Althouse: Yesterday, at 6:18 pm, on the rocks of Presque Isle.

September 21, 2022

Yesterday, at 6:18 pm, on the rocks of Presque Isle.

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WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...: Where is that? Lovely. Like a photo of a great ocean and the shore.; 9/21/22, 8:57 AM
Lurker21 said...: Gee, it's like the place is almost an island ...; 9/21/22, 9:01 AM
R C Belaire said...: OK, I'll bite: Which Presque Isle is this?; 9/21/22, 9:01 AM
Curious George said...: At first I was saying to myself "What lake is that in Presque Isle that you cannot see the distant shoreline?"...I was thinking of Presque Isle, WI. You're at Presque Isle, MI at that's Lake Superior.; 9/21/22, 9:16 AM
Buckwheathikes said...: The mystery continues ...

Who is the Real President, and why is the media keeping that person's name secret?

Once again, an unnamed individual has come forward to diametrically oppose what Joe Biden told us on 60 Minutes. Joe Biden says the pandemic is over. That there is no emergency. Yet today, CNN and CBS News purport to know the identity of the Real President - who tells us that no the pandemic is still on and that there will be no policy changes by the Federal Government.

Yet CNN and CBSNews refuse to divulge the name of the Real President who they claim came out and opposed what Joe Biden said on 60 Minutes.

When will the media tell us who the Real President is and quit hiding that individuals name from us?

CNN and CBSNews are telling us that Joe Biden isn't the president and has no impact on how the Federal Government will proceed - with Biden claiming the pandemic is over, but this other Secret President who they refuse to name saying that it's not over.

Who is the Real President? Why won't the media tell us? Don't we have a right to know who the Real President is. The Secret President? Don't we have the right to see if that person's name was actually on the ballot in 2020? Because I don't think that person's name was actually on the ballot, but of course, since CNN and CBS News won't tell us, how can we know sure?; 9/21/22, 9:16 AM
Kai Akker said...: Putin cancels his supposed Declaration of War speech; goes to bed; next morning says Get Off My Lawn. I are a Tuff Bastid.

China says, time for ceasefire, negotiation, settlement.

So orchestrated but appropriate for that guy's surrender.; 9/21/22, 9:18 AM
Charlie said...: Michigan?; 9/21/22, 9:24 AM
gilbar said...: are y'all in the camper? or hotels? or both?; 9/21/22, 9:31 AM
Dave Begley said...: TCRT news. 51% reduction in tumor size.; 9/21/22, 10:05 AM
Rollo said...: The word is that some staffers wanted Biden to backtrack on his border policy he refused, so it's possible that Joe at least has a veto power over what his administration does.; 9/21/22, 10:12 AM
Iman said...: Our Altered Statesman addresses the UN… what could possibly go wrong.; 9/21/22, 10:14 AM
Iman said...: Fuggin’ Squinty McStumblebum…; 9/21/22, 10:16 AM
jim5301 said...: My perfect week. Monday Trump is arrested, paraded, and processed on espionage charges for stealing top secret information. He is released w/o bail. Goes home. Eats some steaks. On Friday they arrest him again, on the 18th hole, for treason related to Jan 6. Wild week.; 9/21/22, 10:22 AM
Kate said...: You didn't go all the way to Maine, did you? It is leaf peeping season, so not the craziest trip.; 9/21/22, 10:23 AM
traditionalguy said...: Last vacation time before winter ices the world over. If you only had DeSantis as Governor. Hmm? Maybe you can snow bird it like many Wisconsinites your age do; 9/21/22, 10:25 AM
Iman said...: Biden is so effective when he goes into that “get off my lawn!” speaking voice, isn’t he?

The horror and the bullshit…; 9/21/22, 10:30 AM
BudBrown said...: Better not play Fly Me To The Moon in the camper more than once.; 9/21/22, 10:34 AM
RoseAnne said...: Monday Trump is arrested, paraded, and processed on espionage charges for stealing top secret information.

Given the over-the-top sentences that J6 defendants are getting for "parading", I would say FORCING an arrested individual to "parade" would have to be several times a more serious crime than being the one who "paraded".

