Althouse: Snow in the woods

February 15, 2024

Snow in the woods — 1 p.m.

47 comments:

Leland said...: How many of Althouse commenters keep 6 months of cash at home, which is enough to casually spend $4000 on a trip while not worrying about not having enough cash for those 6 months, and then replenish those funds by taking $50 extra in cash each time you visit the grocery store, so you don't have to go by the bank? Anyone?; 2/15/24, 8:14 PM
Mutaman said...: Query: If DC jury's are so terrible, why do the Know Nothing defendants allow their cases to reach a jury verdict? Why do they go to trial? Why don't they settle? What kind of advice are they getting from their lawyer? Oh that's right, Mark Steyn didn't have a lawyer.; 2/15/24, 8:58 PM
donald said...: You could not be more huge fat black gurrl in a tank top, tights with those disgusting sandals and socks bellowing on a Spirit airlines flight ghetto than Fani Willis.; 2/15/24, 9:01 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Via X: Quebec made this billboard to prevent people from jaywalking; 2/15/24, 9:18 PM
hawkeyedjb said...: Caitlin Clark, the best basketball player on the planet, breaks the all-time NCAA scoring record while simultaneously setting the Iowa single-game record. Great fun to watch.; 2/15/24, 9:23 PM
Kakistocracy said...: FBI informant charged with lying about Joe and Hunter Biden’s ties to Ukrainian energy company ~ Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi-informant-charged-giving-false-information-hunter-biden-2020

It’s almost like the Burisma narrative has been BS from the beginning.; 2/15/24, 9:45 PM
Just asking questions (Jaq) said...: Can we bring back Chuck for a day to explain away this request by the Obama administration, the UK created a warrant for the surveillance of 725 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY, you know, the Trump Tower?

https://twitter.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/1758326499147456542; 2/15/24, 9:52 PM
Drago said...: Now would be a good time to remember GOPe Gov of GA Kemp, who has been covering for the loathsome zuckerburg suckup Raffensberger and his dem aligned election crew in the SoS office, has also been coordinating with GOPe GA State AG Carr to let Fani run wild against Trump in this moronic RICO case.

Just in case anyone was unaware of what team jerseys this GOPe GA triumverate was wearing and continues to wear....; 2/15/24, 9:58 PM
Just asking questions (Jaq) said...: Former President Donald Trump opened up a large lead over President Joe Biden, according to the national BIG DATA POLL conducted in February. Significantly, support for the 45th President continues to surpass the critical 50% threshold for the second survey in a row when undecided voters are forced to lean toward the candidates.

In a two-way hypothetical matchup, Trump initially leads Biden 46.1% to 39.5%, a widening of the 43.7% to 41.7% margin in the prior survey. Overall, 14.3% remain undecided, essentially unchanged from 14.6%. In December, BIG DATA POLL measured support for President Trump above 50% for the first time ever, including leaners or not. - Big Data Poll

Biden should do what LBJ did and drop out. He won't, he's a narcissist and only cares about himself, but he should.; 2/15/24, 9:59 PM
effinayright said...: I wonder how many Althousers are marveling at how STUPID and BRAINDEAD the scammers are who inundate our email with "Congratulations! You have Won......" fancy and expensive stuff. I must get 8 to 10 each day. By now I should have a houseful of "free stuff."

Then there's the "Get Netflix for a full year for $2.00!. Just give us your c/c info---but don't worry, we won't deduct anything from it!" Honest!

You can always tell these are bogus by looking at the scammer sender's email address, which NEVER mentions a real vendor. More often it's at least fifteen garbage characters long.

Or google the Unsubscribe address. They are all bogus. Yeah, it might be a real street name, but the kind of facility is not accurate.

I've decided to deal with this by assuming the perps are Indians, as so many are, and referring to them in my FUCK YOU replies as goondas, dacoits, thugs, punkawallahs, badmashes, and any other nasty pejorative I know.

