Althouse: At the Western Sunrise Café...

June 7, 2020

At the Western Sunrise Café...

... you don't have to look right at things.

And, by the way, here is the Althouse Portal to Amazon.

58 comments:

stevew said...: I am impressed.

These capture early summer, though we are two weeks away from the solstice. Lovely.; 6/7/20, 8:31 PM
Danno said...: The Glenn Loury letter in response to the letter coined by the President of Brown University, has now hit the Notable & Quotable section of the Wall St. Journal.; 6/7/20, 8:51 PM
Achilles said...: So do all of you who were duped by the experts into thinking CoVID is going to kill you if you left your house understand your error?; 6/7/20, 8:58 PM
Big Mike said...: Western Sun RISE?!?!? You folks do everything bass-ackwards in Madison!; 6/7/20, 8:59 PM
Drago said...: Courtesy of Matt Walsh:

Michael Walsh’s translating service:

Your guide to Leftspeak:

"White supremacy" = Western civilization

"Fundamental change" = total destruction

"Legitimate grievances" = "complete bullshit"

"Have a conversation about..." = agree with us or die

"Rights" = things not in the Constitution we want; 6/7/20, 9:08 PM
Drago said...: Poor Slow Joe.

His ability to weaponize the George Floyd funerals (yes, plural) is already in diminishing returns status.

Biden appears to be bowing out of a personal appearance at the Houston service where he was to make an impassioned plea on behalf of BLM, etc. But now, that has been dumped to keep the dementia addled simpleton back in his basement (after offering up a laughable "secret service" related excuse) where me will make a pre-recorded video to be played at the Houston service.

Pre-recorded is necessary as he is not able to complete a single sentence without stepping on his crank.

And, on top of all that, the Biden campaign refuses to say they oppose the defunding of police across the nation.

And that is already showing up in republican commercials in those important congressional swing district commercials.

Congrats Maoist dems! You've really teed this one up.; 6/7/20, 9:16 PM
Drago said...: 2 arrested and charged in the murder of David Dorn in St Louis.

Inga hardest hit.; 6/7/20, 9:26 PM
walter said...: 9 in 2-0-1-9; 6/7/20, 9:31 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Drago - good!; 6/7/20, 9:35 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Leftwing media and leftwing Antifa don't care at all about David Dorn.; 6/7/20, 9:36 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: pretty photos. pale rainbow colors of summer.; 6/7/20, 9:36 PM
walter said...: Drago,
Inga earlier today was glad to mention the 2 charged, and that it atgued against defunding police.
Small victories etc.

Now imagine the injustice of having Biden or Sharpton giving you your ultimate send off.; 6/7/20, 9:39 PM
Inga said...: Sorry to ruin you narrative ...

Drago said...
“2 arrested and charged in the murder of David Dorn in St Louis.

Inga hardest hit.”
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walter said...
Booger Brigade in action
6/7/20, 3:03 PM
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“Booger Brigade in action”

Good to hear that arrests have been made. Another reason not to defund the police.

6/7/20, 3:46 PM

https://draft.blogger.com/comment.g?postID=2075954003624067581&blogID=6329595&isPopup=false&page=2; 6/7/20, 9:52 PM
walter said...: Steve Deace Retweeted
Ron Coleman
@RonColeman
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Jun 6
What you must believe, June 2020:

• The WWII Allies were Antifa
• Riots are peaceful
• Viruses kill you in church but not in street protests
• Police make cities less safe
• Senility in a presidential candidate is fine
• US Senators should not be allowed to publish op-eds; 6/7/20, 9:53 PM
wild chicken said...: "understand your error?"

Yes, I didn't just assume outright that my government would shit me. Bless my heart.

But I enjoyed the hell out of not having to go any damn place.; 6/7/20, 9:56 PM
Bay Area Guy said...: In Chicago, in one weekend: 92 people shot, 27 dead.

Is it reasonable to infer that none of the assailants are white, or else there's lots of protests?

Also, does anyone wanna defund the Chicago Police?

