Althouse: At the Labor Day Lunch Café...

September 4, 2017

At the Labor Day Lunch Café...

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63 comments:

Big Mike said...: It's not quite lunchtime here in Virginia. And no leaves are turning color.; 9/4/17, 10:46 AM
rehajm said...: Irma is spoiling my September already.; 9/4/17, 10:54 AM
Humperdink said...: As I mentioned in an earlier cafe post, a mouse had taken up residence in the passenger compartment of my car. I can now report it has met it's demise. Surprised it took that long.

A newly designed mouse trap called JAWZ did it in. I heartily recommend it. Easy to set and deadly. And ....... available on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/averPak-Pack-Eaton-Mouse-Liquid/dp/B0745QG13J/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1504540473&sr=8-9&keywords=jawz+mouse+trap; 9/4/17, 11:01 AM
rhhardin said...: Where there's one mouse, there's six.; 9/4/17, 11:05 AM
Original Mike said...: "Where there's one mouse, there's six."

Enough for a stew.; 9/4/17, 11:10 AM
rhhardin said...: Our mice live in telephone junction boxes by the back fence. PVC wire insultation is excellent nesting material. Every 4 years a tech has to come out and replace the now-bare wiring.; 9/4/17, 11:18 AM
Humperdink said...: Not to worry, all of the traps remain ready for war.

Fortunately, I have a spare set of wheels to drive. The car will remain in place for another week.; 9/4/17, 11:19 AM
Etienne said...: The sad thing about Kate Middleton's children, is they all look like their father.

It seems unfair, that such a beautiful woman, would have children who looked like clones of Prince Charles.

Now she is knocked-up again. Let's hope the third time is a charm.; 9/4/17, 11:34 AM
traditionalguy said...: Nicky Haley says North Korea is begging for war. But what happens if Kim's reverse psychology doesn't work on Trump. The fall color in Korea will explode into red rivers.; 9/4/17, 11:35 AM
ex-madtown girl said...: Ann, it seems like you visit the A.V. Club website. What do you think of their new design now that they've switched to Kinja? I think it's a horribly designed mess and that it was a big mistake, and I've really cut down on my time there (as have others if their comments are to be believed). Just curious. ;) Happy Labor Day!; 9/4/17, 11:45 AM
Michael K said...: "Now she is knocked-up again. Let's hope the third time is a charm."

Maybe she should talk to Prince Harry's father. The horse trainer.; 9/4/17, 12:00 PM
Wince said...: rhhardin said...
Where there's one mouse, there's six.

That's why you need the Victor Electronic Multi-Kill.

It electrocutes the mouse in a "shock and drop" death chamber and drops them in collection drawer that stacks 'em like cordwood ten high.

I've opened it once and found six.; 9/4/17, 12:17 PM
rhhardin said...: My Doberman has developed probable fleas, first time since 1986 when borax was sprinkled like a snow onto the carpets and scuffed in.

It can't be, the borax is still there; but Julie's lying in a new spot by my desk rather than on the deep pile shag carpet in the other room. Maybe there's borax exhaustion in low pile carpet.

So I sprinkled a snow of new borax in the desk area, scuffed it in, carpet-swept up the excess; and in a day she has no fleas.

They jump off but don't jump back on, seems to be the mechanism.; 9/4/17, 12:26 PM
rhhardin said...: Wear a dust mask sprinkling borax and let the area clear, leave no visible borax. It has safety problems in some hysterical views and what the hell why not avoid it.; 9/4/17, 12:31 PM
rhhardin said...: Confirmation bias rules. You see it everywhere.; 9/4/17, 12:43 PM
rhhardin said...: That's a deconstructive move, in the original sense of deconstructive.; 9/4/17, 12:44 PM
rhhardin said...: It leaves confirmation bias standing but adds a subversive circuit.; 9/4/17, 12:45 PM
brylun said...: Kill the goose that lays the golden egg: Cops are launching their own national anthem counter-protest; 9/4/17, 2:06 PM
Trumpit said...: "Now she is knocked-up again. Let's hope the third time is a charm."

Is the expression "knocked up" considered derogatory toward women? It sounds that way to my ear. Sex is just legalized rape. How can an assault ever be considered consensual? And why isn't Bill Cosby behind bars?; 9/4/17, 2:09 PM
Etienne said...: Sex is just legalized rape

Eve started it.; 9/4/17, 2:32 PM
JackWayne said...: Funny thing about the NOAA projected track for Irma. For 5 days they have projected an upward path. The First day the southern part of the cone was well above Cuba. Now Cuba is well within the cone. If you look at the full track of Irma, it initially had an upward curve but has been relentlessly headed between Cuba and Yucatán for the last week. Glad I'm going to Omaha on Thursday.; 9/4/17, 2:42 PM
Pinandpuller said...: rhhardin

I drove a 40 mule team through my house and the fleas are abated but the horseflies are killing me.; 9/4/17, 2:44 PM
David53 said...: Where are all the Labor Day parades?

Pittsburgh has one of the nation’s largest Labor Day parades reportedly attracting 60,000 to 70,000 participants.

