Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Refugees
Kerr Eby

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Podium finish

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 28, 2026 09:30 AM (w9Wax)

2 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at October 28, 2026 09:30 AM (Bep7s)

3 I noodled.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 28, 2026 09:30 AM (w9Wax)

4 smle

Posted by: cmeat at October 28, 2026 09:31 AM (Bep7s)

5 Tom Petty? Is that you?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 28, 2026 09:31 AM (RORbl)

6 trusses

Posted by: cmeat at October 28, 2026 09:31 AM (Bep7s)

7 No boobs. No dog.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 28, 2026 09:31 AM (uYJK1)

8 C'mon, folks! Only 500 more miles to the US border! Let's move!

Posted by: Bulg at October 28, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

9 Heartbreaking.

Posted by: Zombie Tom Petty at October 28, 2026 09:32 AM (w9Wax)

10 The country is closed.

Moose out front shoulda told ya!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 28, 2026 09:32 AM (FZ29D)

11 The refugees were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at October 28, 2026 09:32 AM (UEqgJ)

12 hamtramck

Posted by: cmeat at October 28, 2026 09:32 AM (Bep7s)

13 There's going to be a lot of rape real soon.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 28, 2026 09:32 AM (8B4gm)

14 Refugees from what? Nowadays in America we've learned to be suspicious of "refugees" and "asylum seekers."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 28, 2026 09:33 AM (trnZm)

15 You don't have to live like that.

Posted by: Tom Petty at October 28, 2026 09:33 AM (Ns+8q)

16 "Are we there yet?"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 28, 2026 09:33 AM (FZ29D)

17 Are those soldiers in the background? Is this from WWI?

Posted by: dantesed at October 28, 2026 09:34 AM (Oy/m2)

18 13 did you look closely?

Posted by: cmeat at October 28, 2026 09:34 AM (Bep7s)

19 This painting gives me the Eby-Jeebies.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 28, 2026 09:34 AM (w9Wax)

20 Buc-ee's 183 miles. You can hold it.

Posted by: Big Ass Billboard on the right at October 28, 2026 09:34 AM (UEqgJ)

21 Sepiatone was on sale that week.

Posted by: Dick Blick! at October 28, 2026 09:35 AM (EdP2u)

22 Grim

Posted by: Lizzy at October 28, 2026 09:35 AM (rOKnE)

23 17 hunting party

Posted by: cmeat at October 28, 2026 09:35 AM (Bep7s)

24 Charlton Heston looks dashing in his red scarf.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 28, 2026 09:35 AM (8B4gm)

25 IMO art should be aesthetically pleasing . Maybe there was more of a purpose for depressing ,dark art prior to mass media and photography but making ugly art today is just being an ass.

Posted by: polynikes at October 28, 2026 09:36 AM (Ti9vn)

26
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 28, 2026 09:36 AM (eRlcH)

27 >>Tom Petty? Is that you?

Could be a 70's record sleeve, eh?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 28, 2026 09:36 AM (rOKnE)

28 24 Charlton Heston looks dashing in his red scarf.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 28, 2026 09:35 AM

So did I!

Posted by: Old Lady Birx at October 28, 2026 09:36 AM (UEqgJ)

29 Charlton Heston looks dashing in his red scarf.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 28, 2026

***
Is this supposed to be a portrait of Moses leading the Hebrews out of Egypt?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 28, 2026 09:36 AM (trnZm)

30 can't be refugees. No cell phones.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 28, 2026 09:36 AM (r7+Q7)

31 I thought the Fugees were black...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 28, 2026 09:36 AM (l3cgK)

32 Poor posture was a hallmark of this country's residents.

Posted by: They Stoop To Conquer at October 28, 2026 09:36 AM (EdP2u)

33 Verdun. WWI.

Doughboys in the back. Civilians bugging out.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 28, 2026 09:36 AM (U3U8G)

34 Soldiers headed to the front, civilians moving away.

Posted by: GWB at October 28, 2026 09:37 AM (kU0PQ)

35 Fleeing the Brazilian election?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 28, 2026 09:37 AM (ndZc7)

36 Charlton Heston looks dashing in his red scarf.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 28, 2026

***
Is this supposed to be a portrait of Moses leading the Hebrews out of Egypt?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 28, 2026 09:36 AM (trnZm)

I think that was a reference to Omega Man and the zombies.

Posted by: polynikes at October 28, 2026 09:37 AM (Ti9vn)

37 Charlton Heston looks dashing in his red scarf.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 28, 2026 09:35 AM
*
So did I!
Posted by: Old Lady Birx at October 28, 2026

***
You were only marginally more attractive than Fauci. That's not saying much.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 28, 2026 09:37 AM (trnZm)

38 Interesting contrast of the 6 horses pulling the howitzer heading toward the front, and refugees fleeing in the opposite direction.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 28, 2026 09:37 AM (w9Wax)

39 sniper in the wheelbarrow?
little kid has a jester hat.
lady snuggling her lhasa apso.

