Althouse: Rat magnet.

January 20, 2019

Rat magnet.

99 comments:

Earnest Prole said...: My toaster except stainless steel. It survived five children though its old-school mechanical timer needed to be replaced.; 1/20/19, 2:36 PM
Sprezzatura said...: I would have expected austenitic at Meadhouse. Seems spectrum-y.; 1/20/19, 2:48 PM
mockturtle said...: My toaster is red, too!; 1/20/19, 2:59 PM
Trumpit said...: I love rats, and drawings of them. They are amusing. I love all animals. My next animal, if there is one, will be vegan by nature. One big reason: The poop of a vegan is far less disgusting than dog sh*t or human sh*t. If I had the room, I'd get a donkey, which are brilliant animals. Some people call them A$$E$, but I reserve that term of endearment for the current squatter-in-chief fulminating on his Twitter account in the White House eating hamberders. All serious candidates for president should promise to abstain from spewing venom on Twitter. Delirium Tremens (DT) is a vulgar national embarrassment.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fulminate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delirium_tremens; 1/20/19, 3:05 PM
tcrosse said...: The rat goes to Toastmasters.; 1/20/19, 3:10 PM
Rusty said...: adss
can you name the other two?; 1/20/19, 3:26 PM
Sprezzatura said...: No Rusty, I'm a dummy.; 1/20/19, 3:28 PM
rehajm said...: I have that toaster exact same. No rats though...; 1/20/19, 3:29 PM
Phil 314 said...: Won’t the magnet melt?; 1/20/19, 3:33 PM
rehajm said...: The outside stays quite cool...; 1/20/19, 3:40 PM
Carter Wood said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 1/20/19, 3:40 PM
Carter Wood said...: As Greg Sage, the great Portland rock 'n roll guitarist, wrote in "Return of the Rat" by The Wipers.

Well you better watch out
Well you better beware
Cause their comin' from all sides of the country, now you better beware
Return of the Rat Return of the Rat Return of the Rat
No no no no no no no

They better confess; Well they better confess
They started this mess, I know I seen them do it
Now They better Confess
Return of the Rat

Nirvana covered the tune as Portland punk transformed slowly in Seattle grunge. Both were good, Portland was rattier.

1/20/19, 3:40 PM; 1/20/19, 3:43 PM
Meade said...: Magnets, rat bitches!!!
https://youtu.be/dwvOL9iz2Kc; 1/20/19, 4:05 PM
Ignorance is Bliss said...: In your case, it is rats; 1/20/19, 4:07 PM
chickelit said...: Althouse is like a town hall or Rathaus in German.
Rat meaning "advice" or council as in Wein auf Bier, das rat ich dir.; 1/20/19, 4:08 PM
Meade said...: Want one? No, not a toaster, silly. A rat magnet. Email me a snailmail address. See if it sticks.; 1/20/19, 4:09 PM
Freeman Hunt said...: Between our three kids and four neighborhood kids, they manages to scrape together enough snow for a little snowman today. we; 1/20/19, 4:12 PM
chickelit said...: I imagine they'd stick to car bumpers too and would be easier to remove when you leave your car. This would protect your car from the likes of Freeman Hunt.; 1/20/19, 4:13 PM
tcrosse said...: Want one?

Doxx yourself.; 1/20/19, 4:14 PM
Ignorance is Bliss said...: Or, Penn and Teller's version; 1/20/19, 4:17 PM
deepelemblues said...: The B-52s need to come out with a remix titled "Rat Lobster"

would be a big hit

at least at the alt house; 1/20/19, 4:17 PM
Meade said...: “Doxx yourself.”

