Nelson in the painting.

That's Lord Nelson to you, peasant.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 09:45 AM (viF8m)

80 If you enlarge it you can really see the detail...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 15, 2025 09:46 AM (VE6XX)

81 Where is the third painting? I see only two.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 09:44 AM (omVj0)

The painting itself I assume.

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2025 09:46 AM (VofaG)

82 reflecting on the failed British attempts to find a navigable route around North America's northern coast.

... and the failure to keep more than one chair in the room.

Posted by: I Drink and I Know Things at July 15, 2025 09:46 AM (Yur+G)

83
Where is the third painting? I see only two.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Just two, and one "seascape" as the view outside the window.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 09:46 AM (N9VmQ)

84 That's gotta be Nelson in the painting.
Posted by: toby928 at July 15, 2025

***
He's got two arms, though. Nelson lost his right arm when he was about 39, and this guy is much older than that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 09:46 AM (omVj0)

85 The Northwest Passage is the sea lane between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Arctic Ocean, near the northern coast of North America via waterways through the Arctic Archipelago of Canada. The eastern route along the Arctic coasts of Norway and Siberia is accordingly called the Northeast Passage.

Kinda cheating to take the short route over the Globe.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 15, 2025 09:47 AM (gbOdA)

86 Bourbon and potato, mmm mmm.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at July 15, 2025 09:47 AM (P0m9n)

87 "Kate, I want you to become a prostitute."
Posted by: PabloD at July 15, 2025 09:40 AM

It's a steady job! And you'd be working from home!"

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 15, 2025 09:47 AM (Wnv9h)

88 Bob Ross couldn't paint for cheese wax.

Posted by: eleven at July 15, 2025 09:47 AM (fV+MH)

89 Guy was probably in his 50s. Premature aging from salt and sun exposure.

Do you fear the force of the wind,
The slash of the rain?
Go face them and fight them,
Be savage again.
Go hungry and cold like the wolf,
Go wade like the crane:
The palms of your hands will thicken,
The skin of your cheek will tan,
You'll grow ragged and weary and swarthy,
But you 'll walk like a man!

Posted by: Hamlin Garland at July 15, 2025 09:47 AM (jc0TO)

90
Really, though. It's both an interior & exterior painting.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 09:47 AM (N9VmQ)

91 the old man’s face is, well, he’s kinda awful looking. Perhaps a few marbles short.
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The lead solder leaking into the tinned cans' seams unless you believe the "experts".

https://tinyurl.com/ycysc5aw

Posted by: andycanuck at July 15, 2025 09:47 AM (2yoRf)

92 The daughter is very young compared to the old salt. I guess he was...spry...into old age.
Posted by: Archimedes

Guy was probably in his 50s. Premature aging from salt and sun exposure.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 15, 2025 09:45 AM (Dv3i1)

Didn’t the grandson of one of our earliest Presidents just die. I’ve forgotten which President.

I’m relying on Hordeoogle.

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2025 09:47 AM (VofaG)

93 OnlyFans. The early years.

Posted by: Things were different at July 15, 2025 09:48 AM (XQo4F)

94 Is that a dead wife laid out on the table?
Posted by: toby928

Suspiciously lumpy table.

Posted by: eleven at July 15, 2025 09:48 AM (fV+MH)

95 >>He's got two arms, though. Nelson lost his right arm when he was about 39, and this guy is much older than that.

Psst. There's a painting within the painting.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 09:48 AM (viF8m)

96 There. Are. Three. Paintings!

Posted by: capt jean-luc picard at July 15, 2025 09:49 AM (2yoRf)

97
The painting itself I assume.
Posted by: polynikes

Right.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 09:49 AM (N9VmQ)

98 Didn’t the grandson of one of our earliest Presidents just die. I’ve forgotten which President.

I’m relying on Hordeoogle.
Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2025

***
WH Harrison, or Zachary Taylor, I think.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 09:49 AM (omVj0)

99
Alright, now I'm confused. It's turning into a bad Abbott & Costello routine in here, now.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 09:50 AM (N9VmQ)

100 I would say the young woman could help the old man out and tidy up the room. However she probably can hardly stand up in that forty pound dress she is wearing.

Posted by: Case at July 15, 2025 09:50 AM (ilX37)

101 Bob Ross couldn't paint for cheese wax.

Posted by: eleven at July 15, 2025 09:47 AM (fV+MH)

Ross built his career on painting 30 minute paintings he learned how to do from Bill Alexander.

I do think though if he did a painting in the traditionalist way he would produce a better than average professional piece of art.

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2025 09:50 AM (VofaG)

102 Zach Taylor.

He had a kid when he was old who had a kid when he was old. And that kid recently died.

Kinda crazy.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 09:51 AM (ImXfC)

103 hat's Lord Nelson to you, peasant.
Posted by: JackStraw

March!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRkU5bDI_4k

Posted by: DaveA at July 15, 2025 09:51 AM (FhXTo)

104 Oh, CBD... this is just wonderful. Would proudly hang and stare at for hours.

Posted by: creeper at July 15, 2025 09:51 AM (zFwIe)

105 I'm not dead yet!

Posted by: The wife at July 15, 2025 09:51 AM (XQo4F)

106 Bob Ross couldn't paint for cheese wax.

Posted by: eleven at July 15, 2025 09:47 AM (fV+MH)

That's cause cheese wax wouldn't pay the commission fee.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 15, 2025 09:51 AM (MGB5H)

107 Is this an Epstein painting?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 09:52 AM (ImXfC)

108
Quick!

Who was born Shirley Schrift on August 18, 1920?

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 09:52 AM (N9VmQ)

109 She's reading the Epstein list.

Posted by: Aha! at July 15, 2025 09:53 AM (XQo4F)

110 There. Is. One. Arm!

Portret van Horatio Nelson, William Bromley (I), after Robert Bowyer .

https://tinyurl.com/yc4jerbu
etching

Posted by: capt jean-luc picard at July 15, 2025 09:53 AM (2yoRf)

111 Archimedes, thank you for further info. I find this painting fascinating.

Posted by: creeper at July 15, 2025 09:53 AM (zFwIe)

112 I used to think it was kinda savage how Bob just basically stole Bill Alexander's schtick, but then you watch Bill Alexander and you can see why.

Posted by: eleven at July 15, 2025 09:53 AM (fV+MH)

113 Nasdaq and s&p500 in record territory once again, despite the media hyperventilating about taRiFfS again.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 09:54 AM (ImXfC)

114 Who was born Shirley Schrift on August 18, 1920?
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025

***
I'll guess Shelley Winters again.

(Her childhood nickname would have been "Short S[c]hrift," no doubt.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 09:55 AM (omVj0)

115 108
Quick!

Who was born Shirley Schrift on August 18, 1920?
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 09:52 AM (N9VmQ)

Shelley Winters

Posted by: Polka will never die at July 15, 2025 09:56 AM (5xvZ1)

116 Shirley Temple?

Posted by: eleven at July 15, 2025 09:56 AM (fV+MH)

117 Quick!

Who was born Shirley Schrift on August 18, 1920?
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 09:52 AM

Surely you're joking?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 15, 2025 09:56 AM (Wnv9h)

118 I could probably look at this for an hour or more. Great museum, too.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 15, 2025 09:57 AM (9IlGV)

119 Jean Kerr said she heard a stage producer ask at a party: "What *are* 'shelley' winters?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 09:57 AM (omVj0)

120
Meh...

Posted by: Hunter Biden at July 15, 2025 09:57 AM (5hfjS)

121 used to think it was kinda savage how Bob just basically stole Bill Alexander's schtick, but then you watch Bill Alexander and you can see why.
Posted by: eleven at July 15, 2025 09:53 AM (fV+MH)

The Kowalskis stole the Ross name so he got paid back . Well his family got the consequences. Poor Bob thought he was leaving his empire to his kids. The Kowalskis said no your not.

