Mid-Morning Art Thread

Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem
Francesco Hayez

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 No fire escape?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2026 09:30 AM (jehhT)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 23, 2026 09:31 AM (NcvvS)

3 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 23, 2026 09:31 AM (kgE5c)

4 World War Z?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 23, 2026 09:31 AM (wVcYX)

5
Fine art. Belongs in the lobby of every Mosque in the world.

Posted by: Auspex at July 23, 2026 09:32 AM (Y8DZL)

6 The temple destructors were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at July 23, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

7 No joo boobs? No joo dog?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 23, 2026 09:32 AM (auR21)

8 Very busy.. Lots to look at.

Posted by: Tuna at July 23, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)

9
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 09:33 AM (O0L8i)

10 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 09:33 AM (2YhKe)

11 I see the Labia Menorah being carted off stage left.

Posted by: Shabbos Goy at July 23, 2026 09:33 AM (JM9I6)

12 "This is your brain on islham.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 09:33 AM (2YhKe)

13
Alternative title: Lakers Win NBA Title

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 09:34 AM (O0L8i)

14 Still, not as bad as the Rethuglikkkan fascists storming the Capitol on J6.

- Your average mainstream media talking head.

Posted by: PabloD at July 23, 2026 09:34 AM (5Ide7)

15 Painting: I'd have to see that one in person to grok all the detail.

Posted by: gp at July 23, 2026 09:34 AM (Jr5Lq)

16 January sixth! January sixth!
awwwwk
January sixth!

Posted by: Squawking crows in the media at July 23, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

17 World War Z?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 23, 2026 09:31 AM (wVcYX)

70 AD.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 23, 2026 09:35 AM (l4RKn)

18 Which destruction is this? Philistines? Babylonians? Romans?

Posted by: Loot 'n' Skoot at July 23, 2026 09:35 AM (JM9I6)

19 It's what the muzzieficators would like to do to all of Israel - and the United States.

Posted by: Dr_No at July 23, 2026 09:35 AM (ayRl+)

20 They'll never forgive the Romans, so I'm told. I wonder who the Romans are now?

Posted by: Unwillin' Barkis at July 23, 2026 09:35 AM (/G2NI)

21 "Mostly peaceful" - your media betters

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 23, 2026 09:36 AM (wVcYX)

22 Artist lived a good long life. He was 91 when he died. Painted the famous "The Kiss".

Posted by: Tuna at July 23, 2026 09:37 AM (lJ0H4)

23 Sorry, but the dude in the bottom center cloaked in red is hysterical.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 09:37 AM (2YhKe)

24 They were just rioting on behalf of term limits for Levites.

Posted by: Down With It at July 23, 2026 09:37 AM (JM9I6)

25 Rome is asshoe

Posted by: Ancient Israel at July 23, 2026 09:37 AM (sKqQm)

26 >>World War Z?

Yes.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 23, 2026 09:37 AM (X8xt3)

27 Alternative title: Lakers Win NBA Title
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 09:34 AM (O0L8i)

Actually possible now that they've jettisoned the cancer that is LeBitch James.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 09:37 AM (2YhKe)

28 So, where is Titus??

Posted by: dantesed at July 23, 2026 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)

29
"Remain calm! All is well!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 09:38 AM (O0L8i)

30 So, where is Titus??
Posted by: dantesed at July 23, 2026 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)

Christopher Titus is a liberal shitstick. F*CK that guy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 09:39 AM (2YhKe)

31 It's a busy painting, but much better than that blurry monstrosity yesterday.

Posted by: Art Maven at July 23, 2026 09:39 AM (JM9I6)

32 Meh... Too much going on.....

Posted by: It's me donna at July 23, 2026 09:40 AM (0JyZG)

33 This happened because somebody put up a '12th imam' doll being hanged from a pole in their yard. Right?

Posted by: Dr_No at July 23, 2026 09:40 AM (ayRl+)

34
Not a still life, I see.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 09:41 AM (O0L8i)

35 This happened because somebody put up a '12th imam' doll being hanged from a pole in their yard. Right?
Posted by: Dr_No at July 23, 2026 09:40 AM

They held up a "No Caesars" protest sign.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 23, 2026 09:41 AM (kgE5c)

36 That's Lebron James lying prostrate in the foreground.

Posted by: Takin' A Dive at July 23, 2026 09:41 AM (JM9I6)

37 "1 Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings. 2 “Do you see all these things?” he asked. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”"

Matt 24.

Posted by: gp at July 23, 2026 09:42 AM (Jr5Lq)

38 Shouldn't this be prefaced with an opening like "Call me Ishmael" or "It was a dork and stormy day" … or: "Once upon a time … "?

Posted by: Dr_No at July 23, 2026 09:42 AM (ayRl+)

39
Meh. It's no John Martin.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 09:42 AM (O0L8i)

40 Kind of depressing. Also kind of fuzzy
Don't think I'd hang this one.
Thx CBD, off for a walk

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 23, 2026 09:43 AM (sMkB+)

41 >The temple destructors were angry that day, my friends.

