Mid-Morning Art Thread

Boston Harbor
Charles Manger

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

2 1

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 20, 2025 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

3 Sponge!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 20, 2025 09:30 AM (SeSfo)

4
ESPONJA!!!!1!1!!1

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 20, 2025 09:30 AM (tljrc)

5 Awwwww yeah......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

6 Back for the attack.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

7 Very nice. Thanks, CBD!

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

8 No sniper.

Maybe a SEAL we can't see though.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2025 09:31 AM (cYBz/)

9 There should be tea bags everywhere.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

10 Nice!

Posted by: Paco at October 20, 2025 09:31 AM (mADJX)

11 ESPONJA!!!!1!1!!1
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 20, 2025 09:30 AM (tljrc)

You were missed this weekend.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

12 The harbor was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at October 20, 2025 09:32 AM (SeSfo)

13
FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 09:30 AM

as foretold in the ancient scrolls...

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 20, 2025 09:32 AM (tljrc)

14 There should be tea bags everywhere.
Posted by: Sponge

Oh, it's THAT kind of party!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2025 09:32 AM (cYBz/)

15 Yellow....

Posted by: runner at October 20, 2025 09:32 AM (g47mK)

16 Sunrise?

Moody. I like it. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at October 20, 2025 09:32 AM (GbwPZ)

17 Three hour cruise...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2025 09:32 AM (Q4IgG)

18 Wow. Sponge gets a FIRST right off the TX MoMe. Impressive.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 09:33 AM (77rzZ)

19 Nothing about the painting suggests it's Boston Harbor, but I'll take his word for it.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 20, 2025 09:33 AM (36PRH)

20 That looks like the sunrise I got to see during this morning's fire evac at work. Of course it was the first really chilly morning of the fall, and windy to boot. Brrrrrrrr

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 20, 2025 09:34 AM (R0jKc)

21 It looks very different today, except for the water.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at October 20, 2025 09:34 AM (BHrzb)

22 Wow. Sponge gets a FIRST right off the TX MoMe. Impressive.
Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 09:33 AM (77rzZ)

While I still should be sleeping, it's good to see I haven't lost a step.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

23
Pretty! Almost Abstract with a Rothko-esque color field dealio going on in the background.

Would hang in the hallway.

Possible dentist office material cuz no offense could be given.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 20, 2025 09:35 AM (iJfKG)

24 This could be any harbor.
In fact, we can be sure it's NOT Boston harbor as evidenced by the complete and utter lack of drive thru Dunkin' franchises.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 20, 2025 09:35 AM (SeSfo)

25 Yellow....

Posted by: runner at October 20, 2025 09:32 AM (g47mK)

NOOOOO!!!!!!

Posted by: Hunter Biden at October 20, 2025 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

26 That’s some big ass waves for a harbor.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 20, 2025 09:35 AM (EYmYM)

27 This is a pictchah of the hahbah

the sky is rendered nicely, but the aht would be bettah with a few full-rigged ships of the line

ok

Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2025 09:35 AM (AOsQT)

28 Nothing about the painting suggests it's Boston Harbor, but I'll take his word for it.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 20, 2025 09:33 AM (36PRH)

"A Bunch of Boats in the Water Somewhere" wouldn't have sold as well.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 20, 2025 09:36 AM (ExV1e)

29 15 Yellow....
Posted by: runner at October 20, 2025 09:32 AM

NO!!

Posted by: Hunter at October 20, 2025 09:36 AM (SeSfo)

30 That’s some big ass waves for a harbor.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 20, 2025 09:35 AM (EYmYM)

Tropical Storm Archibald.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

31 There seems to be a 1:1 symmetry between seagulls and vulgar boatmen, which is what you are looking for in a nautical canvas. Two Thumbs Up!

Posted by: Old Salt at October 20, 2025 09:37 AM (oftw2)

32 Like this one, would hang. Thx CBD.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2025 09:37 AM (8RjCi)

33 This could be any harbor.
In fact, we can be sure it's NOT Boston harbor as evidenced by the complete and utter lack of drive thru Dunkin' franchises.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Can't be Boston. The harbor has r's in it.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire at October 20, 2025 09:37 AM (4MksP)

34 Yellow....

Posted by: runner at October 20, 2025 09:32 AM (g47mK)

NOOOOO!!!!!!
Posted by: Hunter Biden at October 20, 2025 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)
******
Well, Michelle Wu is the mayor.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2025 09:38 AM (NpAcC)

35 I can smell the tea.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 20, 2025 09:38 AM (FVLcK)

36 Tropical Storm Archibald.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

More like Catastrophic Mild Breeze Helga - in 2025 weather reporting.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 20, 2025 09:38 AM (ExV1e)

37 Boston Harbor
Charles Manger

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

A Suitable Punishment - a limerick in the style of Maahk Waahlberg

A view of Baahston Hahbah hits the spaht
I really like this painting quite a laaht
I have to say, "Gosh dang it
I certainly would hang it
But only from the yaahdaahm of my yaacht!"

Posted by: muldoon at October 20, 2025 09:38 AM (/iMjX)

38 Harbor. Earl Grey. Salty.

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at October 20, 2025 09:38 AM (JRP2U)

39 Maybe a SEAL we can't see though.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2025 09:31 AM

*perks up*

Posted by: A Great White Shark at October 20, 2025 09:38 AM (Wnv9h)

40 More like Catastrophic Mild Breeze Helga - in 2025 weather reporting.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 20, 2025 09:38 AM (ExV1e)

Valid.

However, the lack of Jim Cantore in shot just shows it's not really all that serious.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)

41 The Vulgar Boatmen was the garage band name for the group that would ultimately go on to call themselves Men At Work.

Posted by: Music nerd at October 20, 2025 09:39 AM (SeSfo)

42 Completed in the 1860s, but I don't see a funnel on any of those ships.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 20, 2025 09:39 AM (XvL8K)

43 Boston Harbor
Charles Manger

From the Smithsonian -
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Luce Foundation Center
3rd Floor
9B

"In this painting of Boston Harbor in the 1860s, a ship carrying a passenger sits in the center, while an assortment of seafaring vessels dots the hazy horizon. In the foreground, birds fly low among waves that reflect the colors of the sky. Manger’s use of glowing light and smooth brushstrokes was a popular approach among American landscape painters at the time. This work was completed around the time of the American Civil War when Boston Harbor served as a training camp and coastal defense for the Union army."

Very nice opening to the week, and we're blessed to see this painting online for we cannot see it at the Smithsonian because of the SCHUMER SHUTDOWN.

Thanks

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at October 20, 2025 09:39 AM (NFX2v)

44 In fact, we can be sure it's NOT Boston harbor as evidenced by the complete and utter lack of drive thru Dunkin' franchises.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 20, 2025 09:35 AM

This guy gets it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 20, 2025 09:39 AM (Wnv9h)

45 The tea was angry that day...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 20, 2025 09:39 AM (IBQGV)

46 Quite nice … one of my favorite times of day for creating maritime-related images …

Posted by: Dr_No at October 20, 2025 09:39 AM (ayRl+)

47 Needs a great white shark,

Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2025 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

48 >>> The harbor was angry that day, my friends.

The harbor's guts are churning from eating all those Boston baked beans.

Posted by: LizLem at October 20, 2025 09:40 AM (gWBY1)

49 I just flew over this harbor to land yesterday, it doesn't look the same at all, why there is nary a chest of tea visible.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 20, 2025 09:40 AM (0nHVk)

50 Eww. Boston. Massholes.

Posted by: XTC at October 20, 2025 09:40 AM (UnA8+)

51 Posted by: muldoon at October 20, 2025 09:38 AM

*golf clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 20, 2025 09:41 AM (Wnv9h)

52 Bravo Muldoon!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 20, 2025 09:41 AM (SeSfo)

53 Isn't that title properly spelled "Ha-Ba"?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2025 09:41 AM (qcYCb)

54 45 The tea was angry that day...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 20, 2025 09:39 AM (IBQGV)

I don't know why I laughed, but I laughed.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 20, 2025 09:41 AM (FVLcK)

55 Bravo Muldoon!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 20, 2025 09:41 AM (SeSfo)

We need to get him declared a national landmark or something.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)

56 I wonder when teabags were invented?

Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2025 09:41 AM (cYBz/)

57 I like.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at October 20, 2025 09:42 AM (6qf1m)

58 It's a nice picture. I like the colors in the sky.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 20, 2025 09:42 AM (WPL6O)

59 Inoffensive Hotel Art. Would not paint on the side of my Free Candy van.

Posted by: toby928 at October 20, 2025 09:42 AM (jc0TO)

60 Fun fact: Boston and Providence harbormasters required extensive placement of Portugees on these small trawlers, as no one gives a crap when they are lost at sea.

Posted by: They Were/Are Expendable at October 20, 2025 09:42 AM (oftw2)

61 Could use some merfolk. 3/5 stars.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 20, 2025 09:42 AM (SSEhk)

62 Nice gaff.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 20, 2025 09:43 AM (0RiMX)

63

Rum, sodomy and the lash!

Also, nice painting.

