Althouse: At the Sunrise Café...

March 25, 2021

At the Sunrise Café...

... you can talk about whatever you want.

140 comments:

Joe Smith said...: What's left to talk about...calling a lid.; 3/25/21, 5:37 PM
n.n said...: The greyest of gray scenes. Show me the dawn.; 3/25/21, 5:40 PM
YoungHegelian said...: Okay, all ye Early Music fans out there:

When did the Hilliard Ensemble do this recording of Early Polyphony?

I mean, I’ve got probably every recording of early polyphony out there (there's not that much of it), and how a recording by the Hilliard Ensemble snuck by me, I don’t know.

Are these recordings on a CD included in this book?

Where the hell did this recording come from?; 3/25/21, 5:43 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: There's a website that wants all businesses to pledge that President-Emeritus Joe Biden was election was legitimate:

"The Democracy Pledge is a simple commitment that corporations, companies and businesses can make to support democracy by affirming the legitimacy of the 2020 Presidential election.

They're asking for a company name, such as "The Democrats stole the 2020 election." and a Full name, such as "Joe Biden" or "Kamala Harris" or "Nancy Pelosi." Other responses about how honest the election was are possible as well as other politicians' names.; 3/25/21, 5:47 PM
rhhardin said...: It looks like Parish and Olds (sp?) I'll see if I can find it; 3/25/21, 5:51 PM
Mark said...: So I gather that the Biden Show was a farce?; 3/25/21, 5:52 PM
DavidUW said...: Roughly 35% of adults have gotten at least 1 shot.
A minimum of 17% have gotten the 'Rona, assuming a rather high 50% of cases captured by testing.

Assuming that roughly 1/3 of those who had the rona also got at least one shot (it's probably lower), 47% or so of US adults are effectively immune. Even if they've only had one shot, it's still around 90% immunity provided by the MRNA or PFE shots.

If, the serology samples are correct, somewhere between 35-45%, at least, of adults have gotten the 'Rona.
Subtract 45% from the vaccinated group assuming random shots, and we're at 50-60% immunity.

So, 45-60% of American adults are no longer susceptible to the 'Rona.

Give up the fear, people.; 3/25/21, 5:52 PM
narciso said...: glenn kirshner that psycho prosecutor, is fronting that group, like a less talented bugliosi, (who lost his mind in 2000); 3/25/21, 5:53 PM
rhhardin said...: Parish and Ohl. Nope, it's somebody else.; 3/25/21, 5:55 PM
stevew said...: There's a website that wants all businesses to pledge that President-Emeritus Joe Biden was election was legitimate

If the election were obviously legit they wouldn't need anyone to pledge to it. Amiright?

The golf course at which I am a member opens the 2021 season tomorrow, Friday. I have a tee time in the early afternoon. It is supposed to be 64 degrees F, a bit of a breeze, and likely mostly cloudy. Sounds perfect to me. My game, on the other hand, having had a lengthy holiday will probably lack consistency and be a bit erratic. Fine by me.

The reaction from the sycophants to Biden's "press conference" today reminds me of the Irish Catholic wakes of my youth; "Doesn't he look great?!?".; 3/25/21, 6:00 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: So I gather that the Biden Show was a farce?

Yes. At times, Biden's brain escaped and ran away. Biden had to use what little brain cells he had left to get his brain to come back.

Soft ball questions, briefing book with the answers to the presubmitted questions.; 3/25/21, 6:01 PM
MadisonMan said...: Oh my morning walks I see very little snow now. It's gone from the north side pile next to my house. Still there next to the ramp up from the SW Bike Path to Harrison. I hope that's gone soon too.; 3/25/21, 6:02 PM
stevew said...: @DavidUW: I'm with you. However, my SIL, named Karen and a "Karen", was complaining to her sister, mrs. stevew, yesterday that Europe is a mess and the new variants of the virus are probably going to shut things down again. Even though she and her husband are fully vaccinated they aren't comfortable going out and about, never mind visiting with family (especially those that aren't being super vigilant, like me). I like them a lot and enjoy their company but, yeah, so be it.; 3/25/21, 6:04 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: Enjoy our golf game, stevew. We have tickets to the Seattle Mariner's home opener on April 1. It's a sell-out, all 9,000 tickets have been sold. That's the limit imposed by the State of Washington in an open-air stadium.; 3/25/21, 6:04 PM
Stu Grimshaw said...: Thanks for the link Mike! I pledged my support in the name of my company, Ben Dover Industries.; 3/25/21, 6:06 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: Wright brothers' wing fragment to take flight again on Mars.

Is that cool, or what?; 3/25/21, 6:08 PM
MadTownGuy said...: Thwarting auto thieves, creatively:

Dodge Offers Software Update For Chargers And Challengers That Limits Them To 3 HP Of Raw Hemi Power

“Today, Dodge is launching a new owner-customized ‘double verification’ security system. When flashed into the computer of affected 2015 or newer Dodge muscle cars, the protective software will limit the engine output to less than 3 horsepower, foiling fast getaways and joyrides.”; 3/25/21, 6:10 PM
YoungHegelian said...: Rh,

Thanks for looking!

Mebbe Ms MDT or Sebastian or some other Early Music type will harken by.; 3/25/21, 6:11 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: You're welcome, Stu!; 3/25/21, 6:13 PM
Meade said...: “So I gather that the Biden Show was a farce?”

