Mid-Morning Art Thread

Cafe House, Cairo (Casting Bullets)
Jean-Léon Gérôme

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

2 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 09:30 AM (lwhHh)

3 LULULULU!

*explodes*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

4 Figures, hiding ammunition where no one expects

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2026 09:31 AM (Ia/+0)

5 lum has been NOOD'ed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

6 Cafe House, Cairo (Casting Bullets)

Looks like my side porch.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 09:31 AM (lwhHh)

7 Before the speed loader....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 08, 2026 09:31 AM (jehhT)

8 Where's the snake charmer? I expect a snake charmer.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

9 Wait, is this the art thread or the gun thread?

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 08, 2026 09:31 AM (OUMaO)

10 The guy in the back is moving like he saw a cockroach or mouse...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 08, 2026 09:31 AM (l3cgK)

11 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Title: Cafe House, Cairo (Casting Bullets)
Artist: Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, Vesoul 1824–1904 Paris)
Date: 1884 or earlier
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 21 1/2 x 24 3/4 in. (54.6 x 62.9 cm)
Classification: Paintings

Posted by: r hennigantx at June 08, 2026 09:32 AM (/+uur)

12 Why are they casting bullets at the cafe house? Bad coffee?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

13 This is a repeat, methinks.

Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 09:32 AM (77rzZ)

14 9 Wait, is this the art thread or the gun thread?

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 08, 2026 09:31 AM (OUMaO)

Don't all threads devolve to guns, boobs and movies?

Posted by: moki at June 08, 2026 09:32 AM (wLjpr)

15 Mamdani's cabinet.
Nice use of colors in a dark setting.
Would hang.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 08, 2026 09:32 AM (zj5z7)

16 experiencing vu ja de

Posted by: edgar n. cleaver at June 08, 2026 09:32 AM (R11M+)

17 I'm guessing the fumes from melting and casting lead aren't great for you...

Posted by: Military Moron at June 08, 2026 09:32 AM (JCZqz)

18 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 09:30 AM

Sponge!
Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 09:30 AM

I demand time stamps going out to the hundreds of seconds!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 09:32 AM (lwhHh)

19 Really maybe stove was there so they needed to melt some lead

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2026 09:32 AM (Ia/+0)

20 Bullets, coffee, and dancing. What's not to love?

Posted by: Otto Penn at June 08, 2026 09:33 AM (sJHOI)

21 You can't expect to cast a quality bullet without a decent mustache.

Posted by: No Name Today at June 08, 2026 09:33 AM (8mulE)

22 The Cafe House was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at June 08, 2026 09:33 AM (CJnkZ)

23 18 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 09:30 AM

Sponge!
Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 09:30 AM

I demand time stamps going out to the hundreds of seconds!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 09:32 AM (lwhHh)

So not even to the nearest minute?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 08, 2026 09:33 AM (l3cgK)

24 I'm guessing the fumes from melting and casting lead aren't great for you...
Posted by: Military Moron

That's why you are supposed to do it outside in a slight breeze.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 09:33 AM (lwhHh)

25 Gimme back my boolits.

Posted by: Lynyrd Skynyrd at June 08, 2026 09:33 AM (wVcYX)

26 One shot or two?

Posted by: Rex B at June 08, 2026 09:34 AM (rgnea)

27 This is a repeat, methinks.
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 09:32 AM (77rzZ)

CBD will just tell you you're wrong.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

28 I always make bullets outside

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2026 09:34 AM (Ia/+0)

29 25 Gimme back my boolits.

Posted by: Lynyrd Skynyrd at June 08, 2026 09:33 AM (wVcYX)

That might mean something different to a gay man during pride month...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 08, 2026 09:34 AM (l3cgK)

30 8 Where's the snake charmer? I expect a snake charmer.
+++
And a belly dancer.

Posted by: There should be a belly dancer at June 08, 2026 09:34 AM (CJnkZ)

31 Kinda dark. Must be an eclipse.

Posted by: Case at June 08, 2026 09:35 AM (+zXtV)

32 I think we've had this one before. It looks familiar.

Posted by: redridinghood at June 08, 2026 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

33 No lead soup for you!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 08, 2026 09:35 AM (l3cgK)

34 The guy in the back is moving like he saw a cockroach or mouse...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 08, 2026 09:31 AM (l3cgK)

He's waving his hands in the air like he just don't care.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 08, 2026 09:35 AM (wVcYX)

35 Where's the snake charmer? I expect a snake charmer.
+++
And a belly dancer.
Posted by: There should be a belly dancer

And a thieving, pickpocket urchin.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 09:35 AM (lwhHh)

36 Posted by: Lynyrd Skynyrd at June 08, 2026 09:33 AM (wVcYX)

It's funny when you learn they're named after the high school gym teacher, Leonard Skinnerd.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 09:36 AM (Zz0t1)

37 Not a fan of men in dresses.

Posted by: redridinghood at June 08, 2026 09:37 AM (NpAcC)

38 Stay in your lane, pal.

Posted by: Thieving Pickpocket Urchins local #408 at June 08, 2026 09:37 AM (CJnkZ)

39 Pretty sure we've seen one or more of Gerome's paintings before but maybe not this one.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2026 09:37 AM (lJ0H4)

40 Is this some sort of proto-MoMe cafe?

Where you can get both coffee and ammo?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 08, 2026 09:37 AM (gnNyN)

41 In a CAFE?

I'll have the Ta'meya, and some koshary, aaaaand...a side of ammo.

Posted by: Delurker at June 08, 2026 09:38 AM (gtcuf)

42
Where you can get both coffee and ammo?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 08, 2026 09:37 AM (gnNyN)

And Buc-Ee's fudge!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

43 The dude in a dress and red stockings waving a spear around and hopping on one foot?…,,, Jeepers, how gay can you get?

Posted by: nurse ratched at June 08, 2026 09:38 AM (c5xxP)

44 >>This is a repeat, methinks.

Yep.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 08, 2026 09:38 AM (NcvvS)

45 The dude in a dress and red stockings waving a spear around and hopping on one foot?…,,, Jeepers, how gay can you get?
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 08, 2026 09:38 AM (c5xxP)

No one is flipping another man's meat.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)

46 Where you can get both coffee and ammo?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 08, 2026 09:37 AM (gnNyN)

And Buc-Ee's fudge!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)
----
Hard pass on the camel jerky, though.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 08, 2026 09:39 AM (gnNyN)

47 What's in the cage?

Posted by: Ok, I'll ask at June 08, 2026 09:39 AM (CJnkZ)

48 Dark, muddled, and I bet it smells in there
I rate this as Meh
no hang

Posted by: Don Black at June 08, 2026 09:39 AM (ZxPkt)

49 37 Not a fan of men in dresses.

