Mid-Morning Art Thread

Full Moon, Limache, Chile
Alfredo Helsby

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 1

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

2 That’s no moon…..

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 12, 2026 09:31 AM (cGNpL)

3 Hola

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 12, 2026 09:31 AM (OUMaO)

4
ESPONJA!!1!!!!!

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 12, 2026 09:31 AM (tljrc)

5 Muy bueno.

Posted by: huerfano at January 12, 2026 09:31 AM (98kQX)

6 Bleak.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 09:31 AM (u/kd+)

7 Ooh, nice. Thanks, CBD.

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

8 Smithsonian American Art Museum

Alfredo Helsby, Full Moon, Limache, Chile, n.d., oil on canvas, sight 20 3⁄4 x 34 in. (52.7 x 86.4 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Chilean Embassy, Washington, D.C., 1915.6.3

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

9 Howling wolf in the background.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 12, 2026 09:32 AM (NwnyJ)

10

You thank your scared? I have to walk back alone!

Posted by: Ed Gein at January 12, 2026 09:32 AM (zBC2/)

11 /swats mosquitos galore

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 12, 2026 09:32 AM (EtDTo)

12 I hear they have carrots there.

Posted by: fd at January 12, 2026 09:32 AM (vFG9F)

13 And not very comforting to the cabin boys either.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 12, 2026 09:32 AM (cGNpL)

14 The moon was angry that night, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at January 12, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

15 Good Morning....Yawns...Scratches...shuffles off to find elixir of life aka coffee......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 12, 2026 09:32 AM (QGaXH)

16 No Pinochet helicopters not art.

Posted by: Tis the Season at January 12, 2026 09:33 AM (HTCU3)

17 I like the execution but I wouldn’t hang. Looks like an old tattoo that has faded into a blotch when viewed from any distance.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 12, 2026 09:34 AM (KDPiq)

18 Confusedus say man who do full moon on cold night get Chile.

Posted by: Confusedus at January 12, 2026 09:34 AM (vFG9F)

19 Why, thank you. I'd love a delicious bowl of chee lay!

Posted by: AOC at January 12, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

20 Moon. M.O.O.N. MOON!

Posted by: Eromero at January 12, 2026 09:35 AM (LHPAg)

21 Dow opens 500 pts there don't trump declared cannot no federal pounds.
trump about you brought and debt

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith... the anal behind anal sex at January 12, 2026 09:35 AM (Q4V7g)

22 Could be worse.

Could be raining Somalians.

Posted by: Igor at January 12, 2026 09:35 AM (Fjg3J)

23 A wolf in the foreground, I would paint it on the side of my bitchin' van. As is, Meh!

Posted by: Vans East-Route 46 at January 12, 2026 09:35 AM (oftw2)

24 A little voodoo Chile, for when you're standing next to a mountain.

Posted by: XTC at January 12, 2026 09:36 AM (uEmCf)

25 Bob Ross could paint this in 22 minutes-tops!

Posted by: Art Maven at January 12, 2026 09:36 AM (oftw2)

26 Silver is up. Gold is up. I am happy.

Posted by: no one at January 12, 2026 09:37 AM (qFwJc)

27 Not a lot happening, but did nice job on sky

Posted by: Skip at January 12, 2026 09:37 AM (PLupS)

28 Love this. I should get a print of it for the guest bathroom. Would look nice there.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 09:37 AM (GyQIQ)

29 Gas now averaging $2.80/ gallon! Amazing

Posted by: LASue at January 12, 2026 09:37 AM (lCppi)

30 Chile where it can take you either hours to drive across it or days depending which direction you take.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 12, 2026 09:37 AM (KDPiq)

31 Beautiful painting

Posted by: LASue at January 12, 2026 09:38 AM (lCppi)

32 Damn moonshadow.
Keeps following me.

Posted by: The Stevens formerly known as Cat at January 12, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)

33 Kinda spooky. I like spooky.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at January 12, 2026 09:39 AM (KK2TN)

34 Like it! Nice and moody.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 12, 2026 09:40 AM (DgMqy)

35 Weeping Willow makes this depressing. I like happy art. Clowns, Penguins, things that make children smile.

Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board at January 12, 2026 09:41 AM (oftw2)

36 The moon is too bright; we're gonna have to wait a couple of weeks to snatch another dictator.

Posted by: PabloD at January 12, 2026 09:41 AM (pXTL4)

37 Chile where it can take you either hours to drive across it or days depending which direction you take.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Kinda like Tennessee.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 09:41 AM (u/kd+)

38 This is how I should paint! Since I cannot draw, I should concentrate on nighttime scenes in foggy weather! Damn, this is good.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 12, 2026 09:41 AM (D1po+)

39 Did someone say spooky?

https://youtu.be/cMAo0m4E4Lc

Posted by: The Atlanta Rhythm Section at January 12, 2026 09:41 AM (2Ez/1)

40 The moon is too bright; we're gonna have to wait a couple of weeks to snatch another dictator.
Posted by: PabloD

January 18th - new moon. Which is a misnomer, because there's no moon.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 09:43 AM (u/kd+)

41 A wolf in the foreground, I would paint it on the side of my bitchin' van. As is, Meh!
Posted by: Vans East-Route 46 at January 12, 2026 09:35 AM

*squints*

Where wolf?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 12, 2026 09:43 AM (bFu5X)

42 "Marsh, Marsh, Marsh!"

Posted by: Jan Brady, art critic at January 12, 2026 09:44 AM (/iMjX)

43 Chile where it can take you either hours to drive across it or days depending which direction you take.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Yeah, Chile is a really weirdly proportioned country.

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 09:44 AM (77rzZ)

44 Where wolf?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 12, 2026 09:43 AM (bFu5X)

there
there wolf

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 09:44 AM (gbOdA)

45 A wolf in the foreground, I would paint it on the side of my bitchin' van. As is, Meh!
Posted by: Vans East-Route 46 at January 12, 2026 09:35 AM

*squints*

Where wolf?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState

There wolf. There castle...

