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November 22, 2020

At the Sunday Night Café...

... you can write about anything you like.

65 comments:

FullMoon said...: It would be nice if the person operating the pretend crowd noise at football games would throw in a few boos once in awhile.

Maybe the networks could add video of actual fans from last years games, pretend it is current. Is that too much to ask?; 11/22/20, 8:12 PM
I'm Full of Soup said...: Bad news is I’m convinced there were a significant number of illegalities which
Helped Biden win a few states and the electoral college. The good news is enough Amrticans feel the same way so Biden will
Have an asterisk next to his name in the history books.; 11/22/20, 8:17 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: a thought from Glenn Greenwald:

From Lenny Bruce and George Carlin devoting their careers to fighting every form of censorship to Trump-era comics begging for it: what a sorry decline.

prolly depends on who's Gore is being ox'd; 11/22/20, 8:21 PM
Whiskeybum said...: I saw a TV commercial tonight that started with a drone’s-eye view of picturesque American countryside - woods, a winding road, a small village. Then the sponsor’s name came into view superimposed over the American landscape: BANANA REPUBLIC

I thought to myself, “Yeah - that’s for sure”.; 11/22/20, 8:29 PM
Guildofcannonballs said...: I like America. Got two $19.42 pizzas (each) because of a radio special for $20 with tip for both, tip was 24%. Great special, but stingy on the cheese.

The crust though, maybe the "dough" as they market they literally "kneed" is baked so perfectly toward my style of heavy crunch and light mid-even texture of partially cooked yeast/flour combo with extra cheese and a fat wallet can make it work.

I would hate to compete with Papa Murphy's Tuesday special. That consumes a lot of pizza budgets for $20 or $30 a month and is in fact actually days and days and days worth of pizza if you order the stuffed. I think they are about 5800 calories depending on the specifics.

I have no love for Chicago, but the Chicago style Papa Murphy's special on Tuesday any za for $10, is tough tough tough to compete against.; 11/22/20, 8:30 PM
Guildofcannonballs said...: I love the Costco kitchen. Fabulous prices. And the $9.99 pizza is great for the price. But they never cook it right, I concluded after taking home two pies.

Now, Fort Collins, there was a place there, Coopersmiths?, or something, basement pool hall type place.

They had the pepperoni that will for all-time define great pepperoni. Puts everything else to shame. It's why I never order it, but of course will partake in order not to be rude.

Wow, they had an alfredo-sauce type thing with their amazing pep and cooked wood-fired and awesome. Thank you Fort Collins for that memory.; 11/22/20, 8:37 PM
I'm Not Sure said...: Common sense coming out of California? Hard to believe, isn't it?; 11/22/20, 8:40 PM
Mr Wibble said...: Bad news is I’m convinced there were a significant number of illegalities which
Helped Biden win a few states and the electoral college. The good news is enough Amrticans feel the same way so Biden will
Have an asterisk next to his name in the history books.

I'm convinced that the Biden administration will be a shitshow. He's going to be kept in hiding while various factions fight for control. Meanwhile, Trump's fight will keep his base motivated and angry, hopefully turning out to keep GA in the GOP column, as well as putting the House into GOP hands.

I don't think Trump is going to go away, as much as the establishment Right wants him to do so. His four years exposed the whole lot as grifters, incompetents, and idiot cargo-cultists who have no idea about actual governance. A lot of younger conservatives are going to be looking to Trump as the model for how to win going forward, as well as what dangers to look out for.; 11/22/20, 8:42 PM
narciso said...: Peoplr are easily imoressed by irrelevant details

https://mobile.twitter.com/marklevinshow/status/1330591729586761729; 11/22/20, 8:45 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: "The link Between Dominion, Sequoia, Smartmatic, and the CCP"

https://gnews.org/577635/; 11/22/20, 8:50 PM
Mr Wibble said...: I'm finally settled into my new place, and it's nice, out in the country, and bigger than pretty much anywhere I've lived in the past four years. Of course, once I started work last week I found out that I'll be teleworking until at least August (probably longer), which is frustrating because I could be living in Austin right now and signing up for Austin Community College's metalsmithing courses.

https://www6.austincc.edu/cms/site/www/catalog/programmaps/programmap.php?ap=5888&yr=2021; 11/22/20, 8:54 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: The Small World of Voting Machine Certification

"An understaffed tiny federal agency and 2 private testing labs responsible for certification of nation's voting systems..."; 11/22/20, 8:58 PM
Chuck said...: Blogger Mr Wibble said...
...
...A lot of younger conservatives are going to be looking to Trump as the model for how to win going forward, as well as what dangers to look out for.

