Althouse: At the Sunrise Café...

February 20, 2022

At the Sunrise Café...

... you can talk about whatever you want.

38 comments:

Lem the artificially intelligent said...: A couple of videos for your consideration...

One is from Darkhorse podcast where Heather and Bret have some fun with our government's speech categorizations. “Mal-information is in the eye of the beholder.”
The beholder in this case is the US government, who could interpret your "mal-information" as terrorism. That's not a joke. It's on a Homeland Security webpage.

link to video

The second one is a GB News interview with Maajid Nawaz about the covid mandates in England.

link to video; 2/20/22, 7:06 PM
Owen said...: What’s the difference between Canada and North Korea?

One country is a police state under the boot of a young tyrant scion of his father’s dynasty who brutally crushes opponents, free speech and liberty and the other is a country in Asia.; 2/20/22, 8:16 PM
readering said...: 30 Years War?; 2/20/22, 8:32 PM
farmgirl said...: I can’t wait to see buds on those sentinel trees!
Lovely sunrise…; 2/20/22, 8:49 PM
Lloyd W. Robertson said...: I found another poem.

An Ode to NATO

There are lots and lots of Ukrainians
Chrystia is only one
Very few are Nazis; is Chrystia one?
Don’t be dumb

Ukrainians are known to switch sides
Communist or Nazi
Which is the greater threat at the moment?
Switch sides at the double fast-y

Chrystia’s not a Nazi
She’s never killed a Jew
Her maternal grandfather, on the other hand
Has dabbled in the evil
How much is up to you

Wait: the story is fiction, Russian disinformation
Give Chrystia time she has a wonderful explanation
In the meantime, confiscate all their money
That’s always good for a laugh

Tut tut. This is not a proper way to refer to our betters.; 2/20/22, 9:09 PM
Big Mike said...: Too good to check. Armed Portland Antifa members picked a fight with a biker gang called the Gypsy Jokers. At least one Antifa member killed, apparently five more hospitalized.; 2/20/22, 9:16 PM
narciso said...: The inconvenient detail is there is a virulent militia called azov which is part of the defense structure, in the first government post maidan there was a similar faction swoboda that had ministers; 2/20/22, 9:22 PM
narciso said...: So you parade unarmed you get 4 years, you threaten molotov cocktails against police 6 months whats wrong with this picture.; 2/20/22, 9:29 PM
Dave Begley said...: MI head bb coach slaps Badger assistant bb coach. The pressure of being on the bubble!; 2/20/22, 9:32 PM
narciso said...: Theres also the matter of klaus schwab who seems to be the conductor of this maple crackdown; 2/20/22, 9:33 PM
Original Mike said...: "As Portland Police Public Information Officer Lt. Nathan Sheppard attempted to update the media on the shooting melee in Northeast Portland, two known Antifa militants took over the news conference, commandeered the microphones, and began blaming the police for failing to do their jobs to protect them." (emphasis added)

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/victoria-taft/2022/02/20/armed-portland-antifa-pick-fight-with-violent-biker-gang-then-blame-police-when-things-get-violent-n1560735

Antifia blames the police for not protecting them. Incredible.; 2/20/22, 9:35 PM
Jupiter said...: For Althouse, who is interested in words, including questions of gender;

Why do sailors believe that their ship's pronouns are "she" and "her"? Is this only true in English?

I propose that the men who go forth on the ocean in ships understand that they cannot exist without their ship. Which is therefore, like Justice, inherently female. Not merely feminine, female.; 2/20/22, 9:52 PM
narciso said...: No its true in spanish la nina la pinta y santa maria la atocha now warships are decidely male; 2/20/22, 9:57 PM
Readering said...: How is it that, 6 years after giving the Trump campaign $5 to get on the campaign mailing list (same for Clinton), I still get half a dozen Trump fundraising solicitations EVERY SINGLE DAY?; 2/20/22, 10:06 PM
narciso said...: Naming conventions are tricky in many languages; 2/20/22, 10:12 PM
Big Mike said...: Why do sailors believe that their ship's pronouns are "she" and "her"?

Because when the ship comes into harbor she steers towards the bo(u)ys.; 2/20/22, 10:22 PM
Big Mike said...: Yesterday in Ottawa mounted policemen charged the truckers, and ran down an elderly, handicapped, woman on a motorized scooter. Today we learn that the woman is First Nations (i.e., indigenous native). Conclusion: Justin Trudeau and the Ottawa police are racist thugs.; 2/20/22, 10:30 PM
Bender said...: Why do sailors believe that their ship's pronouns are "she" and "her"?

Because that's what the ships were assigned at berth.; 2/20/22, 10:43 PM
Gerda Sprinchorn said...: Because that's what the ships were assigned at berth.

Bender wins the thread!; 2/20/22, 10:49 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: Giving money to a politician (of any stripe) or a charity is like giving a stray cat a meal. They (the politician, charity and cat) will always return for more. In the case of a politician, you're lucky if you get only half a dozen pleas for a contribution a day.

The big question is "Is Hilary Clinton an honest politician?" Trick question. An honest politician is one who stays bribed, does what he's supposed to do and doesn't roll over when your rival offers a much bigger incentive payment.; 2/20/22, 10:52 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: Madison may faces jail time for not complying with a subpoena about election activities.

WKOW says "No evidence of any widespread fraud has been found." No, because Madison politicians don't want to look for it and don't want anyone else to look.; 2/20/22, 10:56 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: That's "Madison mayor"; 2/20/22, 10:57 PM
Original Mike said...: "That's "Madison mayor""

Thanks for the clarification. You had me worried!; 2/20/22, 11:27 PM
gadfly said...: Original Mike said...
"As Portland Police Public Information Officer Lt. Nathan Sheppard attempted to update the media on the shooting melee in Northeast Portland, two known Antifa militants took over the news conference, commandeered the microphones, and began blaming the police for failing to do their jobs to protect them."

