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August 1, 2019
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Got a message from one of the peripherals who had a conversation with her bleeding heart, Hillary loving ,live long Democrat:
"Was chatting with (redacted). I said, I don’t want to talk politics but blah blah. She said, my mom and I who vote Democrat were just talking. My mom is 100% voting trump and I will too. The democrats are fricking nuts...forgive college debt, insurance for immigrants, BS!
I feel safe in ignoring the debates because, by the time I get to vote on anything, most of these jokers will be gone.
Nice butterfly shot!
Yang can keep his $1000. If Tulsi clinches the nom we're all gonna get lei'd!
Swallowtail babies are wonders of nature which look like bird poop but smell worse.
We get loads of those eastern tiger swallowtails along with loads of monarchs this time of year in upstate NY.
Porn Star 101 - Yell and Swallow.
Nice pic
FullMoon, you know when there's only one Democratic candidate, very much supported by the media, that everybody like that will follow.
"World's first AI bar opens in London"
Which reminded me, the real horrors of AI will probably be similar to those presented in an amusing episode of "The X-Files" entitled "Rm9sbG93ZXJz" (S11.E07). Even machines like money.
Quick Gabbard vs. Harris debate roundup.
He was wearing the MAGA hat that he had purchased earlier in the day at Trump Tower.
[Jahangir Turan] says the group of about 15, er, "kids", yeah, that's the ticket, "kids", yelled "Fuck Trump" and stomped on him. One of them smashed his head into a scaffold. Turan says he suffered a fracture in his cheek and a badly swollen eye. He's awaiting an eye specialist to determine if there is any permanent damage to his sight.
I know a couple of Warren voters, and the reason I think Bernie is toast is because they blame Sanders for Hillary’s loss. They can claim that Hillary is all in the past, but it’s like the French or the Germans, I forget, used to say about the Alsace , “Never speak of it, never forget it."
Swallowtails are the state insect/butterfly of Georgia plus another half dozen states, while the Wisconsin state insect is the honeybee.
"yelled "Fuck Trump" and stomped on him. One of them smashed his head into a scaffold. Turan says he suffered a fracture in his cheek and a badly swollen eye.”
Do you think he would be protected by an anti-lynching law? it probably would have an exception for when lynching was "justified."
The Justice Department has decided against prosecuting former FBI Director James Comey for leaking classified information following a referral from the department’s inspector general, sources familiar with the deliberations told Fox News.
“Everyone at the DOJ involved in the decision said it wasn’t a close call,” one official said. “They all thought this could not be prosecuted.”
Comey penned memos memorializing his interactions with President Trump in the days leading up to his firing. He then passed those documents to a friend, Columbia University Law Professor Daniel Richman, who gave them to The New York Times. Comey admitted to that arrangement during congressional testimony.
After the fact, the FBI classified two of those memos as “confidential.”Comey penned memos memorializing his interactions with President Trump in the days leading up to his firing. He then passed those documents to a friend, Columbia University Law Professor Daniel Richman, who gave them to The New York Times. Comey admitted to that arrangement during congressional testimony.
Dems are immune from prosecution
Oops, wrong link above
judge in stone's case, (who defended William Jefferson) won't let see the unredacted document at the heart of his case,
I got a trial lens kit and frame, figured out a new eyeglass prescription, ordered glasses online, and renewed driver's license.
eye doctor ritual replaced.
"She wore an itsy, bitsy, teenie, weenie, yellow polka-dot bikini, that she wore for the first time today."
I am curious about rhhardin’s opinion on the way women are presented in Coen Brothers movies. Think of Burn After Reading where the plot revolves around getting lovers to get her the money she needs for a boob job, or A Serious Man, which gets women perfectly, I think, and men. You couldn’t imagine a woman saying the things the men say, or a man saying the things the women say. I think they nail women perfectly, with just the right amount of both loving respect and mild contempt.
Think of Burn After Reading where the plot revolves around getting lovers to get her the money she needs for a boob job,
I thought she tried to get the money as a reward for returning the CD, which she thought was full of secrets and therefore valuable, then, when that failed, she tried to sell it to...THE RUSSIANS.
Reagan phone call in the news after losing UN vote, I gather:
To see those, those monkeys from those African countries—damn them, they’re still uncomfortable wearing shoes!
Apparently this is outrage worthy.
I'd say a literary analysis is required. Is it the mot juste. A higher class shithole countries. Still uncomfortable wearing shoes says adopted the western customs without understanding the rules.
And they look like monkeys. I think the modern prohibition from saying it is that black people notice it too. It's only polite to avoid suggesting that you do too.
But everybody has hands resembling monkey hands and it doesn't bother anybody.
That monkeys have hands should give us pause.
If I wrote that there were 10 monkeys on stage last night in Detroit, and the night before, does that make me a racist?
Harris last night:
And let’s be clear about this. Had those segregationists their way, I would not be a member of the United States Senate, Cory Booker would not be a member of the United States Senate, and Barack Obama would not have been in the position to nominate him to the title he now holds.
Harris makes the case in favor of segregation !
I’m afraid of butterflies, very erratic flying maneuvers.
I haven't watched A Serious Man (it's in the pile somewhere); Burn after reading was okay but I didn't rewatch it. He characterizes extreme versions of what a woman might do but without making it about women in general, is my feeling.
Jackie Brown had the best treatment of a woman finally too annoying, which was a commentary on nagging in general. Attention finally given to it by the solution.
Vocabulary Lesson: Meghan McCardle on Harris: "The best Harris could manage was an esprit de l’escalier retort during the post-debate interviews, in which she accused Gabbard of being an apologist for Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. " Esprit de l'escalier definition is - wit of the staircase : repartee thought of only too late, on the way home.
