Althouse: At Meade's Sweet Potato Café...

July 9, 2025

At Meade's Sweet Potato Café...

... you can talk through the harshest sunlight hours.

Meade took that photo on the occasion that led to yesterday's "After talking with Meade about the sweet potato vine he's got trailing over the edge of the deck railing...."

56 comments:

john mosby said...: Perilously close to an Althouse Upskirt!

Or an Uphouse Altskirt….

RR
JSM; 7/9/25, 9:12 AM
tcrosse said...: What light on yonder window breaks?; 7/9/25, 9:27 AM
Narr said...: Great composition from a mower's perspective; human, house, and camper all featuring two-tone decor.

Starting to get used to no dog around here. Can enter a room in the dark without worrying about puppy underfoot, and I think we're gaining weight from licking our own plates and bowls again.; 7/9/25, 9:36 AM
Dave Begley said...: The two of you don't have a yard. You have a semi-controlled jungle. That I can tell you.; 7/9/25, 9:53 AM
Dave Begley said...: When did you trade-in the Audi for the Benz?; 7/9/25, 9:55 AM
Iman said...: Well, he’s on his knees
Prayin’ ‘bout the tater blight
And the pretty face
That shines her light on him every night

And he gotta catch a little rain
It happens every time
Oh, it’s good to know it’s all to grow that sweet tater vine

Sweet, sweet tater Meade guy
She can see your face, she can hear your voice
She can almost touch you

Sweet, sweet tater Meade guy
And the shears and he, they got a feel for trimmin’, yeah, yeah

h/t The Stampeders “Sweet City Woman”; 7/9/25, 10:10 AM
Eva Marie said...: That looks like the Avocado in the background. Very nice photo.; 7/9/25, 10:23 AM
Tina Trent said...: Those tree limbs look awfully close to the houses.; 7/9/25, 10:30 AM
Peachy said...: Fantastic shady patios.; 7/9/25, 11:00 AM
PM said...: The "Get Off My Lawn" shot .
But prettier.; 7/9/25, 11:12 AM
Kai Akker said...: Brennan, Comey, supposedly face investigations. Will these be minor indictments to "put it behind us"?

The government needs accountability. No TACO here, please.; 7/9/25, 11:36 AM
Quaestor said...: Dr. Kevin O'Connor pleads the Fifth!; 7/9/25, 11:46 AM
Wince said...: Pro-Palestinian activists vandalized the homes of at least four Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents members Friday, accusing them of “genocide.”

At two of the homes, the vandals spray-painted messages reading “Regents are complicit in genocide” and “UW blood on your hands” on the driveways, Madison police Sgt. Matthew Baker said, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.

Baker also said the protesters splattered artificial blood on some of the properties and posted letters with a set of demands on the doors.

Further, they used air horns and left them on the properties. A neighbor to one of the regents was awoken at 3:40 a.m. by an air horn.

Ring camera footage from one home showed six people wearing all black arriving on bicycles. Police are analyzing the footage to determine where the protesters came from.; 7/9/25, 11:49 AM
Quaestor said...: Theory: O'Connor knows who used an autopen to forge Biden's signature on numerous EO's and pardons, and O'Connor shared in the money paid for those "services".; 7/9/25, 11:50 AM
DINKY DAU 45 said...: SHUMER = 90 IN 90 DAYS - 88 SHORT and moved the goal post.Sending letters is not negotiation its the bully in the barnyard sending ultimatums,any bullly can do that.Gaza,Ukraine still rolling ,no sanctions on Putin and he is lining his troops up alongside anothe rplace now, Trump dont know who stopped weapons release to Ukraine, military in LA but none in Texas ,BIBI uses trump as his right hand bombadier, this guy has got to get in the game ,wall street dont believe TACO as tariffs are just a game and they know he folds like a tent on everything he says uness its bibi or Vlad. Its only gonna get worse..How ya like that GOT THE GOODS,THE LIST ,THE PEOPLE,ON epstein,oh never mind..cmon man Johnson says all he can do is PRay.(TEXAS).BULLCRAP we dont pay him to pray they hire a minister for that ,start an investigation in what went wrong and work to fix it,NOT BY ABOLISHING FEMA a true right wing brain dead idea.; 7/9/25, 11:54 AM
Clyde said...: Obligatory: Cracker - Sweet Potato
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-HJWnLpdJU&list=RDM-HJWnLpdJU&start_radio=1; 7/9/25, 12:00 PM
Meade said...: Hahaha. Nice song parody, Iman!; 7/9/25, 12:01 PM
Iman said...: You’re welcome, sir!

