Mid-Morning Art Thread

Venus
Alexandre Cabanel

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Nekkid!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 09:30 AM (F5FAo)

2 boobs

Posted by: r hennigantx at July 14, 2026 09:30 AM (/+uur)

3 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

4 Thic

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 14, 2026 09:31 AM (jehhT)

5 A's to J's.

I've seen one, I want to see the rest.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

6 Them's child birthin' hips.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

7 Corgis called

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 09:31 AM (F5FAo)

8 Whoa!

PS. Don't eat the apple. Trust me on this.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 14, 2026 09:31 AM (SOO8e)

9 Birthing hips.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 09:31 AM (Kt19C)

10 I was expecting more of a Goddess, not more flesh.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 14, 2026 09:32 AM (u82oZ)

11 Venus"

Shocking Blue.

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 09:32 AM (XuXeR)

12 She is what black men would refer to as a 'Thoroughbred.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

13 Nude nood!

This wasn't painted for the "modern audience," I see!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 09:33 AM (X8xt3)

14 This wasn't painted for the "modern audience," I see!
Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 09:33 AM (X8xt3)

Thank goodness. Modern art sucks.

Just look at the Owebama liebarry.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:33 AM (2YhKe)

15 https://youtu.be/d4-1ASpdT1Y

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:34 AM (ExV1e)

16 Going with the original nude gal. She's chunking out a bit.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 14, 2026 09:34 AM (sl73Y)

17 I'm your Venus, I'm your fire.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at July 14, 2026 09:34 AM (ibDUx)

18 Her hands are so delicate!

*waits*

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 09:34 AM (X8xt3)

19 She's eaten plenty of hamburgers.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 14, 2026 09:34 AM (l3cgK)

20 When doves cry...

Posted by: Zombie Formerly Known as Prince at July 14, 2026 09:35 AM (l3cgK)

21 The probability of a carpeting vs. hardwood discussion breaking out has increased.

Awaiting zombie Bob Ross' thoughts.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 14, 2026 09:35 AM (0sNs1)

22 Like this one. Nice muted colors. And boobies of course.
Looked up the artist, was real big on painting mythic figures
Would hang, thx for the continuing art education CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 14, 2026 09:35 AM (m2wmY)

23 Small boobs and big butt.

Would not hang.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ)

24 Why is she standing in front of the U.S. Treasury building?

Posted by: dantesed at July 14, 2026 09:35 AM (Oy/m2)

25 Her hands are so delicate!

It's all about the elbows.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:36 AM (2YhKe)

26 Her hands are so delicate!

*waits*
Posted by: Lizzy

IT'S A TRAP!
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 09:36 AM (F5FAo)

27 No. That is not Venus. That is Venus’s cousin Vemoose.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 14, 2026 09:36 AM (FyPhv)

28 I'm sorry, Venus should have waaaaay bigger hooters than this chick.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

29 Oooh! Pubes!

Posted by: Dr_No at July 14, 2026 09:37 AM (ayRl+)

30 The doves were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at July 14, 2026 09:37 AM (Vk4Gj)

31 What does it mean to an artist to paint Venus in the 19th century?

Posted by: Oglebay at July 14, 2026 09:37 AM (2ap+5)

32 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Cabanel put a lot in the caboose.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 09:37 AM (2WIwB)

33 You know what they say about women whose second toes are longer than their big toes.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 09:37 AM (J4Dwc)

34 I’m sure she has a good personality.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 09:37 AM (yEz+x)

35 Those are what's known as 'saddlebags.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:38 AM (2YhKe)

36 Why is she killing birds?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 09:38 AM (Kt19C)

37 I was going to write a limerick but I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with Venus...

Posted by: muldoon at July 14, 2026 09:38 AM (I0N4X)

38 Why is she killing birds?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 09:38 AM (Kt19C)

Has to be done.

Posted by: Helmet at July 14, 2026 09:39 AM (2YhKe)

39 Why is she standing in front of the U.S. Treasury building?

And where's the damn Model A?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 14, 2026 09:39 AM (zdLoL)

40 You know what they say about women whose second toes are longer than their big toes.
Posted by: one hour sober

She can perch?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 09:39 AM (F5FAo)

41 This is haram!

Take her to my tent immediately!

Posted by: Abdully al-McAbdulface at July 14, 2026 09:39 AM (0sNs1)

42 37 I was going to write a limerick but I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with Venus...
Posted by: muldoon at July 14, 2026 09:38 AM (I0N4X)

LOL

Posted by: Oglebay at July 14, 2026 09:39 AM (2ap+5)

43 I'm sorry, Venus should have waaaaay bigger hooters than this chick.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

Interestingly, there don't appear to be any paintings of Venus with cartoonishly large knockers. They're all moderate in size.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:39 AM (ExV1e)

44 I was going to write a limerick but I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with Venus...
Posted by: muldoon at July 14, 2026 09:38 AM (I0N4X)

Heinous.

Posted by: Bill S. Preston Esq. at July 14, 2026 09:39 AM (2YhKe)

45 Why is she killing birds?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

Dove season just opened.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 09:39 AM (F5FAo)

46 I was going to write a limerick but I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with Venus...
Posted by: muldoon

Um...what about the thing that Mars put into Venus to make Cupid?

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

47 28 I'm sorry, Venus should have waaaaay bigger hooters than this chick.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:36 AM
------

You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 14, 2026 09:40 AM (Vk4Gj)

48 What does it mean to an artist to paint Venus in the 19th century?
Posted by: Oglebay at July 14, 2026 09:37 AM (2ap+5)

Means he had a model willing to get nekkid and he needed to come up with an excuse.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:40 AM (ExV1e)

49 I was going to write a limerick but I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with Venus...
Posted by: muldoon

The pen is...

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 09:40 AM (F5FAo)

50 I’m sure she has a good personality.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 09:37 AM (yEz+x)

That does go a long way.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:40 AM (2YhKe)

51 I dunno, do y’all prefer this depiction of a beautiful woman or the models in pipers last fashion thread?

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 09:40 AM (ozryO)

52 >> I was going to write a limerick but I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with Venus...

Leanness
Weeness
Freeness

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 09:41 AM (X8xt3)

53 I dunno, do y’all prefer this depiction of a beautiful woman or the models in pipers last fashion thread?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 14, 2026 09:40 AM (ozryO)

Last one I saw, 1/2 were dressed like party favors.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:41 AM (2YhKe)

54 43 I'm sorry, Venus should have waaaaay bigger hooters than this chick.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

Interestingly, there don't appear to be any paintings of Venus with cartoonishly large knockers. They're all moderate in size.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:39 AM (ExV1e)
——

Putting cartoonish racks on goddesses seems to be mostly a Hindu thing. The fertility goddesses look like Jessica Rabbit.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 14, 2026 09:41 AM (FyPhv)

55 Interestingly, there don't appear to be any paintings of Venus with cartoonishly large knockers. They're all moderate in size.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Moderate, fine. But the ones on this chick are damn near microscopic.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:42 AM (77rzZ)

56 CBD loves us. Yay!!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 09:42 AM (wVcYX)

57 I dunno, do y’all prefer this depiction of a beautiful woman or the models in pipers last fashion thread?
Posted by: nurse ratched

Ima suck up real hard. You & Piper.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 09:42 AM (F5FAo)

58 How YOU doin'?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 14, 2026 09:42 AM (RIvkX)

59
Moderate, fine. But the ones on this chick are damn near microscopic.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:42 AM (77rzZ)

Anything more than a handful, you might sprain a thumb or something.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:42 AM (2YhKe)

60 I was going to write a limerick but I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with Venus...

Genius?

Posted by: dantesed at July 14, 2026 09:42 AM (Oy/m2)

61 She's no Aphrodite.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 14, 2026 09:42 AM (NpAcC)

62 52 >> I was going to write a limerick but I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with Venus...

Leanness
Weeness
Freeness
Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 09:41 AM (X8xt3)
——

Penis

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 14, 2026 09:42 AM (FyPhv)

63 hoohah!