Oh, the monkeys have no tails in Zamboanga,
Oh, the monkeys have no tails in Zamboanga,
Oh, the monkeys have no tails,
They were bitten off by whales,
Oh, the monkeys have no tails in Zamboanga.
Oh, the birdies have no feet in Mariveles,
Oh, the birdies have no feet in Mariveles,
Oh, the birdies have no feet,
They were burned off by the heat,
Oh, the birdies have no feet in Mariveles.
Esprit de l'escalier- I am filing that one away for use, I only wish I could go back in time and use it previous arguments.
"Jackie Brown had the best treatment of a woman finally too annoying, which was a commentary on nagging in general. Attention finally given to it by the solution."
Kamala Harris IS Foxy Brown.
She's sugar,
she's spice,
but if you don't treat her nice,
She'll put you on ice.
Brillenbrillanz - the sudden, innervating clarity afforded by new glasses.
Harris needs to use this line: "Shut your raggedy-ass up, and sit the fuck down!"
Patti Davis in the WaPo:
But I wasn’t prepared for the tape of my father using the word “monkeys” to describe black African delegates to the United Nations who had voted in a way that angered him. Nor could I wrap my head around his comment about them not being comfortable wearing shoes. I don’t know if it was masochism or shock, but I listened to the tape twice before allowing myself to cry. I wanted the story to go away, to get buried in the news of the debate. I wanted to immediately go back in time to before I heard my father’s voice saying those words.
Can you believe this bitch? She spent the entire 70s, 80s, and 90's trashing her father and Mother and refusing to call herself "Reagan". But since his death, she's the sole torch bearer of his "legacy" aka "Cashing in on his corpse". And now this awful, childless, left-wing, loser has the gall to write this. Reagan - next to King Lear - its hard to think of a better man who had such terrible kids.
Porn Star 101 - Yell and Swallow.
I am tired of the stale Kamala Harris/Willie Brown jokes.
Robot racism? Yes, says a study showing robots prefer race-less humans because they're more like robots.
Along with some convoluted mumbu-jumbo about trying to make it seem like robots have "races", the actual article complains that "Run a simple Google Image search on the term "robot." You won't see a lot of color, as pointed out in the study."
You also won't see one the color of caucasian skin; they are white, light grey or, to a lesser extent, primary colors... IOW, much more like cars (try a google search) than people.
Bad movie props - character wearing glasses because the script calls for it, but they're fake glasses (no correction). The outline of the cheek should be broken when seen through the glasses, i.e. corrective glasses. Faceward if nearsighted, outward if farsighted.
That reminds me, I need to re-watch Blood Simple. My favorite Coen line referring to pornographer and criminal Jackie Treehorn (played by Ben Gazarra), the Dude says "he treats objects like women."
I think this is generally for most men who work seriously with equipment/machinery. To get something to go in, it needs a little lube and some gentle tickling.
Tank points out that Kamela Harris supports Republicans....
Had those segregationists their way, I would not be a member of the United States Senate, Cory Booker would not be a member of the United States Senate, and Barack Obama would not have been in the position to nominate him to the title he now holds.
those segregationists==those democrats
reason WHY those segregationists didn't have their way==republicans
I mean, Kamela KNOWS this, doesn't she? or, being from India (or Jamaica, i can never remember which); she doesn't CARE?
Bad movie watcher is always on the prowl for technical errors so then he can brag to acquaintances his superior superciliousness
fake glasses (no correction).
I notice that all the time. I'd guess at least half of them are fake.
"he treats objects like women."
I think this is generally for most men who work seriously with equipment/machinery. To get something to go in, it needs a little lube and some gentle tickling.
yes, BUT!
You don't hire people to piss on equipment/machinery
You don't roll it up, and throw it in a trunk
Old movie trope. Girl wears glasses, has hair in tight bun, and a drab dress. She's a librarian/school teacher or business woman. Then someone helps her lossen up and have fun. The hair is let down, the glasses come off, a new skimpy dress is worn and BAM she's beautiful!
Other old movie trope. Beautiful actress wears glasses and wears her hair up. Suddenly, she's just a frump character that no one would look at.
Gov Loony from WA. Clark kent without the cape.
Sen Byrd was a KKK Member. Then D's senate leader.
Bad movie watcher is always on the prowl for technical errors so then he can brag to acquaintances his superior superciliousness
Another good one is fake rain and fog - they don't get denser as the photographed object gets further away from the camera. And cars making pavement rubber-tire squeal sounds on gravel or dirt roads. And motorcycles whose sound has the wrong number of cylinders.
"denser" should be "more obscurant".
"eye doctor ritual replaced."
Except for all that crazy old incipient glaucoma, macular degeneration and detached retina shit.
And clocks, cigarettes, drink glasses and clouds/lighting which change incorrectly as time passes - not as common as you might imagine, 'cept the clouds.
We have a lot of tiger swallowtails this year too. They always show up in late July when the sweet pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia) is flowering.
That latter is native here and is kept within the boundary of the woods in my yard (and out of my rhododendrons, etc) only through strenuous and ongoing effort. It sure doesn't need any encouragement to grow. That's fine though, it's a nice plant.
Okay, Professor, Tell me you don't find THIS ONE at least mildly amusing
https://babylonbee.com/news/experts-warn-we-have-only-12-years-left-until-they-change-the-dates-on-global-warming-again
Except for all that crazy old incipient glaucoma, macular degeneration and detached retina shit.
yep, the reason I go to the eye doctor, is for him to look at my retinas, and tell me that the laser spot welds are still holding
"I mean, Kamela KNOWS this, doesn't she? or, being from India (or Jamaica, i can never remember which); she doesn't CARE?"
This is an example of Kamala following that old saying, don't let the facts get in the way of a good story.
Also, in case you missed it, Trump said that the white supremacists in Charlottesville were good people. He especially called out for praise the ones that engaged in violence.