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2025 09:58 AM (VofaG)

122 Shirley Temple?
Posted by: eleven at July 15, 2025

***
Miss Temple was still a little girl in the mid-30s. A person born in 1920 would have been 14 in 1934, for example.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 09:58 AM (omVj0)

123 That oceanfront cottage probably rents for ten grand a week on VRBO now.

Posted by: Your Friendly Smiling Realtor at July 15, 2025 09:58 AM (G5+As)

124 That's a remarkably roomy 19th Century shipboard cabin.
What sort of table is that peeking out on the left?

Posted by: LibertyDefender at July 15, 2025 09:59 AM (kWBLv)

125 I missed the spyglass next to his glass of port [?] and potato. Kewl.

Posted by: andycanuck (mZtdJ) at July 15, 2025 09:59 AM (2yoRf)

126 Fun fact. Trump's Big Beautiful Bill funds almost $9 billion to build ice breakers to keep the northwest passage open.

It also requires each ship to be named Epstein so people will never stop talking about him.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 10:00 AM (viF8m)

127 That's a remarkably roomy 19th Century shipboard cabin.
What sort of table is that peeking out on the left?
Posted by: LibertyDefender at July 15, 2025

***
This is probably the captain's house, bought for his retirement ashore. Like the captain in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 10:00 AM (omVj0)

128 The Muslim running for mayor of Mogadishu, MN alerted me to the fact Minnesota now provides free college for “poor” people. Their definition of poor? Families making under $80k a year.

Which is interesting given the median household income in the country is $75k.

Socialism is creeping in slowly nationwide.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 10:00 AM (ImXfC)

129 It’s Tummy Rub Tuesday!

Best day of the week! Go and get em! Those fuzzy bellies aren’t going to rub themselves, you know!

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 15, 2025 10:01 AM (mT+6a)

130 If ever you stay at the In and Out Military Club in London, you'll enjoy the art in their breakfast room. On one wall is a giant portrait of Admiral Nelson and on the other a similarly sized Duke of Marlborough.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 15, 2025 10:01 AM (9IlGV)

131 "It also requires each ship to be named Epstein so people will never stop talking about him.
Posted by: JackStraw "

hah

Posted by: eleven at July 15, 2025 10:01 AM (fV+MH)

132 This is probably the captain's house, bought for his retirement ashore. Like the captain in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 10:00 AM

It's a rented room, over the brothel.

Posted by: Hamlin Garland at July 15, 2025 10:01 AM (jc0TO)

133 An amazing painting. Realistic detail in subtle colors (not the jewel-like colors Millais used in his Pre-raphaelite images). The charts, the ship visible through the window, paintings on the wall, the huge pennant, speak to a life at sea. The old man is both reliving his life and sharing it with his daughter as she reads from his logs. He is enjoying simple pleasures now: a drink by his side, furniture that meets his needs, (that chair looks very comfortable), even fresh flowers. The title would mean more to contemporary viewers than today, when the northwest passage was a failed dream that claimed many lives and ships. Millais shows a survivor but the allure of his adventures still has a hold on him. The man gives an impression that he would try again if he could.

Probably not connected, but there is a sense of Tennyson's poem "Ulysses".
"you and I are old;
Old age hath yet his honour and his toil;
Death closes all: but something ere the end,
Some work of noble note, may yet be done,"

Posted by: JTB at July 15, 2025 10:03 AM (yTvNw)

134 First toilets, now British imperialism. I am not impressed with the Tate so far.

How about a trip to a German art museum? I suspect the topics would consist of the three B's: beer, bratwurst, and boobs. Those are subjects worthy of being labeled art even if there's no dog involved.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 15, 2025 10:03 AM (NXz8h)

135 Took another Tramadol and two ibuprofen. I'm doing better. Called the dr.'s office, and am waiting to hear about a stronger Rx. I do have to pick it up myself. If I can get through today with what I have now -- especially tomorrow morning -- I can drive over for it on Wed. and bring it to CVS-Target.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 10:03 AM (omVj0)

136 131 "It also requires each ship to be named Epstein so people will never stop talking about him.
Posted by: JackStraw "

LOL

Posted by: It's me donna at July 15, 2025 10:05 AM (VE6XX)

137 Epstein was in the past. We must never talk about him again.
That’s the rule.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 10:05 AM (ImXfC)

138 A legendary actor and musician who starred in This Is Spinal Tap has died aged 79.

David Kaff, who played keyboardist Viv Savage in the iconic 1984 film, died peacefully in his sleep on July 11, per a statement from his band Mutual of Alameda’s Wild Kingdom.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 15, 2025 10:05 AM (gbOdA)

139 It’s Tummy Rub Tuesday!

Best day of the week! Go and get em! Those fuzzy bellies aren’t going to rub themselves, you know!
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 15, 2025

***
If little Dagny La Siberienne will come over to me as she did yesterday, she'll get all the tummy rubs she wants. So far today, though, she's kind of ignored me, as usual.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 10:05 AM (omVj0)

140 Nice. Would hang . Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2025 10:06 AM (Eo2Rw)

141 would not hang

Posted by: Gref at July 15, 2025 10:06 AM (aBgBM)

142 >>Took another Tramadol and two ibuprofen.

Just rub some dirt on it and quit you're crying or I will give you something to cry about.

Trust me, my dad was a part time doctor.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 10:07 AM (viF8m)

143
I'll guess Shelley Winters again.

(Her childhood nickname would have been "Short S[c]hrift," no doubt.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

You were bound to be right, eventually.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 10:07 AM (N9VmQ)

144 Oh no!!

According to NPR, “experts” say the BBB will cause electricity to increase due to the defunding of so called clean energy.

Guys I’m scared. Experts are always right after all.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 10:07 AM (ImXfC)

145 "would not hang
Posted by: Gref "

You wouldn't hang a grumpy old man on your wall?

Why in heaven's not!?!?!

Posted by: eleven at July 15, 2025 10:08 AM (fV+MH)

146 Wow, inflation is really going up now. That combined with Trump's tariffs is gonna start a downturn soon.

Posted by: Sid at July 15, 2025 10:08 AM (ukeFl)

147 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Geezer Golf today. I won't be playing as the in-laws are coming. And I'm good with that as the course is on a lake and my drives frequently try to seek a NW passage over it. Sometimes a SE passage. All have failed.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 15, 2025 10:08 AM (W/lyH)

148 Just rub some dirt on it and quit you're crying or I will give you something to cry about.

Trust me, my dad was a part time doctor.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 10:07 AM (viF8m)

Put a little Robitusin on it.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 10:08 AM (ImXfC)

149
Every time Oregon Muse would include a "Who Dis?" in his morning post I'd always guess "Myrna Loy!" Because eventually it would be Myrna Loy.

And I like saying Myrna Loy.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 10:08 AM (N9VmQ)

150 The Big Question: Was this 'pre-' or 'post-' ... ? Enquiring Minds 'n all that, y' know ...

Posted by: Dr_No at July 15, 2025 10:09 AM (ayRl+)

151 Sid is right. Inflation is all the way up to 2.7%.

People will be clamoring for the good old days of 10% under Biden. It will be a landslide in 2028 for Newsom.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 10:09 AM (ImXfC)

152 Well now we know for a certainty the electric bill will go down.

So we got that going for us.

Which is nice.

Posted by: eleven at July 15, 2025 10:09 AM (fV+MH)

153 I guess I waited too long to put solar panels on the barn. Now I can't ask the taxpayers to pay 30% of it.

Posted by: toby928 at July 15, 2025 10:11 AM (jc0TO)

154
Oregon Muse did eventually have Myrna Loy as his "Who Dis?"

And I missed it.

I miss him, too.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 10:11 AM (N9VmQ)

155 Very nicely done, but isn't that a slur calling that nice looking woman ' Tbe Northwest Passage?"

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2025 10:11 AM (+qU29)

156 And I like saying Myrna Loy.
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025

***
So, I expect, did a lot of men back then. A young James Stewart was asked his ambition, and he included "to marry Myrna Loy." (He'd met and worked with her in the 1937 After the Thin Man, at least.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 10:11 AM (omVj0)

157 $9 billion to build ice breakers

Another deal Putin missed out on.
Although theirs are slightly radioactive.

Posted by: DaveA at July 15, 2025 10:12 AM (FhXTo)

158 That old man appears to have Biden-level accuity.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 15, 2025 10:12 AM (36PRH)

159 I learned a thing the other day and now you have to.

AAVE.

No, not the decentralized finance crypto coin--that's useful.

Stands for "African American Vernacular English" f/k/a ebonics.

