Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Coronation of the Virgin
Annibale Carracci

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 That bird's a-gonna poop onna her head!

Posted by: Delurker at May 21, 2026 09:31 AM (gtcuf)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

3 not sure whats going on in this one

Posted by: Don Black at May 21, 2026 09:31 AM (ZxPkt)

4 Hey! That seagull is stealing her crown! I hate those things!!!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at May 21, 2026 09:31 AM (JCZqz)

5 We're running quite the gamut on art this week, for sure.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

6 Virgin my ass!

Posted by: Her college roommates at May 21, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

7 Nice but it looks like it could use a good cleaning.

Posted by: Tuna at May 21, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)

8 Lot of nekkid kids back then.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 09:32 AM (gKquL)

9 Blue=Mary

She's being crowned Queen of the World.

It's nice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:32 AM (bss/y)

10 Another painting by an old greek homo

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 21, 2026 09:32 AM (Kt19C)

11 A bird in the hand....?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 09:32 AM (jehhT)

12 Bewbs on the right but appears underaged and...male?

Posted by: Delurker at May 21, 2026 09:32 AM (gtcuf)

13 She doesn't look like she's got corona virus to me.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 21, 2026 09:33 AM (ypYV4)

14 I never voted for her.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 09:33 AM (6X5WW)

15 It's fine. Nicely modeled and staged, though a bit too "center-y" for me. Also seems kind of dark.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 21, 2026 09:33 AM (CHHv1)

16 Lot of nekkid kids back then.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 09:32 AM (gKquL)

With hands like Fred Flintstone feet, it was too hard to sew things that small.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

17 Popish Mackerel-Snapping should be relegated to The Saturday Morning Coffee Thread. Sitting this one out.

Posted by: Pope Bob Can Go Squeeze A Breeze! at May 21, 2026 09:33 AM (oftw2)

18 Hail Mary!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 21, 2026 09:34 AM (0nHVk)

19 14 I never voted for her.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 09:33 AM (6X5WW)

Heh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:34 AM (bss/y)

20 A bird in the hand....?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 09:32 AM (jehhT)

.....two in the bush.

A fisting?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

21 Underage male boobs?

Posted by: The ghost of Barney Frank at May 21, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

22 Who's the dude at the bottom, Moses?

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 09:34 AM (3uBP9)

23 I never voted for her.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 09:33 AM (6X5WW)

beat me to it. *shakes fist in mock anger*

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 09:34 AM (wVcYX)

24 Annibale Carracci

He was a broke Italian painter full of baloney.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 09:34 AM (gKquL)

25 Clouds......she's dead, no?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

26 With hands like Fred Flintstone feet, it was too hard to sew things that small.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

Kids grow so fast and since they could not go to Kmart to pick up a 2 sizes too big set of tuff skins, my guess is they just handed them some cloth to drap/pin around themselves until the kid stopped growing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:35 AM (bss/y)

27 There are better thing to do with virgins.

Posted by: No Name Today at May 21, 2026 09:35 AM (8mulE)

28 Folks down below really hoping those clouds hold.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 21, 2026 09:36 AM (LvA+P)

29 A crown was the highest honor they could think of back in the day, and being crowned in God's own heaven is the biggest deal possible. I wonder what the modern equivalent honor would be...

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 21, 2026 09:36 AM (bGxQ8)

30 Cue the mackerel snappers and Pope Bob bashers.

Posted by: Here we go... at May 21, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)

31 A was-a fulla gabagool.

Posted by: Annibale Carracci at May 21, 2026 09:36 AM (gtcuf)

32 Very busy painting. Like it though
Would hang, thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 09:36 AM (gu0hJ)

33 Is it just me or do cherubs seem really lazy? Do we ever see them painted working hard? No. Pretty much just laying around getting fat. I mean, they are in heaven so living pretty good and all. But they could use an occasional salad and an afternoon walk.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 09:36 AM (3uBP9)

34 Kids grow so fast and since they could not go to Kmart to pick up a 2 sizes too big set of tuff skins, my guess is they just handed them some cloth to drap/pin around themselves until the kid stopped growing.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:35 AM (bss/y)

My mom used to make my clothes. Every 6 to 8 weeks, I was 'goin' clammin.''

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

35 I'm guessing that the "seagull" is supposed be a representation of the Holy Spirit.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 09:36 AM (n3VHW)

36 Why is the musician on the far left using his ear to play his trumpet?

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 09:36 AM (wVcYX)

37 There are better thing to do with virgins.
Posted by: No Name Today at May 21, 2026 09:35 AM (8mulE)

Like blow yourself up for 72 of them!

