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March 18, 2014

— Ace

From VA Viper, who has more, including a gallery of some of the Museum's best (worst) pieces, and the backstory on the first piece the Museum collected.

It's pretty funny, and the curator of Bad Art has a good sense of humor. (When asked if the first piece collected by the museum is "priceless," she agrees it is, but then quickly adds that if anyone offers her a million dollars for it, she's selling it.)

Of course, it's going to occur to most people: How is this crap any worse than half of the crap hanging in art galleries?

Via The Corner, which is actually heavy on strange art collections today.

Should We Put Obamacare Advertisements in the Museum of Bad Art? They seem familiar with the ethic promoted by the museum's curator, "the right to fail."

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1 they stole the headline?

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at March 18, 2014 09:04 AM (XvrTA)

2 Bad art? I've got a whole refrigerator front panel full of it.

Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 09:06 AM (GQ8sn)

3 That old gal that did the Ecce Homo touch-up could have her own wing in this place.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at March 18, 2014 09:06 AM (+lsX1)

Ecce Homo

Behold teh Ghey!

Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2014 09:07 AM (DrWcr)

5 Public Art is when an organization with no accountability appoints someone with no taste to choose Artists and Art Works.

Posted by: rd at March 18, 2014 09:09 AM (D+lxs)

6 I have a garage full of priceless "art". I'll take $1M (OBO) for any of it any day.

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at March 18, 2014 09:09 AM (Djwm9)

7 From VA Viper, who has more, including a gallery of some of the Museum's best (worst) pieces, and the backstory on the first piece the Museum collected. Fat Man on the Toilet Not one of Little Feat's better songs.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 18, 2014 09:11 AM (7ObY1)

8 Have they acquired the 'Monkey Jesus'.

Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2014 09:12 AM (DaxRE)

9 Gawd--I can't look. Nothing worse than bad art. I'd rather look at that monkey face orchid.

Posted by: tasker at March 18, 2014 09:12 AM (RJMhd)

10 Is this something ? ....

Posted by: armadillo at March 18, 2014 09:12 AM (qQk+U)

11 Nothing worse than bad art. Bad clams.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 18, 2014 09:13 AM (7ObY1)

12 Pablo Presley is pretty cool.

Posted by: The Yellow Pug at March 18, 2014 09:13 AM (r7mtu)

13 You know what's funny? Mascot fights.

Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2014 09:13 AM (Hy7dS)

14 Hypno Toad / Monkey Face Orchid 2016

Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2014 09:14 AM (DaxRE)

15 It is compelling in a strange sort of way. I never would have thought of it, but yes, there is some sense and logic behind what the MOBA is doing. And if anyone uses it to mock the things that are getting the big bucks at the galleries, then even better.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Buy Four Outrages, get a Rightous Indignation Free! at March 18, 2014 09:14 AM (hLRSq)

16 Oh Lord,   that   "Mama and Babe" one is legit Nightmare Fuel.

I don't think the      Mary Todd Lincoln    portrait is too terrible, though. It's unusual,   but not what I'd call BAD.    And while I'll admit that "Lucy in the Sky With Flowers"   isn't a great piece,   I do like the colors.

Should We Put Obamacare Advertisements in the Museum of Bad Art?

If there's a    Museum For Meme Fail   then hell yes. Those godawful   meme images they've been putting out there to hype the ACA are just...   To call them   "awful"   is   really a disservice.   There isn't a word   strong enough to describe how stupid they are.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 18, 2014 09:14 AM (4df7R)

17 Bad clams. +1

Posted by: Michael Douglas at March 18, 2014 09:14 AM (DaxRE)

18 10 Nothing worse than bad art.

Bad clams.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 18, 2014 01:13 PM (7ObY1)

Word.

Posted by: Michael Douglas at March 18, 2014 09:14 AM (DrWcr)

19 Bad art is pretty hard on janitors, too. There was a story a month or so ago where a cleaning crew tossed an exhibit created by 'some famous artist' into a dumpster.

Posted by: mrp at March 18, 2014 09:14 AM (JBggj)

20 How many of you had the courage to sit down and create art, especially a painting in oil? It's not easy.

Posted by: The Yellow Pug at March 18, 2014 09:14 AM (r7mtu)

21 10 Nothing worse than bad art. Bad clams. Posted by: Citizen X at March 18, 2014 01:13 PM (7ObY1) ********** Ya--I'm probably full of shit with that claim. There was this time 20 of us ate-- bad seafood Newburg.

Posted by: tasker at March 18, 2014 09:14 AM (RJMhd)

22 Have they acquired the 'Monkey Jesus'. Ah yesss.......the Mona Lisa of bad art.

Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2014 09:15 AM (Hy7dS)

23 Why is Mary Todd Lincoln's head wreathed with ganja leaves? Never mind, I probably don't want to know.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 18, 2014 09:15 AM (7ObY1)

24 Have they acquired the 'Monkey Jesus'.

Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2014 01:12 PM (DaxRE)

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From what I here, the monkey jesus is paying off in the village that it resides. I doubt it's up for sale.

Posted by: Soona at March 18, 2014 09:15 AM (sx5Tc)

25 Does the museum accept bad poetry about fruit and simians? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 18, 2014 09:15 AM (659DL)

26 Or the time I got drunk and was tossing cookies and guys were pissing over my head between tosses.

Posted by: tasker at March 18, 2014 09:15 AM (RJMhd)

27 Nothing worse than bad art. Bad clams. Bad poon.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2014 09:15 AM (xZxMD)

28 25 Or the time I got drunk and was tossing cookies and guys were pissing over my head between tosses.

Posted by: tasker at March 18, 2014 01:15 PM (RJMhd)

They call that "performance art."

Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2014 09:16 AM (DrWcr)

29 27 25 Or the time I got drunk and was tossing cookies and guys were pissing over my head between tosses. Posted by: tasker at March 18, 2014 01:15 PM (RJMhd) They call that "performance art." Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2014 01:16 PM (DrWcr) *********** Especially when almost everyone--misses. Decided to take it outside.