Posted by: cmeat at October 28, 2026 09:37 AM (Bep7s)

40 The old lady in front has a stick and she's pissed.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 28, 2026 09:37 AM (8B4gm)

41 And, not unexpectedly for those of us with brains, there's not a single military age male among those refugees.

Posted by: GWB at October 28, 2026 09:37 AM (kU0PQ)

42 Or maybe not. He wore an ascot in Omega man.

Posted by: polynikes at October 28, 2026 09:38 AM (Ti9vn)

43 Obviously the first wave of people fleeing a brutal regime who's just criminalized maple syrup on French Toast.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 28, 2026 09:38 AM (0sNs1)

44 bleak
no fun

Posted by: Don Black at October 28, 2026 09:38 AM (ZxPkt)

45 Well.intended but a bit blurry
C+

Posted by: Skip at October 28, 2026 09:38 AM (x+6RA)

46 Just use the app. It's easy.

Posted by: Uber at October 28, 2026 09:39 AM (UEqgJ)

47 guy in red is trying to figure out howitzer fault.

Posted by: cmeat at October 28, 2026 09:39 AM (Bep7s)

48 Guess I'll be stuck here at the coffee shop. There's a train moving along the tracks across the highway; it'll be blocking the cross streets for a while.

How old is this painting, anyway?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 28, 2026 09:39 AM (trnZm)

49
What a cheerful little piece!

Perfect for hanging in the nursery!

Posted by: Auspex at October 28, 2026 09:39 AM (Y8DZL)

50 Join the AEF!

You'll have a gas!

Posted by: Black Jack Pershing at October 28, 2026 09:40 AM (w9Wax)

51 High-speed rail could have prevented all this suffering.

Posted by: Next Stop-Cucamonga! at October 28, 2026 09:40 AM (EdP2u)

52 Are those soldiers in the background? Is this from WWI?
Posted by: dantesed at October 28, 2026

***
I missed the soldiers at first glance. Those do look like British Army helmets.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 28, 2026 09:41 AM (trnZm)

53 *guy in red is trying to figure out howitzer fault.*

He knows what he did.

Posted by: Karen McAwfl behind him at October 28, 2026 09:41 AM (UEqgJ)

54 his ascot a pounding by the gorilla his dreams.

Posted by: cmeat at October 28, 2026 09:41 AM (Bep7s)

55 There is a famous WW2 photo of French citizens doing the same except it was on a country road.

Posted by: polynikes at October 28, 2026 09:41 AM (Ti9vn)

56 The soldiers with their heads downcast are fleeing, having lost the battle. Well that’s elections for ya.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 28, 2026 09:42 AM (xOuxV)

57 55 their wheelbarrows had cheese wheels.

Posted by: cmeat at October 28, 2026 09:42 AM (Bep7s)

58 42 Or maybe not. He wore an ascot in Omega man.
Posted by: polynikes at October 28, 2026 09:38 AM (Ti9vn)

I always get that one and Soylent Green mixed up.

Posted by: TxAnn at October 28, 2026 09:42 AM (itAg7)

59 Only Anatevka...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 28, 2026 09:42 AM (bFu5X)

60 There was fighting in the Middle East in WWI. (When has there not been fighting in the Middle East?) Lawrence of Arabia, etc. Could this be an image of that theatre of war?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 28, 2026 09:42 AM (trnZm)

61 47 guy in red is trying to figure out howitzer fault.

Posted by: cmeat at October 28, 2026 09:39 AM (Bep7s)

But it's hard for him, as he's just a shell of his former self.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 28, 2026 09:43 AM (l3cgK)

62 his ascot a pounding by the gorilla his dreams.
Posted by: cmeat

Thrilla from Magilla.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 28, 2026 09:43 AM (8B4gm)

63 "...except it was on a country road."

It'll take you home.

Posted by: West Virginia at October 28, 2026 09:43 AM (UEqgJ)

64 Nobody has to ask-Which way to the front?

Posted by: Trenchfoot Tommy at October 28, 2026 09:43 AM (EdP2u)

65 Mall Santa tryouts. First guy really bringing it.

Posted by: JSpicy at October 28, 2026 09:43 AM (8XA3w)

66 How old is this painting, anyway?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

1918 - 1935

I have no clue how it took 17 years to paint

Posted by: rickb223 at October 28, 2026 09:43 AM (U3U8G)

67 his ascot a pounding by the gorilla his dreams.
Posted by: cmeat at October 28, 2026

***
Chilllin' and gorill-in'.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 28, 2026 09:43 AM (trnZm)

68 "...as he's just a shell of his former self."

That's a high caliber pun.

Posted by: Oh, no... at October 28, 2026 09:44 AM (UEqgJ)

69 Not Your Best and Brightest - a limerick

Throw open wide the immigrant door
"The wretched refuse of your teeming shore."
The words of Emma Lazarus
Can turn out to be hazardous
You may just get what you asked for,

Posted by: muldoon at October 28, 2026 09:44 AM (Ns+8q)

70 I'll post a happy painting of boobs.

Posted by: polynikes at October 28, 2026 09:44 AM (Ti9vn)

71 They promised us 15 Minute Cities would meet all our needs.

Posted by: No Phones, No Lights, No Motor Cars... at October 28, 2026 09:45 AM (EdP2u)

72 his ascot a pounding by the gorilla his dreams.
Posted by: cmeat at October 28, 2026 09:41 AM

Not funny.