Posted by: Dirty Frank at October 20, 2025 09:43 AM (Wl+1U)

64 Would hang. Love the boldly colored sky.

Posted by: Captain Kirk at October 20, 2025 09:43 AM (qcYCb)

65 Boston Harbor.

yet, it could be any of thousands of harbors across the world

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 20, 2025 09:43 AM (r67D3)

66
Rum, sodomy and the lash!

Also, nice painting.
Posted by: Dirty Frank at October 20, 2025 09:43 AM (Wl+1U)

Reminds of one of the Muppet movies where that Scottish actor dude was running around on a pirate ship yelling "RUM!!!! RUM TILL WE PUKE!!!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 09:44 AM (Zz0t1)

67 Ship in the Manger?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2025 09:45 AM (omVj0)

68 Nice gaff.
Posted by: Cicero

Why thank you! I just had it rigged!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2025 09:45 AM (cYBz/)

69 Schooner? I barely knew her.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 20, 2025 09:45 AM (0RiMX)

70 Are those the Boston No Kings protesters returning to 2017?

Posted by: red speck at October 20, 2025 09:45 AM (0Id0S)

71 "Well, technically Norfolk has more gross tonnage."
~ Kramer

Posted by: Obscure Seinfeld reference at October 20, 2025 09:45 AM (SeSfo)

72 The way they drive in Boston, I'm surprised that no one is attempting to drive on the harbor.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 09:45 AM (77rzZ)

73 Enjoyed the limerick, Muldoon, as I always do when I'm not the subject.

Posted by: The Man From Calcutta at October 20, 2025 09:46 AM (oftw2)

74 That looks like the sunrise I got to see during this morning's fire evac at work. Of course it was the first really chilly morning of the fall, and windy to boot. Brrrrrrrr

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 20, 2025 09:34 AM (R0jKc)

Just their subtle reminder of who's in charge.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 09:46 AM (Zz0t1)

75 56 I wonder when teabags were invented?
Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2025 09:41 AM (cYBz/)

https://tinyurl.com/3whhyz72

Significant quote:

In around 1908, Thomas Sullivan, a New York tea merchant, started to send samples of tea to his customers in small silken bags. Some assumed that these were supposed to be used in the same way as the metal infusers, by putting the entire bag into the pot, rather than emptying out the contents. It was thus by accident that the tea bag was born!

Posted by: tankdemon at October 20, 2025 09:46 AM (FVLcK)

76 Nice painting, but something is mizzen.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 20, 2025 09:46 AM (0RiMX)

77 The harbor is filled with Yankees. This is a direct foreshadowing of the dominance they will hold for centuries over the lowly Red Sox.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2025 09:46 AM (0sNs1)

78 We are the pirates who don't do anything...

Posted by: Veggie Tales at October 20, 2025 09:46 AM (SeSfo)

79
You were missed this weekend.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 09:31 AM

thanks, Sponge

it is difficult to convey just how devastated I am for not being able to be there

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 20, 2025 09:47 AM (tljrc)

80 A Suitable Punishment - a limerick in the style of Maahk Waahlberg

A view of Baahston Hahbah hits the spaht
I really like this painting quite a laaht
I have to say, "Gosh dang it
I certainly would hang it
But only from the yaahdaahm of my yaacht!"
Posted by: muldoon at October 20, 2025 09:38 AM (/iMjX)
--
Muldoon ya magnificent bastahd!

Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 20, 2025 09:47 AM (PSEDc)

81 Some assumed that these were supposed to be used in the same way as the metal infusers, by putting the entire bag into the pot, rather than emptying out the contents. It was thus by accident that the tea bag was born!

Posted by: tankdemon

Figures - teabagging even started out as misuse of the equipment.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2025 09:47 AM (cYBz/)

82 We need to get him declared a national landmark or something.
Posted by: Sponge

**********

A modest plaque adjacent to a picnic table at a roadside rest area along U.S. Hwy 50 would suit me just fine. But wait until I'm dead.

Posted by: muldoon at October 20, 2025 09:47 AM (/iMjX)

83 9 >>There should be tea bags everywhere.

"Captain! We've discovered the blockage in the bilge pumps. It's thousands of little bags with tags that say 'Lipton' and 'Red Rose' on them."

Posted by: red speck at October 20, 2025 09:47 AM (0Id0S)

84 73 Enjoyed the limerick, Muldoon, as I always do when I'm not the subject.
Posted by: The Man From Calcutta

No kidding.

Posted by: Guys from Nantucket at October 20, 2025 09:48 AM (SeSfo)

85 No bridge in sight to crash into...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2025 09:48 AM (Q4IgG)

86 thanks, Sponge

it is difficult to convey just how devastated I am for not being able to be there
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 20, 2025 09:47 AM (tljrc)

*brohug*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 09:48 AM (Zz0t1)

87 Solid more than splendid, CBD 's usual muted art....

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 20, 2025 09:49 AM (TGPs7)

88 I suppose the young man from Boston, who drove around in an Austin was still a few decades in the future.

Posted by: He Lost 'em at October 20, 2025 09:49 AM (oftw2)

89
Rum, sodomy and the lash!

Also, nice painting.

Posted by: Dirty Frank at October 20, 2025 09:43 AM

casts side-eye

Posted by: The Oxford Comma at October 20, 2025 09:49 AM (tljrc)

90 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: LizLem at October 20, 2025 09:49 AM (gWBY1)

91 I wonder when teabags were invented?
Posted by: Tonypete

When the first 8th grade bully held down a 6th grade bully.

Oh, sorry. Wrong teabag.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire at October 20, 2025 09:49 AM (4MksP)

92 Posted by: LizLem at October 20, 2025 09:49 AM (gWBY1)

Oh, what's that thing you're supposed to fight fire with... everyone's always saying it, "Fight Fire With"... something... bah. I'll think of it eventually.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2025 09:51 AM (JwNbV)

93 I am silently reading every comment in my worst Boston accent

Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2025 09:51 AM (AOsQT)

94 God forgive me, but the first thing I thought of when I heard the Louvre had been robbed was the museum heist from "How to Steal a Million." James Mason and Audrey Hepburn with a children's toy.

Posted by: LizLem at October 20, 2025 09:51 AM (gWBY1)

95 it is difficult to convey just how devastated I am for not being able to be there
Posted by: AltonJackson

Please try for next year.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire at October 20, 2025 09:53 AM (4MksP)

96 Rum, Sodom and the Lash

Album by The Pogues released un 1985 featuring such classics as Sick Bed of Cuchulainn and Sally MacLannane. Album tittle was inspired by a quote from Winston Churchill who, as Lord of thr Admiralty, was told he was destroyal Royal Navy tradition, to which he responded, "Don't talk to me about Naval Tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash,"

Posted by: tankdemon at October 20, 2025 09:53 AM (FVLcK)

97 93 I am silently reading every comment in my worst Boston accent
Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2025 09:51 AM (AOsQT)

There is no such thing as a "good" Boston accent.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 20, 2025 09:54 AM (FVLcK)

98 Because beautiful architecture counts as art... horrific news that Antifa burned a German castle to the ground, to send a message to the owner to stop supporting "right wing" causes.

If beautiful architecture counts as art, then the Obama "library" is a fat, naked guy on an Ottoman.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2025 09:55 AM (Riz8t)

99 93 I am silently reading every comment in my worst Boston accent
Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2025 09:51 AM (AOsQT)

Is there a worst Boston accent than the actual one? Is that scientifically possible?

Posted by: Mouthful of Balls at October 20, 2025 09:55 AM (7GQVb)

100 And the painting, could have used some of the Boston Harbor Islands, of which there are 34 (islands and peninsulas.). And a National Park!

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 20, 2025 09:55 AM (TGPs7)

101 At a previous job in CO, a coworker was Boston Southie, and was trying like hell to overcome his accent. Another coworker was a young lady named Erika. Well, one day, he called her Eriker, and she never let him live it down.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 20, 2025 09:56 AM (PSEDc)

102 If beautiful architecture counts as art, then the Obama "library" is a fat, naked guy on an Ottoman.

-----------

Chicago will finally have its own Berlin Zoo flak tower.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 20, 2025 09:56 AM (0RiMX)

103 Nice, inoffensive, painting. I might say that it's barque is worse than it's bight.

Posted by: Net Zero at October 20, 2025 09:56 AM (oftw2)

104 WOW! President Trump just DROPPED THE MIC on "No Kings"

"By the way, I'm not a KING. I work my A*S OFF to make our country great. That's all it is."

-
Well, one thing for sure. Pritzker the Prick hasn't worked his ass off.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 20, 2025 09:57 AM (L/fGl)

105 50 massive two shits

Posted by: cmeat at October 20, 2025 09:57 AM (R11M+)

106 Like the painting. IHOP is currently pissing me off. The twink waiter is a complete dolt.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at October 20, 2025 09:57 AM (cQ7ua)

107 56 right after the first set of testicles dropped.

Posted by: cmeat at October 20, 2025 09:58 AM (R11M+)

108 Hey, can anybody recommend a good fence? Asking for some mon amis.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 09:58 AM (77rzZ)

109 The twink waiter is a complete dolt.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at October 20, 2025 09:57 AM (cQ7ua)

Well, he IS a twink....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)

110 This coming Saturday is Picasso's birthday.

The Mid Morning Art Thread is free to use this information in whatever manner it chooses.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 20, 2025 09:58 AM (FVLcK)

111 106 Like the painting. IHOP is currently pissing me off. The twink waiter is a complete dolt.
--------------------
Talk about make up. This will be a bonding moment.

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2025 09:59 AM (jFCkp)

112 Today would be Jerry Orbach's 90th birthday.

Happy Birthday, Lennie Briscoe.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 09:59 AM (77rzZ)

113 Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 20, 2025 10:00 AM (tf+dR)

114 They don't make porn in Boston

nobody wants to hear the lady yelling "Hahdah! Doo me hahdah!"

Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2025 10:00 AM (AOsQT)

115 100 And the painting, could have used some of the Boston Harbor Islands, of which there are 34 (islands and peninsulas.). And a National Park!
Posted by: Mister Ghost

Interesting. Isthmus be my lucky day!

Posted by: Stymie Beard at October 20, 2025 10:00 AM (oftw2)

116 Like the painting. IHOP is currently pissing me off. The twink waiter is a complete dolt.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem

Please tell me he doesn't have 50 pieces of flair on his uniform.

Lie to me if you have to.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2025 10:00 AM (cYBz/)

117 108 Hey, can anybody recommend a good fence? Asking for some mon amis.
Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 09:58 AM (77rzZ)

What kinda fence?

