Mid-Morning Art Thread

Terrace and Observation Deck at the Moulin de Blute-Fin, Montmartre
Vincent van Gogh

He painted this about one year after he arrived in Paris to live with his brother. His palette is evident, but this work is clearly different than his typical popular stuff.

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 01, 2026 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

2 Those lights are terrible.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 01, 2026 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

3 Off to lum....NOOD!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 01, 2026 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

4 The everything was gray that day, my friends.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 01, 2026 09:31 AM (JCZqz)

5 Never would identified this as a van Gogh.

Posted by: Tuna at June 01, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)

6 When you have all the talent in the world, but don't give a f*ck.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 01, 2026 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

7 No boobs.
No dog.
Not art.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 01, 2026 09:32 AM (Kt19C)

8 Ze straight lines, they are missing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood, in a French accent at June 01, 2026 09:33 AM (nRMcW)

9 I hope those long brown floaters to the left are boats.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 01, 2026 09:33 AM (gKWVE)

10 this is not a good Van Gogh effort

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 01, 2026 09:33 AM (j+aD2)

11 *keeps looking at the one tilted lamppost...

Posted by: man at June 01, 2026 09:33 AM (XuXeR)

12 Never would identified this as a van Gogh.
Posted by: Tuna at June 01, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)

He got to France, drank 4 bottles of wine, then painted this dreck.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 01, 2026 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

13 It looks like the weather here for the past several days, I wonder when the meteor will arrive.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 01, 2026 09:33 AM (0nHVk)

14 SUCK!!!!

Posted by: Rothko at June 01, 2026 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

15 New week. New month. Can we figure CBD's theme for the week?

Posted by: rickb223 at June 01, 2026 09:34 AM (YYKrY)

16 Alternate title:

"Van Gogh Still On Artistic Training Wheels"

Not great, Vinnie. Not great.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 01, 2026 09:34 AM (iJfKG)

17 A misty day, probably chilly but not quite descending into dreary (until the drizzle starts)

Posted by: RandomDave at June 01, 2026 09:34 AM (aJQbY)

18 New week. New month. Can we figure CBD's theme for the week?
Posted by: rickb223 at June 01, 2026 09:34 AM (YYKrY)

Artistic greats worst efforts?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 01, 2026 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

19 New week. New month. Can we figure CBD's theme for the week?
Posted by: rickb223

Lampposts?

Posted by: Tuna at June 01, 2026 09:35 AM (lJ0H4)

20 Wintry!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 01, 2026 09:35 AM (wzUl9)

21 The crooked lamppost are driving me crazy.
If I had this hanging on my wall I would want to straighten it.

Posted by: redridinghood at June 01, 2026 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

22 The fourth lamp post was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at June 01, 2026 09:36 AM (i7zAf)

23
New week. New month. Can we figure CBD's theme for the week?
Posted by: rickb223 at June 01, 2026 09:34 AM (YYKrY)

Street Lamps and Their Application in Modern Politics?

Did I guess right?

Posted by: naturalfake at June 01, 2026 09:36 AM (iJfKG)

24 Brave AI says here "Le Moulin de Blute-Fin is a historic 18th-century windmill located at 5 Hameau des Artistes, 75018 Paris".
So they're overlooking the 19th century Ville Lumière, not a (smelly) ocean.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 01, 2026 09:36 AM (gKWVE)

25 Van Gogh was evidently not a fan of Paris weather.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 01, 2026 09:36 AM (nRMcW)

26 He got to France, drank 4 bottles of wine, then painted this dreck.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 01, 2026

***
"It's midnight, and I got two more bottles of wine. . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 01, 2026 09:36 AM (wzUl9)

27 Is this on some heights in Paris? Otherwise, it appears they're looking out on the ocean.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 01, 2026 09:37 AM (XvL8K)

28 Cold and gray, but I like it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 01, 2026 09:37 AM (bFu5X)

29 No boobs.

Not art.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 01, 2026 09:32 AM (Kt19C)

You asked for it.........

https://tinyurl.com/59e5kurb

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 01, 2026 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)

30 Is this on some heights in Paris? Otherwise, it appears they're looking out on the ocean.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 01, 2026 09:37 AM (XvL8K)

Yup. It's in the north of Paris, near Sacre Coeur. It's a big hill, and has good views of the rest of the city.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 01, 2026 09:38 AM (iERP6)

31 21 The crooked lamppost are driving me crazy.
If I had this hanging on my wall I would want to straighten it.
Posted by: redridinghood

Paris is a Lefty metro...I'm not surprised the infrastructure is collapsing and in disrepair.

I'm more concerned that the top of the first light isn't aligned with the pole. Like, how is the gas supposed to flow up?

Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 01, 2026 09:38 AM (JCZqz)

32 The observation deck is the only solid looking thing in the painting.

Posted by: davidt at June 01, 2026 09:38 AM (Q+gd/)

33 Street Lamps and Their Application in Modern Politics?

Did I guess right?
Posted by: naturalfake

*snort
I have no clue.
Last week was CBD at the Dallas Museum of Art.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 01, 2026 09:38 AM (YYKrY)

34 Did I guess right?

Posted by: naturalfake at June 01, 2026 09:36 AM (iJfKG)

Yes!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 01, 2026 09:39 AM (iERP6)

35 Even the street lights are drunk.

Posted by: fd at June 01, 2026 09:39 AM (EwdFC)

36 Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ear!

Posted by: Axeman at June 01, 2026 09:40 AM (Fi81e)

37 Nice colors but I’ve never been a VVG fan. Dude was batshit crazy but that’s probably what got him so famous. Maybe.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 01, 2026 09:40 AM (1PAVJ)

38 Very lampy.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 01, 2026 09:40 AM (TZz9Q)

39
Montmartre

https://youtu.be/eWbzrBXxm7

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 01, 2026 09:40 AM (O0L8i)

40 It's fine? Knowing what he can do, it's not as exciting.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 01, 2026 09:40 AM (X8xt3)

41 Is this on some heights in Paris? Otherwise, it appears they're looking out on the ocean.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Seelow Heights.
Wait. That was Berlin, not Paris.
No clue.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 01, 2026 09:40 AM (YYKrY)

42 Ugh.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 01, 2026 09:41 AM (cWLG3)

43 The expensively dressed couple lords it over the peons by having their own personal observation deck.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 01, 2026 09:43 AM (TZz9Q)

44 Thanks for pointing out this was one of his early paintings. It explains a lot. It's more linear and less colorful than his better known works but you can see where his signature brush strokes began, especially in the people and wood grain.

Not something I would hang but interesting as an example of his development.

Posted by: JTB at June 01, 2026 09:44 AM (yTvNw)

45 Looks cold there.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 01, 2026 09:44 AM (3uBP9)

46
*sings*

All the streets have snow
And the sky is gray
If I was in Nome
It would look the same
Still here I am in Paris
Hungry as can be
Can't find a niceham sandwich
For Mama Cass or me
...

Posted by: Zombie Mamas and Papas Go to Paris at June 01, 2026 09:44 AM (iJfKG)

47 Ugh.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

Sounds more German than French.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 01, 2026 09:44 AM (ndZc7)

48 The VIP Viewing Package includes a complimentary T-shirt, a lanyard, and a sweeping view of the porn shops in Pigalle.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 01, 2026 09:45 AM (6/7Fs)

49 The trees? are scraggly but the ground covering is verdant. Early Spring?

Posted by: banana Dream at June 01, 2026 09:45 AM (3uBP9)

50 First lamppost is pretty good. Also the way it captures the misty sea side...

However, most of it is muddy.

I can and have painted this muddily. Never felt that great about it.

Posted by: Axeman at June 01, 2026 09:45 AM (Fi81e)

51 Ugh.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

Sounds more German than French.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 01, 2026 09:44 AM (ndZc7)
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Could be Alsatian.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 01, 2026 09:45 AM (TZz9Q)

52 An early Van Gogh? Vincent VG, the sane years.

Posted by: Rex B at June 01, 2026 09:46 AM (rgnea)

53 Yup. It's in the north of Paris, near Sacre Coeur. It's a big hill, and has good views of the rest of the city.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 01, 2026 09:38 AM (iERP6)

Since I've never been to Paris, I'm assuming this is a popular tourist spot near Notre Dame.