Posted by: tasker at March 18, 2014 09:17 AM (RJMhd)

30 Bad poon. +1

Posted by: Michael Douglas at March 18, 2014 09:17 AM (DaxRE)

31 Or the time I got drunk and was tossing cookies and guys were pissing over my head between tosses. Posted by: tasker at March 18, 2014 01:15 PM (RJMhd) They call that "performance art." At least there was no mayo enema.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2014 09:17 AM (xZxMD)

32 Oh good God.

If you're afraid of clowns, skip this link.

http://www.museumofbadart.org/coll1/image11.php

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 18, 2014 09:18 AM (4df7R)

33 31 Oh good God. If you're afraid of clowns, skip this link. Heh. "acquired at (a) flea market." You don't say.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 18, 2014 09:19 AM (7ObY1)

34 If you're afraid of clowns They are number 4 on my list.

Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2014 09:19 AM (DaxRE)

35 I have the clown fear.

Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2014 09:20 AM (Hy7dS)

36 They call that "performance art."

At least there was no mayo enema.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2014 01:17 PM (xZxMD)

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So this might be the place where I can go to see AtC's interpretive dance of rage?

Posted by: Soona at March 18, 2014 09:20 AM (sx5Tc)

37 The museum I think is strange is the toilet seat museum in San Antonio. Any of you Texas peeps been to it? He creates art on toilet seat lids.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 18, 2014 09:20 AM (RZ8pf)

38 You wanna talk museums of bad art? This site deserves its own post. The museum of bad album cover art. Warning: it is addictive. http://zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/index.htm

Posted by: Citizen X at March 18, 2014 09:20 AM (7ObY1)

39 I love it. Especially the $13 offered for the return of the stolen painting.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at March 18, 2014 09:20 AM (A9hpr)

40 31. If you're afraid of clowns, skip this link. No, it's supposed to say, here's a puppeh to see what real art is supposed to look like

Posted by: Navycopjoe at March 18, 2014 09:20 AM (YG/LY)

41 If there were any justice in the world, MOBA would put MOMA out of business.

Posted by: Caliban at March 18, 2014 09:21 AM (DrC22)

42 Homey D. Clown Don't mess around Whitey always trying To keep Homey down

Posted by: Citizen X at March 18, 2014 09:21 AM (7ObY1)

43 Do I have some 'art' to sell them...

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 18, 2014 09:22 AM (YYElT)

44 The museum of bad album cover art. Their Cameltoe Collection is, arguably, the best in the world.

Posted by: garrett at March 18, 2014 09:22 AM (DaxRE)

Speaking of clowns:

OT: Biden just remarked in Poland that the "Russian governemnt stands naked and alone in front of the rest of the world!!"

He also told the Polish rep that now it is important for Poland and the US to stand as one. Hmmmm, the Poles may have a different vibe than this

Posted by: Cheri at March 18, 2014 09:22 AM (G+Wff)

46 Heh. "acquired at (a) flea market."

You don't say.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 18, 2014 01:19 PM (7ObY1)

The acquired part is worrying. It means someone said "Yes, I'll take that." Now "Abandoned on our doorstep" would also be disturbing as evidence that someone really dislikes you that much. Truly, it appears there is no non-disturbing way to acquire a work like that.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Buy Four Outrages, get a Rightous Indignation Free! at March 18, 2014 09:23 AM (hLRSq)

47 Did we ever have the bad Sci - Fi cover art here? Spellcheck doesn't like Sci but has no problems with Fi.

Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2014 09:23 AM (Hy7dS)

48 "10 Nothing worse than bad art.

Bad clams.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 18, 2014 01:13 PM (7ObY1)"

Plenty of things worse than bad art. Cancer that metastasizes to you bones, for example. Being a passenger on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is not quite as bad as cancer but definitely worse than bad art.

TFG will be President for another 3 years. I would take a whole lot of bad art in preference to that.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at March 18, 2014 09:23 AM (PD6iL)

49 I'm starting to see our Russia relations being dubbed "The Cool War". I remember Obama being praised for be so cool under fire, etc. Sounds like the making of a meme

Posted by: Dafty Duck at March 18, 2014 09:23 AM (6Hspk)

50 Here's something I'm wondering -- when will Google Maps and Wikipedia change their maps of Russia and Ukraine?

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 18, 2014 09:24 AM (ZPrif)

51 Warning: it is addictive. http://zonicweb.net/badalbmcvrs/index.htm Posted by: Citizen X at March 18, 2014 01:20 PM (7ObY1) Well, there goes the rest of my afternoon.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her Sanity Prod (tm) at March 18, 2014 09:24 AM (A9hpr)

52 Hmmm. Naked Putin vs Naked Obama. Gotta go with Putin.

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 18, 2014 09:24 AM (RZ8pf)

53 Because screwing up foreign policy is cool when you have have President Slow Jam. Eat that, Putin!

Posted by: Dafty Duck at March 18, 2014 09:25 AM (6Hspk)

How many of you had the courage to sit down and create art, especially a painting in oil? It's not easy.

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You're right, which is why we put good art in places like museums, where the skill and output can be admired by many.

We don't put shit in museums simply because the artist tried. We do it because the artist tried AND SUCCEEDED.

Posted by: @JohnTant at March 18, 2014 09:25 AM (eytER)

They pixelated the boobehs on a bad painting of a girl with boobehs. I hate that.

I saw a PBS or equivalent series about the human body and art, which was all cool with nude statues and drawings and every sort of thing, until they got to l'Origine du monde. The presenter stood in front of the painting, blocking the view, and said "we can't show you *that*".

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 18, 2014 09:25 AM (JtwS4)

56 I'm starting to see our Russia relations being dubbed "The Cool War". I remember Obama being praised for be so cool under fire, etc. Sounds like the making of a meme Teh Kewl WaR.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2014 09:25 AM (xZxMD)

57 I have no idea what's going on here, but I feel inspired to write something very terribly snarky about the Tony Awards for whatever reason.

http://www.museumofbadart.org/coll3/image02.php

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 18, 2014 09:25 AM (4df7R)

58 How to tell "bad art"? When it poses as if more than "art for art's sake".

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 18, 2014 09:26 AM (/vO0r)

59 Man in Puffy Hat looks like Bruce Willis

Posted by: Ken at March 18, 2014 09:26 AM (ETGp4)

60 I'm starting to see our Russia relations being dubbed "The Cool War". The Awesome War. These *are* the people who brought us funemployment. Nothing is beyond the pale.

Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2014 09:26 AM (Hy7dS)

61 Their Cameltoe Collection is, arguably, the best in the world. Songs for Gay Dogs sounds fabulous. But everything pales before the awesomeness that is KEN! One word. Just "Ken." Like "Cher." But, Ken. By Request Only!

