Althouse: At Grennie's Café...

February 23, 2022

At Grennie's Café...

... you can bark about whatever you like.

57 comments:

Howard said...: His bark is worse than his bite.; 2/23/22, 6:55 PM
Humperdink said...: Ukraine's prime minister declares a state of emergency as Russian tanks enter the country.

Canada's prime declared a state of emergency as children's bounce houses and Canadian flags blanketed the capital city of Ottawa.; 2/23/22, 6:58 PM
Narayanan said...: Had Trump been President : would TEAM USA have gone to the Bat-Cave of ChinaVirus; 2/23/22, 7:04 PM
farmgirl said...: That’s a thoughtful picture.

I love it. I love cemeteries. We usually have a Memorial Day Mass in the cemetery. Then we wander around afterward and say hello to our loved ones.

Bittersweet.; 2/23/22, 7:05 PM
Big Mike said...: I see that Justin Trudeau revoked the Emergencies Act earlier today. The polling must have been massively against Trudeau and his Liberal Party. The NDP, which is partnering with the Liberals in a coalition government, claims to represent the working man, but when push came to shove the NDP didn’t mind stabbing the truckers in the back to support their senior coalition partner.; 2/23/22, 7:08 PM
Lucien said...: So is the Emergencies Act invocation in Canada formally revoked, or is it just something that “will be ending”?; 2/23/22, 7:23 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Quillette : "A Student Sleuth Found Evidence that Our University Practices Reverse Racism. Here’s Why I Advised Him Not to Publish It"

Via Insta Link; 2/23/22, 7:25 PM
Breezy said...: Trudeau rescinds!! Turns out freezing peoples’ bank accounts without due process tends to undermine confidence in the whole banking industry. Who’d want their money somewhere so unsafe from thoughtless bureaucrats, let alone tyrants? Life lesson for the US Pols.; 2/23/22, 7:27 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Tweet: BREAKING: Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revokes the controversial Emergencies Act ahead of the Senate vote.
4:12 PM · Feb 23, 2022

via Small Dead Animals.; 2/23/22, 7:37 PM
Narayanan said...: the-real-reason-putin-played-a-pussycat-during-the-trump-presidency

did Trump suppressed NATO irritant; 2/23/22, 7:41 PM
MadisonMan said...: You don't want to hear from me. This is the time of year when I complain that it's not Spring fast enough.
Yesterday during the ice storm I saw a big UW-Madison dump truck filled to the brim with salt. So I wondered how many dump trucks full of salt were being emptied into Lake Mendota yesterday.; 2/23/22, 7:46 PM
TheThinManReturns said...: Prime Minister Blackface has backed down. If he’s confident in his actions he should call for an election.

thethinman; 2/23/22, 7:48 PM
David Begley said...: Invasion tonight!; 2/23/22, 8:11 PM
Lucien said...: Wouldn’t it be nice if Kyle Rittenhouse just decided not to sue anyone, and just go about his life as a private citizen?; 2/23/22, 8:14 PM
Narr said...: The hysterics on display among the Lamestreamers, and some of the more excitable commenters here, reminds me of that yoyo during the Gulf War who was feeling guilty that he had avoided or dodged the draft during the Vietnam War, and wanted to make amends by trying to join up as an overaged volunteer.

Imagine a fortysomething volunteering to put his ass on the line for Kuwait! At least the corrupt elites of Vietnam had been Westernized, and many were Christian. (Speaking of Christians, aren't both the Great and the Little Russians out and proud Christians? Seems like Christians could get along better, but then I've never really understood the pious.)

Anywup, it'll be interesting to see if young Americans--particularly the POC and the LGBTQuties who are on Putin's kill list--flock to defend the holy territory of the Ukraine.
Perhaps some energetic warlovers are out recruiting them even now.; 2/23/22, 8:26 PM
farmgirl said...: I agree, Lucien.
Yet…
Would he be left alone &allowed to live as an a private citizen?
Would that not work for him due to his being vilified as a murderer by the press? By Hollywood types? By professional athletes?; 2/23/22, 8:47 PM
Jaq said...: Yes, Narayanan, the Bulwark claims that the reason that Putin didn't do this when Trump was in charge was that he had nothing to fear from Trump. This is maybe the strongest endorsement of Trump that I could imagine the Bulwark writing. Why is it bad that Russia behaves themselves under Trump.; 2/23/22, 9:02 PM
Ann Althouse said...: “ I love it. I love cemeteries.”

There’s no other gravestone in that area, a woods by Lake Mendota.

