Althouse: "It's not the worst end."

August 19, 2020

"It's not the worst end."

88 comments:

Michael K said...: Democrat voter. There he is. Fat, doesn't care about rights or freedom.; 8/19/20, 10:30 AM
tim maguire said...: About half of that is some of the best political commentary I've heard in a while. The other half is gobsmackingly stupid and pitiful.; 8/19/20, 10:36 AM
Marshall Rose said...: The end is not coasting through a life of plenty and leisure.

The end comes when collectivism eventually summons the 4 horsemen.

Easy for a comedian to make jokes, but the 20th century collectivism death toll is horrific.; 8/19/20, 10:39 AM
john said...: Speaking of good end, did you see the latest episode where David Blaine vomited up the frog? High water mark for the JRE!; 8/19/20, 10:46 AM
mezzrow said...: Ride it all the way to the ground like Slim Pickens. Eyes open.

*takes bite of donut*; 8/19/20, 10:47 AM
Todd said...: there is food in the food stores, this is not the worst end

This is not the worst end, yet.

If we go to "the end", there is zero food in the food stores. See Venezuela.; 8/19/20, 10:49 AM
Nancy said...: Dear Ann dear, I listened to this because I trust you. But why did we need to hear this F-bomb laden rant?; 8/19/20, 10:57 AM
MikeR said...: It depends. If Donald Trump gets re-elected, and we hold fast, we have a chance. Otherwise Dillon is right.; 8/19/20, 11:00 AM
Howard said...: Dillon lays out my basic philosophy except I have Joe's optimistic future outlook.

The intensive caring is what makes you people so easily triggered.; 8/19/20, 11:04 AM
wild chicken said...: Yeah he's funny and all, but his fatalism reminds me of enlightened attitudes about the Cold War. No doubt about it, the USSR was here to stay, the world was going to blow up, nuclear winter will ensue, and all that.

Then Reagan, then glasnost, then it all falls down. Who coulda known.

So I'm just not too sure about anything anymore. But I intend to follow the storyline. Politics is stupid but people are too. Very imperfect beings.; 8/19/20, 11:09 AM
hombre said...: Sodom and Gamorrah.; 8/19/20, 11:17 AM
Wince said...: The Norman Rockwell painting of the man sitting back with his dog hoisting the Miller High Life presupposes he worked a full week in between.; 8/19/20, 11:17 AM
exiledonmainstreet, green-eyed devil said...: Dillon seems to think the rest of the world, including the Chinese, will just sit back and watch as we decline. Sorry, Dillon, the world will not let you lounge around on your boat and eat cheeseburgers.; 8/19/20, 11:23 AM
exiledonmainstreet, green-eyed devil said...: There were undoubtedly Germans in 1938 who felt like this dude does. You can't beat the Gestapo, it's insane to try. All of this chaos and violence doesn't touch my life - I'm not Jewish and don't know any Jews. I'm going to enjoy my Rhine cruises and my new Volkswagen and keep my mouth shut. It's not a bad end.; 8/19/20, 11:28 AM
robother said...: Boy, was Dean Wormer wrong: Fat drunk and stupid is the ONLY way to go through life. At least it appears to be working for this guy.; 8/19/20, 11:36 AM
Yancey Ward said...: I didn't know Buwaya Puti was actually Tim Dillon all along.; 8/19/20, 11:37 AM
WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...: What is real?

Hillary's private server for Clinton cash

What is real?

Biden's use of power to place hi dim-wit son on international boards so he could pocket easy money. some of that money actual tax payer dollars.

What is real?
Our corrupt press ignoring these facts and ignoring lefwing antifa terror.; 8/19/20, 11:39 AM
DAN said...: I come to Althouse to read.; 8/19/20, 11:41 AM
Matthew Heintz said...: Never heard of Tom Dillon, never will waste one more second on his sorry fat ass.; 8/19/20, 11:43 AM
Bay Area Guy said...: Anne hearts Joe Rogan.