But now, as a variation of the Gym THOT, we have a blacks filming themselves giving a side-eye as they eavesdrop on other's conversations; the offense being they are not black but they are using AAVE.

Can we just carpet bomb the "studies" part of universities and ban them for 40 years?
And send all those with those degrees out to the Sinai and Empty Quarter?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 15, 2025 10:12 AM (VlU/R)

160 It's a Mars Bar.

Posted by: Carl Spackler at July 15, 2025 10:12 AM (JhGY+)

161 Even if the “experts” are right and electric prices increase, it’s still good to get rid of the incentives. It’s like the govt spend $1 to get back 50 cents in reduced electric rates. It’s retarded and hurts the economy overall.

It’s the same mentality as Mamdani and his “free” bus passes. It’s not free you idiots.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 10:13 AM (ImXfC)

162 They’re allegedly gearing up for Chelsea to carry on the family business.
Posted by: Ian S

Saw this in the last thread. Hillary training Chelsea is the perfect hook for this generation's remake of "The Professional". The villain would be Trump deporting and abusing Haitian migrants. Keep the weird pedo sexual tension, and it's a sure winner!!!

Posted by: Hollywood still not getting it at July 15, 2025 10:13 AM (avLeh)

163 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 10:03 AM (om

I’m sure one of those have a delivery service.

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2025 10:14 AM (VofaG)

164 >>Another deal Putin missed out on.
Although theirs are slightly radioactive.

The Beluga whales are ours.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 10:15 AM (viF8m)

165 Is "the Northwest Passage" a older euphemism for what the kids these days call the 'backdoor'?

Asking for some friends.

Posted by: Joys Behar & Reid at July 15, 2025 10:15 AM (0sNs1)

166 Combined with the tariffs? You really are a retard Sid. It’s not just an insult.

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2025 10:16 AM (VofaG)

167 The 1845 British naval expedition commanded by Sir John Franklin to map the Northwest Passage ended in disaster, with none returning alive from the Canadian Arctic. The 19th century Inuit testimony described cannibalism among Franklin's men in the final throes of the expedition. Such claims were controversial at the time, but were supported in the 1980s and 1990s when knife marks were identified on human remains recovered from expedition sites on King William Island.

Posted by: andycanuck (mZtdJ) at July 15, 2025 10:16 AM (2yoRf)

168 It's a Mars Bar.
Posted by: Carl Spackler at July 15, 2025 10:12 AM

* snickers *

Posted by: Beavis at July 15, 2025 10:16 AM (0sNs1)

169 Survival cannibalism generally follows a sequence in which meat is initially cut from an intact corpse, but if further calories are required, successively greater effort is put into corpse processing. End-stage cannibalism is characterised by breakage and boiling of bones to extract marrow fat from medullary cavities and cancellous bone. The current work involves re-examination, using macroscopic and microscopic study, of human remains (representing a minimum of 35 bones) from the Franklin expedition. It describes evidence for breakage and polishing of broken edges of parts of some long bones. These alterations are tentatively interpreted as breakage and heating of bones in water, to facilitate marrow extraction. If this is correct, then it constitutes the first osteological evidence of end-stage cannibalism among members of the expedition. Comparison of these osteological findings with 19th century Inuit reports provides further evidence supporting the veracity of Inuit descriptions of cannibalistic practices by expedition members.

Posted by: andycanuck (mZtdJ) at July 15, 2025 10:16 AM (2yoRf)

170 "It also requires each ship to be named Epstein so people will never stop talking about him.
Posted by: JackStraw "

LOL
Posted by: It's me donna

Kurt Cobain suck started a 12 gauge.
You know who didn't kill himself?

Jeffery Epstein.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2025 10:17 AM (4IClK)

171 If a million monkeys typed on a million typewriters for a million years one would eventually type mYrna LOy.

Posted by: eleven at July 15, 2025 10:17 AM (fV+MH)

172 In 1852 Edward Belcher was given command of the government Arctic expedition in search of Franklin. It was unsuccessful; Belcher's inability to render himself popular with his subordinates was peculiarly unfortunate on an Arctic voyage and he was not wholly suited to commanding vessels among ice. Four of the five ships (HMS Resolute, Pioneer, Assistance and Intrepid)[50] were abandoned in pack ice, for which Belcher was court-martialled but acquitted.[51]

One of these ships, HMS Resolute, was eventually recovered intact by an American whaler and returned to the United Kingdom. Timbers from the ship were later used to manufacture three desks, one of which, the Resolute desk, was presented by Queen Victoria to US President Rutherford B. Hayes; it has often been chosen by presidents for use in the Oval Office in the White House.[52]

Posted by: andycanuck (mZtdJ) at July 15, 2025 10:17 AM (2yoRf)

173 140 Nice. Would hang . Thx CBD
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2025 10:06 AM (Eo2Rw)

141 would not hang
Posted by: Gref at July 15, 2025 10:06 AM (aBgBM)

I am at a loss ! what to do ?!

Posted by: runner at July 15, 2025 10:18 AM (g47mK)

174 Tariffs have Ben in effect for 4 months. No effect on prices. Yet we keep hearing retards like Sid say wait until the tariffs kick in.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 10:18 AM (ImXfC)

175 Epstein was in the past. We must never talk about him again.
That’s the rule.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 10:05 AM (ImXfC)

You’ve had since 2005 to talk about him. Why did you wait so long to be this outraged?

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2025 10:18 AM (VofaG)

176 It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times

Posted by: The Millionth Monkey at July 15, 2025 10:18 AM (jc0TO)

177 I’m sure one of those have a delivery service.
Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2025

***
I'll call CVS and ask. But they are located some miles away . . . and this we're talking about is a controlled substance. The may not legally be allowed to deliver something like that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 10:19 AM (omVj0)

178 It's a Mars Bar.
Posted by: Carl Spackler at July 15, 2025 10:12 AM

* snickers *
Posted by: Beavis at July 15, 2025

***
You'll get a Zero for that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 10:20 AM (omVj0)

179 " It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times
Posted by: The Millionth Monkey "

Ohhhhh....sooo close.

no

Posted by: eleven at July 15, 2025 10:20 AM (fV+MH)

180 You’ve had since 2005 to talk about him. Why did you wait so long to be this outraged?
Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2025 10:18 AM (VofaG)

Let’s flip sides. Kamala is in the White House and she says and does the exact same thing. Says case is closed let’s move on. You shrug and say oh well it’s in the past nothing to see here.

Right?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 10:21 AM (ImXfC)

181 Can somebody remind me why Atlanta had the All-Star game pulled a few years ago? That's what I thought. Nobody knows.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 15, 2025 10:21 AM (NXz8h)

182 40 Nice. Would hang . Thx CBD
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2025 10:06 AM (Eo2Rw)

141 would not hang
Posted by: Gref at July 15, 2025 10:06 AM (aBgBM)

I am at a loss ! what to do ?!
Posted by: runner at July 15, 2025 10:18 AM (g47mK)
Just lean it against the wall. maybe?

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at July 15, 2025 10:21 AM (EcHpA)

183 Off, old but genuine sock.

Posted by: andycanuck at July 15, 2025 10:21 AM (2yoRf)

184 Didn’t the grandson of one of our earliest Presidents just die. I’ve forgotten which President.

I’m relying on Hordeoogle.
Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2025

John Tyler.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 15, 2025 10:21 AM (Dg2sF)

185 155 Very nicely done, but isn't that a slur calling that nice looking woman ' Tbe Northwest Passage?"
Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2025 10:11 AM (+qU29)

----------

She shouldn't complain. The Northwest Passage has a certain majesty about it that the Town Bike will never match.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 15, 2025 10:22 AM (JkO4W)

186 While it is not my style to hang, this is a lovely piece full of detail, color and use of light. The leather on the chair is striking, the chart, the pictures on the wall, the wallpaper,. The details are something you can get lost in. The fact they live on the water and you can see the old man looks out with his scope to watch the boats, maybe wishing he could try one more voyage.

Posted by: Piper at July 15, 2025 10:22 AM (pZEOD)

187 175 Epstein was in the past. We must never talk about him again.
That’s the rule.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 10:05 AM (ImXfC)

You’ve had since 2005 to talk about him. Why did you wait so long to be this outraged?
Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2025 10:18 AM (VofaG)

Yes. Epstein has now turned into a meme and it's tough for me to take it seriously. It's like getting worked up over the Amber Lamps guy.

