Althouse: At the Hi-Ho Café...

August 20, 2018

At the Hi-Ho Café...

... the writing is on the table.

29 comments:

traditionalguy said...: It's off to work we go.; 8/20/18, 8:37 PM
Vance said...: So what was it, about a month ago that Papa John's pizza was made persona non grata and banned from society by the left? You know, for their CEO (who was fired pretty much instantly) merely quoting someone saying the n-word? Lots of moral preening by leftists everywhere.

The University of Utah, run by leftists naturally, have invited an Anti-Mormon speaker who went out of his way to try to desecrate things that members of that church hold sacred. This person gets to be paid to come speak at the University, and the President, who couldn't fire Papa John's fast enough, is claiming 1st amendment forces her to permit this "comedienne" who is being deliberately outrageous towards the dominant faith to speak.

So we know: you can be very religiously bigoted and that's a-ok on the left (as long as it's not Muslim, of course), but merely quoting someone else is grounds to fire your company.

The local papers are full of liberals saying how wonderful this speaker will be because he attacks religion, and how great it was to denounce Papa Johns. The hypocrisy doesn't bother them, naturally.; 8/20/18, 8:45 PM
Clyde said...: Panasonic Hi-Ho

Another Panasonic Hi-Ho

You're welcome.; 8/20/18, 8:52 PM
Leland said...: So today, I was expecting big news. Instead, the media seemed to ignore the Manafort trial.; 8/20/18, 8:57 PM
Rabel said...: A mind in conflict
A Mother and Libertine
Biology rules; 8/20/18, 8:57 PM
gspencer said...: Golanev was unable to answer her questions due to his hysterical laughter, pointing at her and singing 'Hi Ho, Hi Ho!' from Snow White And The Seven Dwarves.

No-one else joined in. And before he left the witness box he was handed a hastily scrawled summons accusing him of 'obscene insults' and ordered to appear before a judge next month.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2085184/Silke-Schoenfleisch-Backofen-3ft-8in-lawyer-sues-witness-laughed-sang-Hi-Ho.html; 8/20/18, 9:07 PM
narciso said...: David cross, it's charitable to call him a comedian,; 8/20/18, 9:09 PM
narciso said...: It's seems Socratic but it isnt

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/12896/is-the-truth-the-truth-when-it-comes-to; 8/20/18, 9:13 PM
Tank said...: Light Gravity today?

Mrs. Tank: Do not draw a flying penis on this table.

Tank: These are nice colors.

Mrs. Tank: Omigod. I can't take you anywhere !; 8/20/18, 9:18 PM
Bay Area Guy said...: I have to go to Irvine, CA tomorrow. Nice, bland Republican city. No garbage, no homeless.

However, Newport Beach and Laguna Beach are right next door. Yowza! When people used to dream and sing about California in the 60s, Newport Beach is what they were singing and dreaming about.; 8/20/18, 9:25 PM
William said...: Things that can't go on on keep going on despite what you have read in other places. The Catholic Church maintains its principled opposition to women priests. The portrait of Mao still hangs over Tiananmen Square. Hollywood stars still enlighten us with their moral grandeur....I have a shaky understanding of physics but I presume this has something to do with mass and velocity and moving in a vacuum. Anyway, it keeps gong on.; 8/20/18, 9:44 PM
Original Mike said...: Nine inches of rain on the west side of Madison. Glad I just happened to clean out the gutters today.; 8/20/18, 9:59 PM
n.n said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 8/20/18, 10:03 PM
n.n said...: hi (interj.)

exclamation of greeting, 1862, American English (first recorded reference is to speech of a Kansas Indian), originally to attract attention (15c.), probably a variant of Middle English hy, hey (late 15c.) which also was an exclamation to call attention. The only definition in the "Century Dictionary" [1902] is "An exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.: often used ironically and in derision," suggesting the development as a greeting-word mostly took place early 20c.

ho (n.)

by 1993, American English slang, representing an African-American vernacular pronunciation of whore.

