Althouse: Hey! I stayed up ‘til 9!

December 31, 2020

Hey! I stayed up ‘til 9!

Happy new year, everybody... and good night!

66 comments:

Nancy said...: Yup, it's time for bed.; 12/31/20, 8:45 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: President-ersatz Joe Biden would like to wish all of you a

very Happy and phosphorus 1990...sev...c'mon, it's common sense, man!

Best wishes to Ann & Meade (and all Althousians)for the New Year
from all of us here @Ingachuck'stoothlessARM; 12/31/20, 8:45 PM
stevew said...: Nearly 10 here, I'll be up for a bit longer but won't make it to midnight.

Happy New Year!; 12/31/20, 8:47 PM
wild chicken said...: I'm not gonna make it to 9.

Mornings are best!; 12/31/20, 8:49 PM
Narr said...: Why, the fireworks have barely started!

And there's more rain on the way.

Narr
HNY y'all; 12/31/20, 8:49 PM
mockturtle said...: Happy New Year, Ann & Meade! Thank you for your faithful and interesting blog.
Happy New Year to all the commenters, too. I'll be going to bed early, too. It's not quite 8PM here an my dog isn't liking the fireworks and the shooting of blanks into the air [old Mexican custom].; 12/31/20, 8:50 PM
Breezy said...: Happy New Year to everyone!; 12/31/20, 8:53 PM
Narr said...: Prague Waltzes by the divine Bohemian loud on the radio. I'll stay up a while.

Narr
Oh to travel once more; 12/31/20, 8:53 PM
Lurker21 said...: Biden's already forcing 9 PM bed time on the country?; 12/31/20, 8:56 PM
Rt41Rebel said...: I like it when old people brag about how early they go to bed on NYE. Makes me feel not quite that old. HNY Ann, Meade, and the rest of you knuckleheads.; 12/31/20, 9:01 PM
I'm Full of Soup said...: HNY to Meadehouse and all her readers and commenters!; 12/31/20, 9:03 PM
n.n said...: Sleeping 9 to 5?

The Twilight passes. The darkness encroaches. The masks are adorned with gay festivity. Tomorrow, the dawn of a new year.; 12/31/20, 9:05 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: did 2020 die with Covid

...or from Covid?

Comorbidities? (ie: BLM/Antifa/LibsGoneWild)??; 12/31/20, 9:07 PM
Meade said...: There. I made it to 9:09. Happy new year everyone!!! See you next year!; 12/31/20, 9:09 PM
Josephbleau said...: God Nyttor til alle. Ar de ikke so!; 12/31/20, 9:16 PM
Howard said...: Happy New Year. I guess we will all have 2020 hindsight in a few hours.; 12/31/20, 9:16 PM
The Godfather said...: Happy New Year (soon to come, but don't wake me).

The 2020 Project: A proposal for the MSM (it would be particularly appropriate for the NYT): Investigative journalism to identify which political or "scientific" leaders demonstrated the greatest hyprocrisy in their personal behavior during 2020 Covid compared to what they demanded of others. Like Gavin Newsome, Dr. Birx, keep on going.; 12/31/20, 9:27 PM
Tommy Duncan said...: In a basement in Delaware about an hour ago:

"Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and you know, you know, the thing."; 12/31/20, 9:42 PM
narciso said...: What i was saying about a certain film

https://youtu.be/WXwALOfNePo; 12/31/20, 9:44 PM
Douger said...: Happy poop emoji to you all too; 12/31/20, 9:47 PM
Josephbleau said...: If there is a feeling that the new year will bring a feeling of peace and normality, you are incorrect.; 12/31/20, 9:53 PM
Joe Smith said...: Will hang out until 9pm east coast time...

Happy New Year.; 12/31/20, 9:54 PM
Josephbleau said...: Beiden says " Happy...You know...the thing."; 12/31/20, 9:56 PM
cf said...: sorry to see althouse so asleep at the wheel as we turn turn turn towards pol pot.

nothin to see here...

happy 2021, it will be so much fun.; 12/31/20, 9:58 PM
Francisco D said...: Happy New Year folks.

2021 will be really interesting as we learn more about the WuFlu Pandemic and the Democrat ballot stuffing. The most interesting aspect will be the degree to which our "free press" decides to censor the news.