I put in a "Critter Fence" 7.5' deer fence for a garden and it's fantastic. Not exactly ornamental, but easy to put up and not crushingly expensive. The company is a bit schizophrenic with their branding, it's either Critter Fence or Deerbusters or something like that.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2025 10:00 AM (JwNbV)

118 Beautiful painting to start off the week.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at October 20, 2025 10:00 AM (Chbr8)

119 This is pretty! Let me go stare more at it.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2025 10:01 AM (p4NUW)

120 78 i've never kissed a stinkbug

Posted by: cmeat at October 20, 2025 10:01 AM (R11M+)

121 Hey, can anybody recommend a good fence? Asking for some mon amis.
Posted by: Bulg

Tony Two Fingers. He's in Little Italy. Works out of a '62 Cadillac.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire at October 20, 2025 10:01 AM (4MksP)

122 Today would be Jerry Orbach's 90th birthday.

Happy Birthday, Lennie Briscoe.
Posted by: Bulg

Wasn't Jerry also the voice of the teapot in Beauty and the Beast?

Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2025 10:01 AM (cYBz/)

123 There is a tall ship, very fah away in the lowah right cornah

you have to embiggen to see

Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2025 10:01 AM (AOsQT)

124 112 Today would be Jerry Orbach's 90th birthday.

Happy Birthday, Lennie Briscoe.
Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 09:59 AM (77rzZ)

I'll Try to Remeber him. He was Fantastick.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 20, 2025 10:01 AM (FVLcK)

125 "By the way, I'm not a KING. I work my A*S OFF to make our country great. That's all it is."

Good for President Trump. It's true, and I hope sometime soon he can take a little vacation.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 20, 2025 10:02 AM (PFs9e)

126 Today would be Jerry Orbach's 90th birthday.

Happy Birthday, Lennie Briscoe.
Posted by: Bulg

😢

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire at October 20, 2025 10:02 AM (4MksP)

127 There is a tall ship, very fah away in the lowah right cornah

you have to embiggen to see
Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2025 10:01 AM (AOsQT)

Meh....I'm a bigger fan of Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 10:02 AM (Zz0t1)

128 Wasn't Jerry also the voice of the teapot in Beauty and the Beast?
Posted by: Tonypete

Yes, according to Wikipedia.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 10:02 AM (77rzZ)

129 i've never kissed a stinkbug
Posted by: cmeat

Uhh. . . . . . let's just let that one slid by.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2025 10:02 AM (cYBz/)

130 They don't make porn in Boston

nobody wants to hear the lady yelling "Hahdah! Doo me hahdah!"
Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2025 10:00 AM (AOsQT)

There could be an entire genre of BJ porn.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 20, 2025 10:02 AM (ExV1e)

131 Don’t know how true it is, but I read somewhere once that the original “Tea Party” in Boston harbor wasn’t a symbolic kind of thing, it was a big deal from an economic sense, a whole metric crap ton of Tea was destroyed, and the Brits were Not Amused.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 20, 2025 10:03 AM (IgyJl)

132 this is interesting

I can actually feel the artist's emotions as he painted this work

Posted by: kallisto at October 20, 2025 10:03 AM (dCxaZ)

133 Don't facebook me.

That would be a good flag except for the weight of modern facebook usage.

Posted by: dreamingrobot at October 20, 2025 10:03 AM (EyfuW)

134 Don’t know how true it is, but I read somewhere once that the original “Tea Party” in Boston harbor wasn’t a symbolic kind of thing, it was a big deal from an economic sense, a whole metric crap ton of Tea was destroyed, and the Brits were Not Amused.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 20, 2025 10:03 AM (IgyJl)

"It was a tax."

- - - - - - Cheap Justice John Roberts

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 10:03 AM (Zz0t1)

135 It’s chilly this morning. It has made The Shiba absolutely nuts. Completely insane. I think he may get full claws by a cat if he keeps going at the rate he is.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2025 10:04 AM (p4NUW)

136 The thing about irony is it's so ironic.

Robert DeNiro says rural Americans believe Trump because they aren’t getting the truth from the media they watch.
This was said on MSNBC.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 20, 2025 10:04 AM (L/fGl)

137 121 Hey, can anybody recommend a good fence? Asking for some mon amis.
Posted by: Bulg

See the guy down at Jumbo's Pawn Shop. It's always Christmas in there.

Posted by: Cy Kendall at October 20, 2025 10:04 AM (oftw2)

138 Last I looked, it was 59 degrees in NTX on it's way to 90.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 10:04 AM (Zz0t1)

139 Robert DeNiro says rural Americans believe Trump because they aren’t getting the truth from the media they watch.
This was said on MSNBC.

DeNiro actually thinks he's some galactic brain who can discern the truth while others are hoodwinked. The guy is as dumb as a post.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2025 10:05 AM (Riz8t)

140 Robert DeNiro says rural Americans believe Trump because they aren’t getting the truth from the media they watch.
This was said on MSNBC.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 20, 2025 10:04 AM (L/fGl)

It seems the wrong guy was 'made' and buried in lye in Goodfellas.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 10:05 AM (Zz0t1)

141 It’s chilly this morning. It has made The Shiba absolutely nuts. Completely insane. I think he may get full claws by a cat if he keeps going at the rate he is.
Posted by: Piper

Just tell him to put his phone down and go outside.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 10:05 AM (77rzZ)

142 134 Don’t know how true it is, but I read somewhere once that the original “Tea Party” in Boston harbor wasn’t a symbolic kind of thing, it was a big deal from an economic sense, a whole metric crap ton of Tea was destroyed, and the Brits were Not Amused.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 20, 2025 10:03 AM (IgyJl)
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How hard is it to get a bunch of Roundheads up for fucking Anglicans?

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2025 10:05 AM (jFCkp)

143 Ran across an interesting comment re: Mamdani

"What are the Republicans doing? Saying he doesn't like Jews and he doesn't like capitalism. Ok. But in the last few years NYC has brought in thousands upon thousands of foreigners that also don't like Jews or capitalism and made them voters. How is that going to win you an election then?"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2025 10:06 AM (sKqQm)

144 Today would be Jerry Orbach's 90th birthday.

Happy Birthday, Lennie Briscoe.
Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 09:59 AM (77rzZ)
===============
A huge Broadway star. I'll never forget his amazed response when the female lead in 42nd Street tells him she is giving up on NYC and moving back to her native Allentown. He was perfect in that role.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2025 10:07 AM (FZnf6)

145 It's sad to see someone like DeNiro lose his mind.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 20, 2025 10:07 AM (0RiMX)

146 by: Tonypete at October 20, 2025 10:00 AM (cYBz/)

No flair! Just.... he is .... less than competent.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at October 20, 2025 10:07 AM (cQ7ua)

147 94 i thought of topkapi

Posted by: cmeat at October 20, 2025 10:07 AM (R11M+)

148 DeNiro actually thinks he's some galactic brain who can discern the truth while others are hoodwinked. The guy is as dumb as a post.
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But he isn't as tall as a post. Must be frustrating to be him.

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2025 10:07 AM (jFCkp)

149 God forgive me, but the first thing I thought of when I heard the Louvre had been robbed was the museum heist from "How to Steal a Million." James Mason and Audrey Hepburn with a children's toy.
Posted by: LizLem

Wasn't that O'Toole?

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 10:08 AM (77rzZ)

150 Edgar Allen Poe was stationed at Fort Independence on Castle Island in Boston Harbor. There was an urban legend of an officer being walked up there and the inspiration for Poe's story, The Cask Of Amontillado...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 20, 2025 10:08 AM (TGPs7)

151 DeNiro is the poster child for someone who's had so much smoke blown up their ass their entire life, it's now clouding their every thought.

It's silly he thinks anyone gives a flying f*ck what he has to say about anything.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 10:09 AM (Zz0t1)

152 But he isn't as tall as a post. Must be frustrating to be him.
Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2025 10:07 AM (jFCkp)

Dumb as a stump and half as tall.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2025 10:09 AM (JwNbV)

153 Jerry Orbach, awesome

https://tinyurl.com/282yww9p

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2025 10:10 AM (FZnf6)

154 Aarrgh! There be ships! Just right for the plunderin'!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 20, 2025 10:10 AM (g8Ew8)

155 151 It's silly he thinks anyone gives a flying f*ck what he has to say about anything.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 10:09 AM (Zz0t1)

=======

*regards the Box Office of The Alto Knights*

Yeah...no one cares.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 20, 2025 10:10 AM (GBKbO)

156 108 stockade is nice. kinda partial to pickett though.

Posted by: cmeat at October 20, 2025 10:11 AM (R11M+)

157 Jerry Orbach, awesome

https://tinyurl.com/282yww9p
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2025 10:10 AM (FZnf6)

Yeah, but isn't he a liberal retard? I lose interest when they tell me their politics.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 10:11 AM (Zz0t1)

158 141 It’s chilly this morning. It has made The Shiba absolutely nuts. Completely insane. I think he may get full claws by a cat if he keeps going at the rate he is.
Posted by: Piper

Just tell him to put his phone down and go outside.
Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 10

It’s only a high of 74. Brrrrr. He is already going on walk number 2 with the kid.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2025 10:12 AM (p4NUW)

159 Yeah, but isn't he a liberal retard? I lose interest when they tell me their politics.
Posted by: Sponge

Um...he's no longer with us.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 10:12 AM (77rzZ)

160 Last I looked, it was 59 degrees in NTX on it's way to 90.
Posted by: Sponge

Stepped out in my underwear to feed the cats. Whoa!

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire at October 20, 2025 10:12 AM (4MksP)

161 136 The thing about irony is it's so ironic.

Robert DeNiro says rural Americans believe Trump because they aren’t getting the truth from the media they watch.
This was said on MSNBC.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 20, 2025 10:04 AM (L/fGl)

If the Left ever told the truth, they wouldn't always have such smug "Look what I got away with" faces every time they're photographed.

Posted by: XTC at October 20, 2025 10:13 AM (UnA8+)

162 You Deep Southerners are such wimps when it comes to cold.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 10:13 AM (77rzZ)

163 Robert DeNiro says rural Americans believe Trump because they aren’t getting the truth from the media they watch

Oh noes! Us poor ignorant hick rube mouth breathing sister fuckers out here’s in flyover JesusLand aren’t getting good Intel. That’s what it is.

