Althouse: At the 6:05 PM Café...

August 6, 2024

At the 6:05 PM Café...

... you can talk about whatever you want.

53 comments:

Holy Moly! said...: Ann,

Thank you for creating a place
where one can visit
and enjoy the salty tears
of MAGA kooks.

Sincerely,

H. Moly; 8/6/24, 8:00 PM
Iman said...: Well, a young man ain’t got nothin’ in the world these days.; 8/6/24, 8:05 PM
Quayle said...: A novice who doesn't understand that we're not playing the same game of reprisal and verbal and symbolic dominance struggle.; 8/6/24, 8:32 PM
Peachy said...: Moly is a Drudge pedo.; 8/6/24, 8:56 PM
FullMoon said...: Yesterday I began getting text from Kamala. Today, the VP pick joined.
Block number each time, doesn't work.

I have ATT, wonder if this is related to the massive hack recently.; 8/6/24, 9:00 PM
tcrosse said...: I moved out of Minnesota nine years ago. Evidently it was not a moment too soon.; 8/6/24, 9:08 PM
Michael K said...: Will someone rid us of this angry nutcase?; 8/6/24, 9:36 PM
Dave Begley said...: Big debate between me and Omaha Public Power director Craig Moody. As a lawyer of 40 years, I’ve never heard such admissions against interest. A whole series of them, but the shocker was he didn’t care if OPPD customers died during a forced winter blackout; forced because OPPD didn’t have an adequate supply of reliable power because of too much wind and solar in the grid.

Pure Maoist thinking. To the liberal elites, we plebes are collateral damage in their pursuit of Utopia.; 8/6/24, 9:51 PM
Kakistocracy said...: Elon Musk’s X Sues Advertising Coalition Over ‘Massive’ Boycott
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/elon-musk-x-lawsuit-advertising-boycott-global-alliance-for-responsible-media-59f47f4f?mod=hp_lead_pos6

Elon thinks it's RICO not to advertiser on ExTwitter. Seems Elon understands American law as well as he understands free speech.; 8/6/24, 9:51 PM
Dave Begley said...: Another interesting thing, one old woman told me to STFU and the president of the Sierra Club stood up and screamed at me.

So much for a civil debate with the Left. I was quite calm but had pointed but fair questions.; 8/6/24, 9:54 PM
Dixcus said...: Go take a look at the flaming gay photo The NY Post has on their front page right now of Kamala Harris' VP pick.

This is who would order you into battle.; 8/6/24, 9:54 PM
Dixcus said...: Go take a look at the flaming photo The NY Post has on their front page right now of Kamala Harris' VP pick.

This is who would order you into battle.; 8/6/24, 9:55 PM
Dixcus said...: Go take a look at the flamer photo The NY Post has on their front page right now of Kamala Harris' VP pick.

This is who would order you into battle.; 8/6/24, 9:55 PM
Dixcus said...: Go look at the NY Post photo of Walz being introduced. This is who would order you into battle.; 8/6/24, 9:57 PM
West TX Intermediate Crude said...: Big sighs of relief in Jerusalem tonight over the VP pick. Ironic that the Jewish state should be happy that the Jewish guy did not get selected, but overt hatred is much easier to deal with than passive-aggressive love. It's actually a two-fer; Walz on the ticket makes it less likely that Harris will prevail in November, and if they do, it will be easier for the Israelis to oppose the actions of the American government.
Similar sighs of relief in Mar-A-Lago also.; 8/6/24, 10:03 PM
Big Mike said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 8/6/24, 10:12 PM
Big Mike said...: The Squad has shrunk again. The word from Missouri is that Cori Bush has lost her primary. OMG, there may be partially sane and modestly sensible Democrats out there! Not many and nowhere near enough, but a trend to be encouraged.; 8/6/24, 10:27 PM
walter said...: Interesting Butler nugget in last paragraph of article on Iranian threat.