Posted by: Moohamhead al Akbar at May 21, 2026 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)

38 A crown was the highest honor they could think of back in the day, and being crowned in God's own heaven is the biggest deal possible. I wonder what the modern equivalent honor would be...
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Ewetoob trophy for 1 million followers?

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 21, 2026 09:37 AM (LvA+P)

39 And I like the contrast of the pink and blue in her dress.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 09:37 AM (n3VHW)

40 Before the orgy?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 09:37 AM (Sco7b)

41 25 Clouds......she's dead, no?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

Yep. The Assumption of Mary. Although CBD is a few months early.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:37 AM (bss/y)

42 The two guys placing the crown on her head have been working out at the gym.

Posted by: dantesed at May 21, 2026 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)

43 The two guys placing the crown on her head have been working out at the gym.
Posted by: dantesed at May 21, 2026 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)/i]

Yeah, I've never been accused of having a 'Heavenly body.'

Posted by: Moohamhead al Akbar at May 21, 2026 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)

44 Why is the musician on the far left using his ear to play his trumpet?
Posted by: Count de Monet

Not flexible enough to reach his butt.

Posted by: Monty Python at May 21, 2026 09:39 AM (LvA+P)

45 Shyte......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)

46 22 Who's the dude at the bottom, Moses?

Wholly.

Posted by: Delurker at May 21, 2026 09:39 AM (gtcuf)

47 Yep. The Assumption of Mary. Although CBD is a few months early.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:37 AM (bss/y)

Once again, putting shame to my Catholic upbringing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)

48 Why is the musician on the far left using his ear to play his trumpet?
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026

***
That's a cherub with a violin.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 09:39 AM (wzUl9)

49 36 That’s not a trumpet. Looks like some kind of fiddle to me.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

50
Ewetoob trophy for 1 million followers?

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 21, 2026 09:37 AM (LvA+P)

*TJM hangs his head in shame*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:40 AM (Zz0t1)

51 The little dude on the left playing the, whatever instrument that is, has massive biceps for a musician. How much does that thing weight? He must be absolutely shredding on it.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 09:41 AM (3uBP9)

52 39 And I like the contrast of the pink and blue in her dress.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 09:37 AM (n3VHW)

There was a beautiful statue one time when I was looking for a birthday gift for Mom I saw in Tonini's in Louisville. It was Mary in this beautiful deep blue cloak. Really brought the subject to life that she was a living person (often, Mary statuary is almost sterile.) It was gorgeous. $800 (back in 2008 or 9 I think.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:41 AM (bss/y)

53 That’s not a trumpet. Looks like some kind of fiddle to me.
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

I don't think they had violins back then.

Posted by: dantesed at May 21, 2026 09:41 AM (Oy/m2)

54 Chicken in the bread pan pickin' out dough

Posted by: Delurker at May 21, 2026 09:41 AM (gtcuf)

55 Ok......I've got to get my day started.

On vacation. Got THINGS to do.

I'll see y'all at some point.

Hugs to all. Be excellent to each other.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 21, 2026 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)

56 Far right, dude in orange drape - that's Keith Richards working out the guitar licks for Honky Tonk Women.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 09:41 AM (wVcYX)

57 The little dude on the left playing the, whatever instrument that is, has massive biceps for a musician. How much does that thing weight? He must be absolutely shredding on it.
Posted by: banana Dream

Zamfir on the flute

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 09:42 AM (gKquL)

58 Definitely love the subject matter, so thank you CBD.
I do think the artist could have done a better job on Mary's face.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 21, 2026 09:42 AM (NpAcC)

59 I assume that's Mary so I shall forego a sophomoric sex joke.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 21, 2026 09:42 AM (ExV1e)

60 The women viola players in the foreground at right and left both have nice hind paws.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 09:42 AM (wzUl9)

61 The two guys placing the crown on her head have been working out at the gym.
Posted by: dantesed at May 21, 2026 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)
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If you figure men didn't get much nutrition or have extra time for working out in 1595, these guys would have been idealized versions the painter dreamt up, I guess.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 21, 2026 09:43 AM (nsBpl)

62 The British are discussing some kind of election in a place called Makerfield.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 09:43 AM (6X5WW)

63 There's one kid on the right just casually reading a comic book while this is all going on.

Dude, it's Marry!
What? Sorry, Batman is getting ready to batarang like fiddy robbers.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 09:44 AM (3uBP9)

64 The painting is rounded. I am guessing this is in a church dome somewhere.

Let me look it up.

