Althouse: At the Saturday Night Cafe...

April 6, 2019

At the Saturday Night Cafe...

... you can talk about whatever you want.

54 comments:

Birkel said...: First?
How is everybody?; 4/6/19, 9:03 PM
Birkel said...: First after six tries.
Holy cow the system is buggy.; 4/6/19, 9:04 PM
narciso said...: Just another day in the neighborhood:

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1110826/paris-fire-explosion-flat-19-arrondissement-rosa-parks; 4/6/19, 9:06 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: How is everybody?

Deep In The Heart of Taxes; 4/6/19, 9:16 PM
Original Mike said...: First full day of yard work in Madison.

Apparently, snow shoveling muscles are not the same as lawn raking muscles.; 4/6/19, 9:24 PM
Bay Area Guy said...: I'm am looking forward to watching Barr testify at Nadler's committee.

That will be a hoot.; 4/6/19, 9:25 PM
buwaya said...: A fine silly movie on Youtube, "The Best of Enemies", David Niven, Alberto Sordi, 1962
British and Italians in Ethiopia, 1941 (filmed in Israel, the Negev).
The actual campaign wasn't quite as much of a farce as this thing is.
Underrated and nearly forgotten, but worth a look.; 4/6/19, 9:27 PM
ndspinelli said...: It's refreshing seeing cowboy hats in Minneapolis.; 4/6/19, 9:35 PM
Temujin said...: Spartans are getting raided.; 4/6/19, 9:38 PM
Bay Area Guy said...: I'm reading a good book - "The Trial of Socrates" by I F Stone. Yes, Stone was a communist sympathesizer, perhaps even a paid stooge for the Soviets.

But Stone writes well,is easy to read, and gives a good refresher for the Antiquity stuff you learned if you went to a decent High School.

Socrates was generally skeptical of democracy - thought the mob had too many dumbshits to make sound policy.

It's a good read. I'd recommend it.; 4/6/19, 9:41 PM
narciso said...: He was against the oligarchy which had taken over Athens
https://spectator.us/boom-autopsy-media-mueller/?fbclid=IwAR2bTYyodrGCrL_OtYjmXGKkbQSS8L0UYsW2RwkojjK3enUJrogAoIk0mxk; 4/6/19, 9:42 PM
stephen cooper said...: I read a positive review of that book by I.F. Stone when it came out, apparently poor Stone decided, when he was very old, to learn classical Greek: he really tried to understand Socrates. Maybe that was his way of repenting for a lifetime of lies - let's hope so.

God I wished I lived in the Bay Area I would spend tomorrow taking a nice walk in the Sunol Park, where I once climbed a cliff and almost fell from a 40 foot height in 1975, but didn't.

And yes I know nobody calls it the Sunol Park. Except me, because, in memory at least, it is my park ---- probably the most beautiful place I have ever been. Even better than that part of Paris where the Seine forms an island with a cathedral on it, even better than those mysterious and blessed parts of the Atlantic coast where I used to go on dates with women who liked going on dates near the beach.

Tmrw I will prbly at least see a nice sunrise and see Virginia in April, so there is that.; 4/6/19, 9:48 PM
narciso said...: More likely he saw himself in the role of martyr like Socrates, Stephen cooper persecuted by the national security state, imagine if Vietnam had gone on for 30 some years from Johnson to Bush sr.; 4/6/19, 9:54 PM
narciso said...: That was the idea behind one crazy episode of the series sliders where the great proxy war had occurred in Australia, not indochina; 4/6/19, 10:07 PM
Fen said...: "Spartans gettting raided"

75-74 or 99-98?

Sorry, I don't know why but I've always hated Basketball. Bet you could play the tournament 8 times and get 8 different winners with avg point margin of 2.

Too easy to score. 100-99 is aprrox 100 goals. Can you imagine Hockey with 100 goals per game? Just tune into to the last 2 mins to see if the final is 85-84 or 84-85. Winner is the one who shoots last.

