Althouse: At the Snowdrop Café...

April 8, 2022

At the Snowdrop Café...

... you can talk all night.

39 comments:

Joe Smith said...: What a depressing time to be a sane person in America.; 4/8/22, 6:47 PM
Lucien said...: Generally, if you ran a company, and could get Elon Musk to take a seat on your Board, wouldn’t that be about the coolest thing ever?; 4/8/22, 7:09 PM
Humperdink said...: Headline on the Daily Caller: "Wind Energy Company Fined $8 Million For Killing 150 Eagles"

Nope, actually the wind energy company was fined $8 mil for not getting a permit to kill eagles. Who knew?

"Wind energy companies are allowed to apply for a permit that grants them immunity from the inevitable bird deaths that result from the massive turbines that rotate in the air. ESI did not seek that permit, the outlet reported."

https://dailycaller.com/2022/04/06/wind-energy-company-fined-millions-killing-bald-eagles/; 4/8/22, 7:09 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: "Any time any federal law enforcement... gets proved for intelligence value, that's a bad day."

Report: Secret Service agents got dupped by foreign nationals with high rise luxury apartments sweetheart deals.

Link to story

During Obama, it was hookers in Colombia that did some Secret Service in.; 4/8/22, 7:13 PM
Howard said...: What a glorious time to be alive.; 4/8/22, 7:28 PM
gilbar said...: The Walls are closing in! Trans women banned from UK female cycling events; 4/8/22, 7:49 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Will Smith has been vanished to wander the desert for 10 years.; 4/8/22, 7:51 PM
wildswan said...: An aspect of the Ukrainian war is that the Russian tanks and trucks which picked up Chernobyl mud and the soldiers' gear which rested in trenches dug in Chernobyl's Red Forest (all now radioactive to some degree) was all sent up to Belarus without any precautions. And seems that all this stuff is being moved around to the southeast and sent in to the two little statelets Russia is sponsoring down south. Red is rejoicing in Russian symbolism so this means that the Red Forest won't harm any Russians or Russian allies. Or maybe the Red Forest will appear in history books as a double symbol with Russian and Western meanings.; 4/8/22, 7:56 PM
tim in vermont said...: What Joe said.; 4/8/22, 7:58 PM
Breezy said...: How does Joe Biden, of all people, get to complain about the SC confirmation process? What chutzpah!

Also, what Joe said.; 4/8/22, 8:37 PM
gilbar said...: Joe Smith said...
What a depressing time to be a sane person in America.

Howard said...
What a glorious time to be alive.

The Neat thing is; Both of these are completely true; and contradictory
sane people are depressed by current events; on the other hand, people like Howard are elated.
The hilarious part; is that Howard is BRAGGING, that he's Not one of the sane people; 4/8/22, 8:45 PM
farmgirl said...: Today, another goatkid trip to Middlebury. My husband and daughter. Met the lady in a supermarket parking lot.

While waiting, they observed a young woman pushing a baby carriage, cigarette in her mouth and a shirt that had “His Bitch” printed on the back. Then a car pulled up, and a person w/capris, longish hair and a beard teetered along to the store in high heels. To each (their) own. My husband’s display of walking in imaginary heels was hilarious:0)

My daughter wanted to be snarky, but said- who are we? We’re the ones doing a meet up/goat deal in the middle of the parking lot!; 4/8/22, 8:54 PM
n.n said...: actually the wind energy company was fined $8 mil for not getting a permit to kill eagles

The bureaucratic records and inconvenience of the Pro-Choice "ethical" religion. This is where Gosnell transgressed the threshold of urbane equity, the least of which, apparently, was a progressive transhumane spectrum.; 4/8/22, 8:55 PM
Caroline said...: Ah, snowdrops. Also known as Candlemas Bells, being among the first buds to emerge in spring. My son and his wife announced her pregnancy on Candlemas, Feb 2, aka the Feast of the Presentation. Now, I associate the feast and snowdrops with my first grandson. I snuck over to their house and planted snowdrop bulbs in their garden as a surprise. Ah, winsome snowdrops.; 4/8/22, 9:00 PM
Jersey Fled said...: China seems have adopted a policy of starving people to death to prevent them from getting covid.; 4/8/22, 9:01 PM
Drago said...: Howard: "What a glorious time to be alive."