Posted by: dantesed at June 01, 2026 09:47 AM (Oy/m2)

54 Yup. It's in the north of Paris, near Sacre Coeur. It's a big hill, and has good views of the rest of the city.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
___________

Dig. Here's a pic of an artillery park up there at the end of the Franco-Prussian War.

https://tinyurl.com/mry7v5cy

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 01, 2026 09:47 AM (XvL8K)

55 Very different from what I expect from Van Gogh. I'd think this was Renoir or Monet.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 01, 2026 09:47 AM (CHHv1)

56 He's got a bit escher going on with the support columns for the deck. Definitely not hiring van Gogh as my contractor.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 01, 2026 09:48 AM (3uBP9)

57 Observe the fog.

Posted by: huerfano at June 01, 2026 09:49 AM (VJX5o)

58
An early Van Gogh? Vincent VG, the sane years.
Posted by: Rex B at June 01, 2026 09:46 AM (rgnea)

INSANITY

A Cure For the Unbearable Mediocrity of Reality

Posted by: naturalfake at June 01, 2026 09:49 AM (iJfKG)

59 The observation deck is the only solid looking thing in the painting.
Posted by: davidt at June 01, 2026 09:38 AM (Q+gd/)

I was expecting a gallows. Is disappoint.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 01, 2026 09:49 AM (4VLcE)

60 He's got a bit escher going on with the support columns for the deck. Definitely not hiring van Gogh as my contractor.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 01, 2026 09:48 AM (3uBP9)

Why not? He'll lend you his ear.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 01, 2026 09:49 AM (Zz0t1)

61 Dude in yellow is THE proto-punk.

Posted by: Axeman at June 01, 2026 09:49 AM (Fi81e)

62 Quelle bummer.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 01, 2026 09:50 AM (RIvkX)

63 I can't do a Van Gogh limerick because various readers have so many different opinions on how his name is pronounced that there's no consensus on whether the joke is funny.

Posted by: muldoon at June 01, 2026 09:50 AM (qgHp7)

64 Observe the fag.

Posted by: huerfano at June 01, 2026 09:49 AM (VJX5o)

Corrected for France.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 01, 2026 09:50 AM (Zz0t1)

65 The lady in the shawl is probably one of the most impressive impressions.

Posted by: Axeman at June 01, 2026 09:51 AM (Fi81e)

66 56 He's got a bit escher going on with the support columns for the deck. Definitely not hiring van Gogh as my contractor.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 01, 2026 09:48 AM (3uBP9)
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The deck looks like it could be used for runoff during flooding.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 01, 2026 09:51 AM (cWLG3)

67 I can't do a Van Gogh limerick because various readers have so many different opinions on how his name is pronounced that there's no consensus on whether the joke is funny.

Posted by: muldoon at June 01, 2026 09:50 AM (qgHp7)
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You could do stuff with the "Van gock" pronunciation.

Posted by: Axeman at June 01, 2026 09:52 AM (Fi81e)

68 Maybe those aren't scraggly trees. They kind of look like support trellises for something that's dormant.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 01, 2026 09:52 AM (3uBP9)

69 Since I've never been to Paris, I'm assuming this is a popular tourist spot near Notre Dame.

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They're in the same city. Is that "near"?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 01, 2026 09:52 AM (6/7Fs)

70 Dude in yellow is THE proto-punk.
Posted by: Axeman at June 01, 2026 09:49 AM (Fi81e)

"The Frenchman in Yellow" is Robert W. Chambers worst short story.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 01, 2026 09:52 AM (iJfKG)

71 Alternate Title:

Terrace Viewer's Way Off

Posted by: muldoon at June 01, 2026 09:53 AM (qgHp7)

72 Never saw this one before. Definitely odd by Van Gogh standards. Thx for showing me something new CBD
Would hang

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 01, 2026 09:53 AM (xDmZM)

73 >>> Dude in yellow is THE proto-punk.
Posted by: Axeman at June 01, 2026 09:49 AM (Fi81e)

Maybe that's The King in Yellow.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 01, 2026 09:54 AM (3uBP9)

74 Best we can do is $50.

Posted by: Pawn Stars at June 01, 2026 09:54 AM (cWLG3)

75 Alternate Title:

Terrace Viewer's Way Off
Posted by: muldoon at June 01, 2026 09:53 AM (qgHp7)

Heh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 01, 2026 09:54 AM (Zz0t1)

76
Maybe that's The King in Yellow.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 01, 2026 09:54 AM (3uBP9)

The King is a fink!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 01, 2026 09:55 AM (Zz0t1)

77 I can't do a Van Gogh limerick because various readers have so many different opinions on how his name is pronounced that there's no consensus on whether the joke is funny.
Posted by: muldoon at June 01, 2026 09:50 AM (qgHp7)
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It seems rather rough
On Vincent van Guff
When folks in the know
Call him Vincent van Go
For unless I'm way off
He was Vincent van Gogh.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 01, 2026 09:55 AM (TZz9Q)

78 Could the detail on the lower left as to what seems to be a "backing structure" give credence to the idea that perhaps the light poles had some lean to them?

Posted by: Axeman at June 01, 2026 09:56 AM (Fi81e)

79 I can't do a Van Gogh limerick because various readers have so many different opinions on how his name is pronounced that there's no consensus on whether the joke is funny.
Posted by: muldoon at June 01, 2026 09:50 AM (qgHp7)
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One proper pronunciation and many improper ones.

English speakers should be able to say it properly. Like me.

Posted by: Maria Conchita Alonso at June 01, 2026 09:56 AM (RIvkX)

80 Since I've never been to Paris, I'm assuming this is a popular tourist spot near Notre Dame.

You should visit it soon, if you're interested, because it will soon be rededicated as the Notre Allah Mosque and Snackbar.

Posted by: Muhammed Muhammad Mohammed at June 01, 2026 09:56 AM (JCZqz)

81 63 I can't do a Van Gogh limerick because various readers have so many different opinions on how his name is pronounced that there's no consensus on whether the joke is funny.
Posted by: muldoon at June 01, 2026 09:50 AM (qgHp7)
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I think someone should ask Eva Vlaardingerbroek what the correct pronunciation is.

Posted by: Pawn Stars at June 01, 2026 09:57 AM (cWLG3)

82 It's easy to grin
When your ship comes in
And you've got the stock market beat.

But a man worth while
Is the man who can smile
When his pants are too tight in the seat!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 01, 2026 09:57 AM (Zz0t1)

83 Maybe those aren't scraggly trees. They kind of look like support trellises for something that's dormant.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 01, 2026 09:52 AM (3uBP9)
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Might be trellised vines like wisteria.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 01, 2026 09:57 AM (TZz9Q)

84 /sock

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 01, 2026 09:58 AM (cWLG3)

85
English speakers should be able to say it properly. Like me.
Posted by: Maria Conchita Alonso at June 01, 2026 09:56 AM (RIvkX)

LULULULULU!!!!

*explodes*

Posted by: British Citizen at June 01, 2026 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)

86 Bon Voyage!

Posted by: Patriotic French people on the observation deck watching migrants heading to England at June 01, 2026 09:59 AM (JCZqz)

87 Dude in yellow is THE proto-punk.
Posted by: Axeman at June 01, 2026 09:49 AM (Fi81e)

Maybe that's The King in Yellow.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 01, 2026 09:54 AM (3uBP9)
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Then VVG failed to capture the tatters.

Posted by: Axeman at June 01, 2026 09:59 AM (Fi81e)

88 I think someone should ask Eva Vlaardingerbroek what the correct pronunciation is.

Posted by: Pawn Stars at June 01, 2026 09:57 AM (cWLG3)

Is it anything like "show us your tits?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 01, 2026 10:00 AM (Zz0t1)

89 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at June 01, 2026 10:00 AM (R11M+)

90 He was Vincent van Gogh.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

Turn your head and Gogh.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 01, 2026 10:00 AM (ndZc7)

91 Brave AI says here "Le Moulin de Blute-Fin is a historic 18th-century windmill located at 5 Hameau des Artistes, 75018 Paris".
So they're overlooking the 19th century Ville Lumière, not a (smelly) ocean.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 01, 2026 09:36 AM (gKWVE)

It's at 48.8876184 degrees latitude. Between Seattle and Vancouver.