You can’t make this up: ABC News has a term they prefer to call the hostages held by Hamas. They now call them “detainees”.

Effing shitbirds!; 7/9/25, 12:09 PM
Iman said...: Dinky and Lizard Dick Blumenthal will always have Saigon.; 7/9/25, 12:10 PM
DINKY DAU 45 said...: OH and for all the MAGAS who only tune into the alternative facts opinion channel FOX heres just some of the LIEFEST at the meeting yesterday.I know close your eyes ,put your hands over your ears,{I think someone up in here had an avator of that on his posts ,pretty appropriate) and go nah nah nah nah, President Donald Trump held a Cabinet meeting with reporters present Tuesday that touched on issues including tariffs, inflation and his “big, beautiful bill” — and he “uttered a whole bunch of false claims in the process.
“As he has repeatedly, Trump falsely claimed Tuesday, we have no inflation.“The US does have inflation — an annual inflation rate of 2.4% in May, an uptick from a 2.3% annual rate in April.”
Trump has also frequently touted that his so-called Big Beautiful Bill, a massive tax and spending package he signed into law last week, would wholly eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits. The president reiterated the false claim during his meeting Tuesday.
The White House itself” has already acknowledged that millions of Social Security recipients above the age of 65 will continue to pay taxes on their benefits — and that, while they’ll receive an annual $6,000 tax deduction, it expires in 2028.
Trump further suggested the letters he recently sent to foreign leaders about new tariff rates are equivalent to “a deal and if you got a brain you know thats not true, and the president falsely repeated that other countries, rather than U.S. consumers, will foot the bill for these levies.(people just dont know how tariffs work and the Washington Media is the worst never calling out trump lies on the countries pay the tariffs.
Trump further claimed that South Korea convinced his predecessor, Joe Biden, to let the country discontinue its payments that help fund the U.S. military presence in South Korea. Biden administration negotiated spending increases, however, which led South Korea “to pay more than it did during Trump’s first term.”
President Donald Trump held another wide-ranging Cabinet meeting Tuesday riddled with apparent falsehoods.(LIES)
The president on Tuesday went on to gripe about California’s power grid producing “blackouts and brownouts every week,” which Dale debunked quite simply by pointing to an emailed statement from Daniel Villasenor, a spokesperson for Gov. Gavin Newsom.
“The state has not experienced any rotating outages since 2020 — and in the last three years, no Flex Alert calling to conserve power has even been issued,” Villasenor told CNN. “Not only has our grid been increasingly resilient, it’s also cleaner than ever.” I know Pesky fact to MAGAS are irritating and now that the BLOG GURA(now MIA ,the great DRANO)is not here to enlighten everyone,you can look and see the new takeovers who post so much you think they got nothing else to do.Count em .ive seen 10-12 posts from the new soothsayers on any given day. There is always somone waiting in the wings, BEAUCOUP DINKY DAU!! :) hey cheer up like Joni says"were all gonna die"; 7/9/25, 12:16 PM
Political Junkie said...: Just like my wife, a Sexy Gardener.; 7/9/25, 12:20 PM
Quaestor said...: I had no idea the sweet potato was a vine. Turns out, it's a morning glory kindred. It even has the same sort of trumpet-shaped flower.; 7/9/25, 12:22 PM
HistoryDoc said...: This post gets my "Women in Shorts" tag; 7/9/25, 12:46 PM
Rusty said...: OK. Who put meth in Dinky's Cheerios?; 7/9/25, 12:48 PM
Iman said...: Dinky’s cursed with dương vật nhỏ syndrome.; 7/9/25, 12:49 PM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Whitetails around here keep sweet potato vines high and tight.; 7/9/25, 1:21 PM
n.n said...: Is this the tree house of Wendy and her better half forever young? Cool architecture and serene atmosphere.; 7/9/25, 1:32 PM
Mr. T. said...: Not looking so good for Milwaukee traitor Dugan...

