Mid-Morning Art Thread

Le lit rouge
Francis Gruber

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Truth, Justice and the American First!

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at September 15, 2026 09:30 AM (w9Wax)

2 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at September 15, 2026 09:30 AM (Bep7s)

3 Bed is odd.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 09:30 AM (Y/06r)

4
I... the... no, just no.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 15, 2026 09:30 AM (eRlcH)

5 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:30 AM (ccf/V)

6 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 15, 2026 09:31 AM (NcvvS)

7 Woah.

That's a lot of blood.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:31 AM (ccf/V)

8 McClain!!!!!...........................

*falls back to sleep*

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at September 15, 2026 09:31 AM (w9Wax)

9 I'm coming up with nothing.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 15, 2026 09:31 AM (Fzhd7)

10 Heroin chic.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 15, 2026 09:31 AM (NcvvS)

11 An altogether unpleasant painting...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 15, 2026 09:31 AM (+gK6I)

12 Lay off me. There was a sale on red paint. I overbought!

Posted by: Francis Gruber at September 15, 2026 09:31 AM (2Ez/1)

13 "Le take me, big boy. I am ready for vu."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:31 AM (ccf/V)

14 Where is the chalk outline?

Murder in the Rue Morgue.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 15, 2026 09:31 AM (2GVsD)

15 Corpse

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at September 15, 2026 09:31 AM (UpDO3)

16 Hans Gruber > Francis Gruber

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:32 AM (ccf/V)

17 noembiggening.

Posted by: cmeat at September 15, 2026 09:32 AM (Bep7s)

18 Umm...title checks out.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2026 09:32 AM (P6lWH)

19 Tranq

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 15, 2026 09:32 AM (hUS/0)

20 Alternate title - The Handmaid of Lindsay Clark.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 15, 2026 09:32 AM (2GVsD)

21 You can smell her from here.

And I'm betting you need a weed whacker to get near the naughty bits......if you'd actually WANT to.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:32 AM (ccf/V)

22 She looks lit, all right. Too much Courvoisier.

Posted by: Bulg at September 15, 2026 09:33 AM (77rzZ)

23 After trying the mattress, she decided to return it.

Red Bed Redemption.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at September 15, 2026 09:33 AM (w9Wax)

24 11 An altogether unpleasant painting...
Posted by: It's me donna at September 15, 2026 09:31 AM (+gK6I)

I think it is meant to be. The lines do not flow the way they are supposed to. Bed looks distorted, like it is eating the woman.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 09:33 AM (Y/06r)

25 The headboard and footboard are not parallel.

Posted by: Geometry. What is it? at September 15, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

26 No thanks.

Posted by: ballistic at September 15, 2026 09:33 AM (oqH4h)

27 Disjointed room, person.

Posted by: Joe Mama at September 15, 2026 09:33 AM (TezPK)

28 Pretty much a waste of paint.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:33 AM (ccf/V)

29 Eh, weird. Looks possibly dead?

Posted by: Lizzy at September 15, 2026 09:33 AM (rOKnE)

30 16 Hans Gruber > Francis Gruber
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:32 AM (ccf/V)

'I read about them in Time Magazine.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 09:34 AM (Y/06r)

31 Francis's mother had struggles hanging this one on the refrigerator.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:34 AM (ccf/V)

32 Mid-morning Art Spread

Posted by: one hour sober at September 15, 2026 09:34 AM (J4Dwc)

33 Like canoe in a brushpile.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 15, 2026 09:34 AM (hUS/0)

34 discount russian furniture.

Posted by: cmeat at September 15, 2026 09:34 AM (Bep7s)

35 23 After trying the mattress, she decided to return it.

Red Bed Redemption.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at September 15, 2026 09:33 AM (w9Wax)

*golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 09:34 AM (Y/06r)

36 Paint by bumblers.

Posted by: Joe Mama at September 15, 2026 09:34 AM (TezPK)

37 The bed is red.

Posted by: Art Collector at September 15, 2026 09:34 AM (wVcYX)

38 Francis Gruber

any relation to Hans?

Posted by: Don Black at September 15, 2026 09:35 AM (ZxPkt)

39
'I read about them in Time Magazine.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 09:34 AM (Y/06r)

Ah yes.......Good ole Asian Dawn. Who doesn't love that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:35 AM (ccf/V)

40 Lighten up Francis.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 15, 2026 09:35 AM (2GVsD)

41 would not

Posted by: Rick in SK at September 15, 2026 09:35 AM (6qaAp)

42 Needs an Ottoman.

Posted by: Joe Mama at September 15, 2026 09:35 AM (TezPK)

43 How much more does it cost for her to take her shoes off?

Posted by: I gotta ask at September 15, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)

44 She looks kind of bored and unhappy.

Posted by: dantesed at September 15, 2026 09:35 AM (Oy/m2)

45 Did she roll to her right and hork on the side of the bed?

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 15, 2026 09:35 AM (wVcYX)

46 A buddy of mine once told me in relation to a girl I knew: 'Feed her to the mattress.' He's a simple man.

For some reason that popped into my head, looking at this.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 09:35 AM (Y/06r)

47 Fucked her ugly he did.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 15, 2026 09:35 AM (S41Gd)

48 Rough sex got out of control?

Or Monday morning after an all nighter?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 15, 2026 09:36 AM (2Cry5)

49 Needs more crime scene tape.

Posted by: Joe Mama at September 15, 2026 09:36 AM (TezPK)

50 The headboard and footboard are not parallel.
Posted by: Geometry. What is it?

The rails are loose from much coitus.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 15, 2026 09:36 AM (hUS/0)

51 Amber Heard before the deuce?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 15, 2026 09:36 AM (N39Ws)

52 "Yes Mrs McLane- and now that I have moved up to fine art, you should be more polite!"

Posted by: Don Black at September 15, 2026 09:36 AM (ZxPkt)

53 All the red looks like crap against the brick color of the floor tiles. Any good artist would avoid that combo. This wouldn't pass for art in middle school. It should never have seen the light of day. Thanks, CBD.

Posted by: One Of The Worst! at September 15, 2026 09:37 AM (Fn+3X)

54 OnlyFans. The early years.

Posted by: Wayback Machine at September 15, 2026 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)

55 50 The headboard and footboard are not parallel.
Posted by: Geometry. What is it?

The rails are loose from much coitus.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 15, 2026 09:36 AM (hUS/0)

He was a sailor from an aircraft carrier at sea for 9 months.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 09:37 AM (Y/06r)

56 Amber Heard before the deuce?

How can you tell?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 15, 2026 09:37 AM (2GVsD)

57 Fucked her ugly he did.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at September 15, 2026 09:35 AM (S41Gd)

Seems she had quite the head start.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:37 AM (ccf/V)

58 heck's a gone.

Posted by: cmeat at September 15, 2026 09:37 AM (Bep7s)

59 Been dead awhile I think

Posted by: Skip at September 15, 2026 09:37 AM (g8loK)

60 Now I have a paintbrush

Ho Ho Ho

Posted by: Don Black at September 15, 2026 09:37 AM (ZxPkt)

61 Alternate title:

"Marie Now Realizes Her interior Decorator Sucks"

Posted by: naturalfake at September 15, 2026 09:37 AM (iJfKG)

62 Intentionally disturbing.

All that red, the submissive pose - replaces the classic 'come hither' voluptuous woman in repose subject with an "whatever, legs are open if you have needs. Leave the cash on the dresser.'

