Althouse: At the Saturday Night Café...

February 17, 2024

At the Saturday Night Café...

... you can write about whatever you want.

66 comments:

Lem Vibe Bandit said...: The censorship complex and how it came about is as complicated as Putin’s claim to Ukraine.

Or, Crackpot Tucker can’t catch a break.

Still, link to must see video; 2/17/24, 6:10 PM
lonejustice said...: The new Jane Fonda:

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/02/from-glib-to-stupid.php; 2/17/24, 6:13 PM
Iman said...: RIP Lefty Driesell.; 2/17/24, 6:31 PM
rhhardin said...: Pianist Yuja Wang, known on YouTube for breasts, shows ass on the cover of Rachmaninoff op 19 cello sonata.; 2/17/24, 7:05 PM
WK said...: As there seems to be a precedent in Michigan with the parents of the juvenile school shooter being charged with manslaughter it will be interesting to see what charges are brought on the parents of the juvenile shooter(s) in the Kansas City shooting.; 2/17/24, 7:14 PM
Scott Patton said...: **NYT Connections Spoiler**
It's weird, in the word game connections, when there are 8 words remaining, it is possible to deduce the correct grouping before perceiving the connection. Is it just that the connection is perceived subconsciously? In this case, it seems unlikely, but not impossible.
It's happened more than once, but today's was (not necessarily in this order):
Curl family lock flying
ringlet tress flea media
Somehow, I just knew, or confidently felt that 4 of those words belonged together, and when taken together, none of them belonged with any of the other 4. I'm not sure why, but it seemed obvious. Also, the other 4 didn't give me the same feeling of belonging together.
To strengthen the case against subconscious perception, I'm confident that I had no idea what a tress was. And even though I've heard the word ringlet before, I don't recall ever hearing it used in the context in which it was connected to the others.
Earlier in the game, I think I had a similar feeling about three of the words. The forth (lock) didn't fall into place until later.
Realizing what had just happened made me think that there was some kind of processing going on similar to what an LLM does.; 2/17/24, 9:35 PM
Dave Begley said...: WK

Nothing will happen. The non-adults are Black. They will get off scott free.; 2/17/24, 9:36 PM
Scott Patton said...: "lonejustice said...
The new Jane Fonda: "
I like the "old" Jane Fonda better; 2/17/24, 9:42 PM
Mutaman said...: Free advice to Mark Steyn-- when you file for bankruptcy hire a lawyer to do it for you. Enough of this pro se shit.; 2/17/24, 10:05 PM
Josephbleau said...: “it will be interesting to see what charges are brought on the parents of the juvenile shooter(s) in the Kansas City shooting.”

Ho ho ho, ho fing ho. Merry fing ho. Run that up Troost street.; 2/17/24, 10:10 PM
Jupiter said...: Here's a nice little video of Diversity being Our Strength in Seattle.; 2/17/24, 10:40 PM
Rt41Rebel said...: @Iman

Thanks for the tribute. I attended UMD the very early 80s and attended many a game at Cole Field House. Lefty didn’t quite make MD the UCLA of the east, but he put us on the map. Anyone that was a MD fan remembers where and when they learned of the death of Len Bias. Lefty had to ultimately take the fall for the tragedy.

Gary Williams and Juan Dixon brought redemption in 2002 when Maryland won their first and to date National Championship.; 2/17/24, 10:42 PM
Mutaman said...: "The website also features “Victory 47” perfume in a golden bottle with a stopper modeled after Trump’s head for $99."; 2/17/24, 10:48 PM
Mutaman said...: Trump: "Thousands and thousands of people coming from all over the world. Yesterday, they had many from the Congo. Welcome to the Congo people because and where do you come in the Congo?"; 2/17/24, 10:52 PM
Jupiter said...: Hey! Whaddya know? Diversity is also Our Strength in Minneapolis!; 2/17/24, 10:53 PM
Jupiter said...: Looks like the French have also discovered Strength through Diversity!; 2/17/24, 10:55 PM
Josephbleau said...: Mutateman. I love those who revel in the suffering of others. It makes me love them, as sinners.; 2/17/24, 11:23 PM
Mutaman said...: Habba really fucked up- she should have aske somebody to show her how to demand a Jury trial and then portray Trump to the jury as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.; 2/17/24, 11:24 PM
Josephbleau said...: “Free advice to Mark Steyn-- when you file for bankruptcy hire a lawyer to do it for you. Enough of this pro se shit.”