No one is above the law, except whomever Dinga says is apparently.; 7/9/25, 1:37 PM
rehajm said...: Dave Begley said...
When did you trade-in the Audi for the Benz?

How much have you been buying on the Amazon portal Dave?; 7/9/25, 1:46 PM
rehajm said...: My doctoral thesis: The Camper Is Popped Up In The Driveway: Man Cave Or Dog House?; 7/9/25, 1:48 PM
Rusty said...: rehajm
Orrrr. They are giving it a thorough clean either prior to or just after a trip.; 7/9/25, 2:03 PM
Rusty said...: Dave. From the perspective I think the Merc is the neighbors.; 7/9/25, 2:04 PM
gilbar said...: can any posters from Cali give us a traffic update?
how are the roads today? crowded? less crowed? same?; 7/9/25, 2:18 PM
Paddy O said...: All the major roads in my neck of the woods in mtn SoCal are closed for maintenance for one reason or another. Gas prices are the same, bit lower in places, as last month. The 15 was pretty busy on Monday but that's typical post holiday vegas traffic. We were at hoover dam all that morning so had to deal with a 2hr longer than expected drive home; 7/9/25, 3:14 PM
DINKY DAU 45 said...: My Lord Madge, does this fella know about anything? ‘Do You Know About This?’: Trump Whispers to Hegseth In Meeting On Ukraine
After delivering brief remarks, Trump took a few questions from reporters in the room. Several of the initial questions were about the “Big Beautiful Bill,” the war between Russia and Ukraine, the recent U.S. attacks on Iran’s nuclear facility, and the deadly flooding in Texas.
A reporter asked the president about accusations that Russia had deployed chemical weapons in Ukraine. According to Dutch and German intelligence, Russian soldiers have used drone-launched choking chemicals to push Ukrainians out of trenches and shoot them. The United States accused Russia of deploying chemical weapons last year.
The reporter noted the Dutch and German intelligence findings and asked Trump, “What does U.S. intelligence believe and what do you believe about the use of chemical weapons?”
As she spoke, Trump leaned back in his chair and slowly turned to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who was to the president’s left.
“Do you know about this, Pete?” Trump whispered as the reporter kept speaking.
“John might know,” Hegseth replied, referring to CIA Director John Ratcliffe.
“I’d ask John, maybe, to discuss it, if you’d like,” Trump told the reporter. “John?”
“Mr. President, obviously, chemical weapons – if it’s documented and it’s used – it’s illegal,” Ratcliffe replied to the president. “It’s against all international laws of armed conflict and treaties. And obviously, I can’t share in this room with this audience, the intelligence that I can share with you, privately. But obviously, you’re not gonna stand or allow for any violations of international law by anyone.” Yeah right ,trump is so clueless he doesnt even know that it happened and SURE he wont stand for it,Yesterday he says to the question"who stopped arm shipments to Ukraine, trump says "I dont know ,you tell me! This guy is damaged and being left out of everything and they let him play his march the soldiers somewhere and do TARIFFS Talk about Brandon,this guy is clueless. :(

“That’s right,” Trump responded. “Thank you.”; 7/9/25, 4:21 PM
Quaestor said...: "All the major roads in my neck of the woods in mtn SoCal are closed for maintenance for one reason or another."