Posted by: Lizzy at September 15, 2026 09:37 AM (rOKnE)

63 The rails are loose from much coitus.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 15, 2026 09:36 AM (hUS/0)

Non-Euclidian angles. 'Nuff, said.

Posted by: Brown Jenkins at September 15, 2026 09:38 AM (rbvCR)

64
How can you tell?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 15, 2026 09:37 AM (2GVsD)

Slight tummy bloat.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:38 AM (ccf/V)

65 She didn't check out in time because she's dead. Charge her for another night, boss?

Posted by: t-bird at September 15, 2026 09:38 AM (Pu/zx)

66 Police suspect fair play.

Posted by: The ghost of Dennis Miller at September 15, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)

67 >>The headboard and footboard are not parallel.

Bad ruler art

Posted by: one hour sober at September 15, 2026 09:39 AM (J4Dwc)

68 Who has what looks to be brick street cobbles for flooring?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 15, 2026 09:39 AM (2GVsD)

69 The headboard and footboard are not parallel.

Weasel ain't gonna like that.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 15, 2026 09:40 AM (2GVsD)

70 You rarely see coitus in a limerick.

Posted by: Limerick Lover at September 15, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)

71 60 Now I have a paintbrush

Ho Ho Ho
Posted by: Don Black at September 15, 2026 09:37 AM (ZxPkt)

Heh.

'I always liked those sequined shirts.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 09:40 AM (Y/06r)

72 redrum.
hedging your bets.
it was a bustling evening.

Posted by: cmeat at September 15, 2026 09:40 AM (Bep7s)

73 This is in one of those places that rents rooms by the hour, isn't it?

Posted by: No-Tell Motel at September 15, 2026 09:40 AM (Fn+3X)

74 Sponge, I really don't want to know how you got that.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 15, 2026 09:41 AM (2GVsD)

75 Who has what looks to be brick street cobbles for flooring?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 15, 2026 09:39 AM (2GVsD)

I have something very similar in my sunroom.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:41 AM (ccf/V)

76 Between the sailboats and this I’m missing Bandersnatch.

RIP.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 15, 2026 09:41 AM (yEz+x)

77 I guess the sheets will hide the bloodstains from where she was stabbed five times by a jealous lover.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 15, 2026 09:41 AM (FZ29D)

78 Who has what looks to be brick street cobbles for flooring?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 15, 2026 09:39 AM (2GVsD)

Looks like kitchen linoleum from the '70s.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 15, 2026 09:41 AM (wVcYX)

79 Foistus with the coitus?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 15, 2026 09:41 AM (2GVsD)

80 Sponge, I really don't want to know how you got that.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 15, 2026 09:41 AM (2GVsD)

Brain damage.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:42 AM (ccf/V)

81 78 Who has what looks to be brick street cobbles for flooring?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 15, 2026 09:39 AM (2GVsD)

Looks like kitchen linoleum from the '70s.
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 15, 2026 09:41 AM (wVcYX)

Ours was this yellow and orange flower pattern. Not tile, think it was a sheet.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 09:42 AM (Y/06r)

82 Genu valgum (knock kneedd). Check
Increased elbow carrying angle. Check
Arachnodactyly (long thin extremities- spiderlike). Check
Pectus excavatum (sunken chest). Check
Arm span > height. Indeterminate
Mitral valve prolapse. Indeterminate

Assessment: Likely Marfan syndrome. Differential diagnosis includes Ehlers-Dannlos syndrome

Plan: Echocardiogram (R/O aortic root aneurysm, MVP)

There are MULTIPLE codes for that!

Posted by: muldoon at September 15, 2026 09:42 AM (qgHp7)

83 Alternate title:

"Tempur-Pedic's 'Angry Mattress' Was It's All-Time Worst Seller"

Though "Get The Sleep You Deserve" was a great tag line!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 15, 2026 09:43 AM (iJfKG)

84 Temu-pedic?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 15, 2026 09:43 AM (2GVsD)

85 83 Alternate title:

"Tempur-Pedic's 'Angry Mattress' Was It's All-Time Worst Seller"

Though "Get The Sleep You Deserve" was a great tag line!
Posted by: naturalfake at September 15, 2026 09:43 AM (iJfKG)

Lol.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 09:43 AM (Y/06r)

86 Alternate title:

"Tempur-Pedic's 'Angry Mattress' Was It's All-Time Worst Seller"

Though "Get The Sleep You Deserve" was a great tag line!
Posted by: naturalfake at September 15, 2026 09:43 AM (iJfKG)

"You say 'I'll sleep when I'm dead' and we'll be there for it!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:44 AM (ccf/V)

87 84 Temu-pedic?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 15, 2026 09:43 AM (2GVsD)

Tengu-Pedic.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 09:44 AM (Y/06r)

88 Temu-pedic?
Posted by: Anna Puma

Good one!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 15, 2026 09:44 AM (hUS/0)

89 Genu valgum (knock kneedd). Check
Increased elbow carrying angle. Check
Arachnodactyly (long thin extremities- spiderlike). Check
Pectus excavatum (sunken chest). Check
Arm span > height. Indeterminate
Mitral valve prolapse. Indeterminate

Assessment: Likely Marfan syndrome. Differential diagnosis includes Ehlers-Dannlos syndrome

Plan: Echocardiogram (R/O aortic root aneurysm, MVP)

There are MULTIPLE codes for that!
Posted by: muldoon at September 15, 2026 09:42 AM (qgHp7)

So, it's not Lupus?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:45 AM (ccf/V)

90 It does kind of give you a headache when you look at it.

Visual stress.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 09:45 AM (Y/06r)

91 Scrawny woman sprawled on a bed with her shoes on. This travesty would never be featured on the Vibrant Hot Air Art Thread. Must needs head over there to see what real art looks like.

Posted by: It's No Hopper! at September 15, 2026 09:45 AM (Fn+3X)

92 It's always Lupus

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 15, 2026 09:45 AM (2GVsD)

93 91 Scrawny woman sprawled on a bed with her shoes on. This travesty would never be featured on the Vibrant Hot Air Art Thread. Must needs head over there to see what real art looks like.
Posted by: It's No Hopper! at September 15, 2026 09:45 AM (Fn+3X)

Do they have an art thread? I have not been there except by accident in a decade.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 09:46 AM (Y/06r)

94 Oh yuck, I don't like this one CBD.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 15, 2026 09:46 AM (ibDUx)

95 Olive Oyl.

The aftermath.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:46 AM (ccf/V)

96 annoying, ugly, perspective has the room tilted.

incompetent.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 15, 2026 09:47 AM (VyBeY)

97 OK, without even looking at the comments, this is either a worn-out tranny or some strange Pinocchio porn.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 15, 2026 09:47 AM (qRla/)

98 Are we at 100 yet?

Posted by: Lizzy at September 15, 2026 09:47 AM (rOKnE)

99 Who sleeps with their shoes on?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 15, 2026 09:47 AM (2Cry5)

100 She looks nice. Nice and wasted.

Posted by: fd at September 15, 2026 09:47 AM (MWfyi)

101 95 Olive Oyl.

The aftermath.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:46 AM (ccf/V)

Popeye's ship finally came in.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 09:47 AM (Y/06r)

102 Olive Oyl.

The aftermath.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:46 AM (ccf/V)
-

Bluto did it.

