Althouse: At the Friday Night Café...

February 7, 2025

At the Friday Night Café...

... you can talk all night.

That's not a sunrise picture. It was 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

56 comments:

MadisonMan said...: Really thought I saw, a couple weeks ago, a long-range forecast that said it was gonna warm up. Here I sit, coldly disappointed.; 2/7/25, 6:19 PM
rhhardin said...: There's a wind shear up there, and wind shears are unstable. The wavelength that's the most unstable shows up and grows faster than others and takes over the field, resulting in the herringbone pattern of a certain length.; 2/7/25, 6:36 PM
Quaestor said...: My mother called that a buttermilk sky. I have no idea why.

In the South, such an overcast presages a heavy snowfall.; 2/7/25, 6:43 PM
Clyde said...: Best thing I saw today was this:

https://x.com/DOGE/status/1887959408555995416

It's a pair of pictures of the USAID headquarters, before and after the signage was removed. Caption: "Unburdened by what has been." The tidal wave of schadenfreude continues to roll across the land!; 2/7/25, 6:46 PM
MadisonMan said...: If only I could reply to my comment. I looked it. February is running warmer than normal! But not for long. But maybe the long-range forecast was right.; 2/7/25, 6:52 PM
Dave Begley said...: I saw Bocelli yesterday night in Omaha. It was a near sell-out at 20,000. Beyond expectations. A voice like no other. A few more dates in the US. Not to be missed!; 2/7/25, 6:53 PM
Iman said...: If I’m lyin’, I’m dyin’…

https://x.com/DefiyantlyFree/status/1887961501689921919?s=19; 2/7/25, 6:55 PM
Leland said...: We hit 82 earlier this week in Houston. Shorts weather.; 2/7/25, 6:57 PM
tcrosse said...: My mother called that a buttermilk sky. I have no idea why.
Supposedly the clouds like clabbered, or curdled milk. Hoagy Charmichael wrote a song about it; 2/7/25, 7:05 PM
NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...: Iman said...
If I’m lyin’, I’m dyin’…

That's gold, Jerry! Gold!; 2/7/25, 7:20 PM
Inga said...: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/us/politics/trump-kennedy-center.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vE4.ztf6.xFI6kA7RgBnV&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

“President Trump announced his intention on Friday to bring the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington more firmly under his control, saying he would dismiss several board members and install himself as chairman.

“At my direction, we are going to make the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., GREAT AGAIN,” Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social, his social media platform.

Mr. Trump said he would “immediately terminate multiple individuals from the Board of Trustees, including the Chairman, who do not share our Vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture.”

He added: “We will soon announce a new Board, with an amazing Chairman, DONALD J. TRUMP.””

Maybe Trump could focus on bringing down the cost of eggs first?; 2/7/25, 7:24 PM
Rabel said...: The updated format is good. But it does seem like the comment box is yelling at me.

It would be interesting to know how you fixed the problem.; 2/7/25, 7:26 PM
Wa St Blogger said...: Maybe Trump could focus on bringing down the cost of eggs first?

Did you ask the same question when Biden was in charge. Or was it not a priority back then?

You are such a tool.; 2/7/25, 7:27 PM
tcrosse said...: Here in Nevada it's the law that eggs be from cage-free hens, which raises the cost of production. Plus there is a reduction of the flock due to bird flu. Biden's administration took four years to fuck things up, so they can't all be fixed instantly.; 2/7/25, 7:41 PM
Mason G said...: "Maybe Trump could focus on bringing down the cost of eggs first?"

Nahhhh... I'm good with his decisions so far. Maybe you should have asked Biden to do something about it before he left office? But then again, he was awfully busy pardoning murderers, so he might not have had the time.; 2/7/25, 7:48 PM
Leland said...: According to St. Louis Fed, egg prices went from $1.5 per dozen when Biden was installed to $4 a dozen when Biden left office. When they began tracking egg prices in 1980, it was $.85 per dozen. It took 4 decades to increase egg prices 2 times. Biden did it in 4 years. Actually he did it in 2 years and really he tripled prices in just two years.; 2/7/25, 7:52 PM
Iman said...: “Maybe Trump could focus on bringing down the cost of eggs first?”