That’s right. Be careful not make snap judgements.; 1/20/19, 4:27 PM
Freeman Hunt said...: I shouldn't try to comment from my phone, which arbitrarily changes things and is stubborn. My electric mule.; 1/20/19, 4:30 PM
FullMoon said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 1/20/19, 4:31 PM
Maillard Reactionary said...: A four-banger! Everybody gets their muffin at the same time. Ours is lengthwise 2x2 as opposed to transverse. The transverse design is very attractive-- we have a tea kettle that color.; 1/20/19, 4:37 PM
FullMoon said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 1/20/19, 4:42 PM
Maillard Reactionary said...: FullMoon @ 4:31 PM: You jogged my memory, man! They were big in the 60's. As a youngster, I built a plastic model Rat Fink and painted it the most hideous color I could mix up. It succeeded in appalling my Mother, which of course was the whole point.; 1/20/19, 4:42 PM
FullMoon said...: Those toasters are good for muffins, or reheating pizza -if laid on their side.

But takes twice as long as old style for simple toasted bread.

I check thrift stores occasionally, looking for vintage toaster with narrow slot.

BTW, putting two slices of bread in one slot gives you toasted one side, chewy other side for sandwiches.; 1/20/19, 4:47 PM
FullMoon said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 1/20/19, 4:54 PM
Jaq said...: Wow. That penalty was so flagrant that the ref couldn’t believe his eyes so he didn’t call it! I thought I’d seen everything after that “nobody recovered it” call.; 1/20/19, 5:05 PM
Be said...: You've been working in watercolors. That's hard stuff to manipulate. The rat isn't a brand I'd like to associate with me.; 1/20/19, 5:29 PM
David Begley said...: Glad to see more rat merch from Meadehouse.; 1/20/19, 5:31 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: I can see some positives and negatives to that RatMag,
so I find myself both attracted to it, yet repulsed at the same time.; 1/20/19, 5:44 PM
Char Char Binks, Esq. said...: I need one!; 1/20/19, 5:45 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: i must be bi-polar; 1/20/19, 5:49 PM
Ralph L said...: That's one clean toaster. Most stainless steel is not magnetic, but it doesn't look like chrome plating unless someone's been using abrasives on it.; 1/20/19, 5:52 PM
Bay Area Guy said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 1/20/19, 6:03 PM
Ignorance is Bliss said...: Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...

i must be bi-polar

That's odd. Based on your comments, I assumed you were a repulsive monopole.; 1/20/19, 6:12 PM
Bay Area Guy said...: "Rat Scratch Fever" - Ted Nugent; 1/20/19, 6:26 PM
FullMoon said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 1/20/19, 6:47 PM
FullMoon said...: You need a neutral intermediary to do the mailing. Maybe Chuck or Ritmo?

Meade said...

“Doxx yourself.”

That’s right. Be careful not make snap judgements.; 1/20/19, 6:48 PM
stevew said...: People still own single use devices like toasters?

That rat is becoming a Where’s Waldo sort of character.; 1/20/19, 7:47 PM
Kevin said...: "There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now, that’s the system, Mr. Rearden, that’s the game, and once you understand it, you’ll be much easier to deal with.”; 1/20/19, 7:51 PM
Michael Fitzgerald said...: Scrolling around the internet, not only am I not seeing apologies and retractions for the lies about the Catholic school kids, I'm seeing a new narrative introduced that "before the kids turned their attention to the Indian, they had surrounded and been threatening "a small group of religiously fanatic black men".... Right now, in the face of video evidence debunking their claims. This is the kind of contempt for truth that Buwaya warns about these evil people.; 1/20/19, 7:57 PM
Michael Fitzgerald said...: Hmmm, I thought this was a cafe thread, but I guess I am wrong... Nice toaster!; 1/20/19, 8:00 PM
cf said...: In an alternate universe, the nation breaks out parades today, in celebration of the Trump Magic 2 years on.

(hey, hmmm, I wrote "years", my spellchecker made it rats, 2 rats since Trump came in, haha, kinda works. Rat-Alt-World)

I have been parading in my heart all day

Happy Inauguration Day All, tooot! Toot toot!; 1/20/19, 8:13 PM
Meade said...: You’re not wrong, MF. Cafe away.; 1/20/19, 8:17 PM
walter said...: The rat's toast.; 1/20/19, 8:24 PM
Ken B said...: This a cafe?