It’s a small stone that’s hard to notice, marking a dog’s grave.; 2/23/22, 9:03 PM
Bender said...: Ukraine has just ceased to exist.; 2/23/22, 9:04 PM
Humperdink said...: Justin Trudeau is known as Little Potato in China. Pierre Trudeau was called Senior Potato. Not sure where Castro fits in. Maybe Hot Potato. Then there's Potato Head at CNN. Lots of carbs on the left.

https://globalnews.ca/news/2923202/justin-trudeau-earns-nickname-little-potato-during-trip-to-china/; 2/23/22, 9:08 PM
Jaq said...: I can't get worried that the country that pays millions of dollars in graft to Biden and other Democrats, like Nancy Pelosi's son, and produced fake evidence of corruption that was printed on the front page of the New York Times to smear Trump, is in hot water with its neighbor.

Remember the Afghanistan Report of a couple of weeks ago where the military complained that the constant interference of Dr Jill and demands for favorable treatment for certain individuals, mainly, I am guessing, individuals with ready cash and Hunter Biden's phone number. At firs the Biden's corruption seemed harmless, maybe even cute, but now we are in the real world, and it's not so funny anymore.; 2/23/22, 9:09 PM
Gahrie said...: Wouldn’t it be nice if Kyle Rittenhouse just decided not to sue anyone, and just go about his life as a private citizen?

It would have been a lot nicer if those criminal thugs had never attacked him. It would have been nicer if the political Left and the MSM hadn't have attacked him. It'd be cool if they stopped attacking him. But they won't.

I say he sues them into the ground, and then leads a life of drunken debauchery with the settlement money. That would be pretty nice.; 2/23/22, 9:16 PM
Gahrie said...: The polling must have been massively against Trudeau and his Liberal Party.

The early commentary is focusing on the Canadian Senate. Supposedly it was becoming pretty clear that the Senate was not going to agree to the emergency powers. This should lead to a vote of no confidence, but I think Trudeau could survive it anyway.; 2/23/22, 9:19 PM
Bender said...: America First neo-isolationism is where I always had gotten off the Trump train.

Biden isn't the only one responsible.; 2/23/22, 9:20 PM
stephen cooper said...: I don't know if anyone reading this is interested in recreational mathematics, but if you look at one, sad and lonely, gravestone for one dog (who was obviously loved), you might want to think about how many angels it would take to keep guard on a long winter day over the graves of every animal who was ever loved AND every animal who lived an entire life without ever being aware of being loved. The answer to that question is sort of easy to find in the earlier stages of conversation about what recreational mathematics is.; 2/23/22, 9:34 PM
Bender said...: Erase Ukraine from your maps. Scratch in Russia in its place.

No one in Poland, Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania is sleeping tonight.; 2/23/22, 9:37 PM
Rt41Rebel said...: "Wouldn’t it be nice if Kyle Rittenhouse just decided not to sue anyone, and just go about his life as a private citizen?"

I would be nice, but like Sandman, his prospects of further education and meaningful employment have been destroyed.

Wouldn't it be nice if the media didn't drag children through pigshit for agenda and profit?; 2/23/22, 9:38 PM
effinayright said...: Ann Althouse said...
“ I love it. I love cemeteries.”

There’s no other gravestone in that area, a woods by Lake Mendota.

It’s a small stone that’s hard to notice, marking a dog’s grave.
*************
It would be nice if that gravestone bore the inscription: "Get Off My Lawn".; 2/23/22, 9:42 PM
narciso said...: https://mobile.twitter.com/rising_serpent/status/1495137115855855618; 2/23/22, 9:45 PM
Maynard said...: If there was a contraceptive vaccine ... and you could still get pregnant ... and he still had to wear a condom...

Would you take it?; 2/23/22, 9:46 PM
Mason G said...: "Wouldn’t it be nice if Kyle Rittenhouse just decided not to sue anyone, and just go about his life as a private citizen?"

If The State hadn't insisted on trying to imprison him for defending himself, he probably would have.; 2/23/22, 10:02 PM
Richard Dillman said...: The tiny, humble grave marker reminds me of the gravestone of Henry David Thoreau in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Mass.
It is about the same size, very humble and understated, and only engraved with one word: “Henry.” Adjacent stones for members of
Thoreau’s family are larger but placed far enough away to highlight Henry’s gravestone. Visitors leave simple memorials in front of the marker: personal letters, flower bouquets, handwritten poems, and occassional simple, wooden pencils, for example. The pencils allude to Thoreau’s early career as a designer and manufacturer of engineering level pencils.

