Althouse: At the Monday Night Cafe...

January 25, 2021

At the Monday Night Cafe...

... you can talk about whatever you want.

72 comments:

rehajm said...: Bunch if wood ducks on the lagoon today. An uneven group. Not bothered by the resident alligator but they didn't care for me, the skittish little things...; 1/25/21, 8:48 PM
Mark said...: Who killed the unarmed Ashli Babbitt?; 1/25/21, 8:50 PM
Narr said...: A 'bunch' of wood ducks sounds like a quackery.

Narr
Were you wearing your mask?; 1/25/21, 8:50 PM
Mark said...: Reveal his name.; 1/25/21, 8:50 PM
Big Mike said...: @Althouse, you bored yet?; 1/25/21, 8:53 PM
Humperdink said...: August 2020: "The United Association of Union Plumbers and Pipefitters (UA) today announced that the UA Political Engagement Committee (PEC) has concluded its endorsement process with a decision to endorse former Vice President Joe Biden for President.

“We’re not going to sit on the sidelines at the UA. This endorsement is about putting UA members to work and fighting for fair wages and good benefits. Under a Biden Administration, that’s exactly what we’ll get,” said Mark McManus, General President of the United Association.

January 2021 (After Biden cancelled the Keystone XL pipeline):

“In revoking this permit, the Biden Administration has chosen to listen to the voices of fringe activists instead of union members and the American consumer on Day 1.... Sadly, the Biden Administration has now put thousands of union workers out of work.” said Mark McManus, General President of the United Association.

When do impeachment proceedings commence?; 1/25/21, 9:01 PM
D. said...: stop by the office
https://45office.com/; 1/25/21, 9:06 PM
Mark said...: Of course, McManus is keeping his job.; 1/25/21, 9:06 PM
I'm Not Sure said...: Mark McManus, General President of the United Association endorsed Biden and then is surprised that Biden killed his members' jobs?

So- not the sharpest knife in the drawer, then?; 1/25/21, 9:06 PM
mccullough said...: McManus knew Biden was bad for Labor.

Private union membership is way down. But Labor Leaders receive high pay and generous benefits

Selling out your members is lucrative.; 1/25/21, 9:12 PM
Kai Akker said...: Stocks were spooky today. NDX +200, then -150. Then positive. TXN and JNJ tomorrow; AAPL and TSLA Wednesday. There's not an inch left in them for a disappointment. The Biden bear market is the one thing that can make a lot of people hate the Democrats. The Democrats wanted to run everything and they got it, by crook and by crook, but it's so unlikely to be what they were expecting. A little change in direction and justice will be served yet.; 1/25/21, 9:14 PM
wild chicken said...: Ashli Babbitt
Bugfuck crazy
First through the window
No pussy pass.; 1/25/21, 9:15 PM
narciso said...: Curious isnt it

https://mobile.twitter.com/JMichaelWaller/status/1353857047058669568; 1/25/21, 9:22 PM
narciso said...: No worries

https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/01/25/new-york-times-writer-arrested-as-secret-iran-agent-acknowledges-he-was-paid-by-iranian-government/; 1/25/21, 9:24 PM
Achilles said...: I'm Not Sure said...

Mark McManus, General President of the United Association endorsed Biden and then is surprised that Biden killed his members' jobs?

So- not the sharpest knife in the drawer, then?

Mark McManus is just like Joe Biden and Mitt Romney.

They all have people to lie to.; 1/25/21, 9:25 PM
Gahrie said...: Somebody needs to set up a deadpool on the Democratic leadership. I got:

Bill Clinton
Diane Feinstein
Joe Biden
James Clyburn
Maxine Waters; 1/25/21, 9:26 PM
Achilles said...: wild chicken said...

Ashli Babbitt
Bugfuck crazy
First through the window
No pussy pass.

Before he deletes this.

Statists are all about shooting unarmed political opponents.; 1/25/21, 9:26 PM
narciso said...: Birdwatch has that eau of block committee.; 1/25/21, 9:30 PM
Mark said...: The stock market is and will be spooked.

But the fact is that people and companies have to put their money somewhere. They may pull out for a time, but eventually they will go back in. There will likely never again be a long-term crash because there realistically is no place else to put the money.; 1/25/21, 9:35 PM
narciso said...: Round and round

https://mobile.twitter.com/SecretsBedard/status/1353843763106488321; 1/25/21, 9:37 PM
Mark said...: Meanwhile, the military occupation of the nation's capital will remain for months to come.; 1/25/21, 9:38 PM
narciso said...: Sorry about that whole burnt city business

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/scott-whitlock/2021/01/25/lamest-fact-check-yet-its-okay-we-didnt-know-it-was-wrong-time; 1/25/21, 9:48 PM
Achilles said...: Mark said...

