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August 21, 2020

At the Sunrise Café...

... you can write until the sun comes up.

102 comments:

Gospace said...: My son returned my grandson to his mother here in NY 2 weeks early because of Dictator Cuomo's unconstitutional 2 week quarantine edict. My wife and I were fine with our grandson here for a day. When my son got to hos other grandparents' house, where my my ex-daughter in law lives because she can't hold down a job or afford her own place, they greeted him wearing gloves and masks. But a female judge decided he's be better off with her.

Fucking assholes. Emotional abuse of a child as far as I'm concerned.; 8/21/20, 7:24 PM
Jon Ericson said...: Ironing out the bugs:

WE TOLD YOU SO: New Jersey Election Invalidated Because of Mail-In Voter Fraud; 8/21/20, 7:32 PM
Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan said...: French summarizes the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report:

When a campaign chair clandestinely communicates with a Russian intelligence officer, when a campaign tries to obtain opposition research from Russian government sources and Russian intelligence assets, and when a campaign lies about attempts to engineer multimillion dollar business deals in Russia, it has not only crossed every line of propriety, it creates grave counterintelligence vulnerabilities. And we haven’t even discussed the fact that its chief national security consultant, Michael Flynn, had received tens of thousands of dollars from the Kremlin and was serving as an unlawfully undisclosed foreign agent of the government of Turkey during the campaign.; 8/21/20, 7:34 PM
rehajm said...: https://mobile.twitter.com/laralogan/status/1296945180713549827

Lara Logan on wielding the criminal justice system as a political weapon; 8/21/20, 7:41 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: the Potemkin Candidate
we're trying to decide between "HOLOGRAMps Biden" or CGI-Joe

Joe Biden accused of plagiarizing late Canadian politician Jack Layton in DNC speech

https://thepostmillennial.com/joe-biden-accused-of-plargiarizing-late-canadian-politician-jack-layton-in-dnc-speech

he's the familiar wrapper to the nut bars the Dems really want in; 8/21/20, 7:44 PM
alanc709 said...: ARM, your delusions do not constitute facts.; 8/21/20, 7:46 PM
h said...: I've been waiting for a Cafe to bring this up, because it isn't really one of the hot topics on Althouse blog.

This article about Google's plan to offer post-high school "certificates" here talks about a future alternative to 4 year or community college degrees ("credentials") that could (in my opinion) be very attractive to high schoolers, and could put additional pressure on those 4 year and even community colleges.; 8/21/20, 7:47 PM
Michael K said...: ARM has finally jumped the shark on the Spygate. French, who he quotes, is an idiot NeverTrumper who is as crazy as ARM.

I might be wrong about French. Maybe he is getting paid for this crap. Nobody would pay a sociopath like ARM.; 8/21/20, 7:48 PM
h said...: Sorry Go space to hear about your grandson. Covid is providing a rationale for a lot of increasing government intervention in what should be private decisions.; 8/21/20, 7:49 PM
Bay Area Guy said...: I had a nice lunch today in North Beach, SF. It was sunny & ovely. (Except for the smokiness from various fires). Bad news/good news:

Bad news: Several of the fancy & famous Italian restaurants are kaput. The classier older ones.

Good news: Many of the Italian cafes are open with sidewalk tables with umbrellas. Had a pannini and an iced Cafe Americano.

Carry on and have a good weekend - with or without a mask.; 8/21/20, 7:50 PM
Jersey Fled said...: But Hillary's bathroom server created no security vulnerabilities, right ARM?; 8/21/20, 7:57 PM
Yancey Ward said...: H,

Google's plan will last just as long as the first civil rights suit describing disparate impact is filed. Then Google will have to dumb down the certification process until its meaning is no better than a high school diploma or college B.A in the History of One-Legged Black Lesbian Hobos.; 8/21/20, 8:02 PM
Inga said...: The Senate intelligence report tell us that we on the left were correct all along. Trump colluded with Russia. I was right, Drago and the rest of you idiots were wrong. The president you still support is a Russian asset at worst and a useful idiot at best.; 8/21/20, 8:03 PM
Michael K said...: I tried to find a link for ARM's quotes from French, who has left NRO and is now posting at the Dispatch which is subscription only. I assume ARM has joined crazy Chuck as a Dispatch member or is posting shit with no links as a new tactic.; 8/21/20, 8:07 PM
Yancey Ward said...: My COVID spreadsheets updated:

US Data up to August 21
Individual States COVID Stats

Cases and deaths are definitely in a decline, but the deaths are dropping slower because several states are now backdating previous deaths to claim COVID as a cause (the so-called death certificate matching), probably due to the CARES Act financial incentives. This is now happening all across the southern tier of the US.

The only states with what can be called legitimate increases in confirmed cases the last week are ND, SD, HI, and IL. The Face Diaper/Lockdown brigade will have to find some way to increase testing by a factor of two, or else the panic will be hard to maintain after September rolls around. If you use New York as a guide, it is likely the entire country will have a positive rate of around 1-2% by the second week of September, which at current testing levels is about 7,500 to 15,000 new cases/day, and it is very unlikely many states will continue to test at high rates if the positive rate is not much higher than the test's claimed false positive rate the way New York and New Jersey has. You could easily see the number of RT-PCR tests fall to 400,000 by September 15 at the rate it is going.; 8/21/20, 8:12 PM
Drago said...: Beijing Boy: "When a campaign chair clandestinely communicates with a Russian intelligence officer,...."