Oregon Public Broadcasting has the other side of the story.

* Far-right Proud Boys rallied to celebrate the "Summer of Love" violence from last summer in Portland.

* Proud Boy speakers referred to people charged in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol as “political prisoners.”

* Violence began when a white van attempted to pull into the parking lot where event was taking place. Members of the Proud Boys smashed the van's windows and flipped the van on its side.

* Just after 4 p.m., more violence occurred when the Proud Boys and anti-fascists ran along 122nd Avenue, exchanging paint balls and bear mace.

* Portland police did not show up as the two sides clashed despite the fact that the Portland mayor was aware that violence was being planned.

But somehow only antifa were militant despite an old-enough-to-know-better Proud Boy firing his weapon at the opposition.; 2/21/22, 12:22 AM
gadfly said...: Mike of Snoqualmie said...
Madison may faces jail time for not complying with a subpoena about election activities.

WKOW says "No evidence of any widespread fraud has been found." No, because Madison politicians don't want to look for it and don't want anyone else to look.

Sixty-some Trump-filed lawsuits lost because no cheating evidence was presented, the AZ recount fiasco which turned up more votes for Biden, three full recounts in Georgia with no vote count change, Supposed Trump-paid (he never paid the $3 million) recounts in Dane and Milwaukee counties netted the addition of 100 or so votes for Biden.

An audit by the state’s nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau, ordered by the GOP-controlled Legislature in February found that there weren’t widespread instances of people committing voter fraud or officials’ actions affecting large numbers of votes. Sen. Robert Cowles, R-Green Bay, who chairs the Legislature’s audit committee, said that the review "showed us that the election was largely safe and secure." Four voters voted twice and 11 early votes by people who died before the election were counted.; 2/21/22, 12:56 AM
gadfly said...: Answer's are found in the strangest places. Now comes the name of the helicopter service that will drop, perhaps even bomb, the dispersed rioting truckers in Ottawa with My Pillows and Bibles. Twelve thousand thanks to Mikey Lindell and to Donald Trump's "Truth Social" site where Pinochet's Helicopter Tours appears, named after the Chilean General whose history includes throwing political prisoners to their deaths from helicopters.; 2/21/22, 4:11 AM
farmgirl said...: Bender!! Hah!!; 2/21/22, 4:19 AM
Big Mike said...: Gadfly thinks the proud Boys are a biker gang.; 2/21/22, 5:02 AM
wendybar said...: Gadfly thinks??? It's more like Gadfly repeats Progressive talking points.; 2/21/22, 6:11 AM
tim in vermont said...: Re: Portland and the Gypsy Jokers, it was the logical next step, and I think that I even predicted it here in these threads a couple of yeas ago, that when the police are gone, that small businesses would look to criminal gangs for protection. It's may well be that the bikers are dealing with some of these pestilent brownshirts in their own way, but it probably isn't at the behest of the neutered police force.; 2/21/22, 6:52 AM
tim in vermont said...: Basically reedering's contribution to Trump was on the same order of magnitude as Putin's, and several orders of magnitude less than the money that Putin and his cronies directed to Hillary's foundation, for example, hundreds of millions of dollars there.

I can say that the Putin funded Facebook ads depicting Hillary wrestling with Jesus is what made me vote for Trump... There, I said it. Before I saw that ad, I thought she was on the side of right thinking people!; 2/21/22, 7:08 AM
Kai Akker said...: Thank you, Stephen St. Onge.; 2/21/22, 7:42 AM
Original Mike said...: "* Just after 4 p.m., more violence occurred when the Proud Boys and anti-fascists ran along 122nd Avenue, exchanging paint balls and bear mace."

Did Oregon Public Broadcasting really call them "anti-fascists"? That's a hoot.; 2/21/22, 8:15 AM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: Sorry, Gadfly, Trumps lawsuits were dismissed on procedural grounds. It's not just voter fraud that's been investigated, it's election fraud. Election fraud is illegal procedures in running the election by officials, such as creating illegal ballots, voting the dead, scanning the same set of ballots multiple times, etc. The Wisconsin Election Commission has been caught in telling the local election boards to ignore standard procedures, like nursing home standard practices.

Then we have Mark Zuckerbot's bribes to Wisconsin officials, like the mayor of Green Bay. The mayor took Zuckerbot's bucks and ran the election 'Bot's way, sidelining the election supervisor. Zuckerbot laundered his money through a foundation, but it's still his bribes.; 2/21/22, 8:31 AM
Jupiter said...: "Blogger Readering said...
How is it that, 6 years after giving the Trump campaign $5 to get on the campaign mailing list (same for Clinton), I still get half a dozen Trump fundraising solicitations EVERY SINGLE DAY?"

In the first place, you were a chump to pay five dollars for something you could have gotten for free. That said, any time you get tired of receiving those e-mails, hit the unsubscribe button. You see, sending an e-mail costs nothing!. So they'll keep sending them until you ask them to stop.; 2/21/22, 10:15 AM
Jupiter said...: "Oregon Public Broadcasting has the other side of the story."

Yeah, OPB always seems to get hold of the other side of the story. Also known as the wrong end of the stick.; 2/21/22, 10:26 AM
tim in vermont said...: Absurdle is kind of funny. Look at how many guesses, all of remaining unused letters, it took to nail today's with only one letter unknown. It actually makes me feel better, because lucky guesses are harder to come by and I don't get mad if I make the wrong guess on three.

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