८ सप्टेंबर, २०१८

In the Flood Frog Café...

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... hop in.

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४९ टिप्पण्या:

Unknown म्हणाले...

Apropos for us here in the mid-atlantic. Flash flood warnings until Monday night.

traditionalguy म्हणाले...

Yes. The Frogs beat SMU in a flood of rain last night.

Lucien म्हणाले...

Serena Williams wins today's Faux Outrage Sweepstakes. During the second set of the women's US Open final, the umpire gave Williams a code violation warning for coaching. Video showed her coach giving hand signals from the stands. The commentators (who were solid Serena fans) interpreted the signals as urging Williams to come forward more, and noted that she did so, with some success afterward.

After the match, the coach admitted he'd been coaching with the hand signals, saying that he always does so, and so does every other coach, and they never get called on it.

Meanwhile, Ms. Williams argued with the umpire, claiming that she doesn't cheat, and that all her coach had done was give her a thumbs up signal. (So she tacitly admitted that she considered the coaching that her coach does all the time to be "cheating".)

After Ms. Williams lost her serve in the second set, she broke her racquet on the ground, the umpire called her for racquet abuse, which, since it was the second offense in the match, carried a point penalty. Williams again argued with the Umpire, claiming that he owed her an apology for the coaching warning on the grounds that it impugned her character, and again proclaiming that she doesn't cheat. She also argued "I'm a mother", claiming that she was bringing her (less than one-year-old) daughter up not to cheat. On the changeover down 4-3 Willaims continued arguing with the umpire, demanding an apology and calling him a liar and a thief who had stolen a point from her. That earned her a penalty for verbal abuse, which, since it was the third offense, carried a game penalty.

Twenty-year-old Naomi Osaka beat Williams 6-2, 6-4.

Temujin म्हणाले...

I feel like its raining all over the world. Except in Athens, GA. Look out Bama.

Birkel म्हणाले...

Looks like the East Coast will be getting some rain later this week.
Stay dry if you are there.

cacimbo म्हणाले...

Obama out on the campaign trail sure doesn't match claims of a huge blue wave coming.I suspect Trump's numbers with blacks are rising enough that Democrats are nervous - so they begged their head race baiter to jump back in.

Narayanan म्हणाले...

Obama: I'm black hear me whimper.

rhhardin म्हणाले...

Dave (1993) has the president-in-trouble having accomplished positive stuff, mostly the same things Trump in fact has accomplished, except of course by government action on the left.

mockturtle म्हणाले...

Lucien beat me to it. I also watched the US Open women's finals today and was thoroughly disgusted with Serena's behavior. Osaka played very well and seemed calm and unperturbed by Williams' hysterics but the crowd was almost 100% for Serena and were booing the judges. What a crowd! I don't recall how many double faults Serena had but she was clearly losing and had to try to deflect the blame. What a spoiled drama queen!

Narayanan म्हणाले...

Did Trump tilt the Earth's axis?

Humperdink म्हणाले...

Going to a rodeo tomorrow to see the spouse's former horse. Some young lady will be barrel racing him. Spouse is excited. Me? Not so much.

Ingachuck'stoothlessARM म्हणाले...

the Seething Frog Cafe is hoppin' too

mockturtle म्हणाले...

Younger daughter just sent me this:
Q: What's the difference between a Liberal and a puppy?
A: After a few weeks, a puppy stops whining.

Bay Area Guy म्हणाले...

Stanford has a really tough football program.

Clyde म्हणाले...

I didn't watch the tennis match. Did Serena claim to be Spartacus?

mockturtle म्हणाले...

Did Serena claim to be Spartacus?

More like Niobe.

Seeing Red म्हणाले...

Wouldn’t Spartacus be cultural appropriation?

Trumpit म्हणाले...

The Bog Man speaketh!

https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/26/science/bog-man-reveals-story-of-a-brutal-ritual.html

Qwinn म्हणाले...

You know what the best part of all the leftist insanity about Trump?

It's very arguably why Trump has governed as conservatively as he has.

Trump is a dealmaker (as are all politicians). He'll do something for you if you do something for him. Leftists and NeverTrumpers have made it crystal clear that if Trump cured cancer tomorrow, the next day's headlines would be about rising unemployment among oncologists. They've completely eliminated the possibility of making deals with him. As such, Trump knows that the only group that is willing give him credit, the only group he CAN satisfy, is his conservative base.

So, let's just celebrate every time the Left gets more and more insane. It doesnt just weaken their chances in November, it also insures that Trump won't go wobbly on us or waste his time trying to appease them, which is impossible.

Jon Ericson म्हणाले...

Ah! Trumpit! we were all just thinking of you!

Jon Ericson म्हणाले...

If Pompeii happened now.