A four month siege followed by around a week of street fighting after breaching the walls might have that effect.

The youtube channel "Invicta" has a pretty good video on the siege of Jerusalem.

Posted by: History watcher at July 23, 2026 09:44 AM (9etX0)

42 >They held up a "No Caesars" protest sign.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 23, 2026 09:41 AM (kgE5c)

Romani ite domum

Posted by: Brian at July 23, 2026 09:45 AM (GTqXr)

43 Who ordered the tuna … ? Bueller … ? Bueller … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at July 23, 2026 09:45 AM (ayRl+)

44 The layout and architecture of the two temples (well, Solomon's and Herod's) is a fascinating subject to read about.

We know very little about Zerubbbabel's Temple, of which Herod's was almost a complete do-over.

Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 09:45 AM (77rzZ)

45 Wiki-
The Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem" is a significant historical painting completed in 1867. It depicts the catastrophic event of the Second Temple's destruction during the Roman siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE. This moment marked a pivotal point in Jewish history, leading to widespread diaspora and suffering.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 23, 2026 09:45 AM (NpAcC)

46 The site later became the prototype Little Caesar's location.

Posted by: Pizza! Pizza! at July 23, 2026 09:46 AM (JM9I6)

47 Titus didn't play games. "Load up those catapults! No, that rock isn't big enough -- use that one!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 23, 2026 09:46 AM (wzUl9)

48 Alternate title:

"World War Z: The Early Years"*

*You know if you've read it. Or even seen the movie>

Posted by: naturalfake at July 23, 2026 09:47 AM (iJfKG)

49 Those damn Romans!

Posted by: Monty Python at July 23, 2026 09:47 AM (Jea84)

50 "The Jewish War" by Josephus is really very interesting. Very tragic, of course. The Jews kept revolting and the Romans finally put and end to it.

There's a great speech that Herod Agrippa made. Stupid shits didn't want to listen to reason.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at July 23, 2026 09:47 AM (qFwJc)

51 Welp, beaten to the punch again. Shoulda read the comments.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 23, 2026 09:48 AM (iJfKG)

52 Now tell me … where did the 'bad man' touch you … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at July 23, 2026 09:48 AM (ayRl+)

53 4 yes. my very first thought.
short list of fave reads. absolute crap film. pitt's faction was bidding against clooney's for the rights.

Posted by: cmeat at July 23, 2026 09:48 AM (R11M+)

54 Before they were Sonny and Cher, they were Caesar and Cleo.

Posted by: LA Music Scene, 1964 at July 23, 2026 09:48 AM (JM9I6)

55 Looks like Engine 51 and Squad 51 could have come in handy here.

Posted by: Emergency! Junkie at July 23, 2026 09:49 AM (JM9I6)

56 Rome is asshoe
Posted by: Ancient Israel

Not really. They recognized Judaism and granted citizenship to Jews (e.g., Saul of Tarsus).

But you just didn't rebel against the Empire, something the Jews were unable to grasp, to their detriment, on several occasions.

Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 09:50 AM (77rzZ)

57 22 thinkin that was klimt.

Posted by: cmeat at July 23, 2026 09:50 AM (R11M+)

58 redridinghood at July 23, 2026 09:45 AM (NpAcC)

I don't like the BCE and CE crap. Give me the BC and AD designation.

Posted by: dantesed at July 23, 2026 09:51 AM (Oy/m2)

59 Where is the painting of the destruction of some shithole mosque?

It doesn't happen because everyone fears islham. F*CK islham.

Know islham, no peace.

No islham, know peace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 09:51 AM (2YhKe)

60 Say, do you smell smoke?

From a distant fire perhaps?

Posted by: Sandford - Townsend at July 23, 2026 09:51 AM (wVcYX)

61 Looks like Engine 51 and Squad 51 could have come in handy here.
Posted by: Emergency! Junkie at July 23, 2026 09:49 AM (JM9I6)

Negative, Rampart.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 09:52 AM (2YhKe)

62 Say, do you smell smoke?

From a distant fire perhaps?
Posted by: Sandford - Townsend at July 23, 2026 09:51 AM (wVcYX)

*rubs man in boat*

*soils panties*

Posted by: Gwen Walz at July 23, 2026 09:53 AM (2YhKe)

63 type limerick:delete limerick

I can't trivialize a depiction of one of the major events in the tragic history of the long-suffering yet bravely persisting Jewish people. Shalom.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 23, 2026 09:53 AM (I0N4X)

64 Not really. They recognized Judaism and granted citizenship to Jews (e.g., Saul of Tarsus).

But you just didn't rebel against the Empire, something the Jews were unable to grasp, to their detriment, on several occasions.

Posted by: Bulg

Which is ironic, considering they were willing to use it against those they considered political enemies. Including one in particular where it backfired pretty soundly...

