Althouse: At the Saturday Afternoon Café...

November 8, 2025

At the Saturday Afternoon Café...

... you can talk about whatever you want.

37 comments:

Political Junkie said...: I love The Great Gatsby, but the DJT Gatsby themed party was probably politically unwise.
I love Elon, but his compensation package that was recently approved in the 1 trillion range is a loser politically, IMO.
It is a Golden Age, for the wealthy. Everyoner else, things are tougher.Inflation is a bitch. Federal debt keeps growing.
2028 might be like 2008 where the R nomination was worthless.
Hope I am wrong, fear I am not.; 11/8/25, 2:58 PM
Narr said...: The foliage here has begun to turn at last. I have always loved this season of mists, and mellow fruitfulness.; 11/8/25, 3:21 PM
Beasts of England said...: Just got back from selling my boat. The dude said he’d bring a certified check, which is fine and dandy. He showed up with two bank bags full of hundreds. I don’t remember the last time I drove home that alertly.

Now I’m reading up on structured deposits… lol; 11/8/25, 4:07 PM
narciso said...: Thats not suspicious at all; 11/8/25, 4:12 PM
Old and slow said...: Musk's compensation package was decided by an overwhelming approval by Tesla's shareholders. He makes nothing if he fails to reach outlandish goals. If he makes $1 trillion, then all the shareholders benefit hugely. I voted yes, and I hope he gets his payday. He is a wealth creator.; 11/8/25, 4:24 PM
Beasts of England said...: ’Thats not suspicious at all’

I think he’s a baker - powdered sugar on some of the bills. ;); 11/8/25, 4:24 PM
john mosby said...: And oregano too! Must be an Italian baker! CC, JSM; 11/8/25, 4:48 PM
hawkeyedjb said...: Beasts of England, I once sold a truck for a bunch of $100 bills. The guy met me at a bank, handed me the money and asked me if I wanted a ride home. Nope, I brought my bicycle. So I was able to take the trails and paths in case the dude had any idea of following me. Rode straight to my bank.; 11/8/25, 5:07 PM
narciso said...: What did he say he needed the boat for?; 11/8/25, 5:14 PM
Beasts of England said...: ’So I was able to take the trails and paths in case the dude had any idea of following me. Rode straight to my bank.’

Excellent idea! He left the marina for a cruise so I wasn’t worried about being followed, but my bank is closed Saturday afternoon. Nonetheless, I’ve hidden the cash where y’all find it. lol; 11/8/25, 5:15 PM
tcrosse said...: I bought a car in Glasgow in 1969 for a brick of £5 notes. when they were still worth something. It involved riding the bus across town, through some less fashionable neighborhoods, to the dealer. At that time and place plenty of folks would slit your throat for one fiver, never mind 80 of them.; 11/8/25, 5:16 PM
Beasts of England said...: ’What did he say he needed the boat for?’

He didn’t mention anything, narc. But it’s super fast: four 300 hp outboards and lots of cargo space.; 11/8/25, 5:17 PM
Old and slow said...: I used to buy (large amounts of) cocaine from a Mexican baker. Sometimes there would be bits of pink frosting on the rocks. Those Mexican dealers are hard working folks. I mean that seriously. I never knew a Mexican dealer who didn't have a full time job, and often a second job as well. When I got moderately successful, the dealers stopped being bakers and were more often insurance agents or lawyers.; 11/8/25, 5:17 PM
narciso said...: 20 trillion dollars im amused at democrats complaining about the deficit; 11/8/25, 5:28 PM
Rocco said...: Thirty years ago, sold my old Camaro for $800. The buyer showed up at my house, pulled a roll of bills out of his pocket, and peeled off the first eight $100s.

I talked with him a bit, and he said he started working at the GM Norwood plant back in ‘78 right around the time the car was built there, and had always wanted one from that generation.

Six months later, I was driving around in an old residential neighborhood, and there it was parked on a side street. (There was a distinctive dent in the driver’s side front fender.); 11/8/25, 5:32 PM
Humperdink said...: I purchased a skid steer with a check. The seller said sure you can pay with a check. He said we will meet at your bank and cash it there, with you standing beside me while I cash it.; 11/8/25, 5:32 PM
Lawnerd said...: As a first year associate I did a lot of pro bono work at the probate and family court. This was mostly helping fathers when their paychecks were garnished for child support. Suddenly they wanted to contest custody. But on one memorable occasion two sisters walked in claiming their father sold their house for “a bag full of money.” They claimed they came home to their father and a stranger sitting at the dinner table with said bag full of money. Dad had recently hooked up with a “hussy” and was going to run off with the hussy and the bag full of money. They wanted me to help with power of attorney over the bag of money, I mean the father to prevent him from leaving. I was saddened when the court clerk wouldn’t let me work with them because the case involved money and wasn’t appropriate for pro bono. Plus, this type of pro bono had me helping dozens of clients per day, I was supposed to only spend fifteen minutes per case. I still get a chuckle over the bag full of money.; 11/8/25, 5:41 PM
Beasts of England said...: ’I used to buy (large amounts of) cocaine from a Mexican baker. Sometimes there would be bits of pink frosting on the rocks.’