My favorite is to call them filthy "dalits", the word for "untouchables", and predicting that in their next lives they will go back to cleaning sewers, tanning hides, and sweeping streets to atone for their criminality in this one.

I invite you to do the same, as many of these scammer are nothing but criminals. Their low caste might make taunts like mine something they will shudder, esp. if they still think of themselves as parcticing Hindus.

For a very entertaining YouTube video on some US-based guys bringing such fraudsters down, destroying their data center systems and bringing in the police, go here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUHFpfVPUYc&list=RDCMUCC9EjyMN_hx5NdctLBx5X7w&index=19; 2/15/24, 10:17 PM
effinayright said...: Leland said...
"How many of Althouse commenters keep 6 months of cash at home, which is enough to casually spend $4000 on a trip while not worrying about not having enough cash for those 6 months, and then replenish those funds by taking $50 extra in cash each time you visit the grocery store, so you don't have to go by the bank? Anyone?"
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It's evasive, utterly implausible bullshit like this that will bring Fani "Sweet Cheeks" down. It might help her in a civil trial, but not when she's being tested for fitness to hold public office. And certainly not convincing in a criminal court. "Where did you get all that money, Fanny?"

(I note for the record that in many parts of the English-speaking world, "fanny" is a synonym for vulva or pudenda. Ironic, eh?)

Wth some luck she will eventuallymeet the same fate as Marilyn Mosby, when it's revealed how much public money she kept and spent on herself and her stallion boyfriend.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/02/06/mosby-verdict-mortgage-fraud-convicted/; 2/15/24, 10:27 PM
Big Mike said...: (In)famous race faker Rachel Dolezal, who has passed for black sufficiently well to be elected president of her local NAACP chapter, recently lost her job teaching at an Arizona elementary school after the district learned that she had a side hustle with an OnlyFans account. She was using the name Nkechi Diallo, which suggests that she is continuing to pass as black.; 2/15/24, 10:41 PM
Just asking questions (Jaq) said...: Here is another goody from the Wasteland:

The CIA cooked the intelligence on who Putin preferred in 2016. In fact their real judgement was that Putin preferred Hillary, which makes sense, remember that he had given Hillary's foundation hundreds of millions, probably to fund payoffs to get his Uranium deal done, and John Podesta, her campaign manager, worked for a subsidiary of Gazprom, and had been awarded 75K shares in that company "for services rendered." Too bad for him that the day after Hillary lost, and so the company was not going to cash in on their closeness with the POTUS, the stock went to zero.

https://twitter.com/shellenberger/status/1758216143867929022

It also makes sense that Putin would prefer the more predictable Biden over Trump, which is exactly why he said he prefers Biden.

Scott Adams has a funny cartoon about this: https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1758258898157584445; 2/15/24, 10:45 PM
Christopher said...: I'm here to say how much I love Althouse's photos. Thank you for that. For years and years.; 2/15/24, 11:47 PM
gadfly said...: "My daughter said that some lady was holding him back, and people started backing up, and he pulled it out and starting shooting and spinning in a circle," Jacob Gooch Sr. said.

Gooch said his daughter was not shot, but his wife was shot in her calf, and his son was shot in his foot. Gooch said he was shot in his ankle and has broken bones in his foot.

So why do the Kansas City police insist that this wasn't a deliberate mass shooting, telling the story that the weapons were fired because of a disagreement between a couple of juveniles? Surely the Gooch family's eyes and ears are more reliable than whatever the two suspects say and, of course, multiple guns were recovered.; 2/16/24, 1:39 AM
gadfly said...: So Leland thinks Fani was lying but the only lies proven in yesterday's hearing came from the opposing lawyers and their poor witnesses. If Leland's Dad taught him to spend cash, he might well have that habit as well. Do you pay casual help in cash, Leland?

And what does any of this have to do with the 19 lawbreakers looking to magically find 11,780 votes while breaking into voting machines and forging documents?; 2/16/24, 2:04 AM
NKP said...: Cash is King.; 2/16/24, 2:24 AM
Humperdink said...: Big Fani's testimony sure was entertaining. Arrogant, rambling responses to the questions. The judge let her get away with a lot on the witness stand.