She used to dream about Trump but now it's the other Joe.

Meade be careful. Joe (Rogan, not Biden) is a cerebral blue collar stud, like you.

Joe (Biden, not Rogan) is neither cerebral, nor blue collar (47 years in DC), nor a stud.; 8/19/20, 11:51 AM
Sebastian said...: "Most people"

"people"?

Most people don't care about their rights but some people don't care more than others. Do Karens care?

Many people do care about other people's rights, to make sure they can take them away. See: prog governors.; 8/19/20, 11:58 AM
Francisco D said...: He has given up because he knows "it is not real".

Interesting take on there DNC Media and how it affects people.; 8/19/20, 12:00 PM
Todd said...: Michael K said...

Democrat voter. There he is. Fat, doesn't care about rights or freedom.

8/19/20, 10:30 AM

Not until there is no food on the shelves or he gets hit in the head with a bike lock because he was standing on the wrong side of the barricades or said something someone else found "offensive".; 8/19/20, 12:03 PM
Not Sure said...: This guy should care. If it weren't for cancel culture he could play Flounder in an Animal House sequel.; 8/19/20, 12:13 PM
Scott Patton said...: "it's not the worst end"
The lowest bar possible. Sometimes that's what the situation requires.; 8/19/20, 12:17 PM
Tom said...: Wow, that’s a stronger point than it should be.

But, seriously, buy the guns.; 8/19/20, 12:32 PM
Fernandinande said...: Tim Dillon only mentions Trump twice (once @below) in his twitterings, which is a nice change, and has these amusements:

+

Trump is reportedly banning TikTok so if you want to watch 16 year olds dance you have to get on a plane with Bill Clinton.

Kamala Harris just threatened to send me to jail for being fat and that’s the type of leadership I require.

Replace Ellen [DeGeneres] with Ghislaine Maxwell right now!!! Retweet if you agree!!!

This is Newsweek not Infowars (although Infowars had story first) An ex president visiting the private island of a known pedophile who was running a human trafficking operation with the daughter of a spy. Just think about that the next time you ridicule conspiracy theorists.

School is a universally stupid idea that’s bankrupted generations of Americans and taught them very little. Tik Tok > school. I mean every word of this.

Every major institution is against you and will let you die.

Leftists are so pathetic and ineffective in this country they can’t even get Americans healthcare but they think they’re going to somehow pull off a Marxist revolution.

Also this one; 8/19/20, 12:34 PM
wild chicken said...: Is there such a thing as a "safe pessimism" fallacy?

Seems like a lot of smart fellas resort to that, to look cool if nothing else.

It's pretty lazy imo.; 8/19/20, 12:53 PM
Freeman Hunt said...: Ha ha ha -- garlic knots and the lake!

He definitely wasn't wrong about people being wound too tight. "This guy's a jerk! Send!"; 8/19/20, 12:58 PM
Freeman Hunt said...: If you try to look up this comedian, don't accidentally type in "Tom Dillon." Very different, less relaxed guy.; 8/19/20, 1:00 PM
readering said...: Well, that put me off ever watching Joe Rogan's show.; 8/19/20, 1:06 PM
Gusty Winds said...: Tim Dillon is funny. But I think the only people that don't realize the rights they are about to vote to be taken away are suburban women. One they are gone, they will bitch and moan about that too.; 8/19/20, 1:12 PM
NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...: Dillon is not wrong. There's always been people like that. The problem is.....

Aw, shit! Don't make me go all Martin Niemoller.....; 8/19/20, 1:13 PM
Ice Nine said...: >>Nancy said...
Dear Ann dear, I listened to this because I trust you. But why did we need to hear this F-bomb laden rant?<<

Really, Nancy?