And a towel is not a hat.

Posted by: Delurker at June 08, 2026 09:39 AM (gtcuf)

50 ----
Hard pass on the camel jerky, though.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 08, 2026 09:39 AM (gnNyN)

Tougher than dog.......

Posted by: Barack Hussein Owebama at June 08, 2026 09:40 AM (Zz0t1)

51 finna kill some infidels

Posted by: Otto Penn at June 08, 2026 09:40 AM (sJHOI)

52 And Buc-Ee's fudge!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

Too sweet, but the jerky is solid.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 08, 2026 09:40 AM (iERP6)

53 The cage appears to be empty. Is it a metaphor?

Posted by: Delurker at June 08, 2026 09:40 AM (gtcuf)

54 Is this some sort of proto-MoMe cafe?

Where you can get both coffee and ammo?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

ATF Convenience Store.
Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms

Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 09:40 AM (lwhHh)

55 37 Not a fan of men in dresses.

Posted by: redridinghood at June 08, 2026 09:37 AM (NpAcC)

How do you know it's a man?

Posted by: Princess Fatemeh Khanum "Esmat al-Dowleh" and Princess Zahra Khanum "Taj al-Saltaneh" at June 08, 2026 09:41 AM (l3cgK)

56 Too sweet, but the jerky is solid.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 08, 2026 09:40 AM (iERP6)

Agreed.

They used to be overly salty in the jerky department. Now, their flavors match some that I used to make.

Am a fan.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)

57 And Buc-Ee's fudge!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
+++
Is there brisket?

Posted by: Now I want brisket at June 08, 2026 09:41 AM (CJnkZ)

58 When I cast bullets, I cast at around 2800 fps.

Posted by: RI Red at June 08, 2026 09:42 AM (XMoZf)

59 Biggified, it's quite good. Are those ankle zippers on the pants, or velcro?

Posted by: From about That Time at June 08, 2026 09:42 AM (sl73Y)

60 +++
Is there brisket?
Posted by: Now I want brisket at June 08, 2026 09:41 AM (CJnkZ)

FRESH brisket on the boARD!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)

61 Boolets to keel you.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 08, 2026 09:42 AM (g8Ew8)

62 When I cast bullets, I cast at around 2800 fps.

Posted by: RI Red at June 08, 2026 09:42 AM (XMoZf)

How fast do you cast aspersions?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 08, 2026 09:43 AM (dK+Kv)

63 62 When I cast bullets, I cast at around 2800 fps.

Posted by: RI Red at June 08, 2026 09:42 AM (XMoZf)

How fast do you cast aspersions?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 08, 2026 09:43 AM (dK+Kv)

at the speed of sound...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 08, 2026 09:43 AM (l3cgK)

64 No Velcro.
Can't stand that tearing sound.

Posted by: Morty Seinfeld at June 08, 2026 09:43 AM (CJnkZ)

65 Don't Cast Your Bullets Before Swine - a limerick

When you have your opponents on the run
It's true that casting bullets can be fun
But to inflict the most harm
If you have a weak arm
It's better to fire them from a gun

Posted by: muldoon at June 08, 2026 09:44 AM (qgHp7)

66 is this where the mulluhs meet to elect a new ayatollah? If not, why the turbans?

Posted by: Will Robinson at June 08, 2026 09:44 AM (YGJ8E)

67 I just hope no one starts brandishing a scimitar again.

Posted by: Professor I. Jones at June 08, 2026 09:44 AM (wVcYX)

68 I don't want to see what the casting couch looks like.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 08, 2026 09:46 AM (0nHVk)

69 at the speed of sound...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 08, 2026 09:43 AM (l3cgK)

Nice!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 08, 2026 09:46 AM (dK+Kv)

70 Who'd like a slug?

Posted by: Omar the Barista at June 08, 2026 09:46 AM (rgnea)

71 They’re also casting ballots. To be mailed to California.

Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

72 I once had a job as a bullet.
But I was fired immediately.

Posted by: Oh, no... at June 08, 2026 09:47 AM (CJnkZ)

73 >And Buc-Ee's fudge!

Go on.

Posted by: Hello Fresh at June 08, 2026 09:48 AM (rJ48h)

74 Pass de hookah on de left hand side.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2026 09:49 AM (RIvkX)

75 If you like Pina coladas...
Casting bullets in cafes...

Posted by: 496 at June 08, 2026 09:49 AM (U0KA6)

76 Muldoon's poem should be posted on a Gun Thread

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2026 09:49 AM (Ia/+0)

77 I don't want to see what the casting couch looks like.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 08, 2026 09:46 AM (0nHVk)

Goat hair and jizz.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 09:50 AM (Zz0t1)

78 Pew, pew, pew.

Posted by: Church bullets at June 08, 2026 09:50 AM (CJnkZ)

79 72 I once had a job as a bullet.
But I was fired immediately.

Posted by: Oh, no... at June 08, 2026 09:47 AM (CJnkZ)

Was it because you always had lead in your pants?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 08, 2026 09:50 AM (l3cgK)

80 Am a fan.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)

I just tried the Jalapeno and the Steakhouse flavors, and they were both really good. Plus, their texture was excellent!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 08, 2026 09:51 AM (iERP6)

81 I enjoy Gérôme's topics and style: realistic, detailed, and colorful. This one is a good example. The clothing seems appropriate to the time and place, each face is individual which reminds me of Rembrandt's group paintings, and his use of light to set a mood and atmosphere helps make the painting.

FWIW, the casting activity is correct, the tools are as well, even the man on the right cutting away the sprue left from the mold. I'm impressed. Either Gérôme knew the process or he copied it exactly while painting.

Check out his Wiki page. Plenty of female nudes. His landscapes are lovely. And he has a sense of humor. Two paintings called The Tryst, one from the outside with a man looking in and one with the woman looking out from the interior.

Posted by: JTB at June 08, 2026 09:51 AM (yTvNw)

82 Pass de hookah on de left hand side.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2026 09:49 AM (RIvkX)

Don't bogart that pipe, my friend.

Posted by: Little Feat at June 08, 2026 09:52 AM (wVcYX)

83
I just tried the Jalapeno and the Steakhouse flavors, and they were both really good. Plus, their texture was excellent!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 08, 2026 09:51 AM (iERP6)

A couple MoMe's ago, Doof and I experimented with deep frying the Ghost Pepper and a couple other flavors. Surprisingly, it didn't ruin it. Changed the texture, but the flavors will still there. Very edible.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)

84 Someone in the back is waiving hello.

Dude casting lead in bare feet must have a steady hand.

Posted by: pawn at June 08, 2026 09:53 AM (+rSJz)

85 72 I once had a job as a bullet.
But I was fired immediately.