Nothing worse than having to pick frosting out of the yayo.; 11/8/25, 5:52 PM
Mr. T. said...: It's amusing to hear the MSJ and the Capitol Times pretend to care about teacher sex predators in public schools.

On top of the teacher unions protecting and defending teacher misconduct and predators for decades, I was years old when the Times and MSJ cheered and praised the violent Madison thugs and corrupt UW "doctors" for rioting against Scott Walker stopping WEAC from protecting child predators and the teachers $100k "but mUH viAgRa!" Insurance plans.

And then there was the time when rhe MSJ and Polti"fact" (haha) defended predator and teacher porn purveyor Andrew Harris-who was covered up and defended by non other than Tony Evers...; 11/8/25, 5:53 PM
narciso said...: https://accordingtohoyt.com/2025/11/08/waiter-theres-a-meme-post-in-my-saturday/; 11/8/25, 5:58 PM
Beasts of England said...: It’s time to Roll Tide. Y’all behave… :); 11/8/25, 6:12 PM
Achilles said...: Political Junkie said...

I love Elon, but his compensation package that was recently approved in the 1 trillion range is a loser politically, IMO.

Have you read what he has to do to get paid 1 Trillion dollars?

The thing is that we now have X and we can all find out those details.

It is time to stop catering to illiterate retards on the left who never build anything or help anyone but themselves.; 11/8/25, 6:14 PM
Achilles said...: Oh, look at that. The J6 pipe bomber that Christopher Wray offered a $500,000 reward for was a DC capitol police officer.

And she went to work for the CIA after that.

Shocked. Shocked I say. For fun:

Recent Claims and ContextA major development emerged on November 7-8, 2025, when Blaze Media (The Blaze) published an investigative report alleging that the bomber is Shauni Rae Kerkhoff, a former U.S. Capitol Police officer (not D.C. Metropolitan Police, though both are D.C.-based law enforcement).; 11/8/25, 6:32 PM
Achilles said...: Identification Method: Forensic gait analysis (using software to match walking patterns like step length, knee flexion, and cadence) yielded a 94-98% match between CCTV footage of the hooded suspect (described as ~5'7", with a slight limp) and videos of Kerkhoff from January 6.; 11/8/25, 6:32 PM
narciso said...: Isnt it fascinating and yet crickets among the corporate press; 11/8/25, 6:41 PM
Political Junkie said...: The folks who are rejecting my point on Elon are missing the point. It is terrible politically for R's.

You were warned.; 11/8/25, 6:52 PM
Original Mike said...: I've never understood the motive for planting those pipe bombs. They were fake, right?; 11/8/25, 6:53 PM
narciso said...: As a pretext for the purge; 11/8/25, 7:03 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: I feel sad;
I'm a fallen leaf.
A Jew;
In Mandigo's New York.
A White;
In Jay Jones Virginia.

Autumn.
Winter Coming.
I am Sad.
Like a fallen Leaf.; 11/8/25, 7:31 PM
Achilles said...: Original Mike said...

I've never understood the motive for planting those pipe bombs. They were fake, right?

Hard have a Reichstag Fire without a fire.; 11/8/25, 7:54 PM
Old and slow said...: Even 45 years ago, my brother the criminal used to walk funny when he was hiding from someone. A person's gait is very distinctive.; 11/8/25, 8:01 PM
Jamie said...: Old and slow, it sounds as if you've been hiding a very interesting life behind a very milquetoast moniker.; 11/8/25, 8:10 PM
john mosby said...: Beasts: " it’s super fast: four 300 hp outboards and lots of cargo space."

We may be seeing it on drone-cam footage soon....CC, JSM; 11/8/25, 8:19 PM
Old and slow said...: I have little to hide anymore. It's all so far in the past. I've already fled the country and returned. I've lost everything, become legitimate, and gotten old. It was entertaining, but stupid. I still have my wife of 30 years and two great children. It could have ended up so much worse.; 11/8/25, 8:26 PM
Old and slow said...: Jamie, whoever you may be, I've always enjoyed your comments, You are reasonable and smart. It doesn't seem a very high bar, but it is. You are tops.; 11/9/25, 12:08 AM
Beasts of England said...: ’We may be seeing it on drone-cam footage soon...’

I’m glad at least someone got the joke! It was a mundane-by-comparison Sea Ray bow rider, and the only cargo wore bikinis.; 11/9/25, 7:21 AM
boatbuilder said...: Beasts: The guy's name wasn't Marty Byrde, by any chance?; 11/9/25, 9:51 AM