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December 16, 2020
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Wisconsin Capitol Christmas Tree removed - again.
"UPDATE: Reps. Tittl and Sortwell replaced their tree Tuesday 12-14-20 but Evers’ evil grinches took it down again last night."
Texas U: "We are introducing the @DanRather Medals for News and Guts to recognize collegiate and professional journalists who overcome obstacles like stonewalling and harassment to speak truth to power."
I can't wait for the Brian Williams "I Was There" Award.
Video of the week:
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1339351611106357252
Saw a pretty interesting meme tonight. A picture of the Revolutionary Era.
"How did the Revolutionary Armies get organized?
They met in taverns.
They met in restaurants.
They met in churches.
Now you understand the purpose of the lockdowns."
Los mambises were probably similar
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/12/16/deep-state-pushes-to-deep-six-intelligence-report-demonstrating-chinese-interference-in-2020-election/
The patriarch of cuban broadcasting in miami perez roura passed about two weeks ago
I thought that was john kerrys job
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/12/16/gina-mccarthy-flint-water-crisis/3919781001/
Or whatever classical implement
https://m.theepochtimes.com/2020-election-fraud-is-ccp-assassins-mace-patrick-byrne_3619337.html?utm_source=newsnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-2020-12-16-6
Ahem
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2020/12/when-black-lives-matter-means-profiting-african-daniel-greenfield/#.X9qvSFE2WFo.facebook
Watching 'Marnie' on TCM starring Tippi Hedren.
She was 50 or so when I met her.
She was very elegant, classy and nice.
Unfortunately, she did not age well.
Plastic surgery (after I met her) isn't always the answer...
Neither has melanie griffith
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2019/06/leftists-have-always-lied-about-auschwitz-danusha-v-goska/#disqus_thread
But of course
https://thefederalist.com/2020/12/16/its-outrageous-that-joe-biden-is-even-considering-disneys-bob-iger-for-ambassador-to-china/
Neither has melanie griffith
I grew up in a small mountain town and one of my mom's friends worked at the local guitar store when she came in to browse for a gift for her husband. He said is was a shock how poorly she aged.
I'm thankful to be warm and dry and well-fed, and to have the divine Ludwig van's "Spring" Sonata for violin and piano injected straight into my brain by a pair of ratty but functional earphones.
Other commenters have remarked on a yearning to hear the music of calculus or trigonometry. I'm happy with the music of music, and have a deaf ear for higher maths. Alas.
Leonard Bernstein used to jaw about Beethoven being "the best at putting the notes in order" or something as preposterous . . . but after 60+ years of layman's music appreciation, I kind of get it now.
Narr
Stern and Istomin, very nice
Its a tossup between beethoven and mozart
Narr, I assume you are celebrating Beethoven's birthday. I put on my noise cancelling headphones and gave the 9th my full attention. As a layman I too agree that he puts the notes in order. Alas I still put him behind Bach.
Happy Birthday Beethoven - I listened to terrestrial radio tonight (90.9 FM in DC) and they had a nice Irish song (Barbara Hendricks singing - she was a piece of work when she was at her peak, and I love her voice) that Beethoven had adapted to something like Soprano plus string trio, and then the Hammerklavier performed by Alfred Brendel, which is sort of ironic because earlier today I searched Amazon to see if any of the books of B.H. Haggin, who was a hugely influential critic back in this day, were on Kindle yet, but no, all that was available was still just the old copies of books long long out of print - Haggin was not a big fan of Brendel, considered him too intellectual, but listening on terrestrial radio tonight, on the speakers I spent 100 bucks on in 1999, Brendel's performance was not something I paid attention to - the music sounded near perfect, it must have been a good performance I paid attention only to the music.
BTW if you want to understand why some people love Beethoven so much, and if you don't mind watching clips on youtube, there are some clips from two recent movie biographies of Beethoven that you might like - my favorites involve him conducting his Ninth symphony (once with the help of a young woman who prompts him from the orchestra pit, and once with scenes from his earlier life, a life of hardship over which he triumphed by bringing to the world great and consoling art)
Michael admits: Alas I still put him behind Bach.
