Mid-Morning Art Thread

Street In Joliet
Aaron Bohrod

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 nice

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

2 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at November 20, 2025 09:31 AM (GxM4+)

3 There's Jake.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 20, 2025 09:31 AM (q4Yry)

4 Street In Joliet

Just outside the prison.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 20, 2025 09:31 AM (GxM4+)

5 SAM

Aaron Bohrod, Street in Joliet, n.d., gouache on paper, sheet: 14 1⁄2 x 20 1⁄4 in. (36.8 x 51.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of International Business Machines Corporation

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 20, 2025 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

6 YO JAKE

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 20, 2025 09:32 AM (gbOdA)

7 Joliet, down by the river.

Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at November 20, 2025 09:32 AM (H5YaJ)

8 Next house over is the grocery store.

Posted by: huerfano at November 20, 2025 09:32 AM (98kQX)

9 Ah, very nice.

Mornin’, All. Happy Thursday.

Posted by: Bulg at November 20, 2025 09:32 AM (77rzZ)

10 Illinois? Looks a little different than I remember.

Posted by: t-bird at November 20, 2025 09:32 AM (1zcQ9)

11 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

12 Looks a bit bleak, but otherwise nicely done.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 20, 2025 09:32 AM (WPL6O)

13 It appears the bar is attached to the house. Good call.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 20, 2025 09:32 AM (NwnyJ)

14 Interesting. It gives the impression of everything going downhill. Dilapidation.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at November 20, 2025 09:32 AM (bNf8H)

15 4 Fried Chickens and a Coke.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

16 At least he half tried to paint something realistic

Posted by: Skip at November 20, 2025 09:32 AM (wwg/K)

17 "it's a hundred and six miles to Chicago...."

Posted by: Doof at November 20, 2025 09:32 AM (Ltmlv)

18 The street was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at November 20, 2025 09:32 AM (XQo4F)

19 Needs tumbleweeds.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 20, 2025 09:32 AM (mT+6a)

20 Smithsonian American Art Museum
8th and G Streets, NW
Washington, DC 20004

I want to go

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 20, 2025 09:33 AM (gbOdA)

21 Interesting. It gives the impression of everything going downhill. Dilapidation.
Posted by: Frasier Crane

Well, it IS Pritzker's Illinois.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 20, 2025 09:33 AM (GxM4+)

22 Seems land was at a premium, building a general store right off the front porch like that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

23 Huh. That's weird.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 20, 2025 09:33 AM (bss/y)

24 And Happy Birthday, Rickb223!

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

25 So, he's going to visit the lady in the shack, but he needs to get some condoms first. OK.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 20, 2025 09:33 AM (WPL6O)

26 Nekkid lady in the winder.

Posted by: Hubba hubba at November 20, 2025 09:33 AM (XQo4F)

27 Living next to a prison must suck.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

28

I grew up in rural kansas, many small towns just like that *cough* many years ago...

Posted by: My at November 20, 2025 09:33 AM (t0EZY)

29 I like it ! I like the contrasting colors.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 20, 2025 09:33 AM (guLpK)

30 Why is this hanging in the Smithsonian?

Posted by: redridinghood at November 20, 2025 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

31 Ain't nobody in Joliet ever seen a carpenter's square?

Posted by: red speck at November 20, 2025 09:34 AM (Ve/HL)

32 Trompe l'oeil. That's the artist style. Interesting.
Like this , would hang.
Thx again for the art lesson CBD. It gets me to learn of things such as trompe l'oeil

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 20, 2025 09:34 AM (bfwj/)

33 House of ill repute (look at the top window!) with a bar attached. Americana of old.....

Posted by: runner at November 20, 2025 09:34 AM (g47mK)

34 The tall smokestack is a phallic symbol.

Posted by: Your female high school art teacher at November 20, 2025 09:34 AM (XQo4F)

35 old sailor saying:

Blue glowing clouds in the morning, alien drop ships forthcoming.

Posted by: banana Dream at November 20, 2025 09:34 AM (3uBP9)

36
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 20, 2025 09:34 AM (tgvbd)

37 Just outside the prison.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 20, 2025 09:31 AM (GxM4+)

Lived in Manhattan, IL (surely you've never heard of it) for half of the high school years. It is maybe 10 miles from Joliet. Middle of nowhere. But Mom was always quite sure there'd be a prison break, and so we were to never ever pick up a hitchhiker or open the door to a stranger.

Posted by: Doesn't Matter at November 20, 2025 09:35 AM (JCLJi)

38 Or is it?? Maybe it's the bloke's wife waving him goodby ?

Posted by: runner at November 20, 2025 09:35 AM (g47mK)

39 And Happy Birthday, Rickb223!
Posted by: Bulg at November 20, 2025 09:33 AM (77rzZ)

Today's his birthday?

Happy B-Day Rick!

*hope this doesn't get deleted as a violation.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

40 Wait, isn't it toilet day not joliet day?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 20, 2025 09:35 AM (sKqQm)

41 This $20 is burning a hole in my pocket!

Posted by: Man on the street at November 20, 2025 09:35 AM (vneJl)

42 And Happy Birthday, Rickb223!
Posted by: Bulg at November 20, 2025 09:33 AM (77rzZ)

Dad always called it a 'speed square.'

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

43 30 Why is this hanging in the Smithsonian?
Posted by: redridinghood at November 20, 2025 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

It would be stolen from the Louvre.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 20, 2025 09:36 AM (gbOdA)

44 Lady in the window is saying " $20 bucks"

Posted by: steevy at November 20, 2025 09:36 AM (YwEeS)

45 This $20 is burning a hole in my pocket!

Well, I gotta find something to do until I can run for president again.

Posted by: Kamala Harris breaking out the knee pads at November 20, 2025 09:36 AM (sKqQm)

46 copy/paste fail.

Take 2.

Ain't nobody in Joliet ever seen a carpenter's square?
Posted by: red speck at November 20, 2025 09:34 AM (Ve/HL)

Dad always called it a 'speed square.'

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

47 Moron brainwave

Posted by: steevy at November 20, 2025 09:36 AM (YwEeS)

48 He's standin' on a corner in Winslow Arizona?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 20, 2025 09:37 AM (dyewR)

49

Walking down a street in Joliet,
Needing to rush to the toilet,
.....

Wait, wtf don't those rhyme?!?!?

Posted by: imp at November 20, 2025 09:37 AM (g6TN6)

50 There's a nip in the air and it's not December 7th yet!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 20, 2025 09:37 AM (q4Yry)

51 Nekkid lady in the winder.
Posted by: Hubba hubba at November 20, 2025 09:33 AM (XQo4F)

She appears to be wearing a robe, draped in such a fashion as to hide nothing.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 09:37 AM (ExV1e)

52 Has a real "Community Art Show" feel to it. It's no Bierstadt.

Posted by: red speck at November 20, 2025 09:37 AM (Ve/HL)

53 He’s on a mission from Gahd.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at November 20, 2025 09:37 AM (opCUg)

54 And Happy Birthday, Rickb223!
Posted by: Bulg at November 20, 2025 09:33 AM (77rzZ)

Today's his birthday?

Happy B-Day Rick!