Newscum can't print Cali currency, not yet anyway, so the riches heaped on the criminal class over the last 10 years has had to come from the funds usually spent on infrastructure maintenance. Thus the sad state of your roads, your rails, and your public parks.; 7/9/25, 5:07 PM
Quaestor said...: Off; 7/9/25, 5:07 PM
Kakistocracy said...: We are extorting billions from US importers and calling it "revenue from other countries." This surpasses every other scam I've ever pulled off. ~ Donald Trump

Asked how he came up with his new country-specific tariff rates, President Trump tells reporters it's a formula based on common sense, deficits, how we've been treated over the years, raw numbers, "very, very substantial facts, and also past history." ~NBC News; 7/9/25, 5:18 PM
Iman said...: Kak is some wacky kak.; 7/9/25, 5:31 PM
FormerLawClerk said...: "We are extorting billions from US importers"

You should sell your goods in India, or China then. Fuck off with this whinging. You want access to the US market, you pay taxes like everybody else.

Pauly gets his cut.; 7/9/25, 5:37 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Upstairs, Downstairs
1971 ‧ Drama ‧ 5 seasons; 7/9/25, 5:40 PM
Kakistocracy said...: FLC writes: "You want access to the US market, you pay taxes like everybody else."

American companies and consumers primarily pay for Tariff Man's tariffs, not foreign countries. Tariffs are taxes on imported goods, paid by US importers to the Treasury. These importers often pass the costs to consumers through higher prices.

While foreign exporters may absorb some costs by lowering prices, recent analyses show most of the burden falls on US businesses and consumers, leading to higher prices and potential economic slowdown.; 7/9/25, 5:57 PM
tcrosse said...: Who wears short shorts?; 7/9/25, 6:10 PM
Ralph L said...: "I had no idea the sweet potato was a vine."
Meade's sweet potato stands upright and wears a hat.; 7/9/25, 6:26 PM
FormerLawClerk said...: "American companies and consumers primarily pay for Tariff Man's tariffs."

So then why are you bitching?

First you say we're extorting from foreigners. Called out, now you claim Americans pay the tax.

Why are you crying then?

Pay up, bro.; 7/9/25, 6:26 PM
Kakistocracy said...: Donald Trump threatens to impose 50% tariff on Brazil ~ FT

'US president accuses country of launching a ‘witch-hunt’ against its former leader Jair Bolsonaro'

What’s this supposed to distract us from? The Epstein files, I'd imagine.

I'm curious what the DoJ found to shut the whole release down... must have incriminated someone important in the MAGA world.; 7/9/25, 6:27 PM
Rabel said...: Bodacious calves.; 7/9/25, 6:32 PM
Iman said...: “What’s this supposed to distract us from? The Epstein files, I'd imagine.”

Take your blinders off kaKAW… might be the long-running, National security impacting, criminal conspiracy known as the Biden Administration… as far as Brazil goes, fuck Lula and the tapir he rode in on. Hit ‘em with a BRICbat.; 7/9/25, 6:56 PM
Josephbleau said...: Kak and flc now arguing against himself.; 7/9/25, 7:04 PM
rhhardin said...: I'll put my little antisemitism essay here. There seems to be an assumption that antisemitism ought to be suppressed, when it's intimidation and assaults that ought to be suppressed. Antisemitism is free speech and legal and ought to stay that way. Thus what is to be done?

Antisemitism is legal. The way to fight it hasn't been tried as far as i can tell. Instead we hear about the oppressed Jews and the Holocaust card. Unfortunately for their rhetoric, it's countered by a pretty spectacular Palestinian Holocaust card, and the Palestinian Holocaust card is winning on campus. The Jews will never win that argument as it always given because the Palestinians are brown and have an average IQ of 82, the perfect victims for any campus movement.