It is very elegiac.; 2/23/22, 10:03 PM
Mid-Life Lawyer said...: The Ukraine Reality Show has begun!; 2/23/22, 10:09 PM
Readering said...: I hope Caro finishes his book soon. The LBJ presidency feeling as remote today as the Taft presidency must have felt to LBJ's contemporaries.; 2/23/22, 10:19 PM
Big Mike said...: Wouldn’t it be nice if Kyle Rittenhouse just decided not to sue anyone, and just go about his life as a private citizen?

Whoopi Goldberg doesn’t really need all her millions. And if she learns what the words “acquitted on all charges” mean, wouldn’t that be nice?; 2/23/22, 10:21 PM
JPS said...: I just knew once the ground was frozen solid enough, the moon was right, and all Russian troops were in place and logistical preparations made, those crazy Ukrainians would go and do something aggressive leaving the Russians no choice but to invade.

You'd think Russia's neighbors would learn.; 2/23/22, 10:22 PM
StephenFearby said...: NYT

The Ukrainian Interior Ministry says Russian troopers have landed in Odessa and are crossing the border in Kharkov.

Michael Schwirtz
Feb. 23, 2022, 11:04 p.m.

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, said on Twitter that Vladimir Putin had “started a full-scale war against Ukraine” and had begun shelling civilian cities. “This is a war of aggression,” he wrote. Ukraine will defend itself and win. The world must act and stop Putin. It is time to act — immediately."

NY Post
Putin declares war as explosions rock Kyiv

Vladimir Putin declared war on Wednesday night, ending weeks of diplomatic stalemate and plunging Eastern Europe into a nightmare of violence and bloodshed not seen since the darkest days of WWII.; 2/23/22, 10:29 PM
Achilles said...: Look at that.

Biden got his war. He made sure oil prices were high enough for Russia to be able to fund their armies.

This aggression lasts as long as 100$ per barrel oil.

Thank a Green for all of this.; 2/23/22, 11:01 PM
Sebastian said...: So, what are our stakes in Ukraine? Not saying there aren't any. But I mean, besides invading being bad and Ukraine being a country and all.

I say we send Hunter to sort it out.; 2/23/22, 11:15 PM
TaeJohnDo said...: Blogger Lucien said...
Wouldn’t it be nice if Kyle Rittenhouse just decided not to sue anyone, and just go about his life as a private citizen?

No. I would have agreed with you in the past, but no longer. The left and the corrupt media took away his private life and tried to ruin him. I hope he gets millions from those SOBs.; 2/24/22, 12:23 AM
TaeJohnDo said...: "It’s a small stone that’s hard to notice, marking a dog’s grave."

Of course it is a dog. Ain't no cat in the world who would rate this sign of love and respect.; 2/24/22, 12:25 AM
Rt41Rebel said...: Previously posted on perhaps the wrong thread:

Glenn Greenwald made an interesting point on Ingraham tonight. To paraphrase, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a direct result of the absence of a diplomatic relationship between the US and Russia for the last 5 years, Greenwald didn't say it out loud, but the implication was that the Hillary Russiagate accusations made it politically impossible for Trump to conduct normal discourse with Putin.; 2/24/22, 12:51 AM
Leora said...: Justin Trudeau says there will be an inquiry on why he invoked the Emergencies Act.; 2/24/22, 1:01 AM
William said...: I don't know anything about the Ukraine and Ukrainians. If this turns out to be a massive invasion, I wonder how they'll react. Maybe they'll just shrug their shoulders and say that one corrupt government is pretty much like another. Nothing here to get too upset about, and life goes on. Or maybe they'll go full Taliban and take to the hills or the forests or wherever and fight to the death. I don't know.....My prediction: this will end badly for everyone, including us, but mostly for the Ukrainians....I never thought that Biden was all that impressive, even when he was younger and in full control of his awesome powers. Neither did most people. He never got very far in the primaries, and Obama picked him as his VP mostly because he was dull and unthreatening. That's probably why people voted for him this time. Dull and predictable compared to Trump. Neo-Harding. Back to normalcy. Sadly, if you elect a dull and predictable President, it does not follow that you will live in dull and predictable times.....Harding was actually a pretty good President for the time in which he lived, but he would not be anyone's first choice to lead the country during perilous times.; 2/24/22, 1:04 AM
gadfly said...: Lem said...
Quillette : "A Student Sleuth Found Evidence that Our University Practices Reverse Racism. Here’s Why I Advised Him Not to Publish It"

Keith David and his Jewish prodigy "Daniel" are indeed very intelligent and precise. Both may be autistic. Two paragraphs thoroughly convince me.

