Althouse: At Amy's Café...

April 25, 2018

At Amy's Café...

... it's time to talk about anything (and to buy anything through the Althouse Portal to Amazon).

92 comments:

Kevin said...: Is Iran the new Venezuela? Perhaps Sean Penn will be next to visit.

Oliver Stone is in Iran comparing Trump to the Devil.

And here he is asked a question on human rights: "Carefully treading around the subject of Iranian cinema, he affirmed his support for filmmaker Jafar Panahi, currently under a travel ban that may not permit him to attend the Cannes Film Festival, even with a film in competition. “As a filmmaker, I would let him go to Cannes, but I’m for artistic freedom. The biggest victory is to make movies in the first place.”

Plus this: "In 2012, Stone’s son Sean Stone visited Iran and converted to Shiite Islam."; 4/25/18, 11:23 AM
Bay Area Guy said...: Go see "Chappaquiddick." The first #metoo movie.

The plot: Powerful Democrat Senator is probably drunk, probably trying to woo a young woman, not his wife in Martha's Vineyard, drives her off a bridge, saves himself, lets her drown, and hires team of high-priced lawyers to avoid a negligent homicide trial.

I give it 4 stars.; 4/25/18, 12:03 PM
TestTube said...: Thank you again!

FullMoon wanted to hear more about my research on the following post:

https://althouse.blogspot.com/2018/04/first-congregational-church-of-oakland.html

Well, it appears that the article revolves around these three documents:

http://www.firstoakland.org/downloads/pr/2018_good_friday_declaration.pdf
http://www.firstoakland.org/downloads/2018_holy_week_declaration.pdf
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h-N2S8hKnIHdnlxvLp3oneym8c3GGzgQdUCOmMDNYMU/edit

Which were written by a team that may or may not have broader support from the First Oakland congregation.

Really, not much there. The point on which the article based seems to be the following excerpt:

"We commit to reimagining our policies, procedures, and relationships to our neighbors to
reduce our reliance on policing that is too often deadly for those already marginalized, to
contribute to restorative/transformative approaches to addressing harm, and to increase our
capacity to ensure the safety of everyone in our community."

Not much there, IMHO. A few individuals (I think it was three to five) formed a committee and cranked out a document that outlines a vague non-binding policy, which is picked up by a social justice organization and puffed up into something that apparently deserves over a thousand words in the Washington Post.

Feel free to check my work on this and let me know if I missed something.; 4/25/18, 12:12 PM
TestTube said...: Oh, and by article, I mean the Mercury News (originally Washington Post) article referenced in Althouse's posting, not the posting itself.; 4/25/18, 12:13 PM
TestTube said...: Finally, please enlighten me as to the preferred way to address Professor Ann Althouse in these comments. I was under the impression that she prefers to be referred to as "Althouse", rather than Ann or Professor, but please correct me if I am wrong.

Thank you.; 4/25/18, 12:16 PM
Nonapod said...: I wonder how much that collapsed mountain that was North Korea's primary nuclear test site has played into their recent overtures.; 4/25/18, 12:26 PM
Achilles said...: Kayne West continues to break down the fences on the democrat plantation.

Going to be a long hot summer.; 4/25/18, 12:31 PM
Ignorance is Bliss said...: TestTube said...

Professor Ann Althouse in these comments. I was under the impression that she prefers to be referred to as "Althouse", rather than Ann or Professor, but please correct me if I am wrong.

I've never heard complaints about either Professor ( which I use ) or Althouse. I believe I long-ago heard that she did not like being called Ann ( at least not in the context of the blog comments ).

