Althouse: At the Tuesday Night Café...

April 26, 2022

At the Tuesday Night Café...

... you can talk about whatever you want.

57 comments:

BUMBLE BEE said...: Thanks to the Prof! The Ukrainian Nazi post responses Kept me laughing on my visits to the blog. Comedy Gold!; 4/26/22, 7:17 PM
Beasts of England said...: Another superb photo. Love the contrasts!!; 4/26/22, 7:19 PM
StephenFearby said...: London Times April 27, 2022

War in Ukraine: West’s Bucha massacre claims killed hopes of peace, says Putin

"Ceasefire negotiations in Ukraine were derailed by western “provocation” over “supposed massacres” by Russian forces in Bucha, President Putin told the UN secretary-general yesterday..."

Comment:

Evoking Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass:

“When I use a word,’ Vladimir Putin said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’

’The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’

’The question is,’ said ‘Vladimir Putin "which is to be master — that’s all.”; 4/26/22, 7:34 PM
tim in vermont said...: Have you looked closely at Bucha? Or do you just believe everything you hear out of a war zone?; 4/26/22, 7:43 PM
Iman said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 4/26/22, 7:50 PM
StephenFearby said...: tim in vermont said...
Have you looked closely at Bucha? Or do you just believe everything you hear out of a war zone?

I don't believe every conspiracy theory I hear, especially when they originate in Vermont.; 4/26/22, 8:12 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Covid is not behaving the way a virus (other than a lab creation) behaves.

Link to Darkhorse clip

Video is still up, so, I guess the misinformation trigger was evaded.; 4/26/22, 8:14 PM
Lurker21 said...: WTF² Paul Auster's addict son Daniel who got indicted last week was also peripherally involved in the case of Michael Alig's "club kid" murder of Andre "Angel" Melendez a quarter century ago and was sentenced for walking off with some of Melendez's money. Bruce Bawer, a fan of Paul Auster's writing, has a censorious, schoolmasterish, judgmental article about Auster's parenting. I wouldn't say what he says, because I don't want to be a hard pants, but clearly somebody had to say it. Daniel's mother, Paul's first wife, Lydia Davis, is another leading literary light, connected to the Transatlantic leftwing Cockburn dynasty through her own mother's previous marriage and Party membership. Bawer says that Auster should have been more involved in his family and less willing to issue frequent condemnatory quotes about Trump and America. It's hard to argue with that, though I can understand people not wanting to say it out loud just now.; 4/26/22, 8:32 PM
Original Mike said...: Worked all day in the garden. Cold.; 4/26/22, 8:40 PM
walter said...: Evermerkin now OTC in Tennessee.; 4/26/22, 8:44 PM
farmgirl said...: Buds, but no green leaves?
That’s perseverance!; 4/26/22, 9:15 PM
farmgirl said...: Walter- that’s great news.
Wasn’t it Ivermectin that the Dr in Maine was put in psych leave over?
So many hasty, detrimental actions against Truth.; 4/26/22, 9:16 PM
wildswan said...: The Twitter deal won't be finalized for six months, in other words, till one week before the 2022 midterms. I guess we'll be underground till then which might be an advantage.
As a classic song said:
"They seek him here/ they seek him there/ Those leftys seek him everywhere/ Is he in heaven/ or is he in hell?/ That demned elusive [signature illegibel]"; 4/26/22, 9:21 PM
stephen cooper said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 4/26/22, 9:29 PM
realestateacct said...: Just thinking how interesting it is that DeSantis is being relentlessly attacked re Disney tax districts and parental rights, but no one is talking about banning abortion after 15 weeks signed 2 weeks ago.; 4/26/22, 10:06 PM
Sprezzatura said...: It seems like comments are getting through w/o Althouse checking them first so she can decide if the comments will be allowed.

Is this a cognitive dissonance thing-y.

With all the fuss about free speech in the news, did she just now noticed that she runs her own anti-free-speech operation?

This blog is awesome.; 4/26/22, 10:35 PM
n.n said...: DeSantis is being relentlessly attacked re Disney tax districts and parental rights, but no one is talking about banning abortion after 15 weeks signed 2 weeks ago.

Transgender spectrum, pedophilia, and, generally, social progress, is politically congruent ("="), and aligned corporate sponsors are valued sources of redistributive change, democratic gerrymandering, and steering advocacy.