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

How about the democratical Senate Intelligence Committee leader reaches out secretly to Putin connected hoax dossier supposed source:

"Democratic Sen. Mark Warner texted with Russian oligarch lobbyist in effort to contact dossier author Christopher Steele"

Meanwhile, in news guaranteed to make ARM curl up in a ball and cry like a child (again), we have Trump continuing to squeeze Beijing Boy ARM's Heroic and Courageous People's Republic of China ChiComs:

On Point: State and Commerce Declare War on Chinese Malware and Malgear

"This past week, the U.S. State Department and U.S. Department of Commerce launched new diplomatic, economic and legal initiatives designed to counter communist China's global malware and malgear offensive."

But it gets even better:

Countering Chinese expansionism: India, Japan and Australia to form a trilateral plus supply chain

"This development is taking place in the backdrop of countries like Japan, Australia and US planning to move out their companies from China. Japan has instituted a $ 2 bn fund to help the Japanese companies in this context. US and Australia have entered into an agreement for China free supply chain for rare earth materials. India is taking steps to attract companies to start production in India. In March, India had approved Production Linked Incentive that offers incentives for production in India and to reduce imports of raw material from China for the production of crucial antibiotics, anti-HIV drugs, vitamins, and cardio medicines."

Wait!! There's more guaranteed to make Beijing Boy cry in his ChiCom noodles:

Trump signs bill banning government use of Huawei and ZTE tech

"Huawei and ZTE technology will largely be banned from use by the US government and government contractors. The ban was signed into placed by President Trump today as a component of the much larger Defense Authorization Act."

Wait!! There's even more to make ChiCom ARM scream:

Destroyer makes Navy’s 10th trip through Taiwan Strait this year

"The number of Navy trips through the strait has escalated along with tensions between the U.S. and China in the South and East China seas."

All leading to things like this:

As Relations With U.S. Sink, China Tones Down ‘Hotheaded’ Nationalism

"For weeks, China fanned nationalist sentiment in its escalating war of words with the Trump administration. Now, it is toning down its message and calling for a truce, as President Trump increasingly makes Beijing a target in his bid for re-election in November."

Meanwhile, Japan, Australia, South Korea, India all increasing offensive weapons procurement and building up their strike capabilities....at the urging of Trump.

I'll just leave it at that. I fear that if I listed one more way ARM's Beloved Beijing Heroes were being squeezed by Trump it would drive ARM back into therapy and, considering how much therapy LLR-lefty Chuck requires, we don't want to limit psychological counseling capacity and availability.; 8/21/20, 8:16 PM
Drago said...: Uh oh. More bad news for LLR-lefty Chuck:

"Michigan election officials call Detroit's primary voting problems 'appalling,' 'alarming'"

I find this story very strange as LLR-lefty Chuck has assured us that historically, democrat controlled elections in Detroit have always been absolutely pristine and above criticism and there has certainly, absolutely certainly, been NO election fraud in any democrat controlled Detroit precincts at any time.

In fact, LLR-lefty Chuck threatened to fight anyone who dared to cast aspersions on democrat election officials at any level.

LLR-lefty Chuck was quite adamant that he would not tolerate criticism of democrats in Detroit.; 8/21/20, 8:19 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: "Prison" ??

Lisa Page Offers To Build Support Group For Bureaucrats If Trump Remains In Office.
What Would You Call It?

https://saraacarter.com/lisa-page-offers-to-build-support-group-for-bureaucrats-if-trump-remains-in-office-what-would-you-call-it/; 8/21/20, 8:20 PM
mockturtle said...: Gospace, that is ridiculous! I visited with my family in WA this summer, which includes five children as young as two and not one of us was wearing a mask. However, because I chose to visit with [gasp!] children, I was not welcome to visit a couple of other, older, family members. It is no accident that those two are the only Progs in my WA family.; 8/21/20, 8:20 PM
Jon Ericson said...: lol; 8/21/20, 8:26 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: Looks like the 'Keese-ster' will be getting some Love

...in prison.; 8/21/20, 8:26 PM
Drago said...: This antifa chick knows all about the riots the lefties are launching against Normal America:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQT5h-Ecfx4

"Stop sharing videos and pictures of people at riots. The police are tracking these people down, and by posting pictures of them you are threatening their lives."

So strange.

Lefty rioter lamenting others taking pictures of their riots while Howard, Inga and ARM are running around saying the riots don't even exist.

So very very strange indeed.......; 8/21/20, 8:28 PM
stevew said...: Low tide is ~8am tomorrow, I plan to park myself on the beach for a couple of hours starting then. Mrs. stevew is on the Cape helping with tomorrow's sale of the remaining of MIL's stuff. It seems we are not fully satisfied with the prices on offer. Times up, closing next Friday. I suspect i will not visit Cape Cod ever again - 40 years will have to be enough.

I wish you all a peaceful, relaxing, and fulfilling weekend.; 8/21/20, 8:29 PM
Yancey Ward said...: Well, Page did a lot of supporting for Strzok and McCabe. I guess she found out what FBI sperm tastes like.; 8/21/20, 8:30 PM
Jon Ericson said...: Hi.
Would you like to bold or italicize a word or phrase in one of your comments?
Would you like to embed a clickable link?
There's a tantalizing suggestion that it might be possible hinted at right below the comment edit box:

"You can use some HTML tags, such as , , <a>"

For making clickable links, use the following code as a template/cheatsheet (save for future reference).

Click <a href="http://www.yahoo.com">here</a> to go to yahoo.

