Althouse: At the False Sunrise Café...

February 5, 2020

At the False Sunrise Café...

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... go ahead and tell the truth.

76 comments:

Yancey Ward said...: Beautiful clouds- looks like multiple Suns.; 2/5/20, 7:11 PM
Ann Althouse said...: The sun was still below the horizon.; 2/5/20, 7:11 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: réveille-toi!

C'est it aint seau, Pierre Defecto!

How Mitt Romney's $250m fortune was built by two of England's most disreputable business figures
Epstein's pimp/madame Ghislaine's dad, Newspaper boss Robert Maxwell and Guinness fraudster Jack Lyons invested millions is Republican's first equity fund at Bain & Company

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2176398/Mitt-Romneys-250m-fortune-built-Englands-notorious-business-figures.html; 2/5/20, 7:22 PM
Kathryn51 said...: Like the false sunrise, Nancy made a false statement (lie, untruth, whatever) - she said her theatrical paper rip wasn't pre-planned but. . . . photos don't lie.

Nancy Pre-planned the Rip

PS - one of the loveliest photos this winter.; 2/5/20, 7:22 PM
Tommy Duncan said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 2/5/20, 7:24 PM
Bill, Republic of Texas said...: Clearly a category 5 sunrise.; 2/5/20, 7:27 PM
stevew said...: My SIL posted on FB an American flag transforming over five or six panels into a Nazi Swastika. I'm not sure what that means. I don't know why she would do that on a platform designed for friends to share and communicate. I don't understand why people misunderstand and hate Trump and his supporters so very, very completely and irrationally. And if she means what I think I'm not sure sure how she can ever be in the presence of a Trump supporter, me, ever again.; 2/5/20, 7:28 PM
Christopher said...: The body politic has already forgotten about impeachment and the various obsessives have returned their focus to Iowa.; 2/5/20, 7:32 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: Liberal Tears

...the SOTU address; 2/5/20, 7:42 PM
Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan said...: As we continue to endure the Profession Wrestling era of our Republic I would like to give a shout out to Killer Kowalski. His alliterative name is the only one that I remember from many wasted Saturday mornings watching wrestling on TV at the next door neighbors, but he and his colleagues prepared me both mentally and emotionally for this presidency and I want to acknowledge that debt.; 2/5/20, 8:03 PM
Leland said...: A good video about the problems of online voting.; 2/5/20, 8:10 PM
Anonymous said...: stevew: My SIL posted on FB an American flag transforming over five or six panels into a Nazi Swastika. I'm not sure what that means.

I'm pretty sure you know what it means, but you want to think well of your relatives.

I know some very nice people who are prone to that sort of thing. (I assume we're not talking the vicious crazies out there.); 2/5/20, 8:11 PM
narciso said...: Hes been certifiable since around 2003

https://mobile.twitter.com/CamEdwards/status/1225208450222829568; 2/5/20, 8:12 PM
Polyzen said...: Romney - Kerry what’s the dif? That horse face patrician smug condescending Herman Munster gape: spare me the petty moralizing if you can’t ever see the big picture.; 2/5/20, 8:12 PM
Hagar said...: In 1805 Congress impeached Associate Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase for using excessively partisan political language and general inappropriate behavior on the bench. The Senate refused to convict in a bi-partisan vote with most senators stating they felt just partisan influence on the bench was not impeachable; they needed some specific instance of actual misconduct in ruling.

The Senate "trial" was presided over by the Vice-President, Aaron Burr, who had survived a notorious Federal trial for actual treason, and was then under indictment for murder in New Jersey following his killing of Alexander Hamilton in a duel over personal insults. By then dueling was a felony crime in itself, even if no physical injury resulted.
Burr took care never again to enter the State of New Jersey, but served out his term as Vice-President without anyone bringing up the subject of impeachment in his case.; 2/5/20, 8:12 PM
narciso said...: Thats interesting

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dd3367fa-3318-11ea-b8ef-1301adfca080

This is when they are behind bars; 2/5/20, 8:15 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: is this the next Acme cigar the Dems have lined up?