First, they came for the babies, then they came for the white men.... men, then they came for the white women... People of Female sex... Persons of Feminine gender, trans/homosexual females included, are no longer a reliable source of leverage, so the wicked solution has become a commodity attraction.; 4/26/22, 10:37 PM
n.n said...: comments are getting through w/o Althouse checking them first

While Althouse may scrutinize comments, some, select, Choice, it is clear that she does, with exceptions, encourage a comment spread with the probable intent of enriching the content while minimizing reverberations.; 4/26/22, 10:41 PM
Sprezzatura said...: “it is clear that she does, with exceptions, encourage a comment spread with the probable intent of enriching the content while minimizing reverberations.”

Almost all of my comments for a year or so have not been allowed to be shown on this blog.

How can you justify the deletion of all of those comments w/o you having seen any of them?

I’m sure Putin apologists will tell you that what he does is is justified, just as you justify Althouse censorship. But those folks and you don’t know what has been censored. So why are so certain re your POV, w/o you seeing the censored stuff that has been hidden from you?

Not to mention that all the racists, anti-vaxers, DJT fans, Hunter Biden experts and so on that have been censored from Twitter are still getting their messages out, unlike me when Althouse censors me here.

Logic is tricky.; 4/26/22, 11:04 PM
narciso said...: Thats a silly argument, he should have said western public statements make it clear regime change is the course of action and weve already seen that film; 4/26/22, 11:57 PM
narciso said...: The mouse must gorge if necessary ot must have a nuclear plant (a twist the simpsons never considered); 4/26/22, 11:59 PM
narciso said...: Yes thats why the banned the new york post, because it didnt matter.; 4/27/22, 12:01 AM
narciso said...: Now its just a coincidence this comflict concerns the country of hunters paymaster ukraine come on now.; 4/27/22, 12:07 AM
narciso said...: Why do people make such ridiculous arguments; 4/27/22, 12:12 AM
Sprezzatura said...: I see that WaPo has a piece re Biden is taking away olden-days light bulbs that DJT had rescued.

IIRC Althouse has in the past been fussy about the diddly dang gubment tryin’ to take these lightbulbs out of our cold dead hands, or something like that.

Where is our post about this injustice?

Or is she now ok w/ this librul/commie oppression? Cause her mind has been brainwashed by censored Twitter. Duh.; 4/27/22, 12:48 AM
realestateacct said...: Sprezztura, if you dislike our host;s choices, why are you here?; 4/27/22, 1:02 AM
gadfly said...: walter said...
Evermerkin [sic] now OTC in Tennessee.

I guess you mean ivermectin, which was approved for human use by the FDA to treat infections caused by some parasitic worms and head lice and skin conditions like rosacea. Tennessee simply approved OTC sales without prescription.

But "for sale" means "pay a price". Coronavirus vaccines are free.; 4/27/22, 2:10 AM
StephenFearby said...: Perhaps at least one person who either reads or runs this List may be interested in the following:

Current Neuropharmacology (April 20, 2022, Online ahead of print).

Abstract:

Ultramicronized Palmitoylethanolamide and Luteolin Supplement Combined with Olfactory Training to Treat Post-COVID-19 Olfactory Impairment: A Multi-Center Double-Blinded Randomized Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial

Results: A total of 185 patients, including intervention (130) and control (55) were enrolled. The intervention group showed significantly greater improvement in olfactory threshold, discrimination, and identification scores compared to controls (p=0.0001).

Overall, 92% of patients in the intervention group improved versus 42% of controls. Magnitude of recovery was significantly greater in the intervention group versus control (12.8 + 8.2 versus mean 3.2 + 3), with >10-fold higher prevalence of anosmia in control versus intervention groups at the 90-day endpoint

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35450527/

(Unfortunately, the full pdf of the study is behind a paywall.)

FWIW, at least one vendor on Amazon offers a combination of the two supplements:

Palmitoylethanolamide 630 mg + Luteolin Standardized 98%- Micronized PEA 99% Highly Purified and Bioavailable 120 Veggie Capsules

Visit the X Gold Health Store
4.3 out of 5 stars 96 ratings
Price: $28.71 ($0.24 / Count)

Disclaimer: YMMV

There's also this 2021 study without the Luteolin but which only mentions the olfactory nerve in passing:

Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2021 Apr; 14(4): 336.

Ultramicronized Palmitoylethanolamide (um-PEA): A New Possible Adjuvant Treatment in COVID-19 patients

Conclusions

"um-PEA would seem to have numerous healthy effects on different organs and systems, thanks to its various mechanisms acting on inflammation, pain and improving a wide
variety of signs and symptoms of both chronic and acute pathological conditions, among
them COVID-19 [53].

