Althouse: At the Friday Night Cafe...

May 10, 2019

At the Friday Night Cafe...

... you can talk about what you like.

63 comments:

Jersey Fled said...: Second!; 5/10/19, 8:57 PM
Birkel said...: Going to claim second.
After the deletion.; 5/10/19, 8:58 PM
Bay Area Guy said...: Warriors!; 5/10/19, 8:59 PM
Be said...: If you are worried about Sounding Boring, maybe your action is off. not to mention the narrative.

https://youtu.be/KJUU274KTd0; 5/10/19, 9:01 PM
Browndog said...: You should do an ONT (over-night-thread) on Althouse music. Curious to see the range of music Althouse readers have.

Sorry about the rant on the baby bump pic--I should have respected your blog enough to pretend I'm not tired of pretending that women aren't women, and the only one's pretending women aren't women are other women.

Still, sorry about the language.; 5/10/19, 9:04 PM
Bay Area Guy said...: Mueller probably won't testify before Nadler's stupid little committee. Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan will tear him up and the Dems also will be pissed about his Russian collusion exoneration and indicision on the obstruction.

Mueller is weak.; 5/10/19, 9:20 PM
Michael K said...: Wolverines!

Hey, just realized it's been 25 years since that movie was released...

Watched it last night. They changed the ending in the theatrical version. The Director's versions is better.; 5/10/19, 9:34 PM
stephen cooper said...: Me and the guardian angels of my parents are praying this afternoon, as the sun heads towards the west over the Pacific, for the parents of a dear friend, whom I have known a very very long time.
God loves us all, particularly the humble and the contrite at heart.; 5/10/19, 9:42 PM
Narr said...: Whatever we like . . . I know, ME! Just kidding.

Somebody mentioned our range of music. I do ME ME ME ME ME. Just kidding.

But all seriousness aside, I'd like to ask Robert Mueller the following, under oath:

Do you promise to covet property, propriety, security, surety, and not hurt the State?

Narr
His face was ajar, like a Mason's

P.S. Now the damn capcha thing expects me to tell one kind of tree from another!; 5/10/19, 9:46 PM
Guildofcannonballs said...: Wisened, I rather let the impocucks inform my understanding of pertinent concepts attention ought be paid to.; 5/10/19, 9:50 PM
Unknown said...: Music
The Ramones covered by a Canadian band.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzULTOOcAbs; 5/10/19, 9:56 PM
Sebastian said...: "I wonder how many people who haven't given birth have any idea this is the reality: You still look pregnant after you have a baby. I didn't know that until I had a baby myself. There's an immense coverup"

Sorry about bringing this on from the other thread, but I want to make an OT comment:

This Althouse post, which makes a point that would seem bizarre to anyone I know, right or left, shows why the Dems always have a chance: when it comes to women's bodies, all bets are off.; 5/10/19, 9:57 PM
gilbar said...: Dr K?
In 25 words or less; how did it change? Do we still win?; 5/10/19, 9:58 PM
traditionalguy said...: Tomorrow we go way up north , north to Alaska, the rush is on. We want to see if we can see Russia from there. Why? Why not. And it's the last State that we have never been in.; 5/10/19, 10:00 PM
Quayle said...: Movin to Montana soon.
Gonna be a dental floss tycoon.; 5/10/19, 10:03 PM
gilbar said...: north to Alaska, the rush is on.
watch out for Ernie Kovacs, he's not to be trusted; 5/10/19, 10:10 PM
Sheridan said...: Quayle - congratulations on your move! Lots of great places to live and visit, here in Montana!; 5/10/19, 10:32 PM
Michael Fitzgerald said...: Sebastian@9:57PM Are you saying that the point about the mother's not instantly reverting to regular size would seem weird, or that Althouse not assuming that that is common sense and common knowledge is weird?

Althouse trolls her readers now and then, and occasionally deliberately provokes contention, but feminist and gay topics bring out the code pink in her. I think that's what she did here, make an ass out of u and me thinking that men are ignorant about the properties of human skin.

I like the pictures of fat people, super fatties like three or four hundred pounds overweight, after they drop a few hundred and there are reams of skin hanging off them like an emptied bag. They get too small for their own skin.; 5/10/19, 10:36 PM
Sheridan said...: Zappa LOVED Montana!; 5/10/19, 10:41 PM
mockturtle said...: I emailed Trump today urging him to hang tough with China. The market's freaking out, of course, but tariffs are the right tool at the right time. At least the market had a comfortable margin to fall from. Xi probably never thought Trump would go through with it, knowing what would happen. Yay Trump!; 5/10/19, 10:49 PM
StephenFearby said...: Trump's hat tip to Mad Magazine...