Completely wrong. Oil on canvas. 1595.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 09:44 AM (bss/y)

65 22 Who's the dude at the bottom, Moses?
*
Wholly.
Posted by: Delurker at May 21, 2026

***
He looks to be holding up a scroll or an early version of a book (a codex?") rather than tablets.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 09:44 AM (wzUl9)

66 That's a cherub with a violin.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 21, 2026 09:39 AM (wzUl9)

That’s not a trumpet. Looks like some kind of fiddle to me.
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

*cleans Mr. Magoo glasses and peers at embiggened image* By golly, you both are correct.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 09:45 AM (wVcYX)

67 Cello?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 09:45 AM (6X5WW)

68 On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 620

Title: The Coronation of the Virgin
Artist: Annibale Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1560–1609 Rome)
Date: after 1595
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 46 3/8 x 55 5/8 in. (117.8 x 141.3 cm)

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 09:46 AM (/+uur)

69 There's an audience in the background. Must have been a sold out show.

Posted by: dantesed at May 21, 2026 09:46 AM (Oy/m2)

70 Toga togs toga.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 09:47 AM (6X5WW)

71 Why is the musician on the far left using his ear to play his trumpet?
Posted by: Count de Monet

*********

My uncle Gerry used to play the piano by ear.

Posted by: muldoon at May 21, 2026 09:48 AM (qgHp7)

72 There's an audience in the background. Must have been a sold out show.
Posted by: dantesed

The mosh pit is out of frame, but it was lit, I can tell you!

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at May 21, 2026 09:48 AM (LvA+P)

73 “This is about me, isn’t it?”

-Hillary

Posted by: red speck at May 21, 2026 09:48 AM (Ve/HL)

74 A lot of painters will insert Mary smashing a snek underfoot in any painting. Not this one. Because no sneks in Heaven I guess.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 09:48 AM (3uBP9)

75 Aetius, the painting was modeled on the dome architecture and the painter possibly hoped to decorate a dome likewise.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 09:48 AM (gKWVE)

76 There are better thing to do with virgins.
Posted by: No Name Today

You have to be kidding. Even here, this is beyond the pale.

We Catholics are more than a bit touchy about Our Mother.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 21, 2026 09:48 AM (vhPr1)

77 He was doing it wrong.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 09:48 AM (6X5WW)

78 So who are the guys doin’ the coronatin’? Michael and Gabriel?

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

79 67 Cello?

Viola da Gamba...I think?

Posted by: Delurker at May 21, 2026 09:49 AM (gtcuf)

80 maybe cherubs aren't really fat but are simply inflated with hydrogen gas

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 09:50 AM (gKWVE)

81 Did a watery tart throw a sword at her?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 09:51 AM (6X5WW)

82 Humanity's solitary boast.

Posted by: Some smart guy from long ago at May 21, 2026 09:52 AM (YrUlT)

83 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at May 21, 2026 09:52 AM (R11M+)

84 29 a pearl necklace.

Posted by: cmeat at May 21, 2026 09:55 AM (R11M+)

85 Mother! whose virgin bosom was uncrost
With the least shade of thought to sin allied.
Woman! above all women glorified,
Our tainted nature's solitary boast;
Purer than foam on central ocean tost;
Brighter than eastern skies at daybreak strewn
With fancied roses, than the unblemished moon
Before her wane begins on heaven's blue coast;
Thy image falls to earth. Yet some, I ween,
Not unforgiven the suppliant knee might bend,
As to a visible Power, in which did blend
All that was mixed and reconciled in thee
Of mother's love with maiden purity,
Of high with low, celestial with terrene!

Posted by: Yup at May 21, 2026 09:56 AM (YrUlT)

86 36 hearing aid.

Posted by: cmeat at May 21, 2026 09:56 AM (R11M+)

87 Get yourself a sweet Madonna
Dressed in rhinestones sitting on a
Pedestal of abalone shell.

Posted by: Plastic Jesus at May 21, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)

88 Gebirah!

Posted by: Rex B at May 21, 2026 09:58 AM (rgnea)

89 I assumed that was Jesus and G d.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 09:58 AM (/+uur)

90 Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

They are three persons in one God. The Trinity. Jesus on the left (wound in his side) The Holy Spirit above and God the Father on the right.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at May 21, 2026 10:00 AM (wGerL)

91 67 how you doin'?

