Althouse: At the Frozen Lake Café...

January 25, 2024

At the Frozen Lake Café...

... you can talk about whatever you want.

48 comments:

rehajm said...: We got out if the winter funk today- damp start but sunny and mid 70s by late afternoon…; 1/25/24, 6:32 PM
rcocean said...: Siberia? Is this, you?; 1/25/24, 6:47 PM
rhhardin said...: It was warm enough in Ohio to do the daily bicycle errands in shorts and no jacket.; 1/25/24, 6:50 PM
effinayright said...: Over at AceofSpadesHQ a commenter has taken "OrangeManBad" and Trump's purported fascism to rename him "Cheetolini."

As Glenn Reynolds would put it:

"Heh".; 1/25/24, 6:54 PM
Jupiter said...: Sounds like some more embracing of traditional norms;

Angry Atlantans Demand Fani Probe; 1/25/24, 7:00 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: Found this youtube video about the 737-MAX-9 door blowout. The Quality Assurance systems used by Boeing and Spirit Aerospace Systems are different and incompatible. Spirit ships fuselages that still need work done, which is completed in Renton. This is a common problem in aircraft manufacturing, where a piece has defects when it leaves station A and these defects must be corrected at Station B. The paperwork must reflect that defect.

The door had a defect that must be corrected in Renton. Two methods to fix it, one requires inspecting the bolts, the other doesn't. But both methods require removing the bolts. Guess which method was used? The non-QA method.; 1/25/24, 7:03 PM
Narr said...: Had my right-eye cataract removed Tuesday. I haven't seen this clearly since about 1965 . . . just getting used to no glasses for driving, etc., and X2 reading glasses for books and computer screens.

Young lady got probation and community service for murdering her boyfriend by stabbing him 108 times with a serrated kitchen knife. Turns out she was under the influence of the Demon Weed! (Some people will believe anything.)

What's that line? No woman should ever be made to feel responsible for, or bad about, anything she does?; 1/25/24, 7:05 PM
Howard said...: Listening to David Mamet on Bill Maher's Club Rando. Mildly interesting rambling conversation. Maher getting a little too stoned. Mamet is Mensch eg, Bear Jew.; 1/25/24, 7:08 PM
William50 said...: “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse (generous gifts) from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, [which is] always followed by a dictatorship.”

Falsely attributed to Alexander Tytler, The Fall of the Athenian Republic.; 1/25/24, 7:17 PM
William50 said...: "When Thomas Jefferson said that public debt was the greatest enemy of democracy, he was undoubtedly reflecting on the indisputable historical record of past civilizations. From Egypt to Rome, from Greece to the Holy Roman Empire, power corrupted every hierarchy of leadership, eventually resulting in massive spending at the expense of those who produced. No civilization has ever recovered from the addiction of the powerful."

"Of all the world’s addictions, power is to be feared the most for it is the unbridled warrant for destruction. No man or woman who wishes to be powerful is fit to wield its sword.

Skip Moen; 1/25/24, 7:19 PM
Big Mike said...: The FDA has decided that informed consent is no longer needed for a clinical investigation. I do not like this change because people like Collins, Fauci, Birx, and Walensky have caused me to doubt that the federal government is capable of assessing what a "minimal risk" really is.; 1/25/24, 7:19 PM
MadTownGuy said...: TORONTO SUN: This was a jihad-like terror attack in Canada that no one seems to know about

"It’s not every day there is a jihadist-inspired terror attack in Canada related to Israel’s war in Gaza that few seem to know about.

But it did happen and the country is just fortunate no one was murdered in the process. The potential was definitely there.

This was an all-out Gaza-inspired, jihadist terror attack with gunfire and home-made bombs at Edmonton’s City Hall on Tuesday and not a word out of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about it so far. In fact, on X he was talking about being at the women’s professional hockey game in Ottawa.

This was a terrifying incident. Security video shows a man entering Edmonton’s City Hall wearing a Commissionaires Security jacket and carrying a long gun and appearing to shoot it. Police say he was “heavily” armed.

But no one seems to be talking about it much.

It’s almost like this potentially genocidal rampage was missed by the country. Or even covered up or softened in terms of its seriousness.