The way to fight antisemitism isn't by suppressing it by various unconstitutional exceptions but by offering some reasons to like Jews. When have you ever heard any positive reasons to like Jews offered? Never. And just as often, never, is progress made against Palestinian terror support.

As well, positive things about Jews contrast themselves with Palestinians, who have nothing as far as I can tell that's positive about them except being dumb (which is a positive on campus of course).

What's positive about Jews? Built into the religion is the requirement to take care of the other guy. Just as, for that reason and against all strategic dictates, sick Palestinians are treated in Israeli hospitals; and repeatedly Israel has offered Palestinians mutually beneficial trade, which each time Hamas has blown up or shot down.

Israel is taking care of the other guy and Palestine is not. That's a stark difference. One behaving morally and the other behaving immorally.

So, find things that Israel is doing that are positive - not hard - and stress that it's required by the religion itself, a nice contrast with Islam by the way.

Indeed, if you go deep, in Judaism every man is the Messiah (Sanhedrin 98b-99a). The Messiah has already come because there are Jews.

Furthermore, as to the human condition, every man is a Jew.

That's the reason that there are positive things about Jews to be found and they're found all over. Drop the Holocaust card and advertise the obvious positives.

In the meantime, there is the right to self-defense. It's the right to self-defense that authorizes the war and not the Holocaust. Keep it straight.; 7/9/25, 7:37 PM
Josephbleau said...: At least dinkydong is reliable.; 7/9/25, 8:21 PM
rhhardin said...: British Crisis Clickbait is apparently AI scripted as to importance, and anyway reminds me of 50s Fred Hoyle science fiction, where in a global astronomical crisis, world experts gather in London to plan a solution.

Anyway a tension between Britain and importance.; 7/9/25, 8:54 PM
Original Mike said...: "50s Fred Hoyle science fiction, where in a global astronomical crisis, world experts gather in London to plan a solution."

Ha! They do gather in London, don't they?; 7/9/25, 10:03 PM
Kakistocracy said...: Trump tariffs goods from Brazil at 50%, citing 'witch hunt' trial against country's former president ~ WSJ
'President Donald Trump singled out Brazil for import taxes of 50% on Wednesday for its treatment of its former president, Jair Bolsonaro, showing that personal grudges rather than simple economics are a driving force in the U.S. leader's use of tariffs.'

Trump is imposing a tax on American consumers to leverage a foreign nation into making a domestic political decision that will help one of his political allies.

Trump's copper tariff reeks of market manipulation. Of course his entire administration and the affiliated support networks give off a heavy odor of corruption and self-dealing.

Can anyone explain to me how putting a 50% tariff on a raw material (CU) will help with the goal of reshoring manufacturing when the products made overseas from that raw material will all have a lower tariff when imported?; 7/10/25, 5:45 AM
Kakistocracy said...: 80%+ of US raw copper imports come from 4 countries in the Americas -- Chile, Canada, Peru and Mexico. They have all been longstanding, reliable US allies until Trump came along; there was no vulnerability except what Trump has invented.

Trump's 50% copper tariff will benefit owners of current mines but do little to reduce imports.

Jefferies analysts: "mines take too long to develop for this to be achieved in less than a 10-year time horizon ... The US will still rely on foreign mines to meet demand for the foreseeable future" (as quoted in Bloomberg).

Why is raising the price of copper good for Americans? I missed that bit. I mean, I can see how it is good for billionaires that own copper mines, but how is it good for Americans?

Nice knowing you, residential real estate.

Maybe Trump thinks he cut a deal with Bob Mould to acquire all the Copper Blue.; 7/10/25, 5:53 AM
Eva Marie said...: This is a great photo. Ayn Rand said (and I can’t find the direct quote) that straight lines are a sign of civilization. They don’t appear in nature. In this photo there are so many straight lines and they are coexisting with the nature surrounding them.; 7/10/25, 7:14 AM