ABC: ""We were initially told that there was no Secret Service snipers coming but that was shifted either Thursday or Friday to indicate that there were," Pat Young, head of the Beaver County Emergency Services Unit, told ABC News. "We had been told that this is the first time that a non-sitting president had been allocated Secret Service snipers. So that threw up some alarm bells for some of our guys that -- why the sudden shift -- from one stance to the other?"

https://abcnews.go.com/US/pakistani-national-charged-alleged-plot-assassinate-donald-trump/story?id=112617075; 8/6/24, 10:36 PM
Big Mike said...: I see that astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, already more than 70 days into a one week trip to the ISS, are going to be up there a few weeks more. It appears that NASA is about to give up on returning them via the Boeing Starliner that took them up, but the crippled (if not derelict) spacecraft is hogging up a docking port and until the Starliner gets an update to its software that lets it undock without a human at the controls it will continue to hog that docking port. There are other ports, but they are either in use or a type that SpaceX cannot use. So I hope the astronauts packed extra underwear and a spare flight suit or two. Or ten.

Mind you, a Starliner had previously flown up to the ISS, docked itself, undocked via remote control , and returned to earth without a human onboard, but Boeing or NASA or both decided to get rid of that flight software and cannot easily roll back to it.

This is not the same agency that successfully landed astronauts on the moon and brought them safely back to earth, anymore than the Secret Service of today is the one that stopped Squeaky Fromme from shooting Gerald Ford.; 8/6/24, 10:53 PM
Rosalyn C. said...: I decided to listen to Walz speak in Philadelphia. At first I was impressed with his speaking ability but then he started lying and I had to shut it off.

For example, Walz claimed Trump has never "served," and that Trump selfishly became president only to benefit his own business interests. That's so ridiculous considering the sacrifices Trump has made to connect with ordinary Americans and we know that Trump actually lost money while he was president. Estimated he lost a third of his wealth. (According to Forbes senior editor Dan Alexander, ""If he had sold everything on Day 1, paid the maximum capital-gains taxes on the sales, then put the proceeds into a conflict-free fund tracking the S&P 500, Trump would have ended his presidency an estimated $1.6 billion richer than he is today." Instead Trump held onto his businesses, had his sons handle them, took a lot of flack, and lost money. Walz in his Philly speech also claimed that the crime rate rose under Trump . In fact the first three years of Trump's term the crime rate did go down, following a much longer trend. But then in 2020 the George Floyd riots happened, initiated by Leftists, Antifa, and BLM and encouraged by Democrats, so there was an increase in crime in Trump's final year. Now Walz is claiming there was an increase in crime due to Trump's policies. Finally, Walz assured the audience that Trump is going to institute Project 2025, no matter his denials. Lots of cheering.

All these lies were uttered in five minutes or less. I couldn't listen any longer. I know for sure that Walz has no problem being a liar and acting in bad faith. Of course as a politician this is not a surprise, but it still is a turn off.

I may tune out this election until Nov. 5.

IOW, "dad" is a big f'ng liar.; 8/6/24, 10:58 PM
Rosalyn C. said...: I decided to listen to Walz speak in Philadelphia. At first I was impressed with his speaking ability but then he started lying and I had to shut it off.

For example, Walz claimed Trump has never "served," and that Trump became president only to benefit his own business interests. That's so ridiculous considering the sacrifices Trump has made to "make America great" and we know that Trump actually lost money while he was president. Estimated he lost a third of his wealth. (According to Forbes senior editor Dan Alexander, ""If he had sold everything on Day 1, paid the maximum capital-gains taxes on the sales, then put the proceeds into a conflict-free fund tracking the S&P 500, Trump would have ended his presidency an estimated $1.6 billion richer than he is today." Instead Trump held onto his businesses and took a lot of flack. Walz in his Philly speech also claimed that under Trump the crime rate rose. In fact the first three years of Trump's term the crime rate did go down, following a much longer trend. But then due to the George Floyd riots, initiated by Leftists, Antifa, and BLM, and encouraged by Democrats, there was an increase in crime in Trump's final year. So now Walz is claiming the increase in crime was due to Trump's policies. Finally, Walz claimed that Trump is going to institute Project 2025, no matter his denials.

All these lies were uttered in about five minutes or less. Walz has no problem being a liar and acting in bad faith. Of course it is not a surprise but it still is a turn off.

