Althouse: At the Sunday Night Café...

March 3, 2019

At the Sunday Night Café...

... you can talk about whatever you want.

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Birkel said...: Can we talk about base loads and how energy storage is not sufficient to satisfy demand using only 'green' fuels?
Shall we talk about the former head of Greenpeace abusing the Green Nude Eel nonsense?; 3/3/19, 7:45 PM
FullMoon said...: Record rain and snowfall in California.

Our next drought begins in seven or eight weeks.; 3/3/19, 7:46 PM
Inga...Allie Oop said...: “Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) disclosed on Saturday that he will vote in support of a resolution this month to block President Trump's emergency declaration, reports the Bowling Green Daily News.

"I can’t vote to give the president the power to spend money that hasn’t been appropriated by Congress. We may want more money for border security, but Congress didn’t authorize it. If we take away those checks and balances, it’s a dangerous thing."

Axios; 3/3/19, 7:50 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: Of Mice & Men?

will The Professor doodle up an "humanized" Mouse?

https://www.theepochtimes.com/government-extends-contract-for-mice-humanized-with-aborted-organ-tissue_2822708.html; 3/3/19, 7:51 PM
Michael K said...: Record rain and snowfall in California.

I can only hope, but doubt, that the Oroville dam has been repaired.

California is what happens when sanity fades ion the ruling class.

If only Pat Brown could be returned.; 3/3/19, 7:52 PM
FullMoon said...: Under President Trump, U.S. manufacturers posted their best year in two decades, the government reported Friday.

The manufacturing industry created a net 284,000 jobs in 2018, its best performance since 1997. The Labor Department said manufacturers added 32,000 jobs in December.

Most of those new jobs were in durable goods such as fabricated metals and electronics.

Mr. Trump has made job growth in manufacturing a priority. In 2017, factories added 207,000 jobs, for a two-year total of 491,000.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jan/4/manufacturers-under-donald-trump-had-best-year-job/; 3/3/19, 7:55 PM
traditionalguy said...: There is a coming release of info that Trump has kept Classified since September at the British Government's request. It will reveal that Obama's Intelligence Community ( Clapper, Brennan, Comey and Strozek) were using the Brits to do the access illegally the NSA Data that spied on Trump and Cruz for Years before and during the 2016 Election cycle and also spied on Chief justice Roberts and 130+ Members of Congress to gather blackmail material.; 3/3/19, 7:57 PM
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daskol said...: Candace Owens debuts a new program with a long interview of Roseanne Barr. Worth a watch, although it drags at times in between all the bomb dropping.; 3/3/19, 8:07 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: Darlings,
thar be a good, steady breeze tonight!
Finally get to watch a little TV !
Hoist the mainsail!; 3/3/19, 8:09 PM
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Mr. Majestyk said...: Someone should tell Rand that Congress has already authorized what Trump is doing on the border when it enacted the National Emergencies Act of 1976.; 3/3/19, 8:13 PM
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Inga...Allie Oop said...: Confusion abounds.

“The Trump re-election campaign sparked widespread confusion inside the Trump administration and the cellular wireless industry on Friday night when it advocated for a nationwide "wholesale" 5G network, which was 180 degrees from official White House policy.

Driving the news: For months, 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale had been arguing for this policy on Twitter, but had been clear it was his "personal opinion." But now, Politico had a Trump campaign spokesperson, on the record, seeming to present a major government intervention in 5G as the campaign's official position.”

https://www.axios.com/trump-campaign-5g-policy-db27ffe5-3ed7-4267-94b1-1d399176e9c0.html; 3/3/19, 8:18 PM
Martin L. Shoemaker said...: An entirely self-interested suggestion for anyone looking for their next fiction read: Today I Am Carey. Releases Tuesday.

Booklist says: Shoemaker's story of an artificial life coming to terms with its own emotional world finds its place among the long and varied tradition of explorations of robot–human relations, falling much closer to the gentle utopian vision of Asimov than the grim and satirical Sladek. Recommended for any reader, genre or otherwise, looking for a pleasant and engaging read.

Publisher's Weekly says: Kindness, love, and compassion make Carey an empathetic character through which to view Shoemaker’s complex, beautiful world.

Library Journal says: Carey serves as a caretaker for three generations of humans, experiencing holidays, weddings, birth, illness, death, and everything in between. Shoemaker does a fantastic job of showing the meaning of these milestones through Carey’s almost childlike point of view, and Carey’s development as a character is fascinating.

An Alzheimer's patient faces the end of life in the care of an android who can emulate her absent family and comfort her in her delusions; and caring for her sparks the beginning of sentience in the android. After she passes, it joins her family, caring for them through four generations. Through the android's eyes we see birth and death, joy and pain, friendship and work. It's about life -- and an android's memories.; 3/3/19, 8:20 PM
cubanbob said...: traditionalguy said...
There is a coming release of info that Trump has kept Classified since September at the British Government's request. It will reveal that Obama's Intelligence Community ( Clapper, Brennan, Comey and Strozek) were using the Brits to do the access illegally the NSA Data that spied on Trump and Cruz for Years before and during the 2016 Election cycle and also spied on Chief justice Roberts and 130+ Members of Congress to gather blackmail material."

