... I've been up for hours...
... and the $50 breakfast is in tatters.
It's time for me to descend to the streets and see what disgusting things are on display. Could you please keep the blog warm?
June 28, 2018
At the Room Service Café...
... I've been up for hours...
... and the $50 breakfast is in tatters.
It's time for me to descend to the streets and see what disgusting things are on display. Could you please keep the blog warm?
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1 – 200 of 375 Newer› Newest»I know Chicago well from the Microsoft Flight Simulator, back when there was an airport in the lake.
Well, get a picture of the Picasso! Wear a short dress, but watch out for the ass pinchers and people with exploding camera shoes...
I got Chicagoland correct (after first guessing Fargo), but the three disgusting things are a mystery to me.
Chicago - except for Wrigley Field - is disgusting.
Althouse attending the 50-year reunion of the Dem convention. Gonna re-enact the Grant Park confrontation with the police.
I think that was called Meigs Field. We wanted to do a touch and go in an RC-135 and the controller wouldn't give us an approach, and handed us back to the Air Defense Command for disposition...
Wrigley Field isn’t worth the visit. Besides, the Cubs are our in LA getting their asses kicked by the Dodgers, again. Yu Darvish cost the Dodgers the Series last year. So the Cubs go out and sign Darvish. They also signed Morrow from the Dodgers. He is now on the DL because he hurt his back taking off his pants. The Cubs are well on their way to another 108 year drought.
I question the accuracy of the Microsoft Flight Simulator, as I was able to fly a tight pattern and land dead-stick in a 747 with no difficulty at Meigs field.
mccullough said...
Althouse attending the 50-year reunion of the Dem convention. Gonna re-enact the Grant Park confrontation with the police.
Well, I guess the poo flinging re-enactment would qualify as disgusting.
The trick is reverse thrust, F4
I recognized it was Chicago when I saw the second photo. In the center is the Club Quarters hotel located in the oddly venerable Mather Tower, known locally as the "Inverted Spyglass". Stayed there several times on work trips. Very cool building, right across the river from Trump Tower.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mather_Tower
Mather Tower (later Lincoln Tower, as designated on the Michigan–Wacker Historic District roster; now identified primarily by its address) is a Neo-Gothic, terra cotta-clad high-rise structure in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is located at 75 East Wacker Drive in the downtown "loop" area, adjacent to the Chicago River.
The 521-foot-high building is sometimes called "The Inverted Spyglass" by Chicagoans due to its highly unusual design, a 18-story octagonal tower atop a more conventional 24-story rectangular "box." Briefly the tallest building in Chicago at the time of its completion in 1928, it remains the city's most slender high-rise structure at only 100 by 65 feet at its base. The interior space within the upper octagonal spire contains the least square footage per floor of any Chicago skyscraper.[1]
It was designed by Herbert Hugh Riddle (1875–1939), the architect of the Chicago Theological Seminary,[2] as headquarters for the Mather Stock Car Company, a builder of rail cars for transporting livestock. Its design was greatly influenced by the pioneering Chicago Zoning Ordinance of 1923, which placed no limit on the height of new buildings as long as the surface area of the structure's uppermost floor did not exceed 25% of its footprint. This resulted in a multitude of tall, slender, "setback" towers, of which the Mather is an extreme and unusual example. The top floor of the octagonal spire has only 280 square feet (26 m2) of floor space.[2]
The old 707 I flew didn't have reverse thrust, and the other problem was, you couldn't stomp on the brakes, because they would catch on fire and blow all the tires. Needless to say, 11,000 foot runways were best.
I loved the MS flight simulator, as you could set in a 60 knot headwind, and fly backwards and land on the beginning of the runway. Then as the wheels touched down it would zoom down the runway. Argh :-)
Three things:
1) Went to Chicago
2) Stayed at a Trump hotel
3) attended a gay wedding
Up the street is the old American College of Surgeons building donated by John B Murphy's widow on condition that the College could never sell it. They eventually, and cleverly, sold the air rights above it and built a new building across Michigan Avenue where they occupy several floors and rent out the rest of the building.
The old building gives an idea of the scale of the Chicago loop area in 1912.
You were correct: this is VERY disgusting! Fifty Dollar Breakfast!!!
Only appropriate to display Conspicuous Consumption in Veblen's hometown.
"Chicago - except for Wrigley Field - is disgusting.
Although it has changed for the worse from before I left in 2009, I feel compelled to defend the Windy City.
The architecture is great. The Lakefront is great. Michigan Avenue is interesting if you are a spendaholic. The ethnic food is wide ranging and usually interesting if not excellent. Public transportation is/was good. The streets are laid out in a logical grid, so it is hard to get lost, etc., etc.
Of course, I was a Northsider (Rogers Park and Lincoln Park) in the 60's, 70's and 80's. I can't speak much for the Southside (except Hyde Park) or the West side (Oak Park) which have a few wonderful areas. As the city drifted leftward, many of us drifted out to the suburbs which now make up about 2/3 of Chicago's MSA.
Here, little blog. Come sit by me.
For fifty dollars in a Trump hotel I imagine you got a couple blueberry muffins, a carafe of hot coffee, and a couple tea bags for the Missus.
Ocasio-Cortez wants to be President, mom says
Millennials always demanding to go straight to the top.