'President Donald Trump tested out a new nickname for 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg in a Politico interview published Friday.

“Alfred E. Neuman cannot become President of the United States,” Trump said of the South Bend, Indiana mayor, who is currently polling third, behind former Vice President Joe Biden and independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders...'

https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/10/trump-nickname-mayor-pete-buttigieg/; 5/10/19, 10:52 PM
Yancey Ward said...: Wow, what a 2nd half performance by Steph Curry! You could just see, when it was tied with about 4 1/2 minutes left, that the Rockets knew they were going to lose. No Durant, Curry scoreless in the 1st half, and all the Rockets could manage was to be tied at half time. Sheesh.; 5/10/19, 10:54 PM
narciso said...: My understanding is the tariffs reduce chinas comparative advantage over us,for reasons unclear the lobbyists seem very eager to maintain that.; 5/10/19, 11:01 PM
Yancey Ward said...: Here is puzzle for the commentariat. What do these basketball players have in common?

Blake Griffin
Hasheem Thabeet
James Harden
Tyreke Evans
Ricky Rubio
Jonny Flynn; 5/10/19, 11:02 PM
narciso said...: Wait what?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/05/10/could-amber-rudds-attack-tory-parade-wives-mean-leadership-pact/; 5/10/19, 11:03 PM
mockturtle said...: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/05/10/could-amber-rudds-attack-tory-parade-wives-mean-leadership-pact/

As I no longer subscribe to The Telegraph, I was unable to read much of the article and what I did read made no sense. Care to summarize?; 5/10/19, 11:09 PM
Guildofcannonballs said...: Now I didnt hav to won do is.

But Bernie acknowledging these, as young as &, identified, and then in high school, aren't biologically programed to kill and hate is tantamount to treason for CA or NJ or NY or others to not say.

The brand is biology determined why Marx won long ago.; 5/10/19, 11:12 PM
Bay Area Guy said...: @Yancey - all picked (woefully) before Curry!; 5/10/19, 11:16 PM
narciso said...: Maybe this version makes more sense:

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1125591/theresa-may-leadership-contest-amber-rudd-jeremy-hunt-dominic-raab-conservative-news-uk; 5/10/19, 11:17 PM
Guildofcannonballs said...: The indoctrinations are ridiculous and funny: but don't you never stop paying.

And those paid, sometimes, might not put on as much make-up as you like, but forever they
have, and forever they will, get paid while you impocuck complain.; 5/10/19, 11:19 PM
Guildofcannonballs said...: Justice Roberts are you there?

Really?; 5/10/19, 11:20 PM
mockturtle said...: Thanks, narciso. Still unclear what 'leadership contests' are.; 5/10/19, 11:38 PM
Yancey Ward said...: BAG,

Yes. Of course, Griffin and Harden have been and are All-Stars, but the other 4.....wow.; 5/10/19, 11:42 PM
Ralph L said...: What do these basketball players have in common?

I've never heard of them.
Actually, that's what all NBA players have in common except LeBron and Curry--only because he went to Davidson.; 5/10/19, 11:45 PM
StephenFearby said...: John Kass, word slinger...

"The public faking of sincerity is an underappreciated, yet dark and unctuous art, practiced with great skill by Roman senators, French courtiers (just before the advent of the guillotine) and, yes, Washington politicians.

Fear is a different creature. There is no need to fake it. It shows itself on the faces of intriguers in Washington as it would have shown itself on the faces of macaques in a laboratory or on some 15th century jester in a painting. We are all primates.

The lips curl back, there is a witless acceptance of threat and the showing of teeth, of gums.

But in Washington, they don’t call it fear. They pretend, rather, that it is the anger of the righteous. Yet it is fear just the same, that treacly Washington bureaucratic and political fear.

It belongs to the intriguer, and is the fear of finally being found out, discovered, of losing one’s place in the hive, at the salon, a fear not only of the loss of reputation, but of the loss of income and status and power. The fear of the loss of face, the fear of ridicule.

It is the same fear that was felt in Rome and later in pre-revolutionary France, and now they feel it in Washington.

And the man who is causing it all is Attorney General William Barr..."

https://outline.com/xcMZWR; 5/10/19, 11:57 PM
walter said...: Blogger Sebastian said...

