Mid-Morning Art Thread

Swan Upping at Cookham
Stanley Spencer

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 DUCK!

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 16, 2026 09:30 AM (A5RD0)

2 1st!

Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

3 Darn it. Congrats, Nurse.

Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

4 Nooded, I have.

Posted by: Delurker at April 16, 2026 09:31 AM (gtcuf)

5 Is that what they mean by swan boats?

Posted by: huerfano at April 16, 2026 09:31 AM (98kQX)

6 It's 4th down.

Punt!

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 16, 2026 09:31 AM (d+9YD)

7 The swans were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at April 16, 2026 09:32 AM (/11UU)

8 Nice pair of honkers there

Posted by: ballistic at April 16, 2026 09:32 AM (oqH4h)

9 Weird

Posted by: It's me donna at April 16, 2026 09:32 AM (WXgO5)

10 I'm confused. Is Upping a noun or a verb here?

Posted by: Delurker at April 16, 2026 09:32 AM (gtcuf)

11 Why is the one guy bowing?

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 16, 2026 09:32 AM (wVcYX)

12 I like it. Fun. Interesting. There’s a lot going on.

Swans are nasty bastards.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 16, 2026 09:32 AM (A5RD0)

13 Hmm, kind of a tangled mess. Excellent water beyond the bridge, though.

Posted by: t-bird at April 16, 2026 09:32 AM (zfkPG)

14 Get your ducks in a row!

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 16, 2026 09:32 AM (AkEZC)

15 Somebody's goose is cooked!

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 16, 2026 09:32 AM (wVcYX)

16 Checking to see if I'm banned.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 16, 2026 09:33 AM (IG3/x)

17 Stanley Spencer proves one can be an exhibition-ready artist even with only one working eye.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 16, 2026 09:33 AM (gKWVE)

18 OK subject, but I don't care for the style.

Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 09:33 AM (77rzZ)

19 The Tate

Artist Sir Stanley Spencer 1891–1959
Medium Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions support: 1480 x 1162 mm frame: 1665 x 1355 x 80 mm
Collection Tate
Acquisition Presented by the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1962

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 16, 2026 09:33 AM (/+uur)

20 Is the lady(?) on the left missing an arm?

Posted by: Vendette at April 16, 2026 09:33 AM (PrsTH)

21 What a web we weave.

Posted by: Oh no... at April 16, 2026 09:33 AM (/11UU)

22 Looks like some form of Commie Art. No hang here.

Posted by: The Hallowed Halls at April 16, 2026 09:33 AM (oftw2)

23 >>The swans were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at April 16, 2026 09:32 AM

They are big birds with a bad attitude every day, in my limited experience.

Posted by: huerfano at April 16, 2026 09:33 AM (98kQX)

24 i blinked.

Posted by: cmeat at April 16, 2026 09:33 AM (R11M+)

25 A few interesting elements, but final verdict is thumbsdown.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 16, 2026 09:34 AM (DgMqy)

26 I'm not here.

Posted by: The black swan at April 16, 2026 09:34 AM (/11UU)

27 Quien es mas asshoe: swans, o geese.

Posted by: Delurker at April 16, 2026 09:34 AM (gtcuf)

28 Ergonomically speaking, the dude bending over is going to blow out his back if he keeps doing that.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 16, 2026 09:34 AM (A5RD0)

29 *sings with gusto*

Way down upon the Swannee River,
Far, far away,
There’s where my heart is turning ever,
There’s where the old folks stay.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 16, 2026 09:34 AM (wVcYX)

30 > 16 Checking to see if I'm banned.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 16, 2026 09:33 AM (IG3/x)

Looks like only on the Sefton thread. I think I know what I did... sorry.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 16, 2026 09:34 AM (IG3/x)

31 Weird looking boat.

Posted by: dantesed at April 16, 2026 09:34 AM (Oy/m2)

32 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 16, 2026 09:33 AM (IG3/x)

Looks like it's just the last thread.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 16, 2026 09:34 AM (NcvvS)

33 Can you eat swan?

Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ)

34 Tranny on the left? Or fugly woman?

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at April 16, 2026 09:35 AM (JoVye)

35 Don't care for this painting, but it's CBDs thread, so he can post whatever he wishes.

Morning, all.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 16, 2026 09:35 AM (qRla/)

36 20 Is the lady(?) on the left missing an arm?
Posted by: Vendette

Wahhhhh!

Posted by: Michelle Fields at April 16, 2026 09:35 AM (oftw2)

37 Swan upping is an annual ceremony in England in which mute swans on the River Thames are rounded up, caught, ringed, and then released.

But only mute swans. Weirdos.

Posted by: t-bird at April 16, 2026 09:35 AM (zfkPG)

38 The dusky maiden in the deep shadows has got her some big pillows.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 16, 2026 09:36 AM (wVcYX)

39 We've replaced this woman's regular arm with new Folger's instant swan-arm.

Let's see if she notices...

Posted by: Delurker at April 16, 2026 09:36 AM (gtcuf)

40 Birds of a feather boat together.

Posted by: Archer at April 16, 2026 09:36 AM (wvc0i)

41 well, that's swan way to do it.

Posted by: cmeat at April 16, 2026 09:37 AM (R11M+)

42 The person in the middle appears to have a flat head.

Posted by: dantesed at April 16, 2026 09:37 AM (Oy/m2)

43 I don't know what's happening, but I'm rooting for the geese.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 16, 2026 09:37 AM (5xoct)

44 As is the case with most nautical-themed art, the barque is worse than the bight.

Posted by: Shorely, You Jest! at April 16, 2026 09:37 AM (oftw2)

45 Iranian navy in a last-ditch effort to break the blockade, releases the decoy swan mines.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 16, 2026 09:37 AM (521Nd)

46 The person in the middle looks to be armless, with a partial ironing board as a head.

Posted by: Vendette at April 16, 2026 09:38 AM (PrsTH)

47 Swan upping is an annual ceremony in England in which mute swans on the River Thames are rounded up, caught, ringed, and then released.

I think it has something to do with the monarch owning all of the swans in England, or something weird like that.

Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 09:38 AM (77rzZ)

48 Why?

Posted by: Eeyore at April 16, 2026 09:38 AM (AlhUl)

49 Whoa! Just noticed the lady on the bridge. Giant chin and dark cloud for a body. Far out, man.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at April 16, 2026 09:38 AM (JoVye)

50 Did someone say swans and cook 'em? I'll get a fork.

Posted by: Haitian in Ohio at April 16, 2026 09:38 AM (65cLN)

51 >>Birds of a feather boat together.

Sure, but in this instance, they're just winging it!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 16, 2026 09:39 AM (5xoct)

52 I never knew there were mute swans.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 16, 2026 09:39 AM (NpAcC)

53 What the flock is going on here?!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 16, 2026 09:39 AM (5xoct)

54 >>I never knew there were mute swans.

Irregardless, it's a mute point.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 16, 2026 09:40 AM (5xoct)

55 I never knew there were mute swans.
Posted by: redridinghood

Hope there's no such thing as a mute goose. Those things need a warning system.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at April 16, 2026 09:40 AM (JoVye)

56 . . . I have never swanupped before. Is it expensive?

Posted by: Kindltot at April 16, 2026 09:40 AM (rbvCR)

57 It's nice that Weird Dave's little dinghy keeps getting featured in the Art Thread. Provides continuity and a link from morning to night. Sound marketing, it is.

Posted by: And, He's A Thespian at April 16, 2026 09:40 AM (oftw2)

58 Better than Swan Cooking at Upham, I guess.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 16, 2026 09:41 AM (kgE5c)

59 Mute swans

Vee haff vays of making you squawk.

Posted by: The Germans at April 16, 2026 09:41 AM (gtcuf)

60 Can you eat swan?
Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ)

You can, although I understand it's not particularly flavorsome. It was a popular centerpiece in mediaeval and early Renaissance times, but more for show than anything else.

I made a quick check of the five mediaeval cookery books I have, but although I know I've seen a swan recipe, I can't find one just now.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 16, 2026 09:41 AM (qRla/)

61 Looks mistitled. Should be Swan Uprising at Cookham.

Posted by: No Name Today at April 16, 2026 09:42 AM (8mulE)

62 48 because, as the king declared (and he got to try a grand variety of delicate items), "there is nought so delightful as wiping with the neck of a downy swan."

Posted by: cmeat at April 16, 2026 09:42 AM (R11M+)

63 A complex arrangement of shapes. At first glance you think the woman's head is attached to the swans' bodies, and the arms to the right of the muscular boatman are disembodied. Then you realize there is a complete woman there, lifting a small cushion or mattress out of a skiff; the arms belong to another man who is either salaam-ing or inspecting the boat; and there is a third figure toting two large pillows.

On the other hand, there are two trousered legs stepping out of another boat with swans in it. If there are a torso and head attached to those legs, I can't see them.

Swan Upping at Cookham? Is "upping" a British slang term?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 16, 2026 09:42 AM (wzUl9)

64 the five mediaeval cookery books I have
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

That is some first-class nerdiness. Well done. I bow down before you.

Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 09:43 AM (77rzZ)

65 The foreground does have a certain Soviet jennay say kwa.

Posted by: Delurker at April 16, 2026 09:43 AM (gtcuf)

66 With all the illegal aliens, muslims, and other assorted third world bumpkins roaming Britain, I'm surprised that there are any living swans to round up.

Posted by: Archer at April 16, 2026 09:43 AM (wvc0i)

67 > Is it expensive?

$20. Same as in town.