It is a Brave New World.; 12/31/20, 10:09 PM
Clark said...: As the punch disappeard, Mr. Micawber became still more friendly and convivial. Mrs. Micawber's spirits becoming elevated, too, we sang "Auld Lang Syne." When we came to "Here's a hand, my trusty frere," we all joined hands round the table; and when we declared we would "take a right gude Willie Waught," and hadn't the least idea what it meant, we were really affected.; 12/31/20, 10:09 PM
Ken B said...: A happy new year to all. Preferably Birkel-free too.; 12/31/20, 10:13 PM
narciso said...: Indeed

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eGVwXi-EliA; 12/31/20, 10:15 PM
Josephbleau said...: In 2021 we will see metaphysical proof that the Trump election was stolen, but Democrats will maintain that in the interest of the nation Beiden must rule. Kennedy stole the election but Nixon coincided to cover it up.; 12/31/20, 10:26 PM
Wince said...: Growing up, we were always psyched when the parents of the house went to bed early, especially on holidays.

Thanks for reminding me of the feeling.; 12/31/20, 10:27 PM
mikee said...: I prefer to wait until close to midnight to shoot off the traditional fireworks from the back porch. And since the fire station opened up about 200 yards away across the meadow out back, I worry much less about any accidents having consequences beyond quick New Year's Day resolutions.; 12/31/20, 10:36 PM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: interesting thread per @Kanekoa

On adjudicating 93.6%.

"This is not about Donald Trump or Joe Biden. This is about are we still a country where your vote matters? Because this is broadcasting to every person in GA, *Your Vote Does NOT Matter* because we decide what you meant." -
@JovanHPulitzer

more...

https://twitter.com/KanekoaTheGreat/status/1344711271942262786; 12/31/20, 10:43 PM
Owen said...: Best line for this New Year's Eve:

"Just wait until 2020 turns 21 and starts drinking."

HNY All.; 12/31/20, 10:47 PM
farmgirl said...: 2020-
Kicked to the curb!!
Happy New Year!; 12/31/20, 11:07 PM
farmgirl said...: My phone says:12:08; 12/31/20, 11:08 PM
narciso said...: Happy new year all.; 12/31/20, 11:11 PM
narciso said...: https://mobile.twitter.com/Shem_Infinite; 12/31/20, 11:16 PM
Oh Yea said...: Should’ve gone to bed earlier. Absolutely the most boring New Years shows ever. Missed Joe and Dr Jill but even they wouldn’t have been as bad as the other shows.; 12/31/20, 11:21 PM
Vance said...: Happy New Year everyone! And may it be a good year... so we don't look back with nostalgia on 2020 as we pine for the "good old days of mere "suggestions"" instead of tyranny.; 12/31/20, 11:33 PM
gadfly said...: “All the clever arguments and rhetorical gymnastics in the world won’t change the fact that this January 6th effort is designed to disenfranchise millions of Americans simply because they voted for someone in a different party,” Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) wrote. “We ought to be better than that.”

For all you Trump supporters who don't comprehend numbers, the 81 million votes cast for Biden is 7 million more than your votes in favor of permitting autocrat Trump's criminal misbehavior for another 4 years. Legal actions in state courts will likely return Trump's misbegotten funds back into the economy in relatively short order - regardless of any Trump attempt at self-pardon.

"There are eight million stories in the Naked City. This has been one of them."; 12/31/20, 11:40 PM
gadfly said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 12/31/20, 11:40 PM
iowan2 said...: the 81 million votes cast for Biden is 7 million more than your votes in favor...

Why to you keep repeating gibberish? Those numbers are meaningless. One important number is 270.; 12/31/20, 11:58 PM
Readering said...: Gibberish.; 1/1/21, 12:13 AM
Joe Smith said...: 2021?

In Afghanistan, it's 648...; 1/1/21, 12:17 AM
wildswan said...: Happy New Year

The song I keep hearing inside, Midnight Train to Georgia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwbmufPphP0; 1/1/21, 12:30 AM
Gospace said...: The link here isn't even from the deepest darkest corners of the internet. Quoted in the link from a Lin Wood interview: A sealed document in a federal court in Maryland, sealed under National Security, documents how Nancy Pelosi, Rod Rosenstein, John Podesta, and John Brennan have tapes of John Roberts talking with Podesta about who would best replace Antonin Scalia, and they were recorded before Scalia died, and apparently had foreknowledge of his death. Roberts flew on Epstein’s plane because Epstein helped him acquire his children from Wales."