IOW, "dad" is a big f'ng liar.; 8/6/24, 10:58 PM
Fred Drinkwater said...: Signal to noise ratio

Sometimes I wonder what it costs Althouse in brain cells to maintain it.; 8/7/24, 12:01 AM
Fred Drinkwater said...: NY Post also writes about Baltimore Ravens player Marlon Humphrey moaning about the gesture at the women's gymnastics medal award.

He say he thinks he's getting cussed at by Brazilian women.

This is obviously not true. I can tell because he's not bleeding from the ears, and does not seem to have lost any body parts.; 8/7/24, 12:11 AM
Fred Drinkwater said...: Ah,I see moderation is on.

Sigh.; 8/7/24, 12:12 AM
Eva Marie said...: Vacation Noir on Criterion.
Niagara with Marilyn Monroe and James Cotton.
Leave Her to Heaven with Gene Tierney and Cornell Wilde
So far this is a great collection. These 2 films are excellent.; 8/7/24, 12:40 AM
Eva Marie said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 8/7/24, 12:43 AM
Drago said...: "Elon thinks it's RICO not to advertiser on ExTwitter. Seems Elon understands American law as well as he understands free speech."

So strange. LLR-democratical Rich assured us all in late 2022 and early 2023 that X would be dead as a platform in mere months based on Rich's deep understanding of business, marketplaces and technology.

LOL

And today we have leftists globally screaming bloody murder over X being the most powerful and wide reaching content platform in the world! The marxists in the UK want Elon arrested because X as a platform is showing the lies of the left in real time in Britain as Starmer sets the stage for Soviet style martial law and repression.

And this is on top of Abacus Rich telling us over and over that SpaceX is not a real space company...at the very moment SpaceX consolidates global space launch leadership at a scale never before seen while ULA, Boeing and Blue Origin collapse in comparison....wih Boeing incompetence stranding astronauts at the Space Station!

Its almost as if Rich understands business as well as he understands.
.well, hmmm. Rich really hasnt demonstrated understanding in any substantive area as of yet, has he?

Perhaps another healthy cut and paste session by Rich of the thoughts and words of others without any attribution is in our future?

Rhetorical Magic 8-Ball says "Likely"!; 8/7/24, 1:09 AM
john mosby said...: Speaking of Walz being a sergeant major:

Even if he had fully carried out the duties, it is the most useless rank/position in the army.

If you try to explain what sergeants major do to a non-military person, you can’t. The closest civilian analogy is a co-opted trade union steward, but it’s not very close.

The military preaches about responsibility and authority, but then with the sergeant major program, they manage to completely divorce the two.

And it’s not even a case of “we’ve always done it this way - you just don’t get it.” The sergeant major program only dates back to Vietnam, and didn’t really pick up until the 70s/80s.

It’s kind of like the skinsuit metaphor - the US military saw the British regimental system with its sergeants major, and decided to just wear the skin without using any of the other ingredients of a true regimental system.

In a postmodern military where everyone is literate, you could accomplish the same goals by doing more direct commissions of enlisted people. They should probably be the majority of the officer corps. No need for bizarre parallel chains of concern.

And having command sergeants major at echelons above brigade/regiment is just losing the plot entirely.

I hope Achilles, John Henry, and other former enlisted weigh in.

JSM

(PS: Does anyone remember who my sergeant major was, in Mosby’s Rangers? Didnt think so. How about Patton’s CSM? Zhukov’s? Guderian’s? Incredible how they were able to accomplish anything….-j); 8/7/24, 2:54 AM
wendybar said...: Townhall.com
@townhallcom

Josh Shapiro is very upset at "Trump and his sycophants" for not showing gay pornography to children in schools.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1820938084529111453; 8/7/24, 3:09 AM
wendybar said...: "An MSNBC "expert" claims "American slavery was worse because slaves were treated as property."

"That's complete nonsense," replies political science professor Wilfred Reilly

It's better to teach the truth, says Reilly -- almost every society had slavery.

