Mid-Morning Art Thread

Elijah in the Desert
Washington Allston

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

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

2 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2026 09:30 AM (Az7Eg)

3 Uh......poor guy. Should'a made that right turn at Albuquerque.

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

4 duh.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 09:31 AM (Bep7s)

5 Found Ace's crow.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2026 09:31 AM (Az7Eg)

6 Needs more cacti.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 30, 2026 09:31 AM (RORbl)

7 Alternate title:

Crow Awaiting a Meal

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:31 AM (ccf/V)

8 I like it.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 09:32 AM (77rzZ)

9 Awful lot of greenery for the desert.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2026 09:32 AM (Az7Eg)

10 "buns for the ravens" iykwim

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 09:32 AM (Bep7s)

11 Awful lot of greenery for the desert.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 30, 2026 09:32 AM (Az7Eg)

And it looks like rain is on the way.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:33 AM (ccf/V)

12 The crows. Watch out for the crows.

Posted by: huerfano at September 30, 2026 09:33 AM (2Xqig)

13 Needs an angry Frankenstein stomping through the landscape.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 09:33 AM (ndZc7)

14 The desert was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at September 30, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

15 Desert? Looks like there's plenty of water.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at September 30, 2026 09:33 AM (w9Wax)

16 Very nice. Alston was a good landscape painter.
Would hang .
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 09:33 AM (jivel)

17 Scale is odd. Elijah is tiny.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:33 AM (Y/06r)

18 'Wilderness' might be better.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:34 AM (Y/06r)

19 Scale is odd. Elijah is tiny.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:33 AM (Y/06r)

Lilliputian.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:34 AM (ccf/V)

20 I like it. That tree looks a mite Tim Burtonesque, though. I wouldn't turn my back on it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 09:34 AM (bFu5X)

21 Gloom, despair, and agony on me...

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at September 30, 2026 09:34 AM (cWLG3)

22 Elijah, I'm rooting for you!

Posted by: The Tress at September 30, 2026 09:34 AM (w9Wax)

23 I know it's dead, but do trees grow that large in a desert?

Posted by: Non-desert dweller at September 30, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

24 dessert > desert

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 09:34 AM (sKqQm)

25 I agree with rickb223. I quite like the painting, though, and the artist seems to have liked
painting trees.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 09:35 AM (JrHfD)

26 He forgot to bring a boiled egg for the raven, hence the despair.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at September 30, 2026 09:35 AM (cWLG3)

27 pellucidar.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 09:35 AM (Bep7s)

28 My daily art display UK-
"Elijah in the Desert" is a significant painting by American artist Washington Allston, created in 1818. It illustrates the biblical narrative of the prophet Elijah, who is sent into the desert by God and miraculously sustained by ravens that bring him food. This artwork is housed in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and was the first piece acquired by the museum in 1870."

Posted by: redridinghood at September 30, 2026 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

29 Sorry, I'm a little dead right now.

Posted by: The Tree at September 30, 2026 09:35 AM (w9Wax)

30 [i[]I know it's dead, but do trees grow that large in a desert?
Posted by: Non-desert dweller at September 30, 2026 09:34 AM

I'm thinking the artist hasn't actually seen Middle Eastern "wilderness."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 09:35 AM (bFu5X)

31 Then: Happy Little Trees

Now: Angry, Parched Trees

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 09:35 AM (sKqQm)

32 I hope he's not a white guy on welfare.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:35 AM (ccf/V)

33 I like how Elijah is dwarfed by the landscape.

Posted by: Bulg at September 30, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

34 Always travel with a full canteen. Thus endeth today's lesson.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 09:36 AM (1utmP)

35 32 I hope he's not a white guy on welfare.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:35 AM (ccf/V)

Elijah, in the desert, looking for meth.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:37 AM (Y/06r)

36 Scale is odd. Elijah is tiny.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:33 AM (Y/06r)

That's the message.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 30, 2026 09:37 AM (k5CNB)

37 The desert of. . . Montana?

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 09:37 AM (rOKnE)

38
Elijah, in the desert, looking for meth.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:37 AM (Y/06r)

I didn't have that version of Clue........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:37 AM (ccf/V)

39 Gamers on Welfare > Jezebel

Posted by: Elijah at September 30, 2026 09:37 AM (sKqQm)

40 Okay, I'll get this out of the way. Being the nerd I am, my first thought was of the Brown Lands on the approach to Mordor.

Posted by: JTB at September 30, 2026 09:38 AM (yTvNw)

41 meth > math

Posted by: Barbie at September 30, 2026 09:38 AM (sKqQm)

42 Scale is odd. Elijah is tiny.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:33 AM (Y/06r)

That's the message.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 30, 2026 09:37 AM (k5CNB)

Little people make art too?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:38 AM (ccf/V)

43 That's the message.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 30, 2026 09:37 AM (k5CNB)

Eat your wheaties?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:38 AM (Y/06r)

44 >>This artwork is housed in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and was the first piece acquired by the museum in 1870."