That is: Put the link between the two " ".
and put the text between the > and the <.
like this:
<a href="LINK HERE">TEXT HERE</a>

Also: Watch out for(“) and (”) versus (") (Apple likes to be typograhically helpful which is fine in situations other than geeky HTML).

That is: Turn off Smart Punctuation so the double quotes aren't changed to left and right double quotes.

How to Turn Off Smart Punctuation on Your iPhone and iPad

How To Disable Smart Quotes On Your Mac

So that turns into:

Click here to go to yahoo.

Extra credit: The other two things you can do...

To italicize
To italicize

To make bold
To make bold

also note:

To do both
To do both

More extra credit: You might try this to inspire clicking in some cases:

<a href="https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/11/dear-sarah-jeong-if-america-were-anything-like-china-you-would-be-in-jail/">https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/11/dear-sarah-jeong-if-america-were-anything-like-china-you-would-be-in-jail/</a>

That is displayed as:

https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/11/dear-sarah-jeong-if-america-were-anything-like-china-you-would-be-in-jail/; 8/21/20, 8:31 PM
narciso said...: This was from a year ago, uncorrected innthe senate report.

https://mobile.twitter.com/paulsperry_/status/1137071087920066560; 8/21/20, 8:37 PM
Josephbleau said...: Google certs want to create IT warrant officers. They will never be given the respect of the higher officer class.; 8/21/20, 8:41 PM
Original Mike said...: Antifa And BLM Are Begging People To Stop Posting Videos Of Riots Because They’re Getting Arrested.

The media is hiding what they're doing, but the stupid fucks aren't smart enough to hide it themselves.

Inga's people.; 8/21/20, 8:56 PM
I'm Full of Soup said...: Spent the past week in OC, NJ. Ten family members and no masks excep for two who work in medicine and worry they could bring Wuhan flu to us. Weather was great but businesses have obviously suffered with restrictions and fears of many potential customers. Everyone must wear mask in stores here. NJ governor is one of the many Dem fascists.; 8/21/20, 9:01 PM
narciso said...: Yes i followed the rules, jon but few care anymore.; 8/21/20, 9:03 PM
alanc709 said...: "Inga said...
The Senate intelligence report tell us that we on the left were correct all along. Trump colluded with Russia. I was right, Drago and the rest of you idiots were wrong. The president you still support is a Russian asset at worst and a useful idiot at best."

https://dailycaller.com/2020/08/18/senate-intelligence-steele-dossier-collusion-trump-russia/
The Senate Intelligence Committee said that the special counsel’s office refused to provide information regarding the Steele dossier, and that the author of the salacious document “repeatedly” refused requests for an interview.
In a long-awaited report released on Tuesday, the Senate panel affirmed previous findings that there was no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. It also blasted the FBI’s handling of information from Christopher Steele.
The report says that the FBI gave “unjustified credence” to information from Steele.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make Inga think.; 8/21/20, 9:04 PM
narciso said...: Interesting perspective

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.inverse.com/gaming/call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-release-warzone-yuri-bezmenov-perseus/amp; 8/21/20, 9:07 PM
William said...: Reflections on Myrna Loy: The title of her autobiography is Being and Becoming. Despite the title, she doesn't seem to have had many philosophical insights into the nature of her life's journey. She started in movies as Fu Manchu's evil daughter and ended as America's perfect wife. The latter designation was as ill fitting as the former. She never had any children and her marriages were unsuccessful. Her second husband would occasionally strike her. She had to cancel a luncheon with her hero FDR because of a black eye.....She does not reflect on the gap between her image and the reality of her life. She's not really an airhead, but for someone who knew how to deliver a line, she doesn't seem to have ever pondered the meaning of the drama....She was in many successful movies, but only one great one, The Best Years of Our Lives. She explains how brave it was of her to play a woman with a grown up daughter. The greatest generation took on the hard roles....It wasn't a tell all book. Rather the opposite. She explains how Joan Crawford only wished her children to be well mannered and how woefully her daughter had misrepresented her....I would have preferred better from Nora Chalres or, at least, wittier badinage, but I wasn't really disillusioned. Maybe mildly disappointed. She wasn't quite who you hoped for, but, on screen anyway, it was a convincing act.; 8/21/20, 9:17 PM
narciso said...: Look what we have here:

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-green-party-montana-senate-ballot; 8/21/20, 9:39 PM
The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...: Met a man today who was a teenager in Beijing at the time of the Tiananmen Square massacre. He listened to the gunfire all night. In the morning not a mention of violence in the media. Immediately reminded me of our media and their noncoverage of the riots. Dude hates the Chinese Communist Party.; 8/21/20, 9:44 PM
Michael K said...: ARM, do you live in Kansas? Are you running in a primary election for office?

A 19-year-old Democratic candidate, who confessed that he carried out abusive behavior toward multiple girls in middle school, won his primary race for the Kansas state House of Representatives. Community college student Aaron Coleman won his primary despite confessing that he engaged in "bullying, revenge porn, and blackmail."

Coleman defeated 13-year incumbent Stan Frownfelter, 823 to 809, in the Aug. 4 Democratic primary for the 37th District. The results were certified this week. There is no Republican challenger for the seat, which makes Coleman a near shoo-in for the November election.

However, Coleman has baggage that has his own party questioning whether he is fit to serve office. During the campaign, he told former Republican state lawmaker John Whitmer that he would "laugh and giggle when you get COVID and die," according to the Kansas City Star.