*hope this doesn't get deleted as a violation.
Posted by: Sponge

Thank you.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 20, 2025 09:37 AM (GxM4+)

55 41 This $20 is burning a hole in my pocket!
Posted by: Man on the street at November 20, 2025 09:35 AM (vneJl)

Theres a gal in the window that will gladly take it.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 20, 2025 09:37 AM (gbOdA)

56 Nekkid lady in the winder.
Posted by: Hubba hubba at November 20, 2025 09:33 AM (XQo4F)

She has a blouse on, but it's hanging low off her shoulder.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

57 Don't see a flatbed Ford...

Posted by: Nope, not Winslow at November 20, 2025 09:38 AM (XQo4F)

58 50 There's a nip in the air and it's not December 7th yet!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 20, 2025 09:37 AM (q4Yry)

*slow golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 20, 2025 09:38 AM (bss/y)

59

Same as in town

Posted by: imp at November 20, 2025 09:38 AM (g6TN6)

60 Ng hugs for your birthday, rick. Big hugs even if it’s not!

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 20, 2025 09:38 AM (mT+6a)

61 Dad always called it a 'speed square.'
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

He used them to separate lines of coke?

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

62 The chick in the window is Joliet, and the guy on the street is Romeoville.

Posted by: Bulg at November 20, 2025 09:39 AM (77rzZ)

63
He used them to separate lines of coke?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 09:38 AM (ExV1e)

There was a time in the 70's where this might've been the case.

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

64 *She appears to be wearing a robe, draped in such a fashion as to hide nothing.*

You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at November 20, 2025 09:39 AM (XQo4F)

65 We're puttin' the band back together.

Posted by: red speck at November 20, 2025 09:40 AM (Ve/HL)

66 Verra interesting!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 20, 2025 09:40 AM (wzUl9)

67

Golf clap, bulg

Posted by: imp at November 20, 2025 09:40 AM (g6TN6)

68 Many happy returns rickb223 .

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 09:40 AM (ExV1e)

69 Holy crap

BIG HIGS FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY, RICKB223

I should give up and stay home today.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 20, 2025 09:41 AM (mT+6a)

70 Nekkid lady in the winder.
Posted by: Hubba hubba at November 20, 2025

***
I noticed. So did the guy on the street.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 20, 2025 09:41 AM (wzUl9)

71 Is gouache considered a condiment, sauce, topping?

Posted by: Crayon-eating Marine at November 20, 2025 09:42 AM (oftw2)

72 Nevermind.

The universe is against me today.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 20, 2025 09:42 AM (mT+6a)

73 So, Rome'owed what Julie'et?

Posted by: man at November 20, 2025 09:42 AM (XuXeR)

74 Why dontcha come up and see me sometime?

Posted by: Lady in Window at November 20, 2025 09:42 AM (wVcYX)

75 I saw Big Higs open for…

Posted by: Bulg at November 20, 2025 09:43 AM (77rzZ)

76 The universe is against me today.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 20, 2025 09:42 AM (mT+6a)

You're a fine shot. You've got a sporting chance.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 09:43 AM (ExV1e)

77 71 Is gouache considered a condiment, sauce, topping?
Posted by: Crayon-eating Marine at November 20, 2025 09:42 AM

It's also a floor wax.

Posted by: Slices and dices at November 20, 2025 09:43 AM (XQo4F)

78 Didn't think Joliet that hilly. Live and learn I guess.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 20, 2025 09:43 AM (sl73Y)

79 I know this is supposed to be Joliet, IL, but something about it says "American Southwest" to me. The dryness of the grass behind the low wall on the left, the adobe color of the taller building on the right, and the high thin clouds in the blue sky all say "New Mexico." A small town during the Depression like Hobbs or Clayton.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 20, 2025 09:43 AM (wzUl9)

80 Is that a speed square in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?

Posted by: Lady in Window at November 20, 2025 09:44 AM (wVcYX)

81 Wow, that place is happening.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at November 20, 2025 09:44 AM (8YVqo)

82

>>> Is gouache considered a condiment, sauce, topping?
Posted by: Crayon-eating Marine

Just like crayons, it depends on the color

Posted by: imp at November 20, 2025 09:44 AM (g6TN6)

83 In the distance, a dog barked.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 20, 2025 09:44 AM (kgE5c)

84 Looking at the art for more than 5 seconds makes me feel like I'm falling downhill.

Posted by: Got No Brakes! at November 20, 2025 09:44 AM (oftw2)

85 75 I saw Big Higs open for…

The Sex Pistols.

Posted by: Duh at November 20, 2025 09:45 AM (XQo4F)

86 And Happy Birthday, Rickb223!
Posted by: Bulg at November 20, 2025 09:33 AM (77rzZ)

Today's his birthday?

Happy B-Day Rick!

*hope this doesn't get deleted as a violation.
Posted by: Sponge

*******
Happy Birthday rickb223
It's Joe Biden's birthday too.

Last time Biden was in Joliet he told the people that their basic fundamental rights were in jeopardy

Posted by: redridinghood at November 20, 2025 09:45 AM (NpAcC)

87 Well, I would hang.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 20, 2025 09:45 AM (17l0u)

88 The Western Auto is right around the corner.

Posted by: fd at November 20, 2025 09:45 AM (vFG9F)

89 Last time Biden was in Joliet he ~~told the people that their basic fundamental rights were in jeopardy~~ shit his pants.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 20, 2025 09:45 AM (NpAcC)

Corrected for likely accuracy.

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

90 I do believe that building still stands and is occupied bu a score of hobos.

Would not hang.

Posted by: Santa at November 20, 2025 09:46 AM (FE6X7)

91

That adobe color is what's known in the midwest as "bricks"

Posted by: imp at November 20, 2025 09:46 AM (g6TN6)

92 The store on the right (which seems to be attached to the building with the porch in a funny fashion) looks to be one of those "antique" stores . . . though now that I look\ again, there appears to be a woman with bare arms in the left window. Or a painting of one.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 20, 2025 09:46 AM (wzUl9)

93 The fella on the street is entranced by the friendly lady and, therefore, fails to notice the cresting tidal wave in the background which will soon obliterate all.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 09:46 AM (ExV1e)

94 I guess you all are just going to ignore the sniper behind the dark window of the building next door?

Posted by: one hour sober at November 20, 2025 09:46 AM (Y1sOo)

95 The universe is against me today.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 20, 2025 09:42 AM (mT+6a)

*hugs*

*squeezes butt*

You'll be fine.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 09:47 AM (Zz0t1)

96 This looks almost exactly like a place in eastern Mississippi where I parked my truck and camper for the night on my way to Texas last month. Old time America. Nothing like it!

Posted by: Doof at November 20, 2025 09:47 AM (Ltmlv)

97 "79 I know this is supposed to be Joliet, IL, but something about it says "American Southwest" to me."

We've already ruled out Winslow, Arizona.

Posted by: The steel trap minds of the horde at November 20, 2025 09:47 AM (XQo4F)

98 I heard it's Having a Bad Day Day.

Posted by: fd at November 20, 2025 09:47 AM (vFG9F)

99 it's pronounced "joilet."

Posted by: cmeat at November 20, 2025 09:48 AM (R11M+)

100 Or is it?? Maybe it's the bloke's wife waving him goodby ?
Posted by: runner at

Thought for sure this would be Fen.

Posted by: From about That Time at November 20, 2025 09:48 AM (sl73Y)

101 Corrected for likely accuracy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 09:46 AM (Zz0t1)
*******
Both can be true.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 20, 2025 09:48 AM (NpAcC)

102 What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss?

Posted by: Anton Chigurh at November 20, 2025 09:48 AM (JCZqz)

103 how the town of beloit was named: the founders flipped a nickel into the toilet.

Posted by: cmeat at November 20, 2025 09:48 AM (R11M+)

104 My great granparents ran a little store similar to that. They lived in the back. No running water and a wood fired stove.

