Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Lament for Icarus
Herbert Draper

Posted by: CBD at 09:15 AM

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1 Yep. This guy is toast.

Posted by: Roy at April 24, 2026 09:15 AM (qwype)

2 The Lament for Icarus
Herbert Draper

He flew too close to the sun!

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 09:18 AM (8NTVk)

3 Very early
Thanks CBD

Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at April 24, 2026 09:18 AM (+iIfu)

4
Early morning Icarus!

Plus a bare Butt Le Femme and boobs!

It's going to be a good day.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2026 09:20 AM (iJfKG)

5 Would paint on the grill of my free candy van...

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2026 09:21 AM (I0N4X)

6 Alternate title:

"The Wind Beneath Your Wings Ain't"

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2026 09:21 AM (iJfKG)

7 Alternate title:

"Icky Wanna Cracker?"

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2026 09:23 AM (iJfKG)

8
Is this the Hidden Art Thread?....something like Torchy's Tacos Hidden Menu?

Only for those with the AOSHQ Bubble Wrap Membership?

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2026 09:25 AM (iJfKG)

9 Chicks dig dead guys with wings.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 24, 2026 09:25 AM (3uBP9)

10 Floating on the clouds of amber
Searching for the rainbow's end
Earth so far below me, I'm here alone
And I won't come down no more, no

Posted by: banana Dream - Kansas - Icarus, Borne on Wings of Steel at April 24, 2026 09:25 AM (3uBP9)

11 Shapely bottom.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 24, 2026 09:26 AM (bss/y)

12 There is pale and then there is these women.

Where did he land...Lappland?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 24, 2026 09:27 AM (sKqQm)

13 "He's so tan!"

Posted by: Roy at April 24, 2026 09:27 AM (qwype)

14 Bro skips leg day

Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 24, 2026 09:28 AM (EXSmT)

15 'I brought a harp!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 24, 2026 09:28 AM (bss/y)

16 C M wangs?

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2026 09:28 AM (A5RD0)

17 Shouldn't the wings look a little less full?

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 24, 2026 09:29 AM (ftFVW)

18 Alternate Title:

"Icarus Demonstrates Why You Never Use Dodo Bird Feathers to Make Your Wings"

Give it a second.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2026 09:29 AM (iJfKG)

19 I love this. Another new artist.

Posted by: Tuna at April 24, 2026 09:30 AM (lJ0H4)

20 Wing failure.

Posted by: Diddler at April 24, 2026 09:30 AM (XAPjd)

21 yow!
early...

Posted by: cmeat at April 24, 2026 09:30 AM (R11M+)

22 He was doing fine until bad, naughty Zoot wore him out.

Posted by: t-bird at April 24, 2026 09:30 AM (T7fic)

23 Pops!

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2026 09:30 AM (A5RD0)

24 Could have had naked chicks but chose the sun instead. Story of my life.

Posted by: George Hamilton at April 24, 2026 09:31 AM (65cLN)

25 He was doing fine until bad, naughty Zoot wore him out.
Posted by: t-bird

Barbarella was my guess.

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 24, 2026 09:31 AM (ftFVW)

26 He’s not really dead. He just figured out a way to catch the interest of three hot nekkid chicks.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 24, 2026 09:32 AM (EXSmT)

27 gal with exposed tucchus mangled her left hand in a heavy equipt accident.

Posted by: cmeat at April 24, 2026 09:32 AM (R11M+)

28 They're all like, "You know I always gave him the cold shoulder, turned him down, broke his will, the usual, but now that I look, I actually think he's kind of cute..."

Posted by: banana Dream - Chicks man... at April 24, 2026 09:32 AM (3uBP9)

29
Un-waxing Poetic - a limerick

Icarus was full of curiosity
He flapped his wings with youthful ferocity
He thought he had it made
Up until he left the shade
Then he hit the ground at terminal velocity

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2026 09:32 AM (I0N4X)

30 Tossing, turning, sleep keeps evading me
Thoughts come, thoughts go like bursts of electricity
Listen to this heart pounding heavily
Wax and feathers and a vision of liberty
Oh, how dare we reach the boundaries of divinity?
They know what we've done, they'll come after us
For flying like the gods, aiming for the sun
But we won't listen, we'll never listen to the warning
We'll never listen, we'll never listen to the warning
'Cause there's a star in the horizon
Waiting to be found and conquered
Can you feel it? The power of its raging flames
Taunting, tempting us to reach where no man has been
How could we resist its warm and tender kiss?
Like two birds we fly, we own the sun and sky
We didn't listen, we didn't listen to the warning
We didn't listen, we didn't listen to the warning
Now, in the bottom of the ocean
There's an angel with broken wings
In the bottom of the ocean lies an

Posted by: Marcela Bovio at April 24, 2026 09:33 AM (AZWEO)

31 I tried to tell him. Did he listen? Nope.

~ Daedalus

Posted by: one hour sober at April 24, 2026 09:33 AM (Y1sOo)

32 Looking at the artists other works. He liked painting the naked ladies.

Posted by: Tuna at April 24, 2026 09:33 AM (lJ0H4)

33 Huge.... wings.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2026 09:34 AM (jehhT)

34 Well, I am envious of all those retirement stories on the MR post since I still have three or four years to go, but at least we have some nekked chick Art today.

Thanks, CBD!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at April 24, 2026 09:34 AM (XxHEN)

35 He liked painting the naked ladies.

Posted by: Tuna at April 24, 2026 09:33 AM (lJ0H4)

And good for him!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 24, 2026 09:34 AM (noKdt)

36 We could feather several fine nests with all that plumage.

Posted by: Ace's Crows at April 24, 2026 09:34 AM (oftw2)

37 Those chicks look underage.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

38 >>> gal with exposed tucchus mangled her left hand in a heavy equipt accident.
Posted by: cmeat at April 24, 2026 09:32 AM (R11M+)

It's about halfway from flipper to hand morphologically. She's a water nymph! Ooooh let me get out my 2nd ed. D&D monsters book, ....

Posted by: banana Dream - Chicks man... at April 24, 2026 09:35 AM (3uBP9)

39
Boobs, therefore art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2026 09:35 AM (tgvbd)

40 Make for some big Buffalo wings.
Would hang, the pale colors are interesting.
Thx CBD, have a great weekend

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 24, 2026 09:35 AM (gu0hJ)

41 Those wings are magnificent!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:35 AM (5xoct)

42 Looking at the artists other works. He liked painting the naked ladies.

Gross

Posted by: Barack Obama at April 24, 2026 09:35 AM (sKqQm)

43 Shouldn't have eaten at Wingstop the night before his flight!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:37 AM (5xoct)

44 It's a bad idea to actually give someone wings. Just vaguely imply it.

Posted by: Red Bull at April 24, 2026 09:37 AM (3uBP9)

45 Icci stole those wings from an angel. No bird on earth has feathers that large.

No wonder he got smashed.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2026 09:38 AM (aTF2S)

46 Uh, He Day-ead.

Posted by: XTC at April 24, 2026 09:38 AM (iXqHn)

47 aka the Big Chicken Dinner

Posted by: gKWVE at April 24, 2026 09:38 AM (gKWVE)

48 C M wangs?
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 24, 2026 09:28 AM

L I B! M R wangs!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 24, 2026 09:38 AM (kgE5c)

49 Wax is quite passe'.

Posted by: Ceramic Coatings, Inc. at April 24, 2026 09:38 AM (oftw2)

50 His body seems to be in pretty good shape after falling several thousand feet.

Posted by: dantesed at April 24, 2026 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)

51 I like this, lots going on
Sadly missed yesterday's painting,

Posted by: Skip at April 24, 2026 09:39 AM (p3lYG)

52 BREAKING: Icarus Flies Too Close to the Sun, Falls Into Ocean, Drowns.

~ SMOD

Posted by: one hour sober at April 24, 2026 09:39 AM (Y1sOo)

53 >>Icci stole those wings from an angel. No bird on earth has feathers that large.

Which explains his many egrets. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:39 AM (5xoct)

54 Sun and wax aren't a good combination.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2026 09:39 AM (NpAcC)

55 Would hang. Important life messages to remember.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 09:39 AM (DIbRX)

56 Marcela Bovio’s “Icarus” is not spam but Iron Maiden’s “Flight of Icarus” is…

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 24, 2026 09:39 AM (AZWEO)

57
'scuse me, while I kiss the sky.

I'd fall for that trio, too.