Don't believe me? Just ask Kamala.
Since retirement, one of my added hobbies has been taking pictures of butterflies. Eastern Tigers are one of the staples, we get loads of them on our butterfly bushes. I find about 40 different species of butterflies per year without going too far out of my way to look for them (although I got 3 more in Belize this year). I'm still trying to find Pipevine Swallowtails for the year.
Fake News is hilarious. They are now calling Tulsi Gabbard a Russian Agent too. The poor Dems cannot win. The Russians are too powerful for them.
@Althouse, last January you had a post about Gillette's new ad campaign dumping on men for our alleged toxic masculinity. Well, the results are in, and they aren't pretty for Gillette nor Proctor & Gamble. An eight billion dollar noncash writedown hits the too-woke-for-their-own-good corporation right in the wallet.
I see that Gillette is blaming increased competition, but these days I use Barbasol for my shave cream and Schick for my blades, and since the Barbasol, especially, is an improvement over the Gillette product I used to use, I have no intention of going back. It's one think to risk losing a customer when you have a superior product and can probably win that customer back. It's another when your product is no better, or even inferior to, the product to which you sent that customer.
There's a Russian under every bed!
Who said - "the 1950's called, they want their red scare back." ..?
Because - thank you.
I think this is generally for most men who work seriously with equipment/machinery. To get something to go in, it needs a little lube and some gentle tickling.
Woman are often like that.
“There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual
arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the
Mercedes-Benz SL500.”
Lynn Lavner
Faceward if nearsighted, outward if farsighted.
Is there a tag for things-I-have-overlooked?
Democrats can see dead Soviets lurking under their beds, plunging their Water Closets, and staring at them from behind their mirrors.
Babylon bee is hilarious. Two funny stories:
Trump Proves He's Not A Racist By Showing His Rejection Letter From The KKK
and
Marianne Williamson Not Sure What She's Doing Up Here With All These Crazy People
Senate just started a five week recess.
Does this mean Trump gets to make some recess appointments now?
It's fun when the left labels an Iraqi War veteran as a Russian agent. If you don't think that Kamala-lama-ding-dong is the anointed and Obama-approved candidate then you're not paying attention...
Drudge has: To crush Trump Michelle O must run
Run from what?
rcocean said...
Babylon bee is hilarious. Two funny stories:
Trump Proves He's Not A Racist By Showing His Rejection Letter From The KKK
and
Marianne Williamson Not Sure What She's Doing Up Here With All These Crazy People
Narratives tend to start here; Buzzfeed.
That's where corporate media plant stories they later link to, then link each other, then becomes a "well known fact"
BuzzFeed News
Verified account @BuzzFeedNews
The Babylon Bee, a self-proclaimed Christian satire site, accused Snopes of unfairly debunking its articles.
The accusation jump-started a conspiracy theory that fact-checking sites are targeting conservative humor to de-platform right-wing publishers
7:37 AM - 1 Aug 2019
Bad movie watcher is always on the prowl for technical errors so then he can brag to acquaintances his superior superciliousness
Ah, but technical errors about guns are truly bothersome.
In "Tombstone" Val Kilmer's Doc Holliday fires three times with his double barreled shotgun, never reloading.
In numerous westerns set in the 19th century, but notably the gunfight in "Open Range," the hero shoots a single action Colt revolver without cocking it. (And don't get me started on the professional shootist in the derby hat who allows an armed man to approach him without drawing his own gun.)
Hardly anyone counts to six with their revolver, the notable exception being Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry. "You're thinking did he fire six shots, or only five." In "Open Range" Costner's character fans off at least seven shots from his six-shooter -- after he's already fired it five times.
In the 19th century six shooters weren't the only guns that needed to be cocked before they would shoot. Viggo Mortensen's character, Everett Hitch, doesn't appear to cock his 10 gauge shotgun before firing it in "Appaloosa." Yes, throughout most of the 19th century shotguns had external hammers that had to be cocked before the gun would fire. Interestingly, considering that he found a way to make a double barreled shotgun fire three times, Val Kilmer's Doc Holliday does remember to cock his shotgun before making the "Cowboys" regret their threats against the Earp brothers.
"Open range" repeals the laws of physics -- a load of buckshot hitting a bad guy knocks him off his feet and backwards about four or five feet, but Robert Duvall's character easily handles the shotgun's recoil. Too bad about Newton's Third Law.
And that's just Westerns.
Meanwhile, here in Wisconsin...
The Republican leader of the state Assembly said he won't let a Democratic lawmaker who's paralyzed from the chest down call into meetings and slammed him for "political grandstanding" on the issue.
But Speaker Robin Vos wrote in a letter to Rep. Jimmy Anderson Thursday he would seek to make a videographer available for public committee hearings and consider letting members vote via paper ballot rather than in-person.
Anderson, of Fitchburg, has sought to be able to phone into committee gatherings, though chamber rules prohibit the practice, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported this week. Vos, R-Rochester, told the publication he didn't want to change Assembly policy in that arena.
Source
FWIW - Task forces for the Assembly are allowed to call into some meetings, and the state Senate allows for committee members to participate in meetings via phone. I've also heard that oftentimes these committee meetings last no more than 15-20 minutes, but am unable to find a cyper-source for that tidbit.
Gillette- get woke, go broke.
...and NOT the best a man can get.
Just never ends:
Taliban confirms they won’t visit the White House if they win the War on Terror
'The accusation jump-started a conspiracy theory that fact-checking sites are targeting conservative humor to de-platform right-wing publishers.'
Ministry of Truth to the white courtesy phone...
And that's just Westerns.
In Top Gun they were doing all that fancy flying at tree top level, or at least mountain top.
I used to know a guy who did most of the stunt flying for that movie.