I fear that you are way too tender to survive what they are talking about.; 8/19/20, 1:17 PM
exhelodrvr1 said...: "Americans still misperceive the risks of death from COVID for different age cohorts—to a shocking extent; The misperception is greater for those who identify as Democrats, and for those who rely more on social media for information..."

https://www.franklintempletonnordic.com/investor/article?contentPath=html/ftthinks/common/cio-views/on-my-mind-they-blinded-us-from-science.html; 8/19/20, 1:20 PM
Ice Nine said...: >>wild chicken said...
Yeah he's funny and all, but his fatalism reminds me of enlightened attitudes about the Cold War. No doubt about it, the USSR was here to stay, the world was going to blow up, nuclear winter will ensue, and all that.
Then Reagan, then glasnost, then it all falls down.<<

Yeah, well you've got some apples and oranges there, man. Because this time around the Commies, in massive numbers, are on the inside working their way out.; 8/19/20, 1:29 PM
Barry Dauphin said...: Dillon is a professional comedian. He sounds like someone practicing his craft as opposed to talking about his personal beliefs. He's trying to entertain. He partially succeeds at that. But I wouldn't take this seriously.; 8/19/20, 1:34 PM
Drago said...: Howard: "Dillon lays out my basic philosophy except I have Joe's optimistic future outlook."

Dillon lays out a philosophy that is precisely 180 degrees opposite of what you've been shoveling here for the last 8 months.

But, given how its been going with your Saving Private Ryan/Guadalcanal analogies of your antifa Howard's Heroes, I'm not surprised you are attempting to rewrite history.

You are, after all, a leftist. And rewriting history is fundamentally the only real "skillset" leftists possess.; 8/19/20, 1:37 PM
tim maguire said...: Francisco D said...He has given up because he knows "it is not real".

Interesting take on there DNC Media and how it affects people.

He's right, though. It doesn't matter to most people's daily lives who wins the White House, whether the Democrats or Republicans hold congress. It really doesn't. But people care intensely and get crazy worked up about whether their guy or the other person's guy won the most recent election. And they never seem to notice that, either way, they have to eat and sleep and work and pay taxes and all the rest of the minutiae that makes up their day-to-day lives.; 8/19/20, 1:42 PM
Drago said...: The Democrat/LLR-lefty Convention summarized:

Sally Yates on politicizing DOJ.

Andrew "kill the old people in nursing homes" Cuomo on ChiCom Flu.

Bill Clinton lecturing us on appropriate oval office behavior.

Elizabeth "Li'l Tomahawk" Warren heading up a panel on Native Americans.

Speakers calling for the destruction of capitalism.

Speakers calling for more riots.

And Joe Biden introducing himself again, for about the 4th or 5th time, as "Joe Biden's Husband".

You know, come to think of it, it really is a dream come true for LLR-lefty Chuck and other marxist supporters of the dems. So my comment is aimed only at normals.; 8/19/20, 1:52 PM
Kate said...: I do like a warm garlic knot.; 8/19/20, 2:10 PM
chuck said...: Wow, that guy is really loud and annoying.; 8/19/20, 2:53 PM
Lance said...: Isn't that exactly how establishment politicians have been behaving? As if they're convinced it's all unfixable, there's no way to balance the budget, or negotiate peace in the Middle East, or defeat Islamic terrorism, or resolve racial tension. It's all going to destroy us, so let's loot what we can while the looting is good.; 8/19/20, 2:56 PM
Ken B said...: Dillon is talking ABOUT people like Drago, the ones whose politics is just posing. If you didn’t campaign for Romney and you call yourself a conservative then Dillon means YOU.; 8/19/20, 3:00 PM
chuck said...: There were undoubtedly Germans in 1938 who felt like this dude does.

There were German refugees in America who felt that way. One wrote that he didn't believe America could win until he was part of the Philippine invasion fleet that covered the sea to the horizon.; 8/19/20, 3:02 PM
Charlie Currie said...: All the things he listed as the things people really want are all the things (rights) that Bloomberg and the rest of the Karens want to take away.

Let's get him back when his garlic knots are taken away.; 8/19/20, 3:12 PM
Howard said...: Blogger Drago said...

Howard: "Dillon lays out my basic philosophy except I have Joe's optimistic future outlook."

