Althouse: At the Wednesday Night Café....

August 15, 2024

At the Wednesday Night Café....

... you can talk about whatever you want.

No sunrise pictures today — a rainy morning.

UPDATE: I can name my café whatever I want, but it's worth mentioning that it was Thursday night.

87 comments:

rhhardin said...: Feminisation of the Academy with Amy Wax an hour-long podcast (new); 8/15/24, 6:48 PM
rhhardin said...: "It's the elevation of the values of the nursery and the kindergarten over the customary values of the academy ... argumentation and all of that"; 8/15/24, 6:52 PM
MadTownGuy said...: This land ain't your land,
This land ain't my land,
It's government land,
So stay off their land...

American tourists visiting national landmarks less safe after Parks Police quietly neglected

"As left-wing leaders around the country pushed a movement to "defund" their local police departments, the U.S. Park Police (USPP) quietly saw staffing levels drop and a strain on resources behind the scenes as one of the country's oldest law enforcement agencies continues to ask for more resources, according to union leaders.

The agency, which primarily safeguards national monuments in Washington, D.C.; New York City; and San Francisco, is at its lowest staffing level since 1975, according to Ken Spencer, chairman of the United States Park Police Fraternal Order of Police (FOP).

"At the officer level, it feels like it's almost deliberate, how bad they let our staffing get," he told Fox News Digital. "Days off are always canceled. Leave is canceled frequently. And the day-to-day operations [are] just absolutely unsafe for the mission that we have."

...

Neither the Interior Department nor the NPS immediately responded to requests for comment. The FOP previously said both agencies have "stood in the way" of the legislation.

Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., sent a fiery letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Friday demanding she produce more resources for the USPP after an anti-Israel "mob of thousands" burned U.S. flags, vandalized landmarks and assaulted officers at Columbus Plaza in a violent July 24 protest that broke out in response to Israeli Prime MInister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Capitol Hill.

"It is with grave concern that I write to you once again about your failure to adequately address the criminal, violent actions of pro-terror, anti-Israel protesters on federal property," he wrote. "For the second time in two months, [USPP] officers have been left with inadequate resources and insufficient numbers of officers to defend the public and protect federal property from a malicious mob."; 8/15/24, 7:15 PM
The rule of Lemnity said...: Newsweek: "Donald Trump Says He's 'Entitled' to Personally Attack Kamala Harris"

What does Kamala Harris and the Olympic boxer Imane Khelif have in common?; 8/15/24, 7:20 PM
gilbar said...: Hurricane Ernesto leaves many in Puerto Rico without power or water

I'm praying that John Henry and the rest of the Commonwealth are managing.; 8/15/24, 7:31 PM
They’re eating the cats — They’re eating the dogs said...: ^^ The great thing about Trump is he does not have an OFF button. He will self destruct and America can get back to being....America.; 8/15/24, 7:31 PM
narciso said...: Down with the new boss

https://x.com/EYakoby/status/1824169957489254820; 8/15/24, 7:34 PM
Jim at said...: The great thing about Trump is he does not have an OFF button.

Apparently, neither do you.; 8/15/24, 7:34 PM
The rule of Lemnity said...: Alex Jones: "...a section of Rikers Island has been prepared for President Trump..."; 8/15/24, 7:57 PM
rhhardin said...: It's not much of a storm if half of Puerto Rico still has lights.; 8/15/24, 7:58 PM
Drago said...: "When your opponent calls you ‘communist,’ maybe don’t propose price controls?
It’s hard to exaggerate how bad Kamala Harris’s price-gouging proposal is."

When you're such a New Soviet Democratical that you lose the Washington Post.

For those wondering why LLR-democratical Rich popped in to pretend Trump represents the threat to America, its because Harris (and the obama-ites that are running her) have every intention of launching their Leninist/Stalinist economic pogrom against the American people.; 8/15/24, 8:02 PM
The rule of Lemnity said...: Not X rated: The Hawk Tuah girl just threw out the first pitch at the Mets game (8 hrs ago); 8/15/24, 8:07 PM
JK Brown said...: This quote is widely attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt:
I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: “No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.”; 8/15/24, 8:14 PM
JK Brown said...: Dare we hope it was a spit ball?; 8/15/24, 8:15 PM
Goetz von Berlichingen said...: Did she throw a spit ball??

