Althouse: At the Sunrise Café...

January 13, 2020

At the Sunrise Café...

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... you can talk about whatever you like.

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rehajm said...: Take care y'all's chicken.

-Your financial advisor; 1/13/20, 5:12 PM
stevew said...: Winter has returned (if it left your vicinity as it did here this past weekend).

Outdoors is mostly black and white this time of year. Looks cold and wet - into your bones like.; 1/13/20, 5:19 PM
Chuck said...: Okay so as Orin Kerr notes in this Tweet, this is nothing but a stone-cold lie from Trump. The vastness of this mendacity might make it hard to understand what a pure, simple lie this is.

Orin Kerr’s Tweet:

https://mobile.twitter.com/OrinKerr/status/1216753065950232576

Orin Kerr is a lawprof at UC Berkeley (like John Yoo). He’s been a law clerk for Justice Kennedy and a legal staffer for Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX). He leans conservative much of the time, is a contributor to the Volokh Conspiracy blog, and he is a founding member of Checks and Balances.; 1/13/20, 5:23 PM
brylun said...: Orin Kerr = "I'm with Her."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/11/04/im-with-her/

Chuck, Are you with Her too?; 1/13/20, 5:32 PM
Michael K said...: Isn't that Kerr guy the son of the Clark Kerr who was murdered by the Muzzies in Beiruit?

I think I haves seen some really stupid statements from him. You never fail to quote the dopes, Chuck.; 1/13/20, 5:34 PM
Anonymous said...: Lovely photo. Love the many subtle shades of blue. (At least, that's what I see on my browser.) And, as always, the composition.; 1/13/20, 5:34 PM
Michael K said...: What a liar that guy Kerr is. You can pick em, Chuck.; 1/13/20, 5:35 PM
rehajm said...: Not bad advice to NFL players as the average career is a little over two years. A substantial percentage of all players end up in bankruptcy court...; 1/13/20, 5:40 PM
Bay Area Guy said...: The other goofy Harvard Law Professor named Larry -- Lawrence Lessig -- has sued the NYT for some article that seemed to portray him as being sympathetic to colleges that took donations from Jeffrey Epstein.

It's pretty convoluted, but Larry won't win.

Larry came to our contention with his quixotic run for the White House in 2016. .

He is a goofball.; 1/13/20, 5:40 PM
narciso said...: Firestarter still pretending she's not a pawn,

https://www.dailywire.com/news/greta-snaps-over-demands-we-want-this-done-now-as-in-right-now; 1/13/20, 5:41 PM
Inga said...: “Two-thirds of Americans surveyed want former national security adviser John Bolton to testify in the Senate impeachment trial, according to a Quinnipiac national poll of 1,562 voters released Monday.

Why it matters: Bolton, who is believed to have been a prolific note-taker with key insights into President Trump's decision-making on Ukraine, said earlier this month that he would be willing to testify if subpoenaed by the Senate. Popular support for Bolton's testimony could put pressure on moderate Republican senators to vote to call him as a witness.

The voters who want Bolton to testify include 39% of Republicans, 71% of independents and 91% of Democrats, per Quinnipiac.”

Axios; 1/13/20, 5:48 PM
pacwest said...: Chuck, If you buy your own insurance rather than through an employer they don't have to cover pre-existing conditions under the ACA. Perhaps you are more conversant with the medicare for all proposals the Dems are offering than I am but I don't think the details of supplementals, which you would have to buy yourself, have been worked out. Am I wrong on that? Kerr's tweet didn't address that.; 1/13/20, 5:50 PM
alanc709 said...: Chuck and Inga, for when the disinformation from CNN and MSNBC isn't enough.; 1/13/20, 5:56 PM
rehajm said...: Shoulda ben paying attention rather than calling everyone deniers ... just sayin'; 1/13/20, 6:00 PM
rehajm said...: Incidentally Pielke is wading back into the climate science waters, teaching a new class: Climate Science, Policy and Politics. Sounds like a nice boring course with no drama...; 1/13/20, 6:03 PM
Darrell said...: Chuck is the choad the Republican needs. Like a choad.; 1/13/20, 6:06 PM
Inga said...: “...for when the disinformation from CNN and MSNBC isn't enough.”

Yet you believe the disinformation put out by Trump himself. Check yourself.

How many embassies were under imminent attack or should I say “eminent” attack?; 1/13/20, 6:15 PM
Curious George said...: Def: "Althouse Chuck"

Titty twisting "lawyer" that you get when you put 10 pounds of douche in an eight pound douchebag.

Chucks not a lawyer. He's just a pissant wannabee.; 1/13/20, 6:15 PM
America’s Politico said...: As I have said repeatedly, Warren is the next POTUS.

Bloomberg cannot win. Bernie will not win. Pete could not even win a state-wide job. Biden will crash and burn about Iraq vote, busing, etc.

This is the 100 year anniversary related to women's right to vote. Warren is the beneficiary.

Trump will cry in Nov. He will cry so hard that it will drown the GOP into nothingness.

Cheers,
Raj; 1/13/20, 6:16 PM
Ken B said...: Sigh. I foolishly clicked on Chuck's Twitter link. Kerr puts words in Trump's mouth and then calls it a lie. Anyone with a grade 4 reading level can see Kerr misrepresented what a Trump actually said. So the real liars here are Kerr and Chuck.