Also, something you didn't read and won't read in the mainstream media "At the hearing, a witness reveal he was hacked into a Dominion voting machine that was being used in the Senate runoff, over the voting machines internet connection, as he was testifying." I've seen that in several places, not just at the link. And apparently, noted packets going to and from China. Ummm- voting machines shouldn't be engaged in 2 way communication with anyone.

And another Biden brain fart you won't read in major media accounts: "Again, Biden refers to Kamala as the President elect." Note- again. Did you read in the MSM about the first time he did it? He obviously non compos mentis.

Then there's this which I've read in several places- but not from public health authorities: "Melatonin, a dietary supplement often used by insomnia sufferers, was associated with an almost 30 percent reduced likelihood of contracting the Chinavirus." Seems there's a lot of non-prescription things you can do to reduce your chances of getting the dreaded covid that will reduce the severity of it should you get it anyway- adequate Vitamins D and C, quercetin, zinc, melatonin, and the official medical word is- SUPPLEMENTS DON'T HELP! Even though there's plenty of evidence they do... Then there's my favorite- nasal irrigation, with a solution containing xylitol. Reduces viral load. Reduces cold and allergy symptoms to boot. ( I haven't taken an antihistamine since I started about a decade ago- when I used to live on them during hay fever season.) And the only thing any doctor will say is, "Well, you can try it you want..." But recommend it? Nope.

Got off track there with the supplements- but the main point is- there's a lot of people reading and believing this. Doesn't bode well for a peaceful next 4 years. Not after 4 years of the media and civilian intelligence establishment actively sabotaging an American President. And this is some of the tamer stuff that's out there.

And then there's liberals like Gadfly constantly referring to Trump's criminal behavior. They can't point out any actual laws that have been violated- like cavorting with underage hookers while snorting meth, violating laws on using only OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT EMAIL ACCOUNTS for conducting official business- but of course, no reasonable prosecutor would prosecute (every military ,member bristles at that lie), swearing out false affidavits to the FISA court. Etc, and so on, and so forth.; 1/1/21, 12:43 AM
AZ Bob said...: Ann and Meade are fortunate. Where I live in greater LA, I'll be awoken at midnight by the sound of gunfire.; 1/1/21, 12:47 AM
AZ Bob said...: It could be worse. I could be living in New York.; 1/1/21, 12:50 AM
techsan said...: It's 2021. Ugh. I thought 2020 was bad. Can't wait for 2022.; 1/1/21, 1:06 AM
Mr. Forward said...: So is the next attack from China Covid-20 or Covid-21?; 1/1/21, 1:16 AM
Joe Smith said...: Watching the latest season of 'The Expanse.'

It takes place circa the year 2350.

Mankind has colonized the moon and Mars, has huge stations in the asteroid belt, and has ships zipping all over the solar system and beyond.

One of the characters travels to Baltimore to take care of some business.

And it's still a shithole city!

Homelessness...crime...drugs...it's all there.

Some things (will) never change : ); 1/1/21, 1:35 AM
Joe Smith said...: Steyn subbing for Rush was a must-listen to this afternoon.

His point, that I've been making for years, is that conservatives are happy to just 'hold the line' but never go on offense...they never take any of the other team's ground.

Liberals spend their lives and treasure on offense. They push the boundaries of radical leftism ten steps to the left. Then idiot republicans negotiate a 'compromise' that is just four steps to the left and declare victory.

That's why Republicans are the stupid party.

They never fucking fight.; 1/1/21, 1:37 AM
Guildofcannonballs said...: Such sloppy etiquette. Not disgusting, but certainly sloppy.

Keep on keepin' on.

If it makes yours happy enough like Hillary.; 1/1/21, 1:37 AM
Guildofcannonballs said...: Andrea Mitchell
@mitchellreports
On Hawley saying he'll object to Electoral College certification,
@SenatorShaheen
: " I think it's outrageous. More than that, it borders on sedition or treason." #AMRstaff

Can anyone argumentatively imagine, if (lol) Althouse gave a shit about what she taught for decades, an honorable Althouse would not conjecture treason?; 1/1/21, 1:54 AM
FullMoon said...: yay.; 1/1/21, 2:01 AM
Churchy LaFemme: said...: Welcoming in the new year with Dennis's iconic stutter...; 1/1/21, 2:02 AM
FullMoon said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 1/1/21, 2:06 AM
Lawrence Person said...: Enjoy a final China Perfidy roundup for 2020.; 1/1/21, 2:12 AM
Qwinn said...: Joe Smith:

They aren't the stupid party.

