Mid-Morning Art Thread

Bright Light at Russell's Corners
George Ault

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:30 AM (Dvo57)

2 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:30 AM (R11M+)

3 I want that lightbulb!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:30 AM (Dvo57)

4 There is one light....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 09:30 AM (jehhT)

5 Painting: I've been there. Looks just like it!

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 09:31 AM (Jr5Lq)

6 not bad

Posted by: Otto Penn at June 26, 2026 09:31 AM (sJHOI)

7 Well, it's better than what we got the rest of the week.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 09:31 AM (ExV1e)

8 Shelbyville, six miles down the blacktop, has two lights. The place is kickin!

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 09:32 AM (Jr5Lq)

9 Title checks out.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 09:32 AM (wVcYX)

10 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

11 No dog. No boobs.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 26, 2026 09:32 AM (Kt19C)

12 "A light was switched on. . . "

Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 09:32 AM (+/hEQ)

13 And it's a good-looking, bright light. No ugliness today.

Posted by: No Name Today at June 26, 2026 09:32 AM (8mulE)

14 Atmosphere! Gothic romance in the hinterland!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 26, 2026 09:32 AM (wzUl9)

15 What happened?

I thought this was shArt Week.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

16 The roof on that barn seems to be in trouble.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:33 AM (2YhKe)

17 No bewbs?

Posted by: Victor Tango Jilo at June 26, 2026 09:33 AM (r8sI/)

18 Much better than his first attempt, "Lights Out at Russell's Corners"

Posted by: t-bird at June 26, 2026 09:33 AM (EJWxb)

19 Is there a phone at the top of that pole?

Posted by: Oliver Douglas, Gentleman Farmer at June 26, 2026 09:33 AM (wVcYX)

20 Shelbyville, six miles down the blacktop, has two lights. The place is kickin!
Posted by: gp

My town is so small.

How small is it?

Our blinky light is a mile outside of town at the crossroad.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:33 AM (Dvo57)

21 This painting is fun because I've seen this type of scene in a small town. It resonates with my memory.

Posted by: Emmie at June 26, 2026 09:33 AM (FMtrg)

22 All this needs is Dirty Harry standing with his Magnum, silhouetted against the light. And casting a looong shadow!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 26, 2026 09:33 AM (wzUl9)

23 When I was a kid, a rural streetlight like that would always be thickly clouded by swarms of bugs.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 09:34 AM (Jr5Lq)

24 Have we seen this artist before? Seems familiar.

Posted by: Tuna at June 26, 2026 09:34 AM (lJ0H4)

25 I like it but it has a discordant feel. The red building on the left is a barn so we’re in the country right? But the white building on the right and the streetlight are what you might see in a small town. So are we in a village or out in the country?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 09:34 AM (qpCPq)

26 I want that lightbulb!
Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:30 AM (Dvo57)

The power company put a new post and light in the back of the house by the barn. It's either LED or some such that puts out a painful amount of light. Very piercing and slightly annoying for me and my eyes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:34 AM (2YhKe)

27 The only rational explanation is aliens.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 26, 2026 09:34 AM (6LYkH)

28 Russell was angry that night, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at June 26, 2026 09:34 AM (CJnkZ)

29 there's a bizarrini in that garage.

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:35 AM (R11M+)

30 The streaks on the driveway or roadway look a little like dry blowing snow. But there isn't any white stuff clumped on the grass to the left or at the base of the buildings . . . so maybe it's dust.

"All we are is dust in the wind . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 26, 2026 09:35 AM (wzUl9)

31 Random thought on the art: I love how older buildings have symmetrical windows. I drive by the horrible new Ryan Homes subdivisions and the back windows of these ugly new houses just look like they were stuck in randomly.

Posted by: Victor Tango Jilo at June 26, 2026 09:35 AM (r8sI/)

32 Well, at last something normal.

Not particularly compelling, but at least normal.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

33 23 only before the wristrocket took it out.

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:36 AM (R11M+)

34 That light is so bright that you can't see any stars.

Posted by: dantesed at June 26, 2026 09:36 AM (Oy/m2)

35 25 I like it but it has a discordant feel. The red building on the left is a barn so we’re in the country right? But the white building on the right and the streetlight are what you might see in a small town. So are we in a village or out in the country?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026 09:34 AM (qpCPq)

It's not a streetlight; it's a yard light. Traditional on most farms.

Posted by: No Name Today at June 26, 2026 09:36 AM (8mulE)

36 Reminds me of many TV show and movie scenes. Having one of these scenes in your show or movie must be relentlessly hammered into the minds of students at film schools.

still - would hang. I've been to a number of small bits of civilization like this, at night.

Posted by: Gref at June 26, 2026 09:36 AM (5rh/l)

37 All the chirruns must be at midnight basketball.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 09:37 AM (A5RD0)

38 Russell's Corners has a ways to go to catch up to Tyson's Corner.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 09:37 AM (wVcYX)

39 Alternate title:

"All the Ugliness In This Picture Is Hiding In The Dark...Just Around The Corner, Waiting For You To Approach and Then Jump Out To Horrify You In All Its Modernist Glory!"

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 09:37 AM (iJfKG)

40 The power company put a new post and light in the back of the house by the barn. It's either LED or some such that puts out a painful amount of light. Very piercing and slightly annoying for me and my eyes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I need one that I can mount on a pole that'll light up 500+ yards to illuminate the pasture. However, I can't afford Globe Life Field lights.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:37 AM (Dvo57)

41 26 needs spray paint.

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:37 AM (R11M+)

42 How many corners does Russell need?

Posted by: Budding socialist at June 26, 2026 09:37 AM (CJnkZ)

43 The streaks on the driveway or roadway look a little like dry blowing snow. But there isn't any white stuff clumped on the grass to the left or at the base of the buildings . . . so maybe it's dust.

Cement road and them kids is always coming along on their one-speed bikes and back pedaling to leave skid marks. I sic the dogs on 'em. -- Old Man Jones

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 09:38 AM (ExV1e)

44 I like it but it has a discordant feel. The red building on the left is a barn so we’re in the country right? But the white building on the right and the streetlight are what you might see in a small town. So are we in a village or out in the country?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 26, 2026

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The white building could be a private home. The double doors could be the entrance to the owner's garage, where he keeps his car. The window and door to the right would likely be the kitchen.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 26, 2026 09:38 AM (wzUl9)

45 Picasso is asshole!

https://tinyurl.com/4pvvkv4m

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 09:38 AM (ndZc7)

46 Nice wall dormers.

Posted by: Person who likes wall dormers at June 26, 2026 09:38 AM (CJnkZ)

47 42 Ha!

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 09:38 AM (Jr5Lq)

48 "before the breathin' air is gone..."

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:38 AM (R11M+)

49 Jeff Miller is peering out of his upstairs bedroom window wondering if Lassie will come home tomorrow.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 26, 2026 09:39 AM (wzUl9)

50 Nice scene for a Redneck Rampage.

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 09:39 AM (wVcYX)

51 Thx CBD Russell's Corners are buildings and area about 15 m from my house. Ault moved to Woodstock NY and lived in a cabin with no electricity and no running water. He died when he fell into the Sawkill Creek. Deemed a suicide. His three brothers all committed suicide. The series of painting of Russell's Corners was his most famous work.
Would hang , thx CBD for the local view

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 09:39 AM (ik64N)

52
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 09:40 AM (O0L8i)

53 The white building could be a private home. The double doors could be the entrance to the owner's garage, where he keeps his car. The window and door to the right would likely be the kitchen.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 26, 2026 09:38 AM (wzUl9)

Someone's been dealing with realtors lately.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 09:40 AM (ExV1e)

54 Alternate title:

"The Time Pennywise the Dancing Clown Took a Week Off To See the World Cup Games in LA"

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 09:40 AM (iJfKG)

55 "goodnite, jonboy"

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:40 AM (R11M+)

56 The white building could be a private home. The double doors could be the entrance to the owner's garage, where he keeps his car. The window and door to the right would likely be the kitchen.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 26, 2026
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Someone's been dealing with realtors lately.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026

***
Guilty as charged!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 26, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)

57
Ida's not under the streetlight.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 26, 2026 09:41 AM (O0L8i)

58 52 the dog is strongly implied.