San Antonio routinely draws over 100,000 participants to its MLK Day parade as do many other large cities. Labor doesn't get the respect it used to.; 9/4/17, 2:54 PM
Etienne said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 9/4/17, 3:08 PM
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KittyM said...: Wow, Professor, are you really not going to mention DACA today?; 9/4/17, 4:21 PM
Ignorance is Bliss said...: KittyM-

The neat thing about cafés is that, if you think there is something interesting to be said about a subject, you can come right out and say it.

Is there something interesting to be said about DACA?; 9/4/17, 4:56 PM
Humperdink said...: Think Google is biased? I googled DACA and it revealed three (3) headlines and three (3) twitter responses at the top of their search page.

Three (3) headlines are from Politico, CNN and CNN.

Three (3) twitter responses are from Andrew (the Pious) Cuomo, Tim Kaine (father of Woody Kaine, antifa member) and Joaquin (democrat rising star) Castro.; 9/4/17, 5:35 PM
Etienne said...: Is there something interesting to be said about DACA?

It's not far removed from Jus Soli. If an illegal immigrant came here as a child, and was educated in our schools, and pledged allegiance to our flag and Republic, then:

You should grant them citizenship, just like you would a woman's child born in this country, even though they are not citizens, or here legally.

It's the right thing to do, and I don't care if the communists had the idea first.; 9/4/17, 5:56 PM
Darrell said...: Wow, Professor, are you really not going to mention DACA today?

Why bother the Professor? Trump Trump Trump Deport Deport Deport; 9/4/17, 5:57 PM
Darrell said...: If an illegal immigrant came here as a child, and was educated in our schools, and pledged allegiance to our flag and Republic, then

Send Vincente Fox the bill.; 9/4/17, 6:02 PM
Just asking questions (Jaq) said...: "And why isn't Bill Cosby behind bars?"

Or Bill Clinton?; 9/4/17, 6:15 PM
Sebastian said...: "It's not far removed from Jus Soli." Which is itself an insult to any self-respecting self-governing democratic republic.

Not that it makes any difference. Numbers, power, and sentimentalism will prevent any rational change in immigration and citizenship law.; 9/4/17, 6:26 PM
Bay Area Guy said...: Why the blank am I working on Labor Day?!!?

Oh yeah, I gotta get shit done.; 9/4/17, 6:26 PM
Bay Area Guy said...: "Wow, Professor, are you really not going to mention DACA today?"

Wow, KittyM -- you're used to people doing the things you want, not what they want?

Althouse - please consult with troll-ette KittyM, before you blog about anything. NOT.; 9/4/17, 6:29 PM
Just asking questions (Jaq) said...: I guess Kitty's fingers must be broken since she couldn't post her own thoughts on DACA here despite the open invitation.; 9/4/17, 6:53 PM
Big Mike said...: $25 BILLION dollars. That's 1.5 million Dreamers at an average of $17,000 dollars per Dreamer. If we confiscated Mark Zuckerberg's entire fortune it would only pay for the program for three years. Maybe KittyM wants to pay for them from her personal wealth?; 9/4/17, 6:58 PM
Michael K said...: My son, a fireman, is headed for Yosemite to fight a big fire up there.

He'll be home in a few days.

Work is funny that way. People do it who are members of a hated group.

Not Dreamers, of course,; 9/4/17, 7:16 PM
MadisonMan said...: When mice get in our house, our cat deals with them. Very efficient.

She's also a veritable furnace on a cold winter's night.; 9/4/17, 7:36 PM
Humperdink said...: I thought of tossing Chloe the mouser into my car for a night. Then sanity prevailed. I started visualizing shredded seats, cat excrement, and a partial mouse carcass in an inaccessible place.; 9/4/17, 7:59 PM
brylun said...: It is my understanding that the job of fireman has more risk of personal harm than the job of policeman.; 9/4/17, 8:04 PM
Bix Cvvv said...: brylun: firefighters are at more risk of unusual events. Police officers are at more risk from normal events going bad. Remember, though, anyone young and healthy enough to get hired as a police officer or a fireman is not somebody who has lost the lottery in life... Most dangerous jobs, in my opinion: sex worker, taxi driver, celebrity singer/actor. If some day by some unforeseen turn of events someone gives you the opportunity to choose if your child will be a police officer/fireman or a taxi driver/singer/actor: choose the police officer/fireman option.; 9/4/17, 8:55 PM
Michael K said...: He is 6-3 and 240 so not a weakling. Still , I worry.; 9/4/17, 9:03 PM
Bix Cvvv said...: Michael K - I will pray for your son's safety, and for the safety of his fellow fire-fighters. I am from Long Island and we have lost many many firefighters over the years. One of the kids in my Little League group grew up to be a lieutenant in the NYC Fire Department, one day he rushed in to save people in a burning house in Queens and dropped through a hole in the front parlor - the house was a crack house and the inhabitants had drilled a hole in the front parlor (with a rug over it) so that if the cops rushed in on them without looking down (and my friend had probably not looked down and if he did it was all smoky anyway) they would fall through to the basement while the crackheads happily scattered ; unless the cops, for some unusual reasons, went around the hole in the floor. My friend rushed in to save the crackheads but dropped through the hole and burned (or choked) to death in the five minutes it took the other firefighters to figure out how to get into the basement and get him out. They got him out, but he was dead. I will pray for your son's safety, and will invoke the intercession of as many good departed saints as I can. If I could do more I would. The crackheads all got out, by the way: they caught the last one to leave, but none of the others. My friend's wife (now his widow), a nice girl who loved little animals and helping people, had a very difficult time. His two parents were at his funeral. There were no crackheads at the funeral. Bastards.; 9/4/17, 9:32 PM
Original Mike said...: "Is there something interesting to be said about DACA?"