"Between 10.7 million and 12 million slaves from Africa went to the New World -- we got a little under 400,000," says Reilly. That's less than 4%."

https://townhall.com/columnists/johnstossel/2024/08/07/slavery-in-america-n2643067; 8/7/24, 3:12 AM
wendybar said...: Hey Holy Moly, cry about this......Maybe one day you will wake up and realize they bamboozled you, but you were too dumb to see it.
Johnny Midnight ⚡️
@its_The_Dr
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Nancy knows how to do it!
https://twitter.com/i/status/1820594377883791727; 8/7/24, 3:32 AM
wendybar said...: "A word of advice. Don’t believe anything you hear, read, or listen to on the so-called mainstream media—not a word, not a phrase, not a suggestion, not a theory. Their agenda, as we’ve learned over the past eight years, is to obey the moneybags’ globalists who prefer socialism-cum-communism to the glorious freedom that the Founding Fathers of America envisioned and actualized almost 250 years ago.

Yes, the media whores will still be with us, but when you decide to turn them off, they, too, will go the way of the dinosaurs they have always been."
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/08/the_media_still_turn_tricks_for_the_democrat_party.html; 8/7/24, 3:52 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Every other post on Reddit is literally Tim Walz.; 8/7/24, 3:59 AM
MadTownGuy said...: Scientists Develop New Compound That Kills Flesh-Eating and Other Drug-Resistant Bacteria

"Twenty years ago, professor Fredrik Almqvist, an organic chemistry professor at Umeå University in Sweden, was asked by his collaborating researchers at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) to design a compound that would prevent urinary tract infections, which are often caused by Gram-negative bacterial infections.

Almqvist’s team created various compounds that were then screened for their effects.

Rather than controlling Gram-negative bacteria adherence, they found some of the compounds were highly effective at killing various Gram-positive bacteria. These included multidrug-resistant strains classified as concerning threats by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The researchers eventually singled out one compound, which they named PS757. Lab testing has shown PS757 to be effective against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis (VRE), multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae, and erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes (S. pyogenes), among others.

Now, researchers have studied the effect of PS757 on S. pyogenes, a potentially flesh-eating bacteria, in animals. S. pyogenes can cause a wide range of infections, from mild localized ones to potentially fatal soft-tissue infections, or necrotizing fasciitis."

More at the link.; 8/7/24, 4:10 AM
rehajm said...: Kamala introduced Walz as ‘The Vice President America deserves’. Her handlers are spot on there…; 8/7/24, 4:20 AM
MadTownGuy said...: Congressional committee demands answers on Army briefing that labeled pro-lifers ‘terrorists’

"The House Armed Services Committee has sent a letter to Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, seeking answers about why pro-lifers were smeared as terrorists in a recent briefing at an Army base. The Committee gave a deadline of two weeks for response.

Last week, photos of a slide presentation given to a group of soldiers at Fort Liberty in North Carolina were leaked; in the presentation, groups like National Right to Life and Operation Rescue were listed as potential terrorist groups. Bullet points on the slide said being “anti-abortion” and “Pro Life,” as well as opposing “Row v Wade [sic]” were potential indications of terrorist ideations. Examples of pro-life advocacy were also listed on the slide, such as demonstrations, protests, life chains, “the truth display” (displaying photos of abortion victims), and more. Counseling at pregnancy centers and on sidewalks was listed, and the s[l]ide even included pro-life license plates.

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, personnel subcommittee Chairman Jim Banks, and other members of the House Armed Services Committee want to know how this was allowed to happen.

“Even more disturbing is who this training was conducted for: 47 uniformed soldiers tasked with guarding the access points for Fort Liberty, one of the Army’s largest military installations,” they wrote in the letter. “Training the installation gate guards to ensure that servicemembers and their families who have pro-life license plates should be considered suspicious and possible terroristic threats to the installation, is not only absurd but dangerous.”

More...; 8/7/24, 4:39 AM
MadTownGuy said...: Continued...

"They further said Wormuth needs to answer the following 10 questions by July 25th:

1. What was the extent of the Directorate of Emergency Services leadership’s involvement in creating the presentation? Was this presentation approved by Directorate leadership? If not, who approved it?