Posted by: The black swan at April 16, 2026 09:43 AM (/11UU)

68 Acquisition Presented by the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1962
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 16, 2026 09:33 AM (/+uur)
----
With friends like these, who needs enemies?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 16, 2026 09:43 AM (gnNyN)

69 What is that man doing with that swan?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 16, 2026 09:44 AM (bss/y)

70 because, as the king declared (and he got to try a grand variety of delicate items), "there is nought so delightful as wiping with the neck of a downy swan."
Posted by: cmeat at April 16, 2026 09:42 AM (R11M+)

I thought that was a bit from Gargantua and Pantagruel

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 16, 2026 09:44 AM (qRla/)

71 I can't tell if the guy on the far right is doing the fentanyl fold, or got knocked out and went rigid.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 16, 2026 09:44 AM (JCZqz)

72 Swan upping is an annual ceremony in England in which mute swans on the River Thames are rounded up, caught, ringed, and then released.

I think it has something to do with the monarch owning all of the swans in England, or something weird like that.
Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026

***
Oh.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 16, 2026 09:44 AM (wzUl9)

73 Hope there's no such thing as a mute goose. Those things need a warning system.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at April 16, 2026 09:40 AM

*nods*

Geese are asshoe. This is a Known Thing.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 16, 2026 09:44 AM (kgE5c)

74 69 What is that man doing with that swan?

He's upping ths shit out of it.

Posted by: Delurker at April 16, 2026 09:45 AM (gtcuf)

75 I'm quite sure that one must procure a myriad of permits, along with fees, to go swan upping. The Port of London Authority has an entire hierarchy of useless bureaucrats to support.

Posted by: Stinking Badges Are Essential at April 16, 2026 09:45 AM (oftw2)

76 with art like this, who needs enemas?

Posted by: cmeat at April 16, 2026 09:45 AM (R11M+)

77 Well, I swan!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 16, 2026 09:45 AM (wzUl9)

78 Funny, Bob never has a second swan at home...

Posted by: Young housewife at April 16, 2026 09:45 AM (/11UU)

79 Posted by: The Germans

Don't mention the war.

Posted by: Archer at April 16, 2026 09:45 AM (wvc0i)

80 What are the swans revolting about?

Posted by: Skip at April 16, 2026 09:45 AM (7UsVt)

81 I thought swans went to mate in the park.

Posted by: Eric Clapton at April 16, 2026 09:45 AM (Oy/m2)

82 Yep, swans are "royal birds" in the UK. In theory, you're only allowed to eat them with permission of the monarch. Same with the sturgeon, which is a "royal fish" (whales are also "royal fish", even though they're not fish).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 16, 2026 09:46 AM (IG3/x)

83 Here's where style gets in the way of substance. This is an interesting subject and would have made for a good painting, but the style draws all the attention.
The artist did do a nice Resurrection painting.

Posted by: Wally at April 16, 2026 09:46 AM (65cLN)

84 Import a few Haitians, there will be no swans to up.

Posted by: Roast On Spit at April 16, 2026 09:46 AM (oftw2)

85 69 What is that man doing with that swan?

'ee's gettin' his dander on.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 16, 2026 09:46 AM (wVcYX)

86 the five mediaeval cookery books I have
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

That is some first-class nerdiness. Well done. I bow down before you.
Posted by: Bulg

Look up: Tasting History with Max Miller on YouTube.

He dives deep into historical cookery and researches recipes using old medieval cookbooks. And then he makes and eats the recipe.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 16, 2026 09:46 AM (ERade)

87 Geese are asshoe. This is a Known Thing.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

When I am walking, and come across a flock of Canada geese, I proceed with trepidation. Their heads are right at the level of a certain cherished piece of my anatomy.

Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

88 On the upside, the bridge is nicely rendered.

Posted by: Pierre DuPont at April 16, 2026 09:47 AM (oftw2)

89 I always learn something from Max Miller's Tasting History.

He makes both the food and the history fun and informative.

Posted by: Delurker at April 16, 2026 09:47 AM (gtcuf)

90 Cook 'em?

I prefer to just bite the heads off and eat them raw.

Posted by: Ozzy Osbourne (PBUH) at April 16, 2026 09:47 AM (IG3/x)

91 Hope there's no such thing as a mute goose. Those things need a warning system.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at April 16, 2026

***
I understand the ancient Romans, probably in kingship or Republic days, used geese as warning animals outside the mint. "Moneta" or something like that, "to warn," giving us our words "admonish," "money," and "monetary."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 16, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)

92 > When I am walking, and come across a flock of Canada geese, I proceed with trepidation.

They are evil sonsabitches, to be sure.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 16, 2026 09:48 AM (IG3/x)

93 Dude on the right is looking at a huge hole in the boat. Thinking he may have offered too much.

Has many regrets.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 16, 2026 09:48 AM (AkEZC)

94 On the upside, the bridge is nicely rendered.
Posted by: Pierre DuPont at April 16, 2026

***
As is the water.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 16, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)

95 Posted by: The Germans

Schwann Schtupping

Posted by: t-bird at April 16, 2026 09:49 AM (zfkPG)

96 I can't tell if the guy on the far right is doing the fentanyl fold, or got knocked out and went rigid.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 16, 2026 09:44 AM (JCZqz)
====

"Fentanyl Fold" so that's what they call it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 16, 2026 09:50 AM (RIvkX)

97 > I understand the ancient Romans, probably in kingship or Republic days, used geese as warning animals outside the mint.

They're credited with warning the Romans of a barbarian attack on the Capitoline Hill (the Romans had taken refuge there against a Gaulish invasion).

The geese became sacred.

The watchdogs in question were thrown off the Tarpeian Rock as traitors.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 16, 2026 09:50 AM (IG3/x)

98 Has many regrets.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

The egret-upping is two weeks from now.

Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 09:50 AM (77rzZ)

99 I thought swans went to mate in the park.
Posted by: Eric Clapton at April 16, 2026

***
No, no; the park is for poisoning pigeons.
( -- Tom Lehrer)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 16, 2026 09:50 AM (wzUl9)

100 "When I am walking, and come across a flock of Canada geese, I proceed with trepidation. Their heads are right at the level of a certain cherished piece of my anatomy."

My daily walks also often include CG. Most of the time, you can walk right past them and they don't care. But sometimes they start swiveling their heads and get honking mad like you are coming at them with knife and fork.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 16, 2026 09:51 AM (DgMqy)

101 I suppose the life of an anorexic duck doesn't amount to much in the broad scheme of things.

Christmas! Christmas dinner, yeah. Dinner means death. Death means carnage! CHRISTMAS MEANS CARNAGE!

Posted by: Ferdinand at April 16, 2026 09:51 AM (wVcYX)

102 Imagine my surprise when it was a hungry swan on the other side of the glory hole in the park restroom.

Posted by: George Michael at April 16, 2026 09:51 AM (IG3/x)

103 Look up: Tasting History with Max Miller on YouTube.

He dives deep into historical cookery and researches recipes using old medieval cookbooks. And then he makes and eats the recipe.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 16, 2026 09:46 AM

A good channel.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 16, 2026 09:51 AM (kgE5c)

104 Funny, Bob never has a second swan at home...
Posted by: Young housewife at April 16, 2026

***
You put too much curry powder on yours.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 16, 2026 09:52 AM (wzUl9)

105 , I proceed with trepidation.

You fart?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 16, 2026 09:52 AM (Kt19C)

106 He dives deep into historical cookery and researches recipes using old medieval cookbooks. And then he makes and eats the recipe.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 16, 2026 09:46 AM

Has he ever done dilligrout?

Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 09:52 AM (77rzZ)

107 they remind me of nabokov's "wingstroke."

Posted by: cmeat at April 16, 2026 09:52 AM (R11M+)

108 Look up: Tasting History with Max Miller on YouTube.

He dives deep into historical cookery and researches recipes using old medieval cookbooks. And then he makes and eats the recipe.

I'll have to check that out. I'm not a very good cook, so my interest is more on history and the appetite that reading about food engenders.* If that sort of thing appeals to you, I recommend Bridget Ann Henisch's Fast and Feast: Food in Medieval Society. It's about the Middle Ages' attitudes toward food, its preparation and presentation.

*which, now that I think about it, might be a good Book Thread subject.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 16, 2026 09:52 AM (qRla/)

109 No, no; the park is for poisoning pigeons.
( -- Tom Lehrer)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 16, 2026 09:50 AM

And maybe doing in a squirrel or two.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 16, 2026 09:53 AM (kgE5c)

110 Guinea Fowl are excellent burglar alarms, too.

Posted by: Choking My Chicken at April 16, 2026 09:53 AM (oftw2)

111 I suppose the life of an anorexic duck doesn't amount to much in the broad scheme of things.

Christmas! Christmas dinner, yeah. Dinner means death. Death means carnage! CHRISTMAS MEANS CARNAGE!
Posted by: Ferdinand at April 16, 2026

***
"One small thing was changed this time. A pet . . . died."

"A pet? That couldn't mean much in the course of time."

"It might . . . to some."