Posted by: cmeat at May 21, 2026 10:00 AM (R11M+)

92 >>> So who are the guys doin’ the coronatin’? Michael and Gabriel?
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

I don't know. They both have scepters which would denote royalty of some sort. They could be church fathers but why in heaven? I also thought with the holy spirit that could be father and son.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 10:01 AM (3uBP9)

93 My uncle Gerry used to play the piano by ear.

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

Headbanger's Ball - a limerick

The music aficionados are gushin'
'bout a fascinating point of discussion
They paid Uncle Gerry to hear
Flight of the Bumblebee played by ear
Poor guy suffered a major concussion

Posted by: muldoon at May 21, 2026 10:02 AM (qgHp7)

94 >>> They are three persons in one God. The Trinity. Jesus on the left (wound in his side) The Holy Spirit above and God the Father on the right.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at May 21, 2026 10:00 AM (wGerL)

Oh yeah, dur, pretty obvious now.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 10:02 AM (3uBP9)

95 I don’t see the wound in Jesus’ side.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

96 I had this thought 'Being the Son of God means never having to hit the weight room'.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 10:03 AM (bss/y)

97 I think this is a shoutout to the trinity. Older fellow younger fellow and the bird.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 10:04 AM (6X5WW)

98 From bing...

"Annibale Carracci’s The Coronation of the Virgin (c. 1595) depicts the Virgin Mary being crowned by the Holy Trinity, blending Renaissance harmony with Baroque dynamism."

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 21, 2026 10:04 AM (zBgIx)

99 Good morning all

Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou!
---
I assume that's Mary so I shall forego a sophomoric sex joke.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

----
Much appreciated!

I can't stay. Have a wonderful day everyone!

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 21, 2026 10:06 AM (N5Oky)

100 hondo

Posted by: cmeat at May 21, 2026 10:06 AM (R11M+)

101 benson and hedges

Posted by: cmeat at May 21, 2026 10:06 AM (R11M+)

102 >>> I don’t see the wound in Jesus’ side.
Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

You have to open in a new tab, click, and inbiggen, then you can see. Not very prominent. It's actually easier in person.

Posted by: Thomas at May 21, 2026 10:06 AM (3uBP9)

103 102 dead billy

Posted by: cmeat at May 21, 2026 10:07 AM (R11M+)

104 Oh Mary we crown thee with blossoms today
Queen of the angels, queen of the May

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at May 21, 2026 10:07 AM (3ImbR)

105 Poor guy suffered a major concussion

Posted by: muldoon at May 21, 2026 10:02 AM (qgHp7)

---------

Diagnosis: CTE (Concussive Traumatic Ear).

What's the ICD10 Code for that?

Posted by: ShainS at May 21, 2026 10:08 AM (4LEcr)

106 good point. maifest is back to lincoln square where they still dance the maypole.
i remember my sisters doing that in grade school.

Posted by: cmeat at May 21, 2026 10:08 AM (R11M+)

107 What an exceptional painting honoring Mary for a lifetime of acceptance and obedience. Even here, she is accepting her honored place, not as a right but once again as the will of Heaven. The Trinity is present, the music of heaven is playing and the assembled angelic host is in attendance. The pain she faced at the crucifixion is erased in glory.

The painting is not subtle, it is explicit. I can see how the style and colors helped establish what became the Baroque style.

I was surprised that Carracci didn't only do religious scenes but scenes of everyday life: a butcher shop circa 1590, a man at supper, and landscapes. I'm surprised I hadn't known of his work before.

Posted by: JTB at May 21, 2026 10:11 AM (yTvNw)

108 The month of May is dedicated to Mary.

Posted by: dantesed at May 21, 2026 10:15 AM (Oy/m2)

109
"I do expect you to prepare and serve me breakfast daily from this point onward. This is known."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 10:16 AM (ixS3i)

110 Speaking of virgins ...

This is bc they do not have the time or capacity to create home cooked meals. It’s an issue countless ppl have tried to raise w leftists but big leftists online continue to shame/abuse poor ppl for being forced to rely on these services for meals, which act as a tax on the poor. -Taylor Lorenz

Posted by: SMOD at May 21, 2026 10:17 AM (RHGPo)

111
Hey! That seagull is stealing her crown! I hate those things!!!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar

Oh, yeah, you bet we was there! Not ll things are seen, if you catch my drift!"

-- Big Penguin

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 10:19 AM (ixS3i)

112 Taylor Lorenz is a virgin?

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

113 >>> Taylor Lorenz is a virgin?

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

Well back then, they hadn't invented sex yet.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 10:22 AM (3uBP9)

114 Andrew Weissmann: “What I’ve started thinking about… is why is it that there are lies in so many ways in this country that we either criminalize or subject to civil penalties, but we don’t do that for politicians who lie or candidates who lie?… The big lie in my book that I use as the example is the 2020 election was stolen… There’s no proof of that.”