Posted by: fd at November 20, 2025 09:49 AM (vFG9F)

105 "79 I know this is supposed to be Joliet, IL, but something about it says "American Southwest" to me."
*
We've already ruled out Winslow, Arizona.
Posted by: The steel trap minds of the horde at November 20, 2025

***
Yeah, not so much high desert, but the western plains or Llano Estacado.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 20, 2025 09:49 AM (wzUl9)

106 Both can be true.
Posted by: redridinghood at November 20, 2025 09:48 AM (NpAcC)

Valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 09:49 AM (Zz0t1)

107 Nurse, I see stories that Rainier is starting to act up. Please be safe.

Posted by: Bulg at November 20, 2025 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

108 Hmm. Nice.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 20, 2025 09:49 AM (GbwPZ)

109 The Western Auto is right around the corner.
Posted by: fd at November 20, 2025

***
Right next to the Rexall Drugs and the Rialto Theater.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 20, 2025 09:50 AM (wzUl9)

110 So I see Trump/Vance are not invited to Cheney's funeral unlike all the other uniparty pols.

And...its hilarious, imagine asking your average Dem in 2008 - would you prefer a president that is friendly with Dick Cheney or one that is hostile and...100% of them would pick the latter.

But hey Trump is Hitler now because he and Cheney were political opponents...

Posted by: Kamala Harris breaking out the knee pads at November 20, 2025 09:50 AM (sKqQm)

111 >>Joliet, down by the river.

Where I live in a van down by the river, kids!!

Posted by: Lizzy at November 20, 2025 09:50 AM (GbwPZ)

112 Nurse, I see stories that Rainier is starting to act up. Please be safe.
Posted by: Bulg at November 20, 2025 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

Yeah, don't be going all Pierce Brosnan in that volcano movie he did with the Terminator lady......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 09:51 AM (Zz0t1)

113 Wait. There's butt squeezing on the Art Thread?

Posted by: Starts reading the rules on the inside of the box top at November 20, 2025 09:51 AM (XQo4F)

114 So I see Trump/Vance are not invited to Cheney's funeral unlike all the other uniparty pols

The feds should be waiting out front and arrest Liz when she comes out.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)

115 Not terrible. But I have to ask: was there a single first rate painting done in the 20th C? Something a 16th C Italian or 17th C Dutchman would recognize as such?

I doubt it.

Posted by: Eeyore at November 20, 2025 09:52 AM (s0JqF)

116 I hope President Trump sends Joe an Autopen birthday card today. And rickb223, too!

Posted by: Many Happy Returns Of The Day at November 20, 2025 09:52 AM (oftw2)

117 What are those blue-green, white-edged leaf shapes at the right end of the wall? Somehow they look like cactus.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 20, 2025 09:53 AM (wzUl9)

118 >>So I see Trump/Vance are not invited to Cheney's funeral unlike all the other uniparty pols.

Considering that daughter Liz was a leader in Team Coup, it's not all that surprising. Trump has said things about her, they are not close.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 20, 2025 09:53 AM (GbwPZ)

119 The art...

I like it! Color contrast is nice. And the subject matter.... Is funny.

Big Bertha's Bar and Bordello
"Come for the beer! Be 'ere for the cum!"

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 20, 2025 09:53 AM (2J/Lj)

120 113 Just Sponge and Nurse. It’s a thing they do.

Posted by: Bulg at November 20, 2025 09:53 AM (77rzZ)

121 "But I have to ask: was there a single first rate painting done in the 20th C?"

This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: Dogs playing poker at November 20, 2025 09:53 AM (XQo4F)

122 "Right next to the Rexall Drugs and the Rialto Theater.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere"

In my mom's hometown it would have been Cook Drugs but yeah.

Posted by: fd at November 20, 2025 09:54 AM (vFG9F)

123 See Rock City

Posted by: The back of the roof you can't see at November 20, 2025 09:55 AM (XQo4F)

124 This isn't something I would hang but I rather like the technique. It is expressive. The color scheme reflects the worn buildings and how they are fading into the stark background. But the town isn't abandoned or defeated, just reduced. The hint of occupation is encouraging and shows resilience. The longer I look at it, the more I'm impressed. There is a "endeavor to persevere" vibe to it.

I looked at some of his other paintings. The style reminded me of some of the WPA paintings that were used in public buildings back in the 1930s.

Posted by: JTB at November 20, 2025 09:55 AM (yTvNw)

125 Excusez-moist. The sky is gray with clouds, not blue; the blue-white slashes are high thin clouds.

The scene still looks more like eastern New Mexico than it does what I know of Illinois.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 20, 2025 09:55 AM (wzUl9)

126 In my mom's hometown it would have been Cook Drugs but yeah.
Posted by: fd at November 20, 2025 09:54 AM (vFG9F)

Kind of a sus name.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at November 20, 2025 09:56 AM (ExV1e)

127 The scene still looks more like eastern New Mexico than it does what I know of Illinois.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 20, 2025 09:55 AM (wzUl9)

Dust bowl.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 09:56 AM (Zz0t1)

128 Hopper, the Wyeths, and Rockwell were first-rate artists.

Posted by: Bulg at November 20, 2025 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

129 107 Nurse, I see stories that Rainier is starting to act up. Please be safe.

Posted by: Bulg at November 20, 2025 09:49 AM (77rzZ

Is an earth pimple about to pop?

Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 20, 2025 09:56 AM (17l0u)

130 it's pronounced "joilet."
Posted by: cmeat at November 20, 2025 09:48 AM (R11M+)

just like "La Jolla."

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 20, 2025 09:56 AM (wVcYX)

131 >>Hopper, the Wyeths, and Rockwell were first-rate artists.

THIS

Posted by: Lizzy at November 20, 2025 09:57 AM (GbwPZ)

132 Man hurrying to prayers as the call to prayers sings out to the faithful.

Allah be praised!

Posted by: Joliet 2040 at November 20, 2025 09:57 AM (t5X2c)

133 The universe is against me today.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 20, 2025 09:42 AM

{{{nurse}}}

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 20, 2025 09:57 AM (kgE5c)

134 "Kind of a sus name.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic "

Yeah nowadays. The other drugstore in town was Grow Drugs. I am not making that up.

Posted by: fd at November 20, 2025 09:57 AM (vFG9F)

135 113 Wait. There's butt squeezing on the Art Thread?
Posted by: Starts reading the rules on the inside of the box top at November 20, 2025 09:51 AM (XQo4F)

Don't make it weird.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at November 20, 2025 09:57 AM (17l0u)

136 I'm sitting right here.

Posted by: Velvet Elvis at November 20, 2025 09:57 AM (XQo4F)

137 Would this painting pass muster at blogs that profess Vibrant Art Threads?

Posted by: Brush Strokes Of Genius at November 20, 2025 09:58 AM (oftw2)

138 it's pronounced "joilet."
Posted by: cmeat"

Hulyette

Posted by: a newsreader at November 20, 2025 09:58 AM (vFG9F)

139 122 "Right next to the Rexall Drugs and the Rialto Theater.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere"
*
In my mom's hometown it would have been Cook Drugs but yeah.
Posted by: fd at November 20, 2025

***
Wasn't Rexall a franchise deal? So the owner could name his store "Cook's Rexall," or something like that?

The last Rexall we had here, a 24-hour pharmacy with lunch counter on Canal Street, vanished long ago, gobbled up by some hotel chain.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 20, 2025 09:58 AM (wzUl9)

140 "Street in Joliet" is a 1969 gouache on paper work by artist Aaron Bohrod, located at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Aaron Bohrod was an American artist best known for his trompe-l'œil (optical illusion) still-life paintings.

It's an odd and charming painting, but I think I'd pass on hanging it.

Thanks

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at November 20, 2025 09:59 AM (NFX2v)

141 22 Seems land was at a premium, building a general store right off the front porch like that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

Typical of a small business added to the front of an existing house in a residential neighborhood. A "Mom & Pop" restaurant (as here), small grocery-convenience store or newsstand & tobacconist. Most, maybe all, are gone now. Some I'm familiar with were converted into apartments. Others were torn down when the neighbor was redeveloped. For the model train people here, this would make an interesting model, with or without the "tableau."