Yes, mutateman says, if you don’t pay for a union lawyer, you don’t get Justice in america.; 2/17/24, 11:49 PM
Josephbleau said...: “Free advice to Mark Steyn-- when you file for bankruptcy hire a lawyer to do it for you. Enough of this pro se shit.”

Yes, mutateman says, if you don’t pay for a union lawyer, you don’t get Justice in america.; 2/17/24, 11:50 PM
effinayright said...: I wish Tucker had asked Putin about Russia's historical claims to all the Stans and the Baltic states it took over and subjugated under Stalin.

What a shitbird Putin is, to cite "history" while ignoring the USSR's captive nations.; 2/17/24, 11:51 PM
wendybar said...: lonejustice said...
The new Jane Fonda:

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/02/from-glib-to-stupid.php

It's called JOURNALISM. I know you don't know what that is anymore, but maybe give a listen. You may learn something. Did you call Snufalufagus Jane Fonda?? Baba Wawa??? Oliver Stone??
ABC News Rachel Scott?? Of course not. You think they are real journalists.

https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/07/corporate-media-dictators-terrorists-putin/; 2/18/24, 3:20 AM
wendybar said...: And maybe, just maybe, Obama shouldn't have flexed his flexiblity with Putin back in the day....; 2/18/24, 3:22 AM
wendybar said...: "It’s “black history month.” So what? I’m not black; I don’t care. In fairness, I’ve never cared about any of these ethnocentric “celebrate diversity” kinds of garbage divisions Democrats try to cram down our throats, mostly because I celebrate accomplishments, not irrelevant characteristics over which no one has any control. I’m old school; I prefer to judge people based on who they are as people, not their melanin levels."

https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2024/02/18/ill-pass-on-celebrating-black-history-month-thanks-n2635392; 2/18/24, 3:44 AM
wendybar said...: "He had classified documents, including from the 1970s and 80s, all over his house--when as a Senator, he had no right to any documents outside of a SCIF.
The only constant over those 50 years is Joe Biden. But he claimed none of it was his fault. It's disgusting that he would try to pin it on his staff.
Then there's a huge problem here that he had all these documents from his time in the Senate. They had to have been walked out of the SCIF, and he had several of them. Not only that, they were stuck in notebooks with his handwriting, which shows he had knowledge of them, at least at some point."
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/02/17/remember-biden-talking-about-that-1974-classified-doc-it-was-so-much-worse-than-that-n2170266; 2/18/24, 3:51 AM
wendybar said...: The feds have an new Patriot Front uniform....It's cute that they don't realize we know exactly who they are.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/feds-neo-nazi-wannabes-march-through-nashville-streets/; 2/18/24, 4:09 AM
Humperdink said...: Questions for the lefties out there, were you thrilled when Sen. Harry Reid (D-Exercise Equipment) disposed of the filibuster in the confirmation of federal judges? (I'll bet you were at the time.); 2/18/24, 5:18 AM
Jaq said...: I am starting to wonder whether the reason that the “intelligence community” was so paranoid about Trump being secretly controlled by Putin is because, as Wikileaks showed, we financed Navalny to disrupt Russian elections and hopefully become their president and sell out the Russian Federation like our boy Yeltsin did.

Their every accusation is a confession. They would never admit to their real reason, would they. This is maybe the basis of their absurd claim that they are “protecting democracy.” Of course Biden’s corruption is an attractive quality to to them, because it makes him easily controlled.; 2/18/24, 5:32 AM
Jaq said...: Scott, it’s my opinion that LLMs do successfully emulate *one* of the processes that goes on in our brain. Senile people like Biden also make up plausible sounding fillers for stuff that they can’t remember, for one thing.; 2/18/24, 5:38 AM
Leland said...: Mutaman, you do know Mann owes Simberg more than the other way around because Mann was sanctioned for his perjury on the stand that occurred, according to Mann, by his lawyer’s mistake. You seem to know absolutely nothing about this trial, but you do seem to hate Steyn.; 2/18/24, 5:45 AM
Humperdink said...: Big Fani is a big fan of the term "Cash is King". Don't look for her to hop aboard the Central Bank Digital Currency train any time soon.; 2/18/24, 5:52 AM
Humperdink said...: Meathead drops a bit of wisdom on the masses.

