Althouse: At the Corporate Propaganda Café...

April 21, 2011

At the Corporate Propaganda Café...

... you'd better watch it.

135 comments:

PaulV said...: His sign is not proproganda? LOL!; 4/21/11, 11:35 AM
Joe said...: (The Crypto Jew)

There were Marine Corps recruiters, about?; 4/21/11, 11:36 AM
Original Mike said...: Bogeyman sighting!; 4/21/11, 11:38 AM
Methadras said...: Oh yeah, like you shouldn't beware of the greedy big labor propaganda?; 4/21/11, 11:42 AM
Bob B said...: I assume he is referencing WISCONSIN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, INC., Wisconsin corporation, Entity ID W034666; 4/21/11, 11:44 AM
Fprawl said...: I'm not saying that these protests are boring but i am reminded of my Reporter friend that had to go to EVERY city council meeting in our 15,000 pop home town for 30 years.

Now the disclaimer.

Gentle commenters, do not construe this as a call to quit covering it. This is a personal opinion, not a value judgement. It is a humourous aside.

You pay your dues when you are the press. Maybe something exciting will happen again.

Are they still getting free pizza?; 4/21/11, 11:44 AM
Original Mike said...: Man, the grass on the capital grounds is going to be trash this year.; 4/21/11, 11:46 AM
MadisonMan said...: @Original Mike, I was surprised when I went to the Farmers' Market on Saturday how nice the grass looked. It's at its worst nearest State Street. But even there it doesn't look bad for early Spring.; 4/21/11, 11:48 AM
coketown said...: Isn't corporate propaganda just called marketing?; 4/21/11, 11:50 AM
J said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 4/21/11, 11:51 AM
J said...: The corporate media lets you see the ugly protesters and union plebes.

You don't see the financiers and corporate yids in their skyscrapers or silicon valley chateaus, humping cheap ho du jour or spinning around in porsches.; 4/21/11, 11:53 AM
Joe said...: (The Crypto Jew)

I see the small creature has left its burrow to once again scream, “I am here and I DO matter”….after having, no doubt, posted several entries in its blog, but of course no one can be bothered to visit, so instead it comes here.; 4/21/11, 11:54 AM
J said...: The small creature's you, Joe the piglet. --you can't write, scum--at least..oink

yr heroes Kissinger and Hillaryberg were on TeeVee! Oinking in good corporate-AIPAC fashion.; 4/21/11, 12:00 PM
Chuck66 said...: They seem short on specifics. I am not quite clear what our tax paying, employee hiring Wisconsin companies are doing that is bad.

Can some ask this guy what his problem with private employers is. Please be specific.; 4/21/11, 12:02 PM
Original Mike said...: They're evil, Chuck. What more do you need to know?; 4/21/11, 12:03 PM
MadisonMan said...: I look at that sign and all I can think is: Not very practical when walking through a crowd.; 4/21/11, 12:04 PM
Unknown said...: Most of the corporate propaganda these days is from the welfare-industrial complex, underwritten by all those terrible banks people like J say they hate.

J said...

The corporate media lets you see the ugly protesters and union plebes.

You don't see the financiers and corporate yids in their skyscrapers or silicon valley chateaus, humping cheap ho du jour or spinning around in porsches.

Nice little bit of anti-Semitism you got there, especially right after the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Rising.

Say, "Hello", to your buddies Adolf, Heinrich, and Reinhard (not to mention Josef and Lavrenti) next time you see them.

PS Anybody wondering why Little Zero wants the Feds to divest GM at this particular moment?

We were told how urgent it was to save those 3 million jobs 2 years ago.; 4/21/11, 12:06 PM
Chuck66 said...: MadisonMan, I think it would a Three Stooge scene.; 4/21/11, 12:08 PM
Joe said...: (The Crypto Jew)
PS Anybody wondering why Little Zero wants the Feds to divest GM at this particular moment?

Rhetorical Question? Gas prices rising, Volt a failure, GM losses likely…worse in Summer 2012….better to sell now, that way you may forget the pain inflicted on you in 2009 by the bail-out and its subsequent failure. It’s politics, Obama doesn’t even think GM is going to make it.; 4/21/11, 12:11 PM
vbspurs said...: Speaking of corporate and lunching in cafés, PIZZA IS ON ME TODAY. Grab a slice, my fellow Althousians!

(Thank you for doing the right thing, Papa Johns)

Cheers,
Victoria; 4/21/11, 12:15 PM
J said...: Being opposed to zionist-WASP rackets and KissingerCo does not imply approving of nazis, except to pathetic irrational morons such as you, Edu, and the A-haus trash. Some of us keep it real, and that might mean unPC at times--funny how the teabuggers have become the PC sobsisters they once hated.