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:41 AM (R11M+)

59 The artist made a big mistake. The mailbox is on the wrong side of the pole.

Posted by: Gref at June 26, 2026 09:41 AM (5rh/l)

60 Outside so cansee well, looks like its a good painting

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 09:41 AM (sgkY8)

61 The white building could be a private home. The double doors could be the entrance to the owner's garage, where he keeps his car. The window and door to the right would likely be the kitchen.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Live over grocery store. Double doors are loading/unloading bay at rear of store.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:41 AM (Dvo57)

62 Alternate title:

"Where's the Graffiti?"

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 09:41 AM (iJfKG)

63 Looks like a 7th grade art project. Would not hang.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 26, 2026 09:42 AM (3Ope8)

64 There could be several boobs or dogs or trees in the dark beyond the small lighted area so who knows how many snipers are out there.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 26, 2026 09:42 AM (R+iUD)

65 Never heard of this artist, I think,
although I do remember an artist who had the top of a barn. Is it the same one ?It's great ! Thanks so much, CBD.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 09:42 AM (GaEpB)

66 the dog is strongly implied.
Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:41 AM (R11M+)

As are the boobs. See those perky dormers, or whatever, on the white building. Saucy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 09:42 AM (ExV1e)

67 53 my buddies wife can't say master bedroom anymore.
at work they made him change the stickers on the sump pumps to "parent" and "child"
that has been rectified.

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:42 AM (R11M+)

68 Ida's not under the streetlight.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Cop came along and rousted her. She's down by the cafe now.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:42 AM (Dvo57)

69 42 One corner a month should be enough for anyone.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 09:42 AM (77rzZ)

70 The white building could be a private home. The double doors could be the entrance to the owner's garage, where he keeps his car. The window and door to the right would likely be the kitchen.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
Live over grocery store. Double doors are loading/unloading bay at rear of store.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026

***
Maybe a local home converted into an auto mechanic shop, like the one in King's Cujo.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 26, 2026 09:42 AM (wzUl9)

71 The sniper will be particularly difficult to spot.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 26, 2026 09:42 AM (U/Eoe)

72 " The white building could be a private home. The double doors could be the entrance to the owner's garage, where he keeps his car. The window and door to the right would likely be the kitchen.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 26, 2026 09:38 AM"
+++
I always wanted to be an architect. Jerry, let me be an architect!

Posted by: George Costanza at June 26, 2026 09:43 AM (CJnkZ)

73 Got tired of kids breaking into the barn. I wonder if it's one of those lights that makes kids' zits show worse.

Posted by: She Hobbit at June 26, 2026 09:43 AM (ftFVW)

74 59 that was an easter egg just for you.

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:43 AM (R11M+)

75 "All the Ugliness In This Picture Is Hiding In The Dark...Just Around The Corner, Waiting For You To Approach and Then Jump Out To Horrify You In All Its Modernist Glory!"

Had a sleep paralysis nightmare last night. It was set in the room where I was sleeping. It was pitch black. None of the lights worked. And something inhuman was in the room with me making guttural throat noises.

Posted by: Victor Tango Jilo at June 26, 2026 09:43 AM (SYhdn)

76 This is an improvement over Helen Thomas ready for action and gray puke, and road-kill women...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (l3cgK)

77 16 The roof on that barn seems to be in trouble.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:33 AM (2YhKe)

Most barns in New England and Upstate NY look like this. Farmers barely scratching an existence. Many sit empty and unused now, rotting away with time.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (N39Ws)

78 I did that

Posted by: Edison at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (HcoTw)

79 There's a Russell's Corner in Massachusetts but I don't think this is it.

Posted by: From about That Time at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (sl73Y)

80
Very photographic and boring.

Would not hang.

Doctor's Office reject found in dumper behind Dr Franklin's Podiatrist Practice

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (iJfKG)

81 Had a sleep paralysis nightmare last night. It was set in the room where I was sleeping. It was pitch black. None of the lights worked. And something inhuman was in the room with me making guttural throat noises.
Posted by: Victor Tango Jilo at June 26, 2026 09:43 AM (SYhdn)
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Ugh. I hate those dreams.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (gnNyN)

82
Paradox - a limerick

A modern philosopher named Parker
Proclaimed like a carnival barker:
"A single point of light
On a dark, moonless night
Makes the darkness beyond just seem darker!"

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (I0N4X)

83 I don't know what a grange hall is, but I think that's a grange hall.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (Jr5Lq)

84 Maybe a local home converted into an auto mechanic shop, like the one in King's Cujo.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

We need the Horde writers to step up. We could come up with a dozen different short stories.

Somewhere, in the distance, a screen door slammed...

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (Dvo57)

85 No Crowes at Russell's Corners?

Ace would not hang ...

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (t/lcw)

86 Shootout vibes.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (Fi81e)

87 66 so that's bluto on the ladder...

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (R11M+)

88 Most barns in New England and Upstate NY look like this. Farmers barely scratching an existence. Many sit empty and unused now, rotting away with time.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (N39Ws)

I did like that show where the guy's business was dismantling old hand built barns from 100+ years ago and rebuilding them in new locations.

That was kinda cool, preserving history like that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:45 AM (2YhKe)

89
Somewhere, in the distance, a screen door slammed...
Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM (Dvo57)

Don't pee through it. You'll strain yourself.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:46 AM (2YhKe)

90 I don't know what a grange hall is, but I think that's a grange hall.
Posted by:

Gruene Hall, Texas' oldest dance hall. Live music every day since 1975!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:46 AM (Dvo57)

91 75 you're gonna like backrooms.
and jupiter home network.

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:46 AM (R11M+)

92 71 The sniper will be particularly difficult to spot.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 26, 2026 09:42 AM (U/Eoe)

He's in the grass

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 26, 2026 09:46 AM (l3cgK)

93 "All the Ugliness In This Picture Is Hiding In The Dark...Just Around The Corner, Waiting For You To Approach and Then Jump Out To Horrify You In All Its Modernist Glory!"

Had a sleep paralysis nightmare last night. It was set in the room where I was sleeping. It was pitch black. None of the lights worked. And something inhuman was in the room with me making guttural throat noises.
Posted by: Victor Tango Jilo at June 26, 2026 09:43 AM (SYhdn)

Don't you know better than to invite CBD for a sleepover?

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 09:46 AM (iJfKG)

94 Nothing good happens after midnight . . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 09:47 AM (wVcYX)

95 I LOVE IT!!

Posted by: A Moth at June 26, 2026 09:47 AM (Fi81e)

96 There is too a dog in this painting.
He's sleeping, right inside those double barn doors of the white building.

Posted by: GWB at June 26, 2026 09:47 AM (kU0PQ)

97 84 it was the submarine preparing to dive.

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:48 AM (R11M+)

98 Nothing good happens after midnight . . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 09:47 AM (wVcYX)

I have some fond memories of things that happened after midnight when I was a yoot.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 09:48 AM (ExV1e)

99 Alternative Title: The Barn Could Use a New Coat.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 09:48 AM (Fi81e)

100 Don't pee through it. You'll strain yourself.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Dad joke #47,841

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:49 AM (Dvo57)

101 94 Happy Hour happens after midnight.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

102 95 because your sign was on.

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:49 AM (R11M+)

103 Nothing good happens after midnight . . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 09:47 AM (wVcYX)

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Huh?

Posted by: Eric Clapton at June 26, 2026 09:49 AM (Fi81e)

104 There's walkers in the barn!

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 09:49 AM (wVcYX)

105 101 aw, shucks. no cussin' 'til midnite.