So... Oyl on canvas.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 15, 2026 09:47 AM (3UbC6)

103 annoying, ugly, perspective has the room tilted.

incompetent.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 15, 2026 09:47 AM (VyBeY)

Makes you wonder why the teens always wanted to have sex in the funhouse........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:48 AM (ccf/V)

104 Pinocchio was trans, he wanted to be a real boy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 15, 2026 09:48 AM (2GVsD)

105 96 annoying, ugly, perspective has the room tilted.

incompetent.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 15, 2026 09:47 AM (VyBeY)

I don't think incompetence. I think intentional- which actually takes skill.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 09:48 AM (Y/06r)

106
The floor, with work, would make an awesome Avalon-Hill game board.

Posted by: Auspex at September 15, 2026 09:48 AM (Y8DZL)

107 She's dead , Jim
Don't think I'd hang this one.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 15, 2026 09:48 AM (N2HNb)

108 Beautiful shade of red. That's all I got..

Posted by: Tuna at September 15, 2026 09:49 AM (lJ0H4)

109 The floor, with work, would make an awesome Avalon-Hill game board.

Squad Leader?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 15, 2026 09:49 AM (2GVsD)

110 A buddy of mine once told me in relation to a girl I knew: 'Feed her to the mattress.' He's a simple man.

For some reason that popped into my head, looking at this.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 09:35 AM (Y/06r)

Look up the movie Death Bed: The Bed That Eats sometime.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 15, 2026 09:49 AM (qRla/)

111 95 Olive Oyl.

The aftermath.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:46 AM (ccf/V)

Popeye's ship finally came in.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 09:47 AM (Y/06r)

Any port in a storm!

Posted by: Popeye the Sailor Man at September 15, 2026 09:50 AM (wVcYX)

112 This seems to fit in here. The glamor that is Hollywood.

https://tinyurl.com/2hnfm5e9

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 15, 2026 09:50 AM (ndZc7)

113 Pinocchio was trans, he wanted to be a real boy.
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 15, 2026 09:48 AM (2GVsD)

Well, there you go!

Ellen Page's next movie role.

Who said she had no future in Hollywood anymore?

Posted by: naturalfake at September 15, 2026 09:50 AM (iJfKG)

114 Do they have an art thread? I have not been there except by accident in a decade.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 09:46 AM (Y/06r

------

If past is prologue, they have some daily thread about soap operas. They had a lot of verbose articles about "Walking Dead," when I bounced for good.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 15, 2026 09:50 AM (BI5O2)

115 >>Who sleeps with their shoes on?

Sleep?

She's wide awake, glaring at the painter, daring him to paint her as she actually looks vs. a romanticized, sensuous woman. Victory!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 15, 2026 09:50 AM (rOKnE)

116 You rarely see coitus in a limerick.

***********

Lowlifes on the Cuyahoga - a limerick

We engage in indiscriminate coitus
You'd prolly do best to avoid us
We hang around with thugs
Lots of booze and lots of drugs
Still, Cleveland's not as bad as Detroit is.

Posted by: muldoon at September 15, 2026 09:50 AM (qgHp7)

117 She’s not happy nor relaxed. Not getting good vibes.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 15, 2026 09:50 AM (IAdFa)

118 Who sleeps with their shoes on?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 15, 2026 09:47 AM (2Cry5)
-

The foot fungus was angry that day, my friends!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 15, 2026 09:51 AM (3UbC6)

119 As a newborn, she was known as Baby Oyl.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 15, 2026 09:51 AM (hUS/0)

120 I HAVE A JOB!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 09:51 AM (o87sR)

121 This painting remained unsold even after steep discounts and traveling to every Motel 6 Starving Artists sale in the country.

Posted by: Paint Over It! at September 15, 2026 09:51 AM (Fn+3X)

122 Congrats TJM!

Not OnlyFans is it?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 15, 2026 09:51 AM (2GVsD)

123 This seems to fit in here. The glamor that is Hollywood.

https://tinyurl.com/2hnfm5e9
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 15, 2026 09:50 AM (ndZc7)

They just don't care anymore........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:51 AM (ccf/V)

124 I HAVE A JOB!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 09:51 AM (o87sR)

20 bucks, same as in town?

Jklol, congrats.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 15, 2026 09:52 AM (BI5O2)

125 Yard sale art. Shows up every year. Still not sold.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 15, 2026 09:53 AM (2Cry5)

126 120 I HAVE A JOB!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

Congrats! Regal Cinema Popcorn Sales?

Posted by: Butter Fingers! at September 15, 2026 09:53 AM (Fn+3X)

127 122 Congrats TJM!

Not OnlyFans is it?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 15, 2026 09:51 AM (2GVsD)

=======

You didn't find my account, did you?!

jk.

Essentially what I was doing at the last place but for slightly less money (which is more than I'm making now).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 09:53 AM (o87sR)

128 Good news, everyone!

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
CNN's Dana Bash tells Jessica Tarlov and Scott Galloway how, as a trained journalist, she is "objective about truth and facts."
Wild to watch how they tell themselves this stuff:
Galloway: "I see you as a centrist."
Bash: "I don't even know that I would describe myself as a centrist because I've only been a journalist my whole adult life."
"There are some things that I have an opinion on, but I'm so trained to look at all the sides and all of the arguments."
"I think being objective but also objective about truth and facts, not just objective about different parties ideology is right."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 15, 2026 09:53 AM (ndZc7)

129 124
20 bucks, same as in town?

Jklol, congrats.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 15, 2026 09:52 AM (BI5O2)

========

Thanks!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 09:53 AM (o87sR)

130 Good for you, TJM!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 15, 2026 09:54 AM (L2z8B)

131 Gruber's later work often focuses on melancholy subjects. He is credited with beginning the "Misérabiliste" movement in French painting, seen later in the work of Bernard Buffet. Politically, Gruber was a committed communist.

In the late 1930s, Gruber contracted tuberculosis. He missed military service in World War II due to this illness as his health steadily declined, and he further worsened his health with his strenuous social life. He died in Paris on 1 December 1948, having become a nationally known artistic figure.

Posted by: Tuna at September 15, 2026 09:54 AM (lJ0H4)

132
Congrats TJM!!!

But, does gluing googly eyes on fuzzy cat toys really pay that much?

Posted by: naturalfake at September 15, 2026 09:54 AM (iJfKG)

133 Bravo!!

Posted by: Limerick Lover at September 15, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1)

134 126 120 I HAVE A JOB!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

Congrats! Regal Cinema Popcorn Sales?

Posted by: Butter Fingers! at September 15, 2026 09:53 AM (Fn+3X)

=======

Dynamic heating of ethanol sourced products salesman, thank you very much.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 09:54 AM (o87sR)

135 Francis Gruber has some nice paintings- This isn't one of them, IMO, but I like his still life paintings with flowers. He was an odd looking dude. Maybe this affected how he painted most people.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 15, 2026 09:55 AM (HgYkD)

136 75 Sponge, you have a sunroom?

Hm. Possible Man-Card violation. Wait here while I check with the rest of the committee.

Posted by: Bulg at September 15, 2026 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

137 I HAVE A JOB!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 09:51 AM (o87sR)

Congratulations.

wait........you were looking for work?

Is it keep people from hanging out in front of the drug store?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:56 AM (ccf/V)

138 *keeping

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:56 AM (ccf/V)

139 >>This seems to fit in here. The glamor that is Hollywood.

https://tinyurl.com/2hnfm5e9

Ugh! That is such an unattractive outfit. Hire a stylist, lady, there are many designers willing to have you showcase their *beautiful* designs.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 15, 2026 09:56 AM (rOKnE)

140 CNN's Dana Bash tells Jessica Tarlov and Scott Galloway how, as a trained journalist, she is "objective about truth and facts."