Plus it's a vector for manufactured outrage on the part of the media. Pay attention to who is pissed off about something and you tend to get some pretty good insights...

Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 15, 2025 10:23 AM (PzXaK)

188 181 Can somebody remind me why Atlanta had the All-Star game pulled a few years ago? That's what I thought. Nobody knows.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 15, 2025 10:21

Was it the ultra racist voting law which forbade dead people from voting thrice in urban areas?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 10:23 AM (ImXfC)

189 Can somebody remind me why Atlanta had the All-Star game pulled a few years ago? That's what I thought. Nobody knows.

Because Georgia was tightening up its voting procedures, which as we all know is the second coming of the KKK.

Were I mayor of Atlanta, I'd tell MLB to shove the All-Star game up their asses.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 15, 2025 10:23 AM (Dg2sF)

190 Didn’t the grandson of one of our earliest Presidents just die. I’ve forgotten which President.

I’m relying on Hordeoogle.
Posted by: polynikes

John Tyler.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' PPP
=====
Canoe accident??

Posted by: andycanuck at July 15, 2025 10:23 AM (2yoRf)

191
For a laff, I suggest tuning into Bloomberg fake financial news on the radio.

They start jerking off every time the Markets go red, and then sound disappointed when it's in the green.

They had some dipshit lady on yesterday who predicted a recession for this year! She said tariffs are already having a big impact -- we might not be seeing it this quarter but we'll see it next quarter. LOLOLOLOLOL.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 10:24 AM (N9VmQ)

192 The details are something you can get lost in. The fact they live on the water and you can see the old man looks out with his scope to watch the boats

---------

Umm, he's not looking at boats.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 15, 2025 10:24 AM (JkO4W)

193 Regarding the Epstein files,

Some people may have done some things.
Mistakes may have been made.
Chalk them up to the exuberance of the moment.
Old news.
What difference, at this point, does it make?
Time to move on.

Posted by: The Trump Administration at July 15, 2025 10:24 AM (0sNs1)

194 Can you say conspiracy? Sure you can.

>>@ProfMJCleveland

>>🚨🚨🚨BREAKING:
@ChuckGrassley
released emails include a smoking gun exposing how Tim Thibault was searching for a crime to investigate!

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 10:25 AM (viF8m)

195 181 Can somebody remind me why Atlanta had the All-Star game pulled a few years ago? That's what I thought. Nobody knows.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions.

They wouldn't let men in the ladies bathrooms?

Nope, I was wrong. I looked it up-

Atlanta lost the 2021 MLB All-Star Game because of a political firestorm surrounding Georgia’s Election Integrity Act of 2021. The law introduced stricter voting regulations, including:
- Requiring voter ID for absentee ballots
- Limiting ballot drop boxes
- Banning distribution of food and water to voters waiting in line

It was banned for bringing back Jim Crow, basically. Nevermind the law is still in effect.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 15, 2025 10:25 AM (Dv3i1)

196 Polymarket has a bet on a recession in 2025. It was in the 70s at the peak of tariff hysteria. Now it’s around 15.

Once again the experts cucked themselves.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 10:26 AM (ImXfC)

197 >>🚨🚨🚨BREAKING:
@ChuckGrassley
released emails include a smoking gun exposing how Tim Thibault was searching for a crime to investigate!
Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 10:25 AM (viF8m)

Who is he ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 15, 2025 10:26 AM (VE6XX)

198 We just need better training to avoid future Epstein issues.
- Bondi (probably)

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 10:27 AM (ImXfC)

199 @ChuckGrassley
released emails include a smoking gun exposing how Tim Thibault was searching for a crime to investigate!
Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 10:25 AM (viF8m)

Who is he ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 15, 2025 10:26 AM

Chuck Grassley is a Senator from one of those fly-over states, Iowa, I think.

Posted by: J. Random Moron at July 15, 2025 10:27 AM (0sNs1)

200 I’m relying on Hordeoogle

Wait, I thought that was looking at hot ladies, preferably the "busty" side of things? https://tinyurl.com/5fs4yvef

If not, it should! Or is that Hordeogling?

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at July 15, 2025 10:27 AM (avLeh)

201
@ChuckGrassley
released emails include a smoking gun exposing how Tim Thibault was searching for a crime to investigate!
Posted by: JackStraw

The former college-great football player??

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 10:27 AM (N9VmQ)

202
Chuck Grassley is a Senator from one of those fly-over states, Iowa, I think.
Posted by: J. Random Moron at July 15, 2025 10:27 AM (0sNs1)

Not Grassley Thibault

Posted by: It's me donna at July 15, 2025 10:28 AM (VE6XX)

203 Let’s flip sides. Kamala is in the White House and she says and does the exact same thing. Says case is closed let’s move on. You shrug and say oh well it’s in the past nothing to see here.

Right?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 10:21 AM (ImXfC)

Two things.

1. Biden already did that
2. I wouldn’t be trying to keep any momentum a Harris administration had to keep it going.

Why all the sudden is the Epstein thing the most important issue for some? If there was a cover up by Trump they are doing it wrong .

The first rule of cover up is to delay any findings and keep an investigation going , stretching it out until people forget about it.

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2025 10:28 AM (VofaG)

204
@ChuckGrassley
released emails include a smoking gun exposing how Tim Thibault was searching for a crime to investigate!
Posted by: JackStraw

Poor guy couldn't cut it in the NFL.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 10:28 AM (N9VmQ)

205 You’ve had since 2005 to talk about him. Why did you wait so long to be this outraged?

I was operating under the false assumption that Trump would expose the names of the guilty. Silly of me, apparently. Oh well - move on. Just like Hillary said.

Posted by: I Drink and I Know Things at July 15, 2025 10:28 AM (hniPK)

206 182 40 Nice. Would hang . Thx CBD
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 15, 2025 10:06 AM (Eo2Rw)

141 would not hang
Posted by: Gref at July 15, 2025 10:06 AM (aBgBM)

I am at a loss ! what to do ?!
Posted by: runner at July 15, 2025 10:18 AM (g47mK)
Just lean it against the wall. maybe?
Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at July 15, 2025 10:21 AM (EcHpA)

---
Yes, a perfect addition to the "will hang" stack.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 15, 2025 10:29 AM (36PRH)

207 . . . and why is the rum always gone?

Posted by: Old Sailor Man in painting at July 15, 2025 10:29 AM (wVcYX)

208
192 The details are something you can get lost in. The fact they live on the water and you can see the old man looks out with his scope to watch the boats

---------

Umm, he's not looking at boats.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July

I meant imagine he does that, with the spyglass on the table by the window.

Posted by: Piper at July 15, 2025 10:29 AM (pZEOD)

209 Wolfus,
I another couple days you won’t have as much pain. Ice is your friend. Oxycodone will make
You constipated and cause even more pain.

Take it easy, ice, take your meds. You’ll be fine.

Posted by: nurse ratched at July 15, 2025 10:29 AM (xZri3)

210 Where’s the head in the bag?

Posted by: Bulg at July 15, 2025 10:29 AM (CflDX)

211 Not Grassley Thibault
Posted by: It's me donna at July 15, 2025 10:28 AM

No, Grassley Thibault was the bass player in Rush before Geddy Lee.

Posted by: J. Random Moron at July 15, 2025 10:29 AM (0sNs1)

212 127 This is probably the captain's house, bought for his retirement ashore. Like the captain in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius (Wolfous Aurelious in Canadian?), Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 10:00 AM (omVj0)

Plausible. But then the title Northwest Passage - by whom? Or is Northwest Passage in this case merely a geographic term?

Posted by: LibertyDefender at July 15, 2025 10:29 AM (kWBLv)

213
Actually, Tim Tebow was a good player and could've been great in the NFL.

But the jock-sniffing faggot fake sports writers hated him.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 10:29 AM (N9VmQ)

214 Epstein issue is the dot from the laser pointer. Not that it isn't important, but it's what the media wants everyone to focus in on now.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 15, 2025 10:29 AM (Dv3i1)

215 The Tate has to have at least one worthwhile painting. For example, The French Navy getting destroyed by the British Navy, or the Plantagenets torturing their enemies.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 15, 2025 10:30 AM (NXz8h)

216 209 Wolfus,
I another couple days you won’t have as much pain. Ice is your friend. Oxycodone will make
You constipated and cause even more pain.

