Althouse: At the Sunday Night Café...

December 3, 2023

At the Sunday Night Café...

... you can talk about whatever you want.

40 comments:

Dave Begley said...: Get this. I was the very last caller on the In Depth program on C-Span’s Book TV. After 23 years, the program has ended. The guest was law prof John Yoo.; 12/3/23, 7:25 PM
rcocean said...: I Ordered something from Amazon, so i hope you're getting a cut. I dunno how much, maybe you can buy a very small coffee.; 12/3/23, 7:33 PM
narciso said...: https://melaniephillips.substack.com/p/demonstrating-against-jew-hatred; 12/3/23, 7:46 PM
narciso said...: Never mind

https://twitter.com/Sultanknish/status/1731459989666206040; 12/3/23, 7:46 PM
narciso said...: https://twitter.com/pspoole; 12/3/23, 7:51 PM
FullMoon said...: Any yoga fans here?

Tantric yoga guru held over 'kidnap' of 26 women who signed up for spiritual guidance; 12/3/23, 8:12 PM
Iman said...: The 9ers appear to be running on all cylinders again.

Yes!; 12/3/23, 8:25 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: Mrs. Snoqualmie & I went to see "Beautiful, The Carole King Musical" at the Village Theatre in Issaquah today. It'll be in Issaquah until December 30, then in Everett January 6th to the 28th. It's a new production of the Broadway play.

I never realized how influential she was in the music world. She started out as song writer and later became a singer/song writer.

Those who live around Puget Sound should go see this production. VT does a marvelous job with sets, costumes, choreography, orchestra and of course, acting. Of course, that's a VT tradition, so it's not surprising.; 12/3/23, 8:26 PM
Original Mike said...: About those "too massive" galaxies seen in early JWST images:

Bursts of star formation explain mysterious brightness at cosmic dawn; 12/3/23, 9:07 PM
Jupiter said...: If you're sitting out on your deck, on a Summer's evening, maybe grilling a steak and sipping a beer, and a mosquito bites you, you swat it. Smack!

Someone might point out, that the mosquito, or its predecessors, were there before you were, and it has no other way of continuing, than to suck your blood.

Fair enough. But the moral analysis that gives mosquitos the right to suck my blood is not one likely to find favor with me. It's his analysis. Let them suck his blood.; 12/3/23, 9:07 PM
Jupiter said...: The Moral Law supposes, that everything was once right, and as it should be. But then actions were taken, by unscrupulous actors, as a result of which great wrongs were introduced into human affairs. The Moral Law will trace those wrongs, like the wires in a cable, back to that perfect moment where Justice universally obtained. Ere we fell. The Moral Law will punish the malefactors, and lavish their ill-gotten goods upon their unhappy victims. And then, once again, as in the olden time, everything will be right, and as it should be.; 12/3/23, 9:18 PM
planetgeo said...: These night cafes lately seem like the Althouse blog has been turned into Crackhouse. In more ways than one. Dude's got some serious colonialist moves trying to take over every thread.; 12/3/23, 10:11 PM
Jupiter said...: Solzhenitsyin said that the line between Good and Evil passes through every human heart. As a mathematician, I would have to say, he means the surface, not the line. The surface, that separates Good from Evil, passes through every human heart. And always will, it's anchored there. In your heart. You can shift it, to one side or the other. But it will always divide you, into two, warring parts.

But the Moral Law says that the surface separating Good and Evil passes between persons, and never once passes through a person. So, you are on one side, or the other. Isn't that a relief? Don't you feel better, now that you have become acquainted with Moral Law?; 12/3/23, 10:41 PM
Gospace said...: There's been discussion here about the publics right to know recently. About January 6th tapes.

How about the truth on the covid not a vaccine the government forced our military personnel to get?

https://kirschsubstack.com/p/data-from-us-medicare-and-the-new

The link is about New Zealand prosecuting someone for being a whistleblower and letting the truth come out. Bit our very own military had done the same. Military doctors have been ordered NOT to talk about it. I'm not goin to provide links- if you've been following the covid truth squad on substack you know- and if you haven't you likely believe the government propaganda the shots were harmless and kept you from dying.

Just had a HS friend die suddenly. one year behind me in HS, so in her mid 60s. In good health. No existing diseases. At least two covid shots- she posted on Facebook. I know that for her in particular it wouldn't be any lifestyle choices that ended her life prematurely.; 12/4/23, 1:59 AM
wendybar said...: Sharyl Attkisson 🕵️‍♂️💼🥋
@SharylAttkisson

(READ) DC spends $270k in tax money to repaint 'Black Lives Matter' on street near White House

"That's not a typo. Nearly $300,000 to ... repaint a street. And to repaint a street with a message from a Marxist organization that embezzles money from its supporters."

https://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2023/12/03/dc-government-spent-how-much-to-repaint-black-lives-matter-in-the-street-n2390441; 12/4/23, 3:45 AM
wendybar said...: Ahmed Al Asliken 🕋☪️✈️
@assliken

Remember how there were ppl whining about tiki torches …. Crazy how they’ve been silent through all this

Eli Klein
@TheEliKlein
Today in NYC a mob chanting “there is only one solution, Intifada revolution”.