YO it's the anniversary of the..Trench Coat mafia's party as well! Columbine Day; 4/21/11, 12:18 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: What I see:
Warning: "Individual Propaganda"
Of course the big corporations who give $$$ to Obama are all clear.; 4/21/11, 12:19 PM
Oclarki said...: J -

Didn't they arrest you for putting that Giants fan in a coma yet?; 4/21/11, 12:19 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: J
Hiding behind the word "zionist" proves you are a typical and tired leftwinger Jew-hater.; 4/21/11, 12:23 PM
traditionalguy said...: Why do free loaders want us to rob Corporations? Because that is where the money is. With the Obama incited mob demonstrating at the door, the payoff to the Obama Gang is quickly paid.; 4/21/11, 12:27 PM
vbspurs said...: AprilApple wrote:

Hiding behind the word "zionist" proves you are a typical and tired leftwinger Jew-hater.

Just like "Selim", the caller on Hannity yesterday, who said the Jews in Israel should be moved to...Upstate New York. Yep, no irrational, overweening hatred there.; 4/21/11, 12:28 PM
Unknown said...: J said...

Being opposed to zionist-WASP rackets and KissingerCo does not imply approving of nazis, except to pathetic irrational morons such as you, Edu, and the A-haus trash.

Of course not. You just got caught with your pants down (not a pretty sight) and you have to try to weasel out. Some defender of the People.

Some of us keep it real, and that might mean unPC at times--funny how the teabuggers have become the PC sobsisters they once hated.

Real for you is a long read of the Daily Worker, the New China Daily, and off to the message boards at Kos to get your talking points. And then you have to wank off to make yourself feel tough enough to come here.

PC Nothing PC about standing against anti-Semitism. All you Lefties are such dhimmis (or dhummies, if you prefer) anymore, so afraid the Moslems will come after you, you'll do anything to try to appease them. PC these days is worrying about offending the "Muslims", and siding with Hamas and the Dinner Jacket against Israel.; 4/21/11, 12:30 PM
chickelit said...: Beware drum circle repercussions; 4/21/11, 12:31 PM
J said...: Edu...you forgot another important b-day! ..Der Fuhrer's. Yep, A.H.

An insane little corporal but with a certain...je ne sais kwah.; 4/21/11, 12:31 PM
vbspurs said...: TradGuy wrote:

Why do free loaders want us to rob Corporations? Because that is where the money is. With the Obama incited mob demonstrating at the door, the payoff to the Obama Gang is quickly paid.

You know what I don't get? Why those who are said to love working people, hate corporations who employ the greatest number of working people under their roofs. I mean, who do they think work at corporations? Clay animation figures?

Leftism, when reduced to its most basic logic, simply doesn't make sense.; 4/21/11, 12:32 PM
chickelit said...: @vbspurs: I'm heading to Papa John's for lunch today!; 4/21/11, 12:33 PM
J said...: 12:23. says you, Okie April. Im against all war pimps, even ones with c*nts, like HRC. Sorta Kantian in that; 4/21/11, 12:33 PM
vbspurs said...: I'm heading to Papa John's for lunch today!

I forgot how much I love their freebie pepperonicinis. Enjoy, Chicken!; 4/21/11, 12:35 PM
Anonymous said...: @vbspurs: let's not forget those righteous watchmen and watchwomen on the tower at MSNBC and the New York Times, who's sole raison d'etre is to keep alive the vision of a just and humane society, and point out the next danger facing our beloved citizens.

But first this word from our sponsors, and please turn to page A23 and continue reading the column next to the advertisement from an evil company.

Not only are both entities corporations, but they rely on other corporations to continue to exist, all the time they rail on the evils of corporations.

The gig is up.; 4/21/11, 12:44 PM
Original Mike said...: What's the deal with Papa John's? I know about the Wonkette piece on Trig, but what does Papa John's have to do with it?; 4/21/11, 12:44 PM
PaulV said...: I guess jew hating Hilter lovers like j observe the Adolph's Bday. He out himself.; 4/21/11, 12:50 PM
Joe said...: (The Crypto Jew)

People will do as they will, but I find it’s pointless to argue with a small voice who’s major goal is provoke a reaction and so prove its own existence…it’s arguing with a fool.

The ARGUMENT is the reason the small pathetic voice is here. No one notices the voice otherwise, and no matter what it does to improve its blog, apparently, the result is the same, silence, in its own life. To relieve that silence, to prove its relevance the small voice wanders by a real web site in order to feel “real.”

I try to avoid arguing with a voice that has no other reason to be, other than to prove, to itself, it is….; 4/21/11, 12:51 PM
Unknown said...: J said...