...and bring along mom to the job interview.
Reginald Scott See, 51, of Martinsburg, West Viginia (a white man with a homeless style beard), was arrested for littering and disorderly conduct outside the Red Hen restaurant after throwing chicken shit at the building. The city had to call out the fire department to hose it down.
The restaurant is closed and won't open until after Independence Day, or maybe Bastille Day, if even then...
The Red Hen's goose is cooked.
”I know Chicago well from the Microsoft Flight Simulator, back when there was an airport in the lake.”
I put the plane into the lake many a time.
I always enjoyed the view of the river flowing through the skyscraper canyon.
Are you in Trump Tower? You should taxi up to Lincoln Park.
Wait until she gets the parking bill. That’s disgusting.
Go to the campus. See the sharks.
FBI agent Peter Stroker appeared before Goodlatte's house committee yesterday. The good news is that he didn't invoke the 5th amendment. The bad news Stroker's FBI lawyers, of which there were three (3) present, refused to permit him to answer all the committee's question.
Gahrie said...
Three things:
1) Went to Chicago
2) Stayed at a Trump hotel
3) attended a gay wedding
6/28/18, 10:22 AM
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# 2 definitely. I've stayed there myself. The view indicates a high likelyhood.
I think I've stayed in that hotel. It used to be owned by some Japanese outfit.
Is it Taste of Chicago weekend?
Ugh, carpeting. Trump micromanages and has terrible taste--gold, marble, velvet--although the font on the menu is nice. Someone else must have chosen that.
FOXCONN is going to build a plant in Wisconsin?
wait. What?
I wouldn't pay it. I just wouldn't plop $50 down for breakfast. What would just coffee have cost? And couldn't you make coffee in the kitchen?
Enjoy your trip.
Could be Swissotel.
traditionalguy, zipity nailed it
I have been to Chicago a few times, mostly on brief business trips, but last October my wife and I accompanied our older daughter and her husband there to watch her run in the Chicago Marathon. We had a great time. The downtown along Michigan Ave is very nice, probably one of the best downtowns in the country. Had some good food and did a little shopping. Transportation was fine. The parks and the waterfront are nice. The Art Institute, the Field Museum, and the Museum of Science and Industry are exceptional. I could enjoy going there once every couple of years. Would never want to live there, though.
(go to images, behold the velvet and gold)
"Finish it the hell up!"
FOXCONN is going to build a plant in Wisconsin?
wait. What?
Old news Rusty.
rhhardin, you ever simulate flying into Billy Bush in Toronto? very cool little airport right on the lake. only takes turbo props, though, so if you're a jet man you'd need to land at Pearson.
Spend it if you have it is my philosophy the older I get.
M
no wonder such a good mood lately on the blog.
If the head of the executive branch of government were to direct subordinate officers in the DOJ and FBI to comply with subpoenas issued by the legislative branch as part of its oversight authority, and the subordinate officers insubordinately disobeyed, then why shouldn’t they be fired?
Would any rational legislative branch ever criticize him for doing so?
Would never want to live there, though.
I lived there 18 years and it was a great place to grow up in those years.
That neighborhood has been wrecked and is so dangerous that blacks are moving out and going south.
It was idyllic at the time. I don't even like to drive through in daytime now on visits.
I still have family living west and north.
I guessed you went to Chicago, and checked to see if the Obamas were in town, in case you went there to meet up with them.
Instead you went for the Trump experience. Do you feel filthy rich? Did you get a good deal?
Downtown Chicago is a wonderful place. I lived downtown and adored it. Didn't even own a car. I was close to the lake and close to Michigan Ave and it was a dream.
I'm trying to figure out what Althouse will do in the Trump Tower that will disgust me. Maybe she's finally going to microdose.
I think that was called Meigs Field.
Most of my Flight Sim flying was done from there. My skills were quite limited.
I used to go to nice hotels when I was on the road, but now I travel with my dog (115 pounds) and that makes swanky stays pretty much impossible. I am now a La Quinta points member, because they are all pet-friendly, they always try to get us a room on the first floor and near an exit so my dog doesn't have to walk through crowded lobbies, use elevators, etc. Some of the La Quinta's have been a little shabby, but just as often they've been surprisingly luxurious. Big suites, etc.
FOXCONN is going to build a plant in Wisconsin...
And they will be forced to follow American environmental, labor, and commerce standards. No regulatory arbitrage for them. Better late than never.
LOL! I know exactly where you stayed last night! Stayed in the exact same hotel a couple of times myself for work travel!
I don’t mind spending the money on a nice hotel room in the right part of the right city, but I always balk at the price of breakfast. Rather grab some street food or an Egg McMuffin. It’s the principle of it.
Have a wonderful time in Chicago, a city I dearly love to visit. I commuted up there for a few years a decade or so ago and loved the experience, even in the winter.
MayBee!! I have been thinking that a microdose might be what is needed for the parrot.
I used to go to nice hotels when I was on the road, but now I travel with my dog (115 pounds) and that makes swanky stays pretty much impossible.
Marriott Residence Inns all take dogs. They charge $75 for the pet, and the rooms aren’t cheap to begin with, but they don’t smell like dogs either. It seems like the less expensive places put the dogs in the same two or three stinky rooms.
