Mid-Morning Art Thread

Pumpkinhead - Self-Portrait
Jamie Wyeth

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 yow

Posted by: cmeat at October 31, 2025 09:30 AM (R11M+)

2 A self portrait? What an unfortunate face to have.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 31, 2025 09:30 AM (NR6c1)

3 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 31, 2025 09:31 AM (p6raP)

4 I drove for 20 miles through Taos Canyon behind that guy a few years ago. Could not get around.

Posted by: huerfano at October 31, 2025 09:31 AM (98kQX)

5 I LOVE IT! 🎃🧡

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

6 Interesting. In a creepy kind of way.

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2025 09:31 AM (g47mK)

7 The Headless Horseman needed something for the picture.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 31, 2025 09:32 AM (p6raP)

8 i've sat behind him.

Posted by: cmeat at October 31, 2025 09:32 AM (R11M+)

9 This is the day the Lord gave!

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at October 31, 2025 09:32 AM (WQDw6)

10 Ha, fun. Also, actually art, so that's nice too.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 31, 2025 09:32 AM (BI5O2)

11 Putting a pumpkin on your head is not responsible adult behavior.

Posted by: XTC at October 31, 2025 09:32 AM (UnA8+)

12 Looks like a photoshop from the Morning Report.

Posted by: PabloD at October 31, 2025 09:32 AM (H1N8f)

13 At first I thought this might be an AI-modified portrait. Nope. Painted in 1972.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 31, 2025 09:32 AM (IBQGV)

14 Love this one!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 31, 2025 09:33 AM (algQV)

15 11 lampshade

Posted by: cmeat at October 31, 2025 09:33 AM (R11M+)

16 So...wouldn't this ruin your coat? You can always wash your head but clothes aren't as easy especially overcoats

Posted by: 18-1 at October 31, 2025 09:33 AM (sKqQm)

17 He gets a rock

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 31, 2025 09:33 AM (Q4IgG)

18 A Wyeth. Lot of them
Would hang on Halloween.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 31, 2025 09:33 AM (8vl0d)

19 Also, actually art, so that's nice too.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 31, 2025 09:32 AM (BI5O2)

I couldn't find anything modern with a Halloween theme that was even remotely interesting.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 31, 2025 09:33 AM (n9ltV)

20 Not much, but by this week's standard (and the 20th C's) it's not too bad.

Posted by: Eeyore (Is, Eum) at October 31, 2025 09:34 AM (s0JqF)

21 Seasonal

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 31, 2025 09:34 AM (mp2aO)

22 Dude's arms hang down almost to his knees. A twisted, other-worldly physique on a par with Kate Upton.

Posted by: Handy Andy at October 31, 2025 09:34 AM (oftw2)

23 Putting a pumpkin on your head is not responsible adult behavior.
Posted by: XTC at October 31, 2025 09:32 AM (UnA8+)
******
It's never too late t take back your childhood!
Buy a costume and hand out Halloween candy.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 31, 2025 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

24 Love it. Thanks for the chuckle.

Posted by: Tuna at October 31, 2025 09:35 AM (lJ0H4)

25 Looks like kind of a seedy character if you ask me.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 31, 2025 09:35 AM (0nHVk)

26 Best art we've had this week.

Posted by: Bulg at October 31, 2025 09:35 AM (77rzZ)

27 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJROKaZJgbI

You asked for it!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 31, 2025 09:35 AM (algQV)

28 The jack-o'-lantern was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at October 31, 2025 09:35 AM (XQo4F)

29 Where's the candle?

Posted by: Firebug Fred at October 31, 2025 09:36 AM (oftw2)

30 So, Jaime is the son or grandson of which Wyeth?

Posted by: dantesed at October 31, 2025 09:36 AM (Oy/m2)

31 Dude's arms hang down almost to his knees. A twisted, other-worldly physique on a par with Kate Upton.
Posted by: Handy Andy

His face is better than most of Sweeney's pics.

Posted by: Bulg at October 31, 2025 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

32 Pumpkinheaded horror movies:

"Pumpkinhead"(!)

"Jack-O"

"Dark Harvest"

"Sleepy Hollow"

Eh, that's all I can think of for now.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 31, 2025 09:36 AM (iJfKG)

33 "Looks like a seedy character if you ask me."

We need to squash these pumpkin puns right now!

Posted by: PabloD at October 31, 2025 09:37 AM (H1N8f)

34 23 It's never too late t take back your childhood!
Buy a costume and hand out Halloween candy.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 31, 2025 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

That was last night, in my neighborhood.

Maybe next year.

Posted by: XTC at October 31, 2025 09:37 AM (UnA8+)

35 prumpkin
pruppet
dringus

Posted by: cmeat at October 31, 2025 09:38 AM (R11M+)

36 Best art we've had this week.
Posted by: Bulg at October 31, 2025 09:35 AM (77rzZ)
*****
👍🏻

Posted by: redridinghood at October 31, 2025 09:38 AM (NpAcC)

37 "Looks like a seedy character if you ask me."

We need to squash these pumpkin puns right now!
Posted by: PabloD

Uh oh. Things are about to get spicy.

Posted by: Bulg at October 31, 2025 09:38 AM (77rzZ)

38 Alternate title:

"No, I Didn't Put a Turkey On My Head For Thanksgiving"

Posted by: naturalfake at October 31, 2025 09:38 AM (iJfKG)

39 He doesn't have great jeans.

Posted by: Sydney at October 31, 2025 09:38 AM (XQo4F)

40 Hey, where's that guy go?!? Why can't I see him anymore?

Posted by: Some Enderman at October 31, 2025 09:38 AM (sKqQm)

41 You could have used his father’s skeleton painting .

Posted by: the way I see it at October 31, 2025 09:38 AM (EYmYM)

42 Out: Pumpkin Pie

In: Pumpkin Face

Posted by: 18-1 at October 31, 2025 09:39 AM (sKqQm)

43 Inventor of the pumpkin pie.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at October 31, 2025 09:39 AM (L/fGl)

44 how many centimeters is that?

Posted by: cmeat at October 31, 2025 09:39 AM (R11M+)

45 This brings back the horrors of youth. Took the brown acid at Woodstock, I seen punkin' heads comin' at me!

Posted by: Blue Boy at October 31, 2025 09:40 AM (oftw2)

46 I only have pies for pumpkin.

Posted by: Oh, no... at October 31, 2025 09:40 AM (XQo4F)

47 Well, it's no Silver Orbs, by Sidney Sweeny

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 31, 2025 09:41 AM (a1415)

48 "Looks like a seedy character if you ask me."

We need to squash these pumpkin puns right now!
Posted by: PabloD

Uh oh. Things are about to get spicy.
Posted by: Bulg

They will when we get to the meat of the issue.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 31, 2025 09:41 AM (p6raP)

49
I'm kinda surprised that no one makes Pumkinhead masks for Halloween.

It would seem to be a natural annual seller.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 31, 2025 09:41 AM (iJfKG)

50 Pumpkin Pie? Pfft...Warm apple pie is where it is at...

Posted by: Jason Biggs at October 31, 2025 09:41 AM (sKqQm)

51 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJROKaZJgbI

You asked for it!
Posted by: nurse ratched

Orange man bad.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at October 31, 2025 09:41 AM (L/fGl)

52 Andrew Wyeth’s Dr. Syn is just as creepy imo.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 31, 2025 09:41 AM (EYmYM)

53 The pumpkin patch was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 31, 2025 09:41 AM (IBQGV)

54 He has his father's eyes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 31, 2025 09:42 AM (bss/y)

55 Anyone else have squirrels eating their Halloween pumpkins?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 31, 2025 09:42 AM (sKqQm)

56 I ain’t afraid of no gourd.

Posted by: Who you gonna call? at October 31, 2025 09:42 AM (XQo4F)

57 He doesn't have great jeans.
Posted by: Sydney at October 31, 2025 09:38 AM (XQo4F)
*****
Actually, Jamie Wyeth does have great genes.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 31, 2025 09:42 AM (NpAcC)

58 Good morning and happy Halloween fellow hordelings! Nice pumpkins!(that’s what he said). Great, unexpected news this morning- I qualified for USA triathlon nationals, set for next August in Milwaukee.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 31, 2025 09:43 AM (hlNLQ)

59 Thanks for the introduction to Wyeth. In looking at his work, I'm surprised you didn't choose "Warm Halloween."

Posted by: Frasier Crane at October 31, 2025 09:43 AM (bNf8H)

60 Happy Halloween - a limerick

The kid told his parents, "Good Lord!"
"I'm sorry I said I was bored."
You made me stay with Uncle Marvin
With his crazy pumpkin carvin'
You should've warned me he was out of his gourd!!

Posted by: muldoon at October 31, 2025 09:43 AM (/iMjX)

61 Doesn't really do anything for me. It's OK, well staged and lit, but just kind of meh.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 31, 2025 09:44 AM (WPL6O)

62 55 chew the face
it's decorative gourd season, mf'ers!

Posted by: cmeat at October 31, 2025 09:44 AM (R11M+)

63 ,Anyone else have squirrels eating their Halloween pumpkins?

Chickens

Posted by: Grammie Wingers' ipad at October 31, 2025 09:44 AM (bwviB)

64 I like how he's dressed actually

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 31, 2025 09:44 AM (Wx316)

65 This is nice, but Captain Beefheart's picture on the album cover of "Trout Mask Replica" is better.

Posted by: Moonlight On Vermont at October 31, 2025 09:44 AM (oftw2)

66 Ironically he was smashed into his gourd.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 31, 2025 09:44 AM (EYmYM)

67 Farmer bob,
You’re a serious rock star. Good for you! It’s been amazing to watch your transformation.

Knock ‘em dead!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 31, 2025 09:45 AM (algQV)

68 To give out candy or not?
That is the question.
I’m not sure if I feel like it this year.

Maybe I’ll print this out put it on the door with a bowl for self serve.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 31, 2025 09:45 AM (3qp0C)

69 67- thank you Nurse, and Semper Fi!

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 31, 2025 09:45 AM (hlNLQ)

70 Boy, he's a handsome devil

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 31, 2025 09:45 AM (kBSKe)

71 I qualified for USA triathlon nationals, set for next August in Milwaukee.
Posted by: Farmer Bob

!!!

Amazing! Way to go!

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 31, 2025 09:45 AM (Wx316)

72 And a grammie sighting!

Peace and love be with you, grammie!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 31, 2025 09:46 AM (algQV)

73 Where's the frost?

Posted by: Bulg at October 31, 2025 09:46 AM (77rzZ)

74 I’m the pun-kin king!

Posted by: Groan... at October 31, 2025 09:46 AM (XQo4F)

75 Of the various Wyeths, I prefer Andrew. But generally fond of their work.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 31, 2025 09:47 AM (kBSKe)

76 Thank you nurse, I am doing well, thanks be to God.

Posted by: Grammie Wingers' ipad at October 31, 2025 09:47 AM (bwviB)

77 71- Thanks!

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 31, 2025 09:47 AM (hlNLQ)

78 So, Jaime is the son or grandson of which Wyeth?
Posted by: dantesed

Jamie son of Andrew I think.