If only Trump would release all of that and the rest. Then prosecute them all including Hillary.; 3/3/19, 8:23 PM
narciso said...: Hold your horses:

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/02/hold-the-hysteria-over-trumps-emergency-declaration.php; 3/3/19, 8:23 PM
fivewheels said...: Got an order confirmation email from Amazon today. In it, they tried to push the Michelle Obama book on me. Trust me, they have no reason to believe I'd be interested in that. In fact, I haven't bought a book from Amazon in probably over a year. Why would that be the thing they linked to, when the algorithm would presumably have much better luck selling me ramen from Japan or a new coffee maker? Bias creeping in again, where it's not wanted and not useful.; 3/3/19, 8:27 PM
Drago said...: traditionalguy: "There is a coming release of info that Trump has kept Classified since September at the British Government's request. It will reveal that Obama's Intelligence Community ( Clapper, Brennan, Comey and Strozek) were using the Brits to do the access illegally the NSA Data that spied on Trump and Cruz for Years before and during the 2016 Election cycle and also spied on Chief justice Roberts and 130+ Members of Congress to gather blackmail material."

There have been lots of rumors about the obama admin potentially spying on Ted Cruz as well as DJT, but we will need to see the evidence first for that.

It's quite believable of course, given the astonishing amount of illegal spying on American citizens, congresspersons and Senators by the obama admin.

FISA Court Judge Collyer's report which indicated that up to 85% of all FISA database queries/searches over a lengthy period of time were improper and violated FISA rules is just the beginning.

We had both Brennan and Clapper having to walk back their lies under oath about spying on American's/US govt officials. Brennan was forced to apologize. Under oath.

Of course, the rule at Althouseblog is that as soon as any obama admin official admits something under oath it is immediately labeled as "propaganda" by the usual suspects here.; 3/3/19, 8:28 PM
Ralph L said...: Record rain and snowfall in California

We just watched a rerun PBS "Nature" show on Yosemite that kept bemoaning the dryness and increasing heat.

One thing they never show is where the snowmelt is before it gets to the waterfalls (which are in dire need of turbines for electricity generation).; 3/3/19, 8:38 PM
Inga...Allie Oop said...: I’ve been reading the book Althouse mentioned yesterday, “Early Riser”, really good premise, ice age and hibernation set in the future. There are The Sisters of Perpetual Conception with names like Sister Fallopia, Sister Contractia, Sister Vulvodina, Sister Zygotia, who religiously try to keep the human race from dying out. The population hibernates over the extreme winter and it’s not without danger as the science isn’t quite perfected yet.; 3/3/19, 8:42 PM
Chuck said...: Michael K.;

Here in the Sunday Night Cafe', I'd like to apologize to you for the name-calling that I engaged in recently the last time you and I tangled. My apology is unconditional. I am not negotiating anything in return. And as with all good apologies, I say to you I will never do it again.

Now, having made that clear (and that you owe me absolutely nothing in return for it), I would nevertheless like to ask in the interest of honest debate and the interchange of honest information, where did you get the story (a supposed story, that the legitimate press has ignored) that there was a payoff to a 19 year-old accuser of Rep. Adam Schiff in a sexual misconduct claim? I had tried to make the point that the story appears to have oozed out of the QAnon/4Chan fever swamps. That it was such a volatile allegation, at a time when the nation's attention is going to be increasingly focused on Rep. Schiff as Chairman of House Intel, is what really pissed me off. I don't think that any reputable news outlets -- even pro-Trump conservative sites -- have touched the story. It is such a rotten, ugly story that it is even hard to find places where anybody takes it on to debunk it. Snopes.com did, as I indicated previously.

So I am coming back to you after an unconditional apology, Michael K; what's the deal with that Schiff allegation that you made? Where did it come from and who exactly is backing it? What is it based on?; 3/3/19, 8:46 PM
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narciso said...: Sounds right up there with shamrock/minaret the NSA data mining program in the 70s, the problem is ot seems to miss any real threat, see Las Vegas Boston Orlando. The last is a sentence in mccabes memoir, which is so weak no ghost would admit to being involved with it.; 3/3/19, 8:55 PM
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narciso said...: Which explains why x men eclipsed them.; 3/3/19, 8:59 PM
Howard said...: Eddie Haskell thinks he's Johnny Holmes; 3/3/19, 9:01 PM
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narciso said...: It's just striking how actual statutory precedent can be ignored rr thr latest emergency order, and fusion concocted frummery Is the order of the day.; 3/3/19, 9:07 PM
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narciso said...: So avenatti is pushing the case behind r Kelly, facepalm with an old one:

https://pjmedia.com/trending/dancing-on-a-powder-keg/?fbclid=IwAR2aaLxI1HdEJ6Tsy7Qw0BlDiMlGFS4JKZ42OUwb13M8UC_40iO0vhghS0I; 3/3/19, 9:10 PM
Howard said...: Gals like to wear different hats, so what's the big deal?; 3/3/19, 9:11 PM
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daskol said...: Roseanne really seems to lose steam by the 2nd half of the interview. Candace Owens is pretty game throughout--she's going to get good at this.; 3/3/19, 9:11 PM
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Kathryn51 said...: My Sunday Night Café comment: Althouse - Love the color photos. I assume that it is evidence of excellent recovery from your cataract surgery. Hope it's a harbinger of more to come.; 3/3/19, 9:12 PM
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Michael K said...: Chuck, There are lots of rumors about Schiff. The only way we will know for certain is to find out who got paid how much from the Congressional slush fund. That was my point.

I accept that you are a competent lawyer but you sure get yourself into a tizzy about stuff. Snopes is well known to be a leftist apology site.

A friend of one of my sons ran against Schiff in his second election. That district had been Rogan's who had been the House "prosecutor" in the Clinton impeachment. The Democrats went all out to defeat Rogan and take the district. Schiff won that race with huge amounts of money. Since redistricting and the Democrats' take over of California, Schiff has a safe seat. My son is planning where they will move once he can retire. California is going down the drain.; 3/3/19, 9:14 PM
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Howard said...: Isn't Mick Jagger Justin Trudeau's Bio Dad?; 3/3/19, 9:18 PM
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narciso said...: No he resembles somebody else look at that face compared to someone 60 years baCk:

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/03/03/rand-paul-announces-he-will-vote-with-democrats-against-president-on-border-emergency-declaration/#more-160737; 3/3/19, 9:19 PM
Drago said...: Howard: "Isn't Mick Jagger Justin Trudeau's Bio Dad?"

Gotta be.

There's no way Pierre pulled that off.

Same with Chelsea's "real dad".........H. R. Pufnstuf.; 3/3/19, 9:20 PM
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narciso said...: Laws were we are going we dont need laws:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/03/03/exclusive-attorney-general-abandons-time-limit-unilateral-exit/; 3/3/19, 9:25 PM
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Humperdink said...: One wonders why a commenter would resort to changing his/her moniker regularly. Almost as though they are hiding something. Reminds of that Obama cabinet official who used a pseudo-name in her email account. That was to avoid detection and only one name ..... that we know of *cough*.; 3/3/19, 9:28 PM
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narciso said...: You know if only they had been as generous to hirai ali
https://m.independent.ie/world-news/middle-east/i-made-a-huge-mistake-says-isil-fighter-husband-of-uk-teenage-runaway-37874953.html; 3/3/19, 9:29 PM
Inga...Allie Oop said...: Another Loony toons who may soon be sitting his ass in jail.

“Trump friend Roger Stone suggests Robert Mueller 'framed' him in Instagram post that could violate gag order.

Roger Stone on Sunday suggested he has been "framed" by special counsel Robert Mueller in an Instagram post.

The post appeared to run afoul of Judge Amy Berman Jackson's barely week-old gag order barring President Donald Trump's long-time friend Stone from criticizing the prosecutors in the criminal case against him.

Mueller has accused Stone of lying to Congress about his efforts to have WikLeaks release information before Election Day 2016 in an effort to damage Hillary Clinton's candidacy.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/03/roger-stone-suggests-robert-mueller-framed-him-despite-gag-order.html; 3/3/19, 9:29 PM
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narciso said...: Mueller usually let's them die in prison, like those two who took the fall for bulger's hitman Barbosa, yes like the shepherd murderer he was in jail for un related offenses.; 3/3/19, 9:34 PM
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narciso said...: Ivins was obliging enough to kill himself, turns out he couldn't have perpetrated the anthrax attack, hatfill has been rebuilding his reputation. After kristoff enabled muelle; 3/3/19, 9:37 PM
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Drago said...: narciso: "Mueller usually let's them die in prison, like those two who took the fall for bulger's hitman Barbosa, yes like the shepherd murderer he was in jail for un related offenses."

Yep, the Boston Judge in that case ripped Mueller for allowing 2 innocent men to rot away and die in prison for a crime that Mueller and his henchmen knew they didn't commit.

And on the day the Judge released the remaining 2 of 4 men in Prison because of the Mueller henchmen BS, Mueller didn't even have the decency to cross the street to sit in the courtroom as representative of his FBI office.

This is precisely the sort of guy, Mueller, who did in fact hide from Congress the fact that the Putin pal affiliated company that was purchasing our Uranium was up to its eyeballs in criminal activity and active investigations.

Mueller hid that from Congress, which is why the deal went thru.

Followed by $500,000 paid to Billy Clinton for a single one hour "talk" in Moscow with Putin's pals and then, one after another, Putin pal "donations" to the Clinton Foundation, eventually reaching the sweet sweet total of $145 Million dollars.