Dillon lays out a philosophy that is precisely 180 degrees opposite of what you've been shoveling here for the last 8 months.

Drago is always the boy-scout den mother. Your so clueless, I can't figure out how you ever managed to land an aircraft on the pitching deck at night. You musta been one of those brainless stick and rudder men. BTW, antifa reminds me more of the end of Aminal House with you playing the Kevin Bacon roll. mmmmm, bacon; 8/19/20, 3:15 PM
tim maguire said...: Drago said...
Howard: "Dillon lays out my basic philosophy except I have Joe's optimistic future outlook."

Dillon lays out a philosophy that is precisely 180 degrees opposite of what you've been shoveling here for the last 8 months.

Howard is a confessed troll. One can understand the relative unimportance of politics and still be an asshole about it.; 8/19/20, 3:22 PM
Tomcc said...: Entertaining in its' own way and that's what the show is about, right? I can see why he's employed as a comedian and not by the Brookings Institute.; 8/19/20, 3:29 PM
5M - Eckstine said...: Comedians are the gatekeepers of the pulse of young America. Call yourself an old fart if you disagree. Comedians relish in the first amendment and the ability to cross boundaries to your face and laugh. Comedians are the trolls everyone aspires to be but are inadequate.

Real comedians appreciate a fellow traveler going over the edge and making them laugh at the mental gymnastics at the same time.

Real comedians consistently hide from wokeness as they know they are the first canceled in a Biden win. They'll all vote for him though.

All gleaned from listening to the art and craft of comedy on Joe Rogans podcast.; 8/19/20, 3:58 PM
Temujin said...: Netflix and garlic knots. He's a funny dude. But if I were him I'd start caring a bit more. No one is exempt.

Still- funny dude.; 8/19/20, 4:07 PM
Krumhorn said...: The key difference between Howard and a normal decent person is that a normal decent person doesn’t approach others with a studied and detached air of smug moral superiority with a crystal clear clarity owing to a monopoly on virtue that screams to be announced again.....and again. That is the principal trait of the lefties that virtually assures a shooting war outcome.

- Krumhorn; 8/19/20, 4:08 PM
Valentine Smith said...: Fat is armor and everything about the fat bastard is lazy. Lazy thinking, lazy resignation, lazy humor, lazy cowardice, lazy amble down every path of least resistance. I don't care always means its opposite--I'm terrified but too fat to feel it.; 8/19/20, 4:10 PM
tim in vermont said...: I have no interest in owning a gun, but 2A is the canary in the coal mine.; 8/19/20, 4:14 PM
tim in vermont said...: I went to that picture of the Philippines invasion. You know what’s a waste of time? Second guessing people who actually won the war. War is graded pass/fail.; 8/19/20, 4:19 PM
Rusty said...: Tim Dillion's philosophy is just like Howards except for the beating people part. I don't think Tim Dillon likes beating people up. Howard does.; 8/19/20, 4:23 PM
Howard said...: Out and Proud Troll, Tim. Nothing to confess, that requires guilt.; 8/19/20, 4:26 PM
rehajm said...: He sounds like the every fat ass public high school junior what predicts the demise of the United States 'in twenty years'.

...and he doesn't recognize the correlation between freedom and his garlic knots.

Even Rogan seems to recognize what a twat he is...; 8/19/20, 4:41 PM
tim in vermont said...: "I don't think Tim Dillon likes beating people up. Howard does.”

He would have to be able to do it to know what it’s like, I would think.; 8/19/20, 4:42 PM
tim maguire said...: tim in vermont said...
I have no interest in owning a gun, but 2A is the canary in the coal mine

Same. I've never owned a gun. By choice. My choice.; 8/19/20, 4:44 PM
Meade said...: “I have no interest in owning a gun”

Same. I’m only interested in owning 2 guns. Or more. I only wish every adult in my family and neighborhood felt the same. Especially ever since our mayor and city council started progressively defunding our police.; 8/19/20, 5:35 PM
Michael K said...: Your so clueless, I can't figure out how you ever managed to land an aircraft on the pitching deck at night. You musta been one of those brainless stick and rudder men. BTW, antifa reminds me more of the end of Aminal House with you playing the Kevin Bacon roll. mmmmm, bacon

Howard reminds me of the old Marine rule that you had to be willing to butt your head through a brick wall to qualify. Of course, that is assuming that Howard ever got through Marine basic. If He tried, I assume it was more like Dan Rather.

