Althouse: At the Milkweed Café...

June 25, 2023

At the Milkweed Café...

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... you can talk about whatever you want.

31 comments:

Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Any golfers here?

Is this shot worth 3 points for Steph Curry?; 6/25/23, 5:32 PM
Kate said...: The Kappa Kappa Gamma mess at the Univ. of Wyoming.

I wanted to know how the sorority members lost control of their own rush vote. No article delved into that, but I found a link to the girls' lawsuit detailing the manipulation from national that forced them to accept a trans. It's diabolical. The concerns of a sorority might seem too elitist, but these young women are in the middle of a fire. Stay strong, ladies.; 6/25/23, 5:35 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Naked old men parading in front of kids.

Why is that being celebrated and or tolerated?

I'm not making it up. Go to twitter if you think I'm making it up.

Something is seriously wrong.; 6/25/23, 5:54 PM
lonejustice said...: Common Milkweed is an incredibly important wildflower in Iowa. Over 450 native insects feed on the nectar, sap, leaves, and flowers. In addition, it's an important food source for caterpillars of the Monarch Butterfly (Danuas plexippus).; 6/25/23, 6:35 PM
farmgirl said...: The air quality on my side of the mountain in the NEK/VT is horrible!!! It smells like burning plastic- so smoky that the mountain ranges are obscured and the sun is dark orange. The fires could be a few miles away- but are 100+(my estimation as Canada is 4miles away).

How is it at your place(everyone lol)?; 6/25/23, 6:40 PM
Political Junkie said...: Wondering why Asians are so dominate on female golf tour, but not nearly so on the male side.; 6/25/23, 6:47 PM
H said...: Lem re: the naked old men. I'm with Lem on this. I'm glad my children are grown and I don't have grand children I need to protect.; 6/25/23, 6:51 PM
tim in vermont said...: Uh oh, Barrack "Ivan" Obama, spreading Russian disinformation.

"There's a reason there wasn't an armed invasion of Crimea [by Russia in 2014]"

https://twitter.com/GUnderground_TV/status/1672248947778232321; 6/25/23, 7:33 PM
Eva Marie said...: Political Junkie said “Wondering why Asians are so dominate on female golf tour, but not nearly so on the male side.”
Smaller boobs.; 6/25/23, 8:00 PM
paminwi said...: We are supposed to buy into this perversion in our society without complaint.
It’s disgusting and I do have a grand children I worry about.; 6/25/23, 8:05 PM
planetgeo said...: farmgirl, since you asked, I'm in central Illinois and for the last few weeks we have had persistent hazy skies from the Canadian fires, ranging in what are classified as Moderate to Unhealthy for sensitive people (pm2.5 levels between about 50 and 130). Normally, we have very clean air, but this smoky haze has been very noticeable.

I follow air pollution levels nationally and internationally in a daily basis using the Windy.com app. I recommend it highly because it shows frequently updated data for prevailing winds, rain, pollution, etc. The US Northeast appears to have gotten the worst of the smoke, but the upper Midwest seems to have been locked in a persistent circular pattern for weeks.

Thus, Ann's string of strikingly unusual and beautiful sunrise photos in Wisconsin.

Last night, we finally got a strong thunderstorm blow through here that finally cleared our skies, at least for one day. Check out Windy to get a sense of what is likely to happen in your area.; 6/25/23, 8:13 PM
madAsHell said...: The forest fires won't show up in the PNW until August, and then it's a mess.

There was recently comments about small forest fires in Ontario(?), and they all started at once. Like there were activists trying to make some perverse point.......; 6/25/23, 8:26 PM
Big Mike said...: Drag queens and LGBTQ activists marched through Manhattan's Tompkins Square Park on Friday, as part of a weekend of Pride celebrations. Some were heard chanting: “We're here, we're queer, and we're coming for your children.”

The gay men, the lesbians, and the trannies are coming for my grand children? If the whole lot of them don’t want to be kicked back into the closet and the door slammed shut, then they can damned well leave the kids alone.; 6/25/23, 8:34 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Lehto’s Law: Where does an internet Like 👍🏽 click gets you a house search for electronic devices to use against you in a court of law?

