Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Song of the Lark
Jules Breton

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

2 Child of the corn.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

3 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at June 05, 2026 09:31 AM (R11M+)

4 She looks preggo

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

5 Lovely. I like the sun rising or setting whichever it is.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 05, 2026 09:31 AM (n3VHW)

6 Birthing hips

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 05, 2026 09:31 AM (Kt19C)

7 it was a carefree lark that got her into that condition.

Posted by: cmeat at June 05, 2026 09:32 AM (R11M+)

8 lum has been NOOD'ed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

9 Is this a red sun in the morning?

Or a red sun at night?

Should sailors take warning?

Should sailors feel delight?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 09:32 AM (gnNyN)

10 would not hang

Posted by: Gref at June 05, 2026 09:32 AM (5rh/l)

11 Somewhere out there a captain is missing his hook.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 05, 2026 09:32 AM (0nHVk)

12 Seduced By The Democratic Socialist

Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 09:32 AM (jYQny)

13 whim -> lark

Posted by: cmeat at June 05, 2026 09:32 AM (R11M+)

14 The lark was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at June 05, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

15 Barefoot and pregnant.

Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at June 05, 2026 09:32 AM (+iIfu)

16 I really like this one. Would definitely hang.

Posted by: Tuna at June 05, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)

17 She's staring at the body hung in the field on a cross in a sacrificial murder scene.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

18 Is she preggers?

Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 09:33 AM (77rzZ)

19 8/6 and 9 '45

Posted by: cmeat at June 05, 2026 09:33 AM (R11M+)

20 Lorena Bobbit's ancestor.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 05, 2026 09:33 AM (wVcYX)

21 Barefoot and pregnant.
Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at June 05, 2026 09:32 AM (+iIfu)

FINALLY we get some handmaid's tale action around here.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

22 Alt title: "And then the murder happened"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 05, 2026 09:33 AM (U/Eoe)

23 Painting: very nice. The feet arouse me. The scythe quickens my ardor.

Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 09:33 AM (Jr5Lq)

24 Somewhere there's a headless farmer.

Posted by: patg at June 05, 2026 09:33 AM (hCVdg)

25 I sense, violence.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 05, 2026 09:33 AM (jehhT)

26 Graham Platner's nightmare - a beautiful, buxom young lass with a sickle and an I'm-so-tired attitude.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 05, 2026 09:34 AM (Riz8t)

27 I think this is a recent repeat

Posted by: pawn at June 05, 2026 09:34 AM (+rSJz)

28 Barefoot and pregnant in the field.

Posted by: The Soviet dream at June 05, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

29 Wow this is an amazing painting. I'm not sure how it makes me feel. Well, that the artist is very good, a master. Feels like morning.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 09:34 AM (3uBP9)

30 She's staring at the body hung in the field on a cross in a sacrificial murder scene.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)
----
How do we know she didn't put it there?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 09:34 AM (gnNyN)

31 I understand pics of bare feet are in high demand on Only Fans. Or so I have been told. Field must have been well plowed for her not to worry about sharp stones. Or maybe she is just from Tennessee.

Posted by: Martin Tell at June 05, 2026 09:34 AM (sFNX2)

32 And that's when the murders started.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 05, 2026 09:34 AM (ndZc7)

33 Crops haven't even grown yet.

What's she need the sickle for?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

34 Boobs seem nice.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

35 Big old peasant feet gripping the good earth, treading it into obedient productive soil.

Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 09:35 AM (Jr5Lq)

36 The sunset is rendered nicely

what is she going to do with that blade?

Posted by: Don Black at June 05, 2026 09:35 AM (ZxPkt)

37 Looks like the Lark is about to become breakfast.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at June 05, 2026 09:35 AM (0bjKf)

38 ----
How do we know she didn't put it there?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 05, 2026 09:34 AM (gnNyN)

Your point is valid.

She could be standing there admiring her work.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

39 I think it’s her baggy clothes that make her look pregnant.

Maternity vear!

Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ)

40 And that's when the murders started.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Damn! Huck beat me!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 05, 2026 09:36 AM (ndZc7)

41 is it a sickle or a scythe

Posted by: Don Black at June 05, 2026 09:36 AM (ZxPkt)

42 From the size of those dogs, I think she is looking for her pappy Bigfoot.

Posted by: Martin Tell at June 05, 2026 09:36 AM (sFNX2)

43 Reaping time.

Posted by: huerfano at June 05, 2026 09:36 AM (VJX5o)

44 Per Wikipedia:
Arguably, Breton's fame peaked posthumously in 1934 at The Chicago World's Fair. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt unveiled The Song of the Lark as the winner of the Chicago Daily News contest to find the "most beloved work of art in America". Further, she declared the painting as being her personal favorite painting

Posted by: Tuna at June 05, 2026 09:36 AM (lJ0H4)

45 I actually really like this painting. I don't know what it is, maybe the colors, the general tone, something, something... but it's really compelling.

Posted by: Quentin Tarantino at June 05, 2026 09:36 AM (3uBP9)

46 sizing up her opponent

Posted by: fenelon at June 05, 2026 09:36 AM (3gthc)

47 is it a sickle or a scythe

A sickle. You never saw a hammer and scythe on the old commie flags.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 05, 2026 09:36 AM (Riz8t)

48 There's a killer on the road
Her brain is squirming like a toad
Take a long holiday
Let your children play
If you give this gal a ride, sweet memory will die
Killer on the road, yeah

Posted by: Jim Morrison at June 05, 2026 09:37 AM (l3cgK)

49 I understand pics of bare feet are in high demand on Only Fans. Or so I have been told. Field must have been well plowed for her not to worry about sharp stones. Or maybe she is just from Tennessee.
Posted by: Martin Tell at June 05, 2026 09:34 AM (sFNX2)

*swoons*

Posted by: Rex Ryan at June 05, 2026 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)

50 Alternate title:

"Sorry But "The Song of the Lark" Is A Misprint. It's Supposed to be "The Song of the Larch". That's Why She Looks So Confused. Because It's "The Song Of The Larch"....The Larch."

Posted by: naturalfake at June 05, 2026 09:37 AM (iJfKG)

51 A darker Wizard of Oz story.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 05, 2026 09:37 AM (wVcYX)

52 "Grow faster!" she urged the crop. "Grow NOW or else you get the knife again!"

Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 09:37 AM (Jr5Lq)

53 She is still mad about the single Christmas/Bday present last year.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 05, 2026 09:38 AM (/+uur)

54 She’s on her way to Southampton?

Something oddly sexy about her. Clean her up, put away that blade, and send her to The Blade.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 05, 2026 09:38 AM (Biz1s)

55 "you were right lorena, i do feel better."

Posted by: cmeat at June 05, 2026 09:38 AM (R11M+)

56 Alternate title:

"Sorry But "The Song of the Lark" Is A Misprint. It's Supposed to be "The Song of the Larch". That's Why She Looks So Confused. Because It's "The Song Of The Larch"....The Larch."

There is no subject unfit for an obscure Monty Python reference.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 05, 2026 09:38 AM (Riz8t)

57 She's carrying her Pop's sickle!

Posted by: muldoon at June 05, 2026 09:38 AM (qgHp7)

58 Auntie Em! Auntie Em!

It's a TWISTER! IT'S A TWISTER!!!

Posted by: Johnny at June 05, 2026 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

59 51 A darker Wizard of Oz story.
Posted by: Count de Monet

We already had that.
Beware the Wheelers!

Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 09:38 AM (jYQny)

60 The Art Institute of Chicago

Artist
Jules Breton
Title
The Song of the Lark
Place
France (Artist's nationality

Date
1884
Medium
Oil on canvas
Inscriptions
Inscribed lower left: Jules Breton / Courrieres 1884
Dimensions
110.6 × 85.8 cm (43 1/2 × 33 3/4 in.); Framed: 142.3 × 116.9 cm (56 × 46 in.)

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 05, 2026 09:39 AM (/+uur)

61 Sure don't wanna meet her in that field. Unexpectedly creepy art today.

Posted by: She Hobbit (frolicking in Rivendell) at June 05, 2026 09:39 AM (nDXbg)

62
It Causes Blood Clogs - a limerick

There once was a girl from Bohemia
Who underwent treatment for bulimia
When asked on admission
to describe her condition
She replied, "I have sick as hell anemia!"

Posted by: muldoon at June 05, 2026 09:39 AM (qgHp7)

63 A darker Wizard of Oz story.

I'm reading a book which explains what I hadn't realized before: TWoO is a political tract about the gold standard. Follow the yellow brick road, indeed.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 05, 2026 09:39 AM (Riz8t)

64 Off in the distance, the sound of an open exhaust Studebaker creases the morning air.

Posted by: fd at June 05, 2026 09:39 AM (vFG9F)

65 57 She's carrying her Pop's sickle!

Posted by: muldoon at June 05, 2026 09:38 AM (qgHp7)

And there it is...I was trying to make it work...