The bad news Stroker’s FBI lawyers, of which there were three (3) present, refused to permit him to answer all the committee's question.
Ha. ha ha ha! Didn’t take the fifth... LOL.
We used Marriot Residence once with the dog, and the place was nice, but we were on the fourth floor and the particular hotel we were in didn't have a scrap of lawn anywhere near it, so walking the dog to "do her business" was a huge pain.
Time to get a genuine Chicago Hotdog. Bet you can't eat just one.
You didn’t say you wanted everything.
Strzok did exactly what I expected him to do- hide behind classification excuses rather than the 5th amendment. A show appearance.
Time to get a genuine Chicago Hotdog. Bet you can’t eat just one
What if it has BDE?
Amul Thapar.
When I was in graduate school (Northwestern), I lived on the northside near the lake on Bryn Mawr Avenue (Edgewater). I probably spent more time downtown Chicago after I moved away-first to Atlanta then to Connecticut- work travel took me there several times over the years. I haven't been there in almost a decade now. I grew up in rual Kentucky for the most part, but I was born in Chicago.
Meigs Field? Hah, for noobs.
Try the old Hong Kong airport, Kai Tak.
Aim at the big target on the hillside, then make a quick right 90 onto final. Set up a nice 15 knot crosswind for extra pucker.
1. FLY (not drive) to Chicago (United: Madison to O'Hare 55 min direct)?
2. Stay in Trump Hotel (located in that part of Chicago).
3. ?
I see the hotel was bought out and renovated since I stayed there last.
The last time I landed a virtual plane at Meigs Field, It was on a Data General laptop with a liquid crystal display.
as you could set in a 60 knot headwind, and fly backwards and land on the beginning of the runway
I've actually flown backwards in headwinds. It's a little interesting, mostly that steering is the opposite of backing a car. To fly to the left rear, you point the nose more left, not more right.
It's entertainment only for a few minutes. More interesting is flying slow down the interstate and holding your shadow exactly over a police car. It's a better outside-the-cockpit exercise than turns around a point. Where the shadow is depends on height as well as speed and bearing.
Later versions of MS Flight SIM were pretty good. My father, who had access to a dozen aircraft and the best simulators on the planet, often did preliminary accident investigation in FS if the issue was terrain, weather, or procedures. Not, of course, if the issue was mechanical failure or a midair.
brylun:
3. And endless flow of mimosas.
Visited Chicago last fall. Took the river archetecture tour - I highly recommend it.
My favorite story is the river - in early days, sewage flowed into the river, then into the lake. Big mess. So Chicago dredged the river, and REVERSED the flow, so it now flows the other direction into the Mississippi. That had to have been some incredible engineering.
If she's tough enough to take it on my money is on Amy Cony Barrett. Just being a female half disarms the Dems and apparently she, unlike some others we have had foist upon us, is a competent female.
Big Mike said...
For fifty dollars in a Trump hotel I imagine you got a couple blueberry muffins, a carafe of hot coffee, and a couple tea bags for the Missus.
see Meade's comments in the bike thread. they're splurging these days.
Great views.
I love Chicago. Yeah sure politically it's cesspit but the architecture is exciting.
Gahrie must have gotten 3. "best day ever cafe"
I don't know how you afford anything after your property tax bill.
REVERSED the flow, so it now flows the other direction into the Mississippi. That had to have been some incredible engineering.
Except in heavy rainstorms when it reverses back into the lake.
It's a bitch when it happens in mid summer.
Mrs. Palmer’s? Chefs gave the world the Brownie.
She told them she wanted to give their guests who came to the 1893 World Ex. Something to snack on.
It had an apricot glaze.
If a man with considerable power due to his government position tries to use that power to alter a presidential election and thus override the will of the people, isn't that treason? Isn't it at least some kind of crime?
Khesanh,
Yes, I think a female is most likely given the political environment.
My very first trip to Chicago - circa 199_? was with a class of design students. I had to share a room and our view was of a brick wall. (oh well) Stepped outside down Michigan Avenue and felt the a surge of excitement. (Denver was so boring) We went on architectural walking tours and walked all over the city, viewing buildings created by Burnham Root and Louis Sullivan - the nexus of cool back then. We marveled at the old and the new.
I think Trump should leak to the press that he's considering Roy Moore for the Supreme Court. Then do another head fake or two. Maybe someone like Condi Rice, to play the diversity game. Let there be a month of heads exploding. Then when he picks an actual nominee, the Dems and media will be exhausted, and the choice will seem relatively boring.
Exactly Bagoh.
Anyone listening to the FBI? All the top men need to be fired. Rosenstein among them. How on earth does Strozk still have a job? How on earth is he not being prosecuted?
Oh right- the Hillary Clinton is Queen corruption squad is in full containment mode. Plus, there is a crime to find. At least the one that says Hillary must win and if she doens't you're in big trouble.
NO to Roy Moore - even as a head fake. Geez.
Check out "the raising of chicago"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_of_Chicago
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1202.html
Sign behind Trump Foxconn stage: USA Open For Business
Fred Drinkwater said...
Later versions of MS Flight SIM were pretty good. My father, who had access to a dozen aircraft and the best simulators on the planet, often did preliminary accident investigation in FS if the issue was terrain, weather, or procedures. Not, of course, if the issue was mechanical failure or a midair.