In this perspective, as um-PEA is safe, endogenous, and nontoxic, its supplementation, aiming at the modulation of the immune system, could represent an addon therapy to traditional pharmacological drugs for COVID-19 patients [20,22]..."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8067485/pdf/pharmaceuticals-14-00336.pdf; 4/27/22, 2:39 AM
Clyde said...: My favorite trees to watch lately here in southwest Florida are the mahogany trees. They are semi-deciduous, meaning that they drop their leaves in the spring and then almost immediately put out new leaves over a few weeks, without a period of dormancy like most deciduous trees. We have several of them in the parking lot at work, and over the past few weeks, they have been going through that cycle, although not all at once. Some have all of their fresh green leaves, others are still in the bare branch phase. They have large seed pods that turn woody and then burst to disperse the seeds inside. They are really nice shade trees.; 4/27/22, 4:44 AM
Humperdink said...: Re: Biden's Ukraine war. Does the UN still exist? Where are the blue helmets? Does the UN have a peacekeeping department? Has the UN given the boot to Russia from the security council?; 4/27/22, 5:38 AM
jaydub said...: "Almost all of my comments for a year or so have not been allowed to be shown on this blog."

That's a pretty good start! Now, let's clean up the dribbles.; 4/27/22, 5:55 AM
Owen said...: On the topic of censorship and moderation, there’s a good essay by Jim Rutt at the Quillette website, entitled “Musk and Moderation.” Obviously running a blog is not like running Twitter, but the article struck me as perceptive and pragmatic, and some of its suggestions might be adaptable to this context.; 4/27/22, 6:12 AM
Ralph L said...: Our deciduous magnolias are long gone, and most of the azaleas are turning brown. They put some bright yellow-orange Exbury (deciduous) azaleas in the newish arboretum down the road. They're only 18" tall but already stick out 50 yards away.; 4/27/22, 6:13 AM
Humperdink said...: ""Almost all of my comments for a year or so have not been allowed to be shown on this blog."

Amidst all the stifling of free speech in the Dem controlled media, this blog is a beacon of freedom. It's an easy tell - the hostess permits diametrically opposing views. If my comments were deleted, I would do some self-reflection.; 4/27/22, 6:14 AM
Humperdink said...: PS: I have been kicked off the Power Line blog for my apparent over-the-top comments regarding their deposed anti-Trump writer Paul M. It appears there is no appeal.; 4/27/22, 6:29 AM
tim in vermont said...: This war is rapidly escalating but since we have a Democratic president, the doomsday clock has not moved.; 4/27/22, 6:43 AM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Trudeau lied: Govt cited economic harm of blockades to invoke Emergencies Act. But as @MaxsWebBlob reports, trade data from @StatCan_eng shows no evidence of that harm. In fact, cross-border trade was ⬆️ 16% during blockade month. https://bit.ly/3vgEkpe

Copy pasta to your browser 👉🏽 https://twitter.com/davidakin/status/1518919018505191424?s=20&t=aILERjGz_5ymrAxckks4xg; 4/27/22, 6:50 AM
wildswan said...: We, who live beside Lake Michigan, have a special micro climate. We're a week at least behind Madison in terms of flowers coming out. The magnolias are still not doing much. Still, we now have squills and trout lilies in abundance. Sheets of blue everywhere. Some kinds of daffodils. I planted the hyacinths and daffodils I bought for Easter and the squirrels have dug them up three times to investigate the bulbs but not eaten them. I'm thinking of slingshots.; 4/27/22, 6:52 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Looks like someone “adjusted” those dials on Twitter that MSNBC was raving about, and suddenly lefty accounts show fewer followers and center right accounts are showing similar increases in followers. As NYT best-selling author Tyrus said, “now I can see the actual reach of my account” instead of the suppression of the following count. Does that mean Twitter had been “accidentally” adding 20,000 ghost followers to Bernie and Pocahontas? Cause it looks a lot like a clean up job because “Daddy’s coming home,” to quote Tyrus again. Yes it does look like that.; 4/27/22, 7:01 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: In former general counsel for FBI James Baker we now have a convergence of the Russiagate actors (boy that client privilege trap worked great huh!) and Twitter management who are quickly readying the company for the coming transparency apocalypse.; 4/27/22, 7:16 AM
tim in vermont said...: Soil temp is 50, so potatoes and onion sets going in. I bought those semi cold frames to accelerate the season. The “victory garden” is coming along. I never planted potatoes before, but my dad used to, will see how it goes, but with Psaki yammering about food shortages, it seems like a good plan.; 4/27/22, 7:16 AM
Rollo said...: Waiting for some intrepid journalist to corner Fauci, and the doctor to shoot back, "Young man/lady! I invented COVID! Show a little respect, please!"