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 23, 2026 09:53 AM (OUMaO)

65 thinkin that was klimt.
Posted by: cmeat at July 23, 2026 09:50 AM (R11M+)

Hayez had one also. https://tinyurl.com/ms6m5cef

Better, IMO.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 09:53 AM (ExV1e)

66 '"The Jewish War" by Josephus'
https://tinyurl.com/mrbrrm6u

Posted by: gp at July 23, 2026 09:54 AM (Jr5Lq)

67 "The Jewish War" by Josephus is really very interesting. Very tragic, of course. The Jews kept revolting and the Romans finally put and end to it.

Is that pronounced like Bocephus?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 09:54 AM (2YhKe)

68 63 vaudeville laughed about it.

Posted by: cmeat at July 23, 2026 09:55 AM (R11M+)

69
Hayez had one also. https://tinyurl.com/ms6m5cef

Better, IMO.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 23, 2026 09:53 AM (ExV1e)

How about you start with a little kiss?

You don't have to go stampeeding right to the clitorus!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 09:56 AM (2YhKe)

70 3 more hours. Not really hungry, though.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 23, 2026 09:56 AM (kwzqw)

71 Is that pronounced like Bocephus?
Posted by: Sponge

Didn't Bocephus found Boc-ees in Caesarea?

Over 200 feeding stalls for the horses and mules.

Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

72 65 thanks, that is nice.

Posted by: cmeat at July 23, 2026 09:56 AM (R11M+)

73 I can't trivialize a depiction of one of the major events in the tragic history of the long-suffering yet bravely persisting Jewish people. Shalom.
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 23, 2026 09:53 AM (I0N4X)

Who are you and what have you done with Muldoon?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 09:56 AM (2YhKe)

74 '"The Jewish War" by Josephus'
https://tinyurl.com/mrbrrm6u
Posted by: gp at July 23, 2026 09:54 AM (Jr5Lq)

I picked up a copy of the complete works of Josephus, and I suspect it is going to be a long read

Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 09:57 AM (rbvCR)

75 67 "he'd light 'em up just for fun"

Posted by: cmeat at July 23, 2026 09:57 AM (R11M+)

76 '"The Jewish War" by Josephus'
https://tinyurl.com/mrbrrm6u
Posted by: gp at July 23, 2026 09:54 AM (Jr5Lq)

TL;DR

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 09:57 AM (2YhKe)

77 73 edgar n. cleaver

Posted by: cmeat at July 23, 2026 09:58 AM (R11M+)

78 I picked up a copy of the complete works of Josephus, and I suspect it is going to be a long read
Posted by: Kindltot

I've got one. I'm on his Antiquities of the Jewish People now. I'm bogged down in it, because I've reached the part where he's just rehashing the laws from Leviticus.

Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)

79
"Hey! Hey, I gotta delivery here from Katz' Deli.

Who ordered the Pastrami on Rye, extra mustard, extra pickles? Side of potato salad.

Who order...ugh. These meshugas. Who...

Hey, you with the funny broom hat and sword, you know who ordered Pastrami on Rye, extra mustar-

Alright, fine. Good. I'm moving. I'm moving.

...

..."

Posted by: naturalfake at July 23, 2026 10:01 AM (iJfKG)

80 I've got one. I'm on his Antiquities of the Jewish People now. I'm bogged down in it, because I've reached the part where he's just rehashing the laws from Leviticus.
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)

He was writing for people who had no real contact with Jews or had any familiarity with the religion.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 10:01 AM (rbvCR)

81 Painting reminds me of 9/11 WTC images, I get the same 'never forget' emotion.

Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2026 10:02 AM (LHPAg)

82 edgar n. cleaver
Posted by: cmeat at July 23, 2026 09:58 AM (R11M+)

Mmmmmmmm........cleavage..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:02 AM (2YhKe)

83 Painting reminds me of 9/11 WTC images, I get the same 'never forget' emotion.
Posted by: Eromero at July 23, 2026 10:02 AM (LHPAg)

I had the same thought.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:02 AM (2YhKe)

84 Israel was smart not to push the Romans to the point Carthage did.

Posted by: Monty Python at July 23, 2026 10:03 AM (Jx/ci)

85 The building is based on the four-horned altar as well. I guess it is both visually interesting, and an overt allegory on the temple being sacked.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 23, 2026 10:03 AM (rbvCR)

86 He was writing for people who had no real contact with Jews or had any familiarity with the religion.
Posted by: Kindltot

Oh, I know. I'm tempted to just skip over it, but I don't like doing that. I like to experience the work as a whole.

Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:04 AM (77rzZ)

87 Right on time!

Posted by: Ol exJarhead GRUNT at July 23, 2026 10:04 AM (WaGMI)

88 I'm bogged down in it, because I've reached the part where he's just rehashing the laws from Leviticus.
Posted by: Bulg

1. Wait one hour after eating before swimming.
2. Cross only at a crosswalk.
3. Righty tighty, lefty loosey.
4. No catsup on Hebrew National franks.
. . . . and so on

Posted by: Tonypete at July 23, 2026 10:04 AM (6x1Uq)

89 82 beaver cleavage?

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

90
Oh, I know. I'm tempted to just skip over it, but I don't like doing that. I like to experience the work as a whole.
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:04 AM (77rzZ)

I miss my days of work at the 'hole.

