1 jaunte  May 5, 2014 9:33:25am

What an attractive painting!

2 wrenchwench  May 5, 2014 10:03:37am
3 b.d.  May 5, 2014 10:05:07am

I suddenly have a new found respect for the artistic talents of George Zimmerman and W Bush.

4 sauceruney  May 5, 2014 10:25:50am

This is worse than that goatse picture.

5 Charles Johnson  May 5, 2014 10:34:08am

I think I saw the eyes move.

6 Pie-onist Overlord  May 5, 2014 11:08:01am

Those eyes have little cameras in them, watching The Intercept employee at all times.

7 Rev_Arthur_Belling  May 5, 2014 11:09:21am
syc*o*phant
ˈsik▟ənt,-ⳏant
noun
a person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain advantage.
synonyms: yes-man, bootlicker, brown-noser, toady, lickspittle, flatterer, flunky, lackey, spaniel, doormat, stooge, cringer, suck, suck-up
“I thought you wanted a competent assistant, not a nodding sycophant”

I’m not sayin’, I’m just sayin’.

8 Justanotherhuman  May 5, 2014 11:14:29am

re: #1 jaunte

What an attractive painting!

Dead eyes in a dead-pan face…

9 Kragar  May 5, 2014 11:14:37am

THE ABYSS! IT STARES BACK!

10 Kragar  May 5, 2014 11:15:52am
11 lawhawk  May 5, 2014 11:15:59am

Malignant narcissism.

You’re in a media organization and you claim that you’re going to do journalism. Putting up artwork that is pure Greenwald ego in the office? That smacks of cult of personality.

What a depressing place to work, where all you have to look at is pictures of Greenwald with the 1,000 yard stare looking back your way.

12 Gus  May 5, 2014 11:16:28am

re: #3 b.d.

I suddenly have a new found respect for the artistic talents of George Zimmerman and W Bush.

Was thinking about those two when I saw this painting. And as Jaunte shows the source for said painting. Others have called Zimmerman’s and Bush’s work plagiarism because he too “copied” from internet images. YMMV.

13 Dr Lizardo  May 5, 2014 11:16:35am

re: #7 Rev_Arthur_Belling

I’m not sayin’, I’m just sayin’.

14 Dr. Matt  May 5, 2014 11:16:44am

This is pretty creepy. Really.

15 Internet Tough Guy  May 5, 2014 11:17:24am

Obligatory:

Link

16 Justanotherhuman  May 5, 2014 11:17:34am

Don’t think I’d want to depend on that. Nor would I appreciate using my hair to support myself and others.

More: Public safety officials say failure of single steel carabiner to blame in Providence, RI, circus accident - @BostonDotCom
read more on boston.com

I use a carabiner as a keyring only.

17 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 5, 2014 11:17:35am

good grief…what the hell is going on today? (This is in Georgia)

18 lawhawk  May 5, 2014 11:18:07am

Not shown in the office photos, pictures of Pierre Omidyar and Ed Snowden. The Troika of bros.

19 Skip Intro  May 5, 2014 11:18:08am

re: #12 Gus

Was thinking about those two when I saw this painting. And as Jaunte shows the source for said painting. Others have called Zimmerman’s and Bush’s work plagiarism because he too “copied” from internet images. YMMV.

Only Zimmerman tried to sell the “art” as his own original work. That’s the difference.

20 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 5, 2014 11:18:10am
21 philosophus invidius  May 5, 2014 11:18:44am

I think I saw that painting get honorable mention at the local Junior High School art show.

22 Dr. Matt  May 5, 2014 11:19:17am

re: #17 Backwoods_Sleuth

At Least One Person Injured In Shooting At Paine College
wjbf.com

23 Kragar  May 5, 2014 11:20:03am
24 Skip Intro  May 5, 2014 11:20:27am

re: #17 Backwoods_Sleuth

good grief…what the hell is going on today? (This is in Georgia)

[Embedded content]

It’s Mayhem Monday.

Thank God these things only happen on days that end in a ‘y’.