Posted by: Tuna at October 31, 2025 09:48 AM (lJ0H4)

79 "homer simpson, smiling politely"

Posted by: cmeat at October 31, 2025 09:48 AM (R11M+)

80 Wyeth in the hell are we talking about this painting?

Posted by: dantesed at October 31, 2025 09:48 AM (Oy/m2)

81 He obviously inherited the family's artistic talent and maybe grandpa's sense of humor. The subtle blending of colors is effective as a background, making the figure stand out strongly. There is a realistic edge to the figure and an Impressionist feel to the rest. Interesting.

Looking at some of his other paintings, you can see Andrew's influence but it's not just a continuation. Jamie has his own viewpoint and imagination. I don't know if it's been done, but a comparison of the various Wyeth's art over the years would be interesting.

Posted by: JTB at October 31, 2025 09:48 AM (yTvNw)

82 Dittos for Grammie- praying for you and always glad when you find time to check in.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 31, 2025 09:48 AM (hlNLQ)

83 This is Your Brain on Drugs

Posted by: San Franpsycho ZOA stooge at October 31, 2025 09:48 AM (A0sqA)

84 Wyeth in the hell are we talking about this painting?
Posted by: dantesed

What are you so hopper mad about?

Posted by: Bulg at October 31, 2025 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

85 Thanks Farmer Bob and congratulations on your achievement,

Posted by: Grammie Wingers' ipad at October 31, 2025 09:49 AM (bwviB)

86 {grammie}

Posted by: San Franpsycho ZOA stooge at October 31, 2025 09:49 AM (A0sqA)

87 85- thanks!

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 31, 2025 09:49 AM (hlNLQ)

88 on theme
no hang

Posted by: Don Black at October 31, 2025 09:49 AM (AOsQT)

89 I thought pumpkin was a leading lifestyle choice in Arkansas...

(I denounce myself)

Posted by: muldoon at October 31, 2025 09:50 AM (/iMjX)

90 There's some good videos of 1,000 lb. plus pumpkins being dropped from great heights by cranes on Youtube. Usually at state or county fairs. Only good use for pumpkins I can see, other than them being smashed and eaten by elephants.

Posted by: Off My Gourd at October 31, 2025 09:50 AM (oftw2)

91 not depicted: the spaghetti squash slippers.

Posted by: cmeat at October 31, 2025 09:50 AM (R11M+)

92 Jamie son of Andrew I think.
Posted by: Tuna at October 31, 2025 09:48 AM (lJ0H4)
++++
"Jamie the Irreverent, son of Andrew the Obsessed, son of Newell the Illustrative, first of his line"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 31, 2025 09:50 AM (kBSKe)

93 76 ... "Thank you nurse, I am doing well, thanks be to God."

Grammie,
You continue in our prayers. So glad to see you.

Posted by: JTB at October 31, 2025 09:50 AM (yTvNw)

94 A cut scene from "The Wonderful Land of Oz"

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at October 31, 2025 09:50 AM (5yDGQ)

95 I qualified for USA triathlon nationals, set for next August in Milwaukee.
Posted by: Farmer Bob

Congratulations to you.
Absolutely no envy on my part.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 31, 2025 09:51 AM (n4GiU)

96 92 Jamie son of Andrew I think.
Posted by: Tuna at October 31, 2025 09:48 AM (lJ0H4)
++++
"Jamie the Irreverent, son of Andrew the Obsessed, son of Newell the Illustrative, first of his line"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 31, 2025 09:50 AM (kBSKe)

=====

First of his name, bruh.

Do you even GoT?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 31, 2025 09:51 AM (GBKbO)

97 I don’t think Jamie Wyeth has any kids so the 3 generations of painters comes to an end.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 31, 2025 09:51 AM (EYmYM)

98 There's some good videos of 1,000 lb. plus pumpkins being dropped from great heights by cranes on Youtube. Usually at state or county fairs. Only good use for pumpkins I can see, other than them being smashed and eaten by elephants.
Posted by: Off My Gourd at October 31, 2025 09:50 AM (oftw2)
++++
:: panics ::
:: counts to 10 ::
:: backs away ::
:: flees in existential horror ::

Posted by: Pumpkin Spice Season at October 31, 2025 09:51 AM (kBSKe)

99 Thank you JTB. It is prayers that have gotten me this far, this I know.

Posted by: Grammie Wingers' ipad at October 31, 2025 09:51 AM (bwviB)

100 90- IDK- I once blew one up with a TOW blast simulator- that was fun.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 31, 2025 09:52 AM (hlNLQ)

101 First of his name, bruh.

Do you even GoT?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 31, 2025 09:51 AM (GBKbO)
++++
LOL I do not, no. Therefore I do not know.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 31, 2025 09:52 AM (kBSKe)

102 I like how he's dressed actually
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 31, 2025 09:44 AM

TheFashion Thread is coming from inside the comments!!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 31, 2025 09:52 AM (0sNs1)

103 Jamie Wyeth does have great genes.
Posted by: redridinghood

*********

Oh? So you're a Wyeth guy, eh? Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk

Posted by: Moe at October 31, 2025 09:52 AM (/iMjX)

104 TJM, how's the job search going?

Posted by: Bulg at October 31, 2025 09:52 AM (77rzZ)

105 95- lol and thanks!

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 31, 2025 09:52 AM (hlNLQ)

106 34 Maybe next year.
Posted by: XTC at October 31, 2025 09:37 AM (UnA8+)

But only if it doesn't disqualify me from being on the right to do so.

Posted by: XTC at October 31, 2025 09:52 AM (UnA8+)

107 Thanks to whomever posted the Instagram of that hot ginger in the last thread.

Posted by: Bulg at October 31, 2025 09:53 AM (77rzZ)

108 That looks like a movie poster.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 31, 2025 09:53 AM (WKTfz)

109 A new portmanteau word.

Kirsten Fleming: Gavin Newsom Is Part Of A Disgusting New Trend: Privileged People Inventing “Poorigin” Stories

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at October 31, 2025 09:53 AM (L/fGl)

110 101 First of his name, bruh.

Do you even GoT?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 31, 2025 09:51 AM (GBKbO)
++++
LOL I do not, no. Therefore I do not know.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 31, 2025 09:52 AM (kBSKe)

=====

Game of Thrones is still cool, right? People didn't reject it completely and try to forget ever liking it, did they?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, having some laughs with Alexander Mackendrick at October 31, 2025 09:53 AM (GBKbO)

111 Amazon laid off 14k people. I’ve seen some of these “feel sorry for me I lost my job” posts on LinkedIn.

All DEI hires in nonsense jobs like marketing or social media out reach or what have you.

And today amazon CEO basically said the same thing. We let these people to for “cultural reasons” LOL. He didn’t say it was DEI hires of course but if you read between the lines you get it.

14k DEI dead wood making six figures. Eventually even the west companies lol at this and go wtf are we doing here? Look for all the other big tech companies to start this as well. This is another good sign that DEI, while not dead, is certainly less powerful than a year or two ago.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 31, 2025 09:54 AM (3qp0C)

112 See that grin? That's a happy painting!

Posted by: GWB at October 31, 2025 09:54 AM (6Us78)

113
A fiend with the head of a pumpkin
On Halloween stopped me for somethin'
Said,"I'll take your head with a knife,
But, I'll not waste your life
I'm making Human Spice Dumplin's

Posted by: naturalfake at October 31, 2025 09:54 AM (iJfKG)

114 I always like to point out that Andrew Wyeth and Vincent Van Gogh were diametrically opposite in almost everything in their life including their artistic life yet one can really enjoy both of them and their works.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 31, 2025 09:54 AM (EYmYM)

115 I don’t think Jamie Wyeth has any kids so the 3 generations of painters comes to an end.
Posted by: the way I see it

Yeah. Wiki says Jamie's brother was an art dealer.

Posted by: Tuna at October 31, 2025 09:54 AM (lJ0H4)

116 I saw Pumpkinhead open for Sledgehammer at the Blind Pig in '89.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 31, 2025 09:54 AM (/hdlF)

117 One pumpkin a month ought to be enough for anybody.

Posted by: Karen McAwful at October 31, 2025 09:54 AM (XQo4F)

118 Did Bob Ross ever paint a happy scarecrow?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2025 09:54 AM (wU90H)

119
The right hand seems much larger than the left.

Posted by: Auspex at October 31, 2025 09:55 AM (Y8DZL)

120 "Jamie the Irreverent, son of Andrew the Obsessed, son of Newell the Illustrative, first of his line"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 31, 2025 09:50 AM (kBSKe)

Nice!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 31, 2025 09:55 AM (n9ltV)

121 Game of Thrones is still cool, right? People didn't reject it completely and try to forget ever liking it, did they?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

I never liked it to begin with. Tried to get into it but never could. The nudity and fucking were nice though lol.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 31, 2025 09:55 AM (3qp0C)

122 104 TJM, how's the job search going?

Posted by: Bulg at October 31, 2025 09:52 AM (77rzZ)

======

Gotta love online job forms.

At least they're better than they were the last time I went job searching. The extraction from resumes is much better now. Before, I'd submit the resume and then do the inputs into their forms manually. Now, I just need to review it to make sure that everything it fine.

And, so many people using WorkDay, it's almost second nature going through that by now.

Thanks.

Also, new video up. I put the link in the sidebar.

Please, everyone watch and subscribe and like and tell the world.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, having some laughs with Alexander Mackendrick at October 31, 2025 09:55 AM (GBKbO)

123 I saw Pumpkinhead open for Sledgehammer at the Blind Pig in '89.

It was a graveyard smash!

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2025 09:55 AM (wU90H)

124 All the demons, witches, and lesbians with warts on their noses that have been in a drunken stupor all this month in Salem, MA will be headed home to their hovels with a grinding hangover tomorrow. So glad this dumb holiday will soon be over.

Posted by: Not Participating at October 31, 2025 09:56 AM (oftw2)

125 But only if it doesn't disqualify me from being on the right to do so.
Posted by: XTC at October 31, 2025 09:52 AM (UnA8+)
++++
LOL

I like giving out candy. It's nice to see kids having fun and some of the costumes are really good. Last year, I had an extremely elaborate and well put-together Wednesday Addams who obviously put great creative labor into her costume. It was definitely not an off-the-shelf item and she had some real talent.

Superheroes fell out of fashion the past couple of years around these parts. Harry Potter had a resurgence, along with more classics like vampires. It's also fun to watch the trend.

It's a fun holiday. Enjoy it if that's what you're into!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 31, 2025 09:56 AM (kBSKe)

126 yeahhhhh, no

Posted by: Lizzy at October 31, 2025 09:56 AM (GbwPZ)

127 Pretty good. I like how he's made the background out-of-focus. Don't think I've seen that effect before.

Posted by: t-bird at October 31, 2025 09:56 AM (EyazE)

128 109- I like it! I’d submit “pretentwat” as a descriptor,- No one believed the pretentwat’s poorigin story,.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 31, 2025 09:56 AM (hlNLQ)

129 /sock

Posted by: muldoon at October 31, 2025 09:57 AM (/iMjX)

130 GoT was the biggest girl power series ever.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 31, 2025 09:57 AM (EYmYM)

131 Posted by: the way I see it at October 31, 2025 09:54 AM (EYmYM)

What? You enjoy van Gogh? It seems that the prevailing opinion around these parts is that he is sneer-worthy.

[I think he is in the top 10 of all time!]

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 31, 2025 09:57 AM (n9ltV)

132 2
‘ A self portrait? What an unfortunate face to have.’