As dad used to say at the end of the CBS Evening News, "THAT"S NOT THE WAY IT IS, CRONKITE!"

Posted by: Auspex at September 15, 2026 09:57 AM (Y8DZL)

141 130 Good for you, TJM!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 15, 2026 09:54 AM (L2z8B)

========

Sometimes, I think I should have been a doctor or gotten some kind of useful trade. But, work is work.

Thanks!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 09:57 AM (o87sR)

142 Dynamic heating of ethanol sourced products salesman, thank you very much.
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Moonshiner?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 15, 2026 09:57 AM (2Cry5)

143 Sponge, you have a sunroom?

Hm. Possible Man-Card violation. Wait here while I check with the rest of the committee.
Posted by: Bulg at September 15, 2026 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

It is a room off the back of the house that was here when we bought the house 26 years ago.

It leaked and such so it was nothing more than a storage room from the start.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:57 AM (ccf/V)

144 So, it's not Lupus?
Posted by: Sponge

********

It's never lupus.

Posted by: muldoon at September 15, 2026 09:57 AM (qgHp7)

145 There are some things that I have an opinion on, but I'm so trained to look at all the sides, the Republican side and the correct side, and all of the arguments. -- Dana Bashed

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 15, 2026 09:58 AM (ExV1e)

146 I don't want to shock you but another fake hate crime.

Chuck Ross
@ChuckRossDC
Abdul El-Sayed Promoted Infamous Hijab Hate Crime Hoax
In 2012, El-Sayed said Shaima Alawadi was murdered because "she had the courage to wear a hijab" and blamed America's "racism, xenophobia, and hate."
She was actually killed by her husband, who staged it to look like a hate crime.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 15, 2026 09:58 AM (ndZc7)

147 137 Congratulations.

wait........you were looking for work?

Is it keep people from hanging out in front of the drug store?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:56 AM (ccf/V)

=======

I have been employed to spin signs for local shady electronics stores. Highly specialized work.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 09:58 AM (o87sR)

148 Congrats, TJM!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 15, 2026 09:58 AM (rOKnE)

149 Congratulations, TJM!

Posted by: Bulg at September 15, 2026 09:59 AM (77rzZ)

150 Bash: "I don't even know that I would describe myself as a centrist because I've only been a journalist my whole adult life."
"There are some things that I have an opinion on, but I'm so trained to look at all the sides and all of the arguments."
"I think being objective but also objective about truth and facts, not just objective about different parties ideology is right."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 15, 2026 09:53 AM (ndZc7)

They truly see themselves as a gift to humanity.

DIAF, lying muppet c*nt.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:59 AM (ccf/V)

151
I have been employed to spin signs for local shady electronics stores. Highly specialized work.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 09:58 AM (o87sR)

Nice! I will be driving around looking for a puddle near you next time it rains.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:59 AM (ccf/V)

152 151 Nice! I will be driving around looking for a puddle near you next time it rains.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:59 AM (ccf/V)

=====

Has Texas ever seen rain?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 10:00 AM (o87sR)

153 >>Dynamic heating of ethanol sourced products salesman, thank you very much.

Propane and propane accessories!!
Sweet lady propane!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 15, 2026 10:00 AM (rOKnE)

154 Chuck Ross
@ChuckRossDC
Abdul El-Sayed Promoted Infamous Hijab Hate Crime Hoax
In 2012, El-Sayed said Shaima Alawadi was murdered because "she had the courage to wear a hijab" and blamed America's "racism, xenophobia, and hate."
She was actually killed by her husband, who staged it to look like a hate crime.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 15, 2026 09:58 AM (ndZc7)

"Never let a crisis go to waste......."

I am to the verge of hate towards anyone voting for a democrat, ever.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 10:00 AM (ccf/V)

155 OMG noooooo!

The New York Times
@nytimes
Breaking News: Federal agents may have broken state laws as part of an effort to find noncitizens on voter rolls, a whistle-blower said.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 15, 2026 10:01 AM (ndZc7)

156
Has Texas ever seen rain?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 10:00 AM (o87sR)

There was this one time.....at band camp.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 10:01 AM (ccf/V)

157 As dad used to say at the end of the CBS Evening News, "THAT"S NOT THE WAY IT IS, CRONKITE!"
Posted by: Auspex at September 15, 2026 09:57 AM

Fake, but accurate. Courage.

Posted by: Dan Blather at September 15, 2026 10:01 AM (2Ez/1)

158 Regarding AI:

Something has changed inside the AI industry this week. Researchers are resigning.
Executives are publicly warning about the pace of development. And three of the biggest names in AI - Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk have all backed calls to slow down the development of increasingly powerful AI systems.

That doesn't mean they have discovered some secret technology that the public isn't being told about.

But something clearly has them worried.

I unplugged Alexa.
Then I asked her to turn on the bedroom lights. Nothing.
I then asked her to turn on the coffee maker. Nothing.
I then asked her to plug herself back in. Nothing.

I'm thinking this AI stuff is a little overrated.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 15, 2026 10:02 AM (Fzhd7)

159 @nytimes
Breaking News: Federal agents may have broken state laws as part of an effort to find noncitizens on voter rolls, a whistle-blower said.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 15, 2026 10:01 AM (ndZc7)

"sources say...."

F*ck right off with that bullshit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 10:02 AM (ccf/V)

160 At UPI: "More than 100 people gather in San Francisco to scream at the ocean"

There must be some laffs there, but I got nuthin'.

Posted by: gp at September 15, 2026 10:02 AM (Jr5Lq)

161 131 Gruber's later work often focuses on melancholy subjects. He is credited with beginning the "Misérabiliste" movement in French painting, seen later in the work of Bernard Buffet. Politically, Gruber was a committed communist.

In the late 1930s, Gruber contracted tuberculosis. He missed military service in World War II due to this illness as his health steadily declined, and he further worsened his health with his strenuous social life. He died in Paris on 1 December 1948, having become a nationally known artistic figure.
Posted by: Tuna

I understand the temptation of turning art into an expression of the pain and humiliation that Europeans felt in the awful early decades of the 20th century. Unfortunately that phase stuck and for the most part modern art sucks due to this continual navel gazing into humanity's broken state.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 15, 2026 10:02 AM (Dv3i1)

162

Next up: EEVANINK vear......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 10:03 AM (ccf/V)

163 >>Bash: "I don't even know that I would describe myself as a centrist because I've only been a journalist my whole adult life."

Who?

I've seen clips of her interrupting Republicans, and naturally for CNN, dropping the feed of challenging guests.

No self-awareness.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 15, 2026 10:03 AM (rOKnE)

164 Ahhh…the red bed from the miserabilist period. Exhausted, war torn. It’s interesting, it sparks conversation, it’s not pretty.