The answer is Germany.

Stuff that could very well happen here, if we’re not paying attention

Biden’s DOJ would love to have these kinds of powers.; 6/25/23, 8:38 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: We've had no low-level smoke so far this year in Pugetopolis. There was a day when the smoke was at high level. About 5 years ago, we were inundated with smoke. Several Mariner home games had to be played in the opponent's ballfield.

Ashland, OR was completely smoked in one year. The hills just north of town were completely invisible and the many outdoor performances had to be canceled.

It was miserable. People were wearing the N95 masks, which were in short supply. I was able to buy a couple from Home Depot, the medical versions were all gone.; 6/25/23, 9:00 PM
walter said...: Activist Robert Kennedy Jr. Denies He Wants to 'Jail Climate Change Deniers'—Actually Wants to 'Execute' Climate Villain Corporations and Think Tanks

" Besides the usual suspects of ExxonMobil and Koch Industries, Kennedy offers a preliminary list of groups that he thinks deserve execution:

Among the groups that have received millions from Exxon and Koch Industries are the Cato Institute, The Heritage Foundation, Cooler Heads Coalition, Global Climate Coalition, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Americans for Prosperity, Heartland Institute, Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), George C. Marshall Institute, State Policy Network, Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and American Enterprise Institute (AEI)."; 6/25/23, 9:42 PM
Original Mike said...: The two transactions totaling $5.1 million came within 10 days of messages uncovered Thursday by the House Ways and Means Committee.

"I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled. Tell the director that I would like to resolve this now before it gets out of hand, and now means tonight," Hunter Biden wrote in a WhatsApp message to Zhao, the CEO of Beijing-based asset management firm Harvest Fund Management, on July 30, 2017, according to documents released by House Republicans.

"And, Z, if I get a call or text from anyone involved in this other than you, Zhang, or the chairman, I will make certain that between the man sitting next to me and every person he knows and my ability to forever hold a grudge that you will regret not following my direction," Hunter Biden added in his messages to Zhao. "I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father."

How much more blatant does it have to get?; 6/25/23, 10:39 PM
Jupiter said...: This is incline press. Hard to say, looks like about 165. Fuckin' guy is my age, born in '54. Hey Joe, where you goin' with that diaper on yer ass? I say, Hey, Joe, where you goin' with that diaper on yer ass?; 6/25/23, 11:17 PM
gadfly said...: Lem said...
Any golfers here?

Is this shot worth 3 points for Steph Curry?

Michael Block dropped one in without touching anything.; 6/25/23, 11:18 PM
Jupiter said...: "I'm glad my children are grown and I don't have grand children I need to protect."

So, it's the end of your line, as you know it? And you ...; 6/25/23, 11:22 PM
Jupiter said...: Kind of interesting, checking out his form. When I get under the bar, I basically drop it on my chest, and then power it back up. Thinking about it, "drop" is maybe a little exaggerated. We're talking 165 pounds. But I definitely bring it down fast, let it hit my chest hard, and then lift it. Feels like it bounces. But he's stopping it well before it touches his chest, and pushing it back up. That might be more difficult. I'll have to try it.; 6/25/23, 11:42 PM
gadfly said...: Big Apple pizza will never be the same. NYC has decreed that pizzerias using coal and wood-fired ovens will have to add scrubbers to eliminate contaminants and therein lies the problem. Widely recognized joints like Paulie Gee’s in Greenpoint, Lombardi’s in Little Italy, Arturo’s in Soho, John’s of Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, Patsy’s in Turtle Bay and the Upper West Side, and Grimaldi’s near the Brooklyn Bridge are burned up about the new rule.

One pizza restaurateur said politicians and bureaucrats should stop messing with their crust.

“If you f—k around with the temperature in the oven you change the taste. That pipe, that chimney, it’s that size to create the perfect updraft, keeps the temp perfect, it’s an art as much as a science. You take away the char, the thing that makes the pizza taste great, you kill it,” he claimed.