Posted by: cmeat at July 14, 2026 09:43 AM (R11M+)

64 Interestingly, there don't appear to be any paintings of Venus with cartoonishly large knockers. They're all moderate in size.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:39 AM
###

What knockers!

Posted by: Gene Wilder at July 14, 2026 09:43 AM (Vk4Gj)

65 CBD loves us. Yay!!
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 09:42 AM (wVcYX)

He's just trying to make up for his doing the ONT last night.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:43 AM (2YhKe)

66 So she's not a model.... She's a real woman.....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 09:43 AM (K6BoD)

67 No divot on her hoohah?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 09:43 AM (Kt19C)

68 So she's not a model.... She's a real woman.....
Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 09:43 AM (K6BoD)

In a mythical Greek Goddess kind of way......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:44 AM (2YhKe)

69 No divot on her hoohah?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 09:43 AM (Kt19C)

Mind if I play through?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:44 AM (2YhKe)

70 That's an ugly grader blade too.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 09:44 AM (Kt19C)

71 She's from Willendorf. So you could get it worse, you know.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 14, 2026 09:45 AM (zdLoL)

72 I was going to write a limerick but I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with Venus...
Posted by: muldoon at July 14, 2026 09:38

Well, let's see...
Aamus, Bemus, Cemus, Demus...Hemus, Iemus...Lemus, Menus, Oepus, pen...
OH! I have a suggestion!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 09:45 AM (2WIwB)

73 Venus has got some junk in the trunk action going on.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at July 14, 2026 09:45 AM (0N4FZ)

74
In a mythical Greek Goddess kind of way......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:44 AM (2YhKe)

Yes.. I meant she didn't have the figure of a boy like most fashion models have...

Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 09:46 AM (K6BoD)

75 Well, let's see...
Aamus, Bemus, Cemus, Demus...Hemus, Iemus...Lemus, Menus, Oepus, pen...
OH! I have a suggestion!!!
Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 09:45 AM (2WIwB)

SAN DEMUS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RULES!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:46 AM (2YhKe)

76 a mythical Old Greek Homo kind of way.....

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 09:46 AM (Kt19C)

77 I mean, if you're gonna give her such small breasts, at least don't give her such an enormous backside. Keep it in proportion.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:46 AM (77rzZ)

78 52 >> I was going to write a limerick but I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with Venus...

Tennis?

https://youtu.be/Gvat5Yk1y7A

Posted by: Homer Simpson at July 14, 2026 09:46 AM (Vk4Gj)

79 Yes.. I meant she didn't have the figure of a boy like most fashion models have...
Posted by: It's me donna at July 14, 2026 09:46 AM (K6BoD)

I was kidding. I'm a kidder.

But you are correct.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:46 AM (2YhKe)

80 Venus needs to cut back on the carbs

Posted by: Oh Noes! at July 14, 2026 09:47 AM (HcoTw)

81 I was going to write a limerick but I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with Venus...
Posted by: muldoon at July 14, 2026 09:38

This is high form humor.

Golf clap, sir. Golf. Clap.

Posted by: blaster at July 14, 2026 09:47 AM (xhfG9)

82 intra.

Posted by: cmeat at July 14, 2026 09:47 AM (R11M+)

83 Painting Venus in the 19th century seems to me to be craftsmanship, not art. But craftsmanship is good!

Posted by: Oglebay at July 14, 2026 09:47 AM (2ap+5)

84 She's gonna need a chiropractor visit to adjust her neck back to its upright and locked position.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 09:47 AM (wVcYX)

85 “Don’t look, Ethyl!”

But it was too late.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at July 14, 2026 09:47 AM (zs0ZQ)

86 Venus needs to cut back on the carbs
Posted by: Oh Noes! at July 14, 2026 09:47 AM (HcoTw)

Back away from the buffet and break a sweat once in a while.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:47 AM (2YhKe)

87 "Why is she standing in front of the U.S. Treasury building?
Posted by: dantesed"

She's so fine
There's no tellin' where the money went

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 09:48 AM (MWfyi)

88 Now this is what I'm talking about!

Posted by: Sir Mix-A-Lot at July 14, 2026 09:48 AM (9uxcu)

89 She's so fine
There's no tellin' where the money went
Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 09:48 AM (MWfyi)

Well played, sir. Well played.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:48 AM (2YhKe)

90 Moderate, fine. But the ones on this chick are damn near microscopic.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:42 AM

And if you can't be
with the boobs you love, baby,
love the ones you're with.
Love the ones you're with.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 14, 2026 09:48 AM (0sNs1)

91 67 it's the dingus on the hoohah. dringus.

Posted by: cmeat at July 14, 2026 09:48 AM (R11M+)

92 Yeah.......out.

Posted by: Joe Walsh at July 14, 2026 09:48 AM (2YhKe)

93 I'm sitting right here, babe.

Posted by: The salad bar at July 14, 2026 09:48 AM (Vk4Gj)

94 No divot on her hoohah?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 09:43 AM (Kt19C)

Mind if I play through?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:44 AM (2YhKe)

Cart Path Only!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 14, 2026 09:49 AM (wVcYX)

95
I was eternally baffled by paintings like this when I was a kid. Why did everyone hang out naked in those days? Weren't they embarrassed? Didn't they get cold?

And no one ever gave me the straight answer: it's porn. Except they were clever in those days and you could hang it on your walls instead of having to hide it in your drawer.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 14, 2026 09:49 AM (mmrXZ)

96 All these gay artists and sculptors also put teeny wangs on their men. David is all ripped up like a gay man’s fantasy … with a tiny dick.

I think it was considered vulgar and cartoonish to put exaggerated sexual characteristics in sophisticated art.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 14, 2026 09:49 AM (FyPhv)

97 74 ass of a ten year old boy.

Posted by: cmeat at July 14, 2026 09:49 AM (R11M+)

98 Venus, baby, one word: Abdominizer!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 09:50 AM (wzUl9)

99 78 tennis the least she will consider.

Posted by: cmeat at July 14, 2026 09:50 AM (R11M+)

100 Venus, baby, one word: Abdominizer!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 09:50 AM (wzUl9)

Shake weight FTW.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:50 AM (2YhKe)

101 Interestingly, there don't appear to be any paintings of Venus with cartoonishly large knockers. They're all moderate in size.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:39 AM (ExV1e)

19th century standards of beauty were far more reality based than modern day caricatures.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2026 09:50 AM (wLnmp)

102 You know what they say about women whose second toes are longer than their big toes.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 09:37 AM

Morton's toe?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 14, 2026 09:50 AM (0sNs1)

103 Baby got snacks.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 09:50 AM (BI5O2)

104 Well Hordemates, it's Geezer Golf Tuesday yet again. If the beer cart girl shows up dressed like Venus here, I hope they have new batteries in the defibrillator cause some of those old guys won't finish the round.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 09:51 AM (2WIwB)

105 >>“Don’t look, Ethyl!”

But it was too late.

Lookatthat, lookatthat!!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 09:51 AM (X8xt3)

106 Interesting how the ideal of womanly beauty has changed.
Maybe... it's the list of who will model?
Nah...

Posted by: MkY at July 14, 2026 09:51 AM (q6tQZ)

107 I think it was considered vulgar and cartoonish to put exaggerated sexual characteristics in sophisticated art.
Posted by: Elric the Blade

This is about us, isn't it?
-- manga and anime

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:51 AM (77rzZ)

108 You know what they say about women whose second toes are longer than their big toes.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 09:37 AM

I don't know.......what do they say?

Posted by: Big Mike Owebama at July 14, 2026 09:51 AM (2YhKe)

109 I'd hit it

Posted by: Hawg hunter at July 14, 2026 09:51 AM (HcoTw)

110 I can't help but notice nobody's put a ring on it, honey.

Posted by: Saturn at July 14, 2026 09:51 AM (BI5O2)

111 Yeah baby she's got it

Posted by: Dark Lix. at July 14, 2026 09:52 AM (DZ9Lv)

112 Venus needs to cut back on the carbs
Posted by: Oh Noes! at July 14, 2026 09:47 AM
++++

I don't know. I think maybe she could make the rockin' world go round.