(rimshot)

Posted by: Delurker at June 08, 2026 09:53 AM (gtcuf)

86 How fast do you cast aspersions?

***********

Castaway - a limerick

An orthopedic surgeon named Meg
Was generally a pretty good 'egg'
Her wits were really keen
And man you should have seen
How fast she could cast a broken leg!

Posted by: muldoon at June 08, 2026 09:54 AM (qgHp7)

87 *Was it because you always had lead in your pants?*

They said I was too slow. They even gave me a cruel nickname:
slug.

Posted by: The fired bullet at June 08, 2026 09:55 AM (CJnkZ)

88 I have never seen anybody making bullets in a cafe. Then again I have never been to Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, St. Louis, Baltimore, Baton Rouge, or Philadelphia. Does this fall into the "there is still a chance" category?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at June 08, 2026 09:57 AM (glnUu)

89 They probably do that in my coffeehouse. They have an antiracism poster and now a "No ICE" poster. Pretty sure it's an antifa den.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 08, 2026 09:58 AM (gKWVE)

90 You can just tell that all those guys are up to no good.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 08, 2026 09:58 AM (jehhT)

91 Cafe House, Cairo (Casting Bullets), 1884
Jean-Léon Gérôme

Looks familiar. No doubt an excellent painter but he had a huge body of work that also included many sculptures.

Musée d'Orsay houses some of his celebrated bronzes. Dahesh Museum of Art details his famous sculptural process.

Wikipedia: In part, "Despite charges that the Orientalizing paintings of Gérôme (and others) exploited and indulged in stereotypes of Arab and Muslim cultures, there is now "a high level of interest in collecting Gérôme's art in the Middle East," as evinced by high prices paid at auction for his work by the Qatar Museums Authority in Doha.[45] "They want to take it back and have it for themselves," says art historian Emily M. Weeks.[46]"

Would pass hanging but interesting lesson. Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 08, 2026 09:59 AM (NFX2v)

92 No goats dressed like little boys. Unbelievable!

Posted by: Unkaren at June 08, 2026 09:59 AM (MaRK8)

93 Posted by: Unkaren at June 08, 2026 09:59 AM (MaRK

Your hash is a Lincoln.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 10:00 AM (Zz0t1)

94 Shyte.

Posted by: Unkaren at June 08, 2026 09:59 AM (MaRK8 )

Lincoln hash.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 10:00 AM (Zz0t1)

95 Looks familiar. No doubt an excellent painter but he had a huge body

This is about me, isn't it.......

Posted by: JB Pritzker at June 08, 2026 10:01 AM (Zz0t1)

96 I am looking forward to going to the stationary store today.

Pretty sure that is something I shouldn't be discussing in pubic.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at June 08, 2026 10:01 AM (glnUu)

97 How fast do you cast aspersions?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 08, 2026 09:43 AM (dK+Kv)

at the speed of sound...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 08, 2026 09:43 AM (l3cgK)

Ya gotta be fast around here.

Posted by: RI Red at June 08, 2026 10:02 AM (RZTmI)

98 I saw Goats Dressed Like Little Boys open for They Might Be Giants at Arcadia in '98.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 10:02 AM (Zz0t1)

99 As to the guy in the moustache dancing around like it was Kansas City, uh. Does his wife know?

Posted by: gKWVE at June 08, 2026 10:03 AM (gKWVE)

100 I once had a job as a bullet.
But I was fired immediately.

(rimshot)
Posted by: Delurker

Dad Joke #4,378,932

Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 10:03 AM (lwhHh)

101 As to the guy in the moustache dancing around like it was Kansas City, uh. Does his wife know?
Posted by: gKWVE

She does now.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 10:03 AM (lwhHh)

102 I'm shocked! Shocked to find that bullet casting is going on in here.

Staff: [hands the captain a heavy package] Your bullets, sir.

Posted by: Captain Mahmoud at June 08, 2026 10:05 AM (wVcYX)

103 "Federal lawsuit aims to stop UFC event on the White House South Lawn"

Under/Over on how long it takes for a communist Biden judge, that was born in [fill in your favorite left wing sh*thole country], to issue a national injunction stopping it and never once get the irony in the that.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at June 08, 2026 10:07 AM (glnUu)

104 And one from the archives:

Let's Get Cracking - a limerick

My sister is an over-reacter
Nonetheless my parents have backed her
"Go to med school!" they said
She had other plans instead
Moved to Egypt and became a Cairo-practer!

Posted by: muldoon at June 08, 2026 10:09 AM (qgHp7)

105 Maybe my truck isn't catastrophic, needs a few things but better than could have been

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2026 10:09 AM (Ia/+0)

106 Moved to Egypt and became a Cairo-practer!
Posted by: muldoon at June 08, 2026 10:09 AM (qgHp7)

You truly a national treasure.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 10:11 AM (Zz0t1)

107 Has Scott Pelly finally stopping sobbing long enough to announce his new podcast?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at June 08, 2026 10:11 AM (glnUu)

108 South America continues to shift hard to the right as Keiko Fujimori is projected to become president of Peru

-
Well, they haven't the vote making machine that California has.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 10:11 AM (ndZc7)

109 Are.

Truly ARE a national treasure.

Damn Mondays.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 10:11 AM (Zz0t1)

110 228 Don't get high when you get high.

Flying with cannabis? TSA's new guidance comes with a major health warning
Clinical data shows cannabis alters heart rhythm and oxygen demand, combining dangerously with cabin altitude
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 09:13 AM (ndZc7)

The cabin altitude of a modern airliner cruising at, say, 30,000 feet MSL, is around 7,000 feet. There are a whole lot of dope smokers living in cities/towns in Colorado and elsewhere out west with elevations at or above that who are apparently in mortal danger, I guess.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 08, 2026 10:11 AM (J4Dwc)

111 Upon embiggining, the exotic dancer has a mustache. Yet another artifact of Pride Month. Sad!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 08, 2026 10:12 AM (0sNs1)

112 Has Scott Pelly finally stopping sobbing long enough to announce his new podcast?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at June 08, 2026 10:11 AM (glnUu)

He's still sailing around the world.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 10:12 AM (Zz0t1)

113 @81. He painted nudes and we get this?
I feel cheated.

Posted by: Case at June 08, 2026 10:12 AM (+zXtV)

114 Are they silver bullets?

Oh the Ag ony!!

Posted by: Make it stop at June 08, 2026 10:12 AM (CJnkZ)

115 Upon embiggining, the exotic dancer has a mustache. Yet another artifact of Pride Month. Sad!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 08, 2026 10:12 AM (0sNs1)

It's MA'AM!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 10:12 AM (Zz0t1)

116 Scott Pelley's been in combat you know. Ask him. Just don't invite him to an American Legion hall to tell the vets to their face.