2. Fort Liberty’s statement claims that the slides were not “vetted by the appropriate approval authorities.” Who were the appropriate approval authorities in this situation?

3. What are the processes in place for reviewing and approving the content of such briefings? And why were they not followed in this situation?

4. How long has Fort Liberty utilized these particular slides? How long has the Army utilized the standard deck of slides?

5. Where else have these altered slides been used? Have any other organizations within the Army utilized an altered deck of slides for their training?

6. Can you confirm that the Army has reviewed and approved all anti-terrorism guidance and training? Can you verify that none of this guidance and training violates, or encourages service members to violate, constitutionally protected speech?

7. Does the Army or Fort Liberty officials have any plans to issue a correction or disavowal to those service members who attended this briefing to instruct them that these pro-life organizations are not terrorist groups?

8. What is the Army’s process of categorizing civilian advocacy of constitutionally protected activities?

9. Does the Army consider participating in pro-life advocacy, or abortion-related counseling (sidewalks and crisis centers) in proximity to military installations to be terrorist activity?

10. Fort Liberty’s statement claims that future slides will be reviewed to “ensure they align with the current DoD anti-terrorism guidance.” What groups does the current antiterrorism guidance consider to be terrorist groups or other threats to base security?

On X, Banks tweeted, “The Biden DoD has created an environment where far-left wack jobs feel they can get away with teaching our troops that conservative Americans are terrorists and legitimate military targets. We are in dangerous territory.”

Banks further pointed out in a press release that these slides have been in circulation for a long period of time.

“These slides date back to at least last summer,” he said. “For over a year someone at Fort Liberty has been teaching our troops that pro-life Americans are terrorists, and the Biden Pentagon didn’t stop it until House Republicans and the public raised the alarm.”; 8/7/24, 4:40 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: You seem unaware this was in response to a Federal Judge ruling that Google did in fact violate anti-trust laws already in search and advertising.; 8/7/24, 5:55 AM
Kakistocracy said...: I missed this, was Drago wearing his gold Trump sneakers and Trump tie, or just the Trump knee pads writing his high test blather?; 8/7/24, 5:57 AM
Kakistocracy said...: BM write: 'The Squad has shrunk again.'
Cori Bush and Wesley Bell are complete clones of each other except for their views of Hamas and Israel. Perhaps the democrat party is starting to realize backing terrorists is not a good way to win votes.; 8/7/24, 6:00 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Who was it on here that scolded people for insinuating that Starliner was in trouble and insisted the astronauts wanted to stay longer to perform valuable experiments? The departure was already delayed two weeks at that point but someone, I don’t recall who, was White Knighting for Boeing with furious righteousness.; 8/7/24, 6:00 AM
Kakistocracy said...: Heritage President To Delay Book Publication After Project 2025 Firestorm
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/08/06/heritage_president_to_delay_book_publication_after_project_2025_firestorm_151403.html

"Notably, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, a friend of Roberts and the Republican nominee for vice president, wrote the foreword of that book entitled “Dawn’s Early Light.”

But your ideas are so popular! Win on policy!; 8/7/24, 6:06 AM
Leland said...: I see Althouse has another paid troll hacking for the Harris campaign. Welcome Holy.; 8/7/24, 6:29 AM
Iman said...: I see the shitbirds are having their morning hissy fit. Rave on!; 8/7/24, 6:36 AM
Rocco said...: Holy Moly! sounds like Rich’s Id to his Superego.; 8/7/24, 6:37 AM
NKP said...: Not even close to the same agency. In spite of a few gee whiz wins, it has deliberately pissed away a 50-year head start in the race to the stars. To the tune of "Mrs. Robinson", Where have you gone Gene Kranz...