Trump campaign spy outs himself attempting to get ahead of coming story

The purpose of this twitter thread is as follows: I am looking for a group of dedicated and loyal American journalists to work with me to break the story that President Trump is a traitor.

https://twitter.com/marcusdipaola/status/1225155808062844936; 2/5/20, 8:18 PM
Rory said...: "And if she means what I think I'm not sure sure how she can ever be in the presence of a Trump supporter, me, ever again."

I think that we're past the point where this thing can be walked back. You have millions of people who have supported overthrowing the established government without any evidence to support it, and now they're ignoring the evidence of several coup attempts. Besides the actual conspirators who supply the money and call the next shot, the millions of their supporters are now running on pure vanity. I don't see that stopping of its own momentum.; 2/5/20, 8:19 PM
Narr said...: The truth is, beautiful sunrise pix shouldn't be a dinnertime feature. IMHO.

Narr
Did I mention beautiful?; 2/5/20, 8:20 PM
FullMoon said...: Oh my goodness.
GOP Senators Launch a Probe Into Hunter Biden's Shady Business; 2/5/20, 8:32 PM
narciso said...: And brooksie behind the ball

https://mobile.twitter.com/julie_kelly2/status/1225218728402374657; 2/5/20, 8:34 PM
stevew said...: Correct, of course, Angie-Dyne.

In other news: a new Bloomberg ad tonight featuring positive quotes from Obama and photos of them ostensibly working together. All public domain sort of stuff from 2012 or so, but still very interesting.; 2/5/20, 8:35 PM
Drago said...: Ingachuck'stoothlessARM: "Liberal Tears

...the SOTU address"

US adds 291,000 new jobs in January, blowing away "expert" estimates of 150,000.

More Liberal Tears.; 2/5/20, 8:37 PM
Anonymous said...: Prof, do you get any good sun-dog displays in your area? I imagine you'd occasionally gets some nice ones, as far north as you are. Don't remember if you've ever posted any photos of such. Hard to photograph - well, for me, anyway, but I'm a shite photographer.; 2/5/20, 8:39 PM
Sebastian said...: "go ahead and tell the truth."

The truth is, Althouse, you have seen what happens. Time to make plans and pick a side.; 2/5/20, 8:43 PM
stephen cooper said...: what Polygon said.

Except Herman Munster was a mesnch, Romney, not so much --- Herman Munster was basically a good guy, little Mitt, he is just basically a shonda to the goyim, richy rich Mormon style.

A sad day for the Mormons, who have so much to offer the world, and who do not deserve to have a worm-tounged snake like Mitt represent them.

Oh well, us Catholics are stuck with the foul-mouthed Bergoglio, who is not a very good guy either.; 2/5/20, 8:45 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: Drago said...
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM:
"Liberal Tears

...the SOTU address"

US adds 291,000 new jobs in January, blowing away "expert" estimates of 150,000.

More Liberal Tears.

the Economy is on a tear!!; 2/5/20, 8:50 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: Bloomberg Used Box to Boost Height as NYC Mayor, Documents Show

Mini-Mike needs to think outside the box

"Your Arms Too Short to Box with ... GEOTUS"; 2/5/20, 8:58 PM
Guildofcannonballs said...: Latent acknowledgement without the go-ahead okay....

Here, at the blog de la Althouse.; 2/5/20, 8:59 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 2/5/20, 9:00 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: Blogger BleachBit-and-Hammers said...
LOL

Make Architecture Great Again

Draft Executive Order Would Give Trump a New Target: Modern Design
The proposed order, called “Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again,” favors classical design for buildings in Washington. It has drawn opposition from architects. per NYT; 2/5/20, 9:01 PM
Hagar said...: AFAIK, the office of Speaker is mentioned in the Constitution, but only once, in passing, and taking it for granted that any assembly must have a presiding officer.