“Everybody keeps talking about "you voted for cheaper eggs, gas, etc etc"
Ma'am/Sir, I solely voted for the liberal tears.
Single issue voter.

I'll pay $10 a f**ing egg to keep watching DJT take a blow torch to this whole diseased temple of thieves, traitors & pedos, burn it to the ground and piss on the ashes...”; 2/7/25, 8:05 PM
Breezy said...: Joe Biden’s security clearances have been revoked. The absolute right call. Four years ago would’ve been better, but you can only do what you can do.

Where the heck are we, anyway? Will the left grow the F up already?; 2/7/25, 8:05 PM
Iman said...: Cry, baby, cry.; 2/7/25, 8:07 PM
FullMoon said...: five dozen eggs at Costco, $18.00 (San Jose, Ca); 2/7/25, 8:07 PM
Gospace said...: Trump has gone all out on playing Tit For Tat. Just revoked Biden's security clearance and and daily intelligence briefings. Explained he had dementia and.. AND said Biden set the precedent as the first POTUS to revoke a former President's clearance when he did it to his predecessor- Trump himself.

My suggestion was he dot that to Biden- and all the other living former presidents since none of them spoke up at the insult.; 2/7/25, 8:12 PM
Mason G said...: "Trump has gone all out on playing Tit For Tat."

As much as I wish it didn't have to be this way, it has to be this way. If there are no consequences to Democrats for the crap they subject their enemies to, they'll never stop.

Of course, there's no guarantee that, even being personally exposed to the fallout from their actions, they'll learn anything from it.; 2/7/25, 8:26 PM
Eva Marie said...: Wonderful news all around but there are a couple of alarm bells ringing in the distance:
1. CTH: “(1) gaining access to govt data was the goal; (2) monetizing the system with proprietary AI contracts (vis-a-vis Palantir) is the benefit; (3) however, a national security justified surveillance state is going to be the outcome.”
2. Mike Benz is cautioning that a RINO grab for the surveillance state won’t be an improvement over what we have now.
I don’t know how it’s possible from having a monitored life from womb to tomb anymore.; 2/7/25, 8:28 PM
Eva Marie said...: . . . how it’s possible to guard against having a monitored life from womb to tomb.; 2/7/25, 8:30 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: I like the picture 👌🏽; 2/7/25, 9:21 PM
Quaestor said...: Idiot-Ga writes, "Maybe Trump could focus on bringing down the cost of eggs first?"

So what's your plan? Put the Avian Flu virus on administrative leave?; 2/7/25, 9:46 PM
DINKY DAU 45 said...: mid western trumpers watch the farmers take a beating with trumps freezing of aid especially to USAID(an agency that trump touted highly during his 1st debacle of a term and his wife and ivana used many times to the tune of millions) Yes, the cessation of aid under the Trump administration did impact The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) had been purchasing a significant amount of U.S.-grown crops, including corn, soybeans, wheat, and peas, for humanitarian food aid programs1. When Trump's administration froze and eventually dismantled USAID, it disrupted these purchases, leading to financial losses for farmers who relied on these programs.
Farmers and agribusinesses in states like Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin were particularly affected, as they had been selling crops to USAID's Food for Peace program. The sudden halt in these purchases created uncertainty and financial strain for many farmers
I dont know why they are whining they got the king they voted for, now pay your tithes. There's no crying in Politics! trump love you long time baby Beacoup Dinky Dau..; 2/7/25, 9:54 PM
James K said...: “Maybe Trump could focus on bringing down the cost of eggs first?”