Huh. Interesting choice.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 09:38 AM (rOKnE)

45 I didn't have that version of Clue........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:37 AM

Limited New Mexico Edition.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 09:39 AM (bFu5X)

46 41 meth > math
Posted by: Barbie at September 30, 2026 09:38 AM (sKqQm)

LOL. I am surprised no one has mentioned anything about the Jewish Barbie thing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:39 AM (Y/06r)

47 Ace could learn a thing or two about befriending crows from this guy.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 30, 2026 09:39 AM (FZ29D)

48 It's not that Elijah is tiny.
It's that God is immense.

Posted by: Perspective at September 30, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)

49 Limited New Mexico Edition.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 09:39 AM (bFu5X)

Oooh. Nice one.

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:40 AM (ccf/V)

50 Little people make art too?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:38 AM (ccf/V)

Have a Snickers.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:40 AM (Y/06r)

51 46 i have the autistic one.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 09:40 AM (Bep7s)

52

He's just tired and shagged out after a prolonged squawk...

Posted by: Ped Xing at September 30, 2026 09:40 AM (KrNsD)

53 Okay, I'll get this out of the way. Being the nerd I am, my first thought was of the Brown Lands on the approach to Mordor.
Posted by: JTB at September 30, 2026 09:38 AM (yTvNw)
---
He has the Precious! *gollum*

Posted by: Smeagol at September 30, 2026 09:40 AM (FZ29D)

54
Have a Snickers.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:40 AM (Y/06r)

Don't make me hangry. You wouldn't like me when I'm hangry.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:40 AM (ccf/V)

55 there's a mint patch nearby, and some chives.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 09:41 AM (Bep7s)

56 48 It's not that Elijah is tiny.
It's that God is immense.
Posted by: Perspective at September 30, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)

Wouldn't God be the Oasis in the desert?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:41 AM (Y/06r)

57 Math > Clothes/Boys/Skipper

Posted by: Autistic Barbie at September 30, 2026 09:41 AM (sKqQm)

58 "This seems as good a spot as any to make some sun tea......"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:42 AM (ccf/V)

59 Ace could learn a thing or two about befriending crows from this guy.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Has he considered being very still so they can peck his eyes?

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at September 30, 2026 09:42 AM (ThT1a)

60 Don't make me hangry. You wouldn't like me when I'm hangry.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:40 AM (ccf/V)

You're a dude though, so if you do something horrible because you have a sad, we can all call you an asshole.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:42 AM (Y/06r)

61 I like it. That tree looks a mite Tim Burtonesque, though. I wouldn't turn my back on it.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 30, 2026 09:34 AM (bFu5X)
----
The buried corpse (copse?) of an Ent.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 30, 2026 09:42 AM (FZ29D)

62 A murder of crows > A murder by an undocument immigrant who is going to cure cancer or something

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 09:42 AM (sKqQm)

63 58 "This seems as good a spot as any to make some sun tea......"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:42 AM (ccf/V)

God is sweet tea.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:42 AM (Y/06r)

64
You're a dude though, so if you do something horrible because you have a sad, we can all call you an asshole.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:42 AM (Y/06r)

TJM hardest hit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:42 AM (ccf/V)

65 No Dessert in the Desert - a limerick

Three long years without chance to bathe
Made Elijah as thin as a wraith
Whether you're a saint or sinner
Relyin' on ravens for your dinner
Is a challenge that is sure to test your faith

Posted by: muldoon at September 30, 2026 09:42 AM (I0N4X)

66
You're a dude though, so if you do something horrible because you have a sad, we can all call you an asshole.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:42 AM (Y/06r)

It is at this point where I declare myself a woman and all will be forgiven.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:43 AM (ccf/V)

67 Why would an Ent be in the desert?

Posted by: Asking hte important questions at September 30, 2026 09:43 AM (sKqQm)

68 57 Trains >>>> Math > Clothes/Boys/Skipper
Posted by: Autistic Barbie at September 30, 2026 09:41 AM (sKqQm)

FIFY.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:44 AM (Y/06r)

69 In my experience a raven might bring you a shiny rock...no Big Macs though

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 09:44 AM (sKqQm)

70 In my experience a raven might bring you a shiny rock...no Big Macs though

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 09:44 AM (sKqQm)

Nevermore........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:44 AM (ccf/V)

71 It is at this point where I declare myself a woman and all will be forgiven.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:43 AM (ccf/V)

*furious clapping* SO brave!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:44 AM (Y/06r)

72 57 Trains >>>> Math > Clothes/Boys/Skipper

I like trains.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at September 30, 2026 09:44 AM (sKqQm)

73 59 pops told me he'd sleep with cucumber slices on his eyes so the turkey vultures would not peck his eyes out.
not sure why i ever believed him.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 09:45 AM (Bep7s)

74 It is at this point where I declare myself a woman and all will be forgiven.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Yasssss, Queen!