How to win?!?. He’s the most phenomenal loser of their lifetimes. The worst political malpracticioner in a century. That’s the model? The incumbent President who completely blew it and who got wiped out in the 2020 general election? Young conservatives are going to follow the guy who’s never written a word of conservative commentary and who never took any active role in conservative causes? He will be the model for young conservatives?; 11/22/20, 9:04 PM
Gahrie said...: Young conservatives are going to follow the guy who’s never written a word of conservative commentary and who never took any active role in conservative causes? He will be the model for young conservatives?

No they're going to follow the Washington insiders and thinktank cocktail sippers who promise the moon every election, and spend the rest of the time giving excuses for why they couldn't possible do the things they promised to do, but if you just send more money we promise we'll do it next time. Right?; 11/22/20, 9:12 PM
Jersey Fled said...: You can always count on Chuck.; 11/22/20, 9:14 PM
Mike Sylwester said...: My new blog article:

Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran and Joe Biden's 1972 Election Victory; 11/22/20, 9:17 PM
narciso said...: Oh yes i remember that snippet from the book; 11/22/20, 9:19 PM
mccullough said...: Chuck lives in a Democrat state.

Chuck is a Democrat who hates blacks.; 11/22/20, 9:22 PM
narciso said...: Heres a fascinating bit

https://gnews.org/300738/; 11/22/20, 9:23 PM
Mr Wibble said...: The guy who won the biggest upset in US Political history, the guy who got a mid-east peace deal that no one else managed to accomplish, the guy who promised that we'd have a vaccine by the end of the year and everyone laughed at, the guy who oversaw four years of economic growth that the political class said was impossible. The guy whose party gained seats in an election that was predicted to be a bloodbath for his party. The guy who managed to draw tens of thousands of supporters wherever he went, who brought in working class whites and latinos and reshaped the party. That guy.

But he lost an election so he's a "loser". So did Churchill, and he came back just a few years later.; 11/22/20, 9:24 PM
Humperdink said...: "You can always count on Chuck."

Hyperbole/ hy·per·bo·le /noun/ exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

(And after re-reading his tripe, I think I am being kind.); 11/22/20, 9:25 PM
Readering said...: So no way appeal in PA going to USSC. In motion to expedite appeal to 3rd Cir. Trump's solo practioner says only issue is this: plaintiffs amended complaint to drop fraud claims (for very good reasons, presumably). Then plaintiffs moved to amend again to put back dropped claims. District judge said, no--too late in this kind of rush case. Standard of review abuse of discretion. No way 3rd circuit says abuse here. If I am right, no way the Supreme Court says this is an issue for them. Not a constitutional issue and no split in the circuits. If I am wrong, case just goes back to district court, where still no standing and no whiff of fraud (reason dropped in first place).; 11/22/20, 9:25 PM
Humperdink said...: "(Trump) who never took any active role in conservative causes ..

Good grief, LLR actually wrote that?????

Conservative judges, tax cuts, regulation cuts, pro-life, the list is endless. Why the guy is delusional. It's no wonder he gets mocked relentlessly.; 11/22/20, 9:29 PM
Readering said...: He is saying before president. You cannot parse a sentence.; 11/22/20, 9:36 PM
narciso said...: Silly rabbit, judge alito warned exactly of that problem before the election.; 11/22/20, 10:07 PM
Guildofcannonballs said...: These were like 5" slices of pepperoni at )I Think( Coopersmiths in Fort Collins.

Large slices of pepperoni on a normal sized piece of pie with amazingly large after-effects.

I had always been a black olive marinara guy but this was alfredo green olive territory.

To me if you don't hear the crunch it ain't cooked. I am used to cooking my own delivered pizza.; 11/22/20, 10:21 PM
Gahrie said...: He is saying before president. You cannot parse a sentence.

Of course he didn't do or stand for any of those things before he was president. After all, he was a Democrat then.; 11/22/20, 10:23 PM
narciso said...: Is it live or memorex

https://mobile.twitter.com/Cernovich/status/1330714846422175745; 11/22/20, 10:27 PM
eddie willers said...: Trump became a conservative when it counted. Chuck never has been nor ever will be.; 11/22/20, 10:52 PM
effinayright said...: Readering said:

"Not a constitutional issue and no split in the circuits."
***********************

Mark Levin spent a good part of his program tonight explaining exactly why it IS a constitutional issue, citing Article I, Section 4:

"The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators."