Posted by: Jim Morrison at June 05, 2026 09:39 AM (l3cgK)

66 Big old peasant feet gripping the good earth, treading it into obedient productive soil."

Hubba Hubba!

/Baggins of Bag End

Posted by: man at June 05, 2026 09:39 AM (XuXeR)

67 A lone peasant girl pauses her work to listen to a lark singing in the distance. Her emotional response to this moment of natural beauty is accentuated by the glow of the sun rising behind her, suffusing the landscape with golden light.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 05, 2026 09:39 AM (/+uur)

68 At the annual Flatfeet Festival, she has a booth where she excises bunions. There's always a line.

Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 09:40 AM (Jr5Lq)

69 Sure don't wanna meet her in that field. Unexpectedly creepy art today.
Posted by: She Hobbit (frolicking in Rivendell) at June 05, 2026 09:39 AM (nDXbg)

Dildo finishing the week STRONG.

Posted by: Johnny at June 05, 2026 09:40 AM (Zz0t1)

70 Dirty feet, pure heart.

Posted by: Eromero at June 05, 2026 09:40 AM (LHPAg)

71 31 appears as though she was pretty well plowed as well.

Posted by: cmeat at June 05, 2026 09:40 AM (R11M+)

72 Shyte......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 09:40 AM (Zz0t1)

73 Commie.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 05, 2026 09:40 AM (a4mmt)

74 Sure don't wanna meet her in that field.

There is a sharp male/female division on that.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 05, 2026 09:40 AM (Riz8t)

75 Her name is Amelia, and she sells those things.

She’s the sickle-seller Amelia.

Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

76 reading a book which explains what I hadn't realized before: TWoO is a political tract"

Zardoz?

Posted by: man at June 05, 2026 09:40 AM (XuXeR)

77 And there it is...I was trying to make it work...
Posted by: Jim Morrison at June 05, 2026 09:39 AM (l3cgK)

Put the brown acid down, Jim.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)

78 How many harvested hands does she have in that sack around her waist?

Posted by: She Hobbit (frolicking in Rivendell) at June 05, 2026 09:41 AM (nDXbg)

79 The USPS truck just showed up with her government check two months late and she's pissed about it.

Posted by: dantesed at June 05, 2026 09:41 AM (Oy/m2)

80 We already had that.
Beware the Wheelers!
Posted by: gKWVE at

I'm one of the few that loved that movie as a kid.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 05, 2026 09:41 AM (a4mmt)

81 41 just look at the scythe of her sickle!

Posted by: cmeat at June 05, 2026 09:41 AM (R11M+)

82 I see James Handy was stabbed to death n LA today, presumably not be a sickle though.

And this brings then the certainty that if he didn't vote for Bass before he will now

Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 09:42 AM (sKqQm)

83
She’s the sickle-seller Amelia.
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

Tis a stretch, but a B+ for effort.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)

84 44 so, lady bird was a lark?

Posted by: cmeat at June 05, 2026 09:42 AM (R11M+)

85 A lone peasant girl pauses her work to listen to a lark singing in the distance. Her emotional response to this moment of natural beauty is accentuated by the glow of the sun rising behind her, suffusing the landscape with golden light."

Or "Bitch better have my money"

Posted by: man at June 05, 2026 09:42 AM (XuXeR)

86 We already had that.
Beware the Wheelers!
Posted by: gKWVE at

I'm one of the few that loved that movie as a kid.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 05, 2026 09:41 AM (a4mmt)

*reference passes cleanly over my head with a generous margin*

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 05, 2026 09:43 AM (wVcYX)

87 There's no larking here. She in a field...mud larkers are on the River Thames. Should be the song of the gleaners.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at June 05, 2026 09:43 AM (ycI94)

88 The hell are my shoes?!

Posted by: Weasel at June 05, 2026 09:43 AM (c71FC)

89 If you click to expand you will find that her blouse is just barely containing the bountiful yield baled up within. A nice artist element signifying the tension held in this moment.

Posted by: banana Dream - also Boobs! at June 05, 2026 09:43 AM (3uBP9)

90 One thing that likely really sucked about the past - most people didn't have good shoes and you spent most of your days outdoors.

I bought some decent hiking shoes last year and they make quite a different walking on rough terrain.

Doing it barefoot would be really unpleasant

Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 09:44 AM (sKqQm)

91 I know I've seen that one in person. It really is very nice.

Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 09:44 AM (Jr5Lq)

92 I see Muldoon beat me to a sickle-cell reference.

Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 09:44 AM (77rzZ)

93 21 Barefoot and pregnant.
Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at June 05, 2026 09:32 AM (+iIfu)

FINALLY we get some handmaid's tale action around here.
Posted by: Sponge

Who forget to chain her back up in the kitchen?!?!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at June 05, 2026 09:45 AM (ycI94)

94 Life was very different when you generally had to grow your own food

Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 09:45 AM (sKqQm)

95 We already had that.
Beware the Wheelers!
Posted by: gKWVE at

I'm one of the few that loved that movie as a kid.
Posted by: BruceWayne

Little girl Fairuza Balk's head woulda looked weird on Mombi's adult woman body.

Posted by: She Hobbit (frolicking in Rivendell) at June 05, 2026 09:45 AM (nDXbg)

96 Nurse gets that same look when the woodpeckers show up.

Posted by: fd at June 05, 2026 09:46 AM (vFG9F)

97 94 Life was very different when you generally had to grow your own food

Not for everyone. There were alternatives.

Posted by: Genghis Khan at June 05, 2026 09:46 AM (Riz8t)

98 4 Per Wikipedia:
Arguably, Breton's fame peaked posthumously in 1934 at The Chicago World's Fair. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt unveiled The Song of the Lark as the winner of the Chicago Daily News contest to find the "most beloved work of art in America". Further, she declared the painting as being her personal favorite painting
Posted by: Tuna at June 05, 2026 09:36 AM (lJ0H4)
Eleanor, huh? This is troublesome.

Posted by: Eromero at June 05, 2026 09:46 AM (LHPAg)

99 The theme is weapons!

I think. . .

Glad no one is hurting the young girl in the painting today.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 05, 2026 09:46 AM (X8xt3)

100 Shrek called, he wants his feet back

Posted by: one hour sober at June 05, 2026 09:47 AM (J4Dwc)

101 Nurse gets that same look when the woodpeckers show up.
Posted by: fd

Creepy dead eyes? I would expect something more animated.

Posted by: She Hobbit (frolicking in Rivendell) at June 05, 2026 09:47 AM (nDXbg)

102 sickles are handy tools, I have a couple of hand sickles for getting grass down around trees and the odd corners of the yard where the mower won't reach. It would be a miserable tool to use all day for harvesting, though.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 05, 2026 09:47 AM (rbvCR)

103 Glad no one is hurting the young girl in the painting today.

That's very specific. Did I miss something?

Posted by: Archimedes at June 05, 2026 09:47 AM (Riz8t)

104 >>Graham Platner's nightmare - a beautiful, buxom young lass with a sickle and an I'm-so-tired attitude.

"Actually, women fared quite well under Communism. It was empowering!"
-- NYT, Communism Apologists

Posted by: Lizzy at June 05, 2026 09:48 AM (X8xt3)

105 I thought larks flew around close to the ground. Is this true?

Posted by: dantesed at June 05, 2026 09:48 AM (Oy/m2)

106 Limerick explanation:

Sickle cell anemia is a genetic condition that largely afflicts African-Americans. It gets its name from the shape of red blood cells into a curved configuration resembling a harvesting sickle during low oxygen conditions. When this happens, the blood cells can cause blockages in capillaries resulting in tissue necrosis of organs. This is a sickle cell "crisis". In the patois of southern Louisiana I have heard patients refer to it as "sick as hell anemia" and mention "blood clogs" as part of the disease.

(However, I never heard anyone "heave a scythe of relief.)

Posted by: muldoon at June 05, 2026 09:48 AM (qgHp7)

107 Not for everyone. There were alternatives.
Posted by: Genghis Khan at June 05, 2026 09:46 AM (Riz8t)

A Russian director made a pretty good movie about Genghis called "Mongol" a number of years ago

Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 09:48 AM (sKqQm)

108
The "Texas Sickle Massacre" was a hit in Armenia and No Where Else"

Posted by: naturalfake at June 05, 2026 09:48 AM (iJfKG)

109 >>> Glad no one is hurting the young girl in the painting today.

That's very specific. Did I miss something?
Posted by: Archimedes at June 05, 2026 09:47 AM (Riz8t)

The one from yesterday was so ridiculously random lol! I saw it later in the day and laughed.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 09:49 AM (3uBP9)

110 >>Crops haven't even grown yet.

What's she need the sickle for?

It's ceremonial, it's part of her CULTURE!!
Back off!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 05, 2026 09:49 AM (X8xt3)

111 "Glad no one is hurting the young girl in the painting today."

If anybody tries, they better know the Tueller Rule.

Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 09:50 AM (Jr5Lq)

112 Obamacare is just another grift to shift taxpayer money to the left.

A new report from @Paragon_Inst
estimates there are more low-income enrollees in the Obamacare exchanges than there is eligible people in 28 states.