With the the elevation of our newest supreme court justice and the full backing of the democratical party, all child sexual groomers certainly think so.; 4/8/22, 9:04 PM
Mutaman said...: Joe and Tiny Tim haven't been the same since they got rid of segregated restrooms.; 4/8/22, 9:07 PM
Narr said...: What Joe and Howard said.

How can you tell a Russian soldier who served at Chernobyl?

He glows in the dark.; 4/8/22, 9:37 PM
StephenFearby said...: Via Twitchy, Critical Grooming Theory (well-aimed at Critical Race Theory):

Apr 6
@NeilShenvi
"Critical Grooming Theory"

When some people hear "groomer," they immediately apply a Western, individualistic lens. But they fail to realize that "grooming" is a systemic, structural problem deeply embedded in our "ways of knowing." 1/

When I, as a Critical Grooming Theorist (CGT) say that all progressives are groomers, I'm not saying that they personally support grooming, as defined by the dictionary. I'm saying that they benefit politically from "systems of advantage" that harm children. 2/

When a progressive is offended that he's called a "groomer," that is a symptom of "groomer fragility." He needs to sit with his discomfort and do the work to understand the lived experience of children and detrans folk who are harmed by systemic grooming. 3/

A lot of progressives think there is a category of "not groomer." But one is either "groomer" or "anti-groomer." Being "not groomer" is just a way to perpetuate systemic grooming. 4/

Grooming is one of many interlocking systems of oppression. One cannot be anti-groomer if one is a communist. One cannot be anti-groomer if one is a feminist. To be "anti-groomer" it to recognize the intersections of your communist, feminist, progressive privilege. 5/

Superficial change is insufficient. CGT shows that systemic grooming has been baked into supposedly neutral, objective ideas like "expressive individualism," "identity," and "social justice" from our nation's founding. Dismantling it requires fundamental social transformation 6/

Is this thread satire? Yes. But it's a satire based on statements and reasoning taken nearly verbatim from the Critical Social Justice literature (e.g. Kendi, DiAngelo, Adams, Collins, etc.). CSJ is fundamentally flawed, cynical, and deconstructive. It is a universal acid. 7/

If this thread frustrates you, good. It should. It shows why we need to reject CSJ. It will poison our discourse and tear to shreds the very fabric of our society. Maybe rethink how you've been redefining words like "racism," "bigotry," whiteness," and "Christian nationalism." 8/

If you've been drinking the Kool-Aid of CSJ language and ideology, it's time to wake-up. They're a dead-end. You don't have to choose between embracing CSJ and embracing actual racism/sexism/injustice. You can and must reject both. 9/9

https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2022/04/08/the-issue-is-systemic-grooming-critical-grooming-theory-thread-mocking-principles-of-crt-is-the-best-damn-thing-youll-read-today/; 4/8/22, 10:54 PM
n.n said...: China seems have adopted a policy of starving people to death to prevent them from getting covid.

Planned parenthood, planned parent/hood, or planned populationhood? All are viable Choices in the Communist arsenal to remove "burdens" in order to normalize social progress and for other purposes.

Invasion of a sovereign nation, violent conflicts with democratic neighbors, environmental arbitrage, labor arbitrage, practical and actual slavery, [catastrophic] [anthropogenic] immigration reform (e.g. refugees), and one-child/selective-child, too. The empathetic response of the transnational community has been underwhelming, and not just for eight and two years.; 4/8/22, 11:24 PM
farmgirl said...: Caroline- so beautiful.; 4/9/22, 3:58 AM
Kevin said...: If Althouse and Meade were going to invite eight of their commenters to dinner, who would they invite?

Let’s say there are six spots available after Laslo and his +1 with the pony tail.; 4/9/22, 4:13 AM
tim in vermont said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 4/9/22, 5:20 AM
farmgirl said...: ~swish swish~; 4/9/22, 5:41 AM
Humperdink said...: A commenter yesterday: "Thank god we're not a Christian nation."

Oh what a portrait the godless lefties painted have for our country. Slaughtering millions of babies (some after being birthed alive), more children without fathers, drug gangs running major cities, poverty rampant (after declaring the war on poverty), drug overdoses (read: deaths) at record levels, homeless everywhere in every major city run by lefties, test scores in lefty run schools in the tank, ad nauseam.

The commenter is correct the US is no longer a Christian nation. It accelerated when Justice Harry Blackmon mysteriously stated in 1973 he did not know when life began. Amusing the commenter thanked "god" though.; 4/9/22, 6:26 AM
Rollo said...: It was the best of times. It was the worst of times ...

