Althouse: At the Pink Cloud Café...

October 6, 2023

At the Pink Cloud Café...

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... you can talk in the middle of the day.

Photo taken this morning at 6:53.

28 comments:

Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Internet: “Sometimes referred to as pink clouding or the honeymoon phase, pink cloud syndrome involves feelings of exhilaration or euphoria. The person is overjoyed with their recovery. They feel successful and confident they will remain sober in the future. Oct 13, 2021”; 10/6/23, 10:41 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Biden’s dog Commander is finally out of the White House. Dog dialed up to eleven reported bites at the apple, before getting the boot.

What uncritical White House coverage is capable of unleashing. Exhibit A.; 10/6/23, 10:46 AM
Saint Croix said...: My birthday today

thanks so much to Althouse and all her hillbilly fans

y'all have brought me so much joy over the years

I love this virtual place; 10/6/23, 10:51 AM
Gusty Winds said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 10/6/23, 10:59 AM
rhhardin said...: Invited Math Talk by short Japanese lady, who uses only the lower half of the blackboard.; 10/6/23, 11:05 AM
Original Mike said...: “Traffic referrals to the top global news sites from Meta’s Facebook and X, formerly Twitter, has collapsed over the past year, according to data from Similarweb."
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"Axios reported clicks from Facebook and Twitter declined from 170 million in August 2020 to 44 million this August. The days when Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey had the power to rule the online world disappeared. Poof. Gone."

Wow, that is a collapse. Something's afoot. Can't say I'll shed a tear.; 10/6/23, 11:12 AM
Gusty Winds said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 10/6/23, 11:14 AM
Kakistocracy said...: Trump may be correct about his asset valuations.

When I was involved in finance — there was also a “big boy” rule…if you’re lending money to real estate magnates you ‘re a fool if you can’t figure out they’ll pick a valuation most suitable to their cause. You can, as a bank/lender, always make your own valuations and conduct due diligence. If you don’t, then you shouldn’t be in the game.

On the other hand — everybody is focusing on the over valuation and forgetting that those same assets would also be reported at a much lower valuation to the tax guy. Remember that Trump had what was in effect 2 sets of books for the same assets: a much more profitable one that the lenders saw and a much less profitable for tax authorities. If Trump had been consistent about using one or the other I think this would be less of a big deal. The problem is using 2 separate prices concurrently. That sounds deceitful and therefore fraudulent.; 10/6/23, 11:55 AM
Narr said...: J H Kunstler is worth a few minutes every Monday and Friday--at Clusterfuck Nation.

Happy Birthday, St Croix.; 10/6/23, 12:41 PM
Original Mike said...: Heart Disease Risk Skyrockets In Trans People Taking Hormones, Study Finds

Not at all surprising. Nature doesn't give a damn what you think you are. To be giving these drugs to children should be a crime.; 10/6/23, 12:45 PM
Freeman Hunt said...: You feel bad for an 18-year-old who stabbed a complete stranger to death for no reason? You wonder if he'd have committed violent acts apart from this?

My money is on, "This is a super dangerous person and everyone is better off with him locked up."

It's not up to society to cater to the paranoid delusions of unstable violent people. It's up to society to lock them up.; 10/6/23, 1:39 PM
Original Mike said...: "Axios reported clicks from Facebook and Twitter declined from 170 million in August 2020 to 44 million this August. The days when Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey had the power to rule the online world disappeared. Poof. Gone."

Puts the claim that the loss of Twitter advertisers is Musk's fault on shaky grounds, doesn't it.; 10/6/23, 2:40 PM
Narr said...: Our new mayor (with 28% of the 25% who voted), was one of the guys with some Republican support; I really thought it would go to one of the more openly partisan candidates.

