Althouse: At the Tuesday Night Cafe...

January 15, 2019

At the Tuesday Night Cafe...

... you can talk about anything.

101 comments:

Jaq said...: What I don’t like about the Gillette ad is paying somebody to hector me about something that I, and none of the men I know, are guilty of. I have heard “boys will be boys” but about things like broken windows due to stray baseballs, etc, not bullying. This is just female fantasy that there is any significant number of men who would say that or even think it.

Jeezums, it’s like they think we are all Bill Clinton or his good friend Harvey Wienstein.; 1/15/19, 9:06 PM
Curious George said...: TIV:

The Gillette ad doesn't just target men, it targets white men. Watch it again.; 1/15/19, 9:12 PM
Jaq said...: I hope they hurry up and pull their name from the arena of toxic masculinity in Foxboro already. It must make them sick to. see those men hitting each other like that!; 1/15/19, 9:14 PM
Jaq said...: Why would I watch it again? I am done with Gillette. From reading about their response to the controversy, they are done with men like me too. Fine.; 1/15/19, 9:15 PM
gilbar said...: Curious George said...
The Gillette ad doesn't just target men, it targets white men. Watch it again.

yep, EVERY 'man' that commits evil: is white
Every 'man' that corrects them: is a colored person; 1/15/19, 9:16 PM
Humperdink said...: Gillette is attempting to emulate Dick's Sporting Goods and the results will be strikingly similar. How to foolish of them to enter the political arena. But hey, they sure must feel good about themselves.; 1/15/19, 9:20 PM
Ken B said...: Patrice Louvet is the French born president of Gillette.
Patrice, I don’t know what the standard is in France but here it is considered despicable to pay a secretary $300,000 to not sue you for flashing your penis at a work party.

The president of a company should be better than that.

Patrice! Don’t flash, don’t bribe.

I hope there will soon be a hashtag #PatricelouvetSleaze where those of us who care can tweet “Patrice! Don’t flash, don’t bribe.”

So Patrice. Don’t flash, don’t bribe.; 1/15/19, 9:21 PM
Lucid-Ideas said...: Personally, my wife's son really enjoyed the ad. I hope Gillette does talk to me and my wife's son many times again. Thanks Gillette!!!; 1/15/19, 9:21 PM
Jay Elink said...: For years conservatives have been arguing that "single mom" households produce young men who are undisciplined, impulsive and impolite.

Now that there are hordes of such young men, mainly minorities, libs blame *white* masculinity as "toxic".

It's just another sign of the total perversity of the Left.; 1/15/19, 9:21 PM
Ken B said...: Patrice Louvet is the French born president of Gillette.
Patrice, I don’t know what the standard is in France but here it is considered despicable to pay a secretary $300,000 to not sue you for flashing your penis at a work party.

The president of a company should be better than that.

Patrice! Don’t flash, don’t bribe.

I hope there will soon be a hashtag #PatricelouvetSleaze where those of us who care can tweet “Patrice! Don’t flash, don’t bribe.”

So Patrice. Don’t flash, don’t bribe.; 1/15/19, 9:21 PM
stephen cooper said...: gilbar - well yes it was a racist ad.

I will never buy a Gillette razor again, because they are racist.

Racism is evil, and should not be promoted.; 1/15/19, 9:21 PM
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Birkel said...: Women gossip about other women as a form of bullying. When a company produces a commercial critical of gossip, I will take note. But I won't hold my breath.

Men are always concerned that another man might punch them in the nose if things get out of hand. This causes self-regulation amongst men. Women typically do not share the concern about escalation. Witness all the bullying videos that even Althouse noted involving women.; 1/15/19, 9:25 PM
Mr. Majestyk said...: Mr. President (because I'm sure DJT reads the Althouse blog), here's a soundbite you can use: "The Democrats prefer open borders to opening the government." You're welcome.; 1/15/19, 9:25 PM
Ken B said...: For years I have happily used an old fashioned safety razor. Gillette makes great blades, but so do other companies. Feather is super sharp and not for all. Wilkinson Sword blades are superb as are Polsilver.; 1/15/19, 9:25 PM
Birkel said...: Not just Gillette.
The parent company is Proctor & Gamble.
Is that right?; 1/15/19, 9:30 PM
stephen cooper said...: Birkel - actually, since the age of 30 or so, I have not worried about violence from other men.