I need to tune me in some NPR on the Zenith, but the goldarn thing won’t crank. I think a tube went bad. Anybody got an extra 117Z6 they can spare? Dangit

Posted by: Common Tater at October 20, 2025 10:13 AM (65afW)

164
Um...he's no longer with us.
Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 10:12 AM (77rzZ)

Ok. WASN'T he a......geez.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)

165 As someone said, she would have aborted Jesus...

Visegrad 24@visegrad24

Kasia Smutniak, a Polish actress, model and outspoken pro-abortion supporter has been cast as the Virgin Mary in Mel Gibson’s sequel to the Passion of the Christ.

She will play the role of Jesus’ mother alongside Jaakko Ohtonen as the Messiah and Mariela Garriga as Mary Magdalene.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at October 20, 2025 10:14 AM (TGPs7)

166 Jerry Orbach, awesome

https://tinyurl.com/282yww9p
Posted by: Huck Follywood

I honestly didn't know he could sing.

(And wow! could he!)

Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2025 10:14 AM (cYBz/)

167 Looks like Bannon's Real American Voice channel on Roku has been hacked and is off the air.

Weirdly, it's still available on Pluto.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 20, 2025 10:14 AM (yjljJ)

168 Stepped out in my underwear to feed the cats. Whoa!
Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire at October 20, 2025 10:12 AM (4MksP)

I was up way earlier than I wanted to be because the wife's cat has been lonely the last few days.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)

169 45 The tea was angry that day...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 20, 2025 09:39 AM (IBQGV)

ooooooh
haha

Posted by: m at October 20, 2025 10:15 AM (RuTUS)

170 Ok. WASN'T he a......geez.....
Posted by: Sponge

I have no idea. I never heard him say anything political.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 10:15 AM (77rzZ)

171 157 Jerry Orbach, awesome

https://tinyurl.com/282yww9p
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2025 10:10 AM (FZnf6)

Yeah, but isn't he a liberal retard? I lose interest when they tell me their politics.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

His brother makes some great microwave popcorn. Or is he related to the guys that made the first plane? I always get those two confused.

Posted by: Confused Moron at October 20, 2025 10:15 AM (JCZqz)

172 Good morning all.
Home again, home again, jiggety jig.

My first thought was the painting was very peaceful. My second thought was I can't believe Boston Harbor ever looked like that.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at October 20, 2025 10:15 AM (t/2Uw)

173 What wonderful Saturday having a bunch of idiots gathered at overpasses and street corners for me to verbally abuse, flip off and “get in their faces”(great advice Barack!) I hope they have more No Kings protests, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Posted by: JROD at October 20, 2025 10:15 AM (PimwK)

174 But to celebrate the cold, one of my instructors brought me a pistachio milk latte when she came in. It has a few crushed pistachios on top and it’s amazing.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2025 10:16 AM (p4NUW)

175 Late to the thread. Sometimes life gets in the way.

This is a lovely painting: glowing colors, calm seas, activity but without being hectic. I don't know if this is part of the Luminist school but it has that feel.

Would I hang it. Yes. It is a pleasant, peaceful scene. And might portray the last time it was safe to eat fish caught in Boston Harbor.

Posted by: JTB at October 20, 2025 10:16 AM (yTvNw)

176 My first thought was the painting was very peaceful. My second thought was I can't believe Boston Harbor ever looked like that.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)

The Big Dig ruined everything.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 10:16 AM (77rzZ)

177
DeNiro is overrated. He's been phoning in performances for 40 years. Plus, he's shit without having his offscreen cue cards (watch his eyes).

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 20, 2025 10:16 AM (/66RC)

178 *regards the Box Office of The Alto Knights*

Yeah...no one cares.
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Saw a trailer for that and then noticed Short Shit was in it. Based on that I waived off.

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2025 10:17 AM (jFCkp)

179 Stepped out in my underwear to feed the cats. Whoa!
Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire

Locked door slams behind rickb223. Now what?

Posted by: BVDs On Parade at October 20, 2025 10:17 AM (oftw2)

180 By the way, I'm not a KING. I work my A*S OFF to make our country great. That's all it is."

Besides being elected by over 505 0f the of voters

I guess the Left hate democracy .

Of course they do.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 20, 2025 10:18 AM (EYmYM)

181 I was up way earlier than I wanted to be because the wife's cat has been lonely the last few days.
Posted by: Sponge

Mine were just wondering why their dinner was about six hours later Saturday night. They can tell time better than the most expensive watch.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire at October 20, 2025 10:18 AM (4MksP)

182 About Jerry Orbach-From Wikipedia:

"Having had perfect 20/20 vision his whole life, Jerry Orbach requested that his eyes be donated after his death.[3] His wish was granted when two people – one who needed correction for a nearsighted eye and another who needed correction for a farsighted eye – received Orbach's corneas. His likeness has been used in an ad campaign for Eye Bank for Sight Restoration in Manhattan."

And having died over 20 years ago, I don't know that one can speculate what his politics would be today.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 20, 2025 10:18 AM (PFs9e)

183 174 But to celebrate the cold, one of my instructors brought me a pistachio milk latte when she came in. It has a few crushed pistachios on top and it’s amazing.
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Pistachio muffins and ice cream for the Triple Crown!

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2025 10:18 AM (jFCkp)

184 75 56 I wonder when teabags were invented?
Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2025 09:41 AM (cYBz/)

https://tinyurl.com/3whhyz72

Significant quote:

In around 1908, Thomas Sullivan, a New York tea merchant, started to send samples of tea to his customers in small silken bags. Some assumed that these were supposed to be used in the same way as the metal infusers, by putting the entire bag into the pot, rather than emptying out the contents. It was thus by accident that the tea bag was born!

Posted by: tankdemon at October 20, 2025 09:46 AM (FVLcK)

I'd be surprised if teabags weren't invented in China long before that. I'll go read the article!

Posted by: m at October 20, 2025 10:18 AM (RuTUS)

185
I guess the Left hate democracy .

Of course they do.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 20, 2025 10:18 AM (EYmYM)

I find it odd we don't know anything about now they feel about our Constitutional Republic.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 10:18 AM (Zz0t1)

186 Stepped out in my underwear to feed the cats. Whoa!
Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire

Locked door slams behind rickb223. Now what?

Posted by: BVDs On Parade at October 20, 2025 10:17 AM (oftw2)

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2025 10:19 AM (i24o9)

187 Oh noes! Us poor ignorant hick rube mouth breathing sister fuckers out here’s in flyover JesusLand aren’t getting good Intel. That’s what it is.

I need to tune me in some NPR on the Zenith, but the goldarn thing won’t crank. I think a tube went bad. Anybody got an extra 117Z6 they can spare? Dangit
Posted by: Common Tater at October 20, 2025 10:13 AM (65afW)

I'll send you a spare one I have for my Victrola.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 20, 2025 10:20 AM (g8Ew8)

188 I'd be surprised if teabags weren't invented in China long before that. I'll go read the article!
Posted by: m

Yeah, the Chinese invented pretty much damn near everything. And then that roundeye Marco Polo culturally appropriated the crap out of it.

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

189
$20, same as in town.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2025 10:19 AM (i24o9)

*seen written on the back window of an SUV at the TxMoMe.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 10:20 AM (Zz0t1)

190 And having died over 20 years ago, I don't know that one can speculate what his politics would be today.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Wow, I had no idea it had been that long.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 10:21 AM (77rzZ)

191 It was 39 degrees when we left home. 49 degrees now.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at October 20, 2025 10:21 AM (cQ7ua)

192 I was up way earlier than I wanted to be because the wife's cat has been lonely the last few days.
Posted by: Sponge

A little too early to have Zombie Mrs. Slocombe say this.

Posted by: Z at October 20, 2025 10:21 AM (cYBz/)

193 178 *regards the Box Office of The Alto Knights*

Yeah...no one cares.
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Saw a trailer for that and then noticed Short Shit was in it. Based on that I waived off.
Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2025 10:17 AM (jFCkp)

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I've heard it's quite good.

But De Niro can't convince anyone to go to the movies anymore. I'm sure his persuasion on politics is not as good as that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 20, 2025 10:21 AM (GBKbO)

194 Stepped out in my underwear to feed the cats. Whoa!
Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire

Locked door slams behind rickb223. Now what?

Posted by: BVDs On Parade at October 20, 2025 10:17 AM (oftw2)

$20, same as in town.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

Bwahahahahahahaha.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire at October 20, 2025 10:21 AM (4MksP)

195 Wow, I had no idea it had been that long.
Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 10:21 AM (77rzZ)

2004, apparently.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 10:21 AM (Zz0t1)

196 Orbach was in a LAO crossover episode with Homicide: Life On The Streets

turns out his character had a 'history' with Munch's ex

Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2025 10:21 AM (AOsQT)

197 I find it odd we don't know anything about now they feel about our Constitutional Republic.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 10:18 AM (Zz0t1)

They’re confused enough . You have to dumb it down to a headline . They’ve been whining for a popular vote ‘democracy.’. They got it in 2024 but now they don’t want to adhere to it. I call that fascism.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 20, 2025 10:22 AM (EYmYM)

198 Would I hang it. Yes. It is a pleasant, peaceful scene. And might portray the last time it was safe to eat fish caught in Boston Harbor.
Posted by: JTB

I've been watching a fella on Youtube who fishes from shore in the East River mostly and have been very surprised at how many species he catches and how healthy the fish look. Stripers, porgies, blackfish (tautog), oystertoads, etc. The water quality is vastly better than 50 years ago.

Posted by: Gadabout Gaddis at October 20, 2025 10:22 AM (oftw2)

199 171 no substitute for boopenbopper.

Posted by: cmeat at October 20, 2025 10:22 AM (R11M+)

200 Louisiana and California are tied for the state with the highest poverty rate, according to recent data.

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2025 10:22 AM (jFCkp)

201 Little Trouble In Big China?

"It's not entirely clear that there will be a meeting between President [Donald] Trump and Xi Jinping at the end of this month, because Xi Jinping is under a lot of political trouble at home. And yesterday his loyalists in the military were sacked. And that's a real indication that he has lost the People's Liberation Army," Chang said during an appearance on "The Count."