Certainly, when you compare the coverage to the reaction of media and politicians on the truckers’ Freedom Convoy or the arrests and trials of Tamara Lich, Chris Barber and Pat King or the Coutts Alberta four conspiracy to commit murder case, it’s a head scratcher how understated this incident has been so far when you weigh and compare the evidence.

What happened here is way more serious than anything that happened with the truckers protest. But you would never know that judging from the reaction of the the media and political class.

However things are spun about what happened in Edmonton Tuesday, this was clearly as dark and concerning as something can ever get. In addition to the horror of security video showing the armed man during his attack, a taped manifesto which included Arabic greetings was also discovered.

This was one close call to being something nobody could even attempt to downplay.

Let’s review what we know.

“At approximately 10:18 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, a male parked his vehicle in the City Hall underground parkade, then entered the building from the parkade access,” Edmonton Police say. “Once inside City Hall, he lit several handheld incendiary devices, believed to be Molotov cocktails, that caused one small fire outside an elevator. He then fired several rounds from a long gun into the ceiling, walls and windows.”

Thankfully “no one was struck by gunfire” and that a brave security officer knew what to do.

“The male then dropped the firearm on the floor and surrendered to a City Hall security Commissionaire, who detained him until police arrived moments later,” police said, adding they “and RCMP Tactical teams then worked for several hours to secure and clear the building of any further threats, escorting out citizens who had been sheltering in place in various locations throughout City Hall.”

More at the link. Edmonton is in Alberta.; 1/25/24, 7:37 PM
mongo said...: Need some help from the life science experts. The RSV vaccine is a mRNA product. Just like the reviled you know what vaccine. My amateur research revealed that it was tested pretty extensively unlike the vaccine which shall remain nameless. My level of trust in the scientists and bureaucrats is pretty low these days. I’m wondering if any of you have an opinion on this to help me understand and decide whether to get the shot.; 1/25/24, 7:42 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: "Insurance company sues Minneapolis for ‘negligence’ during George Floyd riots"

Minneapolis is going to get it good and hard. Couldn't happen to a nice, progressive, and decivilized city.; 1/25/24, 7:57 PM
Wa St Blogger said...: Can someone legitimately explain to me why it is advantages to have uncontrolled border crossing as a means of immigration rather than a proper controlled method?

Give that:
1. The travel to is dangerous, especially for women and children
2. That it allows the unsavory better access than those who are more upstanding
3. That it benefits criminal gangs and impoverishes the migrants
4. That it allows for more drug running.
5. Automatically puts the migrants at a disadvantage for work and housing because of their illegal status.

Why is it that the Democrats and many of the establishment republicans prefer this method rather than just increasing the legal quota ?

I am not asking for the conservatives her for snarky answers. I really want to hear from our lefties and GOPe types why you think this is a good idea and why you support politicians who advocate for such life-disregarding methods?; 1/25/24, 8:17 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: I like both pictures.; 1/25/24, 8:36 PM
cfs said...: The Biden administration has told Texas the razor wire has to go.

Governor Abbott says he will not comply.

The federal government has given Texas a deadline of tomorrow to comply; a possible confrontation is imminent.

Why do I get the feeling the federal government is about to declare war on Texas, its citizens and any state or people who support Texas?; 1/25/24, 8:40 PM
Mr. T. said...: Winter is coming.; 1/25/24, 8:42 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: Narr:

Congratulations on your cataract surgery. I completed my 30-day follow-up two weeks ago. No problems in either eye, but my astigmatism is more prominent now. I'm going to have that corrected in June with PRK (PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY) laser surgery.; 1/25/24, 8:45 PM
Gospace said...: Just say no to any and all mRNA shots or therapies. They may have tested- but not long term. And quality control appears to be deficient with every batch of “identical” mRNA shots being different.

Besides which- RSV is mostly no more than an annoyance. Get your Vitamin D level tested and supplement up to 50 ng/ml if not there already. Add a daily Vitamin K, preferably with all 3 forms. Look at your diet and your multivitamin/mineral supplement to see if you’re getting enough zinc. I don’t take any extra zinc. I eat more than the average amount of zinc rich red meat.

That’s your overall best body protection against all URIs.

Other things have been mentioned here by me and others. I’m a fan of daily nasal irrigation, basic formula 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp baking soda. You need both. I add 1 tsp each xylitol and erythritol. Some add povidine and iodine- I have yet to see how much.; 1/25/24, 8:59 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: 1/25/24, 8:36 PM
Blogger cfs said...
The Biden administration has told Texas the razor wire has to go.