But hey, what's a little "profiting" off your office amongst insider pals/friends.......?; 3/3/19, 9:39 PM
Inga...Allie Oop said...: “Stone deleted the only image in that multi-image post that included "Who framed Roger Stone" language shortly after CNBC emailed his lawyer to ask about it.”

LOL! Trump sure has nice friends.; 3/3/19, 9:40 PM
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I'm Full of Soup said...: I am a Phillies fan as was the onetime long gone beloved Althouse commenter Bishoff (?). The Phillies signed Bryce Harper this week so I had a very good week. Almost as good as Trump's.; 3/3/19, 9:42 PM
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narciso said...: Not to mention his previous representation of Facebook (hey isnt there a controversy related to facebook) or taking speaking fees from banamex, or his firm representing Deutsche bank, wait that can't be right. How about the qatari hackers that lifted the info of 1200 persond; 3/3/19, 9:43 PM
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narciso said...: Including fmr us intelligence analysts and at least one researcher from think progress, that information was leaked to the post and it provided a host of leads, to Mueller, you see how this works.; 3/3/19, 9:45 PM
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narciso said...: A continuiity, Mueller presides over 14 uninterfered plots many of those McCabe oversaw the surveillance and or prosecution. Comey took over his rapping for HSBC obviously was more of a hobby (btw guess which firm would snap up whatever part of Arthur Andersen was left after accrnture.; 3/3/19, 9:52 PM
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narciso said...: This is the most recent element, the previous iterations are linked:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.dailycaller.com/2019/02/04/left-wing-researcher-russian-collusion-qatari-hacking; 3/3/19, 9:55 PM
iowan2 said...: Mueller has accused Stone of lying to Congress about his efforts to have WikLeaks release information before Election Day 2016 in an effort to damage Hillary Clinton's candidacy.”

There is no truth in any part of that statement.

This whole affair is such a scandal, the left is forced to make shit up because thats all they have. Just like hate crimes, they have to fake.; 3/3/19, 9:55 PM
Inga...Allie Oop said...: “Seb Gorka No Longer a Contributor at Fox News”
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/seb-gorka-no-longer-a-contributor-at-fox-news/

Hahaha! This guy reminds me of Drago.; 3/3/19, 9:56 PM
narciso said...: Muellers client list was revealed In June 2017, in politico, his firm's representation of conflicted parties is a little harder to discern,; 3/3/19, 9:57 PM
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Inga...Allie Oop said...: “John Bolton tries to play clean up after Trump's Otto Warmbier remarks”
https://www.axios.com/john-bolton-trump-otto-warmbier-north-korea-e5de14bc-3584-43ef-a087-21b74c97a58b.html

Cleanup in Aisle 9!; 3/3/19, 9:59 PM
narciso said...: Remember how they harped on Ken Starr's client list ad infinitum:

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/08/robert-mueller-counsel-financial-records-241414; 3/3/19, 10:00 PM
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narciso said...: It's enough to make you go Hmm
https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/insights/news/deutsche-bank-route-66-ventures-and-wilmerhale-partner-with-startupbootcamp-fintech-new-york; 3/3/19, 10:03 PM
Inga...Allie Oop said...: Drago, you’ve been squirming for the last several weeks. It’s been pretty obvious.; 3/3/19, 10:04 PM
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narciso said...: Now this fellow not only represented qatari invEsters but the lead player in black cube:

https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/people/stephen-pollard; 3/3/19, 10:06 PM
Inga...Allie Oop said...: Let that sink in, “just the start”.

Rep. Debbie Dingell on what Michael Cohen's testimony means for future investigations of President Trump
Michael Cohen's testimony is just the start of what House Democrats have planned for investigating the president; insight from Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, co-chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee.; 3/3/19, 10:07 PM
narciso said...: That fellow also was an investor in cambridge analytica, which was a rival to Facebook, black cube is much like the firm that Is being sued under seal at the supreme court.; 3/3/19, 10:09 PM
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narciso said...: Admittedly some of these connections are tangential but no more than the ones that forced sessions or berman to recuse, so rosenstein and/or khuzaimi could do their thing.; 3/3/19, 10:13 PM
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narciso said...: Oh so gun running to Mexican cartels is a mere flap:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/observer.com/2012/06/jerry-nadler-says-feds-didnt-give-a-satisfactory-response-to-his-call-for-a-probe-into-nypds-handling-of-occupy-wall-street/amp/; 3/3/19, 10:17 PM
Drago said...: Well, I certainly hope the Trump administration is EVERY BIT as "cooperative" with congress as obama's was......