Take it easy, ice, take your meds. You’ll be fine.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 15, 2025 10:29 AM (xZri3)

Listen to Nurse.. I was prescribed Oxycodone and took less than half of what was prescribed.... Very hard to shake...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 15, 2025 10:30 AM (VE6XX)

217 >>Who is he ?

Thibault was the the assistant agent in charge of the FBI's DC office.

He's a very naughty boy. And it's coming around.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 10:30 AM (viF8m)

218 @ChuckGrassley
released emails include a smoking gun exposing how Tim Thibault was searching for a crime to investigate!
Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 10:25 AM (viF8m)

Who is he ?
Posted by: It's me donna at July 15, 2025 10:26 AM

Chuck Grassley is a Senator from one of those fly-over states, Iowa, I think.
Posted by: J. Random Moron at July 15, 2025 10:27 AM (0sNs1)

But that's not important now.

Posted by: Dr. Rumack at July 15, 2025 10:30 AM (wVcYX)

219 Why all the sudden is the Epstein thing the most important issue for some? If there was a cover up by Trump they are doing it wrong .

—

You’re bing disingenuous.

It’s not all of a sudden. This has been a story that has been going on for years. Epstein didn’t kill himself has been a thing for years. Plus no Gino himself has made a career among other things pushing this story on his show.

It’s the most important issue because anyone with a functioning brain knows they are covering something up. And if they’re lying to you about this they’re certainly lying to you about other things.

But let’s put all that aside because “trust Trump”. Sorry that’s bullshit.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 10:31 AM (ImXfC)

220
The leftist faggot cocksuckers (literally) fake sports writers "journalists" poisoned the well and did everything they could to torpedo Tim Tebow -- and enough stupid NFL fans bought into the anti-Tebow Hoax.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 10:31 AM (N9VmQ)

221 He's a very naughty boy. And it's coming around.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 10:30 AM (viF8m)

I hear that's what happens after it goes around.

Posted by: BruceWayne at July 15, 2025 10:31 AM (MGB5H)

222 You’ve had since 2005 to talk about him. Why did you wait so long to be this outraged?

I was operating under the false assumption that Trump would expose the names of the guilty. Silly of me, apparently. Oh well - move on. Just like Hillary said.
Posted by: I Drink and I Know Things

What's the statute of limitations on kiddie diddling?
And why would the Feds in 2019, ring up Epstein over his 2008 Florida arrest?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2025 10:31 AM (4IClK)

223 ". . . and why is the rum always gone?
Posted by: Old Sailor Man in painting "

::shifty eyes::

Posted by: eleven at July 15, 2025 10:31 AM (fV+MH)

224 I was operating under the false assumption that Trump would expose the names of the guilty. Silly of me, apparently. Oh well - move on. Just like Hillary said.
Posted by: I Drink and I Know Things at July 15, 2025 10:28 AM (hniPK)

Are you also mad nothing came of the promise to release JFK and Alien information?

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2025 10:31 AM (VofaG)

225 Actually, Tim Tebow was a good player and could've been great in the NFL.

But the jock-sniffing faggot fake sports writers hated him.
Posted by: Soothsayer

And I thought it was because he couldn't see over the linemen and couldn't complete a pass.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at July 15, 2025 10:32 AM (NXz8h)

226 As noted elsewhere, since April 4th, Trump has filed 15 emergency appeals to the Supreme Court.

And won all of them.

I believe that was the date of the illegal Midnight Order.
And I suspect, given the dissents in that order and the Liberal Bloc dissents after, that one of the Liberal Bloc, likely Jackson, sold Roberts and ACB on that order with a variation of "trust me."
And the unprecedented mocking and terse replies by the trial judge and James Ho of the 5th Circuit exposed that she lied to them.

15 to zero run.

BuT whAT aBOuT tHe EPstiEN fILeS!!?? HUH? HUH?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 15, 2025 10:32 AM (VlU/R)

227 Rush, of course, is the greatest band of all time, and Geddy Lee is a bassist.

Posted by: J. Random Moron at July 15, 2025 10:32 AM (0sNs1)

228 177 ***
I'll call CVS and ask. But they are located some miles away . . . and this we're talking about is a controlled substance. The may not legally be allowed to deliver something like that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of

They probably can’t deliver it, but someone can pick it up for you, if they are an adult and show ID. They will need all your info- or easier, pay for it in advance and just give the person picking it up the code they send. But they will still have to show ID.

Posted by: Piper at July 15, 2025 10:32 AM (pZEOD)

229 She's showing her foot! Stone that slut, she is asking for it! It's like putting meat out for a cat!
-"Englanders" today

Posted by: haffhowershower at July 15, 2025 10:32 AM (144I4)

230 203 Let’s flip sides. Kamala is in the White House and she says and does the exact same thing. Says case is closed let’s move on. You shrug and say oh well it’s in the past nothing to see here.

Right?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 10:21 AM (ImXfC)

Two things.

1. Biden already did that
2. I wouldn’t be trying to keep any momentum a Harris administration had to keep it going.

Why all the sudden is the Epstein thing the most important issue for some? If there was a cover up by Trump they are doing it wrong .

The first rule of cover up is to delay any findings and keep an investigation going , stretching it out until people forget about it.
Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2025 10:28 AM (VofaG)

An "if the other side did it" argument is generally pretty weak sauce IMO.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 15, 2025 10:33 AM (PzXaK)

231 @ChuckGrassley
released emails include a smoking gun exposing how Tim Thibault was searching for a crime to investigate!

Does law enforcement have an obligation to search for crimes to investigate? The way this is worded it doesn't seem 'smoking gun' worthy.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 15, 2025 10:33 AM (Dv3i1)

232 What's the statute of limitations on kiddie diddling?
And why would the Feds in 2019, ring up Epstein over his 2008 Florida arrest?
Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2025 10:31 AM (4IClK)

It was for crimes he did in NY.

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2025 10:33 AM (VofaG)

233 I another couple days you won’t have as much pain. Ice is your friend. Oxycodone will make
You constipated and cause even more pain.

Take it easy, ice, take your meds. You’ll be fine.
Posted by: nurse ratched at July 15, 2025

***
I'm doing my best to take it easy, Nurse, and using an ice pack to. If oxycodone will clog me up, then I'll ask my dr. for something stronger than Tramadol that won't. It was just that I woke up today feeling like I'd torn a muscle -- seven hours since my last ibuprofen and ten since my last Tramadol. I won't make that mistake again. If I have to set the alarm for 1:00 am to take a pill so I won't be crippled at 4:30, so be it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 10:33 AM (omVj0)

234
repost from last night:

You hear about the new fake "Superman" movie? People are saying it's meh, at best. Paid shills are all using the same phrasing in their fake praise: "a triumph, " and "it elicited tears from me."

But the worst part?
The worst part is this fake Superman has a new lore -- he was sent to Earth by his father Jor-El to "conquer" the planet and "spread his seed" by having "a harem" of wives, so Earth would be the new Krypton.

Totally Superman, right?

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 10:34 AM (N9VmQ)

235 I also don’t buy the “stop talking g about Epstein because Trump has more important things to do” argument.

He can walk and chew gum at the same time.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 10:35 AM (ImXfC)

236 And I thought it was because he couldn't see over the linemen and couldn't complete a pass.
___

I thoroughly enjoyed his team's playoff win over the Steelers.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 15, 2025 10:35 AM (Dv3i1)

237 The worst part is this fake Superman has a new lore -- he was sent to Earth by his father Jor-El to "conquer" the planet and "spread his seed" by having "a harem" of wives, so Earth would be the new Krypton.
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 10:34 AM

I believe Larry Niven had something to say about Superman 'spreading his seed'.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 15, 2025 10:35 AM (0sNs1)

238 The worst part is this fake Superman has a new lore -- he was sent to Earth by his father Jor-El to "conquer" the planet and "spread his seed" by having "a harem" of wives, so Earth would be the new Krypton.