Florida is the worst, with over 3M enrollees from an eligible population of 636,000.

https://tinyurl.com/msvzs8pb

Posted by: Archimedes at June 05, 2026 09:50 AM (Riz8t)

113 In the patois of southern Louisiana I have heard patients refer to it as "sick as hell anemia" and mention "blood clogs" as part of the disease.

(However, I never heard anyone "heave a scythe of relief.)
Posted by: muldoon at June 05, 2026 09:48 AM (qgHp7)

And it is NOT caused by licking food stamps.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 05, 2026 09:50 AM (/+uur)

114 The painting doesn't make much sense. The subject is holding a sickle, which is a harvesting instrument, in a field where the vegetation is barely ankle-high. Larks 'ascend' in the morning, so this is intended to be daybreak, I think. She's open-mouthed, as if this is the first time Country Girl has ever heard bird song, which is very unlikely.

Not intended for practical-minded country folk, this painting is for the high-minded bourgeoisie in the Big City.

Posted by: mrp at June 05, 2026 09:50 AM (rj6Yv)

115
A Russian director made a pretty good movie about Genghis called "Mongol" a number of years ago
Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 09:48 AM (sKqQm)

Mongol just paw in game of life!

Posted by: Mongol at June 05, 2026 09:50 AM (iJfKG)

116 "Actually, women fared quite well under Communism. It was empowering!"
-- NYT, Communism Apologists

Life in the USSR right after WWII must have been...interesting.

Western Europe reacted to the death toll on its men by embracing the idea of having a mistress - the Soviets lost a much higher percentage of their male population so presumably they adopted the same solution (reading histories of commie leaders they generally had mistresses just like their western counterparts)

Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 09:50 AM (sKqQm)

117 You could view this painting while listening to Ralph Vaughan Williams' "The Lark Ascending"

Posted by: Tuna at June 05, 2026 09:51 AM (lJ0H4)

118 "Go ahead, pinch my ass one more time. I dare you."

Posted by: Tonypete at June 05, 2026 09:51 AM (jnTpz)

119 Muldoon, is it true that sickle-cell evolved as a defense against malaria?

Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 09:51 AM (77rzZ)

120 Some folks call it a sling blade, I call it a Kaiser blade.

Posted by: Karl at June 05, 2026 09:51 AM (OhZoB)

121 What a lovely painting. The peasant girl about to start another day of labor. She is young, sturdy from work, even her feet are broad from contact with the ground. She probably doesn't expect her life to change. The colors of her world, even her clothes, are muted, not dull but of the earth. The one bright spot is the rising sun, the start of a new day. Then, as the sun first appears, she hears the lark singing and pauses. Her expression is not exaggerated just still, as a sound of loveliness and life touches her. It is subtle but look longer and you can feel the stirrings she is experiencing, possibly for the first time.

I would hang this in a minute. I can imagine Tolkien having this painting in mind as he developed the Shire.

Posted by: JTB at June 05, 2026 09:52 AM (yTvNw)

122 Some folks call it a sling blade, I call it a Kaiser blade.
Posted by: Karl at

I do love me some French fried potatahs

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 05, 2026 09:53 AM (a4mmt)

123 I also remember a novel I read where the premise was that in the future most people play VR/multiplayer games and the culture is obsessed with it.

So a couple of players invent a time machine and go back to the 1200s and abduct a mongol warrior thinking that he will help them to win.

And...he quickly escapes the fops that kidnapped him, eventually gets into the game, and dominates it a la Genghis Khan

Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 09:53 AM (sKqQm)

124 >>> The painting doesn't make much sense. The subject is holding a sickle, which is a harvesting instrument, in a field where the vegetation is barely ankle-high. Larks 'ascend' in the morning, so this is intended to be daybreak, I think. She's open-mouthed, as if this is the first time Country Girl has ever heard bird song, which is very unlikely.

Not intended for practical-minded country folk, this painting is for the high-minded bourgeoisie in the Big City.
Posted by: mrp at June 05, 2026 09:50 AM (rj6Yv)

She's taking the time to watch something she's seen a hundred times before but on this morning it felt different. Because she's changed.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 09:53 AM (3uBP9)

125 You could make all sorts of stories out of this, even if you don't want the "agricultural implements are needed here"
She could be out cutting nettles or grass for her goats so they can be milked, for example.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 05, 2026 09:53 AM (rbvCR)

126 Inside the $850 million Obama Presidential Center ahead of its Juneteenth opening

Within 5 years there will be Haji Marches as part of the Mohammedan Pilgrimages.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 05, 2026 09:53 AM (/+uur)

127 And yes, there IS a code for that.

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D57.1
Sickle-cell disease, non specified

There's a code for EVERYTHING

Posted by: muldoon at June 05, 2026 09:54 AM (qgHp7)

128 "Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan" (2007) added to my list, thanks!
youtube.com/watch?v=YKm6fmI27Jk

Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 09:54 AM (Jr5Lq)

129 Malaria was a menace. Some blame it for the decline of the Mediterranean in the later Roman Empire.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 09:54 AM (jYQny)

130 The painting doesn't make much sense. The subject is holding a sickle, which is a harvesting instrument, in a field where the vegetation is barely ankle-hig

Maybe she is going to cut a bitch?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 09:54 AM (sKqQm)

131
There's a code for EVERYTHING
Posted by: muldoon at June 05, 2026 09:54 AM (qgHp7)

What's the code for "Matchbox car up my ass?"

Posted by: Jackass at June 05, 2026 09:55 AM (Zz0t1)

132 The subject is holding a sickle, which is a harvesting instrument, in a field where the vegetation is barely ankle-high.

Look in the fields behind her. There is green aplenty. The one she's standing in may have already been harvested.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 05, 2026 09:55 AM (Riz8t)

133 Ok mam... didn't mean nothin by it.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 05, 2026 09:55 AM (cWLG3)

134 She's taking the time to watch something she's seen a hundred times before but on this morning it felt different. Because she's changed.
Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 09:53 AM (3uBP9)
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Yeah, like her Dad yelled at her to get to work and she yelled back "From now on, call me Bob!"

Posted by: mrp at June 05, 2026 09:55 AM (rj6Yv)

135 >>That's very specific. Did I miss something?

Yesterday's painting: Friar Pedro Shoots El Maragato as His Horse Runs Off

Wednesday's: Cupid Chastised (he's being whipped)

Tuesday's: Old Man and a Child (creepy old man resting hand on shoulder of girl who's pulling back)

Posted by: Lizzy at June 05, 2026 09:56 AM (X8xt3)

136 IIRC, SCA occurs when a person gets two copies of the recessive gene. One copy confers some resistance to malaria, but two is very bad.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 05, 2026 09:56 AM (Riz8t)

137 Doing it barefoot would be really unpleasant
Posted by: 18-1

That's why I leave my boots and hat on. There's a reason they call it "knocking boots."

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at June 05, 2026 09:56 AM (ycI94)

138 Only one team is not hosting a pride night event in 2026: the Texas Rangers.

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 05, 2026 09:56 AM (/+uur)

139 I'm not sure what else we can glean from this painting...

Posted by: muldoon at June 05, 2026 09:56 AM (qgHp7)

140 I've seen this type of movie or it's on my list.

Oh, the French movie "Inside", pregnant woman about to give birth in her house with a person with a knife. That was an intense movie. Fantastic. "L'interior" I think.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 09:57 AM (Sco7b)

141 Totally Soviet.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 05, 2026 09:57 AM (RIvkX)

142 >>> And yes, there IS a code for that.

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D57.1
Sickle-cell disease, non specified

There's a code for EVERYTHING
Posted by: muldoon at June 05, 2026 09:54 AM (qgHp7)

Do I have one?

Posted by: Ennui at June 05, 2026 09:57 AM (3uBP9)

143 "The painting doesn't make much sense."

Its enigmatic quality with such a simple subject is what makes it good, IMHO.

Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 09:57 AM (Jr5Lq)

144 The oddest thing about Genghis is he fell in love with a woman who was then abducted by a neighboring tribe and forced to "marry" a warrior in that tribe.

Genghis got together a rescue operation but it took a year or so and when he did get her back she was pregnant.

He raised that son as his own though the son's loyalty was always weak because everyone, including him, knew biologically he wasn't.

Note he didn't adopt Borte's son, he just pretend the boy was biologically his.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 09:58 AM (sKqQm)

145 122 Some folks call it a sling blade, I call it a Kaiser blade.
Posted by: Karl at

I do love me some French fried potatahs
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 05, 2026 09:53 AM (a4mmt)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MCfVxho_8k

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 05, 2026 09:58 AM (cWLG3)

146 Late to the thread. This painting saved Bill Murray's life:

https://tinyurl.com/bdzj67xx

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 05, 2026 09:58 AM (PiwSw)

147 In this gal’s church, they sing “Bringing in the Shivs.”

Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 09:58 AM (77rzZ)

148 Look in the fields behind her. There is green aplenty. The one she's standing in may have already been harvested.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 05, 2026 09:55 AM (Riz8t)
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It's a romantic painting, not a practical or authentic one. "The Gleaners" is more my preference.