Edu...you forgot another important b-day! ..Der Fuhrer's. Yep, A.H.

An insane little corporal but with a certain...je ne sais kwah.

I might remember MacArthur's birthday, or Marshall's, or Bill Slim's, but the unimportant ones I leave to his admirers.

PS And the word is spelled "Quoi".; 4/21/11, 12:52 PM
vbspurs said...: What's the deal with Papa John's? I know about the Wonkette piece on Trig, but what does Papa John's have to do with it?

They were the first corporate sponsors to pull advertising from Wonkette yesterday. I surmise that because PJs are a large, well-known company, the matter gained a lot of traction instantly with other corporations, like Huggies.

After I tweeted yesterday, two others replied back that they were looking into the matter. Macmillan Cancer in the UK, and Broward Health in Florida.; 4/21/11, 1:01 PM
Original Mike said...: Thanks, Victoria.

That's why I get all my news at Althouse!; 4/21/11, 1:03 PM
Ann Althouse said...: Fprawl said..."I'm not saying that these protests are boring but i am reminded of my Reporter friend that had to go to EVERY city council meeting in our 15,000 pop home town for 30 years."

I don't say it every time, Fprawl, but regular readers know: A "café" post on this blog is an open thread. You can talk about whatever you want. I just put up a photo to make it look interesting on the front page. The photo does not restrict the topic.

Sometimes the term isn't "café" -- you'll also see teahouse, restaurant, tavern, hotel, etc. etc.

But these are open threads and should be treated as such.; 4/21/11, 1:09 PM
vbspurs said...: Quayle wrote:

The gig is up.

B-bb-but! They'll say they're fighting for the right causes and cannot be evil. This is why serial womanisers like Ted Kennedy and Bill Clinton constantly got a pass from feminists, because they VOTED THE RIGHT WAY.; 4/21/11, 1:10 PM
Original Mike said...: "Sometimes the term isn't "café" -- you'll also see teahouse, restaurant, tavern, hotel, etc. etc."

Have you ever considered "brothel"? I've always liked the way that word feels in the mouth.; 4/21/11, 1:13 PM
bagoh20 said...: "Can some ask this guy what his problem with private employers is.

Yea, he doesn't have one. That's why I hate really hot, intelligent, rich women. So, I feel his pain.; 4/21/11, 1:25 PM
Hoosier Daddy said...: Now what are they protesting? Seriously don't these folks have jobs? Homework? A girlfriend?; 4/21/11, 1:27 PM
Tully said...: SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!

Sorry, it comes over me every time I see a protester carrying a "Corporate propaganda" sign.; 4/21/11, 1:43 PM
I'm Full of Soup said...: Wonder where this kid buys his sneakers and clothes? Home-made perhaps but looks corporate to me.; 4/21/11, 1:45 PM
bagoh20 said...: Madison, Wisconsin, the now world famous home of the beta male. Come visit and see them in their natural habitat. Watch the mating ritual complete with flamboyant displays to attract the females, and hear their strange mating calls of "fuck you", and "go home". All part of their simple yet endless vocabulary of chants and taunts designed to entice the opposite sex into a disappointing mating, culminating in a state funded medical procedure. Come see it all wrapped in the beauty of the Wisconsin springtime.; 4/21/11, 1:51 PM
MadisonMan said...: BTW, I'm digging the new Union South. Very convenient for coffee, although I have quibbles about door placement, but then the old Union South was also kinda hard to get into from the direction of the building I work in. I think the walk is about the same distance for ice cream.; 4/21/11, 1:59 PM
Original Mike said...: @MM - I work out at the hospital. I never get down there anymore.; 4/21/11, 2:06 PM
Alex said...: is Nazi J at it again? Cleanup in aisle 6...; 4/21/11, 2:07 PM
Alex said...: Papa Johns is a "meh" pizza anyways. Their crust is too sweet.; 4/21/11, 2:12 PM
XWL said...: How many "Pro Pagan" corporations are there?

Given anti-pagan prejudice in this country, seems like he should celebrate corporations daring enough to embrace religious viewpoint diversity.

Also, squirrel!; 4/21/11, 2:19 PM
tree hugging sister said...: I think he meant "corpse", to show solidarity with the union and all.

Yeah. That's it.; 4/21/11, 2:27 PM
Hoosier Daddy said...: Have you ever considered "brothel"? I've always liked the way that word feels in the mouth.

Damn, beat me to it.; 4/21/11, 2:27 PM
vbspurs said...: Also, squirrel!

SooooOO cute. Does he a have a booboo on his little lip?