“I’m all for responsible environmental practice but tell Al Gore to take one less private jet or something. Give me a break!” remarked a crusty customer.; 6/26/23, 1:57 AM
gadfly said...: Mike of Snoqualmie said...

It was miserable. People were wearing the N95 masks, which were in short supply. I was able to buy a couple from Home Depot, the medical versions were all gone.

Surprise, surprise! I thought the N95 masks were in demand to cut down on the smell of feces piled up on downtown streets out your way.; 6/26/23, 2:08 AM
Big Mike said...: The work of a top researcher at Harvard Business School has come into question after accusations that she is - and I quote* - “just making shit up.” This is particularly striking because her area of expertise - such as it is - is honesty.

The researcher in question is Professor Francesca Gino.; 6/26/23, 5:46 AM
gilbar said...: one final thought/comment about those rich people that died in the deepsea sub..

IF, instead of being rich people; the sub had been a navy/noaa test sub..
Would it have made the papers? for ONE day? for two? Would it have been THE BIG STORY for a week?
I seriously doubt that it would have made the front pages.. At all.
When an airforce (or nasa) test plane crashes; it MIGHT make page 7.. Once

Now you'll say: yes But it NOT that they were rich that we're all sympathetic; just that they're civilians
So, then i'd have to ask: what if instead of rich people in a sub, it'd been poor immigrants in a boat?

NOW.. explain to ME, Again; how you're all 'just concerned about human life'.
I'm Sorry, THE ONLY REASON this was a story for Any length of time was because they were rich

FUCK the RICH; 6/26/23, 6:12 AM
Iman said...: “The fires could be a few miles away- but are 100+(my estimation as Canada is 4miles away).”

How do you keep your sanity, eh?; 6/26/23, 7:39 AM
Narayanan said...: How much more blatant does it have to get?
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could be statute of limitations = 9days?; 6/26/23, 7:51 AM
MadTownGuy said...: madAsHell said...

"The forest fires won't show up in the PNW until August, and then it's a mess.

There was recently comments about small forest fires in Ontario(?), and they all started at once. Like there were activists trying to make some perverse point.......

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Michael Walsh published the below piece on his the-pipeline.org last week, and in the meantime, the propaganda press has issued one full-throated bullshit call after another. I scan them, not one single writer has ever been to a forest, he is grabbing paras from another, and another grabs another paragraph, all ending in a mess of words that add up to something issued from the WEF’s PR Department. I thought for a split second Jim Geraghty at National Review would be sensible. He was not. It was another sleazy cruise through received wisdom. “Lightening strikes”. Sure buddy.

Meanwhile, Canada has arrested dozens of fire-setters in the last few weeks, and Quebec and Alberta are running full-bore investigations. The new Premier of Alberta was blocked from Facebook for saying so.

Not one pontificator knows what has happened to the forests since Rio and the 92 Earth Summit. Since then the regulatory structure created by the U.N.’s FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) has been instituted all over the world. It is a new method of forest management - “sustainable” - that throws over 1000 years of silvaculture. A forester takes seven years of wickedly difficult education to be able to manage forests. What the UN did was send a bunch of heavily indoctrinated, radically-undereducated hysterics into the forests - which cover one-third of the world - and proceeded to destroy them with a “no-touch” policy."

More at the link.; 6/26/23, 8:21 AM
tim maguire said...: I just came back from voting in the Toronto mayoral race. I took the card they sent me in the mail two weeks ago and my photo ID, which they checked against the voter roles. Once they confirmed all three matched, they gave me a paper ballot, which I filled out and then they scanned in front of me and filed for auditing, should it be necessary.

But that's Canada, which so many American liberals show their ignorance of by wishing they could be more like.; 6/26/23, 9:23 AM
ngtrains said...: Jupiter:
it looks more like 95 to me. the latter weights look like 25s to me, and the smaller are 10's.
An ok weight, but it's was i can do at 85. so at 69 it would be easier. still his core looks good and solid.
I do have trouble with his 'lock up climate deiners'; 6/26/23, 9:49 AM
Old and slow said...: Looks like 95 to me as well.; 6/27/23, 12:54 AM