Kerr posts on Volokh. He is one of the resident TDS sufferers.; 1/13/20, 6:16 PM
narciso said...: didn't nate silver sign up pielke some time back, and he was forced to renege by skydragon worshipers,; 1/13/20, 6:18 PM
Narayanan said...: @ rehajm et al
....
If you are familiar with Vorkosiverse where would Komarran scientist trying to increase insolation with soletta array fit in *climate science models*; 1/13/20, 6:18 PM
narciso said...: rohde was the one who was freed by the late dewey clarridges intel network when the haqquani's had him prisoner, no good deed goes unpunished,

http://meaninginhistory.blogspot.com/2020/01/why-bill-barr-makes-libs-hysterical.html#comment-form; 1/13/20, 6:21 PM
Beasts of England said...: Gotta root for the SEC - Geaux Tigers!; 1/13/20, 6:23 PM
Ken B said...: It’s pretty funny watching leftists like Inga pour scorn on people whose vocabulary is not as large as their own. It’s even funnier when you ask them to explain Navier-Stokes.; 1/13/20, 6:23 PM
The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...: “Two-thirds of Americans surveyed want former national security adviser John Bolton"

I would happily bet that not one in ten American adults can tell you who John Bolton is and what his relevance to this matter is. Wait...one in ten is probably far too high. This is the sort of poll that discredits so many others.; 1/13/20, 6:25 PM
narciso said...: ot, denis Villeneuve of arrival and blade runner 2049, is going to take another crack at frank Herbert's dune, I've seen some of the images, they are otherworldly,; 1/13/20, 6:27 PM
Inga said...: “It’s even funnier when you ask them to explain Navier-Stokes.”

Ask Trump, I’m sure he’ll be able to explain it beautifully.; 1/13/20, 6:28 PM
The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...: John Bolton? Isn't he the dude with the long hair that the chubby middle-aged woman at work used to swoon over?; 1/13/20, 6:28 PM
pacwest said...: Ozaukee County judge holds Wisconsin Elections officials in contempt for not immediately removing more than 230,000 voters from state voter rolls. "I can not be any clearer on this. They need to follow my order."; 1/13/20, 6:30 PM
Bay Area Guy said...: I'm rooting for Clemson, but think LSU will win.

In 2016, I was rooting for Trump, but thought Hillary would win.

The parallels are uncanny........; 1/13/20, 6:30 PM
Chuck said...: pacwest said...
Chuck, If you buy your own insurance rather than through an employer they don't have to cover pre-existing conditions under the ACA.

Under the ACA, you have it 100% wrong. The ACA requires it. Marketplace plans offered under the terms of the ACA provide it.

Now, maybe, you know something that I don't, and that in recent years, there have been offerings of private individual plans that don't cover pre-existing conditions. I don't know about that. Some sort of cut-rate plans?

But that is not the question. The questions are: Did the ACA require pre-existing condition coverage? It did. Did the ACHA (Republican House plan from 2017 that went down to bipartisan simple-majority defeat in the Senate) weaken pre-existing condition coverage? Yes, it did pursuant to the MacArthur Amendment. Has Trump proposed any subsequent plan that guarantees pre-existing conditions coverage? No he has not. Has the Trump Administration, via regulatory action, made it easier for states to recognize health insurance plans that do not cover pre-existing conditions? Yes, it has.

I might accept an argument from a Trump Administration official saying that, "We need to get away from the idea of universal pre-existing conditions coverage in private health insurance plans. Because it is just too expensive." That is a highly debatable notion.

But what I won't accept is Trump, lying to the nation and claiming that he is for pre-existing conditions coverage while the Democrats are against it. It's just a plain lie.; 1/13/20, 6:31 PM
narciso said...: no that's the nerdy guy, (who used to be on mad tv) from office space:

https://twitter.com/rising_serpent/status/1216785293262704642?s=20; 1/13/20, 6:34 PM
Ken B said...: Inga, when Trump puts people down for their spelling, the way you do, call me.; 1/13/20, 6:38 PM
Rick.T. said...: Blogger Michael K said...
Isn't that Kerr guy the son of the Clark Kerr who was murdered by the Muzzies in Beiruit?
——————

No, that’s Steve Kerr former Chicago Bull and now Warriors coach.; 1/13/20, 6:38 PM
Inga said...: “...when Trump puts people down for their spelling, the way you do, call me.”

Trump puts people down for far less than spelling and grammar mistakes.; 1/13/20, 6:41 PM
tim in vermont said...: So called liberals are tight assed conformists who freak out an any hint of free thinking, even when it comes to orthography. Basically they want us all marching to their orders without complaint.; 1/13/20, 6:42 PM
Chuck said...: Ken B said...
Sigh. I foolishly clicked on Chuck's Twitter link. Kerr puts words in Trump's mouth and then calls it a lie. Anyone with a grade 4 reading level can see Kerr misrepresented what a Trump actually said. So the real liars here are Kerr and Chuck.

Let's put Trump's tweet-text up for everybody to see, okay?

….and, if Republicans win in court and take back the House of Represenatives, your healthcare, that I have now brought to the best place in many years, will become the best ever, by far. I will always protect your Pre-Existing Conditions, the Dems will not!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 13, 2020

And so at the sometimes-Trump-apologist National Review, Robert Verbruggen has a very brief but clear-eyed look at the Tweettroversy and concludes out of the gate that, "These Trump tweets have stirred up quite the reaction among lefties. I hate to say it, but the lefties have a point." My only quibble with Mr. Verbruggen is that it clearly is not just "the lefties," but also Trump's increasingly large and vocal critics from conservative circles, who are ripping Trump's recklessness on this subject. Witness the aforementioned Orin Kerr.; 1/13/20, 6:42 PM
tim in vermont said...: You don’t need to understand Navier Stokes to know that the climate models have failed miserably over the past thirty years.; 1/13/20, 6:43 PM
narciso said...: it's too bad the vorkososphere, hasn't been adapted, whereas eurocorps spent a boatload on valerian,; 1/13/20, 6:44 PM
narciso said...: my personal favorite, the stainless steel rat series, could have done with a younger chris pratt or Nathan fillion, but now; 1/13/20, 6:46 PM
Gahrie said...: I would happily bet that not one in ten American adults can tell you who John Bolton is