.......LOL; 3/3/19, 10:18 PM
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narciso said...: Nadler was so much of a rubber stamp, the sap hadn't solidified yet:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonexaminer.com/house-moves-closer-to-removing-irs-chief%3f_amp=true; 3/3/19, 10:20 PM
Inga...Allie Oop said...: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/03/mark-warner-trump-russia-collusion-1200571

”Warner: ‘Enormous amounts of evidence’ of possible Russia collusion

The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday lawmakers have found "enormous amounts of evidence" into potential collusion between the presidential campaign of Donald Trump and the Russians during the 2016 election.“; 3/3/19, 10:20 PM
Drago said...: "”Warner: ‘Enormous amounts of evidence’ of possible Russia collusion"

LOL; 3/3/19, 10:21 PM
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Chuck said...: Snopes.com has a rather pristine reputation for lack of political bias:

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/snopes/

Meanwhile, no one has identified a single source or news outlet that backs up the claim that Snopes debunked; the faked story that there was a sex misconduct settlement made for Rep. Adam Schiff. And I have looked! There’s nothing out there; the Snopes story was by far the clearest in reporting where and how it originated. It crawled out of faked Wikipedia page entries, Facebook posts and blog entries. It’s garbage; not one of has supplied any reliable information to rebuild what Snopes knocked down.

I continue to post links and .url’s to back myself up. None of you are doing the same to back up this phony story about Chairman Schiff.; 3/3/19, 10:22 PM
narciso said...: I mentioned two abuse of power, one was about arming cartels (whose head was recently convicted) the other a use of regulatory power to suppress opposition speech; 3/3/19, 10:22 PM
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narciso said...: But holder got away with abetting criminal cartels and koskinen suppressing the tea party so as to allow Obama to win.; 3/3/19, 10:25 PM
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Inga...Allie Oop said...: “Get in there Chuck, you pal Inga needs the support!!”

I don’t need help kicking your metaphorical ass Drago, you make it easy to do.; 3/3/19, 10:27 PM
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narciso said...: Now I'm sure I could wrangle up story where the successor to Mr. 'Dissolve the Senate' whose father held the seat for 25 years prior, ran interference for the Clintons; 3/3/19, 10:33 PM
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Lewis Wetzel said...: 3/3/19, 10:21 PM
Blogger Chuck said...
Snopes.com has a rather pristine reputation for lack of political bias:
Good Lord. The most opaque "fact check" site on the internet?
Snopes, like virtually every other "fact check" website, publishes op-eds that it claims are non-partisan and unbiased. How in the world can any adult be so naive as to believe a selr-proclaimed "fact check" web site is unbiased? It is mind boggling.; 3/3/19, 10:35 PM
Drago said...: American Carnage.

4 thousand American citizens murdered.
Thousands of children assaulted and raped.
Tens of thousands of Americans assaulted.

None of them are named Heather Heyer, therefore they don't matter and they never existed.

That's why Inga laughed at the idea of the Angel Mom's at the State of the Union and to this day, has refused to even write the names of the 2 girls machete'd to death by Inga's "Spark of Divinity" MS13ers.

I guess those girls had it coming.

Again, they were not named Heather Heyer.; 3/3/19, 10:38 PM
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Chuck said...: Lewis what exactly did Snopes get wrong, in reporting on the phony story about Schiff?

You guys can’t even get your fake stories straight; Michael K said it was a $250k payoff. In December, Full Moon claimed it was $400k. You seem to be making it up on the spot as you go.

FullMoon said...
There have been 268 cases where Congressmen have used the slush fund put aside for them to pay off (mostly) women who make sexual allegations against them. 17 million $ of taxpayer money has been used from that slush fund. Including $400,000 from Adam Schiff for a 19 year old boy

12/18/18, 10:40 PM; 3/3/19, 10:42 PM
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Drago said...: LLR and Admitted Smear Merchant Chuck: "You guys can’t even get your fake stories straight; Michael K said it was a $250k payoff. In December, Full Moon claimed it was $400k. You seem to be making it up on the spot as you go."

Are you daring to suggest FullMoon and/or Michael K are smearing someone?

Well, I certainly hope you have some definitive proof of that Mr Da Nang Dick Blumenthal-cuckholster!; 3/3/19, 10:44 PM
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Fen said...: Chuck: "Snopes.com has a rather pristine reputation for lack of political bias"

Are you stupid or corrupt?

The only reason the Fact Check industry exists is to feed propaganda to people too lazy to think for themselves, people swayed by appeals to authority.

I've challenged Snopes on issues I've been directly involved in. They got it right 50-50, maybe 60-40 if I'm being generous.

But even a 99% value wouldn't matter. That's how card sharks con their marks. They are "honest" all night, even calling their own fouls, all towards setting up that hand where you go all in. Then that Ace comes up from their sleeve.