Posted by: Piper at September 15, 2026 10:03 AM (ZdaMQ)

165 At UPI: "More than 100 people gather in San Francisco to scream at the ocean"

There must be some laffs there, but I got nuthin'.
Posted by: gp at September 15, 2026 10:02 AM (Jr5Lq)

Just the modern version of "Old Man Yells At Cloud."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 10:03 AM (ccf/V)

166 Heh. FWP. Beautiful, sunny morning and then the power just died to the entire building. Heard a pop from outside. Wonder if something cooked off. Power came back on, had to reset all the clocks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 10:03 AM (Y/06r)

167 absolutment pas.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 15, 2026 10:03 AM (RIvkX)

168 The New York Times
@nytimes
Breaking News: Federal agents may have broken state laws as part of an effort to find noncitizens on voter rolls, a whistle-blower said.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 15, 2026 10:01 AM (ndZc7)
----
I'm guessing there's no mention of the fact that noncitizens being on voting rolls is a violation of federal law.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 15, 2026 10:04 AM (FZ29D)

169 Carried forward because why not?

********
McConnell's Back - not a limerick

♫ ♫ ♪

He's been gone for such a long time
Hey-la-hey-la McConnell’s back
Now he's back and things'll be fine
Hey-la-hey-la McConnell’s back

McConnell’s back he's gonna save the nation
Hey-la-hey-la McConnell’s back
If I were him I'd take a permanent vacation
Hey-la-hey-la McConnell’s back

Posted by: muldoon at September 15, 2026 10:04 AM (qgHp7)

170 Its the New Yorker cartoon, "I think I'll just kill myself."

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 15, 2026 10:04 AM (wxsGM)

171 From JJ's thread:

Doesn't anyone here remember "ancient Chinese secret" for clean laundry?

I just remember the Chinese commercial (which ran only in China) where the woman stuffed a black man into her washing machine and he came out white. Completely non-controversial in China, but Western liberals had a fit when it showed up on YouTube.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 15, 2026 10:04 AM (2ocoG)

172 They truly see themselves as a gift to humanity.

DIAF, lying muppet c*nt.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:59 AM (ccf/V)

Hmmm. 'Muppet cunt' is a good turn of phrase.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 10:04 AM (Y/06r)

173 The Absinthe was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at September 15, 2026 10:05 AM (6W6ju)

174 I'm guessing there's no mention of the fact that noncitizens being on voting rolls is a violation of federal law.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 15, 2026 10:04 AM (FZ29D)

We can't be the world's melting pot if we don't allow everyone to come here and vote, silly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 10:05 AM (ccf/V)

175 At UPI: "More than 100 people gather in San Francisco to scream at the ocean"

There must be some laffs there, but I got nuthin'.
Posted by: gp at September 15, 2026 10:02 AM (Jr5Lq)
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Did they set up an effigy of King Canute at the seashore?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 15, 2026 10:05 AM (FZ29D)

176 Bill Maher rips the BBC.

Media like the BBC, whom Maher ripped for having previously argued that using the word "terrorist" can be a "barrier rather than an aid to understanding." In other words, the concern is that labeling someone a terrorist can inject political or emotional judgment into a story rather than helping readers understand what actually happened.

Maher was having none of it.

You know what's really a barrier to understanding? Lying.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 15, 2026 10:05 AM (ndZc7)

177 This seems to fit in here. The glamor that is Hollywood.

https://tinyurl.com/2hnfm5e9

Oh that's a statement alright, "$20 an hour, same as in the Valley."

Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 15, 2026 10:05 AM (OUMaO)

178 145 There are some things that I have an opinion on, but I'm so trained to look at all the sides, the Republican side and the correct side, and all of the arguments. -- Dana Bashed
Posted by: I used to have a

If ever there was a time for the spontaneous combustion of pants…

Posted by: Piper at September 15, 2026 10:06 AM (ZdaMQ)

179 Dynamic heating of ethanol sourced products salesman, thank you very much.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 09:54 AM (o87sR)

*searches for euphemism*

Cooking sherry?

Sterno? (that's methanol.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 10:06 AM (Y/06r)

180 I HAVE A JOB!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 09:51 AM

*in your best Borat voice*

Great success!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2026 10:06 AM (P6lWH)

181 As a newborn, she was known as Baby Oyl.

In the original Thimble Theater cartoon, which E.C. Segar had running before Popeye was introduced, Olive's brother was Castor Oyl and her boyfriend Ham Gravy.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 15, 2026 10:06 AM (qRla/)

182 >>At UPI: "More than 100 people gather in San Francisco to scream at the ocean"

A flyer for the event listed "many good reasons to scream," including "rent," frustrations with AI, unspecified "anger" and the fact that it "feels good."

The group scream was preceded by a screaming contest, where participants were judged based on the volume, length and style of their vocalizations.. . .

I guess it's cheaper than therapy?
Hard not to be reminded of toddler behavior with this nonsense. Grow up!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 15, 2026 10:06 AM (rOKnE)

183 Hmmm. 'Muppet cunt' is a good turn of phrase.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 10:04 AM (Y/06r)

I've always thought her and the insufferable Andrea Mitchell looked like Muppets.

It seemed a natural progression.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 10:06 AM (ccf/V)

184 180 I HAVE A JOB!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 09:51 AM

*in your best Borat voice*

Great success!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2026 10:06 AM (P6lWH)

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Very nice.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 10:06 AM (o87sR)

185 hobo ass is the best tasting ass

Posted by: Sid at September 15, 2026 10:07 AM (Ij9jN)

186 "More than 100 people gather in San Francisco to scream at the ocean"
____

The sea was nonplussed that day, my friends.

Posted by: Costanza at September 15, 2026 10:07 AM (Dv3i1)

187 Next up: EEVANINK vear......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 10:03 AM

Very nice!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2026 10:07 AM (P6lWH)

188 McConnell spoke with reporters during Capitol Hill return — but no video was allowed."

https://tinyurl.com/yebt2k5z

No cardboard was harmed in this production.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 15, 2026 10:07 AM (2Ez/1)

189 Congrats TJM. When do you start?

Posted by: Tuna at September 15, 2026 10:07 AM (lJ0H4)

190 Moppet also seems like a good descriptor- although too innocent.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 10:07 AM (Y/06r)

191 I have been employed to spin signs for local shady electronics stores. Highly specialized work.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 09:58 AM (o87sR)

An ideal skill for itinerant vagabonds. They come, they go, nobody remembers 'em.

May I suggest moving up to spinning for shady "We Buy Gold" shops?

Build trust, work your way in, clean the place out one night, and then it's off to the next town. Rinse and repeat.

Posted by: Careers@AoS.com at September 15, 2026 10:08 AM (BI5O2)

192 189 Congrats TJM. When do you start?

Posted by: Tuna at September 15, 2026 10:07 AM (lJ0H4)

======

October 1.

2 more weeks of unemployment. I'm going to enjoy them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 10:08 AM (o87sR)

193 Posted by: Sid at September 15, 2026 10:07 AM (Ij9jN)

Sid, when you take a dump, how much of the white stuff comes out before the brown?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 10:08 AM (ccf/V)

194 Nice! I will be driving around looking for a puddle near you next time it rains.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 09:59 AM (ccf/V)

=====

Has Texas ever seen rain?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 10:00 AM (o87sR)

It never rains in Southern California. It pours.

Man, it pours.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 15, 2026 10:08 AM (qRla/)

195 I think AI is going to implode through a combination of bad investments, zero monetary results, high costs and continual and un-controllable copyright, trademark and IP violations.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 15, 2026 10:08 AM (rbvCR)

196 Posted by: Sid at September 15, 2026 10:07 AM (Ij9jN)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at September 15, 2026 10:08 AM (ccf/V)

197 Wait here while I check with the rest of the committee.
——

Generally speaking, a sunroom will not automatically trigger Man Card revocation. We may decide to bend a corner, depending on specific circumstances, weighing the totality of the situation.