(Hey XWL!); 4/21/11, 2:30 PM
Hoosier Daddy said...: Well I for one am pleased that the Obama Administration is launching an investigation of the oil companies for price gouging at the pump.; 4/21/11, 2:32 PM
JohnJ said...: AJ Lynch said...
"Wonder where this kid buys his sneakers and clothes? Home-made perhaps but looks corporate to me."

My reaction, also.

If the expressed anti-corporation sentiment is not exactly disingenuous, it's at least a bit misguided. It's almost as if Nike, Adidas, Apple, Amazon, Gap, J Crew, Abercrombie and the other fab outfitters and suppliers of the "proletariat" have been given some kind of dispensation.; 4/21/11, 2:35 PM
Hoosier Daddy said...: Sometimes the term isn't "café" -- you'll also see teahouse, restaurant, tavern, hotel, etc. etc.

How about halfway house
for those threads dominated by AlphaLib, garage or Ritmo.

Just sayin.

Trooper can get one called the At the Giant's stadium concession stand.; 4/21/11, 2:38 PM
traditionalguy said...: The Milwaukee news paper just editorialized against Kloppenburg's free re-count Theater.; 4/21/11, 2:39 PM
Hagar said...: Hoosier,
Will you also call for an investigation when the prices fall out of sight?

I do not pretend to know how it works (and I am beginning to think no one knows), but as far as I can see "The Oil Companies" get to ride with the prices just as we do, except that the effect on them is inverse to ours.; 4/21/11, 2:45 PM
I'm Full of Soup said...: John J:

Agreed. But we have to give him credit for at least one home-made thing - his sign.; 4/21/11, 2:59 PM
Unknown said...: Original Mike said...

"Sometimes the term isn't "café" -- you'll also see teahouse, restaurant, tavern, hotel, etc. etc."

Have you ever considered "brothel"? I've always liked the way that word feels in the mouth.

Depends on whose mouth.

"Bordello" or "Bagnio" will also work, a tad more elegant. "Den of Iniquity" or "House of Assignation" for the verbose.; 4/21/11, 3:01 PM
SGT Ted said...: Unions are greedy corporations only interested in money. You can tell by the way they act.; 4/21/11, 3:14 PM
Paddy O said...: "Will you also call for an investigation when the prices fall out of sight?"

Of course not. As consumers we can and should pursue our interests, it is in our interests to have lower gas prices for all kinds of reasons, and it is the broader interest because the money that goes into gas would otherwise go some other direction

Not that this is even likely to ever happen again for about 100 years, but if gas prices do bottom out you can absolutely bet that the oil companies will push for some kind of investigation and response, because that is in their interest. So checks and balances are made in the context of competing interests.

Right now, the consumer is getting hammered in every direction because it sure does seem that some corporations and industries are allowed to abuse the system while the government ignores or fosters their abuse. Like with banks.; 4/21/11, 3:28 PM
Phil 314 said...: I was listening to excerpts from Obama's Facebook online meeting/Q+A. He's in campaign mode. It got me thinking what will be his key messages (I assume Hope and Change aren't going to do it anymore.)

What I came up with is:
-Healthcare Its gonna work
-I'm not beholden to those radical Tea Partiers like my opponent (the 2012 version of "I'm not Bush")
-The economy is moving up (of course, the critical elelment there is what the economy will be in 2012)
-Win the Future

In short, I can't imagine a strong message for his campaign.

(I know "Its morning in America" won't work.); 4/21/11, 3:28 PM
The Dude said...: That's "Corp" propaganda. No dot, no "s". If it had an "s" the brilliant president of our 57 states would pronounce it "corpse".; 4/21/11, 3:31 PM
Titus said...: My husband just called and his presentation at Ernst and Young at Waterloo was a huge success.

$35.00 for a day pass to ride the train. WOW.; 4/21/11, 3:33 PM
Titus said...: Did you know Waterloo is near Piccadily Circus and Elephants and Caves. Yea.; 4/21/11, 3:35 PM
Anonymous said...: My husband just called and his presentation at Ernst and Young at Waterloo was a huge success.

So, your husband is Wellington?; 4/21/11, 3:35 PM
Anonymous said...: Isn't Waterloo where that reporter for the Guardian got assassinated a couple years back? I think they were really trying to shoot Matt Damon though.

Wait, am I misremembering?; 4/21/11, 3:37 PM
Bushman of the Kohlrabi said...: Win the Future

Somehow, WTF makes an appropriate campaign theme for Obama.; 4/21/11, 3:38 PM
MamaM said...: etc. etc.

...Automat, Pushcart, Kiosk, Cat House and Honeywagon.; 4/21/11, 3:38 PM
Titus said...: Elephants and Castle...sorry my bad.; 4/21/11, 3:40 PM
Titus said...: My husband is staying in Slough.