Weren't you the one lecturing the rest of us to think for ourselves?; 3/3/19, 10:46 PM
narciso said...: Dont know, the Senate intelligence committee is very diligent on leaking fisa warrants to an enterprising (ahem) reporter, but of their own practices, it's like a black box.; 3/3/19, 10:47 PM
narciso said...: Getting back to bonfire, is most Washington reporting better sourced than Peter fallows, he at least tried to ascertain Henry lambs bonafides.; 3/3/19, 10:52 PM
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Inga...Allie Oop said...: Way too much stuff is making it onto these threads that comes directly from 4 Chan and such places. What are you people going to do when these things don’t come to pass? Sad that adults who are not imbeciles are getting sucked into such conspiracy sites and theories. Really pathetic.; 3/3/19, 10:53 PM
narciso said...: Once upon a time I though rzra Klein and davr Weigel m werent very sharp. They are journolists although cilizza is unusually dense.; 3/3/19, 10:54 PM
narciso said...: But enough about Brian Ross Eric lictblau and j Jason leopold, just three random names with omelet on their face; 3/3/19, 10:57 PM
narciso said...: Lichtblau was on a similar tear against Alberto Gonzalez nearly 15 years ago. Receiving tips from all the usual suspects; 3/3/19, 10:59 PM
Churchy LaFemme: said...: This is, like, the worse cafe thread ever!

Some sad news:

Cartoonist Gahan Wilson is suffering from advanced dementia

Wilson is the H.P. Lovecraft of cartoonists, and my be the only Playboy cartoonist to never have drawn a naked woman.; 3/3/19, 11:00 PM
narciso said...: Brian Ross was a party to the kangaroo court against palin when she dismissed a rogue patrolmen with cause, and they filed a host of ethics complaints against her.; 3/3/19, 11:02 PM
narciso said...: Cant say I heard of him, but losing his wife must be have been a great shock; 3/3/19, 11:07 PM
Fen said...: Inga: "What are you people going to do when these things don’t come to pass?"

LOL. From the director of "Waiting For Mueller"; 3/3/19, 11:10 PM
narciso said...: I spelled my theories, not from a press release, which is seemingly what Mueller does . A Portuguese man o war is less leaky.; 3/3/19, 11:13 PM
Churchy LaFemme: said...: Cant say I heard of him

You've probably seen his work at one time or another, his style is quite distinctive. Here's one of his most famous, and another very typical one that caught my eye in a quick image search.; 3/3/19, 11:14 PM
narciso said...: This was a few days ago:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/heavy.com/entertainment/2019/03/christian-bach-dead/amp/; 3/3/19, 11:15 PM
narciso said...: She was the blonde Latin version of Susan Lucci or perhaps younger Morgan Fairchild; 3/3/19, 11:17 PM
Inga...Allie Oop said...: LOL! What next?

https://www.inquisitr.com/5322508/someone-apparently-submitted-a-forged-nomination-of-donald-trump-for-the-nobel-peace-prize-twice/

“Someone in the United States really wanted to Donald Trump to win the Nobel Peace Prize, and reportedly submitted a forged nomination for him to receive the prize – two forged nominations, in fact.

As The New York Times reported, police in Oslo, Norway, have launched an investigation after receiving a pair of nominations from someone in the United States for Trump to win the esteemed honor. The nomination committee announced the apparent forgery this week, which has now attracted the attention of both the Oslo police and the FBI.”; 3/3/19, 11:25 PM
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narciso said...: Gosh where has she been hiding:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6765165/Joss-Stone-plays-worlds-unlikely-gig-crowd-70-war-torn-country.html; 3/3/19, 11:26 PM
FullMoon said...: Time will tell who has fell...

"Republican Introduces Bill That Would Name People In Congress Who Settled Harassment With Taxpayer Funds"
https://www.usapoliticstoday.org/republican-bill-congress-settled-harassment/; 3/3/19, 11:37 PM
narciso said...: Maybe electing socialists didnt help things
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1095061/euro-EU-news-brexit-news-spain-PMI-manufacturing; 3/3/19, 11:42 PM
eddie willers said...: Why are you guys worrying so much about Inga? She never puts up original thoughts and I doubt she has changed the mind of a single person reading her "arguments.

Just scroll down quickly like I do with Chuck and Ritmo.; 3/3/19, 11:43 PM
Mark said...: Looks like she has mellowed over the years

As well as an entire change of character and manner of speech. As if she's an entirely different person (as well as a different Blogger profile number) from the AllieOop who was an advocate of medicalized death while denying the existence of death panels and was all over the map on abortion.; 3/3/19, 11:46 PM
stephen cooper said...: The actor who played "Rollo", the young and cool 'street-smart' friend of Fred Sanford's oldest son, has passed away at the age of 80.

And thus "Sanford and Son" joins the ranks of so many other situation comedies where all the regular and recurring cast members, or all but one, have passed away (the actor who played Fred Sanford's long-suffering son is still alive, and from Hogan's Heroes the guy who played the captured French resistance fighter is still alive, and from Beverly Hillbillies the actor who played Jethro is still alive, and from the Munsters the actress who played Wednesday is still with us - as is the young guy with the Beatle haircut from the later seasons of Are You Being Served?).

Life may be long or it may be short but be kind to somebody today. Or be brave on somebody's behalf. Or send a check to somebody who desperately needs a few bucks. Or just leave somebody alone who wants to be left alone. Life is easier, sometimes, when one reflects on how short it is.; 3/4/19, 12:03 AM
jaydub said...: eddie willers said... "Just scroll down quickly like I do with Chuck and Ritmo."