Posted by: Auspex at April 24, 2026 09:39 AM (Y8DZL)

58 This gives me an idea...

Posted by: Mr. Mister at April 24, 2026 09:39 AM (kgE5c)

59 Shouldn't have eaten at Wingstop the night before his flight!
Posted by: Lizzy

I like to sit on the porch and eat a bucket of wings.

I let every bird in the neighborhood know what I'm capable of.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2026 09:40 AM (aTF2S)

60 I saw Shapely Bottom open for Chrissie Hynde in Butte, Montana back in '04. Had great seats!

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2026 09:40 AM (I0N4X)

61 >>> Those wings are magnificent!
Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:35 AM (5xoct)

The plumage don't enter into it. He's stone dead.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 24, 2026 09:40 AM (3uBP9)

62 >>BREAKING: Icarus Flies Too Close to the Sun, Falls Into Ocean, Drowns.

MSM: White Man Culturally Appropriates Wings

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:41 AM (5xoct)

63
For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 09:42 AM (8NTVk)

64 His wings are still intact though.
They should be a big pile of melted goo.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2026 09:43 AM (NpAcC)

65 The waxwings were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at April 24, 2026 09:43 AM (2Ez/1)

66 >>For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do

I miss the Earth so much I miss my wife
It's lonely out in space
On such a timeless flight

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:43 AM (5xoct)

67 Another all-brown entry. Dead guy again, but at least it's not as awful (theme) as yesterday's. Plus, boobs and butts, so, art.🧑‍🎨🎨

Posted by: mindful webworker - it wasn't the fall, it was the landing at April 24, 2026 09:43 AM (Kd2bx)

68 Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2026 09:40 AM (I0N4X)

You are incorrigible!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 24, 2026 09:43 AM (noKdt)

69 NTSB: The early years

Posted by: Halfhand at April 24, 2026 09:44 AM (eOqcD)

70 You are the wind beneath my wings.

Posted by: Bette Midler at April 24, 2026 09:44 AM (oftw2)

71 How are his wings still fully intact if they melted?

Posted by: one hour sober at April 24, 2026 09:44 AM (Y1sOo)

72 Where's the duct tape when you need it?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 24, 2026 09:44 AM (gnNyN)

73 Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2026 09:40 AM (I0N4X)

You are incorrigible!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 24, 2026 09:43 AM

I thought he was in CO?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 24, 2026 09:44 AM (kgE5c)

74 He's faking dying. He just wants some nekkid womens purring over him. This is the fourth location of one of his "falls".

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 24, 2026 09:45 AM (g8Ew8)

75 >>The waxwings were angry that day, my friends.

The thought of man flying was tough to swallow.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:45 AM (5xoct)

76 I see that my question was already axed

Posted by: one hour sober at April 24, 2026 09:45 AM (Y1sOo)

77 At first glance I missed the wings and saw only the partial nudity. Something’s wrong with me maybe…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 24, 2026 09:45 AM (/iXAp)

78 "Could have had naked chicks but chose the sun instead."
####

I know how you can get them for free.

Posted by: M. Knopfler at April 24, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)

79 Fantastic painting. It's all about the throes. And chicks.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 24, 2026 09:46 AM (Fbc0I)

80 How are his wings still fully intact if they melted?

The story is that the feathers were real but held together by wax. They all fell off and he was left flapping his arms, Wile E. Coyote style.

Posted by: Halfhand at April 24, 2026 09:46 AM (eOqcD)

81 71 How are his wings still fully intact if they melted?
Posted by: one hour sober at April 24, 2026 09:44 AM (Y1sOo)
See, this is how these stories get started. I'd say they were switched by those Swedish Ski team gals.

Posted by: Eromero at April 24, 2026 09:46 AM (LHPAg)

82 Looks like ol' Icarus landed in the courtyard of the Castle Anthrax. Lucky bugger.

Posted by: red speck at April 24, 2026 09:46 AM (Ve/HL)

83 Wow, I never imagined Icarus with wings that big... impressive!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 24, 2026 09:46 AM (dmDsy)

84 It’d be a pitta if the art led to bird puns.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

85 Icarus had second thoughts and many egrets.

Posted by: Told Him To Fly By Night at April 24, 2026 09:47 AM (oftw2)

86 Icarus does poor Phoenix imitation .

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 09:47 AM (DIbRX)

87 84 It’d be a pitta if the art led to bird puns.
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

It would be something to crow about!

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 09:48 AM (8NTVk)

88
Hakeem Jeffries declares "I am, too, smart" and challenges President Trump to a debate this morning.

He's gone beyond full Fredo Corleone.

Posted by: Auspex at April 24, 2026 09:48 AM (Y8DZL)

89 I would assume that in order to paint a lot of nekid lady nymphs in classical settings you would have to gather a good number of nekid gals, maybe have a whole stable of nekid gals, nymph them up, and then insert them into various scenes as a model. For the art,... and all.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 24, 2026 09:48 AM (3uBP9)

90 Poor Icarus, he tried to wing it but he got totally waxed.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 24, 2026 09:49 AM (0nHVk)

91
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on.

Did Icarus do these things?
He did not.

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 09:49 AM (8NTVk)

92 >>It’d be a pitta if the art led to bird puns.

It was confusing - everyone kept yelling "Duck!" but it was obviously a dude up there. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:49 AM (5xoct)

93 would hang

Posted by: Gref at April 24, 2026 09:49 AM (5rh/l)

94 93 would hang
Posted by: Gref at April 24, 2026 09:49 AM (5rh/l)

After all he's been through already?

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 09:50 AM (8NTVk)

95 This is why the transbird community never became a thing.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 09:50 AM (77rzZ)

96 Just as well he crashed. A couple Canada Geese can befoul a golf course, would have to wear a pith helmet with ole Icky up there.

Posted by: Not Looking Up at April 24, 2026 09:50 AM (oftw2)

97
His career as an aviator stalled.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2026 09:50 AM (eTJQ3)

98 Eh, the painting - nothing to crow about!

(Kidding, I like it)

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:51 AM (5xoct)

99 "Icarus Demonstrates Why You Never Use Dodo Bird Feathers to Make Your Wings"

Give it a second.
Posted by: naturalfake

*********

That's not funny!!

Posted by: Big Penguin at April 24, 2026 09:51 AM (I0N4X)

100 It’d be a pitta if the art led to bird puns.

It would certainly be nothing to crow about.

Posted by: Halfhand at April 24, 2026 09:51 AM (eOqcD)

101 100

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 09:51 AM (8NTVk)

102 He is Daedalus to me.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 24, 2026 09:52 AM (MDua2)

103
Oh, No!!!

Forgot the 100 comments rule!

Please don't beat me, CBD, I confess to being dumber than Hakeem!

Posted by: Auspex at April 24, 2026 09:52 AM (Y8DZL)

104 36 We could feather several fine nests with all that plumage.

++++

I like big wings and I cannot lie.

Posted by: Sir Icaruslot at April 24, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1)

105 Jacob Peter Gowy's painting, The Fall of Icarus, shows the feathers in tatters.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 24, 2026 09:52 AM (Y1sOo)

106 Wile E. Coyote style.

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A Wile E. Coyote movie is coming.

https://tinyurl.com/59tthc2p

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 09:52 AM (ndZc7)

107 gah. horde mind again. lol

Posted by: Halfhand at April 24, 2026 09:52 AM (eOqcD)

108 >>His career as an aviator stalled.

You could say it's finched, after such a promising start.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:52 AM (5xoct)

109
"Icarus" would've been a great name for a Prog Rock group.

BONUS! Lotsa opportunities for cool album covers.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2026 09:53 AM (iJfKG)

110 Very classical nudes. All about the beauty of the human form.

Also, boobies.

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 09:53 AM (4yJz0)

111 Much time was wasted trying to imitate birds - flapping wings - for human flight to ultimately succeed. The concept of an airfoil, lift and such was poorly understood.

Europe ultimately succeeded in surpassing the U.S.A. for quite a time in aviation during the early 20th century.

One reason is the Wright brothers were very litigious and tried to sue everybody over patent infringements. They were really dickheads about it, actually.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 24, 2026 09:53 AM (bjUfh)

112 107 gah. horde mind again. lol
Posted by: Halfhand at April 24, 2026 09:52 AM (eOqcD)

It's a thing!

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 09:53 AM (8NTVk)

113 Poor Icarus craned his neck...

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2026 09:53 AM (I0N4X)

114 His career as an aviator stalled.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2026 09:50 AM (eTJQ3)

It came apart.