He is a British Indian.; 4/21/11, 3:41 PM
chickelit said...: Papa Johns is a "meh" pizza anyways. Their crust is too sweet.

Just had some for the first time, thanks to the kerfluffle. Not my style of pizza, but I think my kids would like it so I'll take them to the one in Oceanside soon.

Special thanks to wonkette for "triggering" my curiousity.; 4/21/11, 3:48 PM
MadisonMan said...: Papa Johns is okay pizza. In Madison, I prefer Glass Nickel, or Roman Candle, or Lombardinos or Ians.; 4/21/11, 4:06 PM
J said...: 12:30. Yr really a stupid fuck, Edu, like the rest of the dyslexic neo-Nixonians and birthers at A-house.; 4/21/11, 4:18 PM
chickelit said...: MM: Our favorite family pizza place out here is called Killer Pizza From Mars. They have Fat Tire and a local ale on tap too.; 4/21/11, 4:21 PM
chickelit said...: J, did you used to post at rec.arts.sclerotica back in the day? You sure have a hard-hearted way of blocking traffic.; 4/21/11, 4:27 PM
J said...: 4:27, don't care for anyone crimping yr style, eh Chicke the hymie panderer

Yr not supposed to be online per State Bar of CA, if at work (and when yr JD from ACME's pulled, won't matter).; 4/21/11, 4:41 PM
chickelit said...: No worries J, I'm not a JD!

BTW, why would you threaten me, you miserable little twerp?; 4/21/11, 4:47 PM
Synova said...: "BTW, I'm digging the new Union South."

I plan to enroll at the University this fall and I'd never actually been on the campus, just driven around the edges of it. It's beautiful. I don't know if they just did new construction or if I'm confusing UNM with some other university, but they've got theaters and bowling alleys, etc., and all sorts of impressive facilities. Not to mention awesome landscaping. I don't think there is any more impressive gardening than at universities.

And it's all sort of conflicting. On the one hand it's excessively pleasant. On the other hand I'm thinking of how much everything costs and who ultimately pays for it.; 4/21/11, 4:53 PM
Synova said...: In California I liked Round Table Pizza. In Albuquerque there is a chain called Dion's that is good. I like the artichoke and pine nut one the best, but in the category of regular red-sauce and traditional toppings they're pretty good, too. Everything-with-green-chili is very good.

But mostly we get take-and-bake from Papa Murphy's.; 4/21/11, 4:56 PM
cahlmeeishmael said...: J said, "yr heroes Kissinger and Hillaryberg were on TeeVee."

Hillaryberg? Really? Hillaryberg? How did we slide so smoothly from a sign about corporate propaganda (or not) to anti-Semitism? Sheesh!; 4/21/11, 5:00 PM
cubanbob said...: vbspurs said...
AprilApple wrote:

Hiding behind the word "zionist" proves you are a typical and tired leftwinger Jew-hater.

Just like "Selim", the caller on Hannity yesterday, who said the Jews in Israel should be moved to...Upstate New York. Yep, no irrational, overweening hatred there.

4/21/11 12:28 PM

Better still lets move the Arabs out of the US and Zion to Arabia. And while we are still in Iraq lets move the Arabs out of Kurdistan as well.; 4/21/11, 5:00 PM
I'm Full of Soup said...: OT but I read the Obama NLRB is fighting Boeing's expansion in S. Carolina. WTF? How many jobs is this delaying? They are too smart for their own good.; 4/21/11, 5:01 PM
I'm Full of Soup said...: We have become such food elitists. I remember when there was no such thing as a bad pizza.; 4/21/11, 5:03 PM
cubanbob said...: J said...
The corporate media lets you see the ugly protesters and union plebes.

You don't see the financiers and corporate yids in their skyscrapers or silicon valley chateaus, humping cheap ho du jour or spinning around in porsches.

4/21/11 11:53 AM

Do you have the same problem with sand niggers acting in the same way? Or is it just with yids?; 4/21/11, 5:04 PM
Synova said...: I thought that the probable plan of Boeing in SC was to get out from under the union thumb.

Strengthening unions is more important than jobs, don't you know.

In any case... the Obama administration is causing hold ups for Boeing in South Carolina?

Oh, and is anyone planning on going to the movie Atlas Shrugged?; 4/21/11, 5:05 PM
Michael K said...: @Original Mike, I was surprised when I went to the Farmers' Market on Saturday how nice the grass looked.

Bullshit is wonderful for grass and there has been a lot of it in the air since February.; 4/21/11, 5:07 PM
I'm Full of Soup said...: Synova:
I will put Atlas Shrugged on the Blockbuster queque. Just got Waiting For Superman today and am eager to watch that movie.; 4/21/11, 5:08 PM
cubanbob said...: Titus said...
Did you know Waterloo is near Piccadily Circus and Elephants and Caves. Yea.