Meanwhile, the military occupation of the nation's capital will remain for months to come.

Occupied by soldiers who would be housed in a freezing parking garage by democrats who hate the soldiers if it wasn't for Trump offering his hotel to them for free.; 1/25/21, 9:55 PM
DavidUW said...: United Airlines is setting up a verification system for your 'RonaVax.

If you like to fly, get another passport.; 1/25/21, 9:56 PM
Big Mike said...: @Althouse, snark aside, I believed on Election Day that the only way to achieve "normalcy" and have our politics become boring, was for a massive Trump victory coupled with Republican control of both houses of Congress. Only then, I believed, would the Democrats wake up, send word to their mayors and governors that the violent mobs burning their cities needed to be suppressed, begin working with the President to share in the credit for American prosperity, and generally become sane again.

Nothing since Election Day has changed my mind. I'm sorry you didn't see it the way I did.; 1/25/21, 9:59 PM
walter said...: Setting the Record Straight on the POTUS “Ask”; 1/25/21, 10:05 PM
Ken B said...: Mark
You offering to buy him a round?; 1/25/21, 10:10 PM
320Busdriver said...: China has now flown fighter/ bombers into Taiwan’s ADIZ twice and we haven’t even gone a weAk. Sure hope Kamala and Rice know how to fight a hot war.; 1/25/21, 10:13 PM
Achilles said...: 320Busdriver said...

China has now flown fighter/ bombers into Taiwan’s ADIZ twice and we haven’t even gone a weAk. Sure hope Kamala and Rice know how to fight a hot war.

Joe Biden has supported starting many wars. Easily double digits.

And he has made sure we lost as many of those wars as possible.

I fully expect this administration to "fight" against China somewhere in a "hot" proxy or even head up war.

I also fully expect Joe Biden, the neocons, and their Chinese paymasters to find a way to make sure the US loses that "war" in a humiliating fashion.; 1/25/21, 10:22 PM
Ken B said...: Achilles: “ I also fully expect Joe Biden, the neocons, and their Chinese paymasters to find a way to make sure the US loses that "war" in a humiliating fashion. ”

So you're saying you expect even Trudeau to look good in comparison?; 1/25/21, 10:23 PM
I Callahan said...: So you're saying you expect even Trudeau to look good in comparison?

Do all Canadians have a complex when it comes to the US?; 1/25/21, 10:27 PM
Lawrence Person said...: Joe Biden vs. American Oil Industry Jobs.; 1/25/21, 10:30 PM
Hey Skipper said...: Mao Tse Lung new infections are sinking like a greased safe across the US.

The Idaho Statesman, McClatchey rubbish, leads its daily infection count with a panic-porn video from early December warning of impending crisis standards of care. Which didn't happen, and won't.

While failing to mention that in the space of a month, new infections are 25% of the peak. Despite mandates remaining unchanged, and the fairy-tale holiday spikes.

In the NYT, Why Vaccines Alone Will Not End the Pandemic, which is a scientismical article with many nonsenses like this:

... vaccines alone are not enough, the model shows. And if precautions like working remotely, limiting travel and wearing masks are relaxed too soon, it could mean millions more infections and thousands more deaths.

(Pro-tip: the NYT paywall is easily defeated — reload the page, then stop the reload within a second or so.)

The graphs in the article, dated yesterday, were already wrongness on stilts the moment that idiocy was published.

Hello, herd immunity. It is coming to state near you, and the one you live in.; 1/25/21, 10:41 PM
stephen cooper said...: I always thought the Clydesdales seemed to have a hard life of it.; 1/25/21, 10:43 PM
Big Mike said...: A sign of the looming Apocalypse: Anheuser-Busch will not be running any Budweiser ads in the upcoming Super Bowl. It’s one of the seven signs, I’m sure of it!; 1/25/21, 10:45 PM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Union corruption has a history as ling as dumbocrats' history. Mark McManus thinks he's UAW.; 1/25/21, 10:51 PM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Do all Canadians have a complex when it comes to the US? Of course they do... ever since we published Maggie Trudeau's beaver shot, they will never be right. It's still out there! the pic I mean.; 1/25/21, 10:58 PM
BUMBLE BEE said...: John Cleese needs to step in here... And now for something completely different.; 1/25/21, 11:02 PM
stephen cooper said...: To be fair, some people who think they are "manic depressive" are just "excitable and easily bored,", they should find an interesting hobby or spend more time on dates with their spouses.; 1/25/21, 11:04 PM
BUMBLE BEE said...: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has gone on record praising the storming of the Capitol as an "impressive show of democracy in action" -- the 2011 invasion of the Madison, Wis., state capitol, that is,
Compare/Contrast 1500 words max.; 1/25/21, 11:08 PM
Joe Smith said...: "Statists are all about shooting unarmed political opponents."