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 09:50 AM (R11M+)

106 103 Nothing good happens after midnight . . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 09:47 AM (wVcYX)

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Huh?
Posted by: Eric Clapton at June 26, 2026 09:49 AM (Fi81e)

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE NO ONE ACTUALLY WANTS TO SEE MOST PEOPLE LETTING IT ALL HANG OUT

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISSBERGER at June 26, 2026 09:50 AM (Ot/FD)

107 I did like that show where the guy's business was dismantling old hand built barns from 100+ years ago and rebuilding them in new locations.
Posted by: Sponge

The main barn at my grandparents' farm had sash sawn chestnut boards used as the walls in the main bays. The know it all kid that owns it now has no idea. I hope he's taking care of it.

But I doubt it.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 09:50 AM (+/hEQ)

108 Paradox, CO is a ghost town in Montrose County, located in the Paradox Valley near the CO-UT border. The town only had two physicians in its heyday, which makes sense when you think about it.

Wait for it...

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 26, 2026 09:51 AM (I0N4X)

109 I love old barns.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 09:51 AM (77rzZ)

110 Whelp, at least the electric bill was paid on time...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 09:52 AM (jehhT)

111 108 Ha!

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 09:52 AM (Jr5Lq)

112 Whelp, at least the electric bill was paid on time...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 09:52 AM (jehhT)
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Or the notice hasn't expired.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 09:52 AM (Fi81e)

113 The art ---- me like.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 26, 2026 09:52 AM (wL9+l)

114 Nothing good happens after midnight . . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet

Gramma would tell my sisters "The only things open after midnight are bars and your legs. Get your ass home!!"

Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 09:52 AM (+/hEQ)

115 The light is on the barn and not the pole. I would have liked a little more separation as it makes initial viewing a bit confusing to the subconscious.

Posted by: polynikes at June 26, 2026 09:52 AM (GP8V/)

116 cmeat, your comments are pretty much unreadable.

Just citing a comment number doesn't work. It's too hard for us to scroll back up and see what you're referring to.
It's much better to copy and paste the remark you're replying to.
Consequently I just skip your comments whenever I see your nic.

Posted by: Brutally honest feedback at June 26, 2026 09:53 AM (CJnkZ)

117 Wait for it...

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 26, 2026 09:51 AM (I0N4X)

Ooph.

Groan....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 26, 2026 09:53 AM (PLxDd)

118 Don’t whizz on the electric fence!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 09:53 AM (ek9tn)

119 116 it's hard to say.

Posted by: lee & perrins at June 26, 2026 09:53 AM (R11M+)

120
Long ago and far away...

When my folks lived in the Hill Country, and we would visit them for the weekend or a holiday,

we often couldn't leave, because of our jobs, until around 8 or 9 at night which was fine because the traffic was light and once you got into the countryside the roads were nearly abandoned as we rolled through between 12-3am.

Anyway, all of the small towns we drove, because of their minimal street lighting had streets that looked very similar to this.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 09:54 AM (iJfKG)

121 I mean, really, it draws me in...

Posted by: Same Moth at June 26, 2026 09:55 AM (Fi81e)

122 I don't know what you call that kind of roof, the metal pans with pinched seams running up and down... but that's relatively newfangled thing, isn't it? Probably not much older than mid-20th c.?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 26, 2026 09:55 AM (Ot/FD)

123 116 it's hard to say.

Posted by: lee & perrins at June 26, 2026 09:53 AM (R11M+)
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Like syzygy.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 09:55 AM (Fi81e)

124 There's a Russell's Corner in Massachusetts but I don't think this is it.
Posted by: From about That Time at June 26, 2026 09:44 AM

Definitely not.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 26, 2026 09:56 AM (Wnv9h)

125 I did like that show where the guy's business was dismantling old hand built barns from 100+ years ago and rebuilding them in new locations.

That was kinda cool, preserving history like that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:45 AM (2YhKe)

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A few days ago I was visiting a friend in Cedar Rapids, IA -- and we went to The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library there.

Pretty interesting history, but the most amazing thing was that they literally picked up and moved that 3 million pound building to higher ground and a new foundation (in 2011) (11 feet higher) following a horrible 500-year flood of the Cedar River that left it half-submerged (destroying many exhibits and artifacts -- while of course destroying many other structures downtown).

Quite the engineering feat; they had a short film of the event, but didn't show how they initially raised the building before moving and reinstalling it.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 09:56 AM (t/lcw)

126 Paradox, CO is a ghost town in Montrose County, located in the Paradox Valley near the CO-UT border.

The Yellowstone train station.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:56 AM (Dvo57)

127 there's a bizarrini in that garage.
Posted by: cmeat
_________

Where's the white-haired uncle?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 26, 2026 09:56 AM (XvL8K)

128 116

ok boomer

Posted by: one hour sober at June 26, 2026 09:57 AM (J4Dwc)

129 "I don't know what you call that kind of roof, the metal pans with pinched seams running up and down..."
+++

It's called a metal roof.

Posted by: The More You Know at June 26, 2026 09:57 AM (CJnkZ)

130
This painting makes me feel.

It makes me feel that if I were moving between those two buildings, I should be running and keeping low.

Can't use the pole for cover, because it's out of the way.

Posted by: Axeman at June 26, 2026 09:58 AM (Fi81e)

131 Pretty interesting history, but the most amazing thing was that they literally picked up and moved that 3 million pound building to higher ground and a new foundation (in 2011) (11 feet higher) following a horrible 500-year flood of the Cedar River that left it half-submerged (destroying many exhibits and artifacts -- while of course destroying many other structures downtown).

Quite the engineering feat; they had a short film of the event, but didn't show how they initially raised the building before moving and reinstalling it.
Posted by: ShainS

We got this.
Posted by: The Amish

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 09:58 AM (Dvo57)

132 I don't know what you call that kind of roof, the metal pans with pinched seams running up and down... but that's relatively newfangled thing, isn't it? Probably not much older than mid-20th c.?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 26, 2026 09:55 AM (Ot/FD)

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Looks like our new metal roof from a couple years ago.

Do NOT ask what it cost ...

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 10:00 AM (t/lcw)

133 Looks like our new metal roof from a couple years ago.

Do NOT ask what it cost ...
Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 10:00 AM (t/lcw)

What did it cost?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 10:00 AM (ExV1e)

134 @79 just outside Woodstock NY, see post #51

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 10:00 AM (ik64N)

135 Oh oh.

F bombs incoming.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 10:01 AM (ek9tn)

136 116 you're not missing much.

Posted by: brutally honest feedback at June 26, 2026 10:01 AM (R11M+)

137 just outside Woodstock NY, see post #51
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 10:00 AM (ik64N)

Amazing it wasn't destroyed by acid tripping hippies, then.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:01 AM (2YhKe)

138 There was once a Fotomat and a Blockbuster Video on Russell's Corners, but not anymore.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 10:01 AM (u/oMr)

139 this

Posted by: brutally honest reply at June 26, 2026 10:01 AM (R11M+)

140
F bombs incoming.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 10:01 AM (ek9tn)

Woodpeckers again?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:01 AM (2YhKe)

141 Oh oh.

F bombs incoming.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 10:01 AM (ek9tn)

SCOTUS announcement?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 10:01 AM (ExV1e)

142
Paradox, CO is a ghost town in Montrose County, located in the Paradox Valley near the CO-UT border.

Mostly famous for the very limited Medical Care available, as-

there was only an optometrist and a proctologist living there.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 10:02 AM (iJfKG)

143 Really love the depiction of light and dark in this piece. There is a world unseen in the dark hidden by the lights.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 26, 2026 10:02 AM (RIvkX)

144 Do NOT ask what it cost ...
Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 10:00 AM (t/lcw)

I'll assume it wasn't twenty bucks, same as in town.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 26, 2026 10:02 AM (u/oMr)

145 Couldn't hit that.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at June 26, 2026 10:02 AM (MDua2)

146 So George Ault was at Woodstock?

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 10:02 AM (77rzZ)

147 I don't know what you call that kind of roof, the metal pans with pinched seams running up and down

I pass a sign for that all the time. They call it "Standing Seam Roofing", and they can roll-form it for you on site.