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at July 23, 2026 10:06 AM (2YhKe)

91 What burns in temple made of stone? The tapestries? Pillows? Rugs? Furniture?

The structure would remain, no? Unless an effort was made to raze it. I presume.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2026 10:06 AM (jehhT)

92 Looking forward to a painting of the Third Temple after it is rebuilt on the ashes of the pagan altar that is there now.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 23, 2026 10:06 AM (JvZF+)

93 And there is an interesting passage in one of the Maccabee books where the two Roman consuls (during the Republic) wrote a letter to all the regional powers in the Middle East praising the Hasmonean regime and warning the other rulers to play nice with them.

Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:06 AM (77rzZ)

94 beaver cleavage?
Posted by: cmeat at July 23, 2026 10:05 AM (R11M+)

"Ward? Weren't you a little hard on the Cleav last night?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:07 AM (2YhKe)

95 70 AD.

F the CE crap.

Posted by: LASue at July 23, 2026 10:07 AM (lCppi)

96
Black Friday at the Jerusalem Wal-Mart.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 23, 2026 10:08 AM (iqcvy)

97 What burns in temple made of stone? The tapestries? Pillows? Rugs? Furniture?

The structure would remain, no? Unless an effort was made to raze it. I presume.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Fire can't melt stone!

Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:08 AM (77rzZ)

98 No catsup on Hebrew National franks.
. . . . and so on
Posted by: Tonypete

What?? Catsup isn't kosher??

Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:09 AM (77rzZ)

99 What burns in temple made of stone? The tapestries? Pillows? Rugs? Furniture?

The structure would remain, no? Unless an effort was made to raze it. I presume.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

I was wondering the same thing. Seems fire snuffing would be easy.

"Just push it there to the middle. It'll be done soon."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:10 AM (2YhKe)

100 The Jews revolted and paid the price. The Christians did not, and also often paid the price, but eventually Rome fell to them and not the other way around.

At all points, though, one iron-hard fact remained, and caused all these developments: a universalist, monotheistic faith cannot coexist within a polytheistic Empire that demands obeisance be paid to its civic gods.

One or the has to give up eventually. Something's got to give.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 10:10 AM (+6XxY)

101 Cleavage!!!!!

https://shorturl.fm/onR9Z

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:10 AM (2YhKe)

102 What burns in temple made of stone? The tapestries? Pillows? Rugs? Furniture?

The structure would remain, no? Unless an effort was made to raze it. I presume.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

I was wondering the same thing. Seems fire snuffing would be easy.

"Just push it there to the middle. It'll be done soon."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:10 AM (2YhKe)

Could've had wooden support beams and ceiling beams.

A lot of those old buildings did.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 23, 2026 10:11 AM (iJfKG)

103 Something's got to give.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 10:10 AM (+6XxY)

Let the bodies hit the floor......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:11 AM (2YhKe)

104 No catsup on Hebrew National franks.
. . . . and so on
Posted by: Tonypete

What?? Catsup isn't kosher??
Posted by: Bulg

The ketchup on hot dog controversy raises its ugly head again.

Posted by: Tuna at July 23, 2026 10:11 AM (lJ0H4)

105 What burns in temple made of stone? The tapestries? Pillows? Rugs? Furniture?

The structure would remain, no? Unless an effort was made to raze it. I presume.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

1 wall still stands but most of it was razed and built on by the muslims. The Dome and stuff. But not forever!

Posted by: LASue at July 23, 2026 10:12 AM (lCppi)

106 What burns in temple made of stone? The tapestries? Pillows? Rugs? Furniture?

The structure would remain, no? Unless an effort was made to raze it. I presume.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Roof beams, which would compromise the building as a whole. Like Notre Dame a few years ago.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 23, 2026 10:12 AM (iqcvy)

107 Try our lamb brisket!

Posted by: Boc-ee's at July 23, 2026 10:12 AM (2Ez/1)

108 Are cats offended by catsup?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:12 AM (2YhKe)

109 Cleavage!!!!!

https://shorturl.fm/onR9Z
Posted by: Sponge

Face looks like Kate Mara.

I know, I know..."She has a face?"

Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:13 AM (77rzZ)

110 "What burns in temple made of stone? The tapestries? Pillows? Rugs? Furniture? The structure would remain, no? Unless an effort was made to raze it. I presume."

'The Destruction of Susa' is my fave piece of ancient art:
https://tinyurl.com/y5p6b9v6

It shows the flames shooting out the top, and a bunch of guys going at it with hammers, with debris flinging off the sides, and slaves and treasure being hauled away.

It says everything that needs to be said about the human condition, on one stele.

Posted by: gp at July 23, 2026 10:14 AM (Jr5Lq)

111 Face looks like Kate Mara.

Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:13 AM (77rzZ)

Slightly, but better.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:14 AM (2YhKe)

112 Cleavage!!!!!

https://shorturl.fm/onR9Z
Posted by: Sponge

You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at July 23, 2026 10:15 AM (2Ez/1)

113 I like it better when you click on the image and it opens in a new window instead of going to a new site in the current window.