Posted by: Citizen X at March 18, 2014 09:26 AM (7ObY1)

62 The winner for most bizarre post this year.

Posted by: Nip Sip at March 18, 2014 09:27 AM (0FSuD)

63 Wikipedia already shows Ukraine with Crimea gone -- but the map appears to be in an edit war. Wiki also shows Moldova and Georgia without the parts Russia has taken.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 18, 2014 09:28 AM (ZPrif)

64
I think its funny that people try to submit their purposely bad art so they can get in the museum.

Humans, we're weird.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 18, 2014 09:28 AM (0Kobm)

65 Hey Barry, how you like the taste of my dick so far?

Posted by: Vladimir Putin at March 18, 2014 09:28 AM (0FSuD)

66 eleven, well knock yourself out making your own bad pulp covers.

http://thrilling-tales.webomator.com/derange-o-lab/pulp-o-mizer/pulp-o-mizer.html

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 18, 2014 09:28 AM (YYElT)

67 "Does the museum accept bad poetry about fruit and simians?"

"The Stuffed Owl" is an anthology of poetry by big-time poets - aka guys who should have known better. Some of it is pretty godawful.

I don't think there's enough books on the planet to hold the bad poetry written by non-poets.

Posted by: Brown Line at March 18, 2014 09:28 AM (WN9m7)

68 Does Shepard Fairey have a prominent display?

Posted by: RushBabe at March 18, 2014 09:28 AM (hrIP5)

69 You remember how when Obama was backing away from red line in Syria the administration wanted to impose sanctions that would be "just muscular enough to not be mocked"? Well, either they have lowered their standards are they are way off the mark with this Crimea thing.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 18, 2014 09:30 AM (Hx5uv)

70 How about the Not Our Problem War? or the We Took Half Of Mexico So Who Are We To Judge War? You can read all about interesting ideas like this in my new book Hey, The Confederacy Wasn't As Bad As You Think.

Posted by: Ron Paul at March 18, 2014 09:30 AM (ZPrif)

71 Now see, this one I actually like. It's not the most lifelike landscape, but sure, I'd spend a couple bucks for it at a flea market. The colors are lovely, and the trees are very good.

http://www.museumofbadart.org/coll5/image02.php

And this one would be a lot of fun in a kid's room.

http://www.museumofbadart.org/coll5/image01.php

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 18, 2014 09:31 AM (4df7R)

72 Meanwhile in Houston, TX a man was run over by an F-150 in front of a theater named the Silverado because he was arguing over will there be a sequel to 300: Rise of an Empire. Suspects in the murder remain at large.

http://tinyurl.com/q5x7vg7

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 18, 2014 09:31 AM (YYElT)

73 Louise the museum lady is hawt.

Posted by: Erowmero at March 18, 2014 09:31 AM (1gcFZ)

74 I use to wonder why all this art in antiquity the guys had small dicks. I thought they made the penis look like a child's, therefore, they were all pervy. Then I read that large dicks were considered barbaric. What society does not appreciate a large wang? Well, the roman and greeks didn't. They I thought it was because they did so much ass fucking back then, that a small one was better.

Posted by: The Yellow Pug at March 18, 2014 09:31 AM (r7mtu)

75 Good thing we've got the "Kools" President.

Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2014 09:31 AM (FcR7P)

76 So is Harry Reid's book of collected cowboy poetry on display?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 18, 2014 09:32 AM (YYElT)

77 I have no idea what's going on here, but I feel inspired to write something very terribly snarky about the Tony Awards for whatever reason. http://www.museumofbadart.org/coll3/image02.php Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 18, 2014 01:25 PM (4df7R) That would go perfectly hanging in a bedroom with Bart's clown bed. I am certain distributed Horde knowledge will know this but I have a vague memory of a short story about a young boy who is committed to an insane asylum for delusions about demons and ghosts and monsters in the closet and the like. Someone investigates and his mother is all oh I have no idea poor dear. The end of the story is someone going in his room at night and flipping a light on and all of a sudden all kinds of horrors appear. Turns out the mother had painted lovely things in UV paint specifically to drive her son mad. All of that is to say that I'm pretty sure that kid's mom painted that.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at March 18, 2014 09:32 AM (VtjlW)

78 i've seen worse hanging in museums

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl Happy St. Patrick's Day at March 18, 2014 09:32 AM (u8GsB)

79 Anna that was great. Totally bookmarked.

Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2014 09:32 AM (Hy7dS)

80 The wikipedia map of Russia is also in the midst of an edit war. So far the Ukraine keyboard warriors are winning the all important wikipedia edit war. Pretty sure Russia is winning the actual war with men and guns and tanks. But Ukraine and the West are valiantly holding the line on Wiki!

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 18, 2014 09:33 AM (ZPrif)

81 A guy fell off the rim of the Grand Canyon. I don't know if he jumped, was pushed by a gust of wind, or pushed by a ranger.

Posted by: The Yellow Pug at March 18, 2014 09:33 AM (r7mtu)

82 71 Meanwhile in Houston, TX a man was run over by an F-150 in front of a theater named the Silverado because he was arguing over will there be a sequel to 300: Rise of an Empire. Suspects in the murder remain at large. http://tinyurl.com/q5x7vg7 Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 18, 2014 01:31 PM (YYElT) that would make a good thread......movies to die over

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at March 18, 2014 09:33 AM (u8GsB)

83 It's so BEAUTIFUL. -sniff!-

Posted by: Zombie Bob Ross at March 18, 2014 09:34 AM (MMC8r)

84 Hmmmm, the Poles may have a different vibe than this Cheri 44. Through its own Solidarity Movement, with only public support but no military interventionism from abroad, Poland successfully broke free of the USSR, a far more formidable sovereign than Putin's Russia. It isn't as if there isn't successful precedence for other nations seeking self determination to plot their means for liberation, given Poland and India for instance, they both going against all odds just as the Americans had vs. Britain in 1776. As for the so-called "Arab Spring"? That was all hype to create chaos where there had been order. Order? Insufferable by what degree. Bad order, but not nearly as bad as things became without order, with no rule of law at all, just brutality and murders and no means of survival after Obama/Hillary "helped". We Came, We Saw. We Killed, hahahahahaha. And now Barry wants to "de-escalate tensions" with his blizzard of obnoxious phone calls.

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 18, 2014 09:34 AM (/vO0r)

85 Hey Barry, how you like the taste of my dick so far? Well, just a sip- don't want people to get the wrong idea!

Posted by: "Man's Country" Barry at March 18, 2014 09:34 AM (FcR7P)

86 What. The actual. Fuck?

http://www.museumofbadart.org/coll7/image11.php

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 18, 2014 09:35 AM (4df7R)

87 This is punishing CAC, isn't it?

Posted by: Brother Cavil at March 18, 2014 09:35 AM (naUcP)

88 And now Barry wants to "de-escalate tensions" with his blizzard of obnoxious phone calls. He's going to 'de-escalate' by meekly going back to his brackets.

Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2014 09:35 AM (FcR7P)

89 Speaking of Biden visiting Poland, what're the odds he's told a bunch of inappropriate Polish jokes while he's there, as a way to break the ice? Because our VP is an idiot.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 18, 2014 09:36 AM (4df7R)

90 MWR, you have a problem with blue people? HUH?

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 18, 2014 09:36 AM (659DL)

91
yeah, I see bad art coming home every week from school, don't need to go to the museum.

and I also agree, some of that bad art is pretty good and needs to be removed from the museum of bad art.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 18, 2014 09:36 AM (0Kobm)

92 MWR I would say Blue Mushroom found the LSD instead.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 18, 2014 09:37 AM (YYElT)

93 Speaking of Biden visiting Poland, what're the odds he's told a bunch of inappropriate Polish jokes while he's there, as a way to break the ice? Because our VP is an idiot. Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 18, 2014 01:36 PM (4df7R) Strong to very strong.

Posted by: Mainah at March 18, 2014 09:37 AM (659DL)

94 White House pastry chef resigns: Â‘I donÂ’t want to demonize cream, butter, sugar and eggsÂ’ White House executive pastry chef Bill Yosses is resigning after First Lady Michelle Obama fundamentally changed his job duties to focus on healthier food. Yosses is leaving the White House in June to work on a new project focusing on Â“food literacyÂ” and The New York Times says Michelle is Â“partly to blame.Â” The openly gay chef was hired by Laura Bush in 2007 to make his trademark cookie plates and sugar sculptures. Mrs. Obama took over in 2009 and ordered Yosses to make healthier plates in smaller portions. Yosses began replacing butter with fruit puree and sugar with honey and agave. But Yosses was never fully committed to the new policy. Â“I donÂ’t want to demonize cream, butter, sugar and eggs,Â” Yosses said, noting that his departure from the White House is a Â“bittersweet decision.Â” Michelle Obama said in a statement that she is Â“incredibly sad to see Bill Yosses go.Â” http://tinyurl.com/kuljndu

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at March 18, 2014 09:37 AM (bCEmE)

95 MWR, you have a problem with blue people? HUH?

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 18, 2014 01:36 PM (659DL)

Yeah, really. Just earlier this morning she gave me a sweater and kilt to put on.

*turtles*

Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 09:37 AM (GQ8sn)

96 FAZ: 20 Ukranian soldiers refuse to give up weapons to Russkie soldiers. One Ukranian officer dead, one soldier wounded.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 18, 2014 09:37 AM (JtwS4)

97 68 You remember how when Obama was backing away from red line in Syria the administration wanted to impose sanctions that would be "just muscular enough to not be mocked"? Well, either they have lowered their standards are they are way off the mark with this Crimea thing. Posted by: WalrusRex at March 18, 2014 01:30 PM (Hx5uv) ************ I haven't been following it lately but essentially Obama only sanctioned--seven Russians?

Posted by: tasker at March 18, 2014 09:38 AM (RJMhd)

98 FAZ: 20 Ukranian soldiers refuse to give up weapons to Russkie soldiers. One Ukranian officer dead, one soldier wounded.

Gun confiscation never works out.

Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 09:38 AM (GQ8sn)

99 ...Why?

http://www.museumofbadart.org/coll9/image04.php

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 18, 2014 09:38 AM (4df7R)

100 Tami, she'll just haul another chef in from Chicago.

Posted by: NCKate at March 18, 2014 09:39 AM (y7PFk)

101 Strong tweets from Samatha Power, UN Ambassador. More strong tweets to come, no doubt. --- Samantha Power ✔ @AmbassadorPower I missed the day at law school where self-determination was defined as #Russia-determination. Russia must halt its military action. 9:25 PM - 13 Mar 2014 Samantha Power ✔ @AmbassadorPower #Russia can veto a Security Council resolution, but it can't veto the truth. 11:25 AM - 15 Mar 2014

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 18, 2014 09:39 AM (ZPrif)

102 Posted by: Tami at March 18, 2014 01:37 PM (bCEmE)

Sooo....the pastry chef is saying Moochelle is bossy?

Posted by: Country Singer at March 18, 2014 09:39 AM (L8r/r)

103 Posted by: Tami at March 18, 2014 01:37 PM (bCEmE)

Today in Thunderdome!

FOOD NAZIS vs. TEH GHEY!

Who will win?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 18, 2014 09:39 AM (4df7R)

104 I haven't been following it lately but essentially Obama only sanctioned--seven Russians? Would have been more, but his pen hand got tired.

Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2014 09:39 AM (FcR7P)

105 98 ...Why? In Japan, that passes for prOn.

Posted by: Citizen X at March 18, 2014 09:39 AM (7ObY1)

106 CNN Warsaw Poland - Vice President Joe Biden has been whisked to a hospital after staffers found him unconscious in the bathroom with what unnamed sources describe as a large Russian kielbasa stuffed in his mouth.

Future news of the weird delivered today.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 18, 2014 09:40 AM (YYElT)

107 Michelle Obama said in a statement that she is Â“incredibly sad to see Bill Yosses go.Â”

http://tinyurl.com/kuljndu

Posted by: Tami at March 18, 2014 01:37 PM (bCEmE)

So is her fat ass.

Posted by: Barack Obama at March 18, 2014 09:40 AM (Kkt/i)

108

Food fascists - 1

Gheys - 0

Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2014 09:40 AM (DrWcr)

109 http://tinyurl.com/ygolwh9 Their sunburns, and the empty champagne bottle help explain the young man's regrettable inability to stay awake on the first night of his honeymoon. His new wife gazes blankly, wondering, "Is that all there is?" i think she's more disturbed by the furniture and the fact that the wine bottle is empty

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at March 18, 2014 09:40 AM (u8GsB)

110 Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: Families of Passengers Threaten Hunger Strike Yeah that'll do the trick?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2014 09:40 AM (t3UFN)

111 I haven't been following it lately but essentially Obama only sanctioned--seven Russians? - Seven Russians and four Ukrainians, so that's almost a dozen.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 18, 2014 09:40 AM (Hx5uv)

112 Art is to be appreciated and not to be a medium of shock and disgust. People's levels of appreciation differ based partly on level of technical knowledge.