And definitely don't go with Anne.; 4/25/18, 12:47 PM
Trumpit said...: I have a problem with right-wing nuts hanging out on Althouse. It is the stench of their pseudo-intellectual slobbering that gets to me. Their insults of fellow, more liberal, commenters sometimes get out of hand. Their goal seems to be to drive away any progressive that might want to say something interesting and intelligent. They want a monolithic, monotonic, & moronic monopoly of failed conservatism here. Their failure to admit that Trump is an abomination is an abomination in itself. Their continued worthless existence is a threat to civilization. Fortunately, most of them are old and will die soon, but not soon enough for me. I hope they are smokers and drinkers until their last bourbon and last breath. Their doom is desirable and thankfully inevitable.; 4/25/18, 12:49 PM
Mike Sylwester said...: Trumpit at 12:49 PM
I have a problem with right-wing nuts hanging out on Althouse. ... Their doom is desirable and thankfully inevitable.

Try to be more civil.; 4/25/18, 12:52 PM
Michael K said...: Their goal seems to be to drive away any progressive that might want to say something interesting and intelligent.

Also unicorns and Santa Claus. All three are imaginary.; 4/25/18, 12:54 PM
Nonapod said...: It is always the most uncivilized who call out the loudest for civility. The Germans may or may not have a word for that, but Althouse definitely has a tag for it.; 4/25/18, 12:58 PM
tcrosse said...: If only there were someplace else on this World Wide Web where Trumpit would feel more comfortable ! Sad.; 4/25/18, 1:01 PM
Jupiter said...: Achilles said...
"Kayne West continues to break down the fences on the democrat plantation."

Dude, Kanye West is batshit crazy. Please don't try to make some kind of conservative out of him. He's just a nut case and rap-off artist.; 4/25/18, 1:01 PM
Fernandinande said...: Trumpit said...Their insults of fellow, more liberal, commenters sometimes get out of hand.

If you keep in mind that the main one is an unhappy, scolding, humorless old curmudgeon with dementia, his posts will seem kinda funny.; 4/25/18, 1:03 PM
Bay Area Guy said...: "Dude, Kanye West is batshit crazy. Please don't try to make some kind of conservative out of him. He's just a nut case and rap-off artist."

That may be true, but what if that's the type of catalyst needed to siphon off 5 -10% of the black vote?

We can dream can't we?; 4/25/18, 1:07 PM
Ken B said...: TestTube
I think she once expressed a liking for “blondie” but most of us go with Althouse. Annhouse would be fun though.; 4/25/18, 1:09 PM
Bay Area Guy said...: If Bernie Sanders runs for Prez in 2020 as an Independent, that would be one way to get back at the DNC who shafted him (and, coincidentally, would help Trump win re-election in the process).

We can dream, can't we?; 4/25/18, 1:15 PM
Nonapod said...: The NXIVM thing is really disturbing to me for a number reasons. Many years ago I actually worked with a woman who was (and perhaps still is for all I know) pretty high up in the organization. She was a programmer, and though I didn't know her very well, she struck me as very intelligent and even keeled.; 4/25/18, 1:18 PM
exiledonmainstreet, green-eyed devil said...: Trumpit whines:

"Their goal seems to be to drive away any progressive that might want to say something interesting and intelligent. "

You might want to say something interesting and intelligent, but you haven't yet succeeded in doing so.

I'm still waiting to hear your explanation of why eating venison is wrong but feeding seagulls hamburgers is fine. I think the question stumped you.; 4/25/18, 1:21 PM
walter said...: He converted to Shia Islam in 2012.[1][2][3][4][5][6] In an interview with CNN, Stone said that he accepted Muhammad as the seal of the prophets.[12][13] In an interview with Bill O'Reilly, he added Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statements about Israel had been misunderstood.[1][6]; 4/25/18, 1:32 PM
walter said...: He's just a soul whose intentions are good
Allah, please don't let him be misunderstood; 4/25/18, 1:36 PM
I Have Misplaced My Pants said...: I am almost finished listening to Jon Ronson's podcast The Butterfly Effect, and it is quite excellent. I would not have selected a serial podcast on the porn industry but I have long been an admirer of Ronson's work, so I gave it a whirl, and it's fantastic. Here is an intro:

Welcome to The Butterfly Effect. It's sort of about porn, but it's about a lot of other things. It's sad, funny, moving and totally unlike some other nonfiction stories about porn - because it isn't judgmental or salacious. It's human and sweet and strange and lovely. It's a mystery story, an adventure. It's also, I think, a new way of telling a story. This season follows a single butterfly effect. The flap of the butterfly's wings is a boy in Brussels having an idea. His idea is how to get rich from giving the world free online porn. Over seven episodes I trace the consequences of this idea, from consequence through to consequence. If you keep going in this way, where might you end up? It turns out you end up in the most surprising and unexpected places.; 4/25/18, 1:40 PM
Bay Area Guy said...: There's a lotta Stones out tonight. There's famed Director Oliver Stone. There's his son, Sean Stone, a recent convert to Islam. There's Roger Stone -- recently sued by the DNC. There's the Rolling Stones, who I saw in 1989, and thought they were old, back then. Bob Dylan sang "Like a Rolling Stone." There's Stone soup. There's aged movie starlet, Sharon Stone, who caused a cinematic stir, by playing a hot, homicidal, panti-less Lesbian in Basic Instinct.

I could go on....; 4/25/18, 1:41 PM
Trumpit said...: "I'm still waiting to hear your explanation of why eating venison is wrong but feeding seagulls hamburgers is fine. I think the question stumped you."

Sometimes, I feed the seagulls where I live. Seagulls are omnivores, so they can eat meat as a protein source. In an ideal world, they'd stick to the ocean to find the food, i.e., fish that they like and need to survive. This is far from an ideal world. (Too many) Humans are destroying the planet and all living things are suffering as a result. Many species will become extinct in the coming decades. Humans, and most living species, will likely go extinct if there is another world war.

I like cows, and I would vote to stop their use for beef. But, as long as it is legal, I feel no guilt, or hypocrisy in buying a cheeseburger to feed a hungry homeless person or a bird. My purchase of a hamburger will not save the life of the bovine that was murdered to make the beef. Yes, I believe they are murdered, so I'm buying murdered animal's carcass to feed another animal. I'm aware of that. If I felt that by not purchasing a hamburger, I could help stop the murder of cattle, then I would stop. But, I don't believe that for a minute because it's not realistic.

I oppose the hunting of deer and other wildlife either for food or sport. I cherish wildlife, and want it to flourish in its nature habitat free from man's intrusion. Here's a link to the story of a squirrel who lost his front legs to a hunter's brutality:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abcOw2lHorI
How can support hunting after watching that?; 4/25/18, 1:44 PM
Kevin said...: And definitely don't go with Anne.

Hot Lips
Sugar
Baby
Toots
Darling
Honey
Sweetie

Anything from the Mad Men era.; 4/25/18, 1:48 PM
Kevin said...: Cakes.

Definitely not cakes.; 4/25/18, 1:50 PM
Henry said...: You're supposed to feed seagulls Wonder Bread.

And you can feel even more virtuous when you stop.

Don't feed the birds!; 4/25/18, 1:52 PM
Francisco D said...: Trumpit said ... "If I felt that by not purchasing a hamburger, I could help stop the murder of cattle, then I would stop. But, I don't believe that for a minute because it's not realistic."

Interesting way to justify blatant hypocrisy.; 4/25/18, 1:54 PM
Etienne said...: In Oklahoma, we call that a Mexican Easter Egg motif. Al igual que Tijuana...

Very Catholic, Easter and all that...; 4/25/18, 1:54 PM
MountainMan said...: @Bay Area Guy: My wife and I went to see Chappaquiddick last weekend. Very well done. I would give it 4 stars as well. The most surprising thing to me was its take on Robert McNamara and the role he played. I did not know he was involved in the cover-up but he sure came out looking pretty bad. Only Joe Gargan seemed to have any sense of decency.; 4/25/18, 2:00 PM
exiledonmainstreet, green-eyed devil said...: As long as it is legal, I feel no guilt accepting venison steaks that my hunter friends give me. My refusal of their gift will not save the life of the deer they shot.