Posted by: t-bird at June 26, 2026 10:03 AM (EJWxb)

148 It makes me feel that if I were moving between those two buildings, I should be running and keeping low.

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Hillary, is that you?

/Claiming that as SoS, Ms. American Lie ran and ducked for cover from sniper fire in Bosnia (specifically at the Tuzla airbase) in 1996.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 10:03 AM (t/lcw)

149 Hellhole much?

Marines Engage in Multiple Firefights Defending U.S. Embassy in Haiti

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)

150 I did like that show where the guy's business was dismantling old hand built barns from 100+ years ago and rebuilding them in new locations.

That was kinda cool, preserving history like that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 09:45 AM (2YhKe)

That is cool - at least preserving the wood. Thinking about the painting and this conversation, I can close my eyes and smell the hay and cow barns I was around in my youth. Great memories.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 10:04 AM (N39Ws)

151 @147 died in 48. Probably would have fit in though

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 10:04 AM (ik64N)

152 Marines Engage in Multiple Firefights Defending U.S. Embassy in Haiti
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)

Why do we have an embassy there?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:04 AM (2YhKe)

153 128 wait, so it is possible?

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 10:04 AM (R11M+)

154 there was only an optometrist and a proctologist living there.

Posted by: naturalfake

The optometrist plainly sees that the proctologist is a pain in the ass.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 10:04 AM (+/hEQ)

155 This scene reminds me of my granddad's farm on the eastern Colorado plains. There was a sizable open area surrounded by the farmhouse, garage, chicken coop, milking barn and various other outbuildings. All us cousins would set up a tin can near the pole light in the middle of this area and a rousing game of "Kick the Can" would take place. Hiding in the dark shadows around the perimeter waiting for the opportunity to dash in and kick the can, releasing the captured players before the one who was "It" could beat you to the can and count "one two three on Seamus" thus capturing me.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 26, 2026 10:04 AM (I0N4X)

156 That is cool - at least preserving the wood. Thinking about the painting and this conversation, I can close my eyes and smell the hay and cow barns I was around in my youth. Great memories.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 10:04 AM (N39Ws)

Nice.

I cleaned horse barns for a real estate broker one summer......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:05 AM (2YhKe)

157
Well, hell.

Muldoon beat me to the punch.

But, it was such a low hanging pitch it had to be hit.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 10:05 AM (iJfKG)

158 Proctology.

Where you start at the bottom and you stay there.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:05 AM (2YhKe)

159 Marines Engage in Multiple Firefights Defending U.S. Embassy in Haiti
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)

Why do we have an embassy there?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:04 AM (2YhKe)

And what are the Haitians getting uppity over? Cuz their relatives are getting sent home so they won't be getting that sweet US taxpayer cash anymore?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 10:05 AM (ExV1e)

160 Nice painting. I'm in a farming community so...

CNN - small aircraft crashes into Beijuing's tallest building. Hmmm. Interesting.

FoxNews....Dems move towards socialism

CBC - renovating PM's residence....preferably with fire

MS Now - Oh noes!! Iran and the Strait...

Comes Crude Oil ....$69.33

Coffee is ready....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 10:06 AM (Sco7b)

161 Why do we have an embassy there?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:04 AM (2YhKe)

For the food?

Posted by: Jeffery Dahmer at June 26, 2026 10:06 AM (yYROg)

162 That is cool - at least preserving the wood. Thinking about the painting and this conversation, I can close my eyes and smell the hay and cow barns I was around in my youth. Great memories.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed

Those smells are grand, aren't they? I can unfortunately attest to the fact that after 60 years of non-use, a smokehouse no longer smells of hickory smoke. How sad.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 26, 2026 10:06 AM (+/hEQ)

163 If I aim well before I pull the trigger, I could probably hit that barn.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 26, 2026 10:06 AM (wL9+l)

164 Hiding in the dark shadows around the perimeter waiting for the opportunity to dash in and kick the can, releasing the captured players before the one who was "It" could beat you to the can and count "one two three on Seamus" thus capturing me.
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 26, 2026 10:04 AM (I0N4X)

We used to play that.

Good fun.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:06 AM (2YhKe)

165 Comex crude oil.
See..
No coffee

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 10:06 AM (Sco7b)

166 Last winter my wife and I went our granddaughter's archery tournament. The route was through some really rural areas. Navigating was by sight; like at this white house with the creek next to it, we turn right, or whatever.

We went up to the tourney in daylight. Returned in the dark. It was "interesting" coming home. No streetlights to speak of. Really dark too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 10:07 AM (jehhT)

167 Marines in firefights on Haiti. Arm the TPS Haitians, send them home and let them fight him battles to build a competently governed Haiti. Heh, I crack myself up

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 26, 2026 10:08 AM (ik64N)

168 Haiti has been a basket case since 1803. Just sayin.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 26, 2026 10:08 AM (gfO9L)

169 We went up to the tourney in daylight. Returned in the dark. It was "interesting" coming home. No streetlights to speak of. Really dark too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 10:07 AM (jehhT)

I do look forward to those days coming ahead.

I've actually made some progress on the bathroom this week, so hopefully I can have it ready for new paint this weekend. One step closer to getting this place ready to sell.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:08 AM (2YhKe)

170 Needs a barn quilt. Are those a thing throughout the country, or just in the midwest?

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

171 And what are the Haitians getting uppity over? Cuz their relatives are getting sent home so they won't be getting that sweet US taxpayer cash anymore?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 10:05 AM (ExV1e)

Yup.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 26, 2026 10:09 AM (wL9+l)

172 What does Haiti have to offer that we have an embassy there?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:09 AM (2YhKe)

173 125 my ossa wildfire came from cedar rapids.

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 10:09 AM (R11M+)

174 there was only an optometrist and a proctologist living there.

Posted by: naturalfake

**********

The proctologist went there to look up a few old friends.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 26, 2026 10:09 AM (I0N4X)

175 Needs a barn quilt. Are those a thing throughout the country, or just in the midwest?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 26, 2026 10:08 AM (XvL8K)

Wife has a couple of the old quilts her grandmother and the ladies in town used to get together and sew on the regular.

They each embroidered their names on squares.

It's quite cool.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:10 AM (2YhKe)

176
What does Haiti have to offer that we have an embassy there?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:09 AM (2YhKe)

Free-Range Cannibalism?

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 10:10 AM (iJfKG)

177 What does Haiti have to offer that we have an embassy there?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:09 AM (2YhKe)

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They're there to accept donations for The Clinton Foundation.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 10:10 AM (t/lcw)

178 142 anal glaucoma.
"i can't see my ass working today"

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 10:11 AM (R11M+)

179
They're there to accept donations for The Clinton Foundation.
Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 10:10 AM (t/lcw)

But Chelsea hasn't divorced and getting remarried......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:11 AM (2YhKe)

180 There's a new cover sheet for the TPS Haitians.

Posted by: Office Space at June 26, 2026 10:11 AM (CJnkZ)

181 Betsy McCaughey: Will China Ever Be Held Accountable for COVID-19?

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Ooo! I know! I know!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 10:12 AM (ndZc7)

182 What does Haiti have to offer that we have an embassy there?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:09 AM (2YhKe)

Voodoo zombies?

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2026 10:12 AM (wVcYX)

183 122 I don't know what you call that kind of roof, the metal pans with pinched seams running up and down... but that's relatively newfangled thing, isn't it? Probably not much older than mid-20th c.?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Standing seam or something like that. But AFAIK not done in the 1930's.

Posted by: whig at June 26, 2026 10:12 AM (E4rtv)

184 "What did you learn at Ace's today?"