(-- Spock and Kirk, in the TAS episode "Yesteryear")

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 16, 2026 09:53 AM (wzUl9)

112 OT: The former VA Dem Lt Gov, Justin Fairfax, shot and killed his wife and then killed himself in a domestic violent attack with his kids present. They were undergoing a messy divorce where he claimed domestic violence from his wife, not realizing she had set up cameras all through the house, thus proving his claim was bogus. She served him with more papers, and he lost it. All on those same cameras.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 16, 2026 09:54 AM (tOcjL)

113 Ex virginia lieutenant governor justin fairfax shot and killed his wife and then killed himself. If he had been in jail like he should have for the rapes and sexual assaults he committed and not protected by the democrats , this would not have happened.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 16, 2026 09:54 AM (E1hQw)

114
Swans are asshoe. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 16, 2026 09:55 AM (tgvbd)

115 I'm packing for my trip tomorrow. Of course the cats have to "help" by jumping into the suitcases and curling up, and I have to evict them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 16, 2026 09:56 AM (wzUl9)

116 Not quite the same as 36 views of mt. fuji, but a similar vibe - wonderful!

Also, the boxwoods at Costco are $22. I'm thinking of taking out the lawn and making everything boxwoods.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 16, 2026 09:57 AM (2ap+5)

117 I'm packing for my trip tomorrow. Of course the cats have to "help" by jumping into the suitcases and curling up, and I have to evict them.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 16, 2026 09:56 AM

This is how my sister's cats help her change the bedsheets.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 16, 2026 09:57 AM (kgE5c)

118 i used to read a meter on a dock in a condo pond that had ornamental swans. they always built their nest right beneath it. a good piece of buckthorn would keep them at bay every month, but damn they were feisty, particularly with goslings.

Posted by: cmeat at April 16, 2026 09:57 AM (R11M+)

119 Posted by: cmeat at April 16, 2026 09:57 AM (R11M+)

You bashed the birds in the bay with buckthorns? Beastly!

Posted by: Delurker at April 16, 2026 09:58 AM (gtcuf)

120 My cat Sissy helps daddy when he's on the computer by sitting or walking across the keyboard.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 16, 2026 09:58 AM (DgMqy)

121 My former cat used to help me play guitar. He seemed to prefer really atonal, avant-garde stuff.

Posted by: Delurker at April 16, 2026 09:59 AM (gtcuf)

122 into the suitcases and curling up, and I have to evict them.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Suitcases? For a little jaunt up the road? Just need a toothbrush and one change of underwear. This isn't Lewis and Clark. or even Martin and Lewis.

Posted by: Hollywood Or Bust at April 16, 2026 09:59 AM (oftw2)

123 One G7 Country is Raising Taxes Faster Than the Rest of The Group PUT TOGETHER.
Britain$s gross debt projected to reach 104.1 percent of GDP.

-
Why commit suicide slowly?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 16, 2026 10:00 AM (ndZc7)

124 OT: The former VA Dem Lt Gov, Justin Fairfax, shot and killed his wife and then killed himself in a domestic violent attack with his kids present. They were undergoing a messy divorce where he claimed domestic violence from his wife, not realizing she had set up cameras all through the house, thus proving his claim was bogus. She served him with more papers, and he lost it. All on those same cameras.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 16, 2026 09:54 AM (tOcjL)

113 Ex virginia lieutenant governor justin fairfax shot and killed his wife and then killed himself. If he had been in jail like he should have for the rapes and sexual assaults he committed and not protected by the democrats , this would not have happened.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 16, 2026 09:54 AM (E1hQw)
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Hold on, hold on.

Was his wife a Democrat?

Posted by: That Matters Now at April 16, 2026 10:00 AM (RIvkX)

125 MP4, there was an interesting detail in the Stan and Ollie movie. It starts out in 1937, when the duo were at their height in Hollywood.

Ollie tells Stan that he's having a party on his yacht, and mentions that Clark Gable and Carole Lombard are going to be there.

Assuming this is true, and not artistic license, it blows me away. You think of Oliver Hardy as just an exasperated fat guy in comedy shorts. But here he was hosting freakin' Clark Gable, the King of Hollywood. Amazing. It's easy to forget what a small town that place was back in the day.

Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 10:01 AM (77rzZ)

126 Human bodies, how do they move?

Posted by: Stanley Spencer, Artist at April 16, 2026 10:01 AM (cWLG3)

127 My former cat used to help me play guitar. He seemed to prefer really atonal, avant-garde stuff.
Posted by: Delurker at April 16, 2026 09:59 AM (gtcuf)

No doubt a Billy and the Boingers - Bootleg fan?

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 16, 2026 10:01 AM (wVcYX)

128 Swan Upping at Cookham
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Like most Albion gobbledygook, it could just as easily been Cock Upping at Swindon, or some such.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 16, 2026 10:01 AM (kpS4V)

129 I would hang this opposite the toilet, for prolonged reflection.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at April 16, 2026 10:02 AM (w6EFb)

130 Here in panhandle Florida, the past few days, I've awakened each morning to find flocks of Canada Geese on the pond behind my house -- a layover, I presume, on their migration north to leave their greasy shit piles on lawns, golf courses and public parks.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 16, 2026 10:03 AM (Y1sOo)

131 Was his wife a Democrat?
Posted by: That Matters Now

She is now

Posted by: gKWVE at April 16, 2026 10:03 AM (gKWVE)

132 One G7 Country is Raising Taxes Faster Than the Rest of The Group PUT TOGETHER.
Britain$s gross debt projected to reach 104.1 percent of GDP.

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Why commit suicide slowly?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 16, 2026 10:00 AM (ndZc7)

Sir, Treasury reports 105% possible. Not recommended.

K. Starmer: Very well, go to 105% GDP Debt.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 16, 2026 10:04 AM (wVcYX)

133 Canada geese are a damn menace on the hiking trails here in NoCO.

Just as everywhere, it seems.

Posted by: Delurker at April 16, 2026 10:04 AM (gtcuf)

134 Dude's missing a head.
Interesting painting, would hang
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 16, 2026 10:04 AM (TLxw1)

135 130 Here in panhandle Florida, the past few days, I've awakened each morning to find flocks of Canada Geese on the pond behind my house -- a layover, I presume, on their migration north to leave their greasy shit piles on lawns, golf courses and public parks.
Posted by: one hour sober at April 16, 2026 10:03 AM (Y1sOo)
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They migrated for the lower tax burden.

Posted by: Stanley Spencer, Artist at April 16, 2026 10:04 AM (cWLG3)

136 There's a seaside town in CA that has an ordinance about "harassing wildlife." Specifically, Canadian geese that live in and around a golf course. The fine is $1000. If you're a repeat offender it jail time.

The same town has a similar ordinance about killing Monarch Butterflies. If you happen to be in town with one smashed on your windshield... look out.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 16, 2026 10:05 AM (AkEZC)

137 When Primate Politics Turn Deadly: 'Civil War' Shattering Uganda's Ngogo Chimps

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We need to grant them refugees status and have them running Learing Centers and shit!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 16, 2026 10:05 AM (ndZc7)

138 This makes me forget I'm not at Coachella.

CBC - floods
FoxNews, MsNow and CNN - blockade, Hegseth.

Heh. CBC had a story. Toronto 'people' are upset World Cup tickets won't be free or $10 for inclusion and the city promised. Soccer, the official sport of socialism.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 16, 2026 10:05 AM (Sco7b)

139 Amazing. It's easy to forget what a small town that place was back in the day.

Very true. Hollywood was very much a company town, where stars, character actors and technical people all ate and socialized (in their own orbits) at the same places. Of course, when Beverly Hills and Bel Air became swanky spots, the big names moved, but you could still star-watch at the Brown Derby or Musso & Frank's.

If I could, I would love to have lived in Hollywood during the first decade of the 20th century. That was, IMO, the real wonder age of movies.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 16, 2026 10:05 AM (qRla/)

140 I don't think the geese here in NoVa bother to migrate anymore. It's easy to survive the winter in suburbia.

Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 10:06 AM (77rzZ)

141 Sir, Treasury reports 105% possible. Not recommended.

K. Starmer: Very well, go to 105% GDP Debt.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Set engines of destruction to ludicrous speed!!

Posted by: Zaphod B at April 16, 2026 10:07 AM (Dv3i1)

142 Did you hear about the baby male swan who wandered away from his parents at the local Dennys? They found him later in the deep freezer.

He was a Swan son's frozen diner.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 16, 2026 10:07 AM (WqV2h)

143 Heh. CBC had a story. Toronto 'people' are upset World Cup tickets won't be free or $10 for inclusion and the city promised. Soccer, the official sport of socialism.
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How much are they paying people to attend? I may go if they offer enough.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 16, 2026 10:08 AM (Dv3i1)

144 19 >>Acquisition Presented by the Friends of the Tate Gallery 1962

Jeebus.... if this is what the Friends of the Museum give them, imagine the garbage the Enemies of the Museum are dropping on their doorstep.

Posted by: red speck at April 16, 2026 10:08 AM (Ve/HL)

145 Those swans need the kind of legal protection only we can provide!

Posted by: Dewey Cookham & Howe at April 16, 2026 10:08 AM (a992C)

146
Britain$s gross debt projected to reach 104.1 percent of GDP.

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We shouldn't be talking but we can grow. They can't and won't.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 16, 2026 10:10 AM (tgvbd)

147 The former VA Dem Lt Gov, Justin Fairfax, shot and killed his wife

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I'm sure he made her comfortable first.

Posted by: Gov. Gilles de Rayciss at April 16, 2026 10:10 AM (BI5O2)

148 If I could, I would love to have lived in Hollywood during the first decade of the 20th century. That was, IMO, the real wonder age of movies.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

1901-1910? Wasn't that a little early for Hollywood?

Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 10:11 AM (77rzZ)

149 Stanley Spencer Org UK
The Stanley Spencer Gallery - Swan Upping

Swan Upping returns to Cookham: a living tradition
This July, the River Thames will once again host the historic Swan Upping ceremony, a royal tradition dating back to the 12th century. As the flotilla of skiffs glides past the village of Cookham, visitors will witness a spectacle of pageantry, and heritage—just as Stanley Spencer once did.