I actually wanted Bolton to run for president in 2016. I am not pleased with how he behaved when he worked for Trump.; 1/13/20, 6:47 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: Assange arriving in court today video

https://twitter.com/i/status/1216759340373286912; 1/13/20, 6:49 PM
narciso said...: this one didn't post in the earlier thread,

https://thefederalist.com/2020/01/13/ig-report-bombshell-did-the-fbi-and-doj-ask-putins-buddy-to-help-get-trump/; 1/13/20, 6:49 PM
narciso said...: where are the rest of the reporters who profited from assanges' efforts, from the guardian, to Spiegel, in the dock with him?; 1/13/20, 6:51 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: Iran State TV's anchor resigns saying, "It was very hard for me to believe the killing of my countrymen. I apologize for lying to you on TV for 13 years."

will ours do the same??; 1/13/20, 6:51 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: "...fuckin' cities burn"

...Bernie-Bro Boogaloo?; 1/13/20, 6:58 PM
Drago said...: I see that Banned Commenter LLR-lefty Chuck is taking a little time out from defending islamic supremacist terrorist murderers (and obambi allies, big surprise!) to once again lie about and smear Donald Trump.

Not surprising really since LLR-lefty Chuck declared his 2 primary objectives here at Althouseblog were to lie about and smear Trump AND drive a wedge between Althouse and her readers.; 1/13/20, 6:58 PM
Drago said...: Banned Commenter LLR-lefty Chuck: "But what I won't accept is Trump, lying to the nation and claiming that he is for pre-existing conditions coverage while the Democrats are against it. It's just a plain lie."

LOLOLOL

All the masks are completely off now, and its fantastic!!; 1/13/20, 7:00 PM
Gahrie said...: it's too bad the vorkososphere, hasn't been adapted,

The only thing preventing it I can think of is the problem of casting/portraying Miles. Otherwise, it would be perfect for today's market. The Vorkosigan universe is woke, but not offensive about it. Shards of Honor would be a hit. A romantic action adventure with interesting plot twists, great action scenes and a heart. If they weren't tied to their Marvel characters...how about Josh Brolin as Aral and Scarlett Johansson as Cordelia? I suppose Peter Dinkledge would almost have to be Miles.; 1/13/20, 7:01 PM
Inga said...: Drago, if Chuck were banned his comments wouldn’t be allowed to stay up. You should know that by now, but you can’t help your obsessive tendencies when it comes to Chuck or others you disagree with. Why don’t you stop bitching about Chuck commenting here and accept Althouse decision to let him, or myself comment. It’s her decision, not yours. Don’t you realize how odd your fixation with Chuck is?; 1/13/20, 7:04 PM
Drago said...: Admiral Inga: "How many embassies were under imminent attack or should I say “eminent” attack?"

Inga and LLR-lefty Chuck will not rest until Soleimani is avenged!!!

Btw Inga, did you happen to catch the latest reports from all your favorite outlets that Trump approved whacking Soleimani months and months and months ago, thus utterly demolishing yours and LLR-lefty Chuck's "Trump acted rashly" talking point.

Did you ever go back and amend your earlier lies?

Btw, for those just tuning in: Inga still believes Carter Page is a russian spy, Trump colluded with russia and Kavanaugh was a gang rape leader.

Go ahead, ask her!; 1/13/20, 7:07 PM
Birkel said...: Trump getting a big cheer at the NCAA Championship game.

Go Tigers!; 1/13/20, 7:10 PM
Drago said...: Trump currently receiving massive ovation at the football game.

Meanwhile, meanwhile, "World Renowned Guy No One Has Ever Heard Of" Bryan Garner sits at home smashing peas into his forehead.; 1/13/20, 7:11 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: is the person in the white car Pelosi delivering the Peach-Mint?

Is she under "Russian Influence" (ie: VODKA)????

https://twitter.com/i/status/1216743460042084353; 1/13/20, 7:14 PM
Gahrie said...: it's too bad the vorkososphere, hasn't been adapted,

You know what would make a ton of money right now? An adaptation of W.E.B. Griffin's work as an HBO/GoT style series...say 12 episodes per book. Use Band of Brothers style action scenes. How about Tom Holland as Ken McCoy?; 1/13/20, 7:17 PM
Ken B said...: Chuck just quotes a nevertrumper he does not address what Trump really said vs what Kerr claimed he said.; 1/13/20, 7:17 PM
pacwest said...: No, Chuck. The ACA does not mandate that insurers provide right of issue (pre-existing) unless bought through employers or the government subsidies (marketplace). As I stated above. I am pretty sure carry forwards ARE mandated though. Heaven help you if you skip a year of coverage after age 65. And, as above, I have not seen full details of Dem plans. Regarding anything I've seen from the Repubs or Dems I think they are both nuts in any economic sense. ACA falls into that category also.

But don't let me interrupt your Trump bashing with policy talk. Off to watch the game.; 1/13/20, 7:20 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: Hontus
A Term used for excrement (from the Urban Dictionary)

taking a swipe at Warren = "poke a hontus"

maybe it's...intentional; 1/13/20, 7:20 PM
Original Mike said...: Blogger Inga said..."Drago, if Chuck were banned his comments wouldn’t be allowed to stay up. "

Says the woman who was banned.; 1/13/20, 7:27 PM
narciso said...: Aral is a generation older than miles, maybe william hurt although he may be busy.; 1/13/20, 7:27 PM
narciso said...: Michael douglas, james brolin, is also of that generation; 1/13/20, 7:31 PM
walter said...: Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...is the person in the white car Pelosi delivering the Peach-Mint?
--
You must mean the shit sandwich with freezer burn.; 1/13/20, 7:31 PM
narciso said...: That link doesnt work.; 1/13/20, 7:33 PM
Ken B said...: Drago
Nice how Inga talks about how banned commenter would be deleted. Some people don't get the honor system.; 1/13/20, 7:34 PM
narciso said...: Also alan dale who was on 24, ans was in winter soldier.; 1/13/20, 7:37 PM
Birkel said...: Just so everybody is clear:

Our resident racist fopdoodle is attacking:
1) Congressional Republicans, and
2) President Trump

while defending
1) Obama's abortion of an unconstitutional bill, aka ACA, and
2) Congressional Democratics.