Posted by: Brian May at July 14, 2026 09:52 AM (Vk4Gj)

113 Like sunlight to vampires.

Nicolle Wallace tells Jim Acosta she refused to carry past Trump WH briefings on her show because they "hurt" her.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 09:52 AM (ndZc7)

114 96 it's a 'roid thing. or the pool.

Posted by: cmeat at July 14, 2026 09:52 AM (R11M+)

115 Big bottom, big bottom
Talk about bum cakes, my girl's got 'em
Big bottom drive me out of my mind
How could I leave this behind?

Posted by: Spinal Tap at July 14, 2026 09:52 AM (wVcYX)

116 I'm sorry, Venus should have waaaaay bigger hooters than this chick.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026

***
The actress who played Aphrodite on Hercules and Xena was perfect. She looked like a fun partner.

You *should* laugh while in bed; if you don't do that occasionally, you're doing it wrong.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 09:53 AM (wzUl9)

117 Nicolle Wallace tells Jim Acosta she refused to carry past Trump WH briefings on her show because they "hurt" her.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 09:52 AM (ndZc7)

I'm GenX. That being said, oh F*CK your feewings, twat.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:53 AM (2YhKe)

118 This is a very effective painting. Venus in her naked glory and feminine perfection, so real against the misty environs of Mount Olympus. The flowing cloak, the golden apple and edge of the chariot form a frame around Venus making her stand out and further establishing the era. It isn't pornographic (not that Venus would care) but it is intensely sexy. I wonder if this would be displayed in a museum or men's club rather than a home.

I'll leave the obvious boob remarks to others even if I have them in mind.

Posted by: JTB at July 14, 2026 09:54 AM (yTvNw)

119 Willowed from JJ's thread:

Speaking of Jagger, I had a dream night before last that I joined The Rolling Stones. Had my own guitar and everything. Didn’t see Mick or Keith, though.
Posted by: Bulg

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:54 AM (77rzZ)

120 I can't help but notice nobody's put a ring on it, honey.
Posted by: Saturn at July 14, 2026

***
Did Venus in Roman myth marry Vulcan, as Aphrodite did Hephaestus in the Greek stories?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)

121 Hey Venus?
Call me.

Posted by: Thighmaster at July 14, 2026 09:54 AM (Vk4Gj)

122
Perfectly nice piece of pink silk and she refuses to drape it around herself in some kind of toga.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at July 14, 2026 09:54 AM (mmrXZ)

123 I think it was considered vulgar and cartoonish to put exaggerated sexual characteristics in sophisticated art.
Posted by: Elric the Blade

This is about us, isn't it?
-- manga and anime
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:51 AM (77rzZ)

It's fine.

Posted by: Futanari at July 14, 2026 09:54 AM (wVcYX)

124
She was a fine girl
She could get down
All de way down
She do yer laundry
She change a tire
Chop a little wood for de fire
Poke it around... If it died down

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song at July 14, 2026 09:55 AM (MWfyi)

125 CBD did a fine job with the ONT last night!

He even used bison instead of buffalo, thus precluding a correction from Wesley Crusher.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 14, 2026 09:55 AM (0sNs1)

126 I'd clap dat asss

Posted by: Hawg hunter at July 14, 2026 09:55 AM (HcoTw)

127 You *should* laugh while in bed; if you don't do that occasionally, you're doing it wrong.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Laugh, yes. Point & laugh, no.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 14, 2026 09:55 AM (F5FAo)

128 This painting brought to you by:

NOOM

Get your GLP-1's for a better price and lose those saddlebags while sitting on your ass eating bonbons.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:56 AM (2YhKe)

129 Did Venus in Roman myth marry Vulcan, as Aphrodite did Hephaestus in the Greek stories?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I think the Romans just took a lot of the Greek mythological stories and just swapped out the names.

Except for the Romulus and Remus stuff, there was very little that was original in Roman mythology.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

130
She was a fine girl
Didn't need no school
She was built like a mule
With a thong sandal
Well, wasn't no kinda job she could not handle

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song at July 14, 2026 09:57 AM (MWfyi)

131 I think it was considered vulgar and cartoonish to put exaggerated sexual characteristics in sophisticated art.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 14, 2026 09:49 AM (FyPhv)

They be hatin'.

Posted by: Priapus at July 14, 2026 09:57 AM (wVcYX)

132 We can help. Give us a call.

Posted by: Soon Bello at July 14, 2026 09:57 AM (HcoTw)

133 >>>back to its upright and locked position.

Speaking of....an engine of a Ryan Air plane somewhere in Europe threw a fan blade in flight. The blade went through the engine nacelle and hit the fuselage, taking out a passenger window. The guy sitting next to the window was partially sucked out, only because he had his seatbelt fastened loosely.

His wife held onto his feet and legs for a full five minutes before some other passengers eventually came over to help pull him back into the aircraft.

Five minutes...

Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 09:57 AM (J4Dwc)

134 You know what they say about women whose second toes are longer than their big toes.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026

***
Morton's toe.

Though I don't know what salt has to do with this.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 09:57 AM (wzUl9)

135 The list of those who will model has *vastly* expanded.

It's no longer social suicide to model.

For example: the Peace Dollar has the only numismatic depiction of Lady Liberty where we know for certain who the model was - because it was the sculptor's wife, which made it ok.

Even modeling for *our nation's coinage* was considered the work of a common whore, so women and artists took pains to keep it quiet.

And that was only a hundred years ago.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 09:58 AM (BI5O2)

136 If that's Venus, where are her blue jeans?

Posted by: Jimmy Clanton at July 14, 2026 09:58 AM (TbWk/)

137 >>Nicolle Wallace tells Jim Acosta she refused to carry past Trump WH briefings on her show because they "hurt" her.

Translation: I am a child whose emotional dysregulation makes me terrible at my job.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 14, 2026 09:58 AM (X8xt3)

138
His wife held onto his feet and legs for a full five minutes before some other passengers eventually came over to help pull him back into the aircraft.

Five minutes...
Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 09:57 AM (J4Dwc)

There's an Air Disasters show that goes into the Southwest Air flight that had that happen. Poor woman was sucked out the window and passengers held her and attempted to pull her in for the remainder of the flight.

She didn't make it........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 09:59 AM (2YhKe)

139 Men are from Mars and women don't have penis.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:00 AM (2YhKe)

140 Venus has some serious hips going on
Imagine that booty matches

Posted by: Skip at July 14, 2026 10:00 AM (w53mj)

141 Even modeling for *our nation's coinage* was considered the work of a common whore, so women and artists took pains to keep it quiet.

And that was only a hundred years ago.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026

***
I read a story a while ago that said the woman who modeled for the Columbia Pictures logo, the toga-clad woman with the torch, had passed away.

I always thought the face was modeled on Jane Wyatt's, but I guess not.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 10:00 AM (wzUl9)

142 This artist likes the big bottoms …

https://tinyurl.com/5n93a7zv

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 14, 2026 10:01 AM (FyPhv)

143 I saw Booty Matches open for Sir-Mix-A-Lot at Rapfest in '89.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:01 AM (2YhKe)

144 If that's Venus, where are her blue jeans?
Posted by: Jimmy Clanton at July 14, 2026

***
Her razor is nowhere to be seen, either.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 10:01 AM (wzUl9)

145 His wife held onto his feet and legs for a full five minutes before some other passengers eventually came over to help pull him back into the aircraft.

Five minutes...
Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 09:57 AM (J4Dwc)

Sheesh.
Mrs D is only a 3 minute lover.
I'd be doomed!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 14, 2026 10:01 AM (2WIwB)

146 I think the Romans just took a lot of the Old Greek Homo mythological stories and just swapped out the names.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 10:01 AM (Kt19C)

147 This artist likes the big bottoms …

https://tinyurl.com/5n93a7zv
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 14, 2026 10:01 AM (FyPhv)

I guess her boobs shrunk as she aged.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:01 AM (2YhKe)

148 This artist likes the big bottoms …

https://tinyurl.com/5n93a7zv
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 14, 2026 10:01 AM (FyPhv)

Who knew Sir Mix-a-Lot painted.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 10:02 AM (ExV1e)

149 And, I mean let's be honest, here... in a time when porn was much less available, dudes were probably beating off to the Lady Liberty on their coins.