Still better than Greta.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 31, 2025 09:57 AM (WM/VE)

133 Did you get laid off, TJM? I'm really sorry to hear that if so, and hope it's brief. If you're off looking for greener pastures, I hope you find 'em!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 31, 2025 09:58 AM (kBSKe)

134 130 GoT was the biggest girl power series ever.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 31, 2025 09:57 AM (EYmYM)

=====

Until the girlboss power move in the final season that revealed her for a complete psychopath (which I thought was obvious from very early) was so blatant (and had her attacking white people, not brown people) that it turned off her fanbase.

I loved that part of the final season, by the way.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, having some laughs with Alexander Mackendrick at October 31, 2025 09:58 AM (GBKbO)

135 Hairless cat > Greta von Thule

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2025 09:58 AM (wU90H)

136 44 how many centimeters is that?
Posted by: cmeat at October 31, 2025 09:39 AM (R11M+)

Wonderful callback.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 31, 2025 09:58 AM (WKTfz)

137 >>All the demons, witches, and lesbians with warts on their noses that have been in a drunken stupor all this month in Salem, MA will be headed home to their hovels with a grinding hangover tomorrow.

Ugh.
For the entire month of October, Salem is a no-go zone.
I want to scream at them: you understand that they "witch" accusation was false, right?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 31, 2025 09:59 AM (GbwPZ)

138 not snowing.
full size treats for the locals.
jolly ranchers for the kids bussed in from indiana.
some bitch put a ten foot skelly on my lawn.

Posted by: cmeat at October 31, 2025 09:59 AM (R11M+)

139 133 Did you get laid off, TJM? I'm really sorry to hear that if so, and hope it's brief. If you're off looking for greener pastures, I hope you find 'em!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 31, 2025 09:58 AM (kBSKe)

======

Thank you very much.

Dolley makes enough to cover expenses, but we have to pull back anyway. I don't want to put it all on her. So, I job search and hope, beyond hope, that my nascent YouTube channel can become monetized at some point soon.

Fingers crossed!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, having some laughs with Alexander Mackendrick at October 31, 2025 09:59 AM (GBKbO)

140 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 31, 2025 09:57 AM (n9ltV)

He’s #1 on my top ten list.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 31, 2025 09:59 AM (EYmYM)

141 Online job Boards are kind of useless these days. Every job has 1000 applications, mainly from bots within a few minutes of posting.

Using a network is more important t than ever.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 31, 2025 09:59 AM (3qp0C)

142 If Jamie Wyeth and Vincent Van Gogh had a child ...

Jame Gumb?

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 31, 2025 10:00 AM (/hdlF)

143 Hairless cat > Greta von Thule
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2025 09:58 AM (wU90H)

Smelly Cat, Smelllllly Cat,
What are they feeding you?

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2025 10:00 AM (g47mK)

144 Am I the only one who has never seen GoT??

Posted by: dantesed at October 31, 2025 10:01 AM (Oy/m2)

145 WTF is Rand Paul good for anyway?

Four Republican senators voted with Democrats on Thursday to approve a bipartisan resolution
to repeal President Trump’s global tariffs, including steeper rates on long-time allies such as the
European Union, Japan and South Korea.

Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.), the GOP sponsor of the resolution, and Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.),
Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) voted for it.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 31, 2025 10:01 AM (p6raP)

146 145 WTF is Rand Paul good for anyway?

Four Republican senators voted with Democrats on Thursday to approve a bipartisan resolution
to repeal President Trump’s global tariffs, including steeper rates on long-time allies such as the
European Union, Japan and South Korea.

Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.), the GOP sponsor of the resolution, and Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.),
Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) voted for it.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 31, 2025 10:01 AM (p6raP)

=====

Has to pass the House, and Trump has to sign it.

It's theater.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, having some laughs with Alexander Mackendrick at October 31, 2025 10:01 AM (GBKbO)

147 It's nice to see kids having fun and some of the costumes are really good. Last year, I had an extremely elaborate and well put-together Wednesday Addams who obviously put great creative labor into her costume. It was definitely not an off-the-shelf item and she had some real talent.

Superheroes fell out of fashion the past couple of years around these parts. Harry Potter had a resurgence, along with more classics like vampires. It's also fun to watch the trend.

It's a fun holiday. Enjoy it if that's what you're into!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

My youngest grandson is totally captivated by little salamanders called axolotls so that's what he's going as this year.

Posted by: Tuna at October 31, 2025 10:01 AM (lJ0H4)

148 27 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJROKaZJgbI

You asked for it!
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 31, 2025 09:35 AM (algQV)

No, we didn't.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 31, 2025 10:01 AM (WKTfz)

149 144 you are not.

Posted by: cmeat at October 31, 2025 10:01 AM (R11M+)

150 54 He has his father's eyes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 31, 2025 09:42 AM (bss/y)

...in a jar on his mantel.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 31, 2025 10:02 AM (WKTfz)

151 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, having some laughs with Alexander Mackendrick at October 31, 2025 09:58 AM (GBKbO)

Too many girl power examples to list.

The lady knight kicking ass is the most hilarious to me. Or maybe it was the 98 pound assassin.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 31, 2025 10:02 AM (EYmYM)

152 >>I loved that part of the final season, by the way.

I read 4 (iirc) of the books, and Arya really does become a psychopathic killer. She loses all humanity. It made sense that she would kill the zombie ice dude.

However, in the context of the show making every other female character the badazz girlboss, it was too much. If they had just had some balance it would have worked.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 31, 2025 10:02 AM (GbwPZ)

153 149 144 you are not.

Posted by: cmeat at October 31, 2025 10:01 AM (R11M+)

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I believe at its height, it was getting 1 million viewers per episode within the first 2 days (or whatever).

It was only ever a cultural force because the media covered it a lot, but viewership was not robust like TV used to be.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, having some laughs with Alexander Mackendrick at October 31, 2025 10:02 AM (GBKbO)

154 Online job Boards are kind of useless these days. Every job has 1000 applications, mainly from bots within a few minutes of posting.

Using a network is more important t than ever.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 31, 2025 09:59 AM (3qp0C)
++++
Feast and famine.

When I was laid off, I spent six moths job hunting and applying, an average of 8 applications per week from damn-near entry level (I'm not) to aspirational stuff I was barely (or flat out wasn't) qualified for. Crickets across the board.

Then, inside of a single two-week period, I was slammed with interviews and three offers landed the same day. One was from a job board, one from a direct application, one from a network contact.

There was no rhyme or reason to any of it that I could see.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 31, 2025 10:02 AM (kBSKe)

155 TJM- so much AI screening now- just remember it’s a numbers game, kinda like Bill Clinton asking for BJs. As I remember his philosophy was just drop your pants and ask. Even if you get rejected 90% of the time, if you ask 10 times a day, you get the happy ending.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 31, 2025 10:02 AM (hlNLQ)

156 Am I the only one who has never seen GoT??

Nope, I quit after reading the first book because that book told me there would never be a good ending for anyone. So never watched the sex fueled debauchery of the TV series.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2025 10:02 AM (wU90H)

157 My youngest grandson is totally captivated by little salamanders called axolotls so that's what he's going as this year.
Posted by: Tuna

Oh, that is so cool.

Posted by: Bulg at October 31, 2025 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

158 Am I the only one who has never seen GoT??
Posted by: dantesed at October 31, 2025 10:01 AM (Oy/m2)
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No. Looks teh ghey.

Posted by: San Franpsycho ZOA stooge at October 31, 2025 10:03 AM (A0sqA)

159 He’s #1 on my top ten list.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 31, 2025 09:59 AM (EYmYM)

Here's a coupon for a bump up to a wet cardboard membership!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 31, 2025 10:03 AM (n9ltV)

160 Has to pass the House, and Trump has to sign it.

It's theater.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Doesn't matter. The fact that four crossed over means they should be drug behind horses.

Any why tf is the senate voting on anything with the government shut down?

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 31, 2025 10:03 AM (p6raP)

161 147 those things live a long time.
there is one in a pond at the garfield conservatory around the corner from the giant corpse flower.

Posted by: cmeat at October 31, 2025 10:03 AM (R11M+)

162 The great pumpkin!

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 31, 2025 10:03 AM (snZF9)

163 152
I read 4 (iirc) of the books, and Arya really does become a psychopathic killer. She loses all humanity. It made sense that she would kill the zombie ice dude.

However, in the context of the show making every other female character the badazz girlboss, it was too much. If they had just had some balance it would have worked.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 31, 2025 10:02 AM (GbwPZ)

====

Oh, I was talking about Dani.

She threatens to burns cities to the ground in Episode 1 of Season 2.

Then, in the final season...she burns a city to the ground. And her fans were...mad about it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, having some laughs with Alexander Mackendrick at October 31, 2025 10:03 AM (GBKbO)

164 ‘ A self portrait? What an unfortunate face to have.’

Still better than Greta.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at October 31, 2025 09:57 AM (WM/VE)

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

Can we haz a Brian "Butterball Powerbottom Tater Sex-Machine" self-portrait with a Mr. Potato-Head head?

Depending on it's size, we could call it "Spud on a Stud" or maybe "Spud on a Pud" ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 31, 2025 10:03 AM (/hdlF)

165 155 TJM- so much AI screening now- just remember it’s a numbers game, kinda like Bill Clinton asking for BJs. As I remember his philosophy was just drop your pants and ask. Even if you get rejected 90% of the time, if you ask 10 times a day, you get the happy ending.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 31, 2025 10:02 AM (hlNLQ)

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Yeah, it's what I'm doing. Job search to start my day, usually before I even get out of bed to take Second Junior to school.

And I'm doing what I can with networking. Even Dolley's boss is offering to help.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, having some laughs with Alexander Mackendrick at October 31, 2025 10:05 AM (GBKbO)

166 Am I the only one who has never seen GoT??

Posted by: dantesed at October 31, 2025 10:01 AM (Oy/m2)

I think it is worth a watch, with the expectation that it will decay significantly after the first few seasons.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 31, 2025 10:05 AM (n9ltV)

167 Trump wants filibuster gone, "President Donald Trump called on Senate Republicans to “initiate the nuclear option” and end the filibuster as the government shutdown continues with no end in sight."

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2025 10:05 AM (g47mK)

168 Trump wants filibuster gone, "President Donald Trump called on Senate Republicans to “initiate the nuclear option” and end the filibuster as the government shutdown continues with no end in sight."
Posted by: runner at October 31, 2025 10:05 AM (g47mK)
++++
He's wrong.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 31, 2025 10:05 AM (kBSKe)

169 Video editing software hint:

VN Video Editor is complete shit. Never use.

DaVinci Resolve is much more better.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, having some laughs with Alexander Mackendrick at October 31, 2025 10:07 AM (GBKbO)

170 I started watching it because I watch almost anything with a Medieval theme. Then it became a joke for me to see how they would emasculate the men folk . When they castrated the brother and made him a simp to his sister it was like watching a car wreck and I couldn’t stop.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 31, 2025 10:07 AM (EYmYM)

171 Would not hang.

There is no sniper, and this pie crust is lonely and yearning.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 31, 2025 10:07 AM (uM32G)

172 Nope, I quit after reading the first book because that book told me there would never be a good ending for anyone. So never watched the sex fueled debauchery of the TV series.
Posted by: Anna Puma

I read all the available books with the growing unease that signified, same as you, that no one would get a happy ending. In the tiny chance that the next book is ever finished I doubt I'll read it.