"And that is the most important faction in the Communist Party. We'll have a lot more clarity by Thursday, which is the end of the Communist Party's fourth plenum."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 20, 2025 10:23 AM (L/fGl)

202 174 ghey

Posted by: cmeat at October 20, 2025 10:23 AM (R11M+)

203 I saw some great art and architecture on my recent trip to Portugal. The most impressive to me was the Museo Militar de Lisboa, a military museum focused on artillery. Definitely worth a Google image search to see not only the weaponry, but the incredibly ornate artwork on the walls, ceiling, etc. The place is huge and I was the lone patron while I was there. Highlight of my trip.

Posted by: Lincolntf at October 20, 2025 10:24 AM (vV6n9)

204 That the Chinese still use chop sticks I question that they invented anything.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 20, 2025 10:25 AM (EYmYM)

205 That the Chinese still use chop sticks I question that they invented anything.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 20, 2025 10:25 AM (EYmYM)

They can eat with them, then turn around and kill you with them right after.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 10:25 AM (Zz0t1)

206 Heh, my Fan Duel account is worth $100+. Imma killing it on the picks.

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2025 10:25 AM (jFCkp)

207 145 It's sad to see someone like DeNiro lose his mind.
Posted by: Cicero

DeNiro lost his damn mind decades ago. He's a vicious old man who should have been sterilized years ago.

And though he's only worth $500 million or so, I can't wait to see him squirm like a worm over his real estate investments with Zohran Kwame Mamdani at the helm.

Son Raphael De Niro is a real estate broker in NYC, and De Niro’s family has been in the real estate industry for three generations.

All, imo.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at October 20, 2025 10:26 AM (NFX2v)

208 That the Chinese still use chop sticks I question that they invented anything.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 20, 2025 10:25 AM (EYmYM)

They were using chopsticks when Europeans were still using fingers.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2025 10:26 AM (rbvCR)

209 Louisiana and California are tied for the state with the highest poverty rate, according to recent data.
Posted by: Pudinhead

What's the rate?

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 10:26 AM (77rzZ)

210 204 That the Chinese still use chop sticks I question that they invented anything.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 20, 2025 10:25 AM (EYmYM)

Half of 'em swatting at their noodles with a stick, the other half fumbling with three sticks... but that one guy... that one guy figured out that two sticks is the way of the future.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2025 10:27 AM (JwNbV)

211 Louisiana and California are tied for the state with the highest poverty rate, according to recent data.
Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2025 10:22 AM (jFCkp)

A different kind of poverty in my experience. Except for New Orleans. That’s the same blue shithole poverty you see in all Dem run cities.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 20, 2025 10:27 AM (EYmYM)

212 A new meme video from Dilley
A punch in the gut

https://tinyurl.com/4vbswahv

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2025 10:27 AM (rbvCR)

213 >>>In around 1908, Thomas Sullivan, a New York tea merchant, started to send samples of tea to his customers in small silken bags

I know Glenn Beck is a few Cheetos short of a bag sometimes, but I do love how passionate he is on preserving history. He did a special pop-up museum at a tea party event in Utah, and he had original bricks of tea on display from the era of the Boston tea party! The bricks of tea they British shipped to America looked like bars of chocolate you break off a piece of tea of. Apparently they smelled amazing, wish I could have smelled them.

Posted by: LizLem at October 20, 2025 10:27 AM (gWBY1)

214 Speaking of China, I thought they weren't capitalists.

Restroom Toilet Paper Dispensers in China Require Viewing Ads Before Use

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 20, 2025 10:28 AM (L/fGl)

215 What's the rate?
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the Census Bureau showed a tie between the two states with a 17.7% poverty rate.

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2025 10:28 AM (jFCkp)

216 the Census Bureau showed a tie between the two states with a 17.7% poverty rate.
Posted by: Pudinhead

Hm. Honestly, that's lower than I expected.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 10:29 AM (77rzZ)

217 215 What's the rate?
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the Census Bureau showed a tie between the two states with a 17.7% poverty rate.
Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2025 10:28 AM (jFCkp)

What is that monthly or APR?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2025 10:29 AM (JwNbV)

218 184 I'd be surprised if teabags weren't invented in China long before that. I'll go read the article!
Posted by: m at October 20, 2025 10:18 AM (RuTUS)

All kinds of articles online about tea bags dating to the Tang Dynasty in China. But who knows.

Posted by: m at October 20, 2025 10:29 AM (RuTUS)

219 They were using chopsticks when Europeans were still using fingers.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2025 10:26 AM (rbvCR)

What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?

Posted by: the way I see it at October 20, 2025 10:30 AM (EYmYM)

220
NBC 10 Boston reporter Sue O’Connell
O’Connell said, “So from what we can see from our viewpoint here in the studio and talking to our crew on the ground and some people I know who are there, this is an older crowd. There’s not a lot of folks, and granted, it’s a big crowd here, I’m not good at estimating, but it’s definitely over 2000, maybe close to 3000. We can’t see everyone, but it’s an older crowd, a lot of white hair you see out there, Q-tips.

It's the Q-tips' last chance to be Witless to History!

Donchano?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 20, 2025 10:31 AM (xG4kz)

221 What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?
Posted by: the way I see it

Or the starving Chinese children would love to have my Brussels sprouts?

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 10:31 AM (77rzZ)

222 219 They were using chopsticks when Europeans were still using fingers.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2025 10:26 AM (rbvCR)

Fork That.

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2025 10:31 AM (jFCkp)

223 All kinds of articles online about tea bags dating to the Tang Dynasty in China. But who knows.
Posted by: m

The Chinese invented the powdered orange-flavored drink as well?

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

224 >>Don’t know how true it is, but I read somewhere once that the original “Tea Party” in Boston harbor wasn’t a symbolic kind of thing, it was a big deal from an economic sense, a whole metric crap ton of Tea was destroyed, and the Brits were Not Amused.

It's true. And it's pronounced Boston Hahbah.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2025 10:32 AM (viF8m)

225 223 All kinds of articles online about tea bags dating to the Tang Dynasty in China. But who knows.
Posted by: m

The Chinese invented the powdered orange-flavored drink as well?
Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

Such an easy lay-up!

Posted by: m at October 20, 2025 10:33 AM (RuTUS)

226 Where’s the tea? 342 chests worth?

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 20, 2025 10:34 AM (pNkJD)

227 Morning, Horde! Step out of the motel room in Deming, NM, and right away I could smell pot smoke. Go figure, eh?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2025 10:34 AM (6Jcjb)

228 I know Glenn Beck is a few Cheetos short of a bag sometimes, but I do love how passionate he is on preserving history. He did a special pop-up museum at a tea party event in Utah, and he had original bricks of tea on display from the era of the Boston tea party! The bricks of tea they British shipped to America looked like bars of chocolate you break off a piece of tea of. Apparently they smelled amazing, wish I could have smelled them.
Posted by: LizLem

oliverpluff.com

https://tinyurl.com/5xspdrm4

Tea bricks for sale. They are out of stock at the moment.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire at October 20, 2025 10:34 AM (4MksP)

229 A new meme video from Dilley
A punch in the gut

https://tinyurl.com/4vbswahv
Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2025 10:27 AM (rbvCR)

That smarmy little fag Harry Sisson is butthurt about Trump's team releasing a meme where Trump flies over a No Kings rally and dumps poo on Sisson's head.

It's epic.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 10:34 AM (Zz0t1)

230 And having died over 20 years ago, I don't know that one can speculate what his politics would be today.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 20, 2025 10:18 AM (PFs9e)

He's been dead 20 years already? Dang, he was about the last New York actor I actually liked.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 20, 2025 10:34 AM (uWKK8)

231 23
Pretty! Almost Abstract with a Rothko-esque color field dealio going on in the background.

Would hang in the hallway.

Possible dentist office material cuz no offense could be given.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 20, 2025 09:35 AM (iJfKG)

This state of "no offense given" does not currently exist.

Posted by: m at October 20, 2025 10:35 AM (RuTUS)

232
They were using chopsticks when Europeans were still using fingers.
Posted by: Kindltot

No matter how much earlier they did anything than Westerners, they were, and have always been, a "boots on their necks" society.

Therefore, color me unimpresssd.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 20, 2025 10:35 AM (xG4kz)

233 216 the Census Bureau showed a tie between the two states with a 17.7% poverty rate.
Posted by: Pudinhead

Hm. Honestly, that's lower than I expected.
Posted by: Bulg
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Lower than that actually. Census Bureau does not take into account non cash welfare benefits like housing, Medicaid, food stamps, etc.

Pennsylvania about a decade ago, reported that the total benefits including cash welfare totaled up to 67k or so for a recipient with children. That sum makes it much harder to get people with limited education, work experience, etc. off the dole and into a job. They lose money by doing so.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2025 10:35 AM (WDjG6)

234 The spork was invented first as a eyeball remover.

Posted by: dreamingrobot at October 20, 2025 10:35 AM (EyfuW)

235 $20, same as in town.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2025 10:19 AM (i24o9)

*seen written on the back window of an SUV at the TxMoMe.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 10:20 AM (Zz0t1)
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I should have made them an offer...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 20, 2025 10:36 AM (IBQGV)

236 I am silently reading every comment in my worst Boston accent
Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2025 09:51 AM (AOsQT)

There is no such thing as a "good" Boston accent.
Posted by: tankdemon

My sister-in-law grew up in Fall River. Her accent was actually kinda pleasant, I thought.

She tells about a time after she first moved to Michigan and went into a McDonald's and ordered an orange juice. The clerk didn't understand her, because she pronounced it "ah-runge," instead of "ornj" as we do in Michigan.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 10:36 AM (77rzZ)

237 ---
I should have made them an offer...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 20, 2025 10:36 AM (IBQGV)

LOL.

Seemed a decent price for the vehicle.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 10:36 AM (Zz0t1)

238 He's been dead 20 years already? Dang, he was about the last New York actor I actually liked.
Posted by: Tom Servo

He honestly sold the Lenny Briscoe character.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire at October 20, 2025 10:37 AM (4MksP)

239 I am silently reading every comment in my worst Boston accent
Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2025 09:51 AM

Obligatory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLwbzGyC6t4

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 20, 2025 10:37 AM (Wnv9h)

240 When does the Shrine to the Rule of His Majesty The Shahinshah get a 1961 foot gold statue of Him that turns to face the sun as it rises and sets?