Posted by: capercaillie4901 at November 20, 2025 09:59 AM (f1WVr)

142 I’m an opportunistic butt squeezer.

And Rainier has been grumbling for centuries. I’d be more worried about the Yellowstone Caldera. That mofo is going to mess us all up.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 20, 2025 10:00 AM (mT+6a)

143 Time for me to run out for some errands and a coffee. Later, Folken!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 20, 2025 10:00 AM (wzUl9)

144 >>"Right next to the Rexall Drugs and the Rialto Theater.

Well now, see, there's your problem: why would he go and wreck alls the drugs?

Posted by: Lizzy at November 20, 2025 10:00 AM (GbwPZ)

145 "The last Rexall we had here, a 24-hour pharmacy with lunch counter on Canal Street, vanished long ago, gobbled up by some hotel chain.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere "

Grow's drugstore had a fountain for a long time but I don't think Cook's ever did. Guess which one little fd like better.

Posted by: fd at November 20, 2025 10:00 AM (vFG9F)

146 This should be hung at the Guggenheim because the viewing areas spiral upward or downward, so the street would level out.

Posted by: Chambered Nautilus at November 20, 2025 10:00 AM (oftw2)

147 On Thursday night they serve a wicked pepper steak.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at November 20, 2025 10:01 AM (XvL8K)

148 Time for me to run out for some errands and a coffee. Later, Folken!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 20, 2025 10:00 AM (wzUl9)

Godspeed, sir.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 10:01 AM (Zz0t1)

149

Maybe it's Joliet, Montana?

Posted by: imp at November 20, 2025 10:02 AM (g6TN6)

150 "Good Health to all, from Rexall!"

Posted by: Your Rexall Druggist at November 20, 2025 10:02 AM (oftw2)

151 Hiya RMBS!

hugs right back!

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 20, 2025 10:02 AM (mT+6a)

152 130 and it's very near "moreass," il.

Posted by: cmeat at November 20, 2025 10:03 AM (R11M+)

153 Wasn't Rexall a franchise deal? So the owner could name his store "Cook's Rexall," or something like that?

The last Rexall we had here, a 24-hour pharmacy with lunch counter on Canal Street, vanished long ago, gobbled up by some hotel chain.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
======
Still around in Canada. Dunno about US.

Posted by: whig at November 20, 2025 10:03 AM (WDjG6)

154 What's going on in that window?

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 20, 2025 10:04 AM (Wg6v7)

155 131 >>Hopper, the Wyeths, and Rockwell were first-rate artists.

THIS
Posted by: Lizzy at November 20, 2025 09:57 AM (GbwPZ)
________
I don't say they weren't good, but do you really think they are at the level of DaVinci or Vermeer? Really?

Posted by: Eeyore at November 20, 2025 10:04 AM (s0JqF)

156 128 Hopper, the Wyeths, and Rockwell were first-rate artists.
Posted by: Bulg

Posted by: You left out Sloan at November 20, 2025 10:04 AM (oftw2)

157 I’m an opportunistic butt squeezer.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 20, 2025 10:00 AM (mT+6a)

Here and I thought I was special.....

*has sads*

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

158
What's going on in that window?
Posted by: Pudinhead at November 20, 2025 10:04 AM (Wg6v7)

Woman trolling for John's.

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

159 If the putative subject of this painting is the street, as implied in the title, why are the buildings getting so much attention?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 20, 2025 10:06 AM (0sNs1)

160

Photo of the other side of the street?

https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/
photo-s/0e/09/81/90/red-lodge-mt-just-down.jpg

Posted by: imp at November 20, 2025 10:06 AM (g6TN6)

161 153 there is still a sign at augusta and western.

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

162
... and if you can't squeeze
the butt you love, baby,
squeeze the one you're with.
Squeeze the one you're with.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 20, 2025 10:07 AM (0sNs1)

163 there is still a sign at augusta and western.
Posted by: cmeat at November 20, 2025 10:07 AM (R11M+)

I lived on Western Ave. when I was a yute.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 10:07 AM (Zz0t1)

164 What's going on in that window?
Posted by: Pudinhead at November 20, 2025 10:04 AM

$20 bills don't just grow on trees you know, in town or in country.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 20, 2025 10:08 AM (0sNs1)

165 There's a young lady on Youtube renovating an old former general store/post office that had living quarters above. Her name is Emma Shayne and it's fun watching her learn. She has a multitude of followers.

Posted by: 4,000 Sq. Ft. at November 20, 2025 10:09 AM (oftw2)

166 163 longest continuous city avenue in the country.

Posted by: cmeat at November 20, 2025 10:09 AM (R11M+)

167 The old Hook's Drug store chain started in Indianapolis. They have a building on the state fairgrounds that is a replica of the very first one. The Hook's Drugstore Museum.

Hook's Drugstores were gobbled up by CVS.

Back in the early 1900's one could buy opium at a drugstore. No prescription needed. Now, CVS banned their stores from selling cigarettes and even lighters because they "want to stop encouraging people to continue an unhealthy habit". CVS still has a mile and a half of candy and soda, and junk food in every store.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 20, 2025 10:10 AM (2J/Lj)

168 I saw Multitude of Followers open for Flay of Soul at Blind Lemon in '93.

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

169 This painting has spunk.

I hate spunk.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 20, 2025 10:10 AM (A0sqA)

170 Wait. There's butt squeezing on the Art Thread?
Posted by: Starts reading the rules on the inside of the box top at November 20, 2025 09:51 AM

As long as there's no maple syrup involved, the proprietor will probably rule it acceptable.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 20, 2025 10:11 AM (0sNs1)

171 longest continuous city avenue in the country.
Posted by: cmeat at November 20, 2025 10:09 AM (R11M+)

Not the one I lived off of.....

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

172 Stills follow-up single to "Love The One You're With" was "Change Partners". Seems his mind was stuck in the gutter at the time.

Posted by: Defining Deviancy Down. at November 20, 2025 10:12 AM (oftw2)

173 This painting has spunk.

I hate spunk.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 20, 2025 10:10 AM

Not me.

Posted by: Peter North, proud Canadian and irregular AoSHQ commenter at November 20, 2025 10:12 AM (8o71X)

174 She's saying $20.

Posted by: No Name Today at November 20, 2025 10:12 AM (8mulE)

175 Our last Rexall on 9th and Irving closed earlier this year.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 20, 2025 10:12 AM (A0sqA)

176 154 What's going on in that window?

For twenty bucks you can find out.

Posted by: The lady in the window at November 20, 2025 10:12 AM (XQo4F)

177 110 So I see Trump/Vance are not invited to Cheney's funeral unlike all the other uniparty pols.
Posted by: Kamala Harris breaking out the knee pads

Trump won't attend, Vance wasn't invited.

USA's article is somewhat of a hoot: 'Dick Cheney funeral live updates: Former presidents, friends remember polarizing VP' Former presidents and longtime Republican friends are set to attend the Nov. 20 funeral service of former Vice President Dick Cheney, who died at 84.'

In part, "Cheney, part of an old Republican guard quickly vanishing in the era of Donald Trump, died at 84 years old on Nov. 4 following complications from pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease.

Former President George W. Bush is set to speak at the funeral, and former President Joe Biden is expected to also attend. ..." 😲😬

And, of course, Liz Cheney will also speak. 😣

"A legacy shaped by Iraq invasion. Cheney is known as the architect of the war in Iraq. He helped lead the push following the 9/11 terrorist attacks under Bush to invade Iraq based on intelligence ‒ later proven wrong ‒ that Saddam Hussein had amassed weapons of mass destruction."