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 12, 2026 09:44 AM (OUMaO)

46 Looks more like a Lousy-ana bayou.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 12, 2026 09:44 AM (wzUl9)

47 ARS!

That song popped into my head too! And kinda matches She Hobbit.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 12, 2026 09:44 AM (IhIKR)

48 You can almost see the communists dropping like rain.

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 12, 2026 09:44 AM (RIvkX)

49 I'm a bit "muh" on the painting. It's nice.
But, I would like to go to the actual location.
See a full moon from that spot, to see what the artist saw.

I think often about the phrase "the medium is part of the message." What is that message?

Like, what if that scene was rendered as:
- a black and white photo
- a color photo
- a video with or without audio
- just an audio clip
- described in prose, as a poem, a song

And so on, so many ways to describe and limit one scene, one brief moment in time and space.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 12, 2026 09:45 AM (HXT0k)

50 Yeah, Chile is a really weirdly proportioned country.

Posted by: Bulg

All coasts and mountains, often in the same place.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 12, 2026 09:45 AM (OUMaO)

51 Howling At The Moon (Sha-La-La) is a fine Ramones song, from their Too Tough To Die album (1984).

Posted by: Ramones 4 Ever at January 12, 2026 09:46 AM (oftw2)

52 Harvest Moon is one of my very favorite songs.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 12, 2026 09:46 AM (IhIKR)

53 Okay, let's see...

Full moon
Full moon...hmmm

If only I knew something else that rhymes with 'full moon'...

Posted by: muldoon at January 12, 2026 09:47 AM (/iMjX)

54 Looks more like a Lousy-ana bayou.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

How's the move to the Indianny bayous going?

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

55 I like how he captured the glow of the full moon behind the clouds. It's lovely. The full moon is one of my favorite images from nature.

Posted by: Kris at January 12, 2026 09:48 AM (m8ELN)

56 It's well done. But not a place I'd want to visit, in person or virtually by having it on the wall.

I give it an "ok" and an extended shoulder shrug.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 12, 2026 09:48 AM (UGyV5)

57 Beautiful cloudy night sky. I especially like the way he captured the reflection in the water and the way the plant growth looks in that soft, filtered light: shadowy and subdued with muted color. The scene is quiet and peaceful.

I found a couple of his other works on his Wiki page. He had a way to use light to create a mood, both in how the light brought out features in the image (hard shadows and bright color during the morning) and how that light affected the people in the scene.

Posted by: JTB at January 12, 2026 09:48 AM (yTvNw)

58 ...and as if to mock the Young Frankenstein gag: In Chile, we have...Wulff Castle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wulff_Castle

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 12, 2026 09:49 AM (OUMaO)

59 There's a weird horizontal gray line in the middle of my screen- just on the ace main page and comments page.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 12, 2026 09:49 AM (ZLHME)

60 kinda nice. i get hung up on the pinks worked into the halo.

Posted by: cmeat at January 12, 2026 09:49 AM (R11M+)

61 I'm eating blueberries from Peruvia right now-not Chile.

Posted by: Pretty Good Stuff at January 12, 2026 09:50 AM (oftw2)

62 And it's gone
And back

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 12, 2026 09:50 AM (ZLHME)

63 I'm goin' back someday
Come what may
To Blue Bayou

(great song both original and LR)

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 12, 2026 09:50 AM (DgMqy)

64 There's a weird horizontal gray line in the middle of my screen- just on the ace main page and comments page.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 12, 2026 09:49 AM (ZLHME)

Do you live close to a border or city limit?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 12, 2026 09:51 AM (g8Ew8)

65 59 There's a weird horizontal gray line in the middle of my screen- just on the ace main page and comments page.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 12, 2026 09:49 AM (ZLHME)

ace controls the horizontal
ace will control the vertical

Posted by: The Outer Limits at January 12, 2026 09:51 AM (UGyV5)

66 Sunset or sunrise is my favorite subject to paint.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 12, 2026 09:51 AM (KDPiq)

67 To Blue Bayou

(great song both original and LR)
Posted by: Bad Andrew

Who did the original?

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 09:51 AM (77rzZ)

68 20 i have a pal that says that all the time. it's from a movie i've never seen. but i know that part.

Posted by: cmeat at January 12, 2026 09:51 AM (R11M+)

69 Alfredo Helsby
(Chilean, 1862–1933)
Known for: Landscape, nocturnal painting

The artist has a lovely body of work. (Artnet dot com, Alfredo Helsby. 49 paintings, 8 works on paper.)

A lovely, peaceful lead into the work week. Here's hoping.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 12, 2026 09:52 AM (NFX2v)

70 67 To Blue Bayou

(great song both original and LR)
Posted by: Bad Andrew

Who did the original?

I think its a Roy Orbison song, but I'll confirm.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 12, 2026 09:52 AM (DgMqy)

71 55 I like how he captured the glow of the full moon behind the clouds. It's lovely. The full moon is one of my favorite images from nature.
Posted by: Kris

Hi, Kris!

Posted by: Welkom Wagen at January 12, 2026 09:53 AM (oftw2)

72 Spooky coincidence. I just sent an email to an old friend in Chile.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2026 09:53 AM (viF8m)

73 This reminds me a little bit of those murals back in the 70's that you could put up in your home like wallpaper.

Neighbor had one. We thought it was "high class."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 12, 2026 09:53 AM (NwnyJ)

74 Kris is here!!!

Hey, Kris! We've missed you!

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 09:54 AM (77rzZ)

75
To Blue Bayou

(great song both original and LR)
Posted by: Bad Andrew

Who did the original?

I think its a Roy Orbison song, but I'll confirm.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 12, 2026 09:52 AM

I believe it was Roy Orbison

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 12, 2026 09:54 AM (tljrc)

76 Kris!

*hugs*

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 12, 2026 09:54 AM (IhIKR)

77 The Addams Family were famous for "moonbathing". Including them here would have helped immensely.

Posted by: Festering Boyle at January 12, 2026 09:55 AM (oftw2)

78 67. To Blue Bayou

(great song both original and LR)
Posted by: Bad Andrew

Who did the original?
Posted by: Bulg

Wikipedia, in part, "Blue Bayou" is a song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson. It was originally sung and recorded by Orbison, who had an international hit with his version in 1963. It later became Linda Ronstadt's signature song, with which she scored a top 5 hit with her cover in 1977. Many others have since recorded the song.