But she had a backpack.

And maybe a keychain.

And quite possibly a pen.

Seemed like a killer to me.

Better safe than sorry I say...; 1/25/21, 11:22 PM
Joe Smith said...: "Do all Canadians have a complex when it comes to the US?"

Why should they?

Canada is America's hat, and who doesn't like hats?; 1/25/21, 11:24 PM
stephen cooper said...: To be fair to the person who killed Ashli Babbitt, he is on record in the Daily Mail as saying he would not have shot her if he had been aware that there was a tactical team of fellow law enforcement officers right next to her group of protesters, who were trained to handle situations like that.
He probably won't be charged for a felony, or even a misdemeanor. Probably will be subjected to administrative discipline, but no more than that. His commanding officer (he was a Capitol Police officer, so his commanding officer was the Chief of Capitol Police) has resigned.
There are a lot of cities where protests were handled much worse last summer.; 1/25/21, 11:37 PM
daskol said...: that Roberts post was fire; 1/25/21, 11:45 PM
stephen cooper said...: speaking as a Republican voter since Reagan was governor, I gotta say Roberts is to us what the Clintons were to the Democratic party; 1/25/21, 11:55 PM
walter said...: Big Mike said...A sign of the looming Apocalypse: Anheuser-Busch will not be running any Budweiser ads in the upcoming Super Bowl. It’s one of the seven signs, I’m sure of it!
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Couldn't get the Clydesdales to kneel.; 1/25/21, 11:55 PM
walter said...: Between Antifa, renegade Trump supporters and potential terrorist infiltration, the Capitol security was a complete fail...perhaps as in designed to fail.; 1/25/21, 11:59 PM
Mark said...: Time to consider firing all the public school teachers. At least, all of those who are not in the classroom by the end of the week.; 1/26/21, 12:01 AM
Mark said...: Speaking of kneeling -- it is permissible to kneel for the National Anthem anymore? Won't it be seen as being anti-Biden?; 1/26/21, 12:03 AM
Rt41Rebel said...: I'm so glad that the Covid has prevented Canadians from visiting SWFL en masse this year. Have you ever seen Canadians in speedos out in the sun? They have a blue glow to them, anemic bodies, they don't smell very good, and they have no idea what a speedo is supposed to accentuate or they wouldn't be wearing them.; 1/26/21, 12:05 AM
walter said...: Some BLM leaders are already saying Biden in means nothing.
The grift goes on.; 1/26/21, 12:08 AM
daskol said...: If it ain't the Canadians in SWFL it's Germans in SEFL. Just get used to it, man. Like Fran and Anne and shorts.; 1/26/21, 12:17 AM
Mutaman said...: "I always thought the Clydesdales seemed to have a hard life of it."

Why? They look in great shape, they appear to be well fed and well cared for, they get to go to big time events, and they get to hang out with that neat dog.; 1/26/21, 12:18 AM
Gospace said...: Virginia courts rule that Virginia illegally counted unlawful votes. Of course, they've already been counted, electoral vote allocated on the basis of counting unlawful votes, and the ruling is about 3 months late. But hey, the courts are doing their job!

Or are they?; 1/26/21, 12:22 AM
Gahrie said...: Time to consider firing all the public school teachers. At least, all of those who are not in the classroom by the end of the week.

Some of us don't have a choice. I have to literally sign up a week in advance if I want to go into my classroom, and students won't be allowed on campus for at least the rest of the year.; 1/26/21, 12:47 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: It's just a coinkadink that Tucker Carlson and I are from the San Francisco Bay Area, so see many of the same forces at work, as you guys rattle on about,...whatever.

It's that neglect that's gonna make the outcome hurt all the more.; 1/26/21, 2:06 AM
Ken B said...: Let them eat pop tarts https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/more-like-a-snack-for-a-toddler-than-a-meal-for-an-adult-how-our-national-guard-troops-are-being-fed-at-the-capitol; 1/26/21, 2:06 AM
gadfly said...: Blogger Ken B said...
Mark
You offering to buy him a round?