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 09:53 AM (4yJz0)

115 Imagine if they'd had GoPro cameras back in those days...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 24, 2026 09:53 AM (gnNyN)

116 When he waxed his balls, that was the path to his doom.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 24, 2026 09:53 AM (Fbc0I)

117 >>His career as an aviator stalled.

It took a swan dive.

Posted by: dantesed at April 24, 2026 09:53 AM (Oy/m2)

118 A Wile E. Coyote movie is coming.

https://tinyurl.com/59tthc2p
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 09:52 AM (ndZc7)

He'll be they.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 24, 2026 09:54 AM (g8Ew8)

119 His rack and pinion steering failed him at the wrong time.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 24, 2026 09:54 AM (MDua2)

120 >>>>His career as an aviator stalled.

>>It took a swan dive.

He was a bit of a loon, only got his wings on a lark.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:55 AM (5xoct)

121 “Sky Carp” is the preferred nomenclature for the foul Canadian fowl

Posted by: Common Tater at April 24, 2026 09:55 AM (bjUfh)

122 Well, here's a name from yesteryear.

Comedian Margaret Cho Wishes a “Feral, Bloodthirsty, Violent Democrat” Would Punish Trump Officials

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Funny as ever, Maggie!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 09:55 AM (ndZc7)

123 Shouldn't the wings look a little less full?
Posted by: She Hobbit at April 24, 2026 09:29 AM (ftFVW)

This. He fell because the wax melted that held them in place. Classical theme... that's totally wrong.

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 09:55 AM (4yJz0)

124 This is a wonderful painting and not just because of the naked babes. (Although that doesn't hurt.) It's the poses of the figures that make it so powerful. The crumpled wings to go with his broken body and the curious but not alarmed expressions of the nymphs are so telling, so emotional. The realism of the the details makes it feel like the viewer is in the scene. The realism of the wings is especially effective. There is nothing abstract about the wings. They were an honest effort to exceed what a man can do and are magnificent even in failure.

It's worth the time to look at Draper's many paintings if only for the way he glorifies the naked female body. Actually, they would serve as a teaching tool on technique, subject, color choices, and arranging.

I hadn't heard of Draper before. Glad to learn about his work.

Posted by: JTB at April 24, 2026 09:55 AM (yTvNw)

125 He had the 'pilot groupies' this covered, but poor airmanship had a significant part in this mishap.

Posted by: Eromero at April 24, 2026 09:55 AM (LHPAg)

126 He's faking dying. He just wants some nekkid womens purring over him. This is the fourth location of one of his "falls".

They want to be deceived. Everybody gets what they want in this highly successful scheme.

Posted by: The SPLC at April 24, 2026 09:56 AM (Uh88k)

127 He should have taken that right turn at Albuquerque.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 24, 2026 09:56 AM (g8Ew8)

128 If only he had stuck to birding, he could have enjoyed flight Icariusly.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

129 103 Oh, No!!!

Forgot the 100 comments rule!

Please don't beat me, CBD, I confess to being dumber than Hakeem!
Posted by: Auspex at April 24, 2026 09:52 AM (Y8DZL)

Yes! Remove his comment! Remove his comment!

101 100
Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 09:51 AM (8NTVk)

; )

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 09:56 AM (8NTVk)

130 A Wile E. Coyote movie is coming.

https://tinyurl.com/59tthc2p
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 09:52 AM (ndZc7)
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From what I could tell, the villain is your typical white male business tycoon while Wile E.'s legal team is composed of scrappy underdog diversity hires.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 24, 2026 09:56 AM (gnNyN)

131 His career as an aviator stalled.

>>It took a swan dive.

He was a bit of a loon, only got his wings on a lark.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:55 AM (5xoct)

Stop robin his credit!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2026 09:56 AM (iJfKG)

132 Hope someone made some nice pillows or a comfy quilt with all those fine feathers.

Posted by: Waste Not, Want Not at April 24, 2026 09:57 AM (oftw2)

133 113 Poor Icarus craned his neck...

_____

You could've knocked him over with a feather.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 24, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)

134 Women always go for the nutburgers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2026 09:57 AM (XAeCh)

135
He spit out a valve and a gasket,
And stirred in the sump where he lay,
And then to his wondering comrades,
These brave parting words he did say:

"Take the magneto out of my stomach,
And the butterfly valve off my neck,
Extract from my liver the crankshaft,
There are lots of good parts in this wreck.

"Take the manifold out of my larynx,
And the cylinders out of my brain,
Take the piston rods out of my kidneys,
And assemble the engine again."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2026 09:57 AM (tgvbd)

136 Very classical nudes. All about the beauty of the human form.

Also, boobies.

Not much for the fanciers of the more zaftig.

Posted by: Union of Udder Fanciers at April 24, 2026 09:57 AM (Riz8t)

137 I like big butts and I cannot dye.
You other painters can't deny.

Posted by: Sir Mix-a-Glue at April 24, 2026 09:58 AM (FhXTo)

138 The little bushes weren't happy that day, my friend.

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at April 24, 2026 09:58 AM (0sNs1)

139
Buttix.

Posted by: Jack LaLanne at April 24, 2026 09:59 AM (uP7Qm)

140 It's just a matter of a pinion.

Posted by: Just the punchline at April 24, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)

141 Bird news: The wrens are back in NWI.

Posted by: DaveA at April 24, 2026 09:59 AM (FhXTo)

142 Those chicks look underage.
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

Not a bit. But they are recently of age, I think. Of course, mythical creatures, too, so permanently nubile.

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 09:59 AM (4yJz0)

143 Missy has a nice tush.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 24, 2026 10:00 AM (Kt19C)

144 Talk about a unified theory!

Laura Hollis: Our Politicians Hate Us

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:00 AM (ndZc7)

145 He shouldn’t have messed with the Headless Horseman.

Stupid crane.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)

146 74 He's faking dying. He just wants some nekkid womens purring over him. This is the fourth location of one of his "falls".
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 24, 2026 09:45 AM (g8Ew

In the 5th "Glory of Heracles" game, it turns out that Icarus survived his fall, but lost his memories (because in a JRPG, the main character has to lose his memories)

Posted by: XTC at April 24, 2026 10:00 AM (iXqHn)

147 Oh, No!!!

Forgot the 100 comments rule!

Please don't beat me, CBD, I confess to being dumber than Hakeem!
Posted by: Auspex at April 24, 2026 09:52 AM

Expect an entry in your Permanent Record.

Don't be surprised if you're placed on a CIP (Commenter Improvement Plan)!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 24, 2026 10:01 AM (0sNs1)

148 Very classical nudes. All about the beauty of the human form.

Also, boobies.

Not much for the fanciers of the more zaftig.
Posted by: Union of Udder Fanciers at April 24, 2026 09:57 AM (Riz8t)

That's the compelling part about this painting - No fat chicks.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 24, 2026 10:01 AM (g8Ew8)

149 >>> gal with exposed tucchus mangled her left hand in a heavy equipt accident.
Posted by: cmeat at April 24, 2026 09:32 AM (R11M+)

It's about halfway from flipper to hand morphologically. She's a water nymph! Ooooh let me get out my 2nd ed. D&D monsters book, ....
Posted by: banana Dream - Chicks man... at April 24, 2026 09:35 AM (3uBP9)

Nah. It's just there's a bit of that rock sticking up and her hand is spread by it. It means (to me) the artist actually had someone lifting themselves up like that to model for him, and he got it right.

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 10:01 AM (4yJz0)

150 Those chicks look underage.
Posted by: Bulg

Russell Brand Admits He Slept With a 16-Year-Old When He Was 30

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:01 AM (ndZc7)

151 >>> One reason is the Wright brothers were very litigious and tried to sue everybody over patent infringements. They were really dickheads about it, actually.
Posted by: Common Tater at April 24, 2026 09:53 AM (bjUfh)

The wright brothers were very good at understanding and focusing on propulsion, control, and lift, separating those phenomenon completely, and doggedly pursuing incremental improvements in each. No one was approaching flight as an engineer would like they did. It was all just a "science" to study. Once they started, they were going to lead and be the first, as long as they didn't end up killing themselves too early, or running into financial ruin. No one else had the determination.

There is a lot of rewriting history being done regarding other people and their designs at the time. It was mostly all unworkable shit.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 24, 2026 10:02 AM (3uBP9)

152
Talk about a unified theory!

Laura Hollis: Our Politicians Hate Us

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:00 AM (ndZc7)

That's obvious becuz they won't pass the SAVE Act.

They literally want to be able to cheat and ignore the voters of Our Democratic Republic (TM)

Sad.