25 Kragar  May 5, 2014 11:20:33am

re: #21 philosophus invidius

I think I saw that painting get honorable mention at the local Junior High School art show.

It won the coveted “Participant” prize.

26 Justanotherhuman  May 5, 2014 11:21:14am

re: #17 Backwoods_Sleuth

good grief…what the hell is going on today? (This is in Georgia)

[Embedded content]

Private, historically Black college.

27 Rev_Arthur_Belling  May 5, 2014 11:21:28am

re: #18 lawhawk

Not shown in the office photos, pictures of Pierre Omidyar and Ed Snowden. The Troika of bros.

Not the Trinity of dudebros? Father (Omidyar), Son (GG), and Holy Ghost (Snowden).

28 Pie-onist Overlord  May 5, 2014 11:22:48am

***INSERT TABLE FLIPPING GIF HERE***

29 lawhawk  May 5, 2014 11:22:50am

If you’re going to complain about the artist’s work, I’d say it’s because it’s highly derivative and lacks any new interpretation. It’s not bringing any new views about the subject. It treats the subject like a haigiography, rather than reveals anything new.

Shepard Fairey’s art, which also relied on stock photos/images, at least presented a different interpretation and repackaged the image with a message that the subject hoped to convey.

30 Skip Intro  May 5, 2014 11:23:00am

re: #23 Kragar

Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump

Over 90% of American workers could lose their healthcare by 2020 thanks to ObamaCare. Repeal before it is too late!

What a great idea! That way they won’t have to wait until 2020.

This man should have been President.

31 b.d.  May 5, 2014 11:23:56am

HEY PIERRE, HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT YOU BOUGHT FOR THE OFFICE?

32 Stanley Sea  May 5, 2014 11:24:08am
33 klys  May 5, 2014 11:25:01am

re: #32 Stanley Sea

I thought for a bit the tree was another snake eating the first snake.

I clearly need to wake up.

34 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 5, 2014 11:27:02am

re: #33 klys

I thought for a bit the tree was another snake eating the first snake.

I clearly need to wake up.

No worries…you’ll soon be in Dublin. No snakes there.
:D

35 Skip Intro  May 5, 2014 11:27:07am

36 Pie-onist Overlord  May 5, 2014 11:27:59am

re: #35 Skip Intro

[Embedded image]

Ewww, that’s just gross.

37 b.d.  May 5, 2014 11:28:47am

re: #35 Skip Intro

[Embedded image]

Squidward Greenwald, love it.

38 Pie-onist Overlord  May 5, 2014 11:29:03am

OH FUCK, WHO IS THIS SHITBAG?

39 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 5, 2014 11:29:15am

re: #35 Skip Intro

[Embedded image]

Would be more impressive if the medium was mashed potatoes.

40 Dr. Matt  May 5, 2014 11:29:38am

IT’S ART! Pay me!

ART!

41 Pie-onist Overlord  May 5, 2014 11:31:18am

I blocked that thing. No point getting into any kind of conversation with that kind of rabid Jew-hater.

42 Gus  May 5, 2014 11:31:27am

re: #38 Pie-onist Overlord

OH FUCK, WHO IS THIS SHITBAG?

[Embedded content]

43 b.d.  May 5, 2014 11:31:29am

re: #40 Dr. Matt

IT’S ART! Pay me!

ART!

The Venus De DuBro

44 Pie-onist Overlord  May 5, 2014 11:32:59am

ATTN JUICE HATERS, IF U POINT TO NETUREI KARTA (JEWISH WESTBORO) AS AN EXCUSE FOR UR OWN JUICE HATE, UR AN ANTI-SEMITE.

45 lawhawk  May 5, 2014 11:33:19am

re: #41 Pie-onist Overlord

Conspiracy nutter to boot (see gus’ post above).

46 Kragar  May 5, 2014 11:33:31am

re: #35 Skip Intro

Has a whole “The Worm who walks” feeling going on.