Yes but it’s far worse than that. We have a POTUS, Joe Biden, who is a living breathing relic of the Jim Crow era.; 3/25/21, 6:18 PM
Chris Lopes said...: To those who insist on answering every criticism of Biden and his administration with "better than Trump!" I say "so what". I mean really, I'm reasonably sure (though I can't prove it imperically) he's better than Daffy Duck too, but that doesn't mean he isn't screwing up. He has to be judged on what he is doing, not on what the other guy might be doing. If he can't handle a simple press conference even with lots of prep and a very friendly white house press corps, than he isn't fit for the job.; 3/25/21, 6:19 PM
rcocean said...: Well, our POTUS maybe a stumbling senile old fool, but fortunately we have a great woman as VP

We can rest easy.; 3/25/21, 6:28 PM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Chris Lopes - You sho got that right...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1t6fNnLOfo; 3/25/21, 6:28 PM
rcocean said...: I'm so glad Trump is gone. He may have been right on policy, but those tweets were so vulgar.

Much better to have someone the NYT's likes. More respectable.; 3/25/21, 6:29 PM
Chuck said...: This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.; 3/25/21, 6:31 PM
Michael K said...: The transcript of Mark Steyn's deposition in the Michael Mann lawfare lawsuit that has dragged on ten years.

There is comedy gold in there as Steyn takes the suit no more seriously than it deserves. Examples:

Q. AND YOU SAY, “I’M MONICA AND DR. MANN IS CLINTON. HE NEVER RECIPROCATES.” CAN YOU TELL ME WHY WE HAVE ANOTHER SEXUAL REFERENCE THERE?

A. WELL, WE HAVE ANOTHER SEXUAL REFERENCE, SIR, BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY STUFF THAT MANN AND HIS ACOLYTES UNDERSTAND.
I’M — I WOULDN’T SAY I WORK BLUE. I WOULD SAY THESE ARE IN THE NATURE OF ENGLISH WEST END TROUSER-DROPPING FARCE TYPE SEXUAL REFERENCES. IF YOU’RE EXCITED ENOUGH FOR THE REAL DEAL, YOU SHOULD GO TO MANN’S FRIEND BARRY BICKMORE WHO HAS DONE LURID POSTS ABOUT ME, ABOUT ME BEING A STRIPPER WHO WANTS TO BE A BALLERINA BUT CAN’T PREVENT HERSELF FROM BUMPING AND GRINDING HER WAY THROUGH SWAN LAKE.

Lots more there.; 3/25/21, 6:35 PM
Chris Lopes said...: "What. A. Scumbag."

Of course he is. Now do Hunter Biden.; 3/25/21, 6:36 PM
Rt41Rebel said...: Where is Hunter's gun? Where is Hunter's laptop?; 3/25/21, 6:36 PM
Michael K said...: What. A. Scumbag.

Speaking of scumbags, scumbag ?; 3/25/21, 6:36 PM
Mark said...: The Professor comes to Dodge.

You know, supposedly Miss Kitty was a . . . you know. And so were the girls she hired. But they have shown the upstairs and there really is no place to do that kind of business.; 3/25/21, 6:41 PM
FullMoon said...: stevew said...

@DavidUW: I'm with you. However, my SIL, named Karen and a "Karen", was complaining to her sister, mrs. stevew, yesterday that Europe is a mess and the new variants of the virus are probably going to shut things down again.

LOL. SIlicon valley has first case of Brazillian variant. Keep fear alive!; 3/25/21, 6:44 PM
Mark said...: That background alone is annoyingly distracting.; 3/25/21, 6:47 PM
FullMoon said...: The link provided above by Mike K is worth reading, especially if you are familiar with Steyns voice and style.

Almost like a comedy routine.; 3/25/21, 6:54 PM
Yancey Ward said...: So President Shitforbrains managed to do a 62 minute "press conference" with nothing but pre-approved questions and a stack of notes with the answers on them, and it was still a near disaster. The rest of the world are probably laughing their asses off at how stupid we were to elect a senile idiot like Joe Shitforbrains.; 3/25/21, 7:00 PM
Narr said...: The outline seems clearer now: novel strains (now the UK, now the U of S Africa, next Brazil etc.) will keep emerging, each potentially more dangerous than the last, and all gummints will be able to restrict all the law-abiding and fearful to a continuously renewed regime of restrictions--that can only be lifted if Big Pharma is allowed to produce, and everyone is forced to take, new vaccines.

Is it just me, or does the apparent fact that CCP-19 evolves like this relate to the gain-of-function research that the WuHan joint was doing?

Narr
Hmmmmm; 3/25/21, 7:02 PM
William said...: It's easier to govern a city if the police are on the Mayor's side. It's easier to govern a country if the media are on the President's side.....Stalin was able to accomplish wonders because he had the support of both the police and the media.; 3/25/21, 7:03 PM
Yancey Ward said...: Some scaliwag insurrectionist managed to get photographic evidence the entire press conference was scripted right down to the order of the questions.; 3/25/21, 7:03 PM
Narr said...: Sorry, I got nothing on (or against!) Early Music. Ima come back to YH's link later.

Narr
More like Brunch Music for me; 3/25/21, 7:04 PM
iowan2 said...: So, 45-60% of American adults are no longer susceptible to the 'Rona.

Give up the fear, people

Not so quick sparky. I still have no idea how success is measured.

It is not stopping death by rona.