Posted by: mrp at June 05, 2026 09:59 AM (rj6Yv)

149 147 Ha!

Posted by: gp at June 05, 2026 09:59 AM (Jr5Lq)

150 >>> I'm not sure what else we can glean from this painting...
Posted by: muldoon at June 05, 2026 09:56 AM (qgHp7)

He's on a whole 'nother level of pun now. He's the Pun Reaper.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 05, 2026 09:59 AM (3uBP9)

151 In this gal’s church, they sing “Bringing in the Shivs.”
Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 09:58 AM (77rzZ)

Followed by "How Can I Keep From Slinging "

Posted by: Rex B at June 05, 2026 10:01 AM (rgnea)

152 Hat Trick in Baseball

https://x.com/MLB/status/2062005611424813203

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 05, 2026 10:01 AM (/+uur)

153 The Murray story is a good one. Every day is a new day, and a new chance.
Although if you're a peasant woman with no shoes, the new day likely will be another bad one.

Posted by: Wally at June 05, 2026 10:01 AM (65cLN)

154 insight into some of the defense Karmelo’s lawyer will potentially be utilizing, including “constitutional carry” and “stand your ground”

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 05, 2026 10:02 AM (/+uur)

155 The Murray story is a good one. Every day is a new day, and a new chance.

So you're saying...the sun'll come out, tomorrow!

Posted by: Archimedes at June 05, 2026 10:02 AM (Riz8t)

156 >>Inside the $850 million Obama Presidential Center ahead of its Juneteenth opening

That is perfect!
Of course, he will coincide the Grand Opening of the Obama Church and Museum with a historical black event.
He has to make Junteenth about me, me, me!!

*During PRIDE Month????

Posted by: Lizzy at June 05, 2026 10:02 AM (X8xt3)

157 "Bluebell at Dawn"

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 10:02 AM (Kdi1r)

158 Hat Trick in Baseball

https://x.com/MLB/status/2062005611424813203
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 05, 2026 10:01 AM (/+uur)

Piker.

Posted by: Pete Incaviglia at June 05, 2026 10:02 AM (Zz0t1)

159 "Yes, but it wasn't REAP-REAP!

/Whoopie

Posted by: muldoon at June 05, 2026 10:03 AM (qgHp7)

160 144 I think that is the plot of The Conqueror...

Posted by: steevy at June 05, 2026 10:03 AM (YwEeS)

161 Well past 100. Sweet. From Instapundit...via X
An important George Floyd anniversary!!

Eric S. Raymond
@esrtweet
Today is Fracture Day - the fifth anniversary of the final fracture.

On June 5th 2020, over a thousand public health experts published an open letter giving sanction for Black Lives Matter, a Marxist terrorist organization, to ignore COVID lockdown restrictions and riot in the streets, looting and burning down our cities, because "racism is a public-health issue".

And nobody in the rest of the establishment pushed back.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 10:03 AM (Sco7b)

162 >>insight into some of the defense Karmelo’s lawyer will potentially be utilizing, including “constitutional carry” and “stand your ground”

stand your ground in another team's tent containing their backpacks/valuables?

Uh, OK, sure

Posted by: Lizzy at June 05, 2026 10:03 AM (X8xt3)

163 insight into some of the defense Karmelo’s lawyer will potentially be utilizing, including “constitutional carry” and “stand your ground”
Posted by: r hennigantx at June 05, 2026 10:02 AM (/+uur)

It wasn't his ground.

There was no reasonable inclination that his life was in danger by any stretch.

It was a knife, that he didn't need, that was in his backpack only after he decided whitey needed to pay.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 10:04 AM (Zz0t1)

164 If it was Friday the 13th that painting would be perfect.
Don't think I'd hang this one, a little spooky.
Thx CBD, have a great weekend

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 05, 2026 10:04 AM (JQmtK)

165 Posted by: r hennigantx at June 05, 2026 10:02 AM (/+uur)

Purposefully twisting the meaning of those terms to discredit their use in legitimate cases.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 05, 2026 10:04 AM (lFFaq)

166 stand your ground in another team's tent containing their backpacks/valuables?

Uh, OK, sure
Posted by: Lizzy at June

With a weapon on school property at a school event.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 05, 2026 10:04 AM (a4mmt)

167 That stand your ground defense doesn't always work.

Posted by: Rachel Corrie at June 05, 2026 10:05 AM (65cLN)

168 I'm not sure what else we can glean from this painting...
Posted by: muldoon at June 05, 2026 09:56 AM (qgHp7)

He's on a whole 'nother level of pun now. He's the Pun Reaper.
Posted by: banana Dream

It's all been harvested.

Posted by: Tuna at June 05, 2026 10:05 AM (lJ0H4)

169 Pratt was probably not going to win vs Bass. But Dems take no chances when it comes to “fortifying” elections.

Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 10:05 AM (tNkpt)

170 What's the jurisdiction? What city will burn for sweet little baby Karmelo?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 05, 2026 10:05 AM (BI5O2)

171 That stand your ground defense doesn't always work.
Posted by: Rachel Corrie at June 05, 2026 10:05 AM (65cLN)

Boy howdy.

Posted by: Tiananmen Square Guy at June 05, 2026 10:05 AM (Zz0t1)

172 Of course, he will coincide the Grand Opening of the Obama Church and Museum with a historical black event.
He has to make Junteenth about me, me, me!!

*During PRIDE Month????

Posted by: Lizzy at June 05, 2026 10:02 AM (X8xt3)

To be fair, Pride Month is ALSO about him...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 10:06 AM (Kdi1r)

173 That Karmelo Anthony is a product of a poor environment. There's nothing wrong with him, I can prove it.

Posted by: Randolph Duke at June 05, 2026 10:06 AM (OhZoB)

174 Boy howdy.
Posted by: Tiananmen Square Guy

That's my favorite place!
-Jazz Hands Tommy Walz

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 05, 2026 10:07 AM (a4mmt)

175
To be fair, Pride Month is ALSO about him...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 10:06 AM (Kdi1r)

ITS FUNNY BECAUSE BARACK LIKES TO GET BLOW JOBS FROM FAT, HOMOSEXUAL WHITE MEN.

Posted by: BEN ROETHISBERGER at June 05, 2026 10:07 AM (Zz0t1)

176 >>insight into some of the defense Karmelo’s lawyer will potentially be utilizing, including “constitutional carry” and “stand your ground”

There's more.

https://tinyurl.com/mskh6kja

What lovely people. It's hard to understand how Karmelo Anthony went so wrong.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 05, 2026 10:07 AM (Riz8t)

177 Pratt was probably not going to win vs Bass. But Dems take no chances when it comes to “fortifying” elections.

This might be the most obviously fixed election in human memory. Yes more then 2020.

13K votes counted over night none for Pratt. The probability of that is 6.51 × 10-2290

And yet I can see any number of leftists arguing "hey you can't say its impossible"

Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 10:07 AM (sKqQm)

178 You've sunk to a new loam.

Posted by: Rex B at June 05, 2026 10:07 AM (rgnea)

179 That Karmelo Anthony is a product of a poor environment. There's nothing wrong with him, I can prove it.
Posted by: Randolph Duke at June 05, 2026 10:06 AM (OhZoB)

Explained by the fact that his parents took his GoFundMe money and bought a gated house and a Cadillac Escalade.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 10:08 AM (Zz0t1)

180 This is that Scot gal who became a meme for defending her sister, right?

Posted by: mindful webworker - needs a sword, too at June 05, 2026 10:08 AM (dn9xm)

181 And Canada's AI strategy is OUT!! Probably literally. Kate at smalldeanimals had this tweet.

bu/ac
@buperac
AI in Canada lost before it even got started.

They literally are trying to get AI to give a Land acknowledgement before any session.

Here are 6 statements that show how Canada already blew AI like we all knew it would.

1. “The Government of Canada commits to applying Gender-Based Analysis Plus in a meaningful way across policy design, skills development, innovation, and governance to ensure that AI reflects our values, protects those most impacted, and leads to outcomes that are safe, inclusive, and beneficial for all Canadians.”

2. “Canadian AI must support, reflect, and project Canadian culture, which includes our customs, our history, and our heritage. Canadian voices, languages, communities, and knowledge must also be represented in how AI systems are designed, built, and used.”

3. “support Indigenous self-determination over how AI is built and used in Indigenous contexts, and build domestic capacity to address the specific harms Indigenous Peoples face.”

Time to get back to AI while it's still useful up here.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 10:08 AM (Sco7b)

182 This might be the most obviously fixed election in human memory. Yes more then 2020.

13K votes counted over night none for Pratt. The probability of that is 6.51 × 10-2290

And yet I can see any number of leftists arguing "hey you can't say its impossible"
Posted by: 18-1 at June

2004 Washington governor race would like a word. Though the same people are behind this one too.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 05, 2026 10:09 AM (a4mmt)

183 What lovely people. It's hard to understand how Karmelo Anthony went so wrong.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 05, 2026 10:07 AM (Riz8t)

In point of fact, he DIDN'T go wrong. He turned out exactly how they wanted him to.