Posted by: gKWVE would actually like to see this at June 08, 2026 10:12 AM (gKWVE)

117 Has Scott Pelly finally stopping sobbing long enough to announce his new podcast?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions

Scott Pelley says Bari Weiss asked 60 Minutes staffers: “Why do you think the country thinks you’re biased?"

Pelley: "Why do you think so? Do you have a poll? Is there market research? What are you talking about?"

"Because we certainly didn't believe that."

-
Well, I guess he ought to know.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 10:13 AM (ndZc7)

118 The dude in a dress and red stockings waving a spear around and hopping on one foot?…,,, Jeepers, how gay can you get?
Posted by: nurse ratched at June 08, 2026 09:38 AM

Hold our beer.

Posted by: Kansas City at June 08, 2026 10:14 AM (0sNs1)

119 Vampire hunters, hadn't thought of that

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2026 10:14 AM (Ia/+0)

120 Has Scott Pelly finally stopping sobbing long enough to announce his new podcast?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram -

Scott Pelele?
(Pelele is a Spanish word, slang for wimp and or puppet)

Posted by: Rex B at June 08, 2026 10:14 AM (rgnea)

121 @81. He painted nudes and we get this?
I feel cheated.
Posted by: Case at June 08, 2026 10:12 AM (+zXtV)

Woof. Looked up a few. Damn. His nudes are DARK in theme......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)

122 *Pelley: "Why do you think so? Do you have a poll? Is there market research? What are you talking about?"*
+++
I have a letter to prove it.

Posted by: Dan Rather at June 08, 2026 10:15 AM (CJnkZ)

123 In Islam aren't supernatural Jins?

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2026 10:15 AM (Ia/+0)

124 Democrats have brought you communists and Nazis. I don’t know why anyone is surprised that in California, they’ve now brought you unabashed, outright electoral fraud.

If you are one of those people who still believes the 2020 election and up to this day elections in most Blue States aren’t corrupt, and fraudulent, check your pulse.

This is some real third-world shit.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 08, 2026 10:16 AM (ScG/9)

125 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Interesting art today. Can a painting cause you to smell the scene. This one has my nose twitching.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 08, 2026 10:16 AM (2WIwB)

126 121 His Birth of Venus is nice.

Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 10:16 AM (77rzZ)

127 *Pelley: "Why do you think so? Do you have a poll? Is there market research? What are you talking about?"*

You. Are. A. DOOOOOOOSHHH!!!!!!

Posted by: Woody at June 08, 2026 10:16 AM (Zz0t1)

128 There's no escaping Pride Month.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at June 08, 2026 10:17 AM (wGerL)

129 Can a painting cause you to smell the scene. This one has my nose twitching.

Coffee grounds, gunpowder, and astroglide
kind of like a Lindsey Graham campaign rally

Posted by: gKWVE at June 08, 2026 10:17 AM (gKWVE)

130 There's no escaping Pride Month.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at June 08, 2026 10:17 AM (wGerL)

They're not stuffing things in each other's ass.......so there's that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 10:18 AM (Zz0t1)

131 Truth Coming Out of Hell is interesting
But Cock Fight in 1846 isn't what it is today

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2026 10:18 AM (Ia/+0)

132 Coffee grounds, gunpowder, and astroglide
kind of like a Lindsey Graham campaign rally
Posted by: gKWVE at June 08, 2026 10:17 AM (gKWVE)

That's hot.

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at June 08, 2026 10:18 AM (Zz0t1)

133 David Letterman auditions for Airplane!

https://tinyurl.com/4ashnwhz

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 10:19 AM (ndZc7)

134 I missed the Tony Awards on CBS last night because I was watching the Indy car race. Somehow I just can't find my way to feeling guilty about that.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at June 08, 2026 10:20 AM (glnUu)

135 Have scanned the comments. Muldoon is in rare form today. Well done sir!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 08, 2026 10:21 AM (2WIwB)

136 Bari Weiss: The country thinks you're biased.

Scott Pelley: Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 08, 2026 10:21 AM (wVcYX)

137 Last one, I promise. I just stumbled upon this one in the archives, I had forgotten all aboout it.

Walk This Way - a limerick

My Cairo practor said with a smile
"I'll sell you a used crocodile."
'E gypped me!", I screamed
"It's a pyramid scheme!"
Now I live in a state of de Nile.

Posted by: muldoon at June 08, 2026 10:21 AM (qgHp7)

138 Democrats have brought you communists and Nazis. I don’t know why anyone is surprised that in California, they’ve now brought you unabashed, outright electoral fraud.

If you are one of those people who still believes the 2020 election and up to this day elections in most Blue States aren’t corrupt, and fraudulent, check your pulse.

This is some real third-world shit.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 08, 2026 10:16 AM (ScG/9)

YOU HAVE NO EVIDENCE!!!!!!!

Posted by: Kristen Welker at June 08, 2026 10:21 AM (Zz0t1)

139 When pouring molten lead I would recommend wearing shoes.

Posted by: Weasel at June 08, 2026 10:22 AM (PVV5z)

140 "Federal lawsuit aims to stop UFC event on the White House South Lawn"

I'm just surprised no one has sued yet to make it illegal for Trump to breathe...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 08, 2026 10:22 AM (JOQH4)

141 Bari Weiss: The country thinks you're biased.

Scott Pelley: Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 08, 2026 10:21 AM (wVcYX)

He has jars of his own farts stashed around his apartment.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)

142 PSA:

Burger King's Pride Whoppers come with two top or two bottom buns 🍔

Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 10:23 AM (lwhHh)

143 Can a painting cause you to smell the scene. This one has my nose twitching.

Coffee grounds, gunpowder, and astroglide
kind of like a Lindsey Graham campaign rally
Posted by: gKWVE at June 08, 2026 10:17 AM (gKWVE)

Wait until you're at one of my freakoffs.

Posted by: P. Diddy at June 08, 2026 10:23 AM (wVcYX)

144 "When pouring molten lead I would recommend wearing shoes.
Posted by: Weasel"

"Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man."

Posted by: Scott Pelley at June 08, 2026 10:23 AM (vFG9F)

145 When pouring molten lead I would recommend wearing shoes.
Posted by: Weasel

And a leather aprin.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 10:24 AM (lwhHh)

146 What would Jesus do?

https://tinyurl.com/mr85xdv2

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 10:24 AM (ndZc7)

147 I am looking forward to going to the stationary store today.

Pretty sure that is something I shouldn't be discussing in pubic.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

I take it from your nic that you're a chick. So going to stationery stores is OK for you. It's one of those things that chicks do.

Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 10:24 AM (77rzZ)

148 What is UFC?

Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

149 The dude in a dress and red stockings waving a spear around and hopping on one foot?…,,, Jeepers, how gay can you get?