...sorry, I'm just incredibly grouchy right now. Grumble grumble.; 4/6/19, 10:08 PM
stephen cooper said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 4/6/19, 10:10 PM
steve uhr said...: fake news we can all agree on, WP tweeted that auburn beat Virginia.; 4/6/19, 10:12 PM
Michael McNeil said...: I enjoyed that I.F. Stone book many years ago. (I'd say if one were to want to learn a whole language just to be able to read some books, Ancient Greek wouldn't be a bad choice….); 4/6/19, 10:17 PM
narciso said...: It was an interesting choice Joe Heller revisited that same era in picture this, the part that doesn't occur in 17th century Holland; 4/6/19, 10:38 PM
Big Mike said...: @steve uhr, did they really tweet that? Heck, once upon a time one could at least trust box scores in the Post.; 4/6/19, 10:45 PM
narciso said...: Heller, as you may have guessed from catch 22, isnt really a fan of democract.; 4/6/19, 10:53 PM
wildswan said...: I wonder if we would lose anything significant if Wisconsin seceded from Madison. We could gerrymander UW-Madison into our part but call it UW-Monroe. Who knows the diff between the early Presidents beginning with "M"? And if we put the new capital in Coulee country we could get rid of all the liberal legislators and justices. They wouldn't go there. Oh, Freedom! And they could keep the capital building and fill it with an equal number of reps doing equally little and the media could report on them just as much saying just as little. Only we wouldn't have to pay for it. And if they experimented with social engineering it would be on themselves. So that would stop that. I see no downside.; 4/6/19, 10:58 PM
narciso said...: Madison gave us William appleman William's who inspires the local weatherman cell, you cant really divorce it from the history of progressivism in that state. It usually doesn't dominate like its west coast analog berkeley.; 4/6/19, 11:19 PM
Yancey Ward said...: A tough loss for Auburn. That blown double dribble call was particularly atrocious- seriously, it is one of the easiest calls to get right in basketball, and the referee has no real excuse since it was clearly dribbled off his own foot. However, the foul call was correct at the end.; 4/6/19, 11:49 PM
mockturtle said...: My younger daughter happened to draw Texas Tech in the office pool so if they win on Monday, she wins the pot! They looked great tonight and I thought Virginia was a little off [and won by a gnat's eyelash] but it could all change in a couple of days.; 4/6/19, 11:57 PM
eric said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 4/6/19, 11:59 PM
eric said...: Trump tweeted out three tweets tonight that read like this:

We have redeployed 750 agents at the Southern Border’s specific Ports of Entry in order to help with the large scale surge of illegal migrants trying to make their way into the United States. This will cause traffic & commercial delays until such time as Mexico is able to use....

....it’s powerful common sense Immigration Laws to stop illegals from coming through Mexico into the U.S., and removing them back to their country of origin. Until Mexico cleans up this ridiculous & massive migration, we will be focusing on Border Security, not Ports of Entry....

....In the meantime, the Democrats in Congress must help the Republicans (we need their votes) to end the horrible, costly and foolish loopholes in our Immigration Laws. Once that happens, all will be smooth. We can NEVER allow Open Borders!

Now, I don't know if I just have a Donald J Trump translator in my pocket, or if some people just can't understand our President.

But some people, even allies, have interpreted these tweets to mean he's sending more agents to the Ports of Entry.

Specifically this part:

We have redeployed 750 agents at the Southern Border’s specific Ports of Entry in order to help with the large scale surge of illegal migrants trying to make their way into the United States.

But given the context of the rest of what he wrote, I read this as him saying they are pulling 750 Officers (He calls them Agents) away from specific ports of entry. I read it this way because later he writes:

This will cause traffic & commercial delays

If you add more Officers to the Ports of Entry, that won't add commercial and traffic delays, that'll reduce traffic and commercial delays.

Therefore, I think my interpretation and understanding of our President is better than many others.

What say you?; 4/7/19, 12:00 AM
Achilles said...: Father takes children and flees Sweden to seek asylum in Poland.

"Denis Lisov came to Sweden seven years ago. In 2017, his wife fell ill, whereupon social services decided to take away his children on the grounds that he had no full employment and was therefore unable to take care of them. Instead, they were placed in a Muslim Lebanese family. Lisov’s family formally retained the custody of the children, but only had the right to see them six hours a week, the Swedish news outlet Samhällsnytt reported."

This man did what he had to do. Sweden hates the people that live there.

I have two daughters.