Swan Upping is the annual census of the swan population on stretches of the Thames in the counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire. This historic ceremony dates from the twelfth century, when the Crown claimed ownership of all mute swans. The King’s Swan Marker and the accompanying Swan Uppers of the Vintners’ and Dyers’ Livery Companies use six traditional Thames rowing skiffs in their five-day journey upstream to Abingdon.
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Stanley Spencer’s deep connection to Cookham and its traditions is beautifully captured in his painting “Swan Upping at Cookham” (1915–19). In this work, Spencer transforms the ceremonial into the spiritual, portraying the Swan Uppers as almost angelic figures... (more)

Interesting lesson but would pass hanging. Thanks

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 16, 2026 10:11 AM (NFX2v)

150
Soccer: the sport of violence, racism and nationalism. Ban it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 16, 2026 10:11 AM (tgvbd)

151 How time flies. I feel like April 16th was just a few minutes ago.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 16, 2026 10:12 AM (viF8m)

152 Does the swan tupping come after the swan upping?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Abdully al-McAbdulface at April 16, 2026 10:12 AM (0sNs1)

153 Soccer: the sport of violence, racism and nationalism. Ban it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 16, 2026 10:11 AM (tgvbd)
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Sport of faggotry and communism.

Posted by: ballistic at April 16, 2026 10:12 AM (oqH4h)

154 How much are they paying people to attend? I may go if they offer enough.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 16, 2026 10:08 AM (Dv3i1

Socialist chicks!!

Man, the free crap needs a laxative. Another blockage from GatewayPundit.

People in New York City who are looking forward to the city-owned grocery stores promised by the new democratic socialist (communist) Mayor Zohran Mamdani are going to be waiting for quite a while.

Not only is the first new store going to cost upwards of $30 million in tax dollars, it’s not going to be ready until 2029. Just think of how many people are going to get in on that grift over the course of the next three years. There is apparently another store that will open in 2027 which won’t require construction because it’ll be housed in an existing building

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 16, 2026 10:12 AM (Sco7b)

155 If I could, I would love to have lived in Hollywood during the first decade of the 20th century. That was, IMO, the real wonder age of movies.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 16, 2026

***
I'd like the '30s through the mid '50s.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 16, 2026 10:12 AM (wzUl9)

156 He was a Swan son's frozen diner.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 16, 2026 10:07 AM (WqV2h)

*golf clap*

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 16, 2026 10:13 AM (wVcYX)

157 The Washington Post
@washingtonpost
Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D) fall left many asking how someone who was dogged by persistent rumors of inappropriate behavior toward women could have risen so high and so fast in a party that says it supports women’s rights.

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Yeah, that's a head scratcher alright.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 16, 2026 10:13 AM (ndZc7)

158 1901-1910? Wasn't that a little early for Hollywood?
Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 10:11 AM (77rzZ)

You're right. I meant 1910 - 1920. Biograph started filming in Hollywood in 1910, though I think the Selig company was there a year or two earlier.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 16, 2026 10:13 AM (qRla/)

159 Oh yeah? Up yours.

Posted by: Talking Mute Swans at April 16, 2026 10:13 AM (WqV2h)

160 From what I can tell, there was never a time when Hollywood wasn't a town full of Marxist sex criminals. I'd pass on living there in any decade.

Posted by: Gov. Gilles de Rayciss at April 16, 2026 10:14 AM (BI5O2)

161 Soccer: the sport of violence, racism and nationalism. Ban it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 16, 2026 10:11 AM (tgvbd)
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Sport of faggotry and communism.
Posted by: ballistic at April 16, 2026 10:12 AM (oqH4h)

And flopping. Don't forget the flopping.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 16, 2026 10:15 AM (wVcYX)

162 148 If I could, I would love to have lived in Hollywood during the first decade of the 20th century. That was, IMO, the real wonder age of movies.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

1901-1910? Wasn't that a little early for Hollywood?
Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 10:11 AM (77rzZ)

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I would love to live in that time as well, in a Pasadena craftsman bungalow with woodcut prints on the walls, a Greene & Greene entry bench, etc.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 16, 2026 10:15 AM (2ap+5)

163 157 The Washington Post
@washingtonpost
Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D) fall left many asking how someone who was dogged by persistent rumors of inappropriate behavior toward women could have risen so high and so fast in a party that says it supports women’s rights.

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Yeah, that's a head scratcher alright.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 16, 2026 10:13 AM (ndZc7)

Yeah go figure.

Posted by: 20 female white house staffers and cabinet members who all beseached bill clinton to spank them too. at April 16, 2026 10:17 AM (qE8vU)

164 'Hey! What the hell did we do?'
The Swans

Posted by: Eromero at April 16, 2026 10:17 AM (LHPAg)

165 Early Hollywood had it's moments. The parties, the girls, the money!

Posted by: Fatty Arbuckle at April 16, 2026 10:17 AM (wVcYX)

166 Just finished season 2 of Landman. Good entertainment. All the right people hate it, so I of course really like it.

Posted by: tubal at April 16, 2026 10:18 AM (pDt9x)

167 Speaking of the World Cup... didn't Trump have a hand in it? Like the Olympics.

His sense of worth for both is... highly inflated.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 16, 2026 10:18 AM (AkEZC)

168 @washingtonpost
Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D) fall left many asking how someone who was dogged by persistent rumors of inappropriate behavior toward women could have risen so high and so fast in a party that says it supports women’s rights.

Because the Democrat party doesn't care about women in any capacity other than how they can use them to advance party power.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 16, 2026 10:19 AM (FmapG)

169 The is a slight, singular redeeming thing about soccer. The phrase "Own Goal" is embedded in the lexicon.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 16, 2026 10:20 AM (wVcYX)

170 You're right. I meant 1910 - 1920. Biograph started filming in Hollywood in 1910, though I think the Selig company was there a year or two earlier.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

I grew up SW Michigan. One county over, on the St. Joseph River, is a cave, Bear Cave (the only cave in Michigan IIRC). It was often used as a hideout by bank robbers, and thus was used as a set in William Porter's The Great Train Robbery in 1903.

Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

171 From what I can tell, there was never a time when Hollywood wasn't a town full of Marxist sex criminals. I'd pass on living there in any decade.

Ironically, Hollywood was originally founded as a teetotaling farm community.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 16, 2026 10:20 AM (qRla/)

172 Fairfax worked for Al Gore and John Edwards and also had faced sexual harassment charges throughout his political career.

Is every Democrat male gay or a harasser, or a gay harasser?

Posted by: Wally at April 16, 2026 10:21 AM (65cLN)

173 Peggy Entwhistle was right!

Posted by: Hollywood Babylon at April 16, 2026 10:21 AM (oftw2)

174 "Because the Democrat party doesn't care about women in any capacity other than how they can use them to advance party power.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung"

Or blacks or Catholics or Jews or Iranians or working people or single mothers or any fucking thing they pretend to care about this moment.

Posted by: eleven at April 16, 2026 10:21 AM (aTgV0)

175 29 *sings with gusto*

Way down upon the Swannee River,
Far, far away,
There’s where my heart is turning ever,
There’s where the old folks stay.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 16, 2026 09:34 AM (wVcYX)
'There you go. That's what you did. Appropiated somebody else's music while white.'
-Swansnachers

Posted by: Eromero at April 16, 2026 10:21 AM (LHPAg)

176 Fairfax is a psychopath who murdered his wife in front of his kids. His boss Northam is a psychopath who endorsed the murder of infants. The new governor is a psychopath who flatly refused to condemn threats to murder a political opponent's children.

The people of Virginia are conscienceless monsters who'd elect Lucifer himself if he had a D next to his name.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 16, 2026 10:22 AM (BI5O2)

177 The former VA Dem Lt Gov, Justin Fairfax, shot and killed his wife
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Here's another VA couple I'd like to see them do the same to themselves. No, I really don't give a damn anymore.

https://tinyurl.com/3x8cbem5

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 16, 2026 10:22 AM (1o8D5)

178 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Rep. Pressley: "It is a death sentence" to be sending Haitians back to Haiti

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She's just saying that because of the cannibalism. And rampant crime. And political violence.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 16, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7)

179 Awww. The Australians are suffering. From zerohedge.
Go Gaia and the unlubed razorred dildo of consequences.

Australia's failed "green" domestic energy policies had already sparked a fuel-supply shock shortly after the U.S.-Iran conflict disrupted tankers at the Hormuz chokepoint. Now, a fire has broken out at the larger of Australia's two remaining oil refineries, adding even more fuel supply woes.

Victoria state fire authorities said the blaze erupted at Viva Energy's 120,000-barrel-per-day Geelong refinery, one of only two operating oil refineries left in Australia. The refinery accounts for roughly 10% to 12% of Australia's fuel supply while covering about half of Victoria's fuel demand

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 16, 2026 10:22 AM (Sco7b)

180 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 16, 2026 10:22 AM (BI5O2)
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Our comments pair nicely.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 16, 2026 10:22 AM (1o8D5)

181 The people of Virginia are conscienceless monsters who'd elect Lucifer himself if he had a D next to his name.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Not all of us, Dude.

Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

182 Is every Democrat male gay or a harasser, or a gay harasser?
Posted by: Wally

Damn Democrats!

Posted by: Mark Foley (FL) at April 16, 2026 10:23 AM (gKWVE)

183 Because the Democrat party doesn't care about _______NOUN__________ in any capacity other than how they can use them to advance party power.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 16, 2026 10:19 AM (FmapG)

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This is easily a mad lib.

Posted by: ballistic at April 16, 2026 10:23 AM (oqH4h)

184 I grew up SW Michigan. One county over, on the St. Joseph River, is a cave, Bear Cave (the only cave in Michigan IIRC). It was often used as a hideout by bank robbers, and thus was used as a set in William Porter's The Great Train Robbery in 1903.
Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

Really? I was under the impression that it was filmed in New York and New Jersey. I can't imagine the NYC-based Edison studio going out to Michigan to film a cave.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 16, 2026 10:23 AM (qRla/)

185
And flopping. Don't forget the flopping.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 16, 2026 10:15 AM (wVcYX)

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I don't.