Posted by: Clarence Beeks at October 28, 2026 09:45 AM (bFu5X)

73 The train has passed at last. The bank is still not open for another fifteen minutes, though. No rush.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 28, 2026 09:45 AM (trnZm)

74 Eees Nuevo Jork, jess … ? Jess … ? Bueller … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at October 28, 2026 09:45 AM (ayRl+)

75 68 some find it hard to resist the cannelure.

Posted by: cmeat at October 28, 2026 09:46 AM (Bep7s)

76 I always get that one and Soylent Green mixed up.
Posted by: TxAnn at October 28, 2026 09:42 AM (itAg7)

Hah you're right. Similar clothing at certain points.

Posted by: polynikes at October 28, 2026 09:46 AM (Ti9vn)

77 Posted by: No Phones, No Lights, No Motor Cars...
+++
But we have a radio.

Posted by: Gilligan at October 28, 2026 09:46 AM (UEqgJ)

78 Bleak Season at Dejagor

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 28, 2026 09:46 AM (5Op5D)

79 Bring on the boobs.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 28, 2026 09:46 AM (8B4gm)

80 Socialism did that.

Posted by: Ries Gorthanes at October 28, 2026 09:46 AM (HgadO)

81 The eyes are... not there on a lot of them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 28, 2026 09:47 AM (Y/06r)

82 There is a famous WW2 photo of French citizens doing the same except it was on a country road.
Posted by: polynikes

But with more Stukas.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 28, 2026 09:47 AM (ndZc7)

83 The eyes are... not there on a lot of them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 28, 2026

***
Eyeless in Gaza

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 28, 2026 09:47 AM (trnZm)

84 Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 28, 2026 09:46 AM (8B4gm)

See nic

Posted by: polynikes at October 28, 2026 09:47 AM (Ti9vn)

85 It's a long way, to Tipperary.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 28, 2026 09:48 AM (wVcYX)

86 Ancient propaganda. Everybody knows refugees are military aged men. Duh.

Posted by: JSpicy at October 28, 2026 09:48 AM (8XA3w)

87 Be thankful there's no smell-o-vision for this scene.

Posted by: Dr. Shannon Klingman at October 28, 2026 09:48 AM (EdP2u)

88 No dog. Not art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 28, 2026 09:36 AM (eRlcH)
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They were hungry.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 28, 2026 09:49 AM (FZ29D)

89 See nic
Posted by: polynikes

Wow. Me likey. Thanks!

Posted by: Bulg at October 28, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

90 Melons in the Melon Patch.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 28, 2026 09:50 AM (8B4gm)

91 Where is Chip Diller guiding traffic and advising one and all to remain calm?

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 28, 2026 09:50 AM (wVcYX)

92 Came for the Tom Petty references. Not disappointed.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at October 28, 2026 09:50 AM (vr4To)

93 85 mom loves the soviet army chorus band version.
"emnyitza longvay to teepa rare reee"

Posted by: cmeat at October 28, 2026 09:50 AM (Bep7s)

94 Dems: those refugees are white, not allowed.
Would hang though, very busy artwork
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 28, 2026 09:51 AM (f8snw)

95 This way to Bernie Sanders' house!

Posted by: runner at October 28, 2026 09:51 AM (AKptf)

96 I'm bias but the only depressing painting I like is Van Gogh's Prisoner's painting. You can tell he painted it because that's how he felt.

Posted by: polynikes at October 28, 2026 09:51 AM (Ti9vn)

97 Where is Chip Diller guiding traffic and advising one and all to remain calm?
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 28, 2026 09:50 AM (wVcYX)
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He's already flattened.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 28, 2026 09:52 AM (amcLV)

98 Interesting painting. The soldiers in the background point toward a WW I date but the civilian refugees cold be from any time period. There is a feel of a Biblical event in the way are dressed. Perhaps it's a statement about the cost of war. The soldiers are exhausted. The people are just figures, undistinguished, almost cloned, and carrying whatever they could gather quickly. They are trudging one way as the army moves the other, presumably toward battle. The ruined house is lit as if by flames. The colors Eby used are dull except for the scarf on the old man leading the refugees. He is the only one not bowed. Perhaps he has been through this before. He reminds me of Moses leading the slaves out of Egypt.

Not a happy, patriotic theme but in keeping with much of the poetry that came out of that war, lamenting the waste and loss.

With all the recent talk from our government of in Europe about prepping for difficulties, natural or manmade, today's art selection seems appropriate.

Posted by: JTB at October 28, 2026 09:52 AM (yTvNw)

99 95 This way to Bernie Sanders' house!
Posted by: runner

Which one? He has like a half-dozen dachas!