You do know, Trumpit, that many hunters donate the venison they will not eat themselves to homeless shelters, where it is normally used to make chili?; 4/25/18, 2:06 PM
Nonapod said...: I've read that generally you shouldn't feed ducks bread since it's a little nutritional value to them and consequently may discourage them from eating more beneficial foods, like a kid filling up on cookies before dinner. I assume that extends to seagulls.; 4/25/18, 2:09 PM
Jupiter said...: Trumpit said...

"If I felt that by not purchasing a hamburger, I could help stop the murder of cattle, then I would stop. But, I don't believe that for a minute because it's not realistic."

Fewer buyers for beef would certainly decrease the demand for beef, and therefore the number of cattle slaughtered. If everyone became vegetarians, they would stop slaughtering cattle altogether. Of course, they would stop breeding cattle, too. Cattle would probably become extinct, except for dairy cattle. Would that be good, or bad?; 4/25/18, 2:11 PM
Big Mike said...: @MountainMan, IIRC Joe Gargan was a source for the screenplay. So the "grain of salt" rule may apply.; 4/25/18, 2:11 PM
Jupiter said...: Nonapod said...
"I've read that generally you shouldn't feed ducks bread since it's a little nutritional value to them and consequently may discourage them from eating more beneficial foods, like a kid filling up on cookies before dinner. I assume that extends to seagulls."

You're worried about the dietary habits of ducks and seagulls? Look, birds don't die of heart attacks. They die of getting half a beat slower than whatever is trying to eat them. Or half a beat slower than whatever they are trying to eat. It's a hard-scrabble existence, over soon, and I say let them eat cake. We used to throw popcorn from the third story balcony of our motel at the Coast, and the seagulls would fly by and snatch it out of the air. They seemed to be enjoying themselves.; 4/25/18, 2:17 PM
Achilles said...: Jupiter said...

Achilles said...
"Kayne West continues to break down the fences on the democrat plantation."

Dude, Kanye West is batshit crazy. Please don't try to make some kind of conservative out of him. He's just a nut case and rap-off artist.

So am I.

But given what we are up against you are going to have to deal with a certain type of diversity or the aristocracy wins. They don't care about ideological purity. They are completely amoral and will do to our country what they have done to dozens of countries if they get the chance.

You might be able to live the life of a dhimmi if they win, but I am guaranteed to be shipped to the ovens.

We can talk about nits and picks after we win.; 4/25/18, 2:23 PM
Fernandinande said...: I don't mind eating cows because, living in the west, I see them out and about, living the good life with plenty to eat, vaccinated against diseases and protected from predators.

But the way they raise (most) pigs and chickens is cruel and uncivilized, and I wish I were principled enough to either not eat that lovely bacon and eggy-weggs, or to at least be willing to pay extra for some demonstrable lack of cruelty and know that it was true.; 4/25/18, 2:27 PM
Gahrie said...: I could help stop the murder of cattle

There are no situations in which killing a cow is murder.; 4/25/18, 2:35 PM
Nonapod said...: You're worried about the dietary habits of ducks and seagulls?

Not really. Just thought it was interesting. Some people may automatically assume that feeding wild animals is somehow doing them a favor without much thought to what they're feeding them.; 4/25/18, 2:35 PM
FIDO said...: The study questioning the future intensity of climate change was carried out by American climatologist Judith Curry and UK mathematician Nick Lewis.

It is based on analysing the warming effect of greenhouse gases and other drivers of climate change, from the mid 19th century until 2016.

It forecast that future warming will be between 30 per cent and 45 per cent lower than suggested by simulations carried out by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel one Climate Change.

The study in the American Meteorological Society’s Journal of Climate predicts temperature rises of 1.66C compared to one IPCC forecast of 3.1C and 1.33C compared to another IPCC study predicting 1.9C.

The 2015 Paris climate agreement sought to limit climate change to 2C above pre-industrial levels and no more than 1.5C if possible.