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I'm using the Steam version of FS now. You have a choice of many airplanes and literally thousands of choices of terrain, weather, time-of-day in almost all countries. Add-ons bring even more layers of realism and complexity.
Recently I flew out of Lukla, Nepal back to Kathmandu ---something I did years ago (as a passenger in a tiny plane) in real life. I still can't manage to land there. Go to YouTube to see why.
Thing is, you really have to practice to be able to land anywhere, let alone do anything difficult. There are many tutorials and training missions to help your skill development.
traditionalguy said... Could be Swissotel.
The Swissotel in Calcutta is nice. They’ve had a guide there for years, Debjani. She’s brave, if you are.
Did anyone else notice one breakfast plate, one coffee cup, one water glass and one juice glass?
Or am I missing something?
We have solid evidence that Strozk tried to use his power to influence and manipulate an American election (much more than any so-called Russian meddling) and all we get is "Well, you know, all that proof doesn't really matter, because it's always OK for corruption to flow in the direction that benefits democrats. Especially corrupt ones named Hillary Clinton"
You're not going to the White Sox game today, are you? Now that would be disgusting.
I love that giant fire hose fountain that shoots over the river as the boats go by.
Enjoy the trump hotel & tower! I understand it's very nice. Since I live here, I don't experience staying in the hotels here much.
Here's a great approach - Narsarsuaq Greenland runway 25
"If a man with considerable power due to his government position tries to use that power to alter a presidential election and thus override the will of the people, isn't that treason?"
treason: noun, the crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government.
"NO to Roy Moore - even as a head fake. Geez"
Lighten up, Frances.
@traditionalguy said...
Time to get a genuine Chicago Hotdog. Bet you can't eat just one.
You would loose your bet with me. From a Vienna ad: "Real Chicago style dogs always pack a little heat. Some people have never had a sport pepper. Others can't have a hot dog without them. Vienna® Sport peppers are medium-hot, naturally bite-sized, and packed in a seasoned brine to ensure the right amount of spicy crunch."
It took more than a half of a large paper cup of Diet Coke to put out the fire from one bite of a Chicago dog. The sport pepper, like most hot peppers don't go well with my preference for gentle spices.
Let me guess. One of Althouse boys is graduating from navy boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Station.
NO to Roy Moore
Why? The mainstream and "independent" press attempted and succeeded to paint him as a pedophile. He dated above the age of consent. The one time he did not, he ended the relationship following discovery. Is there something other than political myth to judge his fitness?
I am about 80% certain of the hotel- it aligns with both photographs Ms. Althouse posted, but I won't put out my guess until she returns to Madison. I probably shouldn't have posted anything now that I am thinking about.
sbb is correct. Take the architecture river cruise. The best for sights, smells, and atmosphere on a hot day.
M
Drudge Fake Headline alert!
"CYBORG ALERT: Lab-grown human brains put into droid..."
- not human
- not brains
- not put into anything
(First word in first sentence is "Frankenstein").
PS: mirror.co.uk does best with a familiar subject, namely giant rats!
Via Twitchy, a couple of horror stories for Democrats (Don't click the links, Inga, you'll only get verklempt!)
1. MUST READ mega-thread breaks down the new Harvard-Harris poll. In short, Dems should be TERRIFIED
Bad numbers for the Donks, all the way down.
2. ‘No policy, just HOSTILITY’! #WalkAway proves Democrats are in SERIOUS trouble and it’s GLORIOUS
Bad hashtag for the Donks. People are leaving the plantation. #WalkAway
@Michael K: Regarding your old neighborhood in Chicago, I can say the same thing about my old neighborhood in Atlanta. It was a wonderful place in the 50s and 60s, today I am scared to go there in the daytime, unless I am in a group. I went there on a Civil War tour in March - my old neighborhood overlays the Battle of Utoy Creek battlefield from the Atlanta Campaign - and it was very depressing. My second home down there now is 50 miles and a 1.5 hour drive north of there and I would not live any closer. Only go into the city when I have to, for a sporting event or entertainment.
Why? The mainstream and "independent" press attempted and succeeded to paint him as a pedophile. He dated above the age of consent. The one time he did not, he ended the relationship following discovery. Is there something other than political myth to judge his fitness?
The hacks successfully tarred and feathered him.
Thing is, you really have to practice to be able to land anywhere, let alone do anything difficult.
Unless you’re a Wahabbi Muslim from Saudi Arabia and prefer crashing into buildings instead of landing. Not that Democrats think we need to investigate the backgrounds of anybody before issuing visas.
Are you in the Trump hotel?? ...or the London House?
I just checked out of the Hyatt Regency which is included in the shot looking down the Chicago river to the locks, and Lake Michigan.
Re Chicago: my native digs went in the opposite direction (compared to the usual sad story of a neighborhood going to hell). In my childhood I lived in an actual tenement on the North Side because my dad like so many WW2 veterans was just getting his teaching career off the ground and not making much money. I loved the place, it was after its fashion really wonderful, the neighborhood was a cross between Studs Lonigan and Hell's Kitchen. And it was literally swarming with kids. We were a family of six living in a two bedroom apartment with one bathroom, yikes, and the building was decrepit.
Anyway, that building has long since been renovated and the rental apartments converted to condos that sell in excess of $1 million. Yikes again.