Goetz von Berlichingen; 8/15/24, 8:17 PM
rehajm said...: John Cochrane has a three parter on Kamala attacking price gouging…

https://www.grumpy-economist.com/p/diocletian-and-harris-on-inflation; 8/15/24, 8:22 PM
Dixie said...: Kamala Harris has promised action on corporate price-gouging.

"If elected president, Harris will direct her administration to increase scrutiny of potential mergers between large supermarkets and food producers specifically for the risk that the proposed merger would raise grocery prices for consumers.”

It should be noted that she is currently the Vice President and she and Joe Biden could have proposed this 3.5 years ago, but didn't. She COULD announce that she's going to start doing this TODAY.

But no. You must elect her first. Only THEN will she do this. (And Pro-Tip ... other parts of the government ALREADY do this. She has zero control of this.)

It's a bold move, Cotton. Let's see how it works out.; 8/15/24, 8:25 PM
Drago said...: Uh oh. Looks like its not just the Althouse New Soviet Democraticals melting down: "James Carville Says GOP Supports Israel Because ‘Jews Are Whiter Than The Palestinians’"

Meanwhile: We have the lefties running UCLA actially appealing an injunction from a federal judge which required them to allow Jewish students equal access to campus!

LOL

All the masks are truly off now, arent they? And The Full And Complete Alliance Between The New Soviet Democraticals and the islamic supremacists is even more undeniable across the entire western world.; 8/15/24, 8:30 PM
Narr said...: Trump and Harris are illustrating Mencken's observation that democratic electoral campaigns are but advance auctions of stolen goods.; 8/15/24, 8:31 PM
FullMoon said...: Minneapolis allows Muslim call to prayer five times a day. Good way to remind everybody who is in charge, whether you like it or not. In this high tech world, it is a shame there are not affordable pocket sized devices that can be set to alert the owner at the appropriate five times.; 8/15/24, 8:35 PM
Jamie said...: I had to look her up... but this was certainly a softball.; 8/15/24, 8:45 PM
Political Junkie said...: Nice. Had not heard that one before. True.; 8/15/24, 8:50 PM
NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...: Wow! Over twenty comments and no one's noticed it's a Wednesday Night Cafe on a Thursday.; 8/15/24, 9:04 PM
Drago said...: Brand new modified limited hangout for the New Soviet Democraticals:

Chuck Todd: "Harris Doesn’t Have ‘Many Fingerprints’ on Biden Policies Because She Wasn’t That ‘Involved’ as VP"

LOL

Now that's CONFIDENCE baby!; 8/15/24, 9:06 PM
Inga said...: Looks like some Evangelicals have opened their eyes.

https://www.christianpost.com/news/billy-grahams-granddaughter-joins-evangelicals-for-harris-call.html

“The granddaughter of the late Rev. Billy Graham endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris during an "Evangelicals for Harris" Zoom call Wednesday and suggested that Christians who support former President Donald Trump are causing people to turn away from Christianity.

"In 2016, when a man bragged about assaulting women, various leaders of my faith then propped up this man as a poster boy for godly manhood and leadership," she continued. "This broke my heart as I have watched — quite frankly, for the last eight years — people who were curious about Jesus and His teachings [have] done a 180 and walked in the other direction from my faith.

Duford went on to reference Isaiah 1:30, which likens the rebellious and unfaithful Israelites in Jerusalem and Judah to "an oak whose leaf withers" and "a garden without water." She implied that Trump supporters are similar.“; 8/15/24, 9:11 PM
Inga said...: “‘We’re doing this as an intellectual speech,” he promised the raucous audience. “You’re all intellectuals today. Today we’re doing it, and we’re doing it, right now. And it’s very important. They say it’s the most important subject.” Later, he added that “I’m not sure it is. But they say it’s the most important. Inflation is the most important. But that’s part of economy.”

“Over the course of the nearly 12,000 words spoken from the stage, about 2,000 actually detailed the economy. And even those were generally a mishmash of robotic teleprompter pledges and off-the-cuff riffs about whatever happened to be on Trump’s mind.

WaPo; 8/15/24, 9:26 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Post
Robert F. Kennedy Jr
@RobertKennedyJr
VP Harris’s Democratic Party would be unrecognizable to my father and uncle and I cannot reconcile it with my values.

The Democratic Party of RFK and JFK was the party of civil liberties and free speech. VP Harris‘s is the party of censorship, lockdowns, and medical coercion.