Not from me.; 9/4/17, 9:36 PM
David Baker said...: Still a week out, a neighbor is nonetheless out there right now putting up hurricane shutters. With a flashlight.

The last serious storm here in Palm Beach County was in 2004.

But Harvey was the real attention-getter.; 9/4/17, 9:41 PM
chickelit said...: That looks like either North or South Hall on Bascom Hill. They were both constructed using local sandstone.; 9/4/17, 9:48 PM
Narayanan said...: If the Founders could innovate with the Declaration and the Constitution, why are we reaching for European traditions for citizenship rules instead of extrapolating from those documents?; 9/4/17, 9:56 PM
Narayanan said...: Of course, they failed to resolve the issue of forced abductees, DACA of those times.; 9/4/17, 10:12 PM
Narayanan said...: Has anybody researched the curious significance of 1808 to a Constitution in 1787 - which is 21 years for children born under the Constitution's bill of rights and when they could claim the right to participate in the nation's political process.; 9/4/17, 10:27 PM
n.n said...: The menu was uncharacteristically narrow.; 9/4/17, 11:09 PM
Robert Cook said...: "It is my understanding that the job of fireman has more risk of personal harm than the job of policeman."

There are many jobs more dangerous than the job of police officer. The job of police officer doesn't even make the top ten, (and neither does fireman).; 9/5/17, 7:22 AM
Hagar said...: 1808 is 20 years after 1788, which is the year it would, or would not, be adopted and the first elections held to elect a government to implement it.

And it kicked that can 20 years down the road in the hope that perhaps the next generation could figure out a solution by then.; 9/5/17, 7:31 AM
Just asking questions (Jaq) said...: How is it that Trump can decide in DACA single-handedly? Was it passed by Congress and signed by a president? Oh no, that wold be the law that DACA reversed. DACA was "pen and phone" law that can be undone with "pen and phone." Obama was the authoritarian who believed in one-man rule, Trump is just undoing it. If you want DACA to be law, win some elections.

Maybe you could respond to that KittyM? I am just trying to put stuff out there for you to discuss, since you seem to want to discuss DACA.; 9/5/17, 7:40 AM
Curious George said...: "Etienne said...
You should grant them citizenship, just like you would a woman's child born in this country..."

Cancelling DACA is a great start, next no more anchor babies. No citizenship vacations.; 9/5/17, 7:48 AM
Just asking questions (Jaq) said...: Look at Hurricane Andrew's track and I am not sure I would be breathing easy if I were in Houston about Irma, or New Orleans, for that matter.

Just wondering, what other countries grant citizenship automatically to any child born there?; 9/5/17, 8:02 AM
Just asking questions (Jaq) said...: For that matter, what other countries refuse to demand identification of voters? Just trying to understand how America is especially evil.; 9/5/17, 8:03 AM
Etienne said...: Just wondering, what other countries grant citizenship automatically to any child born there?

I believe Canada, and Latin America countries. Basically North and Central America.

Ireland was the last European country to end it.; 9/5/17, 8:19 AM
Robert Cook said...: "My son, a fireman, is headed for Yosemite to fight a big fire up there.

"He'll be home in a few days.

"Work is funny that way. People do it who are members of a hated group."

Since when have firefighters been "members of a hated group?" To the contrary, firefighters are highly admired.; 9/5/17, 8:25 AM
Robert Cook said...: "Still a week out, a neighbor is nonetheless out there right now putting up hurricane shutters. With a flashlight.

"The last serious storm here in Palm Beach County was in 2004.

"But Harvey was the real attention-getter."

As well it should be. People paying high prices for beachfront property these days are being fool-hardy. (I grew up in a house two blocks from the beach, in Northeast Florida.); 9/5/17, 8:30 AM
Just asking questions (Jaq) said...: People paying high prices for beachfront property these days are being fool-hardy.

Why is it any different today? Was Camille some kind of "nice hurricane"?; 9/5/17, 10:35 AM
Just asking questions (Jaq) said...: I believe Canada, and Latin America countries. Basically North and Central America.

Ireland was the last European country to end it.

So basically countries that were crying out for new citizens to occupy recently conquered land? Does that reasoning still hold? Maybe for Canada.; 9/5/17, 10:36 AM
Etienne said...: Does that reasoning still hold?

Yes. The biggest land holder in the western USA is the federal government. We have room for 100's of millions of immigrants in Wyoming alone.

The trouble is, they all want to live in LA, and NYC, where services are greatest for the unemployed.; 9/5/17, 10:58 AM