Even so, the top four (of six 0r eight 'serious' contenders) all got in the 20s percentage wise. No blowout, no runoff.; 10/6/23, 3:05 PM
BG said...: We own an 80 acre farm. It was assessed by an independent assessor (hired by the county) for tax purposes. The land is assessed way below its actual (market) value. The actual value depends on the market. Right now it's worth at least three times its assessed value or more. We know because various people would love to buy it but we won't sell at any price. (It's been in the family for over 100 years.) Anyway, even I understand the difference in tax value and loan value of real estate. We don't keep two sets of books. And it's perfectly legal.; 10/6/23, 3:27 PM
Dr Weevil said...: What was he doing out at 4:00 a.m.? Ace of Spades commenters very plausibly suggest that he was buying drugs, and mistook a random psycho black guy for his black drug dealer, because they all looked the same to him.

Less plausibly, others wonder if it was a planned hit. I haven't watched the video, but apparently his girlfriend just stands there, not trying to help or calling an ambulance or run away, after he's stabbed. Less plausible, because extreme shock can easily explain extreme odd behavior. And there are far easier ways to dump a guy than to have him killed, plus you really don't want to be there when it happens.; 10/6/23, 4:06 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Happy Birthday 🎂🎊🎈 @saintcroix

PSA: please follow our commenter Saint Croix at Substack

Thanks; 10/6/23, 4:15 PM
Drago said...: LLR-democratical Rich: "On the other hand — everybody is focusing on the over valuation and forgetting that those same assets would also be reported at a much lower valuation to the tax guy. Remember that Trump had what was in effect 2 sets of books for the same assets: a much more profitable one that the lenders saw and a much less profitable for tax authorities. If Trump had been consistent about using one or the other I think this would be less of a big deal."

Our LLR-democratical Liar Brigade continues their relentless effort in inserting specious and easily debunked BS that they hope will slip by with some readers.

Govt has their own adjusters and rules for valuation of property for tax purposes.

This entire "2 sets of books" is certainly par for the course for LLR Rich akin to his several weeklongs battle to convince readers Elon Musk had cooperated with Putin and committed treason by shutting down Starlink over the Crimea which hindered a Ukrainian attack.

Better up your "subtlety" game there Richy lest you find yourself in LLR-democratical lonejustice failure territory.

Or should I just say...LLR-democratical C**** should do that?; 10/6/23, 5:08 PM
Gusty Winds said...: Blogger Freeman Hunt said...
You feel bad for an 18-year-old who stabbed a complete stranger to death for no reason? You wonder if he'd have committed violent acts apart from this?

Yeah. I do. Did you watch the video? It was stupid they decided to walk in his direction so quickly. How does he know "they're the good ones"? 4am stupid woke white people.

A lot of stupid woke white people destroy the lives of young black men the pretend to defend. It's not a new phenomenon.; 10/6/23, 5:26 PM
Ann Althouse said...: @Gusty Winds

You have the names switched and are using the victim's name for the killer and vice versa. Please rewrite your post and delete what you have there.

I was going to delete it myself, but I will give you some time to rewrite it. It's awful!; 10/6/23, 5:29 PM
Lilly, a dog said...: I'm fairly certain Gusty transposed the names and other parts of the 4AM stabbing story intentionally, and thinks he's making a point that makes sense only to him.; 10/6/23, 5:37 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: Citizens do not report their assets to the tax authorities. It's the tax authorities who assess the value of the citizens' real property. A citizen is under no obligation to invite the authorities in to inspect their real estate.

The tax authorities rely on permits and sales of similar properties to determine the value of a property. The tax assessment and the appraised value are most likely to be different, with the tax assessment usually lower than the appraised value. So, there will almost always be different values, sometime vastly different.; 10/6/23, 5:38 PM
Gusty Winds said...: Thanks Ann. I'll fix it.; 10/6/23, 6:35 PM
Gusty Winds said...: The story about the stabbing death of the BLM/Antifa activist (Ryan Carson) in NYC this week is disturbing. The video has been all over twitter and 18-year-old Brian Dowling was arrested yesterday. Basically, stabbed the guy in the heart.