Posted by: Man of the People at October 28, 2026 09:53 AM (EdP2u)

100 Bernie's house probably reeks of Ben Gay and stale farts.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 28, 2026 09:53 AM (8B4gm)

101 That one was worth it just to rhyme Lazarus and hazardous...

Posted by: muldoon at October 28, 2026 09:54 AM (Ns+8q)

102 Oh no!

Is Game 6 of the WNBA Finals About to Be Forced to Move to a Tiny Arena?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 28, 2026 09:54 AM (ndZc7)

103 GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski endorses Democratic Candidate in Alaska Governor's race.

Alaskans, FU. You're on your own.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 28, 2026 09:54 AM (U3U8G)

104 Thanks CBD. Extra thanks polynikes.

Posted by: Buck (Ofama) at October 28, 2026 09:55 AM (z6ONu)

105 The vast majority of these people will never know there's anything better than the extremely low quality picante sauce that is produced in New York City. Sad!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 28, 2026 09:55 AM (0sNs1)

106 Man Arrested After Allegedly Pulling Butcher Knife on “Miami Vice ‘85” Set in Brooklyn

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I didn't even know Miami was in Brooklyn.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 28, 2026 09:56 AM (ndZc7)

107 Aspirin factory: what's a stale fart?

Posted by: Commenter at October 28, 2026 09:56 AM (hyQrc)

108 What s cheerful, happy painting!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 28, 2026 09:56 AM (RIvkX)

109 That one was worth it just to rhyme Lazarus and hazardous...
Posted by: muldoon at October 28, 2026 09:54 AM (Ns+8q)

Neither would be considered clamorous.

Posted by: polynikes at October 28, 2026 09:57 AM (Ti9vn)

110 Oh no!

Is Game 6 of the WNBA Finals About to Be Forced to Move to a Tiny Arena?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

What happened?
Local high school gym overbooked?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 28, 2026 09:57 AM (U3U8G)

111 84 Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 28, 2026 09:46 AM (8B4gm)

See nic
Posted by: polynikes at October 28, 2026 09:47 AM

89 See nic
Posted by: polynikes

Wow. Me likey. Thanks!
Posted by: Bulg at October 28, 2026 09:49 AM

90 Melons in the Melon Patch.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 28, 2026 09:50 AM

Pronounced hooterage.

Posted by: AOSHQ Style Guide at October 28, 2026 09:57 AM (UEqgJ)

112 84 Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 28, 2026 09:46 AM (8B4gm)

See nic
Posted by: polynikes at October 28, 2026 09:47 AM

89 See nic
Posted by: polynikes

Wow. Me likey. Thanks!
Posted by: Bulg at October 28, 2026 09:49 AM

90 Melons in the Melon Patch.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 28, 2026 09:50 AM

Pronounced hooterage.

Posted by: AOSHQ Style Guide at October 28, 2026 09:57 AM (UEqgJ)

113 Per Wiki:
Kerr Eby (19 October 1889 – 18 November 1946) was a Canadian illustrator best known for his renderings of soldiers in combat in the First and Second World Wars. He is held in a similar regard to Harvey Dunn and the other famous illustrators dispatched by the government to cover the First World War.

Posted by: Tuna at October 28, 2026 09:57 AM (lJ0H4)

114 Oops.

Posted by: AOSHQ Style Guide at October 28, 2026 09:57 AM (UEqgJ)

115 Good news refugees! America has joined the War. Fighting will soon be over!

Posted by: Then You'll Die From Spanish Flu! at October 28, 2026 09:57 AM (EdP2u)

116 Obviously the first wave of people fleeing a brutal regime who's just criminalized maple syrup on French Toast.

CBD is Lula? That's a twist.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 28, 2026 09:58 AM (2ocoG)

117 Posted by: AOS cope at October 28, 2026 09:58 AM (qj1Yy

You just want everyone to be equally miserable. That's what mentally ill people do.

Posted by: polynikes at October 28, 2026 09:59 AM (Ti9vn)

118 I’m taking notes. We’ll be here soon enough…

Posted by: Adriane the Cynical Critic . . . at October 28, 2026 09:59 AM (fjEsA)

119 Clean up on aisle 116.

Posted by: Tuna at October 28, 2026 10:00 AM (lJ0H4)

120 But he's the most corrupt politician ever because an admitted pedophile who wasn't convicted in a court of law got out of jail in an "Epstein style deal."
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Wouldn't an "Epstein style deal" be "found hanging dead in jail under highly unusual circumstances?"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 28, 2026 10:00 AM (3cUTc)

121 He wore an ascot in Omega man.
Posted by: polynikes at October 28, 2026 09:38 AM (Ti9vn)

I always get that one and Soylent Green mixed up.
Posted by: TxAnn at October 28, 2026 09:42 AM (itAg7)
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One of those movies is a total mess and the other a brilliant adaptation that surpasses the original novella.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 28, 2026 10:00 AM (RIvkX)

122 what's a stale fart?

*********

It's one that you find in the couch cushions two months after your Uncle Bob visited.

Posted by: muldoon at October 28, 2026 10:00 AM (Ns+8q)

123 C'mon you Devil Dogs! You want to live forever? - Gen. Black Jack Pershing, sorta.

Posted by: Count de Monet's Fractured Facts at October 28, 2026 10:00 AM (wVcYX)

124 107 Aspirin factory: what's a stale fart?
Posted by: Commenter

Ones that permeate the recliner fabric, hanging around forever.

Posted by: Scotchgard Won't Help! at October 28, 2026 10:00 AM (EdP2u)

125 And Uncle Bob enjoys cabbage rolls and Milwaukee's Best a lot.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 28, 2026 10:01 AM (8B4gm)

126 >I thought the Fugees were black...

Posted by: jim
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not at first
but those that fugeed a second time- 're-fugees', if you will- came in all colors

Posted by: Don Black at October 28, 2026 10:01 AM (ZxPkt)

127 Hmmm... decisions, decisions.

A rational discussion about a sane immigration policy...or fart jokes?