I don’t call this a “protest.” Calling for the mass murder of Jews is not “protesting.”

If the KKK were calling for the mass murder of Blacks, would we call it a “protest?”; 12/4/23, 3:55 AM
Ann Althouse said...: @Dave Begley

Impressive!; 12/4/23, 3:59 AM
Ann Althouse said...: @rcocean

Thanks.

Amazon is very reliable and diligent about calculating and delivering its commissions as far as I can tell. You do have to click from my link/"portal" and then complete the sale before leaving. It's not enough to put something in your shopping cart and then come back at a different time and complete the sale. But those are the rules, and Amazon follows its own rules, or so that's what I've seen, using it for many years.; 12/4/23, 4:03 AM
Mr. Forward said...: Dave Begley, please don't repeat whatever you said to C-Spans Book TV. I would hate for something to happen to this blog.; 12/4/23, 4:36 AM
wendybar said...: "Siaka's North Hollywood home was raided in June 2021 by "about 20 agents armed and outfitted in tactical gear shortly before 6 a.m." one Friday morning."

"Los Angeles-based actor Siaka Massaquoi was arrested Thursday night at a Los Angeles airport on four misdemeanor charges related to his peaceful participation in protests in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021. "

https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2023/12/04/redstate-columnist-and-la-county-gop-1st-vice-chair-siaka-massaquoi-arrested-for-protesting-on-j6-n2167133

THIS is what authoritarian looks like. HOW many Democrats have had their houses raided?? And now Joe's DOJ is going after people who like or shared Trump tweets; 12/4/23, 4:42 AM
wendybar said...: "The Judicial system is nuts and biased. Where would the lawsuits stop if cases like the ones against Trump are successful?

Maybe Biden should be sued for all the deaths, rapes, and other crimes because he refuses to secure the border and essentially invites criminals and terrorists in.

Should Biden be sued for the deaths in Afghanistan?

Should Dr. Anthony Fauci and others be sued for all the damage they caused with all their lies about COVID?

Maybe all the people who paid off their student loans should sue Joe Biden, who's forgiving the student loans of those who haven't, for unequal treatment.

Should Biden and others be charged for all the losses caused by their green energy push, which is a massive fraud?

The media and others should stop pretending that the justice system is unbiased and that there is equal treatment under the law. They have been targeting Trump and his supporters for years, while Hillary, Biden and others can commit many crimes and go unpunished. "

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/12/why_did_the_media_cover_the_congenital_liar_cohen_but_not_the_expert_witnesses_for_trumps_banking.html; 12/4/23, 4:47 AM
iowan2 said...: The 9ers appear to be running on all cylinders again.

Yes!

Led by Mr Irrelevant. The last player chosen in the NFL draft, 2022. Only pressed into service when the 1st and 2cnd string QB's were injured. I only like the story, because yet again, the NFL front offices with all their scouts and analytics, don't do any better than throwing darts at the wall. Kurt Warner was literally stocking shelves at HyVee at night, until he wrangled a shot at the NFL.; 12/4/23, 5:24 AM
Leland said...: You do have to click from my link/"portal" and then complete the sale before leaving.

I've wondered about how that works. My typical browsing goes like this:
Click bookmark to Althouse
Click Amazon portal link
Search for what I'm seeking or check out the Daily Deals
Then...
Right click on items of interest to open in a new tab

If I buy something, I'll usually complete the sale, as I'm not one to put something in cart in buy later, unless shopping for someone else who may be undecided. However, I might complete the purchase on a second or third tab, and not the original tab.

I've purchased quite a bit this season using the Althouse Amazon Link. I hope at least some commissions are getting back to you. At least I got that Black Friday deal on the donation: A limited edition free access with moderated commenting to the Althouse Blog. It's a deal!; 12/4/23, 5:39 AM
rehajm said...: Dave- can I talk you in to calling Saturday Night Live and The View?; 12/4/23, 5:42 AM
Breezy said...: Gosh Dave Begley, your call must have been quite something, to have caused the ending of a show of 23 years…;); 12/4/23, 6:02 AM
Humperdink said...: So why is the US military lobbing missiles into remote areas of Iraq to attack Iranian backed terrorists instead directly attacking Iran? Could it be the US government is afraid of blowing up the suitcases full of money we gave them?; 12/4/23, 6:28 AM
tim in vermont said...: “To give some perspective of how much has changed: in 1993 the richest 20 percent of congressional districts were represented by Republicans over Democrats at a ratio of less than two to one. Today, they tilt Democratic by nearly five to one.”