Totally Superman, right?
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025

***
The "conquer" part especially sounds more like General Zod.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 10:35 AM (omVj0)

239 Wolfus,

Use Uber. It's faster and usually cheaper than a cab. I used to use them at the old place when the truck was down.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at July 15, 2025 10:35 AM (AcTAo)

240 The worst part is this fake Superman has a new lore -- he was sent to Earth by his father Jor-El to "conquer" the planet and "spread his seed" by having "a harem" of wives, so Earth would be the new Krypton.

——

Supe is Muslim?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 10:35 AM (ImXfC)

241 Pffftt..

Tebow is no Epstein, posers.

Posted by: eleven at July 15, 2025 10:36 AM (fV+MH)

242 Wait.. So now Trump is going after Adam Schiff for mortgage fraud ?

Posted by: It's me donna at July 15, 2025 10:36 AM (VE6XX)

243 I believe Larry Niven had something to say about Superman 'spreading his seed'.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 15, 2025

***
Each of those little spermlets will have Kryptonian super-powers on Earth. Uh-oh.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 10:36 AM (omVj0)

244
Keep in mind, the IGTD guy who is complaining about Epstein is the same guy who always complains about government spending money on stuff....

Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 15, 2025 10:37 AM (PzXaK)

245 Just use Waymo.

No ickey humans.

Posted by: eleven at July 15, 2025 10:37 AM (fV+MH)

246 >>Does law enforcement have an obligation to search for crimes to investigate? The way this is worded it doesn't seem 'smoking gun' worthy.

No, not here in America.

Focus people. Thibault was looking for a crime to investigate Trump.

Thibault was forced to "retire" from the FBI because of his extreme anti-Trump bias. He got that soft landing because of Wray.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 10:37 AM (viF8m)

247
The "conquer" part especially sounds more like General Zod.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

That's what pissed off fans are saying: James Gunn made Jor-El sympathetic to Zod, or made him Zod-lite.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 10:37 AM (N9VmQ)

248 Totally Superman, right?"

Khan. Gengis Khan

Posted by: man at July 15, 2025 10:37 AM (tubbA)

249 The worst part is this fake Superman has a new lore -- he was sent to Earth by his father Jor-El to "conquer" the planet and "spread his seed" by having "a harem" of wives, so Earth would be the new Krypton.

Totally Superman, right?
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 10:34 AM (N9VmQ)

This Superman would fly around the Earth releasing milt into the atmosphere? Are we fish?

Posted by: Dr. Rumack at July 15, 2025 10:38 AM (wVcYX)

250 What happened to the mortgage fraud thing with Latisha James?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 10:39 AM (ImXfC)

251
btw, I believe the Extended Cut of Donner's Superman (1979) has a conversation between Jor-El and Whatshername about how Kal-El would do on Earth.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 10:39 AM (N9VmQ)

252 And just like that MAHA was in favor of high-fructose corn syrup.

Dept. of Agriculture @USDA 15h
🇺🇸 America First Trade Win 🇺🇸

In alignment with @SecRollins' Farmers First policies, USDA is blocking additional specialty sugars imports beyond what U.S. international obligations dictate. Statement from @DepSecVaden ⬇️ usda.gov/about-usda/news/pre…

Posted by: Forrest Hump at July 15, 2025 10:39 AM (2yoRf)

253 It was for crimes he did in NY.
Posted by: polynikes

For 2002 to 2005.

14 to 17 years prior.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2025 10:39 AM (4IClK)

254 This Superman would fly around the Earth releasing milt into the atmosphere?
Posted by: Dr. Rumack at July 15, 2025 10:38 AM

That's even worse than women in binders!!!!!

Posted by: Democrats in 2012 at July 15, 2025 10:40 AM (0sNs1)

255 also don’t buy the “stop talking g about Epstein because Trump has more important things to do” argument.

He can walk and chew gum at the same time.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 10:35 AM (ImXfC)

So you don’t believe in voter suppression or mandates to implement policies or every other negative that occurs from opposition operations?

I bet you were one who thought over turning Roe v Wade and pushing for strong state laws is why the GOP didn’t meet expectations in the mid terms.

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2025 10:40 AM (VofaG)

256 252 And just like that MAHA was in favor of high-fructose corn syrup.
____

Chuck Grassley is capable of multi-tasking it seems.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 15, 2025 10:40 AM (Dv3i1)

257 231 @ChuckGrassley
released emails include a smoking gun exposing how Tim Thibault was searching for a crime to investigate!

Does law enforcement have an obligation to search for crimes to investigate? The way this is worded it doesn't seem 'smoking gun' worthy.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at July 15, 2025 10:33 AM (Dv3i1)

It is like Beria, Stalins Secret Police minister: "Show me the man, I'll show you the crime."
Stalinist and totalitarian systems identify an "Enemy of the State" and then look for manufactured crimes to charge him with. Free societies, such as our is supposed to be, wait unti a crime is reported, or there is some reasonable suspicion of a crime, and then they investigate to find who was responsible.

The email is an admission that Thibaut was/is a Stalinist.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 15, 2025 10:41 AM (uWKK8)

258 btw, I believe the Extended Cut of Donner's Superman (1979) has a conversation between Jor-El and Whatshername about how Kal-El would do on Earth.
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 10:39 AM (N9VmQ)

That is another thing about the franchise that takes me out of it all. If Jor-El could launch his kid off the planet, why could he and his wife also go on the rocket...?

Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 15, 2025 10:41 AM (PzXaK)

259 was for crimes he did in NY.
Posted by: polynikes

For 2002 to 2005.

14 to 17 years prior.
Posted by: rickb223 at July 15, 2025 10:39 AM (4IClK)

See NY vs Donald Trump

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2025 10:41 AM (VofaG)

260 btw, I believe the Extended Cut of Donner's Superman (1979) has a conversation between Jor-El and Whatshername about how Kal-El would do on Earth.
------
That sounds like a real party!

Posted by: andycanuck at July 15, 2025 10:41 AM (2yoRf)

261
That is another thing about the franchise that takes me out of it all. If Jor-El could launch his kid off the planet, why could he and his wife also go on the rocket...?

Posted by: WitchDoktor

Um.....

it's a comic book?

I dunno. Maybe they were claustrophobic.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 10:42 AM (N9VmQ)

262
So you don’t believe in voter suppression or mandates to implement policies or every other negative that occurs from opposition operations?

I bet you were one who thought over turning Roe v Wade and pushing for strong state laws is why the GOP didn’t meet expectations in the mid terms.
Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2025 10:40 AM (VofaG)

Again, walk and chew gum.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 10:42 AM (ImXfC)

263 >>The email is an admission that Thibaut was/is a Stalinist.

There were a number of recipients on that email.

Conspiracy.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 10:42 AM (viF8m)

264 "That is another thing about the franchise that takes me out of it all. If Jor-El could launch his kid off the planet, why could he and his wife also go on the rocket...?

Posted by: WitchDoktor "

Do you want MOVIE to happen or not?

You're gonna have to get way off MOVIE's back on that.

Posted by: eleven at July 15, 2025 10:43 AM (fV+MH)

265 > Totally Superman, right?
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 10:34 AM (N9VmQ)

The character's original name was Ubermensch. Ask me how I know.

Posted by: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche at July 15, 2025 10:43 AM (qpyNK)

266 Isn't the Epstein thing about removing corrupt or compromised customers who might be in office or working in government?

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at July 15, 2025 10:43 AM (EcHpA)

267 213
Actually, Tim Tebow was a good player and could've been great in the NFL.

But the jock-sniffing faggot fake sports writers hated him.
----------------
My father is John Elway!

Posted by: pudinhead at July 15, 2025 10:43 AM (W3T6M)

268 btw, I believe the Extended Cut of Donner's Superman (1979) has a conversation between Jor-El and Whatshername about how Kal-El would do on Earth.
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025

***
There were also deleted scenes that I saw once, on the broadcast TV premiere of the first movie. One has Superman, approaching Luthor's lair for the first time, moving through a shadowy corridor. Luthor's machine gun opens fire, and we see the bullets sparking and bouncing off him.

Later, when he is trying to stop the missile going to Mis Tesmacher's home town, we see him hanging in the air, waiting for it -- and then it *evades* him. This is why he is seen chasing it down. If Metropolis in his world is located here NYC is, he wouldn't be chasing a missile heading for NJ unless it got past him first. A shame the released film cut both of these scenes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 10:43 AM (omVj0)

269 But the worst part?
The worst part is this fake Superman has a new lore -- he was sent to Earth by his father Jor-El to "conquer" the planet and "spread his seed" by having "a harem" of wives, so Earth would be the new Krypton.