Sure sounds like ARM but I thought you were a little older.; 8/21/20, 9:44 PM
narciso said...: Interesting details

https://mobile.twitter.com/josh_hammer/status/1296554247710887937; 8/21/20, 9:48 PM
Original Mike said...: Blogger Inga said..."The Senate intelligence report tell us that we on the left were correct all along. Trump colluded with Russia. I was right, Drago and the rest of you idiots were wrong. The president you still support is a Russian asset at worst and a useful idiot at best."

What the fuck are you talking about?; 8/21/20, 9:50 PM
n.n said...: The only states with what can be called legitimate increases in confirmed cases the last week are ND, SD, HI, and IL. The Face Diaper/Lockdown brigade will have to find some way to increase testing by a factor of two, or else the panic will be hard to maintain

Yes, the statistics indicate we have reached maximums, and the rollovers preceded the restrictive mandates. At best, we could have reduced excess deaths through early treatment(s) (e.g. HCQ "disinfectant" cocktail), isolation of at risk individuals (e.g. Planned Parent), controlling social contagion, and enforcing best practices in medical facilities to mitigate cross-contamination.

Public health recommendations for the next pandemic, made in 2006

In Asia during the SARS period, many people in the affected communities wore surgical masks when in public. But studies have shown that the ordinary surgical mask does little to prevent inhalation of small dropletsbearing influenza virus. The pores in the mask become blocked by moisture from breathing, and the air stream simply diverts around the mask. There are few data avail-able to support the efficacy of N95 or surgical masks out-side a healthcare setting. N95 masks need to be fit-tested to be efficacious and are uncomfortable to wear for more than an hour or two.

They are less effective for aerosol transmission modes, which some presume is the primary mode for transmission of the Wuhan virus a.k.a. SARS-CoV-2. This would explain why the epidemiological map tracks across jurisdictions that adopt different mitigation strategies.; 8/21/20, 9:54 PM
Birkel said...: I understand why stupid people like Royal ass Inga would want to believe the Russia lies.

But why would she waste her time typing those lies for people who know better?
Hell, I knew better more than three years ago.

As for the Senate report, it was written by liars.
And many of those liars - on both sides of the political aisle - were part of the conspiracy.

Burr and Warner are corrupt AF, for example.; 8/21/20, 9:57 PM
mockturtle said...: William, though I haven't read a biography of an actor or actress in many years, my experience in doing so was nearly always disappointing. Actors/actresses are, by and large, both shallow and stupid. Two notable exceptions who wrote excellent autobiographies: David Niven and Tallulah Bankhead. Hedy Lamarr was notably intelligent and interesting but I don't think she wrote an autobiography.; 8/21/20, 9:57 PM
n.n said...: Everyone must wear mask in stores here.

It's an intuitive, if not evidence-based, solution, and offers moderate support in limited circumstances.; 8/21/20, 9:58 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: and now, without changing their black outfits or masks

...BLM/Antifa trying to pass themselves off as "Q supporters"; 8/21/20, 9:59 PM
mockturtle said...: Hockey-wise, Vancouver is mopping the ice with the St. Louis Blues and figure to take this series. The only Canadian team to survive in the Stanley Cup playoffs. I'm pulling for the Vegas Golden Knights.; 8/21/20, 10:02 PM
iowan2 said...: Wow, the Senate report.

Mueller is an idiot. He couldn't find a single crime to prosecute.; 8/21/20, 10:06 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: Ok, so you're another Hoaxing Dem who faked her own kidnapping for votes

...Well, dont beat yourself up over it.

Wait, what? You actually beat yourself up too?

https://dailycaller.com/2020/08/21/democratic-mayor-sabrina-belcher-faked-kidnapping-conspiracy-false-police-report/; 8/21/20, 10:23 PM
Char Char Binks, Esq. said...: Keese will get Love in prison, but not the kind toothless is hoping for. He’ll be welcome as a brother and a hero.

What’s your pride?; 8/21/20, 10:26 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: the latest "Cannon Hinnant"

4 Black Lives That Matter snuff out 1 that doesnt matter

https://newspunch.com/four-black-teens-charged-in-relation-to-murder-of-north-carolina-girl-national-media-silent/; 8/21/20, 10:30 PM
Ignorance is Bliss said...: It's always nice when you're at the cancer hospital for another appointment, and a nurse stops by to say "you know that echocardiogram we had you take, just to make sure you're in good health?. Well, based on the results of that we're sending you for a cardiac MRI and setting you up with a "new patient" appointment with a cardiologist."; 8/21/20, 10:36 PM
Njall said...: I live in the foothills east of Seattle, work in Seattle but work mostly now from home, and am currently on a short vacation to Idaho with my family.

Where I live, people wear masks when in a business of any kind, don’t wear them when out walking.

Thursday I had to go into Seattle for work, and did a little reconnaissance. I drove all the way up 5th Avenue from SoDo to Westlake Center, then drove up to Capital Hill and all the way up Broadway. For those who know the area, you recognize that I went to some sensitive areas. Local businesses seems to be open and functioning normally. Any chain store, national brand, “corporation”, or bank was boarded up, some pretty forbiddingly. Those leftist protesters really hate national brands. Everyone, almost without exception, was wearing a mask. Except the homeless people.