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at September 30, 2026 09:45 AM (ThT1a)

75 Looks like a cut scene from Red Dead Redemption........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:46 AM (ccf/V)

76 57 "you've got a good point too, skipper!"

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 09:46 AM (Bep7s)

77 72 57 Trains >>>> Math > Clothes/Boys/Skipper

I like trains.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at September 30, 2026 09:44 AM (sKqQm)

Woo-Woo!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:46 AM (Y/06r)

78 Morning, art people,

This looks like a scene from a Clint Eastwood Western. That tree with its maw and the branches shaped like a predatory claw is creepy, too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 09:47 AM (wzUl9)

79
Woo-Woo!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:46 AM (Y/06r)

https://youtu.be/kSgYtmCnyYw

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:47 AM (ccf/V)

80 Who's that knocking on my door?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 09:47 AM (RIvkX)

81 67 he thought the sandpaper was a map.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 09:47 AM (Bep7s)

82 Elijah is fairly unusual in that he never died.

Posted by: Chariot of Fire at September 30, 2026 09:47 AM (Fn+3X)

83 Elijah looks like he could use a protein drink.

Posted by: dantesed at September 30, 2026 09:48 AM (UrqDf)

84 Who's that knocking on my door?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 09:47 AM (RIvkX)

Who's that ringin' the bell?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:48 AM (ccf/V)

85 75 Looks like a cut scene from Red Dead Redemption........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:46 AM (ccf/V)

I started RDR 2 and... just explored the map and ignored the story. Did some of the side quests. Same thing I did with all the GTA game (IV). Crime has no appeal to me. I have no motive force to play the game.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:48 AM (Y/06r)

86 I'm surprised there are no buzzards circling.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)

87 Caption:

"Sorry , Eli . All's Ace was handing out was rotten lunch meat. So's that's what you get."

*shakes wing at sky*

"Dang, that Ace!"

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 09:49 AM (k3Vs9)

88 I like the barely visible raven dropping off Elijah's daily bread.

Quoth the Raven, "Mind your mannas, Elijah!"

Posted by: muldoon at September 30, 2026 09:49 AM (I0N4X)

89 For those that didn't know, and have an interest. Significance of Broom Tree in Bible:

https://tinyurl.com/34dmukfb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 09:49 AM (JrHfD)

90 This is very nice and is definitely NOT Ruler Art.

Posted by: Dick Blick Art Materials at September 30, 2026 09:49 AM (Fn+3X)

91 i still haven't found the wooden tobacco store indian.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 09:49 AM (Bep7s)

92 Desert? Looks like there's plenty of water.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at September 30, 2026

***
It's an oasis -- like one of the watering holes the Apaches knew about and used while battling the U.S. Cavalry.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 09:50 AM (wzUl9)

93
Well painted.

Would not hang.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 09:50 AM (k3Vs9)

94 I started RDR 2 and... just explored the map and ignored the story. Did some of the side quests. Same thing I did with all the GTA game (IV). Crime has no appeal to me. I have no motive force to play the game.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:48 AM (Y/06r)

I tried to play the first one following the story. Got stuck at a point, got bored and never played it again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:50 AM (ccf/V)

95 ‘Elijah, he not know what to do with raven. Me, Conan, know what to do with dumb bird.’

— Conan the Barbarian

Posted by: Elric the Blade at September 30, 2026 09:50 AM (s/oWd)

96 I tried to play the first one following the story. Got stuck at a point, got bored and never played it again.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:50 AM (ccf/V)

The first RDR seemed less... gangstery?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:51 AM (Y/06r)

97
The first RDR seemed less... gangstery?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:51 AM (Y/06r)

It seemed you tried to be a lot more helpful......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:52 AM (ccf/V)

98 Allston really captured the feel of a withered heath with the brown color scheme, the stark rocky hills and, especially, the stark, dead tree in the center. The exposed roots, the twisted broken branches, and the bare weathered wood of the trunks dominate. Elijah is a tiny figure, dwarfed by nature. Even the bird of prey is larger. The ominous clouds add to the sense of desperation and despair.

But it is not all bleak. The patches of blue sky promise light and, maybe, life (and God) to be found. There are living trees on the left side and on the distant hills. Elijah's pain will ultimately be rewarded if he continues and holds to his faith.

Posted by: JTB at September 30, 2026 09:52 AM (yTvNw)

99 3 >>Uh......poor guy. Should'a made that right turn at Albuquerque.

Never trust GoogleMaps.

Posted by: red speck at September 30, 2026 09:52 AM (Ve/HL)

100 100

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:53 AM (ccf/V)

101 FREE FOR ALL!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:53 AM (ccf/V)

102 It seemed you tried to be a lot more helpful......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:52 AM (ccf/V)

Yeah, less 'we're going to rob this train and pistol whip women and children! And let's go beat this guy up for being overdue on a loan!'