If they are taken from me and given to Muslims pray for the world.; 4/7/19, 12:04 AM
mockturtle said...: Eric, I heard him today and it sounded to me like he was moving agents to ports of entry that have the largest influx of immigrants. But I could be wrong. I live on the border and, believe me, it's a mess. Unfortunately, just because it's Trump calling it an emergency, the TDS crowd refuses to believe it. This 'catch and release' law has got to stop.; 4/7/19, 12:06 AM
eric said...: Blogger mockturtle said...
Eric, I heard him today and it sounded to me like he was moving agents to ports of entry that have the largest influx of immigrants. But I could be wrong. I live on the border and, believe me, it's a mess. Unfortunately, just because it's Trump calling it an emergency, the TDS crowd refuses to believe it. This 'catch and release' law has got to stop.

That's how others are reading it.

But I just don't get it. If he moves officers from the ports of entry to the border patrol stations that are getting the largest number of asylee's, that makes sense to me. Because then the ports would gain a lot of traffic and commercial flow would slow.

I don't see how they will have more traffic if they add agents.; 4/7/19, 12:09 AM
mockturtle said...: I can't speak for all border states but here in AZ we have both ports of entry and checkpoints on the freeways, both manned by Border Patrol agents. Since both trucks and cars must go through these checkpoints, fewer agents would mean fewer lanes. My daughter recently flew into Phoenix and rented a car to drive to Yuma. When she came to the checkpoint station on I-8, she thought she was accidentally heading toward Mexico!. The agents reassured her that she was not. :-); 4/7/19, 12:19 AM
Bruce Hayden said...: Exciting news yesterday on the Mueller front. The DC Circuit essentially said, in McKeever v. Barr, that grand jury testimony can only be released if pursuant to a specific exception under Rule 6(e) of the federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. No fuzzy balancing of equities allowed. Congress and the Special Counsel are not within the specific list of exceptions. That means that, absent an en bang reversal, the Dems are not getting the unredacted Mueller report. Probably weren’t going to get it anyway, but this presumably gives AG Barr (yes, the same “Barr” in the case caption) an unquestionable defense to complying with the expected Dem House subpoenas.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/mueller-report-attorney-general-grand-jury-information/
https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/C303D80209541E01852583D3004E0F21/$file/17-5149.pdf; 4/7/19, 12:20 AM
eric said...: Blogger mockturtle said...
I can't speak for all border states but here in AZ we have both ports of entry and checkpoints on the freeways, both manned by Border Patrol agents. Since both trucks and cars must go through these checkpoints, fewer agents would mean fewer lanes. My daughter recently flew into Phoenix and rented a car to drive to Yuma. When she came to the checkpoint station on I-8, she thought she was accidentally heading toward Mexico!. The agents reassured her that she was not. :-)

4/7/19, 12:19 AM

They have Border Patrol Checkpoints in every southern border state.

But I don't think he was talking about the checkpoints. That wouldn't just slow down traffic and commerce from Mexico, it would slow it down in the USA.; 4/7/19, 12:28 AM
Crazy World said...: My current borders are the Pacifc Ocean.; 4/7/19, 12:45 AM
Ken B said...: Making Zuber wallpaper. Incroyable. https://kenblogic.blogspot.com/2019/04/zuber-wall.html; 4/7/19, 1:16 AM
reader said...: As a native Californian of 52 years the checkpoints on the 5 and 15 are closed more often than they are open.; 4/7/19, 2:02 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Open Borders democrats are gonna make 9/11 costs look like an affordable night out.
This congress has to go!; 4/7/19, 2:27 AM
reader said...: 52 years. It’s not this congress.; 4/7/19, 2:30 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: reader... Don't think I could take 52 years. Many of my (used to be friends) are open borders geeks, born of privilege, in crackertown suburbs, full of their superior "Humanism". In the street they're called "chumps".; 4/7/19, 2:53 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: We need a hard pull on the tiller to correct our course. Can't envision from whence it comes.
Increase in depressed young people/fentanyl ODs. Like children of an alcoholic family.; 4/7/19, 2:58 AM
reader said...: It seems like it makes so much sense. Close the borders. Then work to to give status to those who are here. The groups without recourse would dry up. The lower end/under the table jobs would fight to fill positions (disappear). The cost of goods/services would go up. Consumers would moan. Lobbyists would petition for more lower skilled labor. They would be allowed in, vetted hopefully, and protected with rights. But that’s racist/nationalist/wrong.; 4/7/19, 3:10 AM
reader said...: I don’t like line jumpers at Disneyland, why would I like them for my country?; 4/7/19, 3:24 AM
Big Mike said...: Tom Izzo is a great coach with a excellent team. They played Michigan three times and know that team well. So it seemed to me that if any coaching staff could look at the tapes of last Sunday’s game of Texas Tech vs. Michigan and in six days come up with a strategy to beat the Red Raiders defense it would be the MSU Spartans. Now Virginia has only today and part of tomorrow to figure out how to beat that defense. Lots of luck you Cavaliers.; 4/7/19, 4:18 AM
Big Mike said...: I think Trump has an excellent strategy for closing the borders: get to 51% of the Hispanic vote. At that point the Democrats will support the Wall, they will support razor wire on top of the Wall, they will even support guard towers with machine guns and flame throwers on the border.