Governor Abbott says he will not comply.

The federal government has given Texas a deadline of tomorrow to comply; a possible confrontation is imminent.

Why do I get the feeling the federal government is about to declare war on Texas, its citizens and any state or people who support Texas?

1/25/24, 8:40 PM

So, what happens if the Border Patrol agents task with removing the razor wire mutiny after discussing said removal with the Texas Rangers (not the baseball club)?; 1/25/24, 8:59 PM
MadTownGuy said...: I read the title of the previous post as 'These kids today take Communion seriously.'; 1/25/24, 9:02 PM
WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...: Didn't Howard Stern get every single jab - and now he has wicked covid?

hahahahaha.; 1/25/24, 9:33 PM
WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...: Biden invited mass illegal surge, and abuse of our asylum laws.; 1/25/24, 10:16 PM
Original Mike said...: "I am not asking for the conservatives her for snarky answers. I really want to hear from our lefties and GOPe types why you think [uncontrolled immigration] is a good idea and why you support politicians who advocate for such life-disregarding methods?"

I used to ask this; I never got a good answer. At one time, it was claimed that building a border wall was "too expensive". As the cost of uncontrolled immigration has exceeded what it would have cost for a wall, you don't hear that anymore.; 1/25/24, 10:39 PM
Kate said...: I wish someone would explain how SCOTUS ruled for Biden over TX at the border. It makes no sense and they've given no reasons.; 1/25/24, 11:42 PM
TickTock said...: Texas actually invaded? Seems right to me. Article 1 Section 10 Clause 3? Go for it Governor.; 1/26/24, 12:19 AM
Christopher B said...: Opinions on the effect of the USSC ruling in the Texas case differ but it's likely that the elite media are reporting it wrong.

At Instapundit with a couple of links to more detail descriptions.

https://instapundit.com/628802/; 1/26/24, 12:37 AM
Crazy World said...: Beautiful Full Moon here on Kauai, looking forward to J26 2024; 1/26/24, 1:04 AM
wendybar said...: Go to DC to protest the fraudulent election, get ushered into the Capitol, by the Capitol Police....GO TO PRISON for years.

Riot and burn down businesses and kill police officers?? Get MILLIONS from the Government for your disconfort.

What is wrong with this picture. 2 VERY different Americas.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/01/seattle-pay-black-lives-matters-rioters-10-million/

https://nypost.com/2023/07/20/nyc-to-pay-13m-to-blm-protestors/; 1/26/24, 3:41 AM
Howard said...: mongo: it depends in large part on your co-morbidities. It's a personal decision that is probably better made based on your own judgment from independent sources other than a blog full of conspiracy theorists and political junkies; 1/26/24, 4:00 AM
wendybar said...: "To compound the strangeness of it all, recall that Kamala Harris covered up her presence at the DNC building on January 6th for almost a year. For nearly a year, Kamala led the media to believe that she was in the Capitol during the so-called siege. Even the Department of Justice took this false understanding for granted and mentioned Kamala’s alleged presence and evacuation from the Capitol during the “siege” to add a sense of gravitas to several of its indictments. It turns out Kamala was not at the Capitol as it was being evacuated on the 6th, but rather at the DNC building while the allegedly live pipe bomb was still right outside. Why on earth would Kamala Harris keep her presence in the DNC building a secret? It would seem like the story of the first woman of color Vice President elect in history coming within feet of the deadly pipe bombs of the January 6 insurrection would be a headline that both Kamala and the regime media would be interested in milking for all it is worth. How strange is it, come to think of it, that in Joe Biden’s big January 6 anniversary speech he neglects to mention that his own Vice President narrowly lost her life to a MAGA pipe bomb?"

https://revolver.news/2024/01/dan-bongino-uncovers-more-mystery-surrounding-the-j6-attempted-assassination-of-kamala-harris/; 1/26/24, 4:01 AM
MadTownGuy said...: This was a jihad-like terror attack in Canada that no one seems to know about (Toronto Sun)

"It’s not every day there is a jihadist-inspired terror attack in Canada related to Israel’s war in Gaza that few seem to know about.