The guy on the bench behind him has just started the solo from Stairway to Heaven.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 08, 2026 10:25 AM (Riz8t)

150 Bari Weiss: The country thinks you're biased.

Scott Pelley: Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Ha!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 10:26 AM (ndZc7)

151 I'm just surprised no one has sued yet to make it illegal for Trump to breathe...
Posted by: It's me donna
__________

He should preempt that by giving a speech extolling the benefits of continued breathing to promote life. Our lib problems would all be solved within two minutes.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 08, 2026 10:26 AM (XvL8K)

152 What is UFC?
Posted by: Bulg

Unlimited Fight Club.

But we don't talk about that.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 10:27 AM (lwhHh)

153 Foundry work. I approve.
Would hang.

Posted by: Reforger at June 08, 2026 10:27 AM (ZxzYs)

154 What would Jesus do?

https://tinyurl.com/mr85xdv2
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 10:24 AM (ndZc7)

https://shorturl.at/qaO0M

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 10:28 AM (Zz0t1)

155
Fascinating passage from a book by an RC bishop, discussing Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde:

1/2

"When the two reunite in Act Two, their euphoric singing leaves us in no doubt: they are quite out of their minds. Later in the same act, wileful bliss reveals its true face as perversion, spelt out in Wagner’s libretto. The music is gorgeous. The words are lovely, too. Charmed, we must really pay attention to note the sickness of erotic inebriation in which there is no trace of romance. Tristan and Isolde seek, not communion, but possession. Possession, they see, can only become final in death."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 08, 2026 10:28 AM (O0L8i)

156 What is UFC?
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 10:25 AM (77rzZ)

Utah Fried Chicken.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 08, 2026 10:28 AM (wVcYX)

157 Unanimous f*ck chickens.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 10:28 AM (Zz0t1)

158
2/2

"The Liebestod motif makes its first appearance in an effusion of Tristan’s, aspiring to be ‘ever one’ with Isolde, yet to be ‘nameless’, deprived of personhood, offered up to a divinized Love which uncannily resembles ancient Moloch, who consumed his children. When Isolde develops the theme at the end of the opera, the music’s sublimity, cutting right through us, can make us forget that she is, in fact, throwing herself dying into the arms of a corpse. Such is the fulfilment of this kind of eros."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 08, 2026 10:28 AM (O0L8i)

159 You a Wagner fan, Hadrian?

Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 10:30 AM (77rzZ)

160 You know who else was a Wagner fan?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 08, 2026 10:30 AM (u/oMr)

161 I like the colors of the clothing of the men in front The one has a particularly striking shade of green. I'm not sure what it's called.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 08, 2026 10:31 AM (OYsYV)

162 Wagner makes lightbulbs.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 10:31 AM (Zz0t1)

163 Now it's an opera thread? Can we at least do Rocky Horror?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 10:31 AM (ndZc7)

164 161 I like the colors of the clothing of the men in front The one has a particularly striking shade of green. I'm not sure what it's called.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 08, 2026 10:31 AM (OYsYV)

Chartreuse ?

Posted by: It's me donna at June 08, 2026 10:31 AM (JOQH4)

165 Now it's an opera thread? Can we at least do Rocky Horror?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 10:31 AM (ndZc7)

Fag.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 10:31 AM (Zz0t1)

166 The one has a particularly striking shade of green. I'm not sure what it's called.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 08, 2026 10:31 AM (OYsYV)

Ask the guy who's dancing. He'll know.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 08, 2026 10:32 AM (gKWVE)

167 You know who else was a Wagner fan?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 08, 2026 10:30 AM (u/oMr)

Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore?

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 08, 2026 10:32 AM (wVcYX)

168 162 Wagner makes lightbulbs.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 10:31 AM (Zz0t1)

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He was best known for overwrought orchestral arrangements and power sprayers.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 08, 2026 10:32 AM (u/oMr)

169 Is 'casting bullets' diff'rent from 'casting aspersions' … ? Or is that 'casting asparagus' … ? Enquiring minds 'n all that …

Posted by: Dr_No at June 08, 2026 10:33 AM (ayRl+)

170 163 Now it's an opera thread? Can we at least do Rocky Horror?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 10:31 AM (ndZc7)

Damn it.

Posted by: Reforger at June 08, 2026 10:33 AM (ZxzYs)

171 Thanks. It could be . But it looks like it has blue mixed in.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 08, 2026 10:33 AM (OYsYV)

172 165 Now it's an opera thread? Can we at least do Rocky Horror?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 10:31 AM (ndZc7)

Fag.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 10:31 AM (Zz0t1)

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

A toast!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 08, 2026 10:33 AM (u/oMr)

173 sickness of erotic inebriation

-
Or maybe a Penthouse Forum thread?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 10:33 AM (ndZc7)

174 I watched Kristen Welker harass President Trump on Meet the Nation.

I am confused about what is supposed to happen in an interview. I, naively, that the role of interviewer was to ask well crafted questions and let the interviewed answer, thus building an organic narrative.

Apparently that is an old fashioned notion. Modern interviewers don't really ask questions, rather they hurl accusations, score left-wing propaganda points, hiss at and interrupt the interviewed non-stop, and when the interviewed walks out stare at the camera in wide-eyed amazement that happened.

Plus she has scary crazy eyes when she gets aroused on camera.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at June 08, 2026 10:34 AM (glnUu)

175 Drab. It's called drab.

Posted by: US Army Field Manual at June 08, 2026 10:34 AM (CJnkZ)

176 Wagner makes lightbulbs.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 10:31 AM (Zz0t1)

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He was best known for overwrought orchestral arrangements and power sprayers.
Posted by: Cicero

And for rogering the pool boy while he was married to one of the most beautiful women on the planet.

Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 10:34 AM (77rzZ)

177
You a Wagner fan, Hadrian?

Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 10:30 AM (77rzZ)

_____________

Depends on what. The music is sublime, extraordinary. Unfortunately, it is put in service of Wagner's characters, interchangeable gasbags venting the composer's dorm-room bong-hit philosophy in the libretto.

Verdi is inferior musically, but we bleed and cry with his all-too-human characters. In Wagner, we're all secretly relieved when they die and finally shut up.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 08, 2026 10:35 AM (O0L8i)

178 Plus she has scary crazy eyes when she gets aroused on camera.

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That's hot.

Posted by: Scott Pelley, Free Speech Martyr at June 08, 2026 10:35 AM (u/oMr)

179 Eh. Hang? Maybe in the garage. Needs light.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at June 08, 2026 10:35 AM (9hNi7)

180 Now it's an opera thread? Can we at least do Rocky Horror?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 10:31 AM

You do look like you're kind of groovy.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 08, 2026 10:35 AM (0sNs1)

181 Reforger at June 08, 2026 10:27 AM (ZxzYs)

154 What would Jesus do?

https://tinyurl.com/mr85xdv2
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 10:24 AM (ndZc7)

https://shorturl.at/qaO0M
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck

Wasn't that called the Flosbury Flop?

