Mid-Morning Art Thread

Vertical Mesquite
Tsuruoka Kakunen

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 09:30 AM (X8vlu)

2 It’s dead, Jim

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 09:30 AM (yEz+x)

3 Looks like the Liberty Tree right now.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 09:31 AM (X8vlu)

4 Vertical Mesquite.... barely.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 05, 2026 09:32 AM (RORbl)

5 Needs BRAWNDO

Posted by: Don Black at November 05, 2026 09:33 AM (ZxPkt)

6
Thanks, CBD, just what I needed to cheer me up this morning.

Posted by: Auspex at November 05, 2026 09:33 AM (Y8DZL)

7 Sparse, but I like it.
Would hang.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 09:33 AM (8VNAp)

8 I'd say it's art.

It's an odd choice of subject, but it's art.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 05, 2026 09:34 AM (N1tpc)

9 November 2026 election as a painting?

Posted by: Read at November 05, 2026 09:34 AM (l3cgK)

10 Worst. Hanging Tree. Ever.

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 09:34 AM (Gqar8)

11 Alternate title: America 2036, after 8 years of Democratic control of US government

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 09:34 AM (Dv3i1)

12 the vertical mesquite has gone horizontal...

Posted by: Read at November 05, 2026 09:35 AM (l3cgK)

13 Alternate title:

"Rejected Roadrunner Cartoon Background"

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 09:35 AM (YSUhf)

14 He mailed this one in

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 09:35 AM (NdbDd)

15 No boobs. No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 05, 2026 09:35 AM (iULbp)

16
Looking on the bright side, a decade's worth of BBQ smoking wood, just there for the taking.

Posted by: Auspex at November 05, 2026 09:35 AM (Y8DZL)

17 The mesquite was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at November 05, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)

18 Damn, left over sock...
When I use quotes in a name, it comes back truncated...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 09:36 AM (l3cgK)

19 Looking on the bright side, a decade's worth of BBQ smoking wood, just there for the taking.
Posted by: Auspex

Not a fan of mesquite. Too "salty".

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 09:36 AM (mISmA)

20 That’s quite the moniker the artist has.

Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 09:37 AM (77rzZ)

21
76% of all mesquite trees grow in Texas.

Political commentary?

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 09:37 AM (YSUhf)

22 Title checks out.

Posted by: Person who checks out titles at November 05, 2026 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)

23 Alternate title: America 2036, after 8 years of Democratic control of US government
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 09:34 AM (Dv3i1)
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That's basically what I was thinking.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 09:37 AM (s2iZv)

24 Is there a horizontal mesquite painting?

Posted by: dantesed at November 05, 2026 09:37 AM (Oy/m2)

25 Poor little tree.

Posted by: Tuna at November 05, 2026 09:37 AM (lJ0H4)

26 This painting matches my mood today.

Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 09:37 AM (77rzZ)

27 Not a fan of mesquite. Too "salty".

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 09:36 AM

Some parts are edible.

Posted by: Euell Gibbons at November 05, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)

28 Some decent detail in the tree for a watercolor.
It's a lot more interesting when you click on it and see the brush strokes.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 09:38 AM (6ydKt)

29 Nicely rendered sky and background. I like it. I wouldn't hang it, but I'd appreciate it for a bit in a gallery.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 09:38 AM (ctC8W)

30 Looks like a watercolor.

Posted by: Tuna at November 05, 2026 09:38 AM (lJ0H4)

31 That should be Dead Mostly Vertical Mesquite, shouldn't it?

Posted by: GWB at November 05, 2026 09:39 AM (kU0PQ)

32 24 Is there a horizontal mesquite painting?
Posted by: dantesed at November 05, 2026 09:37 AM (Oy/m2)

*rotates painting 90 degrees*

There.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 09:39 AM (aKiSo)

33 The Charlie Brown Christmas tree, Arizona edition.

Posted by: Schultz at November 05, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)