You know a game that did it much better? Days Gone.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:54 AM (Y/06r)

103 All skate.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:54 AM (ccf/V)

104 Boobs!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 30, 2026 09:54 AM (s1VwS)

105 I like it, for whatever reason. Might hang.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 30, 2026 09:54 AM (aJQbY)

106 "...bird of prey..."
omnivore.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 09:54 AM (Bep7s)

107 The palette reminds me of the early Popeye cartoon backgrounds and hues. Maybe the crows have brought Eli a can of spinach?

Posted by: red speck at September 30, 2026 09:54 AM (Ve/HL)

108 But seriously, today's art is art...almost surreal art...but I don't really like it.

Maybe it looks better in person.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 30, 2026 09:54 AM (s1VwS)

109 JTB said what I was thinking!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 30, 2026 09:55 AM (aJQbY)

110
You know a game that did it much better? Days Gone.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:54 AM (Y/06r)

Never heard of it.

It's available on Steam, so maybe if I get bored......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:55 AM (ccf/V)

111 Quite the contrast to yesterday's mess. Nice that CBD decided to be kind to us today. Four stars!

Posted by: Vibrant, Even! at September 30, 2026 09:55 AM (Fn+3X)

112 Is that Gondor in the distance?

Posted by: red speck at September 30, 2026 09:55 AM (Ve/HL)

113 109 JTB said what I was thinking!
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 30, 2026 09:55 AM (aJQbY)

He's a witch! WITCH!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:55 AM (Y/06r)

114 He's a witch! WITCH!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026

***
"I'm game, luv. Lead an' I'll follow. Where's 'library'?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 09:56 AM (wzUl9)

115 staph from staff.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 09:57 AM (Bep7s)

116 >>No Dessert in the Desert - a limerick

Three long years without chance to bathe
Made Elijah as thin as a wraith
Whether you're a saint or sinner
Relyin' on ravens for your dinner
Is a challenge that is sure to test your faith

Heh.
Shoulda gone to Nantucket and gotten the 8 buck bucket!

Posted by: Lizzy at September 30, 2026 09:57 AM (rOKnE)

117 Boobs!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 30, 2026 09:54 AM (s1VwS)

https://shorturl.fm/vjD0g

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:57 AM (ccf/V)

118 Which witch?

Posted by: Christine O'Donnell at September 30, 2026 09:57 AM (sKqQm)

119 Never heard of it.

It's available on Steam, so maybe if I get bored......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:55 AM (ccf/V)

The story pacing goes very much to long. Zombie back drop but one of the best... loner anti-hero goes on a redemption arc that actually has a happy ending. Like an OG happy ending. It is weird and considering the nihilism of a lot of zombie fans, I wonder if that is why it was not as popular among that group.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 09:58 AM (Y/06r)

120 Dollah General and Aldi hadn't made it to the area yet.

Posted by: EBT Acceped Here at September 30, 2026 09:59 AM (Fn+3X)

121 Posted by: Vibrant, Even! at September 30, 2026 09:55 AM (Fn+3X)

Yesterday's art wasn't a mess. It was clean with bright colors and lines. I assume by "mess" you mean that you didn't like it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 09:59 AM (JrHfD)

122 "...bird of prey..."

-
Well, it is from the Bible.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)

123 117 why does that url end in dog?

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:00 AM (Bep7s)

124 https://shorturl.fm/vjD0g
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:57 AM (ccf/V)

https://tinyurl.com/2k4te3rp

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 10:00 AM (Y/06r)

125 Allston's self portrait on his Wiki page shows him to be quite the dandy.

Posted by: Tuna at September 30, 2026 10:00 AM (lJ0H4)

126 But it is not all bleak. The patches of blue sky promise light and, maybe, life

If I were in that desert, I'd be rooting for the dark clouds.

Posted by: t-bird at September 30, 2026 10:00 AM (jnBG1)

127 Over to the right, above Elijah, there looks to be a little waterfall refreshing the pool. That may explain why there are trees here.

Another raven (or a crow) is surveying the scene from atop a branch of the dead tree. I'm surprised there aren't more.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 10:01 AM (wzUl9)

128 Quite the contrast to yesterday's mess. Nice that CBD decided to be kind to us today. Four stars!
Posted by: Vibrant, Even! at September 30, 2026 09:55 AM (Fn+3X)
======

Now you're just being contrary.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 10:01 AM (RIvkX)

129 Meh. I am indifferent to 18th-19th century American artists kissing European art ass.

Give me paintings of American's busting sod, laying down steam engine tracks, cows being herded off to slaughter, Texans killing Mexicans at the Alamo, Custer being the last man alive, Oklahoma tent revivals, and Pickett's charge at Gettysburg. This list is not inclusive.

Plus, no dog, no art.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at September 30, 2026 10:02 AM (VyD10)

130 Yesterday's art wasn't a mess. It was clean with bright colors and lines. I assume by "mess" you mean that you didn't like it.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Mess means that with a ruler, I could have done it, and I have little to no aptitude for drawing. Elijah shows talent.

