Althouse: At the Snow-Bound Café...

January 9, 2024

At the Snow-Bound Café...

... you can talk all night.

32 comments:

Jupiter said...: Isn't there a rule that a wife cannot be forced to testify against her husband? And vice versa?; 1/9/24, 7:27 PM
Martin Weiss said...: Snow looks nice. Milw Jour Sentinal has a nice video.

Unfortunately, several thousand without power this evening in southern WI; 1/9/24, 7:27 PM
rhhardin said...: Recording mp3s of Fleming's Bond novels off of a YouTube playlist, The Spy Who Loved Me is read by a woman. That isn't going to work. It almost always matters which you are.; 1/9/24, 8:01 PM
Chuck said...: Here's a really well-written column by Wisconsin reporter and writer (and Althouse favorite) Bill Leuders:

The Danger of Trump's Bogus "Summary of Election Fraud."

It is a deliciously brutal takedown of all of Trump's big lies rolled up into this one disgraceful "summary." A sample:

When I heard last week that Trump had ushered in the new year by releasing a 32-page report titled “Summary of Election Fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election in the Swing States,” I thought it might be something that I could make fun of. It seemed ripe with comic potential. Here are the report’s opening lines: “It has often been repeated there is ‘no evidence’ of fraud in the 2020 Election. In actuality, there is no evidence Joe Biden won.”

But as I read deeper into the report, I had a different reaction. Far from being a laughing matter, this is perhaps the most diabolical document that I have ever seen. It is breathtaking in its denialism, fervent in its commitment to the Big Lie, and masterfully alchemistic in its attempt to turn accusation into evidence. Trump’s lies about the 2020 election, which he insistently repeats at every opportunity, have never been more compellingly rendered. It’s so slick that you don’t have to be stupid to be taken in, although it helps.

It's a beautiful column.; 1/9/24, 8:16 PM
Original Mike said...: iPhone weather widget says we'll have gotten 8" by the time it ends. Did the driveway about sunset, cutting tomorrow morning's task in half.; 1/9/24, 8:26 PM
Big Mike said...: @rhhardin, IIRC The Spy Who Loved Me was written from the point of view of a woman.; 1/9/24, 9:05 PM
Jersey Fled said...: According to Biden, I can buy a nice house at a discount from Black family due to Racism, and turn around and sell it for a nice profit because I’m white.

Who knew!; 1/9/24, 9:08 PM
hawkeyedjb said...: It has snod on the peaks around the Phoenix area. Very pretty, but I'm not going out to play in it. Still can't fathom how much the poor heat pump has had to work. I don't own enough clothing to go biking in this weather. We are preserving body heat for the next few days.; 1/9/24, 9:52 PM
gadfly said...: The 5th Series of FX's "Fargo," another black comedy produced by the Coen Brothers, will end next week but I would guess that MAGAts have not been watching because of the swats at Trump over the first episodes. The stuff really hit the fan in Episode 9.

After the tables turned on Sheriff Tillman, he messages a plea to his patriots: “After they murder me, they’re coming for you next,” which has the ring of Trumpian victimization to it. And they will dutifully follow him off the cliff.

The Trump-era commentary continues through Odin Little, the father of wife Karen Tillman, and a local militia leader who clarified the meaning of the term “witch hunt” for the sheriff: “You know what a ‘witch hunt’ is, right? Not witches hunting men, but men killing women to keep them in line.”

When called, Sheriff Roy's "Patriots" rush out to the Tillman ranch and we watch them set up defenses to fight off the FBI and many Swat Teams, while the infamous background music, "Y.M.C.A.," sung by the Village People is played, just as it is at all Trump rallies.

Back in Minnesota, heroine Dot's mother-in-law Lorraine goes nuclear when she learns that Danish, her lawyer, went missing from the Tillman Ranch. She orders her new head of security, Indira, to call in a favor from none other than President Donald Trump, whom she calls "the orange idiot."

“What’s the point of a billionaire if I can’t have somebody killed?” Lorraine laments.; 1/10/24, 12:08 AM
wendybar said...: Fuck your kids education. Illegals come first!!! Vote Democrat!!!