... the folks from Arthur Andersen think the same about federal prosecutors who lie and screw-up other people's lives.

Posted by: SMOD at May 21, 2026 10:22 AM (RHGPo)

115
I wonder, when the Roman soldier pierced Jesus' side with the spear, if he thought, "Really? Now with the spear? Aren't you being assholes enough already?"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 10:22 AM (ixS3i)

116 We need a painting "The Crow Nation of the Ace".

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at May 21, 2026 10:23 AM (/TqK0)

117 Wouldn't it have been a pilium?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 10:24 AM (6X5WW)

118
If 117 is an "olden times' weapons" question, I have no idea. Not my circus, not my monkeys.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 10:25 AM (ixS3i)

119 Let he among us who has never 'coronated a virgin'
cast the first stone.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 21, 2026 10:25 AM (zdLoL)

120 The RINOs in the Senate have struck back at Trump and will not be funding the White House ballroom. If it gets built, then by gum it won't have Trump's name on it!

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 10:25 AM (gKWVE)

121 >>> I wonder, when the Roman soldier pierced Jesus' side with the spear, if he thought, "Really? Now with the spear? Aren't you being assholes enough already?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at May 21, 2026 10:22 AM (ixS3i)

I think, at the time, the spear was generally done as a type of mercy. I mean, the whole point was the torture. The spear, killing the victim, ends the torture.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 10:26 AM (3uBP9)

122 I finally saw the wound in Jesus' side, but it doesn't look like a wound a spear would make. Looks more like a knife cut.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 10:26 AM (77rzZ)

123 You have to open in a new tab, click, and inbiggen, then you can see. Not very prominent. It's actually easier in person.
Posted by: Thomas

'Tis but a scratch!
Posted by: The Black Knight

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 10:26 AM (gKquL)

124 TX-SEN poll (pre-Trump endorsement)

Paxton: 52%
Cornyn: 40%

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 10:27 AM (/+uur)

125 ps
I forgot AMF

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 10:27 AM (/+uur)

126 On making making ‘cultural appropriation’ illegal ...

It's all just a conspiracy to keep the Taiwanese out of the Little League World Series

Posted by: SMOD at May 21, 2026 10:28 AM (RHGPo)

127 Carraci did an admirable job, but it still looks more like a kid's birthday party than a religious coronation of the mother of God. BTW: Mary's been de-listed now and is probably no longer considered venerable by Leo (who is a perfect example of 'Be careful what you wish for. You may get it.').

Posted by: Dr_No at May 21, 2026 10:28 AM (ayRl+)

128 They seem to think Massy is doomed.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 10:28 AM (6X5WW)

129 The RINOs in the Senate have struck back at Trump and will not be funding the White House ballroom. If it gets built, then by gum it won't have Trump's name on it!
Posted by: gKWVE

The Ballroom is privately funded. It's the war room underneath that needs funding.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 10:28 AM (gKquL)

130 Heisman keeps trying to make criminal noticing or defending oneself against persecution. He's still at it.

Posted by: dagny at May 21, 2026 10:28 AM (chM/Q)

131 Weissman.

Posted by: dagny at May 21, 2026 10:28 AM (chM/Q)

132 “Nakba” used it to describe the humiliating failure of the Arab world.
And the Palestinians are possibly the worst negotiators since the beginning of time.
That is quite an achievement.

Posted by: SMOD at May 21, 2026 10:29 AM (RHGPo)

133 Wouldn't it have been a pilium?

Pilum

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 10:30 AM (Riz8t)

134 Massie apparently lost.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 10:30 AM (6X5WW)

135 Mary's been de-listed now
Posted by: Dr_No

What does this mean?

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 10:30 AM (77rzZ)

136 Lewd comments regarding Jesus' mom make me want to retreat outside the range of the ground current.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at May 21, 2026 10:30 AM (NYInA)

137 The RINOs in the Senate have struck back at Trump and will not be funding the White House ballroom. If it gets built, then by gum it won't have Trump's name on it!

Good. Let everyone see them for the petty, malignant children they are.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 10:31 AM (Riz8t)

138 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I bet they didn't paint that in Puyallup. Every one knows there are no virgins in Puyallup
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 21, 2026 10:31 AM (2WIwB)

139 The Ballroom is privately funded. It's the war room underneath that needs funding.
Posted by: rickb223

How can they build the ballroom and delay building what's beneath it? Architecturally?