Make of that what you will.; 1/13/20, 7:41 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: Russians Hack Ukrainian Gas Company Tied To Bidens: ‘Attacks Were Successful’

https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-russians-hack-ukrainian-gas-company-tied-to-bidens-attacks-were-successful/; 1/13/20, 7:42 PM
Beasts of England said...: Punt, punt, punt, punt...; 1/13/20, 7:42 PM
Francisco D said...: I noticed that Inga and Chuckles are posting.

Time to get back to the LSU-Clemson game.

Trump and Melania were magnificent in the opening ceremonies.; 1/13/20, 7:44 PM
narciso said...: The pay records were from rosemont seneca not burisma if memory served?; 1/13/20, 7:45 PM
Birkel said...: Bet this won't be a punt, Beasts.; 1/13/20, 7:45 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Democratic leadership turns its back on Iranian protesters; 1/13/20, 7:46 PM
narciso said...: More crowdstrike offerings

https://mobile.twitter.com/JordanSchachtel/status/1216894119320150016; 1/13/20, 7:48 PM
narciso said...: Remember blue star strategies and the truman project; 1/13/20, 7:50 PM
Beasts of England said...: I jinxed it, Birkel. :); 1/13/20, 7:55 PM
mockturtle said...: It's a safe bet the Tigers will win. ;-); 1/13/20, 7:55 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: shadenfreudelishus!

super-cut mash up vid of "Suliemani death backfires on Trump"

talking point dujour: unified

https://twitter.com/i/status/1216843096002043905; 1/13/20, 7:56 PM
Drago said...: Francisco D: "I noticed that Inga and Chuckles are posting."
.
The lefties have implemented a "buddy system".; 1/13/20, 7:58 PM
Birkel said...: mockturtle,

I already called the Tigers for the win @ 7:10PM.
You have to take another team.; 1/13/20, 8:00 PM
Drago said...: Banned Commenter LLR-lefty Chuck: "And so at the sometimes-Trump-apologist National Review, Robert Verbruggen....."

Oh Noes!!!

First Bryan Garner and now this?! This?! Robert Verbruggen?!!

All is lost.

The walls are closing in.

No One Knows What Robert Verbruggen Knows!!

This time for sure.....; 1/13/20, 8:02 PM
Birkel said...: At this point, at least the walls closing in have chased away the long, tentacles beastie.
R2D2 will open the doors.

No need to panic.; 1/13/20, 8:07 PM
Inga said...: “Nice how Inga talks about how banned commenter would be deleted. Some people don't get the honor system.”

“ Says the woman who was banned.”

Yesterday Althouse actually quoted me in a comment and I doubt she would’ve done that if she wanted me gone. So all you people who are still upset that I’m being allowed to comment here, I’d say get over your disappointment. I’m still here. Life is too short to obsess over it. Your life could be over in the blink of an eye.

https://althouse.blogspot.com/2020/01/have-you-ever-encountered-something.html

Ann Althouse said...
" Life throws things like that at us now and again. It’s a gift from...who knows where?"

Sometimes you are offered an unsolicited gift, and there's nothing wrong with it. In fact, considering everything about it, you should want it, but you're like: Don't give me anything.

1/12/20, 10:00 AM; 1/13/20, 8:10 PM
Beasts of England said...: ’First Bryan Garner and now this?! This?! Robert Verbruggen?!!’

I’m heartbroken for sure. I’ve never heard of those names until tonight, but this has to be the end of Trump!! He should resign immediately...; 1/13/20, 8:12 PM
Guildofcannonballs said...: What a cruel taunt "... you can talk about whatever you like." as if all readers have American-style freedoms to write on a blog based out of America.

I guess it's easy to forget where we came from, all of us, complete helplessness, and how it took nurturing and care for us all to be here now, with the freedom to comment sadly not universal.

Far from it.; 1/13/20, 8:13 PM
Narayanan said...: How likely are questions to candidates tomorrow ? about Iran protests; 1/13/20, 8:14 PM
Rory said...: "So all you people who are still upset that I’m being allowed to comment here, I’d say get over your disappointment. I’m still here."

OBL recording from Tora Bora.; 1/13/20, 8:15 PM
Birkel said...: Now say something interesting, Royal ass Inga.
And it cannot be related to nutrition/dieting.; 1/13/20, 8:16 PM
Original Mike said...: I don't want you banned Inga. You're my window into the mind (such as it is) of the loony left.

But there's no denying you were told to vamoose.; 1/13/20, 8:16 PM
Lawrence Person said...: Enjoy the latest Democratic Presidential Clown Car Update!; 1/13/20, 8:17 PM
David Begley said...: The QB for LSU wanted to play for Nebraska just like his dad and brothers, but Nebraska didn’t even recruit him!; 1/13/20, 8:20 PM
Birkel said...: He would have been wasted at Nebraska.
Sorry David Begley.; 1/13/20, 8:22 PM
Inga said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 1/13/20, 8:22 PM
Inga said...: “I don't want you banned Inga. You're my window into the mind (such as it is) of the loony left.”

Ah that’s sweet. But you live in Madison, no? Not enough loony leftists there for you? Don’t you talk to any of them? I like reading the thoughts here of Trumpist America, it’s fascinating, sort of like a train wreck. I do also enjoy Althouse’s blog posts, even though I may not always agree with her.

“But there's no denying you were told to vamoose.”

I never denied it. I don’t always do as I’m told though. For whatever reasons, Althouse seems to is ok with me commenting.; 1/13/20, 8:24 PM
Inga said...: “Seems to be ok...”; 1/13/20, 8:26 PM
Original Mike said...: "For whatever reasons, Althouse seems to is ok with me commenting."