Yes, a great song.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 12, 2026 09:55 AM (NFX2v)

79 Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 12, 2026 09:45 AM (HXT0k)

It's interesting how medium can change how a scene looks and feels. To me, this image in B/W photo or maybe sepia would have a gothic-esque mood. This painting is quiet and peaceful, however.

Posted by: Kris at January 12, 2026 09:55 AM (m8ELN)

80 0 i have a pal that says that all the time. it's from a movie i've never seen. but i know that part.
Posted by: cmeat at January 12, 2026 09:51 AM (R11M+)

It’s done better in I married an ax murderer.

Woman! Woe Man ! Whoaaaa Man !

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 12, 2026 09:55 AM (KDPiq)

81 Beautiful painting. Would hang
Thx CBD

Blue Bayou was written by the great Roy Orbison

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 12, 2026 09:56 AM (9ShUO)

82 I can see Orbison doing that song.

But I prefer it being sung in the beautiful voice of La Ronstadt.

What a sexy voice she had.

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

83 Hi everyone. It's been a minute.

*hugs*

Posted by: Kris at January 12, 2026 09:57 AM (m8ELN)

84 Alternate title:

"Swamp Thing's Vacation Pond"

Posted by: naturalfake at January 12, 2026 09:57 AM (iJfKG)

85 83 Hi everyone. It's been a minute.

*hugs*
Posted by: Kris

Hi, Kris. Always appreciate your artistic insight.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 12, 2026 09:58 AM (NFX2v)

86 There's a moon'ah in the sky
Like a big'ah pizza pie.......

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 12, 2026 09:58 AM (g8Ew8)

87 Welcome back Kris. You've been missed.

Posted by: Tuna at January 12, 2026 09:58 AM (lJ0H4)

88 All coasts and mountains, often in the same place.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 12, 2026 09:45 AM (OUMaO)
++++
Alaska has this, too. Seeing mountains erupting up out of the sea is wil.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 09:59 AM (GyQIQ)

89
FUN FACT:

Limache is the Carrot Capital of Chile.

...

...

Oh my God!!!! They put carrots in Chile!!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at January 12, 2026 09:59 AM (iJfKG)

90 Doesn't look like Moon River, since it doesn't appear to be wider than a mile.

Posted by: Crossing You In Style at January 12, 2026 09:59 AM (oftw2)

91 Yay! Kris is back! You have no idea how every has been worried about you.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 09:59 AM (u/kd+)

92
Pretty doctor/dentist's office painting.

Would hang.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 12, 2026 09:59 AM (iJfKG)

93 52 uncle jim taught us that one around the canoe trip campfires. rabbit froo froo, campfire song, peace and taps, darkie bible school. if we begged her, my sis (r.i.p.) would sing "long lankin," a brutal infanticide ballad.

Posted by: cmeat at January 12, 2026 10:00 AM (R11M+)

94 Doesn't look like Moon River, since it doesn't appear to be wider than a mile.
Posted by: Crossing You In Style

No huckleberries, either.

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)

95 FUN FACT:

Limache is the Carrot Capital of Chile.

...

...

Oh my God!!!! They put carrots in Chile!!!!

Posted by: naturalfake

Doesn't look like Cincinnati.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 10:00 AM (u/kd+)

96
You can tell it's the Southern Hemisphere by the position of the stars.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 12, 2026 10:00 AM (tgvbd)

97 Hello Kris! Missed you and your perspective. Hope all is well.

Posted by: JTB at January 12, 2026 10:00 AM (yTvNw)

98 Alaska has this, too. Seeing mountains erupting up out of the sea is wil.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Best ones are mountains that come out of the sky.

Posted by: They Stand There! at January 12, 2026 10:01 AM (oftw2)

99 I thought Fredo was sleeping with the fishes in Lake Tahoe.

Sorry, wrong Fredo.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at January 12, 2026 10:01 AM (BHrzb)

100 Never been to SAM or MET and wish to see boff

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 10:01 AM (gbOdA)

101 Doesn't look like Moon River, since it doesn't appear to be wider than a mile.
Posted by: Crossing You In Style

Why is that moon brown and why is it winking at me?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 10:01 AM (u/kd+)

102 Is moonlight. Vyery nice.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 10:01 AM (Riz8t)

103 1 and 100 dayum

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 10:01 AM (gbOdA)

104 61 chase those down with some brined cui.

Posted by: cmeat at January 12, 2026 10:02 AM (R11M+)

105

Why is that moon brown and why is it winking at me?
Posted by: rickb223

Pr0nhub has a channel for that.

Posted by: BifBewalski at January 12, 2026 10:02 AM (/kViA)

106 Question for the Horde.
If I select a bonus contribution of 5%, my company will match it.

My question is, should I do before tax or after tax?

We need a money thread on the weekends.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 10:03 AM (u/kd+)

107 Bet there are some puckering assholes in China and Russia as both failed spectacularly in Venezuela.

Same Russian failed in Iran.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 10:03 AM (gbOdA)

108 Full Moon, Limache, Chile
Alfredo Helsby

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

Gibbous Liberty or Gibbous Death - a limerick

There once was an astronaut named Blix
On a moon landing got into a fix
When he entered a crater
With no exterminator
He found himself attacked by lunar ticks!

Posted by: muldoon at January 12, 2026 10:03 AM (/iMjX)

109 The Dow is actually down 181 points. But other than that...

Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 10:04 AM (Riz8t)

110 If I select a bonus contribution of 5%, my company will match it.

My question is, should I do before tax or after tax?

We need a money thread on the weekends.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 10:03 AM (u/kd+)

If it is 401k then it is always pre

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 10:04 AM (gbOdA)

111 We need a money thread on the weekends.
Posted by: rickb223

Just tune into my show and subscribe to my podcast.

Posted by: Dave Ramsey at January 12, 2026 10:04 AM (oftw2)

112 91 Yay! Kris is back! You have no idea how every has been worried about you.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 09:59 AM (u/kd+)

Thank you.

I've been well. I got a new job and can't participate anymore.