Here in Coeur D’Alene, we just spent a couple of hours walking downtown and along the shore. Weather is great, and a lot of people are out, and very very few are wearing masks. Mask wearers stand out very strikingly. When I saw one, I’d tell my wife, she’s from Seattle. Saw a couple relaxed and friendly cops, also unmasked, who were greeted by citizens when they walked by. Some children were giving an open air music recital for their families sitting on the grass. It was another world.; 8/21/20, 10:38 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: 'Please don't let the cat out of the bag'

JizzLane doesnt want it to sully her sterling reputation.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8650979/Ghislaine-Maxwells-lawyers-urge-judge-not-let-cat-bag.html; 8/21/20, 10:39 PM
Char Char Binks, Esq. said...: I thought I wanted Trump to be president, but it turns out I was just tricked by a meme about Jesus arm wrestling Satan. Touché, Putin!; 8/21/20, 10:43 PM
Njall said...: I guess we’ll all soon be seeing a sudden and devastating outbreak in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho. You heard it here first.; 8/21/20, 10:47 PM
walter said...: Toe-Saw saga continues:

Steve Spingola
@MilwSpinny
·
4m
Jay-Z is full of s**t. Officer Joseph Mensah is a cop who did his job and defended his life. The goons, who lack the intestinal fortitude to patrol the inner city, are ankle biters. @JayWeber3
@VickiMcKenna
Jay-Z's social justice group wants a billboard saying 'Officer Mensah must be held accountable,'...
A social justice group might seek legal action after an advertising company rejected their plans for a billboard that would have said "Officer Mensah must be held accountable."
jsonline.com; 8/21/20, 11:17 PM
Sprezzatura said...: Our America:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I

IMHO.; 8/21/20, 11:24 PM
Narayanan said...: narciso said...Interesting perspective etc about call-of-duty-black-ops-cold-war-

-=====
since games are available to one and all including Antifa and AryanNations - any data on self-schooling with games to prepare for war - without actually joining (infiltrating) military?; 8/21/20, 11:31 PM
narciso said...: Faacinating

https://mobile.twitter.com/ChuckRossDC/status/1297006077586935808; 8/21/20, 11:31 PM
walter said...: https://www.fox6now.com/news/3-charged-after-wauwatosa-officer-mensah-assaulted-single-round-from-shotgun-fired-at-door; 8/21/20, 11:33 PM
Narayanan said...: William said...
Reflections on Myrna Loy: ... I would have preferred better from Nora Chalres or, at least, wittier badinage, but I wasn't really disillusioned. Maybe mildly disappointed. She wasn't quite who you hoped for, but, on screen anyway, it was a convincing act.
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i would like to see your take on
Ideal (Penguin Modern Classics) Paperback – July 7, 2015
In print for the first time ever, author and philosopher Ayn Rand’s novel Ideal.

Originally conceived as a novel but then transformed into a play by Ayn Rand, Ideal is the story of beautiful but tormented actress Kay Gonda.; 8/21/20, 11:36 PM
Narayanan said...: You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make Inga think.
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“To think is an act of choice. The key to what you so recklessly call ‘human nature,’ the open secret you live with, yet dread to name, is the fact that man is a being of volitional consciousness. Reason does not work automatically; thinking is not a mechanical process; the connections of logic are not made by instinct.”; 8/21/20, 11:38 PM
Narayanan said...: who say dat?; 8/21/20, 11:39 PM
Chuck said...: What a low bar it is... just read a speech from the TelePromTer:

https://mobile.twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1296935132700581889; 8/21/20, 11:41 PM
Inga said...: “Trump campaign, Russia had extensive contacts

A comprehensive list of contacts between members of the campaign and Russia were uncovered during the committee’s bipartisan investigation, which launched shortly after Trump took office in January 2017.

Communications between several Russian figures and the campaign surfaced in other investigations by the House and Mueller, but the Senate probe uncovered additional information, including several cases where Russians had far greater ties to the Kremlin.

Key individual labeled as Russian intelligence officer

The report went further than other U.S. officials have in its description of Konstantin Kilimnik, Manafort’s former business partner, by labeling him a “Russian intelligence officer.”

Russia and other countries took advantage of the Transition Team's inexperience, transparent opposition to Obama Administration policies, and Trump's desire to deepen ties with Russia, to pursue unofficial channels through which Russia could conduct diplomacy,” the report reads, noting that this made the “transition open to influence and manipulation.”

The committee determined that Manafort posed a “grave counterintelligence threat” as a result of both his access to and standing in the Trump campaign and his contacts with Russian-linked individuals.

“Taken as a whole, Manafort's high level access and willingness to share information with individuals closely affiliated with the Russian intelligence services, particularly Kilimnik and associates of Oleg Deripaska, represented a grave counterintelligence threat,” the report states.

The committee’s lengthy investigation further enforced Mueller’s findings that Russia engaged in a sweeping and multipronged effort to influence the outcome of the 2016 election, which has led to a bipartisan push in Washington to further address election interference threats from Russia and other foreign adversaries.”

The Hill; 8/21/20, 11:53 PM
Shy guy said...: I lurk and do not ever post. Take heart the democrats have shot themselves in the foot.; 8/21/20, 11:54 PM
Drago said...: Inga: "The Senate intelligence report tell us that we on the left were correct all along. Trump colluded with Russia. I was right, Drago and the rest of you idiots were wrong. The president you still support is a Russian asset at worst and a useful idiot at best."

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL x Infinity

See? Didn't I tell everyone there was no way Inga the Russian Collusion Truther could ever let go of her delusions?

Called it years ago and there it is.

Absolutely perfect.