4/21/11 3:35 PM

Best thing about Waterloo Station is the EuroStar to Paris. Not cheap but then again nothing in either London or Paris is ever cheap. But it is lovely to have a nice english breakfeast and take the train to Paris for a very leaisurly late afternon lunch and arrive back in London for a night out on the town.; 4/21/11, 5:11 PM
Sigivald said...: Original Mike D Said: Have you ever considered "brothel"? I've always liked the way that word feels in the mouth.

That's not a word, and that's not your mouth!; 4/21/11, 5:25 PM
kimsch said...: Happy 85th Birthday Queen Elizabeth! It's her real birthday today, but they celebrate "The Queen's Birthday" in June. One year it was on my birthday.

And RIP Elisabeth Sladen (1948-2011) known to fans of Dr. Who as Sarah Jane Smith, companion to both Jon Pertwee's Doctor and Tom Baker's Doctor and star of her own series "The Sarah Jane Adventures" for the past four years. They did one season of that one here on Syfy or BBCA.; 4/21/11, 5:26 PM
kimsch said...: Papa John's thin crust pizza is crisp like a cracker. Love it.; 4/21/11, 5:27 PM
kimsch said...: Ensign resigns as of Friday (tomorrow?)...; 4/21/11, 5:31 PM
Beta Rube said...: Synova- I will be going to Atlas this weekend. My business partner saw the movie and he recommends it.

I read the book over 30 years ago, so it should be fresh for me.; 4/21/11, 5:34 PM
vbspurs said...: Cubanbob wrote:

Better still lets move the Arabs out of the US and Zion to Arabia. And while we are still in Iraq lets move the Arabs out of Kurdistan as well.

You know what cracked me up about this Hannity Muslim caller? That he had the audacity (oft-heard) to suggest the State of Israel exists because Christians used the Bible as justification for putting them there.

Because these idiots have never heard that Israel is where Hebrews come from.

Also note that Helen Thomas shares the view that Jews should go back to where they belong -- Germany, Poland, New York.

It's incomprehensible to me.; 4/21/11, 5:35 PM
vbspurs said...: Beta Rube wrote:

Synova- I will be going to Atlas this weekend. My business partner saw the movie and he recommends it.

I guess no one read my little mini-review on one of the Althouse threads. I've been waiting for Ann to mention it in a post, but I don't think she'll see the movie or write it up.

Go see it at 8-9 PM, in as full a possible a theatre. It really will make all the difference, trust me.

And it's great. Not GREAT, great. But there's a lot to recommend it. The Dagny Taggart-Henry Rearden chemistry is out of sight.; 4/21/11, 5:37 PM
vbspurs said...: Did you know Waterloo is near Piccadily Circus and Elephants and Caves.

LOL! I know you already corrected yourself, but this is HILARIOUS. Elephants and Caves. Heeee!; 4/21/11, 5:41 PM
Synova said...: "And RIP Elisabeth Sladen (1948-2011) known to fans of Dr. Who as Sarah Jane Smith, companion to both Jon Pertwee's Doctor and Tom Baker's Doctor and star of her own series "The Sarah Jane Adventures" for the past four years. They did one season of that one here on Syfy or BBCA."

Oh my. I wonder if my kids know.

In a way it's sort of funny; the major stars who passed so recently they wouldn't have known or cared about, but they'll probably care about losing Elisabeth Sladen.

They were really effected when the Sham-Wow guy passed... at the same time as Michael (who?) Jackson.; 4/21/11, 5:44 PM
Sprezzatura said...: "I guess no one read my little mini-review"

Oh I remember! It was about you turning lesbian.

Maybe I missed the main point of the review.; 4/21/11, 5:46 PM
Synova said...: (Perhaps someone who knows better could say if I should have used "affected" instead of "effected" in that sentence.); 4/21/11, 5:48 PM
kimsch said...: Synova, she died on Tuesday. I received an email from Tor books that had this link to the story. Only 63.; 4/21/11, 5:48 PM
Unknown said...: J said...

12:30. Yr really a stupid fuck, Edu, like the rest of the dyslexic neo-Nixonians and birthers at A-house.

I'm smart enough to know you don't mess with God's Chosen People. He looks out for them - and their friends.

And I have class enough not to make fun of people's disabilities - including yours.; 4/21/11, 5:49 PM
ken in tx said...: If you think oil companies make easy money, why don't you invest in oil company stock? I did about 20 years ago. You can start with a couple hundred dollars and $50 a month in a dividend reinvestment program (DRIP). I feel good every time I fill up, no matter how much it costs. I have some of both Exxon Mobil and Chevron Texaco. Right now any commodities are a good bet.; 4/21/11, 5:51 PM
vbspurs said...: Phil 3:14 wrote:

-I'm not beholden to those radical Tea Partiers like my opponent (the 2012 version of "I'm not Bush")

It's interesting to see just how much influence the Tea Party will have in 2012.