Posted by: Kris at January 12, 2026 10:04 AM (m8ELN)

113 5% match is 100% return

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 10:05 AM (gbOdA)

114 78 well, it's no "foggy, foggy dew," but it's ok.

Posted by: cmeat at January 12, 2026 10:05 AM (R11M+)

115 The Dow is actually down 181 points. But other than that...
Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 10:04 AM (Riz8t)

OMG! Sell! Sell! Sell! Sell everything!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 12, 2026 10:06 AM (g8Ew8)

116 We need a money thread on the weekends.
Posted by: rickb223

*********

AOSHQ- a smart monetary blog

(No way that could go south)

Posted by: muldoon at January 12, 2026 10:06 AM (/iMjX)

117 If it is 401k then it is always pre
Posted by: r hennigantx

Thank you.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 10:06 AM (u/kd+)

118 Thank you. I've been well. I got a new job and can't participate anymore.
Posted by: Kris at January 12, 2026 10:04 AM (m8ELN)

anti art league

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 10:07 AM (gbOdA)

119 80 ahm sho yo raht. but that wasn't it. i'd remember if that was it.

Posted by: cmeat at January 12, 2026 10:07 AM (R11M+)

120 So many Leftists pretending to be stupid that I would like to put in that swamp

"Let's be clear, maybe she was wrong for trying to drive away but the penalty for ignoring the order to exit her vehicle should not be death"

grrr...

"So I guess illegal parking is now a capital offense "

GRRR..

Posted by: Fen at January 12, 2026 10:07 AM (ciYHQ)

121 Thank you. I've been well. I got a new job and can't participate anymore.
Posted by: Kris

We gotta have a talk with your boss.

"Do youse guys know how much we need Kris's commentary?"

Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 10:08 AM (u/kd+)

122 We've conquered Chile. On to Greenland!

Posted by: The Merry Marching Penguin Majority at January 12, 2026 10:08 AM (oftw2)

123 AOSHQ- a smart monetary blog

(No way that could go south)
Posted by: muldoon at January 12, 2026 10:06 AM (/iMjX)

Go long on pork bellies as the crew here needs about half lb daily.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 10:08 AM (gbOdA)

124 JK Rowling Shows Her Support for Smoking, Hot Iranian Woman Standing Up To the Mullahs

The woman can write. She should really consider taking it up for a living.

If you claim to support human rights yet can’t bring yourself to show solidarity with those fighting for their liberty in Iran, you’ve revealed yourself. You don’t give a damn about people being oppressed and brutalised so long as it’s being done by the enemies of your enemies.

https://is.gd/XuoKgX

Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 10:08 AM (Riz8t)

125 90 i can't hear that without hearing, "ribba! RIBBAH!"

Posted by: cmeat at January 12, 2026 10:09 AM (R11M+)

126 Is there not a way to suspend funding for all NGOs at once?

Posted by: Fen at January 12, 2026 10:09 AM (ciYHQ)

127 The painting is a beautiful work. Love the handling of the moonlight in the clouds. Would steal from the Louvre (if it happened to be hanging there).

Posted by: Paco at January 12, 2026 10:09 AM (2L+MU)

128 Thank you. I've been well. I got a new job and can't participate anymore.

Posted by: Kris at January 12, 2026 10:04 AM (m8ELN)
-

No bathroom breaks?

/looks up department of labor phone number

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 12, 2026 10:09 AM (h9xas)

129 112 ... "Thank you. I've been well. I got a new job and can't participate anymore."

Kris, You are missed, obviously. But we are all glad it's for a good reason.

Posted by: JTB at January 12, 2026 10:10 AM (yTvNw)

130 We need a money thread on the weekends.

********

"Diversify!!"

"Buy low, sell high!"

"Slap hot iron t it!"

"Boobs!"

Posted by: muldoon at January 12, 2026 10:10 AM (/iMjX)

131 Is there not a way to suspend funding for all NGOs at once?

Posted by: Fen at January 12, 2026 10:09 AM (ciYHQ)
-

Yes.

WAR!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 12, 2026 10:10 AM (h9xas)

132 "Slap hot iron t it!"

*******

Now there's an ironic typo!

Posted by: muldoon at January 12, 2026 10:11 AM (/iMjX)

133 Maybe we could snatch a few protesters and something something until they take us to their leader?

Posted by: Fen at January 12, 2026 10:11 AM (ciYHQ)

134 Is there not a way to suspend funding for all NGOs at once?

Posted by: Fen at January 12, 2026 10:09 AM (ciYHQ)

Just run thru 2019 spending package.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 12, 2026 10:11 AM (gbOdA)

135 > Is there not a way to suspend funding for all NGOs at once?
------------
Probably... not. The political class relies on them for kickbacks.

And, there are several billionaires who contribute to them, or in some cases, actually run them. Outside of government control, apparently.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 12, 2026 10:11 AM (NwnyJ)

136 Lovely limerick, Muldoon, Well done, as usual.

Posted by: Lesbian Poet Appreciation League at January 12, 2026 10:12 AM (oftw2)

137 Kris, You are missed, obviously. But we are all glad it's for a good reason.
Posted by: JTB at January 12, 2026 10:10 AM (yTvNw)

Thank you. It's a good job. I hope you all have been treating CBD well.

Posted by: Kris at January 12, 2026 10:12 AM (m8ELN)

138 looks up department of labor phone number
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at

Just holler. Wifey is GS15 at DOL

Working from home atm

Posted by: Fen at January 12, 2026 10:13 AM (ciYHQ)

139 We need a money thread on the weekends.

I made that suggestion a few years ago.

The financial advice that popped up on thread in the wake of my suggestion was...uh
....uh....idiosyncratic.

The Financial Thread never happened.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 12, 2026 10:13 AM (iJfKG)

140 I hope you all have been treating CBD well.
Posted by: Kris at January 12, 2026 10:12 AM

Seriously? Who are you, and what have you done with Kris?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 12, 2026 10:14 AM (bFu5X)

141 No bathroom breaks?

/looks up department of labor phone number

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,

That's technically an OSHA thing...