I put everyone behind Bach. Except maybe Mozart. I prefer Bach.
https://mobile.twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1339411793949712385
Chuck! posts about Loomer while his prez of choice progresses another day further to dementia and exposure re CCP dealings.
Conserving Conservatism.
Chuck: "Fraudulent or not, if Trump loses, it's a win for me."
Just read that NFL is suffering from lack of viewers.
We did it, guys! Our boycott has worked!
Funny, though how comments kinda sparse on football nights.
Yes their more selective strategy didnt work.
"Copying Beethoven - the best part of the movie" has more than 2 million page views.
Just type Copying Beethoven best part movie into your web browser, you will find it.
There are some historical inaccuracies but don't worry, Beethoven's life was too complicated for anyone who did not know him well to understand anyway.
Meade did not delete himself.
How's that investigation to Bernell Trammell's murder going?
Oh.
"Neither has melanie griffith"
The problem isn't usually the aging part but the bad surgery.
Women like this are blessed genetically with unbelievable physical beauty.
But they can't seem to let it go and age gracefully.
You just wonder what would happen if there were states that don't lockdown and they have deaths but keep their economies and social structures; and then what if there were states that did lockdown and they had deaths anyway plus they lost their economies and then also they had huge social costs from suicide, alcoholism and lost schooling. Will it be enough to have mail-in stories and elections showing it's all good? I expect that and I think I'm unity with Joe Biden on that together.
Covid cuts short another life as reported by the NY Post. Definitely Covid!
"Former Lucchese mobster Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso — a bloodthirsty underboss who was behind dozens of gangland killings and even employed two NYPD detectives as mafia hitmen — has died behind bars after contracting the coronavirus, officials said."
(Casso's) lawyers also said that the wheelchair-bound Casso had a slew of health issues before he caught the virus — including prostate cancer, coronary artery disease, kidney disease, hypertension, bladder disease and lung issues from years of smoking, the court papers said.
https://nypost.com/2020/12/16/ex-lucchese-underboss-anthony-gaspipe-casso-dies-from-covid-19/
It was the "waffer thin" tipping point, Humperdink..
Just saw Biden’s dogs Twitter account chewing a Trump doll. Could Biden be a bigger asshole if he tried? This country is done. Who are the people that think this is unity? Or anything other than an episode of “Mean Girls” unreal seriously. And people said Trump was inappropriate. Ayiyiyi
How is Joe's foot?
Still stuck in his mouth.
The have a name for it: ambient television. You dress pretty people in fabulous clothes and have them say their lines in front of picturesque scenery or in elegant homes. It doesn't hurt if the actors are playing English aristocrats, but you can use other glamour jobs provided the actors are gorgeous and wear nice clothes. Emily in Paris featured a marketing executive in the Paris fashion industry. No palaces but they did use the Paris Opera. It's pretty good, but doesn't have the snob appeal of British aristocrats looking for enduring love....Anyway, you don't really have to follow the drama or the plots or get terribly involved with any of the characters. You just sort of let it wash over you and lull you into stupefaction. Perhaps it's age and the passing of testostorone, but I enjoy such shows....I just watched The Young Victoria. It starred Emily Blunt and was written by Julian Fellowes of Downton Abbey fame. Decent enough movie on Amazon Prime. If you liked The Crown, you will like the movie. They take even more liberties with Victoria's life than they did with Elizabeth's, but I guess the further back in time a monarch is, than the more one can lay it--the horseshit--on with a trowel. Anyway it was filmed in several exceedingly ornate palaces and the costumes were good. Quite pleasant. None of those disturbing scenes and great poetry that you find among Shakespeare's royal families.
Ah. That's a good place for it.
If Gaspipe had only worn a mask ..... and a catheter, and an oxygen tube.
I waver between Bach, Handel, and Beethoven for the top spot.
A rotating trinity, and Sibelius gets his nose under the tent.
Narr
NTTAWW being Mozart . . .
interesting Dominion thread per @kylenabecker
"What Dr. Coomer told the Board is that Dominion Voting does not go back for recertification of software when threats to their code are discovered..."