Posted by: Man Card Committee at September 15, 2026 10:08 AM (hefYs)

198 Has Texas ever seen rain?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 10:00 AM (o87sR)

Once in a long while . . .
https://youtu.be/nO23B5C_Mcw

Posted by: Stevie Ray Vaughn, Couldn't Stand The Weather at September 15, 2026 10:09 AM (wVcYX)

199 Local electronics stores? How many of those are left? Or are we talking cell phone stores (which there are dozens?)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 10:09 AM (Y/06r)

200 At UPI: "More than 100 people gather in San Francisco to scream at the ocean"

-
You're cold, m*th*rf*ck*r! Cold!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 15, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

201
October 1.

2 more weeks of unemployment. I'm going to enjoy them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 10:08 AM (o87sR)

Were you not enjoying the last several months?

It wasn't 'funemployment summer' for you?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 10:09 AM (ccf/V)

202 Something has changed inside the AI industry this week. Researchers are resigning.
Executives are publicly warning about the pace of development. And three of the biggest names in AI - Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk have all backed calls to slow down the development of increasingly powerful AI systems.

It's because they're losing money on it, Anthropic and OpenAI are trying to IPO regardless, and their entire business model is to have the government regulate it so hard that it stops any competitors (open source or otherwise) from showing up.

Nearly everyone correctly sees this as regulatory capture fishing, even the lefties. PDJT called NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang while Huang was on a panel at an AI conference yesterday and said he's not biting and everyone should go faster to beat Chy-nuh.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 15, 2026 10:09 AM (2ocoG)

203 "More than 100 people gather in San Francisco to scream at the ocean"
____

The sea was nonplussed that day, my friends.
Posted by: Costanza at September 15, 2026 10:07 AM (Dv3i1)

"The shore was angry that day?

Posted by: Kindltot at September 15, 2026 10:09 AM (rbvCR)

204 Giving a nod to the classic limericks:

***********

Any Port In a Storm - a limerick

There once was a man from Detroitus
Whose c*ck was so long he'd exploit it
He said with a grin
As he wiped off his chin
Next I'll try auricular coitus!

Posted by: muldoon at September 15, 2026 10:09 AM (qgHp7)

205 195 I think AI is going to implode through a combination of bad investments, zero monetary results, high costs and continual and un-controllable copyright, trademark and IP violations.
Posted by: Kindltot at September 15, 2026 10:08 AM (rbvCR)

The locking down and purchase of ALL of the memory and video cards seems sort of retarded from a business standpoint.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 10:10 AM (Y/06r)

206 So, which came first - the blouse or the bedsheets?

Posted by: mrp at September 15, 2026 10:10 AM (rj6Yv)

207 201 Were you not enjoying the last several months?

It wasn't 'funemployment summer' for you?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 10:09 AM (ccf/V)

=======

You know, when your significant other makes enough to cover the bills and you still make vacations happen, yeah...it was honestly kind of awesome.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 10:10 AM (o87sR)

208 Congratulations, TJM!
I bet they did not want to lose you to Hollywood!

Posted by: runner at September 15, 2026 10:10 AM (AKptf)

209 Czerwone łóżko. I'd like to buy a vowel.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 15, 2026 10:11 AM (wxsGM)

210 153 >>Dynamic heating of ethanol sourced products salesman, thank you very much.

Propane and propane accessories!!
Sweet lady propane!
Posted by: Lizzy at September 15, 2026 10:00 AM (rOKnE)

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

That was beautiful. *sniffs away a manly tear*

Posted by: Hank Hill at September 15, 2026 10:11 AM (6W6ju)

211 Generally speaking, a sunroom will not automatically trigger Man Card revocation. We may decide to bend a corner, depending on specific circumstances, weighing the totality of the situation.
Posted by: Man Card Committee at September 15, 2026 10:08 AM (hefYs)
----
Uh, oh.

I have a sunroom on the back of my house that two of my five cats use as their catio.

I suspect that may be a double-violation...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 15, 2026 10:11 AM (FZ29D)

212 A flyer for the event listed "many good reasons to scream," including "rent," frustrations with AI, unspecified "anger" and the fact that it "feels good."

The group scream was preceded by a screaming contest, where participants were judged based on the volume, length and style of their vocalizations.. . .

Arthur Janov cornered the market on that scam decades ago.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 15, 2026 10:11 AM (qRla/)

213
You know, when your significant other makes enough to cover the bills and you still make vacations happen, yeah...it was honestly kind of awesome.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 10:10 AM (o87sR)

I always wanted to be a soccer dad.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 10:12 AM (ccf/V)

214 Allow me to translate leftist clown rhetoric -

Basic election security or safeguards against electoral fraud is in their view “rigging” an election. See how that works? That’s part of their styleguide. Anyone who talks like this needs their jaw broken.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 15, 2026 10:12 AM (hefYs)

215 This is great! The distance runner legs are lovely. She is so tired from her morning run that she is becoming part of her bed. I don’t like the tile floor. It might be fine for a kitchen, but not the bedroom.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 15, 2026 10:12 AM (2ap+5)

216 You know, when your significant other makes enough to cover the bills and you still make vacations happen, yeah...it was honestly kind of awesome.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 10:10 AM (o87sR)

He has been a kept man everyone. No wonder he is useless for regular work.

Taking bets on things TJM will say when he goes back to work:

'Man, I have to pull a whole 8 hours?!'

'I do not need this job!'

'If they paid me more- I'd do more!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 10:12 AM (Y/06r)

217 199 Local electronics stores? How many of those are left? Or are we talking cell phone stores (which there are dozens?)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 10:09 AM

Yoo-hoo!

Posted by: Mattress stores at September 15, 2026 10:12 AM (2Ez/1)

218 "Sponge's leaky sunroom" sounds like a line from a really bad limerick.

Posted by: Your Friendly Smiling Realtor at September 15, 2026 10:12 AM (Fn+3X)

219 The sudden screeching of brakes from all these researchers and CEOs of AI, reeks of a Covid era like effort to help the Democrats. I’ve noticed in the last few weeks that suddenly the Democrat candidates for Senate and House are suddenly up in arms over AI and hyper scale data centers. Then right on time comes the leftward leaning IT guys along with their CEOs all screaming the same hysteria. We’ve seen this movie before this is Covid like in that they are taking advantage of a lot of the populations irrational fears of AI. They are trying to help Democrats get elected.

Posted by: Jen the original at September 15, 2026 10:13 AM (EiUt/)

220 >>Doesn't anyone here remember "ancient Chinese secret" for clean laundry?

Yes, hated it.
Did not like the way she treated her husband with contempt, and how she revealed his business secret for a little solidarity w/female customer.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 15, 2026 10:13 AM (rOKnE)

221 The locking down and purchase of ALL of the memory and video cards seems sort of retarded from a business standpoint.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 10:10 AM (Y/06r)

That was leverage.

The sucky thing about leverage is when it unwinds. Think about the leverage of using a pry bar to move a slab of concrete. When that leverage slips you will be lucky to only lose your teef.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 15, 2026 10:13 AM (rbvCR)

222 This painting appeals to me.

Posted by: Color Blind Dude at September 15, 2026 10:13 AM (AKptf)

223 Nearly everyone correctly sees this as regulatory capture fishing, even the lefties. PDJT called NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang while Huang was on a panel at an AI conference yesterday and said he's not biting and everyone should go faster to beat Chy-nuh.

Posted by: Ian S.

See, this is why I have an issue with the automatic "it's a Chinese op" response to data center rejections, it completely ignores the fact that the transparent behavior of the AIbros almost makes foreign propaganda superfluous to building opposition. It's clear as day these fuckers are in it to just channel All The Money to their pocketbooks.

This isn't a bubble anymore. It's a pyramid scheme the likes of which God has not seen, and in a world where Social Security exists, that's fucking saying something.

Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 15, 2026 10:13 AM (OUMaO)

224 "Sponge's leaky sunroom" sounds like a line from a really bad limerick.
Posted by: Your Friendly Smiling Realtor at September 15, 2026 10:12 AM (Fn+3X)

Everything viewed thus far has been labeled 'cosmetic' and not preventing offers on the house.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 10:14 AM (ccf/V)

225 At UPI: "More than 100 people gather in San Francisco to scream at the ocean"

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

ABOLISH SURFDOM!!!

Posted by: muldoon at September 15, 2026 10:14 AM (qgHp7)

226 Le lit rouge
Francis Gruber

One of four 'ladies on beds' paintings.

Le Lit rouge, 1944
Femme sur un canapé, 1945
Femme sur un lit rouge, 1946
Femme étendue sur un lit, 1948

1945 and 1946 might have been the upswings, with 1944 and 1948 the despondency periods. Gruber died at the age of 36, in the year of the last painting.

Gods and Foolish Grandeur blog spot:
"Francis Gruber (15 March 1912, Nancy - 1 December 1948, Paris), French painter, founder of the Nouveau Réalisme school.

The son of stained glass artist Jacques Gruber, he first exhibited at the age of 18. While other artists were embracing abstraction, he preferred to paint the figure, being influenced by Hieronymus Bosch, Albrecht Dürer, Matthias Grünewald, and the engraver Jacques Callot.

Asthmatic since childhood, he died of tuberculosis at the age of thirty-six. He was buried in the village cemetery in Thomery, Seine-et-Marne, where he had lived for some years; his close friend Alberto Giacometti contributed a sculpture (now missing) for his grave and poet Louis Aragon gave his funeral oration."

Would pass hanging today's art selection.

Thanks

Posted by: L - No nic... at September 15, 2026 10:14 AM (NFX2v)

227 I always wanted to be a soccer dad.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 10:12 AM (ccf/V)

*notes a chronic lack of busty pool girls to keep you occupied*

*further notes that it would have to be a busty 'personal trainer'*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 10:14 AM (Y/06r)

228 Oh noooooo!

Growing homeless encampments force Canada to cancel recreational camping events for migrants

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 15, 2026 10:14 AM (ndZc7)

229 219 The sudden screeching of brakes from all these researchers and CEOs of AI, reeks of a Covid era like effort to help the Democrats. I’ve noticed in the last few weeks that suddenly the Democrat candidates for Senate and House are suddenly up in arms over AI and hyper scale data centers. Then right on time comes the leftward leaning IT guys along with their CEOs all screaming the same hysteria. We’ve seen this movie before this is Covid like in that they are taking advantage of a lot of the populations irrational fears of AI. They are trying to help Democrats get elected.

yeppers. with a side of "we want govt market capture"

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 15, 2026 10:14 AM (j+aD2)

230 216 He has been a kept man everyone. No wonder he is useless for regular work.

Taking bets on things TJM will say when he goes back to work:

'Man, I have to pull a whole 8 hours?!'

'I do not need this job!'

'If they paid me more- I'd do more!'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 10:12 AM (Y/06r)

=======

I'm going to splurge my first paycheck so hard, man.

My Steam wishlist? Cleared out when the Steam sale starts (early October).

The Criterion flash sale at the end of October? At least a dozen movies.

Dolley knows. Dolley understands.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 10:14 AM (o87sR)

231
I always wanted to be a soccer dad.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Being a kept woman has its perks! 🤣

Posted by: Piper at September 15, 2026 10:15 AM (ZdaMQ)

232
Dolley knows. Dolley understands.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 10:14 AM (o87sR)

First Lady hasn't worked in almost 2 years.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 10:16 AM (ccf/V)

233 232
Dolley knows. Dolley understands.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 10:14 AM (o87sR)

First Lady hasn't worked in almost 2 years.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 10:16 AM (ccf/V)

=======

Well, she has a solid excuse.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 10:16 AM (o87sR)

234 TJM did you see that study that playing video games increases brain power?

a little leverage for you

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 15, 2026 10:16 AM (j+aD2)

235
Being a kept woman has its perks! 🤣
Posted by: Piper at September 15, 2026 10:15 AM (ZdaMQ)

I had to work the whole time we were chasing the kid around, wife did as well, but not full time, between softball and marching band.

It's no wonder I want to retire early. REALLY early.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 10:17 AM (ccf/V)

236 Liberty Tax places hire people to dress up as the statue and wave to motorists, but I don't think they start until February 1, or so.

Posted by: Anyone Looking For Work at September 15, 2026 10:17 AM (Fn+3X)

237 Uh, oh.
I have a sunroom on the back of my house that two of my five cats use as their catio.
I suspect that may be a double-violation...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 15, 2026 10:11 AM (FZ29D)

I want to build an orangery. Since I plan to grow guavas, I will call it "my guayabera"

Posted by: Kindltot at September 15, 2026 10:17 AM (rbvCR)

238 At UPI: "More than 100 people gather in San Francisco to scream at the ocean"

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

Amateurs.

Posted by: King Canute the Great at September 15, 2026 10:17 AM (wVcYX)

239
Well, she has a solid excuse.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 10:16 AM (o87sR)

I'm blessed for us to be in a position for her to do that, for sure.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 10:17 AM (ccf/V)

240 They don't do public emotional exsanguination events for mobs of overmedicated millennials, where I live.

Which is good. But if they did, I'd totally go to one. I have a natural, bone-shaking Slavic bellow I can summon up at will, and I was raised at 9,000ft., so I have lungs like a free-diver.

I'm betting I could out-scream at least 100 of these wan, supine socialist Eloi at once.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 15, 2026 10:18 AM (BI5O2)

241 Posted by: muldoon at September 15, 2026 10:09 AM

*slow clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 15, 2026 10:18 AM (P6lWH)

242 234 TJM did you see that study that playing video games increases brain power?

a little leverage for you
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 15, 2026 10:16 AM (j+aD2)

Too bad there is not too much to keep one occupied.

Darktide
I have heard Onemusha(sp?) is good.
That War Dogs thing seems to be eating Call of Doody's lunch.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 10:18 AM (Y/06r)

243 > I think AI is going to implode through a combination of bad investments, zero monetary results, high costs and continual and un-controllable copyright, trademark and IP violations.
Posted by: Kindltot
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The monetary angle is probably the one. I wonder if someone actually had a good AI model run some Monte Carlo scenarios on the potential for an AI bubble burst.

And the results were not good.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 15, 2026 10:19 AM (2Cry5)

244 I'm going to splurge my first paycheck so hard, man.

My Steam wishlist? Cleared out when the Steam sale starts (early October).

The Criterion flash sale at the end of October? At least a dozen movies.

Dolley knows. Dolley understands.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 10:14 AM (o87sR)
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The irony is that you'll have all this money to spend on entertainment, but you won't have time to enjoy your purchases.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 15, 2026 10:19 AM (FZ29D)

245 244 The irony is that you'll have all this money to spend on entertainment, but you won't have time to enjoy your purchases.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 15, 2026 10:19 AM (FZ29D)

======

I'm okay with it!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 10:20 AM (o87sR)

246 Too bad there is not too much to keep one occupied.

I dug out one of the kids' old DS'es!

some awesome games and easier than dealing with a PC or console setup

the study had people play Super Mario on the DS - fun game

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 15, 2026 10:20 AM (j+aD2)

247 someday I will try to set up Project Diablo tho

maybe

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 15, 2026 10:20 AM (j+aD2)

248 AI should destroy public schools and finally end the German influence on education.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 15, 2026 10:21 AM (2ap+5)

249 The son of stained glass artist Jacques Gruber

Sounds like his glass artist father had a sordid past.