You mean try to repeal the law of supply and demand? That’s what your Communist comrades tried to do for 75 years, and it didn’t work out so well.; 2/7/25, 10:05 PM
DINKY DAU 45 said...: MSK WINS TALKS TRUMP OUT OF USAID We care," Melania Trump declared in 2018 during a visit to Egypt as first lady to promote her partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development We care, and we want to show the world that we care, and I've partnered and am working with USAID," she continued. "And that's what I want to share -- that we care."
On her four-country jaunt through Africa in 2018 -- her first major solo international trip as first lady -- Melania Trump offered praise for what she described as "successful" USAID programs as she observed them up close.
US First Lady Melania Trump visits Chipala Primary School in Lilongwe on Oct. 4, 2018 during a 1-day visit in Malawi, part of her week long trip to Africa to promote her 'Be Best' campaign.
US First Lady Melania Trump visits Chipala Primary School in Lilongwe on Oct. 4, 2018 during a 1-day visit in Malawi, part of her week long trip to Africa to promote her 'Be Best' campaign.
In Malawi, for example, she handed out bags, school supplies and soccer balls as part of her "BeBest" initiative as part of a collaboration with a USAID literacy program.
It's really touching," she told ABC News in an exclusive interview during the visit. "I'm glad that I'm here to see in person what the children are going through, and [see that] they're educating them in the right way. IVANKA EVEN MORE DROOLING..; 2/7/25, 10:15 PM
john mosby said...: I know DOGE is a reference to Musk's dog or something, but I like the Venetian reference as well.

Venice was a republic where, if you weren't from there, you weren't a citizen.

Venice was a republic run by its productive people: merchant mariners, fighting sailors, manufacturers (Murano glass), shipbuilders (the Arsenale), etc.

Venice was a republic where the productive people who ran it put their own lives on the line to defend it. Merchant captains became naval captains, became admirals, became doges.

Venice was a republic where, if you messed up, feedback was swift and certain: beheading in the Piazza San Marco.

Venice was a republic where, if you really messed up, you were officially made a nonperson (damnatio memoriae).

Trump and Musk remind me of Venetians.

The US could learn a lot from Venice.

JSM; 2/7/25, 10:23 PM
Drago said...: Lunatic Leftist Conspiracy Theorist P-Inga: "Maybe Trump could focus on bringing down the cost of eggs first?"

Just prior to Trump taking office the Joey-bag-O-dementia administration ordered the killing of 200 million chickens, thus significantly reducing the egg supply.

P-Inga doesn't know that because not only is she a sad, pathetic and malicious hoax-y liar (she STILL believes the hoax dossier was "most proven true"! STILL! LOL), she is also quite dense.

As in dumb.

Which is, I am afraid, a core requirement of all New Soviet Democratical NPC's.; 2/7/25, 10:27 PM
Drago said...: Food for thought: the New Soviet Democratical corruptocrat money launderers sold old military equipment to Ukraine, at x-multiples of actual value (dont bother discussing operation value) while hand delivering billions of our newest equipment, for free, to their Taliban allies...and then continued to pay billions in cash to their Taliban allies.; 2/8/25, 12:57 AM
Big Mike said...: Another passenger plane crash, this time up in Alaska, flying into Nome. Maybe Biden’s administration left an agency — the FAA — full of incompetent ninnies behind. I would not put it past the Democrats to do just that.; 2/8/25, 4:39 AM
gadfly said...: Democratic Senators Whitehouse, Booker, and Schiff object to the odor of mendacity arising from Kash Patel’s continued refusal to provide members of the Senate Judiciary Committee information essential to consideration of his nomination to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Mr. Patel has repeatedly refused to discuss the testimony he provided to a federal grand jury investigating Donald Trump’s unlawful retention of classified documents and his invocation of his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. Patel is the only candidate to invoke such protection as a nominee seeking to lead the FBI.; 2/8/25, 5:03 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: The Federalist: USAID Funneled Nearly $800 Million To ‘Gender Transformative’ Global Censorship Group.; 2/8/25, 5:04 AM
gadfly said...: Bering Air operates a fleet of Cessna Caravan props midway up the Western Alaska coast. The Cessna that left Unalakleet (pop. 765) Airport on Thursday took off during bad weather, but it is all Biden's fault when Trump limits ATC hires everywhere.; 2/8/25, 5:33 AM
Christopher B said...: Since the USAID funding stopped the quality of the trolls has certainly dropped.; 2/8/25, 5:38 AM
Leland said...: The trolls weren't that good before Christopher, but yeah, they don't seem to handle loss well. Gadfly claimed he was leaving and not coming back after the election, yet here he is. Like a good communist, everything is political to gadfly, even when it isn't.; 2/8/25, 5:50 AM
Iman said...: Awaiting the potential exposure of Schiff’s alleged pedo activities with underage male yutes on Epstein Island!; 2/8/25, 6:21 AM
donald said...: That odor of mendacity you smell is methane you can’t keep in your ass Gadfly.; 2/8/25, 6:27 AM
Iman said...: Schiff and his Resting Putz Face…; 2/8/25, 6:48 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Lindy Li is not suicidal - remember that.
https://x.com/EricAbbenante/status/1887655976091656393
https://x.com/ShawnRyan762/status/1887523784854323447
https://x.com/ShawnRyan762/status/1887592097940971939; 2/8/25, 7:21 AM
Jersey Fled said...: Remember when the Democrats told us we couldn’t control our borders without action from Congress?; 2/8/25, 7:36 AM
Jersey Fled said...: “I cannot overstate how much I loathe this emotional blackmail pretending to be concern.