I worry about what would happen to people who tried to be violent against me or against those I love.

See the difference?

Anyone who attacks me or those I love will be destroyed, and I do not want that.

Maybe we are on the same page, maybe not, I hope we are.; 1/15/19, 9:32 PM
stephen cooper said...: Birkel - it is just Gillette.

The hiring of the racist advertising crew is totally on Gillette.; 1/15/19, 9:33 PM
chickelit said...: Here’s how to get Gillette out of your life: If a woman buys you Gillette products, tell her to stop. And she doesn’t need a reason. If you buy your own razors, take a minute to choose something else. End of story. They’ll get the message.; 1/15/19, 9:33 PM
Humperdink said...: It frosts me when I hear the Fake News industrial complex label the federal workers as "working without pay" as though they are indentured servants. They are not. They are working, but will be getting "deferred payments". It is a guarantee they will be paid.

And another thing, I am tired of the sob stories of their children being unable to go to dance class because the parent(s) is not currently getting a paycheck. Really?? The federal worker parent needs to get their financial house in order or get a better paying job.

And it nice to know TSA absenteeism is at an all time high. Because they care .....; 1/15/19, 9:33 PM
Freeman Hunt said...: I'm sick and temporarily lost my sense of smell. Could suddenly understand experientially things Althouse has written about it. Soup tasted disgusting like gloppy salt. Mexican food was similar. Ice cream, however, was great!; 1/15/19, 9:34 PM
chickelit said...: Also, grow a stubble. It makes you more attractive to women. Win-win.; 1/15/19, 9:35 PM
Humperdink said...: Mrs. Dink is not a fan of stubble. Some call it the "Yassir Arafat permanent three day growth look". I like it though.; 1/15/19, 9:53 PM
FullMoon said...: This is who Gillette is talking about, an older , educated, white LLR man who would love to assault a tiny woman and frighten her.:

Chuck said...

Fuck you, Full Moon. I am not going to "deny it." I say again; I propose to grab Greta exactly the way that Corey grabbed Michelle. I expect Greta to be surprised and offended, and maybe even a bit frightened. Good. That's how Michelle felt, no doubt. But Greta thinks it was frivolous in Michelle's case. Again, good for me when I do it to her.; 1/15/19, 10:06 PM
Humperdink said...: Wonder if LLR is on sabbatical?; 1/15/19, 10:08 PM
FullMoon said...: Ass far as suffering government workers, I sympathize with the ones who are not able to pay their bills.

Have been in that situation long ago and will never forget it.; 1/15/19, 10:08 PM
narciso said...: The one behind this ad created similar campaigns in Australia, firmly Paul Hogans bailiwick now where the likes of Jonathan swan of axios come from.; 1/15/19, 10:09 PM
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iowan2 said...: Coincidence? I think not. I have a large HARRY'S ad adorning the left side of this post.

Of course what Gillett has done is idiotic. Bullying? Nothing is more brutal than young teen girls. What they do to each other, causes the boys to shake their heads in disgust.; 1/15/19, 10:12 PM
narciso said...: Lighten up, Stephen cooper, did you much concern from the media or the government when private sector employment was at best static or at worst regressive.

My self I haven't been able to find a job that isn't on commission (meaning unsalaried for sor; 1/15/19, 10:17 PM
narciso said...: This has nothing to do with the product, it's just more eloi shaping, as if we need any more of that. Like the pax tried to accomplish in serenity,; 1/15/19, 10:21 PM
alanc709 said...: It's laughable to see people chat about righteousness. They're tools of the left, like all too many. You believe in the kleptocracy that the Dems promote. Cultural marxism is bankrupt of any moral standing. The Yellow Vests can come to America, too, you know.; 1/15/19, 10:21 PM
Lucid-Ideas said...: Apparently the creators of the gillette ad are being thrown to the wolves. The 2 of them are rabid UK feminists (although one is based in LA), adoratii of the vagina monologues, and have a long history of hating men. One of them, Kim Gherig, produced a hygene product commercial with singing vaginas.

I'm shocked.

GILLETTE!!! The beeeesst a wooomaaaaan can geeeeeet!; 1/15/19, 10:33 PM
chickelit said...: The Yellow Vests can come to America, too, you know.