Posted by: Yes it sucks at March 18, 2014 09:40 AM (ODaO0)

113 101 Posted by: Tami at March 18, 2014 01:37 PM (bCEmE) All I read was "Laura Bush" and "openly gay." ZOMG, Laura Bush made Michelle Obama fire her chef because he's gay!

Posted by: The LIVs at March 18, 2014 09:41 AM (7ObY1)

114 I like the little synopsis under each picture.

Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2014 09:41 AM (Hy7dS)

115 Cry havok and Let slip the snarky tweets!

Posted by: --- at March 18, 2014 09:41 AM (MMC8r)

116 109 Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: Families of Passengers Threaten Hunger Strike Yeah that'll do the trick? Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2014 01:40 PM (t3UFN) *********** I see dead people.

Posted by: tasker at March 18, 2014 09:41 AM (RJMhd)

117 FOOD NAZIS vs. TEH GHEY!

Who will win?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 18, 2014 01:39 PM (4df7R)

That's what I like to call a Polish Firing Squad!

Posted by: Choo Choo Joey B. at March 18, 2014 09:41 AM (L8r/r)

118 Today in Thunderdome! FOOD NAZIS vs. TEH GHEY! Who will win? Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit at March 18, 2014 01:39 PM (4df7R) I'm going with me.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD/Orion Death Star 2016 at March 18, 2014 09:41 AM (VtjlW)

119 MWR re: crustacean picture so Robin Thicke is doing Blurred Art now?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 18, 2014 09:42 AM (YYElT)

120 I didn't think the lady in historic dress at the end of the video was that bad; It depends on the age of the person who painted it, I suppose.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2014 09:42 AM (XyM/Y)

121 Whoa: Strong words from horse face. Kerry is disappoint. Michelle Malkin ‏@michellemalkin #FecklessPower John Kerry warns Putin that full annexation of Crimea would be "unfortunate" & that he is "disappointed."

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 18, 2014 09:42 AM (ZPrif)

122 What? No mention of Levitated Mass?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 18, 2014 09:42 AM (DmNpO)

123 71. Meanwhile in Houston, TX a man was run over by an F-150 in front of a theater named the Silverado, wondering, will there be a sequel to 300: Rise of an Empire. Houston, we have a problem. Ground control to Major Tom. This is Ground Control to Major Tom. You've really made the grade. And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 18, 2014 09:43 AM (/vO0r)

124 Of course, it's going to occur to most people: How is this crap any worse than half of the crap hanging in art galleries? No giant vajajays?

Posted by: kbdabear at March 18, 2014 09:43 AM (aTXUx)

125 Samantha Power ✔ @AmbassadorPower I missed the day at law school where self-determination was defined as #Russia-determination. Russia must halt its military action. 9:25 PM - 13 Mar 2014 Samantha Power ✔ @AmbassadorPower #Russia can veto a Security Council resolution, but it can't veto the truth. 11:25 AM - 15 Mar 2014 - Putin must be rolling on the floor laughing.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 18, 2014 09:43 AM (Hx5uv)

126 "you can't veto the truth!" hahaha. Reminds me of a playground argument. "is so! Is not! Is so! Is not!"

Posted by: ParanoidGirlinSeattle at March 18, 2014 09:44 AM (RZ8pf)

127 Costanza Defense Putin wouldn't play Santa for Kerry's demand performance.

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 18, 2014 09:44 AM (/vO0r)

128 I missed the day at law school where self-determination was defined as #Russia-determination. Russia must halt its military action. Now, THERE's a credential for global politics- law school!

Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2014 09:44 AM (FcR7P)

129 20--- How many of you had the courage to sit down and create art, especially a painting in oil? It's not easy. Posted by: The Yellow Pug at March 18, 2014 01:14 PM (r7mtu) --------------------- I have. And you're right about it not being easy. Most of my stuff is pretty bad, although I do at times rise to the level of mediocrity! What I do know is this: if I can do it, it ain't good. Oh, it might be I-kinda-like-that good, but it isn't museum good. And if a four-year old can do it, it's bad.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 18, 2014 09:44 AM (dfYL9)

130 I really think that heads of state and high-level gov officials should stay the fuck off Twitter. It's the equivalent of trolling a blog.

Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 09:44 AM (GQ8sn)

131 Angela Merkel and US President Barack Obama agreed in a call on Tuesday that Crimea's declaration of independence and Russia's annexation of the peninsula was an "unacceptable blow to the territorial integrity of Ukraine", her office said. Well holy shit and pass the mustard Putin is gonna reconsider now

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 18, 2014 09:44 AM (t3UFN)

132

Samantha Power ✔ @AmbassadorPower

I missed the day at law school where self-determination was defined as #Russia-determination. Russia must halt its military action.
9:25 PM - 13 Mar 2014

Samantha Power ✔ @AmbassadorPower

#Russia can veto a Security Council resolution, but it can't veto the truth.
11:25 AM - 15 Mar 2014

Could the administration be more weak or pathetic?

Posted by: Insomniac at March 18, 2014 09:44 AM (DrWcr)

133 You can't veto the truth!

Posted by: Things Colonel Nathan Jessup Never Said at March 18, 2014 09:44 AM (eytER)

134 Samantha Power ✔ @AmbassadorPower

I missed the day at law school where self-determination was defined as #Russia-determination. Russia must halt its military action.
9:25 PM - 13 Mar 2014

*******

I have no doubt she missed a lot of days at law school, judging from her performance thus far.

Posted by: Country Singer at March 18, 2014 09:45 AM (L8r/r)

135 Michelle Malkin Ã¾@michellemalkin #FecklessPower John Kerry warns Putin that full annexation of Crimea would be "unfortunate" & that he is "disappointed." - Do you really want to see Kerry cry? If not, give Crimea back.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 18, 2014 09:45 AM (Hx5uv)

136

Russkies won the engagement, btw. Non-dead Ukranian soldiers have been captured.

Interim president Arsenij Jazenjuk says that what was a political conflict is now military. Interim government says Ukraine will "never accept" Crimea joining the Russian Federation.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 18, 2014 09:45 AM (JtwS4)

137 124 Samantha Power ✔ @AmbassadorPower I missed the day at law school where self-determination was defined as #Russia-determination. Russia must halt its military action. 9:25 PM - 13 Mar 2014 Samantha Power ✔ @AmbassadorPower #Russia can veto a Security Council resolution, but it can't veto the truth. 11:25 AM - 15 Mar 2014 - Putin must be rolling on the floor laughing. Posted by: WalrusRex at March 18, 2014 01:43 PM (Hx5uv) ************ Someone should speak truth to Powers.