...More:
https://t.co/iHFZfaN5gK?amp=1
Bad energy generated by Krebs cycling the same old lies.
If you happen to be in the Grand Strand area, I highly recommend you check out Brookgreen Gardens Nights Of 1000 Candles.
"Former Lucchese mobster Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso — a bloodthirsty underboss who was behind dozens of gangland killings and even employed two NYPD detectives as mafia hitmen — has died behind bars after contracting the coronavirus, officials said
Cut down in the prime of his life..the virus is unrelenting
aaaaand from Nevada-- per @Rothbard1776
...another interesting thread
"While the media and Democrats accuse us of 'making it all up' ... our evidence comes from both data scientists and brave whistleblowers. Here's what we found [in NV]:
- Over 42,000 people voted more than once. Our experts were...
see more
Two Clark County technical employees came forward, completely independent of each other, and explained that they discovered that the # of votes recorded by voting
9/ machines and stored on USB devices would CHANGE between the time the polls would close at night, and when they were re-opened the next morning. In other words, votes were literally appearing, and disappearing, in the dead of night.
more:
https://twitter.com/Rothbard1776/status/1339250312461348866
He could have been somebody.
"Ratcliffe"
would make a good name should Althouse decide to create a character
from her quondam pastime.
Our current DNI has the sort of maxillofacial morphology evocative of rodentia
https://twitter.com/austin_hall/status/1339435122874081281?s=20
"Just saw Biden’s dogs Twitter account chewing a Trump doll. Could Biden be a bigger asshole if he tried? "
At least he has a dog. Trump was the first president in 12o years who didn't. ‘I don’t have any time.' nuff said.
In the beloved classic written a generation or two ago in England by a banker's son, "The Wind in the Willows", one of the main characters is a very likeable rat.
True, the rat portrayed in the "Wind in the Willows" is not a wharf rat, a Norwegian wharf rat, a pest that makes life worse in poor neighborhoods - the rat in the "Wind in the Willows" is a river rat, who likes "messing around in boats" with his friends, including Toad and Badger and Mole.
In a perfect world, there would be rat preserves where all the potentially pestilential rats lived their rat lives, and all the people who currently cannot afford to live in neighborhoods that are currently infested with disease-carrying rats would say, "how nice it is to live in a world where the rats live in rat preserves, far away from people who do not want rats running around and spreading disease".
We do not live in a perfect world, we live in a world where Hollywood celebrities go on TV and say things like "the coronavirus is God's gift to liberals".
"I waver between Bach, Handel, and Beethoven for the top spot."
The two most important composers are Bach and Haydn- music became what it did in the 18th century forward more because of those two composers than any others.
However, for me, Beethoven is the greatest bar none. The richness of emotion in his music is unmatched.
A dog is a good companion for dementia patients.
Yancey - dementia patients are not good companions for dogs, though. Have some compassion.
Wow, you learn something new every day! Was reading the comment above about Tippi Hendren and decided to check to see if she was still alive. She is, but the thing I learned that I didn't already know that surprised me was that she is Melanie Griffith's mother! I am a font of useless trivia, but that one bit seemed to have escaped me since the first time I saw Griffith in a movie in the mid 1980s.
I don't think the dog will mind much if Joe Biden tries to sniff his balls.
Swing state urinal powah represent!
Fuck them numbers..
The first time I ever saw Griffith was probably the episode of "Starsky and Hutch"- I was faithful viewer of that show, but I don't remember it now looking at the description. The first role I ever saw her in from which I never forgot her was "Body Double"- a very underrated film.
@Yancey Ward said...
A dog is a good companion for dementia patients.
like this?
Nothing To See Here, Just NYPD Deploying A Dystopian Robotic Dog
https://summit.news/2020/12/16/nothing-to-see-here-just-nypd-deploying-a-dystopian-robotic-dog/
Are all bots inherently "dystopian"?
The ‘dog’, called Digidog, has already been used to apprehend a suspect, according to a report by ABC 7 News.
(Hmmmm.
Wanted to make a joke about a high-tech didgeridoo that would be original--
...but it just turned out to be ...aboriginal)
Do some searching for Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson...