Mr Lewis, said: “Our results imply that, for any future emissions scenario, future warming is likely to be substantially lower than the central computer model-simulated level projected by the IPCC, and highly unlikely to exceed that level.”

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/950748/climate-change-scientists-impact-not-as-bad-on-planet

So...with this second correction of the data (the first was the IPCC V report), 'suddenly', things don't seem nearly as grim as before.

So...show of hands: who still feels comfortable spending TRILLIONS of dollars in lower lifestyle based on these changing results without a touch more verification?; 4/25/18, 2:40 PM
Nonapod said...: SDaly said...
I think I successfully inoculated my two daughters against their friends' fashionable vegetarianism by showing them a lot of nature shows, where animals are treated very, very badly by other animals

Yeah, watching an Orca play volleyball with a cute seal pup that's barely clinging to life or dolphins bully and rape a different species of dolphins is a harsh reveal of nature's brutality.; 4/25/18, 2:50 PM
Kevin said...: I could help stop the murder of cattle

Reverend Johnson: Now I don't have to tell you good folks what's been happening in our beloved little town. Sheriff murdered, crops burned, stores looted, people stampeded, and cattle raped. The time has come to act, and act fast. I'm leaving.; 4/25/18, 2:55 PM
Ignorance is Bliss said...: Caldwell Titcomb IV said...

I don't mind eating cows because...

My policy is to eat the cows before they eat me. So far I have been entirely successful. The fact that they are making no effort to eat me means that I can slow down and really savor the meal.; 4/25/18, 3:15 PM
FullMoon said...: Trumpit said... [hush][hide comment]

I have a problem with right-wing nuts hanging out on Althouse. It is the stench of their pseudo-intellectual slobbering that gets to me. Their insults of fellow, more liberal, commenters sometimes get out of hand....etc

Pretty good.
Not a bad parody. Of course, the diff is ritmo.ttr really is psycho..; 4/25/18, 3:17 PM
jaydub said...: So, the wife and I were in Bordeaux, France for the last week, visiting the city, Saint-Emilion and the Dordogne river vally east of Bordeaux. Had a wonderful time, and Sarlat-la-Caneda where we based our operations was wonderful. But, what caught our attention was an eight man squad of French soldiers who were patrolling (securing?) the area around the Hotel De Ville and the cathedral in Bordeaux. I was transported back to Vietnam - the squad was separated into two, four man columns, deployed on opposite sides of the square, and displaying classic squad covering tactics as they worked their way across the square, complete with frequent "six checks" from the rear of the columns and mutual supporting tactics between the two columns. It was also like Bagdad after 2003. Having been in the Dordogne river area a few days before where the Hundred Years War was fought, I couldn't help thinking that France's next hundred years of conflict are going to be fought in it's major cities like Bordeaux, and the outcome is going to be decided by the young men in the squadron formations we had observed in Bordeaux. Judging from the troops we observed, I think they're going to win. I don't know about you, but I'll be pulling for them with all my heart.; 4/25/18, 3:22 PM
Jim at said...: Dear Trumpit,

Try the hemlock.

Thanks,

Jim; 4/25/18, 3:53 PM
Ralph L said...: My policy is to eat the cows before they eat me.

Somewhere in the Bible it's written, "All flesh is grass."; 4/25/18, 4:19 PM
wwww said...: We watched Dunkirk last weekend. We both thought they did a fine job with the movie. At the beginning it was a little confusing, as the airplanes are on a different timeline from the little ship and the men on the beach. The airman at the end burning his plane before capture -- haunting. As were the French soldiers defending the perimeter at the beginning of the movie.

We have watched some of The French Village and it's good. But hard to watch.; 4/25/18, 4:21 PM
Inga...Allie Oop said...: So who got played yesterday with all the kissing, hand holding and mutual adoration between Trump and Macron? Today’s kick ass speech by Macron in front of Congress tells the tale. Macron, May, Merkel, Trudeau and Turnbull, great leaders, while we have Trump..; 4/25/18, 4:32 PM
Inga...Allie Oop said...: “Mr Macron said isolationism, withdrawal and nationalism "can be tempting to us as a temporary remedy to our fears. But closing the door to the world will not stop the evolution of the world. It will not douse but inflame the fears of our citizens". He added: "We will not let the rampaging work of extreme nationalism shake a world full of hopes for greater prosperity."