That's one hell of a remembrance. 🤡

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at November 20, 2025 10:12 AM (NFX2v)

178 She's saying $20.
Posted by: No Name Today at November 20, 2025 10:12 AM (8mulE)

Times are tough. She's having the $19 sale.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 10:13 AM (Zz0t1)

179 Alternate title:

"Roaming Hobo and Joliet"

Posted by: naturalfake at November 20, 2025 10:13 AM (iJfKG)

180 The Art: Its tough for me to get into this one. It invokes thoughts of a comic from the Sunday newspaper (remember those?) combined with a Thomas Kinkade overly glitzy treatment of a mundane scene. The use of color is nice. The scene is ok, a little interesting even. Its just a strange tone though.

Posted by: Crusader at November 20, 2025 10:14 AM (TN0g+)

181 167 ya, and paregoric for the brat's colic. little italy apothecaries still sell leeches.
the reagan broad stopped all sales of cough syrup with any positive affectation.
doc would script me the loaded stuff- the kids slept good.

Posted by: cmeat at November 20, 2025 10:14 AM (R11M+)

182 following the 9/11 terrorist attacks under Bush to invade Iraq based on intelligence ‒ later proven wrong ‒ that Saddam Hussein had amassed weapons of mass destruction."

He had such weapons.....

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

183 169 many named fran dislike spunk. it's what got them into this situation.

Posted by: cmeat at November 20, 2025 10:15 AM (R11M+)

184 Nice. I like the sky.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 20, 2025 10:15 AM (ScUYC)

185 Sponge,
You’re always short bus worthy.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 20, 2025 10:15 AM (FlHFA)

186 Is the guy who received a 28-gauge facial from Dick Cheney going to be at the funeral?

Posted by: one hour sober at November 20, 2025 10:16 AM (Y1sOo)

187 Sponge,
You’re always short bus worthy.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 20, 2025 10:15 AM (FlHFA)

I have always been special ed........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 10:16 AM (Zz0t1)

188 169 This painting has spunk.

I hate spunk.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 20, 2025 10:10 AM (A0sqA)

Lou Grant, is that you?

Posted by: tankdemon at November 20, 2025 10:16 AM (ScUYC)

189 171 serves me right for assuming. shickagoo not the only town with a western ave.

Posted by: cmeat at November 20, 2025 10:17 AM (R11M+)

190 Here is a total non biased headline from Yahoo News

Americans Are Losing Their Minds After Learning That Elon Musk Will Make More In A Year Than Every Single US Grade School Teacher Combined

lol

Yes Americans are Losing their mind over this. I know I am. I’m sure you are as well. It’s all I can think about. Because what musk is paid like totally affects my life.

I hate this shit so much. Ok US Grade teacher. Go start a space company and become CEO of a car company. And then you too can be made whole.

Posted by: Some Judge at November 20, 2025 10:18 AM (/AUU2)

191 It’s mind boggling to see the left venerating Cheney. They HATED him. Jeepers. Don’t y’all remember the seething vitriol? He was satan for crying out loud.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 20, 2025 10:18 AM (FlHFA)

192 serves me right for assuming. shickagoo not the only town with a western ave.
Posted by: cmeat at November 20, 2025 10:17 AM (R11M+)

All good.

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

193 It’s mind boggling to see the left venerating Cheney. They HATED him. Jeepers. Don’t y’all remember the seething vitriol? He was satan for crying out loud.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 20, 2025 10:18 AM (FlHFA)

He hated Trump. Trump is the great uniter.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 10:19 AM (Zz0t1)

194 Sponge, be careful, you could get caught in a short squeeze.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 20, 2025 10:19 AM (0sNs1)

195 Americans Are Losing Their Minds After Learning That Elon Musk Will Make More In A Year Than Every Single US Grade School Teacher Combined

They suck at their jobs, mostly. Musk doesn't seem to.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 10:19 AM (Zz0t1)

196 Sponge, be careful, you could get caught in a short squeeze.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 20, 2025 10:19 AM (0sNs1)

Any port in a storm, n' shit.

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

197
Typical of a small business added to the front of an existing house in a residential neighborhood. A "Mom & Pop" restaurant (as here), small grocery-convenience store or newsstand & tobacconist. Most, maybe all, are gone now. Some I'm familiar with were converted into apartments. Others were torn down when the neighbor was redeveloped. For the model train people here, this would make an interesting model, with or without the "tableau."
Posted by: capercaillie4901 at November 20, 2025 09:59 AM (f1WVr)

agreed, and the house in this picture is in a badly run down area - witness the broken brick walls to the left, where a structure used to be.

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

198 Stock markets are up big this morning.

Posted by: dantesed at November 20, 2025 10:21 AM (Oy/m2)

199 have always been special ed........
Posted by: Sponge

My mom had a cousin named Ed. Anytime he had to wear a name tag that just sticks on the shirt, he would write "I'm special!" underneath his name.
"if they need more info, have them come talk to me. Tell them to ask for Ed, the special one."

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 20, 2025 10:21 AM (2J/Lj)

200 155 ... "I don't say they weren't good, but do you really think they are at the level of DaVinci or Vermeer? Really?"

I think Hopper, the Wyeths and Rockwell were as good as Da Vinci and Vermeer in that they were so effective in their works and abilities to use their materials. The styles, of course, and materials are very different but the level of talent is on a par. I would include Constable, many of the Hudson River School, and the Dutch Golden age painters in the group.

My opinion, for what it's worth.

Posted by: JTB at November 20, 2025 10:21 AM (yTvNw)

201 bigly?

Posted by: cmeat at November 20, 2025 10:21 AM (R11M+)

202 Folks, your periodic reminder that Brandy is a fine girl.

Posted by: J. Random Moron at November 20, 2025 10:21 AM (0sNs1)

203 Stock markets are up big this morning.
Posted by: dantesed at November 20, 2025 10:21 AM (Oy/m2)

Nvidia beat expectations + good jobs report has buyers seeking bargains.

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

204 The addition to the front of that house is similar to the fact that Green Bay, Wisconsin has the highest bar per capita in the United States. Most neighborhoods have a local bar, being a garage where the owners turned it into a bar, hanging an Old Style sign off the front.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 10:22 AM (Zz0t1)

205 199 my pal was a member of the dave smith club. their conventions utilized "hello my name is" stickers.

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

206 My mom had a cousin named Ed. Anytime he had to wear a name tag that just sticks on the shirt, he would write "I'm special!" underneath his name.
"if they need more info, have them come talk to me. Tell them to ask for Ed, the special one."
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 20, 2025 10:21 AM (2J/Lj)

My family had a lot of Ed's in it. Dad didn't like it that one time when I called him 'Special Ed.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)

207 202 Folks, your periodic reminder that Brandy is a fine girl.
Posted by: J. Random Moron at November 20, 2025 10:21 AM

And she'd probably make a good wife.

Posted by: Other morons nodding in agreement at November 20, 2025 10:27 AM (XQo4F)

208 I like the painting. Would hang.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 20, 2025 10:27 AM (g8Ew8)

209 Being too evil to get invited to *Dick fucking Cheney's funeral* is certainly an accomplishment of some kind.

Epstein thought Trump was evil, too. When a fellow pedophile who rapes kids says you're worse than he is....you're basically as disgusting as they come

Trump hated Cheney and vice-versa but this snub will definitely frost Trump's insecure ass. I am slightly disappointed we won't get to see Melania's funeral attire. Homegirl probably had the perfect gigantic hat for the occasion

Uh, wasn't this Trump's selling point? He's "not a politician"? Doesn't this just re enforce that? Good for the Cheney family but it's no surprise or big deal.