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 10:31 AM (gKWVE)

140 Posted by: Dr_No at May 21, 2026 10:28 AM (ayRl+

I would have to read what Pope Leo actually said about Mary rather than pundits or others.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 10:31 AM (n3VHW)

141 I hope the gaffer isn't union, because I'd fire his ass.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 21, 2026 10:31 AM (u/oMr)

142 On X, Clyburn is one step closer to having no seat in 2027

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
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🚨 GREAT NEWS! South Carolina Senate Committee has PASSED the 7R-0D 2026 redistricting map, it's now headed to a FULL floor vote

DEFEAT THE RINOS!

Time to finish strong and send it to the governor's desk for signature

Or South Carolina will face MAGA wrath just like Indiana 🔥

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 10:32 AM (E4rtv)

143 124 TX-SEN poll (pre-Trump endorsement)

Paxton: 52%
Cornyn: 40%
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 10:27 AM (/+uur)

And "they" have Talerico 5 points up against both

Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 10:32 AM (9fiuq)

144 think, at the time, the spear was generally done as a type of mercy. I mean, the whole point was the torture. The spear, killing the victim, ends the torture.

They usually broke the legs but the other said no bones would be broken.

Crucifixion causes the person to use the legs to push to get a breath. Once broken, they can't. The spear (piercing, also in ot) ends the torture. The water also fulfills prophesy as life giving water flowing from the temple.

Posted by: dagny at May 21, 2026 10:32 AM (chM/Q)

145 Dr_No at May 21, 2026 10:28 AM (ayRl+

And "delisted" from what? What does that mean?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 10:33 AM (n3VHW)

146 "Coronating a virgin."
Is that what you kids are calling it these days?

Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at May 21, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)

147 Clyburn is one step closer to having no seat in 2027

Because we're going to beat his ass?

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 10:33 AM (gKWVE)

148 139 The Ballroom is privately funded. It's the war room underneath that needs funding.
Posted by: rickb223

How can they build the ballroom and delay building what's beneath it? Architecturally?
Posted by: gKWVE
========
Just petty Resist crap. Trump can probably reprogram defense spending but I think there were some Secret Service (DHS) attached to the funding bill which is being held hostage by Dems and GOPe.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 10:34 AM (E4rtv)

149 @ 135 Mary's been de-listed now
Posted by: Dr_No
What does this mean?
_____________________________

There was an article (what?) 5 or 7 days ago that reported the Church's decision to revoke (is there another word for it?) Mary's status as being on approximately the same level as Jesus and drop her down to 'just another mother'. I guess prayers to her go to her 'incoming messages' box now …

Posted by: Dr_No at May 21, 2026 10:34 AM (ayRl+)

150 And "they" have Talerico 5 points up against both
Posted by: It's me donna
========
We shall see.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 10:34 AM (E4rtv)

151 IPCC Retires Its Most Implausible Global Warming Scenarios

“New and improved” climate models are offered, but the ‘plausibility vacuum’ remains. Furthermore, IPCC fails to acknowledge the damage to society and science done by its previous assessments.

https://tinyurl.com/yv9u7926

Naturally, instead of just admitting it was a load of crap, they now claim their previous heroic efforts are what really saved the planet.

But ultimately, scientists cited data and argued that the push towards renewable energies made that scenario less likely.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 10:35 AM (Riz8t)

152 Posted by: Dr_No at May 21, 2026 10:34 AM

Do you know where the article was from? Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 10:36 AM (n3VHW)

153 Posted by: Dr_No at May 21, 2026 10:34 AM (ayRl+)

And I'm not RC, but I think I know enough to comment that the church is not going to declare Mary "Just another mother,"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 10:38 AM (n3VHW)

154 Because we're going to beat his ass?
Posted by: gKWVE
======
Clyburn's current district is a majority minority district. SC redistricting means that each of SC districts is 8-10 pts GOP in voting. Old fart has not had to campaign for a seat in decades and he will probably just retire if his district is literally drawn out from under him. He is in his mid 80's now and like Pelosi did, grimly hanging on.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 10:38 AM (E4rtv)

155 @
152 Posted by: Dr_No at May 21, 2026 10:34 AM
Do you know where the article was from? Thanks.
_________________________________________

I don't remember the site that passed that on. It could have been on Zero Hedge, PowerLine, or Liberty Daily as a clickable link. Maybe a search engine like StartPage can locate the source of the post. Sorry, but I don't remember any more than that.