Posted by: Tuna at October 31, 2025 10:07 AM (lJ0H4)

173 what about pumpkin trebuchets

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zjrwJfHybos

Posted by: Don Black at October 31, 2025 10:07 AM (AOsQT)

174 Ugh.
For the entire month of October, Salem is a no-go zone.
I want to scream at them: you understand that they "witch" accusation was false, right?
Posted by: Lizzy at October 31, 2025 09:59 AM

I want to scream "Get off my effin' roads and stop tying up traffic!"

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 31, 2025 10:07 AM (kgE5c)

175 Trump wants filibuster gone, "President Donald Trump called on Senate Republicans to “initiate the nuclear option” and end the filibuster as the government shutdown continues with no end in sight."
Posted by: runner

He's wrong.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

Maybe. But if he opens up the government and restores SNAP...

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 31, 2025 10:07 AM (p6raP)

176 154- Joe, I had almost the same experience. Didn’t hear from anyone for months, then the interviews and offers started rolling in in August/Sept. I got offers from education disability law firms in California, a managing partner offer in Manhattan, and a couple local offers in Philly, including the fed prosecutor one I accepted. Just have to keep at it and not let rejection or silence get you down.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 31, 2025 10:07 AM (hlNLQ)

177 170 I started watching it because I watch almost anything with a Medieval theme. Then it became a joke for me to see how they would emasculate the men folk . When they castrated the brother and made him a simp to his sister it was like watching a car wreck and I couldn’t stop.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 31, 2025 10:07 AM (EYmYM)

======

The last time Dolley and I went through the whole show (we'd go through everything leading up to a new season every year), she had me just skip everything that happened to him with the Flayed Man bastard. Just...a whole season of his story we skipped because she couldn't stand watching it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, having some laughs with Alexander Mackendrick at October 31, 2025 10:08 AM (GBKbO)

178 what about pumpkin trebuchets

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zjrwJfHybos
Posted by: Don Black

Punkin' Chunkin'.
Trebuchets. Air Cannons. Simple Catapults.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 31, 2025 10:09 AM (p6raP)

179 He's wrong.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 31, 2025 10:05 AM (kBSKe)

Dems will do it anyway if they ever get power back, I am 1000% sure they will end the filibuster if given the chance. So to be sure that they don't, I think it is a good idea to have it work for us for a change. We need to remember that we should not hold ourselves back from doing what needs doing, for the fear of a maybe dems will retaliate and do it to us They will regardless of our actions.

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2025 10:09 AM (g47mK)

180 Nice Halloween picture but guy has a serious medical problem

Posted by: Skip at October 31, 2025 10:09 AM (fTEIv)

181 Of course you do realize that now the Democrats will oppose removing the filibuster.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2025 10:10 AM (wU90H)

182 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, having some laughs with Alexander Mackendrick at October 31, 2025 10:08 AM (GBKbO)

She let you watch when the girl boss let the dogs loose on him?

Posted by: the way I see it at October 31, 2025 10:10 AM (EYmYM)

183 This week's art is a fine advertisement for the vibrant Hot Air Art Thread.

Posted by: Art Aficianado at October 31, 2025 10:10 AM (oftw2)

184 So, I job search and hope, beyond hope, that my nascent YouTube channel can become monetized at some point soon.

There's a Reddit (I know, I know, I know) board called "NewTubers" that has some very good tips and advice on that score.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 31, 2025 10:10 AM (WPL6O)

185 Nice Halloween picture but guy has a serious medical problem
Posted by: Skip

Fungus is a bitch.

Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 31, 2025 10:10 AM (p6raP)

186 wifey said vikings was better.

Posted by: cmeat at October 31, 2025 10:11 AM (R11M+)

187 Anyone know the name of the beautiful ginger who was in the video posted here yesterday?
Posted by: Bulg at October 31, 2025 08:57 AM (77rzZ)

Here's her Instagram, you could slide into her DMs and ask.

instagram.com/reel/DQAMg1gkXvo/

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 31, 2025 10:11 AM (ExV1e)

188 179- this is correct- remember, they already tried. Vance mentioned in his comments at Ole Miss that “they’ll do it too” is no longer operative since they’ve already established they’ll do it anyway.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 31, 2025 10:12 AM (hlNLQ)

189 >>I want to scream "Get off my effin' roads and stop tying up traffic!"

Every year I lived on the North shore I would crossover the bridge from Beverly, hit a traffic jam and them - DANG! It's October and I forgot to avoid Salem!!!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 31, 2025 10:12 AM (GbwPZ)

190 He's wrong.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 31, 2025 10:05 AM (kBSKe)

I agree. Trump should press the issue, and force the Democrats to concede.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 31, 2025 10:12 AM (n9ltV)

191 The more retarded witches go to Salem ,Oregon.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 31, 2025 10:13 AM (EYmYM)

192
Online job Boards are kind of useless these days. Every job has 1000 applications, mainly from bots within a few minutes of posting.

Using a network is more important t than ever.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 31, 2025 09:59 AM

and all of the recruiting houses are now operating out of call centers in India

37 of the last 40 recruiters that have contacted me via LinkedIn have been indian

it's to the point that LinkedIn's algorithm now "tailors" my "feed" to Indian content

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 31, 2025 10:13 AM (tljrc)

193 wifey said vikings was better.
Posted by: cmeat

Never watched Vikings but did binge watch The Last Kingdom about Alfred the Great and the various Vikings invasions of the early Middle Ages. Pretty good.

Posted by: Tuna at October 31, 2025 10:13 AM (lJ0H4)

194 >>What? You enjoy van Gogh? It seems that the prevailing opinion around these parts is that he is sneer-worthy.

Have you ever been to the museum in Amsterdam? I only had time for a brief visit but it's quite good.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2025 10:14 AM (viF8m)

195 >>wifey said vikings was better.

Much better!
Though what they did to the lead in the later seasons was disappointing.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 31, 2025 10:14 AM (GbwPZ)

196 She threatens to burns cities to the ground in Episode 1 of Season 2.

Then, in the final season...she burns a city to the ground. And her fans were...mad about it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, having some laughs with Alexander Mackendrick

The average GoT TV fan was an idiot. Those of us familiar with the books chuckled quietly in the lead up to a certain wedding...then laughed our butts off when the "superfans" were SHOCKED by an event true to a book released years previously...

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at October 31, 2025 10:14 AM (OUMaO)

197 Their last refuge is the funds that got shoveled through all the 501c3, and other avenues for the illegals that god "dispersed" to antifa, voter fraud and who knows what else. Now they are being starved financially, and are looking for a lifeline. holding america hostage is all they can do.

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2025 10:14 AM (g47mK)

198 However, I don’t think they will do it- expect dems to cave next Wednesday. In fact, I think Trump’s intentionally giving them the opportunity to buck him/demonstrate independence.

Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 31, 2025 10:14 AM (hlNLQ)

199 @FBIDirectorKash
This morning the FBI thwarted a potential terrorist attack and arrested multiple subjects in Michigan who were allegedly plotting a violent attack over Halloween weekend. More details to come

Posted by: Don Black at October 31, 2025 10:15 AM (AOsQT)

200 160 Doesn't matter. The fact that four crossed over means they should be drug behind horses.

Any why tf is the senate voting on anything with the government shut down?
Posted by: rickb223 Acehole Extraordinaire coined by JSpicy at October 31, 2025 10:03 AM (p6raP)

Incontinent horses.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 31, 2025 10:15 AM (WKTfz)

201 Then, in the final season...she burns a city to the ground. And her fans were...mad about it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, having some laughs with Alexander Mackendrick

I was more mad she refused to get nekkid any more.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 31, 2025 10:15 AM (EYmYM)

202 There are no sacred cows anymore.

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2025 10:16 AM (g47mK)

203 Online job Boards are kind of useless these days. Every job has 1000 applications, mainly from bots within a few minutes of posting.

I type in "paralegal" and get attorney jobs as well as paralegal ones. Dumb bot must just see the "legal" part and sends me every law job.

Posted by: Bulg at October 31, 2025 10:16 AM (77rzZ)

204 Medieval and Middle ages sucked because only the king could afford to avoid being covered in shit.

Posted by: Nobody's Cleaner Than Mildred Fleener at October 31, 2025 10:16 AM (oftw2)

205 @FBIDirectorKash
This morning the FBI thwarted a potential terrorist attack and arrested multiple subjects in Michigan who were allegedly plotting a violent attack over Halloween weekend. More details to come
Posted by: Don Black

Those damn Amish at at it again.

Posted by: Tuna at October 31, 2025 10:16 AM (lJ0H4)

206 Most fun I ever had on Halloween was in college.

Those parties were so stupid fun. And I am grateful cellphones and their intrusive cameras did not exist.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 31, 2025 10:16 AM (JUgGx)

207 Apparently the three moneys are still on the loose in south Mississippi.

Politicians and police officers in north Mississippi have been rounded up in a corruption probe.

And now we got bats with rabies in two north Mississippi counties.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2025 10:16 AM (wU90H)

208 So, I job search and hope, beyond hope, that my nascent YouTube channel can become monetized at some point soon.

There's a Reddit (I know, I know, I know) board called "NewTubers" that has some very good tips and advice on that score.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 31, 2025 10:10 AM (WPL6O)
---
Critical Drinker also has an EXCELLENT video explaining how he's become successful. It's a great overview of his process and can be used by anyone if they are so inclined to put in the effort.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 31, 2025 10:17 AM (IBQGV)

209 What? You enjoy van Gogh? It seems that the prevailing opinion around these parts is that he is sneer-worthy.

Have you ever been to the museum in Amsterdam? I only had time for a brief visit but it's quite good.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2025 10:14 AM (viF8m)

Haven’t been but the 4K tour you can take is fantastic. The background music is great.

They have a 15 minute tour you can look up on the intertube if one is interested.

Posted by: the way I see it at October 31, 2025 10:18 AM (EYmYM)

210 Critical Drinker also has an EXCELLENT video explaining how he's become successful. It's a great overview of his process and can be used by anyone if they are so inclined to put in the effort.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 31, 2025 10:17 AM (IBQGV)

Lesson one - Practice a fake Scottish Accent 3 hours every day.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 31, 2025 10:18 AM (uWKK8)

211 Pumpkinhead - Self-Portrait
Jamie Wyeth

Perfect!

Yes, I'd hang this painting. Thank you.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at October 31, 2025 10:18 AM (NFX2v)

212 I agree. Trump should press the issue, and force the Democrats to concede.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

=====

you are both wrong! It is a parliamentary procedure, they can remove it, move the bill and put it back! Geez people, your are ....so linear.

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2025 10:18 AM (g47mK)

213 125 It's a fun holiday. Enjoy it if that's what you're into!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 31, 2025 09:56 AM (kBSKe)

Just, we talk so much about people not being serious people, and I don't want to fall into that category of "non-serious people".

I don't want to have to be serious _all_ the time.

But being serious all the time is the correct thing to do, if I want to prove to everybody that I am at least attempting to be responsible.

Posted by: XTC at October 31, 2025 10:18 AM (UnA8+)

214 210 Lesson one - Practice a fake Scottish Accent 3 hours every day.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 31, 2025 10:18 AM (uWKK

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Pretty sure that one would be for getting Dolley in a...mood.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, having some laughs with Alexander Mackendrick at October 31, 2025 10:19 AM (GBKbO)

215 Apparently the three moneys are still on the loose in south Mississippi.

The peso, ruble, and dinar?