That's Trump's selling point but it's always been the opposite of who Trump is. He is a person who has always been desperate for the attention and approval of the elites.

It's not that they are not invited. They were *specifically uninvited*, and that's an important difference.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at November 20, 2025 10:29 AM (JCZqz)

210 funny tweet I read: "BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani to require all New York elementary school students to learn Arabic numerals"

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at November 20, 2025 10:29 AM (V6W16)

211 One could name the painting, Once Upon a Time in the Real America.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 20, 2025 10:30 AM (g8Ew8)

212 Guy in the bar is working on an original Apple computer.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at November 20, 2025 10:31 AM (T5xVz)

213 What a rundown slum.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 20, 2025 10:31 AM (6KcYW)

214 That's Trump's selling point but it's always been the opposite of who Trump is. He is a person who has always been desperate for the attention and approval of the elites.

---------

The cognitive dissonance, it hurts

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 20, 2025 10:31 AM (dyewR)

215 Epstein thought Trump was evil, too. When a fellow pedophile who rapes kids says you're worse than he is....you're basically as disgusting as they come

Tell me you make shit up to justify your insane rantings without telling me you make shit up to justify your insane rantings.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 10:31 AM (Zz0t1)

216
“Americans Are Losing Their Minds After Learning That Elon Musk Will Make More In A Year Than Every Single US Grade School Teacher Combined”

Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 20, 2025 10:32 AM (6KcYW)

217 Blight. What happens when commies take over.
Please send your gift of $20 a month ......

Posted by: Case at November 20, 2025 10:33 AM (5Je/N)

218 Tell me you make shit up to justify your insane rantings without telling me you make shit up to justify your insane rantings.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 10:31 AM

Was that wrong? Because nobody told me that was wrong.

Posted by: Karen, with septum piercing and hair color not found in nature at November 20, 2025 10:33 AM (0sNs1)

219 Troll is weak. Very weak.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 20, 2025 10:33 AM (g8Ew8)

220 Troll is weak. Very weak.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 20, 2025 10:33 AM

As is usually the case.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 10:33 AM (Zz0t1)

221 My family had a lot of Ed's in it. Dad didn't like it that one time when I called him 'Special Ed.'
Posted by: Sponge

Pappymayhem first name was Larry. I have two brothers. I really, really wanted to see my dad and brothers walk in to the legion hall and hear Pappymayhem say, "Hi. I'm Larry. This is my son Daryl and my other son Daryll." Just once! Its all I asked for, ONCE. Nope. Now Pappymayhem went home to God 5 years ago and I will never get to see this hilarity. I am disappoint.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 20, 2025 10:33 AM (2J/Lj)

222 Ah. Troll is a sock.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 20, 2025 10:34 AM (g8Ew8)

223 Epstein hated Trump because Trump called him out and refused to have anything to do with him.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 20, 2025 10:35 AM (qRY7w)

224 Tell me you make shit up to justify your insane rantings without telling me you make shit up to justify your insane rantings.......
Posted by: Sponge

Sadly, the Left just keep repeating the "Trump is a pedo" lie and it slowly catches on in the zeitgeist. The old "a lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes", but worse because it's impossible to prove "the truth", and those lying face no repercussions, so they can do it constantly.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at November 20, 2025 10:36 AM (JCZqz)

225 Folkx, your periodic reminder that it's (D)ifferent when we do it.

Posted by: J. Random Democrat at November 20, 2025 10:36 AM (r9pwo)

226 The Times of India, 'Commie' v 'Donnie' — Trump to meet Mamdani on Friday at White House
Chidanand Rajghatta / TNN / Updated: Nov 20, 2025

TOI Correspondent from Washington:

"A frisson of excitement is coursing through Washington DC and New York City after President Donald Trump announced that he will be meeting Zohran Mamdani in the White House on Friday at the request of the New York City Mayor-elect, the first Indian-origin person voted to administer the global entrepot.
Trump himself confirmed the engagement on his social media account on Wednesday night, posting “Communist Mayor of New York City, Zohran “Kwame” Mamdani, has asked for a meeting. We have agreed that this meeting will take place at the Oval Office on Friday, November 21st. Further details to follow!”

Much more followed.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at November 20, 2025 10:36 AM (NFX2v)

227 Now Pappymayhem went home to God 5 years ago and I will never get to see this hilarity. I am disappoint.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 20, 2025 10:33 AM (2J/Lj)

Heh.

For shame....

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

228 My opinion, for what it's worth.
Posted by: JTB at November 20, 2025 10:21 AM (yTvNw)

I agree. For me art should tell a story or raise an emotion . I think those three did it as well as anyone.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 20, 2025 10:38 AM (KDPiq)

229 Texas Skillerns had soda fountains and grills.

If you bought $5 in school supplies they would give you a coupon for a shake.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 20, 2025 10:39 AM (gbOdA)

230 223 Epstein hated Trump because Trump called him out and refused to have anything to do with him.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Democrats are simply using Mustache Man's Big Lie tactic. Repeat the lie over and over again through their minions like Sweaty Jimmy Kimmel who may have actually been an Epstein client so that their NPCs become convinced that Trump is pedo or pedo adjacent Epstein buddy and protector. Has nothing whatseover to do with facts or truth as ASS and other spreading their manure over the comment section here and elsewhere.

All their crap in my lifetime. Democrats of the left have done one big psy-op after another to lie their way into power and money. It is not to US voters' credit that these ops work from time to time just like con artist crimes against individuals.

Posted by: whig at November 20, 2025 10:39 AM (WDjG6)

231 Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 20, 2025 10:32 AM

Viginti sesteri, idem ac in oppido

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 20, 2025 10:40 AM (0sNs1)

232 I saw Truth as Ass open for 400 Blows at Arcadia in '95.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 10:41 AM (Zz0t1)

233 Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 20, 2025 10:32 AM

Viginti sesteri, idem ac in oppido
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 20, 2025 10:40 AM (0sNs1)
----------
Semper ubi sub ubi.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 20, 2025 10:41 AM (jzcHR)

234 191 It’s mind boggling to see the left venerating Cheney. They HATED him. Jeepers. Don’t y’all remember the seething vitriol? He was satan for crying out loud.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 20, 2025 10:18 AM (FlHFA)

20 years from now the left will look fondly back on Trump as a moderate and reasonable Republican. You know it’s coming.

Posted by: Some Judge at November 20, 2025 10:41 AM (/AUU2)

235 I like this one, would hang. Window lady, "Hey sailor."

Posted by: scampydog at November 20, 2025 10:41 AM (2bFN5)

236 The Left didn’t care about Dem homos making a porn film in the capitol building. They didn’t care that one of their Congressmen was cornholing a page. They didn’t care if Bill Clinton was sticking cigars up an intern’s vajayja in the Oval Office.

They are evil retarded psychos.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 20, 2025 10:42 AM (KDPiq)

237 I like this one, would hang. Window lady, "Hey sailor."
Posted by: scampydog at November 20, 2025 10:41 AM (2bFN5)

Either that's a small window or that woman is related to The Jolly Green Giant.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 10:42 AM (Zz0t1)

238 Everyone: AI is dead

Nvidia: LOL

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 20, 2025 10:42 AM (/AUU2)

239 And, of course, Liz Cheney will also speak. "

While the McCain funeral goes on? Talk about disrespect..

Posted by: man at November 20, 2025 10:43 AM (XuXeR)

240 The Left didn’t care about Dem homos making a porn film in the capitol building. They didn’t care that one of their Congressmen was cornholing a page. They didn’t care if Bill Clinton was sticking cigars up an intern’s vajayja in the Oval Office.