34 Needs watering …

Posted by: Dr_No at November 05, 2026 09:40 AM (ayRl+)

35 13 Alternate title:

"Rejected Roadrunner Cartoon Background"

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 09:35 AM (YSUhf)

Sad meep.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 09:41 AM (aKiSo)

36 My hopes and dreams garden.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 09:41 AM (ndZc7)

37 Would hang. In the hallway leading to the restrooms of an Albuquerque lawn and garden center.

Posted by: Interior Design student at November 05, 2026 09:42 AM (2Ez/1)

38 Not a fan of mesquite. Too "salty".

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 09:36 AM (mISmA)

Agreed! It's okay with fatty meats, but there are better woods.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 05, 2026 09:43 AM (k5CNB)

39 Is it standing in a puddle? Sure looks like it.

Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 09:44 AM (77rzZ)

40 Better than horizontal mesquite I suppose. Sums up the mood 'round here.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 05, 2026 09:44 AM (vr4To)

41 Artist was in an internment camp in Arizona during WW2.

Posted by: Tuna at November 05, 2026 09:44 AM (lJ0H4)

42 Got some virga extending down from the towering cumulonimbus. The Learjet should be spit out any second now.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 05, 2026 09:44 AM (J4Dwc)

43
Not a fan of mesquite. Too "salty".

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 09:36 AM

But, surely you catch the gentle wafting of springtime raspberry blossoms, the scent of snowfall in the Black Forest, the robust musk of wild horses running through desert sage?

Surely you must!!!

Give mesquite another chance to spice up your meal, like a lusty Valkerie spices up your nights!

Posted by: naturalfake, Food Critic at November 05, 2026 09:45 AM (YSUhf)

44 The spikes on its root system will play hell with the tyres on your riding lawnmower, too …

Posted by: Dr_No at November 05, 2026 09:47 AM (ayRl+)

45 I saw Vertical Mesquite open for Level 42 at the Arena in '92.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 05, 2026 09:48 AM (qRla/)

46 Lifeless. No color, no motion, nothing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 09:48 AM (RIvkX)

47 Despite its gnarled, twisted, bare, leafless branches, and its desiccated appearance, the mesquite tree is far and away the NOST vibrant thing in this landscape. Take that for what it's worth.

Posted by: muldoon at November 05, 2026 09:48 AM (qgHp7)

48 The Charlie Brown Christmas tree, Arizona edition.
Posted by: Schultz at November 05, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)
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If there's a dog lurking in the background, it's Snoopy's brother Spike.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 09:48 AM (s2iZv)

49 Ah, so I see that the artistic theme is “Our hopes for the future”.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 05, 2026 09:49 AM (jOQad)

50 He mailed this one in
Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 09:35 AM (NdbDd)
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Delivered by Pony Express.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 09:50 AM (s2iZv)

51 Ah, so I see that the artistic theme is “Our hopes for the future”.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 05, 2026 09:49 AM

Careful...you might summon naked fat guy on an ottoman for tomorrow.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 09:50 AM (ctC8W)

52
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 09:50 AM (eRlcH)

53 >>It's okay with fatty meats, but there are better woods.

The Paolo has, how you say, experience paring his wood with fatty meat.

Posted by: The Paolo at November 05, 2026 09:51 AM (J4Dwc)

54 Alas, but I bring a warm, woodsy welcome for the cabin, or the backyard fire pit. A rich, hearty aroma with notes of toasted oak, sweet bacon, and a hint of campfire, like a well-worn flannel, a cast-iron skillet, and one more story before the night turns in.

Posted by: Hickory Wood Chips from LL Bean at November 05, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1)

55 No dog. Not art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 09:50 AM

Starving coyote just out of frame.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 09:52 AM (ctC8W)

56 Lots of paintings have a vanishing point based on distance or light. Here, I think the vanishing point is the subject itself which finally peaks and disappears at its brittle crumbling top.