So lover Nathan Wade pays for their vacations with his business credit card. Big Fani then reimburses him with cash. Big Fani was a veritable cash cow (eh). When asked if he wrote the vacations off as a business expense, he responded no.

Wade's accountant is going be busy this morning amending tax returns, assuming there's still time.; 2/16/24, 3:58 AM
wendybar said...: "Brody’s distasteful job is called “chumming.” This time-honored tactic of big game fishing spills blood and tasty fish bits into the ocean to attract hungry big fish to the feeding site.
What would make people from other lands want to travel to the United States through Mexico? What is the chum that brings them here? President Biden and his open border minions offer better schools for their children, better healthcare, better wages, and a better quality of living for starters."

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/02/chumming_the_border_for_illegal_aliens.html; 2/16/24, 4:44 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: This path in the picture is representative of the days and months ahead for our country.

Don’t forget to pray for our country and our leaders.; 2/16/24, 5:11 AM
Humperdink said...: Remember not too long ago when the mom was arrested for a gun crime her son committed? How about we arrest the parents of the teenage shooters in KC? Or better yet, passing gun laws making it illegal for teenagers to carry concealed without a permit. Oh wait .....; 2/16/24, 5:34 AM
Scott Patton said...: I do when I have the extra, but I don't casually spend it on a trip (or casually, on anything).; 2/16/24, 5:48 AM
Leland said...: Query: If DC jury's are so terrible, why do the Know Nothing defendants allow their cases to reach a jury verdict? Why do they go to trial? Why don't they settle? What kind of advice are they getting from their lawyer? Oh that's right, Mark Steyn didn't have a lawyer.

The case was brought in 2012. Late into 2020, Mann was still claiming $9 million in damages. Even during the trial, his lawyers mentioned the $9 million in testimony only to get corrected that it was just nearly only 1% of that. Both defendants were found liable and forced to pay $1 in damages.

Regardless of the liability and damages; Mann is a public figure and people should be free to point out when such people are getting preferred treatment by government inquiries. A jury made up of jurors who derive most if not all of their income from government disagree with such freedom.

Let us know if you have any other questions that confound you.; 2/16/24, 6:14 AM
Just asking questions (Jaq) said...: At least Mutaman is smart enough not to defend the verdict on its merits.; 2/16/24, 6:21 AM
Leland said...: I read your comment with my name repeated many times gadfly. I must say; it makes absolutely no sense to me at all. For instance:

And what does any of this have to do with the 19 lawbreakers looking to magically find 11,780 votes while breaking into voting machines and forging documents?

You brought it up, so let us know. Perhaps it is the same fantasy that suggests someone makes 80 trips to the grocery store taking an extra $50 in withdrawals each visit, and that could be proven with bank records showing the frequent payments to said grocery store.; 2/16/24, 6:25 AM
lonejustice said...: Here's a side of Putin that we should all remember and take account of:

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/02/the-lonesome-death-of-alexei-navalny.php; 2/16/24, 6:57 AM
Just asking questions (Jaq) said...: If one of Joe Biden’s enemies gets accused of a crime by his department of just us, that proves his guilt. I am curious about the evidence, or is it classified?; 2/16/24, 6:57 AM
Humperdink said...: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in a Russian prison. He was 47.

"Navalny, who was serving a 19-year sentence on charges of extremism (read:Insurrection), was moved in December from his former prison in the Vladimir region of central Russia to to a “special regime” penal colony — the highest security level of prisons in Russia — above the Artic Circle."