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 12, 2026 10:15 AM (OUMaO)

142 .I hope you all have been treating CBD well.
Posted by: Kris at January 12, 2026

Not really, but I think he kinda likes that

Posted by: Fen at January 12, 2026 10:15 AM (ciYHQ)

143 Thank you. It's a good job. I hope you all have been treating CBD well.
Posted by: Kris

He gets all the accolades due him.

Posted by: No Swelled Head at January 12, 2026 10:15 AM (oftw2)

144 I hope you all have been treating CBD well.
Posted by: Kris

We refrain, with difficulty, from badmouthing him when his choice of "art" forces us to decamp to the Vibrant Hot Air Art Thread.

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 10:16 AM (77rzZ)

145 We used to have Monty dispensing doom and financial advice. What ever happened to Monty? And Krakatoa?

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at January 12, 2026 10:16 AM (munGb)

146 "It doesn't look like anything to me."
-- Dolores Abernathy in the only good season of Westworld.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at January 12, 2026 10:16 AM (36PRH)

147 No bathroom breaks?

/looks up department of labor phone number

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,

That's technically an OSHA thing...
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 12, 2026 10:15 AM (OUMaO)

Hmm. That would be two major government agencies taking care of the same shit.

Sounds about right.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 12, 2026 10:17 AM (g8Ew8)

148 The Financial Thread never happened.
Posted by: naturalfake

I thought that was Monty's "DOOM!" thread.

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 10:17 AM (77rzZ)

149 That moon was full everywhere, not just Chile.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 12, 2026 10:18 AM (sl73Y)

150 Jonathan Schanzer on Israel TV says the defense establishment in Jerusalem believes the mullahs will be gone in a matter of days.

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 12, 2026 10:19 AM (RIvkX)

151 CBD makes us cultured

The rain in Spain stays mainly on da plain

Posted by: Fen at January 12, 2026 10:19 AM (ciYHQ)

152 Kris, I recently discovered James Tissot's The Life of Christ series. Amazing.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 12, 2026 10:20 AM (ZLHME)

153 We need a money thread on the weekends.

I made that suggestion a few years ago.

The financial advice that popped up on thread in the wake of my suggestion was...uh
....uh....idiosyncratic.

The Financial Thread never happened.
Posted by: naturalfake

Maybe a once a month guest thread.
Yeah. 10 years ago I had 14 years to retirement. Now?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 10:20 AM (u/kd+)

154 Never been to the Southern Hemisphere, but I assumed the Full Moon would be somewhat inverted.

Posted by: Dark Shadows at January 12, 2026 10:21 AM (oftw2)

155 The Mamdani administration is discussing driving white people out of New York.
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It's a bold strategy cotton, let's see if it works out

Posted by: ... at January 12, 2026 10:21 AM (B+PQY)

156 Jonathan Schanzer on Israel TV says the defense establishment in Jerusalem believes the mullahs will be gone in a matter of days.
Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 12, 2026 10:19 AM (RIvkX)

I pray for this to happen despite my doubts.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 12, 2026 10:21 AM (g8Ew8)

157 Yeah. 10 years ago I had 14 years to retirement. Now?
___

Less than 14 years, hopefully.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 12, 2026 10:22 AM (Dv3i1)

158 Jonathan Schanzer on Israel TV says the defense establishment in Jerusalem believes the mullahs will be gone in a matter of days.
Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 12, 2026 10:19 AM (RIvkX)

I pray for this to happen despite my doubts.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

I don't doubt it. Not this time.

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

159 @154 would be sort of looking up the Moon's skirt.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at January 12, 2026 10:22 AM (36PRH)

160 Yeah a money thread would be good

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 12, 2026 10:22 AM (lS/WZ)

161 As opposed to Full Carrots Over Chili

Posted by: ... at January 12, 2026 10:22 AM (B+PQY)

162 10 years ago I had 14 years to retirement. Now?
Posted by: rickb223

You have to give 72 hours notice for Math

Posted by: Fen at January 12, 2026 10:23 AM (ciYHQ)

163 Maybe a once a month guest thread.
Yeah. 10 years ago I had 14 years to retirement. Now?
Posted by: rickb223

Been retired since August 20, 2007. Would never take financial advice from this wonderful, snarky, bunch of jokers.

Posted by: Very Fixed Income at January 12, 2026 10:23 AM (oftw2)

164 The Mamdani administration is discussing driving white people out of New York.
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It's a bold strategy cotton, let's see if it works out
Posted by: ... at January 12, 2026 10:21 AM (B+PQY)

The Escape From New York movie has really turned out to be quite prescient.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 12, 2026 10:24 AM (g8Ew8)

165 Berserker could do a thread on the Rules of Acquisition.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 12, 2026 10:24 AM (UGyV5)

166 We need a money thread on the weekends.

I made that suggestion a few years ago.

The financial advice that popped up on thread in the wake of my suggestion was...uh
....uh....idiosyncratic.

The Financial Thread never happened.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 12, 2026 10:13 AM (iJfKG)

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Jerome Powell will be available. #Soon.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 12, 2026 10:24 AM (0urLQ)

167 Yeah a money thread would be good
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport

172 comments of "$20, same as in town."

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 10:24 AM (77rzZ)

168 Hi everyone. It's been a minute.

*hugs*
Posted by: Kris

**********

*folds arms*
*taps foot*
*points at watch*

Don't think you're getting off that easy young ladY! You're grounded!

Posted by: muldoon at January 12, 2026 10:25 AM (/iMjX)

169 World to end in 2033, so retire now.

Posted by: Best Batch Yet at January 12, 2026 10:25 AM (oftw2)

170 Thank you. It's a good job. I hope you all have been treating CBD well.
Posted by: Kris

Well any time you have a day off feel free to join us. Your insights were always welcome.

Posted by: Tuna at January 12, 2026 10:25 AM (lJ0H4)

171 The Mamdani administration is discussing driving white people out of New York.

CA is planning on RETROACTIVELY taxing billionaires for 5% of their net worth.

The query refers to the
proposed "2026 Billionaire Tax Act", a California ballot initiative that would impose a one-time, 5% tax on the net worth of residents worth over $1 billion if approved by voters in November 2026. This is currently a proposal, not an enacted law

1) How is that even legal? How can you tax someone retroactively?
2) Billionaires have, of course, already started leaving the state.
3) "One time". Right.