But it did happen and the country is just fortunate no one was murdered in the process. The potential was definitely there.

This was an all-out Gaza-inspired, jihadist terror attack with gunfire and home-made bombs at Edmonton’s City Hall on Tuesday and not a word out of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about it so far. In fact, on X he was talking about being at the women’s professional hockey game in Ottawa.

This was a terrifying incident. Security video shows a man entering Edmonton’s City Hall wearing a Commissionaires Security jacket and carrying a long gun and appearing to shoot it. Police say he was “heavily” armed.

But no one seems to be talking about it much.

It’s almost like this potentially genocidal rampage was missed by the country. Or even covered up or softened in terms of its seriousness.

Certainly, when you compare the coverage to the reaction of media and politicians on the truckers’ Freedom Convoy or the arrests and trials of Tamara Lich, Chris Barber and Pat King or the Coutts Alberta four conspiracy to commit murder case, it’s a head scratcher how understated this incident has been so far when you weigh and compare the evidence.

What happened here is way more serious than anything that happened with the truckers protest. But you would never know that judging from the reaction of the the media and political class.

However things are spun about what happened in Edmonton Tuesday, this was clearly as dark and concerning as something can ever get. In addition to the horror of security video showing the armed man during his attack, a taped manifesto which included Arabic greetings was also discovered.

This was one close call to being something nobody could even attempt to downplay.

Let’s review what we know.

“At approximately 10:18 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, a male parked his vehicle in the City Hall underground parkade, then entered the building from the parkade access,” Edmonton Police say. “Once inside City Hall, he lit several handheld incendiary devices, believed to be Molotov cocktails, that caused one small fire outside an elevator. He then fired several rounds from a long gun into the ceiling, walls and windows.”

Thankfully “no one was struck by gunfire” and that a brave security officer knew what to do.

“The male then dropped the firearm on the floor and surrendered to a City Hall security Commissionaire, who detained him until police arrived moments later,” police said, adding they “and RCMP Tactical teams then worked for several hours to secure and clear the building of any further threats, escorting out citizens who had been sheltering in place in various locations throughout City Hall.”

More at the link. Odd circumstances, and I wonder if it could have been a staged incident, but the perps is under arrest, and crickets from other media outlets. Hmm.; 1/26/24, 5:15 AM
tim maguire said...: mongo said...Need some help from the life science experts.

Depends on your situation. If you are old or in poor health, you should probably get the shot. I’m 57 and healthy, I’ve had 3 shots and COVID once. I’m not anti-vaxx (I get a flu shot most years), but at the moment I have no interest in getting a 4th. COVID isn’t a threat to most people (we owe it to our children to hold the public health officials responsible for what they did to them).

Unless you are high risk, it’s just another virus going around and, while the vaccine is probably safe, it’s not all that effective. For most people, the total picture does not weigh enough in favor of the vaccine to justify the risks.; 1/26/24, 6:01 AM
Kate said...: Thank you, @Christopher B. I continue to be surprised at the lengths the press will go to instigate a Civil War.; 1/26/24, 6:06 AM
Mark said...: Ignoring Supreme Court rulings is being cheered here.

Looks like Texas is going F%!$ around and find out. Hopefully that works better for them than it did for those white guys on the viral dock fight last summer.; 1/26/24, 6:43 AM
wendybar said...: Mark said...
Ignoring Supreme Court rulings is being cheered here.

Looks like Texas is going F%!$ around and find out. Hopefully that works better for them than it did for those white guys on the viral dock fight last summer.

1/26/24, 6:43 AM

Why not?? The left is cheering Biden ignoring a Supreme Court ruling, and he can't stop paying off Student loans with OUR money. HE belongs in prison.; 1/26/24, 7:13 AM
tim maguire said...: Mark said...Ignoring Supreme Court rulings is being cheered here.

Who's ignoring a Supreme Court ruling? (Other than Joe Biden, on a number of issues.)

Texas has not violated any Supreme Court order. The problem is, the media is lying about what the court ordered. Stop relying on journalists and go to the source--learn what the actual order was.

Scotusblog is a good place to start.; 1/26/24, 7:15 AM
n.n said...: Millions of people leave South American nations annually, seeking asylum in America. Are Hispanic nations committing genocide, under apartheid governments, under UN oversight?; 1/26/24, 7:21 AM
Drago said...: Dumb Lefty Mark: "Looks like Texas is going F%!$ around and find out. Hopefully that works better for them than it did for those white guys on the viral dock fight last summer."