Posted by: Sidney Crosby at April 16, 2026 10:24 AM (tgvbd)

186 171 From what I can tell, there was never a time when Hollywood wasn't a town full of Marxist sex criminals. I'd pass on living there in any decade.

Ironically, Hollywood was originally founded as a teetotaling farm community.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 16, 2026 10:20 AM (qRla/)

How'd that work out?

Posted by: Aetius451AD, knows how that worked out at April 16, 2026 10:24 AM (bss/y)

187 Virginia Is For Lovers - Of Murder.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 16, 2026 10:25 AM (BI5O2)

188 https://tinyurl.com/3x8cbem5
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,

They aren't even trying to hide the corruption anymore.

Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

189 Victoria state fire authorities said the blaze erupted at Viva Energy's 120,000-barrel-per-day Geelong refinery, one of only two operating oil refineries left in Australia. The refinery accounts for roughly 10% to 12% of Australia's fuel supply while covering about half of Victoria's fuel demand
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 16, 2026 10:22 AM (Sco7b)

There has been too much violence. Too much pain. None here are without sin. But I have an honorable compromise. Just walk away. Give me your pump, the oil, the gasoline, and the whole compound, and I'll spare your lives. Just walk away. I will give you safe passage in the wasteland. Just walk away and there will be an end to the horror.

[Soldiers start up their vehicles]

The Humungus: I await your answer. You have a full day to decide.

Posted by: The Humungus at April 16, 2026 10:25 AM (wVcYX)

190 Has he ever done dilligrout?
Posted by: Bulg

Not sure. But he has made Garum. A fermented fish sauce from ancient Greece, Rome, Carthage, etc.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 16, 2026 10:26 AM (ERade)

191 Is every Democrat male gay or a harasser, or a gay harasser?

Posted by: Wally at April 16, 2026 10:21 AM (65cLN)

Yes.

It's why they all hate men so much.

Imagine being a lefty woman self-selecting lefty dude after lefty dude.

Since Dems are de facto much better humans than conservatives, how awful must conservative men be?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 16, 2026 10:26 AM (FmapG)

192 At Business Insider: "Americans are drinking less than they have in decades. While a long-term cultural shift toward moderation is very real, the immediate cyclical indicators — meaning the regular ebbs and flows — are all pointing down."

I welcome this news. Whatever cultural shift is driving it, less boozing means less violent crime.

Posted by: gp at April 16, 2026 10:26 AM (N8ZBc)

193 Ironically, Hollywood was originally founded as a teetotaling farm community.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 16, 2026 10:20 AM (qRla/)

How'd that work out?
Posted by: Aetius451AD, knows how that worked out at April 16, 2026 10:24 AM (bss/y)

Hollywood voted to join Los Angeles in 1910, so. . .not that well.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 16, 2026 10:26 AM (qRla/)

194 The people of Virginia are conscienceless monsters who'd elect Lucifer himself if he had a D next to his name.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 16, 2026 10:22 AM (BI5O2)

I mean, this time, they kinda elected three of them. If one believes the ballots.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 16, 2026 10:26 AM (FmapG)

195 Really? I was under the impression that it was filmed in New York and New Jersey. I can't imagine the NYC-based Edison studio going out to Michigan to film a cave.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Well, that's what the cave's website says. It does sound odd, now that you mention it.

Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ)

196 Has he ever done dilligrout?
Posted by: Bulg

Yes. Yes he did. Four years ago.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 16, 2026 10:27 AM (ERade)

197 I'm pretty sure this is a Saturday Night Live skit.

https://tinyurl.com/yrt3mhzb

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 16, 2026 10:27 AM (ndZc7)

198 https://tinyurl.com/3x8cbem5
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,
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They aren't even trying to hide the corruption anymore.

Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)
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Also moral corruption. Everything is coming up Fairfax:

https://tinyurl.com/3sv85w9k

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 16, 2026 10:28 AM (1o8D5)

199 BTW, I've been reading some more leftwing threads on the feud between Trump and the Pope and they've moved beyond, "You should listen to the Pope he is the moral paragon of the world" to "Obviously Trump is the anti-Christ"

Which of course it pretty amusing from the people still pleasuring themselves in Handsmaid Tale robes...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 16, 2026 10:28 AM (sKqQm)

200 Trump: Haiti is a shithole
Squad Members: Bigot! Racist! It's a wonderful place.
Trump: OK, let's send the Haitians back there.
Squad: That's a death sentence!

Once again, Trump's opponents are nothing but a bunch of "bitch over there eating crackers" folk

Posted by: Wally at April 16, 2026 10:28 AM (65cLN)

201 At Business Insider: "Americans are drinking less than they have in decades. While a long-term cultural shift toward ~~moderation~~ edibles is very real, the immediate cyclical indicators — meaning the regular ebbs and flows — are all pointing down."

Posted by: rickb223 at April 16, 2026 10:28 AM (ERade)

202
Imagine being a lefty woman self-selecting lefty dude after lefty dude.

___________

Men adopt feminist positions only to get into a woman's pants.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 16, 2026 10:28 AM (tgvbd)

203 They aren't even trying to hide the corruption anymore.

Coming soon, they will ban investigating/talking about corruption just like they did in CA and MN...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 16, 2026 10:29 AM (sKqQm)

204 199 BTW, I've been reading some more leftwing threads on the feud between Trump and the Pope and they've moved beyond, "You should listen to the Pope he is the moral paragon of the world" to "Obviously Trump is the anti-Christ"

Which of course it pretty amusing from the people still pleasuring themselves in Handsmaid Tale robes...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 16, 2026 10:28 AM (sKqQm)

Did they ever consider that the Pope is ? It's just as far fetched...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 16, 2026 10:30 AM (WXgO5)

205 194 The people of Virginia are conscienceless monsters who'd elect Lucifer himself if he had a D next to his name.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 16, 2026 10:22 AM (BI5O2)

I mean, this time, they kinda elected three of them. If one believes the ballots.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 16, 2026 10:26 AM (FmapG)

Yeah, this is one of the hidden benefits (to the commies of vote fraud) how much to say 'They asked for it' and how much did they not really ask for it?

In the end though, if you do not rise up and cast them off...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 16, 2026 10:30 AM (bss/y)

206 Men adopt feminist positions only to get into a woman's pants.

And leftwing women have this idea of "if feminist men are this bad the non-feminist ones must be worse!"

Posted by: 18-1 at April 16, 2026 10:30 AM (sKqQm)

207 Well it's art but it doesn't blow my socks off.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 16, 2026 10:31 AM (xcxpd)

208 Ummm, I have questions....

Why does the woman have a PosturePedic in that boat?
Is the guy stepping off the boat missing something? (Like his head)
Why are swans in the boat? Don't they swim?
Is the one guy doing yoga? If so, what position is that?

Posted by: GWB at April 16, 2026 10:32 AM (IxSmD)

209 207 Well it's art but it doesn't blow my socks off.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 16, 2026 10:31 AM (xcxpd)

This one is a true test of "In the eye of the beholder."

Posted by: It's me donna at April 16, 2026 10:32 AM (WXgO5)

210 In the end though, if you do not rise up and cast them off...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 16, 2026 10:30 AM (bss/y)
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Sadly, this is the way.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 16, 2026 10:32 AM (1o8D5)

211 In the end though, if you do not rise up and cast them off...
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 16, 2026 10:30 AM (bss/y)

My slogan is "Dunmore Spanberger!"
You have to know your history for that one.

Posted by: GWB at April 16, 2026 10:33 AM (IxSmD)

212 Men adopt feminist positions only to get into a woman's pants.

And leftwing women have this idea of "if feminist men are this bad the non-feminist ones must be worse!"
Posted by: 18-1

I love when the left women ask where all the left men are.

Check the women's restroom.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 16, 2026 10:33 AM (ERade)

213 201 At Business Insider: "Americans are drinking less than they have in decades. While a long-term cultural shift toward moderation edibles is very real, the immediate cyclical indicators — meaning the regular ebbs and flows — are all pointing down."
Posted by: rickb223

And the latest study indicates that taking edibles or marijuana in any form once per week by a man makes birth defects more likely and conception more difficult.

"Male marijuana use during the preconception period is associated with a significantly increased risk of spontaneous abortion (miscarriage) for the female partner. A prospective cohort study found that men who used marijuana ≥1 time/week in the two months before conception had twice the risk (adjusted hazard ratio of 2.0) of their partners experiencing a miscarriage compared to non-users, while use less than once a week showed no significant increase in risk.

The risk is most pronounced in early pregnancy (before 8 weeks' gestation) and among men aged 35 and older, where the hazard ratio rises to 4.1. Researchers suggest this link is driven by THC binding to cannabinoid receptors in testicular tissue and sperm. . . "

Posted by: whig at April 16, 2026 10:33 AM (E4rtv)

214
Most men are perfectly capable of keeping their zippers zipped, their hands to themselves and a respectful tongue in their heads. You will not find those men in places dominated by the Left.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 16, 2026 10:34 AM (tgvbd)

215 199 BTW, I've been reading some more leftwing threads on the feud between Trump and the Pope and they've moved beyond, "You should listen to the Pope he is the moral paragon of the world" to "Obviously Trump is the anti-Christ"

Posted by: 18-1 at April 16, 2026 10:28 AM (sKqQm

I called anti-Christ!!!
Not exactly a great feat thinlkng like a liberal. Now dead liberals, I can do. Too soon?