I hope they wear orange vests.; 1/15/19, 10:33 PM
narciso said...: Yes gehrig, I blocked that detail about her CV. It's no longer crocodile Dundee territory.; 1/15/19, 10:39 PM
Big Mike said...: Witness all the bullying videos that even Althouse noted involving women.

@Birkel, when has Althouse done that?; 1/15/19, 10:42 PM
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mockturtle said...: I'm wondering if it's time to start knitting shrouds.; 1/15/19, 11:08 PM
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narciso said...: Some are, most aren't, one wishes the Democrats gave a farthing about the peoples interests but they dont. They would shutter every church if they could for instance, the schoolhouse is their pew.; 1/15/19, 11:16 PM
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Rob said...: Listening to Kirsten Gillibrand on Colbert, I'm bewildered why anyone would support her for president, vice president or pretty much any other office. She has nothing to say and compensates for it by saying it badly. She talks a lot about the 911 Health Act; how that particular talking point survived the focus groups is a mystery. It was a tragically bad performance. Unless she improves a heckuva lot, she's a nonfactor.; 1/15/19, 11:19 PM
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narciso said...: It's not like they don't have enough of a cheering section, not loud enough to leave their vacation in Puerto Rico, which is a double insult to those recovering from a storm of devastating incompetence and corruption.; 1/15/19, 11:23 PM
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Birkel said...: Big Mike,
Am I mistaken that Althouse covered some of the white women bothering strangers in various locations (some of whom appear to have been wrong and some right)? Perhaps I am confusing websites.; 1/15/19, 11:33 PM
narciso said...: Yes, but this is why faith is evidence of things unseen, you see greedy lecherous violent men and women succeed, you see dictators grind their people into the ground and you have a chorus of cheers from academia to media to government (which is some continuous blib); 1/15/19, 11:35 PM
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narciso said...: You see people trying to do the right thing uphold the law defend the churches right to speak and preach on what has been an un ending atrocity exhibit that I contend has made the country a nasty Brutish and short place.; 1/15/19, 11:37 PM
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narciso said...: You see abomination of every shape and form, not only being tolerated but promoted so people find if hard to do the right thing.; 1/15/19, 11:39 PM
Bruce Hayden said...: “Federal Court Orders Discovery on Clinton Email, Benghazi Scandal: Top Obama-Clinton Officials, Susan Rice and Ben Rhodes to Respond to Judicial Watch Questions Under Oath”

https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/federal-court-orders-discovery-on-clinton-email-benghazi-scandal-top-obama-clinton-officials-susan-rice-and-ben-rhodes-to-respond-to-judicial-watch-questions-under-oath/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

http://www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/JW-v-State-deposition-order-01242-1.pdf

(Washington, DC) — Judicial Watch announced today that United States District Judge Royce C. Lamberth ruled that discovery can begin in Hillary Clinton’s email scandal. Obama administration senior State Department officials, lawyers, and Clinton aides will now be deposed under oath. Senior officials — including Susan Rice, Ben Rhodes, Jacob Sullivan, and FBI official E.W. Priestap — will now have to answer Judicial Watch’s written questions under oath. The court rejected the DOJ and State Department’s objections to Judicial Watch’s court-ordered discovery plan. (The court, in ordering a discovery plan last month, ruled that the Clinton email system was “one of the gravest modern offenses to government transparency.”)

Judicial Watch’s discovery will seek answers to:

- Whether Clinton intentionally attempted to evade the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by using a non-government email system;
- whether the State Department’s efforts to settle this case beginning in late 2014 amounted to bad faith; and
- whether the State Department adequately searched for records responsive to Judicial Watch’s FOIA request.; 1/15/19, 11:43 PM
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narciso said...: Yes Bruce and they will do exactly what with ot, the death of four men, one the top official in country two veterans matters to an Islamist terror gang matter little to the ones who sanctioned operation footprint and those who endorsed it.; 1/15/19, 11:47 PM
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Humperdink said...: John Kasich signs with CNN as a senior political contributor.

Quoting someone on FB: "It's what you do when you know you're never going to be president but you want a forum to take cheap shots at the guy you never going to replace."; 1/15/19, 11:53 PM
narciso said...: Kasich who has nearly bankrupted his state with passion project which has done little to solve a major problem that of opioid addiction; 1/15/19, 11:55 PM
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narciso said...: To be fair, how is kasich's job difference than before except another governor has to deal with the unsustainable costs; 1/15/19, 11:58 PM
chickelit said...: Lon Chaney, Jr. -- wearing Jack Pierce's make-up -- was Gillette's worst nightmare. He personified "Be Beast."