I just wish Inga and Drago would move in with each other so they could just roll over in bed and insult each other. In fact they probably spend more time in conversation than 95% of other couples, so sounds like it would be a marriage made in heaven.

As an interim solution, if you click next to their names Firefox hides the comment, which is what I do with both. Not sure if other browsers do the same. I only endure them to get to Narciso's links, which are usually interesting.; 3/4/19, 12:11 AM
narciso said...: Thanks I spend a fair amount of time, gathering them, sometimes thr links have extra code.; 3/4/19, 12:31 AM
jaydub said...: "Maybe electing socialists didnt help things"

Exactly. The last time the economy in Spain was truly crappy was just coincidentally the last time we had a socialist government. Every 5 - 7 years - when it gets too prosperous around here - the Spanish elect the socialists to give the economy an enema. We always get some nice growth after they're kicked out again, but boy is it shitty in the interim.; 3/4/19, 12:32 AM
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Freeman Hunt said...: Who's read Permutation City, and who liked it? And if you liked it and know of another book along the same lines, what is it?; 3/4/19, 1:15 AM
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Chuck said...: Almost 200 posts and no one has supplied the slightest hint of any support for the fake story that there was any settlement of a purported sexual misconduct claim for Rep. Adam Schiff. Nothing. Not a thing from any of you.

What a filthy, phony, nasty rumor to spread. Disgusting.; 3/4/19, 4:38 AM
Big Mike said...: @Chuck, and when we do find the proof do you promise to go away and never come back?; 3/4/19, 5:12 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Michael K... Having begun my Snopes (rather intensive) usage in 2007, I have been stunned by the revisionist site's evolution for years now. Complete reversal of Clinton (Bill) era known, widely published facts became the order of the day. Dems have been busy scrubbing the internet for years now. During the runup to 2008 there were lots of pics of Hildabeast Bar hopping with "The Little People". Tossin em down with her peeps. Can't find those pics since after her loss to Obama.; 3/4/19, 5:21 AM
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Chuck said...: What -- exactly -- did Snopes get wrong in THIS report?; 3/4/19, 5:35 AM
Chuck said...: Oso Negro said...
Dear Althouse - Can't we just have a spinoff Chuck and Inga blog? It would make the rest of of the posts ever so much more enjoyable.

Unless you have something substantive on the phony Adam Schiff "settlement" claim, why don't you just sit this one out?

Your personal attacks and clutter are adding nothing.; 3/4/19, 5:41 AM
iowan2 said...: Your right Chuck. SNOPES does a perfect job of creating a straw man, and doing a thorough thrashing. Any monkey at a keyboard can pick an internet posting and disprove it. Micheal K made clear it was a rumor, and the people need a list of all the congress critters that have used the slush fund to pay off hush money.

That's the story. Does SNOPES say that's a hoax?

That's the story you should be chasing down.

At this time there is more evidence against Schiff, than we ever had against Trump. Zero reasons to launch any investigation.; 3/4/19, 5:57 AM
Rusty said...: Blogger Howard said...
"Gals like to wear different hats, so what's the big deal?"
Not a damn thing ,dude. If you're into that sort of thing.
Just askin' Do you get the matching bag and shoes?
3; 3/4/19, 6:04 AM
Humperdink said...: Good grief, Chuck claims Snopes is unbiased? Wowee! How can a guy with zero credibility go even lower?; 3/4/19, 6:07 AM
Jimmy said...: I have always skipped the trolls responses, and the responses to the trolls. This blog has become nothing more than an attempt by pathetic trolls to hijack every thread, to create problems, and to satisfy what ever it is that causes trolls to be idiots. It has gotten so bad, that skipping over the childish behavior by the trolls and their detractors, leaves nothing left to read.; 3/4/19, 6:10 AM
Chuck said...: iowan2 said...
Your right Chuck. SNOPES does a perfect job of creating a straw man, and doing a thorough thrashing. Any monkey at a keyboard can pick an internet posting and disprove it. Micheal K made clear it was a rumor, and the people need a list of all the congress critters that have used the slush fund to pay off hush money.

That's the story. Does SNOPES say that's a hoax?

That's the story you should be chasing down.

At this time there is more evidence against Schiff, than we ever had against Trump. Zero reasons to launch any investigation.

No, it started out with Michael K reporting as fact that there had been a settlement for Schiff. Nothing about any "rumor."

And that is what Snopes went after directly; the fake, concocted story that there had been a settlement for Schiff. Snopes' reporting was a model on how to take down one of those faked rumors.

And again I say -- because I want to grind on this -- none of you have come up with a scintilla of evidence that there was ever a settlement for Schiff. Your suggestion that the phony rumor about Schiff makes it imperative that there be a full disclosure of House settlements is much like Donald Trump's claim that there needed to be an investigation of Barack Obama's birth certificate. A hoax, in search of some supporting evidence.