I am sure the judges in Trump's various trials are paying attention.

https://triblive.com/news/world/russias-prison-service-says-that-imprisoned-opposition-leader-alexei-navalny-has-died/; 2/16/24, 7:00 AM
wildswan said...: When I look at Israel in the days since October 7 2023, I am always reminded of the message Golda Meir sent President Nixon when things were going badly wrong during a previous war. The message simply said: "Save Israel." I feel as if a similar simple message that reached everyone in Israel and changed permanently the entire nation as one, at once. One October 6 many Army reservists were saying they wouldn't come if called up,; on October 8 reservists went to their regiments without being called up and their wives and children supported this. Grandparents and relatives moved to support the reservists' families; volunteers worked to fill the disrupted places in the economy. Everything changed and politics and culture as they were became cut flowers soon to die off and be replaced by new species fitted to the new environment.
But what is that new environment? An outsider hardly dares to comment on Israel's pain while those living he change have scarcely begun to express it. But understanding the impact of what I might call the "Save Israel" message is now important to Americans and others. Biden's policy toward Israel has been captured by the anti-semitic left cabal which is a part of the White House policy team. Probably he doesn't know it's happened. But we must realize it.
The old lefty slogans and policies are entirely unacceptable to a united Israeli nation and the White House lefty cabal is presenting Israel with demands based on those old terms. They won't be accepted. Then what?
Save Israel. Understand. Terror organizations are not even truce partners, let alone peace partners. Attempting to found a Palestinian state on any presently existing effective power in Gaza or the West Bank is useless. There could be a Palestinian state in the future; that doesn't mean there can be one now. This is one thing the Israelis know. Save Israel. Know it, too.; 2/16/24, 7:05 AM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: WMD, Part II: CIA "Cooked The Intelligence" To Hide That Russia Favored Clinton, Not Trump In 2016
Russia didn't fear Hillary Clinton. “It was a relationship they were comfortable with,” some CIA analysts believed, but intelligence was suppressed. On the fall of the last great Russiagate myth

The left are trained to hate Trump... (arf arf arf NBC arf) and therefore trained to buy into all the lies.; 2/16/24, 7:08 AM
Big Mike said...: According to Matt Taibbi, the CIA was very aware that Vlad Putin preferred Hillary Clinton over Trump in the 2016 election, but lied to support the Russia! Russia! Russia! hoax. The lefty narrative that he “hated” and perhaps even “feared” Hillary never made any sense. He had, after all, successfully bribed her and probably had the receipts so if nothing else could blackmail her. People who bought into the narrative that Putin hated Hillary were somewhere between liars and idiots, and quite likely a mix of both.

It’s good that there are still investigative journalists out there. Taibbi may be the last of the breed,; 2/16/24, 7:15 AM
tim maguire said...: Humperdink said...How about we arrest the parents of the teenage shooters in KC?

It's cute that you think these gangbangers have parents. A mom, maybe, or a grandmother, but who knows who the dad is?; 2/16/24, 7:20 AM
Jersey Fled said...: “Biden should do what LBJ did and drop out.”

Joe’s only chance of keeping half of his family out of jail is to get re-elected.

He ain’t dropping out.; 2/16/24, 7:24 AM
gilbar said...: what are they teaching in Highschool English classes in Seattle?.. Well, What would you think?
Seattle English students told it’s ‘white supremacy’ to love reading, writing
World Literature and Composition students at Lincoln High School were given a handout with definitions of the “9 characteristics of white supremacy,”
“Worship of the Written Word” is white supremacy..
The worksheet also labels “objectivity,” “individualism,” and “perfectionism” as white supremacy..

If students deny their own racism —
or that any of the nine characteristics are legitimately racist — that is also white supremacy..

Oh! and needless to say, one of the nine is Number 8: "Binary Either/Or"
That's Right! Non racists are NON BINARY.. Isn't That Special!; 2/16/24, 7:41 AM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: I watched some of Fani on the stand. wow. She is an embarrassment. The cash explanations were ridiculous - but her unprofessional and entitled demeanor was over the top.; 2/16/24, 7:48 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: https://rumble.com/v4dd2h9-this-will-blow-up-the-deep-states-war-on-trump-ep.-2187-08142024.html; 2/16/24, 8:18 AM
Rusty said...: That trail looks icy. It would be uncomfortable to walk on. Sometimes I move over a few feet so that I'm on firmer ground. Try it.; 2/16/24, 8:44 AM
Iman said...: I sure hope Fani Willis and Nate Wade didn’t perjure themselves.; 2/16/24, 8:53 AM
wendybar said...: Wesley Hunt
@WesleyHuntTX
Why does Sec. Def have a Ukrainian flag in his office?