"Papillon"
McQueen/Hoffman
Papillon made it to freedom, and lived the rest of his life a free man.
rehajm said...
Gillette- get woke, go broke.
Occam's Razor say that was a bad move
« If I wrote that there were 10 monkeys on stage last night in Detroit, and the night before, does that make me a racist? »
No but it does make you a chimp. An adorable ornery little chimp. Now behave yourself.
Soooooo, the infamous Horowitz IG report-
The one that was slated to come out May 2017, then October, then January, then March, then October again before the mid-terms, then right before Christmas, then April, then June, ....etc....
Has now been delayed yet again.
Tulsi was born in American Samoa. She is a Samoan Warrior.
"I watched Mueller. I'm not sure Mueller knows what's going on."
--President Donald J. Trump
In that same interview, he chastises a reporter for being naive about Russian election interference, and then flips it to what he's offering to help the Russians, and their forest fire outbreak.
What's not to like?!?!
Did some repair work for a mucho-macho guy who had a butterfly garden in his backyard.
Learned that different flowers attract diff butterflys.
Actually available through Althouse Amazon portal
I'd De Blasio was a Giraffe. Very tall with a small brain and a big mouth.
NYC Trump Supporter Jahangir Turan reports Attacked for Wearing MAGA Hat
You won't see this on the news, but will be called a conspiracy theory if you bring it up.
It happens often, but never reported.
I can't believe this is still America. And no, this isn't an "Isolated incident". Look at this guy's face, then tell me more about how the left is about "diversity".
Pisses me off.
"A strategist for another candidate likely to be excluded from future debates said that it is now costing his campaign $90 to convince a single donor to give $1 online."
Please contact me, I'll do it for $85. In fact (floats like a butterfly from candidate to candidate) I'll do the whole twenty at a special group rate of $75.00 for the whole twenty. Set up the site on Amazon so I can go through the Althouse portal.
« If I wrote that there were 10 monkeys on stage last night in Detroit
forget Schrodinger's Cat-- what about Pooflinger's Monkeys??
If and when Biden wins the nomination, he will be a total ratings suck for cable news. Perhaps that's why the liberal cable stations don't slant the race in his favor. In any event, they don't seem to be favoring any candidate the way they did Obama....It's a bank shot, but the cable news outlets depend on Trump or rather their hatred for Trump to generate ratings.
Has now been delayed yet again.
The finger pointing is being adjusted. The scape goat refuses to stand in the cross-hairs.
"BuzzFeed News
Verified account @BuzzFeedNews
The Babylon Bee, a self-proclaimed Christian satire site, accused Snopes of unfairly debunking its articles.
The accusation jump-started a conspiracy theory that fact-checking sites are targeting conservative humor to de-platform right-wing publishers"
Seems counterproductive if Buzzfeed is trying to hurt the BB. You don't want to make those conspiracy theories reality!
madAsHell said...
Has now been delayed yet again.
The finger pointing is being adjusted. The scape goat refuses to stand in the cross-hairs.
That, or the ship was commissioned, but never built.
I can yell and holler and carry on, but if Althouse gives permission it just ain't fun no mo'.
I'mma keep watchin' me some Trump in OH.
Voter ID Rob Portman, voter ID. Can you just help your potUS out? Please? You heard the reaction, everywhere I go it's the same, can you please help us out Rob?
It's the only thing they do good, Dems "stick together like glue" sounds KKKrazy!!!
LOL.
Trump saw the second protester kicked out and ad-libbed the guy saw the tough guy Trump supporter in front of him and just gave up after 5 seconds not 3 minutes.
The guy was flexing/pointing at the potUS with tats on his biceps mouthing "you, you, you", and Trump points right back.
I never watched Pro wresting after age 12 or 13 but wow, what invaluable experience.
Bad writing is bad. The supporter stood up and the protester turned tail in seconds. Then the Trump supporter started flexpointing at potUS saying "you, you, you" and Trump points back, probably said "you" to the guy but I didn't actually see that.
Great TV.
I wouldn't doubt if this guy had to flex the whole time his bicep tats were being tatted.
That, or the ship was commissioned, but never built.
Have you ever noticed that people like Stephen Paddock, and Jeffrey Epstein are always really rich investors, but no one can find any clever investments?
"Solar is peanuts compared to what you need" says potUS.
"We're now bigger than Saudi Arabia, bigger than Russia, by far" - potUS talking about energy.
"The era of economic surrender is over" - Trump
To be fair to Gillette, there's a yuge number of men not shaving now. But the number may not have changed much since the year before they woked up.
yep, the reason I go to the eye doctor, is for him to look at my retinas, and tell me that the laser spot welds are still holding
When I had mine done (850 zaps the first session, 150 later), they didn't tell me I might not be able to see out of the eye for a bit afterwards.
Scandinavian detective TV series tend to be interesting because the cliches don't translate into subtitle cliches and it's fun seeing people live in dark depressing places and not notice it.
On Tucker Carlson Tulsi Gabbard just decried the Harris campaign for calling her a stooge for foreign adversaries.
Didn’t Gabbard employ that same tactic against Trump last night?
Gabbard has always played this two-face strategy going between Fox and CNN/MSNBC audiences.
eating caterpillars makes me nervous-- i get butterflies in my stomach
Cracker Emcee Refulgent said: "You don't want to make those conspiracy theories reality!"
Maybe you are assuming that Snopes & Co. can tell the difference between the two.
Seriously, though, this is somewhere on the borderline between ludicrous and pathetic, with pathetic a little bit ahead.
They feel so threatened, the poor things.
To Mike Sylvester’s comment yesterday about censorship, we learn that the FBI released a document highlighting the domestic terrorism threat from — conspiracy theories. Yes, that same FBI. The report references a deep state conspiracy against President Trump.