When Daniel heard me use the word “racist,” even in this conjectural, non-accusatory way, he responded angrily. He told me that he was not a racist. He had voted for Democrats in the 2016 election and hated Donald Trump. And as it happens, I had reason to believe this was true. The morning after that election, Daniel had come to visit me in my office, deeply troubled by what a Trump presidency might mean for scientific research and funding.

Like Daniel, I dislike Trump intensely. I don’t have much in common with his followers, and I certainly don’t think of myself as one of them. But I do, increasingly, understand some of the grievances that motivate them. I wish I didn’t, but I do.

Unlike Professor David, who would have us believe that he is academically reasonable, I find Trump-motivated "grievances" to be entirely overblown and imaginary, unworthy of further thought. Donald Trump is nothing but dumb - and his personality makes him a colossal dumbass.; 2/24/22, 1:25 AM
gadfly said...: TaeJohnDo said...
"It’s a small stone that’s hard to notice, marking a dog’s grave."

Of course it is a dog. Ain't no cat in the world who would rate this sign of love and respect.

I have owned dogs and cats and have cried when they died.

But I have fed and sheltered as many as 20 feral cats, and when the numbers kept growing I called for help from our animal control people who caught and sterilized about 16 mostly black kitties. But the community cat program means you get them back to continue to look after. I am down to 9 and none have been named except to note big guy, little guy, fuzzy tail, mom cat and the tail-twisters with long-hairs on the front porch and short-hairs on the back porch. I don't pet them nor handle them - but when the headcount drops or death occurs, wife and I are sad. BTW: Dead ferals are placed in a box with dry ice and pitched into the garbage can.; 2/24/22, 2:05 AM
Curious George said...: Grennies grave; 2/24/22, 2:32 AM
readering said...: Rittenhouse class action for all acquitted killers!; 2/24/22, 3:02 AM
tcrosse said...: A small stone the size of a small stone.; 2/24/22, 3:58 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: In the work of fiction Grand Canyon (1991) the early morning trailblazer finds a live baby.

In real life, she finds a dog gravestone.; 2/24/22, 4:29 AM
wendybar said...: Lucien said...
Wouldn’t it be nice if Kyle Rittenhouse just decided not to sue anyone, and just go about his life as a private citizen?

2/23/22, 8:14 PM

Sure, and it would be nice if Progressives like Whoopie Goldberg wouldn't accuse him of being a murderer on national tv after he was acquitted but since we can't stop her, he has every right to protect his name from assholes like her who are okay with older men raping 13 year old girls anally because it wasn't "rape-rape". Maybe if Progressives would shut up, they wouldn't have to pay people they defamed.; 2/24/22, 5:03 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Here's a thought...
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/02/23/boom-trudeau-reversal-motive-surfaces-canadian-banking-association-was-approved-by-world-economic-forum-to-lead-the-digital-id-creation/; 2/24/22, 5:41 AM
farmgirl said...: Recreational & math… do not belong together in the same breath!!

I didn’t read the encouraging “you can bark all night” statement - focusing instead on: I love this. I don’t find one grave in solitude very strange b/c we have on on our road- albeit for a person. The other stones aren’t visible and I’ve never stopped to look at it. Now I definitely will. Our town sexton keeps it mowed. It’s larger than this one shown and has 4markers in plot distance corners. I think.

So- Howard is right- his bark is worse. I thought he meant on the trees. I’m laughing at myself now.; 2/24/22, 6:14 AM
MadTownGuy said...: Humperdink said...

"Justin Trudeau is known as Little Potato in China."

Fits right in with his "Vladimir Poutine" moniker. Fries, cheese & gravy.; 2/24/22, 7:01 AM
MadTownGuy said...: Humperdink said...

"Pierre Trudeau was called Senior Potato. Not sure where Castro fits in. Maybe Hot Potato. Then there's Potato Head at CNN. Lots of carbs on the left."

I call 'em 'taters.' Commentators - way too common. Spectators - some wear specs. Dictators - well...; 2/24/22, 7:07 AM
iowan2 said...: To the notion of Rittenhouse just going quietly and live is life, and not sue those that smeared him AFTER THE ACQUITTAL.

See George Zimmerman. I don't think he sued anyone, and he is still harassed.

The silly notion is massive victim shaming.; 2/24/22, 7:50 AM
Narr said...: I hope a lot of other dogs visit the marker.; 2/24/22, 10:07 AM