Were the "white guys" "last summer" attempting to stop millions of unvetted illegal aliens, including known terrorists and child traffickers and cartel members, from just waltzing into our country and being provided free and unsecured transport to anywhere within the interior of our nation?; 1/26/24, 7:47 AM
West TX Intermediate Crude said...: mongo-
My 2 cents worth; what Howard said also applies.
I spent >4 decades in the medical world. I heard lots of things about how bad RSV can be for babies, how so many were hospitalized and some tragically died from the disease.
I never heard anything about RSV affecting adults.
That is totally non-scientific, just like so much else that we are told to follow today.
FWIW, I don't believe that the covid pandemic was a hoax. It did kill a lot of people, mostly old folks who would not have survived their next tight haircut, but also more than a few younger people, many but not all of whom were morbidly obese, poorly controlled diabetics, or immunosuppressed. The vaccines were useful in decreasing the Wuhan strain of the virus; I took the shot and 1 booster in early 2021. The virus later transitioned to a less deadly and more contagious form, as every virologist in the world predicted, and subsequently the push for everyone to get multiply boosted became more and more virtue signaling by lefties, profit-oriented by Pfizer, et. al., and a means of control for those who get their jollies controlling what other people do.
I took no more covid shots after the first 2. No RSV shot for me. I did continue to take annual flu shots and did take the 1st shingles shot- to my mind these have been at least somewhat tested and can prevent more serious problems.
Your mileage will vary.; 1/26/24, 8:18 AM
Narr said...: Thanks Mike of Snoqualmie, and good luck on the other procedure.; 1/26/24, 9:35 AM
MadisonMan said...: Sure, there's ice on the lake. But I wouldn't want to walk on it. (Irrational, maybe).
I will walk on lake ice if there are cars parked everywhere on the ice.; 1/26/24, 9:42 AM
wendybar said...: "In a second incident, in La Jolla about 90 minutes later, a large panga landed on the rocks at Windansea, OnScene reported, with up to 30 people seen leaving the boat. The group, including women and children, ran east to waiting vehicles on La Jolla Boulevard. The cars left the scene.
The migrants are now coming here, in well-organized, perfectly timed, practiced, military precision. Look at the planning that went into that landing. They must have done this many times before.
Many people are asking how the hell that boat got through right there next to the signature port of the world's mightiest Navy, with the home of the great nuclear submarines just down the coast at Point Loma?

Was nobody guarding the coast? Or are migrants simply being waved through, perhaps for a handsome cartel payment? Who pays for that disposable boat with its $20,000 engine?"

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/border_surge_spreads_west_video_shows_migrants_rolling_into_windansea_in_la_jolla.html; 1/26/24, 10:03 AM
Rusty said...: Mike of Snoqualmie said...
"Found this youtube video about the 737-MAX-9 door blowout. The Quality Assurance systems used by Boeing and Spirit Aerospace Systems are different and incompatible. Spirit ships fuselages that still need work done, which is completed in Renton. This is a common problem in aircraft manufacturing, where a piece has defects when it leaves station A and these defects must be corrected at Station B. The paperwork must reflect that defect.

The door had a defect that must be corrected in Renton. Two methods to fix it, one requires inspecting the bolts, the other doesn't. But both methods require removing the bolts. Guess which method was used? The non-QA method."

It's b een my experience in manufacturing that given two choices the guys on the floor will choose the one they can modufy to the point where they can go home early. It's human nature . Boing is a failure of management to see that procedures were being followed to the letter. The people on the floor are gioing to do anything to make less work for themselves.; 1/26/24, 10:49 AM
Rusty said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 1/26/24, 10:50 AM
MadTownGuy said...: Matt Taibbi says he may do some on-site reporting on the border convoy. Stay tuned.; 1/26/24, 12:09 PM
wendybar said...: ZNO 🇺🇸
@therealZNO
Let’s not forget how E. Jean Carroll, Trump’s rape accuser, coincidentally accused Trump of rape in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room after a similar episode aired on Law and Order SVU.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1750602415521276181; 1/26/24, 2:38 PM