I do want to note something here; and that is that Michael K is not the only Althouse commenter to have trafficked in the Schiff phoniness. Others have as well. Each and every repetition of the story deserves the harshest condemnation.; 3/4/19, 6:15 AM
Ann Althouse said...: I know I used my catchphrase "... you can talk about whatever you want," but you can't talk about WHOEVER you want, HOWEVER you want.

I do not accept back-and-forth comments about an individual named commenters, including the comments by the person that gets named over and over again. It is STUPID and BORING and it drives good people away. I will not let you ruin MY forum with that crap. I can't possibly monitor and delete everything in this category, but you have to help me or YOU are part of the problem. So my time was wasted this morning deleting a hundred comments that shitted up this cafe and I feel wronged by so many of you, including the asshole who took the time to write that I am not enforcing my new rules.; 3/4/19, 6:18 AM
Guildofcannonballs said...: Someone rid me of this meddlesome Schitt.; 3/4/19, 6:19 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "I have always skipped the trolls responses, and the responses to the trolls. This blog has become nothing more than an attempt by pathetic trolls to hijack every thread, to create problems, and to satisfy what ever it is that causes trolls to be idiots. It has gotten so bad, that skipping over the childish behavior by the trolls and their detractors, leaves nothing left to read."

I agree.

These people are manifesting that they don't care about me. They are not good faith commenters. They're not about free speech, having fun, or getting serious. It's either trolling or some idiotic narcissism (and some game of responding to every single person who names you every damned time they name you, the back and forth that drives the comments up to 200). I regard it as intentional destruction of the blog I've worked on for 15 years.; 3/4/19, 6:27 AM
Chuck said...: Jim said...
I have always skipped the trolls responses, and the responses to the trolls. This blog has become nothing more than an attempt by pathetic trolls to hijack every thread, to create problems, and to satisfy what ever it is that causes trolls to be idiots. It has gotten so bad, that skipping over the childish behavior by the trolls and their detractors, leaves nothing left to read.

Jim, this is one of Althouse's "café" posts. As stated on the front page: "At the Sunday Night Café... you can talk about whatever you want."

And what I wanted, was an answer to my unfinished business with the claim that a large sexual misconduct claim was made on behalf of Adam Schiff.

For my part, I comment on only a small percentage of Atlhouse's daily blog posts. Most of her posts have no comment from me at all. And in the vast majority of comments pages where I do post, my first comment is directly related to the subject matter. After which, a large handful of Althouse commenters attack me personally.

This time, on this "café" page, I am taking on the Adam Schiff rumor and I am asking others to stay out of it unless they have some substance to add. And naturally if anybody wants to talk about something entirely different I have no problem with it and no standing to object to it.

Adam Schiff is going to be in the news a lot in coming weeks. And insofar as Trump supporters want to knock Schiff down, I want to make them as uncomfortable as possible if they traffic in the phony "settlement" story.; 3/4/19, 6:27 AM
stevew said...: Right on Ann.

8-10" of fresh snow overnight, still coming down. No cardinals, male or female, are in sight. If there are rats they are running around under the snow.

One of the local news stations opines that President Trump is likely to have a more difficult political week this week after last week's disasters. Huh?

Have a good one.; 3/4/19, 6:29 AM
iowan2 said...: Chuck all of your whining is pointless. Politics is mostly unsubstantiated rumor. CNN and MSNBC program the stuff non-stop. They have no facts.

You think the activity is a grand honorable endeavor.

Chuck is the self identified President Trump SMEAR merchant.

Start haranguing the media to get a list of all the congress critters that have used the congressional slush fund. Exactly like President Trumps taxes, all we can do is assume that Schiff did sexually assault an underage boy, until we see the the list of slush fund congress critters, it's a fact.

Still waiting for that first fact the FBI used to launch an investigation, that included capturing political campaign communications, and inserting spies into a political campaign.; 3/4/19, 6:29 AM
Ann Althouse said...: The stuff about Schitt is fine.

But here's something I need you to do, including iowan2 (at 6:29): DON'T NAME ANOTHER COMMENTER WHEN YOU'RE DISAGREEING WITH HIM, ESPECIALLY IF THE NAME IS CHUCK OR INGA. I do not want to see these 2 names repeated over and over again. It looks like a pointless, childish game. If you seriously want to argue on the substance, quote the person and disagree with the material posted. Don't make it about the person.

I'm not banning all name calling, but I am vigilant about any name that gets repeated in back-and-forth fashion, as happens with Inga and Chuck. I don't care WHY it happens with those 2 names and I don't want to talk about it. I'm just saying I don't want to see it any more. And don't start up again with the topic of sockpuppets, which was repeated over and over in comments I deleted.; 3/4/19, 6:37 AM
Chuck said...: Althouse; a blog that you "have worked on for 15 years..."

Are you really comfortable with your comments pages being used for the kind of defamation we see in the Adam Schiff example?; 3/4/19, 6:38 AM
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