It's better for everyone if they don't know it's *you.*

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 10:02 AM (BI5O2)

150 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Public school in St. Paul, Minnesota
Every girl is in a hijab… in kindergarten

https://tinyurl.com/mtm69zxu

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 10:02 AM (ndZc7)

151 She's a flat-so

Posted by: Oh Noes! at July 14, 2026 10:03 AM (HcoTw)

152 I can't help but notice nobody's put a ring on it, honey.
Posted by: Saturn at July 14, 2026

***
Did Venus in Roman myth marry Vulcan, as Aphrodite did Hephaestus in the Greek stories?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 09:54 AM

"Venus. The goddess. My wife."

- Vulcan

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 14, 2026 10:04 AM (kgE5c)

153 I'm just here for the comments. I am not disappointed.

Posted by: JML at July 14, 2026 10:04 AM (EtRph)

154 Name something that rhymes with Venus?

Posted by: Don Lemon at July 14, 2026 10:05 AM (z2XeZ)

155 OT-

Victory girls blog decimates woke "Little House On The Prairie":

https://tinyurl.com/44d3f94k

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 10:05 AM (D+BhG)

156 I guess I'll take this a different direction:

Home Port - a limerick

A witty Italian sailor named Denis
Renowned as "The Mediterranean Menace"
As he tied up his boat
We all heard him gloat
"You're witnessing the re-Berth of Venice"

Posted by: muldoon at July 14, 2026 10:05 AM (I0N4X)

157 I'm just here for the comments. I am not disappointed.

Posted by: JML at July 14, 2026 10:04 AM (EtRph)

Because that's how it's done.

Posted by: Zombie Andrew Breitbart at July 14, 2026 10:06 AM (2YhKe)

158 All seriousness aside, the textures of her skin and of her flowing pink robe are well done. The chariot or whatever that is off to the left seems like an afterthought.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 10:06 AM (wzUl9)

159 Name something that rhymes with Venus?
Posted by: Don Lemon at July 14, 2026

***
The WENUS!
( -- Chandler Bing)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 10:07 AM (wzUl9)

160 I thought is was weird, in the discussion below, about DST, how we can't change the start times for work and school in the winter so those folks don't have to drive in the dark mornings.

No, no, no--everyone must be on the same time.
Schools and work cannot change their start times.

I really really really hate the public school factories--that the whole community must be organized around and subservient to the factory.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 14, 2026 10:07 AM (3cUTc)

161 Morton's toe.

Though I don't know what salt has to do with this.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

You gotta eat it with a fork.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:07 AM (77rzZ)

162 was going to write a limerick but I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with Venus...
Posted by: muldoon at July 14, 2026 09:38

Let's see. Bart, Cart, Dart, E-art........

It's fine

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 10:07 AM (Qr870)

163 This artist likes the big bottoms …

https://tinyurl.com/5n93a7zv
Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 14, 2026 10:01 AM (FyPhv)

Fat bottom girls you make the rockin' world go 'round!

Posted by: Queen at July 14, 2026 10:08 AM (TbWk/)

164 > The chariot or whatever that is off to the left seems like an afterthought.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 10:06 AM
_________
Charlton Heston playing Ben Hur just out of frame.

Posted by: Thighmaster at July 14, 2026 10:09 AM (Vk4Gj)

165 Nice picture . I appreciate the contrast between her skin tone and the pink drape.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 10:09 AM (D+BhG)

166 She was a fine girl
She could get down
All de way down
She do yer laundry
She change a tire
Chop a little wood for de fire
Poke it around... If it died down
Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song

Her head was kinda flat
But her hair covered that

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

167 Where's the giant clam shell?

I was led to believe there would be a giant clam shell!

I feel so oppressed!

Posted by: muldoon at July 14, 2026 10:09 AM (I0N4X)

168 Oops. Off Suzanne Somers sock.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 14, 2026 10:10 AM (Vk4Gj)

169 Venus lacked insight into the culturally enriched African activity known as twerking.

Posted by: Homer at July 14, 2026 10:10 AM (z2XeZ)

170 I prefer it to Botticelli's in many ways. Could use some work, sure, and this "must be" from before Cupid despite the golden apple. I think he's done her neck and face a little too thick but I note legs that go on for miles.

Posted by: RandomDave at July 14, 2026 10:10 AM (aJQbY)

171 They say every artist is really drawing themselves. So this dude was actually a naked chick.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 10:10 AM (Qr870)

172 What's the reason for him coming out of the game at it's most critical point?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 08:22 AM (2YhKe)

He was struggling and not able to finish strong from the heat and humidity, probably never experienced that ever before in his career. But more so, the English defenders were double teaming him the whole game, and they know his game well since he plays in the EPL. So coach decided to try something different to shake things up and get the match tied in the last 15 minutes.
Posted by: NC Ref at July 14, 2026 09:32 AM (2sdE9)

Posted by: NC Ref at July 14, 2026 10:11 AM (t+8dp)

173
He was struggling and not able to finish strong from the heat and humidity, probably never experienced that ever before in his career. But more so, the English defenders were double teaming him the whole game, and they know his game well since he plays in the EPL. So coach decided to try something different to shake things up and get the match tied in the last 15 minutes.
Posted by: NC Ref at July 14, 2026 09:32 AM (2sdE9)
Posted by: NC Ref at July 14, 2026 10:11 AM (t+8dp)

But, they had hydration breaks.......

Posted by: Zombie Andrew Breitbart at July 14, 2026 10:12 AM (2YhKe)

174 Shyte.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:12 AM (2YhKe)

175 She was a fine girl
She could get down
All de way down
She do yer laundry
She change a tire
Chop a little wood for de fire
Poke it around... If it died down
Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song

***
"Put another log on the fire,
Cook me up some bacon and some beans,
Go out to the car and lift it up and change the tire,
Wash my socks and sew my old blue jeans . . ."
( -- Tompall Glaser)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 10:12 AM (wzUl9)

176 167 Where's the giant clam shell?

I was led to believe there would be a giant clam shell!

I feel so oppressed!
Posted by: muldoon at July 14, 2026 10:09 AM
++++

Get yourself a sweet Madonna
Dressed in rhinestones sittin' on a
Pedestal of abalone shell

Posted by: Plastic Jesus at July 14, 2026 10:12 AM (Vk4Gj)

177 Posted by: Zombie Andrew Breitbart at July 14, 2026 10:12 AM (2YhKe)

Sock fail, Sponge.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:12 AM (77rzZ)

178 Guess I shouldn't have had that 2nd moonshine last night.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:12 AM (2YhKe)

179 "Put another log on the fire,
Cook me up some bacon and some beans,
Go out to the car and lift it up and change the tire,
Wash my socks and sew my old blue jeans . . ."
( -- Tompall Glaser)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

What a great song.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:13 AM (77rzZ)

180 He was struggling and not able to finish strong from the heat and humidity, probably never experienced that ever before in his career. But more so, the English defenders were double teaming him the whole game, and they know his game well since he plays in the EPL. So coach decided to try something different to shake things up and get the match tied in the last 15 minutes.
Posted by: NC Ref at July 14, 2026 09:32 AM (2sdE9)
Posted by: NC Ref at July 14, 2026 10:11 AM (t+8dp)

But, they had hydration breaks.......
Posted by: Zombie Andrew Breitbart at July 14, 2026 10:12 AM (2YhKe)

https://youtu.be/TW8Vq6xM-fw?t=9

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 10:14 AM (ExV1e)

181 And Brandon Straka's ( Walk Away) comment on updated " Little House":

" I look forward to the episode where Doc Baker begins transing all the kids and Mary teaches us that blind people can’t see gender."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 10:14 AM (D+BhG)

182 Yowsah! Starting the day off right! Classic womanhood.

🎶Venus if you will
Please send a little girl for me to thrill
A girl with all your kisses and your charms
A girl without arms like yooooou…

This wormed its way into my head a couple of days ago. So I dumped it here. You're welcome.