On the Plus Side: We now know exactly which Republican politicians depend on Voter Fraud to get elected.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2026 10:03 AM (iJfKG)

153 146 In the 5th "Glory of Heracles" game, it turns out that Icarus survived his fall, but lost his memories (because in a JRPG, the main character has to lose his memories)
Posted by: XTC at April 24, 2026 10:00 AM (iXqHn)

JRPG = Japanese Role-Playing Game

Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 10:04 AM (8NTVk)

154 A plague on both their houses.

Just Weeks Into the Job, Mamdani’s Own Base Turns Against Him

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:04 AM (ndZc7)

155 Yes. Yes, you must give us all a good spanking!

Posted by: Monty Python at April 24, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)

156 Somehow, I can identify with this painting.
— Zombie Samuel Pierpont Langley

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 10:05 AM (77rzZ)

157 Icci stole those wings from an angel. No bird on earth has feathers that large.

No wonder he got smashed.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2026 09:38 AM (aTF2S)

Giant eagles and rocs do. I mean, his dad was imprisoned for giving away the secret to the Labyrinth in Minos. You think a roc is unrealistic but the minotaur is not an exaggeration?

(I'm just happy he didn't paint the guy with silly little cherub wings that wouldn't lift a seagull, like some other artists did.)

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 10:05 AM (4yJz0)

158 131 His career as an aviator stalled.

>>It took a swan dive.

He was a bit of a loon, only got his wings on a lark.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 09:55 AM (5xoct)

Stop robin his credit!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2026 09:56 AM (iJfKG)

It's a cardinal rule to not steal credit.

Posted by: Don't be a tit at April 24, 2026 10:05 AM (TbWk/)

159 I like the thought the artist put into the size of wings. They look like they could carry a human...who would unfortunately be snapped in half by the forces, but still!

Posted by: t-bird at April 24, 2026 10:06 AM (moGJJ)

160 Like Moses he parted the Red Tape Sea.

Thousands of Permits Suddenly Approved After President Trump Steps Into California Wildfire Rebuild

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:06 AM (ndZc7)

161
Front Page News - a limerick

Icarus was a likable chap
'Til his sad aviation mishap
'Twas the leading news story
He went from guts to glory
It really caused a pretty big flap

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2026 10:06 AM (I0N4X)

162 >>> JRPG = Japanese Role-Playing Game
Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 10:04 AM (8NTVk)

JRPG is the sound I make when I hiccup and burp at the same time.

Posted by: banana Dream - Don't cross the streams at April 24, 2026 10:06 AM (3uBP9)

163 Sun and wax aren't a good combination.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2026 09:39 AM (NpAcC)

Pfft. Says you.

Posted by: A Brazilian at April 24, 2026 10:06 AM (4yJz0)

164 157 Giant eagles and rocs do. I mean, his dad was imprisoned for giving away the secret to the Labyrinth in Minos. You think a roc is unrealistic but the minotaur is not an exaggeration?

(I'm just happy he didn't paint the guy with silly little cherub wings that wouldn't lift a seagull, like some other artists did.)
Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 10:05 AM (4yJz0)

The Minotaur? Star of Morning Glory Milking Farm?

Posted by: XTC at April 24, 2026 10:06 AM (iXqHn)

165 You may not like it, but the critics were raven about it!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 10:07 AM (nLFYG)

166 And boy are my arms tired.

Posted by: Icarus at April 24, 2026 10:07 AM (2Ez/1)

167 John Cornyn (Rino-TX) had a Youtube video of him pushing amnesty for illegal aliens on his website until it was recently discovered, and taken down. Sad!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 24, 2026 10:07 AM (0sNs1)

168
There is a lot of rewriting history being done regarding other people and their designs at the time. It was mostly all unworkable shit.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 24, 2026 10:02 AM (3uBP9)

____________

Unworkable designs that killed a great many pilots. At the time, that was considered the price to be paid for progress.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 24, 2026 10:08 AM (tgvbd)

169 Just Weeks Into the Job, Mamdani’s Own Base Turns Against Him
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:04 AM (ndZc7)

He promised me free everything. I still have to pay for things. Fuck Mamdani!!!!

Posted by: Heroq at April 24, 2026 10:08 AM (q1qnK)

170 Like Moses he parted the Red Tape Sea.

Thousands of Permits Suddenly Approved After President Trump Steps Into California Wildfire Rebuild

Newsom was obviously thinking about the headlines in '28: Trump did what you couldn't or wouldn't. A frantic phone call to Karen Bass ensued.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 10:08 AM (Riz8t)

171 NTSB: The early years
Posted by: Halfhand at April 24, 2026 09:44 AM (eOqcD)

Appreciative applause from the pilot section of the bleachers.

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 10:09 AM (4yJz0)

172 John Cornyn (Rino-TX) had a Youtube video of him pushing amnesty for illegal aliens on his website until it was recently discovered, and taken down. Sad!

I'm not sure it isn't AI, but even if it is, it's well deserved. I think he's toast, but still hopes for a last minute reprieve.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 10:09 AM (Riz8t)

173 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:09 AM (CfKHZ)

174 This is why the transbird community never became a thing.
Posted by: Bulg

He went Feathery instead of Furry.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2026 10:09 AM (aTF2S)

175
I want to fly like an eagle
To the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me
I want to fly like an eagle
Till I'm free
Fly through the revolution

Posted by: Icarus and the Steve Miller Band at April 24, 2026 10:09 AM (0sNs1)

176 John Cornyn (Rino-TX) had a Youtube video of him pushing amnesty for illegal aliens on his website until it was recently discovered, and taken down. Sad!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 24, 2026 10:07 AM (0sNs1)

Rookie mistake. During election years you push videos where you say build the dang wall. It’s after the election where you talk about amnesty.
- Juan McStain

Posted by: Heroq at April 24, 2026 10:10 AM (q1qnK)

177 Greek Mythology boobs.

I'll allow it.

They old enough to look at?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:10 AM (CfKHZ)

178 This is like Star Trek shit.

New Light Propulsion Technology May Make 20-Year Journey to Alpha Centauri Possible
Micron-scale “metajets” are the first light propulsion system to enable full 3D maneuverability via laser manipulation.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)

179 I want to fly like an eagle
To the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me
I want to fly like an eagle
Till I'm free
Fly through the revolution
Posted by: Icarus and the Steve Miller Band at April 24, 2026 10:09 AM (0sNs1)

Seal's version was better.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:10 AM (CfKHZ)

180 Speaking of breasts,... the reason why birds can fly, other than the hollow bones and all, is the giant breast bone, so you have a large surface to attach a lot of beefy muscle displaced from your cg/center of pressure, to give you advantageous mechanical advantage for vigorous flappin. Because birds have to combine lift and thrust.

Posted by: banana Dream - you must increase your bust at April 24, 2026 10:11 AM (3uBP9)

181 To any of you who’ve never been to the Wright Brothers National Memorial on the Outer Banks, I highly recommend it.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 10:11 AM (77rzZ)

182 Like Moses he parted the Red Tape Sea.

Thousands of Permits Suddenly Approved After President Trump Steps Into California Wildfire Rebuild

Newsom was obviously thinking about the headlines in '28: Trump did what you couldn't or wouldn't. A frantic phone call to Karen Bass ensued.
Posted by: Archimedes

Newscum realized that him and his buddies weren't going to be able to buy that land at fire sale prices after all.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2026 10:11 AM (aTF2S)

183 Talk about rewriting history. The Mcdonald brothers were a couple of fat tards sitting on a gold mine. I kicked butt and made a fortune for them and all people can say nowadys is what a shitheel I was.

I fed and employed billions and this is the thanks I get. Ray Kroc Day should be national holiday!

Posted by: Zombie Ray Kroc, American Hero at April 24, 2026 10:11 AM (wAvYO)

184 Micron-scale “metajets” are the first light propulsion system to enable full 3D maneuverability via laser manipulation.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:10 AM

++++

Is this about me?

Posted by: Photon torpedos at April 24, 2026 10:12 AM (2Ez/1)

185 New Light Propulsion Technology May Make 20-Year Journey to Alpha Centauri Possible
Micron-scale “metajets” are the first light propulsion system to enable full 3D maneuverability via laser manipulation.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)
---
Great.

We can send a few bacteria along for the ride at that scale.

Maybe in a few billion years they will colonize Alpha Centauri and evolve into an intelligent species.

Panspermia is real, folks!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 24, 2026 10:12 AM (gnNyN)

186
Thousands of Permits Suddenly Approved After President Trump Steps Into California Wildfire Rebuild
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:06 AM (ndZc7)

That's why that average Joe Citizen is running for mayor of LA. He's sick of all the corrupt bullshit.