The problem with the Tea Party, for Obama and his ilk anyway, is that it is an amorphous, leaderless group. Criticism becomes shadow boxing. The Left were flailing like flounder until they went after the Koch Bros' billionaires meeting, but to most Americans, that still sounds like Glenn Beck's Soros obsession -- weak, paranoid, bizarre.

Bush was a much more effective counterfoil.; 4/21/11, 5:55 PM
vbspurs said...: Maybe I missed the main point of the review.

Dagny Taggart is my girlfriend.; 4/21/11, 5:56 PM
vbspurs said...: Happy 85th Birthday Queen Elizabeth! It's her real birthday today,

I remember when my grandmother used to send the Queen a wire of congratulations on her birthday. Today, I tweeted my good wishes (@BritishMonarchy). Somehow, the former seems more meaningful, and permanent. Let me explain. Maybe one day, after the Queen's time, when there'll be an expo showing all the telegrammes received by the Queen in her lifetime. You can't do that with tweets, Kimsch.; 4/21/11, 6:02 PM
vbspurs said...: Edutcher wrote:

"Bordello" or "Bagnio" will also work, a tad more elegant. "Den of Iniquity" or "House of Assignation" for the verbose.

Jeez, what the hell is wrong with "cathouse"?; 4/21/11, 6:04 PM
Barbara said...: If the death had an effect on your family, Synova, then they were "affected."; 4/21/11, 6:09 PM
kimsch said...: Victoria - tweets are ephemeral after a point, you are correct.

Knowing some of the regular commenters here "house of ill-repute" may sometimes hit the mark...

wv: quisso; 4/21/11, 6:16 PM
vbspurs said...: Kimsch, I don't see Ann as a Madam.
Synova maybe, or DBQ possibly. Freeman is too fertile; she must be protected. Possibly Beth, who is used to cathouses populating New Orleans. Me, I'm bad with money, and wouldn't know how to deal with crabs, so I'm out.; 4/21/11, 6:19 PM
kimsch said...: I don't see Ann as Madame either, but I do not doubt her ability to keep customers and employees in line and to run her business like a well oiled machine should she be so inclined.; 4/21/11, 6:23 PM
kimsch said...: Victoria,

This one belongs here not on the suicide thread but The Little Guy's favorite riddle right now is:

What's the last thing to go through a bug's mind when he hits your windshield? His butt.

wv: eminseat; 4/21/11, 6:36 PM
vbspurs said...: Kimsch, hee.

You know, I recently found out that Fantasia Barrino, ex-American Idol, tried to commit suicide with aspirin. It Bayerly worked.; 4/21/11, 6:42 PM
kimsch said...: [groan}

wv: bumbpa {rimshot}; 4/21/11, 6:43 PM
chickelit said...: Knowing some of the regular commenters here "house of ill-repute" may sometimes hit the mark...

"House of ill-refute" hits even closer for many, myself included.

Althouse is not Madame; she is the headmistress* of a certain school of blog.

Refudiate that.

_________
* I resisted the term "Headmaster" in the context of giving blog for obvious reasons.; 4/21/11, 6:48 PM
kimsch said...: chickelit - I bow to your... whatever...

You are correct.

wv: bertfu; 4/21/11, 6:53 PM
kimsch said...: ecards for the digitally impaired; 4/21/11, 6:57 PM
Carol_Herman said...: If you did a survey of the group in attendance, what would you guess would be the unemployment rate?

Besides, where's the harm?

Madison is a bastion for the democraps. I see more people, locally, at the malls. And, when I don't? I know business stinks.

Many moons ago people used to congregate to watch movies. Even if they entered one-at-time. Going to a movie (at matinee prices), took care of people who were going stir crazy at home.

No downside.; 4/21/11, 7:05 PM
Phil 314 said...: neo-Nixonians looks like a neologism

In psychiatry, the term neologism is used to describe the use of words that only have meaning to the person who uses them, independent of their common meaning.[2] This is considered normal in children, but a symptom of thought disorder (indicative of a psychotic mental illness, such as schizophrenia) in adults.[3] People with autism also may create neologisms.[4] In addition, use of neologisms may be related to aphasia acquired after brain damage resulting from a stroke or head injury.