Posted by: muldoon at October 28, 2026 10:01 AM (Ns+8q)

128 Posted by: Then You'll Die From Spanish Flu! at October 28, 2026 09:57 AM (EdP2u)

Interesting that not a lot of famous people died of the Spanish flu. At least not a lot that people would recognize their name today. One of the Dodge brothers ( car company) died IIRC.

Posted by: polynikes at October 28, 2026 10:02 AM (Ti9vn)

129 Saw on X that early voting in the infamous Maricopa County is strong for Republicans, unlike previous elections. Apparently the ICE raids there worked and "the job Americans won't do" is voting for Democrats.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 28, 2026 10:02 AM (2ocoG)

130 WaPo warns that Trump’s DC arch would cast shadows across Arlington graves on certain days of the year

... that's a feature, not a bug

Posted by: SMOD at October 28, 2026 10:02 AM (RHGPo)

131 At least 50 dead, 179 injured by train collision in Spain

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Socialist corruption and incompetence or Muzzie terrorism?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 28, 2026 10:02 AM (ndZc7)

132 At least 50 dead, 179 injured by train collision in Spain

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Socialist corruption and incompetence or Muzzie terrorism?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 28, 2026 10:02 AM (ndZc7)

The train in Spain?

Posted by: Count de Monet's Fractured Facts at October 28, 2026 10:03 AM (wVcYX)

133 The train in Spain?
Posted by: Count de Monet's Fractured Facts at October 28, 2026 10:03 AM (wVcYX)

Was it on the plain and was it raining?

Posted by: polynikes at October 28, 2026 10:04 AM (Ti9vn)

134 A rational discussion about a sane immigration policy...or fart jokes?
Posted by: muldoon at October 28, 2026 10:01 AM (Ns+8q)
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Never ask a question to which you already know the answer.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 28, 2026 10:05 AM (RIvkX)

135 Interesting that not a lot of famous people died of the Spanish flu. At least not a lot that people would recognize their name today. One of the Dodge brothers ( car company) died IIRC.
Posted by: polynikes
__________

It disproportionately killed young healthy adults. Not enough time for them to get famous.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 28, 2026 10:05 AM (JzUSu)

136 "Socialist corruption and incompetence or Muzzie terrorism?"

*ahem*

Posted by: The conjunction and at October 28, 2026 10:05 AM (UEqgJ)

137 what's a stale fart?
Posted by: Commenter at October 28, 2026 09:56 AM

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 28, 2026 10:06 AM (0sNs1)

138 He's looking for a cart of gold.

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Neil Young Files $10 Million Lawsuit Against Trump for Unauthorized Use of “Rockin’ in The Free World” at Rallies

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 28, 2026 10:06 AM (ndZc7)

139 No. Don't let them in.

Send. Them. Back.

Posted by: No Name Today at October 28, 2026 10:06 AM (8mulE)

140 It disproportionately killed young healthy adults. Not enough time for them to get famous.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

I'm not sick.

Posted by: Smiley Virus at October 28, 2026 10:07 AM (EdP2u)

141 Was it on the plain and was it raining?
Posted by: polynikes at October 28, 2026 10:04 AM

Mainly.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 28, 2026 10:07 AM (bFu5X)

142 Hmmm... decisions, decisions.

A rational discussion about a sane immigration policy...or fart jokes?
Posted by: muldoon at October 28, 2026 10:01 AM

One has a much higher probability of bubbling up than the other.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 28, 2026 10:07 AM (0sNs1)

143 >WaPo warns that Trump’s DC arch would cast shadows across Arlington graves on certain days of the year
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I hope they don't build this thing

Posted by: Don Black at October 28, 2026 10:08 AM (ZxPkt)

144 Neil Young Files $10 Million Lawsuit Against Trump for Unauthorized Use of “Rockin’ in The Free World” at Rallies
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 28, 2026 10:06 AM (ndZc7

Revoke his visa/passport. Stay in Canada. United States don't need him around.

Posted by: polynikes at October 28, 2026 10:08 AM (Ti9vn)

145 Everybody say "Lula" because Lula means asshole

Posted by: SMOD at October 28, 2026 10:08 AM (RHGPo)

146 Interesting that not a lot of famous people died of the Spanish flu. At least not a lot that people would recognize their name today. One of the Dodge brothers ( car company) died IIRC.
Posted by: polynikes

Also Sir Mark Sykes, of the Sykes-Picot Agreement.

Posted by: Bulg at October 28, 2026 10:08 AM (77rzZ)

147 Neil Young Files $10 Million Lawsuit Against Trump for Unauthorized Use of “Rockin’ in The Free World” at Rallies

Useless virtue signal. Trump pays the ASCAP or whatever license fee and you can't stop him.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 28, 2026 10:08 AM (2ocoG)

148 What's the deal with musicians filing suits to keep people from using their songs?

Seems.... petty.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 28, 2026 10:09 AM (RORbl)

149 WaPo warns that Trump’s DC arch would cast shadows across Arlington graves on certain days of the year

Someone pointed out that there are literally hundreds of trees in the area that already cast far more shade.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 28, 2026 10:09 AM (2ocoG)

150 *ahem*
Posted by: The conjunction and at October 28, 2026 10:05 AM

Why are you always trying to displace me around here???