The problem is cultural. Their culture doesn't work with - and is actually hostile to - our culture. There is no possible reconciliation with cultures that which to exterminate yours.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 10:09 AM (Kdi1r)

184 Marx and Engels late for work again! That’s it! Cutting their useless dicks off! All they wanna do is yap about proletariat this and kill the rich that and blow us for the workers comrade. Well we’ll see about this.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at June 05, 2026 10:09 AM (icmmM)

185 There's more.

https://tinyurl.com/mskh6kja

Karmelo supporters: He was just defending himself that's all.

Also Karmelo supporters: If you disagree with me I'm going to murder you just like Karmelo murdered that cracker

Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 10:09 AM (sKqQm)

186 There is no possible reconciliation with cultures that which to exterminate yours.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 10:09 AM (Kdi1r)

That WISH to exterminate yours.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 10:09 AM (Kdi1r)

187 She got a blade, she be pissed.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 05, 2026 10:09 AM (snZF9)

188 82
James Handy murdered on Wednesday.

Michael Gledhill, 44, the son of Handy's girlfriend, has been arrested on suspicion of murder, the Los Angeles Police Department said.
Officers responded to a report of "unknown trouble" after a caller dialled 911 and told police: "I am the son of man, I just killed the man of sin."

--
Gledhill flagged down the first responders and said he was the one they were looking for

Strange story - is the killer cuckoo or going for an insanity plea

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 05, 2026 10:09 AM (tG1pe)

189 Gledhill flagged down the first responders and said he was the one they were looking for

Strange story - is the killer cuckoo or going for an insanity plea
Posted by: vmom deport deport

He said something like I'm a man of god and I killed the man of sin. So I'm going cuckoo bananas.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 05, 2026 10:11 AM (a4mmt)

190 CA-6 was stolen as well. That’s the district where two republicans were winning on Election Day.
Surprise!!! A Dem is now in 2nd place after 3 days of “counting” ballots.

Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 10:12 AM (tNkpt)

191 There is no possible reconciliation with cultures that which to exterminate yours.

TBH if you turned off EBT and went back to 50s era policing the problem would go away in a generation.

People working for a living don't have time for this comically bad gangster crap that has become the norm in our cities.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 10:12 AM (sKqQm)

192 studebaker hawk -> studebaker lark
avanti you to know.

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

193 Ok, it's Plano-area.

This is a yuuuge opportunity.

When this kid gets sent up the river, put down the riot with prejudice. Give Antifa and BLM a whiff of grapeshot. It's time to show America that the Right can restore order.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 05, 2026 10:12 AM (BI5O2)

194 And the Obama Presidential Library of DOOM has brought me so much happiness.

What a wonderful, beautifully f@cked up mess.

I'd like to put this forward. Throughout human history, rich and powerful men, or poor but talented created amazing works of art to symbolize their love of an amazing woman.

Perhaps the library is Barack's enduring symbol of love towards Mooch.

Think about it...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 10:13 AM (Sco7b)

195 Is the Trump admin doing anything with the CA fix? Yes I know state elections but pretty sure there are angles if they want to get involved

Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 10:13 AM (sKqQm)

196 Strange story - is the killer cuckoo or going for an insanity plea
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 05, 2026 10:09 AM (tG1pe)
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He could have been higher than a kite.

Posted by: mrp at June 05, 2026 10:13 AM (rj6Yv)

197 That stand your ground defense doesn't always work.
Posted by: Rachel Corrie

Here's what sinks his Self Defense claim.

Sec. 9.31. SELF-DEFENSE. (a) Except as provided in Subsection (b), a person is justified in using force against another when and to the degree the actor reasonably believes the force is immediately necessary to protect the actor against the other's use or attempted use of unlawful force. The actor's belief that the force was immediately necessary as described by this subsection is presumed to be reasonable if the actor:
(e) A person who has a right to be present at the location where the force is used, who has not provoked the person against whom the force is used, and who is not engaged in criminal activity at the time the force is used is not required to retreat before using force as described by this section.

CA had no right to be at that tent.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 10:13 AM (lwhHh)

198 Perhaps the library is Barack's enduring symbol of love towards Mooch.

Think about it...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't

I think it's an enduring symbol of his love for butt plugs.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 05, 2026 10:14 AM (a4mmt)

199 The problem is cultural. Their culture doesn't work with - and is actually hostile to - our culture. There is no possible reconciliation with cultures that which to exterminate yours.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 10:09 AM (Kdi1r)

This guy gets it.

Pro tip: Don't start your race war until you're in the majority.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 05, 2026 10:15 AM (dK+Kv)

200 Ok, it's Plano-area.

This is a yuuuge opportunity.

When this kid gets sent up the river, put down the riot with prejudice. Give Antifa and BLM a whiff of grapeshot. It's time to show America that the Right can restore order.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

There won't be riots. CA lives 40 miles from the hood. He is not of the body.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 10:15 AM (lwhHh)

201 Perhaps the library is Barack's enduring symbol of love towards Mooch.

Think about it...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 10:13 AM (Sco7b)

To Mooch's ginormous dong, maybe.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 10:15 AM (Kdi1r)

202 Song of the Lark?
You mean Sunrise, Sunset?

Or, since she already has the sickle, is she singing "If I had a hammer"?

Posted by: GWB at June 05, 2026 10:16 AM (kU0PQ)

203 @169

>>Pratt was probably not going to win vs Bass. But Dems take no chances when it comes to “fortifying” elections.

In a fair election he may have.

The only thing to watch is if they are intent on conjuring enough ballots to put Bass over 50pct so there is no contest in November, or give enough to Raman so Pratt falls to 3rd and is iced out.

Either way, Pratt's done and should probably get out of the state as quickly as possible.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 05, 2026 10:16 AM (XV/Pl)

204 I'd like to put this forward. Throughout human history, rich and powerful men, or poor but talented created amazing works of art to symbolize their love of an amazing woman.

Perhaps the library is Barack's enduring symbol of love towards Mooch.

Think about it...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 10:13 AM (Sco7b)
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Right now, I'm thinking of all the racial healing in Chicago. Thanks, Barry!

Posted by: mrp at June 05, 2026 10:16 AM (rj6Yv)

205 There's some real race baiting going on at the Karmelo Anthony trial. Someone is deliberately riling up the blacks. They are openly promising violence against whites.

And the whites? Generally speaking, pretty fed up with this shit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 05, 2026 10:16 AM (jehhT)

206 198 Perhaps the library is Barack's enduring symbol of love towards Mooch.

Think about it...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't

I think it's an enduring symbol of his love for butt plugs.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 05, 2026 10:14 AM (a4mmt)

It can be both.

And you'd think the Dems would at least toss in a few votes for Pratt unless they just want to steal and brag.

"Pearl', 'X' and 'Maxxxine' are next on my movie list, btw. Thanks.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 10:16 AM (Sco7b)

207 So using the Carmelo defense theory I can break into a home and if the resident of the home gets in my way of stealing I can kill them because I’m standing my ground.

Nice.

Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 10:16 AM (tNkpt)

208 195 Couldn’t the Feds intervene in CA under the Constitutional clause that the Federal Government has to guarantee that every state maintains a republican form of government, which their electoral shenanigans are endangering?

Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 10:17 AM (77rzZ)

209 195 Is the Trump admin doing anything with the CA fix? Yes I know state elections but pretty sure there are angles if they want to get involved
Posted by: 18-1 at June 05, 2026 10:13 AM (sKqQm)

He said he has the LA FBI bureau looking into it but not sure what good that will be...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 05, 2026 10:17 AM (FtULh)

210 There won't be riots. CA lives 40 miles from the hood. He is not of the body.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 10:15 AM (lwhHh)

I'll take that bet.

Laphroig or Four Roses?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 10:17 AM (Kdi1r)

211 The Song of the Lark
Jules Breton

The Art Institute of Chicago
April 14, 2025

Did you know that Jules Breton’s "Song of the Lark" was deemed the most popular painting in America in a poll conducted in 1934?

In this evocative work, a young peasant woman stands silently in the flat fields of the artist’s native Normandy as the sun rises, listening to the song of a distant lark.
Not only was the painting popular with the public, but it was also Eleanor Roosevelt’s favorite work of art.

On view in Gallery 222.
Image: Jules Adolphe Breton. "The Song of the Lark," 1884. Henry Field Memorial Collection.
--
Calm, very nice.

A nice lead in to the weekend. Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 05, 2026 10:17 AM (NFX2v)

212 116 my wuppertahl grampa (pop's pop) married his own stepdaughter. needed more kids for labor.