Posted by: tasker at March 18, 2014 09:45 AM (RJMhd)

138 Big MOMA fan. I've been following them for years. I especially like 'Sunday On The Pot With George', truly the most, um, unique pointillist piece I've ever experienced. The Levitating Poodle painting is also noteworthy for its, ah, singular approach to pet portraiture.

Posted by: troyriser at March 18, 2014 09:45 AM (gNlvW)

139 No giant vajajays?

Posted by: kbdabear at March 18, 2014 01:43 PM (aTXUx)

How about comically oversized boobs?

http://www.museumofbadart.org/collection/recent14.php

NSFW, I guess?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 18, 2014 09:46 AM (4df7R)

140 I really like the "I missed the day at law school" line. Watch out for that Samantha Power snark. You go girl!

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 18, 2014 09:46 AM (ZPrif)

141 Yellow Pug re: oil on canvas. Have I? You betcha. So what was your point?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 18, 2014 09:46 AM (YYElT)

142 MWR, you have a problem with blue people? HUH? Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at March 18, 2014 01:36 PM (659DL) A little mood music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68ugkg9RePc

Posted by: The Blue Hat at March 18, 2014 09:46 AM (CTCNK)

143 @Putin LEAVE UKRAINE ALONE! #strongwords #smartdiplomacy

Posted by: Top.Men. at March 18, 2014 09:46 AM (vgIRn)

144 The viewer is struck immediately by the youthful female subject's oversized arm.

Yes. Her arm. That's what I noticed first too.

Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 09:47 AM (GQ8sn)

145 See wingnuts! If unemployment was lower these people wouldn't follow their dreams and we would not have such beautiful art.

Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 09:47 AM (fWAjv)

146 George Orwell opinioned that the last refugee for the lazy, untalented and half-mad was to become an "artist". Wonder what Barry Soetoro is going to paint for us?

Posted by: IrishEd at March 18, 2014 09:47 AM (D0NZx)

147 Illustrations as if great art, rarely. These even fail the test of good illustrations, when the message is lost in the malformed subjects. World Peace for the weird alien who just won't let go of his globe.

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 18, 2014 09:47 AM (/vO0r)

148 Michelle Malkin Ã¾@michellemalkin

#FecklessPower John Kerry warns Putin that full annexation of Crimea would be "unfortunate" & that he is "disappointed."

"...What this? Is serious? I shake in boots right after I come back from wrestle Grizzly bear."

- Vlad

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 18, 2014 09:47 AM (4df7R)

149 Samantha Power ✔ @AmbassadorPower I missed the day at law school where self-determination was defined as #Russia-determination. Russia must halt its military action. 9:25 PM - 13 Mar 2014 Samantha Power ✔ @AmbassadorPower #Russia can veto a Security Council resolution, but it can't veto the truth. 11:25 AM - 15 Mar 2014 - Putin must be rolling on the floor laughing. *** Re that first tweet, I went off about her commitment to an offensive level of stupidity right after she sent it. I couldn't believe her tweet didn't get more play on twitter.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at March 18, 2014 09:47 AM (DmNpO)

150 John Kerry warns Putin that full annexation of Crimea would be "unfortunate" & that he is "disappointed." That explains the long face. Where's that pic of Putin riding Kerry (or maybe a close relative), with Bicycle Helmet Barry hanging on for dear life?

Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2014 09:48 AM (FcR7P)

151 Uh-oh. Raymond Pritchett ‏@Galrahn MoD in Ukraine just gave weapons free order for troops in Crimia for defensive purposes.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 18, 2014 09:48 AM (ZPrif)

152

inre small penises in sculpture:

Marble shortage.

Kidding. But actually, much has been said about the small penis on David. How a sculpture of a physical specimen could be so lacking in the manhood department.

However, consider the setting - he's facing off against Goliath. And if you look down on David's face from above (in other words, how Goliath would see him), his face looks much different than it does at ground level. He looks afraid...resolute, but afraid. And I daresay that fear is what's causing his junk to withdraw.

I can't speak to Zeus' endowment, but in the case of David he's actually small becaue he's afraid he's going to get beaten down.

Posted by: @JohnTant at March 18, 2014 09:48 AM (eytER)

153
How about comically oversized boobs?

http://www.museumofbadart.org/collection/recent14.php

All I saw was a really big........ arm.

Posted by: sweet...ish at March 18, 2014 09:48 AM (bj+Nc)

154 Samantha Power ✔ @AmbassadorPower

I missed the day at law school where self-determination was defined as #Russia-determination. Russia must halt its military action.

9:25 PM - 13 Mar 2014

Samantha Power ✔ @AmbassadorPower

#Russia can veto a Security Council resolution, but it can't veto the truth.

11:25 AM - 15 Mar 2014

Holy shit, could her tweets read any more like a frustrated Occupy protester's Livejournal account? We've got fucking toddlers in our positions of power.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 18, 2014 09:48 AM (4df7R)

155 MoD in Ukraine just gave weapons free order for troops in Crimia for defensive purposes.

"We're at Condition 1, and we're definitely expecting rain."

Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 09:49 AM (GQ8sn)

156 I am Disappoint!

Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2014 09:49 AM (Hy7dS)

157 @Putin LEAVE UKRAINE ALONE! #strongwords #smartdiplomacy Is now Russia. Heppy?

Posted by: @Putin at March 18, 2014 09:49 AM (FcR7P)

158 Get your people back, this is going to be a big one.

Posted by: akula51[/b][/i][/s] at March 18, 2014 09:49 AM (LA2U/)

159 Re, the argument over the 300 sequel: Reminds me of some of the arguments the grad students had in Valhalla @ Rice. CHARLES II WAS NOT A FUCKING 'CLOSET CATHOLIC' YOU SHIT FOR BRAINS

Posted by: boulder toilet hobo at March 18, 2014 09:50 AM (hFETg)

160 I fear that Samantha Powers will treat the news that the Ukraine ministry of defense has given the "weapons free" order as a hopeful sign that Ukraine will lead the world on disarmament.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 18, 2014 09:50 AM (ZPrif)

161 Wow I did a post on Art back in 2007.

http://annapuna.blogspot.com/2007/09/what-is-art.html

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 18, 2014 09:50 AM (YYElT)

162 Picasso Visita El Planeta De Los Simios.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at March 18, 2014 09:51 AM (V4CBV)

163 Tami @ 93 - Yosses was probably one of the few competent people working at the WH. You know the Obamas fork down whatever they want into their gullets but everyone else needs to be lectured.