Would have to be at least 10 years in prison for each of those court officials.; 9/21/22, 10:58 AM
Temujin said...: You do get to some beautiful places. Michigan will be looking beautiful in a couple of weeks when the leaves kick in- unless they've already started. (it's hard to tell the time of year here in south Florida). Though I've visited family and friends in the Detroit area over the years, I have not been to northern Michigan in years. Per Paul Simon..."Michigan seems like a dream to me now." It was always a beautiful state.; 9/21/22, 10:58 AM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Conspiracy theory alert: what if “Oops” is triggered by key words dates and or phrases?

Anything is possible… at this juncture.; 9/21/22, 10:58 AM
Narr said...: I keep getting thrown to Prof's photostream this morning. Anyone else having issues?

Test.; 9/21/22, 11:02 AM
gilbar said...: Buckwheathikes wonders..
Who is the Real President? Why won't the media tell us? Don't we have a right to know who the Real President is.

it the same Real President as it was back in 2009-2017..; 9/21/22, 11:04 AM
Narr said...: I keep getting thrown to Prof's photostream this morning. Anyone else having issues?

Test.; 9/21/22, 11:08 AM
Lars Porsena said...: Looks like dawn in the Cambrian period.; 9/21/22, 11:09 AM
tim in vermont said...: "China says, time for ceasefire, negotiation, settlement."

Where are you reading that? Have you noticed that after every meeting Putin has with Xi, an escalation of the war follows? Watch what they do, not what they say.; 9/21/22, 11:11 AM
gilbar said...: jim5301 saddens us when he described his..
perfect week.

Seriously jim? THAT is your "perfect week"? Let's ignore how detached from reality it is;
And let's just focus how sad that is; that THAT is The Best your imagination can do, for a perfect week.

That's Just sad. Aim Higher. At least dream of some ice cream, or ballons.. or Somethine
It's SUPPOSED TO BE. your "perfect week"; 9/21/22, 11:12 AM
Jersey Fled said...: Ford Motor Company:

Supplier related cost are expected to be $1 billion over previous estimates in the 3rd quarter.

Joe Biden:

Inflation only went up "an inch" in August.; 9/21/22, 11:17 AM
Howard said...: Water perched on the rocks above the bigger water is always a pleasant design element.; 9/21/22, 11:30 AM
Rusty said...: jim5301 said...
How old are you? 12? I'm sure if you work at it you can be even more juvenile. That's the problem with the left. They want to force the rest of us, the productive adults, to be forced to live out their fantasies. Not gonna happen, snowflake.; 9/21/22, 11:30 AM
tim in vermont said...: "Nobody is threatening Russia" - Joe Biden

It's about six months too late for cheap talk, Joe. If we don't make any effort to understand what Russia might be thinking, we are just going to let Joe march us into WWIII. Joe's handlers know that we are threatening Russia. That's the whole point, we ratchet up the threats by increment, first the CIA coup in 2014, the more and more weapons, now we are planning to send in longer range missiles. It's like each provocation is so "small," why would anybody but a madman overreact? But the inevitable result of such a long-term incremental approach would be to eliminate Russia as a great power, and you know what? Russia can figure that out, the US is using the same strategy that China is using to gain control of Taiwan. There is only one counter to such a strategy, which is to draw a line in the sand before defeat is inevitable, and fight if it is crossed. Both sides know this.

If you think that Putin is just an unhinged dictator, you should be even more worried about our policies towards Russia.; 9/21/22, 11:35 AM
Ann Althouse said...: The UP should be part of Wisconsin. Odd to think of it as Michigan, but to face reality, that’s what it is.; 9/21/22, 11:42 AM
Original Mike said...: "Nobody is threatening Russia" - Joe Biden

Much as I hate to support Joe Biden, I think it's a defensible statement. If Russia withdrew back behind its borders, few would support following them. Ukraine might, but having done so I think they would lose the bulk of their support.; 9/21/22, 11:45 AM
Original Mike said...: Blogger Temujin said..."You do get to some beautiful places. Michigan will be looking beautiful in a couple of weeks when the leaves kick in- unless they've already started. (it's hard to tell the time of year here in south Florida)."

As of last week, it had already started, especially on the Keweenaw.; 9/21/22, 11:46 AM
MadisonMan said...: @Dave Begley: Moving in the right direction!; 9/21/22, 11:47 AM
Drago said...: jim5301: "My perfect week. Monday Trump is arrested, paraded, and processed on espionage charges for stealing top secret information. He is released w/o bail. Goes home. Eats some steaks. On Friday they arrest him again, on the 18th hole, for treason related to Jan 6. Wild week."