He was a naughty boy.
If you haven't seen Something Wild, you haven't truly fallen in love with Melanie Griffith.
Stop yer crying and grab yer guns.
Nobody cares.
Miss NYC right now.
If i was president with 14 year old son i might fly there this eekend.
I went to order a "diesel cheese gift" (mst3k/Rifftrax afficianados will get the reference) in time for Christmas. The form said I had until midnite on the 16th to order to arrive before Christmas, but the clock said 0013 (12:13 AM). Then I realized that in Wisconsin it was still before midnite. Differing time zones for the win!
Type in Don Johnson gay and see what happens.
If one reads on how to introduce two unfamiliar dogs to each other, it involves a significant amount of sniffing in one area. Before the Bide'n administration concludes, the president may have a kennel full.
In other Covid news, the Grand county Colorado coroner is calling attention to the mislabeling of her county's five Covid related deaths by the state health department. Two of the five people met their demise via gun shot wounds. Gaspipe Casso was unavailable for comment.
https://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/12/15/grand-county-covid-deaths/
@The Crack Emcee said...
Stop yer crying and grab yer guns.
Nobody cares.
According to a recent Axios piece . . . when the FBI approached [then Dublin city councilman] Eric Swalwell and told him a woman volunteering with his campaign was a Chinese spy, he cooperated with the FBI and cut off all contact with her. “Rep. Swalwell, long ago, provided information about this person — whom he met more than eight years ago, and whom he hasn’t seen in nearly six years — to the FBI. To protect information that might be classified, he will not participate in your story.”
Meanwhile, back at the ranch . . . presidential pardons will go to the following players:
When Carter Page learned that he had been named in an indictment of Russian spies, he called up a Russian minister at the UN to tell him, in the spirit of openness, he was the guy identified as the recruiting target in the indictment. When the FBI interviewed him about his relationships with those foreign spies, Page admitted he had called the Russian minister, but explained that his relationship with the Russian intelligence officer was positive for him. He later explained that sharing non-public information with people he knew to be foreign spies helped both the US and Russia.
When the FBI first interviewed George Papadopoulos about the suspicious job offers Sergei Millian offered him — an offer to pay him so long as he also worked at the White House, asked how he learned in advance that the Russians had dirt on Hillary that they planned to release to help Trump get elected, and told him they thought he was being recruited, he lied. Among other things, Papadopoulos hid his entire relationship with one Russian national, Ivan Timofeev, whom he had interacted with.
Shortly after the FBI sat down with Donald Trump and Mike Flynn to warn them, generally, about how foreign intelligence services would increase their focus on the two and those around them, Mike Flynn went back to his business partner and the go-between with his Turkish clients, and adopted a new name for the project for Turkey . . . and a payment vehicle that would hide the true client, attempting to sever the prior discussions directly with Turkey’s ministers from the half-million dollar deal that resulted.
When the government entered into a cooperation agreement with Paul Manafort in 2018, in part to learn what Manafort knew about his business partner Konstantin Kilimnik’s ties to Russian intelligence . . . and payoffs from Ukrainian and Russian oligarchs, the President’s defense attorney remained in regular contact with Manafort’s lawyer to learn about the interrogations. After prosecutors told Judge Amy Berman Jackson on November 26 that Paul Manafort had been lying rather than cooperating — in significant part, it would become clear, to protect his Russian spy business partner — Rudy complained on the President’s behalf about “the un-American, horrible treatment of Manafort.” Not long later, Trump would call Manafort “very brave” for . . . lying to prosecutors to protect his Russian spy business partner.
These four years went by way too fast.
"Peter explains his fasting protocol and the principles of nutrition"
https://peterattiamd.com/fasting-protocol-video/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social-media&utm_campaign=social_paid_acquisition_megc-us_ca-emails_traffic-20112020&utm_term=fasting-longevity-interest_10%25_gated_dynamic&utm_content=Dynamic&fbclid=IwAR1Mq8m_CpAeJPohxAEJxAtqfaeG1bdFXyZK_tyNY9y7UqL063aTrQT7Ayc
What will tax rates look like in the new year? What will happen to the reduced corporate income tax rate that Democrats hate? What will happen to the capital-gains tax rate?