I'm starting to think that leftists don't understand how people and money work.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 12, 2026 10:26 AM (Riz8t)

172 Berserker could do a thread on the Rules of Acquisition.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 12, 2026 10:24 AM (UGyV5)

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I could see him as a Repo Man.

/only half-joking

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 12, 2026 10:26 AM (0urLQ)

173 167 Yeah a money thread would be good
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport

172 comments of "$20, same as in town."
Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 10:24 AM (77rzZ)
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In the 1950s I wonder what $20 would get you.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at January 12, 2026 10:27 AM (36PRH)

174 Jerome Powell will be available. #Soon.
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 12, 202

I'm sure Jim Cramer would love to join him.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 12, 2026 10:27 AM (g8Ew8)

175 152 Kris, I recently discovered James Tissot's The Life of Christ series. Amazing.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 12, 2026 10:20 AM (ZLHME)

Oh cool! I like the View from the Cross.

Posted by: Kris at January 12, 2026 10:27 AM (m8ELN)

176 10 years ago I had 14 years to retirement. Now?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 10:20 AM (u/kd+)

There is a lot of discussion about pretax and post-tax investing.

Roth IRAs seem to be a solid choice for post-tax, because the gains are not taxed, which is great. But the amount of money you can put into Roths is limited.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 12, 2026 10:27 AM (n9ltV)