In Parliament, the previous one, John Bercow, on his retirement was given good marks for evenhandedness in presiding over debates - famously so for BBC's Questions for the Prime Minister - but were chided a bit for having had a tendency to let his Labourite affiliations show in other matters. Apparently this is not considered appropriate for the holder of the office, though the Speaker is elected from among the Members.

In Congress, it has now come to pass that the Speaker of the House no longer "speaks for the House", but only as leader of the majority party, though retaining all the powers of the office for the full House.

This while the party keeps a full complement of elected leaders, Majority Leader, Majority Whip, etc. (The Democrats even have an Assistant Majority Leader, I think, for the Black contingent of their caucus, which seems somewhat "racist" of them, but what do I know.); 2/5/20, 9:07 PM
Ken B said...: Romney voted *against* witnesses. If he thought the evidence was enough to convict it was irresponsible to not want witnesses.; 2/5/20, 9:10 PM
Guildofcannonballs said...: I'll give shit shitter-de spaced shit:

If I weren't poor I might have seen the final rodeo at the National Western Stock Show.

As it happened, ...; 2/5/20, 9:12 PM
Guildofcannonballs said...: If I won the lottery, I would do something I knew would fail:

Define Country.

All kinds of artists have defined country, Allan after David Coe is my favorite.

David Allan Coe.

I hope he keeps offendin' longer than I been.

"If that ain't Country"; 2/5/20, 9:20 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: everything the Dems touch turns into an abortion

Lock 'em up, and when they protest, say "This isnt a prison...

... it's just a clump of cells!"; 2/5/20, 9:22 PM
FullMoon said...: Keeping hope alive:

Jerry Nadler Says the Show Will Go On – Dems “Likely” to Subpoena John Bolton; 2/5/20, 9:24 PM
JML said...: Been at work all day. Well, a retirement seminar, but anyway, been out of touch. Question: They finally figure out the final winner in the Iowa Circus? Er, Carcass? I mean, Caustic? Oh, never mind...; 2/5/20, 9:25 PM
Guildofcannonballs said...: The great Alan Jackson has a say here today, indeed:

"She's been playin' in a room on the Strip
For ten years in Vegas
Every night she looks in the mirror
And she only ages
She's been readin' about Nashville and all
The records that everybody's buyin'
Says 'I'm a simple girl myself
Grew up on Long Island'
So she packs her bags to try to her hand
Says this might be my last chance

She's gone country, look at them boots
She's gone country, back to her roots
She's gone country, a new kind of suit
She's gone country, here she comes

Well the folk scene is dead
But he's holdin' out in the village
He's been writin' songs speakin' out
Against wealth and privilege
He says 'I dont believe in money
But a man could make him a killin'
'Cause some of that stuff don't sound
Much different than Dylan
I hear down there it's changed you see
They're not as backward as they used to be

He's gone country, look at them boots
He's gone country, back to his roots
He's gone country, a new kind of suit
He's gone country, here he comes

Well, he commutes to LA
But he's got a house in the valley
But the bills are pilin' up
And the pop scene just ain't on the rally
And he says 'Honey I'm a serious composer
Schooled in voice and composition
But with the crime and the smog these days
This ain't no place for children
Lord it sounds so easy it shouldn't take long
Be back in the money in no time at all'

He's gone country, look at them boots
He's gone country, backt to his roots
He's gone country, a new kind of suit
He's gone country, here he comes
Yeah he's gone country, a new kind of walk
He's gone country, a new kind of talk
He's gone country, look at them boots
He's gone country, oh back to his roots

He's gone country
He's gone country
Everybody's gone country
Yeah we've gone country
The whole world's gone country"

https://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/jackson-alan/gone-country-6530.html

The great Alan Jackson, ladies and gentleman.; 2/5/20, 9:26 PM
Francisco D said...: Althouse posted ... go ahead and tell the truth.