If that were the goal, we would have vaccinated all the vulnerable first. But thousands still died while those not at risk sacrificed the vulnerable.; 3/25/21, 7:05 PM
Yancey Ward said...: Narr,

Viruses like this mutate quickly. It is just a fact of life on the planet Earth. The virus became endemic the moment it left China on a jet airplane. It will be with us from now on just like the influenza viruses and every other coronavirus, rhinovirus, and adenovirus, and all the vaccines will be about as effective against COVID and it progeny as are our influenza vaccines.; 3/25/21, 7:07 PM
FullMoon said...: Thwarting auto thieves, creatively:

Dodge Offers Software Update For Chargers And Challengers That Limits Them To 3 HP Of Raw Hemi Power

“Today, Dodge is launching a new owner-customized ‘double verification’ security system. When flashed into the computer of affected 2015 or newer Dodge muscle cars, the protective software will limit the engine output to less than 3 horsepower, foiling fast getaways and joyrides.”

Three horsepower won't even power the sound system.; 3/25/21, 7:08 PM
DavidUW said...: replies on variants, fear etc.
>>

All true, I agree the VARIANTS!!!!!!!!!! will be used by the tyrants to keep things locked down.

I hope enough people notice that no one who's been vaccinated has actually contracted the VARIANTS to any degree, this, despite the UK variant being, well, prevalent in the UK and where there are enough people vaccinated to notice if there was a serious real-world drop in efficacy.

But yes. as I've stated repeatedly, the only way to overthrow the tyrants is through mass (un)civil disobedience. Personally I prefer tarring, feathering, and if necessary, ropes and trees.; 3/25/21, 7:09 PM
Howard said...: Narr: Covid is behaving just like every other mutating multiple wave pandemic before. The real docs predicted this. Your ignorance is tolerable but the conspiracy nonsense indicates mental illness.

Not to worry, my friend... Kamala's reeducation Kamp will set you to rights.; 3/25/21, 7:11 PM
Yancey Ward said...: Well, the Democrats do have to keep the panic going until around November 2022 to secure their rule with mail in ballots. After that, they may relent.; 3/25/21, 7:12 PM
Joe Smith said...: When will an actual 'reporter' ask Psaki about the 25th amendment?

Not that I long for Harris, but Biden is an embarrassment and a national security risk at this point.; 3/25/21, 7:14 PM
FullMoon said...: Blogger Yancey Ward said...

Some scaliwag insurrectionist managed to get photographic evidence the entire press conference was scripted right down to the order of the questions.

Any chance the entire press corp was involved in the production? All meeting secretly after hours and rehearsing.

Nah,just used stand ins who would read from script.; 3/25/21, 7:14 PM
Original Mike said...: Got my second shot today (and I've already had the rona). Stopped by my local pub during my errands, just to confirm my belief that you still cannot sit at the bar (as opposed to tables). But I'm wrong! The bar is open!

Couldn't stay today, but next week for sure.; 3/25/21, 7:16 PM
FullMoon said...: replies on variants, fear etc.
>>>>>>>>>

It's a toss-up.
UK variations speaks my language.
Brazil variation gonna be way more sexy.; 3/25/21, 7:18 PM
alfromchgo said...: "It will be with us from now on just like the influenza viruses and every other coronavirus, rhinovirus, and adenovirus, and all the vaccines will be abo..ut as effective against COVID and it progeny as are our influenza vaccines."

Thank you Dr Fauci; 3/25/21, 7:22 PM
alfromchgo said...: Trump will be on Ingram this evening; 3/25/21, 7:23 PM
Jersey Fled said...: Fourteen days since my second shot. I am now "fully vaccinated" per the CDC.

This means I can now do pretty much what I have been doing all along anyway.; 3/25/21, 7:26 PM
Yancey Ward said...: "Any chance the entire press corp was involved in the production? All meeting secretly after hours and rehearsing."

The most striking thing to me about the press conference is that Shitforbrains was never once interrupted that I noticed. Trump's press conferences were an interruption fest- he was rarely allowed more than 20 seconds to give an answer before another reporter would try to ask a follow up with, "Mr. President, Mr. President," and several them trying to talk over one another. It was just fucking weird watching Shitforbrains just meander along trying to connect any two thoughts together in a coherent way with the rest of the room in total silence. It was apparent to me that Shitforbrains is having trouble reading anything now that is on paper and in his hands.

I think the press that was allowed in was warned in no uncertain terms- don't deviate from script and don't interrupt at all. The first time Shitforbrains is put before a press corp without a script will be the last time- he will have to resign the next day. He hasn't been in an unscripted venue since the last Democrat primary debate before the party decided to give him the nomination. And he is getting worse at the scripted stuff by the week.; 3/25/21, 7:28 PM
rhhardin said...: "She thinks Iliescu is holding off, hoping that Jack will drop his charges against her."

"A Mexican standoff," Gavin said. Then he caught himself. "Is is okay to say that?"

"Who the hell knows anymore."

- Tom Clancy, up to date thriller; 3/25/21, 7:28 PM
Yancey Ward said...: alfromchgo,

That is just the reality- occassionally Fauci is correct. The problem is that many of the politicians have set zero COVID as a goal- that goal is stupid and unreachable. The vaccine makers won't be able to keep up with the variants any better than they keep up with influenza.