47 Pie-onist Overlord  May 5, 2014 11:33:51am

re: #42 Gus

[Embedded content]

THOSE ARE JUICE CLOUDS!!!!!!

48 Skip Intro  May 5, 2014 11:34:43am

Here’s the Chairman of the Board version, and I’m done.

49 lawhawk  May 5, 2014 11:35:56am

re: #42 Gus

Ha…. maybe it’s because those chemtrails are hiding the real truth… that goes back to Tunguska.

Youtube Video

50 jaunte  May 5, 2014 11:36:34am

This thread is becoming The Intercept Screensaver Collection.

51 Jack Burton  May 5, 2014 11:39:24am

re: #23 Kragar

Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump
Over 90% of American workers could lose their healthcare by 2020 thanks to ObamaCare. Repeal before it is too late!

Was that entirely rectum-retrieved or is there some new asinine wingnut talking point making it’s rounds claiming this?

52 Killgore Trout  May 5, 2014 11:39:32am

Test
Image: 3Jdtkz6.gif

53 jaunte  May 5, 2014 11:42:09am

re: #52 Killgore Trout

54 Killgore Trout  May 5, 2014 11:43:25am

re: #53 jaunte

[Embedded content]

Love those

55 CuriousLurker  May 5, 2014 11:44:43am

re: #38 Pie-onist Overlord

Quick question: What do people mean when they say Jews are Khazars? I mean I’ve heard about the Turkic Khazar people before, but I don’t get why Jews would be associated with them or why it would be used as an insult, which it clearly seems to be. Wikipedia says:

Beginning in the 8th century, Khazar royalty and notable segments of the aristocracy converted to Judaism; the populace appears to have been multi-confessional—a mosaic of pagan, Tengrist, Jewish, Christian and Muslim worshippers—and polyethnic. A modern theory, that the core of Ashkenazi Jewry emerged from a hypothetical Khazarian Jewish diaspora, is now viewed with scepticism by most scholars, but occasionally supported by others. This Khazarian hypothesis is sometimes associated with antisemitism and anti-Zionism. […]

en.wikipedia.org

Can you (or anyone) please explain to me why it’s anti-semitic? Who started it, do you know?

56 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 5, 2014 11:46:32am

re: #53 jaunte

[Embedded content]

57 lawhawk  May 5, 2014 11:47:37am

re: #51 Jack Burton

Was that entirely rectum-retrieved or is there some new asinine wingnut talking point making it’s rounds claiming this?

It’s from a oped, citing a financial industry report.

By 2020, about 90 percent of American workers who now receive health insurance through their employers will be shifted to government exchanges created by the health law, according to a projection by S&P Capital IQ, a research firm serving the financial industry.

It’s not an outlandish notion. Ezekiel Emanuel, an architect of the Affordable Care Act, has long predicted a similar shift.

But the scope and speed of the shift is surprising. So is the amount of money that companies could save. The S&P researchers tried to estimate what it would save the biggest American companies. Their answer: $700 billion between 2016 and 2025, or about 4 percent of the total value of those companies. The total could reach $3.25 trillion for all companies with more than 50 employees.

They assume those savings will accrue to companies’ bottom lines, though there are also compelling reasons to think that some of those savings would end up in the pockets of American workers in the form of higher wages or other benefits.

The idea is this: Now that federal and state exchanges exist where anyone, even those with pre-existing illnesses, can gain coverage, employers might decide to give their workers a stipend to pay for health insurance on the exchanges rather than sponsor a plan themselves.

In truth, the American system of health care — in which most people get their private health insurance through their employer — has always been rather odd. Why should quitting a job also mean you have to get a new health insurance plan? Why should your boss get to decide what options you have and negotiate the cost of them? Employers don’t get to select our auto insurance or mortgage company, so why should health insurance be any different?

Trump sees all this as a bad thing, and the GOP thinks this as well, even though the pre-ACA system sucked if you didn’t have insurance, or you ran into lifetime caps, annual caps, or any other similar issues.