They are evil retarded psychos.
Posted by: the way I see it at November 20, 2025 10:42 AM (KDPiq)

This is fact.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 10:43 AM (Zz0t1)

241 20 years from now the left will look fondly back on Trump as a moderate and reasonable Republican. You know it’s coming.
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Sooner than that I bet. They'll start demonizing Vance as Hitler-on-steroids and claim that he's a far bigger threat than mild-mannered Trump ever was.

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

242 They are evil retarded psychos.
Posted by: the way I see it at November 20, 2025 10:42 AM (KDPiq)
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Who probably opened for the Crash Test Dummies.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 20, 2025 10:43 AM (jzcHR)

243 Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 20, 2025 10:32 AM

Viginti sesteri, idem ac in oppido
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 20, 2025 10:40 AM (0sNs1)
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Semper ubi sub ubi."

"Do bee doo be dooo"

Posted by: man at November 20, 2025 10:44 AM (XuXeR)

244 Everyone: AI is dead

Nvidia: LOL

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 20, 2025 10:42 AM (/AUU2)

It isn't dead. And it is very much asshoe!

Posted by: Doof at November 20, 2025 10:44 AM (Ltmlv)

245 The Left didn’t care about Dem homos making a porn film in the capitol building. They didn’t care that one of their Congressmen was cornholing a page.

Was that wrong?

Posted by: Dirty homosexual sodomite at November 20, 2025 10:44 AM (t5X2c)

246 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around.
Dang. There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who push their wheeled baggage with the handle next to their body, and those who have the handle to the outside. This second group are true evil doers and walk the earth only to torment unwary travelers.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 20, 2025 10:45 AM (Vt61E)

247 Remember how we were in a major recession.

Yeah about that. September jobs report is out (a little late due to shutdown). 119k new jobs created.

And Walmart stock is up 6% today. Giant retail chains typically do that during a recession right? lol.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 20, 2025 10:45 AM (/AUU2)

248 > It’s mind boggling to see the left venerating Cheney.
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Mostly because Cheney hated Trump. Anyone who hates Trump is "good" in the eyes of the left.

At least until they're not useful for bashing Trump and/or his supporters anymore. Plus, they're vestiges of the Old Guard political family and as such are to be venerated. Unless (again) they're supporters of Trump.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 20, 2025 10:45 AM (NwnyJ)

249 Semper ubi sub ubi.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea
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Ok, but what about pants?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at November 20, 2025 10:45 AM (XvL8K)

250 They are evil retarded psychos.
Posted by: the way I see it at November 20, 2025 10:42 AM (KDPiq)
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Who probably opened for the Crash Test Dummies.
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Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm

Posted by: Crash Test Dummies at November 20, 2025 10:45 AM (TN0g+)

251 But do they sell Slushies … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at November 20, 2025 10:45 AM (ayRl+)

252 Eventus stultorum magister

Posted by: Johnny Ringo at November 20, 2025 10:45 AM (0sNs1)

253 The Left didn’t care about Dem homos making a porn film in the capitol building. They didn’t care that one of their Congressmen was cornholing a page.

Was that wrong?
Posted by: Dirty homosexual sodomite at November 20, 2025 10:44 AM (t5X2c)

I forgot about Barney Frank running a homo whorehouse out of his townhome with his boyfriend the pimp.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 20, 2025 10:46 AM (KDPiq)

254 If you bought $5 in school supplies they would give you a coupon for a shake.
Posted by: r hennigantx

My daughter did something good at school and got rewarded with a coupon from Dairy Queen for a fee kids meal including a small ice cream cone. It was hot that day and we just went to the drive thru. As we headed home she was munching on the fries and I said eat your ice cream before you eat the real food. She stared at me for a few long seconds, blinked, and said wow. I said yeh that happened.
She just silently blinked again and commenced eating the ice cream first.
But on the bright side, we did not have melted ice cream all over the place!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 20, 2025 10:46 AM (2J/Lj)

255 Ok, but what about pants?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at November 20, 2025 10:45 AM (XvL8K)
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Your discretion.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 20, 2025 10:46 AM (jzcHR)

256 241 20 years from now the left will look fondly back on Trump as a moderate and reasonable Republican. You know it’s coming.
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Sooner than that I bet. They'll start demonizing Vance as Hitler-on-steroids and claim that he's a far bigger threat than mild-mannered Trump ever was.
Posted by: Crusader at November 20, 2025 10:43 AM (TN0g+)

It’s the same pattern each time.

Reagan was the devil.

Then when he died he was kind of OK compared to the current devil Bush.

Then when Trump came along he was the devil and Bush was kinda cool.

So yeah Vance will be the new devil and Trump will be kinda OK.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 20, 2025 10:47 AM (/AUU2)

257 Nice colors. Would be better with just the enigmatic lady in the window, without the guy on the street.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 20, 2025 10:47 AM (iFTx/)

258 Retail stores are anticipating everyone having
2k to spend.

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

259 I forgot about Barney Frank running a homo whorehouse out of his townhome with his boyfriend the pimp.
Posted by: the way I see it at November 20, 2025 10:46 AM (KDPiq)

Up until your comment, I had (thankfully) forgotten about Barney Frank.

Posted by: Doof at November 20, 2025 10:47 AM (Ltmlv)

260 I forgot about Barney Frank running a homo whorehouse out of his townhome with his boyfriend the pimp.
Posted by: the way I see it at November 20, 2025 10:46 AM (KDPiq)

But he had NO IDEA it was happening, you see.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 10:50 AM (Zz0t1)

261 This qualifies as art.

Man Cave Material it is not.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at November 20, 2025 10:50 AM (6qf1m)

262 Up until your comment, I had (thankfully) forgotten about Barney Frank.
Posted by: Doof at November 20, 2025 10:47 AM

Well, he wasn't much of a pickleball player.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 20, 2025 10:50 AM (0sNs1)

263 U.S. employers added a surprisingly solid 119,000 jobs in September, the government said, issuing a key economic report that had been delayed for seven weeks by the federal government shutdown. The unemployment rate rose to 4.4% in September, highest since October 2021 and up from 4.3% in August, the Labor Department said Thursday. The unemployment rate rose partly because 470,000 people entered the labor market — either working or looking for work — in September and not all of them found jobs right away. The increase in payrolls was more than double the 50,000 economists had forecast.

Posted by: SMOD at November 20, 2025 10:50 AM (RHGPo)

264 Ia that 2k thing realistic?

I don’t like it personally, vote buying by either side is a bad thing. Use the money to pay off the debt.

Congress has to go along with it as well. Not sure there are votes in the house to make it happen. And definitely not 60 votes in the senate.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 20, 2025 10:50 AM (/AUU2)

265 246 Goes looking for coffee.

i'm gonna need a better camera

Posted by: GOES-16 at November 20, 2025 10:51 AM (oY6Yp)

266 G'day, y'all. Gray overcast and cooler after last night's deluge here in NE Okla. Still nice for November.

The painting struck me in three phases. First, the somewhat cartoonish style. Second, of course, the tilt of the scene. But that led to the only action in the painting, the fellow walking downhill. I was impressed that the stance did seem to effectively reflect the stride one assumes when walking down an incline like that. Nicely done in that, IMO.

Got to go back and pick up on JJ's Report now. Carry on, troops.

Posted by: mindful webworker - he is striding at November 20, 2025 10:51 AM (LyKyF)

267 Gladys Kravitz in the window. The original, not that Sandra Gould pretender.

Posted by: Alice Pearce at November 20, 2025 10:51 AM (oftw2)

268 Up until your comment, I had (thankfully) forgotten about Barney Frank.
Posted by: Doof at November 20, 2025 10:47 AM

Well, he wasn't much of a pickleball player.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 20, 2025 10:50 AM (0sNs1)

Hah. On that note I just read Carmel, CA just banned pickle ball.