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 20, 2025 10:37 AM (pNkJD)

241 224 >>Don’t know how true it is, but I read somewhere once that the original “Tea Party” in Boston harbor wasn’t a symbolic kind of thing, it was a big deal from an economic sense, a whole metric crap ton of Tea was destroyed, and the Brits were Not Amused.

It's true. And it's pronounced Boston Hahbah.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2025 10:32 AM (viF8m)

Both syllables equally accented? Or maybe Hahbuh.

Posted by: m at October 20, 2025 10:37 AM (RuTUS)

242 Speaking of the Yang dynasty, just finished a historical fiction novel, Conquerer - The Story of Kublai Khan.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 20, 2025 10:37 AM (EYmYM)

243 All kinds of articles online about tea bags dating to the Tang Dynasty in China. But who knows.
Posted by: m

The Chinese invented the powdered orange-flavored drink as well?
Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

And jello. 'Cause Chinese baby love jello.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 20, 2025 10:37 AM (g8Ew8)

244 > Little Trouble In Big China?
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Xi kept the triumvirate (party, military, government) together. The party being the over-arching part of that triumvirate. Xi is/was the de facto head of it all. Some have claimed that is somewhat unusual for China.

If there's a power struggle I'm sure we'll hear about it one way or another.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2025 10:38 AM (Q4IgG)

245 Experts Say This Bible-Based Diet Could Unlock Secret to Lasting Wellness

"Key examples include red meat, whole-grain sourdough bread, olive oil, dairy, fruits like pomegranates and figs, and natural sweeteners, such as raw local honey."

https://is.gd/Vgkj8P

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Huh. I figured loaves and fishes.⁸

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 20, 2025 10:38 AM (L/fGl)

246 Nth!!!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 20, 2025 10:38 AM (yy9ow)

247 The clerk didn't understand her, because she pronounced it "ah-runge," instead of "ornj" as we do in Michigan.
Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 10:36 AM (77rzZ)

I’ve never understood “arange”, as the name of the fruit begins with an “o”.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 20, 2025 10:38 AM (pNkJD)

248 Crap, yes it was O'Toole, not Mason, in How To Steal A Million with Audrey Hepburn.

Speaking of movies, I saw Tron Ares. I didn't hate it. But, in Disney form, they cast another Rose Tiko in the lead! She had zero chemistry with Leto.

A show that had a beautiful, passionate Asian lady lead with a penchant for motorbikes was The Expanse. I just kept pretending it was that actress the whole time. Florence Favre.

They should have had Gillian Anderson be the big bad, instead of a bad Elon Musk clone in her son, and had Jeff Bridges' son involved in the good company.

Weirdly enough, Jared Leto and the witch from Acolyte were the best actors in the cast. The two main AI characters were more human and had more motivations and emotions than the rest of the wooden humans put together!

Posted by: LizLem at October 20, 2025 10:39 AM (gWBY1)

249
That smarmy little fag Harry Sisson is butthurt about Trump's team releasing a meme where Trump flies over a No Kings rally and dumps poo on Sisson's head.

It's epic.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 10:34 AM (Zz0t1)

JD VANCE REPLIED OK I WILL ASK HIM ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAH

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2025 10:39 AM (rbvCR)

250 Re-enactors, Revolutionary War types buy tea in vintage style compressed form like that. They would impress their seal or brand name on it. Sugar was sold in conical form or paper wrapped cones.

I noticed Lewis and Clark brought 50 pounds of green coffee beans with them on their 1803–1806 Expedition. That sounds like a lot, but it really isn’t and lop of 10 or 15 percent when roasted. They weren’t sharing it with the enlisted or river boat guides I betcha. I’m not sure they took any Tea, would have to look at the manifest or whatever.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 20, 2025 10:39 AM (SSuxC)

251 245 Experts Say This Bible-Based Diet Could Unlock Secret to Lasting Wellness

"Key examples include red meat, whole-grain sourdough bread, olive oil, dairy, fruits like pomegranates and figs, and natural sweeteners, such as raw local honey."

https://is.gd/Vgkj8P

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Huh. I figured loaves and fishes.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 20, 2025 10:38 AM (L/fGl)

and Peeps

Posted by: m at October 20, 2025 10:40 AM (RuTUS)

252 245 “Experts Say This Bible-Based Diet Could Unlock Secret to Lasting Wellness”

I say the clickbait scam ad headline is clickbait based on the use of “this” in the headline.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 20, 2025 10:40 AM (pNkJD)

253 JD VANCE REPLIED OK I WILL ASK HIM ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAH
Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2025 10:39 AM (rbvCR)

Making it all the better.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 10:40 AM (Zz0t1)

254 >>There is no such thing as a "good" Boston accent.

You are not wicked pissah.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2025 10:40 AM (viF8m)

255
See that 747 ruined in Hong Kong by those arab dumbfucks?

Shitheads landed and then proceeded to drive the big, beautiful 7-4 right into East China Sea.

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 20, 2025 10:40 AM (NvhOM)

256 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. So. Nautical this morning eh? Very nice.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 20, 2025 10:40 AM (2WIwB)

257 248 Crap, yes it was O'Toole, not Mason, in How To Steal A Million with Audrey Hepburn.

Posted by: LizLem at October 20, 2025 10:39 AM (gWBY1)

=======

One of about 6 movies William Wyler made that are homages to Ernst Lubitsch.

Wonderful entertainment.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 20, 2025 10:40 AM (GBKbO)

258 There is apparently some cereals and bread sold under the label “Ezekiel 4:9”.

Why not Ezekiel 25:17?

: )

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 20, 2025 10:41 AM (pNkJD)

259 I noticed Lewis and Clark brought 50 pounds of green coffee beans with them on their 1803–1806 Expedition. That sounds like a lot, but it really isn’t and lop of 10 or 15 percent when roasted. They weren’t sharing it with the enlisted or river boat guides I betcha. I’m not sure they took any Tea, would have to look at the manifest or whatever.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 20, 2025 10:39 AM (SSuxC)

My favorite L&C fact is they brought a .46 caliber air rifle with them.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 20, 2025 10:41 AM (EYmYM)

260 Tea bricks for sale.

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Do the Three Little Pigs know about this?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 20, 2025 10:41 AM (L/fGl)

261 The two main AI characters were more human and had more motivations and emotions than the rest of the wooden humans put together!

Posted by: LizLem at October 20, 2025 10:39 AM (gWBY1)

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A fitting epitaph for the graveyard that is now Hollywood.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 20, 2025 10:42 AM (tf+dR)

262 The spork was invented first as a eyeball remover.
Posted by: dreamingrobot

I can see that.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2025 10:42 AM (cYBz/)

263 262 The spork was invented first as a eyeball remover.
Posted by: dreamingrobot

I can see that.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2025 10:42 AM (cYBz/)

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I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 20, 2025 10:42 AM (GBKbO)

264 I was flipping channels last night and 60 Minutes was running a story alleging that Trumps team had LIED to Judge Feather-Boa about the status of the airplane and the occupants of it when they didn't turn the flight around in mid-air. My first thought was "that's sooooo 6-months ago" and my second thought was Feather-Boa had no business being involved at all.

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2025 10:43 AM (TN0g+)

265 >>> “Experts Say This Bible-Based Diet Could Unlock Secret to Lasting Wellness”

Is it also a secret the government doesn't want me to know about, and this one trick every morning will change my weight/baldness/inflammation/libido? And I need to click on the link right away?

I'm getting really, really tired of those ads on Rumble.

Posted by: LizLem at October 20, 2025 10:43 AM (gWBY1)

266 263 262 The spork was invented first as a eyeball remover.
Posted by: dreamingrobot

I can see that.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2025 10:42 AM (cYBz/)

=======

I don't get it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 20, 2025 10:42 AM (GBKbO)

I’ll demonstrate.

Posted by: Czar Ivan IV Grozny at October 20, 2025 10:44 AM (pNkJD)

267 Roadrunner

https://tinyurl.com/mrys4839

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2025 10:44 AM (viF8m)

268 There is no such thing as a "good" Boston accent.

You are not wicked pissah.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2025 10:40 AM (viF8m)

How’d you like dem apples

( that’s the only other Boston saying I know)

Posted by: the way I see it at October 20, 2025 10:44 AM (EYmYM)

269 Is it also a secret the government doesn't want me to know about, and this one trick every morning will change my weight/baldness/inflammation/libido? And I need to click on the link right away?
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Don't click it!!

Posted by: Billionaires at October 20, 2025 10:44 AM (yy9ow)

270
I'm getting really, really tired of those ads on Rumble.
Posted by: LizLem at October 20, 2025 10:43 AM (gWBY1)

I just wonder if there are any legitimate businesses that advertise online.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 20, 2025 10:45 AM (pNkJD)

271 The spork was invented first as a eyeball remover.
Posted by: dreamingrobot

I can see that.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2025 10:42 AM

ISWYDT.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 20, 2025 10:45 AM (Wnv9h)

272 The spork was invented first as a eyeball remover.

Posted by: dreamingrobot

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Two more reasons thst make me want to watch Dirty Rotten Scoundrels again.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 20, 2025 10:45 AM (tf+dR)

273 Anybody got an extra 117Z6 they can spare? Dangit
Posted by: Common Tater at October 20, 2025 10:13 AM (65afW)

You're not going to believe this, but...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2025 10:45 AM (6Jcjb)

274 I just wonder if there are any legitimate businesses that advertise online.
Posted by: Cow Demon
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A person gets the ads that their search history indicates that they deserve.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2025 10:46 AM (WDjG6)

275 266 263 262 The spork was invented first as a eyeball remover.
Posted by: dreamingrobot

I can see that.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2025 10:42 AM (cYBz/)

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I don't get it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 20, 2025 10:42 AM (GBKbO)

I’ll demonstrate.
Posted by: Czar Ivan IV Grozny at October 20, 2025 10:44 AM (pNkJD)

He seems nice.