Posted by: t-bird at September 15, 2026 10:22 AM (Pu/zx)

250 At UPI: "More than 100 people gather in San Francisco to scream at the ocean"

**********

Romantic guy quoting poetry at the beach to impress his dopey girlfriend: "Roll on thou vast and mighty sea! Roll on!"

Hi's dopey girlfriend: "Oh Chad! You are so amazing! It's doing it!"

Posted by: muldoon at September 15, 2026 10:23 AM (qgHp7)

251 The Architect speaks!

Karl Rove throws support behind super-woke Democrat because GOP candidate was slightly mean to Indians

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 15, 2026 10:23 AM (ndZc7)

252 More than 100 people gather in San Francisco to scream at the ocean"

Oooooo. Perfect time for a sneaker wave and a beach log.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 15, 2026 10:23 AM (xe4ug)

253 I've been scouring auction sites to get a PS5 because I think I need to get back into wasting a bit of time doing nonsensical things.......

It's not going well.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 10:24 AM (ccf/V)

254 Liberty Tax places hire people to dress up as the statue and wave to motorists,
——

Ha! They don’t have a dedicated job position for that task alone, do they? Never gave it too much thought.

They probably require an extensive resume, psychological assessment testing, and a grueling selection process consisting of more computer testing and three separate rounds of approx. hour and a half interviews with senior management.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 15, 2026 10:24 AM (hefYs)

255 Congrats TJM.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 15, 2026 10:24 AM (ExV1e)

256 What exactly does screaming at the ocean do? Startle the fish??

Posted by: dantesed at September 15, 2026 10:25 AM (Oy/m2)

257 251 The Architect speaks!

Karl Rove throws support behind super-woke Democrat because GOP candidate was slightly mean to Indians
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 15, 2026 10:23 AM (ndZc7)

Shocking no one. Except Kaya.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 10:25 AM (Y/06r)

258 At UPI: "More than 100 people gather in San Francisco to scream at the ocean"

********

Sometimes when you gaze into the ocean the ocean waves back...

/stuff Nietzsche might have said

Posted by: muldoon at September 15, 2026 10:25 AM (qgHp7)

259 What exactly does screaming at the ocean do? Startle the fish??
Posted by: dantesed at September 15, 2026 10:25 AM (Oy/m2)

Make hippy, homo, feminist douchebags look more hippy, homo, feminist douchebagy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 10:26 AM (ccf/V)

260 256 What exactly does screaming at the ocean do? Startle the fish??
Posted by: dantesed at September 15, 2026 10:25 AM (Oy/m2)

It's like beating the crap out of a heavy bag- just more stupid and ineffectual.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 10:26 AM (Y/06r)

261 The New York Times
@nytimes
Breaking News: Federal agents may have broken state laws as part of an effort to find noncitizens on voter rolls, a whistle-blower said.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 15, 2026 10:01 AM (ndZc7)

Ordinarily, federal agents operating in accordance with federal guidelines cannot violate state laws as any such laws would be void due to supremacy but Trump... -- SCOTUS

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 15, 2026 10:26 AM (ExV1e)

262 What's a Karl Rove?

Posted by: Most people at September 15, 2026 10:26 AM (2Ez/1)

263 At UPI: "More than 100 people gather in San Francisco to scream at the ocean"
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Rousing Cthulhu from his slumber beneath the sunken, cyclopean city of R'Lyeh isn't going to end well for them.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 15, 2026 10:26 AM (FZ29D)

264 253 I've been scouring auction sites to get a PS5 because I think I need to get back into wasting a bit of time doing nonsensical things.......

It's not going well.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 10:24 AM (ccf/V)

It's become a pricy hobby to just dip into.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 10:27 AM (Y/06r)

265 Rousing Cthulhu from his slumber beneath the sunken, cyclopean city of R'Lyeh isn't going to end well for them.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 15, 2026 10:26 AM (FZ29D)

But good for us.

You go, guys!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 15, 2026 10:27 AM (Y/06r)

266 Former President Bill Clinton revealed on Sunday that the CIA abandoned a plan to take out Osama bin Laden before 9/11 over fears that innocent civilians could die if the risky operation went sideways.

-
He meant innocent terrorist civilian lives.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 15, 2026 10:27 AM (ndZc7)

267 AI should destroy public schools and finally end the German influence on education.

**********

"AI bytes macht frei!"

Posted by: muldoon at September 15, 2026 10:28 AM (qgHp7)

268 Only thing missing is a cigarette no?

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at September 15, 2026 10:28 AM (VkY89)

269 What is this afflatus that hits so many Republicans in the twilight of life and turns them into lapdogs for the state? I think God prefers working dogs.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 15, 2026 10:29 AM (2ap+5)

270 > Oooooo. Perfect time for a sneaker wave and a beach log.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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LOL

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 15, 2026 10:29 AM (2Cry5)

271 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang.
*looks at painting *
Goes back to bed. Coffee later.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 15, 2026 10:29 AM (2WIwB)

272 Leftist media in conjunction with CCP co-ordinated AI attacks cause markets to plunge just in time for mid terms.

Gotta give em credit they’re very good at this sort of thing

I’d bet everything I own the “whistleblower” from Anthropic is on the CCP payroll.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 15, 2026 10:30 AM (8m4AW)

273 Liberty Tax places hire people to dress up as the statue and wave to motorists, but I don't think they start until February 1, or so.

There's a good argument to be made that we already have a 'Liberty Tax,' in that we're taxed every time we try to exercise our basic rights.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at September 15, 2026 10:30 AM (qRla/)

274 160 At UPI: "More than 100 people gather in San Francisco to scream at the ocean"

Posted by: gp

No ocean quickly accessible locally so the AWFULs, in particular, attend laughing yoga club.

Their screaming is primarily kept to the many No Kings days and Indivisible Movement meetings.

Posted by: L - No nic... at September 15, 2026 10:30 AM (NFX2v)

275 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang.
*looks at painting *
Goes back to bed. Coffee later.
Posted by: Diogenes

What, no geezer golf today?

Posted by: Bulg at September 15, 2026 10:31 AM (77rzZ)

276 It only they could figure out what was causing it.

Police Union in Ceuta, Spain Warns “The System Has Completely Collapsed”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 15, 2026 10:31 AM (ndZc7)

277 Resubmitting this from last night - I'm about 40% of the way there, and I've got a Sunday deadline to file in time for maxing my state contribution.

To those who don't know, I'm taking the plunge and running for State Representative in Connecticut's 135th District (Easton, Weston, Redding). It's a longshot in deep-blue Connecticut, but I'm running anyway.

CT runs a public-financing system for state races: candidates who raise $6,700 in small contributions ($5-$340 each) from individuals qualify for a state grant to fund the general election.

My filing deadline is coming up, and every day between now and then affects the size of the grant I qualify for.

The part that matters to you: only 150 of those donations need to come from inside my district. The rest can come from anywhere, including here. A $25 gift from a Horde member in Texas counts exactly the same toward my threshold as one from my neighbor in Easton.

If you'd back a candidate trying to keep CT from becoming CA, I'd be grateful:

https://tinyurl.com/2dr6tp2e

Thanks for reading, and thanks to CBD as well.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 15, 2026 10:31 AM (0CU3H)

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