And on top of a democratical "convention" where Trump gained on Biden and has improved his approval numbers amongst blacks, hispanics and all non-whites as a group, well. Its all just too terrific.

Thank you Inga, you magnificently moronic fool. Truly in a category of your own...and of your own making.; 8/22/20, 12:00 AM
Chuck said...: When I was last extolling the magnificent virtues of the brilliant columnist for The Bulwark, Robert J. Tracinski, it was in praise of his writing about “The Charlottesville Hoax Hoax.” Where he performed a line-by-line breakdown of the relevant portions of Trump’s first three (of at least five) different attempts at public statements on the subject Charlottesville rioting in the late summer of 2017. Tracinski doesn’t take the bait on feeling required to proclaim Trump a racist. Rather, he proves what a disorganized, bone-headed, intentionally vague and unintentionally idiotic clown Trump is. Nothing about the Charlottesville fiasco ought to inure to Trump’s benefit.

Now along comes a new and equally brilliant column by Tracinski on the subject of QAnon:

https://thebulwark.com/get-ready-for-anti-anti-qanon/; 8/22/20, 12:06 AM
PRIYANKA GARAI said...: Being and becoming?
https://chemicalgorithms.blogspot.com/2020/01/all-posts.html 👈click; 8/22/20, 1:52 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Reminds me of someone; 8/22/20, 1:53 AM
Jon Ericson said...: A woman on the radio
Talks about
Revolution
When it's already passed her by

Bob Dylan didn't have
This to sing about
You know it feels good
To be alive

I was alive and I waited, waited
I was alive and I waited for this
Right here, right now
There is no other place I want to be
Right here, right now
Watching the world wake up from history; 8/22/20, 2:26 AM
Jon Ericson said...: “I began to sense faintly that secrecy is the keystone of all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy... censorship. When any any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, “This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know," the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives. Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything — you can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.”

-RAH If This Goes On; 8/22/20, 2:45 AM
tim maguire said...: That’s quite a bombshell from the Senate Intelligence Committee—people who do consulting in Eastern Europe have connections with Eastern Europeans!!

Thank god we have Joe Biden ready to use his connections in Eastern Europe to root out the connections with Eastern Europe!; 8/22/20, 5:09 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Of course, Chuck remembers the Detroit Clinton recount efforts in 2016 were stopped by state officials for improperly secured, (open, without required official seals), vote containers. Isn't that correct Chuckles? Chuckles? Where'd he go?; 8/22/20, 5:57 AM
iowan2 said...: @11:53

Notice the lack of ANY specificity. One name, familiar to anyone with pedestrian knowledge of the facts. Notice the shifting of persons involved, timeline, and lack of goals and outcomes.

While the snippets quoted are not lies, the snippets quoted do not get near to the conclusion that President Trump, his campaign, or administration colluded with Russia to affect a single vote in the election. The Mueller Report states clearly that President Trump, his campaign, transition team, or administration, did NOT collude with Russia. In Fact, the report adds...."no American, colluded with Russia". This additional tag line was added to absolve Clinton's wife. Its obvious that using the mandated number of 'cutouts' when colluding with Russia, is something strictly enforced by Mueller.

So. Name names, provide document, create the timeline.
Because I have seen these things.
Like the FBI Document that recommends closing Crossfire Hurricane, and Crossfire Razor...wait for it...because no derogatory information exists to tie the Trump campaign/transition, to Russia
That's an FBI document, dated January 4th, 2017. The FBI declaring nothing exists to continue any investigation into Trump/Russia. No evidence.

Now. Present your document to support the bullshit you posted here tonight.; 8/22/20, 6:18 AM
iowan2 said...: Yesterday 8/21/20, Brennen was interviewed by Durham for 8 hours.

Criminal Investigations, start with the foot soldiers, and end with the Generals. Durham has signified with this interview, he is wrapping things up.; 8/22/20, 6:32 AM
Rusty said...: Chuck. Dunning-Kruger writ large.; 8/22/20, 6:51 AM
MayBee said...: So blaming everything on the Boogaloo boys didn't gain traction, now its on to QAnon. Please ignore the antifa and BLM people who have the businesses boarded up in your cities.; 8/22/20, 7:04 AM
MayBee said...: Ignorance is Bliss-- eesh, you're going through a lot. Prayers said.; 8/22/20, 7:05 AM
Michael K said...: Njall, Saw a couple relaxed and friendly cops, also unmasked, who were greeted by citizens when they walked by. Some children were giving an open air music recital for their families sitting on the grass. It was another world.

It truly is and Sandpoint, about 60 miles north of CDA, is even nicer, sort of like CDA was 50 years ago when I was there. My daughter has 5 acres to build on some day just outside of Sandpoint. She lives in Santa Monica now and is kind of stressed by the idiots. The only issue with northern ID is making a living. Her husband is a sculptor and sells his work online. I could see them with a small gallery in Sandpoint in a couple of years. Sandpoint is pretty upscale but seasonal.; 8/22/20, 8:14 AM
Paco Wové said...: "Wait, what? You actually beat yourself up too?"

Garner alert!

“They staged a kidnapping and beating in order to garner publicity, sympathy and votes in the November election,” police said.; 8/22/20, 8:17 AM
Chuck said...: I see several comments here which make up things I never said; attributing positions to me that I have never held; imagining controversies in which I was never involved,

It bothers me greatly that so many of you can’t recite even the simplest of facts correctly. But I expect that it bothers Althouse even more that so many of you want to turn comments pages from interesting things and current events, into retread personal attacks on me.