Does he have a chance? No. He can't defeat the fraud machine that's in LA. But, I admire his gumption.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:13 AM (CfKHZ)

187 Icarus' thought bubble:

"How do I get down off this rock?"

Posted by: muldoon at April 24, 2026 10:13 AM (I0N4X)

188 172 John Cornyn (Rino-TX) had a Youtube video of him pushing amnesty for illegal aliens on his website until it was recently discovered, and taken down. Sad!

I'm not sure it isn't AI, but even if it is, it's well deserved. I think he's toast, but still hopes for a last minute reprieve.

Naturally the GOP spent $100M trying to reelect him. Send them more money!

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 10:13 AM (Riz8t)

189 Speaking of breasts,... the reason why birds can fly, other than the hollow bones and all, is the giant breast bone, so you have a large surface to attach a lot of beefy muscle displaced from your cg/center of pressure, to give you advantageous mechanical advantage for vigorous flappin. Because birds have to combine lift and thrust.
Posted by: banana Dream

And by feeling it, you can determine the health of the bird.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 24, 2026 10:14 AM (aTF2S)

190 California residents pay about 11% more for groceries, 40% more for gas and 61% more for utilities than the national average

Run on that Newsome

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 10:14 AM (/+uur)

191 The people affected by the fires were left wing assholes in Malibu who generally want me dead. My give a fuck meter for them is now and will forever be stuck at zero. It kinda pisses me off that Trump is expending any energy in helping these people.

Posted by: Heroq at April 24, 2026 10:14 AM (q1qnK)

192 Because birds have to combine lift and thrust.
Posted by: banana Dream - you must increase your bust at April 24, 2026 10:11 AM

+++

Birds aren't real.

Posted by: Or so I've heard at April 24, 2026 10:15 AM (2Ez/1)

193 Stunning and brave.

Governor Gavin Newsom
@CAgovernor
Trump knew his war with Iran would raise gas prices.

Now he wants to illegally resurrect a pipeline shut down by courts and facing criminal charges. And it won't even cut prices.

I refuse to let Trump sacrifice Californians, our environment, or our $51 billion coastal economy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:15 AM (ndZc7)

194
Run on that Newsome
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 24, 2026 10:14 AM (/+uur)

But, it's cheaper for the middle class to live in Cali than it is in Texas!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:15 AM (CfKHZ)

195 This is not Icarus. Obvious imposter due to wings.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 24, 2026 10:15 AM (3ImbR)

196 The little bushes weren't happy that day, my friend.
Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at April 24, 2026 09:58 AM (0sNs1)

I don't see any bush in this painting. A nice butt and some breasts, but....

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 10:15 AM (4yJz0)

197 tits and ass and really good art.

Love it, would hang

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 24, 2026 10:15 AM (xcxpd)

198 He - of all people - should have known the airspeed of an unladen swallow … wait … African or European … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at April 24, 2026 10:15 AM (ayRl+)

199 Also a very good Zep album cover

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 24, 2026 10:16 AM (xcxpd)

200 I would imagine the permits are suddenly being approved to help the Democrat candidates for governor and LA mayor.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 10:16 AM (nLFYG)

201 Ghalibaf quits negotiating team.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 10:17 AM (DIbRX)

202 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I guess these ladies were the first flight attendants.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 24, 2026 10:17 AM (2WIwB)

203 201 Ghalibaf quits negotiating team.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 10:17 AM (DIbRX)

Or quits life.. There were rumors he was under house arrest

Posted by: It's me donna at April 24, 2026 10:18 AM (FtULh)

204 This is not Icarus. Obvious imposter due to wings.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 24, 2026 10:15 AM (3ImbR)
----
A fallen angel pretending to be Icarus?

Those wings do look like they grew out of his back...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 24, 2026 10:18 AM (gnNyN)

205 New Light Propulsion Technology May Make 20-Year Journey to Alpha Centauri Possible
Micron-scale “metajets” are the first light propulsion system to enable full 3D maneuverability via laser manipulation.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)
---
Great.

We can send a few bacteria along for the ride at that scale.

The metajets will eventually be lithographically created in huge numbers over large surfaces, so larger objects can be propelled by light.

Although current devices are only tens of microns in size, smaller than the width of human hair, the underlying physics suggests the approach could extend to much larger systems if sufficient optical power is available.

Fabricating the metasurfaces required nanoscale precision, with each feature carefully designed in shape, orientation, and placement.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 10:18 AM (Riz8t)

206 Ghalibaf quits negotiating team.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 10:17 AM (DIbRX)

I thought Ghalibaf was for relief from occasional diarrhea.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2026 10:18 AM (iJfKG)

207 After the NC hurricane Biden’s FEMA purposely kept aid from Trump voters. Trump is going out of his way to help Harris voters.

The right still doesn’t understand we’re at war with these people.

Posted by: Heroq at April 24, 2026 10:18 AM (q1qnK)

208 It's me donna, probably so the hardliners don't kill him.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 10:18 AM (DIbRX)

209 I thought Ghalibaf was for relief from occasional diarrhea.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2026 10:18 AM (iJfKG)

Do not take Ghalibaf if you are allergic to Ghalibaf.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:19 AM (CfKHZ)

210 201 Ghalibaf quits negotiating team.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 24, 2026 10:17 AM (DIbRX)

That's seems like a small item, but it's quite significant. Probably means that the hardliners in the IRGC are assuming complete control.

Just like Hitler in the bunker, they know they're finished with any negotiated settlement, so they're going to force the rest of Iran to fight to the death with them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2026 10:20 AM (rGqqI)

211 Just like Hitler in the bunker, they know they're finished with any negotiated settlement, so they're going to force the rest of Iran to fight to the death with them.

But how? If they give the Iranian people weapons with which to fight, they'll only turn them on the IRGC.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 10:20 AM (Riz8t)

212 Just Weeks Into the Job, Mamdani’s Own Base Turns Against Him
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:04 AM (ndZc7)

Only because they aren't getting their free shit.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 24, 2026 10:21 AM (g8Ew8)

213 If there are building permits being issued in response to the L.A. wildfires, it potentially throws a wrench into the plans the L.A. mayor and the other local politicians had for their vision of "redevelopment."

"Potentially" It depends on whether the permits are going to the locals or some other developer.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2026 10:21 AM (jehhT)

214 In the name of God, my father I'll fly!!

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 24, 2026 10:22 AM (qwx/I)

215 New Light Propulsion Technology May Make 20-Year Journey to Alpha Centauri Possible
Micron-scale “metajets” are the first light propulsion system to enable full 3D maneuverability via laser manipulation.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)
---
Great.

We can send a few bacteria along for the ride at that scale.

Man, I'd hate to waste most of my life (or all of it) going to a nothing place like Alpha C.

No usable planet for colonization IIRC.

Instead, President Trump should appoint me as Head of the Mission to Terraform Venus.

I bet I could get the prep started within two years or so.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 24, 2026 10:22 AM (iJfKG)

216 People who can’t rebuild are selling their properties, and it’s a lot of Chinese buyers via New Zealand front companies.

Maybe the bigger picture is to make sure Americans retain ownership?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 10:22 AM (nLFYG)

217 Reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic.

Matt Van Swol
@mattvanswol
WHAT THE HELL?!!!!!!
A North Carolina SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT says he sees, "...NOTHING WRONG" with Kindergarteners reading a book depicting MEN IN BDSM LEATHER OUTFITS MAKING OUT.
"That's certainly something a child would see in their community..."
...SORRY, WHAT NOW?!!!!!!!

-
You know, like in Mayberry when Barney and Floyd are getting down.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:23 AM (ndZc7)

218 172 John Cornyn (Rino-TX) had a Youtube video of him pushing amnesty for illegal aliens on his website until it was recently discovered, and taken down. Sad!

I'm not sure it isn't AI, but even if it is, it's well deserved. I think he's toast, but still hopes for a last minute reprieve.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 10:09 AM (Riz8t)

From a ground level view in Texas, I think Cornyn has already given up. With the runoff coming up, Cornyn should be running ads, going around the state campaigning. But he's invisible, and doing nothing. I think he always expected to be given new terms by acclamation, and he has no idea how to act if he has to actually work for something.

Paxton, meanwhile, is always doing something and staying in the news. He's already lambasting Talerico for being an anti-Christian false preacher, which is absolutely true.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2026 10:24 AM (rGqqI)

219 You know, like in Mayberry when Barney and Floyd are getting down.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:23 AM (ndZc7)

Aunt Bee had a side hustle working the leather scene and punishing bad boys with her homemade pickles.