Probably nothing more than you're just a pain in the ass to delete.; 1/13/20, 8:28 PM
narciso said...: They drop in and out of this story

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-journalists-insight/tear-gas-and-water-cannons-hong-kong-students-brave-the-front-lines-to-livestream-the-protests-idUSKBN1Z9001; 1/13/20, 8:29 PM
Inga said...: “Probably nothing more than you're just a pain in the ass to delete.”

Maybe. But that wouldn’t account for Althouse quoting me yesterday. If I was such a pain in her ass, I doubt she’d interact with me in such a way.; 1/13/20, 8:32 PM
Inga said...: Maybe, OM Althouse has a forgiving heart. Maybe I do too.; 1/13/20, 8:33 PM
narciso said...: Which is why they are restricting the internet

https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2020/01/trump-speaks-directly-iranian-people-michael-ledeen/?fbclid=IwAR25g-voshRzlomafGs4yz0xcz_CEI321oWjPltLeKH8mbe1nv9ULmHpSt4#.XhzPfqgs-Ow.twitter; 1/13/20, 8:34 PM
Original Mike said...: Having a hard time getting into this game. I don't have any feelings for either team. Guess I'll wait until the 4th quarter and root for the team that's behind.; 1/13/20, 8:35 PM
rightguy said...: "Trump getting a big cheer at the NCAA Championship game."

Here t'is : a thunderous standing ovation for our President !

https://sports.yahoo.com/president-donald-trump-college-football-playoff-title-game-010803514.

Go LSU !

BTW, fantastic game so far.; 1/13/20, 8:35 PM
Anonymous said...: Warren goes to DefCon One against Sanders, publicly saying he told her that a woman could never be elected president. Sanders is saying this is a lie.

Awkward debate tomorrow night for sure!

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/01/14/nation/elizabeth-warren-says-bernie-sanders-told-her-woman-couldnt-win-presidency/#comment-100503215; 1/13/20, 8:36 PM
Original Mike said...: "Maybe I do too."

Riiiight, you were wronged by Althouse.; 1/13/20, 8:38 PM
Birkel said...: These are two of the most talented teams in the history of college football.
Stars on both sides for both teams.
Two QBs who are very likely to be #1 picks in their respective NFL drafts.; 1/13/20, 8:39 PM
Birkel said...: Much more talent than the Matt Leinert, Reggie Bush, Vince Young championship game between USC and Texas.
More than last year's Alabama-Clemson game.; 1/13/20, 8:41 PM
walter said...: Warren's trying to give Berno a heart attack.; 1/13/20, 8:42 PM
Birkel said...: Correction:

...a(nother) heart attack.; 1/13/20, 8:43 PM
Inga said...: “Maybe I do too.

Riiiight, you were wronged by Althouse.”

OM, I did feel I was wronged by Althouse, but that doesn’t matter anymore. Life is short, very short, last April I lost my 35 year old son. He was my only son, I still have my three daughters. I learned that love is what really matters, forgiving each other is a manifestation of love. Loving each other as spiritual beings in human form is very hard to do on earth. We’re still human and do foolish human things, but if we can realize that we are from the same Source, that one day we’ll be back to the Source, God, Heaven, the hereafter, whatever you want to call it and what transpires here on earth is important only in how much we can learn to love.; 1/13/20, 8:48 PM
Original Mike said...: Sorry for your loss.; 1/13/20, 8:50 PM
Inga said...: “Sorry for your loss.”

Thank you.; 1/13/20, 8:51 PM
Gahrie said...: Aral is a generation older than miles, maybe william hurt although he may be busy.

How about Jon Voight as Count Piotr?; 1/13/20, 8:51 PM
gilbar said...: i was just reading the latest clown car update; and they listed the latest polls.
If (in each poll), you add together Sanders and Warren; making ONE socialist vote...
That combined socialist vote LEADS in EVERY poll, in EVERY state; except South Carolina, where it would come in a Strong second.

So,
Serious Question...
Don't the socialists WANT to win? If Liz would announce that she is dropping, and will be bernie's VP (or the vice versa)... THEY WOULD HAVE THE NOMINATION WRAPPED UP.

My only take on this; is that it is all a sham, wrapped in a scam; they do NOT WANT to win (the nomination, the only thing that is up for grabs); 1/13/20, 8:53 PM
Birkel said...: I wonder what absolute moral authority a certain somebody will claim now.; 1/13/20, 8:54 PM
narciso said...: Well thats at least another generation, but it could br like with blue blood where the senior member of the reagan family is only a dozen years older than the son.; 1/13/20, 8:54 PM
Narayanan said...: It's barely two weeks into new year.

What would be happy amazing if Iran regime gone before SOTU; 1/13/20, 8:56 PM
Narayanan said...: What a bang up start to decade. That would be.; 1/13/20, 8:58 PM
Kathryn51 said...: BADuBois said...
Warren goes to DefCon One against Sanders, publicly saying he told her that a woman could never be elected president. Sanders is saying this is a lie.

Well. . . not quite. According to Lizzie, Sanders didn't believe a woman could beat Trump - not that a woman could never be elected President. But then, I don't believe anything Pocahontas says.

As a life-long Republicanish libertarian, I will simply predict that our first woman President will be Nikki Haley. Our first WOC (that's "woman of color" for the unwoke) President will be Nikki Haley. And, our first 2nd Gen American President will be Nikki Haley.

Cheers to 2024.; 1/13/20, 8:59 PM
Inga said...: “I wonder what absolute moral authority a certain somebody will claim now.”

Birkel, just realize that comments like this may create some bad Karma ( or something) for you, just saying, life is short.; 1/13/20, 8:59 PM
Mr. Majestyk said...: So sorry for your loss, Inga; 1/13/20, 8:59 PM
Narayanan said...: Eastwood for Emperor Ezar!; 1/13/20, 9:01 PM
Inga said...: “So sorry for your loss, Inga.”