Posted by: The conjunction or at October 28, 2026 10:09 AM (0sNs1)

151 Revoke his visa/passport. Stay in Canada. United States don't need him around.
Posted by: polynikes at October 28, 2026 10:08 AM

Told you so.

Posted by: Lynyrd Skynyrd at October 28, 2026 10:09 AM (bFu5X)

152 He wore an ascot in Omega man.
Posted by: polynikes at October 28, 2026 09:38 AM (Ti9vn)

I saw that in the theater when it first came out. I was about 4 or so.

Scared the bejabbers out of me.

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

153 I don't like copying anything French.

Posted by: polynikes at October 28, 2026 10:10 AM (Ti9vn)

154 Where is Chip Diller guiding traffic and advising one and all to remain calm?
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 28, 2026 09:50 AM (wVcYX)

I prefer Patton directing traffic and telling them to speed it up and move it along.

Posted by: GWB at October 28, 2026 10:10 AM (kU0PQ)

155 Never ask a question to which you already know the answer.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

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

Right! Fart jokes it is!

The difference between a tavern and an elephant fart is that one is a barroom and the other is a BARROOM!!

Posted by: muldoon at October 28, 2026 10:10 AM (Ns+8q)

156 I don't like copying anything French.

Fortunately arches are from ancient Greece, like the rest of the DC architecture worth noting.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 28, 2026 10:11 AM (2ocoG)

157 110 Oh no!

Is Game 6 of the WNBA Finals About to Be Forced to Move to a Tiny Arena?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

What happened?
Local high school gym overbooked?
Posted by: rickb223
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Vast expanses of empty seats shown on pictures. Sort of like Joe Biden rallies.

Posted by: whig at October 28, 2026 10:11 AM (E4rtv)

158 Apparently the ICE raids there worked and "the job Americans won't do" is voting for Democrats.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 28, 2026 10:02 AM (2ocoG)

Hah!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 28, 2026 10:11 AM (k5CNB)

159 The difference between a tavern and an elephant fart is that one is a barroom and the other is a BARROOM!!
Posted by: muldoon at October 28, 2026 10:10 AM (Ns+8

Dad joke for the win!

Posted by: polynikes at October 28, 2026 10:11 AM (Ti9vn)

160 >Neil Young Files $10 Million Lawsuit Against Trump for Unauthorized Use of “Rockin’ in The Free World” at Rallies
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Neil Young's a dick, but politicians should look carefully at lyrics before picking a song for use at rallies and such

songs like 'Rockin In The Free World' and 'Born In The USA' and the well-worn 'Fortunate Son' are sometimes not about what politicians think they are about

Posted by: Don Black at October 28, 2026 10:12 AM (ZxPkt)

161 Revoke his visa/passport. Stay in Canada. United States don't need him around.
Posted by: polynikes
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Neil is still searching for a bag of gold and he's getting old.

Posted by: whig at October 28, 2026 10:12 AM (E4rtv)

162 songs like 'Rockin In The Free World' and 'Born In The USA' and the well-worn 'Fortunate Son' are sometimes not about what politicians think they are about

All true, but what songs claim to mean and what people think they mean are two entirely different things. "Every Breath You Take" being one of the most popular wedding songs, for instance.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 28, 2026 10:14 AM (2ocoG)

163 Right! Fart jokes it is!

The difference between a tavern and an elephant fart is that one is a barroom and the other is a BARROOM!!
Posted by: muldoon at October 28, 2026 10:10 AM

I've always heard that anesthesiologists, being gas passers, tell the best fart jokes. In your experience, is this true?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 28, 2026 10:14 AM (0sNs1)

164 >WaPo warns that Trump’s DC arch would cast shadows across Arlington graves on certain days of the year
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I hope they don't build this thing
---
I do.
But only if they bring back the hidden sniper nests and ammo caches.
And the door to the storage must read "For Communists and Democrats"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 28, 2026 10:14 AM (3cUTc)

165 ...train collision in Spain

********

Say whatever you like about Mussolini, at least he made the trains collide on time!

Posted by: muldoon at October 28, 2026 10:15 AM (Ns+8q)

166 Refugees? Nah. They are too white.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 28, 2026 10:15 AM (iFTx/)

167 WaPo warns that Trump’s DC arch would cast shadows across Arlington graves on certain days of the year
---------
You know what else casts shadows?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 28, 2026 10:15 AM (amcLV)

168 Neil Young Files $10 Million Lawsuit Against Trump for Unauthorized Use of “Rockin’ in The Free World” at Rallies
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Doesn't ASCAP and BMI take care of this shit? Do 'artists' have the legal authority to determine who uses their tunes?