Just sayin'........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:15 AM (2YhKe)

114 https://shorturl.fm/onR9Z
Linkee no workee

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 23, 2026 10:15 AM (QRV42)

115 No catsup on Hebrew National franks.
. . . . and so on
Posted by: Tonypete

What?? Catsup isn't kosher??
Posted by: Bulg

The ketchup on hot dog controversy raises its ugly head again.
Posted by: Tuna at July 23, 2026 10:11 AM (lJ0H4)

The rule was set on the third tablet that Moses accidentally broke on the way down:

11th Commandment:

Thou Shalt Not Adorn Thine Hot Dogs With Catsup, or even Ketchup, for It Is An Abomination.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 23, 2026 10:15 AM (iJfKG)

116 The Temple wasn't yet complete when it was destroyed. So, there may have been wooden scaffolding in place, too, just as there was at Notre Dame. (I'm assuming they had scaffolding back then. Sounds like a pretty basic concept.)

Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:16 AM (77rzZ)

117 https://shorturl.fm/onR9Z
Linkee not Linkee

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 23, 2026 10:16 AM (QRV42)

118 It's not like God didn't warn the Jews if they kept voting for democrats. This is what happens every time.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 23, 2026 10:16 AM (g8Ew8)

119 105 What burns in temple made of stone? The tapestries? Pillows? Rugs? Furniture?

*polite cough*

Posted by: Scrolls. Lots of scrolls at July 23, 2026 10:16 AM (2Ez/1)

120 I know, I know..."She has a face?"

Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:13 AM (77rzZ)

You KNOW it's a pretty face when it distracts from the rest.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:17 AM (2YhKe)

121 https://shorturl.fm/onR9Z
Linkee not Linkee
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 23, 2026 10:16 AM (QRV42)

Bulg saw it, so it works for some.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:17 AM (2YhKe)

122 70 AD.

F the CE crap.
Posted by: LASue at July 23, 2026 10:07 AM

Ask your favorite academic just what event, exactly, makes it the "common" era. Wait for heads to explode.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 23, 2026 10:18 AM (kgE5c)

123 No fire escape?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2026 09:30 AM (jehhT)

How do stone buildings burn?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 10:19 AM (1z8ji)

124
Ask your favorite academic just what event, exactly, makes it the "common" era. Wait for heads to explode.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 23, 2026 10:18 AM (kgE5c)

"Pornography. I was watching pornography."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:19 AM (2YhKe)

125 It's not "current" era?

Posted by: Confused at July 23, 2026 10:19 AM (2Ez/1)

126 Fire can't melt stone.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 23, 2026 10:20 AM (g8Ew8)

127 You KNOW it's a pretty face when it distracts from the rest.
Posted by: Sponge

Not really "distract." A nice rack and a pretty face complement each other.

Throw in a nice butt and great legs (which, in my experience, usually go together) and you've got the trifecta of perfection.

Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

128 Fire can't melt stone.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 23, 2026 10:20 AM

But it can make it crack up.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:20 AM (2YhKe)

129 Born in Arizona.
Moved to Babylonia.
Got a condo made of stonya.

Posted by: King Tut at July 23, 2026 10:21 AM (2Ez/1)

130 I had always wondered about stone buildings, temples and the like that were depicted "on fire." It sort of goes against reason... but the beams, wooden support and furnishings would certainly go up in flames.

*looks at flammable liquids stored haphazardly in garage*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2026 10:22 AM (jehhT)

131 The Romans ended the campaign and went home with some really nice tattoos

Posted by: Graham Platner at July 23, 2026 10:23 AM (vMIar)

132 Certain aspects of this painting remind me of that scene toward the end of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World" where they're all swinging from that fire escape.

Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

133 Really good art today

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 23, 2026 10:24 AM (xcxpd)

134 Okay, we are over 100.

Have You Noticed The Final Line in Every Single Local News Story This Decade? - a limerick

According to a historical sage
It was the landmark event of the age
"How can we rebuild the temple?"
Well, the answer is quite simple:

You've got to start a Go Fund Me page!

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 23, 2026 10:24 AM (I0N4X)

135 Good morning from the boat!

60 and cloudy grey

Smoke on the water.

Wish it would rain.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 10:24 AM (MLPVw)

136 Ketchup is OK stuff, I like it with french fries. Maybe hash browns, when the spirit moves me.

One thing about it though, if you mistakenly get a tiny dab of it on something, a jacket or blanket or whatever, the odor sticks around. Must. Find. Source. Blech!

Posted by: Common Tater at July 23, 2026 10:24 AM (wptpM)

137 121 https://shorturl.fm/onR9Z
Linkee not Linkee
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 23, 2026 10:16 AM (QRV42)

Bulg saw it, so it works for some.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:17 AM (2YhKe)

Great rack, not quite a butterface but...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 23, 2026 10:25 AM (xcxpd)

138 Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem
Francesco Hayez

The painting is well done, very detailed.