Chuck Callesto
@ChuckCallesto
BREAKING REPORT: Nearly 2,000 migrants at Floyd Bennett field FORCE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OUT of James Madison High School in NYC.

Students will be FORCED TO TAKE virtual classes during the displacement..

The administration of Mayor Adams initiated the transfer of close to 2,000 migrants on Tuesday from their current shelter at Floyd Bennett Field to James Madison High School in Midwood, Southern Brooklyn, in response to predictions of severe weather.

This move resulted in many migrants waiting in the rain for school buses for transportation.

According to Mayor Adams, these migrants will be housed at the high school. Consequently, students of James Madison High School are now scheduled to have their classes online.

https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2024/01/09/new-york-students-forced-to-virtual-so-migrants-can-use-their-schools-as-shelters-n2391575; 1/10/24, 2:51 AM
wendybar said...: The Realest Realist
@ProGunMemes
You have posted more about this this week than you have about Bob Menendez’ corruption and bribery investigation. You are literally regime propaganda.
11:06 AM · Jan 9, 2024

The Washington Post
@washingtonpost

Former Rep. Mayra Flores (R-Tex.), the first Mexican-born woman in Congress who is running to win back her seat, is now facing “Grubgate” after allegedly posting photos of food online that users say originated on other sites and presenting it as her own.; 1/10/24, 2:53 AM
wendybar said...: Encouraging people to enter the Capitol and tear down barricades? One year probation and $500 fine.

Stand around outside the Capitol taking pictures of Epps encouraging the riot? Three years in solitary without trial.; 1/10/24, 3:24 AM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Michelle O running is just Trump baiting.; 1/10/24, 3:26 AM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Viral TikTok: ’GenZ is lazy’ Strikes Back

She thinks generations before her had it way better than her.

I blame our poor education establishment.; 1/10/24, 3:46 AM
wendybar said...: Bill Clinton and Loretta on the tarmac, and now Fani in the White House. Democrats stick together like a flock of angry birds. Don't believe your lying eyes....this isn't election interference...oh, no....not at all; 1/10/24, 3:50 AM
rehajm said...: Every public high school had a girl who would fantasize about what could happen then start the rumor, gossip as if it were true. Those girls all write for mainstream media now…; 1/10/24, 3:50 AM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Rumor is Obama the former president to become next president of Harvard.; 1/10/24, 3:59 AM
wendybar said...: Forgot the link... https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/01/affairs_and_white_house_coordination_the_allegations_against_fulton_countys_prosecutor.html; 1/10/24, 4:00 AM
wendybar said...: Sean Davis
@seanmdav
Peacefully walking by the Capitol on January 6 will get you a longer prison sentence than spying for Communist China.

Byron Wan
@Byron_Wan
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Jan 8
Petty Officer Wenheng Zhao, aka Thomas Zhao, has been sentenced to 27 months in prison and ordered to pay a $5,500 fine for transmitting sensitive U.S. military information to an intelligence officer from 🇨🇳 People’s Republic of China in exchange for bribery payments.

https://x.com/seanmdav/status/1744564668541087775?s=20; 1/10/24, 4:12 AM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Big if true : Via XTwitter

“Reporters caught on hot mic appearing to joke about an assassination attempt on Donald Trump.

The reporters were gathering to get a shot of Trump as he was set to appear at the federal courthouse for his criminal immunity appeal.

Reporter 1: "You know what the worst part is? Even if he has his window open and he’s hanging out of it he will be on the other side of the street."

Reporter 2: "If he’s driving, we’ve got a good shot."

Reporter 1: "Yeah, if he’s driving with the front window open?"

Reporter 2: "Yeah, or if it’s a convertible?"

Reporter 1: "Yeah. I wasn’t thinking about that."

Reporter 2: "Yeah. Like if he just pulls up..."

Reporter 1: "Like JFK?"

Reporter 1: "Maybe someone, just like they told JFK. You know what you should do? You should take a convertible! It’s so nice out!"”; 1/10/24, 4:15 AM
iowan2 said...: We now understand why gadfly is so far from reality in his political takes.