Posted by: Changes in Latitude at June 01, 2026 10:00 AM (wVcYX)

92 It seems that Van Gogh may have overlooked something important.

Posted by: muldoon at June 01, 2026 10:01 AM (qgHp7)

93 It seems that Van Gogh may have overlooked something important.
Posted by: muldoon at June 01, 2026 10:01 AM (qgHp7)

His talent?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 01, 2026 10:01 AM (Zz0t1)

94
Calling him Vincent Van Go
Makes you sound like a terrible schmo
Calling him Vincent Van Gock
Makes it sound like you enjoy eating cock
Those in the know call him Crazy No-Ear Joe!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 01, 2026 10:02 AM (iJfKG)

95 It seems that Van Gogh may have overlooked something important.
Posted by: muldoon at June 01, 2026 10:01 AM (qgHp7)
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Something new has been added!

Posted by: zombie Jerry Colonna at June 01, 2026 10:02 AM (TZz9Q)

96 You cannot speak Dutch if you're unwilling to hock a loogie.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 01, 2026 10:02 AM (RIvkX)

97 Vinnie One-Ear.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 01, 2026 10:03 AM (TZz9Q)

98 It seems that Van Gogh may have overlooked something important.

Posted by: muldoon at June 01, 2026 10:01 AM (qgHp7)
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* nods head *

Aliens.

Posted by: Axeman at June 01, 2026 10:03 AM (Fi81e)

99 Smoke obscuring the view because Paris is burning again?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2026 10:03 AM (2GVsD)

100 Others from the same time and place:

Wikipedia
https://n20.me/?r=thcN2E

Trying a new url shortener. is.gd didn't work and all the rest are trying to get me to sign up and log in.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 01, 2026 10:03 AM (3uBP9)

101 Vinny was holding it together the day he painted this.

Posted by: From about That Time at June 01, 2026 10:04 AM (sl73Y)

102 Good lamppost density here. Promising.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 01, 2026 10:04 AM (BI5O2)

103 3 I can't do a Van Gogh limerick because various readers have so many different opinions on how his name is pronounced that there's no consensus on whether the joke is funny.
Posted by: muldoon at June 01, 2026

***
In the 1966 movie How to Steal a Million, Audrey Hepburn, Peter O'Toole, and other actors all pronounce it as "Van Gokh." They are supposed to be in Paris, and Audrey's character and her father (actor Hugh Griffith) are French. But O'Toole's cat burglar is English or Irish, and he uses that pronunciation. When in France, I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 01, 2026 10:04 AM (wzUl9)

104 Kali's mother found in the Andronovo culture:

tinyurl.com/ymszuayp
Excavations revealed 21 burials. One discovery, however, stood out from the rest — a woman buried at the center of the cemetery. According to Kurguzkin, most members of the Andronovo culture were relatively short, averaging around 130–140 centimeters in height. Based on skeletal remains, however, this woman may have stood nearly two meters tall.

As for art, Mikhail Gerasimov has drawn a portrait of this 6'5"-ette. But the article doesn't show it! He must be posting that on OnlyFans or Patreon (which is what I might do).

Posted by: gKWVE at June 01, 2026 10:05 AM (gKWVE)

105 Willowed from the Tech Thread and very cool. When I'm at the desktop I'll look up more of this guy's stuff. It's AI, obviously, but a good use of AI.

I think Pixy would appreciate this. Imagine the last few month's events was a circa 2000 anime...

https://youtu.be/i6Epuqc6Ikw?si=O46ZOk0KfeV7CTav
Posted by: RandomString at June 01, 2026 07:30 AM (Ji9WQ)

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 01, 2026 10:06 AM (lFFaq)

106 98 It seems that Van Gogh may have overlooked something important.

Posted by: muldoon at June 01, 2026 10:01 AM (qgHp7)
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* nods head *

Aliens.
Posted by: Axeman at June 01, 2026 10:03 AM (Fi81e)
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I'm not saying it's aliens, but pretty sure it's aliens.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 01, 2026 10:07 AM (cWLG3)

107 Irony Alert: British surgeon has medical license revoked for amputating [his own] legs to fulfill sexual fetish 🤔

https://tinyurl.com/5btvx66k

-
My pizza pizzaphilia doesn't seem so bad now, does it?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 01, 2026 10:08 AM (ndZc7)

108 It seems that Van Gogh may have overlooked something important.

Posted by: muldoon at June 01, 2026 10:01 AM (qgHp7)
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* nods head *

Aliens.
Posted by: Axeman at June 01, 2026 10:03 AM (Fi81e)
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I'm not saying it's aliens, but pretty sure it's aliens.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 01, 2026 10:07 AM (cWLG3)
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Come to think of it, anybody in that picture could be an alien.

It's just he forgot the landing craft.

Posted by: Axeman at June 01, 2026 10:09 AM (Fi81e)

109 106 98 It seems that Van Gogh may have overlooked something important.
Posted by: muldoon
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* nods head *
Aliens.
Posted by: Axeman
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I'm not saying it's aliens, but pretty sure it's aliens.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

Let's not be too hasty. I believe Cthulu and the others are aliens, and the geometries of this painting are definitely non-Euclidean...maybe Van Gogh is trying to tell us something...

Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 01, 2026 10:10 AM (JCZqz)

110 The tragic romance of a high overlook luring young couples to pledge their eternal love by plunging over the edge to their deaths has become blunted since OSHA-mandated safety features have been installed

Boing - a limerick

The young couple took a last lunge
Arm and arm o'er the edge they did plunge
But what was once a big deal
Has lost its appeal
Since the owners installed the big sponge

Posted by: muldoon at June 01, 2026 10:10 AM (qgHp7)

111 Irony Alert: British surgeon has medical license revoked for amputating [his own] legs to fulfill sexual fetish 🤔

Rookie mistake. You identify as trans-ableist to support your secret sexual fetish!

Posted by: Transtifa at June 01, 2026 10:11 AM (JCZqz)

112 I have never seen that painting before. Very nice, I will have to show it to FenSpouse. He is a big Van Gogh fan, so perhaps he's seen it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 01, 2026 10:12 AM (PFs9e)

113 It seems that Van Gogh may have overlooked something important.
Posted by: muldoon
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* nods head *
Aliens.
Posted by: Axeman
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I'm not saying it's aliens, but pretty sure it's aliens.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

Let's not be too hasty. I believe Cthulu and the others are aliens, and the geometries of this painting are definitely non-Euclidean...maybe Van Gogh is trying to tell us something...
Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 01, 2026 10:10 AM (JCZqz)
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Each lamppost is increasingly slightly bent toward R'lyeh.

Posted by: Axeman at June 01, 2026 10:12 AM (Fi81e)

114 I find it ironic that lovers would enter into a suicide pact to show their undying love.

Posted by: muldoon at June 01, 2026 10:12 AM (qgHp7)

115 Dear Vincent. Do your ear lobes hang low
Or do they wobble to and fro?

Posted by: Ask Vincent Column, Paris Times at June 01, 2026 10:13 AM (rgnea)

116 “Take my heart to Mad Montmartre… or buy me the Rivoli.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 01, 2026 10:13 AM (kYmoU)

117 Since the owners installed the big sponge

Posted by: muldoon at June 01, 2026 10:10 AM (qgHp7)

#Winning

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 01, 2026 10:13 AM (Zz0t1)

118 I find it ironic that lovers would enter into a suicide pact to show their undying love.

Posted by: muldoon at June 01, 2026 10:12 AM (qgHp7)
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Probably some people who think Romeo and Juliet is "romantic".

Posted by: Axeman at June 01, 2026 10:14 AM (Fi81e)

119 I've never understood the 'lets burn everything down' as a form of celebration for a sports championship.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 01, 2026 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)

120 "quadransmillennial"

Somewhere there is a Leftist who identifies as such.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2026 10:15 AM (2GVsD)

121 Probably some people who think Romeo and Juliet is "romantic".
Posted by: Axeman at June 01, 2026 10:14 AM (Fi81e)
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Teenagers need responsible adult supervision.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 01, 2026 10:15 AM (TZz9Q)

122 107 Irony Alert: British surgeon has medical license revoked for amputating [his own] legs to fulfill sexual fetish 🤔
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His post-nut clarity is gonna be brutal

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at June 01, 2026 10:15 AM (0bjKf)

123 “Take my heart to Mad Montmartre… or buy me the Rivoli.”
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 01, 2026 10:13 AM (kYmoU)

Never mind, I misread that.