Conspiracy “theories” are now terrorism threats. Wow.
Even Peggy Noonan is disappointed in the candidates. That’s a really bad sign. When you’ve lost the flakes...
“The document specifically mentions QAnon, a shadowy network that believes in a deep state conspiracy against President Trump...”
The FBI has identified a “shadowy network” of conspiracy theorists as a domestic terror threat. For real. You can’t make this stuff up.
Sounds like the shitstorm is about to make landfall, impacting the FBI/DOJ/NSA/CIA/BATFE, among others. And none too soon, before the investigators are labeled as domestic terrorists.
https://news.yahoo.com/fbi-documents-conspiracy-theories-terrorism-160000507.html
To be fair to Gillette ...
Why? Were they fair in their portrayal of their customers?
People speculate Gabbard is really thinking of 2024. Probably true. Here is the name to really watch for: Sinema. She has a history as a left wanker but ran as a moderate and so far has voted as a moderate. And she is gorgeous. A force to reckon with in a few years.
rcocean's post of 2:51 PM put me in mind of Edward Lear's tragical ode concerning "The Pobble Who Has No Toes":
"...
V.
And nobody ever knew
From that dark day to the present,
Whoso had taken the Pobble's toes,
In a manner so far from pleasant.
Whether the shrimps or crawfish gray,
Or crafty Mermaids stole them away --
Nobody knew; and nobody knows
How the Pebble was robbed of his twice five toes!
..."
Sad!
For more details: http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ll/pobble.html
So I had to question why the people Trump has do these things chose the Stones and not Gram for the "Wild Horses" intro.
I decided if they can piss of those cunts in that cuntband just a little, fucking do it.
What a shit version.
Even Hardin could tell ya that, no faith whatsoever. Except whatsoever was meant to imply instead "what's over."
Go with ith.
"Don't let nobody bring you down (they'll sho 'nough try)
God is gonna show you higher ground "
from Higher Ground
by Stevie Wonder
Amazing synchronicity tonight. After we talked of science fiction the other night, I downloaded J.D. Vance's The Boat of a Million Years, and then because I like her early work, Nancy Kress's genetic thriller Oaths and Miracles (not recommended; it's a slog.) Anyhow, I've been bouncing between the two. Guess who shows up in both? Welsh Saint Cardoc! How bizarre is that?
Kamala Chameleon attacks Tulsi--
Pitiful-- nothing As Sad as Assad
Gabbard can also bring up Kammy's ignoring pedo action re:RC Church
The CIA’s Influence Over the Media: Use of the Conspiracy Theorist Slur
“Before the memo was issued, “conspiracy theory” was a phrase used 50 times, or about once per year, in the Times or the Post. In the 45 years after the CIA memo, these newspapers used the term 2,630 times, or about once per week”. --Anne Brees
https://digwithin.net/2019/07/31/conspiracy-theorist-slur/?sfns=mo
I’ll take “what does a Northwestern theater major do on film 6 months after she moves to LA”, Alex.
@rhhardin:
Jackie Brown had the best treatment of a woman finally too annoying, which was a commentary on nagging in general. Attention finally given to it by the solution.
I had an interesting reaction to Jackie Brown, comparable to a reaction I had of another movie released that same year, The Big Lebowski. I anticipated them both greatly, both by directors I had loved, Tarantino and the Coen brothers, respectively, and both after huge critically acclaimed films, Fargo and Pulp Fiction. On first viewing each movie, my reaction was lukewarm. Only on repeated viewings did I fall in love with those films. There is so much happening in each movie that it's simply impossible to catch it on a single initial viewing.
Well Jackie brown I'd derivative of Elmore Leonard whereas as pulp fiction is more original, probably more Jim Thompson than anything else, maybe Ross McDonald might have gotten there.
"World's first AI bar opens in London"
Probably going to suck. I used to frequent an airport bar in Minneapolis−Saint Paul International Airport, a frequent layover back when Northwest Airlines existed. At one point they decided they were going to get technological, and you could no longer just give your order to a waitress/bar tender. Instead, all of the seats had been outfitted with ipads from which you could order directly. It took me (and I'm pretty technically sophisticated) about a minute to navigate through the numerous menus to order a Bombay and Sapphire (with lime, an addition that required a couple of extra screens).
So, in other words, it took me about four times as long to order and receive a drink using the new technically efficient way then if I had relied on the old boring method of verbally giving my drink order, having the bartender make it and give it to me, and then go back and enter the order into a POS system to generate the bill.
The only realistic world-view is that of conspiracy theory.
We know without a doubt that we are not in the loop, we do not understand how or why or by whom decisions are made. We do not know what is going on, and the vast bulk of the information that is pushed to us officially or commercially serves only to further impede understanding. And this obfuscation is done with a purpose, and massive resources are dedicated to it.
Truth worth considering emerges in little bits from the cracks, that which leaks out, and is rarely remarked on. From this we (those equipped or so disposed to this) can try to construct, in the sense more of military intelligence trying to divine an enemies nature and intentions, some idea of current affairs.
This situation is not new nor is it limited to this country. This is simply the way of things among humans in complex societies.
@narciso:
Well Jackie brown I'd derivative of Elmore Leonard whereas as pulp fiction is more original, probably more Jim Thompson than anything else, maybe Ross McDonald might have gotten there.
Ehh...yes and no. A good story is important, but good craftsmen can make up for bad or weak stories. I imagine that The Fugitive was not a very impressive screenplay, but Andrew Davis managed to make an excellent film out of it. And a lot of Elmore Leonard works have been turned into pretty bad movies. Be Cool, Killshot, and The Big Bounce were all pretty unimpressive.