Kennedy Democrats were anti-war. Kamala‘s is riddled with neocon warmongers.

The RFK/JFK dems were allies of Main Street, cops, firefighters, and working people. VP Harris’s is the Party of Big Tech, Big Pharma and Wall Street.

My dad and uncle’s party was the champion of voting rights and fair elections. VP Harris’s is the party of lawfare, disenfranchisement, and the coronation of its candidates by corporate donors and party elites.

I’ve used our nation’s courts to prosecute corporations who hurt Black Americans. VP Harris used our nation’s courts to mercilessly prosecute Black Americans and exploit them for their labor.

My father and uncle prided themselves on their skills at debate and their ability to articulate a coherent vision for our country. VP Harris is scared to debate and can’t survive an unscripted interview. Instead of outlining a vision, she relies on middleschool tactics – memes, forged headlines, infantile slogans (Joy!) and name calling (“Republicans are weird.“)

I’ve spent years battling government corruption and lies. VP Harris spent years gaslighting Americans about the health of our Commander in Chief.

I have no plans to endorse Kamala Harris for President. I do have a plan to defeat her."
5:59 AM · Aug 15, 2024
·; 8/15/24, 9:59 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Idiot Kamala went on and on about her commitment to North Korea the other day.; 8/15/24, 9:59 PM
mccullough said...: Grimace threw it better; 8/15/24, 10:01 PM
Jim at said...: Gee. If we only had a sample size of what the economy would look like during a Trump Administration.

If only ....; 8/15/24, 10:05 PM
Drago said...: Gettysburg Address only 272 words.

Not good enough Inga The New Soviet Democratical parrot squawks!; 8/15/24, 10:14 PM
Whiskeybum said...: Wednesday night? Am I in a time warp?; 8/15/24, 10:17 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Is Liz Cheney all in for Kamala?; 8/15/24, 10:31 PM
Gospace said...: And people wonder how the Holocaust happened...; 8/15/24, 10:37 PM
Drago said...: And naturally, obama's very large handpuppet named "Harris" is also calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Otherwise, how will the New Soviet Democratical's allies, Hamas, be able to regroup?

And we also know the Iranians are circling in on their nuke weapons dwvelopment...just as obambi and dementia boy and kamala-la-la-la-la want.; 8/15/24, 10:46 PM
Drago said...: Not really. She's just all in for all New Soviet Democraticals everywhere.; 8/15/24, 10:47 PM
HistoryDoc said...: I want to mourn the passing of Greg Kihn today. He had not been well for awhile. But I have great memories growing up in the Bay Area of his brief rise in popularity. The album Greg Kihn Again, from 1977 was a great collection of songs just prior to becoming famous. "Madison Avenue Man" and "You Make me Feel Like a Real big Man" were terrific songs, as were several others. Later he became more famous for several pop songs, but the pre-fame period was his best. R.I.P.; 8/15/24, 11:25 PM
Mutaman said...: Has Trump just abandoned his Willie Brown helicopter story?; 8/15/24, 11:48 PM
gadfly said...: The magic of a threat not yet made. Kroger is planning to reduce grocery prices by $1 billion if it can complete its almost $25 billion purchase of rival Albertsons. Kamala has unofficially inferred that her new economics package will address price gouging and mergers by food businesses. But that won't happen until later today in her Raleigh speech.; 8/16/24, 1:53 AM
Humperdink said...: @Inga. Evangelicals for Harris? Makes me laugh. The biggest single issue for Evangelicals for decades has been overturning Roe v. Wade. Trump made it happen. Dream on.; 8/16/24, 2:20 AM
Humperdink said...: So the Harris campaign is now opting for price controls as an inflation solution. Nixon tried it and it was an abject failure. Once price controls ceased, market forces took over and prices shot up. One humorous note during price controls, butchers created “new” cuts of meat that could escape the controls and be priced according to market demands; 8/16/24, 2:33 AM
Enigma said...: Kamala's price controls were not her idea -- she has no ideas, just cackles and giggles and confused words. This proposal continues how Biden's oligarchic handlers have strategically and systematically bribed the poor/dependent class since 2021. When the oligarchs want to control the masses...bread and circuses...