Posted by: From about That Time at June 08, 2026 10:36 AM (sl73Y)

182 171 Thanks. It could be . But it looks like it has blue mixed in.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 08, 2026 10:33 AM (OYsYV)

Right... Chartreuse has more yellow to it...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 08, 2026 10:36 AM (JOQH4)

183 Nice painting. I especially like the contrasting color with the dark background. Good start to the week.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at June 08, 2026 10:36 AM (HYRFr)

184 Posted by: gKWVE at June 08, 2026 10:32 AM

But it looks like he's wearing a petticoat. I'd prefer not to ask him. I don't t know what that part of the outfit is supposed to be and the descriptions of this work on the net don't explain that-other than to say he's engaged in "revelry".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 08, 2026 10:36 AM (OYsYV)

185 Who was it that said Wagner's music is better than it sounds?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 08, 2026 10:37 AM (u/oMr)

186 @ 96 I am looking forward to going to the stationary store today. Pretty sure that is something I shouldn't be discussing in pubic.
____________________________________

How do you know it's the right one? They're all stationary …

Posted by: Dr_No at June 08, 2026 10:37 AM (ayRl+)

187 Wagner: The Graham Platner of composers.

Wagner was a genius. Also an asshole even beyond his anti-Jewishness. An asshole genius.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 10:37 AM (ndZc7)

188 Plus she has scary crazy eyes when she gets aroused on camera.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at June 08, 2026 10:34 AM

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Posted by: Madonna at June 08, 2026 10:37 AM (0sNs1)

189 Opera is nothing more than gay European soap operas set to music. Prove me wrong.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at June 08, 2026 10:38 AM (glnUu)

190 "Federal lawsuit aims to stop UFC event on the White House South Lawn"

How exactly does anyone have standing to dictate what the executive branch does on the executive branch's property?

Posted by: Ian S. at June 08, 2026 10:38 AM (2ocoG)

191 Now it's an opera thread? Can we at least do Rocky Horror?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 10:31 AM

You do look like you're kind of groovy.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 08, 2026 10:35 AM

Wait. Let him shiver with antici........

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 08, 2026 10:38 AM (bFu5X)

192
A mistake made by Sheik Jihad al Bed
Instead of coffee, he drank molten lead
As he died with a shriek
He let out a squeak
At least, it's better than Starbucks, he said.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 08, 2026 10:38 AM (iJfKG)

193 The one has a particularly striking shade of green. I'm not sure what it's called.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 08, 2026 10:31 AM (OYsYV)

Metallic mint green?

Posted by: Miss Mona Lisa Vito at June 08, 2026 10:39 AM (wVcYX)

194 How exactly does anyone have standing to dictate what the executive branch does on the executive branch's property?
Posted by: Ian S. at June 08, 2026 10:38 AM (2ocoG)

Right...

Posted by: White House Ballroom at June 08, 2026 10:39 AM (JOQH4)

195 Song writing is easy.

https://tinyurl.com/2zjmd657

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 10:40 AM (ndZc7)

196 193 The one has a particularly striking shade of green. I'm not sure what it's called.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 08, 2026 10:31 AM (OYsYV)

Metallic mint green?
Posted by: Miss Mona Lisa Vito at June 08, 2026 10:39 AM (wVcYX)

Metallic pea ?

Posted by: Wagon Queen Family Truckster at June 08, 2026 10:40 AM (JOQH4)

197 Opera is nothing more than old greek homos

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 08, 2026 10:40 AM (Kt19C)

198 Soooo … the 'cafe house' is where they get the lead for their - ahem - 'pencil', yes … ? Who'da thunk … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at June 08, 2026 10:40 AM (ayRl+)

199 At least, it's better than Starbucks, he said.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 08, 2026 10:38 AM

Narrator: He was not wrong.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 08, 2026 10:40 AM (bFu5X)

200
Talks to bring Mike Tyson and Robin Givins together for a live action remake of "Beauty and the Beast" have been knocked down.

Posted by: Auspex at June 08, 2026 10:41 AM (Y8DZL)

201 137. Saved the best for last. 😄

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 08, 2026 10:42 AM (NFX2v)

202 It's a bullshit question.

Posted by: Mona Lisa Vito at June 08, 2026 10:42 AM (u/oMr)

203 Opera is nothing more than gay European soap operas set to music. Prove me wrong.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions

Beautiful music though.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2026 10:43 AM (lJ0H4)

204
Wagner was a genius. Also an asshole even beyond his anti-Jewishness. An asshole genius.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 10:37 AM (ndZc7)

____________

This is what sets my teeth on edge. Even without his Jew hatred, he would be among the most despicable people in music. Unfortunately, that colors everything when I listen.

Or Benjamin Britten, who had an unnatural interest in young boys. All of them, interviewed years later, said oh no nothing happened. Sure. As such I can't hear his stuff without distaste.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 08, 2026 10:43 AM (O0L8i)

205 200
Talks to bring Mike Tyson and Robin Givins together for a live action remake of "Beauty and the Beast" have been knocked down.
Posted by: Auspex at June 08, 2026 10:41 AM (Y8DZL)

Have you seen her lately?

Posted by: Reforger at June 08, 2026 10:43 AM (ZxzYs)

206 Personally, I don't care for a lot of Wagner's stuff.

In the Brahms v. Wagner war, I'm firmly on Brahms' side.

Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 10:43 AM (77rzZ)

207
last night, we had a great dinner.

Smash Tacos!!!

Along with guac and chips, fresh melon, and Illegal margaritas.

Super delightful, loved by all, and stupidly easy.

This one is definitely going on the rotation

Posted by: naturalfake at June 08, 2026 10:43 AM (iJfKG)

208 I am confused about what is supposed to happen in an interview. I, naively, that the role of interviewer was to ask well crafted questions and let the interviewed answer, thus building an organic narrative.

Apparently that is an old fashioned notion. Modern interviewers don't really ask questions, rather they hurl accusations, score left-wing propaganda points, hiss at and interrupt the interviewed non-stop, and when the interviewed walks out stare at the camera in wide-eyed amazement that happened.