A barn quilt is a large, painted replica of a traditional fabric quilt block, typically made from plywood or composite aluminum and mounted on the exterior of barns, houses, or other structures. These squares, which usually measure 4x4 feet or 8x8 feet, feature bold, solid-color geometric patterns like the Ohio Star or Bear’s Paw designed to be visible from a distance.

While the modern movement began in 2001 in Ohio as a tribute to quilting heritage, the tradition has roots in 17th-century Central European immigrants who painted symbolic designs on barns to identify their farms or signal safe havens. Today, they serve as a form of Americana folk art that preserves regional history, honors family legacies, and promotes rural tourism through organized quilt trails across the United States and Canada.

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 10:13 AM (t/lcw)

185 @22/Wolfus: "All this needs is Dirty Harry standing with his Magnum, silhouetted against the light. And casting a looong shadow!"

Here you go:
https://youtu.be/Hq-lpm_IbDg

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 26, 2026 10:13 AM (O7YUW)

186 They each embroidered their names on squares.

It's quite cool.
Posted by: Sponge
__________

I meant those big quilt squares painted on wood and hung on the side of the barn. Like 4' x 4' or bigger. It started in Ohio about 20 years ago.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 26, 2026 10:15 AM (XvL8K)

187 182 What does Haiti have to offer that we have an embassy there?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:09 AM (2YhKe)

Adventurous sex tourism?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 10:15 AM (Sco7b)

188 Well, at last something normal.

Not particularly compelling, but at least normal.
Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

My reaction is, "So what?" I guess it's a play on a Still Life using different subject matter, but I don't like Still Life paintings.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 26, 2026 10:16 AM (ksbjf)

189 Haiti is just an op run by Big Solenodon.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 10:16 AM (77rzZ)

190 Shellbyville Courier, Sep 7 2026: "Russell's Corners chosen as new site for 100000 sqft data center!"

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:16 AM (Jr5Lq)

191 I know I probably should have used protection but then I thought... when's the next time I'll be able to visit Haiti?

Posted by: bad idea jeans at June 26, 2026 10:16 AM (yYROg)

192 What does Haiti have to offer that we have an embassy there?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:09 AM (2YhKe)

Adventurous sex tourism?

Just be careful that when your new lady friend says she wants to eat you up that she is in fact NOT being literal

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 10:16 AM (sKqQm)

193 Well, as I live and breathe!

WNBA Suspends Player for Hitting Caitlin Clark in Throat

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 10:16 AM (ndZc7)

194 On of the more recent things about the modern world is their are lights EVERYWHERE even out in the burbs.

Yes we've had street lights for some time but now we also have people with lights on their houses/sheds/barns on all night long too.

You really have to go out into the boonies to see a full starlit night sky

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 10:18 AM (sKqQm)

195 [From the Smithsonian Institute's .edu website on this painting:]

"These (1946) images of lonely farm buildings symbolized traditional farm life and reflected Ault's desire to isolate himself from others.

He often incorporated religious imagery into his works, and here, a single bright light marks the center of a cross formed by the power lines.

But the bleak landscape and vast expanse of darkness threaten to overwhelm, and this painting perhaps reflects the artist's depressed state of mind."

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 10:18 AM (t/lcw)

196 No 'See Rock City' painted on side of barn; not art.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 26, 2026 10:18 AM (J4Dwc)

197 I'm not saying it's aliens, but it's aliens.

Posted by: red speck at June 26, 2026 10:18 AM (Ve/HL)

198 196 No 'See Rock City' painted on side of barn; not art.
Posted by: one hour sober at June 26, 2026 10:18 AM
+++
Is this about me?

Posted by: Wall Drug at June 26, 2026 10:19 AM (CJnkZ)

199 You really have to go out into the boonies to see a full starlit night sky

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 10:18 AM (sKqQm)

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Or North Korea.

/obligatory

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 10:19 AM (t/lcw)

200 Shellbyville Courier, Sep 7 2026: "Russell's Corners chosen as new site for 100000 sqft data center!"

I do love the disconnect on data centers among the left.

The elites want them because they see $$$. The line level folks though see green space getting destroyed and massive new energy sinks - things they were told are bad.

I do expect in the next couple of years almost the whole of the left will be onboard with data centers though because the people controlling the left want them and the left is very heirarchical.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 26, 2026 10:20 AM (sKqQm)

201 When I drove back to Michigan last year, I passed three Mail Pouch tobacco barns on the PA turnpike. Really cool!

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

202 there was only an optometrist and a proctologist living there.

Posted by: naturalfake

**********

The proctologist went there to look up a few old friends.
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 26, 2026 10:09 AM (I0N4X)

Heh!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 10:21 AM (iJfKG)

203 "this painting perhaps reflects the artist's depressed state of mind."

WTF? How is it depressing?

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:21 AM (Jr5Lq)

204 Illegal immigrants admitted under TPS have full access to every taxpayer provided benefit including those normally reserved for citizens like SSDI.

Every one of them takes some level of welfare. Most take part in every single handout.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 10:22 AM (Lzgl8)

205 What does Haiti have to offer that we have an embassy there?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:09 AM (2YhKe)

Threat value to keep people in line. Nobody in a president's cabinet wants to hear " you're going to be the ambassador to haiti, dickhead."

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 10:22 AM (snZF9)

206 Marines Engage in Multiple Firefights Defending U.S. Embassy in Haiti
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury

Staged.

See. You cant send them back.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 26, 2026 10:22 AM (ItWcy)

207 Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
@NYCMayor
The Supreme Court just launched one of the largest attacks on immigrants in modern American history. Thousands of Haitians and Syrians now risk losing the right to live and work in the country they call home.
This decision will cause enormous pain across the five boroughs. Here in New York, it falls hardest on our Haitian community, one of the largest in the country, alongside Syrian families.
I joined labor leaders with 1199SEIU, elected officials, and advocates to send a clear message to immigrant New Yorkers: You belong here. We will not turn our backs on you.

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More concise: F*ck whitey!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7)

208 I had a coworker in Ohio that got married in a barn.

It was apparently really nice and is a thing.
Kind of.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 10:22 AM (Sco7b)

209 My problem with data centers is just how damn ugly they are.

And they’re everywhere here in NoVa.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

210 Well, as I live and breathe!

WNBA Suspends Player for Hitting Caitlin Clark in Throat

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 10:16 AM (ndZc7)

Flagrant 2 and a one game suspension.

Meh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:22 AM (2YhKe)

211 They each embroidered their names on squares.

It's quite cool.
Posted by: Sponge

My MiL and prior generations would quilt all the time. When MiL passed away, she had one bedroom with nothing but fabric for quilts that were never made.
My grandmother would knit, so spools of yarn vs. fabric.
When I married Mrs OCiS, they each gave us a handcrafted blanket. When my daughter was born, she too was gifted blankets. Absolute family treasures. And a lost art.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2026 10:22 AM (N39Ws)

212 He often incorporated religious imagery into his works, and here, a single bright light marks the center of a cross formed by the power lines.

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My college freshman English Lit professor would NOT give you an A or B on your essays if -- in whatever novel you just read and had to write a book report on -- you did not see the symbolism somewhere of Christ and/or homosexuality.

I shit you not ...

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 10:23 AM (t/lcw)

213 Btw there are an estimated 1.4 million illegal immigrants in the country under TPS.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 10:23 AM (Lzgl8)

214 "Kick the Can" is like a cross between "Hide and Seek and "Capture the Flag".

With a slight hint of "Red Rover"

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 26, 2026 10:23 AM (I0N4X)

215 This is not terrible
I might could even hang it

Posted by: Don Black at June 26, 2026 10:24 AM (Ad/kh)

216 The Supreme Court just launched one of the largest attacks on immigrants in modern American history. Thousands of Haitians and Syrians now risk losing the right to live and work in the country they call home.
This decision will cause enormous pain across the five boroughs. Here in New York, it falls hardest on our Haitian community, one of the largest in the country, alongside Syrian families.
I joined labor leaders with 1199SEIU, elected officials, and advocates to send a clear message to immigrant New Yorkers: You belong here. We will not turn our backs on you.