“These people [Christian Nationalists] are fine with the idea that America should be a white, Christian nation,” claimed (Rob) Reiner in a Rolling Stone article. “They’re frightened of what’s happening in this country with diversity.”

He should come to our Evangelical church this morning. It will look like a United Nations meeting.; 2/18/24, 6:05 AM
donald said...: Great night last night. Had dinner with my niece. She’s a doctor in Rome, GA. Who ended her residency and went full doctor (I don’t know the terms) in literally March 2020. We had two very uh, unproductive discussions at the time, with her trying to explain to me why this virus did not work like every other virus in history. I stopped talking to her about it and we rarely see each other so too bad for me ( She’s awesome). Well times change and she told me last night that I nailed everything about the virus itself and the response. She says that what happened with the government was something she never thought possible and has destroyed her faith in the country. Here’s the best part: Uncle Donny did you know that flu statistics including death came down to infintestimal rates between 2020 and 2021”? Me: Heh.; 2/18/24, 6:11 AM
Big Mike said...: I don’t know how many national-class collegiate basketball coaches would risk their lives by breaking into a burning building with children trapped inside, but that’s what Lefty Driesell did one night back in 1973. Wikipedia summarizes the incdent pretty well:

On July 12, 1973, Driesell saved the lives of at least ten children from several burning buildings. He and two other men were surf fishing around midnight in Bethany Beach, Delaware when he saw flames coming from a seashore resort. Driesell broke down a door and rescued several children from the fire that eventually destroyed four townhouses. An eyewitness, Prince George's County circuit court Judge Samuel Meloy, said, "Let's face it, Driesell was a hero. There were no injuries and it was a miracle because firemen didn't come for at least 30 minutes."

It was typical of Lefty that he would downplay his accomplishment. Just fortunate to be in the right place to do something, or words to that effect. RIP Lefty Driesell.; 2/18/24, 6:33 AM
Bob Boyd said...: Uncle Donny did you know that flu statistics including death came down to infintestimal rates between 2020 and 2021”?

What did she think that meant?; 2/18/24, 6:46 AM
Howard said...: This ought to make Drago, Tim in Vladivostok and Tucker Carlson ecstatic. Mission Accomplished!

Russia takes Avdiivka from Ukraine, biggest gain in 9 months; 2/18/24, 7:09 AM
MadTownGuy said...: Mass Of Reparation Offered At St. Patrick’s Cathedral After ‘Scandalous’ Funeral

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The exterior of St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City is seen in a nighttime file photo. The cathedral faces controversy for hosting a funeral Feb. 15, 2024, for trans activist and atheist Cecilia Gentili, who died Feb. 6 at age 52. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
(OSV News) — Two days after St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City was filled with mourners for an irreverent “homecoming” funeral for a prominent activist who identified as transgender, the cathedral’s rector acknowledged that many people “have let us know they share our outrage over the scandalous behavior” that took place at the service.

Father Enrique Salvo said in a Feb. 17 statement that at New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan’s “directive, we have offered an appropriate Mass of Reparation.”

“The Cathedral only knew that family and friends were requesting a funeral Mass for a Catholic, and had no idea our welcome and prayer would be degraded in such a sacrilegious and deceptive way,” Father Salvo said.

Hundreds were on hand Feb. 15 to commemorate actress and author Cecilia Gentili, an Argentine native who had battled sexual abuse from age six and trafficking, as well as homelessness, heroin addiction and incarceration. The 52-year-old died Feb. 6 of unnamed causes at the Brooklyn, New York, home Gentili shared with partner Peter Scotto.

Gentili was the founder and principal consultant of Trans Equity Consulting and an advocate for the decriminalization of sex work.