The Left is bonkers and enables violence.; 6/7/20, 9:58 PM
Big Mike said...: @Drago, my prediction is that there will be precisely one Presidential debate this fall. Joe Biden will be fed all the questions in advance, his staff will work out answers and carefully brief Slow Joe. And Joe will still blow it. “Bigly.” But the news media will claim that he won anyway.; 6/7/20, 9:58 PM
walter said...: Althouse curfew in effect?; 6/7/20, 10:15 PM
Original Mike said...: "... you don't have to look right at things.

Averted vision can improve detection of low brightness astronomical objects by a couple of magnitudes (that's a lot! m2 = 6x); 6/7/20, 10:22 PM
Lewis Wetzel said...: An interesting interview by Aussie conservative politician John Anderson and biophysicist Michael Levitt:https://www.podbean.com/site/EpisodeDownload/DIR9129E84HVY72

Levitt looked at the data from the Diamond Princess Cruise ship, where virtually everyone was exposed to covid-19, and calculated a death rate of 500 per million, or 0.5%. It turns out that this is about the death rate experienced by all nations, regardless of lockdown status & social distancing edicts.
There are some unanswered questions in the interview. New York, for example, has a death rate of 2,000 per million, and Levitt explanation for this seems trite.
Levitt brings up some interesting points, such as whether getting 'regular" flu conveys some immunity to covid-19.; 6/7/20, 10:30 PM
narciso said...: The bigger picture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFGsjMJ0FXc; 6/7/20, 10:31 PM
exiledonmainstreet, green-eyed devil said...: "And, on top of all that, the Biden campaign refuses to say they oppose the defunding of police across the nation.

And that is already showing up in republican commercials in those important congressional swing district commercials."

The GOP also needs to do an ad highlighting the fact that the Biden campaign bailed out rioters.

We know Slow Joe's excuse - he barely knows what day it is. His staffers, on the other hand, apparently think their demented Twitter followers are an accurate gauge of public sentiment.; 6/7/20, 10:44 PM
narciso said...: Ok then

https://worldisraelnews.com/pelosi-says-annexation-undermines-us-and-will-end-democrats-support-for-israel/#.Xt0HtJ_LhME.facebook; 6/7/20, 10:45 PM
n.n said...: 2 arrested and charged in the murder of David Dorn in St Louis.

Now, we forego warlock judgments, dispense of color clowns, and follow due process.

#AllLivesMatter; 6/7/20, 10:54 PM
narciso said...: Still wrong

https://mobile.twitter.com/peterjhasson/status/1269833810125955072; 6/7/20, 11:00 PM
walter said...: Elon Musk
@elonmusk
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Jun 6
The gerontocracy is out of touch with the people
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
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Jun 6
Selling weed literally went from major felony to essential business (open during pandemic) in much of America & yet many are still in prison. Doesn’t make sense, isn’t right.
Show this thread
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
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Jun 6
This will probably get me into trouble, but I feel I have to say it; 6/7/20, 11:07 PM
William said...: With the exception of the tv remote control, the greatest invention of all time was the Gutenberg printing press. The thing about Gutenberg's invention is that it wasn't really that inventive. He used the technology from wine presses and such and put together a printing press. It was more mechanical ingenuity than even engineering, but he was the first person to put it all together. He probably wasn't as bright as Archimedes or Galileo, but he was the one who changed the world. And nothing against Shakespeare and Cervantes, but they'd be nothing without Gutenberg. Too bad he didn't have the patent. Well, he made a few dollars printing up Papal Indulgences so his efforts weren't totally in vain.; 6/7/20, 11:10 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: ...foul-mouthed masochists hardest hit

The F-word’s hidden superpower:
Repeating it can increase your pain threshold

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/the-f-words-hidden-superpower-repeating-it-can-increase-your-pain-threshold/; 6/7/20, 11:26 PM
FullMoon said...: Tom Arnold calls for murdering Trump supporters..