Judges, Secretaries of State or state election officials (he argues) do not have legislative power , nor are they capable of being given so by the Legislature to amend election law.

See more here:

https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/interpretation/article-i/clauses/750; 11/22/20, 11:18 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: a little more from the inimitable Roscoe B. Davis

Do not conflate mailing address with physical address. By Law the voter registration must include a physical address, and these rented PO Boxes were disguised as the residential addresses, not mailing addresses, on the voter registration applications.
What do I mean? Thousands of ballots listed as PO Boxes but they insert a "Suite" "Apt," "Unit," to give the appearance of a physical address as required by law.
Also rental boxes at UPS, & FedEx locations, and even private mailbox stores disguising the box numbers same way

https://twitter.com/RoscoeBDavis1/status/1330633367096856580 (scroll up); 11/22/20, 11:20 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: OK, Coomer

...where is he? Did he "not kill himself" yet?; 11/22/20, 11:28 PM
Qwinn said...: Yeah, Coomer alone invalidates the entire election. It's insane for anyone to suggest that a fucking member of Antifa gets to program all the voting machines and there's nothing at all wrong with that. Never mind the witness testimony of him *admitting* to rigging Dominion to steal the election. But "no evidence"!; 11/22/20, 11:48 PM
Attonasi said...: Mr Wibble said...

I don't think Trump is going to go away, as much as the establishment Right wants him to do so. His four years exposed the whole lot as grifters, incompetents, and idiot cargo-cultists who have no idea about actual governance. A lot of younger conservatives are going to be looking to Trump as the model for how to win going forward, as well as what dangers to look out for.

There are no Conservatives anymore. A Conservative is someone that looks to an idealized past for answers on how to build the future.

We are going to a time and a place where we will not find answers in the past. We will find suggestions. But we must come up with the new.

The Republican Party is a Nationalist party now that looks after the American People and particularly the working class. Trump showed the way but he is not going to take us there.; 11/23/20, 12:05 AM
narciso said...: Its still pro small business pro law enforcement pro military for low taxes just more focused on trade issues.; 11/23/20, 12:08 AM
narciso said...: Were also back to the point where you dont need a large expeditionary force over seas; 11/23/20, 12:12 AM
Rt41Rebel said...: It's been said before, but I'll say it again. The Dems really screwed the pooch in their dealings with Trump. Trump was a Dem that ran as a Rep, and willing to make deals with all sides. The Dems could have had some policy wins if they had been willing to work with Trump, but they went full nuclear in every way they could against a man who wouldn't take it.

I don't know what the result of this election or the controversy of it will be, but one thing is for sure. If Biden is the POTUS, Trump is not going away, he will be out there every day undermining the Biden administration and sowing discord with his half of this country. And if Dems try to ring him or his family up in retribution, you are going to see the owners of 350 million gun have a say about it. It might not be the best path for this country, but after witnessing for the last 5 years what Dems, the media, and big tech are willing to do to seize power, I fully endorse it.; 11/23/20, 12:27 AM
readering said...: Granting or denying a motion to amend under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15 is not a constitutional issue. I don't know what Levin is on about but it is not the appeal to the Third Circuit Federal Court.; 11/23/20, 12:59 AM
Sally327 said...: Sidney Powell reminds me of Michael Avenatti, not that she shares his criminal tendencies, just his penchant for bizarre stories that fall apart under scrutiny.

Chris Christie is an opportunistic toad. He is one more name on a long list of people that Donald Trump should never have trusted or allowed anywhere near him. But the common denominator is Trump.; 11/23/20, 1:11 AM
Bruce Hayden said...: “ So no way appeal in PA going to USSC. In motion to expedite appeal to 3rd Cir. Trump's solo practioner says only issue is this: plaintiffs amended complaint to drop fraud claims (for very good reasons, presumably). Then plaintiffs moved to amend again to put back dropped claims. District judge said, no--too late in this kind of rush case. Standard of review abuse of discretion. No way 3rd circuit says abuse here. If I am right, no way the Supreme Court says this is an issue for them. Not a constitutional issue and no split in the circuits. If I am wrong, case just goes back to district court, where still no standing and no whiff of fraud (reason dropped in first place).”

The solo is most likely what is termed “local counsel”. We did that a lot in the patent world. That is because you need someone in that state, and probably that city, to file papers for you. You need someone admitted to practice before that court to sign pleadings, motions, etc, to stand up in court, and to sponsor you if you are attempting admission Pro hac vice.