The oligarchs who openly control the Democratic Party previously directed bribes/gifts to their dependents (aka "voters") via racial equity, open immigration, not prosecuting their supporters, letting drug addicts and the mentally ill do whatever they want, letting common thieves rampage through retail stores, paying service staff to not work during the lockdowns, blocking evictions/supporting rent payments and then being shocked by inflation, and handing out tuition money to the reckless children of wealthy parents who went to state-funded schools filled with tenured professors who also suckle from the government teat.

No news here. Marionette Biden was replaced by marionette Harris. Both were chosen as obvious marionettes in 2020. See the underlying monopoly money interests of Bloomberg, Gates, Soros, Zuckerberg, Bezos, the Google crew, and a bunch of low profile dark money donors. They all work in the interest of power, control, and monopolies, and never for the "common person." You can fool many of the people all the time, and you can bribe many of the people too. How many?; 8/16/24, 5:13 AM
gadfly said...: "The America We Deserve" is a book written by author Dave Shiflett in 2000, with Trump's name and picture plastered on the front cover, Donald supposedly proposed that America should “reexamine the single-payer plan, as many individual states are doing.” He proposed adopting the Canadian single-payer system.

“If you can’t take care of your sick in the country, forget it, it’s all over. I mean, it’s no good. So I’m very liberal regarding health care,” Trump told Larry King in 1999. “I believe in universal health care. I believe in whatever it takes to make people well and better.”

During his rambling press conference at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, Trump said of Kamala Harris: “She cosponsored legislation to abolish very popular private health insurance, which 150 [million] Americans rely on, dumping everyone onto inferior socialist government-run health care systems with rationing and deadly wait times, while massively raising your taxes. She wants to take away your private health care.”

So perhaps Project 2025 is intended to end VA, Medicare, Medicaid, and all other government-run health care as well.; 8/16/24, 5:32 AM
john mosby said...: HistoryDoc: they don’t write ‘em like that anymore!

JSM; 8/16/24, 5:49 AM
They’re eating the cats — They’re eating the dogs said...: One doesn’t have to have a doctorate in economics to understand the negative impact of tariffs on global trade and the world economy, of which the US is a part. And loosing the independence of the Federal Reserve and handing control over to one so devoid of the basic fundamentals of economic principal is something all voters should fear. I used to believe I was a die hard republican, but now it’s a case of anyone but Trump.; 8/16/24, 5:50 AM
Dave Begley said...: Local TV News is a big joke. Omaha had a big storm and historic outage. One TV station covered the Omaha Public Power District Board meeting last night. I had the numbers on how little OPPD had spent on tree trimming. I was ignored.

I also delivered 8 copies of “The Best and the Brightest” to the Board.; 8/16/24, 5:59 AM
They’re eating the cats — They’re eating the dogs said...: Drago writes:
"When you're such a New Soviet Democratical"
"The New Soviet Democraticals and the islamic supremacists"
"The New Soviet Democratical parrot squawks!"
" New Soviet Democraticals everywhere."

Comrade Drago really is rather simple, rather one-dimensional and rather dim.; 8/16/24, 6:00 AM
Humperdink said...: According to the price controls doctrine, you can’t have that without wage controls. Think Woke Salad Kammie will let that one fly?

As an aside, Venezuela has price controls on gasoline. It is also an economic basket case.; 8/16/24, 6:15 AM
rehajm said...: Government actors setting prices is bad. It reduces incentives to increase supply or enter new markets. Intimidating and badgering companies does the same…; 8/16/24, 6:16 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: The new Blogger format may be presenting as tiny text on my phone but two features strike me as improvements that are winning me over. First is the obvious, the reply option. Second is that now after commenting the back arrow goes back to the main page of the blog instead of going back to the comment applet. It’s a small change but easier than the “triple back button” or the scroll to the top to hit link options.; 8/16/24, 6:17 AM
donald said...: Rich doesn’t understand the concept of free and fair trade.; 8/16/24, 6:19 AM
rehajm said...: https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2024/08/15/harvard-study-taylor-swift-and-other-celebs-could-really-influence-the-2024-election/?p1=hp_secondary

…Harvard study concludes influencers have power to influence…; 8/16/24, 6:22 AM
rehajm said...: I am not narcisco…; 8/16/24, 6:23 AM
rehajm said...: Tariffs are bad m’kay…; 8/16/24, 6:25 AM
rehajm said...: Why oh why won’t Taylor Swift endorse Kamala? is what the NYT and WaPo ‘newsrooms’ are lamenting…; 8/16/24, 6:28 AM
narciso said...: She has shown bad judgemsnt in the past; 8/16/24, 6:29 AM
rehajm said...: More and more Democrat pols behaving as it they are unencumbered by elections. Massachusetts delegation with governor defiant in face of summer tour of europe in five star hotels. Boston Mayor dismissive of violence at public gatherings…; 8/16/24, 6:31 AM
narciso said...: Hows that sanctuary state looking like now; 8/16/24, 6:33 AM
They’re eating the cats — They’re eating the dogs said...: At News Conference, Donald Trump Says He’s ‘Entitled to Personal Attacks’ Against Kamala Harris ~ NYT

I agree -- Let Trump be Trump.