As if coming October release of the Trump video Tom has stashed, along with Amarosa audio recording of Trump using sexist and racist language will not be enough to do the job..; 6/7/20, 11:28 PM
narciso said...: Interesting

https://mobile.twitter.com/CBS_Herridge/status/1269345227703234560; 6/7/20, 11:34 PM
walter said...: I feel so comforted by lack of that "dreadful back and forth" of the vintage tv references and book recommendations that used to descend on the posts in Satan's late night lair!; 6/7/20, 11:46 PM
Yancey Ward said...: Looks like the Boogaloo Bois are in Brussels, they seem to have ditched the Hawaiian shirts, though.; 6/7/20, 11:47 PM
Yancey Ward said...: Uh oh.....Boogaloo Bois attacking the police in London.; 6/7/20, 11:49 PM
Yancey Ward said...: From the BBC:

"27 police officers injured during largely peaceful anti-racism protests in London"

One wag wrote back, "1500 Dead After Largely Successful Titanic Maiden Voyage".

I searched all the videos of the police being attacked in London- couldn't find any Boogaloo Bois.; 6/7/20, 11:56 PM
Yancey Ward said...: Boogaloo Boi arrested in David Dorn killing. Police searching the residence for Hawaiian shirts.; 6/8/20, 12:03 AM
BlackjohnX said...: Moderation sucks. Spontaneity and interesting interchanges have disappeared. Guess you can't expect adults to be able to decide for themselves whether to read, respond or ignore the comments from others which might offend. Moderation, a blog's version of WuFlu sequestration.; 6/8/20, 12:32 AM
narciso said...: Furthermore

https://tinyurl.com/yc35lyca; 6/8/20, 12:45 AM
Jaq said...: When somebody says that they are a free speech fundamentalist, and I have always thought of myself as one, they are wrong. Free speech isn’t the part that is fundamental, it’s a faith that there is something approaching objective truth that is fundamental, and free speech is just the best way to guarantee that truth is actively explored. If you don’t believe in any kind of objective truth then arguments based on truth in defense of free speech fall on deaf ears. They just feel that free speech empowers their enemies.

I think a lot of it has to do with climate change. They know their arguments don’t really hold together and there are plenty of reasonable objections to most of what they are saying, but they have complete faith that they are right and so allowing people the freedom to make objections is evil. Free speech is therefore evil. The planet is at stake. (which is ridiculous) <<--- EVILLL! BANISH HIM!!!!

This is what my sojourn on Twitter has taught me.; 6/8/20, 4:50 AM
Howard said...: Devastating news, Drago. I'm so so sorry.
Does this mean you have to stop standing on Dorns corpse? Don't wash that bloody shirt, it'll come in handy for playing possum.; 6/8/20, 6:14 AM
Bruce Hayden said...: “Levitt looked at the data from the Diamond Princess Cruise ship, where virtually everyone was exposed to covid-19, and calculated a death rate of 500 per million, or 0.5%. It turns out that this is about the death rate experienced by all nations, regardless of lockdown status & social distancing edicts.
There are some unanswered questions in the interview. New York, for example, has a death rate of 2,000 per million, and Levitt explanation for this seems trite.”

I think partly that the answer is that not all exposures are the same. Maybe half of the NYC deaths can possibly be attributed to DeBlazio’s people forcing assisted living facilities, filled with people with significant comorbidities, to accept people known to be contagious with the virus. The staff at these facilities were low paid, low skilled, and overworked. These facilities did not have statistically representative populations, but, instead, were filled with 70, 80, and even 90 year olds. Many had other comorbidities too, such as breathing issues or weak hearts. Overworked and under skilled staff meant that proper sanitary procedures were likely often skipped. So the coronavirus flared through these places in record time.; 6/8/20, 7:28 AM
n.n said...: 2 arrested and charged in the murder of David Dorn in St Louis.

So, due process, not warlock judgments, protests, blood, diversity, and contagion.; 6/8/20, 7:43 AM
Francisco D said...: Big Mike said...my prediction is that there will be precisely one Presidential debate this fall. Joe Biden will be fed all the questions in advance, his staff will work out answers and carefully brief Slow Joe. And Joe will still blow it. “Bigly.” But the news media will claim that he won anyway.

The problem is that Slow Joe cannot memorize the answers he is given. I predict there will be no debates because Trump is too evil to be given that legitimacy.; 6/8/20, 7:56 AM
Birkel said...: Cafeteria style Leftist Collectivism is not an option.
Royal ass Inga is confused about that truth.
Howard too.