Ceyenne Doroshow — founder and director of GLITS Inc. (Gays and Lesbians Living in a Transgender Society), organized the funeral. She told The New York Times that she approached St. Patrick’s since “it is an icon, just like (Gentili).”

Doroshow also told the newspaper that she had not advised pastoral staff that Gentili identified as transgender, saying, “I kind of kept it under wraps.”

The New York Times noted that “Mass cards and a picture near the altar showed a haloed Ms. Gentili surrounded by the Spanish words for ‘transvestite,’ ‘whore,’ ‘blessed’ and ‘mother’ above the text of Psalm 25.” Many mourners, the newspaper said, sported attire that included “glittery miniskirts and halter tops, fishnet stockings, sumptuous fur stoles and at least one boa sewed from what appeared to be $100 bills.”

“That such a scandal occurred at ‘America’s Parish Church’ makes it worse,” Father Salvo said in his statement. “That it took place as Lent was beginning, the annual forty-day struggle with the forces of sin and darkness, is a potent reminder of how much we need the prayer, reparation, repentance, grace, and mercy to which this holy season invites us.”

Father Salvo’s statement was released by Joseph Zwilling, director of communications for the Archdiocese of New York, who told OSV News Feb. 16 that “the cathedral is a functioning church that celebrates Mass, baptisms, weddings and funerals. And if somebody calls and … they’re trying to arrange a funeral for a Catholic, one assumes they are a Catholic. If the church can accommodate them, they try to do so.”

“We don’t conduct background checks on people who come to us looking to have a funeral,” said Zwilling, who said he had not been present at the cathedral during the ceremony.

According to a November 2023 interview, Gentili, a self-professed atheist, had been “reexamining (a) relationship with religion for a long time,” and had come “from a family of so many different faiths” that prevented Gentili from feeling “attached to any of them.”

More at the link.; 2/18/24, 7:26 AM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: "Kamala Harris disregarded staff recommendation to investigate Herbalife — while husband Doug Emhoff’s firm repped the company"

Of course she did, her hubby's bacon comes from a pyramid-scheme company. Not only is she stupid, she's stupidly dishonest. She squashed the investigation to protect hubby's law business. Of course, she should have gone ahead with the investigation so hubby could have billed more hours to Herbalife, but I imagine pillow talk would have pretty constrained: "Sorry, dear, I can't talk about that. Attorney-client protection."

Multi-level marketing companies are more interested in pushing their distributors to purchase product than selling product to the public at large. My mother was always signing up with one MLM company after another, hoping to get rich quick. She'd sometimes sign my sister and me up. We never did anything with her latest MLM company.; 2/18/24, 7:35 AM
Aggie said...: @Lem the artificially intelligent 6:10 pm: "Still, link to must see video ...."

That was quite a torrent of information, especially at 1.25x ! Worth watching though, thanks for linking. Not a Carlson fan, but Mike Benz is very interesting, especially in the way his analysis converges with the work that Matt Taibbi and Mike Shellenberger and others have been doing with the Twitter files and the Government Censorship Complex.; 2/18/24, 7:54 AM
donald said...: Bob Boyd, She wasn’t aware at the time ,she had her head down grinding away, but believe me, her eyes are totally awake now. That what makes me happy. Between her and my post office buddy completely abandoning his life long democrat union thug mentality and realizing the evil of the last eight years, I almost have a little hope for November.; 2/18/24, 7:58 AM
donald said...: So…Nathan Wade, male prostitute.

Also, it’s funny that none of the YouTube lawyers justifying the Trump prosecutions are touching this with a 10 foot pole.; 2/18/24, 8:24 AM
donald said...: Lefty was a surf fisherman! Hell yeah.; 2/18/24, 8:24 AM
Big Mike said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 2/18/24, 8:28 AM
Big Mike said...: Anyone that was a MD fan remembers where and when they learned of the death of Len Bias. Lefty had to ultimately take the fall for the tragedy.