Thank you.; 1/13/20, 9:02 PM
Guildofcannonballs said...: Meaning untrollishly, in what way could Crazy Jane consider herself more disciplined than potUS Trump?

The only answer my mere limited mind can conceive of is: I don't say things others may object to, ergo I am disciplined.

What other ways has being disciplined harmed Crazy Jane beyond her Trump hatred?; 1/13/20, 9:02 PM
Birkel said...: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b6UAYGxiRwU; 1/13/20, 9:03 PM
Birkel said...: I do not believe in magic.; 1/13/20, 9:04 PM
traditionalguy said...: God bless you, Inga. We love your spirit.; 1/13/20, 9:08 PM
Jon Ericson said...: Nyuck, Nyuck. twitter.com/TeamTrump/status/1216892407893102592; 1/13/20, 9:09 PM
Inga said...: “God bless you, Inga. We love your spirit.”

Thanks Trad guy, I love your spirit too.; 1/13/20, 9:10 PM
Beasts of England said...: Heck of a game. LSU is the real deal...; 1/13/20, 9:11 PM
Birkel said...: Wouldn't it be great if some people could bother to celebrate the successes this country is enjoying? But, alas and alack, no. The only reasonable conclusion is they wish the opposite result. So a group of people would prefer to see deprivation and want. And all for the joy of believing they are in charge.

If only Comrade Stalin knew, they will someday say.

Hard pass.; 1/13/20, 9:17 PM
Birkel said...: Beasts of England,
Both of these teams are the real deal. But for a couple of very close replay calls (and those things happen) this could be very different. Whichever team wins will have beaten the second best.; 1/13/20, 9:19 PM
Chuck said...: Trump Tweet from last October:
Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
Follow Follow @realDonaldTrump
95% Approval Rating in Republican Party. Thank you!
6:24 AM - 6 Oct 2019

Hill-HarrisX Poll of 1002 registered voters released today:
17% of GOP voters agree that "For his actions, Donald Trump should be impeached and removed from office."; 1/13/20, 9:29 PM
Michael K said...: Chuck has not passed out yet,; 1/13/20, 9:34 PM
narciso said...: So is it true that beirut rules has redacted passages?; 1/13/20, 9:36 PM
stephen cooper said...: seriously my friends if you do not know that college football is a sad thing, where rich kids and sad kids who think they have to be something they do not want to be are manipulated by losers to waste some of their best years of life eating lots and lots to get big and fat to be little gladiators who nobody will care about 12 months from now, seriously my friends if you do not know how sad college football is, well,

just sit down with sackcloth and ashes and read the Bible and hope and pray someday you will be a decent human being; 1/13/20, 9:36 PM
etbass said...: Sorry for your loss, Inga. I am sure nothing could be worse than losing a son or daughter.; 1/13/20, 9:41 PM
Birkel said...: I wonder if racist fopdoodles are likely to live past January 20, 2025 to witness the first day after Trump's presidency.

Anybody giving odds?; 1/13/20, 9:41 PM
stephen cooper said...: i mean college football is fine if it is West Point or Navy where the players plan to be real officers and real men some day, like I was back in the day, but it breaks my heart to see these rich college coaches exploiting every kid they can to make them big and fat just to win meaningless college games, when those kids could have been doing so much better things with their time.

Saban gets a pass because he won so often, but most of those college coaches are fat loser middle aged men who are exploiting poor kids and encouraging those poor young men to get fat and big and who are giving those poor kids orders and it just makes me angry. They are lucky they did not try and recruit one of my sons.; 1/13/20, 9:41 PM
narciso said...: Whats their alternative, i wager at least sone of these coaches came into the field through this venue.; 1/13/20, 9:45 PM
Inga said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 1/13/20, 9:48 PM
etbass said...: SC, your theology is pretty far off the beaten path of any known religion . But equating indecency with college football takes it into a realm where no man has gone before.; 1/13/20, 9:48 PM
stephen cooper said...: Their alternative, narciso, is to do what I did.

Find a job where nobody respects you but where you get paid.

There are a few college coaches I admire - the ones who went through West Point or the Academy - but for God's sake what kind of a man decides that what he wants to do in life is boss around poor kids on a football field?

Fuck Paterno, that bastard, and fuck every single college football coach living in his expensive campus house pulling down his big state salary making the poor kids knock themselves out in the summer heat in order to have a chance to win a fucking meaningless game that nobody will care about a few years from now.

That being said, Saban is a good guy, and football at places like the military academies and places like BYU and Notre Dame is ok.

But trust me, you do not want to face God at the end of your life and tell God you were one of the typical college football coaches of our day.

Or don't trust me, I don't care.; 1/13/20, 9:50 PM
stephen cooper said...: etbass --- you make me laugh.

and God bless you for that.; 1/13/20, 9:51 PM
etbass said...: Very touching story, Inga and one where it is easy to believe the Lord used the most odd circumstances for your comfort and blessing.; 1/13/20, 9:51 PM
Inga said...: Sorry for your loss, Inga. I am sure nothing could be worse than losing a son or daughter.”

Indeed, yes. I’m so blessed to have my daughters and sons in law and grandchildren who were hugely supportive. I don’t know what I would’ve done without them. This something I posted to a support group I belong to. Hug your kids, tell them how much they are loved.
———————-
My son, aged 35 while in Maine, April 18, 2019, working as a contractor fell off a floating pier into a 41 degree river with flooding and a fast current. He was seen falling into the river by two co workers and they never saw him come up. Searches were unsuccessful and he was missing for an entire month. We had no body, we couldn’t get a death certificate, without that death certificate we couldn’t even get an obituary published in the paper. We held a memorial service with no body, we were in limbo regarding settling his affairs, all the while trying to wrap our heads around the fact that we’d never see our son and brother again in this lifetime.