They're copying their heroes at the BBC, who have long used this approach. For some reason, American leftists worship Brits. But, you know, no kings.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 08, 2026 10:44 AM (Riz8t)

209 Or Benjamin Britten, who had an unnatural interest in young boys. All of them, interviewed years later, said oh no nothing happened. Sure. As such I can't hear his stuff without distaste. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Guess you aren't Michael Jackson either.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at June 08, 2026 10:44 AM (glnUu)

210 Face shield, welders gloves are also my bullet making kit

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2026 10:45 AM (Ia/+0)

211 Teddy Roosevelt totally would have hosted UFC events at the Whitehouse if it existed in his day.

Posted by: steevy at June 08, 2026 10:45 AM (YwEeS)

212 Beautiful music though.
Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2026 10:43 AM (lJ0H4)

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There's nothing like the Anvil Chorus to usher you off to a dream-filled sleep.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 08, 2026 10:45 AM (u/oMr)

213 I like the colors of the clothing of the men in front The one has a particularly striking shade of green. I'm not sure what it's called.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 08, 2026 10:31 AM (OYsYV)

Chartreuse ?

No, chartreuse is a yellowish green. This is more like turquoise or some other shade intermediate between blue and green.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 08, 2026 10:45 AM (Riz8t)

214 There's nothing like the Anvil Chorus to usher you off to a dream-filled sleep.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 08, 2026 10:45 AM (u/oMr)

I prefer Smetana's The Moldau Or Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet

Posted by: It's me donna at June 08, 2026 10:46 AM (JOQH4)

215 This is what sets my teeth on edge. Even without his Jew hatred, he would be among the most despicable people in music. Unfortunately, that colors everything when I listen.

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He's been dead for over a century so I've forgiven him. So there's hope for Springsteen.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 10:46 AM (ndZc7)

216 SEATTLE MAYOR CRIES as Largest Bagel Franchise OFFICIALLY Shuts Down For Good!

After 25 years and serving over 7 million bagels, Blazing Bagels — Seattle’s iconic local chain with 5 locations — has collapsed. Employees were stunned when they received a sudden email Thursday night: effective immediately, all locations closed, no warning, no severance.

The family business survived recessions and a pandemic, but couldn’t survive Seattle’s crushing $21.30 minimum wage, skyrocketing taxes, and anti-business policies.

With downtown office vacancy at a record 35.6%, more restaurants are shuttering while Mayor Katie Wilson responds to fleeing businesses with one word: “Bye.”

Hardworking employees are now jobless, and communities are losing beloved institutions.

Is this the final warning for Seattle's economy?

Bwahahahahahahaha!!!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 10:47 AM (lwhHh)

217 No, chartreuse is a yellowish green. This is more like turquoise or some other shade intermediate between blue and green.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 08, 2026 10:45 AM (Riz8t)

Teal

Posted by: It's me donna at June 08, 2026 10:47 AM (JOQH4)

218 How come CBD never posts any Robert Crumb art?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at June 08, 2026 10:47 AM (glnUu)

219 Teddy Roosevelt totally would have hosted UFC events at the Whitehouse if it existed in his day.
Posted by: steevy

Teddy probably would've competed in UFC events.

He was our most eccentric president, I think.

Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 10:47 AM (77rzZ)

220 No, chartreuse is a yellowish green. This is more like turquoise or some other shade intermediate between blue and green.

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Pantone 3262C

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 08, 2026 10:47 AM (u/oMr)

221 Face shield, welders gloves are also my bullet making kit
Posted by: Skip

+1

Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 10:47 AM (lwhHh)

222 No, chartreuse is a yellowish green. This is more like turquoise or some other shade intermediate between blue and green.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 08, 2026 10:45 AM (Riz8t)

Teal

Close, but not quite. I can't put my finger on it.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 08, 2026 10:47 AM (Riz8t)

223 He's been dead for over a century so I've forgiven him. So there's hope for Springsteen.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 10:46 AM (ndZc7)

No.

Posted by: Reforger at June 08, 2026 10:48 AM (ZxzYs)

224 I prefer Smetana's The Moldau or Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet
Posted by: It's me donna

I LOVE The Moldau.

Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 10:48 AM (77rzZ)

225 There's nothing like the Anvil Chorus to usher you off to a dream-filled sleep.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

LOL. I always think of the Marx Brothers' "Night at the Opera" whenever I hear that tune.

Posted by: Tuna at June 08, 2026 10:48 AM (lJ0H4)

226 So, someone(s) got a burr up their ass and want's the UFC event pulled from the White House?

Did anyone file a suit to stop *biden's gay/transgender event with the topless transgender parading around the grounds?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 08, 2026 10:48 AM (jehhT)

227 SEATTLE MAYOR CRIES as Largest Bagel Franchise OFFICIALLY Shuts Down For Good!

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Moar bad luck again!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2026 10:48 AM (RIvkX)

228 Archimedes, don't try to compete with the 'Ettes in the color game. Women can see something like 43,850 separate colors. Most guys max out at around 8.

Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 10:49 AM (77rzZ)

229 227 SEATTLE MAYOR CRIES as Largest Bagel Franchise OFFICIALLY Shuts Down For Good!

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Moar bad luck again!

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*fistbump*

Posted by: R. Heinlein at June 08, 2026 10:50 AM (u/oMr)

230 I'm going with Day-Glo green...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 08, 2026 10:50 AM (JOQH4)

231
I prefer Smetana's The Moldau

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Have you heard the rest of the cycle? Vyšehrad, with its opening harp solo, is beautiful as well.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 08, 2026 10:50 AM (O0L8i)

232 He was our most eccentric president, I think.
Posted by: Bulg
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I'd put Lincoln up there. And Jackson.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 08, 2026 10:51 AM (XvL8K)

233 228 Archimedes, don't try to compete with the 'Ettes in the color game. Women can see something like 43,850 separate colors. Most guys max out at around 8.

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Then there are squid.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 08, 2026 10:51 AM (u/oMr)

234 Have you heard the rest of the cycle? Vyšehrad, with its opening harp solo, is beautiful as well.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 08, 2026 10:50 AM (O0L8i)

No but I'm gonna look for it...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 08, 2026 10:51 AM (JOQH4)

235 Have you heard the rest of the cycle? Vyšehrad, with its opening harp solo, is beautiful as well.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Oh yes. That's a glorious piece.

Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 10:51 AM (77rzZ)

236
Hardworking employees are now jobless, and communities are losing beloved institutions.

Is this the final warning for Seattle's economy?

Bwahahahahahahaha!!!
Posted by: rickb223 at June 08, 2026 10:47 AM (lwhHh)

What me worry?