Posted by: Brush With Greatness II at September 30, 2026 10:02 AM (Fn+3X)

131 Yesterday's art was the essence of simplicity. This has detail and variations in texture and color, plus a human figure and some birds.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 10:03 AM (wzUl9)

132 126 two waterfalls and a lagoon should suffice.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:03 AM (Bep7s)

133 127 oh, there are...

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:04 AM (Bep7s)

134 I couldn't find a Kindle collection of Allston's paintings, sadly. But his Wiki page has about twenty examples and they are worth looking at. What he does with realistic detail, light and perspective is wonderful. He really does represent the Romantic poetry, which I love, of Britain and America. I wonder if Allston and similar led to the Hudson River School that came along a few years later.

Posted by: JTB at September 30, 2026 10:04 AM (yTvNw)

135 Art

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at September 30, 2026 10:04 AM (+kIYw)

136 I am going to guess Washington Allston never saw a desert.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at September 30, 2026 10:04 AM (VyD10)

137 As SFO submits to Trump, SF activists demand city leaders fight back
After every ICE arrest, SFO appears more powerless in its response to the Trump administration

A dozen protesters assembled around a Smarte Carte rental dock outside the International Terminal earlier this month to decry San Francisco International Airport and denounce its leaders for submitting to the Trump administration. Travelers wheeling luggage cocked their heads to the side to read the signs about Immigration and Customs Enforcement at SFO.
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I voted for that!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 30, 2026 10:05 AM (RIvkX)

138 129 you forgot choctaw bingo.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:05 AM (Bep7s)

139 I've been through the desert by a crow with no name.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 10:05 AM (ndZc7)

140 Caption:

C'mon Mr Elijah, Songalong-

*sings*

I seen a peanut stand, I heard a rubber band
I seen a needle that winked its eye
But I be done seen everything
When I see an elephant fly...

*instantly shut down by Disney's lawyers*
*crow gets life in prison*

Posted by: naturalfake at September 30, 2026 10:05 AM (7F6tP)

141 131 yesterdays ocean was a flat blue triangle.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:06 AM (Bep7s)

142 https://youtu.be/kSgYtmCnyYw
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:47 AM (ccf/V)
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https://tinyurl.com/2s44j4ua

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 10:06 AM (svKyi)

143 136 it took a thousand years to suck all the water out.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:07 AM (Bep7s)

144 After every ICE arrest, SFO appears more powerless in its response to the Trump administration

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You know what that sumbitch has done now?!!!

Cato Institute tries to attack Trump by noting he reduced legal migration from Muslim nations by 96% 😌

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

145 Since we've passed 100, I would like to comment on the Episcopal woman priest quoted in the earlier thread,. To suggest that Jesus" saying " Come out" to Lazarus suggests that Lazarus is gay is just ignorant and is is pushing an agenda, of course . Jesus meant "Come out" of the tomb as a reference to his raising the dead Lazarus . It has nothing to do with Lazarus possibly being gay. That is some tortured Biblical interpretation.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 10:09 AM (JrHfD)

146 120 Dollah General and Aldi hadn't made it to the area yet.
Posted by: EBT Acceped Here at September 30, 2026 09:59 AM

There's a Buc-ee's just out of frame.

Posted by: Beaver nuggets! at September 30, 2026 10:10 AM (2Ez/1)

147 I really have to disagree with the take on Sarah Huckabee Sanders that her ad is bad because she had a white guy.

Preciously because white guys are not the normal able bodied and on welfare demographic

If she cast a black guy or a woman the media would dismiss it as racism or misogyny, but now you have all these commenters and analysts talking about the actual demographics of welfare that would have been dismissed out of hand otherwise and discussing just how many able bodied people are getting money from Uncle Sugar

So please right leaning pols more ads like this!

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 10:10 AM (sKqQm)

148 I wonder if Hot Air has a Vibrant Non Sequitur Thread...

Posted by: muldoon at September 30, 2026 10:10 AM (I0N4X)

149 Turns out, going to the desert for forty days and forty nights was a bible theme and not just a one-off event.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 10:10 AM (qbqtn)

150 145 everyone named lazarus is swishy.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:10 AM (Bep7s)

151 Party time, excellent!

Canadian judge rules citizens have a constitutional right to traffic drugs

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)

152 117 Boobs!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 30, 2026 09:54 AM (s1VwS)

https://shorturl.fm/vjD0g
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 09:57 AM (ccf/V)

Yeah ok!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 30, 2026 10:11 AM (s1VwS)

153 I wonder if Hot Air has a Vibrant Non Sequitur Thread...
Posted by: muldoon at September 30, 2026 10:10 AM (I0N4X)
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Thursday!

Posted by: Townhall at September 30, 2026 10:11 AM (qbqtn)

154 Elijah looks like he could use a protein drink.

Posted by: dantesed at September 30, 2026 09:48 AM (UrqDf)

I pour him a glass of wine every Passover!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 30, 2026 10:12 AM (k5CNB)

155 117 why does that url end in dog?
Posted by: cmeat

Usually my dog walks end with a curl.