Penguin,
Jay Weber
@JayWeber3
2h2 hours ago
Jay Weber Retweeted Patrick Marley
If he did not contact Vos and ask for these new accommodations before he ran to the media- he WAS- grandstanding.
And I say 'if'.
@buwaya:
The only realistic world-view is that of conspiracy theory.
Ehh. I get your point but am still allergic to the notion of "conspiracy theories," since they more often than not are kind of creationist explanation for world events that tend to discount or leave out any notion of chance or differing motives operating under similar incentives. That the Bush administration or Mossad or both did 9/11 is one of the more popular conspiracy theories. As is the notion that the moon landing was fake. That mass shootings in places like Sandy Hook and Las Vegas were all false flags designed to take guns away. that AIDS and crack cocaine were invented by the US government to destroy the black community. These are all popular "theories" believed by a large number of people. But exactly how "realistic" they are?
Misdirection defined is Twain's "oh at the age of 16 dad was dummy amazing by 22 much muched he had learned" _ look it up _ I don't quote properly on purpose because quotes with a purpose serve not Jesus and I trust few quotes not attributed severely.
As distinctly from those severely attributed. Easy to get confused we all know logic is the trickiest thing Rich Feynman talked about us mis-attributed logical domains unto.
John Kasich
Verified account @JohnKasich
The Washington National Cathedral is right, words matter. Proud to see cathedral leadership calling out @RealDonaldTrump for his language and behavior.
Well those are stupid theories, the one that the original four cells were supported by a prominent political economic infrastructure is more interesting similarly preexisting nodes exploited certain events to reach goals like happened in port Arthur dunblane and hungerford.
In other important news of the day...
London Times, August 1 2019
'People should not kill mosquitoes that bite but give them a “blood donation” instead, a French animal rights activist says.
Aymeric Caron, 47, a television presenter and vegan, said animal lovers should allow the insects to bite, except, perhaps, in Africa, where they risked malaria.
“There is good reason to have a bad conscience if you kill a mosquito,” said Mr Caron in a video seen on an online animal rights channel. “One can consider that a blood donation from time to time to an insect who is only trying to nourish her children is not a drama.”
His words were denounced as proof that French animal rights activists, who have been responsible for a series of attacks on butchers and abattoirs in recent months, have fallen into the grip of a radical ideology.
Mr Caron’s video came as the “anti-specist” movement – a term for those who deny that humans are superior to other species – wrestles with the question of how to react to mosquito bites.'
'...Writing in Le Figaro, Paul Sugy, the editorialist, said Mr Caron’s video “offers a precious resume of the all the madness to which the social justice warriors of the animal cause want to submit us”.
Olivier Auguste, a commentator with L’Opinion newspaper, gave Mr Caron an ironic thank you for teaching him that mosquitoes were beings with “feelings” and “rights”, adding that when he died he wanted to be reincarnated as a female mosquito.'
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/let-mosquitoes-suck-your-blood-animal-rights-activist-says-m0hsxkjdp
"Short version: car impounded (my fault) with no way to get home. Police made aware I am in weakened health due to 2 days without sleep and dehydrated, I end up having to walk a mile home at noon in 95 degree heat. "
Short version followed by long version.
What really happened here?
I for one am happy you survived Fen.
Situations like that are why I carry quite a lot of cash on me, a large amount of credit card credit, and why I have an iphone with Uber. Uber saves. And food and water and clothing and a survival kit in the car. Dont forget a charger for the phone.
And always carry a bag, with which to pack all that stuff if you have to!
It is better to buy your way out of trouble than any other way. Thats what money really is for.
The police are very variable in "niceness". The San Francisco ones are quite mellow I think.
@nariso:
the one that the original four cells were supported by a prominent political economic infrastructure is more interesting similarly preexisting nodes exploited certain events to reach goals like happened in port Arthur dunblane and hungerford.
That's fine, but is that what people mean when they say "conspiracy theory?" The notion that a small group was able to exploit systemic weaknesses sounds like the opposite of a conspiracy theory to me and is in fact the exact kind of explanation a lot of conspiracy theorists reject for what they consider naivety.
@Fen
Get some sleep and think about it tomorrow.
Well it's nor the preferred narrative, consider what Bob baer turned up re Oswald there was no second Gunman, based on computer diagnostics and ballistics, however he may had contacts with exile groups who may in turn have ties to Fidel
This is not unlike what happened with the chela and the white Russians in the 20s in Paris and berlin
There are an infinite number of theories.
Their popularity is no guage of their plausibility.
There are unpopular ones that are nearly as lurid, but far better supported.
The official story is usually entirely wrong at the time.
This is modified towards truth later, in stages, and approaches something close to reliable many decades later. Sometimes anyway.
I for one am happy you survived Fen.
Situations like that are why I carry quite a lot of cash on me, a large amount of credit card credit, and why I have an iphone with Uber. Uber saves. And food and water and clothing and a survival kit in the car. Dont forget a charger for the phone.
Yah, this was that one time where I allowed circumstances to align against me, even giving the wife the credit card that morning because my intent was to drop her at metro then use the $5 cash I had to grab some water at 7-11 on the way home to sleep for 12 hours.
Get some sleep and think about it tomorrow.
Yah, I'm already thinking the Police Captain isn't going to give a shit.
@buwaya:
There are an infinite number of theories.
Their popularity is no guage of their plausibility.
There are unpopular ones that are nearly as lurid, but far better supported.
Then what exactly differentiates any theory from a "conspiracy theory?" I don't see how using that verbiage gets you anywhere. Perhaps it boils down to "you shouldn't believe something just because someone in authority told you it," which I think is true. But it's not really possible for any human to do. A certain amount of trust in the process and the honesty and integrity of some humans has to come into play. If you're in a car accident and a doctor tells you you need emergency surgery to save a life-threatening injury, isn't it rational to reject the advice until you've had the time to do the research yourself? I know next to nothing about operating a plane but put my life in the hands of strange pilots all the time, without knowing their skill level or the fact they be suicidally depressed to the point of wanting to take a whole planeload of passengers with them.
the left is about "diversity".