As for the US Supreme Court, you are citing normal rules of thumb for the grant of Cert (which means that the Court has agreed to hear the case). They don’t apply here. The Court hears what it wants to hear. All it needs is four votes out of nine, which in this case are likely Justices Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch, and Barrett. They pick up Kavenaugh (good Catholic, nominated by Trump, and savaged by the Dems in his confirmation hearing a couple years ago), and they have the win, which pulls in CJ Roberts and possibly Breyer, who joined the majority in Bush v Gore. Same Constitutional issues as in that case: Equal Protection under the 14th Amdt and that only legislature can modify voting laws and rules, in accordance with Article II, § 1 ¶ 2. I think that they get Roberts’ vote anyway, since the dignity of the Court is at issue here, since the local officials told Justice Alito, sitting by designation over the 3rd Circuit, that they would sequester the late arriving ballots, and apparently didn’t. That would have bypassed the lower court judge’s decision to not balance the equities in not counting valid ballots in order to not count invalid ballots in the same batch. Thus, the dignity of the Court is at stake here, since not hearing the case would essentially allow state election officials to have lied to the Supreme Court w/o consequences. Remember, in Bush V Gore, it was the FL Supreme Court that tried to thwart the US Supreme Ct, which tried a remand first. It was only when the FL court ignored their remand instructions, that the US Supreme Court slapped them down, enforcing their preeminence, granted by the Supremacy Clause (Article VI ¶ 2).; 11/23/20, 1:26 AM
heyboom said...: I've seen a couple of commenters mention that Compton elected a Republican mayor, but I have searched extensively and I can't find anything on the internet about it. Does anyone have a name for this person?; 11/23/20, 2:47 AM
Readering said...: One does not get admitted pro hac vice to a circuit court. One gets admitted. But you are probably right that Trump could not find anyone else who was already admitted. Maybe Giuliani is applying, but the third circuit will not let him apply orally like the district judge did.

You cannot file for certiorari on an issue that was not the issue for your appeal to the lower court. You could try to bypass the court of appeals but that is not what Trump is doing with the PA case.; 11/23/20, 3:00 AM
StephenFearby said...: Lot of crazies out there (aside from the ones who try to push you off the subway platform when the train is entering the station):

Trump attorney Lin Wood tells Republican supporters NOT to back GOP candidates in the Georgia [Senate] runoff election because they've 'failed' to help the President's fight to overturn the election

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8976193/Trump-attorney-Lin-Wood-says-Republicans-withhold-votes-Georgia-primary.html

Except it seems that Lin Wood was never retained as a Trump attorney.; 11/23/20, 3:37 AM
Michael McNeil said...: I've seen a couple of commenters mention that Compton elected a Republican mayor, but I have searched extensively and I can't find anything on the internet about it. Does anyone have a name for this person?

It's not the city of Compton, CA, where this occurred, but Stockton.; 11/23/20, 4:17 AM
tim maguire said...: Sally327 said...Sidney Powell reminds me of Michael Avenatti, not that she shares his criminal tendencies, just his penchant for bizarre stories that fall apart under scrutiny.

Unlike Avenatti, Powell has a reputation for delivering the goods. So, not like Avenatti at all.

I agree with you on Christie, and Trump’s weakness for letting people like Christie into his circle—Trump is a New York guy with a soft spot for other New York guys. See also Guilaini, who is clearly too old for this fight.; 11/23/20, 4:34 AM
Humperdink said...: Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D-Constitutional Scholar) has issued an order limiting in-home gatherings to 6 people. She has also urged residents to call the police if they see their neighbors violating her edict.

“Look, this is no different than what happens if there’s a party down the street and it’s keeping everyone awake. What do neighbors do? They call law enforcement because it’s too noisy,” the Democratic governor told KGW. “This is just like that. It’s like a violation of a noise ordinance.”

Yep, freedom of of association is just like a noise ordinance. Amendment #2 is next.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/nov/22/oregon-gov-kate-brown-urges-residents-to-call-cops/; 11/23/20, 5:09 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: Music, Mother, McBride: Three Great TV Shows To Watch While In Lockdown

You gotta do SOMETHING until Trump wins the election, right?; 11/23/20, 5:42 AM
Mr Wibble said...: I suspect that part of the problem is that there is so much corruption and incompetence regarding elections that it's hard to tell where mismanagement ends and fraud begins. It wouldn't surprise me if Dominion cut corners and hired substandard programmers to build their systems, relying on bribes and other underhanded methods to secure contracts. To an outsider, it could certainly look like a deliberate attempt to manipulate the election.