That's a fairly standard New Soviet vision of a "perfect week" for a democratical NPC.

Not that its something you'd want to put out there for all the world to see of course, but jim5301 is gonna jim5301, isn't he/she/xe?; 9/21/22, 11:48 AM
Original Mike said...: Althouse: I recommend visiting the A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum on the Michigan Tech campus in Houghton. "Stunning" is not a strong enough word to describe the displays. We spent an afternoon AND the following morning there. I left shell-shocked. Can't wait to go back.; 9/21/22, 11:51 AM
Kai Akker said...: ---Where are you reading that? Have you noticed that after every meeting Putin has with Xi, an escalation of the war follows? Watch what they do, not what they say.

https://www.newsweek.com/china-peace-talks-russia-vladimir-putin-ukraine-war-mobilization-1744897

This IS doing, Tim in Vermont. It is called face-saving. Putin gets away with whatever he grabbed, he hopes. Blames everything on the West and rattles his saber. Xi maneuvers as they doubtless worked out recently.

It may not fly in Ukraine or on Pennsylvania Avenue. But the effort to get out with something and save face seems obvious, IMO.; 9/21/22, 11:54 AM
alanc709 said...: Did you see the NotTheBee post on this? "This leftist didn't understand why he was just arrested for running over, killing an 18-year-old "Republican extremist." The guy thought he would be thanked. So, Jim5301, MY perfect week would be Biden arrested and charged as an accessory to murder. How does that sound to you?; 9/21/22, 12:00 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Oops is eating my comments.; 9/21/22, 12:11 PM
Josephbleau said...: Yes the UP was the consolation prize that Michigan got when Ohio stole Toledo. But the copper and iron made it the bigger prize.; 9/21/22, 12:12 PM
John D said...: Ann Althouse said...

The UP should be part of Wisconsin. Odd to think of it as Michigan, but to face reality, that’s what it is.

Think that's weird? Look at Isle Royale...; 9/21/22, 12:17 PM
Curious George said...: "The UP should be part of Wisconsin. Odd to think of it as Michigan, but to face reality, that’s what it is."

It's not because of Ohio. Ohio beat Michigan in the battle of Toledo. Ohio got that territory and a deep water port...and Michigan got to be a state and also got the UP.

At one point many in northern Wisconsin wanted to break off and form a new state called Superior.; 9/21/22, 12:22 PM
SJ said...: @Ann, Let me say, as a resident of Michigan, welcome to the wonderful State of Michigan!

>> The UP should be part of Wisconsin. Odd to think of it as Michigan, but to face reality, that’s what it is.

Back when I took State History class, there was a short discussion about a border dispute between Ohio and Michigan. The dispute was jokingly called The Toledo War; it arose from surveying-and-mapping errors. The disputed land included a portion of the Maumee River (at the north edge of Toledo) that showed promise of becoming a profitable port. It is a deep river at the edge of a major city, and offered good access to Lake Erie.

At the resolution of the dispute, Ohio got to keep the disputed section of Toledo. And a large section of the Wisconsin Territory was given to Michigan Territory as a consolation prize.

It looks like Ohio and Michigan got into a fight, and Wisconsin lost.; 9/21/22, 12:54 PM
Scott Patton said...: On the Rocks 70s prison sitcom.; 9/21/22, 1:08 PM
Narr said...: Whatever was throwing me off the blog earlier seems to have stopped (knock on wood).

God bless the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.

(Got the oopsies again, though.); 9/21/22, 1:24 PM
gadfly said...: "Claiming you have money you do not have does not amount to the art of the deal. It's the art of the steal." ~NY AG Letitia James; 9/21/22, 1:38 PM
who-knew said...: I often say that the only downside to Wisconsin seceding is that we'd immediately have to go to war with Michigan to get the UP back.; 9/21/22, 1:54 PM
Ann Althouse said...: “ @Ann, Let me say, as a resident of Michigan, welcome to the wonderful State of Michigan!”

Thanks. I’d never been to the UP, but Michigan is an important state to me, the lifelong home of my maternal grandparents, where my mother grew up, and where I went to college.