My kids, god willing, will be risk takers. They won't think constantly about whether a flippant comment or a wrong viewpoint will follow them around for the rest of their lives.

They will tell stupid jokes. They will develop views that they later think are wrong or even gross. I made mistakes as a kid, and thank God I grew up in a culture that encouraged me to grow and learn and feel remorse when I screwed up and offer grace when others did.”

JD Vance

I love this guy.; 2/8/25, 7:45 AM
Rusty said...: What are you, Inga? Twelve? It's only been two weeks. Chickens only grow so fast and not all of them are layers.
Inga. "I want muh eggs!" "Where are muh eggs!" "Gimme muh eggs!"
Did Dinky fart?; 2/8/25, 8:03 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Sign in; 2/8/25, 8:04 AM
rastajenk said...: Release Wendybar from Blogspot jail!; 2/8/25, 8:32 AM
Iman said...: Shoo ‘fly, don’t humor us.; 2/8/25, 8:38 AM
Jersey Fled said...: “ The European Union has decided to lower tariffs on American car imports as a strategic move to prevent a trade war with the United States.

It will decrease the rate from 10% to 2.5%, per the Financial Times.

I bet you didn’t know the EU imposed a tariff on American cars.

More winning.; 2/8/25, 9:10 AM
Narr said...: @JSM--

The Venetian elites, like the Athenian elites long before, were forced to grant citizenship to non-natives to meet manpower
challenges during wartime.; 2/8/25, 10:27 AM
wendybar said...: What CAN'T Trump excel at??

https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1887875024922595605; 2/8/25, 12:41 PM
gadfly said...: “Is it worth risking the life of a single U.S. Marine to turn the Gaza Strip into the Riviera of the Middle East?”

RealClearPolitics wants to know.; 2/8/25, 1:40 PM
john mosby said...: Narr, good point about the Venetians eventually expanding their citzenry. But note that military service was the price of admission. Kind of like Jack Nicholson: "I suggest you pick up an oar and push a galley. Either way, I don't give a damn what you think you're entitled to."

JSM; 2/8/25, 3:51 PM
Narr said...: @JSM (3:51) I'm not familiar with the line, but appreciate the agreement.

One of my friends, a few years ago, suggested that the US military should grant citizenship to non-citizens who serve twenty years. Of course, the law requires much less than twenty years already, but he didn't know.; 2/8/25, 4:34 PM
john mosby said...: Narr, it’s adapted from his tirade in A Few Good Men. The original line was “pick up a rifle and stand a post.”

“They’re no good if you have to explain em” - Johnny Carson

JSM; 2/8/25, 5:44 PM
Narr said...: @JSM

The fault is mine. I'm not a fan of Nicholson or military courtroom dramas, so almost everything I know about AFGM comes from discussions on Althouse.; 2/8/25, 6:14 PM