Totally Superman, right?
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 10:34 AM (N9VmQ)
____

"Amateur"

-- Ghenghis Khan

Posted by: Elric The (One and Only) Blade at July 15, 2025 10:44 AM (iFTx/)

270 Um.....

it's a comic book?

I dunno. Maybe they were claustrophobic.
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 10:42 AM (N9VmQ)

--

Haha, I have been know to take some things a little too seriously.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 15, 2025 10:44 AM (PzXaK)

271 249 The worst part is this fake Superman has a new lore -- he was sent to Earth by his father Jor-El to "conquer" the planet and "spread his seed" by having "a harem" of wives, so Earth would be the new Krypton."

Now I'm thinking of a great offshoot movie, should have been made in the 70's with Richard Roundtree in the lead role;
SuperMandingo!

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 15, 2025 10:44 AM (uWKK8)

272 But the worst part?
The worst part is this fake Superman has a new lore -- he was sent to Earth by his father Jor-El to "conquer" the planet and "spread his seed" by having "a harem" of wives, so Earth would be the new Krypton.
----------

That "restored footage" never actually plays during the movie itself--one of Luthor's henchmen asserts it, then Luthor asserts it, and the press runs with it. In my opinion that part of the story could be found fraudulent in a later movie (if the director/writer wished to go that direction).

Posted by: Crusader at July 15, 2025 10:44 AM (TN0g+)

273 Again, walk and chew gum.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 10:42 AM (ImXfC)

Sorry I don’t get how that supports anything you’ve been saying I assume just like you don’t get anything I’m saying.

We have reached an impasse.

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2025 10:45 AM (VofaG)

274 > jock-sniffing faggot

I saw Jock-Sniffing Faggot open for the Village People at a disco back in '78

Posted by: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche at July 15, 2025 10:46 AM (qpyNK)

275 128 The Muslim running for mayor of Mogadishu, MN alerted me to the fact Minnesota now provides free college for “poor” people. Their definition of poor? Families making under $80k a year.

Which is interesting given the median household income in the country is $75k.

Socialism is creeping in slowly nationwide.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 10:00 AM (ImXfC)

Nothing is free. Did anyone tell him that?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2025 10:46 AM (Pce4l)

276
A shame the released film cut both of these scenes.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Maybe someday with Ace we'll discuss how Superman II has TWO Directors!

You can watch the Donner version, or the Other Guy (forgot his name, Kasdan?) version. Donner was fired, I believe.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 10:46 AM (N9VmQ)

277 That "restored footage" never actually plays during the movie itself--one of Luthor's henchmen asserts it, then Luthor asserts it, and the press runs with it. In my opinion that part of the story could be found fraudulent in a later movie (if the director/writer wished to go that direction).
Posted by: Crusader at July 15, 2025

***
Then it's Luthor propaganda, and not to be taken as "text."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 10:46 AM (omVj0)

278 274 > jock-sniffing faggot

I saw Jock-Sniffing Faggot open for the Village People at a disco back in '78
Posted by: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche at July 15, 2025 10:46 AM (qpyNK)

I don’t sniff jocks…

Posted by: MiG-15 at July 15, 2025 10:46 AM (Pce4l)

279 265 > Totally Superman, right?
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 10:34 AM (N9VmQ)

The character's original name was Ubermensch. Ask me how I know.
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The Ubermensch died a syphilitic moron cared for by his only sister whose husband committed suicide due to a failed real estate investment in South America. Is this not the story of Biden? Note to self, never invest in South America.

Posted by: pudinhead at July 15, 2025 10:46 AM (W3T6M)

280 Sorry I don’t get how that supports anything you’ve been saying I assume just like you don’t get anything I’m saying.

We have reached an impasse.
Posted by: polynikes

You’re saying stop talking about this because it hurts Trump’s abilities to do things. I’m saying Trump can multi task.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 10:47 AM (ImXfC)

281 Actually, Tim Tebow was a good player and could've been great in the NFL.
---------

No. The best Tebow could have ever been as a NFL Quarterback was "adequate". The primary job of an NFL Quarterback is to distribute the football, and far better passers than Tebow washed out of the league before getting 10 years of service time.

Posted by: Crusader at July 15, 2025 10:47 AM (TN0g+)

282 A shame the released film cut both of these scenes.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
Maybe someday with Ace we'll discuss how Superman II has TWO Directors!

You can watch the Donner version, or the Other Guy (forgot his name, Kasdan?) version. Donner was fired, I believe.
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025

***
Richard Lester, I think.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 10:47 AM (omVj0)

283 The reason that only Superman was on the rocket in the original story is that it was a scale prototype and Jor-el ran out of time. It could only hold the baby and his mom but she wouldn't leave her husband because she wasn't a Supermom.

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at July 15, 2025 10:47 AM (EcHpA)

284
267 213
Actually, Tim Tebow was a good player and could've been great in the NFL.

But the jock-sniffing faggot fake sports writers hated him.

Everyone hated him and was required to hate him.
As a Broncos fan, I did not get it.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 15, 2025 10:48 AM (Pce4l)

285 Tim Tebow is an amazing person and was a legend in college football. Unfortunately, he could not duplicate that in the pros. I'm a Jets fan, ask me how I know.

Now Bela Fleck can flat out pick.

https://tinyurl.com/5ecu5v85

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 10:48 AM (viF8m)

286 @ChuckGrassley
released emails include a smoking gun exposing how Tim Thibault was searching for a crime to investigate!
--
Does law enforcement have an obligation to search for crimes to investigate? The way this is worded it doesn't seem 'smoking gun' worthy.
---
Long-standing policy at the DOJ was to never, ever open an investigation unless there was clear evidence of a crime first.
And it was never, ever was a senior official to open an investigation, only field agents.

Thibault was a political hack desk jockey who stole a patrol car to find and pull over the guy running against his boss, smashed the taillight with his nightstick and then claimed he smelled alcohol on the driver.
Then ran into the DA's office, put on a suit, and filed DWI, resisting arrest and attempting to flee charges in the court of his father-in-law golfing buddy.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 15, 2025 10:48 AM (VlU/R)

287 Tebow was the right’s version of Kapernick. A mediocre QB who became a cultural icon for political reasons.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 10:49 AM (ImXfC)

288
Achtung! Breaking News!

James Gunn CONFIRMS his fake Superman lore change.

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 10:50 AM (N9VmQ)

289 Posted by: Forrest Hump at July 15, 2025 10:39 AM (2yoRf)

I know this has been unpopular, but your body does not process high fructose corn syrup differently than honey - in fact, honey has more fructose. The issue is HFCS is mainly used in highly processed, unhealthy foods in general. That is the problem, not necessarily the HFCS on its own.

Posted by: Piper at July 15, 2025 10:50 AM (pZEOD)

290 You’re saying stop talking about this because it hurts Trump’s abilities to do things. I’m saying Trump can multi task.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 10:47 AM (ImXfC)

I’m not saying stop talking about Epstein. I’m saying making it a huge Trump scandal is probably the stupidest political self goal I’ve seen.

And Trump’s ability to multi task has nothing whatsoever to do with the effects of a fake scandal.

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2025 10:50 AM (VofaG)

291 Richard Donner had quite the directing career. He did some Twilight Zone shows, including "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," several Man From U.N.C.L.E. episodes, and more, before moving into films.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 10:50 AM (omVj0)

292
Plus!

Plus THE BANANA SPLITS!

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 10:51 AM (N9VmQ)

293 276 Maybe someday with Ace we'll discuss how Superman II has TWO Directors!

You can watch the Donner version, or the Other Guy (forgot his name, Kasdan?) version. Donner was fired, I believe.
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 10:46 AM (N9VmQ)

========

Richard Lester, the director of the Beatles movies.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 15, 2025 10:51 AM (GBKbO)

294 i love eating my shit pebbles

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at July 15, 2025 10:52 AM (CsSiD)

295
Which is better, the Donner or the Lester version?

Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 10:52 AM (N9VmQ)

296 I was a contender!

Posted by: Johnny Manziel at July 15, 2025 10:52 AM (wVcYX)

297 >>But the worst part?
The worst part is this fake Superman has a new lore -- he was sent to Earth by his father Jor-El to "conquer" the planet and "spread his seed" by having "a harem" of wives, so Earth would be the new Krypton.