Posted by: mindful webworker - have a blessed tomorrow at July 14, 2026 10:14 AM (ci8WY)

183 Musée d'Orsay: The Birth of Venus was one of the great successes of the 1863 Salon where it was bought by Napoleon III for his private collection.

Cabanel, a painter who received numerous awards throughout his career, at that time played an important role in teaching at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and in running the Salon. Typical of his virtuoso technique, this painting is a perfect example of the popular and official artistic taste of the period.

In the eclectic spirit of the Second Empire, he combines references to Ingres with an 18th century style of painting.
Cabanel took as his subject a famous episode from classical mythology when Venus is born of sea-foam and carried ashore. This theme, very popular in the 19th century, provided some artists with the opportunity to introduce eroticism without offending public morality, under the pretext of representing a classical subject. For Cabanel, the mythological theme is indeed a pretext for the portrayal of a nude figure, which, though idealised, is nonetheless depicted in a lascivious pose.

Emile Zola denounced this ambiguity. 😏 (More).
-
A fine, strong young woman to stand cockeyed on steps with dopey orb & nasty pigeons.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 14, 2026 10:15 AM (NFX2v)

184 Venus, lay off the cookies ‘n cream.

Posted by: Eromero at July 14, 2026 10:15 AM (ynOt3)

185 I like her. Would hang. Discretely, in my study, which smells of books and fine leather.

Posted by: Don Black at July 14, 2026 10:15 AM (ZxPkt)

186 Thick! And art

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at July 14, 2026 10:16 AM (1wiKW)

187
https://youtu.be/TW8Vq6xM-fw?t=9
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 10:14 AM (ExV1e)

And no one said back "it's startling how easily you throw a man's life away like that. The difference is, you knowingly let that man get brutally murdered by bloodthirsty heathens."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:16 AM (2YhKe)

188 " I look forward to the episode where Doc Baker begins transing all the kids and Mary teaches us that blind people can’t see gender."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

My favorite character on that show (well, other than Mary, whom young Bulg had a slight crush on) was Mr. Edwards. I wonder what they've done to him.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:17 AM (77rzZ)

189
Sock fail, Sponge.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:12 AM (77rzZ)

I guess it's just added to the list of one of my many "things" I do......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:17 AM (2YhKe)

190 I think I've heard black rappers sing about this chick.

I like big butts or something...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 14, 2026 10:18 AM (Sco7b)

191 Now, this guy is a journalist!

Konstantin Kisin
@KonstantinKisin
I have irrefutable evidence that Candace Owens killed Lindsay Graham.
None of it is evidence or irrefutable but if you're retarded and want to help me make lots of money, subscribe today!
. . . .
UPDATE on my investigation of Lindsay Graham's murder by Candace Owens:
Prior to his murder, Graham visited Ukraine where, according to a dream I had, he was given evidence that Candace Owens is a man. I will be publishing text messages I invented in which Owens confesses to being born male.
If you are massively retarded, please subscribe now for further updates. I need money because Israel bad.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 10:18 AM (ndZc7)

192 And no one said back "it's startling how easily you throw a man's life away like that. The difference is, you knowingly let that man get brutally murdered by bloodthirsty heathens."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:16 AM (2YhKe)

Because it was all theater.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 10:19 AM (ExV1e)

193 My favorite character on that show (well, other than Mary, whom young Bulg had a slight crush on) was Mr. Edwards. I wonder what they've done to him.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:17 AM (77rzZ)

He and Half-pint are doing it out in the barn.

Posted by: dantesed at July 14, 2026 10:20 AM (Oy/m2)

194 "But, if you must, Ms. Sonneshine, ( reboot writer) please put a disclosure at the beginning of your reboot about how the show was filmed on stolen land and provide a reel with all cast members, including yourself, apologizing profusely for your utter privilege."

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 10:20 AM (D+BhG)

195 Konstantin Kisin
@KonstantinKisin
I have irrefutable evidence that Candace Owens killed Lindsay Graham.
None of it is evidence or irrefutable but if you're retarded and want to help me make lots of money, subscribe today!
. . . .
UPDATE on my investigation of Lindsay Graham's murder by Candace Owens:
Prior to his murder, Graham visited Ukraine where, according to a dream I had, he was given evidence that Candace Owens is a man. I will be publishing text messages I invented in which Owens confesses to being born male.
If you are massively retarded, please subscribe now for further updates. I need money because Israel bad.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Heh

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 10:20 AM (sn5xH)

196
Because it was all theater.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 10:19 AM (ExV1e)

Yeah. For shame.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:21 AM (2YhKe)

197 "But, if you must, Ms. Sonneshine, ( reboot writer) please put a disclosure at the beginning of your reboot about how the show was filmed on stolen land and provide a reel with all cast members, including yourself, apologizing profusely for your utter privilege."

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 10:20 AM (D+BhG)

If they're not giving all money raised to Native American charities, they're posers.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 10:21 AM (ExV1e)

198 So, did Graham Platner officially drop out? Wasn't yesterday the deadline?

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

199 So, did Graham Platner officially drop out? Wasn't yesterday the deadline?
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

He posted something to his X account declaring his official withdraw, which I guess satisfied the requirement.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:22 AM (2YhKe)

200 So, did Graham Platner officially drop out? Wasn't yesterday the deadline?
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

I have no doubt that Maine will declare that his tweet was official enough, in the event that he didn't drop off a physical letter.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 10:23 AM (ExV1e)

201 Choosing a lane.

James Talarico
@jamestalarico
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was murdered by ICE.
His three sons called him “El mundo entero” — the whole world. They watched as their whole world died in a video posted on Facebook.
Lorenzo was our neighbor and fellow Texan. He deserves justice.

-
Dude, he got it!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 10:23 AM (ndZc7)

202 "But, if you must, Ms. Sonneshine, ( reboot writer) please put a disclosure at the beginning of your reboot about how the show was filmed on stolen land and provide a reel with all cast members, including yourself, apologizing profusely for your utter privilege."

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I seem to recall that there was some kerfuffle a while back about Laura Ingalls Wilder due to some disparaging comments her character makes about Indians in her "Litttle House" books.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:24 AM (77rzZ)

203 Ok, experiment with Stateless time.

Weird little item on my credit card statement. Some arts group in Jersey with woman hating art that would make this chick look good.

Anyways, 3rd phone call - 30 minutes, hung-up; 14 minutes - different number. Online Chat gave me this super secret new number.

I'd hate to be one of their customers who they just treated like a piece of crap and wasn't important to them....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 14, 2026 10:24 AM (Sco7b)

204 I think the Romans just took a lot of the Old Greek Homo mythological stories and just swapped out the names.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 10:01

In large part, yes. Prior to this, the Romans worshipped ancient, formless, numinous gods. A sort of half-step between primitive deism and an organized theology. Those ancient religious features, particularly haruspices, persisted alongside the cribbed Greek theology, but the State religion reflected Greek theology more than its Latin or Etruscan roots from fairly early on.

This extended well beyond religion. The Romans in the Republic recognized and respected Greek intellectual traditions as superior to their own from the earliest days, to the point where Greek fluency was the mark of an elite man, and his children would be educated by Greek slaves.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 10:25 AM (BI5O2)

205

Out on the prairie one bright starry night,
They broke out the whiskey and Betsy got tight.
She sang and she shouted and danced o'er the plain
And showed her bare arse to the whole wagon train.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 10:25 AM (Kt19C)

206 Did.

Posted by: epador at July 14, 2026 10:26 AM (TRnzq)

207 @jamestalarico
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was murdered by ICE.