He’d be turning 36 on May 17th and in despair I posted a birthday message on his Facebook page with pictures of him at various ages. I ended the post with telling him how much he was loved and how much we miss him and please come home to us. At 8 AM the next morning on his birthday, I got a call from my daughter who had just gotten a call from the Maine authorities, he was found!

A lovely couple who own the flower farm that lies adjacent to the shore of the river he landed on, found him that AM. They had been to that spot the day before and he wasn’t there. They said how unlikely it was that he ended up there as he went upstream instead of downstream and because of the way the river narrowed and channeled off there. They sent beautiful flowers they had just picked with his body when he went to the coroner. What a loving gesture after the shock of finding him. I believe he heard my pleas for him to come home and he did, on his own birthday.

My daughters went to Maine, we had him cremated and they saw where he landed in that beautiful sad place, visited with the couple who found him. The couple planted a flowering crabapple tree in the spot they found him as it blooms every spring around his birthday. My daughters brought home my son in a box supplied by the funeral home. I bought a beautiful urn and he sits on my bookcase, home with me forever.

Sadly the day after Christmas, his elderly cat, who I took care of suddenly became very ill and we had to euthanize him. More heartbreak, I feel like the last remnant of my son on earth is gone, his cars, his tools, his house, his cat. Gone, gone, gone. A good friend of mine reminded me that my connection to my son is eternal, not earthly, that was comforting.; 1/13/20, 9:51 PM
etbass said...: Thanks for the choice, SC. I'll have to opt for not trusting you as I haven't heard anything to make me think you have a unique handle on spiritual matters despite your constant claims.; 1/13/20, 9:53 PM
FullMoon said...: Ricky Gervais should host the trial

Rand Paul to force Senate vote on Hunter Biden testimony if GOP colleagues back Democratic witnesses; 1/13/20, 9:53 PM
Chuck said...: There will certainly be an impeachment trial.

GOP Senators signal they will not support a preliminary motion to dismiss.; 1/13/20, 9:54 PM
narciso said...: Im sorry for your loss, a neighbor lost his son, about 6 months ago rather suddenly. We had just met him when he was doing a job here. We dont know the details amd we didnt press further

https://www.asiatimes.com/2020/01/opinion/erdogans-libya-adventure-about-shoring-up-his-legacy/; 1/13/20, 9:54 PM
stephen cooper said...: etbass ----

there is not a single verse in the Bible that I do not believe is true.

Trust me, when I say that the college football coaches of our day are almost all degenerates, I know what I am talking about.; 1/13/20, 9:54 PM
gilbar said...: make them big and fat just to win meaningless college games, when those kids could have been doing so much better things with their time.

Apparently, Clemson gives lifetime free tuition to their football players; which is The Least They Should Do.
While you're playing football, you're not taking and Real classes, so at least Clemson actually gives them a scholarship, they can use, later; 1/13/20, 9:55 PM
BudBrown said...: You know back in the day every kid in Tampa dreamed about playing for the Gators.
It was Gator country - in a boat a mile out the game would be on a radio, lost in camping country there'd be the game on some radio. Back in the mid sixties gators had a middle linebacker went about 150lds, hey i could be a middle linebacker, me and Ray Nietzsche.
Guy down the street, not too big, worked his butt off and was a walk on ended up starting a few games for the Gators. Another guy I played a lot of sandlot with, he walked on ended up all american. Another kid he started practice kicking in jr. high school he ends up kicking for them. None of them were poor kids.; 1/13/20, 9:55 PM
stephen cooper said...: 2 Timothy 3 : 16-17; 1/13/20, 9:55 PM
Laslo Spatula said...: My sincere condolences, Inga. I can't imagine that heartache, for you, and for his sisters.

- Laslo; 1/13/20, 9:58 PM
Inga said...: “Im sorry for your loss, a neighbor lost his son, about 6 months ago rather suddenly. We had just met him when he was doing a job here. We dont know the details amd we didnt press further”

Thanks Narciso, losing a loved one suddenly is a trauma to one’s psyche. The group I belong to has one story after another of sudden deaths of loved ones, sometimes it’s stressful reading these accounts, but it serves to remind us how fragile life is and how much we have in common in our humanity.; 1/13/20, 10:01 PM
Inga said...: “My sincere condolences, Inga. I can't imagine that heartache, for you, and for his sisters.”

Thanks Laslo.; 1/13/20, 10:02 PM
stephen cooper said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 1/13/20, 10:02 PM
FullMoon said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 1/13/20, 10:03 PM
narciso said...: Terminator dark fate hold my beer

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/brad-wilmouth/2020/01/13/bbcs-doctor-who-depicts-earth-destroyed-global-warming; 1/13/20, 10:12 PM
Birkel said...: https://freebeacon.com/politics/new-york-dem-rebukes-schumer-pledges-vote-gop-party-returns-sanity/

Imagine this happening.; 1/13/20, 10:13 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: "Grace and peace to you,
from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of compassion
and the God of all comfort,
who comforts us in all our troubles,
so that we can comfort those in any trouble
with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.…"
2 cor 1:3

[job 1:21]; 1/13/20, 10:13 PM
walter said...: Interesting to read FB tv production freelancer forum as they discuss ridiculously low rates being offered by Bloomberg campaign team.; 1/13/20, 10:15 PM
FullMoon said...: Sweet.

Harvard law professor sues the New York Times for 'clickbait defamation' in Epstein story; 1/13/20, 10:16 PM
mockturtle said...: Birkel reminds me: I already called the Tigers for the win @ 7:10PM.
You have to take another team.

Oh, OK. I'll take the Tigers then. And LOOK! They're ahead!; 1/13/20, 10:22 PM
Gahrie said...: Eastwood for Emperor Ezar!

Rory McCann as Bothari

Ellen Page as Elena

Ryan Reynolds as Koudelka; 1/13/20, 10:27 PM
Big Mike said...: It’s my theory that no liberal woman will be elected President until enough time has passed for conservative women to forget how Sarah Palin was treated in 2008. I scarcely know every conservative woman, but I know more than a few and this is what I get from them. Will a dozen years be enough? I think not.