Posted by: Dr_No at May 21, 2026 10:39 AM (ayRl+)

156 And I'm not RC, but I think I know enough to comment that the church is not going to declare Mary "Just another mother,"
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Fen, didn't you start out RC? I got that impression from some of the comments you've made in the past.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 10:40 AM (77rzZ)

157 “New and improved” climate models are offered, but the ‘plausibility vacuum’ remains.

The disappearance of Global Warming proves how powerful this Global Cooling is!

Posted by: The IPCC at May 21, 2026 10:40 AM (i14TE)

158 I should have said 8-10 pts. GOP minimum as upstate is higher than that.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 10:40 AM (E4rtv)

159 Hail Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. Read her litany. Its lovely. Gate of Heaven. Morning Star. Tower of Ivory.

Posted by: Vivi at May 21, 2026 10:41 AM (jC0jb)

160 Naturally, instead of just admitting it was a load of crap, they now claim their previous heroic efforts are what really saved the planet.

---------

They did such a good job that they threw the entire planet into a looming ice age.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 21, 2026 10:41 AM (/aIhy)

161 I had this earlier in another thread but it may have been overlooked. Revolutinary soldiers reburied with military honors in NY State:

https://tinyurl.com/2j552b4f

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 10:42 AM (n3VHW)

162 So sunlight passes thru CO2 and then hit the ground.
The radiant sunlight at 1000X less than direct sunlight my the CO2 so excited it expands and contain even more heat.
And somehow the radiant heat finds those 400 CO2 molecule out of the 1 Billion other air molecules.

ok

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 10:42 AM (/+uur)

163 They did such a good job that they threw the entire planet into a looming ice age.
Posted by: Cicero

I thought it was the Pope's blessing of that chunk of ice that did that.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 10:43 AM (77rzZ)

164 But ultimately, scientists cited data and argued that the push towards renewable energies made that scenario less likely.

Those same studies claimed massive reductions in fossil fuel use were required to stop those projections.

Those reductions never happened. There was a decrease in the rate of increase of western nations, but China went balls to the wall on building coal plants.

And another point, occasionally there were moderates that argued we needed smaller reductions and the problems from GW while real where much smaller then claimed - every single one of these people were called lying liars being paid by Exxon by the Global Warmists.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 10:44 AM (sKqQm)

165 @ 162 So sunlight passes thru CO2 and then hit the ground.
The radiant sunlight at 1000X less than direct sunlight my the CO2 so excited it expands and contain even more heat.
And somehow the radiant heat finds those 400 CO2 molecule out of the 1 Billion other air molecules. ok
__________________________________

'Radiant heat' is just a LOT smarter than that 'NON-radiant' competitor heat. And it had a better marketing team also too.

Posted by: Dr_No at May 21, 2026 10:44 AM (ayRl+)

166 They broke the legs of the thieves so that they suffocated.
David wrote that they would be no brokens bones of the Lamb.
The soldier pierced Jesus with the spear to prove he was dead and could be buried before the High Sabbath.
Passover I believe.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 10:45 AM (/+uur)

167 Tallarico has a Canadian GF

hahahahaha

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 10:46 AM (/+uur)

168 Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 10:40 AM (77rzZ

I started out with no religious background, but attended Quaker meeting as a kid. I was baptized as an adult in my twenties into the RCC

And before the arguments and dismissals start , I have something else to do now.

Have a good day, everyone!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 10:46 AM (n3VHW)

169 That's nothing. Talarico's uncle works at Nintendo.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 10:47 AM (gKWVE)

170 How can they build the ballroom and delay building what's beneath it? Architecturally?
Posted by: gKWVE

My understanding is the underground is already built. It's just getting major upgrades.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 10:47 AM (gKquL)

171 I have found a video channel where they dress capybaras with tiny hawaiian shirts and I'm not sure why any other form of visual media is necessary now. This is the pinnacle. We're done.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 10:48 AM (3uBP9)

172 Whatever church 'doctrine' might be, I've always regarded Mary as a bringer and vessel of life and light on every level.

Posted by: JTB at May 21, 2026 10:48 AM (yTvNw)

173 There is a big difference in Catholic Doctrine between hyperdulia and latria.

Only the ignorant and the evil blur that distinction.

Posted by: Marcus T at May 21, 2026 10:48 AM (SOF+/)

174 His dad has an excellent tool box
hes a television repair man

GF name is Georgia Glass

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 10:48 AM (/+uur)

175 I have found a video channel where they dress capybaras with tiny hawaiian shirts and I'm not sure why any other form of visual media is necessary now. This is the pinnacle. We're done.

