Althouse: At the Lakeside Café...

May 18, 2022

At the Lakeside Café...

... you can talk about whatever you want.

37 comments:

Bender said...: I used the word "milieu" in a sentence yesterday.

I think it was the first time.; 5/18/22, 7:48 PM
Howard said...: Glorious day in Center Mass today. Spring is fully exploding. Cut the grass for the first time this season, the new Eco cordless mulching mower worked like a dream. The ponds are warm enough to swim without wetsuits. Martha's Vineyard bike ride this weekend.

Life is beautiful.; 5/18/22, 8:02 PM
YoungHegelian said...: Okay, who's got some Sven & Ole join NATO jokes queued up?; 5/18/22, 8:05 PM
YoungHegelian said...: I have noticed, when I search the Althouse Forum for past postings, I get muuuuuuch better results when I search with duckduckgo.com than with google.com, e.g. at the duckduckgo.com prompt:

site:althouse.blogspot.com younghegelian "Some words of wisdom"

So, something to remember if you ever need to search for something you posted way back when.; 5/18/22, 8:09 PM
Narr said...: I made two comments early today (for me) and saw later ones posted when I checked about an hour ago, but not those.

They are there now. I don't think this has happened before. Anyone else have that experience before?; 5/18/22, 8:24 PM
Jaq said...: Regular gas at $5 a gallon in Vermont, but it is worth it so that Ukraine can avenge her hurts by the Soviets, who are gone from history , and avoid the awful fate of living like Finland has for decades, you know , neutral and non aligned.. that and self determination for the provinces of Ukraine that the Nazis have been attacking with artillery for eight years. In retrospect, it does not seem a high price to avoid this humanitarian disaster, to include the global famine that is in the pipeline. The whole world is amazed by Biden’s Fire Marshal Bill” presidency.; 5/18/22, 8:37 PM
hawkeyedjb said...: A new milestone: Today I bought my very first $100 tank of gasoline.; 5/18/22, 8:40 PM
madAsHell said...: My iPhone rang, and the caller ID stated "Political Call". I've received a number calls from that same number, but today for the first time the incoming number was flagged as a "Political Call".; 5/18/22, 8:46 PM
Joe Smith said...: Big snake on that beach...; 5/18/22, 9:04 PM
Humperdink said...: Took a walk in my woods this afternoon. Walked by a black cherry tree which whispered "racist" as I neared it. I have always viewed myself as an equal opportunity tree cutter. Red oak, white oak, hard maple, it mattered not. If I needed hardwood boards, I fired up the Stihl 038 Super. However, hearing that racist accusation caused me pause. After some self-reflection, never will a black cherry or black birch tree bite the dust again. Now on to investigate tree reparations.; 5/18/22, 9:28 PM
Iman said...: First there is a mountain
Then there is no mountain
Then there is; 5/18/22, 9:30 PM
Caroline said...: Are those snowdrops again? This late?; 5/18/22, 9:47 PM
Mason G said...: "They are there now. I don't think this has happened before."

Same thing here.; 5/18/22, 10:03 PM
William said...: On HBO, I watched the first season of Perry Mason. I don't think Perry Mason is an iconic figure like Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot, but they took considerable liberties with the Perry Mason I was familiar with from the old tv series. He's far more Sam Spade than Perry Mason, Esq in this series. I like Sam Spade better than Perry Mason so that's okay with me, but it does seem a bit dishonest to make him such a different character. I never read any of the Erle Stanley Gardner books so maybe this was no more dishonest than the Raymond Burr portrayal. I don't think anyone now living has ever read an Erle Stanley Gardner mystery.
...What's the opposite of updating a character--post-dating? I think of Perry Mason as a sane and sedate lawyer of the fifties, not as a hard bitten detective of the thirties, but there it is....Crime was more noirish in the thirties. The crimes in the fifties were too bland.; 5/18/22, 11:33 PM
Crazy World said...: My great grand daughter graduated from kindergarten yesterday, they sang o say can you see. In shock and awe.; 5/19/22, 2:08 AM
farmgirl said...: Snakes- that’s awful, Joe.
FYI- not a snake fan.
I think it’s a biblical thing w/me.; 5/19/22, 5:30 AM
farmgirl said...: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/05/just-health-officials-confirm-first-u-s-case-monkeypox-massachusetts/

Now I have to find out wth monkey pox is…; 5/19/22, 5:40 AM
wendybar said...: “In contrast (to Ukraine) Russian elections are rigged. Political opponents are imprisoned or otherwise eliminated for participating in the Electoral process. The result is an absence of checks and balances in Russia, and the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq.” - George W. Bush https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/05/whoops-g-w-bush-suffers-brutal-freudian-slip-decision-one-man-launch-wholly-unjustified-brutal-invasion-iraq-video/

So we are JUST LIKE RUSSIA?? THIS explains a lot...and also explains why the conservative right don't like EITHER side. We want somebody who loves America like Trump and doesn't WANT to start new wars. There is no American politician like that. PERIOD.; 5/19/22, 5:45 AM
wendybar said...: They are lying to us about illegals being spewed throughout the country. They hate us, and ARE replacing us. THAT is why they are trying to push the Replacement theory on Republicans, because the left always blames people for what they are doing themselves...https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/05/elections_speaking_of_foreign_intervention.html; 5/19/22, 5:48 AM
wendybar said...: Here are some of the Replacement Theory examples....