THE ENTIRE FUCKING MEDIA WHIPPING UP A LYNCH MOB MENTALITY WITH DECEPTIVE EDITING IS NOT NOTHING. It is in fact the big story of the week. We have a large fraction of our society, a loud and influential part, so hate addled they talk about punching kids, punishing kids. You post about “toxic masculinity “. How about toxic anti catholic bigotry, toxic trump hatred, toxic lies, toxic close mindedness, toxic conclusion jumping? How about the toxic mob mentality you call nothing?; 1/20/19, 8:25 PM
gilbar said...: There's A Moon In The Sky (Called The Moon); 1/20/19, 8:30 PM
Michael Fitzgerald said...: Thank you, Meade! Been listening to a lot of yodeling lately. Sofia Shkidchenko, anyone?

And who's Got Talent? Who doesn't? America's Got Talent, Russia's Got Talent, Ukraine's Got Talent, Democratic Republic of Congo's Got Talent...; 1/20/19, 8:33 PM
Churchy LaFemme: said...: The World's Greatest Crminal Mind!; 1/20/19, 8:37 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: that Rat magnet provides a cautionary tail...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0zYP-leiVw; 1/20/19, 8:39 PM
Char Char Binks, Esq. said...: Another spin on the Catholic kids is that "This one kid just refused to move and he just got in Nathan's face,", the one kid that Nathan deliberately walked up to and started drumming in his face.

Which is it -- did he "refuse to move", or did he "get in Nathan's face"? It seems to me that refusing to moves implies no movement, and getting in someone's face requires movement.

Also, people keep saying the kids were "mocking" the Indigians, but what were they saying? I heard no mocking. There were reports of chanting "Build the Wall!" and "Trump 2020", but they could not be heard on the video, except by those with very keen ears like Inga. I heard their school chants, and "Seven Nation Army", both of which are much more melodious than any Indigian music I've ever heard, but nothing offensive or aggressive.

The Covington students didn't even seem to acknowledge or engage with he Indians at all until Phillips walked into their group. There attention was on the racist shitbags from the BHI, which is why they started their chants and songs, including "Seven Nation Army". Maybe that song triggered Phillips.

"I was scared, I was worried for my young friends. I don't want to cause harm to anyone," Phillips told CNN's Sara Sidner. "I don't like the word 'hate.' I don't like even saying it, but it was hate unbridled. It was like a storm." I didn't know Indigians were such delicate creatures!

Sidner apparently has no bullshit detector. I

Also, why is Philips wearing spectacles? That's cultural appropriation! HE DIDN'T BUILD THAT!; 1/20/19, 8:42 PM
narciso said...: Well there's a little rat in it,; 1/20/19, 8:50 PM
Michael K said...: The Catholic high school kids will be splitting Bezos' fortune with his ex-wife when the lawsuits are done.; 1/20/19, 8:57 PM
Char Char Binks, Esq. said...: Sorry, I thought this was a cafe post with no set topic. Rats!; 1/20/19, 8:58 PM
gspencer said...: Tied game,; 1/20/19, 9:02 PM
gspencer said...: 2d OT game today,; 1/20/19, 9:02 PM
Ken B said...: Althouse draws conclusions from behavior all the time. Except Phillips. Anyway she asked for a link. http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/native-american-claims-racial-harassment-by-emu-students-dressed-as-indians?fbclid=IwAR2EFZcG_ES6JEcTBPc1v08huFtWavM4CTG95QJha0RDcf9ALLTlFzwbl1Q; 1/20/19, 9:09 PM
bgates said...: I was worried for my young friends.

"Uh oh! My 'young friend', a grown man holding a club, is shouting obscenities at high school students! I'm worried for him!"

The NYT, America's Paper of Discord, has a piece up explaining that it's complicated, repeating the claims of the Black Israelites and mentioning the existence of the longer video - but not mentioning how the video (which shows the BI calling the white kids "incest babies" and "school shooters") destroys their claims to be just reading from the Bible.; 1/20/19, 9:12 PM
Jaq said...: Fucking ay!; 1/20/19, 9:14 PM
gspencer said...: Pats win. New wave of Hate-the-Pats now sweeping nation,; 1/20/19, 9:14 PM
Big Mike said...: Someone wrote that if it weren’t for fake news, there would be no news at all. I chuckled, but then I thought about what an honest media would wind up reporting

If they weren’t reporting fake news then they’d have to report about illegal immigrants committing crimes. But that would be a negative for Democrats.