This etymological epiphany brought to you by diversity and NAACP.; 8/20/18, 10:07 PM
n.n said...: The local papers are full of liberals saying how wonderful this speaker will be because he attacks religion

The Salt Lake Tribune and the "independent" rag "City Weekly"?; 8/20/18, 10:09 PM
Bad Lieutenant said...: This reminds me of a meme I came up with in the car yesterday:

But What About The Pants?

See, Mueller is such a straight arrow. Suuuch an incorruptible. That he shows this every day, his remoteness from the world, not with a hair shirt, but with a WHITE shirt. I. E., blue shirts are for goniffs apparently. Maybe two colors lets you send a signal, 0/1, yes/no.

So considering Mueller's real affinity for truth and justice, I thought: But what about the pants?

See, I had been reflecting on the phenomenon of GTH, go-to-hell, pants among the WASPy blueblood set Mueller is depicted as chumming with. So...

maybe Mueller sends the signals with his pants!

Then you show a breakdancing scene where the pants are different in each frame and all the faces are Mueller's. Play to some dope beat.

Or an anchor or press appearance is questioning him, and his pants change as he speaks...

You could even call it, "Crazy Pants"

Crack could nail this one into the ground, I'm sure... But then so could chickelit. Or Laslo.

Let a thousand pants bloom!; 8/20/18, 10:10 PM
SteveBrooklineMA said...: Original Mike- Rerouted a downspout to avoid a stopped up drain yesterday. So glad I did. We got it pretty bad on the west side. Lots of flowing water on our lawn around the house. Got a little worried when it started pouring over a retaining wall, but I think we got through ok. Stay dry!; 8/20/18, 11:00 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: even "Hi-Ho" would have been better...but no-- they went with 'front hole'

Got that? 'Vagina' is now 'front hole'. (some asshole came up with that); 8/20/18, 11:12 PM
narciso said...: Yes were already at full brawndo

https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2018/08/14/fbi_cia_overreach_113720.html; 8/20/18, 11:20 PM
Churchy LaFemme: said...: Hey, curb your frontist privilege!; 8/20/18, 11:20 PM
Darrell said...: Althouse reads 1001 Jokes old school.; 8/20/18, 11:21 PM
Original Mike said...: @Steve - Far west side really got it:

https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/wisconsin/weather-radar-24hr

I’m looking forward to looking at our rain gauge tomorrow. Only goes to 5”.; 8/21/18, 12:10 AM
Churchy LaFemme: said...: Clearly you need one that goes up to 11"; 8/21/18, 2:09 AM
wildswan said...: Live on a hillside now and have learned that walkways of small river pebbles / stones effectively end torrential runoff. The water wraps around the little stones and goes through to earth and is not ever torrential - even if it comes into the property off the road as a racing flow. But have also learned that shoveling winter snow off the stones is not ... easy. Hi Ho.; 8/21/18, 5:41 AM
Just asking questions (Jaq) said...: That “fronthole” thing was put out into the world as bait for satire.; 8/21/18, 6:00 AM
Just asking questions (Jaq) said...: It looks like the Obama/Netflix thing is going to be a huge joke, if the “leaked transcript” isn’t parody. It doesn’t look like parody, it looks like the real, sellf-agrandizing thing.; 8/21/18, 6:15 AM
Original Mike said...: Blogger Unknown said...”Clearly you need one that goes up to 11"”

It’s confirmed. I’m going to need a bigger rain gauge.

Rain in western and central Dane County overnight Monday broke a state record for heaviest amount to fall in a 24-hour period,; 8/21/18, 6:57 AM
Hagar said...: Talk about "witch hunt." Now they are charging a state official with manslaughter or worse for failing to prevent an outbreak of legionnaires' disease in the AC system of a local hospital in Flint, MI!; 8/21/18, 8:09 AM
Tyrone Slothrop said...: Those are some terrible jokes right there.; 8/21/18, 11:08 AM