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 09:54 AM (2ap+5)

57 The Hanging Tree....unused for years, finally gives up the ghost.

Posted by: Oh Well at November 05, 2026 09:54 AM (D5ixm)

58

Kakunen, not Jorma Kaukonen...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 05, 2026 09:54 AM (x0n13)

59 The Paolo has, how you say, experience paring his wood with fatty meat.
Posted by: The Paolo at November 05, 2026 09:51 AM

The Paolo should enjoy the new representative from TX-23.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 09:54 AM (ctC8W)

60 Thanks CBD. Morning Horde. Pray, hope, don't worry and buy ammo.

Posted by: Buck (Ofama) at November 05, 2026 09:55 AM (z6ONu)

61 58

Kakunen, not Jorma Kaukonen...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 05, 2026 09:54 AM (x0n13)

Embryonic Journey

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 09:55 AM (Gqar8)

62 The Paolo has, how you say, experience paring his wood with fatty meat.
Posted by: The Paolo

Ah yes, closing time gambit.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at November 05, 2026 09:55 AM (bmMEr)

63 61 58

Kakunen, not Jorma Kaukonen...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 05, 2026 09:54 AM (x0n13)

Embryonic Journey
Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 09:55 AM (Gqar

That is one of my favorite guitar instrumentals.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 05, 2026 09:56 AM (x0n13)

64 'Mesquite' is filed in my brain adjacent to 'mess kit'.
Like the WWII surplus mess kits that consisted of two halves, one that could serve as a frying pan and the other that was a divided plate. The handle of the pan folded over into the groove in the plate to clamp it closed. Inside were utensils: knife, fork, spoon. We used those on many a Boy Scout backpacking trip.

Virtual Mess Kit > Vertical Mesquite

Posted by: muldoon at November 05, 2026 09:58 AM (qgHp7)

65 Embryonic Journey
Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 09:55 AM (Gqar

That is one of my favorite guitar instrumentals.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Malagueña by Roy Clark.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 09:58 AM (mISmA)

66 I like the soft colors and the opalescent sky.

Posted by: Emmie at November 05, 2026 09:58 AM (OlzlW)

67 Careful...you might summon naked fat guy on an ottoman for tomorrow.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

My mood's already in the toilet. The fat guy would have no effect.

Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 09:58 AM (77rzZ)

68 I've been through the desert on a horse with no name.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 05, 2026 09:58 AM (1bYJp)

69
Starving coyote just out of frame.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 09:52 AM (ctC8W)

___________

Roadrunner racing by too fast to be shown in painting.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 09:59 AM (eRlcH)

70 Opalescent might be a fun word for a limerick.

Posted by: Limerick Lover at November 05, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)

71 >>Ah yes, closing time gambit.

Even The Paolo needs, how you say, a slump-buster every great once in a while.

Posted by: The Paolo at November 05, 2026 09:59 AM (J4Dwc)

72 Hey Muldoon! I also spent a good bit of time as an adult leader in the scouts.

Posted by: Buck (Ofama) at November 05, 2026 10:01 AM (z6ONu)

73 71 >>Ah yes, closing time gambit.

Even The Paolo needs, how you say, a slump-buster every great once in a while.
Posted by: The Paolo at November 05, 2026 09:59 AM (J4Dwc)

It'd be like humping an exercise ball full of cold bacon grease and covered in cookie crumbs.

The hell is wrong with you people.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 10:01 AM (aKiSo)

74 Ya gotta use mesquite netting to keep those pesky things away at night.

Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 10:01 AM (77rzZ)

75 Excellent painting, would hang.

Posted by: Frenchjeton at November 05, 2026 10:03 AM (j0T5y)

76 Posted by: muldoon at November 05, 2026 09:58 AM (qgHp7)

Sounds like you could make quite a mes.

Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

77 Jorma has video lessons for that, and the “Water Song”, a better tune I think. Very fun to play.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 05, 2026 10:04 AM (55dRY)

78 Jorma has video lessons for that, and the “Water Song”, a better tune I think. Very fun to play.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 05, 2026 10:04 AM (55dRY)

79 As I think about it, this work reminds me of the abbey in the oakwood.

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 10:04 AM (2ap+5)

80 Sure, it's maybe 60% vertical. But it's got that other 40% that's gone horizontal.

Posted by: No Name Today at November 05, 2026 10:04 AM (8mulE)

81 The Paolo always carries a bag of flour.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 10:04 AM (X8vlu)

82 Try our new bacon grease and cookie crumb scented votives!

Just in time for the Holidays.

Posted by: Yankee Candle at November 05, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)

83 A dead tree....

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:05 AM (Int1s)

84 I've been through the desert on a horse with no name.

Randy Newman snarked that the song was about a kid who thinks he's taken acid.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 05, 2026 10:05 AM (qRla/)

85 "This is technically savannah. And my name is Steve, you asshole. Thanks for asking."

-The Horse

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 10:07 AM (aKiSo)

86 It'd be like humping an exercise ball full of cold bacon grease and covered in cookie crumbs.

The hell is wrong with you people.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Oddly specific.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 10:11 AM (IQpik)

87 He doesn't look like a happy little tree. He looks kind of gnarly. I like it.

It's a keeper.

Posted by: A random guy on the net at November 05, 2026 10:13 AM (5Op5D)

88 If you love your exercise ball very, very much....

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 10:13 AM (X8vlu)

89 This is an art thread I will ask a question and if the quorum answers in the affirmative I will discuss something here that is a rare ray of hope although once the USAID spigots are turned back on you will get to see that it *was* an organized leftist conspiracy.

Is the video game an art?

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:14 AM (Int1s)

90 Meh...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 10:14 AM (+gK6I)

91 You can eat bacon and cookies in my bed anytime.

Posted by: The grossly overweight Mandrell sister at November 05, 2026 10:15 AM (2Ez/1)

92 an exercise ball

Like one of them yoga ones, or a medicine ball?
Just trying to gauge how sore my dick is gonna be.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 10:16 AM (HFrEr)

93 *hits thread with cattle prod*

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 10:19 AM (X8vlu)

94 Owwww!

Posted by: The thread at November 05, 2026 10:20 AM (2Ez/1)

95 It's art but it's also kinda ugly.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at November 05, 2026 10:21 AM (s1VwS)

96 japanese watercolor... no goldfish, not art.

Posted by: cmeat at November 05, 2026 10:22 AM (Bep7s)

97 Trying go comment, but I gots nothing.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 10:23 AM (mISmA)

98 The dam is about to break

in 3...2...1...

Posted by: muldoon at November 05, 2026 10:25 AM (qgHp7)

99 Another from the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery

Painted during Tsuruoka's time as an inmate at the Poston incarceration camp during World War II, where gnarled, barren mesquite trees were a recurring subject in his work reflecting the isolation and landscape of the desert camp.

See Scholten Japanese Art,
Kakunen Tsuruoka, 1892-1977
untitled (vertical mesquite)
watercolor on paper, signed at lower right, Kakunen Tsuruoka, ca. 1944))

During his forced confinement at the Poston Incarceration Camp (specifically Camp III) in Arizona during World War II, Tokutaro "Kakunen" Tsuruoka’s artistic style underwent a drastic, profound shift. (Densho Encyclopedia)

Before the war, he was known for creating decorative, vibrant bird-and-flower paintings (kacho-ga) & picturesque California landscapes for art collectors. However, his camp watercolors discarded commercial appeal to capture the raw solitude, bleakness, and haunting beauty of the Arizona desert. (AZ Memory Project)

March 1943, Tsuruoka designed and curated the "Mojave Room" inside an empty barrack at Poston III. The installation featured 16 of his original paintings lining the walls.