Posted by: Bulg at October 31, 2025 10:19 AM (77rzZ)

216 Well eerr 'monkeys'

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2025 10:19 AM (wU90H)

217 The FBI arrests took place in Dearbornistan. That says something obvious

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 31, 2025 10:20 AM (8vl0d)

218 144 ... "Am I the only one who has never seen GoT??"

Nope. Not the kind of thing I would watch for more than one episode. (Curiosity can be a curse.) And our only TV for almost 20 years has been an OTA antenna, which has been more than enough.

Posted by: JTB at October 31, 2025 10:20 AM (yTvNw)

219 193 wifey said vikings was better.
Posted by: cmeat

I liked Vikings a lot, so did my wife. She said it was like Downton Abbey except for 15 minutes every episode they all tried to chop each other up with axes and swords.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 31, 2025 10:20 AM (uWKK8)

220 The art...
Title checks out! Nice and creepy for Halloween. Thanks CBD!

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at October 31, 2025 10:21 AM (eJVPh)

221 The FBI arrests took place in Dearbornistan. That says something obvious
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Yeah, that was my first guess when Michigan was mentioned.

Posted by: Tuna at October 31, 2025 10:21 AM (lJ0H4)

222 Very nice painting. Not only because it's seasonal , but also because of the field and sky. the Wyeths were a talented family.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2025 10:21 AM (lQ+/f)

223 and all of the recruiting houses are now operating out of call centers in India

Thank you for your resume. We will give it to one of our candidates and he will soon be H1b'd in your country!

Posted by: Bangalore Placement at October 31, 2025 10:21 AM (EyazE)

224 wifey said vikings was better.
Posted by: cmeat

Bold admission here.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 31, 2025 10:21 AM (r2U5D)

225 The average GoT TV fan was an idiot.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at October 31, 2025 10:14 AM (OUMaO)

You seem nice.

Of course, the average G.R.R. Martin fan is a pompous ass whose taste in literature is entirely ignorant of good writing.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 31, 2025 10:22 AM (n9ltV)

226 Just a reminder, Harry Reid ended the filibuster for judges. He didn't end the entire filibuster. The world didn't come to and end and it in fact worked out well for us.

There is no reason Thune could not end the filibuster for votes on continuing resolutions while keeping the rest of the filibuster intact.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 31, 2025 10:22 AM (viF8m)

227 XTC, I've seen you participate in the pun threads here, so you can't say that you are serious all the time.

Posted by: Bulg at October 31, 2025 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

228 GOT series is like a bell curve, starts slow, has its peak somewhere in the middle, and then crashes in last installment.

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2025 10:23 AM (g47mK)

229 Yeah it was unlikely to be ice-fishing Yoopers

Posted by: Don Black at October 31, 2025 10:23 AM (AOsQT)

230 you are both wrong!

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2025 10:18 AM (g47mK)

And you missed my point. Trump should force the issue and make the Democrats concede to him.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 31, 2025 10:23 AM (n9ltV)

231 Am I the only one who has never seen GoT??
Posted by: dantesed at October 31, 2025 10:01 AM

No.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 31, 2025 10:24 AM (0sNs1)

232 222 Very nice painting. Not only because it's seasonal , but also because of the field and sky. the Wyeths were a talented family.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2025 10:21 AM (lQ+/f)
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Agreed, Fen. And it always irks me when N.C. gets dismissed as a mere illustrator.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 31, 2025 10:24 AM (LxER7)

233 I am still surprised no one like Amazon has resurrected the Wild Card series edited by George R. R. Martin to make allegory hay over the Aces and Jokers.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2025 10:24 AM (wU90H)

234 228 GOT series is like a bell curve, starts slow, has its peak somewhere in the middle, and then crashes in last installment.
Posted by: runner at October 31, 2025 10:23 AM (g47mK)

A bloodthirsty decadent soap opera. Maybe.

Posted by: tubal at October 31, 2025 10:24 AM (PCK5/)

235 Of course, the average G.R.R. Martin fan is a pompous ass whose taste in literature is entirely ignorant of good writing.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!]

...and I agree. I said familiar, not fond; I rapidly lost interest in his work as an author. (For the record I don't think he'll finish the last book, I think he's written himself into a corner and won't admit it.)

Of course most of what I was seeing at the time was folks on Reddit, which likely colors what I was seeing, as your average Redditor is an idiot and insane to boot.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at October 31, 2025 10:25 AM (OUMaO)

236
Just a reminder, Harry Reid ended the filibuster for judges. He didn't end the entire filibuster. The world didn't come to and end and it in fact worked out well for us.

There is no reason Thune could not end the filibuster for votes on continuing resolutions while keeping the rest of the filibuster intact.
Posted by: JackStraw

He could also remove the filibuster on continuing resolutions, unfuck the probelm, the reinstate it for continuing resolutions. Just to point out to the rest of the country that Donk shithead congress critters really do hate the country.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 31, 2025 10:25 AM (QVmho)

237 A peso, a ruble, and a dinar walk into a bar...

Posted by: Stop me if you've heard it at October 31, 2025 10:25 AM (XQo4F)

238 XTC, I've seen you participate in the pun threads here, so you can't say that you are serious all the time.
Posted by: Bulg at October 31, 2025 10:22 AM

Serious is my middle name.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 31, 2025 10:25 AM (0sNs1)

239 I tried once to watch GoT, but in the very first episode they cut some guy's head off, so I bailed
severed heads give me the willies

Posted by: Don Black at October 31, 2025 10:25 AM (AOsQT)

240 Why not let the shutdown go on? After the elections next week, Trump can really start whacking the bureaucracy, let them howl.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 31, 2025 10:26 AM (uWKK8)

241 And it always irks me when N.C. gets dismissed as a mere illustrator.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 31, 2025 10:24 AM (LxER7)

I have posted his work in the past. "Billy Bones," and another I don't recall.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 31, 2025 10:26 AM (n9ltV)

242 239 I tried once to watch GoT, but in the very first episode they cut some guy's head off, so I bailed
severed heads give me the willies
Posted by: Don Black at October 31, 2025 10:25 AM (AOsQT)

So - NOT a Kathy Griffin fan.

Posted by: tubal at October 31, 2025 10:26 AM (PCK5/)

243 But stop calling me serious.

Posted by: Shirley at October 31, 2025 10:26 AM (XQo4F)

244 Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 31, 2025 10:24 AM (LxER7

I saw a number of N.C. Wyeths works at the Delaware Art Museum. He was quite a fine painter .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 31, 2025 10:26 AM (7RYym)

245 Most fun I ever had on Halloween was in college.

Those parties were so stupid fun. And I am grateful cellphones and their intrusive cameras did not exist.

Yeah, the first holiday of the school year. You'd have thought all those football weekends would have been enough for us, but no, the grain punch trash can always made its debut at Halloween.

Posted by: t-bird at October 31, 2025 10:26 AM (EyazE)

246 Serious is my middle name.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 31, 2025 10:25 AM

You can't be serious.

Posted by: J. Random Moron at October 31, 2025 10:27 AM (4YnRO)

247 Got a data breach letter
I mean, how many times is it now
I hope Trump decides to target these hackers and ransomware pirates

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at October 31, 2025 10:27 AM (OTdqV)

248 They can do whatever they want with the filibuster. Rs are stupid that they don't realize how much they can do. It's like gerrymandering, "wait, we can do the same? golly gee.." yes, you can gerrymander up the wazoo, baby !

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2025 10:28 AM (g47mK)

249 He's watching the nude scandi gal who's resting in bed. Naughty pumpkin.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 31, 2025 10:28 AM (3uBP9)

250 Am I the only one who has never seen GoT??
Posted by: dantesed at October 31, 2025 10:01 AM

No.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 31, 2025 10:24 AM (0sNs1)

2 x No.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 31, 2025 10:29 AM (r2U5D)

251 I love Reddit so much. I have to avoid it or I'll get preoccupied for hours. Doesn't matter - any thread works. The site is just so perfect.

"How can I get rid of this weed that keeps coming back in my yard?"

"You don't... there's no such thing as a weed! You've just internalized systemic white racism and feel you have a right to kill anything that doesn't look like everything else. Be better."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 31, 2025 10:29 AM (BI5O2)

252 I never watched Game of Thrones.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at October 31, 2025 10:29 AM (eJVPh)

253 Bewitched marathon. Elizabeth Montgomery very preggers.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 31, 2025 10:29 AM (00Aev)

254 I haven't watched any TV series since "Hack."

Posted by: Bulg at October 31, 2025 10:30 AM (77rzZ)

255 And you missed my point. Trump should force the issue and make the Democrats concede to him.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 31, 2025 10:23 AM (n9ltV)

Maybe I am , what issue CBD ? Removing the filibuster ? Are you suggesting that Trump should forced the Ds to concede the filibuster to the Rs ?

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2025 10:30 AM (g47mK)

256 And now we got bats with rabies in two north Mississippi counties.
Posted by: Anna Puma

I've been warning you people for years!

Posted by: Penguin Pete at October 31, 2025 10:30 AM (oftw2)

257 He's watching the nude scandi gal who's resting in bed. Naughty pumpkin.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 31, 2025 10:28 AM (3uBP9)

His dad's lover? That is creepy.

[I posted it for Bandersnatch: https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=408488]

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 31, 2025 10:31 AM (n9ltV)

258 *Elizabeth Montgomery very preggers.*

How many centimeters?

Posted by: Pumpkin out front at October 31, 2025 10:31 AM (XQo4F)

259 He was quite a fine painter .

You know who else painted?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 31, 2025 10:32 AM (00Aev)

260 >>> 235 Of course, the average G.R.R. Martin fan is a pompous ass whose taste in literature is entirely ignorant of good writing.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!]
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...and I agree. I said familiar, not fond; I rapidly lost interest in his work as an author. (For the record I don't think he'll finish the last book, I think he's written himself into a corner and won't admit it.)

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at October 31, 2025 10:25 AM (OUMaO)

I think he'll get a Glen Cook type to finish it.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 31, 2025 10:32 AM (3uBP9)

261 Heh. I thought maybe it was a goof, someting someone else had done to his painting to make fun of him. But, no. He made it himself.

Wyeth's self-portrait Pumpkinhead — Self-Portrait (1972), depicting a figure in black standing in a field with a pumpkin over his head, is as self-effacing as his father's self-portrait Trodden Weed (1951), showing only Andrew's legs from the knees down. Jamie Wyeth submitted it to the National Academy of Design as a required response to his invitation to join, but it was rejected. He then submitted a half-length nude self-portrait against a dark background, securing his membership at the young age of 23.

Wikipedia
https://is.gd/z9Ogmy

Posted by: No Name Today at October 31, 2025 10:33 AM (8mulE)

262 And now we got bats with rabies in two north Mississippi counties.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 31, 2025 10:16 AM

The monkeys' uncles?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 31, 2025 10:33 AM (0sNs1)

263 You know who else painted?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty

An entire apartment in an afternoon! Two coats!

Posted by: Bulg at October 31, 2025 10:33 AM (77rzZ)

264 what issue CBD ? Removing the filibuster ? Are you suggesting that Trump should forced the Ds to concede the filibuster to the Rs ?