They're the utterly infiltrated party.

Leftists are dumb as fucking rocks, but they have a superpower, a singular talent of infiltration by hiring and firing only people on their political team. Complete and total political control of any and every institution they've cared to capture at any point in the last 70 years, and once captured, they never recover.

Any mechanism or will on the Right to lift the slightest finger to resist the infiltration in ANY was already completely eradicated by 1960.; 1/1/21, 4:02 AM
Readering said...: Presidency, Senate, Supreme Court under control of Republicans as I lie down to sleep. Same when I wake up.; 1/1/21, 4:42 AM
Tina Trent said...: Went to bed early, but the gunfire and fireworks from various mostly illegal migrant encampments around here have had me up since midnight. Good thing the ground is wet.

I embrace Republicans fighting, but what is fought about is more important.

Here in Georgia, we have a totally corrupt GOP that just magnified its corruption when a cabal of dishonest and manipulative “libertarian” activists — defense attorneys who slyly refuse to say where they stand on open borders, openly despise police, and openly support legalizing all drugs, wormed their way into the citizen activist movement and snowed enough of them to make them believe they opposed swampish behavior, rather than plotting a leftist takeover that only magnifies the GOP’s sleazy pandering to precisely the issues the citizen activists oppose.

So as is usual in “revolutions,” the “reform” was just a more anarchic and dishonest version of the original problem. And now we have barrels of pundits parachuting in and expressing the same garbage “revolutionary” nonsense. Both libertarians and leftists are urging GOP voters to stay home from the Senate race — including the Koch or shall I say Koch/Soros empire, Steve Bannon (shame on him), John Fredricks, the currently sadly insane Lin Wood, and even rational people in other states who are running demoralization campaigns here just to be part of the action.

These people know nothing about the real dynamics and players of Georgia GOP politics. My advice: pack up your carpet bags and go the hell home. Local grassroots citizen activists and pundits are united in urging people to ignore these self-serving efforts to suppress the conservative vote. But the drumbeat from Bannon grows louder every day. Does he now think the Democrats are more likely to declare war on China? Because that is his actual interest, not the fate of Americans anymore. Lin Wood wants his BFF, the crooked and dishonest open-borders, anti-cop, anti-Donald Trump (I saw what you did at the 2016 convention, Doug) Doug Collins, to be the next Governor. Newt Gingrich will say any garbage to get attention. All of them are siding with our creepy House Speaker, who belongs in prison for abusing his legislative privilege to free actual child molesters who are his clients.

Idiots. STFU and go home.; 1/1/21, 4:53 AM
Ray - SoCal said...: The Lady involved is Hispanic, not White.

But is being used as a symbol of White Racism in Nyc.

While coverage of the wilding attack in Manhattan is forgotten.

https://nypost.com/2021/01/01/accused-soho-karen-attacker-has-dui-public-intoxication-raps-report/; 1/1/21, 6:56 AM
dreams said...: 2020 turned out to be a another prosperous year in the stock market despite a disastrous March, a real roller coaster ride for me. I feel really lucky to have recovered my losses and managing to finish the year up 32%. Lucky. Still, once again I've outperformed Warren Buffett.; 1/1/21, 8:57 AM
320Busdriver said...: Did anyone see the clip of President Elect* and the Doctor on the Ryan Seacrest sad New Years Eve funeral.

“You must take the vaccine”. One of them said. Followed by the bad Doc.attempting to set off a party favor that, as it turns out, was a DUD.

Hilarious..; 1/1/21, 9:16 AM
Qwinn said...: 2020 was a fantastic year for me financially. Bought a piece of crap house cheap and with my wife turned it into a beautiful home, could probably sell for $50k profit within a year (we don't want to sell, but PA these days...)

Made 320% in the stock market since I started trading myself on Feb 5th. My high was about 370%.

I'd happily give it all back to have the Republic restored.; 1/1/21, 12:45 PM
Narr said...: Qwinn, congrats on the good year financially. Our little stakes have done well too, after the Covid bobble.

Anyway, send it to me and I'll get on the restoration immediately. Chop chop!

Narr
Can we say 'chop chop' anymore?; 1/1/21, 2:36 PM