Apologies to FullMoon; 1/16/19, 12:06 AM
stephen cooper said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 1/16/19, 12:41 AM
walter said...: Conservative pundits need to get out of the Trap of talking solely about drugs at the border. It's a problem far beyond that and it just devolves into where exactly the drugs come across.; 1/16/19, 12:50 AM
Bay Area Guy said...: Kasich was really good as a young congressman in the Reagan era.

But, well, that was 30 years ago. Unlike wine, he didn't get better with age. He kinda lost it in the Trump era.

Trump vexes a certain type of conservative - the theoretical, utopian conservative who reads Russell Kirk, but can't change a tire.; 1/16/19, 1:20 AM
Coconuss Network said...: We had a power outage on our street last evening. (no storms). Luckily we all had our dinner already and cleanup was done. But so spooky. Read the book: "Blackout". All too familiar with the consequences of a power outage. And then your mind starts wandering thinking someone is in the basement. Even though you know it's the entire block. Well, following 3 hours of candles and flashlights, we were back on the grid and getting close to sleep. We have a lifetime supply of water. Toilets and faucets are not electricity related. But candles burn out fairly quickly. Flashlight not so quickly. hmm. And thank the heavens for our mobile phones and power banks. How dependent we are on electricity, though not so dependent on gas or oil (we're green). Tschüs from Germany.; 1/16/19, 2:30 AM
Coconuss Network said...: Car spun out of control and slammed into electricity box. Law Professor Emeritus neighbor was an eye witness to the explosion, having been walking his pup. German ingenuity needs to solve that lil problem and protect the boxes.; 1/16/19, 3:28 AM
chillblaine said...: Sarah. My mother was an, "earth mother," this is something my father told me once. My parents divorced, but I always remember and treasure the times my father said things about my mother, and he put his feelings aside and just reflected back to me, what he really felt. At my bro's wedding, they were put together for the big photo, and he said to her, with everyone around, just a sweet and soft, "hello Mother."; 1/16/19, 4:15 AM
Chuck said...: An interesting column at The Bulwark by Jonathan Last; "Is AOC the Future of Politics? Is Trump? Do these two represent the future of politics?" It's worth it just for the horrifyingly excellent photo mashup of everybody's favorite two Twitter-politicians.; 1/16/19, 5:12 AM
rhhardin said...: Sid Rosenberg proposes a Massengil ad for women, "Use the douche, don't be a douche."; 1/16/19, 5:29 AM
Humperdink said...: It was reported yesterday the Kansas City Chiefs play more cold games at home than any other NFL team. Not snow games, but cold games. It will be in the teens on Sunday.; 1/16/19, 5:36 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Harry's is everywhere on my screen this morning. Lovineveryminuteofit!; 1/16/19, 5:36 AM
chillblaine said...: Top Ten Science Fiction Movies. "Gravity," also, did you hear about this guy named, "Winger?" Was he actually a typical low-life character like that lady said, or what. Remember Ox, fam. Also, Winger shaped up and leveled up to the Winnebago of Doom. etc. ok. see you at Comedy Store. hasta la vista baby and joy.; 1/16/19, 5:44 AM
rehajm said...: Brrrr....How many Super Bowls has the Chiefs quarterback won?; 1/16/19, 5:48 AM
rhhardin said...: Gravity was two hours of stumbling around and bad physics.; 1/16/19, 5:52 AM
Humperdink said...: "Brrrr....How many Super Bowls has the Chiefs quarterback won?"

Three. Two in high school, one in college. (sarc)

To me, the most amazing stat is that Brady is in his 19th season.; 1/16/19, 5:57 AM
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Jaq said...: Obviously Father Time is undefeated, but I have a hard time counting out the Patriots because it is cold. Hopefully for the Chiefs, they have a better run defense than the Chargers, whose defensive line got pancaked a couple of times, once on the goal line.; 1/16/19, 6:00 AM
MadisonMan said...: The last member of the generation my parent's age in my family is actively dying today. It's a strange thing to become an elder when you're the youngest of the entire generation of cousins.; 1/16/19, 6:03 AM
Jaq said...: Besides, it’s a good thing the Pats are on the road, I hear that they are now only going to sell soy hot dogs and hamburfers at Gillette Stadium.; 1/16/19, 6:14 AM
Birkel said...: Chuck, fopdoodle extraordinaire and uninvited guest, links to the Bulwark.
Drago could not be more pleased by his prediction.