Posted by: Gomer Pyle, homosexual at April 24, 2026 10:25 AM (wAvYO)

220 I’d take a peek at that superintendent’s hard drive, stat!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 10:25 AM (nLFYG)

221 Oh, I’m not disputing the Wright brothers genius nor their dogged determination. That isn’t the point.

They retarded the forward progress of American aviation for years due to their insistence they had a basic patent on flight.

It’s interesting to see the progress from open air cockpits and biplanes, guys shooting revolvers at each other - to just a few decades later near supersonic flight and bombs and missiles. Progress! We can destroy cities and kill civilians with impunity.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 24, 2026 10:25 AM (THAHD)

222 95 This is why the transbird community never became a thing.
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 09:50 AM (77rzZ)

Professional Wrestler Lyra Valkyria might have something to say about that.

(No, she's not a troon, but her gimmick is basically "Bird Woman")

Posted by: XTC at April 24, 2026 10:25 AM (iXqHn)

223 Excellent painting. The wings are awesome.

If we burn our wings
Flying too close to the sun
If the moment of glory
Is over before it's begun

If the dream is won
Though everything is lost
We will pay the price
But we will not count the cost

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 24, 2026 10:25 AM (DgMqy)

224
Paxton, meanwhile, is always doing something and staying in the news. He's already lambasting Talerico for being an anti-Christian false preacher, which is absolutely true.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2026 10:24 AM (rGqqI)

And he recently filed suit against ActBlue.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:26 AM (CfKHZ)

225 A North Carolina SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT says he sees, "...NOTHING WRONG" with Kindergarteners reading a book depicting MEN IN BDSM LEATHER OUTFITS MAKING OUT.
"That's certainly something a child would see in their community..."
...SORRY, WHAT NOW?!!!!!!!

-
You know, like in Mayberry when Barney and Floyd are getting down.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:23 AM (ndZc7)
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*** Mr. Garrison and Mr. Slave were unavailable for comment. ***

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 24, 2026 10:27 AM (gnNyN)

226 Professional Wrestler Lyra Valkyria might have something to say about that.

(No, she's not a troon, but her gimmick is basically "Bird Woman")
Posted by: XTC at April 24, 2026 10:25 AM (iXqHn)

*farts in her general direction*

Posted by: Koko B. Ware at April 24, 2026 10:27 AM (CfKHZ)

227 To any of you who’ve never been to the Wright Brothers National Memorial on the Outer Banks, I highly recommend it.
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 10:11 AM (77rzZ)

Concur.

Also, take a print of this painting with you and see if you can get park rangers to autograph it. Seems like you could have some fun with that.

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 10:28 AM (4yJz0)

228 But how? If they give the Iranian people weapons with which to fight, they'll only turn them on the IRGC.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 10:20 AM (Riz8t)

By continuing to shoot missiles and whatever they can find at ships in the Strait and other countries in the region until we feel forced to send ground troops in to go root them out.

Sadly, the opposition in Iran appears to be too fractured and weak to ever offer any real internal opposition. We had hoped that wasn't true, but so far it appears to be. A big problem is that the IRGC has imported tens of thousands of Iraqi and Afghan militia to police the population, and they enjoy slaughtering civilians.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2026 10:28 AM (rGqqI)

229 The right still doesn’t understand we’re at war with these people.
Posted by: Heroq

If that were true, the 'right' wouldn't be battling Trump every step of the way. They know exactly what the war is about.

Posted by: t-bird at April 24, 2026 10:30 AM (moGJJ)