Posted by: Yyrog the Sorceror at September 30, 2026 10:12 AM (yYROg)

156
Cato Institute tries to attack Trump by noting he reduced legal migration from Muslim nations by 96%

Imagine trying to explain this data point to any American on Sept 12, 2001...

Cato: See President Bush will respond to 9/11 by bringing in so many Muslims they'll elect one of their own to be mayor of NYC. But its like good for the economy and stuff. So when Trump reduces migration its racist and bad...

9/12 Normie: You mean the people that just attacked us and killed thousands of Americans?

Cato: Ok, that's racist for the record...you'll understand why in a few years when you guys elect a man named Hussein as president.

9/12 Normie: Oh my God we are going to lose the War on Terror...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 10:13 AM (sKqQm)

157 That is some tortured Biblical interpretation.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 10:09 AM (JrHfD)
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Otherwise known as "political advocacy" in some circles, or in our house, "pure unadulterated horseshit"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 10:14 AM (qbqtn)

158 149 Turns out, going to the desert for forty days and forty nights was a bible theme and not just a one-off event.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 10:10 AM (qbqtn)

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This week on Survivor: Judea, does Jesus have the numbers to vote out Satan?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:15 AM (U/fqy)

159 Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:10 AM (Bep7s)

I don't know anyone personally named Lazarus.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 10:15 AM (JrHfD)

160 157 or in our house, "pure unadulterated horseshit"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 10:14 AM (qbqtn)

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My ears are burning...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:15 AM (U/fqy)

161
https://tinyurl.com/2k4te3rp
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 30, 2026 10:00 AM (Y/06r)

https://shorturl.fm/dcMAg

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 10:15 AM (ccf/V)

162 Party time, excellent II

Follow @KollegeKidd
@_kollegekidd
Footage surfaces of Diddy using cellphone at Fort Dix. The Bad Boy founder is reportedly spending thousands a month to live like a VIP behind bars, paying inmates to cook, clean, do his laundry and give him massages while allegedly gaining access to Hennessy, contraband phones and a jailbroken tablet

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 10:16 AM (ndZc7)

163 Greeting from the Elijah! The Lord Elijah! The Warrior of the Wasteland, the Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla!

Posted by: Road Warrior 3:16 at September 30, 2026 10:17 AM (TbWk/)

164 So it's a boob bounce thread?

Posted by: Just got here at September 30, 2026 10:17 AM (2Ez/1)

165 159 there's only one left. he moved to frisco in the 60s.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:17 AM (Bep7s)

166 Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 10:14 AM (qbqtn)

Yes.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 10:17 AM (JrHfD)

167 Good morning good people.

That tree could use watering.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 30, 2026 10:17 AM (ktgTW)

168 I really have to disagree with the take on Sarah Huckabee Sanders that her ad is bad because she had a white guy.

***********

I have a dream that my grandchildren will grow up in a land where a person is judged not by the color of his skin, but by the cash value of his welfare fraud.

/Dr. Martin Huckabee King

Posted by: muldoon at September 30, 2026 10:18 AM (I0N4X)

169 paying inmates to cook, clean, do his laundry and give him massages while allegedly gaining access to Hennessy, contraband phones and a jailbroken tablet
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 10:16 AM (ndZc7)
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Just like the women's section of the Cook County Jail, according to the documentary "Chicago."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 30, 2026 10:19 AM (amcLV)

170 Muin al-Arabid, who ran Hamas’s intelligence operations in Gaza, “gave Israel tremendous intelligence which has helped create a spike in locating and assassinating other top Hamas officials, funds, and weapons,” the Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday.

Al-Arabid, described by officials as an “intelligence gold mine,” was nabbed by Israeli special forces after months of surveillance by Israel’s Shin Bet security agency.
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Now, there's a guy Israel has decided needs to be sent into the desert for a time. Nothing like announcing he's flipped to wreck his day.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 10:19 AM (qbqtn)

171 So it's a boob bounce thread?

Let me put this right here... https://tinyurl.com/3dv2v5dd

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 10:20 AM (sKqQm)

172 167 it's a lemon tree?

Posted by: burt munro at September 30, 2026 10:20 AM (Bep7s)

173 My ears are burning...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:15 AM (U/fqy)
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heh. It's not always about you, TJM.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 10:21 AM (qbqtn)

174 173 My ears are burning...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:15 AM (U/fqy)
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heh. It's not always about you, TJM.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 30, 2026 10:21 AM (qbqtn)

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That one song was definitely about me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:21 AM (U/fqy)

175 Jpost: Muin al-Arabid, who ran Hamas’s intelligence operations in Gaza, “gave Israel tremendous intelligence which has helped create a spike in locating and assassinating other top Hamas officials, funds, and weapons

What's Hebrew for "nightingale"?