The Destruction of The Temple of Jerusalem is an 1867 history painting by the Italian artist Francesco Hayez. It depicts the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem during the storming of the city by Roman Army during the Great Jewish Revolt. (Wikipedia)

Reportedly, the Temple in Jerusalem has been destroyed twice in history. Both destructions occurred on the same date on the Hebrew calendar, the 9th of Av (Tisha B'Av), a day of mourning marked annually at the Western Wall Plaza.
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The First Temple (586 BCE): The Babylonian Empire led by King Nebuchadnezzar II.

The majority of the Jewish population was exiled to Babylon, beginning a period of captivity that lasted for decades.

The Second Temple (70 CE) The Roman Empire led by General (later Emperor) Titus.

Culminating a four-year Jewish insurgency in Judaea, the Romans besieged Jerusalem during Passover. After breaching the city defenses, Roman legionaries set the Temple complex on fire. The destruction was total.

There is much more detail available. Read.

A fine lesson. I might hang today's art offering.
Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 10:25 AM (NFX2v)

139 103 Something's got to give.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 23, 2026 10:10 AM (+6XxY)

Let the bodies hit the floor......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:11 AM (2YhKe)

\m/

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 23, 2026 10:27 AM (xcxpd)

140 There's a bank around here that looks just like that...with altar horns on the four corners...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at July 23, 2026 10:27 AM (l3cgK)

141 Ask your favorite academic just what event, exactly, makes it the "common" era. Wait for heads to explode.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 23, 2026 10:18 AM (kgE5c)

I just read CE as "Christian Era".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 10:28 AM (1z8ji)

142 Great rack, not quite a butterface but...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Dude, clean your glasses. That chick is nowhere near a butterface.

Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:28 AM (77rzZ)

143 Fire in the sky.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 23, 2026 10:28 AM (MLPVw)

144 Pull it.

Posted by: George Bush at July 23, 2026 10:29 AM (Nhyh3)

145 Yeah, this was a terrible destruction, but it pales in comparison to the Lake Geneva shoreline.

Posted by: Some Stupid W/a Flare Gun at July 23, 2026 10:29 AM (JM9I6)

146 What burns in temple made of stone?

During the destruction of the Jerusalem Temples, the massive fires were fueled by flammable structural wood, furnishings, and stored oils rather than the stone walls themselves. While the buildings were made of stone, they contained extensive internal wood and combustibles.

Roof beams, cedar and sycamore framework, ceiling panels, and large doors. Tapestries, woven linen, curtains, and wooden furniture.

Sacred olive oil stored for the menorah, alongside other flammable goods in adjacent storerooms.

Intense heat from burning wood and oil scorched, cracked, and caused the limestone structures to collapse.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 23, 2026 10:30 AM (NFX2v)

147
Apple Cultists at First Day Sale of New iPhone

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 23, 2026 10:30 AM (O0L8i)

148 I've started a new thing lately where I download the Art Thread pics I like so that I can use them as backgrounds in Zoom/Teams when I'm in online meetings.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 10:30 AM (FZ29D)

149 Fire can't melt stone.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

*Lava has entered the chat

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 10:31 AM (ffLro)

150 Horrible story out of New Jersey. Two young children died when the boat they were riding in hit a channel marker while transiting the Intercoastal and were ejected into the water. The boat was being driven by the children's grandfather. The grandfather, along with the grandmother who was also aboard, pulled the kids from the water, but attempts to resuscitate them were unsuccessful.

The family had dined at a bar and grill restaurant just prior to boarding the boat. I sure hope Grandpa hadn't been consuming alcohol to the point that it put his BAC above the legal limit.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 23, 2026 10:31 AM (J4Dwc)

151 glirp gleep glop

Posted by: Paul...who likes the flavor of his dog's excrement at July 23, 2026 10:31 AM (wTJ2j)

152 They will eat our lunch in AI if this shit doesn’t change asap.
Posted by: Real World Calling at July 23, 2026 10:29 AM (fsQeR)

I have yet to see any proof that AI is good for much.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 10:32 AM (1z8ji)

153 Posted by: Paul at July 23, 2026 10:31 AM (wTJ2j)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at July 23, 2026 10:32 AM (2YhKe)

154 Ketchup is OK stuff, I like it with french fries. Maybe hash browns, when the spirit moves me.

One thing about it though, if you mistakenly get a tiny dab of it on something, a jacket or blanket or whatever, the odor sticks around. Must. Find. Source. Blech!

Posted by: Common Tater

Considering the two plants are closely related, it's an interesting combo...

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at July 23, 2026 10:33 AM (OUMaO)

155 Look at Paul.

Trying to be cute with something he has no f*cking clue about......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:33 AM (2YhKe)

156 EVERY knee will bow. And EVERY tongue will confess.

Guess who said that.

Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 10:34 AM (Nhyh3)

157 They will eat our lunch in AI if this shit doesn’t change asap.
Posted by: Real World Calling at July 23, 2026 10:29 AM (fsQeR)

I have yet to see any proof that AI is good for much.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 10:32 AM (1z8ji)
----
And I don't expect great things out of Chinese AI, considering the standards (or lack thereof) they apply in other areas.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 23, 2026 10:34 AM (FZ29D)

158 94 well, it was time to bury the hatchet.