Posted by: m at October 20, 2025 10:46 AM (RuTUS)

276 How’d you like dem apples

( that’s the only other Boston saying I know)
Posted by: the way I see it at October 20, 2025 10:44 AM

Wicked retahded, bro.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 20, 2025 10:46 AM (Wnv9h)

277 Rick, thanks for the tea brick link! It would be fun to buy some that way and try it.

We also don't buy our sugar in giant cones in blue packaging, and then boil the packaging for dye when we use up the sugar. I remember finding that such a weird fact when I went to Colonial Williamsburg.

Posted by: LizLem at October 20, 2025 10:46 AM (gWBY1)

278 Ha! I caught that too. I’m amused that our intrepid Reporters have taken to calling the elderly “Q-Tips”. LOL

Johnson & Johnson should sue, clawback some of that specious talcum powder lawsuit

Posted by: Common Tater at October 20, 2025 10:46 AM (5Td2u)

279 >>There is no such thing as a "good" Boston accent.

You are not wicked pissah.

This from a Rhode Islander???
You guys have a crazier accent than MA people, second only to the upstate Vermonter one that sounds like an Irish brogue. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at October 20, 2025 10:46 AM (GbwPZ)

280 266 I don't get it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 20, 2025 10:42 AM (GBKbO)

I’ll demonstrate.
Posted by: Czar Ivan IV Grozny at October 20, 2025 10:44 AM (pNkJD)

=====

You're so terrible.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 20, 2025 10:46 AM (GBKbO)

281 Nothing says desperation quite like having your manager say, "Hey, thanks for giving us 10.5 weeks of notice, we were wondering if we could get 6 - 8 more beyond that."

Sadly (sort of but not really), I had to decline.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 20, 2025 10:46 AM (ExV1e)

282 No matter how much earlier they did anything than Westerners, they were, and have always been, a "boots on their necks" society.

Therefore, color me unimpresssd.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) - what makes you think you are in charge? at October 20, 2025 10:35 AM (xG4kz)

They almost managed an industrial revolution in the 6th century under the Song dynasty. It really seemed to hinge on a fairly complex and fractured political landscape, good weather and developing trade, and a system of easily accessible credit which in that case was backed originally by warehouse receipts backed by trade goods like silk and iron goods. The Mongols ended that.
Amazingly the European renaissance was started in the Italian states under much the same conditions; the Italians developed credit markets and banking as well to support their international trade.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2025 10:46 AM (rbvCR)

283 I wish Good Will Hunting would have left out the love fest for Howard Zinn. Took me right out of the movie because it proved Will Hunting was actually just an idiot savant.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 20, 2025 10:47 AM (EYmYM)

284 I mentioned it in JJ's Thread, but I'll repeat it here:

To my fellow ginger lovers, be sure to check out "The Inferno." Saw it yesterday at the noir festival at the American Film Institute in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Rhonda Fleming in glorious Technicolor.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmm...

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 10:47 AM (77rzZ)

285 GED graduate Robert DeNiro

Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at October 20, 2025 10:48 AM (jc0TO)

286 Rick, thanks for the tea brick link! It would be fun to buy some that way and try it.

We also don't buy our sugar in giant cones in blue packaging, and then boil the packaging for dye when we use up the sugar. I remember finding that such a weird fact when I went to Colonial Williamsburg.
Posted by: LizLem

I just remembered it from popping up in a Facebook feed and then going down a rabbit hole in a black powder group of re-enactors.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire at October 20, 2025 10:48 AM (4MksP)

287 The Independent, October 20, 2025
Forget a third term — Trump posts meme threatening to rule into 2048 and beyond
Donald Trump jokes he could hang onto power ‘4EVA’ in latest video mocking Democrats

🤣

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at October 20, 2025 10:48 AM (NFX2v)

288 The Chinese invented the powdered orange-flavored drink as well?
Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

and spoons, obviously. Everyone tells me they like spoon-Tang

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2025 10:49 AM (rbvCR)

289 287 The Independent, October 20, 2025
Forget a third term — Trump posts meme threatening to rule into 2048 and beyond
Donald Trump jokes he could hang onto power ‘4EVA’ in latest video mocking Democrats

🤣
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at October 20, 2025 10:48 AM (NFX2v)

======

"That's not funny!"
-the cool guys

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 20, 2025 10:49 AM (GBKbO)

290 >>How’d you like dem apples

When this movie came out, a MA transplant to DC colleague said she enjoyed the movie particularly for the accent and the gratuitous use of the f-bomb - reminded her of home!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 20, 2025 10:49 AM (GbwPZ)

291 Painting is ok, kinda dark .

Posted by: Case at October 20, 2025 10:49 AM (9HFDU)

292 Thought that sourdough bread was a modern bread caused by necessity of American pioneers traveling west?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 20, 2025 10:49 AM (aNKhG)

293 Tang was one of the biggest disillusionments of my childhood.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 20, 2025 10:49 AM (yy9ow)

294 >>Forget a third term — Trump posts meme threatening to rule into 2048 and beyond
Donald Trump jokes he could hang onto power ‘4EVA’ in latest video mocking Democrats

You have to admire him for tying them in knots, since their response will be: "You can't do that - only two terms!!" which proves he's not a freakin'n king!!!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 20, 2025 10:50 AM (GbwPZ)

295 283 I wish Good Will Hunting would have left out the love fest for Howard Zinn. Took me right out of the movie because it proved Will Hunting was actually just an idiot savant.
Posted by: the way I see it
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Damon and Affleck apparently personally knew Zinn before the movie as a fellow Bostonian.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2025 10:51 AM (WDjG6)

296 Tang was one of the biggest disillusionments of my childhood.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 20, 2025 10:49 AM (yy9ow)

Tang comes in a liquid squeeze bottle though I haven’t seen it on the grocery shelf for a year now. It was really good.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 20, 2025 10:51 AM (EYmYM)

297 Tang was one of the biggest disillusionments of my childhood.

Tang is to fruit juice as Beyond Meat is to proteins...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2025 10:51 AM (sKqQm)

298 Tang is still being made.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 10:51 AM (77rzZ)

299 Damon and Affleck apparently personally knew Zinn before the movie as a fellow Bostonian.

Bostonians aka assholes.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2025 10:52 AM (sKqQm)

300 My sister's been in Delaware so long she's picking up a bit of a Jersey accent.

She's started talking through her nose.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2025 10:52 AM (Q4IgG)

301 Tang is still being made.
Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 10:51 AM (77rzZ)
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A dark comment on the world today.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 20, 2025 10:52 AM (yy9ow)

302 My favorite L&C fact is they brought a .46 caliber air rifle with them.
Posted by: the way I see it at October 20, 2025 10:41 AM (EYmYM)

There is a reproduction of it at the Fort Clatsop museum in Astoria. It got broken but they had it behind the counter about 15 years ago. I asked about it and they let me handle it. It was made of fiberglass, but still really cool.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2025 10:52 AM (rbvCR)

303 Tang was one of the biggest disillusionments of my childhood.
Posted by: Captain Obvious

Strawberry Quik, however, was awesome.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 10:52 AM (77rzZ)

304 Making it all the better.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 20, 2025 10:40 AM (Zz0t1)

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

So blessed and grateful to meet you and The FIRST Lady -- and many other Morons this past weekend -- I've now got a MoMe Hangover.

And for the rest of y'all: hard to imagine, but Sponge's Heart, Mind, Energy, and Soul are even larger in person.

Now, CBD OTOH ... I KEED, I KEED!

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 20, 2025 10:52 AM (tf+dR)

305 >>Damon and Affleck apparently personally knew Zinn before the movie as a fellow Bostonian.

He was Matt Damon's neighbor and friend.
Damon produced an HBO series based on Zinn's book.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 20, 2025 10:52 AM (GbwPZ)

306 >>> Bostonians aka assholes.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2025 10:52 AM (sKqQm)

Massholes. It is known.

Posted by: LizLem at October 20, 2025 10:52 AM (gWBY1)

307 >>I wish Good Will Hunting would have left out the love fest for Howard Zinn. Took me right out of the movie because it proved Will Hunting was actually just an idiot savant.

You don't grow up in Cambridge and not become a leftist. It's in the water.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2025 10:53 AM (viF8m)

308 Bostonians aka assholes.
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You can see why Ben left for Philadelphia.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2025 10:53 AM (WDjG6)

309 204 my abacus needs a new battery.

Posted by: cmeat at October 20, 2025 10:54 AM (R11M+)

310 It sucks that the Obamacare premium subsidies are expiring. But at least I get to tell my relative who praised it when it passed that it isn't affordable. When she tells me that King Trump and the Republicans just need to cave to the Dems and get the subsidies back, I can tell her that the government has already stolen a fortune from future generations and I'd rather pay the full freight than live with having to steal from my children.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 20, 2025 10:54 AM (Dv3i1)

311 Tea bricks at Strand tea. This is the small one
https://tinyurl.com/3kz2ucdh

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 20, 2025 10:54 AM (kUxzU)

312 Well now, buc-ees has a fairly new location 15 miles from my hotel in Kentucky. I was bummed that the new route i travel misses the usual buc-ees I would stop at. This is good. It's on the way home, gas up in the morning, done.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 20, 2025 10:55 AM (we65N)

313 Damon and Affleck apparently personally knew Zinn before the movie as a fellow Bostonian.

He was Matt Damon's neighbor and friend.
Damon produced an HBO series based on Zinn's book.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 20, 2025 10:52 AM (GbwPZ

I’m surprised Damon ain’t more of a Leftist asshole than he is. Actually he’s on the quiet side comparably speaking.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 20, 2025 10:55 AM (EYmYM)

314 >>You can see why Ben left for Philadelphia.

pfft. We had the best music in the country in the 70s.