I didn't think so as long as long as royalties (funny word there) are properly paid.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 28, 2026 10:16 AM (fO5H9)

169 Looks like they're traveling 35 miles to find that guy's prostate

Posted by: 88C+u at October 28, 2026 10:16 AM (88C+u)

170 CBD, were you the one making a last-minute comment justification fix on the Café last night?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 28, 2026 10:17 AM (0sNs1)

171 Never ask a question to which you already know the answer.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 28, 2026 10:05 AM (RIvkX)

You said that backwards.
--All the Lawyers

Posted by: No Name Today at October 28, 2026 10:17 AM (8mulE)

172 Neil Young Files $10 Million Lawsuit Against Trump for Unauthorized Use of “Rockin’ in The Free World” at Rallies
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Neil Young's a dick, but politicians should look carefully at lyrics before picking a song for use at rallies and such

songs like 'Rockin In The Free World' and 'Born In The USA' and the well-worn 'Fortunate Son' are sometimes not about what politicians think they are about
Posted by: Don Black at October 28, 2026 10:12 AM (ZxPkt)
_____

Yea. Tell that to all the weddings with Sade's No Ordinary Love and that creepy pedo song Into the Night ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 28, 2026 10:17 AM (iFTx/)

173 I've always heard that anesthesiologists, being gas passers, tell the best fart jokes. In your experience, is this true?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

*********

It's a tie between them and gas-troenterologists.

Posted by: muldoon at October 28, 2026 10:17 AM (Ns+8q)

174 Posted by: Don Black at October 28, 2026 10:12 AM (ZxPk

Don't forget American Woman.

Posted by: polynikes at October 28, 2026 10:18 AM (Ti9vn)

175 I've always heard that anesthesiologists, being gas passers, tell the best fart jokes. In your experience, is this true?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Nah. Gastroenterologists for the win.

"What do you call a dinosaur that just had a colonoscopy?"

A Brontosoreass!

or

Hey Doc, did you see any polyps or anything bad?

Nope, you're a perfect asshole!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 28, 2026 10:19 AM (fO5H9)

176 "Every Breath You Take" being one of the most popular wedding songs, for instance.
Posted by: Ian S.
__________

Stupid cash grab hit. By his own account, he wrote the lyrics in like 20 minutes.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 28, 2026 10:19 AM (JzUSu)

177 Useless virtue signal. Trump pays the ASCAP or whatever license fee and you can't stop him.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 28, 2026 10:08 AM (2ocoG)

I didn't even know Neil Old still had the rights to that one. Usually these geezers sold their rights for big piles of white powder in the 70s.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 28, 2026 10:20 AM (88C+u)

178 176 Stupid cash grab hit. By his own account, he wrote the lyrics in like 20 minutes.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 28, 2026 10:19 AM (JzUSu)

====

What is the proper time to write lyrics for a song?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 28, 2026 10:20 AM (pfZGz)

179 Posted by: Don Black at October 28, 2026 10:12 AM (ZxPk

Don't forget American Woman.
Posted by: polynikes at October 28, 2026 10:18 AM (Ti9vn)
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Remember Al Gore's campaign dropped "Call Me Al" once they saw the second verse lyrics?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 28, 2026 10:20 AM (amcLV)

180 What is the proper time to write lyrics for a song?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

4/4

Posted by: Tonypete at October 28, 2026 10:21 AM (fO5H9)

181 Every Breath You Take" being one of the most popular wedding songs, for instance.
Posted by: Ian S.

Can you stalk your spouse ?

Posted by: polynikes at October 28, 2026 10:21 AM (Ti9vn)

182 I know right

American Woman is a diss track
Fortunate Son is an anti-war anthem

it's rockin' AF but the message is anti-war
Rockin In The Free World is sneering sarcasm and irony

Posted by: Don Black at October 28, 2026 10:21 AM (ZxPkt)

183
France had a hard time in 1940 with refugees clogging the road and bringing French Army mobile units to a halt as they wouldn't tell them to step aside..

The Germans had no such problems.

Posted by: Auspex at October 28, 2026 10:22 AM (Y8DZL)

184 Yea. Tell that to all the weddings with Sade's No Ordinary Love and that creepy pedo song Into the Night ....
--
Or "I will always love you" being sung by the side chick, iirc

That's why you should use Rob Zombie songs for weddings--no one knows what that vegan random word generator is yelling about.
YEAH!!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 28, 2026 10:22 AM (3cUTc)

185 One of the more comical parts of modern America is that apparently most "refugees" we get take vacations back home.

But yeah obviously they are just like Jews fleeing Nat Socialist Germany

Posted by: 18-1 at October 28, 2026 10:22 AM (sKqQm)

186 What is the proper time to write lyrics for a song?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

4/4
Posted by: Tonypete at October 28, 2026 10:21 AM (fO5H9)
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Unless you're Ian Anderson.

Then it's 5/4.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 28, 2026 10:22 AM (amcLV)

187 I would not could not on a train in Spain
In the rain across a plain
In the main.

Posted by: Sam-I-am at October 28, 2026 10:22 AM (wVcYX)

188 Neil Young can choke on a fat dick, but I don't understand why Trump would choose a theme song from a crusty old commie fuckstick like Young. Choose a patriotic band or hire someone to write a song for you. The Blade, he can write a song for Trump!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 28, 2026 10:23 AM (iFTx/)

189 50 dead in a train crash (not in India)? Wow.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 28, 2026 10:23 AM (Fv808)

190 Biff Pocoroba, the whole album was shit (except marginally Sync' II), mainly because nobody in the band wanted to work with the others.
The story I heard about EBYT was that they all got in a typical brawl about which track to put up front. So the drums and guitar are muted because Copeland and Summers (literally) phoned in their tracks.
Luckily for their bank accounts, the bass could actually carry that one.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 28, 2026 10:23 AM (88C+u)

191 France had a hard time in 1940 with refugees clogging the road and bringing French Army mobile units to a halt as they wouldn't tell them to step aside..