Posted by: cmeat at June 05, 2026 10:18 AM (R11M+)

213 Pearl', 'X' and 'Maxxxine' are next on my movie list, btw. Thanks.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't

Awesome! Pearl is my favorite of the 3 but you should watch in release order x, Pearl, maxxxine. Pearl works better when you go back in time for it.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 05, 2026 10:18 AM (a4mmt)

214 If a ceo ran a company the way California runs elections he’d be in prison for 20 years on hundreds of fraud convictions.

Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 10:19 AM (tNkpt)

215 There won't be riots. CA lives 40 miles from the hood. He is not of the body.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 10:15 AM (lwhHh)

I'll take that bet.

Laphroig or Four Roses?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

How do we pay up?

Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 10:19 AM (lwhHh)

216 Later in this series: "Lark's Tongue in Aspic".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 10:20 AM (1z8ji)

217 173 That Karmelo Anthony is a product of a poor environment. There's nothing wrong with him, I can prove it.
Posted by: Randolph Duke at June 05, 2026 10:06 AM (OhZoB)

-----------

Deal. One dollar.

Posted by: Mortimer Duke at June 05, 2026 10:21 AM (u/oMr)

218 How do we pay up?

Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 10:19 AM (lwhHh)

I haven't gotten that far... I think you can order online now?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 10:21 AM (Kdi1r)

219 @209

>>He said he has the LA FBI bureau looking into it but not sure what good that will be...

The election is not over so there is no injured party, there isn't a formal complaint or request by the Cali GOP or Pratt, so there's not much the FBI can do really.

At the end of the day, Cali Dems have a 2:1 voter registration advantage over Republicans, so they have all of the means to conjure votes.

The Bottom Line is Democrats want to be governed by Democrats and not Republicans.

It's really as simple as that.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 05, 2026 10:21 AM (XV/Pl)

220 That stand your ground defense doesn't always work.
Posted by: Rachel Corrie at June 05, 2026 10:05 AM (65cLN)

Boy howdy.
Posted by: Tiananmen Square Guy at June 05, 2026 10:05 AM (Zz0t1)

Indeed.

Posted by: David Koresh at June 05, 2026 10:21 AM (wVcYX)

221 Fear the reaper

Posted by: Rick in SK at June 05, 2026 10:21 AM (FZYNt)

222 If a ceo ran a company the way California runs elections he’d be in prison for 20 years on hundreds of fraud convictions.

Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 10:19 AM (tNkpt)

Pfffffffffffffffffft.
- Paul 'Enron' Krugman

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 10:21 AM (Kdi1r)

223 I haven't gotten that far... I think you can order online now?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

We can't in Texas. 😢

I've wanted to order some Macallan from the distillery, but no.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 10:22 AM (lwhHh)

224 Even if the fbi/DOJ investigates it won’t change anything. It’s not like a judge will undo the results. They’ll say we found some isolated cases of irregularities, better training is needed and that wil be that.

The fraud is so deep and institutionalized it’s not even “fraud” it’s just the way things work in thru eyes.

Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 10:22 AM (tNkpt)

225 >>> Later in this series: "Lark's Tongue in Aspic".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 10:20 AM (1z8ji)

Wow! That sounds really good!

Posted by: 70s food trends at June 05, 2026 10:23 AM (3uBP9)

226 131 hahaha.
lesney mb1.1

Posted by: cmeat at June 05, 2026 10:23 AM (R11M+)

227 Chicago getting the Obama library and loosing the Bears. Bend over and spread them wide Chicago.

Will Michelle wear a jockstrap or go commando?

Posted by: The Man from Athens at June 05, 2026 10:24 AM (icmmM)

228 We can't in Texas. 😢

I've wanted to order some Macallan from the distillery, but no.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 10:22 AM (lwhHh)

Well.

Bragging rights, then?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 10:24 AM (Kdi1r)

229 @SenMcConnell
Democrats’ reckless blockade of border security and law enforcement is finally behind us. If there’s a lesson to take from their months of madness, it’s the importance of regular-order, full-year funding bills. And that’s where I’ll continue to put my full attention.
Jun 5, 2026 · 12:36 PM UTC

Posted by: fighting the Democrats like a VIKING at June 05, 2026 10:24 AM (ws3g6)

230 At the end of the day, Cali Dems have a 2:1 voter registration advantage over Republicans, so they have all of the means to conjure votes.

The Bottom Line is Democrats want to be governed by Democrats and not Republicans.

It's really as simple as that.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

NYC is 80% Democrat. But they elected Rudy twice. Sometimes there is a breakthrough in a fair electoral process.

Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 10:25 AM (tNkpt)

231 Peasant girl!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2026 10:25 AM (wzUl9)

232 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Interesting art. I think I dated her once.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 05, 2026 10:26 AM (2WIwB)

233 Ah, Wolfus is here. Now we can get the definitive assessment of the gal’s feet.

Posted by: Bulg at June 05, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ)

234 She *looks* preggers, but it could just be that wrap around her middle.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 05, 2026 10:27 AM (wzUl9)

235 The fraud is so deep and institutionalized it’s not even “fraud” it’s just the way things work in thru eyes.
Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 10:22 AM (tNkpt)
=======

California is a rich state, but not so rich after its most productive residents pull up stakes and beat feet. Then the state Dems will have to pull every lever for a federal permanent subsidy, including galactic-level social services fraud.

Posted by: mrp at June 05, 2026 10:28 AM (rj6Yv)

236 Pro tip: Don't start your race war until you're in the majority."

Especially with JMB(PBUH) on the other side...

Posted by: man at June 05, 2026 10:28 AM (XuXeR)

237 139 glean -> extrapolate

Posted by: edgar n. cleaver at June 05, 2026 10:28 AM (R11M+)

238 WTF? A suburban kid shanked another suburban kid? Wow.

I just assumed this was the usual hoodrat horseshit, spilling over into the human world.

Nice work you little retard fuckup. You ruined your life for nothing.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 05, 2026 10:29 AM (BI5O2)

239 Bragging rights, then?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

Of course!
And if I lose, it would be an honor to lose to you.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 10:29 AM (lwhHh)

240 Nice work you little retard fuckup. You ruined your life for nothing.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Well his parents got a nice house and car.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 05, 2026 10:29 AM (a4mmt)

241 NY Times, House Passes Ukraine Aid in Defiance of Republican Leaders
Eighteen G.O.P. lawmakers broke with their party and joined Democrats to deliver yet another blow to the president’s foreign policy agenda.

NBC News, Senate passes $70B bill to fund immigration enforcement, without limits on Trump ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
Republicans ultimately defeated multiple attempts by senators on both sides of the aisle to codify ending or changing the $1.8 billion settlement fund.

touché?

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 05, 2026 10:29 AM (NFX2v)

242 Nice work you little retard fuckup. You ruined your life for nothing.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 05, 2026 10:29 AM (BI5O2)

Well his Family made around 800 thousand on GoFundMe so....

Posted by: It's me donna at June 05, 2026 10:30 AM (FtULh)

243 I like this guy's works almost as much as he likes peasant girls.

Posted by: Easy the Elder at June 05, 2026 10:30 AM (9VBtX)

244 142 yes, n for neville. it is your gashlycrumbtiny code.

Posted by: edgar n. cleaver at June 05, 2026 10:30 AM (R11M+)

245 WTF? A suburban kid shanked another suburban kid? Wow.

I just assumed this was the usual hoodrat horseshit, spilling over into the human world.

Nice work you little retard fuckup. You ruined your life for nothing.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

That's the thing. This kid is do far from the hood it isn't even funny.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 10:31 AM (lwhHh)

246 I like this guy's works almost as much as he likes peasant girls.
Posted by: Easy the Elder at June 05, 2026 10:30 AM (9VBtX)

Island Girl >>> Peasant Girl

Posted by: Sir Elton John at June 05, 2026 10:32 AM (wVcYX)

247 And if I lose, it would be an honor to lose to you.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 10:29 AM (lwhHh)

That's flattering coming from you. Thanks.

Wait...Am I a commenter in good standing!??!

I didn't say anything about the war in Iran being over in May though... I'm so confused.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 10:32 AM (Kdi1r)

248 Saw this job posting on LinkedIn
Says it’s remote. But prefer someone in Houston. And the candidate will work EST hours.

So you want someone in Houston to work for an east coast client? But why not someone in oh I dunno Miami?

I swear the entire job market is beyond retarded.

Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 10:32 AM (tNkpt)

249 > WTF? A suburban kid shanked another suburban kid? Wow.
---------
You can take the kid out of the ghetto...

I see this here. Rural KY. Suburban blacks who've wholly embraced the ghetto culture. All of it. Including the crime, drugs and violence.

It defines an entire race (at times.)

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 05, 2026 10:33 AM (jehhT)

250 And if I lose, it would be an honor to lose to you.

Sounds gay

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 05, 2026 10:33 AM (Kt19C)

251 Says it’s remote. But prefer someone in Houston. And the candidate will work EST hours."

Sounds like XOM...

Posted by: man at June 05, 2026 10:33 AM (XuXeR)

252 And if I lose, it would be an honor to lose to you."

Cease this faggotry at once!