If his directionless babble-fest doesn't lead to stories questioning Trump's mental state and capacity, the political press & bloggers at large should hang their head in shame.; 8/16/24, 6:40 AM
tim in vermont said...: Tropical storm Debbie did my yard last weekend, and I have been spending a lot of time cleaning up, and it's remarkable how many sticks are stuck in the ground like arrows and how many small branches are stuck in the ground like spears. I am glad I didn't take it into my head to go out and check things out while the storm was going on!; 8/16/24, 6:47 AM
tim in vermont said...: You could have knocked me over with a feather when I learned that the war mongers prefer a cipher who will simply be happy with the trappings of office and let the neocons decide matters of war and peace!; 8/16/24, 6:50 AM
rehajm said...: “I can name my café whatever I want“ Sure, belligerence in the face of senior moments sounds like a great idea but next thing you know George Clooney is calling for your ouster…; 8/16/24, 6:50 AM
tim in vermont said...: +1; 8/16/24, 6:51 AM
tim in vermont said...: Lots of Jewish people think that Israel has gone a bit overboard, and to criticize their actions in this war is not anti-semitic. Is it anti-semitic to not want a war in the Middle East that would draw us in, and choke off energy supplies to the West, and possibly draw in Russia and China to a third world war over some hostages that Israel refuses to negotiate about?; 8/16/24, 6:57 AM
tim in vermont said...: This is the guy who supports a candidate who has come out for price controls to control inflation, everybody.

He's here all week! Try the veal!; 8/16/24, 6:59 AM
MadisonMan said...: Ernesto was not a hurricane when it passed over Puerto Rico.; 8/16/24, 7:00 AM
tim in vermont said...: Once again, Rich supports price controls to fight inflation, because if we have price controls, we can print as much money as we want!

It's amazing that nobody in the 3,000 years of written history that we have in the West had thought of this before!; 8/16/24, 7:01 AM
tim in vermont said...: This is a good moment to judge who is truthing and who is lying about Kursk

Per Ukraine: they have set up civilian administration in occupied Russian territory, and are setting up a buffer zone to prevent incursions from the Russian Federation.

Per Russian sources: It's a turnkey shoot, dozens of tanks have been destroyed, AD systems, artillery pieces and multiple rocket launchers, EW systems armored personnel carriers and dozens of other vehicles have been destroyed, retreat has been cut off, and twenty percent of the soldiers sent in are already killed or severely wounded, and they are only holding off sending in their armor to mop up because they don't want to interfere with the hunt and kill operation going on right now as the Ukrainian forces have scattered and gone to ground.

Both can't be true. Since we are in the cheap seats, we can't know right now, fog of war and all that, but one of these parties is telling lies so large that they will not be able to hide them for very long.; 8/16/24, 7:08 AM
Aggie said...: Saturation bombing campaign in the comments section. Smells like..... desperation.; 8/16/24, 7:23 AM
boatbuilder said...: I used to believe I was a die hard republican, but now it’s a case of anyone but Trump."

I just spit coffee all over my keyboard. Even for you, that's Rich!; 8/16/24, 7:31 AM
Drago said...: Ah, its clear truth in advertising (the dems are now openly Soviet in every way) is bothering LLR-democratical Rich immensely!

Given your gal just announced Soviet style price controls on food, was this really the best time to lodge your whiny lefty complaint about being properly labeled a New Soviet Democratical?

And notice how you had nothing of substance to deny this reality.

Not going away li'l Soviet Abacus Boy.