The good news is that it is highly probable that the variants will be less dangerous to the population. In the end, I expect that COVID's progeny hastens the deaths of between 10k and 50K Americans every year. However, if we continue to test for it like we are, the "death" count will be above that higher end just because of the way COVID on a death certificate is added.; 3/25/21, 7:35 PM
Original Mike said...: "The most striking thing to me about the press conference is that Shitforbrains was never once interrupted that I noticed."

Yeah, the deference was jarring.; 3/25/21, 7:37 PM
mandrewa said...: Triggernometry: Jordan Peterson: Why Communism Doesn't Work; 3/25/21, 7:38 PM
Joe Smith said...: "I think the press that was allowed in was warned in no uncertain terms- don't deviate from script and don't interrupt at all."

I would bet the house on this.

In what press conference ever does a president look at his notes and then call on a 'reporter' while they all sit on their hands and wait patiently like good little boys and girls?

Too bad none of them have the nerve to expose the obvious sham.; 3/25/21, 7:41 PM
Sprezzatura said...: “Roughly 35% of adults have gotten at least 1 shot.”

Theoretically speaking: at what point do you not look like you jumped the line if you (and your family) openly admit that you have had two jabs, but yur healthy and not-old?; 3/25/21, 7:44 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Emperor Biden stood naked.

Pretty sneaky sis.; 3/25/21, 7:47 PM
Michael K said...: Blogger FullMoon said...
Thwarting auto thieves, creatively:

All that's needed is a stick shift.; 3/25/21, 7:51 PM
Chuck said...: This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.; 3/25/21, 7:51 PM
Original Mike said...: "All that's needed is a stick shift."

Yep, they're not getting either of our vehicles.; 3/25/21, 7:53 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Anti-racism is false: An argument against Ibram X. Kendi

Link

Look to dogs, instead of the cookie ;-); 3/25/21, 7:55 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Actually, both, dogs and the cookie. Nothing wrong with the black and white cookie.; 3/25/21, 7:57 PM
Chuck said...: Comment deleted
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3/25/21, 6:31 PM

Some of us apparently can't "talk about whatever [we] want" at the Sunrise Café.; 3/25/21, 7:58 PM
Joe Smith said...: You clearly don't understand the meaning of the word 'lost' when an election cannot be won by one side.

But I don't expect left-siders like you to understand anything complex.

Now go jerk off to reruns of the Biden presser while you dream of jackboots...; 3/25/21, 7:58 PM
Chuck said...: This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.; 3/25/21, 8:01 PM
narciso said...: No loss here:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/03/25/suez-canal-blockage-is-delaying-an-estimated-400-million-an-hour-in-goods.html; 3/25/21, 8:02 PM
n.n said...: Subtract 45% from the vaccinated group assuming random shots, and we're at 50-60% immunity.

Community immunity through cross-reactive immunity, naturally acquired immunity, inoculation, and others who are eligible for treatment to mitigate disease progression and transmission, bodes poorly for exponential viral spread. Not impossible, but improbable.; 3/25/21, 8:02 PM
n.n said...: Nothing wrong with the black and white cookie.

Oreos, the black cookies with white filling, dunked in a glass, a cup, a mug, a chalice h/t Adam, a vat of milk.; 3/25/21, 8:07 PM
I'm Not Sure said...: Subtract 45% from the vaccinated group assuming random shots, and we're at 50-60% immunity.

80% of the people on the Diamond Princess cruise ship were not infected. Either the virus is not as easy to transmit as we've been told or a significant percentage of people are not susceptible to it in the first place.; 3/25/21, 8:12 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Following up on the senator Grassley / FBI post.

The FBI depicted in Netflix Mindhunter is a meticulous, careful truth searcher FBI. At least that's was how the heads of the agency were depicted in the fictitious series. Its possible this kind of FBI has never really existed.; 3/25/21, 8:15 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: The FBI of the movies is complete fiction.; 3/25/21, 8:18 PM
DavidUW said...: 80% of the people on the Diamond Princess cruise ship were not infected. Either the virus is not as easy to transmit as we've been told or a significant percentage of people are not susceptible to it in the first place.
>>
Yep.
I'm being conservative.; 3/25/21, 8:22 PM
Sebastian said...: Blogger YoungHegelian said...

Okay, all ye Early Music fans out there:
When did the Hilliard Ensemble do this recording of Early Polyphony?

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Sorry, can't help you there. I (also) enjoy some of their later, properly dated recordings -- Morimur, Mnemosyne. Perhaps not authentic enough for the true connoisseur :)?; 3/25/21, 8:23 PM
DavidUW said...: Theoretically speaking: at what point do you not look like you jumped the line if you (and your family) openly admit that you have had two jabs, but yur healthy and not-old?
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I dunno. I say it all the time, because i've had my 2 jabs and i'm 45.; 3/25/21, 8:24 PM
gilbar said...: 80% of the people on the Diamond Princess cruise ship were not infected

OR, they (some of them) WHERE infected, but they didn't have tests (good tests?) back then?
i can't remember, but i didn't think tests came out that soon?; 3/25/21, 8:24 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: This tweet seals my man-crush on Elon Musk...

"If there’s ever a scandal about me, *please* call it Elongate"

Link; 3/25/21, 8:31 PM
Iman said...: Hey, Fullmoon... 3hp smacks of and takes us right back to the Big 3 in mid-70s Detroit!; 3/25/21, 8:38 PM
farmgirl said...: 13th century Benedictine?; 3/25/21, 8:42 PM
FullMoon said...: Iman said...

Hey, Fullmoon... 3hp smacks of and takes us right back to the Big 3 in mid-70s Detroit!