My biggest concern with a shift away from employer-based insurance would be that the employers would pocket the difference, and the employee doesn’t see any of the benefit (increasing the costs still more to the employee) since insurance is a benefit to the employee that is part of compensation. If you stop paying that, and don’t replace it with other compensation, you’re giving the employee a pay cut.

58 Jack Burton  May 5, 2014 11:50:05am

re: #55 CuriousLurker

Quick question: What do people mean when they say Jews are Khazars? I mean I’ve heard about the Turkic Khazar people before, but I don’t get why Jews would be associated with them or why it would be used as an insult, which it clearly seems to be. Wikipedia says:

Can you (or anyone) please explain to me why it’s anti-semitic? Who started it, do you know?

I think, and don’t quote me on this, it is used to make the claim that modern Ashkenazi Jews are not related to Levantine Jews of antiquity at all, and therefore have no “claim” on Palestine and the creation of Israel is illegitimate.

Or something. It’s probably more complicated than that but it seems to me like a way of saying they are “fake jews” and “zionism is bad” in one swoop.

59 Jack Burton  May 5, 2014 11:50:48am

re: #57 lawhawk

My biggest concern with a shift away from employer-based insurance would be that the employers would pocket the difference, and the employee doesn’t see any of the benefit (increasing the costs still more to the employee) since insurance is a benefit to the employee that is part of compensation. If you stop paying that, and don’t replace it with other compensation, you’re giving the employee a pay cut.

Of course they are going to do that, and most people are too ignorant to notice.

60 CuriousLurker  May 5, 2014 11:51:02am

re: #58 Jack Burton

I think, and don’t quote me on this, it is used to make the claim that modern Ashkenazi Jews are not related to Levantine Jews of antiquity at all, and therefore have no “claim” on Palestine and the creation of Israel is illegitimate.

Or something. It’s probably more complicated than that but it seems to me like a way of saying they are “fake jews” and “zionism is bad” in one swoop.

Ohhhh, okay. Thanks.

61 Gus  May 5, 2014 11:51:44am

There are different types of Zionism.

62 Mattand  May 5, 2014 11:52:08am

GG puts a hex on you…

63 Backwoods_Sleuth  May 5, 2014 11:52:48am

Just another day at the beach…

64 b_sharp  May 5, 2014 11:52:53am

re: #62 Mattand

GG puts a hex on you…

[Embedded image]

New bored game?

65 CuriousLurker  May 5, 2014 11:53:13am

re: #61 Gus

There are different types of Zionism.

Yeah, Wikipedia lists about a dozen, or so it seemed when I saw the list.

66 b.d.  May 5, 2014 11:53:53am

So this shouldn’t be any problem for the DudeBro Brigade, right?

67 Pie-onist Overlord  May 5, 2014 11:54:40am

re: #55 CuriousLurker

Quick question: What do people mean when they say Jews are Khazars? I mean I’ve heard about the Turkic Khazar people before, but I don’t get why Jews would be associated with them or why it would be used as an insult, which it clearly seems to be. Wikipedia says:

Can you (or anyone) please explain to me why it’s anti-semitic? Who started it, do you know?

There is an old legend that, about 1000 years ago, the pagan King of Khazaria and his courtiers converted to Judaism after interviewing a Rabbi, a Priest and an Imam for Official Religion of Khazaria. According to the legend, the Rabbi was awarded the job. There is little historic or ethnographic evidence for this legend. However it has been seized upon as “proof” that all modern, Ashkenazic Jews are descendants of “Khazarians” and therefore NOT TEH TRUE BIBLICAL JUICE FROM TEH BIBLE!!!!!.

Even this conspiracy theory excludes Sephardic Jews from being “Khazarian” imposters, but there is more DNA similarity between Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews than between Ashkenazi Jews and Ungaro-Turkic people.

Of course there have been converts to Judaism throughout history, from all races and ethnic groups, but not entire regions or nations, since Jews have always been less aggressive in seeking converts than Christians and Muslims.

68 Gus  May 5, 2014 11:55:54am

Hypnowald meet John Cook.