2nd place was way down the list.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2025 10:55 AM (viF8m)

315 Me having been away for four days, Cat Schroedinger is being rather clingy, now.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 20, 2025 10:55 AM (yy9ow)

316 208 eritreyans still use fingers.
mexican word of the day, chicken finger.
"pinche mujera, chicken finger herself."

Posted by: cmeat at October 20, 2025 10:56 AM (R11M+)

317
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

🚨 BREAKING: The US Secret Service has uncovered a "suspicious HUNTING STAND" with DIRECT line of sight to where President Trump exits Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport

Reportedly set up "MONTHS AGO."

They will never stop going after him. Trump is in Florida NOW and departs TONIGHT.

"Prior to the President’s return to West Palm Beach, USSS discovered what appeared to be an elevated hunting stand within sight line of the Air Force One landing zone," FBI Dir. Kash Patel told Fox

"No individuals were located at the scene. The FBI has since taken the investigatory lead, flying in resources to collect all evidence from the scene, and deploying our cell phone analytics capabilities."

PROTECT 47!

https://is.gd/2H3FuZ

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 20, 2025 10:56 AM (tf+dR)

318 310 It sucks that the Obamacare premium subsidies are expiring. But at least I get to tell my relative who praised it when it passed that it isn't affordable. When she tells me that King Trump and the Republicans just need to cave to the Dems and get the subsidies back, I can tell her that the government has already stolen a fortune from future generations and I'd rather pay the full freight than live with having to steal from my children.
Posted by: Chuck Martel
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GOP has floated a one year extension to work on permanent fixes but exluding illegals. This Schumer shutdown is purely to fund Democrat priorities like NPR, AID, etc, not for the average citizen of the US.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2025 10:56 AM (WDjG6)

319 >>I’m surprised Damon ain’t more of a Leftist asshole than he is. Actually he’s on the quiet side comparably speaking.

Yeah, and I think he's managed to not have a trans kid, unlike most of his Hollywood peeps. But he's a Lefty.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 20, 2025 10:56 AM (GbwPZ)

320 That's using your head!

https://is.gd/3u2HtF

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 20, 2025 10:57 AM (L/fGl)

321 Me having been away for four days, Cat Schroedinger is being rather clingy, now.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 20, 2025 10:55 AM (yy9ow)

Don't show it any affection. It will sense emotional victory and then become indifferent to your existence.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2025 10:57 AM (i24o9)

322 pfft. We had the best music in the country in the 70s.

2nd place was way down the list.
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I hate to tell you but probably the biggest and best bands in the 70's touring the US were British.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2025 10:57 AM (WDjG6)

323 BREAKING: The US Secret Service has uncovered a "suspicious HUNTING STAND" with DIRECT line of sight to where President Trump exits Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport
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What the hell do you hunt in Palm Beach?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 20, 2025 10:57 AM (yy9ow)

324 293 Tang was one of the biggest disillusionments of my childhood.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 20, 2025 10:49 AM (yy9ow)

I pretty much lived on it! And then moved on to Starbucks frappuccinos.

Posted by: m at October 20, 2025 10:58 AM (RuTUS)

325 There is a reproduction of it at the Fort Clatsop museum in Astoria. It got broken but they had it behind the counter about 15 years ago. I asked about it and they let me handle it. It was made of fiberglass, but still really cool.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2025 10:52 AM (rbvCR)

I wonder if one of the modern manufacturers of big-bore air rifles could bring out a functional replica? You'd think there would be a market for it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2025 10:58 AM (6Jcjb)

326 What the hell do you hunt in Palm Beach?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 20, 2025 10:57 AM (yy9ow)

Louis Vuitton bags?

Hermes scarves?

Posted by: kallisto at October 20, 2025 10:58 AM (dCxaZ)

327 Thought that sourdough bread was a modern bread caused by necessity of American pioneers traveling west?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 20, 2025 10:49 AM (aNKhG)

It is one of them, another is salt-rising bread which uses a clostridium bacteria as a leavening agent. It requires 98 or higher temperatures to work. Unlike sourdough it requires milk as well.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2025 10:59 AM (rbvCR)

328 It sucks that the Obamacare premium subsidies are expiring. But at least I get to tell my relative who praised it when it passed that it isn't affordable. When she tells me that King Trump and the Republicans just need to cave to the Dems and get the subsidies back, I can tell her that the government has already stolen a fortune from future generations and I'd rather pay the full freight than live with having to steal from my children.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 20, 2025 10:54 AM (Dv3i1)

Ask them how they'd feel about getting illegals out of the system, about reducing the required coverage to what you might need, about reducing the government red tape involved in healthcare.

I'll be interested to see what Trump's favored nation drug pricing does to drug insurance.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 20, 2025 10:59 AM (ExV1e)

329 Marky Mark got his crap together and he and his brothers are my favorite Bostonians.

Anyone here ever eat at Wahlbugers?

Posted by: the way I see it at October 20, 2025 10:59 AM (EYmYM)

330 I pretty much lived on it! And then moved on to Starbucks frappuccinos.
Posted by: m at October 20, 2025 10:58 AM (RuTUS)
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I'm sure there must be a support group for that.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 20, 2025 10:59 AM (yy9ow)

331 >>I hate to tell you but probably the biggest and best bands in the 70's touring the US were British.

I said best not biggest.

There were so many clubs around the Boston area in the 70s we even hosted some of the Brits. Every night there was a great show somewhere within driving distance.

with the radio on

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2025 10:59 AM (viF8m)

332 323 BREAKING: The US Secret Service has uncovered a "suspicious HUNTING STAND" with DIRECT line of sight to where President Trump exits Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport
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What the hell do you hunt in Palm Beach?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 20, 2025 10:57 AM (yy9ow)

White tailed deer

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 20, 2025 11:00 AM (N39Ws)

333 What the hell do you hunt in Palm Beach?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 20, 2025 10:57 AM (yy9ow)

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Foxes with trust funds?

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 20, 2025 11:01 AM (tf+dR)

334 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2025 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

335 new thread up:

Trump's big swinging dikk hits Euroweenies in the eye

Posted by: kallisto at October 20, 2025 11:03 AM (dCxaZ)

336 There is a reproduction of it at the Fort Clatsop museum in Astoria. It got broken but they had it behind the counter about 15 years ago. I asked about it and they let me handle it. It was made of fiberglass, but still really cool.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2025 10:52 AM (rbvCR)

We've been there. It is worth the visit if you are in the area. My kids both got a flint and steel to practice fire skills.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2025 11:03 AM (i24o9)

337 pfft. We had the best music in the country in the 70s.
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Comment is ambiguous. From all accounts, the best rock music club scene probably was NYC in the 70's for sheer variety.

Boston itself had two major bands coming out of that town, Boston and the Cars. One was a fake touring band, the other was a genuine bridge between New Wave and older guitar rock styles primarily due to effective use of synths.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2025 11:03 AM (WDjG6)

338 Anyone here ever eat at Wahlbugers?

There's one in our local grocery store. It's better than your average fast food burger but that's faint praise.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 20, 2025 11:04 AM (3nLb4)

339 I wonder if one of the modern manufacturers of big-bore air rifles could bring out a functional replica? You'd think there would be a market for it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2025 10:58 AM (6Jcjb)

I have been playing with the idea of getting a black powder rifle and mating it to a pressure tank like a paintball gun.
I machinist I knew put a dent in his roof when he decided to blow a ball out of a misfired black powder rifle by unscrewing the nipple and applying the shop compressor nozzle to the hole. He thought it would be easier than using the extractor screw.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2025 11:05 AM (rbvCR)

340 221 drink your beer. there are sober children in india.

Posted by: cmeat at October 20, 2025 11:06 AM (R11M+)

341 223 well i'll be tanged, that's just keen!

Posted by: cmeat at October 20, 2025 11:07 AM (R11M+)

342 The “Air Gun” was heap big Medicine at the time.

My understanding is that it took a LONG time to pump up, as O-ring tech or precision pump assemblies wasn’t perfected yet. Several hours. But it would shoot maybe 20 times with no loss of power, something like that.

They let someone try it out before the expedition proper, and nearly killed a spectator, the bullet went through her hat. Hardly any artifacts from the expedition remain, as they auctioned most of it off upon return to St. Louis

Posted by: Common Tater at October 20, 2025 11:08 AM (5Td2u)

343 Me having been away for four days, Cat Schroedinger is being rather clingy, now.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 20, 2025 10:55 AM (yy9ow)

Don't show it any affection. It will sense emotional victory and then become indifferent to your existence.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2025 10:57 AM (i24o9)

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Funny stuff.

I asked The Bacon Wench to tell you I said "Hi!" the next time y'all get together.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 20, 2025 11:10 AM (XrkE7)

344 FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, MONTRESOR!

Posted by: Fortunato at October 20, 2025 11:11 AM (zChxr)

345 296 Tang was one of the biggest disillusionments of my childhood.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 20, 2025 10:49 AM (yy9ow)
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Pop Tarts are the ultimate betrayal. At least you could drink Tang.

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2025 11:20 AM (jFCkp)

346 The tariff IS a tax on whoever is the last person to pay for a product. (Hint: it's consumers).[/i[

Only if the tariff is globally imposed, otherwise actual laws of economics apply and the producers under tariff still have to operate in a competitive economy. Some low margin stuff like cables and cheap stuff from China will stay low because they are competing and can't afford to lose the market, or they may go out of that line of business. The producers may hike prices on other stuff, too, and that might bring the prices higher, but this is offset by making the profit in competing worth expanding into the area.
It is not a simple "tariffs make the world more expensive" though they do act like taxes. It does make the taxing a bit more even handed though, and easier to collect.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2025 11:29 AM (rbvCR)

347 What sucks about ObamaCare subsidies is ObamaCare.

If they wanted to fix it they would killit. But there's too much graft, slack and insurance company tentacles throughout the govt and the hospital system to allow that to happen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 20, 2025 11:34 AM (aNKhG)

348 292 that may have been salt rising bread as they could not procure yeast.

Posted by: cmeat at October 20, 2025 11:52 AM (R11M+)

349 303 gorilla milk.

Posted by: cmeat at October 20, 2025 11:54 AM (R11M+)

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