In the video Carson and his girlfriend are sitting on a sidewalk bench at 4am. As soon as the lone Dowling walks by them, they immediately decide to stand up and walk in his direction, following. I'm not saying this is sinister, but I am saying it is stupid.

1) It's 4am on a city sidewalk. Nobody else is around. Why wouldn't you wait a minute or two and let the passerby get some distance? I guess if you're out on an empty street at 4am you're not questioning what the other person is doing walking alone at 4am.

2) It's been reported that Dowling is "emotionally disturbed". Their immediate following of him maybe made him feel...followed. He understands those streets better than the two woke idiots.

It all just sad. But woke Carson and his girlfriend have some culpability in the situation. Their wokeness made them blind of the reality of the situation. An 18-year-old black kid might be more scared of you, than your dumb ass is of him. I don't know why, but I find the photos of the arrest just as heartbreaking as the video of the murder.

The kid's life is over. Maybe he would have done something violent down the road, but who knows? But if those two idiots would have accessed the situation and waited a little bit, instead of immediately following him, both lives might have been saved.

Ryan Carson destroyed a black life he thought mattered because of his own blind stupidity. He lost his own life in the process. Kind of deserves a Darwin award.; 10/6/23, 6:40 PM
Gusty Winds said...: Antifa/BLM activist Ryan Carson who was stabbed to death at 4am on a NYC sidewalk, and a history of violence against police, and celebrating deaths of conservatives on his twitter account.

Why he and his girlfriend immediately followed 18 year old Brian Carson was stupid. I know I'm being redundant here, but I hope considering Carson’s support of violence to achieve his political objectives, Dowling’s lawyers argue self-defenses.

How the fuck do you know why somebody immediately starts following you at 4am?

Watch the video on Twitter.; 10/6/23, 6:40 PM
Gusty Winds said...: Ann. Thanks for telling me to correct my error, but not the gist of my comment. It's why I respect your blog.; 10/6/23, 6:41 PM
Narr said...: Those of us east of the Mississippi might be able to watch the ISS go over soon--719pm for us.
Heading from Canada down towards Africa.

Cool.; 10/6/23, 6:54 PM
Gusty Winds said...: Go look at the photos of the tears running down Brian Dowling's face as he is perp walked and in the back of the cop car. They aren't tears of "I wish I didn't get caught". They are tears of FEAR. Regret. Holy shit my life is over, and I never even had one. I never had anything.

NYC prosecutors charged Dowling with 1st degree murder to pretend they are serious about NYC violence. Watch the video. It's NOT 1st degree. Manslaughter at best. Arguably self defense. I'm not a hypocrite. Kyle Rittenhouse was self defense, Brian Dowling is self defense. Different skid colors. Only similarities are profiles of the idiot victims.

Lord Have Mercy. This situation represents how young black men are victims of liberal justice policies and their pretend concern for their educations and quality of life.

Ryan Carson, the "victim" is part of the hypocritical white liberal concern that cost him his own life, and wrecked the life of Brian Dowling.; 10/6/23, 6:58 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: Portland used to be a nice place to stop on our way to Ashland from Seattle. It's about half way. No more. Crime is out of control, the druggies (not homeless) obstruct the sidewalks and leave bodily fluids and used needles everywhere.

A visiting couple had their car broken in twice.

Pro tip: Stay out of Portland. The nearby suburbs are nice and much safer than Portland. We stay at the city of Lake Oswego. Don't leave I-5, I-205 or I-84 within the Portland city limits.

Also, avoid I-5 during rush hour, especially heading north towards the bridges over the Columbia River. The traffic inches along because that bridge is antiquated with poor site lines. The second program to replace the bridge (the first replacement program collapsed over a light rail requirement) is going nowhere because the transit fanatics insist that the new bridge carry light rail. The proposed bridge is too low to allow ships to move under it and the Coast Guard will not sign off on the project.; 10/7/23, 8:45 AM