Fish.
Barrel.
Gun.; 1/16/19, 6:20 AM
rehajm said...: To me, the most amazing stat is that Brady is in his 19th season.

The rules changed to protect him. No hard hits. Lucky him. There will be more like him now...; 1/16/19, 6:21 AM
rehajm said...: I'd add he's benefited from good coaching who also invest in personnel to protect him. BB doesn't take kickers in the first round :-)...; 1/16/19, 6:25 AM
rehajm said...: Three. Two in high school, one in college.

Heh. So if he wins this year that's four Super Bowl wins in the last three years? ;-); 1/16/19, 6:27 AM
Jaq said...: Yeah, the league created a set of rules that only allow the Patriots to consistently win. Fuckers. Of course, defensive coordinators like Buddy Ryan who based their strategy on injuring the opposing QB had nothing to do with rule changes, I am sure. I remember seeing Jim Kelly knocked out of a game at Houston and hearing the stadium go nuts with joy. But some people like that kind of shit.; 1/16/19, 6:31 AM
tim maguire said...: Humperdink said...And another thing, I am tired of the sob stories of their children being unable to go to dance class because the parent(s) is not currently getting a paycheck.

The media started running these stories before they'd even missed a check. Is it any surprise the federal bureaucracy is such a mess when it is staffed by people so bad at running their own lives. (No wonder they think we can't run our lives when they are so bad at running theirs!); 1/16/19, 7:29 AM
rhhardin said...: A 250 pound man is getting very negative headlines for punching an 11 year old girl.

So much virtue signalling is out there.; 1/16/19, 7:31 AM
chillblaine said...: tee hee; 1/16/19, 9:18 AM
chillblaine said...: This guy. He probably wanted to be an astronaut, but he has the jimmy leg. And so he likes astronauts, probably just wants to be a space cadet. Starfleet Academy, but again, the jimmy leg. So, he just wanders around carrying this thing about being Captain Kirk, but he's got a jimmy leg, so, not as handsome on the outside. Whatever. Did you know that many many years ago, lots of people had wooden teeth? True. They called them their, "choppers." Good times.; 1/16/19, 9:21 AM
chillblaine said...: Our folk had the wooden teeth at one time, and we were proud that our mouths were comprised of a decent set of shiny new choppers. My favorite set was made out of hickory because I do like barbeque. The thing about wood is, it's just so useful. I would enjoy replacing my leg, or arm, with a sweet chunk of hickory or whatever maybe pecan, plus tungsten reinforcement and this weird trick makes your food taste like barbeque.; 1/16/19, 9:48 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "I'm sick and temporarily lost my sense of smell. Could suddenly understand experientially things Althouse has written about it. Soup tasted disgusting like gloppy salt. Mexican food was similar. Ice cream, however, was great!"

Thanks for the empathy. You really do learn which "tastes" are actually smells.

Hope you feel better.; 1/16/19, 11:58 AM
RobinGoodfellow said...: Blogger rhhardin said...
Gravity was two hours of stumbling around and bad physics.

I really didn’t like Gravity. My wife enjoyed it. Recently found out this director also directed Children of Men, which I also didn’t like.; 1/16/19, 3:05 PM
Jim at said...: An interesting column at The Bulwark ... - Chuck

The jokes write themselves.; 1/16/19, 4:09 PM
narciso said...: I liked interstellar, even though it could have been edited better,

as for jonathan last, man what a dweeb turned out to be,; 1/16/19, 5:13 PM
cf said...: walter said...Conservative pundits need to get out of the Trap of talking solely about drugs at the border. It's a problem far beyond that and it just devolves into where exactly the drugs come across.

yes.
the thing never discussed: (reagan's original plan, killed by bush1 and grape union etc. we need about a third of those here now to have migrant citizenship, hold their original homeland as their legal place, and need to spend time in their home country over time. all that are here should be "legal" or gone. we need papers from everyone and know who/what/why they are here.

AND on interstellar, oh man, it's the 21st century and we aren't out there yet.!!!!! let's go!!!; 1/16/19, 10:39 PM