"I wonder how many people who haven't given birth have any idea this is the reality: You still look pregnant after you have a baby. I didn't know that until I had a baby myself. There's an immense coverup"

Sorry about bringing this on from the other thread, but I want to make an OT comment:
This Althouse post, which makes a point that would seem bizarre to anyone I know, right or left, shows why the Dems always have a chance: when it comes to women's bodies, all bets are off.

5/10/19, 9:57 PM
Really?
If there is a common denial of the physiological ravages of birth, addressing that is somehow bizarre?
Bizarre indeed.; 5/11/19, 2:15 AM
H said...: That was then, this is now.

Dec 1, 2017: "[S]ome legal experts are raising the question of whether Flynn just implicitly admitted to another crime: violating the Logan Act. ...... That sure sounds like it's possible Flynn or other Trump officials was trying to meddle in foreign affairs before he was a representative for the government, said Stephen Vladeck , a law professor at the University of Texas. [T]he law is pretty clear that you need to have permission from the government to do something, and it doesn't look like Flynn had permission to talk to Russians about sanctions while the Obama administration was still in power. 'It sure looks like this is Logan Act violation,' [Vladeck] said." from WaPo "Did Michael Flynn just admit to violating the Logan Act? by Amber Philips

May 7, 2019: "Stephen Vladeck , a law professor at the University of Texas, said the law is a red herring — since it’s never been used to prosecute anyone — and almost certainly would not apply to anything Kerry is doing. 'The act only applies to conduct that is designed to ‘defeat the measures of the United States’ or influence the conduct of foreign governments.'" from weekly standard, "Logan Act should be repealed," by Mark Philips, quoting a passage from the Boston Globe.; 5/11/19, 4:01 AM
stevew said...: 60 degrees and sunny is forecast for today. Taking mom-in-law to see her grand kids and great-grand kids. Weather looks dandy for a visit to Harraseeket for some Lunch and Lobster. First trip of the year, should be wonderful. And, no, we won't be stopping by LL Bean for a visit. I may have to wear my boots though.

Wishing you all a wonderful day and happy Mother's Day to all the moms.; 5/11/19, 4:56 AM
tim in vermont said...: H, Only on days of the week that end with a ‘y’ will the law be interpreted to the advantage of Democrats. All other days, the Republicans get the advantage. So it’s fair.; 5/11/19, 4:57 AM
Humperdink said...: "An Australian school renamed Mother's Day, calling it “Acknowledgment Day” as the principal stated, “We no longer subscribe to a binary world.”

Delusional lefties are not limited to the United States.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/47049/australian-school-renames-mothers-day-principal-hank-berrien; 5/11/19, 5:58 AM
stevew said...: @Humperdink

I think we need a different word for that, "delusional" doesn't quite describe and capture the full extent of the idiocy.; 5/11/19, 6:07 AM
rhhardin said...: The argument against tariffs that doesn't come up in the populist news (podcast 2008)
https://www.econtalk.org/don-boudreaux-on-globalization-and-trade-deficits/

Worrisome to skip the globalist argument.; 5/11/19, 6:12 AM
rcocean said...: Hilarious Ben Shapiro-BBC interview online, where Shapiro makes a fool of himself and walks out of "Hostile" interview - i.e. where he was asked questions about his comments.

Didn't know much about Shapiro before now. Labeled a conservative, he didn't support Trump in 2016, and claims he's still not sure if he will in 2020. He's now the laughing stock of England, after proclaiming that well-known British Conservative Andrew Neil is a "Leftist" and accusing the government subsidized BBC of "Making money" off him.

After viewing it, the BBC panel snipped that if Shapiro is the best American Conservative Intellectual, its a "very thin" movement.; 5/11/19, 6:13 AM
PJ said...: Oh, it’s a binary world, all right. Survive or perish.; 5/11/19, 6:16 AM
Humperdink said...: Unhinged?; 5/11/19, 6:18 AM
stevew said...: Yes, that's better - they've lost contact with reality and psychotic is too strong.; 5/11/19, 6:24 AM
wwww said...: "after proclaiming that well-known British Conservative Andrew Neil is a "Leftist""

How strange. Shapiro didn't have to do extensive research to discover this basic information. He could have read Neil's Wikipedia page before the interview.; 5/11/19, 6:37 AM
Humperdink said...: Re: Shapiro. Not always, but intelligence and wisdom can be mutually exclusive terms.; 5/11/19, 6:45 AM
tim in vermont said...: If tariffs are so bad, why do Europeans maintain them against US autos? Ford is stopping making cars altogether with the exception of the Mustang, which you know they will be forced to sell off.