Mr Macron said that the US had invented multilateralism and now needed to reinvent it to create a new 21st Century world order.
He said the UN and the Nato military alliance might not be able to fulfil their mandates and assure stability if the West ignored the new dangers arising in the world.”

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43897212; 4/25/18, 4:38 PM
Inga...Allie Oop said...: “Macron has provided a masterclass to other world leaders on how to handle Donald Trump - you cuddle up close, you flatter where necessary - but you use that to allow you to pack a big punch.

In a cleverly crafted speech, he started with the entente between himself and the US president that some said was just too cordial. But then came the punches - and they were hard-hitting jabs, taking direct aim at Donald Trump's policy agenda. On free trade, on the importance of science, on inequality - and Mr Trump's America First policies.

Then he audaciously borrowed Donald Trump's Make America Great Again slogan to talk about the environment, and the importance of the climate change agreement the US has pulled out of. He said it was time to make the Earth great again.

The speech was punctuated by applause and cheering. This was an important moment in the US Congress. Emmanuel Macron has emerged as a world leader who offers a competing and sharply different world vision to the US president - while all the time maintaining a bonhomie with him. That's quite a political feat.”

Indeed it was!; 4/25/18, 4:42 PM
wildswan said...: Snowdrops, crocuses and Siberian squills are all out. Maybe spring will come soon.; 4/25/18, 4:56 PM
Inga...Allie Oop said...: Cohen is pleading the Fifth in the Stormy Daniels case, lol.; 4/25/18, 5:23 PM
Jupiter said...: Inga said...
“Mr Macron ... the UN and the Nato military alliance might not be able to fulfil their mandates and assure stability if the West ignored the new dangers arising in the world.”

He doesn't think the UN and Turkey are going to stop the Muzzies from taking over France? He's got that right. I just hope jaydub is right. Good soldiers aren't going to save France either, if they aren't allowed to fight the enemy.; 4/25/18, 5:24 PM
Michael K said...: Judging from the troops we observed, I think they're going to win. I don't know about you, but I'll be pulling for them with all my heart.

I like Bordeaux a lot. I've stayed several times at the St Catharine's Hotel, which is in the walking only district. Great open air cafes and June is the perfect time. Daylight until 10 PM.

I do worry about France and its delusional history of thinking it is "musselman" too.; 4/25/18, 5:33 PM
Michael K said...: Inga is as usual spreading bullshit. Cohen is NOT "taking the fifth."

He is considering a suggestion to put the civil case on hold.; 4/25/18, 5:35 PM
Inga...Allie Oop said...: Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, will invoke his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination in a California defamation suit by Stormy Daniels, according to a court filing late Wednesday.; 4/25/18, 5:38 PM
Inga...Allie Oop said...: “President Trump’s longtime personal attorney officially said Wednesday that he would plead the Fifth Amendment in the Stormy Daniels case.”

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/25/michael-cohen-plead-fifth-stormy-daniels-lawsuit/; 4/25/18, 5:39 PM
Michael K said...: Inga is spreading bullshit again.; 4/25/18, 5:40 PM
Drago said...: Inga is hilariously hopeless.

The judge in the case is literally "prodding" Cohen to cite the Fifth becane Cohen is not asserting the 5th and from that Inga gets Cohen is asserting the 5th.

Now, Inga is no stranger to posting links which actually disprove her points but now she has decided to proceed directly to Fake News.

On one hand she is to be commended for her fake talking point efficiency.; 4/25/18, 5:43 PM
Inga...Allie Oop said...: "If you are not guilty of a crime, what do you need immunity for?" Trump said at a campaign rally in Florida in September.