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

269
Hah. On that note I just read Carmel, CA just banned pickle ball.
Posted by: the way I see it at November 20, 2025 10:51 AM (KDPiq)

California hates old people!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 10:52 AM (Zz0t1)

270 Have you observed that there are mornings where CBD keeps a fairly close eye on things, and mornings where he's apparently absent?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 20, 2025 10:53 AM (0sNs1)

271 I haven't been to Joliet since 1965 when I got on Route 66 which started there.

Posted by: SMOD at November 20, 2025 10:53 AM (RHGPo)

272 Doggie in the window>>Bint in the window

Posted by: Arf! Arf! at November 20, 2025 10:53 AM (oftw2)

273 i'm gonna need a better camera
Posted by: GOES-16 "

I'm right here...
/GOES-19

Posted by: man at November 20, 2025 10:54 AM (XuXeR)

274 Have you observed that there are mornings where CBD keeps a fairly close eye on things, and mornings where he's apparently absent?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 20, 2025 10:53 AM (0sNs1)

Sous vide, or not sous vide.

THAT is the question.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 10:54 AM (Zz0t1)

275 I must have missed all the blues brothers snark.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 20, 2025 10:54 AM (KDPiq)

276 Cool painting. I was in joliet a few times, well *a* joliet. I have a friend there. Joliet Illinois. Didn't see anything that looked like this painting though.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 20, 2025 10:54 AM (snZF9)

277 I must have missed all the blues brothers snark.
Posted by: the way I see it at November 20, 2025 10:54 AM (KDPiq)

There was some very early on.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 10:54 AM (Zz0t1)

278 How do you ban a sport? I can see removing courts and from city property or things like that. But if I want to open up a pickle ball center the city is going to ban it? That sounds, sus, as the kids would say.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 20, 2025 10:54 AM (/AUU2)

279 I haven't been to Joliet since 1965 when I got on Route 66 which started there.
Posted by: SMOD at November 20, 2025 10:53 AM

Did you get your kicks?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 20, 2025 10:54 AM (0sNs1)

280 when I got on Route 66 which started there."

Get to Kingman? Barstow? San Bernardino?

Posted by: man at November 20, 2025 10:55 AM (XuXeR)

281 Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 20, 2025 10:54 AM (/AUU2

Noise ordinance.

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

282 A former congressional staffer, Natalie Greene, who once worked for GOP Rep. Jeff Van Drew, has been charged for allegedly staging her own violent assault, for which she paid someone $500 to slice dozens of cuts into her body, according to prosecutors.

.. when the demand for violent crime outweighs the supply

Posted by: SMOD at November 20, 2025 10:55 AM (RHGPo)

283 About that report in the sidebar that a new start-up has reached a "controlled fission reaction." Sounds positive, and I hope it is. But whenever some hyped startup announces it reached a "milestone" towards some grandiose grand plan, my Bullshit-O-Meter goes into overdrive. I've heard this bullshit 100x before. It rarely amounts to anything. These announcements are mostly funding PR -- and lo and behold, the company is in the midst of raising capital. Shocker.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 20, 2025 10:56 AM (iFTx/)

284 Hah. On that note I just read Carmel, CA just banned pickle ball.
Posted by: the way I see it at November 20, 2025 10:51 AM (KDPiq)

California hates old people!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 10:52 AM (Zz0t1)

Unless they poop on the streets

Posted by: Doof at November 20, 2025 10:56 AM (Ltmlv)

285 I must have missed all the blues brothers snark.
Posted by: the way I see it at November 20, 2025 10:54 AM

Snark? Snark??!? I am shocked, *shocked* to discover that there might be snarkful comments in this establishment.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 20, 2025 10:57 AM (0sNs1)

286 A former congressional staffer, Natalie Greene, who once worked for GOP Rep. Jeff Van Drew, has been charged for allegedly staging her own violent assault, for which she paid someone $500 to slice dozens of cuts into her body, according to prosecutors.

.. when the demand for violent crime outweighs the supply
Posted by: SMOD at November 20, 2025 10:55 AM (RHGPo)
_________

Two gay Nigerians?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 20, 2025 10:57 AM (iFTx/)

287 Noise ordinance.
Posted by: the way I see it at November 20, 2025 10:55 AM (KDPiq)

Then they better ban basketball and tennis too. And why not ban children while they’re at it, they can be really noisy right? 🤣

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 20, 2025 10:57 AM (/AUU2)

288 There was some very early on.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 10:54 AM (Zz0t1)

Just wanted to make sure the horde wasn’t slipping though that is some low hanging snark fruit.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 20, 2025 10:57 AM (KDPiq)

289 i'm gonna need a better camera
Posted by: GOES-16 "

I'm right here...
/GOES-19
Posted by: man at November 20, 2025 10:54 AM (XuXeR)

Look guys!
A moon!!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 20, 2025 10:57 AM (Vt61E)

290 I must have missed all the blues brothers snark.
Posted by: the way I see it at November 20, 2025 10:54 AM (KDPiq)

There was some very early on.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 10:54 AM (Zz0t1)

Must have been busy enjoying an orange whip

Posted by: Doof at November 20, 2025 10:57 AM (Ltmlv)

291 43 Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 20, 2025 10:32 AM

Viginti sesteri, idem ac in oppido
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 20, 2025 10:40 AM (0sNs1)
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Semper ubi sub ubi."

"Do bee doo be dooo"
Posted by: man at November 20, 2025 10:44 AM (XuXeR)

Drizzle drizzle drazzle drome - time for this one to come home.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 20, 2025 10:58 AM (g8Ew8)

292 These announcements are mostly funding PR"

Old boss used to call it "engineering by press release "

Posted by: man at November 20, 2025 10:58 AM (XuXeR)

293 Noise ordinance.
Posted by: the way I see it at November 20, 2025 10:55 AM (KDPiq)

Then they better ban basketball and tennis too. And why not ban children while they’re at it, they can be really noisy right? 🤣
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at November 20, 2025 10:57 AM (/AUU2)

Tells me you never heard pickle ball being played.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 20, 2025 10:58 AM (KDPiq)

294 ""former congressional staffer, Natalie Greene, who once worked for GOP Rep. Jeff Van Drew, has been charged for allegedly staging her own violent assault, for which she paid someone $500 to slice dozens of cuts into her body, according to prosecutors.""

Why? Was it some crazy hoax? Is that just her kink? Inquiring minds.....

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at November 20, 2025 10:58 AM (2J/Lj)

295 I would say this is bad art, but Joliet actually looks like that.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 20, 2025 10:58 AM (N1tpc)

296 280 when I got on Route 66 which started there."

Get to Kingman? Barstow? San Bernardino?

... was headed for Paso Robles

Posted by: SMOD at November 20, 2025 10:59 AM (RHGPo)

297 3 Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 20, 2025 10:32 AM

Viginti sesteri, idem ac in oppido
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 20, 2025 10:40 AM (0sNs1)
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Semper ubi sub ubi."

"Do bee doo be dooo"
Posted by: man at November 20, 2025 10:44 AM (XuXeR)

Drizzle drizzle drazzle drome - time for this one to come home.

Doo waa diddy diddy dum diddy doo

Posted by: Diogenes at November 20, 2025 10:59 AM (Vt61E)

298 ... was headed for Paso Robles"

Wine?

Posted by: man at November 20, 2025 11:00 AM (XuXeR)

299 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 20, 2025 11:01 AM (Zz0t1)

300 Why? Was it some crazy hoax? Is that just her kink?"

She's nuts. And should explain how our government works...

Posted by: man at November 20, 2025 11:01 AM (XuXeR)

301 Carmel was also the city that banned ice cream cones until Clint had it overturned.

Posted by: the way I see it at November 20, 2025 11:01 AM (KDPiq)

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