It's not breaking news that the Democrats are the party of the rich, the gusto with which Democrats mock the working class is only one tell. It's been going on a long time. "Drag a hunnert dollah bill through a trailer park."; 12/4/23, 6:34 AM
Tina Trent said...: Dave Begley, you should receive a trophy for that. I always wondered who those people were. It was such a strange phenomenon.; 12/4/23, 6:57 AM
Humperdink said...: Speaking of NFL, was officiating at the end of the Packers/Chiefs game the worst ever? No, but it comes close. No consistency whatsoever.; 12/4/23, 7:00 AM
Humperdink said...: Philly Eagles head of security Dom "Big Dom" DiSandro was ejected from yesterdays Eagles/49ers game. He was escorted from the stadium by security. Apparently Big Dom wanted to participate in the game in some fashion. Only in Philly. Made me laugh.; 12/4/23, 7:11 AM
Rocco said...: Jupiter said...
"If you're sitting out on your deck, on a Summer's evening, maybe grilling a steak and sipping a beer, and a mosquito bites you, you swat it. Smack!

Someone might point out, that the mosquito, or its predecessors, were there before you were, and it has no other way of continuing, than to suck your blood.

Fair enough. But the moral analysis that gives mosquitos the right to suck my blood is not one likely to find favor with me. It's his analysis. Let them suck his blood."

That's just your Sapiens Fragility talking. You need to Acknowledge that the land you are on was ocupied for hundreds of millions of years by the mosquito before you and your (mammalian) kind Colonized it with your decks and started committing mass Genocide with Weapons of War like DDT and other forms of bug spray that should not be in public hands. The pound of fles-- sorry, I mean few ounces of blood from you (and your little dog, too) is just Restorative Justice and Reparations.; 12/4/23, 7:24 AM
wendybar said...: rehajm said...
Dave- can I talk you in to calling Saturday Night Live and The View?

12/4/23, 5:42 AM

HA!!! THIS!!!^^^^; 12/4/23, 7:31 AM
hawkeyedjb said...: Iman said...
The 9ers appear to be running on all cylinders again.

iowan2 said...
Led by Mr Irrelevant.

Cheap quarterbacks are best. They let you spend more money on other players.; 12/4/23, 7:51 AM
gilbar said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 12/4/23, 8:02 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: FullMoon said...

"Any yoga fans here?"

I am. As you read this, remember - Most Indians, including most Hindus, do not practice yoga - because (like homeopathy is only water wrapped in Christian mysticism) yoga is only stretching wrapped in Hindu mysticism:

‘So many yoga gurus try to have sex with female followers – I’m amazed women still fall for it’

Women in Irish ‘cult’ encouraged to take part in sexual healing sessions with ‘master’

Siddha Yoga Lawsuit Alleges Rape and Cultic Abuses by Muktananda

Experience: my yoga class turned out to be a cult

How a yoga studio turned into a murderous doomsday cult that drank blood

'Killer' yoga teacher Kaitlin Armstrong REJECTED plea deal offered by Soros-backed DA

Working-class Echo Park residents join forces to battle parking nightmare due to yoga studio

Yoga for back pain? ("Sorry, but I beg to differ!") It always strikes me as odd how people will lie to make NewAge look better.

"Regardless of whether you’re seeking the reverent or the physical, one thing still abounds in yoga studios: bad science."

And here's the kicker:

Taken captive: Carmel Gat, seen doing yoga with hostage children

Somebody needs to ask this mental captive which poses are "best" for the physical kind; 12/4/23, 8:05 AM
gilbar said...: ..Harvard where roughly 80 percent of grades were As. Now the Yale Daily News is reporting the same percentage of As. Indeed, the percentage is virtually identical. Harvard is handing out 79 percent agrees where Yale is apparently more rigorous at 78.9.

my friend (then an Assistant Professor at UNC) told me back in 2010, that:
B means BAD
in this day and age.. you'd BETTER be getting all A's; 12/4/23, 8:06 AM
Dave Begley said...: Mr. Foward.

I do NOT advertise my participation in the Althouse blog. My haters in NE would come here and wreck things. The NE Dems hate me with a passion. It really is astounding. They can’t deal with the facts and opposing views,; 12/4/23, 8:10 AM
Leland said...: I'm just going to leave this link for calling the White House, in case someone [Dave] might like to use it.; 12/4/23, 8:21 AM
gilbar said...: wendybar said...
DC spends $270k in tax money to repaint 'Black Lives Matter' on street near White House

if you think about it.. It just gets Better!
They're NOT spending OVER a quarter of a MILLION dollars painting Marxist slogans..
They're spending Over a quarter of MILLION dollars RE-painting Marxist slogans!
Their "workers" did SUCH A CRAPPY JOB the first time, that they're having to do it ALL OVER AGAIN.
How long with This coat last? How long until they need to do it.. AGAIN? How MUCH, for the next time?; 12/4/23, 8:22 AM
Narr said...: No more In Depth? A shame, and I'm sorry I missed Begley's call.

In other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead, and men get into women's pants by manipulating spirituality, despite the best efforts of the gallant old sexcops that gather here.; 12/4/23, 11:56 AM