- - - - - - Seattle Voters

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 10:52 AM (Zz0t1)

237 I like the colors of the clothing of the men in front The one has a particularly striking shade of green. I'm not sure what it's called.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 08, 2026 10:31 AM (OYsYV)

According to the Pantone Color Charts it's called-

"Radioactive Bile Barfed Up During An Exorcism Inside the Chernobyl Reactor Green"

Posted by: naturalfake at June 08, 2026 10:52 AM (iJfKG)

238 I'm going with Day-Glo green...
Posted by: It's me donna at June 08, 2026 10:50 AM (JOQH4)

Well played.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 10:52 AM (Zz0t1)

239 Benny Johnson twitter

Spencer Pratt Goes Scorched EARTH! Exposes Entire Fraud Industry in LA as Woke Communist ‘Wins…’

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Chat is on.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 08, 2026 10:52 AM (NFX2v)

240 How come CBD never posts any Robert Crumb art?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at June 08, 2026 10:47 AM

CBD strikes me as more of a Panko Crumb kind of guy.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 08, 2026 10:52 AM (bFu5X)

241 Jake brings clarity.

Jake Tapper
@jaketapper
That is some wild, unhinged stuff from the President.
Welker is a good person and honest journalist and didn’t deserve that but more importantly we have a president who constantly pushes conspiracy theories with zero evidence and can’t respond when politely challenged on that.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 10:53 AM (ndZc7)

242 How come CBD never posts any Robert Crumb art?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at June 08, 2026 10:47 AM (glnUu)

"When you start your own blog....."

"The Hot Air Art Thread is begging for your company."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 10:53 AM (Zz0t1)

243 CBD not ever not once has posted any of the magnificent work by the great modernist Jean-Michel Folon. Not that I'm salty about it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2026 10:53 AM (RIvkX)

244 Will Leftists ever learn economics 101?
Probably not

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2026 10:53 AM (Ia/+0)

245
How come CBD never posts any Robert Crumb art?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at June 08, 2026 10:47 AM

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Screw Robert Crumb.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 08, 2026 10:54 AM (O0L8i)

246 @jaketapper
That is some wild, unhinged stuff from the President.
Welker is a good person and honest journalist and didn’t deserve that but more importantly we have a president who constantly pushes conspiracy theories with zero evidence and can’t respond when politely challenged on that.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 10:53 AM (ndZc7)

Tapper is asshoe.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 10:54 AM (Zz0t1)

247 I'm going with Day-Glo green...
Posted by: It's me donna

Are we talking about WNBA dildo-tossing again?

Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 10:54 AM (77rzZ)

248 235 Have you heard the rest of the cycle? Vyšehrad, with its opening harp solo, is beautiful as well.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Just went to listen to it.. I have heard it but I didn't realize it

Posted by: It's me donna at June 08, 2026 10:54 AM (JOQH4)

249 burt munro casting pistons.

Posted by: edgar n. cleaver at June 08, 2026 10:55 AM (R11M+)

250 218 How come CBD never posts any Robert Crumb art?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at June 08, 2026 10:47 AM (glnUu)

Same reason he never posts any art by Chadians and Solomons Islanders.

Posted by: Gref at June 08, 2026 10:55 AM (5rh/l)

251 Trump is too nice to these people.

Posted by: fd at June 08, 2026 10:55 AM (vFG9F)

252 SEATTLE MAYOR CRIES as Largest Bagel Franchise OFFICIALLY Shuts Down For Good!

That stupid twit has no idea what it takes to be the one who signs the front of a paycheck. She is genuinely that dumb.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 08, 2026 10:55 AM (2WIwB)

253 Socialist mayors are about allocating, not producing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 08, 2026 10:56 AM (RIvkX)

254
How come CBD never posts any Robert Crumb art?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at June 08, 2026 10:47 AM (glnUu)

Mostly, cuz he Keeps On Truckin' towards the good stuff.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 08, 2026 10:56 AM (iJfKG)

255
In the Brahms v. Wagner war, I'm firmly on Brahms' side.
Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 10:43 AM (77rzZ)

They make the best malts.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 08, 2026 10:57 AM (g8Ew8)

256 Someone earlier said they accuse Trump not interview him.. They were right...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 08, 2026 10:57 AM (JOQH4)

257 Have you heard the rest of the cycle? Vyšehrad, with its opening harp solo, is beautiful as well.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Just went to listen to it.. I have heard it but I didn't realize it/ Posted by: It's me donna

Banging classical music. The harp solo reminds of Eddie Van Halen on the Eruption cadenza.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at June 08, 2026 10:57 AM (glnUu)

258 Chivalry is not dead.

UFC Fighter Bryce Mitchell's Message to Ben Shapiro:

"I promise you, if you lay one little greasy finger on Candace Owens, I will beat your ass. He wants us to go die and bomb Muslim kids for his Jewish people."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 10:57 AM (ndZc7)

259
Seattle mayor's supporters are people who do not care what gets destroyed or expelled, so long as they rule over the remaining rubble.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 08, 2026 10:58 AM (O0L8i)

260 UFC Fighter Bryce Mitchell's Message to Ben Shapiro:

"I promise you, if you lay one little greasy finger on Candace Owens, I will beat your ass. He wants us to go die and bomb Muslim kids for his Jewish people."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at June 08, 2026 10:57 AM (ndZc

Who's Bryce Mitchell ? Don't think that's gonna help his career in that sport

Posted by: It's me donna at June 08, 2026 10:59 AM (JOQH4)

261 Who's Bryce Mitchell ? Don't think that's gonna help his career in that sport
Posted by: It's me donna at June 08, 2026 10:59 AM

No idea, but it sounds as if he's taken one too many shots to the head.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 08, 2026 11:00 AM (bFu5X)

262 Every Republican needs to memorize a version of this and repeat it until the Dems stop asking:

"In 2000, when the Democrats broke decades of precedent, and began declaring every election they lost as fraudulent, Republicans in FL gave anyone and everyone access to the ballots to look for themselves.
Every major news organization that examined the ballots saw Bush legitimately won.
Full transparency for everyone.
20 years later, not one single Democrat jurisdiction allowed any independent examination of their ballots.
Not one.
So, it's not a question of whether Joe Biden won, it's a question of whether the election was ever legitimate in the first place.
Prove that and I'll answer whether Joe Biden won."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 08, 2026 11:00 AM (73/SM)

263 WE HAZ A NOOD

Posted by: Skip at June 08, 2026 11:00 AM (Ia/+0)

264 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 08, 2026 11:00 AM (Zz0t1)

265 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at June 08, 2026 11:00 AM (77rzZ)

266 If Trump wants to do something that'll (maybe) resuscitate his chances for a 'pub victory in both Houses in the coming election, he'll make Iran into a veritable mound of (ahem) 'nuclear dust' and (hopefully) restrain himself from putting boots on the ground. We don't need a repeat of Bagram or 'Nam … let's just kill the bastards and come home with as few losses as possible. Right now, Trump's pissing away whatever remaining good will exists in the public - and higher prices for gas and food are NOT gonna make him look any better. Just sayin' …

Posted by: Dr_No at June 08, 2026 11:02 AM (ayRl+)

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