If they weren’t reporting fake news then they might be stuck reporting about high employment for minority men and real wage growth for the middle class, but that would reflect positively on Donald Trump.

So they report fake news instead. Because there are gullible people who bite on it.; 1/20/19, 9:16 PM
Jaq said...: On to the Tom Brady Invitational; 1/20/19, 9:16 PM
Mark said...: Mahomes played tough -- with some help from the Patriots D.; 1/20/19, 9:17 PM
Ken B said...: Michael K
I wish, but not a chance. Even if they win.
Personally, when Zimmerman sued NBC I would have awarded him more than the value of NBC. But what’s the Post actually worth?; 1/20/19, 9:18 PM
Big Mike said...: The game on the line and Brady behind center. As close to a sure thing as exists.; 1/20/19, 9:19 PM
Mark said...: An explosive offense is exciting, but there is something to be said for ball-control football -- it wears down the opposing defense.; 1/20/19, 9:19 PM
iowan2 said...: I got my rat stickers and they make me smile. I am know a member of an elite group of like minded and overtly, insanely, intelligent readers of a blog.
Thanks to our artist/wordsmith/hostess and her partner. My usage of the portal goes to 100%, as a very small show of my gratitude, Good nite, see you in the morning.; 1/20/19, 9:20 PM
Meade said...: Great games. Congrats to the winners. We'll all just have to wait until next season for Drew Brees to win the super bowl and retire.; 1/20/19, 9:21 PM
narciso said...: Yes they altered the audio record in Zimmerman's case and the judge still said new; 1/20/19, 9:24 PM
chickelit said...: Off topic: Who's got a good view of the eclipse tonight? I've got a great view on my back patio. Clearing skies, too.; 1/20/19, 9:26 PM
Jaq said...: I have been watching the Patriots all year and I haven’t seen Gronk play like he did today. Gronk of old.; 1/20/19, 9:27 PM
William said...: I do not think the media appreciate how much anger this latest fuck up is causing.. There's substantial video evidence that this young man and the high school group he was with are innocent. The media who were so intent on ruining their lives are being far more cautious and hesitant in walking back this story than they were in first sensationalizing it. This is truly shameful behavior on their part.; 1/20/19, 9:30 PM
walter said...: So Blexit had its first rally in Los Angeles, sold out then expanded..Google news finds very little coverage.
I know..shocking.; 1/20/19, 9:31 PM
Meade said...: Gronk certainly saved his best for last and it was magnificent. Super impressive show by the Pats but I should also say congrats to the 2 losing teams, leaving it all on the field.

Going out now to check the eclipse. Should be starting to get bloody orange.; 1/20/19, 9:31 PM
Mark said...: One thing we can all celebrate no matter what team you root for -- NBC doesn't have the Super Bowl this year.; 1/20/19, 9:31 PM
Ken B said...: William
Althouse isn’t angry. It’s a nothing. It's nothing, in boldface.; 1/20/19, 9:32 PM
Jaq said...: "This one kid just refused to move"

It’s all about establishing dominance and teaching us deplorables our place. They will show us for denying Hillary her scepter and throne. Well, she still has the American Standard throne, if not the American one.; 1/20/19, 9:33 PM
Laura said...: Why does the media want to whip up anti-Catholic bigotry?

Hint: Her name is Amy.; 1/20/19, 9:41 PM
Laura said...: And the rat bastards aren't all they're cracked up to be: https://aeon.co/essays/the-devotion-of-the-human-dad-separates-us-from-other-apes.; 1/20/19, 9:50 PM
Meade said...: Great article, Laura. I sent it to my daughter this morning and she loved it too.