I'm not sure what come's after that though....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 16, 2026 10:34 AM (Sco7b)

216 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Interesting art but I first read it as Cocking Up At Swanham. My bad.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 16, 2026 10:34 AM (2WIwB)

217 Men adopt feminist positions only to get into a woman's pants.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 16, 2026 10:28 AM (tgvbd)

Leftist. To get into leftist women's pants. Conservative women want real men.

I've been asked before why I prefer conservative women to liberal women. The answer is always the same: because they don't have dicks.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 16, 2026 10:35 AM (FmapG)

218 I thought Obama was the AntiChrist.

Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 10:35 AM (77rzZ)

219 And leftwing women have this idea of "if feminist men are this bad the non-feminist ones must be worse!"

Yup. All the (Democrat) men they know are super-creeps and M-SNOW and NPR tell them regular and conservative men are worse.

The funniest cases are the ones who inadvertently ended up dating a conservative guy, found out the sex is significantly better, and put out a cry for help to reconcile that with Democrat dogma.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 16, 2026 10:37 AM (2ocoG)

220 Former Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax kills wife & them himself.

1 hour ago.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 16, 2026 10:38 AM (ERade)

221 So I just googled Peggy Entwhistle.

Now I'm depressed.

Posted by: eleven at April 16, 2026 10:38 AM (aTgV0)

222 Virginia is really trying to be the worst mid-Atlantic state on the east coast.

It's a crowded field. And I'm not sure one can blame the federal government's proximity as the only reason. Certainly a big one, but not the only one. NoVA is a well worn out nest of leftists with a small number of sane holdouts. I used to live there. It was a mess back in the 90's.

But with regards to Spamburger or whatever her name is, I seriously doubt she won with a plurality of possible voters. Many in the western part of the state, and south of Richmond probably didn't vote as the R candidate was... less than optimal in their eyes.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 16, 2026 10:38 AM (AkEZC)

223 218 I thought Obama was the AntiChrist.
Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 10:35 AM (77rzZ)
There's still time.

Posted by: Eromero at April 16, 2026 10:38 AM (LHPAg)

224
Virginia is really trying to be the worst mid-Atlantic state on the east coast.

_________

Not as long as there's a Pennsylvania.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 16, 2026 10:39 AM (tgvbd)

225 Men adopt feminist positions only to get into a woman's pants.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 16, 2026 10:28 AM (tgvbd)

*1,000 yard vacant stare*
[mumbles]: I've seen things, man.

Posted by: Feminist Man at April 16, 2026 10:39 AM (wVcYX)

226 214
Most men are perfectly capable of keeping their zippers zipped, their hands to themselves and a respectful tongue in their heads. You will not find those men in places dominated by the Left.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 16, 2026 10:34 AM (tgvbd)

Funny enough, they did a survey of politics to having a child (released just this week). While having a child made women slightly more conservative in leanings, NOT having a child (at least not one that they confirm) makes men WILDLY liberal in their leanings.

Food for thought.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 16, 2026 10:39 AM (tOcjL)

227 218 I thought Obama was the AntiChrist.

Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 10:35 AM (77rzZ)

At points, but not for as long, by so many people, with such hate filled intensity.

Besides, Obama's Black Jesus halo pictures diluted the effect.

Yay, the cat Snowflake is here to rest. Rainy day.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 16, 2026 10:39 AM (Sco7b)

228 thought Obama was the AntiChrist.
Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 10:35 AM (77rzZ)

No the antichrist is supposed to be a popular figure

Posted by: ... at April 16, 2026 10:39 AM (TxYmD)

229 So I just googled Peggy Entwhistle.

Now I'm depressed.
Posted by: eleven

Stepmother of Bryan Keith, who also killed himself.

Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 10:39 AM (77rzZ)

230 I think it's about geese and boats and arms, for some reason.

Posted by: eleven at April 16, 2026 10:40 AM (aTgV0)

231 My grandmother (nee Bauknecht) taught me to hate FDR, but I really love the WPA posters. Today's art reminds of them, I don't know why.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 16, 2026 10:40 AM (2ap+5)

232 Former Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax kills wife & them himself.

1 hour ago.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 16, 2026 10:38 AM (ERade)

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"It's a start."

/Death Cults 'R Us

Posted by: ShainS at April 16, 2026 10:40 AM (xU6sC)

233 LOL the Dems are drawing up articles of impeachment against Hegseth.

Posted by: steevy at April 16, 2026 10:40 AM (YwEeS)

234 222 But with regards to Spamburger or whatever her name is, I seriously doubt she won with a plurality of possible voters. Many in the western part of the state, and south of Richmond probably didn't vote as the R candidate was... less than optimal in their eyes.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 16, 2026 10:38 AM (AkEZC)

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Seems to have been a mixture of things.

Sears made anti-Trump noises and was a bad campaigner.

The plan that put Youngkin in place (look up the Virginia Project) got completely abandoned and Democrats took up the strategy instead.

Youngkin did just this side of nothing to combat fraud in the state (oh...he did the minimum on voter rolls...huzzah...I'm sure Richmond and Arlington are otherwise pitch perfect and never do anything wrong in their counting ever and don't need serious investigation from the VA DOJ).

And the shutdown probably helped juice the numbers, but it was going to be a GOP loss no matter what because Youngkin actively abandoned the Virginia Project.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 16, 2026 10:41 AM (B5oTI)

235 So I just googled Peggy Entwhistle.

Now I'm depressed.
Posted by: eleven at April 16, 2026 10:38 AM (aTgV0)

Yes, that was a sad story.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 16, 2026 10:41 AM (qRla/)

236 I love when the left women ask where all the left men are.

Check the women's restroom.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 16, 2026 10:33 AM (ERade)

You can also catch them lurking around pre-schools and kindergartens.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 16, 2026 10:41 AM (fhCge)

237 233 LOL the Dems are drawing up articles of impeachment against Hegseth.

Posted by: steevy at April 16, 2026 10:40 AM (YwEeS)

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"WOOO! Democrats are doing something!"
-leftist fans of failure theater

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 16, 2026 10:42 AM (B5oTI)

238 Interesting art but I first read it as Cocking Up At Swanham. My bad.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes

Maybe you should look at the art after you've found your coffee. Just sayin'.

Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)

239 thought Obama was the AntiChrist.
Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 10:35 AM (77rzZ)

No the antichrist is supposed to be a popular figure
Posted by: ... at April 16, 2026 10:39 AM (TxYmD)

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You mean, like a Pope?

Posted by: ShainS at April 16, 2026 10:42 AM (xU6sC)

240 You can also catch them lurking around pre-schools and kindergartens.

In Europe that is the ...umm...migrants

Posted by: steevy at April 16, 2026 10:42 AM (YwEeS)

241 Swan Upping at Cookham
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Like most Albion gobbledygook, it could just as easily been Cock Upping at Swindon, or some such.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 16, 2026 10:01 AM (kpS4V)

***

Great minds thinking alike!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 16, 2026 10:42 AM (2WIwB)

242 I think it's about geese and boats and arms, for some reason.
Posted by: eleven at April 16, 2026 10:40 AM (aTgV0)

Watch for Spencer's next in the series:

Cow Tipping at Abilene

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 16, 2026 10:43 AM (fhCge)

243 Hegseth has been a brilliant success as Secretary of War. Beyond my expectations.

Posted by: steevy at April 16, 2026 10:43 AM (YwEeS)

244 I find it ridiculous that people who generally don't have traditional Christian belief are suddenly screeching that Trump is the anti Christ . If you listened to Trump's Easter message- nope. Here are some additional thoughts on it:

https://tinyurl.com/4xyw5nnk

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 16, 2026 10:43 AM (7RYym)

245 243 Hegseth has been a brilliant success as Secretary of War. Beyond my expectations.

Posted by: steevy at April 16, 2026 10:43 AM (YwEeS)

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How can you say that when he's so uncouth and doesn't respect the authority of generals?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 16, 2026 10:44 AM (B5oTI)

246 LOL the Dems are drawing up articles of impeachment against Hegseth.

Posted by: steevy at April 16, 2026 10:40 AM (YwEeS)

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They've already drawn up 730 Articles of Impeachment against Trump once we lose the rigged mid-terms.

Posted by: ShainS at April 16, 2026 10:44 AM (xU6sC)

247 Former Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax kills wife & them himself.

1 hour ago.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 16, 2026 10:38 AM (ERade)

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

"It's a start."

/Death Cults 'R Us
Posted by: ShainS

Maybe the demons are starting to return to Hell?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 16, 2026 10:44 AM (ERade)

248 Dang!
Woke up to snow!
WTF???

Posted by: Diogenes at April 16, 2026 10:44 AM (2WIwB)

249 Goose arms?

mebbe?

Posted by: eleven at April 16, 2026 10:45 AM (aTgV0)

250 Hegseth has been a brilliant success as Secretary of War. Beyond my expectations.
Posted by: steevy at April 16, 2026 10:43 AM (YwEeS)

That's why he must go. We need a fat ugly trannie in charge of the military.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 16, 2026 10:45 AM (fhCge)

251 Panic!

Trump reveals he has multi-pick SCOTUS plan ready as retirement speculation heats up

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 16, 2026 10:45 AM (ndZc7)

252
Geese are asshoe. This is a Known Thing.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 16, 2026 09:44 AM (kgE5c)

Canadian Geese are also known as Cobra Chickens. Which tells you everything.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 16, 2026 10:45 AM (y9nCu)

253 Dude started out OK but must have took some bad acid or something because it got worse as he went on to the bottom of the painting.