Posted by: Yyrog the Sorceror at September 30, 2026 10:21 AM (yYROg)

176 145 everyone named lazarus is swishy.
Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026

***
You and I need to talk, brother.
( -- Lazarus Long)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 10:21 AM (wzUl9)

177 Religious leader and high tech expert!

Pope Leo Pushes Back on Trump, Says AI Fears Not “Fake News”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7)

178 176 never read any heinlein. been meaning to.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:23 AM (Bep7s)

179 147 I really have to disagree with the take on Sarah Huckabee Sanders that her ad is bad because she had a white guy.

Preciously because white guys are not the normal able bodied and on welfare demographic

If she cast a black guy or a woman the media would dismiss it as racism or misogyny, but now you have all these commenters and analysts talking about the actual demographics of welfare that would have been dismissed out of hand otherwise and discussing just how many able bodied people are getting money from Uncle Sugar

So please right leaning pols more ads like this!
Posted by: 18-1
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It was a stupid ad and Huckabee should have apologized for it. Instead she doubled down which leaves serious questions as to her abilities for any higher office. It is particularly offensive in the case that WalMart, Tysons, etc. are busy bringing in H1Bs to fill tech roles in Arkansas while the 'white gamer bros' applications are being thrown away.

The first rule in politics is be loyal to your base voters because they are the ones that will stick it out when things go bad. The swing voters, the 'principled' types, will run away when things go bad as they often do in politics.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 10:23 AM (E4rtv)

180 Meanwhile, France is on fire.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 10:23 AM (viF8m)

181 Elijah was *feeling* desolate, too. A very appropriate setting.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at September 30, 2026 10:23 AM (PKL0q)

182 179 It was a stupid ad and Huckabee should have apologized for it. Instead she doubled down which leaves serious questions as to her abilities for any higher office. It is particularly offensive in the case that WalMart, Tysons, etc. are busy bringing in H1Bs to fill tech roles in Arkansas while the 'white gamer bros' applications are being thrown away.

The first rule in politics is be loyal to your base voters because they are the ones that will stick it out when things go bad. The swing voters, the 'principled' types, will run away when things go bad as they often do in politics.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 10:23 AM (E4rtv)

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"We're trying not to signal racism by targeting the safest demo possible even if it doesn't make sense."

"That doesn't make sense."

"See? You're racist."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:23 AM (U/fqy)

183 The first rule in politics is be loyal to your base voters because they are the ones that will stick it out when things go bad. The swing voters, the 'principled' types, will run away when things go bad as they often do in politics.

Right leaning white male voters see that ad and note "that's not me"

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 10:24 AM (sKqQm)

184 Elijah in the Desert
Washington Allston

Based on 1 Kings 17:1–7, where God sends the prophet Elijah into the barren wilderness to be fed by ravens.

But Ace can't get the crows to sit on the porch. Heh.

I'd hang it for the month of October. Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic... at September 30, 2026 10:24 AM (NFX2v)

185 I don't know anyone personally named Lazarus.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026

***
Does "lapis lazuli" mean "stone of Lazarus"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 10:24 AM (wzUl9)

186 "We're trying not to signal racism by targeting the safest demo possible even if it doesn't make sense."

"That doesn't make sense."

"See? Your racist."

How many other ads from Huckabee or hell any other right leaning pol are we and the FNM talking about right now?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 10:24 AM (sKqQm)

187 176 never read any heinlein. been meaning to.
Posted by: cmeat
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Try starting either with compilations of his Future History short stories or perhaps Double Star. If you like politics, His Take Back Your Government shows how politics used to be in this country (Heinlein was deeply involved in the 30's in CA) and how we can fix the current rotten politics of today. Hint, it requires work and organization.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 10:25 AM (E4rtv)

188 153 I wonder if Hot Air has a Vibrant Non Sequitur Thread...
Posted by: muldoon at September 30, 2026 10:10 AM (I0N4X)
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Thursday!
Posted by: Townhall

CBD also had a Buck-like Morning Rant yesterday, proving he has grown in office. Also, there are rumors he's on some podcast here, though I haven't verified that, as yet.

Posted by: Things Are Looking Up! at September 30, 2026 10:25 AM (Fn+3X)

189 Lots of men have their Lazarus moment.

Posted by: Alexandra Daddario at September 30, 2026 10:25 AM (qbqtn)

190 How many other ads from Huckabee or hell any other right leaning pol are we and the FNM talking about right now?
Posted by: 18-1
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Viral does not equate to being good.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 10:26 AM (E4rtv)

191 176 never read any heinlein. been meaning to.
Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026

***
The Door Into Summer, Have Space Suit Will Travel, Methuselah's Children, Double Star, and Friday are all good, and good places to start.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 10:26 AM (wzUl9)

192 Yes, I began my true education into written SF with The Past Through Tomorrow, a 1967 collection of the Future History stories. His very first tale, "Life-Line," is in there, as is Methuselah's Children.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 30, 2026 10:28 AM (wzUl9)

193 187 i prefer short stories. i'll find that.
i've read his political beliefs wind up being sus.
but one of my karen awfl pals says he's misogynistic so i'll like some of it.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:28 AM (Bep7s)

194 "hear his boots and see the figure dressed in black"

Posted by: Kittens! at September 30, 2026 10:28 AM (LOZbR)

195 Gonna need some proof of life on this.

Nancy Guthrie Investigators Reviewing “New Possible Ransom Note” Almost Eight Months After Her Disappearance

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at September 30, 2026 10:28 AM (ndZc7)

196 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 30, 2026 10:09 AM (JrHfD)

People like that are just fucking with you. They say it just to watch you argue against it. Well worn lib tactic.