Posted by: cmeat at July 23, 2026 10:34 AM (R11M+)

159 EVERY knee will bow. And EVERY tongue will confess.

Guess who said that.
Posted by: ... at July 23, 2026 10:34 AM (Nhyh3)

Barack Owebama?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:34 AM (2YhKe)

160 NY has banned construction of new data centers. When one blue state does something they all quickly follow.

The Chinese have played this brilliantly. Five minutes ago nobody knew what a data center was. Then through propaganda on social media everyone thinks data centers are the worst thing ever.

Notice where data centers are not banned? China of course. Weird how that works.

They will eat our lunch in AI if this shit doesn’t change asap.
Posted by: Real World Calling at July 23, 2026 10:29 AM (fsQeR)

That just means that red states like Texas, Florida, etc, will rake in the jobs, money, taxes and benefits they bring.

I'm fine with that. States like NY apparently prefer to go back to a pre-modern agricultural muslim state. Enjoy the Big Falafel, a-holes!

Posted by: naturalfake at July 23, 2026 10:34 AM (iJfKG)

161 I've started a new thing lately where I download the Art Thread pics I like so that I can use them as backgrounds in Zoom/Teams when I'm in online meetings.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

"Dude, what's with all these paintings of naked women? And WTH is that thing on an ottoman?"
-- Perf. Squirrel's co-workers

Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:34 AM (77rzZ)

162
I have yet to see any proof that AI is good for much.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 10:32 AM (1z8ji)

AI is programmed by man. Man is corrupt. AI is corrupt and not worth the technology it runs on.

Liberalism ruins absolutely everything.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:35 AM (2YhKe)

163 >>Guess who said that.

Sophie Cunningham?

Posted by: one hour sober at July 23, 2026 10:36 AM (J4Dwc)

164 I have yet to see any proof that AI is good for much.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 10:32 AM (1z8ji)

AI is programmed by man. Man is corrupt. AI is corrupt and not worth the technology it runs on.

Liberalism ruins absolutely everything.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

GIGO

Shit in, shit out.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 10:36 AM (ffLro)

165 Horrible story out of New Jersey. Two young children died when the boat they were riding in hit a channel marker while transiting the Intercoastal and were ejected into the water. The boat was being driven by the children's grandfather. The grandfather, along with the grandmother who was also aboard, pulled the kids from the water, but attempts to resuscitate them were unsuccessful.

The family had dined at a bar and grill restaurant just prior to boarding the boat. I sure hope Grandpa hadn't been consuming alcohol to the point that it put his BAC above the legal limit.
Posted by: one hour sober at July 23, 2026 10:31 AM (J4Dwc)

Kids should have been wearing life jackets, which falls on the elders to enforce. And how do they get "ejected", unless they are riding in a precarious position in the first place? Up on the foredeck of a runabout?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 10:36 AM (1z8ji)

166 They will eat our lunch in AI if this shit doesn’t change asap.
Posted by: Real World Calling at July 23, 2026 10:29 AM (fsQeR)

I have yet to see any proof that AI is good for much.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 10:32 AM (1z8ji)

It makes great fantasy imaging. The way it can duplicate people's images onto implausible scenarios is scary though.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at July 23, 2026 10:36 AM (g8Ew8)

167
That just means that red states like Texas, Florida, etc, will rake in the jobs, money, taxes and benefits they bring.

I'm fine with that. States like NY apparently prefer to go back to a pre-modern agricultural muslim state. Enjoy the Big Falafel, a-holes!
Posted by: naturalfake at July 23, 2026 10:34 AM (iJfKG)

There are two significant DC projects going on in Texas at the moment.

One outside of Amarillo and the other, a goolag facility, in Vernon.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:36 AM (2YhKe)

168 Imagine being those grandparents and having to break the news to the parents.

Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:38 AM (77rzZ)

169 Kids should have been wearing life jackets, which falls on the elders to enforce. And how do they get "ejected", unless they are riding in a precarious position in the first place? Up on the foredeck of a runabout?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at July 23, 2026 10:36 AM (1z8ji)

This. Lifejackets are mandatory. And if the kids were of a young age where they hadn't learned to swim, it was incredibly negligent of the GP's to not have them wearing one.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:38 AM (2YhKe)

170
GIGO

Shit in, shit out.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 23, 2026 10:36 AM (ffLro)

One of the very first rules of data.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:39 AM (2YhKe)

171 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I hope to go to Jerusalem one day.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 23, 2026 10:39 AM (2WIwB)

172 114 worked for many.

Posted by: cmeat at July 23, 2026 10:40 AM (R11M+)

173 FESTIVAL!

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at July 23, 2026 10:40 AM (MWfyi)

174 AOP

30-foot Tidewater Custom 280. I presume they were riding in the bow without lifejackets, yes.

Posted by: one hour sober at July 23, 2026 10:41 AM (J4Dwc)

175 FESTIVAL!
Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at July 23, 2026 10:40 AM (MWfyi)

FUN you stupid idiot.....