And six weeks ago Politico admitted his support was above 40%. And climbing.; 4/7/19, 4:28 AM
stevew said...: "At that point the Democrats will support the Wall, they will support razor wire on top of the Wall, they will even support guard towers with machine guns and flame throwers on the border."

Agree. You know what else will cause them to support such things? A Democrat as POTUS.

In other news: color is slowly returning to my area of the Northeastern US. Willows are yellow, Ash are red, crocus are up, bulbs are pushing up green shoots, and the lawn is greening.

I love this time of year.; 4/7/19, 6:05 AM
DrSquid said...: Can't stand what happpened to Auburn in the closing seconds of their game vs UVa. The foul call was clearly a foul and Guy made the 3 free throws to win the game, no argument. The uandeniable truth is that the double dribble seconds before the foul should rightly havve given the ball back to to Auburn, no possibility of controversy had the ref only recognized the violation taking place right before his eyes. So tired of incompetent referees determining outcome, especially in games of this of games of this magnitude.

I'm sure we all remember the outrage in 2015 when the Badgers were allowed 3, count 'em 3 illegal goals, a total of 6 points, to win their national semifinal game vs UK, ending the Wildcats undefeated season. Amirite?!? Never gonna get over that one.

Shows, doesn't it?; 4/7/19, 7:03 AM
Professional lady said...: Speaking of Russian collusion, I just saw the documentary "The Russian Five." Loved it. It was about how the Detroit Red Wing organization drafted 5 Russian hockey players in the late 80's - 90's. These players were instrumental in building a team that won their first Stanley Cup since 1955. It's interesting from the standpoint of how they got these players out of Russia, how they adjusted to life in the US, and how the team came together after some resistance/resentment of the other players. Of course, being a Michigander, I am biased, but it's a great story for anyone who is a hockey fan.; 4/7/19, 7:05 AM
narciso said...: Back after a bit:
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/04/mueller_express_fails_to_deliver_democrats_head_for_the_abyss.html; 4/7/19, 7:38 AM
Limited blogger said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 4/7/19, 9:15 AM
walter said...: Re Achilles link, noteworthy that the placement was about 186 mi away (though not the 300 article initially suggests).
You would think Sweden's big Gov would have taken advantage of the guy's underemployment and supported him as a single Dad instead of such a ridiculous diversity play.; 4/7/19, 11:29 AM
Michael K said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 4/7/19, 12:28 PM
Michael K said...: So tired of incompetent referees determining outcome, especially in games of this of games of this magnitude.

How about that blown call in the playoff football game? The Rams arrived early. Very early.; 4/7/19, 12:29 PM
mockturtle said...: How about that blown call in the playoff football game? The Rams arrived early. Very early.

No question: Worst football ref call ever. Saints were cheated bigly.; 4/7/19, 2:34 PM
Fen said...: 75-74 or 99-98? Sorry, I don't know why but I've always hated Basketball. Bet you could play the tournament 8 times and get 8 different winners with avg point margin of 2.

Too easy to score. 100-99 is aprrox 100 goals. Can you imagine Hockey with 100 goals per game? Just tune into to the last 2 mins to see if the final is 85-84 or 84-85. Winner is the one who shoots last.

63-62 final. The winner was the one who shot last. Did I not call it?; 4/7/19, 5:27 PM