Are you aware we also have water skiing squirrels?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 10:49 AM (sKqQm)

176 To keep things in a (cough*cough) relatively 'normal' perspective, let us Reason Together and listen to the WhizDumb put forth by Mr Robert Zimmerman (a/k/a 'Bob Dylan') in 'Highway 61 Revisited' …

"Well, Mac the Finger said to Louie the King
I got ten thousand red, white, and blue shoe strings;
And ten thousand telephones that will not ring
Tell me, man, where I can get rid of these things."

And Louie the King said "Lemme think for a minute, son'
Then said "I think it can be easily done!
Just take EVERYTHING down to
Highway SIXTY-one!" …

(Louie was right, y' know … Hwy 61 has EVERYthing …

Posted by: Dr_No at May 21, 2026 10:50 AM (ayRl+)

177 The Ballroom is privately funded. It's the war room underneath that needs funding.
--
Under the well-established "Biden Precedent" Trump can take money from any other program and fund the basement.

And, realistically, there is--and will be--nothing the Senate Dems can do.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 10:50 AM (73/SM)

178 James Martin (SJ) calls Stephen Colbert "one of today's best Catholic evangelists".
James Martin is otherwise famous for founding Outreach, which aims to normalize LBGT in the Church.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 10:51 AM (gKWVE)

179 In F451 walls of living room are 1 giant screen of video.
Most shows are just a video of people doing nothing in THEIR video living room.
And people watch it for days on end.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 10:51 AM (/+uur)

180 I can think of something the Senators can do.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 10:51 AM (gKWVE)

181 Bow before us!

Posted by: Capybaras dressed in tiny hawaiian shirts at May 21, 2026 10:52 AM (2Ez/1)

182 But ultimately, scientists cited data and argued that the push towards renewable energies made that scenario less likely.
---
30+ years of their "computer" models.

And not one was accurate.

That's not science by scientists--that's proselyting by religious zealots.
Watchtower pamphlets have a better track record of predictions.

So now the thieving crooks are moving to "but our intent was good."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 10:53 AM (73/SM)

183 @ 180 I can think of something the Senators can do.
_____________________________

Welllllllll … !? Are you gonna keep that information to yourself?
Enquiring Minds 'n all that, y' know …

Posted by: Dr_No at May 21, 2026 10:54 AM (ayRl+)

184 Yesterday's House committee meeting on SPLC fraud revealed that it deemed the Roman Catholic Catechism as hate speech.

Posted by: Vivi at May 21, 2026 10:54 AM (jC0jb)

185 Yesterday's House committee meeting on SPLC fraud revealed that it deemed the Roman Catholic Catechism as hate speech.

Publicly stating Christian doctrine in EU or CA can get you jail time

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 10:55 AM (sKqQm)

186 So now the thieving crooks are moving to "but our intent was good."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 10:53 AM (73/SM)

CSL
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. They may be more likely to go to Heaven yet at the same time likelier to make a Hell of earth.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 10:55 AM (/+uur)

187 Morn' all... What's new ?

Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 10:56 AM (9fiuq)

188 184 Yesterday's House committee meeting on SPLC fraud revealed that it deemed the Roman Catholic Catechism as hate speech.
Posted by: Vivi at May 21, 2026 10:54 AM (jC0jb)

And people that attended School Board Meeting were criminals and seditionist.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 10:56 AM (/+uur)

189 You have to embiggen to see the wound. It's more of a scratch.

Posted by: Delurker at May 21, 2026 10:57 AM (gtcuf)

190 >>> Morn' all... What's new ?
Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 10:56 AM (9fiuq)

Capybaras dressed in tiny hawaiian shirts

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 10:58 AM (3uBP9)

191 Those shirts can't be too small. Capybaras are the largest living rodents.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 10:59 AM (77rzZ)

192 .
Noodus Rantus

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 21, 2026 11:00 AM (O7YUW)

193 But think about the climate change scam:

30+ years ago they trotted out their computer models.

Modeled on computers that'd be, maybe, a good cell phone today.

But, they demanded all of society be re-ordered, trillions of costs in regulations and laws, freedoms and rights curtailed, based on those models.

And, after 30 years of data and 30 years of computing power increases--with not one model confirmed:

They still stand by the original models.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 21, 2026 11:01 AM (73/SM)

194 "Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world.
Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith.
It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome."

Posted by: Winston Churchill at May 21, 2026 11:10 AM (2Ez/1)

195 You can tell he didn't use cheerleaders as models, since none of the elbows are pointy and it was the 16th century (but mostly from the lack of pointy elbows).

Posted by: SciVo at May 21, 2026 11:13 AM (Sy6m/)

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