Posted by: Cheri at March 18, 2014 09:51 AM (G+Wff)

164

And if you look down on David's face from above (in other words, how Goliath would see him), his face looks much different than it does at ground level.

Except you're not supposed to view him from above. (I know, there's a balcony there just so you can see it from above.) David has unnatural proportions except when you're viewing him from the ground because he was build by a frigging genius of proportion who knew how he'd look.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 18, 2014 09:51 AM (JtwS4)

165 Yeh, about that whole " can't stop the truth" thing.

Posted by: Mr Universe at March 18, 2014 09:51 AM (V9ZPe)

166 Raymond Pritchett ‏@Galrahn
MoD in Ukraine just gave weapons free order for troops in Crimia for defensive purposes.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 18, 2014 01:48 PM (ZPrif)

Is it time to break out the "Bad Boys" video clip yet?

Also, and I know this is pedantic, but "Crimia?" Really? I know that we all make spelling mistakes, but it's kind of been in the news a lot lately.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 18, 2014 09:52 AM (4df7R)

167 127 I missed the day at law school where self-determination was defined as #Russia-determination. Russia must halt its military action. Now, THERE's a credential for global politics- law school! Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2014 01:44 PM (FcR7P) ------------------------- Good Lord, these people talk like they're running a middle-school student government or something. "Sophomoric" doesn't begin to describe it.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 18, 2014 09:52 AM (dfYL9)

168 Marketing 101 - 'No Concealed Weapons Allowed' 'If you are such a loser that you feel the need to carry a gun with you when you go out. I do not want your business. Douchebag.' Probably not the best sign for your window. Especially when you have a review section on Yelp. http://tinyurl.com/k9n9uv2

Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 09:52 AM (fWAjv)

169 I can't speak to Zeus' endowment, but in the case of David he's actually small becaue he's afraid he's going to get beaten down. It was cold out!

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2014 09:53 AM (xZxMD)

170 This is Putin's version of a truce. Raymond Pritchett ‏@Galrahn 4m Russian military surrounding Ukrainian naval station at Cape Fiolent. Civilians fleeing area, believe battle imminent.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at March 18, 2014 09:53 AM (ZPrif)

171 145. Timing is everything. Remember Orwell aka Blair's date for your line, and the state of art heading towards "for art's sake" because it was created to give offense to the viewer, DISTANCING the artist from humanity; as if to prove the "art" above the need to either inspire or to provide (at least) a function. "For its own sake" would bury all great artistry that had the transcendental ability to lift humanity's spirit. Because, god is dead to those who are death.

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 18, 2014 09:54 AM (/vO0r)

172 I thought the small weiner thing was so that the penis didn't distract. But they de-emphasized it to the point of distraction. An unfortunate fail for the ancient artists.

Posted by: eleven at March 18, 2014 09:54 AM (Hy7dS)

173 Marketing 101 -

'No Concealed Weapons Allowed'

'If you are such a loser that you feel the need to carry a gun with you when you go out. I do not want your business. Douchebag.'

Probably not the best sign for your window.

Especially when you have a review section on Yelp.

http://tinyurl.com/k9n9uv2

Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 01:52 PM (fWAjv)

South Carolina too.

I give him #twoweeks.

Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 09:54 AM (GQ8sn)

174
South Carolina too.

I give him #twoweeks.

Posted by: EC at March 18, 2014 01:54 PM (GQ8sn)

Yeah, I posted the Twitchy link on the earlier threads. South Carolina? Sure, buddy. Let's see how that works for you. *snort!*

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Bossy Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 18, 2014 09:55 AM (4df7R)

175 If you want to see bad art and pay nothing to so so, go to the graduating students' shows at a nearby art school. Entertainment abounds, particularly when you juxtapose each poseur's "product" with their pretentious "artist's statement". 95+% of it is pure crap, which leads many a parent to think, if not exclaim, "I shelled out thousands of dollars and this shit is all you could do?" BTDT.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at March 18, 2014 09:55 AM (HsTG8)

176 RWC, and getting slaughtered on yelp. College town thinking by the owner.

Posted by: NCKate at March 18, 2014 09:55 AM (y7PFk)

177 I miss the velvet Woody Woodpecker I bought for a dollar back in college.

Posted by: model_1066 at March 18, 2014 09:56 AM (afNM6)

178 In an escalation of the standoff in Crimea, Obama threatens to hold his breath until he turns blue if the Russians don't evacuate.

Posted by: WalrusRex at March 18, 2014 09:56 AM (Hx5uv)

179 Saw a sign up in Madison, MS at a strip mall.

It said that open carry was not welcome in the store.

So the first thought that sprung to my mind was, so Concealed Carry is okay then.

Be careful what you put on your signs.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 18, 2014 09:56 AM (YYElT)

180

For some unknown reason, I'd love for Vlad to tweet Powers back,

Fuck off, bitch.

Posted by: Soona at March 18, 2014 09:58 AM (sx5Tc)

181 Wait. Is Ambassador Powers willing to wait for her answer until Hell freezes over?

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 18, 2014 09:58 AM (xq1UY)

182 175 RWC, and getting slaughtered on yelp. College town thinking by the owner. Posted by: NCKate at March 18, 2014 01:55 PM (y7PFk) Yep. But on twitter he is getting called out by Clemson students who are pissed that they are getting attention from something like this.

Posted by: RWC at March 18, 2014 09:58 AM (fWAjv)

183 177 In an escalation of the standoff in Crimea, Obama threatens to hold his breath until he turns blue if the Russians don't evacuate. Posted by: WalrusRex at March 18, 2014 01:56 PM (Hx5uv) Then he called Putin a big stinky poopyhead and ran crying to hide behind the Wookie's ginormous ass.

Posted by: model_1066 at March 18, 2014 09:59 AM (afNM6)

184 You know which comment is going to leave a mark?

"Seriously, choose Taco Bell."