What are they, the 51st State?

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/what-are-they-51st-state-congressman-questions-why/; 2/16/24, 9:36 AM
wendybar said...: Glenn Beck
@glennbeck
Biden has been President for 3 years and issued 131 executive orders so far – a little less than an average of 1 PER WEEK. During his first year in office alone, he issued 77 orders – almost double Obama’s first year, and 40% more than Trump’s first year.

Abusing executive power. Skipping past Congress. Ignoring the Constitution. Trampling on individual liberties. Targeting political opponents. This is how Biden delivers on his inaugural address promise to “restore the soul and to secure the future of America”?!
4:08 PM · Feb 15, 2024

https://twitchy.com/samj/2024/02/16/glenn-beck-biden-dictator-thread-n2393007; 2/16/24, 9:50 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Bongino wraps it all up for you.

https://rumble.com/v4dd2h9-this-will-blow-up-the-deep-states-war-on-trump-ep.-2187-08142024.html

Brennan voted Communist Party?; 2/16/24, 10:35 AM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: Fani Willis wore her dress backwards yesterday. The zipper should be in the back, not the front. Look at the picture at the top of the page. How embarassing.

Remember when the MSM went crazy over a low-res photo of Trumps pants? They said he was wearing his pants backwards when they photo didn't show the zipper. What fools they were.; 2/16/24, 10:40 AM
Josephbleau said...: “Query: If DC jury's are so terrible, why do the Know Nothing defendants allow their cases to reach a jury verdict? Why do they go to trial? Why don't they settle? What kind of advice are they getting from their lawyer? Oh that's right, Mark Steyn didn't have a lawyer.”

Query: Getting robbed is dangerous, why don’t people just give all their money to the criminals and avoid getting shot by them? Oh that’s right, people need money to eat.; 2/16/24, 10:45 AM
Josephbleau said...: “ If one of Joe Biden’s enemies gets accused of a crime by his department of just us, that proves his guilt. I am curious about the evidence, or is it classified?”

I distinctly remember a spy case from the 70’s where the government did not charge a spy because they would have had to release secret documents during the trial. Has something changed in the get trump era where we can convict people based on secret evidence? I hope not.; 2/16/24, 10:52 AM
Leland said...: "Getting robbed is dangerous, why don’t people just give all their money to the criminals and avoid getting shot by them? Oh that’s right, people need money to eat."

Several blue cities are testing this theory, but early results suggest you are on to something.; 2/16/24, 12:08 PM
Big Mike said...: I distinctly remember a spy case from the 70’s where the government did not charge a spy because they would have had to release secret documents during the trial.

The one I’m thinking of was Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn, leaders of the Weathermen terrorist organization. The FBI refused to expose “sources and methods” (believed to include warrantless wiretapping) so the two of them basically walked free. Ayers’ father was CEO of Commonwealth Edison, the Chicago electric power utility, and he was both wealthy and well-connected to the Chicago Democrat machine. Not that that would have had anything to do with his son and daughter-in-law being terrorists who got off with a minor wrist slap for Dohrn. Of course not.

Has something changed in the get trump era where we can convict people based on secret evidence? I hope not.

I’m with you on that.; 2/16/24, 6:06 PM
Mutaman said...: tim in vermont said...

"At least Mutaman is smart enough not to defend the verdict on its merits."

I don't defend verdicts "on the merits" (sic) when I didn't attend or litigate the trial. But i do find it enjoyable and i hope it causes Steyn much pain.; 2/16/24, 8:39 PM