-
More concise: F*ck whitey!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7)

Great news, Mayor! They have this place called an “embassy” in Port au Prince. They can go there, and GET IN FUCKING LINE!!!

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 26, 2026 10:24 AM (gfO9L)

217 >>s to send a clear message to immigrant New Yorkers: You belong here. We will not turn our backs on you.

No you don’t belong here. Legal immigrants do.

Temporary means temporary. Bye!

Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 10:25 AM (Lzgl8)

218 Well, as I live and breathe!

WNBA Suspends Player for Hitting Caitlin Clark in Throat

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 10:16 AM (ndZc7)

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What, "assault and battery" and a racist "hate crime" weren't available?

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 10:25 AM (t/lcw)

219 PSA:

Dubai chocolate is just expensive Kit Kat bars.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 26, 2026 10:26 AM (diia5)

220 187 182 What does Haiti have to offer that we have an embassy there?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:09 AM (2YhKe)

Adventurous sex tourism?
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 10:15 AM (Sco7b)

TBF there is a stop for cruise ships there. But that’s about it.

That and we need a place to stuck worthless politicians as an Ambassador. Maybe Trump can send Cornyn there as a consolation prize.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 26, 2026 10:26 AM (gfO9L)

221 213 Btw there are an estimated 1.4 million illegal immigrants in the country under TPS.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 10:23 AM
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They'll each need a new cover sheet.

Posted by: Gubmint Printing Office at June 26, 2026 10:26 AM (CJnkZ)

222 Contemporary Flip Wilson: The Devil made him do it!

Afghan migrant blames Satan after being accused of raping 14-year-old British girls

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In fairness, the Devil, Islam, tomayto, tomahto.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 10:27 AM (ndZc7)

223
No you don’t belong here. Legal immigrants do.

Temporary means temporary. Bye!
Posted by: Vengeance at June 26, 2026 10:25 AM (Lzgl

What I wouldn’t do for the feds to pull CBP from NYC and see how they like it. Yes, you CAN go to NYC from anywhere in the world. But you have to process through CBP somewhere else first…

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 26, 2026 10:27 AM (gfO9L)

224
Howzabout we send the Syrians to Haiti and the Haitians to Syria?

That way nobody is in danger from leaving our soil and Our Cultural Enhancers get to bring their enhancing powers to another country.

Win win win!

Why, yes! I would make a great King of America!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2026 10:28 AM (iJfKG)

225 > Needs a barn quilt. Are those a thing throughout the country, or just in the midwest?
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We see a few here and there in our area of Kentucky. Some are huge.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 10:28 AM (jehhT)

226 I really like this one...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 26, 2026 10:28 AM (SbjuD)

227 Wait... Mandani says he wants the Haitians and the Syrians in NYC ? .. I suggest they all head there now...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 26, 2026 10:31 AM (SbjuD)

228 203 "this painting perhaps reflects the artist's depressed state of mind."

WTF? How is it depressing?
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:21 AM (Jr5Lq)
----------------

It's a dark scene, a lovely scene, but the painter had a dark life and ultimately committed suicide. You don't paint scenes like this if you have a sunny disposition.

Posted by: Johnny Painter at June 26, 2026 10:31 AM (0OHKH)

229 For the people!

In Honor Of Pride Month, Minneapolis Decriminalizes Public Sex Bathhouses

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 10:31 AM (ndZc7)

230 "My problem with data centers is just how damn ugly they are."

My very minor quibbles with the frantic datacenter buildout:

1) When they choose to site on good farmland rather than in worthless brownfields, which we have plenty of.
2) It just feels like a bubble to me. A massive capital overinvestment in an industry that has high risk of rapid tech obsolescence.

That said, I really enjoy having access to AI. Very useful to me.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:31 AM (Jr5Lq)

231 Mike DeWhine (OH):
"Today, the United States Supreme Court issued its ruling allowing Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to be canceled or expire.
"Today’s decision is a legal decision. As I have stated in the past, the policy to remove these individuals from this country is a mistake.
"As a result of today’s ruling, the over 10,000 Haitians who have been living in Ohio (mostly in the Springfield area) legally through TPS will now be here illegally and will be subject to immediate deportation. This also means that while these Haitians were working and contributing to our community and economy yesterday, today it is now illegal to employ them.

"The situation in Haiti could hardly be much worse. The violent gangs run most of the country. The government barely functions. And, the economy is in shambles.
"Further, our federal government has an advisory against traveling to Haiti, and our Federal Aviation Administration prohibits U.S. carriers from flying there because of the danger to planes of being shot at by the gangs.
"But, more importantly, changing the immigration status of these individuals is not in the best interest of the United States nor Ohio."

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at June 26, 2026 10:32 AM (yYROg)

232 My wife went to Haiti on a cruise with her parents when she was a kid. They even took a short incursion inland. The taxi they were riding in got a flat, and she remembers a little kid with a distended starvation belly rolling a fresh tire up to the vehicle.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

233 No 'See Rock City' painted on side of barn; not art.
Posted by: one hour sober

No Walnut Bowls, Stuckey's or Marvel Caverns ads.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 10:33 AM (Dvo57)

234 2) It just feels like a bubble to me. A massive capital overinvestment in an industry that has high risk of rapid tech obsolescence.

That said, I really enjoy having access to AI. Very useful to me.
Posted by: gp

It does feel like a tulip bloom. I don't see how it has a useful application other than fucking up code, though.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 26, 2026 10:33 AM (diia5)

235 We see a few here and there in our area of Kentucky. Some are huge.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
__________

Yeah, I'm in Ky and seeing them now on garages and backyard fences.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 26, 2026 10:33 AM (XvL8K)

236 "But, more importantly, changing the immigration status of these individuals is not in the best interest of the United States nor Ohio."

FFS... DeWHINE... Put a sock in it...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 26, 2026 10:33 AM (SbjuD)

237 That said, I really enjoy having access to AI. Very useful to me.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:31 AM (Jr5Lq)

Me too.

Kate at smalldeadanimals had an article where the idea was AI may get stupider each new generation since the data they train on is more and more made up of AI generated material.

Hmmm.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 26, 2026 10:34 AM (Sco7b)

238
Threat value to keep people in line. Nobody in a president's cabinet wants to hear " you're going to be the ambassador to haiti, dickhead."
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 10:22 AM (snZF9)

Heh.

Valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:34 AM (2YhKe)

239 Inside, does lime nice, good details

Posted by: Skip at June 26, 2026 10:34 AM (sgkY8)

240 Cloudy, drizzling and 56 on the water.

Summer is over! Whoohooooo! I hate summer.

Why do they call it tourist season if we can’t shoot em, tie them to the roof rack and drive off?

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 10:34 AM (aGb4i)

241 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Neat painting. Where's the tractor?
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 10:35 AM (2WIwB)

242 Summer is over! Whoohooooo! I hate summer.

This is terrible.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:36 AM (2YhKe)

243 Wait... Mandani says he wants the Haitians and the Syrians in NYC ? .. I suggest they all head there now...
Posted by: It's me donna

Ohio:
Get them off our public dole toot sweet!
Send them to NYC. Put them on New York's public dole!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 10:37 AM (Dvo57)

244 "Haiti has been a basket case since 1803. Just sayin."

Well, you have a slave revolt and kill all the white people and then no white person is going to invest in your shithole place again.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 26, 2026 10:37 AM (qFwJc)

245 DeWine needs someone to eat his pussy.
BTW he's lying. The Haitians in Springfield didn't come here from Haiti. They came from Chile and Brazil. When deported they'll enrich those communities instead.

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at June 26, 2026 10:37 AM (yYROg)

246 240 Cloudy, drizzling and 56 on the water.

Summer is over! Whoohooooo! I hate summer.