177 Spooky coincidence. I just sent an email to an old friend in Chile.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2026 09:53 AM (viF8m)
~~~~~

Still haven't received it. I'll check my spam folder.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 12, 2026 10:28 AM (3ImbR)

178 Kris always posted art and gave good insights to it. Diametrically opposed to the usual fare here.

Posted by: Oil And Water at January 12, 2026 10:28 AM (oftw2)

179 Pre tax season is a great time for a money thread

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 12, 2026 10:28 AM (H6u9a)

180 I was told water drains in the opposite direction then it does in the northern hemisphere.

But i don't even which way it drains here. Probably clockwise in the n hemisphere.
Well we did invent gravity.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 12, 2026 10:29 AM (EyfuW)

181 You know.

Anyone is welcome to write something up and submit it to one of the COBs.

Or you can just “wait for someone else to do it” and bitch in the meantime.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 12, 2026 10:30 AM (+HiBW)

182 Steve Bannon is doing Bob Weir intros and outros on the War Room this morning.

Posted by: He's A Dead Fan at January 12, 2026 10:30 AM (oftw2)

183 There is a lot of discussion about pretax and post-tax investing.

--

If you have an HSA, keep $1000 in it and the rest you can invest according to hubs

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 12, 2026 10:31 AM (lS/WZ)

184 In the 1950s I wonder what $20 would get you.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

A week's worth of groceries for a family of four with meat.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 10:31 AM (u/kd+)

185 The Mamdani administration is discussing driving white people out of New York.

Ha! Didn't realize Mandani was Indian. That makes this even better. (Muslim, born in Uganda, but to Indian parents).

Posted by: t-bird at January 12, 2026 10:31 AM (rTiUi)

186 178 Kris always posted art and gave good insights to it. Diametrically opposed to the usual fare here.
Posted by: Oil And Water at January 12, 2026 10:28 AM (oftw2)

Thank you.

*big smile*

Posted by: Kris at January 12, 2026 10:32 AM (m8ELN)

187 1) How is that even legal? How can you tax someone retroactively?

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

I asked that once here -- especially because I remember during Bubba's administration they retroactively increased a Death or (Inheritance) Tax IIRC.

One of our lawyers explained that it's Unconstitutional to retroactively create or alter Criminal Acts -- but apparently not Civil Ones.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 12, 2026 10:32 AM (0urLQ)

188 I could simply post what I'm buying and selling, so you all can do the exact opposite.

Success!

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 12, 2026 10:32 AM (RIvkX)

189 You know.

Anyone is welcome to write something up and submit it to one of the COBs.

Or you can just “wait for someone else to do it” and bitch in the meantime.
Posted by: nurse ratched

I'm not smart enough to fo a money saving/investing thread.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 10:32 AM (u/kd+)

190 Long as it ain't 'My name is Karen, the Auditor. I'm here to look at your records.'

Posted by: Eromero at January 12, 2026 10:34 AM (LHPAg)

191 Sorry, I gave CBD short shrift here. His art selections are mostly vibrant and he brings FWPs to the fore like no one else. Damaged escutcheons and tong springs need a voice, too.

Posted by: Intricate Tapestry Of AOSHQ at January 12, 2026 10:34 AM (oftw2)

192 188 I could simply post what I'm buying and selling, so you all can do the exact opposite.

Success!
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Ha!
I hear there is some kind of anti-Jim Cramer index - every time he says buy they sell & vice-versa.
They say it beats the normal index funds

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 12, 2026 10:34 AM (4Ntlw)

193 Attention Progressives/Commies/Layabouts of all stripes!
Are you tired of Trump's fascism? Do you yearn for a society that thinks and feels exactly like you do?

Act now to reserve your place in the coolest place to be: the all new Socialist Utopia, Greenland!

Turn Greenland Blue!

Posted by: Trump Travel and Relocation Services, Inc. at January 12, 2026 10:34 AM (TezPK)

194
Investment advice? Start a foundation. Works for me

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 12, 2026 10:34 AM (DDJSl)

195 It's more difficult to tell if the bushes are happy when the moon is occluded by clouds.

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at January 12, 2026 10:35 AM (0sNs1)

196 Ha! Didn't realize Mandani was Indian. That makes this even better. (Muslim, born in Uganda, but to Indian parents).

Posted by: t-bird at January 12, 2026 10:31 AM (rTiUi)

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If that doesn't scream Red, White, and Blue American Patriotism -- I don't know what does!

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 12, 2026 10:36 AM (0urLQ)

197 Investment advice? Start a foundation. Works for me

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton

Start a daycare learing center.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 10:36 AM (u/kd+)

198 WD's health insurance thread a while ago was super helpful.
Maybe a horde money moron will be inspired to host a thread at some point.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 12, 2026 10:36 AM (VlUHr)

199 Yeah a money thread would be good
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport

Didja ever look at a dollar bill, man? There's some spooky shit goin' on there. And it's green too.

Posted by: Slater at January 12, 2026 10:37 AM (wVcYX)

200 Though I'm 70 years old, I can now carry $200 worth of groceries into the house at once. Could never do that in my 20s, 30s.

Posted by: Is This the Gainzz Thread? at January 12, 2026 10:37 AM (oftw2)

201 Chile today but hot tamale.

Posted by: toby928(c) Person of Plaint at January 12, 2026 10:38 AM (jc0TO)

202 It's more difficult to tell if the bushes are happy when the moon is occluded by clouds.

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at January 12, 2026 10:35 AM (0sNs1)

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In many ways, this too is the story of The Bush Family and Trump.

Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 12, 2026 10:38 AM (aE8Bb)

203 IT'S A FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE, NOT MONEY!!!

Posted by: toby928(c) Person of Plaint at January 12, 2026 10:38 AM (jc0TO)

204 > The Mamdani administration is discussing driving white people out of New York.
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There used to be a word for this sort of thinking. But it's been so overused that it's lost all meaning. Thus, they can probably get away with this scheme.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 12, 2026 10:39 AM (NwnyJ)

205 Maybe a horde money moron will be inspired to host a thread at some point.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport

The Horde has had...mixed results with money literate folk *cough* MooMoo *cough*. Something about the bubble they live in, I suspect.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 12, 2026 10:39 AM (OUMaO)

206 @HonestReporting
The anti-regime protests in Iran didn’t just expose the brutality of the Islamic Republic.

They exposed the Western media.

As Iranians risk their lives to overthrow a regime that exports terror and repression, major outlets either ignored the story or worse, laundered regime propaganda.
5:45 AM · Jan 11, 2026

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 12, 2026 10:40 AM (RIvkX)

207 205 Maybe a horde money moron will be inspired to host a thread at some point.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport

The Horde has had...mixed results with money literate folk *cough* MooMoo *cough*. Something about the bubble they live in, I suspect.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 12, 2026 10:39 AM (OUMaO)
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I thought someone here was also a yacht captain. 😁

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at January 12, 2026 10:41 AM (36PRH)

208 Gaza militia takes credit for close-range killing of Hamas investigation chief

Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2026 10:41 AM (RHGPo)

209 @HonestReporting
This isn’t a one-off failure. It’s a pattern. From Gaza to Tehran, Western media keep siding consciously or not with genocidal Islamist regimes over the people they brutalize.

History will be clear about who stood where.

So will the Iranians fighting for their freedom.
5:45 AM · Jan 11, 2026
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They hate freedom itself, here and abroad.

Posted by: San Franpsycho - Pahlavi Will Return at January 12, 2026 10:42 AM (RIvkX)

210 I'm not smart enough to fo a money saving/investing thread.
Posted by: rickb223
=======
Everyone's profile is different on investment decisions but everyone wants a magic ticket to success.

People differ in what they need to do by age, their risk tolerance regarding what investments are acceptable, whether they have a pension, do heirs matter, current assets owned, and what kind of lifestyle they envisage if and when they retire and for how long.

The big questions asked:
what will be future inflation rates, wealth taxes, will the system still exist to pay pensions/social security/medicare, health of the individual, future likelihood of face colander times, etc.

These big questions cannot be answered within the current investment frameworks. Simply put, everyone's crystal ball is cracked and while doom prepping might be right on its prediction on one event, it likely gets thwacked upside the head with another.