Posted by: Chef Boyardee at June 01, 2026 10:16 AM (wVcYX)

124 I've never understood the 'lets burn everything down' as a form of celebration for a sports championship.

It's a low-IQ thing. I half expected the footage out of Paris to involve smoke detector "change the battery" beeps.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 01, 2026 10:16 AM (2ocoG)

125 I'm assuming this is a popular tourist spot near Notre Dame.

Posted by: dantesed at June 01, 2026 09:47 AM (Oy/m2)

Far from Notre Dame. This is in the northwest of Paris, and Notre Dame is on an island in the river, a bit east of the center of Paris.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 01, 2026 10:17 AM (iERP6)

126 Speaking of low IQ things

That Paris art heist, what became of it?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2026 10:17 AM (2GVsD)

127 Calling him Vincent Van Gock
Makes it sound like you enjoy eating cock

Posted by: naturalfake

*********

Parisian rent boys pronounce it that way when they have a frog in their throat.

Posted by: muldoon at June 01, 2026 10:17 AM (qgHp7)

128 You know who else wanted to hear of Paris burning and made repeated inquiries?

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 01, 2026 10:18 AM (wVcYX)

129 That Paris art heist, what became of it?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2026 10:17 AM (2GVsD)

The head of security got fired because she was incompetent.......other than that, no clue.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 01, 2026 10:18 AM (Zz0t1)

130 You know who else wanted to hear of Paris burning and made repeated inquiries?
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 01, 2026 10:18 AM (wVcYX)

Dokken.

https://youtu.be/illZ9YaPprY

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 01, 2026 10:19 AM (Zz0t1)

131 I'm no art expert, but this kinda sucks.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at June 01, 2026 10:20 AM (y2f7I)

132 That Paris art heist, what became of it?

Probably the same thing that's going to happen with this CIA gold bar heist - splashy early news and arrests and then everything locks down.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 01, 2026 10:21 AM (2ocoG)

133 I just don't understand how this frigging guy got famous. Kids paint like this.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 01, 2026 10:21 AM (snZF9)

134 "I'm no art expert, but this kinda sucks.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent"

Threadwinner!

Posted by: fd at June 01, 2026 10:22 AM (Ignfn)

135 I'm no art expert, but this kinda sucks.

It’s gonna be cold, it’s gonna be gray, and it’s going to last your for the rest of your life.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 01, 2026 10:22 AM (kYmoU)

136 The sad tale of Vincent Van Gogh
Whose sanity's easy to mock.
In unbelievable fashion
He painted with passion
But it's not true he'd paint with his cock.

Posted by: Axeman at June 01, 2026 10:22 AM (Fi81e)

137 I just don't understand how this frigging guy got famous. Kids paint like this.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 01, 2026 10:21 AM (snZF9)

He's got some quality stuff out there, but I've always thought his most famous works kinda blow.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 01, 2026 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)

138 133 I just don't understand how this frigging guy got famous. Kids paint like this.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Sure, but he was the first to do it. The kids afterwards are just aping his style!

Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 01, 2026 10:24 AM (JCZqz)

139 Art Institute Chicago: Terrace and Observation Deck at the Moulin de Blute-Fin, MontmartreDate:
Early 1887

Artist:
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890)

About this artwork
This painting dates from the winter of 1887, roughly a year after Vincent van Gogh arrived in Paris to join his brother, the art dealer Theo van Gogh. It is one of a group of landscapes featuring the Butte Montmartre, a short climb from the apartment on the rue Lepic where Vincent and Theo lived. Montmartre was dotted with reminders of its quickly receding rural past—abandoned quarries, kitchen gardens, and three surviving windmills, including the Moulin de Blute-Fin. The nonfunctional mill had become a tourist attraction, affording spectacular panoramic views over Paris from the observation tower erected beside it.

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The painting is peaceful but elementary, lacking any of the panoramic view reported to be present.

Never saw this early van Gogh before, so it's interesting because it is so different from later drawings & paintings.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 01, 2026 10:24 AM (NFX2v)

140 That Paris art heist, what became of it?
Posted by: Anna Puma

********

The police are still canvassing the neighborhood.

Posted by: muldoon at June 01, 2026 10:26 AM (qgHp7)

141
The police are still canvassing the neighborhood.
Posted by: muldoon at June 01, 2026 10:26 AM (qgHp7)

Keeping their ear to the ground.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 01, 2026 10:26 AM (Zz0t1)

142 No; I don't think a kid- unless he was quite an accomplished artist- could paint shadows like that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 01, 2026 10:26 AM (Nx5jP)

143 Never saw this early van Gogh before, so it's interesting because it is so different from later drawings & paintings.

Thanks.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 01, 2026 10:24 AM

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is worth a visit. There's so much of his work that you wouldn't think of as his.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 01, 2026 10:26 AM (bFu5X)

144 Different, but still recognizable.

Posted by: LASue at June 01, 2026 10:27 AM (lCppi)

145 Keeping their ear to the ground.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 01, 2026 10:26 AM

What?!

- V. Van Gogh

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 01, 2026 10:27 AM (bFu5X)

146 I don't believe this is a Van Gogh. There is no documentation since he wrote no letter to his brother about it. You are correct it looks nothing like his works.

Posted by: polynikes at June 01, 2026 10:28 AM (WNOcj)

147 Vincent Van Gogh was very blessed to have his compassionate and generous brother, Theo, in his life.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 01, 2026 10:28 AM (Nx5jP)

148 He's got some quality stuff out there, but I've always thought his most famous works kinda blow.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 01, 2026 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)

yeah I can't figure it out. You see some artists on the art thread that have paintings that are so good they look like pictures. Then you got some of the renaissance era painters that are just off the charts. I look at this shit above and scratch my head.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 01, 2026 10:28 AM (snZF9)

149 The Van Gogh Experience (ITIWC) was something to behold.

Made me like more of his work.

Posted by: Axeman at June 01, 2026 10:28 AM (Fi81e)

150 That Paris art heist, what became of it?
Posted by: Anna Puma

********

The police are still canvassing the neighborhood.
Posted by: muldoon at June 01, 2026 10:26 AM (qgHp7)

*golf clap*

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 01, 2026 10:28 AM (wVcYX)

151 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 01, 2026 10:26 AM (bFu5X)

Yes; Wonderful museum.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 01, 2026 10:29 AM (Nx5jP)

152 There is no documentation since he wrote no letter to his brother about it. You are correct it looks nothing like his works.

Posted by: polynikes at June 01, 2026 10:28 AM (WNOcj)

He was living in Paris with his brother. Why would he have written a letter?

And I didn't say that it looks "nothing like" his other work. I said it was different.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 01, 2026 10:29 AM (iERP6)

153 The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is worth a visit. There's so much of his work that you wouldn't think of as his.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 01, 2026 10:26 AM (bFu5X)

Correct but they didn't look anything like this which appears childish.

Posted by: polynikes at June 01, 2026 10:30 AM (WNOcj)

154 I've never understood the 'lets burn everything down' as a form of celebration for a sports championship.

—

It’s thugs who want to burn shit down and cause mayhem. Sportsball is a convenient excuse.

Posted by: Heroq at June 01, 2026 10:30 AM (Tpp9k)

155 Morning folks. Early van Gogh is not best van Gogh but it's one I hadn't seen. Generic is the first word that comes to mind.

Thanks, CBD.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 01, 2026 10:30 AM (OsdBI)

156
It’s thugs who want to burn shit down and cause mayhem. Sportsball is a convenient excuse.
Posted by: Heroq at June 01, 2026 10:30 AM (Tpp9k)

SPORTSBRA!!!!

Go boobs!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 01, 2026 10:30 AM (Zz0t1)

157 Probably the same thing that's going to happen with this CIA gold bar heist - splashy early news and arrests and then everything locks down.

Until people start to ask, hey, why does the CIA have gold bars to hand out and where did they get them?

Posted by: The First Fort Knox Audit since 1953 at June 01, 2026 10:31 AM (iFEms)

158 304 gold bars I think it was.

Melt it and pour over the guy.