Why do they call it tourist season if we can’t shoot em, tie them to the roof rack and drive off?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 26, 2026 10:34 AM (aGb4i)

I hate summer too....

Posted by: It's me donna at June 26, 2026 10:37 AM (SbjuD)

247 Wait... Mandani says he wants the Haitians and the Syrians in NYC ? .. I suggest they all head there now...
Posted by: It's me donna

But the replacement theory is just a vast right wing conspiracy.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:37 AM (2YhKe)

248
That said, I really enjoy having access to AI. Very useful to me.
Posted by: gp
-------

We feel the same way about you.

Posted by: AI at June 26, 2026 10:37 AM (XeU6L)

249
I hate summer too....
Posted by: It's me donna at June 26, 2026 10:37 AM (SbjuD)

You people are deranged. Summer is the greatest thing ever.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:37 AM (2YhKe)

250 Kate at smalldeadanimals had an article where the idea was AI may get stupider each new generation since the data they train on is more and more made up of AI generated material.

"The Backrooms" lower-levels

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at June 26, 2026 10:38 AM (yYROg)

251 LLMs - the extrapolated dimwits

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 26, 2026 10:38 AM (c1sJh)

252 Threat value to keep people in line. Nobody in a president's cabinet wants to hear " you're going to be the ambassador to haiti, dickhead."
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2026 10:22 AM (snZF9)

Heh.

Valid.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

What do you call the guy who finished last in his poli sci class at Columbia?

Ambassador to Haiti.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2026 10:39 AM (Dvo57)

253 Has the FNM started blaming Trump for Venezuela's lack of fire fighting, and search and rescue yet? I'm not going to give them any clicks, but I expect the commies will try to push the narrative that "if Trump hadn't kidnapped Maduro, Venezuela would be handling this crisis much better"

Posted by: PaleRider at June 26, 2026 10:39 AM (PV+Zw)

254 FIFA is gay and retard med for putting an Algerian ref in for a Turkey/US game. Ref was so biased might as well have put on a Turkey shirt and started playing.

Posted by: Heroq at June 26, 2026 10:39 AM (BO1UE)

255 ...AI may get stupider each new generation since the data they train on is more and more made up of AI generated material.

**********

The ultimate self-licking ice cream cone.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 26, 2026 10:39 AM (I0N4X)

256 AI: "We feel the same way about you [being useful.]"

Well good. At least I'm useful to somebody!

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:40 AM (Jr5Lq)

257 Mandani - "Let's make jihad jerky a daily event."

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 26, 2026 10:40 AM (c1sJh)

258 The Extrapolated Dimwits would be a good name for a rock band.

Posted by: In my best Dave Barry voice at June 26, 2026 10:40 AM (CJnkZ)

259 Summer is has one use, and one use only: To serve as a setting for Independence Day celebrations.

Come July 5th, I’m ready for the greatest season, fall.

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 10:41 AM (77rzZ)

260 I remember under biden the 10's of thousands under that bridge in Texas they then just waved through...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 26, 2026 10:41 AM (SbjuD)

261 Summer brings backyard barbeques, gatherings, beach volleyball, bikinis and tanned skin.

It reminds you that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:42 AM (2YhKe)

262 John Bolton is supposed to be rendering his plea today. CatTurd thinks he'll be pleading guilty

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at June 26, 2026 10:43 AM (yYROg)

263 Joey Bidet probably licks himself at this point.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 26, 2026 10:43 AM (c1sJh)

264 Joey Bidet probably licks himself at this point.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 26, 2026 10:43 AM (c1sJh)

Nothing wrong with that.

Posted by: Ron Jeremy at June 26, 2026 10:43 AM (2YhKe)

265 Summer brings backyard barbeques, gatherings, beach volleyball, bikinis and tanned skin.

It reminds you that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:42 AM

^^^ This.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 26, 2026 10:44 AM (Wnv9h)

266 262 John Bolton is supposed to be rendering his plea today. CatTurd thinks he'll be pleading guilty
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at June 26, 2026 10:43 AM (yYROg)

He did plead guilty

Posted by: It's me donna at June 26, 2026 10:44 AM (SbjuD)

267 Mike DeWhine (OH):

Issue him a crimson sash and a toy lightsaber, declare him to be the military Governor of Haiti, and drop in off in Port-au-Prince to be with those he loves.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 10:44 AM (ExV1e)

268 Not mentioning the copious amounts of free, natural (ORGANIC!!!) vitamin D that makes you feel oh so good.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:45 AM (2YhKe)

269 "Summer brings backyard barbeques, gatherings, beach volleyball, bikinis and tanned skin."
++++

Sittin' right here, boss.

Posted by: Mosquitos, humidity, sunburn, sweat stains and diaper rash at June 26, 2026 10:45 AM (CJnkZ)

270 268 Not mentioning the copious amounts of free, natural (ORGANIC!!!) vitamin D that makes you feel oh so good.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:45 AM (2YhKe

And the skin cancer...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 26, 2026 10:45 AM (SbjuD)

271 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:42 AM (2YhKe)

Those are great things! I am that God loves me and us even if we don't do any of those things.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 26, 2026 10:46 AM (etuti)

272 FIFA is gay and retard med for putting an Algerian ref in for a Turkey/US game. Ref was so biased might as well have put on a Turkey shirt and started playing.
Posted by: Heroq at June 26, 2026 10:39 AM (BO1UE)

And, yet, as I understand it, the US is on to the next round and Turkey isn't. Given that it's the 427th most popular sport in the US... who really cares?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 10:46 AM (ExV1e)

273 269 LOL

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 10:46 AM (77rzZ)

274 If Haiti can field a world cup team then Haitians can go back to Haiti. All these illegals are here taking jobs/money from us and sending it home. Their home countries don't want them back because the money would stop. Remittances are a huge part of many third world's GDP.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 26, 2026 10:46 AM (rZgqp)

275
Sittin' right here, boss.
Posted by: Mosquitos, humidity, sunburn, sweat stains and diaper rash at June 26, 2026 10:45 AM (CJnkZ)['i]

Mosquitos are a spring thing. They're not terrible in the summer heat because they're all cooked.

The rest just means you're doing it wrong.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:46 AM (2YhKe)

276 Fast-talking nerd panics over flood of new MS zero-day vulns for ten minutes:
youtube.com/watch?v=VtFaQjTcRts

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:46 AM (Jr5Lq)

277 >>Summer brings backyard barbeques, gatherings, beach volleyball, bikinis and tanned skin.

It reminds you that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:42 AM

^^^ This.

Yesssssssssss!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 10:47 AM (X8xt3)

278 > No 'See Rock City' painted on side of barn; not art.
Posted by: one hour sober

No Walnut Bowls, Stuckey's or Marvel Caverns ads.
Posted by: rickb223
----------
I still seen old barns with faded "Mail Pouch Tobacco" on them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 26, 2026 10:47 AM (jehhT)

279 donna, just saw it "John Bolton pleads guilty to 1 count of mishandling classified information" on ABC News website. also this: The guilty plea makes Bolton thus far the only successfully prosecuted case in Trump's campaign of retribution against those he perceives to be his political enemies

WAAAAA

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at June 26, 2026 10:47 AM (yYROg)

280 Sweat stains means work. Never afraid of work.

Diaper rash means you didn't follow Redd Foxx's advice.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:47 AM (2YhKe)

281 For the people!

In Honor Of Pride Month, Minneapolis Decriminalizes Public Sex Bathhouses

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 26, 2026 10:31 AM (ndZc7)

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

BREAKING: Unexpectedly, Minnesomalia Has Sudden Epidemic Outbreak of MonkeyPox. Developing ...

Posted by: ShainS at June 26, 2026 10:48 AM (t/lcw)

282 ABC News website. also this: The guilty plea makes Bolton thus far the only successfully prosecuted case in Trump's campaign of retribution against those he perceives to be his political enemies

Um....the guilty plea means he's been brought before a court of law to be tried for a CRIME HE COMMITTED.