IMO Lefty taking the fall for Len Bias, was totally unfair. For those unaware, Len Bias was a fabulous collegiate basketball player at the University of Maryland in the 1980s. He finished his four year career as a consensus first team All-American, and he was drafted second overall by the Celtics in 1986. He celebrated by trying cocaine — apparently for the first time because his first snort was also his last and he died of heart failure. At that point Bias was not still a member of the University of Maryland basketball team, so how Lefty was supposed to control his personal behavior is beyond me. Much was made of the fact that Bias hadn’t completed the number of credit hours to earn his degree. These days top collegiate programs arrange for their athletes to get bullshit degrees via no-show classes, but back then (and for many decades before) “scholar athletes” were more on their own.

Just another case of blaming a whitey for what a black person did.; 2/18/24, 8:42 AM
gilbar said...: remember last year?
Back when people here were saying "The Ukraine is The MOST IMPORTANT THING in The WORLD!" ??
And gilbar said: 'If that war is "So Important".. What happens when the US Loses.. Like We ALWAYS Do?

I'm Still waiting for an answer.. But i suppose maybe we'll find out this year?; 2/18/24, 8:58 AM
gilbar said...: The USA spends More on its military, than the Entire Rest of the World.. COMBINED.
And When was the last time we won a war?; 2/18/24, 9:02 AM
Jaq said...: It doesn't make me happy, Howard, to see the death and destruction that I warned against, coming to pass. What I wanted, and have advocated for, was a neutral Ukraine, a peaceful and non-aligned "borderland," if you will, between NATO and Russia.

One thing though about the fall of Avdeyevka, like Bakhmut, and Solodar, and Melitipol before it, is that you never saw them coming if you solely relied our lying media, which simply repeats Kiev's propaganda, and if you listen to media outlets that include Russian sources, you are far less often surprised by what happens. It's been obvious that Avdeyevka was about to fall for many many weeks, and that it was expected to fall sometime in March. Nobody expected the complete collapse of Ukrainian defenses, and the rout that just happened, though. Although I am sure that your news source assured you that there was an orderly retreat as Ukrainian commanders cooly assessed the situation, when really it was more like the road to Basra, because they held on in a hopeless cause far too long. Kiev had been using Avdeyevka to shell civilians in Donetsk City for almost a decade though, so bringing an end to that is a good thing, I guess.

But I am sure all of this death makes you happy, Howard, because it would be cruel to expect Ukrainians to live in a country organized along the lines of Canada, where some of their citizens could manage their affairs in their own language, and to be non-aligned, which was on offer in the peace deal that the US killed that Ukraine and Russia agreed to almost two years and hundreds of thousands of dead and maimed ago.; 2/18/24, 9:10 AM
Rusty said...: Somebody oil Howard's beanie. The propellers stuck.; 2/18/24, 9:12 AM
Jaq said...: “These people [Christian Nationalists] are fine with the idea that America should be a white, Christian nation,” claimed (Rob) Reiner in a Rolling Stone article. “They’re frightened of what’s happening in this country with diversity.”

I am betting that Rob Reiner is also right now outraged at the death of *actual* Christian Nationalist, the guy who said that Russian Muslims should have their citizenships revoked, Mavalny.; 2/18/24, 9:12 AM
Jaq said...: Fani possesses a combination of low IQ, supreme self confidence, and the unrestrained power of a prosecutor to interpret laws as she sees fit that guaranteed a disaster.; 2/18/24, 9:17 AM
Drago said...: Overcompensating non-combat "vet" Howitzer Howard: "This ought to make Drago, Tim in Vladivostok and Tucker Carlson ecstatic. Mission Accomplished!

Russia takes Avdiivka from Ukraine, biggest gain in 9 months"

Another military victory for Biden/democratical paymasters, the russkis, while the New Soviet Democraticals are in charge.

We'll just put this latest win provided to the russkis by the grifting democraticals and allies next to all the other victories provided to the ChiComs and Islamic supremacist allies of Howitzer Howard's dems.

And as we speak, Team Dem is working feverishly to reward the hamas 7th century death cult with a country from which to attack Israel!