"The mob takes the Fifth Amendment," Trump said at a campaign event in Iowa later that month. "If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?"

LOL.; 4/25/18, 5:43 PM
Inga...Allie Oop said...: “President Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, plans to assert his Fifth Amendment rights in the lawsuit filed against him by adult film star Stormy Daniels.

“Based on the advice of counsel, I will assert my 5th amendment rights in connection with all proceeding in this case due to the ongoing criminal investigation by the FBI and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York,” Cohen said in a court filing Wednesday.”

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/384915-cohen-to-plead-the-fifth-in-stormy-daniels-lawsuit; 4/25/18, 5:46 PM
buwaya said...: "I think that "loving nature" is the most common form of unrequited love."

Nature, and its subset of the physical works of man, are worthy of love, even if unrequited. Nature is honest and can be argued with, with facts, with concrete means. Even if it tries to kill you, there is always a reason why.; 4/25/18, 5:47 PM
buwaya said...: " Their doom is desirable and thankfully inevitable."

And so it is for anyone. If you don't like someone, wait.; 4/25/18, 5:50 PM
Inga...Allie Oop said...: Drain the swamp, indeed.

“We had a hierarchy in my office, in Congress," Mulvaney said during the American Bankers Association's Government Relations Summit. "If you were a lobbyist who never gave us money, I didn't talk to you. If you were a lobbyist who gave us money, I might talk to you.”

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mulvaney-fire-remarks-meeting-lobbyists-lawmaker/story?id=54724339; 4/25/18, 6:17 PM
TerriW said...: I miss Amy's Ice Cream, particularly the sweet cream.; 4/25/18, 6:26 PM
Bay Area Guy said...: I'm curious about the defamation suit by Stormy Daniels.

It is libelous to call a porn star a whore?; 4/25/18, 6:47 PM
Michael K said...: Inga, Cohen may indeed have legal problems that are unrelated to Trump.

The angry left, like you, want to punish Trump's associates and allies any way possible.

The whore's attorney has this ridiculous "defamation suit" (how do you defame a whore ?) as a way to punish Cohen.

To my mind, it is a crime to commit blackmail, which is what this suit is all about except it is upside down.

The whore, allegedly was given $130k to keep her mouth shut about something that may or may not have happened years ago.

She violated the NDA and is now trying to say Cohen "defamed" her somehow.

He was caught with two cases pending. One, which might have some validity if he was messing around with taxi medallions in NYC.

The whore NDA agreement is not a crime for him, nor is he "defaming" the whore who continues to perform with the benefit of the publicity she has created by violating the NDA for which she was allegedly paid money.

Meanwhile Inga is orgasmic at the thought that this might hurt Trump.; 4/25/18, 6:52 PM
Etienne said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 4/25/18, 7:13 PM
Etienne said...: Bay Area Guy said...It is libelous to call a porn star a whore?

One has nothing to do with the other. A Porn star is on salary, and pays taxes.; 4/25/18, 7:20 PM
Guildofcannonballs said...: I gyrate me.; 4/25/18, 7:47 PM
Guildofcannonballs said...: 'Twas Kanye taught me to settle.; 4/25/18, 7:49 PM
Guildofcannonballs said...: No offense, White Kid Still Rock, but yo, still, best thing outta D is Same Old Song.

Different beat.

Differnt drmmer.

Sa,e, old song.; 4/25/18, 7:51 PM
Guildofcannonballs said...: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS2nWLz-AbE; 4/25/18, 8:00 PM
traditionalguy said...: IMO Kanye West is the courageous man whose bold speech has been the missing weapon to finally free the African slaves from mind bondage they have been under since their ancestors were chained and whipped to make Dems rich. Kanye is the Black Moses.; 4/25/18, 8:05 PM
Guildofcannonballs said...: In many ways The Four Tops will be remembered as the greatest Sound that has ever a sound indeed made.; 4/25/18, 8:10 PM
Gahrie said...: Bay Area Guy said...It is libelous to call a porn star a whore?