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at March 18, 2014 10:00 AM (YYElT)

185 "This is Putin's version of a truce." Costanza Defense, what truce? Obama offers no truce; but promises the "rule of the gun" as Putin mocked. And miserably henpecked "reporting for duty" Kerry, remembering Vietnam, is wringing his hands wondering if he should shoot himself again in order to evade duty in action and get another purple heart from the sidelines. Obama will do a very stoooooopid thing, to be sure since he just can't help himself from being himself. The fool, the fraud, the spiteful hater of America, the guy who never learned his lessons or even bothered attending class. /No wonder he played himself "proud" for showing up in Senate (occasionally) in time to vote: PRESENT! as if that were his crowning glory. Present but unaccounted for: no transcripts for the record./

Posted by: panzernashorn at March 18, 2014 10:03 AM (/vO0r)

186 174 If you want to see bad art and pay nothing to so so, go to the graduating students' shows at a nearby art school. Entertainment abounds, particularly when you juxtapose each poseur's "product" with their pretentious "artist's statement". 95+% of it is pure crap, which leads many a parent to think, if not exclaim, "I shelled out thousands of dollars and this shit is all you could do?" BTDT. Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling StarsÂ™ at March 18, 2014 01:55 PM (HsTG

---------------------------------- Well, I enjoy those shows. Yes, the vast majority of it is crap, and pretentious crap at that, but there are some amusing pieces and the occasional gem too. Anyway, as you say, it's free, and if you're smart, you'll go to the grand opening when they have nice refreshments.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at March 18, 2014 10:04 AM (dfYL9)

187 179 For some unknown reason, I'd love for Vlad to tweet Powers back, Fuck off, bossy bitch. Posted by: Soona at March 18, 2014 01:58 PM (sx5Tc) FIFY

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at March 18, 2014 10:06 AM (bCEmE)

188 186 179 For some unknown reason, I'd love for Vlad to tweet Powers back, Fuck off, bossy bitch. Posted by: Soona at March 18, 2014 01:58 PM (sx5Tc) FIFY Posted by: Tami at March 18, 2014 02:06 PM (bCEmE) I think he should tweet "Shut up and make me a sammich, sugartits"

Posted by: model_1066 at March 18, 2014 10:09 AM (afNM6)

189 Where the hell is the UN? Is the UN doing squat, and the media simply not "reporting" UN peacekeeping efforts? The UN was plenty verbal accosting US Presidents prior to the last black president.

Posted by: Zach Galifianakis at March 18, 2014 10:10 AM (/vO0r)

190

Throughout recorded history, most art has been bad or mediocre art at best. We see paintings and sculptures of the old masters because people knew their worth and went to extraordinary lengths to protect and preserve them. That crappy landscape by Whatshisname, on the other hand? Not so much.

So yeah, most artists in any given era are creating crappy art oozing with banality and brimming with mediocrity. That which is forgettable is forgotten--or, like all of that 'priceless' postmodern art bought and stored by Saatchi and Saatchi several years ago, mysteriously burned up in a warehouse fire of indeterminate origin. The truly good works and the great works, however, go on and on.

I paint and draw what I hope is fine art, and make my living as a commercial artist. I don't have any loftily impossible goals insofar as my art is concerned. I just want to make something worthwhile and (hopefully, ideally) true and beautiful before I die.

Posted by: troyriser at March 18, 2014 10:11 AM (gNlvW)

191

Putin is calling the annexation of Crimea a "reunification". It has sites of importance to Russian history going back 1,000 years and "every one of those sites is holy to us".

The problem is emblematic of the last 20 years, in a multi-polar world everything has become unstable, because the Western partners have a "politics of primitive cynicism in which only the rights of the stronger prevail". (Really, that's a quote from Putin).

Lots of emotion in the speech, men and women with tears on their faces. The current borders of the Ukraine were a mistake by Bolshevist Ukrainians ("may God judge them").

Russia had promised to respect the frontiers of Ukraine, but on the condition that Ukraine was a friendly government. We don't have to partition Ukraine, we are more than neighbors, we are one people. (Sounds awesomer in the German version, "Ein Volk").

Elsewhere, as noted, it's turned into a shooting war with one dead Ukranian soldier and promises of military resistance from Kiev.

All of the above is paraphrased from FAZ.

As to the tweets of our leaders...we are ruled by very silly people.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at March 18, 2014 10:11 AM (JtwS4)

192 I think he should tweet "Shut up and make me a sammich, sugartits" Posted by: model_1066 at March 18, 2014 02:09 PM (afNM6) But first you will blow me.

Posted by: Putin quotes Mel Gibson at March 18, 2014 10:11 AM (/vO0r)

193 183?
Anna?
My city has 2 "authentic" Mexican restaurants-- and their food is very good. Cilantros & el Potro- you can google them.
But I will admit a guilty pleasure- some of Taco Bell's food is not bad, either.

Posted by: backhoe at March 18, 2014 10:14 AM (ULH4o)

194 I think he should tweet "Shut up and make me a sammich, sugartits" Posted by: model_1066 at March 18, 2014 02:09 PM (afNM6) I LOL'd!

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at March 18, 2014 10:18 AM (bCEmE)

195 Any one else think this Obama character isn't such a great leader?

Posted by: Guy Who's Been Living Under a Rock at March 18, 2014 10:25 AM (yhJhK)

196 194?

Posted by: Guy Who's Been Living Under a Rock ?

Duh!1 is an idiot. At best. But he's "historic." Ã˜-Merica sure made a big mistake. Whether we can survive it remains to be seen.

The clown is a dunce, at best.

Posted by: backhoe at March 18, 2014 10:31 AM (ULH4o)

197 189 during the past, until recently, most art was produced by guilds, apprentices then were the equivalent of today's greatest, upholding standards of craftsmanship and artistry. If you were mediocre at best, you didn't "get" to be an apprentice. And the point of apprenticeship? First, to learn all that your master knows and perfect all skills, and then push yourself to become a master, to see/project through physical medium as the master. As for aesthetic stylistic discrimination? Well, each era had it's own. Calling medieval art "less than" Renaissance is a matter of preference, whether the artwork's message were best expressed to which degree of realism (perspective) if indeed mysticism were the subject. /walking the mile in someone else's shoes, to "see" from the same vantage point as that person would/

Posted by: Putin quotes Mel Gibson at March 18, 2014 10:31 AM (/vO0r)

198 From the description of one of the works:

"A work of undisputed tenderness which places the spiritual above the physical through careful disregard for details of the human form."

Which just dismissed the entire works of Picasso, Chagall, Duchamp...in fact, pretty much all of 20th century art.

Posted by: Null at March 18, 2014 10:31 AM (P7hip)

199 Which just dismissed the entire works of Picasso, Chagall, Duchamp...in fact, pretty much all of 20th century art.

Posted by: Null at March 18, 2014 02:31 PM (P7hip)

MOBA is meant for fun. They were being facetious. That's the point.

Posted by: troyriser at March 18, 2014 10:42 AM (gNlvW)

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