I guess that means ARM and Lil' Chuckie are not allowed to post.; 2/5/20, 9:28 PM
rightguy said...: I am sure that Mittens hates Trump, but what good did it do for him to vote to convict ? Acquittal was a slam dunk. So maybe Schiff has got something on Romney and coerced him- like maybe his ties to Ukraine/Burisma Group :

https://nationalfile.com/uk...; 2/5/20, 9:30 PM
Guildofcannonballs said...: I wouldn't otherwise, but since bobby hard has issues with it it very well may be the thing to do, he has so few issues otherwise otherwise issues must therefore be nonroutine ergo unique opportunites such as this: Kobe is missed.

The spirit is everywhere.; 2/5/20, 10:04 PM
Guildofcannonballs said...: I'll blame fernandistandy for making me do that too.

Thanks a lot.; 2/5/20, 10:05 PM
narciso said...: What are they doing in:

https://mobile.twitter.com/LuluFriesdat/status/1225256764649680898; 2/5/20, 10:21 PM
Guildofcannonballs said...: I've decided to create the first Guildofcannonballs-based award: the Guildofly!

I award it to potUS Donald Trump.

Althouse can work out the collection details.

Congrats potUS on being awarded the first ever Guildofly!; 2/5/20, 10:23 PM
Guildofcannonballs said...: As (in my wildest dreams!) a failure in terms of how much I lack in ability to describe the to you hagiography Trump is worthy of instead I substitute this:

Arkancide ten-fold.

Times 7 times 7 times 7.; 2/5/20, 10:31 PM
Kyzer SoSay said...: Romney has an extreme dislike for Trump and everyone knows this. Of COURSE he was going to vote to convict. But he's still such a pussy he couldn't vote for both articles. The Dems who voted against Nancy's impeachment also probably had no love for Trump (though their districts may have), but still voted in his favor. There was even a defection in the end. Just based on those facts, I don't really see how any fair mind can look at this as anything other than a convincing Trump win. The witnesses argument is crap, because the House could've done their job. Back then it was "urgent", of course. Then it became "we need to take our time" once the ball was out of Nancy's court. When even your flashpoint is a fake "whistleblower" receiving a hivemind hush treatment by deluded leftists, which normal people observe to be absurd, how can you expect to actually win the day? Witness after witness in the House hearings claimed never having been told a quid pro quo existed, but so many just had a hunch. Yeah, sure. The Parnas distraction ran out of steam mighty fast too - the left just can't catch a break here.; 2/5/20, 10:47 PM
Amadeus 48 said...: "I would like to give a shout out to Killer Kowalski...he and his colleagues prepared me both mentally and emotionally for this presidency and I want to acknowledge that debt."

Piker. What about Gorgeous George? He was the father of flamboyant self-promotion and influenced Muhammad Ali, James Brown, Bob Dylan, Bugs Bunny, the Bowery Boys, Elton John, Prince, and Liberace.

You can knock Trump all you want, but he a master of showbiz. It is the Greatest Show on Earth. And you ain't seen nothing yet. Coming up in year four:

The flaying of Brennan.
The miracle of St. RBG: she's alive!
Comey vs. the wild beasts.
The confession and repentance of Rosenstein.
Wee Mikee Bloomberg in Hop O' My Thumb
Bernie the Mad Bolshevik
Romney: tarred, feathered, and ridden on a rail.

All this and more in year four of Trump Imperator, the Greatest Show on Earth.
The Democrats think they are ahead, but Trump has almost lapped them.; 2/5/20, 11:09 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: Reminder that Dems are paying $75m to have sock puppet accounts flood social media this election season
per andrew torba (Gab)

Acronym, an investor to the Shadow outfit, is involved

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/us/politics/democratic-political-campaign-advertising.html; 2/5/20, 11:20 PM
Yancey Ward said...: Narciso,

I examined a few of these worksheets- it appears to me that the math was done incorrectly, or the rules were terrible. You shouldn't end up with so many leftover delegates unless you are using the initial voter numbers, not the the voters in the last alignment for the calculation. If you don't participate in the realignment, you shouldn't be counted for SDEs, at least I don't think you should be. A bigger collection of these worksheets needs to be examined.