You either get all of it - including defunding police - or next to none of it.
The time for choosing is past in many places.
And I want Royal ass Inga and Howard to experience their choices, good and hard.; 6/8/20, 8:07 AM
tcrosse said...: From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, here's an analysis of why the
prosecution of the four cops won't be easy.; 6/8/20, 8:13 AM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Yancey -
Booglaoo boys are everywhere - just like Russian brain bots.; 6/8/20, 8:16 AM
Lurker21 said...: I mowed the lawn yesterday. There was a big cloud of grey smoke and a powerful smell when I started up the machine. Then I ran over a stump (twice) and the engine conked out with a loud bang (twice). The neighbor, who always has his lawn professionally mowed, came out to take a look and maybe glared. He might have thought the rioters with Molotov cocktails had finally come to suburbia.

Back to work soon.; 6/8/20, 9:37 AM
Michael K said...: The problem is that Slow Joe cannot memorize the answers he is given. I predict there will be no debates because Trump is too evil to be given that legitimacy.

I agree if Joe is still the nominee. I expect a "health crisis" by October.; 6/8/20, 10:05 AM
Leigh said...: At least a year ago, in a comment on this blog, I predicted that “speech = violence.” And now we are here.
https://twitter.com/robbysoave/status/1270000143992053762; 6/8/20, 11:13 AM
Lewis said...: Because, by definition, the 'Police' are 'working class' they are 'racist', because the 'working class' is racist, they must be condemned? Well your premiss's are wrong - the 'hoi polloi' is not 'racist', on the contrary, that is projection - you are racist because you think in those terms - we rough around in our little bottle of being and accept it - look at Liverpool, my town, were people just married each other because they loved each other - the biggest friction their was between the Protestants and the Catholics between Everton and Liverpool. In the 19th and early 20th there are so many mixed marriages that no one knows where they began, including me.; 6/16/20, 10:34 AM
Lewis said...: I think Morrisey and The Smiths kinda say something about today, like my poetry, all '80s? Listen to the lyracs, please.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fitMGZhulM; 6/16/20, 10:52 AM
Lewis said...: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHC9HE7vazI

For you; 6/16/20, 11:18 AM
Lewis said...: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEzwkaIdM64

This is what I am; 6/16/20, 12:20 PM
Lewis said...: House For Sale.

Friends that were not and have already gone
Leave that glamorous emptiness, the void
Of an age that has forgotten the words
Of a conversation or why it meant
Anything: each day behind the curtain
Must be found the appalling but still
Discreetly vague urge of the animal,
Panic before the inarticulate weight
Of this negative about to be exposed.
Upon the stairs phantom ascending and
Descending whispers left merely to
Remind one, if not of departure,
Then of a past where opening a door
Was significant, where each room was
A place, where being in a house made sense.; 6/17/20, 1:27 AM
Lewis said...: Leigh, not only does speech=violence, now silence, a lack of a voice, = violence, which I partially agree to, as long as they 'hear' my 'speach' that the Police are decent (more than decent! Noble!) good human beings - the 'front-line', who, only last month we were praising as 'heros'. 'Can't get no break!' - life ain't easy, Mr Cop, but could you, please, stop my neighbour from stabbing me?; 6/17/20, 1:36 AM
Lewis said...: So, Police are good people, vocational people, like nurses, like doctors, who try, to the best of their ability, to be reasonable, rational authority figures. Of course, PACE (1984!) effed that up - no longer 'bobbies on the beat' but form fillers and the only time we sea them 'on the beat' is when they're beating a riot. But that's our decision, that's political and if you don't like it, change it. It doesn't obfuscate the fact that Police, men or women, are decent, good, vocational human beings.; 6/17/20, 2:08 AM
Lewis said...: The flat earth society are reporting that the 6 foot social distancing measures are pushing some of their members over the edge; 6/17/20, 5:10 AM
Lewis said...: This, from one beautiful woman to another

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCnf46boC3I; 6/17/20, 6:17 AM
Lewis said...: She talks what I feel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojIZ61GBHwY; 6/17/20, 6:38 AM