An old friend and former director of JSC talks frequently with Kranz and some of the old timer astronauts. Most are disgusted that political goals have replaced engineering and science goals. When JFK promised the moon, NASA became the "Golden Boy" of federal agencies. As time went by, other administrations "used" it like an expensive whore to advance programs that had zero to do with NASA's mission.; 8/7/24, 9:02 AM
Jon Ericson said...: A hunert fiddy dolla is a hunert fiddy dolla.; 8/7/24, 9:13 AM
Gospace said...: From my understanding- the whole Command SGT MAJ and navy equivalent Command Master Chief came from the submarine service. The most senior Chief Petty Officer on the sub was designated Chief of the Boat. Wasn't someone picked for the job- he was simply the most senior. He was tasked with various duties outside his actual rate (rate and rank are two different things...) and one included answering questions about how the crew felt about things. Well, the surface community decided to adopt this idea. But the senior CPO? No- someone had to be selected for such an important position! Then it ballooned and now COBs are selected too. Selection for the posts is entirely 100% political. All such positions could be eliminated and the military would function just fine.; 8/7/24, 9:15 AM
Gospace said...: USA is about 12% black. Population over 250 million. According to a quick internet search about 200,000 slaves went to Argentina, population about 50 million. From the CIA factbook: European (mostly Spanish and Italian descent) and Mestizo (mixed European and Indigenous ancestry) 97.2%, Indigenous 2.4%, African descent 0.4% (2010 est.) zero point four percent- not 12%. Anyone want to ask what happened to them?

Half a million went to Bolivia, current population 13 million or so. 1% African descent today. Anyone want to ask what happened to them?

South America, where most Africans went to- and most of the islands, for the most part was a death sentence for imported Africans.; 8/7/24, 9:25 AM
MadTownGuy said...: >
Harris’ VP pick made it legal to coerce women into abortions, turned state into ‘booming abortion factory’

"Vice President Kamala Harris has chosen liberal Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to run as vice president on her 2024 Democratic ticket. Now that he has publicly been chosen, his political record is coming out of the woodwork; his stance on abortion being amongst the most shocking.

“Tim Walz may say that he’s just in favor of choice. But his record goes much further than that. He won’t even protect women against coerced or non-consenting abortions. He’ll deny them information about their options, remove basic health and safety regulations that apply in all other areas of medicine, bankroll abortions with taxpayer money, and defend abortion all the way to birth — and beyond” writes National Review.

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Vice President Kamala Harris has chosen liberal Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to run as vice president on her 2024 Democratic ticket. Now that he has publicly been chosen, his political record is coming out of the woodwork; his stance on abortion being amongst the most shocking.

“Tim Walz may say that he’s just in favor of choice. But his record goes much further than that. He won’t even protect women against coerced or non-consenting abortions. He’ll deny them information about their options, remove basic health and safety regulations that apply in all other areas of medicine, bankroll abortions with taxpayer money, and defend abortion all the way to birth — and beyond” writes National Review.

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Two bills signed by Walz in 2023 repealed Minnesota’s prohibition on coercing women into having abortions. They stripped out of the state’s laws the requirement that women give informed consent — indeed, any consent — to an abortion. They guaranteed an unqualified right to abortion up until the moment of birth, and even gutted protections for children born alive after abortion.

In January 2023, Walz and the state’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party [DFL] took their one-seat majority as a mandate to launch a comprehensive culture war. One of the cornerstones of that war was the “Protect Reproductive Options Act” or “PRO Act,” which passed in January 2023 and which Walz enthusiastically supported and signed into law. During the PRO Act debates, “Republicans tried and failed to pass dozens of amendments, including prohibiting third trimester abortions except when the mother’s life is at risk and requiring licensing of facilities providing the procedure.” Walz and his party beat them all back."

More at the link.; 8/7/24, 9:47 AM
J L Oliver said...: Ode to Dawn on Lake Mendota

My eyes did follow
Upon the winding cloud road,
Touching silvery grays.; 8/7/24, 10:26 AM
Howard said...: The dynamism that is projected in the perspective photograph is almost dizzying.; 8/7/24, 11:16 AM
Drago said...: "I missed this, was Drago wearing his gold Trump sneakers and Trump tie, or just the Trump knee pads writing his high test blather?"

Rich is still awaiting instructions from his betters. The lad must feel adrift at the moment. Well, there's always X to visit...the most used, most powerful, most influential social media platform around...which Rich assured us would be dead by the spring of 2023.

I think he calculated that date on his Acme Junior Abacus.; 8/7/24, 1:19 PM