230 >>>A fallen angel pretending to be Icarus?
~~~~~

Perhaps. Although Draper was known to use AI frequently and probably didn't check the deets on the Icarus story before pushing this pic out quickly for the clicks.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 24, 2026 10:30 AM (3ImbR)

231 MeTV has been promoting Hawaii Five O and Andy Griffith with a Barney Fife O commercial.

Well, I thought it was funny.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:30 AM (ndZc7)

232 >>> Oh, I’m not disputing the Wright brothers genius nor their dogged determination. That isn’t the point.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 24, 2026 10:25 AM (THAHD)

I thought you were speaking to the early days before first flight. They were solid then. What happened later after they were established, yeah I can agree with all that. And they lost a good bit of their engineering drive at that point. Innovation was later picked up overseas in the racing scene. You can't be a good innovative engineer and make a ton of money. You have to choose one.

Posted by: banana Dream - totally awesome at April 24, 2026 10:31 AM (3uBP9)

233 Did this painting make Draper's reputation soar, or did it hang around his neck like an albatross?

Posted by: The Great Albatross at April 24, 2026 10:31 AM (oftw2)

234 He - of all people - should have known the airspeed of an unladen swallow … wait … African or European … ?
Posted by: Dr_No at April 24, 2026 10:15 AM (ayRl+)

You forgot the "Arrrrgggghhhhh!"

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 10:32 AM (4yJz0)

235 But how? If they give the Iranian people weapons with which to fight, they'll only turn them on the IRGC.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 10:20 AM (Riz8t)

By continuing to shoot missiles and whatever they can find at ships in the Strait and other countries in the region until we feel forced to send ground troops in to go root them out.

Sadly, the opposition in Iran appears to be too fractured and weak to ever offer any real internal opposition. We had hoped that wasn't true, but so far it appears to be. A big problem is that the IRGC has imported tens of thousands of Iraqi and Afghan militia to police the population, and they enjoy slaughtering civilians.

Understood. I was pointing out that the Iranian people themselves are not going to be enlisted to actively support the IRGC.

You had said " so they're going to force the rest of Iran to fight to the death with them", but I think you meant something different than I thought you did.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 10:32 AM (Riz8t)

236 The Lament for Icarus, 1898
Herbert Draper

Can understand how it won a gold mental at the 1900 Paris Exposition with the dramatic of the wings, 'lighting,' and young bodies, but it's too pretty for a tragic aftermath of the Greek myth. (The wings, for one, look intact.)

His father, Daedalus, had fashioned wings from feathers and beeswax warning Icarus to escape Crete by flying in the middle path. Flying too low would soak the feathers in seawater, while flying too high would melt the wax with the sun's heat. Of course, Icarus ignored the warning, the beeswax melted, the feathers detached, and he drowned.

Cause & effect: Hubris and a fatal fall.
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Would pass hanging today's art selection but it's still a good lesson.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 24, 2026 10:33 AM (NFX2v)

237 223: “Bravado”, a poem by Prof. Neil E. Peart

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 24, 2026 10:33 AM (E6xSb)

238 Morning, art enthusiasts,

The girl on the lower right -- perhaps a nymph or forest deity? -- is quite fetching.

The one with her arm up looks like Bernadette Peters.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2026 10:35 AM (+2QQb)

239 He likes rape.

Migrant rapist goes viral for smiling like the Mouth of Sauron after guilty verdict

https://tinyurl.com/2whf5jxx

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:35 AM (ndZc7)

240 227 To any of you who’ve never been to the Wright Brothers National Memorial on the Outer Banks, I highly recommend it.
Posted by: Bulg

I ate a few weeks ago at the Black Pelican Restaurant, which was the telegraph office in 1903 where the brothers sent out their good news.

Posted by: Door Dashes and Dots at April 24, 2026 10:35 AM (oftw2)

241 Newsom lies. He can't help himself. It's part of who he is.
And he is a terrible Governor.

Posted by: Case at April 24, 2026 10:36 AM (pvf3X)

242 A North Carolina SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT says he sees, "...NOTHING WRONG" with Kindergarteners reading a book depicting MEN IN BDSM LEATHER OUTFITS MAKING OUT.
"That's certainly something a child would see in their community..."
===
Given an inch, take the mile and demand 100 more.

You see having corrupted society's standards of public conduct, we now argue that there are no standards for children.

Posted by: Groomer's Union at April 24, 2026 10:36 AM (anL5R)

243 Migrant rapist goes viral for smiling like the Mouth of Sauron after guilty verdict

https://tinyurl.com/2whf5jxx
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:35 AM (ndZc7)

Democrats want this for you in every city in America.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:37 AM (CfKHZ)

244 From a ground level view in Texas, I think Cornyn has already given up. With the runoff coming up, Cornyn should be running ads, going around the state campaigning. But he's invisible, and doing nothing. I think he always expected to be given new terms by acclamation, and he has no idea how to act if he has to actually work for something.

Paxton, meanwhile, is always doing something and staying in the news. He's already lambasting Talerico for being an anti-Christian false preacher, which is absolutely true.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2026 10:24 AM (rGqqI)

Cornyn is running out of money. People and orgs that would usually support him don’t want to send good money after bad. Cornyn spent a LOT of money on his campaign and barely moved the needle, and is still not able to do much.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 24, 2026 10:37 AM (E6xSb)

245 I'm off in a few minutes to look at two houses. Progressive gave me a rough quote for homeowner's insurance on the cheaper house, and my hair stood on end. A local agent will fine-tune the quote for me by next week, though.

The good news? My car insurance would drop by, get this, $100 a month if I move to Salina. Ha!

The bundling of home and auto might provide a little more savings . . . but that is already amazing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2026 10:37 AM (+2QQb)

246 Girls always get hot and bothered over something they can't have.
Where were these chicks when I was alive and could do something besides lie here and decompose!!!

Posted by: Icky - not woods at April 24, 2026 10:37 AM (anL5R)

247 My kids used to watch Golly Boff on Saturday mornings back in the 90s.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 24, 2026 10:38 AM (2Ez/1)

248 A North Carolina SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT says he sees, "...NOTHING WRONG" with Kindergarteners reading a book depicting MEN IN BDSM LEATHER OUTFITS MAKING OUT.
"That's certainly something a child would see in their community..."
===

In San Francisco at the Fulsom Street Fair.

Run that man out on a rail. He has no place in a civil society.

They want to rape your children. Period. Well, likely before they have a period.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:38 AM (CfKHZ)

249 resigned from the negotiating team due to interference from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). This resignation complicates ongoing talks with the U.S. regarding the conflict in the region.
---

Simple solution - eliminate the IRGC.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2026 10:39 AM (XAeCh)

250 Well, at least he gave Iron Maiden a good song idea.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 24, 2026 10:39 AM (snZF9)

251 Newsom lies. He can't help himself. It's part of who he is.
And he is a terrible Governor.
Posted by: Case at April 24, 2026 10:36 AM (pvf3X)

Even Qatucker Qatarlson said he's never interviewed a man that could lie so fluidly without remorse.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:39 AM (CfKHZ)

252 The three little chickadees are why this painting is pleasing to the eye. Icarus was ended up like so many of those daredevils in squirrel suits. There's a lesson here.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 24, 2026 10:39 AM (Fbc0I)

253 > A North Carolina SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT says he sees, "...NOTHING WRONG" with Kindergarteners reading a book depicting MEN IN BDSM LEATHER OUTFITS MAKING OUT.
"That's certainly something a child would see in their community..."
---------
Someone needs to check his closets.... stat.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 24, 2026 10:39 AM (jehhT)

254 Shouldn't the wings look a little less full?
Posted by: She Hobbit at April 24, 2026

***
Good point. The sun melted the wax that held the feathers in place. All or most of them should have fallen out, thus causing Icarus to take his header.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2026 10:40 AM (+2QQb)

255 * close tags being discussed *

When your a CoB, you have to know these things.

Posted by: Arthur, CoB of The Horde at April 24, 2026 10:40 AM (0sNs1)

256 Governor Gavin Newsom
@CAgovernor
Trump knew his war with Iran would raise gas prices.

Now he wants to illegally resurrect a pipeline shut down by courts and facing criminal charges. And it won't even cut prices.

I refuse to let Trump sacrifice Californians, our environment, or our $51 billion coastal economy.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:15 AM (ndZc7)

This is how you know you are dealing with a Maoist: the refusal to acknowledge reality. How much money can CA get if it took its rightful place amongst the major oil producing states? Yet Gov Newsom considers oil icky, so no. And it’s laughable that he cares about oil prices considering his state.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 24, 2026 10:41 AM (E6xSb)

257 You had said " so they're going to force the rest of Iran to fight to the death with them", but I think you meant something different than I thought you did.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 24, 2026 10:32 AM (Riz8t)

I think of the analogy to Nazi Germany. By the spring of 1945, I would imagine that most of the civilian population wanted the war to end - but that didn't stop the government from insisting that the entire country be destroyed before they quit.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2026 10:41 AM (rGqqI)

258 Aunt Bee had a side hustle working the leather scene and punishing bad boys with her homemade pickles.
Posted by: Gomer Pyle, homosexual at April 24, 2026 10:25 AM

++++++

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Howard Sprague at April 24, 2026 10:41 AM (2Ez/1)

259 We really need to bring back burning at the stake for these satanic leftists.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)

260 A big problem is that the IRGC has imported tens of thousands of Iraqi and Afghan militia to police the population, and they enjoy slaughtering civilians.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2026 10:28 AM (rGqqI)

Gee I wonder if any other countries have thought of something like that.....

Posted by: ... at April 24, 2026 10:42 AM (95pwq)

261 We really need to bring back burning at the stake for these satanic leftists.
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)

I'm fine with public hanging. They'll be burning shortly thereafter.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:43 AM (CfKHZ)

262 Simple solution - eliminate the IRGC.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2026 10:39 AM (XAeCh)

That's really what this entire war is about. Hasn't been so simple; they have all the weapons, so everything else has to be eliminated first.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2026 10:43 AM (rGqqI)

263 I just noticed...
While Icarus may be dark because he is tanned (unlike the nereids), the painter also managed to convey a grayness in his skin - to make him look dead. Good work.

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 10:43 AM (4yJz0)

264 260 A big problem is that the IRGC has imported tens of thousands of Iraqi and Afghan militia to police the population, and they enjoy slaughtering civilians.

Posted by: Tom Servo
---

Good, now, we have them all in one place.
Know what I'm sayin'?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 24, 2026 10:45 AM (XAeCh)

265 I have to admit, I always envisioned him as a bit of a hack, but those are nice wings. I think it could work.

Hear me out -- just don't go too high -- right? Keep the wax cool. Or maybe use a high temperature synthetic. Silicone based.

And where are those chicks -- looks like an island and maybe worth the effort.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 24, 2026 10:46 AM (uUHnE)