I mean yes they want converts to their corruption of Scripture but above all they just love doing it.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 10:29 AM (x8rTv)

197 [[i
That one song was definitely about me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:21 AM (U/fqy)

I bet you think this song is about you....don't you......DON'T you......DON'T YOU!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 10:29 AM (ccf/V)

198 Dollah General and Aldi hadn't made it to the area yet.
Posted by: EBT Acceped Here at September 30, 2026 09:59 AM (Fn+3X)

Sure about that?

Posted by: Aldi Owned Trader Joe at September 30, 2026 10:30 AM (f0pGg)

199 In the no shit Sherlock world. Frank Luntz is saying that if MAGA turns out the Republicans will pull an "upset".
Don't think it will be a big upset.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 10:30 AM (jivel)

200 189 that's funny. i worked with a stoner who used to say, "sex has nothing to do with my asshoe." but he also enjoyed the office gal with the "ass of a ten year old boy." so i guess you're right.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:30 AM (Bep7s)

201 That painting….

Posted by: Eromero at September 30, 2026 10:30 AM (jdlda)

202 197 [[i
That one song was definitely about me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:21 AM (U/fqy)

I bet you think this song is about you....don't you......DON'T you......DON'T YOU!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 10:29 AM (ccf/V)

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If there was ever a "You asked for it comment," it was that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:30 AM (U/fqy)

203 I find at times with the Left that they believe getting you to even argue with them legitimizes their "side", no matter what it is.

Posted by: ... at September 30, 2026 10:30 AM (x8rTv)

204 200 funny because his last name was daddarrio.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:30 AM (Bep7s)

205 Meanwhile, France is on fire.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 30, 2026 10:23 AM (viF8m)

islhamic fall.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 30, 2026 10:31 AM (ccf/V)

206 It’s racist to try not to be racist.

Posted by: The Rules at September 30, 2026 10:31 AM (f0pGg)

207 Viral does not equate to being good.

The only question when it comes to politics is does it move votes?

Does it reach and make friendly voters more likely to come out?
Does it reach and make opposed voters less likely to come out?
Does it change the mind of malleable voters to vote for my candidate?

And here she's reached a nation wide audience on the question of, "should government take money from the taxpayers to pay able bodied adults to stay at home and goof off"? which is a discussion the left doesn't want to have because it will hit the 1st and 3rd point.

Now, the one addition I would have made to the ad - give the actor a foreign accent, something European to make the question about paying foreigners even if of course the foreigners on welfare are rarely white males

Posted by: 18-1 at September 30, 2026 10:32 AM (sKqQm)

208 199 In the no shit Sherlock world. Frank Luntz is saying that if MAGA turns out the Republicans will pull an "upset".
Don't think it will be a big upset.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 30, 2026 10:30 AM (jivel)

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Best pollster of the past decade, Harvard-Harris, released a new poll this morning.

https://x.com/IAPolls2022/status/
2105075960924053939

D+2.

Their last poll (about a month ago) was R+2. They're within the margin of error of each other.

This ain't 2018.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 30, 2026 10:32 AM (U/fqy)

209 Right leaning white male voters see that ad and note "that's not me"
Posted by: 18-1
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I don't think Gen Z or even Millennials who are white gamers take it that way. It was and is a stupidly offensive ad and Huckabee's response showed her incapacity to correct error. Bad trait for a pol.

The gamer community has been beaten about the head by women, been called racist since the whole Gamer gate shit started, and various other insults, now Brad is the epitome of the popular criticisms of white gamer bros over time. That whole community of Gen Z and younger Millennials have had it up to their ass with boomerisms about working harder, and other aphorisms while we have literally given away our tech jobs to foreign lands. Gamers are usually also competing for those same tech jobs. And Huckabee says nothing because her corporate donors want that cheap foreign labor.

That is the subtext of this ad controversy. She is poking at folks that are competing for tech jobs with foreigners in a rigged competition. It is to her discredit that she did it.

Context is important and the smug idiot Comms chief of Huckabee just screwed his boss by commissioning this stupid ad.

Posted by: whig at September 30, 2026 10:32 AM (E4rtv)

210 191 thanks, y'all. i have recorded those, although i've heard friday is not great.

Posted by: cmeat at September 30, 2026 10:32 AM (Bep7s)

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