One has nothing to do with the other. A Porn star is on salary, and pays taxes.

Nothing? Both are being paid to have sex.; 4/25/18, 8:40 PM
Etienne said...: Gahrie said...Both are being paid to have sex.

They're not paid to have sex, they are paid to act. Sex is part of the plot.

It's like any Hollywood movie, only with equipment showing.

Doris Day acted in movies and had sex. It's just that they only showed them going into a room, and then smoking a cigarette in the next scene.

Are you saying Doris Day was paid to have sex in movies?; 4/25/18, 8:50 PM
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Francisco D said...: Michael K. said ... "Meanwhile Inga is orgasmic at the thought that this might hurt Trump."

She strikes me as a frustrated old lady who hasn't had such an experience in a long time. Maybe this is what brings her to the point.

That might explain some of her behavior.

Who knows?; 4/25/18, 10:21 PM
Sprezzatura said...: Doc Mike,

Chill w/ the repeated 'whore' mentions.

That's someone's daughter. Presumably you can make your point sans goin' full-whore.

OTOH.....you do have obvious, repeatedly demonstrated (but funny (in the laughing at, not w/ sorta way)) limitations.

SAD!

Carry on.; 4/25/18, 11:02 PM
Sprezzatura said...: I'm a geezer surgeon who is full of shit.

Anyone else like that here?; 4/25/18, 11:05 PM
narciso said...: The,point is there is no evidence she was even in the same hotel with trump in 2006: otherwise avenetta would have presented it.; 4/25/18, 11:16 PM
narciso said...: Stone wanted to take a shot at Nixon when he came back from Vietnam, he,was an apologist for the Salvadoran guerillas the Castro's and Hugo chavez.; 4/25/18, 11:34 PM
narciso said...: And a conduit for 25 year old Soviet dezinforma,as max holland reminds us.; 4/25/18, 11:46 PM
Ray - SoCal said...: I’m sure the messaging was unintentional....

Be an interesting poll!

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/04/25/epic-first-lady-melania-trump-selected-clinton-china-service-previously-stolen-by-bill-and-hillary-for-first-state-dinner/

Epic – First Lady Melania Trump Selected “Clinton China Service”, Previously Stolen by Bill and Hillary, For First State Dinner…; 4/26/18, 12:12 AM
deepelemblues said...: If this is the new normal where every president will get his or her executive authority significantly badgered and even hampered, it might all be worth it in the end.

But probably not, what is being attempted is the imposition of a restriction on Republican presidents from reversing executive policies instituted by Democratic presidents.; 4/26/18, 3:03 AM
Kevin said...: Chance The Rapper: Black people don’t have to be democrats.

Boom.

Is that how you say it?

Boom.; 4/26/18, 4:09 AM
Kevin said...: Inga thinks Macron's pleading for the US to save the world is "leadership", and a private citizen using their civil rights are the big news of the day.

No, the big news was Kanye West and Chance the Rapper making it safe for black people to think for themselves.

This was a tear in the fabric between the "two movies" which have been running in this country, and it signals we've reached peak anti-Trump.; 4/26/18, 4:28 AM
Kevin said...: I should add the judicial activism aimed at Trump is reaching the SC where he will likely win with large majorities.

This is going to send the signal that he's not as "out of the mainstream" and "a threat to democracy" as the media and the elites have been telling the people.

And the mass of immigrants has reached Tijuana and are preparing to cross en masse this weekend. They should not be called a "caravan" but "the committee to build the wall and re-elect the president".

Can you name any forces making Trump look more crazed and less normal?

Probably not.

Peak anti-Trump. We're on the other side.

It will be the blue wave failing to materialize which finally wakes the Dems to this fact.; 4/26/18, 5:12 AM
Curious George said...: "Meanwhile Inga is orgasmic at the thought that this might hurt Trump."

Well, with help from her trusty hairbrush.; 4/26/18, 8:18 AM