From the Back Forty: Pop Art by Biden and Instant Karma

Heartlanders can’t quite come to grips with the art world.

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Heartlanders took time away from winter preparations and Christmas decorations to discuss the art world and the concept of instant Karma. But there was still plenty of time to focus on the Hunter Biden pardon, Trump’s Cabinet nominees, and the bitterness of the ladies on The View.

Idahoan Reads Political Tea Leaves Wrong

Idaho beauty salon owner Tiffney Prickett said her regular customers are “dropping like flies” after she called supporters of President-elect Donald Trump “racist, homophobic, and misogynistic.” Yes, while in her chair with scissors and toxic hair dye at her fingertips.

The proprietor of the Voiage Salon in Coeur d’Alene said even long-term clients have demanded a refund. Stan Givens in Bowling Green, OH, channeled Captain Obvious: “As the saying goes ‘Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.’”

Prickett was aghast and posted her lamentations on TikTok: “So this is me suffering the consequences of my own action. I just had a client send her husband into my salon and demand a refund for gift cards — pre-purchased — because of my stance that if you support a racist, homophobic, misogynist rapist, and you’re okay with those things because you supported them that you are in fact those things.”

Prickett then seemed surprised and added, “And she was so offended by that, he said she did not feel comfortable coming to my salon anymore.”

“So, again I’m reaping what I sow,” she said. “I’m suffering the consequences of my own actions. But I stand by what I said.”

Although impressed is not the right word, Dwayne Ordeneaux of Gramercy, LA, complimented her mea culpa: “Pleased to see that she realizes her political views have had a profound impact on her business. Now would be a good time to re-evaluate her political following.”

Prickett did not put the shovel down, however. Rather, she expanded her self-righteousness and deigned to lower herself to food service work, saying she’d “rather go work at Chipotle” than have Trump voters “feel comfortable” at her place of business.

Karen Smith Bass in Minneapolis, MN, wanted to advise the restaurant chain: “Hope she doesn’t get hired at Chipotle either.” But Joan Byrd of Irwin, TX, thinks salons that cater to progressives are going to be hard-pressed to stay open these next four years: “Our President was re-elected by a two-thirds majority in Idaho. Her candidate’s female voters have been busy shaving their foolish heads. Hey Tiffney, see a problem here?”

Pop Art by Biden

Hunter Biden is a tortured artist – much like Vincent van Gogh but without the physical self-mutilation (or talent). Heartlanders aren’t typically into pop art. Paint slapped on canvas is a spill, not a painting, right? And how does a banana taped to a piece of a whiteboard – requiring just a couple of dollars worth of material and all the imagination of a brick – sell for millions? So, when Shaun Maguire, a partner at the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital and Hunter’s landlord for two years, heard of the Big Guy pardoning Hunter, the man had a legitimate question. “So what happens to the $300k+ in back pay rent that Hunter Biden owes my family from 2019-2020?”

That might’ve been embarrassing enough, but McGuire wasn’t done. “Hunter was our tenant in Venice, CA. Didn’t pay rent for over a year. Tried to pay w/art made from his own feces,” he added and then cursed a lot.

The patrons at the Foxhole Pub in Williamsport, IN, were somewhat apoplectic between bouts of hysterical laughter. As Randy Stine said, “The fun of the administration and this First Family – heck we may get bored by January 21st.”

Steve MacIntosh wondered: “Do people really do that? More importantly, who would buy that?”

Some experts say that when Joe Biden bowed out, he crashed the value of Hunter Biden’s art. It was the ultimate Pop art – until “Pop” was out of power.