Ken B:

Heavens no! Mark is a religious man as you can tell from his comments - well perhaps only from his Blogger self-description where it becomes obvious that he would never lie or distort facts except in the wildest way.

"I have been an instructor of religious education since 2006, focusing mainly on preparation of young people and adults for the Sacrament of Confirmation. In May 2010, I received certification as a Master Catechist by the Diocese of Arlington."

So Mark and Joe Biden are joined by their Knights of Columbus memberships. Sing along: M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E . . .; 1/26/21, 2:08 AM
Mr. Forward said...: “But the fact is that people and companies have to put their money somewhere. They may pull out for a time, but eventually they will go back in. There will likely never again be a long-term crash because there realistically is no place else to put the money.”
Mark

“...markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.”
John Maynard Keynes; 1/26/21, 2:10 AM
Ken B said...: Gadfly
Mark went ballistic when some of us read his profile. Really angry, made accusations. Pretty funny that a self described catechist doesn’t know what the church says about anger. You know what they say, those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach catechism.; 1/26/21, 2:14 AM
Rusty said...: "It's that neglect that's gonna make the outcome hurt all the more."

That electrical tape over the "check engine" light will fix it.; 1/26/21, 6:13 AM
320Busdriver said...: Funny that CA authorities will now require signature matching when tallying up recall sigs for Gov dickweed.

You just can’t make this s@#$ up.; 1/26/21, 6:58 AM
Fernandinande said...: "Stranger From Venus"
-- a guy comes from another planet
-- he has amazing healing powers
-- he becomes friends with Patricia Neal
-- he wants to warn Earth about atomic bombs (they might throw the Earth out of orbit!)
-- he wants to speak with the leaders of every Earth country, but is prevented from doing so by local politicians

"Stranger" looked older and more primitive than "Day the Earth Stood Still", but it turns out that "Stranger" was made 3 years after "Stood Still" and was just a Britannic rip-off.; 1/26/21, 7:18 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: Rusty said...

"That electrical tape over the "check engine" light will fix it."

No shit.

320Busdriver said...

"Funny that CA authorities will now require signature matching when tallying up recall sigs for Gov dickweed."

I just learned that yesterday, myself, wanting to sign the damn thing immediately. Now I've got to go to a gun store in the next town to do it - which is probably NOT the incentive Democrats wanted to give me, right now, but there you go.; 1/26/21, 8:46 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: You're gonna need this one:

4 Effective Strategies For Handling The NewAge Nazi Cultist (In Everyday Life); 1/26/21, 9:24 AM
Rusty said...: "Now I've got to go to a gun store in the next town...."
I've heard, don't know if it's true, that the appointed Biden administration wants a $200 tax on gun sales and a bunch of restrictions on ammunition.
I think I'll build a pistol this time.; 1/26/21, 9:32 AM
TheOne Who Is Not Obeyed said...: Sorry, I'm late again. I'll try to do better.; 1/26/21, 11:21 AM
Doug said...: Big Mike said...A sign of the looming Apocalypse: Anheuser-Busch will not be running any Budweiser ads in the upcoming Super Bowl. It’s one of the seven signs, I’m sure of it!

I read the article. Anheuser-Busch is going to spend a lot of ad money on the SB, just not on their flagship product. Ditto Pepsico. It is said that the troubled times make it too risky to achieve the right note between serious/respectful, and fun/frivolous.; 1/26/21, 11:24 AM
walter said...: "Anheuser-Busch is going to spend a lot of ad money on the SB, just not on their flagship product"
Oh boy..will it be about ANY product? Gonna be dreadful this go-round.
Agency hacks will be fighting over that Gal who directed the "boys will be boys" Gillette ad.; 1/26/21, 12:14 PM
Rusty said...: TheOne Who Is Not Obeyed said...
"Sorry, I'm late again. I'll try to do better."
It's OK we'll wait here.; 1/26/21, 1:32 PM
Jim at said...: Speaking of kneeling -- it is permissible to kneel for the National Anthem anymore? Won't it be seen as being anti-Biden?

They started that bullshit when Obama was still in office.

It's not the President they hate. It's America.; 1/26/21, 5:39 PM
DavidUW said...: I just learned that yesterday, myself, wanting to sign the damn thing immediately. Now I've got to go to a gun store in the next town to do it - which is probably NOT the incentive Democrats wanted to give me, right now, but there you go.
>>
Hah. Crack, that's where I signed the recall. At the gun store while picking up the newest piece.; 1/26/21, 5:43 PM