Diversity as in color judgment, including assigning value with low information attributes. Also, liberal license to infer character and paint people... persons with broad sweeping strokes (e.g. summary judgments). A matter of trust and exercise under the tenets and doctrines of the Pro-Choice quasi-religion, its practitioners, and congregants.
Reality is, Obama hired this guy to make Trump and anyone who doesn't hate Trump a fool, a shitheel.
What was to come though, isn't quite what Obama expected. Nor any of his legal Breths.
This situation is not new nor is it limited to this country. This is simply the way of things among humans in complex societies.
Yah, Jordon Petterson has a good lecture related to this. About how much of human interaction is trying to sense "what are you really up to here? what's your angle?"
Esprit de l'escalier
vs
Esprit de l'escalator
What and who shall prevail?
https://www.amazon.com/Brethren-Novel-John-Grisham/dp/0345531973
I demand you order it through Althouse at this very moment: TIME IS MY ENEMY MOTHERFUCKER.
If we can't all pray for all those in need, please let us start.
I pray.
I wouldn't doubt if this guy had to flex the whole time his bicep tats were being tatted.
Can you imagine, this guy gets through the security and waits, lying and deceiving for hours and hours live, in person, and then some fucking Trump dude with ********** on his biceps says "get the Hell outta here" or something close to that.
Priceless. At a Trump rally.
I hope Trump really did say "you" to the guy but I don't know if that happened. I am biased, I like America.
"I am tired of the stale Kamala Harris/Willie Brown jokes."
Me too -- I fear it's sucking the life force outta me.
I am now listening yo little nas x. The gay Black Country rap singer. What are you listening to gross old fat republican deplorables? Not like anyone cares. You don't have any impact on culture.
Why does althouse attract old fat conservative men. She should ask herself rather than bitching about the lack of liberals here. Perhaps it's you mary.
anyone know the best way to contact whoever is in command of a police shift?
I called Internal Affairs when a Raleigh cop wouldn't fix an accident report (had drivers switched). Fixed in 2 hours.
@Titus:
Not like anyone cares. You don't have any impact on culture.
Is that supposed to be an indictment of us or the culture?
You sound like the people who say we shouldn't care about the inequality, ethnic conflict, lack of trust in communities, or the general recession of our civilization because...hey...look at all the tasty taco trucks we have to choose from now.
remember when there was this crazy talk about bill clinton flying down to some rich guy's "private island in the Caribbean", of whom it was rumored was a pedophile? LOL !!
hey-- remember when people didnt believe the attack on the benghazi embassy was because of a video?
Or when some conservatives thought that "Big Tech" (oooh! Big Scary Tech!!)was messing with them on social media?
That's some crazy shit, man!
I mean, these people are conspiracy theorists, man!
Just like those kooks who think the Royal Family are inbred lizard-people from Mars!
What do you mean, "reductio ad ridiculum"? Is that some sort of "Tin-Foil-Hat" speak?
being skeptical of bullshit, official or otherwise, is a legitimate stance.
In the days to come, we may see more and more examples of malfeasance being exposed by once-trusted government agencies and high-profile leaders. Those who have "smelled a rat"
should not be slurred as 'conspiracy theorists'.
"exposed in", not 'by'
"People should not kill mosquitoes that bite but give them a “blood donation” instead, a French animal rights activist says."
Fuck, we have to vote Democrat for President, then.
Farmer: "Is that supposed to be an indictment of us or the culture?"
Take it easy on li'l snowflake Titus. 6 months ago Mueller was going to put Trump in jail and any dem nominated was going to just waltz into the White House.
Its difficult for our cupcakes to adjust.
If he did not contact Vos and ask for these new accommodations before he ran to the media- he WAS- grandstanding.
And I say 'if
He says the request was made with Vos's office last Jan, but Vos says the first he heard of this was via the media.
I'm guessing both of 'em could be telling the truth about that - from what I understand the Speaker's gate-keepers keep a tight rein on what gets passed onto him.
@Farmer: Did you recover your legacy pocketknife from the casual fascists of the TSA?
Not like anyone cares. You don't have any impact on culture.
Spot on, Titus. Hardly anyone to your right has even an atom of influence on glitter or eyeshadow.
""The competitions gettin' younger.
Warn out tape of Chris LeDouioux,
',
Lonely women and bad booze,
Seem to be the only friend's I've left at all.
" Garth "billions better than my sorry ass" Big Dollar King Brooks.
Not without merit, little in our world could possibly be considered unless enough cash changes hands, what our resident BuBu bubus about.
Where's republican meAde complaining about the deficit? No bus to dc? Why? He's awful and never worked and he looks like a muppet.
Titus: "Where's republican meAde complaining about the deficit? No bus to dc? Why? He's awful and never worked and he looks like a muppet."
Yep. This is literally all they have left.
LOL
Renewed drivers' license guy asked if all the information on the completed license is correct.
Yes except blond is spelled without an e for males.
Blank stare.
Ohio does not inflect for gender.
I am never sure any more what is inadvertence and what is advertence. What is accident, and what is intentional. I was impressed with Tulsi Gabbard’s performance the other night, esp with bringing the fight to Harris. Looks almost a POC, military war vet, officer, and by far the hottest candidate of the year. I thought that maybe a little money thrown her way might act a bit as a spoiler. Hadn’t gotten that far down the road in that direction, and all of a sudden her campaign ads started popping up for me. My question is what triggered Google to start feeding me her ads? I hadn’t typed or searched for her name. Just clicked on an article or two with her name in the title. Medicare aged white male conservative. And, yet, for that, they fed me her ads.