So Bernie is probably right as regards Warren and that Minnesota woman who eats salad with her comb.

I really have to ask. Was there ranch or bleu cheese dressing on that salad? Did Senator Klobuchar later comb her hair and walk around looking like Cameron Diaz in “There’s Something About Mary”?; 1/13/20, 10:30 PM
etbass said...: Took the Tigers awhile to get their stuff together. But I think they are going to show that they are clearly the best in college football this year.; 1/13/20, 10:32 PM
narciso said...: I thoughtthe koudelkas were all female, elena would have to be like olivia munn just spitballing here.; 1/13/20, 10:34 PM
etbass said...: Trevor Lawrence looks like no-one as much as Martina Navratilova. With a bit of eye makeup, he would look better than her.; 1/13/20, 10:34 PM
Narayanan said...: Iranian Tai Kwan do athlete who renounced could be Droushnakovi.; 1/13/20, 10:38 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: Iranian RESTART movement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a3f55G18f0&feature=youtu.be; 1/13/20, 10:39 PM
etbass said...: They’ll need extra police on Bourbon Street tonight.; 1/13/20, 10:39 PM
Narayanan said...: Need tall NBA height actors for Bothari and Koudelka.; 1/13/20, 10:41 PM
Birkel said...: I don't care who Trevor Lawrence looks like.
I would love to be his player rep.
I think I could get by on 3% of his salary plus endorsements.; 1/13/20, 10:42 PM
Tomcc said...: Quoting Gregg Easterbrook: "Game over".; 1/13/20, 10:43 PM
narciso said...: There is a certain resemblance.

Im not as acquainted with the vorkosphere,; 1/13/20, 10:46 PM
Big Mike said...: I see a bunch of us are fans of Lois McMaster Bujold (narcisco needs to read “Cordelia’s Honor”). Scarlett Johansson is the only choice for Cordelia, but who to play Aral?; 1/13/20, 10:47 PM
narciso said...: But cordelia would have to be younger then scarlet, it couldbe done in a prequel; 1/13/20, 10:55 PM
Narayanan said...: /oliver-reed/ lookalike for Aral per Lois Bujold.; 1/13/20, 11:03 PM
Churchy LaFemme: said...: DO *NOT* let the Germans cast it!; 1/13/20, 11:06 PM
Bay Area Guy said...: Burrow had the greatest QB season in college football history. The guy is unstoppable. I wish him a good pro career.; 1/13/20, 11:06 PM
Churchy LaFemme: said...: As long as we're wishing for horses: Harry Dresden the movie..; 1/13/20, 11:08 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: ok-- both stoned and past their prime, BUT..

who did it better?? (One Way Or Another)

Nasty Pelosi

https://twitter.com/SteveScalise/status/1216467291900186626

or Blondie??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCQCwLxe6SE; 1/13/20, 11:09 PM
narciso said...: This is what young oliver reed lookedlike

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0231283/; 1/13/20, 11:11 PM
narciso said...: Sorry this one:

https://therake.com/stories/icons/oliver-reed-best-bond-we-never-had/; 1/13/20, 11:12 PM
Narayanan said...: Benicio del Toro for Aral.; 1/13/20, 11:13 PM
narciso said...: Michael fassbinder at 42, well hes stretching believability,; 1/13/20, 11:22 PM
Michael K said...: Agree about Joe Burrow. Also Coach O showed why you build the D line first, then build the offense.

That's the way Pete Carroll did it.; 1/13/20, 11:23 PM
Narayanan said...: The Assassination Bureau was fun.; 1/13/20, 11:24 PM
narciso said...: Joel kinnaman from among others robocop; 1/13/20, 11:31 PM
David Duffy said...: the photo looks like a beach in California after global cooling. The Ice Age made men hardy, hopefully the Steam Age of global warming will do the same.; 1/13/20, 11:36 PM
Guildofcannonballs said...: The funniest thing about it, is we are oing rigt to 3, skippin' 2.

No 2,

Just 3.

We don't do shit.

Big Lebowskie 3 starring Crack and me.

You know, we all know, it's gotta be the one and the only beta3G that could ever make it happen.

I'll beg for the universe here and forever: Make this be.; 1/13/20, 11:37 PM
Guildofcannonballs said...: We can lower it low as loiwe can go.; 1/13/20, 11:38 PM
Gahrie said...: As long as we're wishing for horses: Harry Dresden the movie..

S.M. Sterling's Emberverse and/or the prequels.

John Ringo..either his Zombie books or his Ghost books.

You want to reach back and really piss off the SJW types...John Norman's Gor books...…...; 1/13/20, 11:56 PM
narciso said...: Wasnt there one of the last ofthoze.

https://mobile.twitter.com/thomasjoscelyn/
status/1216730420919914499; 1/14/20, 12:03 AM
Kisxz said...: Nice work, thanks
Visit our Facts site; 1/14/20, 12:25 AM
Gahrie said...: Actually, now that I think about it, the perfect movie for the times would be John Ringo's Live Free or Die. Ryan Reynolds as Tyler Vernon. Release it on July 4th. Cut scene of the trailer is Vernon's speech when the aliens threaten to destroy Washington D.C., followed by a CGI of the strike. I bet it would set records, across the Anglosphere.; 1/14/20, 12:34 AM
Quaestor said...: Inga writes: Trump puts people down for far less than spelling and grammar mistakes.

But only when they're deplorable.; 1/14/20, 12:39 AM
Mr. Forward said...: I realize some of us have an urgent need to prove we are right and they are wrong but this is a blog comment stream and the priority is to be interesting and repetitive bickering isn’t.; 1/14/20, 12:58 AM
exhelodrvr1 said...: Sorry for your loss, Inga. I can't imagine how difficult that has been. Keeping you and your family in our prayers.; 1/14/20, 2:33 AM