An important lesson

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 10:25 AM (NFX2v)

100 I see this kind of art at sidewalk art shows. Not necessarily the same subject matter, but the same style. And I don't think this is done any better.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 10:26 AM (iOpI2)

101 Chuckie "Faustus" Schumer.

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The outspoken Israel critic signals growing divisions within the Democratic Party over its leadership and direction.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 10:27 AM (ndZc7)

102 would not hang

Posted by: Gref at November 05, 2026 10:27 AM (5rh/l)

103 Embryonic Journey
Posted by: tubal

Wymyns cheering abortion until birth.

https://tinyurl.com/2695mwsr

Well, you can't have a good utopia without mass murder.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 10:27 AM (ndZc7)

104 And the cherry on top!

Democrats’ “Decoy Dan” Ballot Scheme in Alaska Appears to Be Working

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 10:28 AM (ndZc7)

105 Could be worse.
Could be Transing.

Posted by: Igor at November 05, 2026 10:28 AM (J0bEY)

106 Japan and its people are beautiful and made our trip there in the '90s lovely, but I would starve to death if I had to live there.

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 10:29 AM (2ap+5)

107 Democrats spent the entire campaign talking about affordability, groceries and the cost of living. It took them less than an hour after winning Congress to drop every word of it and show the country what the campaign was actually about.

The new agenda is already being said out loud. Arrest the political opponents. Seize Elon Musk's factories. Nationalize SpaceX. The mask did not slip over weeks or months. It came off before the victory parties even ended.

Anyone paying attention could have seen this coming. The affordability language was the wrapper, and the wrapper was never the product. The product is power, and power aimed at everyone who stood in the way.

America now gets to watch the real Democrat Party govern with both chambers. The country will remember who warned them and who sold them the story.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 10:29 AM (mISmA)

108 Okay obviously the answer is shrug at best or "no"...

the art was taken over at the worst or heavily influenced at best by banks and the government it was fixed by DOGE for a bit and you will watch when the spigots get turned back on it snap back to the junk that was getting studios shut down like Bioware....

carry on....go paints I guess

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:29 AM (Int1s)

109 NOW HONDURAN CARAVAN ENTERING: just like many predicted, a Honduran caravan has left San Pedro Sula yesterday, now headed towards the US. This something we've been reporting on extensively, that if Democrats took control of Congress, Caravans would be heading toward the US. Per DHS sources we've spoken to, and whom we trust, 12 caravans totalling over 12,000 people are en route to the US southern border. The cloest will reach El Paso in 4 days with plans to storm the border.
@RealRawNews

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 10:29 AM (mISmA)

110 Treebeard entered a rapid decline after getting hooked on meth.

This shrub would be at its best as fuel for a meat smoker, not an artistic subject.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 10:29 AM (qlLNh)

111 EL-SAYED REFUSES TO BACK SCHUMER FOR SENATE MAJORITY LEADER

Sucks to be chuckie.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 10:30 AM (mISmA)

112 Bad news from the BNN (Boob News Network, AKA Me):

Based on recent photos, Billie Eilish is believed to have undergone breast-reduction surgery.

Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 10:30 AM (77rzZ)

113 53 pairing?

Posted by: cmeat at November 05, 2026 10:31 AM (Bep7s)

114 Based on recent photos, Billie Eilish is believed to have undergone breast-reduction surgery.
Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 10:30 AM (77rzZ)

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I think before-and-afters would be appropriate.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 10:31 AM (iOpI2)

115 I think before-and-afters would be appropriate.
Posted by: Seems Legit

There's an article linked at Instapundit that has 'em. Looks like she did to me.

Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

116 Per Breitbart: Australia- Italian chef fired for refusing to put pineapple on pizza.

"An affront to my culture."

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 10:33 AM (X8vlu)

117 115 Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

Billie or "William" as I and they prefer lost 15-20 pounds from appearances and could just be on vitamin H....