Posted by: man at June 05, 2026 10:34 AM (XuXeR)

253 Nice work you little retard fuckup. You ruined your life for nothing.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Well his Family made around 800 thousand on GoFundMe so....
Posted by: It's me donna

Here's the thing. They weren't hurting to begin with.

The median household income in Frisco, TX in 2024 was $145,444, which was 45.2% greater than the median annual income of $79,721 across the entire state of Texas.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 10:34 AM (lwhHh)

254 That's the thing. This kid is do far from the hood it isn't even funny.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 10:31 AM (lwhHh)

Yeah I saw your comment, and it surprised.

I expect this dumb shit from from hoodrats, and why not? They don't know any better and unless they're smart and motivated they have zero prospects, so why would they care? Just stab whoever disses you.

But this kid lived among the humans... Threw it all away over some HS bullshit.

SMDH.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 05, 2026 10:35 AM (BI5O2)

255 And if I lose, it would be an honor to lose to you.

Sounds gay

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 05, 2026 10:33 AM (Kt19C)

lol

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 05, 2026 10:35 AM (dK+Kv)

256 So what is up with Collins ? Thune is a worthless POS ... He can't keep his Party together...I'm thinking one way to corral Collins is for Trump to threaten to back her in her race ....Might work...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 05, 2026 10:35 AM (FtULh)

257 Just two more data breach settlements and I can afford lunch at Burger King.

*tosses confetti*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 05, 2026 10:36 AM (6/7Fs)

258 Getting repeatedly elected as a Republican in a Democrat state is quite a feat. There will be some temporizing involved. Easier to just be, you know, a Democrat.

Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 10:37 AM (Gqar8)

259
California is a rich state, but not so rich after its most productive residents pull up stakes and beat feet. Then the state Dems will have to pull every lever for a federal permanent subsidy, including galactic-level social services fraud.
Posted by: mrp at June 05, 2026 10:28 AM (rj6Yv)

Here the thing, though. Most productive people are not leaving. Yeah the billionaires are buying houses in Florida. But that’s a side show and they’re not really leaving California it’s a tax shelter.

In reality the people moving out of Cali are on average the middle class who have been priced out. That Uhaul statistic proves that point. Wealthy people don’t rent uhauls to move. San Francisco is minting more millionaires than ever before. Once OpenAI and Anthropic go public there will be thousands of new millionaires overnight.

The state is turning into Brazil with the very rich and very poor. But the very rich aren’t leaving.

Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 10:38 AM (tNkpt)

260 Just two more data breach settlements and I can afford lunch at Burger King.

*tosses confetti*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 05, 2026 10:36 AM (6/7Fs)

I was filling out all the details to set up an ID theft protection service, while thinking to myself, "this would be a great vector for ID thieves."

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 05, 2026 10:38 AM (dK+Kv)

261 Re the Anthony family, "The Island of Doctor Moreau" proposed that medical science and brain surgery would evolve to the extent that animals would be able to mimick human speech and behavior if continually reinforced.
The Anthonys remain, nonetheless, animals.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 05, 2026 10:40 AM (qYkKi)

262 I'm thinking one way to corral Collins is for Trump to threaten to back her in her race ....Might work...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 05, 2026 10:35 AM (FtULh)

Collins actually fascinates me right now, but only tangentially.

Consider: She joined with Democrats and voted to convict President Trump at his impeachment. Today, Platner and the Dems say she is a Nazi fascist Trump MAGA lickspittle.

If even a Republican who opposed against Trump in the most consequential vote of his presidency is a Nazi fascist, then EVERY Republican is a Nazi fascist and there can be no reconciliation. None.

If they can't stomach even Susan Collins, preferring an ACTUAL Nazi, then there's nothing more to discuss with them. Ever. About anything. The time for talking is over.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 10:40 AM (Kdi1r)

263 Thune is a worthless POS ... He can't keep his Party together.
-------
Thune could force his caucus into line.

It's easy enough. "Do as your told or else I'll strip you of committee assignments, kill every bill you sponsor, cut off your NRSC funds, back your primary opponent, and leak some of your many crimes to the media and Trump's DoJ."

Even half of that threat would work on most GOP Senators. They have no spines.

Thune just doesn't want to. He isn't incapable.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 05, 2026 10:42 AM (BI5O2)

264 If they can't stomach even Susan Collins, preferring an ACTUAL Nazi, then there's nothing more to discuss with them. Ever. About anything. The time for talking is over.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 05, 2026 10:40 AM (Kdi1r)

Well said.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 05, 2026 10:42 AM (dK+Kv)

265 You can take the kid out of the hood...

Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 10:42 AM (Fyaxu)

266 McCain was a Nazi. As was Romney. As is Colins.

RINOs are too retarded to understand that no matter what very do they’ll still be tagged as the most evil racist, woman hating child hating monster imaginable.

Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 10:42 AM (tNkpt)

267 But this kid lived among the humans... Threw it all away over some HS bullshit.

SMDH.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 05, 2026 10:35 AM (BI5O2)

You can take the rat out of the hood, but you can't take the hood out of the rat.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 05, 2026 10:43 AM (1z8ji)

268 So Senator Kelly announces to the world that our weapons stocks are critically low. Meanwhile, congress has failed to fund national security forces while we are engaged in conflict with an enemy who have threatened to attack US civilians. Congress then orders the President to abandon the war against the nation which is threatening attacks on US civilians so we can send weapons from our dangerously low stockpiles to Ukraine. How is this not treason?

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at June 05, 2026 10:44 AM (EcHpA)

269 Thune is a worthless POS ... He can't keep his Party together.

—

What if I told you his party was the Democrat party and he’s doing exactly what he’s there to do?

Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 10:44 AM (tNkpt)

270 And WTF are we giving another billion dollars to Ukraine ?

Posted by: It's me donna at June 05, 2026 10:44 AM (FtULh)

271
That's the thing. This kid is do far from the hood it isn't even funny.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 10:31 AM (lwhHh)

He was raised to hate. He was born a victim. He has shown exactly zero remorse since the murder. He told the cops he did it. He is a sociopath at best.

This kid's future was set in stone a long time ago.

A shame, yes, but enjoy prison. May he get the inevitable for his troubles. He's earned it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 10:45 AM (p/Ri7)

272 Damn it. First World Problems.

I'm working in my computer room, with my 170 pound concrete, painted monkey sitting on his pedestal. I carried Ralphy down here and he's on his quilt and blanket. A tv is on to get me through this project. "Spider Man Noir"

Volume level 4 out of 100 is just slightly too low. Volume level 5 is freaking blaring. Four it is. I need to concentrate.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 10:45 AM (Sco7b)

273 And WTF are we giving another billion dollars to Ukraine ?
Posted by: It's me donna at June 05, 2026 10:44 AM (FtULh)

USAID is gone. We need a new launder for our sweet, sweet tax dollars.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 10:45 AM (p/Ri7)

274 And WTF are we giving another billion dollars to Ukraine ?
Posted by: It's me donna at June 05, 2026 10:44 AM (FtULh)

Because Putin is 100X worse than Hitler and if we don’t keep sending money to Ukraine he’ll march across Europe.

Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 10:45 AM (tNkpt)

275 This kid's future was set in stone a long time ago.

A shame, yes, but enjoy prison. May he get the inevitable for his troubles. He's earned it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 10:45 AM (p/Ri7)

If indeed he gets prison time...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 05, 2026 10:45 AM (FtULh)

276 the icd-10-cm diagnostic code forforeign object in the anus and rectum ("matchbox car in my ass") is t18.5.
my sons fyaynce is a keeper.

Posted by: edgar n. cleaver at June 05, 2026 10:46 AM (R11M+)

277 271

He was raised to hate. He was born a victim. He has shown exactly zero remorse since the murder. He told the cops he did it. He is a sociopath at best.

This kid's future was set in stone a long time ago.

A shame, yes, but enjoy prison. May he get the inevitable for his troubles. He's earned it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 10:45 AM (p/Ri7)

If, IF convicted, expect riots.

Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 10:46 AM (Gqar8)

278
Volume level 4 out of 100 is just slightly too low. Volume level 5 is freaking blaring. Four it is. I need to concentrate.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 10:45 AM (Sco7b)

I miss the old school analog potentiometer.

And Piper.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 10:47 AM (p/Ri7)

279 Because Putin is 100X worse than Hitler and if we don’t keep sending money to Ukraine he’ll march across Europe.

Posted by: Heroq

Let. Him. March.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 05, 2026 10:47 AM (lwhHh)

280 He was raised to hate. He was born a victim. He has shown exactly zero remorse since the murder. He told the cops he did it. He is a sociopath at best.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Used to be that we put rabid animals down because they were dangerous.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 05, 2026 10:47 AM (+4yJ5)

281 If, IF convicted, expect riots.
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 10:46 AM (Gqar

I do complete with sympathetic coverage by the media

Posted by: It's me donna at June 05, 2026 10:47 AM (FtULh)

282 257 Just two more data breach settlements and I can afford lunch at Burger King.