As for Trump, it's been obvious for the past four years that he thrives on chaos. I've long thought that he enjoys it because it gives him freedom to do what he wants, and in chaos people tend to reveal who they really are. While that can be a good thing most of the time, we're seeing where it can rear up and bite him in the ass. Also, the GOP establishment bears a lot of the blame for this mess; they've had decades to clean up these issues and too often they've refused to fight. They allowed the little problems to grow and become big problems. Candidates, the state and national parties, and the GOP dominated legislatures have all failed on this issue.; 11/23/20, 5:58 AM
Humperdink said...: Stumbled across the name of Watchman Nee. Fascinating read.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchman_Nee; 11/23/20, 6:15 AM
tim maguire said...: Mr Wibble said...I suspect that part of the problem is that there is so much corruption and incompetence regarding elections that it's hard to tell where mismanagement ends and fraud begins...GOP establishment bears a lot of the blame for this mess; they've had decades to clean up these issues and too often they've refused to fight.

Agree on both counts. The system is a train wreck under the best of circumstances and everybody gets a share of the blame.; 11/23/20, 6:23 AM
Political Junkie said...: Humperdink - I haven't read up on this, but what is a large family with a mom, dad, and 5 children at home supposed to do?; 11/23/20, 6:40 AM
Qwinn said...: Mr. Wibble:

No. Coding a voting system isn't rocket science, it's probably among the easiest things you could ask a programmer to code. Shouldn't take more than 10 lines of code, max. It's much too simple to fuck up by accident. If your voting system has "glitches", those are a feature, not a bug.; 11/23/20, 6:40 AM
Jersey Fled said...: Get a couple of daughters with husbands and a couple of kids and you're over the limit.

Wonder where governor Kate is having Thanksgiving.; 11/23/20, 6:52 AM
Jersey Fled said...: Air travel seems to be surging ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.

So much for lockdowns; 11/23/20, 7:05 AM
Kai Akker said...: Where did you disappear to, Bill Barr? The greatest crimes in American political history will never be exposed, now. All that time. All that talk -- good talk! -- and nothing, not one action. The biggest anticlimax of modern times, one the more disappointing because everyone knows there is a real climax waiting back in the wings and ready to be displayed.

Now it gets dumped back in the props closet under the Peter Pan outfits.; 11/23/20, 7:23 AM
Birkel said...: As The Spectator UK pointed out, “The results of the Danmask-19 trial mirror other reviews into influenza-like illnesses. Nine other trials looking at the efficacy of masks (two looking at healthcare workers and seven at community transmission) have found that masks make little or no difference to whether you get influenza or not.”

https://thefederalist.com/2020/11/20/left-attacks-scott-atlas-for-saying-same-things-about-covid-as-the-new-york-times-six-months-earlier/

Gosh but it is going to be painful to watch tim in vermont try to debunk all nine studies.; 11/23/20, 7:25 AM
Kai Akker said...: Time for Trump to concede? Or time for Trump to come right out with it and establish a government-in-exile? Mar a Lago is as good an exile territory as any. Let's get to the civil war now and get it over with.; 11/23/20, 7:30 AM
Ralph L said...: Is he a Knight Watchman Nee?; 11/23/20, 7:37 AM
mockturtle said...: Gee, all the new posts are articles from the NYT. I think I'll just read the old posts.; 11/23/20, 8:13 AM
mockturtle said...: Heyboom asks: I've seen a couple of commenters mention that Compton elected a Republican mayor, but I have searched extensively and I can't find anything on the internet about it. Does anyone have a name for this person?

It was Stockton, not Compton.; 11/23/20, 8:19 AM
mockturtle said...: Humperdink: Thank you for reminding me of the remarkable Watchman Nee. I'll put him on my reading list.; 11/23/20, 8:20 AM
tcrosse said...: But he lost an election so he's a "loser". So did Churchill, and he came back just a few years later.

So did Nixon.; 11/23/20, 8:26 AM
Humperdink said...: @Ralph L Since you asked. "People loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil."; 11/23/20, 8:47 AM
Churchy LaFemme: said...: The Watchman who formerly said Nee.; 11/23/20, 9:11 AM
heyboom said...: Thanks to Mock and Mike for the info. In searching, the Stockton mayor-elect came up but nothing for Compton.; 11/23/20, 11:02 AM