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2025 10:30 AM (g47mK)

Trump should use his bully pulpit to press the democrats to vote for the clean CR. He has the support of the country, and passing the CR without changing Senate rules will demonstrate his power. And if it takes weeks? So what?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 31, 2025 10:33 AM (n9ltV)

265 What kind of monkeyshine is this?

Posted by: Paul Lynde voice at October 31, 2025 10:34 AM (XQo4F)

266
With Her Majesty at her exam. It's 60 degrees and some people (women almost exclusively) are bundled up as though they're on Scott's Last Expedition.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 31, 2025 10:34 AM (7bgCh)

267 somebody leaked that Trump plans to bomb military bases inside Venezuela

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2025 10:34 AM (g47mK)

268 >>>Am I the only one who has never seen GoT??
Posted by: dantesed at October 31, 2025 10:01 AM

No.

Posted by: Duncanthrax

>I've seen one of the thespians titties once.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 31, 2025 10:34 AM (uM32G)

269
Bewitched marathon. Elizabeth Montgomery very preggers.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

*shudders*

She made young Bif's no no zone feel funny. I'll be in my bunk.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 31, 2025 10:35 AM (QVmho)

270 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around.
Dang. Cool painting. But I still dislike Halloween.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 31, 2025 10:35 AM (2WIwB)

271 267 somebody leaked that Trump plans to bomb military bases inside Venezuela
Posted by: runner at October 31, 2025 10:34 AM (g47mK)

If true, don’t much like this idea.

Posted by: tubal at October 31, 2025 10:35 AM (PCK5/)

272 >>> His dad's lover? That is creepy.

[I posted it for Bandersnatch: https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=408488]
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 31, 2025 10:31 AM (n9ltV)

Oh! I just saw the name and assumed it was the same guy. I guess this is his son. Damnit Jim, I'm an engineer, not an art historian!

Posted by: banana Dream at October 31, 2025 10:35 AM (3uBP9)

273 Cue King Diamond, “Halloween”

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 31, 2025 10:36 AM (sVOFR)

274 Muldoon at 60.
Most excellent!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 31, 2025 10:36 AM (2WIwB)

275 I think he'll get a Glen Cook type to finish it.
Posted by: banana Dream at October 31, 2025 10:32 AM (3uBP9)

Final book: A Melody of Meandering Mendacity

Chapter 1: Arya kills the Night King. Rob kills Daenerys after finding out that he's the rightful king but he doesn't become king cuz he was always a supporting character. Brand becomes king despite being a cripple guaranteeing that the realm will be plunged into civil war upon his death. Arya sails out looking for new people to kill.

The end.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 31, 2025 10:36 AM (ExV1e)

276 Every year I lived on the North shore I would crossover the bridge from Beverly, hit a traffic jam and them - DANG! It's October and I forgot to avoid Salem!!!
Posted by: Lizzy at October 31, 2025 10:12 AM

Yup. I grew up in Peabody. Which exits do people take off the highway to get to Salem? Mine. Weekends were a nightmare. I'm glad I live elsewhere these days.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 31, 2025 10:36 AM (kgE5c)

277 I guess this is his son.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 31, 2025 10:35 AM (3uBP9)

Yup. And a fine artist in his own right, although not a titan of 20th century American art like his father.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 31, 2025 10:37 AM (n9ltV)

278
271 267 somebody leaked that Trump plans to bomb military bases inside Venezuela
Posted by: runner at October 31, 2025 10:34 AM (g47mK)

If true, don’t much like this idea.
Posted by: tubal at October 31, 2025 10:35 AM (PCK5/)

We don’t need to, and it would be more of a hindrance to the resistance inside that country than a help. I do like picking off their drug smugglers in international waters though.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 31, 2025 10:37 AM (sVOFR)

279 >somebody leaked that Trump plans to bomb military bases inside Venezuela
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let's not do this

Posted by: Don Black at October 31, 2025 10:37 AM (AOsQT)

280 >>If true, don’t much like this idea.
__
Same. I don't mind plinking boats in international waters, but direct hits inside a sovereign country requires more justification than wanting to interdict drug flow.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at October 31, 2025 10:38 AM (bNf8H)

281 >>> >>>Am I the only one who has never seen GoT??
Posted by: dantesed at October 31, 2025 10:01 AM

No.

Posted by: Duncanthrax

>I've seen one of the thespians titties once.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 31, 2025 10:34 AM (uM32G)

I started when it was all the buzz, tried watching it, but after fifteen minutes I decide I hate everything and everyone in it, and I think that is the author's intent. Wasn't interested in another attempt. Nihilistic crap.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 31, 2025 10:38 AM (3uBP9)

282 somebody leaked that Trump plans to bomb military bases inside Venezuela
Posted by: runner at October 31, 2025 10:34 AM (g47mK)

If false, par for the course. Anonymous accusations against Republicans are the norm.

If true, borderline treason.

Either way, seems unlikely.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 31, 2025 10:39 AM (ExV1e)

283 This one is pooty good

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 31, 2025 10:39 AM (WF/xn)

284 A prayer for her majesty's speedy and complete recovery.

Posted by: San Franpsycho ZOA stooge at October 31, 2025 10:39 AM (9ipOP)

285 Helga, Wyeth's model, was Prussian. Maybe they're not so prudish, after all.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 31, 2025 10:39 AM (0sNs1)

286
A day in GoT:

King: "What's on the schedule for today?"

Secretary: "Breakfast at 9:00, hunting until 1:00, lunch, then killing rivals until dinner at 7:00."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 31, 2025 10:40 AM (7bgCh)

287 I miss carving jack-o-lanterns. It was a major PITA, but worth it for the kid's reaction.

Posted by: Bulg at October 31, 2025 10:40 AM (77rzZ)

288 ...and I agree. I said familiar, not fond; I rapidly lost interest in his work as an author. (For the record I don't think he'll finish the last book, I think he's written himself into a corner and won't admit it.) ...
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at October 31, 2025 10:25 AM (OUMaO)
++++
Never read it and have seen a couple episodes of the show here and there. I have no dog in the fight, but I do see it.

And more than a decade late? Yeah, never gonna happen. Cornered himself, too many things he likes more, plain old disinterest, whatever. At this point, "George RR Martin is never gonna finish 'Winds of Winter'" is such a common joke that even I know it and while I follow pop culture to some degree, I'm not even in the club of people who care.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 31, 2025 10:40 AM (kBSKe)

289 286
A day in GoT:

King: "What's on the schedule for today?"

Secretary: "Breakfast at 9:00, hunting until 1:00, lunch, then killing rivals until dinner at 7:00."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 31, 2025 10:40 AM (7bgCh)

=====

And people didn't like it...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, having some laughs with Alexander Mackendrick at October 31, 2025 10:40 AM (GBKbO)

290 If true, borderline treason.

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Divulging secret war plans in order to derail them? What's borderline about it? Find, arrest, try, and execute. It's open and shut.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 31, 2025 10:40 AM (BI5O2)

291 Muldoon at 60.
Most excellent!
Posted by: Diogenes at October 31, 2025 10:36 AM

He's not under 29???

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 31, 2025 10:41 AM (0sNs1)

292 288 ...and I agree. I said familiar, not fond; I rapidly lost interest in his work as an author. (For the record I don't think he'll finish the last book, I think he's written himself into a corner and won't admit it.) ...
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at October 31, 2025 10:25 AM (OUMaO)

=====

I think the show followed his planned ending to a T, people hated it, and he has no idea how he could possibly change it for the better.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, having some laughs with Alexander Mackendrick at October 31, 2025 10:41 AM (GBKbO)

293 Same. I don't mind plinking boats in international waters, but direct hits inside a sovereign country requires more justification than wanting to interdict drug flow.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at October 31, 2025 10:38 AM (bNf8H)

For me, I’d say that justification would fall under violations of the Vienna Convention of 1961 (the embassy is not operational but its premises are still inviolate). Or something along those lines.

The isolationists and Code Pinkers might be surprised by my thinking. But while I firmly advocate Peace Through Strength, we should utilize DIME, and not rush to military ops as the first resort. This is one of those times. Let the Maduro regime be toppled by organic means. It will mean a great deal to Venezuela too.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 31, 2025 10:41 AM (sVOFR)

294 >somebody leaked that Trump plans to bomb military bases inside Venezuela

Did the leaker notice that his copy was slightly different from everybody else's? Trump knows they can't resist.

Posted by: t-bird at October 31, 2025 10:41 AM (EyazE)

295 If true, don’t much like this idea.
Posted by: tubal at October 31, 2025 10:35 AM (PCK5/)

We don’t need to, and it would be more of a hindrance to the resistance inside that country than a help. I do like picking off their drug smugglers in international waters though.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 31, 2025 10:37 AM (sVOFR)

they are saying the bases are used to manufacture drugs to ship to the us..maybe, it is a narco state, and jihadi malcontents are know to cooperate with the Maduro regime too. giving them a heads up is no bueno, though.

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2025 10:42 AM (g47mK)

296 290 If true, borderline treason.

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Divulging secret war plans in order to derail them? What's borderline about it? Find, arrest, try, and execute. It's open and shut.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 31, 2025 10:40 AM (BI5O2)

=====

I remember a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff saying he'd leak attack plans against China to China.

I think it's just a military community thing. You wouldn't understand.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, having some laughs with Alexander Mackendrick at October 31, 2025 10:42 AM (GBKbO)

297 mmmmmm Elizabeth Montgomery.

http://tiny.cc/e8gu001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 31, 2025 10:42 AM (kBSKe)

298
So might as well get I front of it and get some shit done for us while we have it.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 31, 2025 10:41 AM (tpjlM)

And maybe prevent DC and PR statehood and much else besides.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 31, 2025 10:42 AM (sVOFR)

299 Did the leaker notice that his copy was slightly different from everybody else's? Trump knows they can't resist.
Posted by: t-bird at October 31, 2025 10:41 AM (EyazE)

hmm..last time similar happened, a few heads rolled at the DoW

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2025 10:43 AM (g47mK)

300 Did the leaker notice that his copy was slightly different from everybody else's? Trump knows they can't resist.
Posted by: t-bird at October 31, 2025 10:41 AM (EyazE)

My first thought. Is this an Admiral Akbar exercise?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 31, 2025 10:43 AM (LxER7)

301 mmmmmm Elizabeth Montgomery.

http://tiny.cc/e8gu001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

And that lucky bastard Charlie Bronson gets to repopulate the earth with her.

Posted by: Bulg at October 31, 2025 10:44 AM (77rzZ)

302 I think the show followed his planned ending to a T, people hated it, and he has no idea how he could possibly change it for the better.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, having some laughs with Alexander Mackendrick at October 31, 2025 10:41 AM (GBKbO)
++++
Possible.
In which case his book will end up being - if it's ever finished, which I doubt - a ponderous mess like The Snyder Cut (which suffered from an analogous problem).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 31, 2025 10:44 AM (kBSKe)

303 So we go from the Horror of Halloween today to the Horror of EBT looting at midnight. Better buy your lobstuh and Wagyu today. There won't be any tomorrow.