Make him an object lesson.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2026 10:31 AM (2GVsD)

159 It’s thugs who want to burn shit down and cause mayhem. Sportsball is a convenient excuse.

Yup. That was verified when the 13%ers kicked it off, but there were also pockets of Aloha Snackbar.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 01, 2026 10:31 AM (2ocoG)

160 He was willing to do the surgery but he told me it would cost a leg and a leg.

Posted by: muldoon at June 01, 2026 10:32 AM (qgHp7)

161 I am getting sick and tired of all the daily stories of Iran jerking us around.
Hormuz is open; Hormuz is closed.
Deal is on; deal is off.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 01, 2026 10:32 AM (73/SM)

162 I look at this shit above and scratch my head.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 01, 2026 10:28 AM (snZF9)

It's the air in NJ that is rotting your brain.

Wait...what?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 01, 2026 10:32 AM (iERP6)

163 SPORTSBRA!!!!

Go boobs!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 01, 2026 10:30 AM (Zz0t1)

What do we want?

BOOBS!

When do we want them?

ALL THE TIME!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 01, 2026 10:32 AM (dK+Kv)

164 A Moron war cry if I ever heard of one - "Bewbs Uber Alles!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2026 10:32 AM (2GVsD)

165 Cut off your ear. The WSJ says that Republicans will lose the House and most likely the senate too.

Lol.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 01, 2026 10:32 AM (2YuLm)

166 It’s thugs who want to burn shit down and cause mayhem
Posted by: Heroq at June 01, 2026 10:30 AM (Tpp9k)

I had nothing to do with it.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 01, 2026 10:33 AM (OsdBI)

167 >>The Van Gogh Experience (ITIWC) was something to behold.

Made me like more of his work.

Thanks! That just opened in my city and was considering it.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 01, 2026 10:33 AM (X8xt3)

168 Until people start to ask, hey, why does the CIA have gold bars to hand out and where did they get them?

I like the part where the guy's entire background was fictious and he failed the CIA background check twice, but abruptly was allowed a senior position. I'm going to assume some kind of Deep State/anti-Trump fuckery.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 01, 2026 10:33 AM (2ocoG)

169 143. The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is worth a visit. There's so much of his work that you wouldn't think of as his.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Would love to but it's not likely to happen. However, thanks to your comment, I'm looking online and can pickup some of the Exhibitions now on view, those upcoming, and past.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 01, 2026 10:33 AM (NFX2v)

170 He was living in Paris with his brother. Why would he have written a letter?

And I didn't say that it looks "nothing like" his other work. I said it was different.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 01, 2026 10:29 AM (iERP6)

I said it look nothing like his work. And the point was he wouldn't have written a letter and so no documentation which is how we know for sure on other works. You're too defensive. I wasn't even thinking about you.

Posted by: polynikes at June 01, 2026 10:33 AM (WNOcj)

171 168 Until people start to ask, hey, why does the CIA have gold bars to hand out and where did they get them?

I like the part where the guy's entire background was fictious and he failed the CIA background check twice, but abruptly was allowed a senior position. I'm going to assume some kind of Deep State/anti-Trump fuckery.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 01, 2026 10:33 AM (2ocoG)

=====

Pardon me.

I have to write a completely new CV to submit to the CIA.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 01, 2026 10:34 AM (7RBt4)

172 I am getting sick and tired of all the daily stories of Iran jerking us around.
Hormuz is open; Hormuz is closed.
Deal is on; deal is off.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 01, 2026 10:32 AM (73/SM)
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Well, there are 2 things you can know for sure.

1. If it never ends, it's all Trump's fault.
2. If they sign the deal and follow through ....

TACO.

Posted by: Axeman at June 01, 2026 10:34 AM (Fi81e)

173 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. First comment that registered is SPORTSBRA. Gotta love this place.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 01, 2026 10:34 AM (2WIwB)

174 Irony Alert: British surgeon has medical license revoked for amputating [his own] legs to fulfill sexual fetish 🤔
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His post-nut clarity is gonna be brutal

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at June 01, 2026 10:15 AM (0bjKf)

He wasn't hurting anyone.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 01, 2026 10:34 AM (dK+Kv)

175 Melt it and pour over the guy.

Make him an object lesson.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2026 10:31 AM (2GVsD)
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That really frickin' stings, you know.

Posted by: Viserys Targaryen at June 01, 2026 10:34 AM (TZz9Q)

176 Ian

One of Gaylord's 'friends' perhaps the CIA dude was.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2026 10:34 AM (2GVsD)

177 No; I don't think a kid- unless he was quite an accomplished artist- could paint shadows like that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 01, 2026 10:26 AM (Nx5jP)

I grew up with some. Kids that left the womb with a brush in their hand. Scary good.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 01, 2026 10:35 AM (snZF9)

178 I am getting sick and tired of all the daily stories of Iran jerking us around.
Hormuz is open; Hormuz is closed.
Deal is on; deal is off.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 01, 2026 10:32 AM (73/SM)
=====

Don't worry, the NVA will never dare cross the 17th parallel.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 01, 2026 10:35 AM (RIvkX)

179 >>Until people start to ask, hey, why does the CIA have gold bars to hand out and where did they get them?
Posted by: The First Fort Knox Audit since 1953

Heh.
I was thinking USAID, indirectly. US gives money to some 3rd world dictator and he gives back gold as a tip.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 01, 2026 10:35 AM (X8xt3)

180 Goldmember IRL?

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 01, 2026 10:36 AM (wVcYX)

181 Speaking of gold, is Sen. Menendez serving time in prison?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2026 10:36 AM (2GVsD)

182 I like the part where the guy's entire background was fictious and he failed the CIA background check twice, but abruptly was allowed a senior position. I'm going to assume some kind of Deep State/anti-Trump fuckery.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 01, 2026 10:33 AM (2ocoG)

Missed that update. All I saw was the initial headline. Whoever approved him needs to be investigated as well. Who knows how many other looters and parasites they let into the system.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 01, 2026 10:36 AM (lFFaq)

183 I am getting sick and tired of all the daily stories of Iran jerking us around.
Hormuz is open; Hormuz is closed.
Deal is on; deal is off.

Same. I know making deals is literally Trump's personal brand, but I think he needs to cut bait and go back to "bomb everyone who claims to be in charge until nobody does" plan, that was working.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 01, 2026 10:36 AM (2ocoG)

184 Melt it and pour over the guy.
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Ah the Viserys crown.

Posted by: Axeman at June 01, 2026 10:37 AM (Fi81e)

185 The police are still canvassing the neighborhood.
Posted by: muldoon

They're still establishing the exact vanishing point.

Posted by: Rex B at June 01, 2026 10:37 AM (rgnea)

186 >>I like the part where the guy's entire background was fictious and he failed the CIA background check twice, but abruptly was allowed a senior position. I'm going to assume some kind of Deep State/anti-Trump fuckery.

Yeah, that doesn't just "happen." True identity the CIA wants to hide.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 01, 2026 10:37 AM (X8xt3)

187 Fake identity?

CIA had a pet Serbian war criminal on the payroll?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2026 10:38 AM (2GVsD)

188 He must be a double secret double naught agent!

Posted by: Jethro at June 01, 2026 10:38 AM (wVcYX)

189 My daughter is like that. She did a painting in 6th grade that could have been mistaken for a van Gogh. She won multiple art awards throughout high school.

She's in college now, studying to be an attorney.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 01, 2026 10:39 AM (OsdBI)

190 I was thinking USAID, indirectly. US gives money to some 3rd world dictator and he gives back gold as a tip.

Speaking of, with USAID dead the "hard right" president won in Columbia. He's already saying he's going to go full Bukele: build a CECOT, arrest all the gangs/cartels, and also arrest the leftist judges and journalists. I'll be in my bunk.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 01, 2026 10:39 AM (2ocoG)

191 CIA had a pet Serbian war criminal on the payroll?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2026 10:38 AM (2GVsD)

Why do I think it probably wouldn't be the first time?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 01, 2026 10:39 AM (lFFaq)

192 Some local HS kid, trouble maker, in and out of school, drugs and alcohol, broken home with serially-addicted parent(s), basically no support whatsoever and doomed to failure.

Story goes that he and his cool-guy buddies got high and decided to go cliff-climbing with predictable results. Head injury, broken appendages, collapse lung, bruised kidney, etc. Sad story.

His "Mom" goes out and creates a gofundme appeal, stating that he was "hiking" and fell down a ledge when he got too close. Yeah, hiking with the Boy Scouts, he was.