185 HP 1980 Corvette, 80 mph speedometer. Jimmy Carter Special Edition.; 3/25/21, 8:45 PM
I'm Not Sure said...: "i can't remember, but i didn't think tests came out that soon?"

According to wikipedia (and their references, which I haven't checked out), people were tested. I have no idea how accurate the tests were, however.; 3/25/21, 8:45 PM
Joe Smith said...: "185 HP 1980 Corvette, 80 mph speedometer. Jimmy Carter Special Edition."

Did you buy it for peanuts?; 3/25/21, 8:47 PM
JaimeRoberto said...: Watching the press conference now. Joe said that they will call the phone number that unaccompanied carries and if they confirm that the person they call is the parent or relative, they will send the kids on. How is that not an invitation?; 3/25/21, 8:48 PM
Humperdink said...: In Corvette land, the worst older Corvettes to own were the 1964, 1974 and 1984.; 3/25/21, 8:52 PM
Lawrence Person said...: Norm Macdonald slamming Bill Clinton.; 3/25/21, 8:55 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Cuomo Controversy Grows... says Newsweek.; 3/25/21, 8:56 PM
Iman said...: 185 HP 1980 Corvette, 80 mph speedometer. Jimmy Carter Special Edition.

Malaise GT class...; 3/25/21, 8:56 PM
Narr said...: The world--the real human world--is a web of intersecting and competing and overlapping conspiracies.

It seems that my thoughts were capable of variant interpretations. Of the respondents, I think DavidUW got my point(s) best-- variants and strains are common in novel coronaviruses. sure, but so many, so quickly, so tailored (?) for hype and permanent alert?

That seems a like a Who/Whom and Cui Bono combo, hot for some delving into, but origin stories are so blase.

Narr
Trust, they'll verify; 3/25/21, 8:57 PM
Drago said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 3/25/21, 8:58 PM
walter said...: Joe should dispatch whipsmart Hunter down to cartel territory to get them to focus on drugs instead of human trafficking and sex slavery.
He would be a patriot.; 3/25/21, 9:00 PM
Drago said...: Pro-pedophile And Banned Commenter Who Was Banned For Bragging About Trying To Drive A Wedge Between Althouse And Her Readers While Attacking Children And Women While Making Racist Comments Against Black Conservatives: "Some of us apparently can't "talk about whatever [we] want" at the Sunrise Café."

Discuss.; 3/25/21, 9:00 PM
Drago said...: I believe Althouse is fully justified in deleting remarks from pro-pedophile racist commenters like pro-marxist Warnock fanboy LLR-lefty Chuck.; 3/25/21, 9:02 PM
WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...: Wapo fact checks Biden? weird.

tho - they catch a bunch - they say so with such dignity.

Fact-checking President Biden’s first news conference; 3/25/21, 9:08 PM
WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...: Meade - heh.; 3/25/21, 9:09 PM
DavidUW said...: Joe should dispatch whipsmart Hunter down to cartel territory to get them to focus on drugs instead of human trafficking and sex slavery.
>>

The trading route:

1) Drugs/drug precursors from China to Mexico for refining/packaging.
2) Drugs and human cargo go to California from Mexico.
3a) Human cargo pays off debt to coyotes by stealing $950/day worth of stuff (misdemeanor here) for however long it takes.
3b) Drugs get sold & traded to thieving addicts who also steal for the cartels to get their drugs.
4) Fence stolen goods throughout California.
5) Stuff you don't sell gets offloaded back in Mexico or dumped on various freeways, like 99.
6) Fill the empty trucks in Mexico with #2.; 3/25/21, 9:16 PM
DavidUW said...: Also, none of the crimes I mentioned is a felony in California.; 3/25/21, 9:16 PM
WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...: remember when SNL allowed the comedians to mock democrats? Take the way back machine.; 3/25/21, 9:21 PM
Mark said...: A federal injunction has been issued against the government restrictions imposed by the District of Columbia on religious facilities.; 3/25/21, 9:21 PM
Mark said...: Who is Jim Eagle?; 3/25/21, 9:23 PM
DavidUW said...: JM Eagle™: World's Largest Plastic and PVC Pipe Manufacturer

Closest I could figure to Jim Eagle.; 3/25/21, 9:32 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: “Speaker Pelosi says it is her “right as Speaker” to seat or unseat any member of Congress she wants even if the election is certified”

<a href="https://twitter.com/dailycaller/status/1375206328856158214?s=21”>Link</a>

I’m still learning new stuff about our government.; 3/25/21, 9:37 PM
Michael K said...: Blogger Chuck said...
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3/25/21, 6:31 PM

Some of us apparently can't "talk about whatever [we] want" at the Sunrise Café.

Chuck, you are about the worst of the monomaniacs here. Have you ever posted a comment that was not about Trump?

The psychopathic obsession with Trump seems to be persisting. Back in 2015, I first got interested in the Trump phenomenon. I considered it, and still do, to be related to the Tea Party phenomenon and to the 1994 election, which elected a GOP Congress that then proceeded to do nothing important.

I was amazed that Trump won the 2016 election but considered it to be brick through the window of the Establishment of both parties. I did not expect much.

But then, in spite of every man's hand against him, he began to keep his promises. The two big ones, that involved intractable problems until now, were China and Immigration. He began to use EOs to deal with these problems even while the GOP Congress majority refused to do anything to keep their promises. John McCain campaigned for re-election non promises to veto Obamacare and "build the damn wall!"