No. YOU murdered him. By you and your party's declaration of war against immigration law, you told him it's OK to attack federal agents. Federal agents are allowed to defend themselves as is the right of EVERY American citizen, enshrined in The Constitution.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:26 AM (2YhKe)

208 cosmicbook has an article on "The Odyssey"

"Film Threat founder Chris Gore and co-host Alan Ng caught a screening and posted a no-spoiler, out-of-theater reaction to YouTube, and this time the duo split. Gore walked out “mixed.” Ng walked out done.

Ng checked out early. “I was bored out of my mind,” he says, adding he was gone “pretty much from the beginning.” The sound didn’t help. He says he couldn’t make out the dialogue at first, and once he could, he realized “how bad the dialogue is.”

His verdict: “This is the most pretentious movie I’ve seen all year.” And the kicker: “I can’t wait to not see this movie again.” When the two wrapped up, the one-word summary of Ng’s reaction was simply “disaster.”

I don't know. Maybe it needed more trannies.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 14, 2026 10:27 AM (Sco7b)

209 If they're not giving all money raised to Native American charities, they're posers.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 10:21 AM (ExV1e)
-----
Maybe they'll gamble it all away at the casino...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 10:27 AM (FZ29D)

210 The Romans in the Republic recognized and respected Greek intellectual traditions as superior to their own from the earliest days, to the point where Greek fluency was the mark of an elite man, and his children would be educated by Greek slaves.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I think Cicero used to gripe quite a bit about the Greek influence on Roman society.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ)

211
I don't know. Maybe it needed more trannies.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 14, 2026 10:27 AM (Sco7b)

Blow me.

Posted by: 'Elliott' Page at July 14, 2026 10:28 AM (2YhKe)

212 I'll just get this out of the way now......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:29 AM (2YhKe)

213 I really really really hate the public school factories--that the whole community must be organized around and subservient to the factory.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
-------
Blame the Prussians and Germans are to blame for our higher ed design as well with the 'research' university.

But for many people, schools are essentially daycare for their kids so adults can go and do stuff. Abnormal historically and sociologically.

Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 10:30 AM (E4rtv)

214 I don't know. Maybe it needed more trannies.

Posted by: Stateless
========
Needs to be ignored by the right so the left does not go and hate watch it to stick it to the right. Nolan richly deserves a flop of a Titanic degree.

Let Nolan's folly slide beneath the waves with no comment.

Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 10:32 AM (E4rtv)

215 Frank Frazetta did it better.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 10:33 AM (/WQyy)

216 Oh Elliot? Please, please help us!!

*tee hee*

Posted by: Unopened Pickle Jars at July 14, 2026 10:33 AM (dJeAh)

217 Man, I can't tell you how much I needed boobs this morning.
I can feel my blood pressure dropping already.

Thank you!!!!

Posted by: Defenestratus at July 14, 2026 10:34 AM (WYStd)

218 23 Small boobs and big butt.
Would not hang.
Posted by: Bulg

Butt I'd guess Greta would have that shape and you'd be good with that?

Posted by: Auspex at July 14, 2026 10:34 AM (Y8DZL)

219 It's the Mitch-gan way!

https://tinyurl.com/3nma5zkf

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 10:34 AM (ndZc7)

220 Before. Now many have shifted to open juvenile detention centers mode, especially in areas where the real juvenile detention centers are being abolished.

Just keep 'em in the school buildings a few hours, about four days a week.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 14, 2026 10:35 AM (NFX2v)

221 A Decorated Historian’s Research Comes Under Fire

Kerri K. Greenidge appeared to lose her professorship at Tufts University after scholars began scrutinizing her 2022 book, “The Grimkes,” which is no longer listed on its publisher’s website.

But then things began to unravel for Kerri Greenidge, appearing to later cost her another book deal and her position as a tenured associate professor in the Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora at Tufts University.

https://archive.is/Igj6V

Posted by: Oglebay at July 14, 2026 10:35 AM (2ap+5)

222 Man, I can't tell you how much I needed boobs this morning.
I can feel my blood pressure dropping already.

Thank you!!!!
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 14, 2026 10:34 AM (WYStd)

The Germans did a study where they concluded men seeing boobs adds 5 minutes on to the end of their life, on average.

My plan to live forever can continue it's current successful pace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:35 AM (2YhKe)

223 For any who are interested, over at Mark Steyn's site ("Steyn Online"), a guy named Tal Bachmann has done a series of postings discussing Nolan's Odyssey and the horrible girlboss translation that it's based on.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:35 AM (77rzZ)

224 We need college prep High Schools and Vocational /Trade High Schools.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 10:35 AM (/WQyy)

225 "Haruspices", there was a word I did not know. Ah, I see - the people who today we call "pollsters" and "Influencers".

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 14, 2026 10:36 AM (edUvp)

226 He says he couldn’t make out the dialogue at first

This your just Nolan movie?

Posted by: BLAAAAAAT!!! at July 14, 2026 10:36 AM (gKWVE)

227 I think Cicero used to gripe quite a bit about the Greek influence on Roman society.
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ)

Yep. By his time patricians boasted on their educated Greek slaves like NFL owners talk about running backs. He himself was tutored by free Greeks who fled the depredations of the Mithridatic War, presumably at crippling expense.

But he always adapted those teachings for Roman law and Latin language. He was a carpet-chewing patriot. A good egg.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 10:36 AM (BI5O2)

228 It's the Mitch-gan way!

https://tinyurl.com/3nma5zkf
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 10:34 AM (ndZc7)

Dat bish be cray.

Holy f*ck what are we doing in this country? Our 'leaders' just keep getting worse and worse.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:37 AM (2YhKe)

229 You'll never guess what Kerri K. Greenidge blames for her disgrace.

Posted by: Racism at July 14, 2026 10:37 AM (gKWVE)

230 https://tinyurl.com/2bxv6ptf

Look at this picture and tell me you don't see a long stringy booger from nose to finger.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 14, 2026 10:38 AM (Kt19C)

231 We need college prep High Schools and Vocational /Trade High Schools.
Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 10:35 AM (/WQyy)

I believe Trump just gave Mike Rowe a bunch of money to get the trades back on path in America.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:38 AM (2YhKe)

232 The Germans did a study where they concluded men seeing boobs adds 5 minutes on to the end of their life, on average.
Posted by: Sponge

Is that 5 minutes per boob-view, or 5 minutes total for all boob-views in a man's lifetime?

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:38 AM (77rzZ)

233 The Germans did a study where they concluded men seeing boobs adds 5 minutes on to the end of their life, on average.

My plan to live forever can continue it's current successful pace.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026

***
As it stands now, I'll probably make it to 2136.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 10:39 AM (wzUl9)

234 So, did Graham Platner officially drop out? Wasn't yesterday the deadline?
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

He posted something to his X account declaring his official withdraw, which I guess satisfied the requirement.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:22 AM (2YhKe)

Now we get 10 weeks of collins being the only named candidate with the dnc trashing her unopposed. Then three weeks before the election the dnc will helicopter in some hand picked radical and bum rush the polls with late mail in ballots.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 14, 2026 10:39 AM (/WHpM)

235 Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:24 AM (77rzZ)

OM Goodness.! You mean some Indians were not noble pacifists who elevated women and practiced recycling ?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 14, 2026 10:39 AM (Bw1/o)

236
Is that 5 minutes per boob-view, or 5 minutes total for all boob-views in a man's lifetime?
Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:38 AM (77rzZ)

I believe it was 5 minutes per set view.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:40 AM (2YhKe)

237 Nolan is a huge mix bag for me. I loved Interstellar and Memento . Insomnia was good. Inception meh .

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 10:40 AM (/WQyy)

238 ut he always adapted those teachings for Roman law and Latin language. He was a carpet-chewing patriot. A good egg.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Yeah, he was. Too bad he pissed off Marc Antony so much. Octavian wanted to spare him from proscription.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:40 AM (77rzZ)

239 ***
As it stands now, I'll probably make it to 2136.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 10:39 AM (wzUl9)

The world, however, will not.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:40 AM (2YhKe)

240 234 Now we get 10 weeks of collins being the only named candidate with the dnc trashing her unopposed. Then three weeks before the election the dnc will helicopter in some hand picked radical and bum rush the polls with late mail in ballots.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 14, 2026 10:39 AM (/WHpM)

========

Collins will win by at least 15, probably about 20.