*tosses confetti*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 05, 2026 10:36 AM (6/7Fs)

LifeLabs in Canada had a data breach. I filled out the computer form for my late Mother and I. Sure, what the hell. May get UP TO $150. CANADIAN DOLLARS!!

It ended up about $1.73 or something like that.

Back to work.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 05, 2026 10:47 AM (Sco7b)

283 The term "Nazi" has lost all significance. It's like "racism" that has become meaningless too.

The left loves to bastardize language.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 05, 2026 10:47 AM (jehhT)

284 There's more.

https://tinyurl.com/mskh6kja

What lovely people. It's hard to understand how Karmelo Anthony went so wrong.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 05, 2026 10:07 AM (Riz8t)

I seriously doubt that dude is anywhere near the courthouse; just some random street corner in the vicinity.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 05, 2026 10:48 AM (Ocvdq)

285
If, IF convicted, expect riots.
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 10:46 AM

There won't be. Everyone knows this kid f*cked up. None of the race baiters have been here, nor will they.

The protesters outside the court are in the ones.

This is not your son's George Floyd or Trayvon Martin.

National news will barely blip when the jury comes back in 2 hours with a guilty verdict.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 10:49 AM (p/Ri7)

286 Looks more like she's pursuing the Song of the Crow. They'll trash your home if you let them.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 05, 2026 10:49 AM (D1E+2)

287 285
If, IF convicted, expect riots.
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 10:46 AM

There won't be. Everyone knows this kid f*cked up. None of the race baiters have been here, nor will they.

The protesters outside the court are in the ones.

This is not your son's George Floyd or Trayvon Martin.

National news will barely blip when the jury comes back in 2 hours with a guilty verdict.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 10:49 AM (p/Ri7)

Would that be because of the color switch, also?

Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 10:50 AM (Gqar8)

288 I think the Candy Bar Kid Killer had a side hustle of going to school events and stealing stuff.

So he knew what he was doing.

Posted by: Stealing Since He Could Crawl at June 05, 2026 10:50 AM (OhZoB)

289 The left loves to bastardize language.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 05, 2026 10:47 AM (jehhT)

And you know who benefits the most from those words losing meaning? Actual racists and Nazis - which they actually are. By the time we try to point it out it's like Boy Who Cried Wolf, except it was the Wolf crying all along.

Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 10:51 AM (Fyaxu)

290 The fucked up part is a solid 35% of whites agree that killing crackers is a good thing.

Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 10:51 AM (tNkpt)

291 288 I think the Candy Bar Kid Killer had a side hustle of going to school events and stealing stuff.

So he knew what he was doing.
Posted by: Stealing Since He Could Crawl at June 05, 2026 10:50 AM (OhZoB)

Shades of Michael Brown.

Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 10:51 AM (Gqar8)

292
Would that be because of the color switch, also?
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 10:50 AM

Maybe, but I doubt it. The evidence at the beginning of this had "premeditated confrontation" written all over it. That's why even big media stayed away.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 10:51 AM (p/Ri7)

293 I miss the old school analog potentiometer.

And Piper.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 10:47 AM (p/Ri7)

*pours out a kale and oat milk smoothie*

For Piper. And as a public service.

Posted by: That stuff is NASTY at June 05, 2026 10:51 AM (TbWk/)

294
Used to be that we put rabid animals down because they were dangerous.
Posted by: NR Pax at June 05, 2026 10:47 AM (+4yJ5)

Ah the good 'ole days.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 10:52 AM (p/Ri7)

295 292
Would that be because of the color switch, also?
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 10:50 AM

Maybe, but I doubt it. The evidence at the beginning of this had "premeditated confrontation" written all over it. That's why even big media stayed away.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 10:51 AM (p/Ri7)

Switching gears a bit, looks like Margaret Swan has been memory holed.

Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 10:52 AM (Gqar8)

296
*pours out a kale and oat milk smoothie*

For Piper. And as a public service.
Posted by: That stuff is NASTY at June 05, 2026 10:51 AM (TbWk/)

Her spirit did say yesterday that if her passing lead to The Horde increasing it's kale intake, it was worth it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 10:53 AM (p/Ri7)

297 Have a hand scyckle just like that, my grandfather's or great grandfather's. Neat and effective tool, adequate weapon if need be.

Posted by: From about That Time at June 05, 2026 10:54 AM (sl73Y)

298
Switching gears a bit, looks like Margaret Swan has been memory holed.
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 10:52 AM

Black on black.

The media yawns.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 10:54 AM (p/Ri7)

299 Scythe. Couldn't think of that word.

Posted by: From about That Time at June 05, 2026 10:55 AM (sl73Y)

300 Good jobs number out today.
Which makes stock markets freak out for fear of rate hikes.

Wall st would rather have a recession and low rates than a booming economy and slightly higher rates. It’s one of the weirdest things. Like who will buy shit from companies if nobody is working guys?

Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 10:55 AM (tNkpt)

301 Like who will buy shit from companies if nobody is working guys?
Posted by: Heroq at June 05, 2026 10:55 AM (tNkpt)

Credit card companies.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 05, 2026 10:57 AM (Ot/FD)

302 There's a great tabletop strategy game called Scythe. War game. Giant robot forces. Troop movement, supply management, if you like that stuff great fun.

Posted by: 70s food trends at June 05, 2026 10:57 AM (3uBP9)

303 @299 the grim reaper's tool is a scythe.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 05, 2026 10:58 AM (cWLG3)

304 Wife out of town for the weekend. The dog and I are meal planning.

Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 10:58 AM (Gqar8)

305 Revenge of the Scythe

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at June 05, 2026 10:59 AM (MDua2)

306 The only way to protect from ID theft is to notify and have credit reporting agencies lock your credit information. These 'protection' agencies are more of an alert.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 05, 2026 10:59 AM (f3Fjc)

307 Wife out of town for the weekend. The dog and I are meal planning.
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 10:58 AM

PARTY at TUBAL's!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 10:59 AM (p/Ri7)

308 307 Wife out of town for the weekend. The dog and I are meal planning.
Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 10:58 AM

PARTY at TUBAL's!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 10:59 AM (p/Ri7)

SSHH! She’s not quite gone yet!!

Posted by: tubal at June 05, 2026 11:00 AM (Gqar8)

309 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 05, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)

310 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 05, 2026 11:01 AM (p/Ri7)

311 I locked my credit shit down. I know two people who went through ID theft recently and the time and energy suck is beyond brutal.

Posted by: ... at June 05, 2026 11:01 AM (Fyaxu)

312 Not like the media hasn't been talking the Street down for months. The number of months Trump has been president. Wait till he drops the hammer on Iran.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 05, 2026 11:02 AM (f3Fjc)

313 Karmelo Anthony moved to 'undisclosed location to ensure his safety,' family reps say, April 2025

He's been residing in an undisclosed location under house arrest with a leg monitor since being released on a $250,000 bond.

Lesser or Reduced Murder Charges or Manslaughter - the sentence is 2 to 20 years in prison. Criminally Negligent Homicide (a state jail felony), punishable by 180 days to 2 years in a state jail facility.

House arrest for a year - where you know he's been an angel - and then maybe he gets the minimum. (He was just a child & it just happened!)

Where's Whig and the others that are quite knowledgeable?

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 05, 2026 11:04 AM (NFX2v)

314 202 james used to go around singing, "if i had a hammer, i'd beat your f'ing brains in" until roger beat nancy's in with a hammer in front of the kids. then he had to stop.
roger later hung himself.

Posted by: edgar n. cleaver at June 05, 2026 11:12 AM (R11M+)

315 I love that painting

Posted by: LASue at June 05, 2026 11:23 AM (0zCfh)

316 314 "roger later hung himself."

Nature may well have hung him, but in the end, he probably hanged himself.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at June 05, 2026 12:02 PM (UWN7z)

317 And larks sing most loudly in the morning.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at June 05, 2026 12:05 PM (UWN7z)

318 Chiming in on a dead thread long after the Horde has moved on...sounds like a normal Friday!

I haven't read it in ages, but Willa Cather's book "Song of the Lark" is named for this painting. The description of the main character seeing this painting in the museum, and her reaction and artistic awakening due to the painting, is gorgeous. Written as only Willa can. From wiki:

"The Song of the Lark is a novel by American author Willa Cather, written in 1915. It ... tells the story of a talented artist born in a small town in Colorado who discovers and develops her singing voice. Her story is told against the backdrop of the burgeoning American West in which she was born in a town along the rail line, of fast-growing Chicago near the turn of the twentieth century, and of the audience for singers of her skills in the US compared to Europe. Thea Kronborg grows up, learning herself, her strengths and her talent, until she reaches success.

The title and first edition cover art comes from an 1884 painting of the same name by Jules Breton, part of the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago."

Posted by: LizLem at June 05, 2026 01:57 PM (Eng1Z)

319 316 i may never have considered that distinction. hung seems singular, hanged plural. i'm. a. f'ing. genius.

Posted by: edgar n. cleaver at June 05, 2026 03:38 PM (R11M+)

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