Trolling is fun as long as you are anonymous.; 8/19/20, 5:56 PM
BUMBLE BEE said...: I detect a touch of Lenny Bruce in Tim's take on things. His delivery is off putting to say the least. As Carson used to say... "They can't all be gems".; 8/19/20, 6:16 PM
Drago said...: Howard: "I can't figure out how you ever managed to land an aircraft on the pitching deck at night."

Since you are unable to figure out much of anything at all, this doesn't surprise me.

What I like best about you is knowing when actual airplanes fly over your head you undoubtedly end up pointing at the sky with small sticks and grunting until long after the plane is gone.

Now tell me more about how antifa's stealing lemonade stand money makes them the equivalent of Doolittle Raiders flying over Tokyo. That should be good for a couple laughs.; 8/19/20, 6:43 PM
chickelit said...: The fat man is confident that he will always have cheap food. Hubristic much?; 8/19/20, 6:44 PM
Drago said...: Howard: "BTW, antifa reminds me more of the end of Aminal House with you playing the Kevin Bacon roll. mmmmm, bacon"

You spent months and months explaining out antifa were the new Minutemen and were demonstrating courage and gumption not seen on these shores since the revolution.

Now?

Well, the lefty narrative changed based on the reality that became undeniable, so Howard goes Full Inga.

Full Inga = Russia Collusion? Who Cares About Russia Collusion? Not Me, Inga. That's For Sure!!

What I find most interesting about the Howard/Inga's/LLR-lefty Chuck's is that as their stories meander and often take 180 turns over and over again, these moron lefties are always amazed that others remember what they had written before.

It's that shocked amazement that history really doesn't reset every 15 minutes that freaks them out every time.; 8/19/20, 6:48 PM
wildswan said...: And in the US the refusal to open the schools is finally galvanizing people into action. This end is really bad for them. And it's the herky-jerky "yes, we'll open, no we won't", which is most offensive since it utterly disregards the need to plan and suggests that the public health people, the ones right here, right now, will always disregard that need. There's packed meetings going on all over Wisconsin because the public health people are pushing for county legislation to shut down any school (or business) merely by uttering the magic words - public health. All the laws and Constitutions to fence in state power do not apply to us, your magnifico public health officials, they say; and they think public health trumps the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and the State Constitution and the body of precedents limiting all other state officials including the police and District Attorneys.

People should get the public health authorities to come to a meeting and get up and say:
Isn't the present Covid strategy a population-wide strategy?
And don't we now know that covid is not a population-wide danger which is what we first thought? Don't we now know that fatal cases of covid been shown to be very concentrated in certain high risk populations.
So why haven't we adopted the other possible public health strategy, that of assisting high risk populations?
Isn't using a population-wide strategy for covid unneeded, disproportionate and harmful (leading for example, to closing schools needlessly)? And aren't unneeded, disproportionate and harmful public health interventions banned by law, by existing law? Yes, Wisconsin county-public-health officials, there is a law!; 8/19/20, 6:59 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: it's not the worst end...; 8/19/20, 7:00 PM
rcocean said...: i got tired of the fat fuck. Y'know when every 8th word is a profanity, it means you're either a moron or you're too lazy to be precise. Instead of Fuck or shit, the guy could just say Kumquat or Celery and it'd make just as much sense, and be slightly less irritating.