The Germans had no such problems.
Posted by: Auspex at October 28, 2026 10:22 AM (Y8DZL)
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Viz., the opening scenes of "Battle of Britain."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 28, 2026 10:24 AM (amcLV)

192 Our Robert and Berserker could collaborate on some lyrics for a metal band to sing for DJT, but the Thune voters might not like it.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 28, 2026 10:24 AM (88C+u)

193 I just learned something I didn't know, but it sucks.

I was trying to figure out how many cops are black - the short answer is that they are at parity with general population in overall police forces, and are somewhat overrepresented in state & local police forces, and significantly underrepresented in federal police forces.

But in the process of figuring this out, I obviously needed to know "what percentage of US cops are federal cops?"

It's 18 fuckin' percent. 18.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 28, 2026 10:25 AM (BI5O2)

194 WaPo warns that Trump’s DC arch would cast shadows across Arlington graves on certain days of the year
---------
You know what else casts shadows?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 28, 2026 10:15 AM

Nuke the Moon!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 28, 2026 10:26 AM (bFu5X)

195 -no one knows what that vegan random word generator is yelling about.
YEAH!!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 28, 2026 10:22 AM (3cUTc)

*unintelligible Scottish-accented warbling behind a muffled microphone*

Posted by: the Cocteau Twins at October 28, 2026 10:26 AM (88C+u)

196 Turnout is up in the 180 counties that went Trump+50 as well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 28, 2026 09:37 AM (pfZGz)

You and your technicalities

Posted by: ... at October 28, 2026 10:26 AM (gtzLh)

197 Yea. Tell that to all the weddings with Sade's No Ordinary Love and that creepy pedo song Into the Night ....
--
Or "I will always love you" being sung by the side chick, iirc

That's why you should use Rob Zombie songs for weddings--no one knows what that vegan random word generator is yelling about.
YEAH!!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 28, 2026 10:22 AM (3cUTc)
________

Well, you can probably dance to Dragula ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 28, 2026 10:26 AM (iFTx/)

198 Neil Young should be beat to death with his own guitar.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 28, 2026 10:26 AM (8B4gm)

199 train collision in Spain

********

Say whatever you like about Mussolini, at least he made the trains collide on time!
Posted by: muldoon

Newsom has kept Californians safe from high speed rail crashes.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 28, 2026 10:26 AM (ndZc7)

200 It's 18 fuckin' percent. 18.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 28, 2026 10:25 AM (BI5O2)

That's appears to be over represented of course.

Who lied to you originally?

Posted by: polynikes at October 28, 2026 10:27 AM (Ti9vn)

201 196 Turnout is up in the 180 counties that went Trump+50 as well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 28, 2026 09:37 AM (pfZGz)

You and your technicalities

Posted by: ... at October 28, 2026 10:26 AM (gtzLh)

=======

"Houston controls Texas politics!"
-someone who has never paid attention to Texas politics before

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 28, 2026 10:27 AM (pfZGz)

202 153 I don't like copying anything French.
Posted by: polynikes

Ever seen Washington Square Park, or Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn?

Posted by: No Arch Enemy at October 28, 2026 10:28 AM (EdP2u)

203 Is today the Fed is gonna raise Interest Rates ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 28, 2026 10:28 AM (+gK6I)

204 Neil Young Files $10 Million Lawsuit Against Trump for Unauthorized Use of “Rockin’ in The Free World” at Rallies

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 28, 2026 10:06 AM (ndZc7)

I question the timing.

Posted by: ... at October 28, 2026 10:28 AM (gtzLh)

205 What is the proper time to write lyrics for a song?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
___________

Not 20 minutes. The lyrics to Stairway to Heaven, according to Plant, were also written in a very short period of time and it shows. Both tunes were clearly hits because of the music and not the lyrics.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 28, 2026 10:29 AM (JzUSu)

206 I was not familiar with that artist . Thanks. I like this one by him:

https://tinyurl.com/jjchwfuf

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 28, 2026 10:29 AM (JrHfD)

207 Newsom has kept Californians safe from high speed rail crashes.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 28, 2026 10:26 AM (ndZc7)

They're trying to put highspeed rail in Colorado too. Coloradans are not to be trusted with major infrastructure, or for that matter metal scissors with a point.

Posted by: the Cocteau Twins at October 28, 2026 10:29 AM (88C+u)

208 204 Neil Young Files $10 Million Lawsuit Against Trump for Unauthorized Use of “Rockin’ in The Free World” at Rallies

He's still alive ? Pity

Posted by: It's me donna at October 28, 2026 10:29 AM (+gK6I)

209 IIRC the Grateful Dead improvized their lyrics during the shows

Posted by: 88C+u at October 28, 2026 10:30 AM (88C+u)

210 Not 20 minutes. The lyrics to Stairway to Heaven, according to Plant, were also written in a very short period of time and it shows. Both tunes were clearly hits because of the music and not the lyrics.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Yeah, because the first 5 minutes of Stairway without vocals is just captivating. Not. STH is the masterpiece that it is because of both. Otherwise, you'd be digging Spirit a lot more than you do.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 28, 2026 10:30 AM (Fv808)

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