But it doesn’t matter to me at this point. We have just a few weeks until early and absentee voting begin. And 73 days until they are counted. All that matters is the defeat of Trump.; 8/22/20, 8:22 AM
Bruce Hayden said...: “When a campaign chair clandestinely communicates with a Russian intelligence officer, when a campaign tries to obtain opposition research from Russian government sources and Russian intelligence assets, and when a campaign lies about attempts to engineer multimillion dollar business deals in Russia, it has not only crossed every line of propriety, it creates grave counterintelligence vulnerabilities. And we haven’t even discussed the fact that its chief national security consultant, Michael Flynn, had received tens of thousands of dollars from the Kremlin and was serving as an unlawfully undisclosed foreign agent of the government of Turkey during the campaign.”

Who was that “Russian intelligence officer”? Could it have been Joseph Misfyp? The same Joseph Misfyp who taught at the Link Institute in Rome, where FBI National Security Branch (which filled out the FISA warrant applications) attended, and the CIA often held functions? The same Joseph Misfyp shown in pictures with British PMs Teresa May and (soon to be) Boris Johnson in 2016, and both Alexander Downer and Stephen Halper (who was under contract at the time to an obscure US IC agency) in earlier years? The reality is that far from being a Russian spy, Misfyp was a long time Western intelligence asset. And that means instead of actually involving spying by the Russians, Misfyp set the hook, and Downer reeled him in.

As for Flynn, his relationship with Turkey was never undisclosed. He pretty much reported everything he did to the DIA, the agency he used to run, including everything he did with Turkey. Second, everything that he did or didn’t do in regards to FARA was done upon advice of counsel (Covington). They advised him that he didn’t need to file, which advice was proven accurate when his partner was tried and easily acquitted of the crime. Also, Flynn, his parter, son, and attorneys were almost the only people ever criminally charged under FARA. For everyone else, violating FARA is an administrative offense, for which only fines are ever levied. Except for Brandon Van Grack and the Mueller investigation prosecutors, who discovered that they could use FARA to attack Flynn and the Trump Administration.; 8/22/20, 8:27 AM
Michael K said...: All that matters is the defeat of Trump.

Chuck is obsessed and every lie and exaggeration is worth it if we can just get rid of that guy I hate with all my being. I would suggest therapy after the election Chuck or we may read about you in the newspapers.; 8/22/20, 8:44 AM
Gospace said...: Original Mike said...
Blogger Inga said..."The Senate intelligence report tell us that we on the left were correct all along. Trump colluded with Russia. I was right, Drago and the rest of you idiots were wrong. The president you still support is a Russian asset at worst and a useful idiot at best."

What the fuck are you talking about?

She's talking about the same delusions being circulated by my remaining liberal acquaintances on Facebook. Including, almost word for word, her 11:53 PM post. The talking points are out, the mind numb robots are dutifully repeating them.; 8/22/20, 8:58 AM
mockturtle said...: Michael K observes: The only issue with northern ID is making a living.

My older daughter and her husband are moving there from the greater Seattle area this month and will remote from work for the most part. They are obliged to keep a mailing address in WA but she will likely choose to work in ID at some point. He will be working in both CdA and Spokane.; 8/22/20, 9:11 AM
narciso said...: burr in the saddle, allowed warner, who made his money through yandex ru, run a back channel to actual russian oligarchs who employed steele,; 8/22/20, 9:14 AM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Russia Russia INGA pays no mind to Trump predecessor who was a big Russian agent and asset. If you use the same qualifications and standards used by the left.

Obama and Medvedev caught in unguarded missile remarks

Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation Amid Russian Uranium Deal

The Russian Reset That Never Was
How palace intrigues in the Kremlin, the death of Qaddafi, and war in Ukraine ushered in a new era of mistrust between Russia and the United States under Obama.

what? Hillary's gift to Russia didn't pan out? Well, at least she and her family foundation walked away with millions.

But don't you dare talk to a Russian - so says the lairs on the left.

Good thing Russia tricked our brains into hating Hillary.
But not Russia Russia Inga - who voted for Jill Stein - someone labeled a RUSSIAN AGENT by corrupt Hillary.

and of course there's Tulsi Gabbard. A Bernie Supporter who was stabbed in the back by corrupt Hillary who labeled Tulsi a "Russian asset" because Tulsi didn't fall in line.

Inga falls in line.; 8/22/20, 9:25 AM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Robert Mueller’s report debunks Russia dossier

Also - the latest re-hash of the "senate intelligence" committee is just more bullshit. If you read the it, there is nothing new at all in it. It's just more bullshit for idiots and ideologues like Inga to troll over.; 8/22/20, 9:28 AM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Meanwhile - the real criminal activity was the FBI acting in concert with the old insider decrepit corruptocrat a-holes who use our government to enrich their families - who all attempted to smear Trump for talking to Russians... ever.

If talking to Russians is a crime - Hillary and Obama need to be locked up now.; 8/22/20, 9:36 AM
Rusty said...: " All that matters is the defeat of Trump."
Were I you I'd try and concentrate on increasing my IQ. That's what should really matter to you. Oh. And honesty. Endeavor to be more honest in your internet dealings. I think the two go hand in hand. Your governor is kind of an asshole.; 8/22/20, 9:38 AM
walter said...: "What the fucking fuck" Chuck!