(or maybe J is actually wv out of control.

or maybe Skynet!); 4/21/11, 7:24 PM
Phil 314 said...: You know it just occurred to me with that protesters sign. Notice how wide it is, as if the intention was to include long words or a longer phrase. Is this an example of not not planning ahead; 4/21/11, 7:28 PM
Unknown said...: vbspurs said...
Edutcher wrote:

"Bordello" or "Bagnio" will also work, a tad more elegant. "Den of Iniquity" or "House of Assignation" for the verbose.

Jeez, what the hell is wrong with "cathouse"?

Oh, no, mum. This is no roadside dive. You want people to think Harry Reid slept here?

This is a parlor house. Think Charles and Belle Cora.

Kimsch, I don't see Ann as a Madam.
Synova maybe, or DBQ possibly. Freeman is too fertile; she must be protected. Possibly Beth, who is used to cathouses populating New Orleans. Me, I'm bad with money, and wouldn't know how to deal with crabs, so I'm out.

Call Ann Madame because she is a married lady, but, yes, I can see the good Professor in a fitted, off-the-shoulder, black velvet something, wearing a picture hat and some very expensive jewelry (gifts of admirers) explaining the delights in store ("Let's take a closer look at those breasts").

PS I see what you mean about DBQ (no offense, ma'am), but I think you would make a splendid countess. It's all about display and your charm and saucy worldliness would make you an excellent inducement to step through the front door.

In any case, you call a doctor to deal with the crabs and let your accountant having grazing rights on the place; 4/21/11, 7:29 PM
Sprezzatura said...: Cat house talk (not to mention any sort of PC offending talk) seems flat post-Deadwood.; 4/21/11, 7:35 PM
vbspurs said...: Call Ann Madame because she is a married lady, but, yes, I can see the good Professor in a fitted, off-the-shoulder, black velvet something, wearing a picture hat and some very expensive jewelry (gifts of admirers) explaining the delights in store ("Let's take a closer look at those breasts").

LMAO.; 4/21/11, 7:57 PM
Original Mike said...: "Kimsch, I don't see Ann as a Madam."

Didn't mean to start something.

Actually, that's exactly what I meant to do.; 4/21/11, 8:12 PM
Unknown said...: vbspurs said...

Call Ann Madame because she is a married lady, but, yes, I can see the good Professor in a fitted, off-the-shoulder, black velvet something, wearing a picture hat and some very expensive jewelry (gifts of admirers) explaining the delights in store ("Let's take a closer look at those breasts").

LMAO.

And, you, a... translator?

Needless to say, there's a difference between madam and Madame, but a woman can be both.

PS If I see Ann in black, you would be in your heliotrope boa (matching evening gloves and hose, naturally) with a glass of champagne in your dainty hand.; 4/21/11, 8:17 PM
kimsch said...: Don't forget the 10 carat cocktail ring. She must have that.

wv: caretall; 4/21/11, 8:19 PM
Anonymous said...: I remember back in 2001 or so, Perdue employees tried to unionize:

Chicken Chokers Local 27.; 4/21/11, 8:27 PM
vbspurs said...: LOL, Chr1.

wv: nyucks!!!!!! As in Three Stooges.; 4/22/11, 12:39 AM
cubanbob said...: vbspurs said...
Cubanbob wrote:

Better still lets move the Arabs out of the US and Zion to Arabia. And while we are still in Iraq lets move the Arabs out of Kurdistan as well.

You know what cracked me up about this Hannity Muslim caller? That he had the audacity (oft-heard) to suggest the State of Israel exists because Christians used the Bible as justification for putting them there.

Because these idiots have never heard that Israel is where Hebrews come from.

Also note that Helen Thomas shares the view that Jews should go back to where they belong -- Germany, Poland, New York.

It's incomprehensible to me.

4/21/11 5:35 PM

Of course its nuts.Its all nuts. I was quoting you quoting that moron J to get a rise out him with his own crap inverted back to him. Just to see what he would sputter. I guess it didn't come across that way. Same as with my other nasty comment to get a rise out him as well. Shouldn't feed the trolls. My bad. Sorry.; 4/22/11, 1:15 AM
Almost Ali said...: London Times, 1891: On the death of the showman P.T. Barnum:

"His name is a proverb already, and will continue to be a proverb until mankind has ceased to find pleasure in the comedy of a harmless deceiver and the willingly deceived."

The above is part of an interesting, extensive NYT obituary:

And at one point, a strange choice of words: "The scene at the deathbed was deeply pathetic."; 4/22/11, 1:28 AM
Karl said...: well shit.
Dealt the fucking Jew card.
Hang on to it - 'cause these are the chosen ones.
Discard - as they are oppressors to the righteous hard working Palestine peoples.
Hold - because when led correctly, they act in self interest.
Discard - because the liberal
American Jews are not in alignment with any notions of self preservation.

J - well played!; 4/23/11, 1:06 AM