69 Dr Lizardo  May 5, 2014 11:58:30am

re: #55 CuriousLurker

Quick question: What do people mean when they say Jews are Khazars? I mean I’ve heard about the Turkic Khazar people before, but I don’t get why Jews would be associated with them or why it would be used as an insult, which it clearly seems to be. Wikipedia says:

Can you (or anyone) please explain to me why it’s anti-semitic? Who started it, do you know?

To put it bluntly, the Khazar hypothesis suggests that European Jews aren’t “real” Jews, but rather, Johnny-come-lately’s.

70 Rev_Arthur_Belling  May 5, 2014 11:59:29am

re: #68 Gus

I don’t know which would be more depressing to me as a worker, having the GG shrine portrait, or that dining table desk to work at.

Who am I kidding. The Our Lady of Derpetual Outrage portrait, obviously

71 CuriousLurker  May 5, 2014 12:00:14pm

re: #67 Pie-onist Overlord

Got it—thanks!

re: #69 Dr Lizardo

I can’t help but wonder who started the legend/rumor…

Okay, back to work. Later, lizards.

72 Feline Fearless Leader  May 5, 2014 12:00:21pm

re: #62 Mattand

GG puts a hex on you…

[Embedded image]

That the play map for “Putin Invades America”?

73 Gus  May 5, 2014 12:01:17pm

re: #70 Rev_Arthur_Belling

I don’t know which would be more depressing to me as a worker, having the GG shrine portrait, or that dining table desk to work at.

Who am I kidding. The Our Lady of Derpetual Outrage portrait, obviously

Gribbit. //

74 Pie-onist Overlord  May 5, 2014 12:02:09pm

I do not recommend Googling “Khazar” since you are likely to bring up a bunch of anti-Semitic conspiracy sites, but many years ago, back in Usenet days, there was a serious Jewish history group that discussed the Khazarian theory from a geneology viewpoint. jewishgen.org

I don’t know if they have any of the old discussions archived.

75 b.d.  May 5, 2014 12:02:28pm

re: #68 Gus

Hypnowald meet John Cook.

Win.

Loving John’s desk. A tape dispenser, empty glass and the pen and sticky notes are both out of reach, all while watching Twitter.

Work, work, work

76 Pie-onist Overlord  May 5, 2014 12:11:18pm

THERE IS NOTHING LIKE BRINGING A GLOCK TO A JOB INTERVIEW!

77 Eventual Carrion  May 5, 2014 12:27:07pm

re: #33 klys

I thought for a bit the tree was another snake eating the first snake.

I clearly need to wake up.

HA, it does kinda look that way

78 Romantic Heretic  May 5, 2014 12:28:13pm

re: #20 Backwoods_Sleuth

[Embedded content]

What? Again?

This is getting tiresome.

79 Eventual Carrion  May 5, 2014 12:38:07pm

re: #59 Jack Burton

Of course they are going to do that, and most people are too ignorant to notice.

Yeah, numbers are hard. I remember one evening talking to a Houston police officer (I worked for the county and we shared national and Texas crime data with the local police, they picked up a tape or two every night).

They had just gone through negotiations on contract. They agreed to a 5% cut in pay and a freeze for 2 years, they would then get a 5% raise after the 2 year freeze. I asked him when they were going to get him back to what he was making before the 5% cut. He said it would be after the 5% raise in 2 years. I told him no, 5% of a larger number is larger than 5% of a smaller number. They take 5% from what you are making now and then give you 5% of that lesser number in 2 years, you will still not be where you are now. Then sent him off with his tapes to ponder the situation.

80 Amory Blaine  May 5, 2014 12:48:03pm

Stalin would be proud!

81 otoc  May 5, 2014 2:40:57pm

That has to be the most creepy painting I’ve seen outside of apocalyptic graphic novels. It’s kinda like Zombie times…Zombie JC

82 steve_davis  May 6, 2014 9:30:49am

to make this especially perfect, the eyes would need to be able to move back and forth, to watch what is going on, like the Mayberry Halloween episode!


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