I like her as a spoiler, but decided not to contribute to her campaign. Right now, she seems to be working hard to be Joe Biden’s running mate. And would probably fit very well. He is decently good looking for his age. She is young and hot. Speaks better than he does, and, maybe as importantly, has a much better memory. He has a touchy/feely, almost pedo, vibe. She would counter this with her gender. And seems more than willing to do his wet work, as she did with Harris in the last debate. I think that he is going to have a hard time finding a better fit, and I think that both know it. And I really don’t want to help Biden, so no money for her. Everyone seems to think that he is a dunce. But he has traditionally had a lot of appeal in just the demographic that the Dems need most to bring back to their party if they want to win in 2020 - working class rust belt workers. Much more appeal than almost any other Dem in the race.
I get it, 1980's politics.
I wonder now if De'Blasio is hiring extra girrafes.
Can we just bring back the Cold War ? I mean we have the technology.
I can hear an echo from Paris Hilton saying 'that's hot' anytime the Cold War is mentioned. The Boeing 737's have been used for years in the U.S. airline industry to cut down on fossil fuels, no problem. If the Army gets government issued Prius' I then quit. A 757 is the best vibrator on the market unless the iPlane dominates.
How can I get a rainbow picture ordered from Professor Althouse ?
I'll take a butterfly print so I can throw darts at it while recalling some posts. Please no frames on the butterfly picture, I wouldn't want a dart bouncing off. Otherwise I'd rather go hunting with Ted Nugent.
Seriously, where and how may I purchase Althouse pictures ?
Right now, I think that the Dem nomination is Biden’s to lose. As I noted, he is the one candidate with a decent chance of plugging the holes that Trump punched in the Blue Wall in 2016. Most of the other top tier candidates are east coast/west coast elites who couldn't speak to this demographic if their lives depended on it. And I don’t see the Dems winning without flipping several of the rust belt states back in their direction. Right now, I expect him to mostly lock up the nomination by mid spring next year.
What I don’t see is either Michelle or Crooked Hillary steppingstones in to take the nomination in a brokered convention. Clinton is already a two time loser, everyone knows where her dirt is, and she doesn’t have the health to make another serious run at the Presidency. Michelle is an angry black woman. A lot of people really don’t like angry black women. And in her case, she has always been entitled. Her husband, only part black, was safe. Very safe. She isn’t. A lot of people really don’t want another four years of racial divisiveness, as would be the case with this angry black entitled woman running the country. Most any other Republican candidate would treat her with kid gloves. Not Trump. He was willing, last week, to hit Rep Cummings hard for his failed city, Baltimore, when Cummings tried to come after him for fake Russian collusion and hoped for impeachment. I would expect him to hit Michelle just as hard, if she accepted the nomination. So, she won’t. Their family is on track to get Clinton level rich, without the hassles of running the country.
"Why does althouse attract old fat conservative men. She should ask herself rather than bitching about the lack of liberals here. Perhaps it's you mary."
Have you tried the keto diet?
It’s “American Gladiators”. Serious candidates aren’t going to be allowed to skip the death defying Debate debacles, the plunge into the Piranha Primary Tank, Conventioneers Canyon or the ropeless climb up Mt. Trump.
“Seriously, where and how may I purchase Althouse pictures ?”
Her photos are all licensed Creative Commons. You’re free to make your own prints of them. Must give attribution if you share them, need her permission if you distribute commercially.
“Have you tried the keto diet?”
I have. Worked like a charm — made me feel all cute and cuddly. Like a muppet.
I just watched The Fight Club again last night. The more you watch it, the funnier it is. At least so far. It has the RomCom format at the base of it, right down to the apology.
John Kasich running as a Democrat would make more sense than any of these people.
The Fight Club is probably the founding document of AntiFa(Objectively ProFa)
"Why does althouse attract old fat conservative men. She should ask herself rather than bitching about the lack of liberals here. Perhaps it's you mary."
Have you tried the keto diet?
Old and fat were the insults, not the objection.
“Old and fat were the insults, not the objection”
Read the exchange again, Grasshopper.
Amazon lacks a way to get a package in their delivery system to the right distribution center from the wrong one.
They ship a replacement using the post office.
She would counter this with her gender. And seems more than willing to do his wet work, as she did with Harris in the last debate.
Good analysis. Another white female Democrat who seems to be thinking out how to go is Sinema, the bisexual Senator from AZ. She has been quite bipartisan since elected. I would have expected her to go radical. Maybe she is seeing some polls.
I too was surprised about Sinema. Pretty quiet except when she crosses the isle and votes with the Republicans. Arizona has traditionally liked that sort of independence, so the Dems may be able to keep this seat.
the Dems may be able to keep this seat.
She does not come up until 2024. Maybe making plans ?
Next year McSally has to try to beat Mark Kelly, Gabby Gifford's husband whose only policy is gun grabbing. McSally, who I supported a lot, ran a weak campaign in 2018. I hope she does better,
Can't watch those shitheads; don't understand why anyone would, especially this early in the farce.
Yeah, TG for me! Veteran, good looking, all I saw was her deflating of Harris and enjoyed it a lot.
The human world is and always has been a web of competing conspiracies, some better known and more credible than others and some completely round-the-bend. The wise person withholds judgement, if possible, until facts become known--which may take centuries.
All I know for sure is that 90% of what I am allowed to know is a minimum of 50% false.
I guess I'm old, some call me conservative, and I was fat for decades. I am listening to what I enjoy; the other night there was a broadcast of Nielsen's 3rd, Alan Gilbert (his grandpa was a big name in classical music here) and the NYP(?)
Narr
So much new to hear in old music!
Why does althouse attract old fat conservative men.
Chase unicorns much??
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