She won 2014 by 40. She won the worst GOP year evar in 2020 by 8.

She regularly out performs her polling by 15.

"Collins brings in the bacon, is independent, and Democrats are in disarray plus Platner," will be more than enough to convince the 40% registered independents to lean Republican.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 10:41 AM (GKzf4)

241 And Cicero's boss during the war was Pompey Strabo - another good, if very different egg.

A totally ruthless, no-nonsense sonofabitch.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 10:41 AM (BI5O2)

242 Now we get 10 weeks of collins being the only named candidate with the dnc trashing her unopposed. Then three weeks before the election the dnc will helicopter in some hand picked radical and bum rush the polls with late mail in ballots.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at July 14, 2026 10:39 AM (/WHpM)

The deadline for the Maine Democratic Party to name a new candidate to replace Graham Platner on the November ballot is July 27, 2026, at 5 p.m. EDT. This date is mandated by Maine state law, which requires parties to select a replacement nominee by the fourth Monday in July following a candidate's withdrawal.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 10:41 AM (ExV1e)

243 175 one red bean stuck in the bottom of a tin bowl
hot coffee from a crimped up can
me and my girl named bimbo
limbo
spam

Posted by: cmeat at July 14, 2026 10:42 AM (R11M+)

244 I believe it was 5 minutes per set view.
Posted by: Sponge

All right!

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)

245 But then things began to unravel for Kerri Greenidge, appearing to later cost her another book deal and her position as a tenured associate professor in the Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora at Tufts University.

https://archive.is/Igj6V
Posted by: Oglebay at July 14, 2026 10:35 AM (2ap+5)
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I think I've identified the two main problems here...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 10:42 AM (FZ29D)

246 Venus's face looks familiar, like a B-list actress of this or the last century.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 10:42 AM (wzUl9)

247 Lorenzo was our neighbor and fellow Texan.

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

Report I saw said he was a Mexican national.

Posted by: muldoon at July 14, 2026 10:42 AM (I0N4X)

248
Haley Stevens was being mocked and laughed at by the cousin Karens at the family gathering a couple weeks ago.

When AWFLs are your target democraphic and all your ads are about the sexist Arab you're running against, you've got problems.

Posted by: Auspex at July 14, 2026 10:42 AM (Y8DZL)

249
Report I saw said he was a Mexican national.
Posted by: muldoon at July 14, 2026 10:42 AM (I0N4X)

Facts have no relevance in a Democrat campaign, good sir.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:43 AM (2YhKe)

250 Report I saw said he was a Mexican national.
Posted by: muldoon at July 14, 2026 10:42 AM (I0N4X)

The President of Mexico spouting off suggests that report is correct.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 10:43 AM (ExV1e)

251 Yep. By his time patricians boasted on their educated Greek slaves like NFL owners talk about running backs. He himself was tutored by free Greeks who fled the depredations of the Mithridatic War, presumably at crippling expense.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
_______

The Greek slave Posca was one of the best characters on HBO's Rome. (The newsreader in the forum was the single best, on bang per screen minute basis.)

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 14, 2026 10:43 AM (XvL8K)

252 I need a tenured position as associate professor of morning cocktails and desultory gardening.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 14, 2026 10:43 AM (2ap+5)

253 Would hang.
Beautiful. Venus. Fruit. Venus.

Posted by: GWB at July 14, 2026 10:44 AM (kU0PQ)

254 And Cicero's boss during the war was Pompey Strabo - another good, if very different egg.

A totally ruthless, no-nonsense sonofabitch.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026

***
Aka "Pompey "the Great"?

"Strabo," I'm guessing, means "cross-eyed" or "squinting."

Pics I've seen of his bust look like actor Alexander Scourby.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 10:45 AM (wzUl9)

255 on bang per screen minute basis.)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 14, 2026 10:43 AM (XvL8K)

I believe I'm the leader in the clubhouse.

Posted by: Peter North - Pride of Canada at July 14, 2026 10:45 AM (2YhKe)

256 251 (The newsreader in the forum was the single best, on bang per screen minute basis.)

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 14, 2026 10:43 AM (XvL8K)

=======

Ian McNiece.

Played the Baron Harkonnen in the Sci-Fi miniseries version of Dune and Children of Dune.

Also a regular on the British doctor/comedy Doc Martin.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 10:45 AM (GKzf4)

257 Exchanging grades for young coeds is just too much temptation to be a professor.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 10:45 AM (/WQyy)

258 Star Wars!

Space Force Declares Its First Anti-satellite Weapon Operational for Orbital Warfare

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 10:46 AM (ndZc7)

259 Exchanging grades for young coeds is just too much temptation to be a professor.
Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 10:45 AM (/WQyy)

The answer to that problem is simply putting your women in plastic trash bags.

Posted by: Muhamhead Muhamhead Durka Durk at July 14, 2026 10:46 AM (2YhKe)

260 Non-mewling quim!

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at July 14, 2026 10:47 AM (AB/qE)

261 Iran would be the perfect test site for a Rods from God weapon.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 10:47 AM (/WQyy)

262 Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at July 14, 2026 10:47 AM (AB/qE)

Hey, where've you been? I missed the soap floozy couture updates.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:48 AM (77rzZ)

263 Ian McNiece.

Played the Baron Harkonnen in the Sci-Fi miniseries version of Dune and Children of Dune.

Also a regular on the British doctor/comedy Doc Martin.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
________

The mainstream media types of today should be forced to do the hand gestures like him when they're reading the "news."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 14, 2026 10:49 AM (XvL8K)

264 248
Haley Stevens was being mocked and laughed at by the cousin Karens at the family gathering a couple weeks ago.

When AWFLs are your target democraphic and all your ads are about the sexist Arab you're running against, you've got problems.

Posted by: Auspex at July 14, 2026 10:42 AM (Y8DZL)

I've seen her commercials. Ads should theoretically make you like someone more. Al-Sayed comes across as very likable in his ads. But there's, uh, baggage.

Okay, still on hold. Shaved a I just started a load of wash. I'm going to start treadmill today. Just a few minutes. I'll bring the phone with me.

I'm feeling very important. Whoa, 34 minutes.
At this point, it's an experiment.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 14, 2026 10:50 AM (Sco7b)

265 Played the Baron Harkonnen in the Sci-Fi miniseries version of Dune and Children of Dune.

Also a regular on the British doctor/comedy Doc Martin.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 10:45 AM (GKzf4)
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And Winston Churchill on Doctor Who.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 14, 2026 10:51 AM (FZ29D)

266 Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 14, 2026 10:50 AM (Sco7b)

Your website seems.........lacking.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:51 AM (2YhKe)

267 CNBC released their 10 Worst Place to Live list and surprise all 10 are Red States. The retardation in these people have reached ludicrous levels.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 10:52 AM (/WQyy)

268 "I think Cicero used to gripe quite a bit about the Greek influence on Roman society.
Posted by: Bulg"

The Roman men were always thinking about the Greeks.

Posted by: fd at July 14, 2026 10:52 AM (MWfyi)

269 267 CNBC released their 10 Worst Place to Live list and surprise all 10 are Red States. The retardation in these people have reached ludicrous levels.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 10:52 AM (/WQyy)

=======

I just hope it convinces 100,000 progressives who hate living in California to move to Washington instead of Tennessee.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at July 14, 2026 10:52 AM (GKzf4)

270 9 Birthing hips.

berthing hips

Posted by: anachronda at July 14, 2026 10:52 AM (v3pYe)

271 CNBC released their 10 Worst Place to Live list and surprise all 10 are Red States. The retardation in these people have reached ludicrous levels.
Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 10:52 AM (/WQyy)

If it keeps blue state people from moving here it's glorious.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 10:53 AM (ExV1e)

272 Exchanging grades for young coeds is just too much temptation to be a professor.
Posted by: polynikes

My brother had to deal with that when he was a professor at Perdue. Had a stunning coed come up to him and offer him sex in exchange for a better grade. He is a moral man in a good marriage, so he rebuffed her, but even he admitted that it took a lot of personal strength to do so, as hot as she was.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:53 AM (77rzZ)

273 CNBC released their 10 Worst Place to Live list and surprise all 10 are Red States. The retardation in these people have reached ludicrous levels.
Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 10:52 AM (/WQyy)

Their criteria was the state's embracing of the rainbow mafia.