He lied just as Paul Ryan did and the Democrats certainly did. We are used to being lied to by politicians and maybe we needed a non-politician to finally do what he promised.

The continued obsession with Trump hate is interesting but I think it is an example of psychopathy. I do not think of these people as normal. Inga is stupid but people like Chuck, assuming he is not lying about being a lawyer, are not normal. This is an illness.; 3/25/21, 9:43 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: I thought I leave my tweeter locked but the safest thing is probably to delete it.

“Companies are doing background checks on people’s social media”

The share ride company I’m working with is asking me (and everyone I guess) to tell them more about myself...

https://youtu.be/GB78tVKLIi0; 3/25/21, 9:47 PM
Francisco D said...: The continued obsession with Trump hate is interesting but I think it is an example of psychopathy. I do not think of these people as normal. Inga is stupid but people like Chuck, assuming he is not lying about being a lawyer, are not normal. This is an illness.

I think you have captured it quite well, Michael. However ...

Chuck is seriously disturbed and Inga is seriously stupid. One has to wonder how abnormal that is among Democrat loyalists. It strikes me as perfectly normal. It's the new normal.

We have to learn to live with it. I am too old to fight a revolution that we can never win. The dealer has been paid off.; 3/25/21, 9:54 PM
Anonymous said...: DavidUW- "Give up the fear, people."

Who wore a mask last year? Who distanced? Who locked down? Who submits to a vaccine for a virus that comes along, as so many viruses have come before, and so many viruses will come again. Did you?

The News Media made people fear with their hysteria and panic. We have variants now, and new surges. The hysteria and panic worked. Did it work on you?

Did you wear a mask, as worthless as they are, to go along to get along?
Did you shut down, and hide under the bed, when an unelected Health Bureaucracy ordered that?
Did you line up like cattle to get your 'jabs in arms'?

"Give up the fear, people." Hope you're looking into a mirror, when you say that.; 3/25/21, 9:56 PM
DavidUW said...: Hercules,
I wear a mask to get on a plane and such. But I continued flying where I wanted to. Of course places were closed so I couldn’t force them open. I flew to friends and family and to set up a new residence in a free state. I ate at places who made a point of being open.

I actually participated in school board meetings (online of course) to convince the idiots to open schools. I told schools like the UW I’d never donate to them as long as they stayed stupidly locked down. My charitable efforts are significant.

I signed off on the recall of the idiot Newsom

If you’ve read any of my stuff, I’ve never expressed fear of this virus.

I did get vaccinated because I get my flu shot too.

Not sure where you’re coming from except in a general sense.; 3/25/21, 10:13 PM
n.n said...: “Speaker Pelosi says it is her “right as Speaker” to seat or unseat any member of Congress she wants even if the election is certified”

Democrats are known to exclude people when it is politically congruent ("="). To include them as a pretense to manufacture a public spectacle. Pelosi likes to exercise her right to knock people down with a novelty-sized mallet.; 3/25/21, 10:14 PM
Rt41Rebel said...: "We have to learn to live with it. I am too old to fight a revolution that we can never win. The dealer has been paid off. "

I'm starting to come around to your way of thinking. I'm not too old to fight, but I've very recently decided that even if the ideals of this country are worth fighting for, the people of this country aren't. Fuck them and their progeny. They don't deserve to be saved if they are too stupid to save themselves.; 3/25/21, 10:25 PM
Michael K said...: More on the psychopaths involved, this time with trans-sexuals.

Fury as professor of gender studies compares transgender people to QAnon conspiracy followers and claims the 'belief' that a person can change their gender is a 'trans-sex fantasy'

They are crazy, really crazy.; 3/25/21, 10:31 PM
Churchy LaFemme: said...: Early Polyphony?

Well back in time
With just a rhythm & rhyme
Gregorian chants were a real big thing!
They took that chant and added harmony
It was a different sound, but had the same meaning..; 3/25/21, 10:36 PM
Anonymous said...: MadTownGuy - "Thwarting auto thieves, creatively"

Even the car companies know that American men will not even defend themselves. The males will gush about how scary their carjacking was.

And Women...who hear these pitiful stories, will dream about Muslims who act unapologetically, the way American men used to do...before they were emasculated.

******

Meade - “So I gather that the Biden Show was a farce?”

It wasn't. He deceived, as is to be expected, but for a know-nothing audience, he did well. Raised his voice a few times which was theatrically appropriate.

***
Yancy - "...how stupid we were to elect a senile idiot like Joe Shitforbrains."
As long as you admit that he was 'elected', you encourage them to do it again.; 3/25/21, 10:44 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: 'intersectional veganism'

Link - https://twitter.com/gspellchecker/status/1375090250624737282?s=21; 3/25/21, 10:54 PM
Anonymous said...: DavidUW - "Not sure where you’re coming from except in a general sense."

It was in a general sense. I'm in the Control Group, because that is how Science works. Never masked. Didn't shut down. Didn't distance. Because all the information needed was in the first presentation of the Health Bureaucrats, Birx and Fauci. They relied on 'models' for which they had no data to input. I was surprised that Trump didn't catch that.