Posted by: Case at April 16, 2026 10:45 AM (pvf3X)

254 251 Panic!

Trump reveals he has multi-pick SCOTUS plan ready as retirement speculation heats up

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 16, 2026 10:45 AM (ndZc7)

====

President has short list of SCOTUS nominees in case of opening. Headline possible at every moment of every presidency for about 100 years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 16, 2026 10:46 AM (B5oTI)

255 Hegseth has been a brilliant success as Secretary of War. Beyond my expectations.

Posted by: steevy at April 16, 2026 10:43 AM (YwEeS)

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How can you say that when he's so uncouth and doesn't respect the authority of generals?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I was never in the military, so my knowledge of rank may be unclear, but doesn't the Secretary of War get to teabag generals?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 16, 2026 10:46 AM (ERade)

256 Men adopt feminist positions only to get into a woman's pants.
____

I notice you didn't say "get underneath a woman's sundress".

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 16, 2026 10:46 AM (Dv3i1)

257 Now we have some idea why the three generals were relieved and retired.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 16, 2026 10:46 AM (FmapG)

258 255 I was never in the military, so my knowledge of rank may be unclear, but doesn't the Secretary of War get to teabag generals?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 16, 2026 10:46 AM (ERade)

======

The constitution says that the generals run the military and that the civilian leadership must bow down to them.

Don't look it up, though. Just trust me, bro.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 16, 2026 10:46 AM (B5oTI)

259 "Dang!
Woke up to snow!
WTF???
Posted by: Diogenes"

Do you live in Central New York by any chance?

I grew up in Syracuse. Winter in April was the norm.

Posted by: eleven at April 16, 2026 10:48 AM (aTgV0)

260 Looking down from the bridge,
I thought, wot th heck?
A woman had two geese
Stuck to her neck,

Native gal with two pillows
on which she could rest,
A boot-headed man
with goose-head in a nest,

and a goose on his belt
which caused me to smile
because at the time
I knew that was the style.
😉
Gooooood morning.
Still waiting for coffee to kick in

Posted by: mindful webworker - still rural but too close to suburban sprawl at April 16, 2026 10:48 AM (Cl/mc)

261 258 255 I was never in the military, so my knowledge of rank may be unclear, but doesn't the Secretary of War get to teabag generals?
---------------
Yes. Then retired/relieved generals seek some sort of payback. See the august Senators for the details.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 16, 2026 10:48 AM (FmapG)

262 259 "Dang!
Woke up to snow!
WTF???
Posted by: Diogenes"

Do you live in Central New York by any chance?

I grew up in Syracuse. Winter in April was the norm.

Posted by: eleven at April 16, 2026 10:48 AM (aTgV0)

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Diogenes obviously lives in Greece.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 16, 2026 10:48 AM (B5oTI)

263 Hegseth has been a brilliant success as Secretary of War. Beyond my expectations.

Posted by: steevy at April 16, 2026 10:43 AM (YwEeS)

Agreed. And best of all he is sidelining the woke scum that Obama and Biden pushed up the ranks.

I love civilian oversight!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 16, 2026 10:49 AM (g0MSz)

264 "Men adopt feminist positions only to get into a woman's pants."

It's the only reason men do anything. Like Tony Montana said: "First you need the money, then the power, then the women."

Posted by: gp at April 16, 2026 10:49 AM (N8ZBc)

265 Canadian Geese are also known as Cobra Chickens. Which tells you everything.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

One thing you should never do when you have a long neck and no arms?

Don't lead with your head. It's too easy to grab them by the nevk and snap it.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 16, 2026 10:49 AM (ERade)

266 Men adopt feminist positions only to get into a woman's pants.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Kind of. There are plenty of men that are so weak, slothful, and pathetic, that they adopt Leftwing positions so they can reap the benefits of other people's work. Modern feminism is 50% socialism, so they naturally coexist. The other 50% of man-hating and victim Olympics are just part of the Lefty experience, so again, just assumed.

Men have to achieve what women view as valuable to compete for attention, so Lefty men do end up embarrassing themselves trying to be the most Lefty, emotional, and feminist...which counterintuitively makes them so soy even liberal women don't find them sexually attractive (but they're great friends and allies...for men (spit)).

Posted by: Moron Analyst at April 16, 2026 10:49 AM (JCZqz)

267
I was never in the military, so my knowledge of rank may be unclear, but doesn't the Secretary of War get to teabag generals?
Posted by: rickb223 at April 16, 2026 10:46 AM (ERade)

The military is under the thumb of civilian authority. The importance of which is noted in the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the Texas Declaration of Independence.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 16, 2026 10:49 AM (E6xSb)

268 263 Agreed. And best of all he is sidelining the woke scum that Obama and Biden pushed up the ranks.

I love civilian oversight!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 16, 2026 10:49 AM (g0MSz)

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Civilian oversight of the military is unAmerican.

We must trust experts to run government institutions without input from the body politic instead.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 16, 2026 10:50 AM (B5oTI)

269 Ehhh... Good enough

Posted by: Mediocraties at April 16, 2026 10:50 AM (affD0)

270 He will be the best AntiChrist ever. Believe me.

Even people who don't like him very much say he's a great AntiChrist. It's true.

Posted by: ... at April 16, 2026 10:50 AM (TxYmD)

271 Go tell Aunt Rhody,

Go tell Aunt Rhody,

Go tell Aunt Rhody,

damn thats for the goose

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 16, 2026 10:51 AM (/+uur)

272 One thing you should never do when you have a long neck and no arms?

Don't lead with your head. It's too easy to grab them by the nevk and snap it.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 16, 2026 10:49 AM (ERade)

How DARE you

Posted by: Michelle Fields at April 16, 2026 10:51 AM (TxYmD)

273 I grew up in Syracuse. Winter in April was the norm.
Posted by: eleven at April 16, 2026 10:48 AM (aTgV0)
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That town is a winter hellscape.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 16, 2026 10:51 AM (RIvkX)

274 So I just googled Peggy Entwhistle.

Now I'm depressed.
Posted by: eleven

Stepmother of Bryan Keith, who also killed himself.
Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 10:39 AM (77rzZ)

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

Suicide runs in families.

Don't ask me how I know ...

* cues M*A*S*H theme song "Suicide Is Painless" *

Posted by: ShainS at April 16, 2026 10:51 AM (xU6sC)

275 You don't gotta be Nostradamus to see this.

Police Warn of Violent Summer Ahead as Street Takeovers in Los Angeles Turn Deadly

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 16, 2026 10:51 AM (ndZc7)

276 We're in Command, here!

Posted by: Seven Days In May at April 16, 2026 10:51 AM (wVcYX)

277 276 We're in Command, here!

Posted by: Seven Days In May at April 16, 2026 10:51 AM (wVcYX)

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Banger of a thriller.

But it makes no damn real-world sense. Like,...at all.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 16, 2026 10:52 AM (B5oTI)

278 The constitution says that the generals run the military and that the civilian leadership must bow down to them.

Don't look it up, though. Just trust me, bro.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I did look it up! It's right after the parts about federal district judges running the country and attorney generals prosecuting Preznits!

Posted by: Auspex at April 16, 2026 10:52 AM (Y8DZL)

279 254 251 Panic!

Trump reveals he has multi-pick SCOTUS plan ready as retirement speculation heats up

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 16, 2026 10:45 AM (ndZc7)

====

President has short list of SCOTUS nominees in case of opening. Headline possible at every moment of every presidency for about 100 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 16, 2026 10:46 AM (B5oTI)

Good luck getting them through the Senate... Especially if we lose it in 26'

Posted by: It's me donna at April 16, 2026 10:52 AM (WXgO5)

280 Geese are asshoe. This is a Known Thing.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Swans have a bodycount.

Posted by: Zombie Anthony Hensley, drowned by swan in 2012 at April 16, 2026 10:53 AM (JCZqz)

281
278 The constitution says that the generals run the military and that the civilian leadership must bow down to them.

Don't look it up, though. Just trust me, bro.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I did look it up! It's right after the parts about federal district judges running the country and attorney generals prosecuting Preznits!

Posted by: Auspex at April 16, 2026 10:52 AM (Y8DZL)

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See?!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 16, 2026 10:53 AM (B5oTI)

282 270 He will be the best AntiChrist ever

LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 16, 2026 10:53 AM (7RYym)

283 "Dang!
Woke up to snow!
WTF???
Posted by: Diogenes"
-----
Come on down... it's 75 going up to the upper 80's

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at April 16, 2026 10:53 AM (EneHm)

284 Feel real loose
Like a long-necked goose
Oh, baby that's a-whatta like!

Posted by: The Big Bopper at April 16, 2026 10:53 AM (wVcYX)

285 279 Good luck getting them through the Senate... Especially if we lose it in 26'

Posted by: It's me donna at April 16, 2026 10:52 AM (WXgO5)

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Which four GOP senate seats will the GOP lose in November?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 16, 2026 10:53 AM (B5oTI)

286 the SCOTUS retirement better be Johnny Boy

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 16, 2026 10:54 AM (j+aD2)

287
Which four GOP senate seats will the GOP lose in November?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 16, 2026 10:53 AM (B5oTI)

None I hope...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 16, 2026 10:54 AM (WXgO5)

288 Why is the election on a Thursday in NJ? Kinda weird. Most elections even special ones are on Tuesdays.

Is this a NJ thing?

Posted by: Heroq at April 16, 2026 10:54 AM (vslA3)

289 We asked Brits where the UK ranks vs US states in income per person.

Average answer: 7th. Wealthier than 43 states.

The reality: 51st. Dead last. Below Mississippi. Below Arkansas.