Geez, lady.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 01, 2026 10:39 AM (dK+Kv)

193 The only reason I would go there would be to torture them with my horrible Amerikaans.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 01, 2026 10:39 AM (RIvkX)

194 You're too defensive. I wasn't even thinking about you.

Posted by: polynikes at June 01, 2026 10:33 AM (WNOcj)

I read what you wrote, where there is no reference to anyone else, other than "you." I am the author of the post...it is logical to assume "you" refers to the author. And you misrepresented what I wrote.

The Art Institute of Chicago, along with about 500 art historians have credited this work to Vincent van Gogh. If you have information that calls into question those people, then by all means, share with the class.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 01, 2026 10:40 AM (iERP6)

195 172 Well, there are 2 things you can know for sure.

1. If it never ends, it's all Trump's fault.
2. If they sign the deal and follow through ....

TACO.

Posted by: Axeman at June 01, 2026 10:34 AM (Fi81e)

========

Trying to absorb the language of diplomacy in a warlike/political environment is frustrating because they're literally different languages.

I don't think the US takes the talks seriously. Like, at all. And they never have.

I think the US's priority is to squeeze through the blockade while reorientating the world towards US energy.

Evidence today of massive demand destruction in China for oil. That won't snap back. That demand is gone. While the world is ramping up to overproduce while also find ways around the strait (UAE is building a pipeline that should have capacity to completely replace the 20 million barrels per day traffic the strait dealt with antebellum).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 01, 2026 10:40 AM (7RBt4)

196 Calling him Vincent Van Gock
Makes it sound like you enjoy eating cock

Posted by: naturalfake

*********

Parisian rent boys pronounce it that way when they have a frog in their throat.
Posted by: muldoon at June 01, 2026 10:17 AM (qgHp7)

Ha! Nice.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 01, 2026 10:40 AM (iJfKG)

197 The lamppost is tilting at windmills?

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at June 01, 2026 10:42 AM (MDua2)

198 Forty years ago my employer paid out bonuses in American Eagle gold coins.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 01, 2026 10:42 AM (RIvkX)

199 >>I like the part where the guy's entire background was fictious and he failed the CIA background check twice, but abruptly was allowed a senior position.

Reminds me of the guy who was in a senior government climate change-related position, one of the highest paid federal employees, who had been stealing for many years by claiming he was also employed by the CIA - he was not at work half the time, expensed his travel costs. Only reason he got caught was because after he retired, he disputed the amount of paid vacation days for which he was due compensation.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 01, 2026 10:42 AM (X8xt3)

200 Obviously, a full - and blue - moon Monday here. 🙄

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 01, 2026 10:42 AM (NFX2v)

201 Irony Alert: British surgeon has medical license revoked for amputating [his own] legs to fulfill sexual fetish 🤔

https://tinyurl.com/5btvx66k

Huh. So, this is a real thing.

A few years ago I read a great horror novel titled:

"Last Days" by Brian Evenson

about a detective investigating an amputation cult.

Very creepy and very well-done.

Check it out.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 01, 2026 10:43 AM (iJfKG)

202 Until people start to ask, hey, why does the CIA have gold bars to hand out and where did they get them?
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And have so many they can lose track of them.

but, tbh, I don't think Americans want to know how much the CIA is just a shadow cabal of quasi-royals that have full control of the US federal government.

Especially as we have open and known CIA plants now running both VA and NJ, eagerly supported by the Dems.

Just like the FBI.

Every CIA and FBI over a GS-12 must be fired and permanently banned from government.

We will survive that loss of talent, skill and knowledge.
And even the good ones lost.
What we can not survive is their unaccountable unlimited power and corruption.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 01, 2026 10:43 AM (73/SM)

203 Early van Gogh is not best van Gogh but it's one I hadn't seen.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 01, 2026 10:30 AM (OsdBI)

It's interesting in its own right, but just the next year he began to paint in his mature style that is so recognizable. In retrospect, this work has some of the tells, but it's subtle, and I certainly didn't pick up on them at first.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 01, 2026 10:43 AM (iERP6)

204 That Paris art heist, what became of it?

*********

They got away on a speed boat. It was a classic sea escape...

Posted by: muldoon at June 01, 2026 10:43 AM (qgHp7)

205 I am getting sick and tired of all the daily stories of Iran jerking us around.
Hormuz is open; Hormuz is closed.
Deal is on; deal is off.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 01, 2026 10:32 AM (73/SM)
---
Well, there are 2 things you can know for sure.

1. If it never ends, it's all Trump's fault.
2. If they sign the deal and follow through ....

TACO.

Posted by: Axeman at June 01, 2026 10:34 AM (Fi81e)

The secret third maxim. The media lies. So stop letting them jerk you around every day.

The masked-up, jabbed, 6 foot away COVID moose out front shoulda told ya.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 01, 2026 10:43 AM (dK+Kv)

206 She's in college now, studying to be an attorney.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 01, 2026 10:39 AM (OsdBI)
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I hope one day they will call her Judge Mayhem.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 01, 2026 10:44 AM (RIvkX)

207 Speaking of France, the IRGC must have on hell of a hold on Macron.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 01, 2026 10:44 AM (5P5DO)

208 Ben Had

Iran probably owes France a few billion in oil.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2026 10:44 AM (2GVsD)

209 It's interesting in its own right, but just the next year he began to paint in his mature style that is so recognizable. In retrospect, this work has some of the tells, but it's subtle, and I certainly didn't pick up on them at first.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 01, 2026 10:43 AM (iERP6)
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The brush work in the sky is similar.

Posted by: Axeman at June 01, 2026 10:45 AM (Fi81e)

210
Parisian rent boys pronounce it that way when they have a frog in their throat.
Posted by: muldoon at June 01, 2026 10:17 AM (qgHp7)

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE FRENCH PEOPLE ARE OFTEN CALLED FROGS SO IT IMPLIES THEY'RE SUCKING DICK.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at June 01, 2026 10:45 AM (Zz0t1)

211 I liked this before I knew what it was.

Posted by: ... at June 01, 2026 10:46 AM (gN6zd)

212 It's interesting in its own right, but just the next year he began to paint in his mature style that is so recognizable. In retrospect, this work has some of the tells, but it's subtle, and I certainly didn't pick up on them at first.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 01, 2026 10:43 AM (iERP6

I saw a painting attributed to VVG and at first glance thought it was a Rembrandt. His style changed rather drastically.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 01, 2026 10:46 AM (OsdBI)

213 Especially as we have open and known CIA plants now running both VA and NJ, eagerly supported by the Dems.

Just like the FBI.

I actually think based on observation that Kash is gaining control of the FBI to where I'm somewhat less worried about them.

CIA was always going to be the harder nut to crack there. This arrest is a promising sign, but the fact that it's over a year into the term means we *have* to win in '28 for any cleanup to have a real effect.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 01, 2026 10:46 AM (2ocoG)

214 What the figures in the painting are looking at is hidden from our POV by the tree to the left of the lamppost.

It is a sailboat anchored, aboard which is the young The Paolo and three local maidens. Even then, his prowess was evident.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 01, 2026 10:47 AM (0sNs1)

215 213 CIA was always going to be the harder nut to crack there. This arrest is a promising sign, but the fact that it's over a year into the term means we *have* to win in '28 for any cleanup to have a real effect.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 01, 2026 10:46 AM (2ocoG)

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I can't think of a single person who thinks that Trump winning in 2024 means that 2028 isn't that important.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 01, 2026 10:47 AM (7RBt4)

216 205 I am getting sick and tired of all the daily stories of Iran jerking us around.
Hormuz is open; Hormuz is closed.
Deal is on; deal is off.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 01, 2026 10:32 AM (73/SM)
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Well, there are 2 things you can know for sure.

1. If it never ends, it's all Trump's fault.
2. If they sign the deal and follow through ....

TACO.

Posted by: Axeman at June 01, 2026 10:34 AM (Fi81e)

The secret third maxim. The media lies. So stop letting them jerk you around every day.

The masked-up, jabbed, 6 foot away COVID moose out front shoulda told ya.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 01, 2026 10:43 AM (dK+Kv)
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Doesn't look like Iran wants a deal. Every time we get close, they find some reason to pull the rug.

Posted by: WisRich at June 01, 2026 10:47 AM (G0vdT)

217 Think on the bright side, Ukraine has been relegated to Page Three.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2026 10:48 AM (2GVsD)

218
Doesn't look like Iran wants a deal. Every time we get close, they find some reason to pull the rug.
Posted by: WisRich at June 01, 2026 10:47 AM (G0vdT)

Enough with the funny stuff. Give 'em the HEATER!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 01, 2026 10:48 AM (Zz0t1)

219 I was thinking USAID, indirectly. US gives money to some 3rd world dictator and he gives back gold as a tip.
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by no coincidence, as soon as USAID money stops sloshing around, leftist governments around the world start fading and falling.