I will ask you to forgive me for using you as a foil. We all can't be in the Control Group. It never occurred to me to ever get a flu shot. BTW...I'm healthy and doing well, as I hope you are too.; 3/25/21, 10:55 PM
Yancey Ward said...: First tornado watch of the Spring here in east Tennessee. It has rained all day, and hard for most of that time.; 3/25/21, 11:05 PM
Ken B said...: Old Hegelian

Including Carwood's recordings of Fayfax? Wonderful stuff.; 3/25/21, 11:05 PM
Ken B said...: Hercules
What do you think the odds are of the Republicans ever electing a president again?; 3/25/21, 11:07 PM
Yancey Ward said...: I will answer for Hercules. Zero. Just witness what happened in Georgia today- Kemp signed the vote reform bill, a bill that shouldn't be needed if you believe all the horseshit coming out of the mouths of Georgia Republicans ever since November 3rd. They have shit in their beds, and the courts are going to take this bill and undo it just before the midterm elections. The Democrats play to win, and they can see that if they can win the minimum number of seats in the Senate in 2022, they can get rid of the filibuster, and pass any election bill they want. They can even pack SCOTUS to make sure no court can interfere with their plans.

It is over. Just to get rid of Trump, the Republicans cut their own throats. The Democrats are probably laughing their asses off at all the NeverTrumpers- let the Democrats fuck them in the ass, and then get a big thank you for it from people like Chuck.; 3/25/21, 11:18 PM
Anonymous said...: Rt41Rebel- ..."even if the ideals of this country are worth fighting for... (see below)

Our Capitol City in Washington, DC has been a cesspit of corruption for a very long time.

The fight is not there.

The fight is in the individual States. Every State Teacher's College, and every School District is owned by the US Dept. of Education. Staffed top to bottom with deviants, the US Dept of Ed was clever. They offered money. Then they pulled the strings.

In the '80s, Reagan thought the biggest threat to America was the USSR. It wasn't. It was the nascent US Dept of Ed. Ignore DC. Focus on your State and the 10th Amend.
***

...the people of this country aren't."

That's the point that God made. That's why Jesus was sent.

DavidUW...Can I get an Amen.; 3/25/21, 11:20 PM
Anonymous said...: Yancy - "I will answer for Hercules. Zero."

Pretty much. Democrats cannot risk anymore elections. They will allow a 3rd of the House and a 3rd of the Senate to remain Republican, just to keep appearances up.; 3/25/21, 11:30 PM
Rt41Rebel said...: "The fight is in the individual States."

I agree and I made a great decision two years ago. I'm a DeSantis fan-boi, but I'm gonna be pissed if they trot him out as the (R) sacrificial lamb in 2024. He is much more important as Gov here.; 3/25/21, 11:40 PM
Sprezzatura said...: BTW FYI, the car biz in WI has existed before the big deal for USPS vehicles.

In fact, not just re WI generally, but Madtown specifically:

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1975-mohs-safarikar/

BTW, I’m assuming that the $90,000 bid by Boxertwin was actually Meadehouse.

Just as they ignore my recommendations re not having plastic-ish counters and railings and decking, they/d go for this crap car instead of a 991.2 4S.

You can lead a horse ta wata but ya can’t make them drink.

Sheesh.

F-ing definition of CRV = POS

IMHO.; 3/25/21, 11:40 PM
Sprezzatura said...: Couldn’t you at least get a cx-5?

Assuming everything must be based on a gardener’s income rather than a law prof’s, you can still be smart.

OTOH, I can’t fix every blight re folks making shit choices, so carry on......; 3/25/21, 11:46 PM
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Anonymous said...: Rt41Rebel - "He is much more important as Gov here."

DeSantis is a strong Gov. Across the country, Americans appreciate him. He should stay a strong Gov, as you say, rather than be buried in a mountain of fraudulent Presidential ballots, now that Democrats know they can get away with it.; 3/25/21, 11:49 PM
Rt41Rebel said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 3/25/21, 11:52 PM
Rick said...: It looks like we have another case of sedition.

Georgia state rep is forcibly removed by capitol police AND arrested after she tried to block Gov. Brian Kemp signing bill that restricts early and absentee voting

Any bets on whether the fainting nannas will take the same position on this effort to disrupt a government function?; 3/26/21, 12:36 AM
Mutaman said...: "Yes but it’s far worse than that. We have a POTUS, Joe Biden, who is a living breathing relic of the Jim Crow era. "

Meade- the great advocate for civil rights.; 3/26/21, 1:23 AM
Mr. Forward said...: Can you show us on the doll where Meade hurt you?; 3/26/21, 4:13 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/2021/03/why-was-secret-service-covering-hunter-biden-2018-daniel-greenfield/
Ongoing; 3/26/21, 4:51 AM
Humperdink said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 3/26/21, 5:39 AM
Humperdink said...: Joe Biden: "Buy a shotgun." Probably the funniest two minute video I've seen.

https://youtu.be/MFjF9kW9Mcc?t=15; 3/26/21, 5:40 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Joe's words of wisdom. Funny vid there Humperdink.; 3/26/21, 6:29 AM
exhelodrvr1 said...: Exceptional column by VDH on "following the science"

https://amgreatness.com/2021/03/21/follow-the-science-they-said/; 3/26/21, 6:41 AM
DavidUW said...: Herc:
I will ask you to forgive me for using you as a foil. We all can't be in the Control Group. It never occurred to me to ever get a flu shot. BTW...I'm healthy and doing well, as I hope you are too.
>>
No problem.

I get a flu shot every year because one year, at the ancient age of 28, I started feeling a bit off on New Year's Eve. I cut the festivities short and went home.