In short, the 2nd alignment will almost always have fewer participants than the first- mainly because non-viable candidates supporters might not want to support anyone else, and leave. However, the delegates numbers appear to be based on the 1st aligment alone- even though the calculations involve each candidates vote totals from the second alignment. This leads to 1-5 extra delegates (the size depends on the magnitude of the vote totals and the dropouts). Overall, if you do end up with an extra, the rule for assigning the extras is ok, but I really do question using the number of participants in the 1st alignment as the base- that seems inappropriate since it is support in the 2nd alignment that really matters.; 2/5/20, 11:26 PM
narciso said...: Heck yancey the number of attendees dont add up in at least three counties, which meand there is an overcount in at least two, then they dont know when to round up or down; 2/5/20, 11:37 PM
narciso said...: This is a deeply ridiculous way of doinf thngs if there is a discrepancy between the first and second set.; 2/5/20, 11:49 PM
Crazy World said...: Gorgeous picture, lovely day.; 2/5/20, 11:55 PM
narciso said...: Say what?

https://mobile.twitter.com/TedNesi/status/1225230130433404934; 2/5/20, 11:56 PM
narciso said...: Thats bloomberg pulling the 'do you know who i am' routine; 2/6/20, 12:03 AM
narciso said...: What else cant he do

https://mobile.twitter.com/AFP/status/1225274919765725184; 2/6/20, 12:06 AM
narciso said...: Well thiz is a problem

https://mobile.twitter.com/SchipperKeith/status/1225273451729977345; 2/6/20, 12:14 AM
Art in LA said...: We’ll have to invent a new non-alcoholic drink, the False Tequila Sunrise ... a modern day Shirley Temple. Ha. 🍹 🌅; 2/6/20, 12:33 AM
narciso said...: The earlier link is about china dropping mpre tariffs.; 2/6/20, 12:40 AM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: let's see if Buttsexsex's vote-fudging app can pack it in

Updated Emerson College poll of New Hampshire still has Sanders in the lead:

Sanders: 31%
Buttigieg: 21%
Biden: 12%
Warren: 12%
Klobuchar: 11%
Gabbard: 5%
Yang: 5%; 2/6/20, 12:55 AM
gadfly said...: You have got to be sheeting me!

"Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis., announced in a letter Wednesday they are seeking "records of Hunter Biden’s travel while he was under U.S. Secret Service protection as they continue to investigate potential conflicts of interest to boost his business ventures in Ukraine and China."

Trump was just given a pass for violating the law and this unproven nonsense about the Bidens continues nonetheless! How is it that the Republicans can get any information they seek but the impeachment committee was denied any and all info requests?; 2/6/20, 2:51 AM
Jaq said...: There was an article that referenced a press release from the Wuhan Virology Instutute some years ago which interviewed a young scientist who was very excited about the prospect of understanding how bats where able to live with infections of deadly viruses without succumbing to them. Their immune systems didn’t overreact, and it seems like the overreaction of the immune system is what makes many viruses deadly. That article has been sort of scrubbed from the internet because it named the guy.

It may be that it is not a bioweapon, at least by intent, but more like an industrial accident involving well meaning research. From this point of view, it still doesn’t rule out that they were tinkering with viruses with CRSPR, which is a technology long out of the bag. Certainly Chinese spies have been caught both in Boston smuggling viruses, see DOJ’s website, and Canada.

I like to read literature from the turn of the previous century, so I am familiar with the history of the Spanish Flu, and I know that a decade or two ago, they dug up some victims of it in the arctic. So you know there are samples of it around, anyway. It was a horrific event.; 2/6/20, 3:44 AM
Jaq said...: Democrats. could have had Bolton as a witness, but it required them to agree to witnesses Trump wanted, which Schumer said was “off the table.” This was the news just a couple weeks ago, but not it’s down the memory hole. It’s amazing to me.