Maybe $10-$20 million isn't that much here.

But there, it's enough to fully fund political parties. And overwhelm opposition.

Again:
The entirety of the federal government has been turned against Americans and American interests, both domestically and internationally.
Solely to benefit the Democrat Party.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 01, 2026 10:49 AM (73/SM)

220 British surgeon has medical license revoked for amputating [his own] legs to fulfill sexual fetish
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Freakin weirdo. At least have a redhead do it.

Posted by: ... at June 01, 2026 10:49 AM (gN6zd)

221 Doesn't look like Iran wants a deal. Every time we get close, they find some reason to pull the rug.
Posted by: WisRich at June 01, 2026 10:47 AM (G0vdT)
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Crazy, right?

Posted by: Yasir Arafat at June 01, 2026 10:49 AM (RIvkX)

222 216 Doesn't look like Iran wants a deal. Every time we get close, they find some reason to pull the rug.

Posted by: WisRich at June 01, 2026 10:47 AM (G0vdT)

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We're never close, no matter what press releases say.

The IRGC knows its survival, not as an organization but as individuals, relies on them keeping the uranium (which honestly may not exist anymore, the UE-60 is gaseous and probably evaporated during the bombing campaign when containment was likely cracked) and having some kind of leverage over the world, hence the strait drama.

But they're losing $450 million a day in lost trade, have no manufacturing capabilities anymore, and increasing populist issues at home (though apparently no actual organizing force to counter since it's just generalized discontent and anger).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 01, 2026 10:50 AM (7RBt4)

223 some reason to pull the rug.

Persian rug.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 01, 2026 10:50 AM (Kt19C)

224 "The Van Gogh Experience (ITIWC) was something to behold."

I have some friends who saw it in NYC and loved it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 01, 2026 10:51 AM (rZCVI)

225 No, Iran doesn't want a deal. They want time. Time to rearm. Time to get the nuclear weapons back online. Time to put more mines in the Straight.

There won't be any deal. Iran wants death or nothing.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 01, 2026 10:51 AM (OsdBI)

226 stop letting them jerk you around every day.
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If everyone stopped it would solve half the world's problems. But some people want to be jerked around.

Posted by: ... at June 01, 2026 10:51 AM (gN6zd)

227 Like destroying USAID, destroying Iran's ability to finance thugs is changing the world.

For the better I hope.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2026 10:51 AM (2GVsD)

228 Arte Johnson and Ruth Buzzi sitting in the top deck.

Posted by: Joemarine at June 01, 2026 10:51 AM (y171U)

229 I am getting sick and tired of all the daily stories of Iran jerking us around.
Hormuz is open; Hormuz is closed.
Deal is on; deal is off.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 01, 2026 10:32 AM (73/SM)

Stick around for tomorrow's rant...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 01, 2026 10:52 AM (iERP6)

230 Has there been any mention of what kind of sexual release requires cutting off one's legs? My mind doesn't wonder that far.

Posted by: DanMan at June 01, 2026 10:52 AM (8uzBS)

231 But they're losing $450 million a day in lost trade, have no manufacturing capabilities anymore, and increasing populist issues at home (though apparently no actual organizing force to counter since it's just generalized discontent and anger).

We need to stand up a program to air-drop guns and ammo into Iran, the UK, and France.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 01, 2026 10:52 AM (2ocoG)

232 Reuters, Ex-EPA adviser admits to fraud, CIA stint claim, 13 years of lies, September 27, 2013

Appalling but an amusing article.

And I do admire this: "Beale, a former top deputy to current EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, falsely claimed to have malaria to get a parking space worth $200 a month."

Had a broken leg in cast and couldn't get into a parking space for less than the standard $250 a month. Ha!

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 01, 2026 10:52 AM (NFX2v)

233 3 I just don't understand how this frigging guy got famous. Kids paint like this.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 01, 2026

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"The value of a thing is what that thing will bring." Blame it on the critics who, after VvG was gone, proclaimed his work was "art." Now that's entrenched, and people believe his work is extra special\ and worthy of $$$.

That doesn't answer why the critics lauded all of it after his death and not before, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 01, 2026 10:52 AM (wzUl9)

234 That creepy CIA puppet, human-suit lizard Spanberger will have at least $100 million to launch her Presidential campaign--they are that desperate to get her into higher office.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 01, 2026 10:52 AM (73/SM)

235 Has there been any mention of what kind of sexual release requires cutting off one's legs?

Mechanically at least having no legs would put a real damper on sex.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 01, 2026 10:52 AM (2ocoG)

236 CBD, looking forward to it.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 01, 2026 10:53 AM (5P5DO)

237 But some people want to be jerked around.

"Some of them want to use you, some of them want to abuse you.

Some of them want to be used, some of them want to be abused."

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2026 10:53 AM (2GVsD)

238 That creepy CIA puppet, human-suit lizard Spanberger will have at least $100 million to launch her Presidential campaign--they are that desperate to get her into higher office.

Maybe not now that we're auditing the gold.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 01, 2026 10:53 AM (2ocoG)

239 225 No, Iran doesn't want a deal. They want time. Time to rearm. Time to get the nuclear weapons back online. Time to put more mines in the Straight.

There won't be any deal. Iran wants death or nothing.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 01, 2026 10:51 AM (OsdBI)

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How are they going to rearm?

Roughly 98% of their trade was done by sea from Persian and Oman Gulf ports. The Caspian Sea ports are tiny, and the railroads into Pakistan from Eastern Iran carry minimal cargo and even have different gauges which requires changing over.

And decades of arming got them a few dozen American drones over the course of 10,000 sorties over their airspace.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 01, 2026 10:53 AM (7RBt4)

240 230. 230 Has there been any mention of what kind of sexual release requires cutting off one's legs? My mind doesn't wonder that far.
Posted by: DanMan

Perhaps Hustler, several decades ago.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 01, 2026 10:53 AM (NFX2v)

241 That Paris art heist, what became of it?

**********

The crooks are writing their memoirs.

Working title: "The Art of the Steal"

Posted by: muldoon at June 01, 2026 10:54 AM (qgHp7)

242 231 We need to stand up a program to air-drop guns and ammo into Iran, the UK, and France.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 01, 2026 10:52 AM (2ocoG)

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1. We have no idea if this is being done or not. Israel's intelligence penetration of Iran might be allowing for this already.

2. I would want to know who's getting them and if they could actually form a resistance force with a strong central authority. The Shah's son outside of Iran ain't enough.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 01, 2026 10:54 AM (7RBt4)

243 Arte Johnson and Ruth Buzzi sitting in the top deck.
Posted by: Joemarine at June 01, 2026

***
Dirty Old Man: "Do you believe in the hereafter?"
Spinster: "Why, yes."
Dirty Old Man: "Then you know what I'm here after!"
(*[i[BOP!* with her purse)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 01, 2026 10:55 AM (wzUl9)

244 That creepy CIA puppet, human-suit lizard Spanberger will have at least $100 million to launch her Presidential campaign--they are that desperate to get her into higher office.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 01, 2026 10:52 AM (73/SM)

Hillary and Kamala spent a billion each.

I think Spanberger's done. Her shot at the brass ring has come and gone.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at June 01, 2026 10:55 AM (Kdi1r)

245 I think a mama deer is going to drop her baby today in my back yard. She's been there for 2 days now. Big belly. Could be twins.
Ima throw some shoes on and fill the water dish. Get a closer look.

Posted by: Reforger at June 01, 2026 10:55 AM (TsnvK)

246 Vincent van Gogh’s Terrace and Observation Deck at the Moulin de Blute-Fin (painted early 1887 in Paris) was authenticated by the rigorous, multi-year verification process of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.The artwork was initially purchased in 1975 for a fraction of its value and doubted by critics for decades before undergoing authentication.

That authentication is still subjective in that it has no signature, provenance traces it back to a French art market not his sister in law and dating the canvas around the same time as Van Gogh.

Might want to see how many times the experts have been wrong.