I'm proud to wear the pin at Texas being #2 on that list.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:53 AM (2YhKe)

274 CNBC released their 10 Worst Place to Live list and surprise all 10 are Red States. The retardation in these people have reached ludicrous levels.
Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026

***
Lousy-ana, where I'm immured now, and Indiana, where I hope to live, were right next to each other on that list.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 10:53 AM (wzUl9)

275 258 Star Wars!

Space Force Declares Its First Anti-satellite Weapon Operational for Orbital Warfare

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Demonstration, Princess?

Posted by: Grand Moff Tarkin at July 14, 2026 10:53 AM (6/7Fs)

276 "I think Cicero used to gripe quite a bit about the Greek influence on Roman society.
Posted by: Bulg"

Nero loved to visit Greece.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 10:53 AM (/WQyy)

277 Very nice rendition of the drapery.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2026 10:55 AM (VmkSV)

278 Politicians bring home the Bacon. It is a derivation of “Pork”, long being a reference to political largesse showered on a given area due to political influence.

See also: Mission Control, Houston Texas. Perfectly located for technical reasons. And, Lyndon Johnson, and Albert Thomas

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 10:56 AM (ZEyUb)

279 Your website seems.........lacking.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 10:51 AM (2YhKe)

Soon.
Very soon.

Just harassing my credit card people online. Yeah, you can't do anything but you're getting another message if I'm babysitting a phone 40 minutes.

I'm just curious now...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at July 14, 2026 10:57 AM (Sco7b)

280 Lousy-ana, where I'm immured now, and Indiana, where I hope to live, were right next to each other on that list.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 14, 2026 10:53 AM (wzUl9)

I liked Louisiana when I lived there except for New Orleans.

Posted by: polynikes at July 14, 2026 10:57 AM (/WQyy)

281 CNBC released their 10 Worst Place to Live list and surprise all 10 are Red States. The retardation in these people have reached ludicrous levels.
Posted by: polynikes

Lousy-ana, where I'm immured now, and Indiana, where I hope to live, were right next to each other on that list.

WE'RE NUMBER 1!!! Go VOLS!!

Funny, isn't it? What makes Commie Leftists lose their collective (but small in toto) minds is what we normies seek out and value.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2026 10:58 AM (VmkSV)

282 Barak
Hussein
Obama

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 14, 2026 10:58 AM (XvL8K)

283 berthing hips"

"Maines"...

/dixchix reference

Posted by: man at July 14, 2026 10:58 AM (cGjQu)

284 Kurt Schlichter: No Democrat Has the Brains or Courage to Not Be Crazy

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Geez, dude, tell me something I don't know.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at July 14, 2026 10:59 AM (ndZc7)

285 Very nice. Would hang. I like that Venus is the focus and centerpiece, but the drafting and architectural skills in the background are impressive.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 14, 2026 10:59 AM (sYM3s)

286 Damn, it left out my commentary on each line. I was trying to do the Rome newsreader.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at July 14, 2026 10:59 AM (XvL8K)

287 Exchanging grades for young coeds is just too much temptation to be a professor

One could accept their sexual favors, and still decide to fail them. “After much soul searching, I could not compromise my principles”. That might be interesting

Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 11:00 AM (ZEyUb)

288 198 So, did Graham Platner officially drop out? Wasn't yesterday the deadline?

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

He did it during the Friday Night Document Dump. The "waiting until Monday" thing was a headfake to lower the temperature so it would quietly get done over the weekend.

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 11:01 AM (Qr870)

289 TN made #1 for the removal of pride month for family values month. Or something like that. Big fuck you to the rainbow faggots.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at July 14, 2026 11:01 AM (sn5xH)

290 Politicians bring home the Bacon. It is a derivation of “Pork”, long being a reference to political largesse showered on a given area due to political influence.

See also: Mission Control, Houston Texas. Perfectly located for technical reasons. And, Lyndon Johnson, and Albert Thomas
Posted by: Common Tater

I wonder what the story is on the location of Naval Station Great Lakes? I'm no mapmaker, but iirc, no ocean or sea anywhere close by.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 14, 2026 11:01 AM (VmkSV)

291 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at July 14, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

292 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 14, 2026 11:01 AM (2YhKe)

293 Kurt Schlichter: No Democrat Has the Brains or Courage to Not Be Crazy
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If they did they wouldn't be a Democrat.

There isn't even a c-hair's width of daylight in that party to be reasonable or normal. They kill babies on videotape and sell the parts to China and other high bidders. That came out 10 years ago. Anyone who didn't "move on" is "all in".

Posted by: ... at July 14, 2026 11:03 AM (Qr870)

294 I believe it was 5 minutes per set view.
Posted by: Sponge - at July 14, 2026 10:40
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So if you only see one is that worth two and a half minutes?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 14, 2026 11:03 AM (Vk4Gj)

295 While I didn't attend the highly-regarded, Ivy of the Midwest, University of Michigan, I know how to spell 'Purdue.'

(I'm just yanking you, Bulg).

Posted by: one hour sober at July 14, 2026 11:03 AM (J4Dwc)

296 One could accept their sexual favors, and still decide to fail them. “After much soul searching, I could not compromise my principles”. That might be interesting
Posted by: Common Tater at July 14, 2026 11:00 AM (ZEyUb)

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The infamous Willie Brown is quoted as saying. "If you can't eat their food, drink their booze and screw their women, and then vote against their bill in the morning, you don't deserve to call yourself a politician."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 14, 2026 11:03 AM (6/7Fs)

297 Aka "Pompey "the Great"?

"Strabo," I'm guessing, means "cross-eyed" or "squinting."

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Yeah, Strabo is the cognomen "cross-eyed."

But he was Pompey the Great's hardassed, kneebreaking old man.

A Picene himself, he went on a world-historical rampage against Picenum at large and Asculum in particular during the Social Wars.

He was... unforgiving.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 14, 2026 11:04 AM (BI5O2)

298 272 Exchanging grades for young coeds is just too much temptation to be a professor.
Posted by: polynikes

My brother had to deal with that when he was a professor at Perdue. Had a stunning coed come up to him and offer him sex in exchange for a better grade. He is a moral man in a good marriage, so he rebuffed her, but even he admitted that it took a lot of personal strength to do so, as hot as she was.
Posted by: Bulg
=======
Eh, depends, I hate manipulators and using sex to try to manipulate me made me cold as ice whether in business, academia, or military. And distance is your friend in such matters--clear delineation between personal and professional lives.

You can see the pitch coming a mile away if your eyes are open--poor performance, manipulating co workers (students), etc. etc.

Posted by: whig at July 14, 2026 11:06 AM (E4rtv)

299 So a wide berth?

Posted by: The pier at July 14, 2026 11:07 AM (Vk4Gj)

300 Venus
Shocking Blue

Stumbled on their discography and it's totally groovy man.
Definately check out "railroad man"

Posted by: hate_the_deepstate at July 14, 2026 11:24 AM (2Dncg)

301 @ 101 Interestingly, there don't appear to be any paintings of Venus with cartoonishly large knockers. They're all moderate in size. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 14, 2026 09:39 AM (ExV1e)
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19th century standards of beauty were far more reality based than modern day caricatures.
__________________________

The plastic surgery industry hadn't yet been born … that problem was corrected in the mid-20th century (and some shoulda stayed small-ish, but hey … )

Posted by: Dr_No at July 14, 2026 01:04 PM (ayRl+)

302 Meh. Closing time 8.

Posted by: WaitingForMartel at July 14, 2026 01:11 PM (U3fVU)

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