Now I live in a southwestern suburb of Chi, old homes with nice-size yards and tree-lined leafy streets. Sometimes we talk about moving into the city but it's just too dang expensive, taxes and everything else is too high, and anyway I like where we are with the yard and the dogs and all. It would cost a fortune we don't have to find something comparable in the city. Also, I work in the city and we go into the city often for fun and recreation, so that's how we get our Chicago fix. The city does have its bad aspects, certainly, but it really is one of the world's great cities, and even better it's Midwestern city and I love the Midwest, Midwesterners, and Chicagoans. So there.
The $42 boat ride run by the Chicago Architecture Foundation is highly recommended. It's a pretty good history lesson.
Last night, we went to the Second City for comedy. The Wednesday night "Summer Break" program is not recommended.
The tour guide on the boat pointed out the old post office which was YUGE, and included the offices of Elliott Ness.
Chicago was the home of Sears, Spiegel and Montgomery Ward. They needed the large post office to support their mail order business.
You may not be able to see the new Apple building on the north side of the DuSable bridge. It was designed to look like a laptop.
The hacks successfully tarred and feathered him.
That's what I thought. He is no longer politically viable. A victim of #MeToo before it was taken over for somewhat more legitimate purposes.
I'll take two!
Womb Service - Doula Care & Placenta Encapsulation
"She picked up my placenta and delivered the pills before I was even discharged from the hospital."
“I can’t wait for the vigilante squads to start gunning journalists down on sight.”
Milo Yiannopoulos
“The Press is the enemy of the people.”
Donald Trump
There has been a shooting of mulitple people at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland.
There has been a shooting of mulitple people at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland.
6/28/18, 3:00 PM
And, you know, already, that a "Trumpist" committed the crime?
Is Milo a public representative?
No.
Maxine Waters(D) is, and she is asking for progressives to "harass" [her word] anyone associated with Trump, including his supporters. Go cry your fake tears someplace else, Inger.
BTW, try to calm down, Inga. I know you're absolutely delighted at the prospect of making political hay out of other people's deaths, but it's a bit unseemly.
Inga, do you know something that was not found in the media report I saw 30min ago? I went to an msnbc one since your post - that report was posted 40min* ao - but it had no details to link the killings to what you posted. That was msnbc.
That said, I can understand where it may be possile to make a correlation. But it hasnt been reported. So why not wait just a little longer?
I know you're absolutely delighted at the prospect of making political hay out of other people's deaths, but it's a bit unseemly.
Exactly. I remember the creep reporter who, right after the Aurora CO shooting, reported that the shooter was a Tea Party member.
I believe he still has a job.
MIlo’s comment was worse than ill-advised. I don’t blame him for being angry at the press, but still. But I kind of doubt this was Milo’s last fan carrying out his orders.
CHUCK AND INGA IN CHEERLEADER UNIFORMS
INGA: We just want to say that we're not NeverTrump Spirit Bunnies anymore.
CHUCK: We always hated that name. It bugged the heck out of Inga and me.
INGA: It's just such a put-down!
CHUCK: Really!
INGA: We know you've got a lot of spirit, everybody, right?
CHUCK: And we're gonna take over Congress in the mid-terms, right!
DRAGO THROWS PAPER AIRPLANE JUST MISSING THEM
INGA: You know, it takes a lot of courage to go on this blog and do something that you know people will make fun of.
Have the dems called for Trumps impeachment over this incident yet?
What does Stormy think about it?
Re: The Annapolis newspaper shooting, before any facts about the shooter come out, I'd rank the most likely possibilities as (1) Disgruntled former employee; (2) Domestic partner incident, and then (3) Anti-media terrorism. My money would be on (1) or (2).
Michael K., remember, Bloomberg blamed The Times Square bombing on the Tea party. it was a Muslim.
The Tea Party was also blamed for the Boston bombing.
But fools and leftists (I repeat myself) continue to rush in where angels - or sensible people with IQs in triple digits - fear to thread.
Is the Milo quote recent?
In the wake of the Red Hen incident:
“I can’t wait for the vigilante squads to start gunning journalists down on sight,” the right-wing nationalist told Observer over text message, in response to a longer feature in development about an Upper East Side restaurant he is said to frequent.
It’s pretty obvious that he was being set up for harassment by the new brownshirts of the Democrat party.
However, they control the media to a large extent, and how the story will be told, and the idea that they were setting up a disruption of his personal life as part of their anti-Trump rage fest will be left out of any story, and the highly probable lack of any connection to Milo will matter little at all.
The Capitol Gazette is a small local newspaper that is fairly apolitical, in fact, for the state of MD, it could be considered mildly conservative. It is a subsidiary of the Baltimore Sun, which is very liberal. Seems like an odd target if Inga's theory is correct.
If you are feeling a bit peckish when you leave get off at Irving Park and stop around the corner at Smoque BBQ. Try the brisket with fries and a Texas sausage for dessert. No $2 mimosas in sight.
http://www.smoquebbq.com/
Been back to the Chicago area once in the five years since we've moved. Only thing I miss is the food - the aforementioned Smoque, Chef Ping's noodle platter, and Santoku salt ramen are the highlights. Other than that, pffft! My wife goes back so we kept the house in Lincoln Park. It's a very good investment though it's time to sell and lock in the gain.