Posted by: polynikes at June 01, 2026 10:56 AM (WNOcj)

247 Washington Nearsider,

Got $400 to pre-order from Sprue Brothers the Red Pill 1/32 F-4B/N Phantom II kit?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2026 10:56 AM (2GVsD)

248 245 I think a mama deer is going to drop her baby today in my back yard. She's been there for 2 days now. Big belly. Could be twins.
Ima throw some shoes on and fill the water dish. Get a closer look.
Posted by: Reforger at June 01, 2026 10:55 AM (TsnvK)
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Very cool.

Posted by: WisRich at June 01, 2026 10:56 AM (G0vdT)

249 Trump DOJ wants noisy sex judge to withdraw from election case:

x.com/nypost/status/2061454794162684134

My state.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 01, 2026 10:56 AM (3uBP9)

250 249 Trump DOJ wants noisy sex judge to withdraw from election case:

x.com/nypost/status/2061454794162684134

My state.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 01, 2026 10:56 AM (3uBP9)

=====

"Nah, bitches. I slay, kween!"
-the judge

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 01, 2026 10:57 AM (7RBt4)

251 Spamburglar is done only when they find her in Ft. Marcy Park with a golden cock.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2026 10:57 AM (2GVsD)

252 If everyone stopped it would solve half the world's problems. But some people want to be jerked around.

Posted by: ... at June 01, 2026 10:51 AM (gN6zd)

I understand. People want to have hope.

Pinning false hopes to a Persian "promise" delivered by our lying, agitprop media seems to be a bit overambitious.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 01, 2026 10:57 AM (dK+Kv)

253
van Gogh was here in the early stage of his career as a painter. As he progressed, he continued his practice of licking his paintbrushes to quickly sharpen the bristles to a fine point; some of the paints were pigmented with heavy metal compounds, and over the following years, this contributed to the development of his distinctive style.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 01, 2026 10:58 AM (mS8PE)

254 Just bomb all remaining targets in Iran and let the chips fall.

Posted by: MAC V SOG at June 01, 2026 10:58 AM (P4Pk9)

255 Why is Iran even in a place where they can negotiate? I thought their military was destroyed. Japan and Germany weren’t negotiating in 1945 they were doing as they were told.

Posted by: Heroq at June 01, 2026 10:59 AM (Tpp9k)

256 Back from a quick run through the morning drizzle to Aldi for a few things. I'll do up my salad next, and read for a bit until the mail gets here. You never can tell what'll be in it. (Well, most of the time you can: circulars, bills, and Miss Linda's fashion magazines addressed to my late cat Tatiana.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 01, 2026 10:59 AM (wzUl9)

257 It's confusing because there could be an Olympic sport, "Noisy Sex". Like one of the exhibition sports they have each time. And of course they'd need judges.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 01, 2026 10:59 AM (3uBP9)

258 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

I like this version of Picasso - his later works are just too disjointed for my taste.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 01, 2026 11:00 AM (SRRAx)

259 Posted by: Reforger at June 01, 2026 10:55 AM (TsnvK

That's cool. I love to see the little fawns.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 01, 2026 11:00 AM (ix8EF)

260 I think Spanberger's done. Her shot at the brass ring has come and gone.
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The illegal redistricting was Plan A.

But they have other plans to try and scaffold her campaign into national stature.

They're not going to stop, they've invested way too much already.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 01, 2026 11:00 AM (73/SM)

261 Noodus throckmortonii

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 01, 2026 11:00 AM (wzUl9)

262 How are they going to rearm?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

I didn't say they can rearm. They want time to try. And there are countries that would help them. This shit has been working for them for decades and they believe it will continue to work. Will it? I don't know. History seems to say their persistence and patience usually work for them.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 01, 2026 11:01 AM (OsdBI)

263 Whoops - vanGogh.

***wanders off to get some caffeine***

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 01, 2026 11:01 AM (SRRAx)

264 Rant up

Posted by: rickb223 at June 01, 2026 11:01 AM (YYKrY)

265 Dirty Old Man: "Do you believe in the hereafter?"
Spinster: "Why, yes."
Dirty Old Man: "Then you know what I'm here after!"
(*[i[BOP!* with her purse)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 01, 2026 10:55 AM (wzUl9)
---------
Gladys Ormphby and Tyrone F. Hornai.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 01, 2026 11:01 AM (TZz9Q)

266 Pinning false hopes to a Persian "promise" delivered by our lying, agitprop media seems to be a bit overambitious.

Yeah, the media keeps just reporting Tehran Bob propaganda from Iran and Trump/Vance/Rubio keep having to say it's fake and gay.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 01, 2026 11:01 AM (2ocoG)

267 It's all my fault nood.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at June 01, 2026 11:02 AM (VkY89)

268 Why is Iran even in a place where they can negotiate? I thought their military was destroyed.

Their actual military *is* destroyed, but Muslims are good at improvisation, like the famous Toyota pickups with gun mounts in the bed.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 01, 2026 11:03 AM (2ocoG)

269 262 How are they going to rearm?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

I didn't say they can rearm. They want time to try. And there are countries that would help them. This shit has been working for them for decades and they believe it will continue to work. Will it? I don't know. History seems to say their persistence and patience usually work for them.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at June 01, 2026 11:01 AM (OsdBI)

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Iran is run by retarded thugs who were gifted their situation by a compliant and terrified west.

Yes, they want time.

But time is not on their side because the blockade exists.

They didn't import their ballistic missiles. They manufactured them. They can't get the precursor materials anymore, and their entire manufacturing base was wiped out.

Inflation is a growing disaster in the country while the people are doing large demonstrations in the streets. The IRGC was so sure of their situation that they imported their proxies from Eastern Iraq to keep the people down.

All while their out of country assets are being seized by the US Treasure Department in conjunction with the Gulf State governments.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 01, 2026 11:03 AM (7RBt4)

270 Washington Nearsider,

Got $400 to pre-order from Sprue Brothers the Red Pill 1/32 F-4B/N Phantom II kit?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2026 10:56 AM (2GVsD)

I really, really might buy it.

But I also know 1/32 kills companies. Tamiya hasn't really gone near it since the Mosquito, which maybe fifty people built after the community screamed to have one...

Can you short a model company?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at June 01, 2026 11:03 AM (Kdi1r)

271 268 Their actual military *is* destroyed, but Muslims are good at improvisation, like the famous Toyota pickups with gun mounts in the bed.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 01, 2026 11:03 AM (2ocoG)

======

Their army was largely untouched. The navy was degraded to the point where they have nothing but small speedboats and the IRGC and Basij leadership were targeted.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 01, 2026 11:04 AM (7RBt4)

272 234 That creepy CIA puppet, human-suit lizard Spanberger will have at least $100 million to launch her Presidential campaign--they are that desperate to get her into higher office.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

She'll have to fight Shapiro. She's an outright idiot, he's a more subtle fearless Trump fighter. (That's about his entire platform along with throwing good money over bad.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 01, 2026 11:04 AM (NFX2v)

273 Shit. She's gone.
Oh well. She knows where the water is.

Posted by: Reforger at June 01, 2026 11:04 AM (TsnvK)

274 stop letting them jerk you around every day.
-------

If everyone stopped it would solve half the world's problems. But some people want to be jerked around.
Posted by: ... at June 01, 2026 10:51 AM

Given we've transitioned from International Masturbation Month, it could happen.

OTOH, it is now Pride Month, so who knows?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 01, 2026 11:10 AM (0sNs1)

275 We need to stand up a program to air-drop guns and ammo into Iran, the UK, and France.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 01, 2026 10:52 AM (2ocoG)
Not sure what the French would do with them

Posted by: MAC V SOG at June 01, 2026 11:10 AM (P4Pk9)

276 Got $400 to pre-order from Sprue Brothers the Red Pill 1/32 F-4B/N Phantom II kit?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 01, 2026 10:56 AM (2GVsD)

I really, really might buy it.

But I also know 1/32 kills companies. Tamiya hasn't really gone near it since the Mosquito, which maybe fifty people built after the community screamed to have one...

Can you short a model company?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at June 01, 2026 11:03 AM

I thought Anna Puma was pining for a 1/32 SB2C?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 01, 2026 11:11 AM (0sNs1)

277 248 vealisson.

Posted by: cmeat at June 01, 2026 11:39 AM (R11M+)

278 Those lanterns suck and I hate them.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at June 01, 2026 12:52 PM (w6EFb)

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