Good day for selling stock.
KA
Good advice
At least he has a dog. Trump was the first president in 12o years who didn't. ‘I don’t have any time.' nuff said.
Do you know how many dogs are in shelters in this country because they took on a responsibility that they couldn't handle? Do you know how many dogs are euthanized over that?
Trump made the right decision - if you can't handle the responsibility, don't get a job.
Stupid autocorrect...
My theory is that drop in sports viewership is due to cord cutting. When I had Comcast cable I had all kinds of sports that I used to watch fairly regularly. Problem was that cable was too expensive, mainly because of the sports channels. Went to a more moderately priced streaming package but not much sports. Thought I would miss sports, and I do, but not enough to pay the extra $400 a year to watch. One viewer lost.
At least he has a dog. Trump was the first president in 12o years who didn't. ‘I don’t have any time.' nuff said
Nothing screams white supremacy & police brutality like a German Shepherd.
The Role 'Vicious Dogs' Play in Police Brutality Against Black People
If Trump had brought one (or two) into the White House, you would have been the first to be yelling "Nazi dog!".
More and more Republicans are waking up:
Jennifer Horn, former chair of the New Hampshire Republican Party, writes in USA Today that she is leaving the party.
“The GOP has become so destructive an institution — by embracing racism, accepting hatred and cruelty as the foundation for policy, and by advocating for and advancing the overthrow of democracy in America — that it has become wholly incompatible with the constitutional pillars of our country.”
More and more Republicans are waking up:
The great sorting has begun. You and the left will be welcoming RINOs and we will be welcoming lots of former Democrats.
You probably haven't heard of the Colorado couple who were kicked off a United flight because their 2 year old wouldn't put on a mask. (The kid was not loud, she just kept covering and turning her face away). United is currently evaluating whether to permanently ban the 2 hear old.
An earlier United flight that same day allowed a 2 year old to not wear a mask with no issue.
The parents posted video of the incident, to overwhelming outrage on their behalf for those who managed to see it.. You probably didn't hear about it though, because Twitter and Instagram both banned the video for "violating their guidelines", without specifying what guideline was violated.
As the tyrants demand we submit, all of *their* true masks are coming off.
The Tree Of Liberty has nearly dried out. Patriots must rise.
United is currently evaluating whether to permanently ban the 2 hear old.
So when he's 60 it's still no-go?
Freak drops!
...if Humper simply must do blow, it should be this.
Humper Biden 'plans his first solo art show at Manhattan's ritzy Georges Bergès Gallery' to show off his ink blowing creations -
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9058399/Hunter-Biden-planning-solo-art-Manhattans-ritzy-Georges-Berg-s-Gallery.html#comments
but 'elite' shit art is mainly just for money laundering
"Trump was the first president in 12o years who didn't. ‘I don’t have any time.' nuff said."
And that's a bad thing because...?
A person who doesn't have time for a dog shouldn't get one.
gadfly actually trusts a guy who lied and said - for three years straight - he had solid evidence of Russian collusion.
What a maroon.
Could Biden be a bigger asshole if he tried?
Yes. He could be Obama.
Narr. "Other commenters have remarked on a yearning to hear the music of calculus..." I get that you bait me. Every profession has a music, that most cannot hear.
Everyone can hear Beethoven.
I confess that I could not hear the music of calculus. I knew it existed, and I knew there were those who could hear it. I could not.
I walked into a Courtroom a few times, defending myself, and immediately heard the music. I heard that music and haven't been convicted yet. Sometimes I wonder if I get into trouble just so I can play before the audience. I always go Pro se. I hear that music.
You high-lighted a Satanic Phrase and I called you out on it. I know you will not
leave it alone. I will defend. I hear this music. What better opponent than some dipshit ADA who got their Affirmative Action placement, never having learned the 'rules of evidence'.
Who do you represent, Narr. I'm just a carpenter. Who are you?