So it goes ...; 4/9/22, 6:37 AM
gilbar said...: Let’s say there are six spots available after Laslo and his +1 with the pony tail.
I'm SURE that the girl on a treadmill, with a pony tail has six friends (at least, 6 coworkers)

that'd fill the table up. Oh wait! you're not talking about MY dinner table; 4/9/22, 6:40 AM
Rollo said...: I have a permit for killing the eagles.

Do I need to get another one for eating them?; 4/9/22, 6:40 AM
Kai Akker said...: The night heron who adopted us, or at least our backyard, has been with us all week on this, his second visit. He rests in a nice old evergreen, some kind of pine with complex foliage, and wanders about on the ground when in the mood. Does he go off at night and fish? We don't know. He is often in the exact same spot in the morning that he was perched in the evening before. There is a pond about a quarter mile away, and many streams a little farther, but what appeals to him we know not. He sometimes hikes around the property with a hunting look in his eye, and he pecks among the pine needles and swallows whatever odd bug he may have found. It is a huge treat having him around.; 4/9/22, 6:47 AM
wendybar said...: So Progressives hold a Disinformation Conference, and the college students kept asking them questions they couldn't answer, or they would be "disinformation". What a joke it is. The College Students seemed so much smarter and informed than ANYBODY on the stage. It gives me hope for the future. So much better than the Progressive students who hate free speech. https://therightscoop.com/is-two-genders-disinformation-amy-klobuchar-wont-answer-as-moderators-grab-mic-from-questioner/; 4/9/22, 6:48 AM
Rollo said...: I saw this headline in a Spanish language newspaper:

El taco: un gran protagonista de la gastronomía mexicana

I'll pass it on to Marvel as an idea for a new superhero.; 4/9/22, 7:05 AM
wendybar said...: It really is fun watching Progressive news critters squirm, because they thought these students from Chicago University would be progressives themselves. These kids asked better questions than all of the White House Correspondents do (other than Peter Doocy and a few others) https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2022/04/08/watch-the-hissy-fit-when-students-nail-media-for-disinformation-at-disinformation-conference-n547713; 4/9/22, 7:23 AM
wendybar said...: READ THE WHOLE THREAD AT THE CHICAGO THINKER:

Evita Duffy: “All it took was a couple of college kids to get together and turn this entire farce of an event into a national conversation about the corporate, liberal media's disinformation and their bias.”
@evitaduffy_1

@greg_price11
· Apr 7
Brian Stelter just got called tf out by a college freshman for every major hoax CNN has pushed.

His response was “that’s a popular right-wing narrative.”

@Cernovich
·
13h
Charlie Kirk and Ben Shapiro have made an entire genre out of outsmarting college kids who ask adversarial questions. The literally “best of the best” from regime media got 3 tough questions and melted down. That’s why one side wants to censor and the other welcomes debate.; 4/9/22, 7:33 AM
wendybar said...: What ELSE can Joe be wrong about?? The FBI are the gestapo arm of the Progressive party....and they faked a kidnapping and an insurrection to divide America.

"Joe Biden says that President Trump tweeting "liberate Michigan" was the "call that was heard" for the people who were arrested by the FBI for trying to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer"; 4/9/22, 7:43 AM
William50 said...: More COVID insanity.. US government to cede control to WHO for future pandemics.

Wake up and smell the burning of our Constitution; 4/9/22, 8:27 AM
wendybar said...: THIS asshole thinks he is innocent, because he expected Kamala, Corey and Michele to bail him out for helping them with their Anti Lynching bill.
Remember...Kamala and Corey were jubilantly exclaiming this was a MODERN DAY LYNCHING>
He belongs in prison like anybody else who committed a HATE CRIME would...but with his connections, he is free to write stupid lying songs like this.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10701867/Jussie-Smollett-premieres-new-song-three-weeks-released-jail.html; 4/9/22, 8:42 AM
farmgirl said...: Wendybar: when you’re hot- you’re hot.
Thank you.; 4/9/22, 8:51 AM
wendybar said...: WHY isn't THIS bigger news in America?? https://emeralddb3.substack.com/p/why-was-ghislaine-maxwell-doing-fundraisers?s=r; 4/9/22, 8:54 AM
Narr said...: I don't blame Meadehouse for not detailing a dinner guest list. Why deprive millions of hope?; 4/9/22, 12:45 PM