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:34 AM (Int1s)

118 Eilish is one of those women that I just find...repellent.

Not ugly in a conventional sense by any means, just creepy. She has an "avoid at all costs" aura about her.

Bitch be wrong, yo.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 10:34 AM (qlLNh)

119 Man, the markets are ... not happy. As a patriotic American, I am sorry but, I am sucking all the value out that I can. +4.12% in my trading account so far this morning continuing to short the techs.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 05, 2026 10:34 AM (1bYJp)

120 Markets yesterday: yay, Democrats are in charge!

Markets today: oh, wait...

Posted by: Vengeance at November 05, 2026 10:34 AM (wn0/z)

121 My summary of the election results:

Buy ammo.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 10:35 AM (qlLNh)

122 Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed declined to endorse Chuck Schumer for Democratic Senate leader, despite Schumer’s support for his campaign.

Oh, no!

Anyway....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 10:35 AM (ctC8W)

123 It’s kind of funny that the new democrat socialists think they don’t have to wait their turn to become leaders.

The old democrats, are they going to just relinquish their power to the newbies?

*pops popcorn*

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 10:36 AM (H3kqf)

124 All the info on X coming about about Texas voting... but what can be done out it?

Anyone telling themselves Texas voted this way due to A, B, C should look at the "anomalies" in the "software errors."

And the shift to blue in EVERY COUNTY in 21 states (1799 counties)? Yeah that seems real.

Posted by: Ann at November 05, 2026 10:36 AM (SHHm+)

125 the art was taken over at the worst or heavily influenced at best by banks and the government it was fixed by DOGE for a bit and you will watch when the spigots get turned back on it snap back to the junk that was getting studios shut down like Bioware....

I've worked in AAA for over 30 years. USAID was not involved, all the bad decisions were made by dumbass MBAs who were cucked by HR.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 10:36 AM (2ocoG)

126 Democrats are foaming at the mouth to get their guillotine built.

Posted by: Vengeance at November 05, 2026 10:36 AM (wn0/z)

127 "The country will remember who warned them and who sold them the story."

I doubt it. A country so clueless that it can't remember back 18 months (when gas prices had declined rapidly), and of course seems to have no understanding of why or how anything works, cannot be expected to "learn".

Every day I am more amazed that the US even survived, much less developed into the greatest country in history, given how ignorant, selfish, and stupid such a large % of the populace is.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:38 AM (U/Byj)

128 A Hamas lover won’t support a Jew for senate leader?

Shocked I am!!

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 10:38 AM (VYGAQ)

129 Durka-Durka Mohammed Jihad may have to learn the same lesson that AOC learned when she disrespected Pelosi.

Something akin to a horse head in her bed, I believe.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 10:38 AM (qlLNh)

130 118 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 10:34 AM (qlLNh)

William is very idealistic, "nobody is illegal on stolen land" it is why William gave the Arapazowie tribe their stolen mansion....

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:38 AM (Int1s)

131 101 Chuckie "Faustus" Schumer.

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🚨 EL-SAYED REFUSES TO BACK SCHUMER FOR SENATE MAJORITY LEADER

Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed declined to endorse Chuck Schumer for Democratic Senate leader, despite Schumer’s support for his campaign.

“I do believe we need new leadership and I think people are hungry for it,” El-Sayed declared.

The outspoken Israel critic signals growing divisions within the Democratic Party over its leadership and direction.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 10:27 AM (ndZc7)

I think he's simply going public with telling Schumer (and other Majority Leader candidates) that his (Abdul's) vote for Majority Leader must be purchased. The final price will be determined behind closed doors. For example, Abdul wants to be assigned to choice Senate committees. Foreign Affairs, Defense, Budget, and one or two others. Abdul will not stand quietly if he's assigned to the Agriculture Committee and the like.