Lots of Ann Arbor in my story, and I don’t think I would have moved to Madison if I hadn’t learned to love Ann Arbor. Haven’t been back there in decades. Wonder if I would recognize anything about it. I do think Madison is a lot prettier.; 9/21/22, 2:05 PM
Drago said...: The Hopeless gadfly: "Claiming you have money you do not have does not amount to the art of the deal. It's the art of the steal." ~NY AG Letitia James

gadfly is a Letitia James/Adam Schiff "republican". You know, the "principled"/ConservingConservatismThruBeingProDemocratical ones!

Its always fun when those far left democraticals like gadfly forget they are supposed to be pretending to be conservatives for their "lifelong republican who, by golly, can just no longer support those dastardly republicans!" schtick!

Next up for gadfly: Why Brian Stelter best represents gadfly's version of republican "values".; 9/21/22, 2:06 PM
Josephbleau said...: As a point of UP trivia, UP copper deposits were primarily native copper and did not need smelting, only lower temperature refining and melting. The copper contained 2-5% silver in the ingot. From the 1920's on this was found to be perfect for car radiator fins because it improved the thermal coefficient and made the copper fins less brittle so they were vibration resistant.

So, a Michigan raw material perfect for a Michigan manufactured product. This story was told to me by my Grandfather, who was an industrial blacksmith.

The White Pine copper mine in Ontonagon County was an underground operation mining the Copper Harbor Conglomerate and was huge, it started up around 1880. It was shut down a decade or two ago but Highland is talking about opening it up now that prices are higher.; 9/21/22, 2:30 PM
rrsafety said...: Presqu'île is French for "peninsula".; 9/21/22, 2:38 PM
tim in vermont said...: What they grabbed is what they said they wanted in the first place, at least if you read Putin’s speeches directly, claiming that Russia wanted to capture all of the Ukraine is US propaganda.

You guys should read some history about how wars are actually started, one way would be to launch an offensive against Dunbas, which refused to accept the 2014 CIA coup as its legitimate government, while 150K Russian soldiers are on the border. Bingo! You got the war you wanted and stuck the other side with the odium of crossing a border first

Why would the good ole USA want such a war? It’s a neocon dream that the US be the sole superpower and that no potential rivals be allowed to arise. Russia is the last European power not neutered by the US. This war was easily avoided by codifying a non aligned status for the Ukraine. Seems like a small price now, but that was Putin’s original ask.

Once you see the neocons for what they are, you can’t unsee it.; 9/21/22, 2:49 PM
tim in vermont said...: BTW, it doesn’t matter whether you believe it, or if I believe it, it’s what the Russians believe, and it goes way beyond Putin.; 9/21/22, 2:52 PM
Kai Akker said...: ---You guys should read some history about how wars are actually started,

OK, Howard!

But I am observing what has happened most recently. That is my view about what is happening here, right now. Your more involved theories are what you've told us 5K times. You may be right, you may be wrong, TIV, but that only matters to you. I lost track after the hundredth lecture or so.; 9/21/22, 3:14 PM
Iman said...: "Claiming you have money you do not have does not amount to the art of the deal. It's the art of the steal." ~NY AG Letitia James

Spending money you do not have is what Biden has repeatedly done. Given what it has done to future generations, mortgaging their future, hamstringing their dreams, perhaps the appropriate punishment for Dementia Joe is castration.; 9/21/22, 3:25 PM
Buckwheathikes said...: They're asking the same thing over at Instapundit: Why do we even bother to interview Joe Biden? Why don't we just interview the second, unnamed "official" who is going to tell us what the Real Policy is?

Every time the alleged President says something ... such as "Covid is over" or "We would help Taiwan" some unnamed person who is the Real President hurries out to the media and announces what our Real Policy is.

Why even have a President? It's a waste of $400,000 a year.

Joe Biden is clearly NOT the President. He is NOT setting US policy and he does NOT speak for the United States of America.

The "unnamed official" is the Real President. Why won't the media tell us their name? Why is the media HIDING this information?; 9/21/22, 3:49 PM
Buckwheathikes said...: They're asking the same thing over at Instapundit: Why do we even bother to interview Joe Biden? Why don't we just interview the second, unnamed "official" who is going to tell us what the Real Policy is?

Every time the alleged President says something ... such as "Covid is over" or "We would help Taiwan" some unnamed person who is the Real President hurries out to the media and announces what our Real Policy is.