Alabama is wealthier than Canadia

hahahaha

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 16, 2026 10:54 AM (/+uur)

290 the SCOTUS retirement better be Johnny Boy

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 16, 2026 10:54 AM (j+aD2)

I'd hope it's Thomas.

Otherwise he risks getting Ginsberg'd.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 16, 2026 10:54 AM (FmapG)

291 287
Which four GOP senate seats will the GOP lose in November?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 16, 2026 10:53 AM (B5oTI)

None I hope...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 16, 2026 10:54 AM (WXgO5)

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You keep coming here with doom and gloom.

Come up with what you expect to lose specifically.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 16, 2026 10:55 AM (B5oTI)

292 Which four GOP senate seats will the GOP lose in November?
____

Whichever ones we need to.
-GOP Leadership

(yikes, have I really gotten that cynical?)

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 16, 2026 10:55 AM (Dv3i1)

293 Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 16, 2026 10:54 AM (j+aD2)

LOLOL not a chance

Posted by: ... at April 16, 2026 10:55 AM (TxYmD)

294 "That town is a winter hellscape.
Posted by: San Franpsycho"

From January to February Syracuse is Winter Heaven.

From March to April get the fuck out.

Posted by: eleven at April 16, 2026 10:55 AM (aTgV0)

295 290 the SCOTUS retirement better be Johnny Boy

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 16, 2026 10:54 AM (j+aD2)

I'd hope it's Thomas.

Otherwise he risks getting Ginsberg'd.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at April 16, 2026 10:54 AM (FmapG)

=====

The rumors point to Alito and have for a while.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 16, 2026 10:55 AM (B5oTI)

296
You'd know better, but the backstory of Seven Days In May was supposed to be JFK being scared of the Joint Chiefs and wanted Hollywood to put out something showing the heroic President standing up to them.

Posted by: Auspex at April 16, 2026 10:55 AM (Y8DZL)

297 What exactly is the Democrat rationale for impeaching Hegseth?

He's not a Democrat?

Is effective is his role?

Calls out their nonsense ?

Look better than they do when exercising?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 16, 2026 10:56 AM (7RYym)

298 Come on down... it's 75 going up to the upper 80's
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas

Upper 80s in April is worse than snow in April.

Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 10:56 AM (77rzZ)

299 So when the Mullahs leave with their money I hope Israel puts GPS on them.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 16, 2026 10:57 AM (/+uur)

300 > Police Warn of Violent Summer Ahead as Street Takeovers in Los Angeles Turn Deadly
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Here, in rural KY, the transplanted hoodrats are going down to the local park, with airsoft guns, running around in packs, shooting random people.

It's already been noted that someone who's packing will take offense, and shoot them dead.

The outcry from the usual corner was... loud. Just post more cameras. The parents need to talk to their children. They're just being kids. etc.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 16, 2026 10:57 AM (AkEZC)

301 Upper 80s in April is worse than snow in April.
Posted by: Bulg at April 16, 2026 10:56 AM (77rzZ)

86 down here by the Bay

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 16, 2026 10:57 AM (/+uur)

302 If we have all this Independence how come we got stuck with all this socialist Commie crap?

Posted by: Case at April 16, 2026 10:58 AM (pvf3X)

303 You keep coming here with doom and gloom.

Come up with what you expect to lose specifically.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 16, 2026 10:55 AM (B5oTI)

Are we comment policing now

Posted by: ... at April 16, 2026 10:58 AM (TxYmD)

304 Which four GOP senate seats will the GOP lose in November?

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NC and Maine are pretty much a done deal.

Ohio is 50/50. Texas is unlikely but not outside the realm of possibility.

Posted by: Heroq at April 16, 2026 10:58 AM (vslA3)

305 Soccer? Ugh.

NJ Transit is considering a massive, roughly 8x, increase in round-trip fares—potentially to $100—for travel between New York Penn Station and MetLife Stadium for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The hike aims to cover nearly million in operating costs, avoiding the burden on local taxpayers, with final pricing expected shortly.

ESPN: N.J. governor: FIFA should pay extra train costs to MetLife for World Cup, 3 hours ago

I almost salute NIMBY New Jersey.
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PA, OTOH, will be keeping bars open until 4am for the FIFA Games and do bet on tailgating.

April 15, 2026, PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- FIFA is fighting back against a report claiming that it will ban tailgating at stadiums holding matches for the 2026 World Cup.

"In a statement, the organization says it does not have a formal policy and is leaving the tailgating issue to the host cities."

And that's the City of Brotherly Love for ya.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 16, 2026 10:59 AM (NFX2v)

306 Yeah, the rumors I've been hearing are Alito will retire.

I think Thomas should too, but he's apparently pig-headed (not that that's a bad thing).

Can we get Stephen Miller on the Court to replace Alito?

/Not a chance ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 16, 2026 10:59 AM (xU6sC)

307 Sec. Scott Bessent just said that because Iran BOMBED Gulf neighbors, those countries are suddenly opening up Iranian regime BANK accounts to Treasury

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 16, 2026 10:59 AM (/+uur)

308 304 Which four GOP senate seats will the GOP lose in November?

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NC and Maine are pretty much a done deal.

Ohio is 50/50. Texas is unlikely but not outside the realm of possibility.

Posted by: Heroq at April 16, 2026 10:58 AM (vslA3)

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You are retarded.

Go look at Collins' polling in 2020 compared to the final result.

OH is as Republican as Florida. Texas is more Republican than Florida.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 16, 2026 11:00 AM (B5oTI)

309 Speaking of SCOTUS the Wide Latina had to apologize to Kav

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 16, 2026 11:00 AM (/+uur)

310 nood

Posted by: gp at April 16, 2026 11:00 AM (N8ZBc)

311 Nood. Rant.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 16, 2026 11:01 AM (kgE5c)

312 Are we comment policing now

Posted by: ... at April 16, 2026 10:58 AM (TxYmD)

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Some people just can't get another job ...

/I denounce myself

Posted by: ShainS at April 16, 2026 11:01 AM (xU6sC)

313 Talarico (weird little boy) raised $27 M Q1.
He will lose by 8 points.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 16, 2026 11:01 AM (/+uur)

314 Which four GOP senate seats will the GOP lose in November?

Collins is absolutely gone. I'd put money on it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 16, 2026 11:01 AM (qRla/)

315 314 Which four GOP senate seats will the GOP lose in November?

Collins is absolutely gone. I'd put money on it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 16, 2026 11:01 AM (qRla/)

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Her polling showed her down by 8 in 2020.

She won by 8.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 16, 2026 11:02 AM (B5oTI)

316 313 Talarico (weird little boy) raised $27 M Q1.
He will lose by 8 points.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 16, 2026 11:01 AM (/+uur)

all of his money comes from out of state.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 16, 2026 11:02 AM (rGqqI)

317 Is this the judge that would be good candidate for USSC?

Judge James C. Ho of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 16, 2026 11:02 AM (Dv3i1)

318 Go look at Collins' polling in 2020 compared to the final result.

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She’s at 20-25% right now on betting markets. If you’re this confident you’ll make a killing.

Posted by: Heroq at April 16, 2026 11:03 AM (vslA3)

319
I was never in the military, so my knowledge of rank may be unclear, but doesn't the Secretary of War get to teabag generals?
Posted by: rickb223 at April 16, 2026 10:46 AM (ERade)

Unfortunately, the US military has a long tradition of West Point ring-knocker flag officers who think that the President and others in the military chain of command works for them, rather than the other way around. Goes back to the beginning with that coward Horatio Gates, who openly despised George Washington during the Revolution and would regularly ignore Washington's orders, even plotting against him with the Conway Cabal.

Lincoln had serious problems with this, like when McClellan refused to take the Army into the field on a regular basis, or the head of the Ordnance Dept who just came right out and refused Lincoln's orders to acquire repeating arms like the Spenser, Sharps and Henry rifles after Lincoln was shown their clear advantages.

MacArthur's stupid shit in WWII and Korea is a direct descendent. Dood was seriously overrated as a field commander, did pretty good as Governor of occupied Japan, to be fair.

History won't be kind to modern prima donnas like Mattis.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 16, 2026 11:03 AM (y9nCu)

320 318 Go look at Collins' polling in 2020 compared to the final result.

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She’s at 20-25% right now on betting markets. If you’re this confident you’ll make a killing.

Posted by: Heroq at April 16, 2026 11:03 AM (vslA3)

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What did the betting markets say who would win the House in 2024 for months?

Until 7pm on election night?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 16, 2026 11:03 AM (B5oTI)

321 She’s at 20-25% right now on betting markets. If you’re this confident you’ll make a killing.

The betting markets are wrong about almost everything. Too few participants to get the actual "wisdom of crowds" effect.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 16, 2026 11:04 AM (2ocoG)

322 What did the betting markets say who would win the House in 2024 for months?

Until 7pm on election night?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 16, 2026 11:03 AM (B5oTI)

Just checked and mid October was the flip. GOP was the slight favorite for the last 3 weeks of the campaign ranging from 50-52%. The markets predicted a very narrow GOP win and that’s exactly what happened.

Posted by: Heroq at April 16, 2026 11:11 AM (vslA3)

323 322 Just checked and mid October was the flip. GOP was the slight favorite for the last 3 weeks of the campaign ranging from 50-52%. The markets predicted a very narrow GOP win and that’s exactly what happened.

Posted by: Heroq at April 16, 2026 11:11 AM (vslA3)

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Oh, so the betting markets get accurate close to an election?

They're completely unreliable months out? Why the fuck are you referencing them now, then?

People who use betting markets as evidence of anything are fucking retarded.

Why do you keep coming back under new handles?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 16, 2026 11:12 AM (B5oTI)

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