Posted by: Living On Expired Spam Here at October 31, 2025 10:44 AM (oftw2)

304 TX has 472 bond issues on the ballot on Tuesday.

ALL of them need to be voted down. Tell your local governments and school boards to pay off the debt they already have. Once they do, MAYBE approve a bond issues. Not before.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 31, 2025 10:44 AM (sVOFR)

305 Doesn't the pentagon wargame out pretty much any scenario they can think of? Wasn't there something about a zombie apocalypse a few years ago?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 31, 2025 10:44 AM (bss/y)

306 And that lucky bastard Charlie Bronson gets to repopulate the earth with her.
Posted by: Bulg at October 31, 2025 10:44 AM (77rzZ)
++++
Their children are gonna be a crapshoot, looks-wise. A great beauty like her and a deeply unsettling man like him...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 31, 2025 10:45 AM (kBSKe)

307 I'm not even halfway kidding. If any of that is true, this would be an excellent time to provide an object lesson. If you want to discourage deep state insubordination, nothing will be quite so effective as publicly giving some little shit the needle.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 31, 2025 10:45 AM (BI5O2)

308 This Venezuela thing is weird and brings back shades of Iraq. Nobody gave two fucks about Venezuela 5 minutes ago. And now we’re getting ready to go to war with them?

Sum ting doesn’t smell right.

Yeah their leader is a piece of shit. But there are 100 countries with piece of shit leaders. Why did we pick this piece of shit leader to get all hot and bothered about out of the blue?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 31, 2025 10:45 AM (3qp0C)

309 Elizabeth Montgomery/ Charles Bronson. Beauty and the Beast, Esmeralda/Quasimodo.

Posted by: tubal at October 31, 2025 10:45 AM (PCK5/)

310 CNBC, Oct. 31, 2025
Fixed Income Strategies
Here’s the maximum Social Security full retirement benefit for 2026, after the 2.8% cost-of-living adjustment, by Lorie Konish

Key Points

The 2.8% Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for 2026 will push up the maximum full retirement benefit, as millions of monthly checks increase starting in January.

Additionally, workers who are under full retirement age and claim benefits face new limits for how much they can earn before their benefits are reduced.

Much more in article.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at October 31, 2025 10:46 AM (NFX2v)

311
And if it takes weeks? So what?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I can get behind this train of thought. When everything is said and done afterwards...Trump can ask the Donks how his ass tastes.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 31, 2025 10:46 AM (QVmho)

312 ++++
Their children are gonna be a crapshoot, looks-wise. A great beauty like her and a deeply unsettling man like him...
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 31, 2025 10:45 AM (kBSKe)

Tell me about it!

Posted by: Billy Joel at October 31, 2025 10:46 AM (LxER7)

313 302 Possible.
In which case his book will end up being - if it's ever finished, which I doubt - a ponderous mess like The Snyder Cut (which suffered from an analogous problem).

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 31, 2025 10:44 AM (kBSKe)

=======

Bran the Crippled becoming King with Tyrion saying that the storyteller should rule us is...illuminating. Martin thinks highly of himself, and he wrote himself into Bran as the ultimate bringer of peace to the world.

Yes, it's his ending.

And the Snyder Cut is...fun. Ponderous, yes, but epic in good ways.

It's much, much better than Sucker Punch or Rebel Moon.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, having some laughs with Alexander Mackendrick at October 31, 2025 10:46 AM (GBKbO)

314 ... ALL of them need to be voted down. Tell your local governments and school boards to pay off the debt they already have. Once they do, MAYBE approve a bond issues. Not before.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 31, 2025 10:44 AM (sVOFR)
++++
Rolling over bonds into new issues that extend repayment until well after the useful life of whatever was being financed is the bread and butter of local government finance.

Also, the ruination of the locality. But that's later.

Party on!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 31, 2025 10:46 AM (kBSKe)

315 295 they are saying the bases are used to manufacture drugs to ship to the us..maybe, it is a narco state, and jihadi malcontents are know to cooperate with the Maduro regime too. giving them a heads up is no bueno, though.
Posted by: runner at October 31, 2025 10:42 AM (g47mK)

The Chinese are sending Fentanyl Precursors all over the world, even to Canada for Fentanyl to be made there and shipped across the border.

Someone needs to start doing something about that.

Posted by: XTC at October 31, 2025 10:46 AM (UnA8+)

316 Sum ting doesn’t smell right.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald

Wi Tu Lo.

Bang Ding Ow.

Posted by: Bulg at October 31, 2025 10:46 AM (77rzZ)

317 George R.R. Martin strikes me as an author with an over-inflated sense of his own abilities as a writer.

Is he competent? Yes, seeing as he had moderate success in science fiction before he tackled epic fantasy.

The problem is he thought he could write epic fantasy after seeing the success of Tad Williams and Robert Jordan (who suffered his own issues in that area...).

He was wrong and his pride won't let him admit it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 31, 2025 10:46 AM (IBQGV)

318 It is not coming from a good place either, since they are finger pointing Rubio...if I had to guess, they need to check who is talking to whom on Vice President's staff..

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2025 10:47 AM (g47mK)

319 somebody leaked that Trump plans to bomb military bases inside Venezuela
Posted by: runner at October 31, 2025 10:34 AM (g47mK)

My ballot just had the 18? constitutional amendments.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 31, 2025 10:47 AM (ExV1e)

320 Another Elizabeth Montgomery...

https://is.gd/fpcwAR

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 31, 2025 10:48 AM (n9ltV)

321 Yeah their leader is a piece of shit. But there are 100 countries with piece of shit leaders. Why did we pick this piece of shit leader to get all hot and bothered about out of the blue?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 31, 2025 10:45 AM (3qp0C)

The others aren’t plying us with drugs.

But see my reactions above. Sink the boats in international waters.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 31, 2025 10:48 AM (sVOFR)

322 My ballot just had the 18? constitutional amendments.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 31, 2025 10:47 AM (ExV1e)

aha ! (what does that mean ??)

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2025 10:48 AM (g47mK)

323 317 The problem is he thought he could write epic fantasy after seeing the success of Tad Williams and Robert Jordan (who suffered his own issues in that area...).

He was wrong and his pride won't let him admit it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 31, 2025 10:46 AM (IBQGV)

=====

I don't think he's actually interested in fantasy. He's more of a political scientist wannabe like Frank Herbert using fantastical trappings to mask his view of the world with no real interest in the actual trappings.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, having some laughs with Alexander Mackendrick at October 31, 2025 10:48 AM (GBKbO)

324 Every single bond measure that I have voted against (and I vote no for all of them) has passed. Doesn’t matter what it’s for. Education, police, fire? Libraries, you name it. Passes with a minimum 60% and sometimes 70%. And then 5 minutes later people ask why is my property tax increasing or even funnier why is my rent going up so much?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 31, 2025 10:48 AM (3qp0C)

325 Best Epic is Shogun. Hands down.

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 31, 2025 10:48 AM (jFCkp)

326 Well schlepping a carrier fleet to outside of Caracas might be a tell.

Posted by: tubal at October 31, 2025 10:48 AM (PCK5/)

327 303 So we go from the Horror of Halloween today to the Horror of EBT looting at midnight. Better buy your lobstuh and Wagyu today. There won't be any tomorrow.
Posted by: Living On Expired Spam Here at October 31, 2025 10:44 AM (oftw2)

I'm willing to spend a bit more to do any shopping I have to do at Wegman's for the time being.

The Ghetto Contingent doesn't go out where it is.

Posted by: XTC at October 31, 2025 10:48 AM (UnA8+)

328 Another Elizabeth Montgomery...

https://is.gd/fpcwAR
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 31, 2025 10:48 AM (n9ltV)
++++
Almost ... risque!

She has a lot of assets. Her balance sheet was in stupendous shape.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 31, 2025 10:49 AM (kBSKe)

329 Another Elizabeth Montgomery...

https://is.gd/fpcwAR
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Now that's real art, CBD. Thanks!

Posted by: Bulg at October 31, 2025 10:49 AM (77rzZ)

330 320 Another Elizabeth Montgomery...

https://is.gd/fpcwAR
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo [Flying the American Flag!] at October 31, 2025 10:48 AM (n9ltV)

Uh, wow. That is all.

Posted by: tubal at October 31, 2025 10:50 AM (PCK5/)

331 OT:

ace needs to do a 'Is this something?' on this.

https://tinyurl.com/yc39ht5d

Fackham Hall trailer

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 31, 2025 10:50 AM (bss/y)

332 The Ghetto Contingent doesn't go out where it is.
---------------
Pushing a kart full of stolen groceries several miles takes physical effort.

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 31, 2025 10:50 AM (jFCkp)

333 My ballot just had the 18? constitutional amendments.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 31, 2025 10:47 AM (ExV1e)

aha ! (what does that mean ??)
Posted by: runner at October 31, 2025 10:48 AM (g47mK)

Which part? The question mark... I just don't recall how many amendments there were. I didn't have any other issues on my ballot because my local government wasn't trying to do anything.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 31, 2025 10:50 AM (ExV1e)

334 If you want to discourage deep state insubordination, nothing will be quite so effective as publicly giving some little shit the needle.

-----------

You misspelled "piano wire"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 31, 2025 10:50 AM (dyewR)

335 CBD, laying down the true art.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 31, 2025 10:50 AM (bss/y)

336 Pushing a kart full of stolen groceries several miles takes physical effort.
Posted by: Pudinhead at October 31, 2025 10:50 AM (jFCkp)

That's why theyll carjack you, too.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 31, 2025 10:51 AM (BI5O2)

337 Elizabeth Montgomery was aight, she was no Barbara Eden, Dawn Wells or Yvonne Craig though.

At best she was a Soap Opera 6.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 31, 2025 10:51 AM (XOIrb)

338 Best Epic is Shogun. Hands down.
Posted by: Pudinhead at October 31, 2025 10:48 AM

Sho 'nuff.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 31, 2025 10:51 AM (kgE5c)

339 Elizabeth Montgomery was aight, she was no Barbara Eden, Dawn Wells or Yvonne Craig though.

At best she was a Soap Opera 6.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 31, 2025 10:51 AM (XOIrb)
++++
LOL

This place, man

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 31, 2025 10:51 AM (kBSKe)

340 aha? It usually means you have realized or discovered something.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 31, 2025 10:51 AM (bss/y)

341 Which part? The question mark... I just don't recall how many amendments there were. I didn't have any other issues on my ballot because my local government wasn't trying to do anything.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 31, 2025 10:50 AM (ExV1e)

Local elections ! vote early, vote often

Posted by: runner at October 31, 2025 10:52 AM (g47mK)

342 The others aren’t plying us with drugs.

—

We’re not?
- Mexico

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 31, 2025 10:52 AM (3qp0C)

343 I don't think he's actually interested in fantasy. He's more of a political scientist wannabe like Frank Herbert using fantastical trappings to mask his view of the world with no real interest in the actual trappings.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, having some laughs with Alexander Mackendrick at October 31, 2025 10:48 AM (GBKbO)
----
That's actually a good point. He's mentioned wondering what the tax policy of Middle-Earth was like after Aragorn was crowned king (or something to that effect). GoT doesn't read like most epic fantasy--it's mostly about horrible people doing horrible things to each other with little regard for consequences.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 31, 2025 10:52 AM (IBQGV)

344 Barbara Eden, different but similar topic, is 94.

Posted by: banana Dream at October 31, 2025 10:52 AM (KTeKV)

345 334 If you want to discourage deep state insubordination, nothing will be quite so effective as publicly giving some little shit the needle.