Posted by: Gref at November 05, 2026 10:38 AM (5rh/l)

132 Based on recent photos, Billie Eilish is believed to have undergone breast-reduction surgery.
Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 10:30 AM (77rzZ)

Katy Segal has always denied she got implants during the run of Married. . .With Children, but her appearance says otherwise. Dolly, on the other hand, freely admitted to augmenting her embonpoint over the years.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 05, 2026 10:38 AM (qRla/)

133 Yeah it looks like the muslims in Congress are anxious to kick off their jihad from the inside. You’ve got supporters of 9-11 terrorists and others who support terror groups. Big tent ya got there Democrats.

Posted by: Vengeance at November 05, 2026 10:38 AM (wn0/z)

134 127 Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:38 AM (U/Byj)

We live in a country that looked at 3 dead kids and decided Lindsay Clancy was a heroine and lions don't kill their cubs and the only member of the family provably not there probably did it....

go long on paste and door knobs.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:39 AM (Int1s)

135 Where's the rope?

Posted by: Eromero at November 05, 2026 10:39 AM (LHPAg)

136 Schumer didn’t know get the Jews meant him too?

Huh.

Posted by: Vengeance at November 05, 2026 10:39 AM (wn0/z)

137 Something akin to a horse head in her bed, I believe.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

AOC has a donkey head in her bed every time she lies down in it.

Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 10:39 AM (77rzZ)

138 > given how ignorant, selfish, and stupid such a large % of the populace is.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:38 AM (U/Byj)

The next republic (in the optimistic belief that there will be a next republic) needs to keep communists far, far, FAR away from the schools and universities.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 10:40 AM (qlLNh)

139 Chuck U Schumer might want to hire a food taster and someone to start his car.

Or not. I don't give a fuck.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 10:40 AM (X8vlu)

140 133 Posted by: Vengeance at November 05, 2026 10:38 AM (wn0/z)

I am not joining the MTGs and Tuq'rs in joining Abdul, I am also not getting between Durka Durka and the Donks who empowered them.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:40 AM (Int1s)

141 Nice rendering of the clouds. I sense a theme? Or just nature is awesome any time.

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 10:41 AM (Toos7)

142 The next republic (in the optimistic belief that there will be a next republic) needs to keep communists far, far, FAR away from the schools and universities.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 10:40 AM (qlLNh)
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I don't think any of us will be around to witness the rise of the New American Republic.

The lamp of freedom has been extinguished.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 10:41 AM (s2iZv)

143 @124

>>And the shift to blue in EVERY COUNTY in 21 states (1799 counties)? Yeah that seems real.

Political realignments happen.

People forget but the Democrats are the natural governing party of the US, they had a nearly 60 year run of both the house and Senate, only broken when the country realigned politically allowing the Republicans to take control of both the house and senate in 1995.

The GOP has largely been in charge of the house and Senate for the last 24 years and we've largely gotten wars and debt out of that.

So, the country may be aligning back to it's Democrat default.

Unfortunately.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 05, 2026 10:42 AM (XV/Pl)

144 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 10:42 AM (2614e)

145 Alternate title:

America in 2027

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 10:42 AM (2614e)

146 125 Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 10:36 AM (2ocoG)

USAID propped up some of the indies, they also worked with Canada to foster the SBI Extortion.....sorry "consulting" wing....

when the spigots, the Fed funding ESG to the 9s and everything turns back on the idiocy will resume full bore.....

Gotta love the Bioware hysteria.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:42 AM (Int1s)

147 I doubt it. A country so clueless that it can't remember back 18 months (when gas prices had declined rapidly), and of course seems to have no understanding of why or how anything works, cannot be expected to "learn".
Every day I am more amazed that the US even survived, much less developed into the greatest country in history, given how ignorant, selfish, and stupid such a large % of the populace is.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:38 AM (U/Byj)

Agree. Not to mention the fat stoners and drunks and pill poppers running amok and queuing up for free handouts and gummies.

Posted by: Fat, Drunk and Stupid at November 05, 2026 10:42 AM (D5ixm)

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