Posted by: Anthrax at July 23, 2026 10:41 AM (2YhKe)

176 Geez. We thought that guy with the whip was a bad day...

Posted by: The moneychangers at July 23, 2026 10:41 AM (2Ez/1)

177 I hope to go to Jerusalem one day.
Posted by: Diogenes

Really cool place.

Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:41 AM (77rzZ)

178 Don't all type at once......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:43 AM (2YhKe)

179 Hey, where'd everybody go?

Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:45 AM (77rzZ)

180 TheTorah.com has some good articles about the 9 Av and Josephus today.
The one that stuck out for me was the one about prophet Zechariah. They point out that the people of the Second Temple were wondering if they should bother fasting since, you know, the Temple's back.
Ezra-Nehemiah closed the issue when they instituted the Wood Festival around that time. Of course when the temple was destroyed again several of those festivals weren't able to be held.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 23, 2026 10:45 AM (gKWVE)

181 So, Sponge, about flip-flops...

Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:45 AM (77rzZ)

182 Huh. Can this become a universal comment for the Art Post?

Contemplate this in the Tree of Crows!

Posted by: Oblivious at July 23, 2026 10:47 AM (+viZh)

183 Don't all type at once......
Posted by: Sponge

**********

You are amazing! They're actually doing it! Or I mean they're NOT doing it!

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 23, 2026 10:47 AM (I0N4X)

184 There's talk that the Qumran caves were used to hide the Temple library.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 23, 2026 10:47 AM (gKWVE)

185 Bethlehems outnumber Jerusalems 18 to 11 in USA.

Posted by: News You Can Use at July 23, 2026 10:47 AM (JM9I6)

186 Bethlehems outnumber Jerusalems 18 to 11 in USA.
Posted by: News You Can Use

Pfft. Pikers.
-- Springfields

Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:48 AM (77rzZ)

187 China's efforts to stymie our ability to build datacenters is because they're so far behind in AI tech. They're actively trying to steal every AI model out there, and have succeeded in some cases. Their homegrown code sucks dog balls, and their domestic IC production churns out chips that are shit.

Slowing the US down is their only hope to remain competitive in the AI race.

So, of course the left is going to help them. *spits*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 23, 2026 10:49 AM (jehhT)

188 Fine.

More cleavage it is.......

https://shorturl.fm/IjdQ4

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:49 AM (2YhKe)

189 Posted by: News You Can Use at July 23, 2026 10:47 AM (JM9I6)

"Bethlehem" was the name of the happy home the Brits would have put Paul in. It got pronounced "bedlam".

Posted by: gKWVE at July 23, 2026 10:49 AM (gKWVE)

190
You are amazing! They're actually doing it! Or I mean they're NOT doing it!
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at July 23, 2026 10:47 AM (I0N4X)

Sun shines on a dog's ass every once in a while.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:49 AM (2YhKe)

191 https://shorturl.fm/IjdQ4
Posted by: Sponge

Nose ring. No likey. WNB.

Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:50 AM (77rzZ)

192 JERUSALEM TEMPLES -- FIRST AND SECOND
Today's artwork (according to Wikipedia) depicts the destruction of the second Jerusalem Temple ... On a similar note, burned wooden beams from Jerusalem’s First Temple destruction were recently found preserved after 2,600 years.

https://tinyurl.com/mrbycuah

Posted by: Kathy at July 23, 2026 10:51 AM (MOK4W)

193 Dan Simmons wrote a short story "The Ninth of Av" which takes place in the far future, and he wrote it from the realization that in all of human history, there will be one constant: that there will be be people trying to kill the Jews.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 23, 2026 10:52 AM (PiwSw)

194 Nose ring. No likey. WNB.
Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:50 AM (77rzZ)

I noticed that late......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 23, 2026 10:52 AM (2YhKe)

195 I dunno, CBD. This hurts. A lot. Should art be painful?

Posted by: creeper at July 23, 2026 10:53 AM (80oeU)

196 that there will be be people trying to kill the Jews.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at July 23, 2026 10:52 AM (PiwSw)

Dan Simmons (pbuh) also had a Wandering Jew in Hyperion.

Posted by: gKWVE at July 23, 2026 10:54 AM (gKWVE)

197 China's efforts to stymie our ability to build datacenters is because they're so far behind in AI tech. They're actively trying to steal every AI model out there, and have succeeded in some cases. Their homegrown code sucks dog balls, and their domestic IC production churns out chips that are shit.

Slowing the US down is their only hope to remain competitive in the AI race.

So, of course the left is going to help them. *spits*

I agree with everything except the idea that China will never become competitive. 1.5B smart, hardworking people will make progress no matter what. That is not to say that China won't try to steal anything that isn't tied down. They will, and we need to take appropriate countermeasures.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 23, 2026 10:54 AM (Riz8t)

198 I noticed that late......
Posted by: Sponge

If you would notice the faces more, like I do, you could screen the nasal piercings out ahead of time.

Posted by: Bulg at July 23, 2026 10:54 AM (77rzZ)

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