The next morning I couldn't get out of bed, hurt all over and could barely breathe.
This persisted for not one, but 3 full days.
I could barely walk around the block without resting for the next week.

I got a flu shot to avoid that experience. Or at least improve my odds of avoiding it.; 3/26/21, 6:41 AM
Lewis Wetzel said...: This is the third article I've seen in 3 weeks attacking science from the left.
Like the other articles, it specifically attacks the "falsifiabiity" criteria of the scientific method, the author is not a scientist and the "blame" for the doctrine of falsifiability is placed on the shoulders of Karl Popper.
http://bostonreview.net/science-nature-philosophy-religion/michael-d-gordin-quest-tell-science-pseudoscience

There are a lot of political fads that can't be called science because they aren't falsifiable. Systemic racism, Anthropogenic Global Warming, current theories about gender, etc.
"Falsifiability" was not invented by Popper in the 20th century. It has been an implicit part of the scientific method since Bacon first discussed natural science in the 17th century.
Bacon's most important contribution was to insist that only empirical data be used in observation of natural phenomenon.
The article is a mess (it was written by a history prof). The reason we insist on falsifiability is because that is the only way to distinguish science from pseudo science. The alternative is stick the word "science" on any explanation for natural phenomenon that is consistent with our observations, that is, science becomes a narrative that fits empirical sense data. It turns science into story-telling, and this was the problem Popper tried to solve when he emphasized the "falsifiability" requirement for scientific truth.
This is really, really bad. Empirical evidence can, for example, confirm many racist ideas and other pseudoscience. Without falsifiability, statements about "scientific truth" become statements about narrative control, meaning power.
In Nineteen Eighty-Four, Winston Smith told O'Brien tht Big Brother did not control everything in the universe because his power was confined to the Earth, and the Earth was a small place compared to the universe. O'Brien responded that was nonsense, the stars and planets were just lights in the sky, useful to Big Brother only for navigation and time keeping. They had no reality other than that which Big Brother gave them.; 3/26/21, 7:11 AM
Meade said...: Mr. Forward said...
"Can you show us on the doll where Meade hurt you?"

Give me that doll. I'll show you exactly where I hurt his pussy.; 3/26/21, 8:52 AM
Bruce Hayden said...: “The reason we insist on falsifiability is because that is the only way to distinguish science from pseudo science. The alternative is stick the word "science" on any explanation for natural phenomenon that is consistent with our observations, that is, science becomes a narrative that fits empirical sense data. It turns science into story-telling, and this was the problem Popper tried to solve when he emphasized the "falsifiability" requirement for scientific truth. ”

Reminds me of a Bones episode. Booth and Bones go to LA to handle a high profile case there. Back at the Jeffersonian lab, the Director steps in to cover for Bones in identifying an ancient body. Hodges, the triple hard science PhD, is stuck working with the Director, who is a regular anthropologist (contrasted with Bones who as a forensic anthropologist does real science). The Director keeps writing his narratives, based on the scant evidence at hand (e.g. “he was a strong Hunter, respected by the community...”). Drives Hodges crazy, who refuses to go beyond the real science.

Falsification is under attack, because some, if not much, of the “science” that supports the massive programs the Dems are trying to shove through either cannot be falsified (Climate Change), and is thus not science, but rather wishful thinking or religion, or have been falsified already (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Cooling, then Warming). They are demanding that we flush trillions of dollars down the drain, and destroy our hard fought energy dependence, over what turns out to be essentially religion, and not science (unfalsifiable Climate Change).

Always keep that it mind. Whenever you hear “Climate Change” as an excuse for doing anything, realize that the use of that term is an admission that there is no science behind it, but rather it is essentially a religious claim. Neither Climate Change, nor God, can be proven or disproven. Climate Change is unfalsifiable. It is a post hac explanation of past events, that inevitably fails when predictions are based on it. When religion clashes with science, those adhering to the Religion traditionally try to discredit science, as was done with Galileo, and is being done today with Climate Change.; 3/26/21, 10:20 AM
Bruce Hayden said...: “There are a lot of political fads that can't be called science because they aren't falsifiable. ...Anthropogenic Global Warming...”

I would suggest just the opposite with Anthropogenic Global Warming. There was a theory. It predicted continued warming. It predicted warming when, going forward, there wasn’t any real warming. New, better, predictions were made. Ditto. The theory failed to predict the future. It was falsifiable, and then falsified. It turns up that CO2 buildup cannot really be shown to be the driving force behind global temperatures. Rather, using multivariate correlation, it very much appears that the primary drivers are: solar activity, distance of Earth to the Sun, wobble of the inclination of the Earth in its orbit around the Sun, and El Niño/La Niña (that last surprised me). Astrophysicists have been saying this all along. These effects are inevitably ignored by most of the climate models that predicted global cooling, then global warming, based on CO2 buildup. Which, of course, is ludicrous, since very obviously the primary determinant of global temperature is going to be how much energy is received, and where. Probably no surprise though, since the paleo climatologists (tree ring counters) have long been the gatekeepers to the climate science field (Michael Mann, Phil Jones, etc). Notably, for a long time, physicists and esp astrophysicists were not considered, by these gatekeepers, to be climate scientists. Remember all the survey showing that 97% of climate scientists believed in CAGW? That was the tree ring counters. The astrophysicists were excluded from the survey.; 3/26/21, 10:48 AM
Rory said...: Larry McMurtry RIP at 84.; 3/26/21, 11:40 AM