Seriously. When does media become open season?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:48 AM (2YhKe)

283 And, yet, as I understand it, the US is on to the next round and Turkey isn't. Given that it's the 427th most popular sport in the US... who really cares?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 10:46 AM (ExV1e)

A loss is still a loss. Momentum matters. And are we still doing the nobody watches 😀soccer thing? Come one man that’s so 1982.

Posted by: Heroq at June 26, 2026 10:49 AM (aRxqp)

284 Leftists

Jan 6 - "They attacked police!!!!!!!!!!"

July 4, 2025 - "It was a noisy protest outside the ICE facility."

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 26, 2026 10:49 AM (c1sJh)

285 Diaper rash?

*shudder*
— Joe Biden

Posted by: Bulg at June 26, 2026 10:49 AM (77rzZ)

286 "AI may get stupider each new generation since the data they train on is more and more made up of AI generated material."

Working with me probably makes it stupider. I don't know where it finds the patience.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:50 AM (Jr5Lq)

287 This also means that while these Haitians were working and contributing to our community and economy yesterday

What contributions? Be specific.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 26, 2026 10:50 AM (Riz8t)

288 From Wikipedia

"His personal life henceforth was troubled. He became alcoholic during the 1920s, after the death of his mother in a mental institution.[1] Each of his three brothers died by suicide, two after the loss of the family fortune in the 1929 stock market crash."

He later offed himself as well.

Posted by: Easy the Elder at June 26, 2026 10:50 AM (zFsEm)

289 A loss is still a loss. Momentum matters. And are we still doing the nobody watches 😀soccer thing? Come one man that’s so 1982.
Posted by: Heroq at June 26, 2026 10:49 AM (aRxqp)['i]

History repeats itself.

Most Americans don't give a flying f*ck about soccer. It's only the imports that care.

Sorry to break it to you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:51 AM (2YhKe)

290 Monkeypox?

Beats DonLemonpox.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 26, 2026 10:51 AM (c1sJh)

291 How come there's no Women's Metric Kickball?

Posted by: Equality! at June 26, 2026 10:51 AM (CJnkZ)

292 How come there's no Women's Metric Kickball?
Posted by: Equality! at June 26, 2026 10:51 AM (CJnkZ)

*leans in*

*waves*

Posted by: The NWSL at June 26, 2026 10:51 AM (2YhKe)

293 Question for the leagle egals: Bolton pled guilty only to count 12. There are 18 counts. Does that mean he's still being tried for the other stuff?
anyway he gets sentenced in October. I'm hoping Leavenworth for this asshole.

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at June 26, 2026 10:52 AM (yYROg)

294 If Haiti can field a team for the World Cup then the TPS peeps can go home. They are sucking up our money and sending it home. Remittances are a big part of many third world countries GDP.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 26, 2026 10:52 AM (rZgqp)

295 A loss is still a loss. Momentum matters. And are we still doing the nobody watches 😀soccer thing? Come one man that’s so 1982.
Posted by: Heroq at June 26, 2026 10:49 AM (aRxqp)

I'm sure that there are people who watch but I thought it was largely limited to children and communists.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 26, 2026 10:52 AM (ExV1e)

296 >>This also means that while these Haitians were working and contributing to our community and economy yesterday

What contributions? Be specific.

IIRC, the people that bring them over rent them rooms, drive them to and from work, and get a % of their salary. They are making excellent contributions to the wealth of their handlers/slavers!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 10:53 AM (X8xt3)

297 "The NWSL"

And you thought we were an also ran league!

Posted by: The WNBA at June 26, 2026 10:53 AM (CJnkZ)

298 If Haiti can field a team for the World Cup then the TPS peeps can go home. They are sucking up our money and sending it home. Remittances are a big part of many third world countries GDP.
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 26, 2026 10:52 AM (rZgqp)

BILLIONS in the Mexico economy every year is illegals and/or actual legal immigrants sending USD back across the border.

Trump has often mentioned taxing this money, but don't know that he's ever actually done anything about it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:54 AM (2YhKe)

299 Yesterday, working on a tough project, I got one of those AI doom loops:

It tells me to try A. I try A, and it does not work. I tell it.

It says 'well of course A does not work because of X. Try B instead.'

I try B, and it does not work. I tell it.

It says 'yes, naturally B does not work because of Y. Try A instead.'

That happens sometimes.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:54 AM (Jr5Lq)

300 >>ABC News website. also this: The guilty plea makes Bolton thus far the only successfully prosecuted case in Trump's campaign of retribution against those he perceives to be his political enemies

He was CREDIBLY ACCUSED!
We've been told that is as good as a guilty plea.

Alinsky #4 m'f'ers

Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 10:55 AM (X8xt3)

301 You haven't tried me.

Posted by: C and Z at June 26, 2026 10:56 AM (CJnkZ)

302 Huh. I kind of like it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 26, 2026 10:56 AM (mPXxA)

303
He was CREDIBLY ACCUSED!
We've been told that is as good as a guilty plea.

Alinsky #4 m'f'ers
Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2026 10:55 AM (X8xt3)

Yeah, not so much.

Posted by: Tara Reade at June 26, 2026 10:56 AM (2YhKe)

304 Summer brings backyard barbeques, gatherings, beach volleyball, bikinis and tanned skin.

It reminds you that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:42 AM

It is easier to find my golf ball in the summer than in the winter.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 10:56 AM (2WIwB)

305 As far as "perceives", why the hell was Bolton stealing those documents then? To help Trump out? To make paper airplanes?

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at June 26, 2026 10:56 AM (yYROg)

306
It is easier to find my golf ball in the summer than in the winter.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 26, 2026 10:56 AM (2WIwB)

Truth!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:57 AM (2YhKe)

307 280 it has to be desitin. the generic buttgoo has the same ingredients, not the same.

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 10:57 AM (R11M+)

308 299 Yesterday, working on a tough project, I got one of those AI doom loops:

It tells me to try A. I try A, and it does not work. I tell it.

It says 'well of course A does not work because of X. Try B instead.'

I try B, and it does not work. I tell it.

It says 'yes, naturally B does not work because of Y. Try A instead.'

That happens sometimes.
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:54 AM (Jr5Lq)

Maybe you should break up with it?

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 10:58 AM (6wpGE)

309
That happens sometimes.
Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:54 AM (Jr5Lq)

AI is female?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 10:58 AM (2YhKe)

310 "Desitin, the buttgoo most doctors recommend for sensitive fartclams."

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 10:59 AM (Jr5Lq)

311 289 it pisses off the "non- regulars" when i yell gooooaaaall! at the top of my obnoxious. therefore i enjoy met. kick.

Posted by: cmeat at June 26, 2026 11:00 AM (R11M+)

312 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at June 26, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)

313 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 26, 2026 11:01 AM (2YhKe)

314 A I is menopausal?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 11:01 AM (afJtY)

315 314 A I is menopausal?
Posted by: Ben Had at June 26, 2026 11:01 AM (afJtY)

We were all thinking it!

Posted by: m at June 26, 2026 11:01 AM (6wpGE)

316 "That happens sometimes."

Yet even with all its faults, it's more productive to work with, than it is to work with people. IMHO. YMMV.

Posted by: gp at June 26, 2026 11:02 AM (Jr5Lq)

317 SAAM -

The radiant light at Russell’s Corners forms the center of the mysterious world Ault painted there. His wife Louise chose a quotation from the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche to describe her husband: “Unless there be chaos within, no dancing star is born.”

To Make a World: George Ault and 1940s America, 2011

A fine lead-in to the weekend. Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 26, 2026 11:05 AM (NFX2v)

318 Nothing good happens after midnight . . . .

.......

The Korean guy who sounds exactly like Michael Jackson begs to differ

https://youtu.be/AAxBjzUPkMw

Posted by: Victor Tango Jilo at June 26, 2026 11:19 AM (3pubI)

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