-----------

You misspelled "piano wire"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 31, 2025 10:50 AM (dyewR)

-1 for not using a G Gordon Liddy sock.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 31, 2025 10:52 AM (bss/y)

346 At best she was a Soap Opera 6.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Get your eyes checked.

Posted by: Bulg at October 31, 2025 10:52 AM (77rzZ)

347
If you live in Texas, make sure to vote for Proposal #5 "proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation tangible personal property consisting of animal feed held by the owner of the property for sale at retail."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 31, 2025 10:52 AM (7bgCh)

348 337 Elizabeth Montgomery was aight, she was no Barbara Eden, Dawn Wells or Yvonne Craig though.

At best she was a Soap Opera 6.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Shirley Booth at October 31, 2025 10:53 AM (XQo4F)

349 https://is.gd/fpcwAR

A side of her yet unseen!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 31, 2025 10:53 AM (P13H6)

350 This place, man
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 31, 2025 10:51 AM

I know; it's never not funny.

Back when Tim Tebow got married, someone here said "sheesh, Tim could do so much better! What a dog."

She was Miss Universe a couple years prior.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 31, 2025 10:53 AM (BI5O2)

351 343 That's actually a good point. He's mentioned wondering what the tax policy of Middle-Earth was like after Aragorn was crowned king (or something to that effect). GoT doesn't read like most epic fantasy--it's mostly about horrible people doing horrible things to each other with little regard for consequences.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 31, 2025 10:52 AM (IBQGV)

=====

There was a balance between the fantasy and the politics that he managed decently well (and the show as well) for years.

And then the ending of the show is...all politics with the easiest outs for the fantasy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, having some laughs with Alexander Mackendrick at October 31, 2025 10:53 AM (GBKbO)

352 Another Elizabeth Montgomery...

https://is.gd/fpcwAR

Crappy look on her face.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 31, 2025 10:53 AM (n4GiU)

353 339 Elizabeth Montgomery was aight, she was no Barbara Eden, Dawn Wells or Yvonne Craig though.

At best she was a Soap Opera 6.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 31, 2025 10:51 AM (XOIrb)
++++
LOL

This place, man
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at October 31, 2025 10:51 AM (kBSKe)

This poor retard.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 31, 2025 10:53 AM (bss/y)

354 In Ireland, the tradition of carving turnips for Halloween began as a way to ward off evil spirits during the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. These early turnip lanterns were the original Jack-o'-lanterns, a practice brought to America by Irish immigrants who switched to pumpkins because they were more abundant and easier to carve. The legend of Stingy Jack, an Irish folktale about a man cursed to wander the earth with a burning coal in a carved-out turnip, is the origin of the name "jack-o'-lantern."

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at October 31, 2025 10:53 AM (NFX2v)

355 352 Another Elizabeth Montgomery...

https://is.gd/fpcwAR

Crappy look on her face.
Posted by: From about That Time at October 31, 2025 10:53 AM (n4GiU)

You just reposted what CBD linked.

It's all right, she is smoking hot there.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 31, 2025 10:54 AM (bss/y)

356 @346

>>Get your eyes checked.

I've had cataract surgery, I'll have you know.

EM never did it for me.

Hell, Mary Tyler Moore had more sex appeal than EM.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 31, 2025 10:54 AM (XOIrb)

357 352 Another Elizabeth Montgomery...

https://is.gd/fpcwAR

Crappy look on her face.
Posted by: From about That Time at October 31, 2025 10:53 AM (n4GiU)

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

Wait. Face?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 31, 2025 10:54 AM (dyewR)

358 Carving Turnips. Well, Ireland after all.

Posted by: tubal at October 31, 2025 10:55 AM (PCK5/)

359 Tis the season for delicious venison steaks and pumpkin pie.

Those whitetail bucks in the back forty are beginning the rut and it's time to break out the knives and vacuum sealer.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 31, 2025 10:55 AM (uM32G)

360 Hell, Mary Tyler Moore had more sex appeal than EM.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 31, 2025 10:54 AM (XOIrb)
++++
:: perks up ::

Posted by: Dude dressed in Mary Tyler Moore drag at October 31, 2025 10:55 AM (kBSKe)

361 I hope the looters go to Whole Foods. If you’re gonna steal might as well steal the high end shit right?

Lol

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 31, 2025 10:56 AM (3qp0C)

362 355 352 Another Elizabeth Montgomery...
--------------
Elizabeth doing bunny paws with her breasts, with knees up and twitching her nose is stuff to think about.

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 31, 2025 10:56 AM (jFCkp)

363 I hate spunk.

Posted by: Lou Grant at October 31, 2025 10:56 AM (XQo4F)

364 If you live in Texas, make sure to vote for Proposal #5 "proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation tangible personal property consisting of animal feed held by the owner of the property for sale at retail."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 31, 2025 10:52 AM (7bgCh)

I did.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 31, 2025 10:56 AM (ExV1e)

365 That’s what I look like when I sleep with my head downhill.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable at October 31, 2025 10:56 AM (xvV+O)

366 336 That's why theyll carjack you, too.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 31, 2025 10:51 AM (BI5O2)

I'm kind of fortunate in that all the ghetto types live across the river.

I'm (obviously) not in a wealthy area, far from it. But still, there aren't any bad neighborhoods in the immediate vicinity.

Posted by: XTC at October 31, 2025 10:56 AM (UnA8+)

367 363 I hate spunk.
Posted by: Lou Grant at October 31, 2025 10:56 AM (XQo4F)

Hey, so does Rosie O'donnell!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 31, 2025 10:57 AM (bss/y)

368 On this here smart military blog many people say Sidney Sweeny is mid.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 31, 2025 10:57 AM (3qp0C)

369 Have you seen the price of arugula lately

Posted by: Looters inside of Whole Foods at October 31, 2025 10:57 AM (XQo4F)

370
The religion of peace just got busted in Dearborn for an alleged planned Halloween terrorist act.

Those damned Amish.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 31, 2025 10:57 AM (IifOV)

371 368 On this here smart military blog many people say Sidney Sweeny is mid.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 31, 2025 10:57 AM (3qp0C)

No one ever accused us of being a Mensa hangout.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 31, 2025 10:58 AM (bss/y)

372 religion of peace just got busted in Dearborn for an alleged planned Halloween terrorist act.

Those damned Amish.
Posted by: Frank Barone

I’m already fearing the backlash.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 31, 2025 10:58 AM (3qp0C)

373 George R.R. Martin strikes me as an author with an over-inflated sense of his own abilities as a writer.

Funny thing is, he's actually a pretty capable editor. But as a writer he's in bad need of someone to reign in his worse impulses. Pretty serious company in that regard.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at October 31, 2025 10:58 AM (OUMaO)

374 370
The religion of peace just got busted in Dearborn for an alleged planned Halloween terrorist act.

Those damned Amish.
---------------
Importing goblins and ghouls is not a smart move.

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 31, 2025 10:58 AM (jFCkp)

375 343 That's actually a good point. He's mentioned wondering what the tax policy of Middle-Earth was like after Aragorn was crowned king (or something to that effect). GoT doesn't read like most epic fantasy--it's mostly about horrible people doing horrible things to each other with little regard for consequences.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 31, 2025 10:52 AM (IBQGV)

For some reason, "Horrible People doing Horrible things to each other" is what most people on social media think is "real depth".

Posted by: XTC at October 31, 2025 10:59 AM (UnA8+)

376 The religion of peace just got busted in Dearborn for an alleged planned Halloween terrorist act.

Those damned Amish.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 31, 2025 10:57 AM (IifOV)

It says something that when I read that headline I thought 'Hmmm, tranny/Antifa?' instead of Muslims.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 31, 2025 10:59 AM (bss/y)

377 Allow us to introduce you to the S-1100 Viper fully-armored shopping cart.

Posted by: Omni Consumer Products at October 31, 2025 10:59 AM (dyewR)

378 Handicapping beautiful people is a time honored tradition here. Jaw droppingly beautiful people who would make you stutter if you met them in person.

Posted by: tubal at October 31, 2025 10:59 AM (PCK5/)

379
No one ever accused us of being a Mensa hangout.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

___________

Mensa: a club dedicated to its members telling each other how smart they are.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 31, 2025 10:59 AM (7bgCh)

380 On this here smart military blog many people say Sidney Sweeny is mid.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 31, 2025 10:57 AM (3qp0C)

No one ever accused us of being a Mensa hangout.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 31, 2025 10:58 AM (bss/y)

Or being 100% hetero.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 31, 2025 11:00 AM (r2U5D)

381 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at October 31, 2025 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

382 I hope the looters go to Whole Foods. If you’re gonna steal might as well steal the high end shit right?

Lol

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 31, 2025 10:56 AM (3qp0C)

It would be a good time to go to the book store.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 31, 2025 11:02 AM (r2U5D)

383 >>>Handicapping beautiful people is a time honored tradition here. Jaw droppingly beautiful people who would make you stutter if you met them in person.

Posted by: tubal

>Those sharp elbows are a deal-breaker every time. Decency and chastity have been cast into oblivion.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 31, 2025 11:04 AM (uM32G)

384 Hoping someone, somewhere has a plan for tomorrow. Not optimistic.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at October 31, 2025 11:04 AM (+kigi)

385 Note that Martin both freely admits that he wrote himself into a corner and the delay is in part because he had no idea how to fix it for a long time and that Game of Thrones is essentially just reskinning the War of the Roses in a fantasy environment.

I don't expect to see the rest of the series in his lifetime, even if he HAS finished it for fear of the fallout.

I'm BLOODY ANNOYED at the fact that his failure here has actually genuinely hurt the entire genre, and it's much harder to get a fantasy epic published now because of him.

He deserves all the ribbing Larry Correia gave him on HIS multi-volume fantasy epic. ("Dedicated to George R.R. Martin. See, it's not THAT hard.")

Posted by: American Hawkman at October 31, 2025 11:14 AM (9VDxG)

386 385 He deserves all the ribbing Larry Correia gave him on HIS multi-volume fantasy epic. ("Dedicated to George R.R. Martin. See, it's not THAT hard.")

Posted by: American Hawkman at October 31, 2025 11:14 AM (9VDxG)

====

I have a couple of fantasy novels...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, having some laughs with Alexander Mackendrick at October 31, 2025 11:15 AM (GBKbO)

387 253 258 how'd that happen? seven pumpkins.

Posted by: cmeat at October 31, 2025 11:27 AM (R11M+)

388 325 ash vs evil dead.

Posted by: cmeat at October 31, 2025 11:44 AM (R11M+)

389 Painting works for today. Would hang in my American History world.

Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at October 31, 2025 12:09 PM (XjTSo)

390 We’re not?
- Mexico
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 31, 2025 10:52 AM (3qp0C)

Isolationists aren’t known for consistency.

Yes they are but with a border wall and a small army of pissed off BP agents, we can take care of that. Last I checked we don’t border Venezuela.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 31, 2025 01:18 PM (sVOFR)

391 390 We’re not?
- Mexico
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 31, 2025 10:52 AM (3qp0C)

Isolationists aren’t known for consistency.

Yes they are but with a border wall and a small army of pissed off BP agents, we can take care of that. Last I checked we don’t border Venezuela.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 31, 2025 01:18 PM (sVOFR)
additionally, while Claudia Sheinbaum is dumb as fuck, she is not having drugs sent north as a matter of policy because they can’t make money by other means. Hell, Mexico is getting bitchy about us wanting to stop the New World screwworm but don’t have much of a leg to stand on there.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 31, 2025 01:24 PM (sVOFR)

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