What I would give to have my dad back. Even if just for 1 long weekend.; 1/20/19, 9:55 PM
Big Mike said...: @chickenlittle, I do. Sky is nearly cloudless here in Virginia, and the moon is very clearly visible except for the part that's fuzzy-looking because of the earth's shadow. But we're limited as to how long we can look because it's freaking COLD here. (Althouse would like the weather, though.); 1/20/19, 9:55 PM
walter said...: RBG will soon appear..in "The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part."; 1/20/19, 10:01 PM
Meade said...: Just in from observing with binoculars. Outstanding. Thermometer says 2 but it feels much nicer than that — more like a cool refreshing -6.; 1/20/19, 10:03 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: TomTom beats Indian; 1/20/19, 10:04 PM
mockturtle said...: I'm crushed over KC's loss. Crushed. What a great player Mahomes is! With a better defense they would have easily won. Or, if that one guy hadn't committed an illegal procedure penalty on that interception play, the Pats wouldn't have gotten the ball back. Oh, well. Sad. :-(

Probably skip the Superbowl. New England and Los Angeles. Ugh.; 1/20/19, 10:10 PM
narciso said...: Here's a story that was missed:

https://www.defensenews.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/01/14/how-the-us-and-china-collaborated-to-get-nuclear-material-out-of-nigeria-and-away-from-terrorist-groups/; 1/20/19, 10:18 PM
Mark said...: The Moon is disappearing!

Damn global warming. Damn Trump. Damn anti-choicers. Damn those Catholic school boys!; 1/20/19, 10:22 PM
Laura said...: "What I would give to have my dad back."

Second that. Paid homage to my dad and took the toddler and the dog out for a very brisk walk that they both sorely needed, though I forgot to put mittens on the toddler after getting the collar on a very excited dog. He would have remembered the mittens and brave the cold more often.; 1/20/19, 10:30 PM
I Have Misplaced My Pants said...: Off topic: Who's got a good view of the eclipse tonight? I've got a great view on my back patio. Clearing skies, too.

Crystal clear in South Texas. We bundled up the kids (it's a chilly 45 out here tonight) and one of the teens made a nice rich hot chocolate for sipping while viewing. Mr. Pants the photographer got some beautiful clear shots, better than anything I've seen on the news or on social media. The red moon was magnificent. No wonder the ancients were terrified. Our (and its) Creator is mighty indeed.; 1/21/19, 12:03 AM
Michael McNeil said...: Here on the Central Coast of California, it was raining and socked in — but then it cleared up, leaving just a few fluffy clouds decorating the vicinity of the moon — just as it was starting to come off totality. Spectacular! Oh, and the temperature? A chilly 48° F.!

I thought Murphy was going to get us, as he eats so many astronomical phenomena — but instead he just had a little joke, while rubbing in the lesson of being on our toes.; 1/21/19, 12:48 AM
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Rusty said...: "What I would give to have my dad back. Even if just for 1 long weekend."
Even for just a minute.; 1/21/19, 5:48 AM
iowan2 said...: Going through my parents papers we acquired after my mom's passing due to the cold and snowing weekend. I'm now retired, but you never think of your parents being young and crazy. My antics were eyebrow raising. My dad's activities... were stuff of local yore. Mom was WWII nurse in Belgium months after D Day. Seems nurses cut a pretty wide swath. Sure miss them.; 1/21/19, 6:35 AM
rhhardin said...: 2nd day after freezing rain, antenna still gracefully arced over under the weight of ice. No melting in sub-zero temperatures.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/rhhardin/32950507888/sizes/o; 1/21/19, 7:17 AM
Kevin said...: Tapper: So, what’s the difference, though, just help me understand, between your previous positions, which you characterize as wrong and not empathetic, and President Trump’s positions today that you call racist?

Gillibrand: So, what President Trump is doing is creating fear and division and a darkness across this country that I have never seen before.; 1/21/19, 7:21 AM
Jaq said...: Gillibrand was representing the interests of the people in her district before. Now she’s representing the interests of the economic elites. She’s clearly a flip flopper and can’t be trusted. She would never have won in her district had she run representing the hyper-wealthy, but that’s what’s demanded of her now. I *almost* feel sorry for her.; 1/21/19, 7:35 AM