BTW, since someone mentioned Dan Rather. Peggy Noonan used to talk about how "tough" Dan rather was, gosh he was not only from Texas. He was a MARINE from Texas. Except Dano didn't make it through basic training. He isn't a Marine, and never was one.; 8/19/20, 7:13 PM
Browndog said...: tim maguire said...

tim in vermont said...
I have no interest in owning a gun, but 2A is the canary in the coal mine

Same. I've never owned a gun. By choice. My choice.

Won't you be shitting bricks when it comes time to need one, as you frantically search on-line, only to discover it can't be delivered because Trump stole all the mailboxes.; 8/19/20, 7:15 PM
BudBrown said...: He shouda asked that guys take on a well regulated miltia, not so much one well armed. My personal take on the 2nd is militia can be just one. Guy doesn't sound too well regulated.; 8/19/20, 7:46 PM
donald said...: I don’t have any interest in owning a gun, but I got several. Just in case. Thank you 2A.; 8/19/20, 7:49 PM
donald said...: Have. I have served all guns.; 8/19/20, 7:49 PM
Freeman Hunt said...: "I only wish every adult in my family and neighborhood felt the same."

Yes. I'm fairly certain that my neighborhood has more guns than people. That's how I like it.; 8/19/20, 7:52 PM
Jon Ericson said...: Antifa™ Cares™; 8/19/20, 8:09 PM
Jon Ericson said...: Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) Cares™; 8/19/20, 8:11 PM
Jon Ericson said...: Emily Gorcenski Cares™; 8/19/20, 8:38 PM
Jon Ericson said...: Larry Raynold Williams Jr. Cares™; 8/19/20, 8:42 PM
Big Mike said...: He's right, though. It doesn't matter to most people's daily lives who wins the White House, whether the Democrats or Republicans hold congress. It really doesn't. But people care intensely and get crazy worked up about whether their guy or the other person's guy won the most recent election. And they never seem to notice that, either way, they have to eat and sleep and work and pay taxes and all the rest of the minutiae that makes up their day-to-day lives.

It will matter this election.; 8/19/20, 8:52 PM
Known Unknown said...: Howard isn't real.; 8/19/20, 8:54 PM
Ken B said...: I lived in the USA 20 years and never wanted a gun. I decided a year ago that if I ever moved back I would get a license and buy a gun.i hope my friends are doing the same.; 8/19/20, 9:37 PM
Ken B said...: Music by Graeme Koehne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apNA2pfzD4k; 8/19/20, 9:40 PM
WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...: Doesn't matter?

Vote democrat.; 8/19/20, 9:41 PM
bagoh20 said...: That's one way to avoid anyone expecting your help on anything, but don't call me either.; 8/20/20, 12:10 AM
Mark said...: "There's packed meetings going on all over Wisconsin"

What packed meetings? Excepting a few counties, schools are opening.; 8/20/20, 5:12 AM
Nichevo said...: Drago said...
Now tell me more about how antifa's stealing lemonade stand money makes them the equivalent of Doolittle Raiders flying over Tokyo. That should be good for a couple laughs.

8/19/20, 6:43 PM

Easy, Drago.

Col. Doolittle, when asked what he would have done if his ship had been hit and was going down over Tokyo, said (I remember it well but have not been able to find the cite) that he would have picked out the brightest glow of light on the ground below, and steered his dying aircraft into it. The first kamikaze, as it were.

This is clearly terrorism.

Antifa are terrorists.

Therefore Antifa equal Doolittle Raiders.

Sorry Drago. Howie is on point.

Just imagine him comparing James T. Hodgkinson, or the future Presidential assassins he awaits so impatiently, to Col. Claus von Stauffenberg.; 8/20/20, 6:42 AM
gerry said...: This is clearly terrorism.

Please. Postmodern moralism is stupid. Clearly ignorant.

Antifa are terrorists. Doolittle was not; he was a warrior attacking an enemy of the United States in a declared war.; 8/20/20, 10:58 AM
Nichevo said...: Gerry-imagine if you will that I was channeling Titania McGrath.; 8/20/20, 7:40 PM