Sorry, Hercules, ntot, but I was either abed or a day ahead when you posted this. And this is my very first Friday morning post, as I check back for the night's excursions and alarums.
I fail to see any baiting in a confession that I lack a facility or faculty that others have.
Yes, everyone can hear Beethoven. I think they should hear as much as they can, and listen carefully. Great art--and music is to me far and away the greatest--is what will last when all the tumult of its day has been forgotten. Beethoven will be remembered better and regarded better than his great contemporary Bonaparte, if that time is remembered at all by
anyone but specialists and antiquarians.
I have been in a jury pool several times, and once had to appear before a probate judge to be approved as conservator for my elderly Oma. (Four years of not-much-fun-at-all, after years of we-can't-let-her-keep-driving!) I've never managed to get myself in enough trouble to be a defendant, though my older brother was quite an expert in those dark arts.
Yeah, maybe I'm working for Satan, but I haven't negotiated a very good deal. Nothing Faustian anyway. I'm not sure what to make of the ADA/AA and rules of evidence remark, but it sounds interesting. What did you do?
I don't represent anyone but Narr, a retired public servant, scholar, and e-raconteur, nor have I claimed to.
Narr
I'm generally checking Althouse a few times a day from 10amish to 10pmish
Narr- I would like to amend my comment re: Beethoven. While it is true, that everyone can hear the music, there is music within the music. Not everyone hears the oboe that subtly arrives like a mist, and fades before it's even noticed.
The ADA/AA comment was not about you. It was a reminiscence, savoring the defeat of an 'experienced prosecutor' who threatened me with jail. I demanded a jury trial. Represented myself, again. The sweetest words that few get to hear is the response to 'Objection, Your Honor', and the response is...'sustained' Again and again. Seeing a prosecutor squirm is gratifying. Then the verdict. Not Guilty. It's music.
Had to leave the State, though. Prosecutors have 'Have Six Ways From Sunday Of Getting Back At You'.
OK, I didn't think the courtroom comment was -about- me, but it was there and I had my own reminiscence. I remain curious about your experience. At any rate I'm glad you successfully defended yourself.
I am no particular fan of public prosecutors myself, but have not suffered personally from them.
Recently I have remarked on the great visual direction that accompanies some of the concert recordings I have watched on amazon prime. Despite decades of listening and a fair amount of live concert attendance, I'm still going, "Oh, that's where that phrase came from!"
Narr
Quite often, actually
I've never seen a symphony in person. Or a chamber concert. I've listened only.
I saw a man shot on the steps of a Miami Courthouse, 30ft away, though. I saw a man shot on a street in Baltimore, 10ft away and my friend, a Laurel cop, fumbled his gun and there was hell to pay when the Baltimore cops arrived and saw the gun. I was carrying concealed but I knew it wasn't any of my bidness. Car drove up, window opened, shot fired. Car drove away. They used a frickin' .22! Somebody give the guy a band-aid! Those experiences were visceral...all senses attuned. Lotta people in this world.
When this Covid hysteria is over, I think I'll get season tickets to the Symphony. Narr, you made a good point about having other senses involved. I don't like being around a lot of people in a closed space, but I think Ill risk it.
The only gunplay I have been near was some stray shots from a .22 (probably, I didn't wait to find out) that a Black woman fired at her husband or boyfriend, who had run from the apartment building in terror a few moments before, and right past us standing in the parking lot.
And once, stumbling through some woods, some little branches near us were snapped by some more .22 cal. but probably from a rifle, and probably stray also.
Ah yes, in the city neighborhood where our son grew up, I found that our house had received a few rounds to the attic that had to have come from our neighbor's front porch. Through storm-window glass, regular glass pane, and into some roof supports. No telling how long it had been like that before I discovered it, and there was no way to know who did it--there were some yootful pistoleros over there (and not far from here too but that's our fair city).
I was not armed myself the first two times, and probably did not own a gun at the time of the house shooting.
Narr
Good luck finding concerts to go to with all this stuff going on
People think of LA as a movie and tv town but pre covid there was so much live classical music, including free and modestly priced. I would attend once a week or so. With the occasional splurge. Crashed to a halt in March.
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