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/05/leftist_media_want_to_convince_you_that_youre_obsessed_with_replacement_theory.html; 5/19/22, 5:52 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Hand and eye coordination? She's got it...
https://generaldispatch.whatfinger.com/this-ladys-juggling-skills-are-off-the-hook-you-ever-see-anything-like-it/
Really Big Shue. Where's Ed Sullivan?; 5/19/22, 6:10 AM
Curious George said...: "Are those snowdrops again? This late?"

No. It was in the high 50's/60's yesterday.; 5/19/22, 6:20 AM
Humperdink said...: Anyone who thinks the Disinformation Governance Board (aka Ministry of Truth) of the DHS has suffered a permanent demise is living in Oz (no, not that Oz). The Commie-Pinkos may be retreating but it is a given they are rearming.; 5/19/22, 7:01 AM
wendybar said...: THIS is a prime reason why there is no trust in our Government and courts anymore....There are two tiers of justice now, and it is QUITE obvious. https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/3492664-tale-of-two-trials-how-sussmann-is-receiving-every-consideration-denied-to-flynn/; 5/19/22, 7:13 AM
wendybar said...: Trout lilies.; 5/19/22, 7:27 AM
Rusty said...: Caroline said...
"Are those snowdrops again? This late?"
George nailed it.
We had a wet cold spring everything is late. I'm still finding Morels and a lot of transitory birds are just now coming through. Grosbeaks and Tannengers etc.; 5/19/22, 7:32 AM
farmgirl said...: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9J-nN3gVg4

It may seem like a nothing to some VTers, but not all.
Ukraine is a canary.

We can pray.; 5/19/22, 7:40 AM
gilbar said...: here's a Blast, From The Past!!
John Judis and Ruy Teixeira’s widely acclaimed 2004 book, “The Emerging Democratic Majority.”

By MY math, that was 18 years ago..
So, children from illegal aliens back in 2004 will be about to vote THIS year.
Serious Question: WHERE'S THE DEMOCRAT MAJORITY?? Texas? Florida? Anywhere??; 5/19/22, 7:40 AM
gilbar said...: Joe Smith said...
Big snake on that beach...

There's a joke about that.

"Hey Joe? How'd you get that bruise?"
"Oh, i saw a stick; that looked like a snake"
"And HOW'D you get that bruise?"
"Then i grabbed a snake, that looked like a stick"; 5/19/22, 7:44 AM
Meade said...: “Trout lilies.“

Close. Primrose.; 5/19/22, 8:06 AM
Original Mike said...: Shooting Stars. No?

We have plenty in the garden. Both white and amethyst. In bloom right now.; 5/19/22, 8:18 AM
Rick.T. said...: “Trout lilies.“

Close. Primrose.
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Dodecatheon meadia or Shooting Star

https://www.prairienursery.com/shootingstar-dodecatheon-meadia.html; 5/19/22, 8:22 AM
Sydney said...: The second photo looks like nightshade.; 5/19/22, 8:36 AM
Lucien said...: Immigration doesn’t replace anyone — it just creates more Americans. Americans who aren’t guilty over Wounded Knee, or their “privilege”, and don’t want to pay taxes for “reparations”. Democrats are slow to realize this.
(Shohei Ohtani is the second MLB player to pitch 100+ strikeouts and hit 100+ home runs (Ruth, George Herman)).; 5/19/22, 8:50 AM
wendybar said...: When is Stacey Abrams going to apologize for her lies about voter supression?? Looks like she and the Democrats got egg all over their face with their voter suppression lies...So much for all their hate blaming Jim Crow crap. https://www.foxnews.com/us/georgia-early-voting-shatters-record-voter-suppression; 5/19/22, 8:51 AM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: So much for global warming. Traction tires required at Stevens Pass (elev. 4,000-ft).; 5/19/22, 9:06 AM
wendybar said...: Two tiered Justice system. They wonder WHY we don't trust them at all anymore?? They don't even try to hide it now.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/05/hunter-biden-connected-firm-given-pass-fara-violations-trump-associates-paul-manafort-general-mike-flynn-indicted/; 5/19/22, 10:12 AM