I guess I will listen you your link next time I am driving somewhere, but honestly, arguments that the US benefits from shipping work overseas and then buying the products cheap, if that is what it is going to be, fall on deaf ears for me if by “benefit” you mean that the wealthy benefit because BMWs are cheap at the price we pay and the class that earns their living by manipulating money or buying and selling benefits, because they don’t care where anything is made, while the working class lose high value jobs, but it’s worth it on account of how much the rich benefit...

It will be pretty interesting too if there is a cogent argument that the US should maintain open markets while nobody else does. To me that seems like playing poker with opponents who are all using marked cards, and you decide on principle that you are going to ignore the markings.; 5/11/19, 6:48 AM
Hagar said...: Still unclear what 'leadership contests' are.

The political parties in the U.S. seem to be considered as some kind of public utilities. Thus Bloomberg and Trump could run as Republicans simply by registering themselves as Republicans, and there was not much the party regulars could do about it but indignantly sputter.

In most other places the political parties are distinctly private organizations, and a politician aspiring to be prime minister, or just a minority party leader, must first stand for election to be the party leader at a party convention and win the post before going on to lead the party in the following general election.

Thus, Maggie Thatcher never lost a general election; she was brought down by a coup organized within the Conservative Party at the party convention.; 5/11/19, 6:51 AM
wwww said...: "I wonder how many people who haven't given birth have any idea this is the reality: You still look pregnant after you have a baby. I didn't know that until I had a baby myself. There's an immense coverup"

The uterus takes several weeks to shrink back to normal size; it takes several weeks for the water retention to drain. It's hard to tell if Meaghan gained any extra weight, or if it's all water retention and organ expansion. Childless friends may not visit immediately after the birth, and may not understand the uterus-shrinking and water-retention stuff. They tend to think it's a question of gaining weight during pregnancy or not.; 5/11/19, 6:53 AM
tim in vermont said...: Comey didn’t charge Stewart with insider trading. Instead, he claimed that Stewart’s public protestations of innocence were designed to prop up the stock price of her own company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, and thus constituted securities fraud. Stewart was also charged with making false statements to federal officials investigating the insider trading charge — a charge they never pursued. In essence, Stewart was prosecuted for “having misled people by denying having committed a crime with which she was not charged,” as Cato Institute Senior Fellow Alan Reynolds put it.

Yeesh.; 5/11/19, 6:56 AM
narciso said...: Maybe be 5hiught it was andrww marr:
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/05/the-week-in-pictures-nadlering-nabob-of-nihilism-edition.php; 5/11/19, 7:08 AM
rhhardin said...: Shapiro strikes me as sure of himself but too young to know better, maybe popular with young people. I can't imagine old people following him.; 5/11/19, 7:10 AM
narciso said...: Andrew marr is a very left BBC presenter who nonetheless caught the Brexit wave in 'head of state's his dark Roman a clef,; 5/11/19, 7:20 AM
Fritz said...: There's a more than a passing resemblance between Pete Buttigieg and the actor who plays "Sneaky Pete", Giovanni Ribisi. Just saying'.; 5/11/19, 7:25 AM
Michael K said...: Blogger StephenFearby said...
John Kass, word slinger...

Kass is the reason I still read the Tribune. That and to keep up on crime in the neighborhood I grew up in.; 5/11/19, 9:31 AM
mockturtle said...: Thanks, Hagar. I wasn't sure which process it referred to. And the 'parading of wives' had me confused as well. It was the Britspeak, I guess.; 5/11/19, 9:41 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: This kinda clears things up...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7012485/Father-Colorado-school-shooter-Alec-McKinney-serial-felon-illegal-immigrant.html; 5/11/19, 10:08 AM
mockturtle said...: B.B., thanks for the link to the very illuminating article! Having alternative news sources is yuuuge!; 5/11/19, 10:36 AM
Jim at said...: Here is puzzle for the commentariat. What do these basketball players have in common?

Blake Griffin
Hasheem Thabeet
James Harden
Tyreke Evans
Ricky Rubio
Jonny Flynn

Who are six people who've never been in my kitchen?; 5/11/19, 1:59 PM
mockturtle said...: Six guys I have NOT had sex with.; 5/11/19, 4:11 PM
madAsHell said...: Why did the kids at the Colorado STEM school yell “mental health”??

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7012485/Father-Colorado-school-shooter-Alec-McKinney-serial-felon-illegal-immigrant.html; 5/11/19, 6:10 PM