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THE MEDIA HAS INSISTED THIS IS AN IMMIGRANT STORY. OOPS

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at July 15, 2025 10:52 AM (GbwPZ)

298 The character's original name was Ubermensch. Ask me how I know.
Posted by: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche at July 15, 2025 10:43 AM

That man is a Jew!

Posted by: Ich bin Uberman at July 15, 2025 10:53 AM (jc0TO)

299 Aliassmithsmith at July 15, 2025 10:52 AM (CsSiD)

Your nic literally says SID. And you suck cock by choice.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 10:53 AM (viF8m)

300 295
Which is better, the Donner or the Lester version?
Posted by: Soothsayer at July 15, 2025 10:52 AM (N9VmQ)

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I prefer the Donner version.

Neither are...perfect.

Lester's is sillier. Donner's is partially made up of test footage (the scene that Reeves and Kidder tested for is in the film...the actual audition footage). Donner's recycles the ending of the first (it was originally supposed to be the ending of the second).

But, Donner's feels more right to me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 15, 2025 10:53 AM (GBKbO)

301 My understanding is that Superman and Superman II were slated to be one single film. Kind of explains some of the oddities and narrative jumps in the second movie.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 15, 2025 10:54 AM (PzXaK)

302 The NFL is set up for pocket passers. Anything else is a novelty.

Posted by: toby928 at July 15, 2025 10:54 AM (jc0TO)

303 297 >>But the worst part?
The worst part is this fake Superman has a new lore -- he was sent to Earth by his father Jor-El to "conquer" the planet and "spread his seed" by having "a harem" of wives, so Earth would be the new Krypton.

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THE MEDIA HAS INSISTED THIS IS AN IMMIGRANT STORY. OOPS
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at July 15, 2025 10:52 AM (GbwPZ)

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Apparently, this was an 80s comic take on Superman's origin.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 15, 2025 10:54 AM (GBKbO)

304 Hey guys, Kirk Cousins is still in the mix. Kirk was the insurance policy to RGIII that Shanahan invested in. Finally, an insurance policy that pays off.

Posted by: pudinhead at July 15, 2025 10:54 AM (W3T6M)

305 My problem is Tebow was never given a chance to prove his critics wrong. All Tebow knew how to do was win when he was at the helm. He led his NFL team to the conference championship and was summarily dismissed subsequent to that.

It’s the same problem I had with experts and Doug Flutie.

Posted by: polynikes at July 15, 2025 10:54 AM (VofaG)

306 302 The NFL is set up for pocket passers. Anything else is a novelty.
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See my comment at 304.

Posted by: pudinhead at July 15, 2025 10:55 AM (W3T6M)

307 301 My understanding is that Superman and Superman II were slated to be one single film. Kind of explains some of the oddities and narrative jumps in the second movie.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 15, 2025 10:54 AM (PzXaK)

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Two films, made at the same time (kind of like the Back to the Future sequels).

The went into production without finished scripts. The producers, the husband and wife Salkinds, had no idea what they were doing and imagined themselves to be Selznicks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 15, 2025 10:55 AM (GBKbO)

308 The worst part is this fake Superman has a new lore -- he was sent to Earth by his father Jor-El to "conquer" the planet and "spread his seed" by having "a harem" of wives, so Earth would be the new Krypton.

I don’t mind that at all. It’s what makes the movie a story about assimilation instead of a dreary anti-ICE metaphor. (Also, entirely on point for what many illegals, especially Muslims, want to do).

Posted by: Ian S. at July 15, 2025 10:56 AM (QZThv)

309 I bet IGTD will be first in line to see the new Oliver Stone movie "Epstein."

Love combining topics here.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 15, 2025 10:56 AM (PzXaK)

310 But, Donner's feels more right to me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for thrills with John Frankenheimer at July 15, 2025 10:53 AM (GBKbO)

You can sink your teeth into it.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 15, 2025 10:56 AM (wVcYX)

311 >>Tebow was the right’s version of Kapernick. A mediocre QB who became a cultural icon for political reasons.

Not a football fan or expert, but when Tebow was at the Broncos, the entire team was happier, positive, and appeared to work better together. Probably helped that replaced an arrogant jerk of a QB, but still. And Tebow, being a media magnet. ALWAYS used that to draw attention to other people, such as the special need kid he invited to each game. He seemed to make everyone around him better.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 15, 2025 10:56 AM (GbwPZ)

312 In fairness, running QBs can't take the beating for a decade+ that franchises expect from a QB.

Posted by: toby928 at July 15, 2025 10:56 AM (jc0TO)

313
I’m not saying stop talking about Epstein. I’m saying making it a huge Trump scandal is probably the stupidest political self goal I’ve seen.

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He made it a scandal himself.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at July 15, 2025 10:58 AM (ImXfC)

314 Tebow was a college passer. He could hit a guy that was open by 5 yards. He was not an NFL passer.

He's doing great. Nobody needs to shed a tear for a great and happy guy like Tebow.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 15, 2025 10:58 AM (viF8m)

315 It's just business.

Posted by: toby928 at July 15, 2025 10:59 AM (jc0TO)

316 312 In fairness, running QBs can't take the beating for a decade+ that franchises expect from a QB.
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BOLO for a damaged Commander QB this year. When you scalp the Redskins there will be consequences.

Posted by: pudinhead at July 15, 2025 10:59 AM (W3T6M)

317 He seemed to make everyone around him better.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 15, 2025 10:56 AM (GbwPZ)

So you could say the left version is a shithead and the right version is a decent person.

Interesting, that.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at July 15, 2025 11:00 AM (RlmPm)

318 Noodus MisHum rant

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 15, 2025 11:00 AM (omVj0)

319 >>He's doing great. Nobody needs to shed a tear for a great and happy guy like Tebow.

Yeah, it was obvious that football was not his life, and wherever he went, he was going to make it better.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 15, 2025 11:00 AM (GbwPZ)

320 EPSTEIN SHOT KENNEDY!!!!!

Posted by: WitchDoktor at July 15, 2025 11:00 AM (PzXaK)

321 Nood gorilla!

Posted by: Polka will never die at July 15, 2025 11:00 AM (uxAXv)

322 I seem to recall that Gallup, once you strip away the "reputation," which is really just a artifact of longevity, is one of the least accurate pollsters now.

But, I also think they just poll fluff stuff now, not like "A or B" but, "how do you feel?"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 15, 2025 11:01 AM (VlU/R)

323 NOOD very angry Gorilla

Posted by: It's me donna at July 15, 2025 11:02 AM (VE6XX)

324 280 Sorry I don’t get how that supports anything you’ve been saying I assume just like you don’t get anything I’m saying.

We have reached an impasse.
Posted by: polynikes

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You are essentially trying to have a logical dialectic discussion with someone not amenable to reasoning that spouts rhetoric with every post.

Nevertrumper essentially with the endless complaints, never a positive word, nor anything concrete other than opinions devoid of factual context.

Posted by: whig at July 15, 2025 11:04 AM (ctrM5)

325 In the painting , I like that they're holding each others hands, the contrast of her pink shawl against his black outfit, that she's reading a book and there is a view of the ocean through the background window . I really haven't seen a lot of Millais' work aside from the too oft reproduced picture of Ophelia in the water , but he was certainly miles ahead of the British "artist's " work which we had yesterday.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2025 11:05 AM (2GCMq)

326 I know this has been unpopular, but your body does not process high fructose corn syrup differently than honey - in fact, honey has more fructose.

If we were talking about honey, you might have a point.

At issue is fructose versus glucose, or sugar. While they are chemically very similar, they are handled completely different. Every cell in the human body can utilize glucose, and indeed can establish a preference for it over time as the fat burning parhways become atrophied from disuse.

Fructose can only be metabolized in the liver. Because of this fact it is under study for cheonic conditions related to non-alcoholic fatty liver syndrome, very commonly associated with obesity, metabolic syndrome, etc.

It also tastes like shit, so there’s that too.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 15, 2025 02:59 PM (5j54Z)

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