And neither is Stolen Valor / Blue Falcon status for your boy....even if Howard is proud of him running away and lying for 2 decades!; 8/16/24, 8:34 AM
Jersey Fled said...: Hmm …

Seems like even CNN is calling out Walz for lying about his 1996 arrest for speeding/drunk driving.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/15/politics/tim-walz-2006-campaign-falsely-described-dwi-kfile/index.html; 8/16/24, 8:47 AM
Iman said...: And that’s… okay.; 8/16/24, 11:12 AM
john mosby said...: Tim: Mother Russia is very good at letting a guy stick his dick in her mouth, just so she can bite it off. She did it with Napoleon’s and Hitler’s much larger cocks; she will have no problem doing the same to Zelensky’s tiny weenie.

JSM; 8/16/24, 12:01 PM
Rabel said...: When you are retired every day is Saturday. It's an old saying and there's some truth in it.

So I wanted a wall clock for the kitchen which would display the day and date of week in large type because when away from the computer I'm sometimes unsure of the day and date.

Amazon offers a lot of them and I found one I like from La Crosse with automatic updating, bought it, mounted it and I am a satisfied customer.

Here's the thing, they don't call them "retirement clocks," they call them "dementia clocks." For real.

It hurt me a little to make the buy.; 8/16/24, 12:50 PM
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2) Stop divorce.
3) Save dying marriage/relationship
4) Herpes cure..
5) Resolve relationship/marital issues
6) Reclaim Soulmate.
7) Make Ex run after you
8) Return/reunite with Ex
9) Make him committed.
10) Make your ex-husband/wife to love just you

Email robinsonbuckler11@gmail.com; 8/16/24, 1:04 PM
One Fine Day said...: 43 minutes first comment post to first parroted Dem talking point. That's pretty good, but not a substantial talking point. I see Inga decided to crawl out of her Kamala-induced stupor and post a different Dem talking point further down.

Nice to see our America-hating, Dem tool commentators leaving the open threads to rational, intelligent discussion. For the moment, at least.; 8/16/24, 1:53 PM
One Fine Day said...: Russia: We're not sending in our armor, but boy we could any time we want! We just don't choose to! We have lots of armor!

One doesn't need to guess who is lying. Russia is always lying.; 8/16/24, 2:07 PM
Dr Weevil said...: We do in fact know that the Russians are lying. Early on they were claiming that less than 1,000 Ukrainians had crossed the border, and that Russian troops had killed 950 of them and destroyed 300 vehicles, while admitting that the Ukrainians were still advancing and capturing dozens of villages while the Russians evacuated tens of thousands of civilians. They stopped saying that when they realized that that meant that 30-50 Ukrainian soldiers were enough to defeat the several thousand (at least) Russian troops in the area. It was not just a lie but a really stupid one.

Anyone who follows @JuliaDavisNews and other accounts I've recommended on Twitter knows that the propagandists on Russian television are now admitting that Russia may lose, that the war may not end in their lifetimes, that state media (that's themselves!) need to stop lying to the people, and that the Russian 'Deep State' is a problem, among much else.

And Ukraine hasn't just set up a civilian administration, they have captured 2000+ Russian troops and killed plenty more, including destroying two whole convoys of trucks loaded with troops. (Russians on-line are complaining about the stupidity of their generals lining them up like sitting ducks.) There is plenty of video evidence on-line for anyone who cares to look for it.

Meanwhile, the Russians video themselves looting Russian houses, and cutting off the head of another Ukrainian prisoner.; 8/16/24, 4:54 PM
Rusty said...: Markets be damned, eh, gadfly.; 8/16/24, 4:55 PM
Rusty said...: Price controls don't work.; 8/16/24, 4:57 PM
Rusty said...: It's where black markets come from.; 8/16/24, 4:58 PM
Original Mike said...: Rich said - "I used to believe I was a die hard republican, but now it’s a case of anyone but Trump."

Absolutely no one believes you.; 8/16/24, 5:44 PM
Dr Weevil said...: By the way, 'tim in vermont' may need to find a new source of 'news' about Ukraine. Yesterday the Justice Minister of New Zealand signed extradition papers for the man who calls himself 'Kim DotCom'. He'll be returning to the U.S. to face charges of financial crimes.; 8/16/24, 6:27 PM
They’re eating the cats — They’re eating the dogs said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 8/16/24, 7:06 PM
Narayanan said...: between Ukraine and Russia : who is adopting Israeli tactics v Hamas tactics; 8/16/24, 7:28 PM
Dr Weevil said...: I don't know, who? Ukrainian tactics don't look much like either to me.; 8/16/24, 7:46 PM