"Running on a $10 trillion platform and putting Harris on the ticket illustrates Biden’s willingness to be pressured by the left-wing forces engulfing the Democratic Party. Despite legacy media’s endless promotion of the progressive pair as “pragmatic moderates,” Harris has the second most liberal voting record in the Senate, even left of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Harris has previously endorsed Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, higher taxes, open borders, sanctuary cities, tax-payer funded health care for illegal immigrants, late-term abortion and a religious litmus test for Catholic nominations to the federal judiciary. There’s nothing conservative about that platform, which would likely take over the administration even if Biden claims to call the shots.

Kasich tried to appease moderate concerns Monday night by voicing his faith that Biden will refrain from turning “sharp left,” even though Biden already has.

After unveiling the 110-page “Unity Task Forces” agreement which promises to waste no crisis to “rewrite the economy” and achieve “environmental justice” with Sanders, the Vermont socialist heralded Biden if elected, as “the most progressive president since FDR.”
‘Principled Conservatives’ Endorsing The Most Progressive Ticket In Recent Memory Have No Principles

So Chuck!,
Vote for The Other Biden, Joe Biden's husband, Rolling Blackout Joe.
All to Conserve Conservatism.; 8/22/20, 9:55 AM
tim maguire said...: MayBee said...So blaming everything on the Boogaloo boys didn't gain traction, now its on to QAnon

QAnon has the advantage of actually existing, even if there are only dozen or so of them, and most of the things on their crazy conspiracies list are at least partly true. (Though I’ve never seen an official list of their claims, the only descriptions come from their critics, which makes it especially curious that so many of them have hard factual support.); 8/22/20, 10:37 AM
Birkel said...: Fopdoodles will be sad AF for four more years?
Good.; 8/22/20, 10:49 AM
readering said...: Yesterday Durham informed Brennan he is not a target of his investigation. sorry, guys.; 8/22/20, 11:30 AM
Drago said...: readering: "Yesterday Durham informed Brennan he is not a target of his investigation. sorry, guys."

LOLOLOLOLOL

That's what Brennan's lawyers claimed....but oddly, not something Brennan has said publicly.

And, naturally, readering steps up to become the Mindreader in Chief in Russia Collusion Truther Inga's absence.

Oh, and guess what is happening in Britain?

If you guessed the lefty/marxists/"life long conservatives" (wink wink) would launch a lawsuit seeking to stop Brexit because, in their words, the RUSSIANS made Brexit happen as well as controlling several other election results, congratulations!!

We now see the far left/LLR-left/establishment across the world in western nations banding together to advance the same false narratives in order to take over.

marxists are the same regardless of where you find them.

"MPs pushing for Russian interference inquiry threaten to sue Boris Johnson
Cross-party group says it will take action if PM fails to order independent investigation"; 8/22/20, 12:49 PM
walter said...: Drago,
The guy's name is Boris. Boris!
Come on, man!; 8/22/20, 1:45 PM
Chuck said...: Rusty said...
" All that matters is the defeat of Trump."
Were I you I'd try and concentrate on increasing my IQ. That's what should really matter to you. Oh. And honesty. Endeavor to be more honest in your internet dealings. I think the two go hand in hand. Your governor is kind of an asshole.

I didn't vote for Whitmer. I think she's a lightweight. I'm no supporter of hers; but she did win the 2018 general rather handily. And she beat a totally Trump-devoted Republican. A Trumpist Republican who was personally anointed by PDJT in the primary, split the Michigan GOP, and then got his little ass kicked in the general.

Republicans won't be winning much of anything in Michigan until we get rid of Trump's malign influence.; 8/22/20, 1:48 PM
Tomcc said...: Jon Ericson @ 8:31 on 8/21: thanks for posting those tips (as I recall it's not the first time); this time I kept them!; 8/22/20, 4:03 PM
Jim at said...: Trump colluded with Russia.

Imagine going through life being this, damn stupid.
And then being a snarling POS on top of it.; 8/22/20, 4:21 PM
Drago said...: LLR-lefty Chuck: "I didn't vote for Whitmer. I think she's a lightweight. I'm no supporter of hers;"

LLR-lefty Chuck takes time out from non-stop praising of Whitmer and defending every single policy proposal of Whitmer's and attacking any republicans who dare criticize her to claim that he, for goodness sake, didn't vote for her and is certainly no supporter of hers.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

It's 2016 and Hillary all over again for LLR-lefty Chuck and everyone knows it. Even the lefties realize that Chuck's lies have basically rendered him useless in the on-going battles.

Remember way back in 2015/2016 when the Althouse lefties would defend Chuck as a "conservative with a conscience" and "principled" and that everyone should listen to him a a voice of reason.

Yeah. Now? Not so much.

Because why waste the effort on an exposed charlatan. It's like listening to Rick Wilson explain away his confederate flag cooler!; 8/22/20, 4:43 PM
iowan2 said...: readering said...
Yesterday Durham informed Brennan he is not a target of his investigation. sorry, guys.

Suckered AGAIN! I have searched far and wide. I have yet to see where Durham said any such thing. A spox for Brennan has made the claim. Durham and Brennen were sharing stories about their grandkids for 8 hours...yea, thats it...grandkids, riiiighht...; 8/22/20, 5:13 PM
Readering said...: He was questioned as a witness. Time will tell. Sweet dreams.; 8/22/20, 7:14 PM
Drago said...: Readering: "He was questioned as a witness. Time will tell. Sweet dreams."

You don't know that either.

You are mindreading again.

Inga will be jealous.; 8/22/20, 9:43 PM