266 I think of the analogy to Nazi Germany. By the spring of 1945, I would imagine that most of the civilian population wanted the war to end - but that didn't stop the government from insisting that the entire country be destroyed before they quit.
Posted by: Tom Servo

There was a joke as they approached Gotterdammerung. Enjoy the war. The peace will be terrible.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:46 AM (ndZc7)

267 where are those chicks -- looks like an island and maybe worth the effort.
--
Forget it Bob. They aren't interested in you unless you have a six pack and are dead. Even, then it is only a hypothetical interest.

Posted by: Icky - not woods at April 24, 2026 10:47 AM (anL5R)

268 The winged creature top right looks like McCauley Culkin.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:48 AM (CfKHZ)

269 The three little chickadees are why this painting is pleasing to the eye. Icarus was ended up like so many of those daredevils in squirrel suits. There's a lesson here.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 24, 2026 10:39 AM (Fbc0I)

He might actually be the world's first test pilot and the first to go high speed dirt.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 24, 2026 10:48 AM (snZF9)

270 "i ride the mountains of the sky!"

Posted by: cmeat at April 24, 2026 10:49 AM (R11M+)

271 The bundling of home and auto might provide a little more savings . . . but that is already amazing.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2026 10:37 AM
####

Only pay for what you need.

Posted by: The Imu at April 24, 2026 10:49 AM (2Ez/1)

272 He might actually be the world's first test pilot and the first to go high speed dirt.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 24, 2026 10:48 AM (snZF9)

You asked for it.......

https://youtu.be/yeaeqIpopvI

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:49 AM (CfKHZ)

273 Truth be told, Icarus went down because his massive right leg screwed with the dynamics of controlled flight. It was an unexpected battle.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 24, 2026 10:49 AM (Fbc0I)

274 This involved a U.S. soldier who allegedly took advantage of his position to profit off of a righteous military operation.

-
He went full Pelosi?!!!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:50 AM (ndZc7)

275 Russell Brand Admits He Slept With a 16-Year-Old When He Was 30
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:01 AM (ndZc7)

But it was in the UK, with the approval of the girl's mother, and it's sort of legal.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2026 10:50 AM (ExV1e)

276 Inshurense STINKS!!!

Posted by: Doug Jr. at April 24, 2026 10:50 AM (CfKHZ)

277 US considers suspending Spain from NATO, reported internal email suggests
Pentagon email obtained by Reuters reveals US anger at Spain, UK as Iran war tensions persist.

By Al Jazeera Staff & Reuters
24 Apr 2026

An email has circulated within the United States Department of Defense laying out potential measures Washington could take against NATO allies it believes have not sufficiently supported its war on Iran, such as Spain and the United Kingdom, according to a US official quoted by the Reuters news agency.

The internal email considers options such as suspending Spain from NATO and re-evaluating Washington’s stance on the British Falkland Islands, which are also claimed by Argentina, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

(Much more.)
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Eh.

I believe it remains the Department of War, and "officials speaking on condition of anonymity" often don't exist.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 24, 2026 10:50 AM (NFX2v)

278 After Hitler’s suicide, one of generals in the bunker, Hans Krebs, actually tried to negotiate a surrender with the Russians. They weren’t having any of that, of course.

Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 10:51 AM (77rzZ)

279 'Ghalibaf'. For treatment of mild cases of psoriasis, hemmorhoids, bruises, contusions, projections, delusions, and bad breath. Do not take while thinking. Avoid direct sunlight for three days after ingesting. Not recommended for children younger than 75.

Posted by: Dr_No at April 24, 2026 10:51 AM (ayRl+)

280 Russell Brand Admits He Slept With a 16-Year-Old When He Was 30

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at April 24, 2026 10:01 AM (ndZc7)

*wink*

*fistbump*

Posted by: Steven Tyler at April 24, 2026 10:52 AM (CfKHZ)

281 It’d be a pitta if the art led to bird puns.
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

It would be something to crow about!
Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 09:48 AM

You're a raven lunatic.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 24, 2026 10:52 AM (4NO2D)

282 It’d be a pitta if the art led to bird puns.
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

It would be something to crow about!
Posted by: m at April 24, 2026 09:48 AM

You're a raven lunatic.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 24, 2026 10:52 AM (4NO2D)

Boobies!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:54 AM (CfKHZ)

283 I think of the analogy to Nazi Germany. By the spring of 1945, I would imagine that most of the civilian population wanted the war to end - but that didn't stop the government from insisting that the entire country be destroyed before they quit.
==
I think what happens in control breaks down and you have a lot of inertia. The people at the top can't quit because they know they are dead and are only fighting for time. The regular people would like it to end before they are invaded and half the woman in the Country get raped by the russians, but can't make it happen. The regular people have no leadership and no way to communicate, organize or coerce a peace settlement. So, unless someone in the military assumes the responsibility to negotiate a settlement it won't happen, and that someone has to have the juice to make it stick. Those people might all be dead, and even if they weren't they probably weren't going to make any settlement deals either. The world can adjust to the strait of hormuz being closed potentially forever. Alternatives exist or can be created although it will cost money and time. Since there is motivation to do it, it will get done.

Posted by: Icky - not woods at April 24, 2026 10:55 AM (anL5R)

284 278 After Hitler’s suicide, one of generals in the bunker, Hans Krebs, actually tried to negotiate a surrender with the Russians. They weren’t having any of that, of course.
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 10:51 AM (77rzZ)

You don't start negotiations when the other guy's army is 6 blocks away from your hideout.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 24, 2026 10:56 AM (rGqqI)

285 Good point. The sun melted the wax that held the feathers in place. All or most of them should have fallen out, thus causing Icarus to take his header.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 24, 2026 10:40 AM (+2QQb)

The amazing thing is that they all fell to Earth right where he would land, giving the illusion of the wings remaining whole, as if to mock him one final time.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2026 10:56 AM (ExV1e)

286 We really need to bring back burning at the stake for these satanic leftists.
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)

How about impalement, and then burning? -- Vlad

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 24, 2026 10:57 AM (ExV1e)

287 >>Russell Brand Admits He Slept With a 16-Year-Old When He Was 30

IIRC, he was a sex addict in addition to an addict, so not surprising. Total creep.

I'm glad he found Jesus.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 10:58 AM (5xoct)

288 One thing the temporary cease fire has done is give the intel people, likely Mossad, a chance to identify every person involved with the negotiations.

I'd be surprised if there aren't plans already drawn up to take out every one of them if deal isn't reached and I'm there are people in Tehran who know this as well.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 24, 2026 10:58 AM (viF8m)

289 After Hitler’s suicide, one of generals in the bunker, Hans Krebs, actually tried to negotiate a surrender with the Russians. They weren’t having any of that, of course.
Posted by: Bulg at April 24, 2026 10:51 AM (77rzZ)

You don't start negotiations when the other guy's army is 6 blocks away from your hideout.
==
Especially when the other guy's army is balls deep in half the women in your country. Horse is out of the barn by then, even if he wanted to stop them, he'd have to shoot half of them to do it.

Posted by: Icky - not woods at April 24, 2026 10:59 AM (anL5R)

290 I was 20, she was 39.

I learned a lot.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:59 AM (CfKHZ)

291 >>It’d be a pitta if the art led to bird puns.

>>It would be something to crow about!

>>You're a raven lunatic.

Also gull-able if you believe Icarus really could fly!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 11:00 AM (5xoct)

292 Pennsylvania

‘You are a monster’: Pen camera, child porn earns man 3-7 years

(Originally) charged with 200 counts of possessing child sexual abuse material, as well as three counts of invasion of privacy, production of child pornography, attempted production of child pornography and two counts of contact or communication with a minor to facilitate sexual abuse.

Most of the charges were dismissed under a negotiated waiver of his preliminary hearing and eventually he pleaded open to the two counts he was sentenced on Tuesday.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 24, 2026 11:00 AM (NFX2v)

293 When your a CoB, you have to know these things.
Posted by: Arthur, CoB of The Horde at April 24, 2026 10:40 AM

Well 'ow'd you get to be a CoB, anyway?

Posted by: Random Peasant Moron at April 24, 2026 11:01 AM (Wnv9h)

294 ‘You are a monster’: Pen camera, child porn earns man 3-7 years

(Originally) charged with 200 counts of possessing child sexual abuse material, as well as three counts of invasion of privacy, production of child pornography, attempted production of child pornography and two counts of contact or communication with a minor to facilitate sexual abuse.

Most of the charges were dismissed under a negotiated waiver of his preliminary hearing and eventually he pleaded open to the two counts he was sentenced on Tuesday.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 24, 2026 11:00 AM (NFX2v)

Yet another glaring case of the punishment not matching the crime by any stretch.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 11:01 AM (CfKHZ)

295 Boobies!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 10:54 AM (CfKHZ)

Annnnd, the bird puns come full circle, finally.

Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 11:01 AM (4yJz0)

296 Icarus bought the farm. Poor blighter doesn't get to enjoy the tiddies.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2026 11:01 AM (utfVc)

297 Well 'ow'd you get to be a CoB, anyway?
===
Random tart, distributin code from a Lake.

Posted by: Reg at April 24, 2026 11:02 AM (anL5R)

298 Annnnd, the bird puns come full circle, finally.
Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 11:01 AM (4yJz0)

WOOT!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 11:02 AM (CfKHZ)

299 Noodus Throckmortiensis.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 24, 2026 11:03 AM (Wnv9h)

300 Poor blighter doesn't get to enjoy the tiddies.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 24, 2026 11:01 AM (utfVc)

For shame......

https://theliquorcollection.com/liquors/tiddys/

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 24, 2026 11:04 AM (CfKHZ)

301 >>Annnnd, the bird puns come full circle, finally.

Did anyone mention Icarus' peacock?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 24, 2026 11:04 AM (5xoct)

302 Sun and wax aren't a good combination.
Posted by: redridinghood at April 24, 2026 09:39 AM (NpAcC)

Wut?

Posted by: Brazilian babe on Ipanema beach at April 24, 2026 11:06 AM (utfVc)

303 >>> I just noticed...
While Icarus may be dark because he is tanned (unlike the nereids), the painter also managed to convey a grayness in his skin - to make him look dead. Good work.
Posted by: GWB at April 24, 2026 10:43 AM (4yJz0)

The greeks have all sorts of interesting names for various types of mythical fantasy chicks. I think a lot of guys just sat around thinking about chick variations. Tree chicks,... hmmm Dryads! Sea chicks,... nereids? Chicks making me gyros,.. Gyroids!

Posted by: banana Dream Riding a mechanical horse in a Target-aneids at April 24, 2026 11:07 AM (3uBP9)

304 >>>>>Russell Brand Admits He Slept With a 16-Year-Old When He Was 30

IIRC, he was a sex addict in addition to an addict, so not surprising. Total creep.

I'm glad he found Jesus.

Posted by: Lizzy

>Just imagine, Justin Trudeau is Russell Brand 3.0.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 24, 2026 11:07 AM (Fbc0I)

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