Mark म्हणाले...

The pretentious twit nature of tennis and its rules and its officials should be booed. They all need to get over themselves.

Jon Ericson म्हणाले...

[RR]

Jon Ericson म्हणाले...

"It's a start"

etbass म्हणाले...

The worst thing for me about modern tennis is the grunting.
Don’t ever recall Evert, Navratilova, Lendl, or any other of past greats having to grunt to get the best game.

chickelit म्हणाले...

@etbass: come on ...sports are just better miked; just like they’re better nike’d.

Ralph L म्हणाले...

Everything's better with the mute button.
Except opera.

rehajm म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
Sharc 65 म्हणाले...

Toad. It's a toad.

Breezy म्हणाले...

I did not watch the match. How could claiming you’re a mother help your cause, though? If she was whining, where’s the mother in her?

Congratulations to Naomi Osaka!!

rehajm म्हणाले...

It's a toad.

With Flood Toad you don't get the pleasing alliteration.

Tsunami Toad is nice but doesn't exactly work with the setting...

rehajm म्हणाले...

That jewelry store is keeping the 'offensive' billboard up.

Believe in Something... I believe they will, thanks...

Sharc 65 म्हणाले...

Torrent Toad.

rehajm म्हणाले...

...media and the commentariat no longer determine public opinion

No matter how many outraged opinion pieces or news articles (but I repeat myself) the New York Times produces, no matter how many smarter-than-thou analysts with non-prescription eyeglasses mope about sadly on CNN, no matter how many Obama fan boys and girls left in the White House press corps shriek at the president whenever in earshot, it just doesn’t matter anymore.

The economy hums. Trump keeps us out of foreign entanglements. Wages increase. America’s traditional meritocracy replaces the Democrats’ grievance-based society. Life happens.


Yes! I've been seeing this for some time. It's a far better analysis of what's happening than what's being reported.

HT म्हणाले...

Well it looks like all the big state schools had big wins yesterday. Not hard when you play the likes of Southeastern Bible College or the Queens College of Architecture. I see the trend of padding schedules is spreading.

Hagar म्हणाले...

Tennis is not supposed to be like Nascar ("If you aren't cheating, you aren't trying!"), and it is well that this umpire reminded the top players of that.
Otherwise, I would say that Serena Williams got emotional and threw a tantrum for which she was duly punished. It was not a very big deal in the scheme of things.

rehajm म्हणाले...

It was not a very big deal in the scheme of things.

Yes. Serena was already down big and when I saw it in real time my first thought was she was trying to amp herself up with some emotion as she and other athletes often do. The warning did come at a critical point in the match and it just could have set her off like has happened to her in the past (My spouse has written Serena off ever since she threatened that line judge years ago).

Either way not a big deal in the scheme. It was pretty much over already.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

The post names the café, the virtual place where you can hang out. I can name it anything.

The creature in the photograph is what he is.

If I called the café "The Tubercular Toad," we wouldn't need to worry about the health status of the animal.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

Alternative argument:

Toads are in fact a type of frog, so it's always fine to refer to a toad as a frog, just as it's correct to refer to a toad as an animal.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

I've looked that up before, and I'm sure it was lurking in my head when I decided to use the word "frog." If you say "frog," you don't have to figure out if it's a frog or a toad.

Rusty म्हणाले...

Now go wash your hands.

Hagar म्हणाले...

I see The NYT claims Federer actually was beaten by "climate change" rather than by his opponent's superior playing. Could not the weather have affected Serena Williams as well?
(Of course, why did it not similarly affect their opponents?)

Humperdink म्हणाले...

"I did not watch the match. How could claiming you’re a mother help your cause, though? If she was whining, where’s the mother in her?

Congratulations to Naomi Osaka!!"


I noticed Osaka was wearing an Adidas hat as apposed to the "Just Blew It" kneewear.

Paco Wové म्हणाले...

"So, let's just celebrate every time the Left gets more and more insane."

Thanks, but I'd rather not be locked in here, chained to this lunatic.

DavidD म्हणाले...

Algae bloom?

Hagar म्हणाले...

Is "climate change" to blame for Tiger's putts not going in?

BUMBLE BEE म्हणाले...

So Serena stole one out of the book of Barack's presidency. She called the waaaaaambulance. Also, as noted, with the camera work employed in sports, who needs the sound on?
I'm still not over that "rapper's" drivel.

Michael K म्हणाले...

Good column rehajm.

Spot on.

FIDO म्हणाले...

So I was flying over Europe.

Crossing the border between two nations, guess what I saw?

A Wall.

Why can't we be like Europe? Strict abortion laws, walls, men are men (save in France), women are women (save in Denmark). They still joke and small vices like smoking and drinking are no big deal.