I can’t wait for the vigilante squads to start gunning journalists down on sight,
I think he was making a prediction based on the history of Leftwing political violence.
The left/media will find causation even if they don't have proof.
See: Brian Ross false reporting on shooter, blaming tea party before they even knew who the real shooting was. See: SArah Palin/Jared Loughner. No evidence Jared Loughner ever visited her web-site and took the cross-hairs as an assignment to shoot people.
But it fit the narrative.
We are not allowed to question the press. Buy their lies wholesale.
A warm blog sounds disgusting in itself, come to think of it.
"Seems like an odd target if Inga's theory is correct.
It's not a theory. It's a fervent dream.
Happiness is a warm blog......
Tim in Vermont - Inga is a loyal foot-soldier to the big lie and the many half-truths.
****Get your narrative early: Trump and white nationalist right-winger Milo to blame.
The shooter used a shotgun so the most obvious connection is with Joe Biden.
Not to mention he shot through the door.
I wonder how I would react to a request for comment on a project to release a pack of baying hounds on one of my private haunts, and to possibly damage the business of the owner, as well? But Milo isn’t human, I guess, he’s a political target.
Blogger Clyde said...
Re: The Annapolis newspaper shooting, before any facts about the shooter come out, I'd rank the most likely possibilities as (1) Disgruntled former employee; (2) Domestic partner incident, and then (3) Anti-media terrorism. My money would be on (1) or (2).
My first thought, too. I don't why five people though.
There was a similar rage killing in a nail salon in Orange County a few years ago, It was a husband or ex-husband and he shot a lot of people.
Let me get this straight, the media that has been actively promoting hatred towards Trump, his wife, his kids, his grandkids, GOP Congressmen and women, Trump supporters--and citizens in general with talk about reviving the 1970's terror bombings, and now some shooting is Trump's fault. The fuck you say!
Daddy Soros gets nothing for his money.
The press has made it pretty clear that Trump supporters deserve no private space. Look at the racist “transcript” the Washington Post used to describe Elaine Chao’s pushback against the kind of restaurant harassment that was likely being cooked up against Milo, and which Milo pretty obviously perceived as being set up.
The latest is that the suspect is a 20 year old white male who refuses to identify himself.
I don't know how they know he is 20 if he won't identify himself and it is reported that he had no ID on him.
Five dead.
If the shooter, his family or close friends ever voted for a Republican or was ever seen at a Republican event ... al hell breaks loose with the MSM/DNC.
and Inga has an orgasm.
"I don't know how they know he is 20"
It's not rocket science. They deal with criminals all day, every day. They get a feel for age. He'll probably turn out to be 24.
Damaged his own fingerprints, according to Fox News, so they'll have to face-ID him on the driver's license database, most likely.
Sounds like a real wacko of some sort, rather than the garden-variety disgruntled employee or domestic partner.
"Jeff Flake was absent for a series of senate votes on Monday. Instead, he was in New York meeting privately with the heads of MSNBC and (on Tuesday) CNN." -- via Twitter
Lulz
20 is the age when paranoid schizophrenics start to really flower. Just saying.
Blogger Clyde said...
Damaged his own fingerprints, according to Fox News, so they'll have to face-ID him on the driver's license database, most likely.
Sounds less likely to be political. They usually brag about it. Allahu Ackbar !
Probably a paranoid schizophrenic.
To piggyback on Tim's post @ 5:02 PM, I'll go out on a limb and say that it's probably something like this:
https://www.fastcodesign.com/3032911/kidnapping-death-pizza-how-dominos-lost-its-mascot
The exchange between Rosenstein and Rep. Jordan at the hearing today is revealing. I won't link to another legal blog but you have the power to search for it on line.
There has been a shooting of mulitple people at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland. - Inga
Inga cheering dead bodies before they're even cold - hoping with every fiber of her being - that she can shit her politics all over the corpses.
You are a vile ghoul.
Cops: Woman Drove 19 Miles With Ex On Hood
Floridian, 24, faces negligence rap for Interstate 95 vehicular antics
Damn!
maybe this one:
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/watch-live-rod-rosenstein-christopher-wray-testify-regarding-ig-report-on-clinton-probe/
"Cops: Woman Drove 19 Miles With Ex On Hood
Floridian, 24, faces negligence rap for Interstate 95 vehicular antics"
Guessing he didn't have BDE.
I have worked downtown in Chicago since 1987. It's much nicer than it used to be. It's a very nice place to visit. Like in the big city, there are some disgusting things, but it is mostly a very pleasant place, especially on a warm day like this, and a warm clear night if you're walking around down by the river. Plenty of reasonably priced places to eat and drink.
Guessing he didn’t have BDE
Or he did, and he cut her off.
Only been to Chicago once, and was around the Amtrack Station area for 1 day.
Seemed like a pretty nice area. But one super-large city is just like another.
Skyscrapers, nice downtown, restaurants/Hotels, a good shopping area, some museums. Maybe a nice view of a lake, or the Ocean.
London, Amsterdam, Atlanta, Boston, Seattle, Chicago, NY, SF, DC, etc.
Ann, basking at the Trump love hotel, hasn't yet had a chance to comment on one of the funniest themes of the brilliant comedian in the Oval Office:
"The press is the enemy of the people."