Thanks for playing Howard. At least you "tried" in your typically pathetic way.; 2/18/24, 9:27 AM
Jaq said...: The US, since the fall of the USSR, has had a policy of endless war. 9-11 ramped it up another notch, but it was already happening. It is not treasonous to think that a geo-strategy that is based on a logic that the wars can never end until the US has complete world domination, is doomed to failure, and that we should find some other way, like getting along with our rivals.; 2/18/24, 9:28 AM
Jaq said...: Talks are ongoing with Ukraine about what is needed to end the war, confirms Norway's Foreign Minister.

"- I don't think Ukraine will lose. But not losing is not the same as full victory,"

Well, Howard, I have to admit that this headline did cheer me up a little bit. You may not know this, since you only read Western media, but Avdeyevka was the last major city fortified by NATO since the Maidan coup that remained, and that if Ukraine does not sue for peace soon, Odessa will come up on the list of target cities, and what remains of Ukraine will be limited to the traditional territory of the Ukrainian nation, which has always been landlocked, since Russia will not want to live with constant attacks on its fleet from the bitter clingers.

My dad fought in WWII, and he told me that the generals wanted to join with the nazis, once Hitler was gone, and attack the USSR. He was right. During the war my dad was on Field Marshal Montgomery's personal transportation staff, and was in close contact with him most days for a couple of years, we have an autographed picture of him and my dad, but he may have inferred his point of view from other sources. Anyway, he would not have been shocked to learn that we are using "not sees" to fight a war with Russia.; 2/18/24, 9:41 AM
Mason G said...: "It’s “black history month.” So what? I’m not black; I don’t care."

Can't really blame the guy- he's white so therefore, irredeemably racist no matter whether he cares about black history month or not.; 2/18/24, 9:46 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: The key to Althouse's trolls is in Lem's "must see" link above.; 2/18/24, 9:48 AM
Drago said...: I am betting those 650,000 Ukrainian men of fighting age that fled Ukraine as fast as they could before they were sucked up into the Ukraine Grift Machine/Globalist Money Laundering Op are absolutely not regretting their decision right about now.

No wonder the New Soviet Democraticals want to create an islamic supremacist super state in Judea and Samaria to keep the ball rolling for their allies.

Howitzee Howard, do you have any plans today for tearing down posters of kidnapped Israeli children while your pals harrass Jews in clubs, on the street or in front of Synogogues?

Long time readers of Althouse blog will recall Howitzer Howard was one of those leftist dolts that also called for military-like retirement pay for rioting, police killing BLM members during the New Soviet Democratical funded and led 2020 riots.

Such is the atrophied mental state of an over-compensating non-combat "vet" who desperately seeks some sort of bizarre validation for physical courage/"toughness" at this late stage of life.

Sad.; 2/18/24, 9:55 AM
Drago said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 2/18/24, 11:24 AM
Drago said...: It appears the IDF, an actual force of competent and experienced combat vets, unlike some others we could mention, have knocked out Howitzer Howard's and the dems islamic supremacist hamas 7th century death cultist Khan Yunis battalion.

Another setback for the New Soviet Democraticals islamic supremacist allies in their joint attempt to establish a permanent islamic supremacist terrorist state in the heart of Israel's ancient Judea and Samarian territory.

Tough break Howitzer Howie!

Now the choice before you becomes rather stark: do you sign up to fight with the Ukrainian foreign legion dudes or go and support hamas directly?

Maybe jump into a BLM riot or 2 to pad your "tough guy" stats?

Be sure to keep us updated as we are on pins and needles baby! Pins and needles!

And make sure to take Longbow lonejustice with you as well. He also seems hyped to crank up additional war dead to ensure greater Blackrock and Raytheon stock prices and profits!; 2/18/24, 11:43 AM
Drago said...: LLR-democratical lonejustice: "The new Jane Fonda"

LOL

No wonder the other LLR-democraticals dont let you out very much!

What a disappointment you have been, though I must say LLR-democratical Rich's performance of late advancing your shared democratical talking points has devolved to such a degree that you just might not remain the cellar dweller forever!; 2/18/24, 11:43 AM
Mutaman said...: Leland said...

"Mutaman, you do know Mann owes Simberg more than the other way around because Mann was sanctioned for his perjury on the stand that occurred, according to Mann, by his lawyer’s mistake. You seem to know absolutely nothing about this trial, but you do seem to hate Steyn."