Sleeping on a bed of gold bricks, for example, means you hope to exchange them for food etc. and but that makes you vulnerable to gangs that shoot you and take your gold.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 10:44 AM (WDjG6)

211 I'm hoarding pennies. They gotta be worth something someday.

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 10:44 AM (77rzZ)

212 Ha!
I hear there is some kind of anti-Jim Cramer index - every time he says buy they sell & vice-versa.
They say it beats the normal index funds

I saw a post on Twixxer a few weeks ago about that - it even beat Nancy Pelosi's investment portfolio.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at January 12, 2026 10:45 AM (V362x)

213 Gaza militia takes credit for close-range killing of Hamas investigation chief

You took credit for killing the guy investigating you for killing people?!

Posted by: t-bird at January 12, 2026 10:45 AM (rTiUi)

214 211 I'm hoarding pennies. They gotta be worth something someday.
Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 10:44 AM (77rzZ)
Perfect for burnt out fuzes.

Posted by: Eromero at January 12, 2026 10:49 AM (LHPAg)

215 213 Gaza militia takes credit for close-range killing of Hamas investigation chief

You took credit for killing the guy investigating you for killing people?!
Posted by: t-bird at January 12, 2026 10:45 AM (rTiUi)

it is good news - one of the smaller local gangs killed an enforcer for the Big Gang, Hamas.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2026 10:49 AM (uWKK8)

216 Nobody treats CBD better than we, the Commentators of AoSHQ, do!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 12, 2026 10:49 AM (0sNs1)

217 They hate freedom itself, here and abroad.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
========
Pretty much. These are not the old style liberals which have died out mostly or moved right. These are leftists that adopt the hive method (or Borg if ST is your thing).

Politics has become their religion and the belonging the the Borg is what keeps them from spiritual and physical death.

They cannot stand apart from their Hive because to them, it means exclusion and social/spiritual death soon to follow.

It is what happens when people worship an idol of their own making instead of the one and true G_d.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 10:50 AM (WDjG6)

218 CBD, thank you. I like this. The colors, the sunlight that actually looks brighter, I would definitely hang, even without a dog. Maybe there is one hidden in the flora.

Posted by: Piper at January 12, 2026 10:50 AM (Wmg4n)

219 218 and the sun is actually a moon. lol. I will just be over here in the corner making coffee.

Posted by: Piper at January 12, 2026 10:51 AM (Wmg4n)

220 196 Ha! Didn't realize Mandani was Indian. That makes this even better. (Muslim, born in Uganda, but to Indian parents).
Posted by: t-bird at January 12, 2026 10:31 AM (rTiUi)
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If that doesn't scream Red, White, and Blue American Patriotism -- I don't know what does!
Posted by: ShainS -- 'The Warmth Of Collectivism' Is Code For 'Hell On Earth' at January 12, 2026 10:36 AM (0urLQ)

and his mother was a Bollywood Star, so he's always had money and lived the high life. Grew up knowing how to manipulate imagery constantly, makes him the perfect leftist candidate.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2026 10:51 AM (uWKK8)

221 It's more difficult to tell if the bushes are happy when the moon is occluded by clouds.

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross

During college one of the Photography professors curated a show titled, "In the shadow of the bush".

It was exactly what you think it was.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 12, 2026 10:51 AM (cYBz/)

222 I'm hoarding pennies. They gotta be worth something someday.
Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 10:44 AM (77rzZ)

Perfect for burnt out fuzes.
Posted by: Eromero at January 12, 2026 10:49 AM

You want pre-1982 pennies for that usage.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 12, 2026 10:51 AM (0sNs1)

223 211 I'm hoarding pennies. They gotta be worth something someday.
Posted by: Bulg
=======
Price of zinc for those made after the eighties. But illegal to melt them down unless you are the Treasury.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 10:52 AM (WDjG6)

224 Maybe there is one hidden in the flora.
Posted by: Piper at January 12, 2026 10:50 AM

* tight grin *

Posted by: The Sniper at January 12, 2026 10:53 AM (0sNs1)

225 220 and his mother was a Bollywood Star, so he's always had money and lived the high life. Grew up knowing how to manipulate imagery constantly, makes him the perfect leftist candidate.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 12, 2026 10:51 AM (uWKK

And he had a failed rap career, because of course he did.

Posted by: XTC at January 12, 2026 10:53 AM (iXqHn)

226 I hoard nickles.

Posted by: toby928(c) Person of Plaint at January 12, 2026 10:53 AM (jc0TO)

227 During college one of the Photography professors curated a show titled, "In the shadow of the bush".

It was exactly what you think it was.
Posted by: Tonypete
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Apropos, the Shadow of Your Smile as a song is probably superior art but inferior pron.

Posted by: whig at January 12, 2026 10:53 AM (WDjG6)

228 and the sun is actually a moon. lol. I will just be over here in the corner making coffee.
Posted by: Piper

We'll just chalk that mistake up to your sunny disposition.

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 10:54 AM (77rzZ)

229 Didn't realize Mandani was Indian. That makes this even better. (Muslim, born in Uganda, but to Indian parents).

Posted by: t-bird at January 12, 2026 10:31 AM (rTiUi)

Ironically he is in the US because Uganda kicked out all the Indians because they were basically taking over everything.

Posted by: Really?? at January 12, 2026 10:54 AM (kgFPv)

230 I'm hoarding pennies. They gotta be worth something someday.
Posted by: Bulg

Perfect for burnt out fuzes.
Posted by: Eromero

Washers. Home Depot wants .11 cents for a washer.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 12, 2026 10:54 AM (u/kd+)

231 228 and the sun is actually a moon. lol. I will just be over here in the corner making coffee.
Posted by: Piper

We'll just chalk that mistake up to your sunny disposition.
Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026

Thank you for the lifeline, friend!

Posted by: Piper at January 12, 2026 10:55 AM (Wmg4n)

232 "Can you paint a picture of Carrotsin, Chile?"
"There is no Carrotsin Chile."
"Yeah, remember that."

Posted by: Wally at January 12, 2026 10:56 AM (65cLN)

233 I found out very recently that Vivek “I’m super American Yo” Ramaswhatever is an anchor baby. He was conceived in India then the parents came to US when his mother was pregnant.

I knew his parents were Indian (obviously) but for some reason I thought the parents had met here.

Posted by: Really?? at January 12, 2026 10:57 AM (kgFPv)

234 One of the most revealing features of our current moment is the growing contempt with which ordinary people are treated. When citizens express concern, they are ‘misinformed’. When believers speak plainly, they are ‘divisive’. When communities resist, they are ‘dangerous’. This reflex betrays a governing class that has lost moral confidence. It no longer persuades; it manages. It no longer leads; it nudges. It no longer trusts; it regulates.

Posted by: SMOD at January 12, 2026 10:59 AM (RHGPo)

235 NOOD BUCK JUDGES

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 12, 2026 11:00 AM (GyQIQ)

236 Thank you for the lifeline, friend!
Posted by: Piper

I meant that sincerely, My Favorite Partially Pawnee Person!

Posted by: Bulg at January 12, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

237 Nood

Posted by: no one at January 12, 2026 11:01 AM (qFwJc)

238 I retired at 60. No Regerts.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 12, 2026 11:02 AM (WmV84)

239
"In the shadow of the bush".

Sung to the tune of Season of the Witch.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 12, 2026 11:02 AM (pkeXY)

240 “of the most revealing features of our current moment is the growing contempt with which ordinary people are treated. When citizens express concern, they are ‘misinformed’. When believers speak plainly, they are ‘divisive’. When communities resist, they are ‘dangerous’.”

I saw a clip of some political party el in Canuckistan talking about Alberta separation.

They kicked off a signature drive to get a ballot question on separation. So far it has been exceptionally successful with people lining up for hours to sign petitions.

The Karens on the panel were saying something like we maybe shouldn’t have dismissed this as some fringe thing. Maybe the people are really serious about it. Uhm yeah bitch, maybe if you stepped outside your bubble for 2 minutes you would have known that already.

Posted by: Really?? at January 12, 2026 11:03 AM (kgFPv)

241 211 I'm hoarding pennies. They gotta be worth something someday.
Posted by: Bulg

This is, by far, the most cents you've ever made.

Posted by: Pennies From Heaven at January 12, 2026 11:05 AM (oftw2)

242 233 I found out very recently that Vivek “I’m super American Yo” Ramaswhatever is an anchor baby. He was conceived in India then the parents came to US when his mother was pregnant.

I knew his parents were Indian (obviously) but for some reason I thought the parents had met here.
Posted by: Really?? at January

Vivek Ramaswamy is not an anchor baby. His parents both came here legally, his mother obtained citizenship. Nick Fuentes can pound sand.

Posted by: Piper at January 12, 2026 11:05 AM (Wmg4n)

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