How Ann and her tribe must be that much more convulsed with laughter at the Annapolis episode today.
ohn Pickering said...
Ann, basking at the Trump love hotel, hasn't yet had a chance to comment on one of the funniest themes of the brilliant comedian in the Oval Office:
"The press is the enemy of the people."
How Ann and her tribe must be that much more convulsed with laughter at the Annapolis episode today.
Feckless cunt. Get in their faces. Maxine Waters.Nazis. KKK. White Supremacists. White privilege. You guys have been asking for it for quite a while. You are the ones who are happy.
Of course, it will not be a Trump supporter. It never is.
My guess is the sports page was dissing the wrong football team. It was in Annapolis, Alabama , right?
Ann, basking at the Trump love hotel, hasn't yet had a chance to comment on one of the funniest themes of the brilliant comedian in the Oval Office:
"The press is the enemy of the people."
How Ann and her tribe must be that much more convulsed with laughter at the Annapolis episode today.
How many has he spied on or broken into their computers so far?
"The press is the enemy of the people."
How Ann and her tribe must be that much more convulsed with laughter at the Annapolis episode today.
Does this mean we get to blame every act of violence against someone on the Right on Maxine Waters from now on?
“Of course, it will not be a Trump supporter. It never is.”
Wrong.
James Fields who ran Heather Heyer down killing her and injuring many others with his car, in Charlottesville VA at a “Unite the Right” rally is a Trump supporter and a White Supremacist. He was charged with Federal hate crimes yesterday.
>>"The press is the enemy of the people."
If you want to pin this on Trump, you would also have to blame the Dems and their BLM allies for all the dead cops ambushed like in Dallas, MS13 gang victims, domestic terror attacks by by a certain type of "immigrants", etc.
Bonus points for explaining away Obama launching his political career in the home of a confessed domestic terrorist who tried to bomb American soldiers.
nga said...
“Of course, it will not be a Trump supporter. It never is.”
Wrong.
James Fields who ran Heather Heyer down killing her and injuring many others with his car, in Charlottesville VA at a “Unite the Right” rally is a Trump supporter and a White Supremacist. He was charged with Federal hate crimes yesterday.
Another lie.
How does Rachael Maddow feel about that fan of hers who shot up the softball game? Do we. really need to go into the rhetoric here that has been used against Republicans, time and time again?
"Don't come back till you have him!" the Ticktockman said, very quietly, very sincerely, extremely dangerously.
They used dogs. They used probes. They used cardioplate crossoffs. They used teepers. They used bribery. They used stiktytes. They used intimidation. They used torment. They used torture. They used finks. They used cops. They used search & seizure. They used fallaron. They used betterment incentive. They used fingerprints. They used Bertillon. They used cunning. They used guile. They used treachery. They used Raoul Mitgong, but he didn't help much. They used applied physics. They used techniques of criminology.
And what the hell: they caught him.
Harlan Ellison is gone.
Why does anyone pay attention to the fool ?
The shooter in MD is now being called 34 and there were threats against the newspaper on "social media."
Still a good chance he is psychotic like the Gabby Giffords shooter.
Of course, that was ignored by the left which went after Sarah Palin and disgraced itself.
That disgusting episode may have been the beginning of the public's distrust of the media.
It was such an obvious lie once any details came out.
It occurred at a Safeway where we shop.
Bonus points for explaining away Obama launching his political career in the home of a confessed domestic terrorist who tried to bomb American soldiers.
I think the truth of Obama's relationship with Ayres and Dohrn is still not well understood. They were very close.
Regarding the Annapolis shooter:
He sued the paper a few years ago for defamation and it was later overturned by an appellate court:
Jarrod Ramos of Laurel made the defamation claim in Prince George’s County Circuit Court in 2012 after a 2011 column by then-Capital staff writer Eric Hartley about Ramos’ guilty plea to criminal harassment.
Prince George’s Circuit Court Judge Maureen M. Lamasney dismissed Ramos’ claim in 2013, saying the article was based on public records and Ramos presented no evidence it was inaccurate.
Ramos, who represented himself, appealed the decision to the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, which upheld Lamasney’s ruling in an opinion filed Thursday. Source: Capital Gazette
Sara Fischer wrote the report for Axios:
92% of Republicans think media intentionally reports fake news
Nearly all Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (92%) say that traditional news outlets knowingly report false or misleading stories at least sometimes, according to a new Axios/SurveyMonkey poll. Democrats and non-leaning independents also feel this way, but not nearly to the same extent.
Why it matters: The data shows that trust in the media is heavily influenced by partisan politics, with Republicans more skeptical of mainstream media than their Democratic and Independent counterparts. Other studies from Gallup and Pew Research Center have drawn similar conclusions.
Across the board, trust in traditional news outlets continues to sink, with the overwhelming majority of Americans (70%) saying that “traditional major news sources report news they know to be fake, false, or purposely misleading.”
@FullMoon -- And so?
I doubt that the shooter is anything other than a disgruntled lover or a workplace dispute.
I hope it was a direct assault on the press. They are the enemy of the American people and anything bad that happens to them is good for our country.
I would like some patriot to dox them and publish their home addresses the way that the press does with a Trump adminstration members such as Stephen Miller. We should be able to attack Jim Acosta at his home.