Don't think i've posted one word about Simberg, Sparky. And I do despise Mark Steyn and I'm reveling in his misfortune.; 2/18/24, 2:18 PM
Iman said...: Hopefully, Animal Control will capture Muttman with their noose, take him to the animal shelter where he’ll wait for an adoption that never happens and ultimately get put out of his misery.; 2/18/24, 6:38 PM
Dr Weevil said...: Russian shill 'tim in vermont' demonstrates his shillery (rhymes with Hillary) by calling Avdiivka 'Avdeyevka'. The town is not only in Ukraine, it was 5/8 Ukrainian at the last census and only 1/3 Russian. Calling it by a Russian name is therefore something only a Putinite troll would do. It was not a Russian town in any way that counts to a decent person, any more than it became a German town when Hitler's troops passed through.

Saying there was a "complete collapse of Ukrainian defenses" and a "rout" and that it looked like "the road to Basra", is again demonstrably false Russian propaganda: bluntly, a lie. There was in fact "an orderly retreat as Ukrainian commanders cool[l]y assessed the situation". How do I know this? Because the Russians are showing off the six prisoners they captured, who are seen (a) with their hands tied and (b) dead of gunshot wounds. In other words, they only captured six, and murdered them after they had surrendered and were safely restrained. Yet another in the long list of Russian war crimes in Ukraine. And an army of 15,000 that loses 6 men while retreating has obviously not been "routed".

Those who follow Russian channels have noted that (a) the victorious Russians were stopped cold by unexpectedly heavy fire in the next town a mile or so west of Avdiivka, and (b) some Russian channels are grousing about the enormous losses they took in capturing the town, openly saying it was not worth the cost just to straighten out the front lines a bit (see here for instance). They admit to 16,000 - more than Russia lost in Afghanistan in ten years - and 300 armored vehicles. Those who have been counting up the losses say that actual losses were at least twice that, probably three times. Note: there are websites that catalogue every single vehicle lost on both sides, with exact location and date and pictures. With satellite photos it's easier than ever to judge who is winning and who is losing. Someone else calculated that the Russians lost one soldier killed for every square meter of Avdiivka captured. It was a lot more like The Somme than the road to Basra.

Those who follow Ukrainian Twitter know that they only retreated because a severe shortage of artillery and anti-aircraft ammunition made it impossible to stay. Once again, Biden and Jake Sullivan and a lot of Congressmen in both parties seem to be doing their best to prevent Ukrainian victory. They're still likely to be disappointed.; 2/18/24, 10:04 PM
Mutaman said...: Iman said...

"Hopefully, Animal Control will capture Muttman with their noose, take him to the animal shelter where he’ll wait for an adoption that never happens and ultimately get put out of his misery."

Eloquently put, Robesspierre; 2/18/24, 11:27 PM
Iman said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 2/19/24, 8:20 AM
Milo Minderbinder said...: I am normally not keen about posting long-ish videos, and about having a mini-run of Tucker Carlson interviews, but one he had last week was very important yet it seems oddly not much noticed by the commentariat despite getting nearly 30 million views on Twitter.

Tucker spoke to former State Department officer Mike Benz,1 who is arguably the top US expert on the workings of the censorship state to go public about the scope and workings of the censorship regime. He also helpfully describes the trajectory that led the US blob to go from seeing the Internet as its friend, particularly for helping facilitate regime changes, to its enemy by allowing non-mainstream views like support of Brexit to drive events. He also describes some major initiatives, like trying to thwart criticism of mail-in ballots.

Benz’s overview very much dovetails with the work of Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger. Wherever you reside on the political spectrum, this Tucker interview is worth a drive-time listen with a cup of coffee (because yes, Ann, it's coming to blogger): https://rumble.com/v4dtxtu-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-governments-mass-censorship-campaign.html; 2/19/24, 8:42 AM
Rusty said...: "And I do despise Mark Steyn and I'm reveling in his misfortune."
"Peasnts often revile those that are smarter than they are. Even other peasants. Though they can't say why."; 2/19/24, 8:59 AM