Why even have a President? It's a waste of $400,000 a year.

Joe Biden is clearly NOT the President. He is NOT setting US policy and he does NOT speak for the United States of America.

The "unnamed official" is the Real President. Why won't the media tell us their name? Why is the media HIDING this information?; 9/21/22, 3:49 PM
Original Mike said...: "What they grabbed is what they said they wanted in the first place"

Oh, well that makes it OK then.

Sheesh.; 9/21/22, 3:50 PM
FullMoon said...: Took a class, bought a bunch of Minolta stuff. Set up a darkroom. Never managed to get photos as nice as the dailies here.

Still have some nice black and whites of my long gone German Shepard, though.; 9/21/22, 4:03 PM
Clyde said...: I went to the U.P. for the first time last summer. Beautiful place. I had a great time. Leaving from Mackinaw City, we visited Sault Ste. Marie, Whitefish Point, Tahquamenon Falls, Kitch-iti-kipi, Manistique and a mining ghost town, Fayette. We also went to the lighthouse at Seul Choix Pointe. On our way back south, we stopped off in Hell, Michigan, so I saw Paradise and Hell on the same trip. I've now seen four of the five Great Lakes, with only Ontario left on the list.

Be sure and have a pastie while you're there, Althouse.; 9/21/22, 4:09 PM
mongo said...: Blogger rrsafety said...
Presqu'île is French for "peninsula".

Now that I think about it, the literal translation of Presque Isle is “ almost island.” So that makes perfect sense.; 9/21/22, 4:13 PM
Meade said...: Jersey Fled said…
“Joe Biden:
Inflation only went up "an inch" in August.”

An inch here, an inch there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real inflation.; 9/21/22, 4:23 PM
Meade said...: And by real inflation I mean record inflation.; 9/21/22, 4:44 PM
Curious George said...: Ann Althouse said...
"Thanks. I’d never been to the UP"

I would suggest you visit the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. Quite an amazing place, seems right up your alley:

"At roughly 60,000 acres, Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park is Michigan’s largest state park and one of the few remaining large wilderness areas in the Midwest. It's home to a 35,000-acre old-growth forest, roaring waterfalls, miles of rivers and streams, more than 90 miles of hiking trails, a modern and rustic campground, backcountry camping, the Lake Superior shoreline and unrivaled vistas."

It is one of the few old growth forests left in America.; 9/21/22, 5:06 PM
Original Mike said...: Last week the Porkies was stuffed to the gills with campers. We got the 2nd to the last available campsite in the entire park.; 9/21/22, 5:34 PM
Rusty said...: Ann Althouse said...
"The UP should be part of Wisconsin. Odd to think of it as Michigan, but to face reality, that’s what it is."
It's its own special place. Not Wisconsin and not like the lower Michigan portion. Poor, but proud. Since Trump lowered the requirement for logging and mining the residents experienced a brief moment of prosperity. Not any more. Occasionally you can still find small pieces of native copper in stream beds. But I'm here to tell you trout fishing is lousy up there so don't even try.; 9/21/22, 5:41 PM
Original Mike said...: So, the trout fishing is great in the UP, eh Rusty?

Thanks for the tip!; 9/21/22, 6:14 PM
Narr said...: Inchflation.; 9/21/22, 6:54 PM
donald said...: My perfect week includes bull reds and chicks. If your perfect week includes pain for anybody you’re a cunt.; 9/21/22, 7:08 PM
jaydub said...: Vermont's Timmy has been wrong about everything he has posted about the Russian aggression against Ukraine since February 24th. Every fucking thing! But now he wants everyone to believe the Ruskie propaganda that he lifts unfiltered from the Ruskie milblogers. And I mean all the fucking propaganda! Notice every time it blows up in his face he doesn't even have the stones to admit he was wrong, he just goes digging through the next pile of Ruskie bull shit and starts the process over again, blaming the CIA, the "Deep State," the Ukrainian "Nazis", and the US in general. I guess the best thing that could be said about him is he's consistent - consistently pro Putin and anti American and delusional.; 9/21/22, 7:50 PM
Original Mike said...: I'm up for the two minute spiel, Tim (really, I am). How did the CIA effect a coup in 2014?; 9/21/22, 8:32 PM