Romney’s campaign and Hillary’s campaign were both involved in pressuring Ukraine to lay off of Burisma, which eventually they did.; 2/6/20, 3:49 AM
Jaq said...: The idea that a software company would be founded by political insiders just stinks. Both from the point of technical incompetence and potentially untraceable corruption. This is one more strong argument for paper ballots, with pen, not pencil, and dipping thumbs in ink.; 2/6/20, 3:55 AM
Jaq said...: Wildlife camera of a coyote and his badger friend.

https://twitter.com/kausmickey/status/1225325145860034561; 2/6/20, 3:59 AM
Gahrie said...: Trump was just given a pass for violating the law

Which law was Trump accused of breaking?

and this unproven nonsense about the Bidens continues nonetheless!

Unproven? Hunter Biden's bribes, or "payments", are a matter of record, and Joe Biden is on videotape bragging about how he forced the Ukraine to end an investigation into the company his son was receiving payments from by threatening to with hold U.S. money.; 2/6/20, 4:51 AM
rehajm said...: The BLS jobs report for January comes out on Friday morning. The January number is normally full of revisions and adjustments for the previous year and likely will differ greatly from the ADP report. Look for Democrats to pounce if there’s a less than stellar number. Wouldn’t be surprised if there are claims of Trump manipulation... or perhaps claims of an impeachable offense.; 2/6/20, 4:51 AM
Big Mike said...: Trump was just given a pass for violating the law and this unproven nonsense about the Bidens continues nonetheless!

Cool! You cleverly wrote “unproven” in lieu of the outright falsity of “innocent.” Because “innocent” is something the Bidens (père et fils) certainly are not!

How is it that the Republicans can get any information they seek but the impeachment committee was denied any and all info requests?

Why are you so upset about someone’s travel records? Every one of Donald Trump’s flights since the day he came down that escalator is a matter of public record.; 2/6/20, 5:10 AM
gilbar said...: Aunty Trump said...
The idea that a software company would be founded by political insiders just stinks. Both from the point of technical incompetence and potentially untraceable corruption.

Oh Come ON!
WHAT, Possible Problem could there EVEN BE?
SURE, the Shadow group is owned and operated by Hillary Clinton
SURE, there are no "Experienced Programmers" on their staff

BUT!
What do you think would go wrong?
Are you in some dream, where you think that caucus results would be FOUR DAYS late, that any wins by people not supported by the Clintons, would NEVER be reported?
that numbers reported would not only by different from the numbers witnessed...
But wouldn't Even mathematically add up??
What dream land are you sleeping in?; 2/6/20, 5:14 AM
Rory said...: "Cool! You cleverly wrote “unproven” in lieu of the outright falsity of “innocent.”"

Hillary (1998): "Well, I think that—if all that were proven true, I think that would be a very serious offense. That is not going to be proven true."; 2/6/20, 5:22 AM
Jaq said...: I am sure the. same people who “infestigated” Hillary Clinton and Uranium One, and her emails “extreme carelessness, not gross negligence, you fools!” have done a bang up job looking into the strings that were pulled at the State Deapartment to get Burisma off with a slap on the wrist.; 2/6/20, 5:46 AM
Jaq said...: They held off the pro Bernie numbers until Mayor Cheat garnered two days of good headlines.; 2/6/20, 5:48 AM
AllenS said...: Aunty Trump said...
Wildlife camera of a coyote and his badger friend.

Last night, the Minnesota Gopher basketball team lured the Wisconsin Badger basketball team into an arena (the barn), and kicked the shit out of them.

Bad.; 2/6/20, 6:20 AM
mockturtle said...: everything the Dems touch turns into an abortion

Lock 'em up, and when they protest, say "This isnt a prison...

... it's just a clump of cells!"

Good one, ICTA!; 2/6/20, 9:22 AM
SeanF said...: Ken B: Romney voted *against* witnesses. If he thought the evidence was enough to convict it was irresponsible to not want witnesses.

Romney voted for witnesses.; 2/6/20, 10:02 AM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: thanks, Mock! Have a great day!; 2/6/20, 10:53 AM