But it will never happen.

I now understand the media. After Nixon they were ecstatic: "We can take down a president!"

Some years later when Democrats had the White House, it dawned on the press that if they weren't very, very careful they could actually take down a president.; 4/27/22, 7:18 AM
farmgirl said...: https://youtu.be/nLK16VFEMaM

This is Dave Chappelle on his friend Daphne. I’d never heard this. Dave Chappelle is a very, very smart guy- and I believe he’s now a wise man, as well.; 4/27/22, 7:24 AM
Lurker21 said...: Is Baker saying "lawyers" or "voyeurs" in the clip?

And is there really a difference?; 4/27/22, 7:35 AM
William50 said...: Vaccine doses and excess deaths in Israel (sound on); 4/27/22, 7:37 AM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: I just ordered a bottle of Palmitoylethanolamide 630 mg + Luteolin Standardized 98%- Micronized PEA 99% Highly Purified and Bioavailable 120 Veggie Capsules. The price is slightly higher than what you quoted, $0.27/pill. I'll see if it does any good.

Thanks, StephenFearby.; 4/27/22, 7:40 AM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: The trees here are in full bloom and are shedding like crazy. My car is coated in tree pollen and bloom-pedals every day. I can have my car washed every day as I have a subscription at Elephant Car Wash and can have it washed daily. Wash at 9:30 a.m. and coated by noon.; 4/27/22, 7:45 AM
Maynard said...: But "for sale" means "pay a price". Coronavirus vaccines are free.

Spoken like a big government lefty.

The taxpayers are paying for the vaccines. They are anything but free.; 4/27/22, 8:42 AM
wendybar said...: The taxpayers are paying for the vaccines. They are anything but free.

4/27/22, 8:42 AM

Just like we will be paying for the free college Progressives want, AND the loans of people too dumb to work and pay back their debt like the rest of us do. Selfish, greedy progressives want YOU to pay for everything.; 4/27/22, 9:12 AM
walter said...: Dear Gadfly,
Thanks for demonstrating your limited understanding of the importance of Tennesee's action. BTW, we have only begun to pay for the "vaccines".; 4/27/22, 9:42 AM
Iman said...: “How can you justify the deletion of all of those comments w/o you having seen any of them?”

The Lord works in mysterious ways.; 4/27/22, 9:47 AM
Michael K said...: Blogger Humperdink said...

PS: I have been kicked off the Power Line blog for my apparent over-the-top comments regarding their deposed anti-Trump writer Paul M. It appears there is no appeal.

Welcome to the club.; 4/27/22, 10:24 AM
Michael K said...: Not to mention that all the racists, anti-vaxers, DJT fans, Hunter Biden experts and so on that have been censored from Twitter are still getting their messages out, unlike me when Althouse censors me here.

Logic is tricky.

Ah, I see why. Thank you.; 4/27/22, 10:28 AM
walter said...: Congrats, Althouse.
You are apparently as influential as the entire Twitterverse.
It's funny when some folks are cool with widespread bannings from the park but clench their sphincters when they lose any access to one of many little sandboxes.; 4/27/22, 10:58 AM
TheOne Who Is Not Obeyed said...: Someone shouldn't be bragging in public about this.

#STFU; 4/27/22, 1:30 PM
Rusty said...: tim in vermont said...
"This war is rapidly escalating but since we have a Democratic president, the doomsday clock has not moved."
OK. That's funny. Thanks.

Things are going to warm up this weekend with overnight temps in the upper 40s. Start looking for Morels at this latitude(41.8500) next week.; 4/27/22, 5:34 PM
Rollo said...: Mae Musk had her own Covergirl commercial a couple of years back. Maybe having a model mom who shows off at 70 is part of the mystery of why Elon is so ... Elony.

Amber Heard just had a baby. Or rather her surrogate did, and the photos are all over the place. Lawsuit insurance, or rather, conviction insurance. Will this be a Murphy Brown baby that goes away when it's not needed or an Angelina Jolie baby that is always in the news when it can't decide what gender it is or when its Namibian mom wants attention?; 4/30/22, 7:57 PM