He gets all his news from tv fiction shows; 1/10/24, 5:04 AM
Lucien said...: How long before “Prostate-gate” appears in print? (Or has it already?); 1/10/24, 5:15 AM
iowan2 said...: Obama as Harvard President?

That actually requires showing up at fundraisers and such.

Obama is better suited for a no show job like Secretary of Defense; 1/10/24, 5:30 AM
Breezy said...: Though it is fabled, Obama has a pretty weak set of written work.; 1/10/24, 5:55 AM
tim in vermont said...: The Spy Who Loved Me is a bodice ripper and Fleming’s most popular novel of among women and maybe least popular among men. He disowned it due to fan backlash and in the movie rights he said that they could use the title only, not the plot. Maybe writing for women was too easy.; 1/10/24, 6:59 AM
gilbar said...: this will OUTRAGE members of the Woman Haters Club!
The Spy Who Loved Me is the ninth novel and tenth book in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, first published by Jonathan Cape on 16 April 1962. It is the shortest and most sexually explicit of Fleming's novels, as well as a clear departure from previous Bond novels in that the story is told in the first person by a young Canadian woman, Viv Michel. Bond himself does not appear until two-thirds of the way through the book; 1/10/24, 7:17 AM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: Boeing sold the division that makes fuselages (Wichita, KS) to Spirit Aerospace about 20 years ago. Fuselages are kind of an important component of airplanes, but to Boeing management, it made far more financial sense to sell off that division, than retain it and retain control of the manufacturing process.

Now, whistle blowers are alleging that Spirit is falsifying production and quality records. Just little things, like part certifications, tool calibration and quality control records. Tool calibration for tightening bolts to required torque values so fuselage plugs don't blow out at altitude isn't important to the corporate drones. What's important is DIE values and the lowest production costs possible.

When Boeing bought McDonald Douglas in the 1990s, Phil Cond[u]it gave the St. Louis executives a sweetheart deal. These St. Louis executives ended up running the company and the spinoff of the Wichita KS commercial division was a direct result. We Classical Boeing employees often said that McD bought Boeing with Boeing's money.; 1/10/24, 8:12 AM
Jersey Fled said...: Wonder how Hunter is treating the sale of his “art” at ridiculous prices to well heeled Democrat insiders on his tax returns this year.

https://www.artspace.com/magazine/art_101/guide/how-to-do-your-taxes-as-an-artist-55314; 1/10/24, 8:14 AM
MadTownGuy said...: gadfly said...

"The 5th Series of FX's "Fargo," another black comedy produced by the Coen Brothers, will end next week but I would guess that MAGAts have not been watching because of the swats at Trump over the first episodes. The stuff really hit the fan in Episode 9.

...yadda yadda yadda Trump..."

Perception ain't reality.
Corollary: Hollywood ain't reality.; 1/10/24, 8:15 AM
Iman said...: teh ‘fly on the wall
second rate entertainment
cartoon characters; 1/10/24, 8:36 AM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: I'm replacing our heat-pump water heater because the compressor or the circuit card that controls the compressor is malfunctioning. The WH is only a 1-1/2 years old. I had to go Ferguson's in Bellevue to buy a new W/H which will be delivered tomorrow. The plumber will come out next Wednesday to swap out the W/H. I have to return the malfunctioning W/H to Ferguson's to get credit for it. It'll fit into the back of my RAV4, so I don't have to pay for a pickup by Ferguson's.

I wish I'd opted for a propane W/H instead of this heat-pump W/H. The more complex a product, the bigger the chance of failure.; 1/10/24, 9:02 AM
Old and slow said...: Even propane and natural gas water heaters have become much more complicated and prone to failure these days. Once you start using computerized electronic controls, there is so much more that can go wrong. It used to be that gas water heaters really only failed when the tank corroded through. Otherwise, the worst that could happen was a failed thermocouple. Now the "safety" features are what kill them. I just spent many thousands of dollars on new commercial gas water heaters, and I KNOW they won't last nearly as long as the units they are replacing did.; 1/10/24, 1:43 PM