What goes around comes around.
The civil war we have warned about has started. Not quite Harper's Ferry but we will get there soon enough.
Larry Sinclair said they were very.... close.
I have no idea whether or not he was telling the truth back in 2008. I do know that nobody in the press really wanted to find out, either. Had the story been about Mitt Romney, Larry would have been more famous than, say... Stormy Daniels.
Is "knowingly" the weasel word in that question? I doubt it's "sometimes". And "false or misleading" is a ridiculously big bucket.
Are there people who think that traditional news outlets knowlingly report false or misleading stories never?
Why it matters: The word gullible isn't in the dictionary.
>>The civil war we have warned about has started. Not quite Harper's Ferry but we will get there soon enough.
Try McMaster.com for a heavier gauge of tin foil. The 28 ga isn't working...
What General. Sheridan said about Indians goes double for newsmen.
Jarrod Ramos.
I was told by CBS News the shooter was a "White Male".
Another "White Hispanic"?
Jarrod Ramos was 'a federal employee'.
News media: "Did you know your hand is bigger than your face."
The press:" we can say anything or do anything we want and nothing bad will happen to us."
Reality:"not so fast kemosabe."
>>What General. Sheridan said about Indians goes double for newsmen.
Triple for trolls? Asking for a friend...
Maxine Waters is now SUPPOSEDLY getting "death threats".
Of course, these death threats came from Republicans.
They threatened to kill her if she stopped talking in public.
"Low-IQ Max" wins us votes, every time she speaks.
General Sheridan:
If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent out Texas and Live in Hell.
Wasn't a fan of the Lone star State.
Ramos was pissed off because of fake news about him.
“I don’t go so far as to think that the only good Indians are the dead Indians, but I believe nine out of every 10 are,” Roosevelt said during a January 1886 speech in New York. “And I shouldn’t like to inquire too closely into the case of the tenth.”
General Sheridan didn't disagree. It seems, the more you knew the Plains Indians in the 19th Century, the less Romantic you were about them.
Why it matters: The data shows that trust in the media is heavily influenced by partisan politics, with Republicans more skeptical of mainstream media than their Democratic and Independent counterparts
Well, let’s see how the Washington Post transcribed Elaine Chao:
“Why you don’t leave my husband alone? Why you don’t leave my husband alone?” Chao responded as McConnell got into the SUV.
That was accurate reporting... not. It was a racist attempt to smear Chao by the Washington Post. I wonder why more people don’t believe that the press is partisan and one sided and willing to change stories for partisan advantage.
I once wrote to the Ombudsman for the WaPo about how they left an elipsis out of a quote from Sarah Palin where they left out words, to make her sound like an idiot. She actually wrote back that she was sort of horrified that they did it. She doesn’t work for them anymore for the same reason that Obama never appointed an IG for the Department of State while Hillary was there.
peel is surely one of Ann's subtlest readers, smack on the comedy zeitgeist:
What General. Sheridan said about Indians goes double for newsmen.
How must Ann and her friends chortle with laughter! Genocide for the press! Enemy of the people. Next to kidnapped brown babies, what can be funnier than shooting a reporter. Sorry, Ann's in her bath.
General Sheridan didn't disagree. It seems, the more you knew the Plains Indians in the 19th Century, the less Romantic you were about them.
It was their country.
If Ramos was a federal employee, I got one guess about him right. I figured he had a specific grudge against the newspaper of some sort, but thought it likely work related. Turns out he had just lost the appeal of a defamation lawsuit that he had lost.
@tim -- So what did Elaine Chao actually say? That quote may be incomplete, but it looks completely anodyne.
How must Ann and her friends chortle with laughter! Genocide for the press! Enemy of the people. Next to kidnapped brown babies, what can be funnier than shooting a reporter. Sorry, Ann’s in her bath.
John, I guess Trump planted this bad seed years ago in hopes that it would come to fruition during his presidency. Maybe you should have a couple of drinks to drown your sanctimony and read the latest.
And if you think the press is the enemy of the people, it is ok to say so. What isn't ok is to advocate people start shooting the press. In any case, today's shooting has literally nothing to do with Fake News claims and anti-press sentiment that has built up.
Why you don’t leave my husband alone?. is pidgin sounding like Hop Sing, intended to mock her Asian heritage
What she actually said was “Why don’t you leave my husband alone” Which is the proper English.
I prefer Sheridan in his KKK-hating years. He was a good hater, given a target, any target.
There's really no way to defend the U.S. destruction of Native Americans.
It’s sick to me that racists like that work for the Washington Post, but as long as they hate Trump, it’s all cool.
Yeah, that transcription is something else. I would normally put it down to a transposition error, but given Chao's ethnicity, it is an truly awful coincidence as a error.
"I think the truth of Obama's relationship with Ayres and Dohrn is still not well understood. They were very close.
Mostly White community activists and professors were heavily involved with this group of friends. My former grad school advisor was a very active part of that group according to a fellow student who was years behind me.
Why is it that it is fine for the press to say white people and white communities should die and be replaced by brown immigrants ....but it is so horrible for white working class people to say that the elite press should die?
Sauce for the goose you worthless motherfuckerrs.
they did it twice. She said the phrase twice, they transcribed it incorrectly twice.
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