Althouse: At the Saturday Night Café...

July 5, 2025

At the Saturday Night Café...

... you can talk all you want.

45 comments:

One Eye said...: It should be illegal for radio commercials to include the sound of car horns.; 7/5/25, 7:29 PM
rehajm said...: Double fawn on 18 today…good day.; 7/5/25, 7:40 PM
Original Mike said...: Saturday night? {looks at calendar} Why, yes it is.; 7/5/25, 7:46 PM
FormerLawClerk said...: Elon Musk has announced he will create a third political party in the United States called the "Ross Perot Party."

The last time this happened, we got Hillary Clinton.; 7/5/25, 7:48 PM
FormerLawClerk said...: It should be illegal for radio commercials to include the sound of car horns.

Or police car sirens.; 7/5/25, 7:49 PM
Breezy said...: “It should be illegal for radio commercials to include the sound of car horns.“

Or door bells.; 7/5/25, 7:52 PM
Narr said...: Or collisions.; 7/5/25, 8:00 PM
wildswan said...: What's all this about No Kings? Doesn't one of our national holidays celebrate a King? Stop tearing down the past - I, for one, still admire Martin Luther King.; 7/5/25, 8:10 PM
NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...: One Eye said...

It should be illegal for radio commercials to include the sound of car horns.

Sirens, too!; 7/5/25, 8:14 PM
NKP said...: And ringing telephones; 7/5/25, 8:40 PM
Humperdink said...: A short time ago I posted the Amish had purchased 100 acres above my “ranch”. The actual sale of the property closed 2 weeks ago. The permitting process in PA is apparently quicker than California. The barn and the temporary house are completely under roof as of today. Makes me laugh.

I suppose it helps there is no electric required.; 7/5/25, 8:52 PM
Eva Marie said...: “And ringing telephones”
Tell it to the birds.
About 15 years ago (when most cell phones sounded alike) we had a mocking bird in the neighborhood who imitated the sound of a cell phone. After the 40th time of frantically looking for your phone, not funny.; 7/5/25, 8:59 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Maybe saying NO should happen more often.

Video: link to video

"WE THE PEOPLE NEED SLEEP!"; 7/5/25, 9:07 PM
Dave Begley said...: Ann suggested or inferred that we should have sympathy for Joe Biden because he is dying from cancer. I dissent. I hope he has a painful death and it takes him many months to die.

Why? Am I heartless?

Many Americans were killed by illegal aliens who Biden let into the country. But for his unlawful policy, these people would be alive today. And we don’t even know the full extent of the rapes on the trek to North America. Or the women and girls sold into sex slavery.

After Biden dies, he’ll burn in hell forever for his sins. FJB.; 7/5/25, 9:22 PM
Mason G said...: "Tell it to the birds."

My brother used to breed parrots. He had an African grey in his barn that would do a telephone ring and a car alarm.; 7/5/25, 9:23 PM
tcrosse said...: When I was a kid, back in the days of steam television, the New York TV stations would mute the sounds of sirens when showing movies. Shooting was still going on in Korea.; 7/5/25, 9:23 PM
Mason G said...: "Ann suggested or inferred that we should have sympathy for Joe Biden because he is dying from cancer. I dissent."

I hope he gets what he deserves. I think that would be fair.; 7/5/25, 9:27 PM
Jim at said...: I hope he has a painful death and it takes him many months to die.

Seconded, but for a different reason.

That asshole wished a painful death for those of us who refused the worthless 'vaccine.'

Real presidential, that guy. Wishing death upon citizens of the nation he's supposed to represent.

He wished death for me. It's only fair I return the favor.; 7/5/25, 9:49 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Headline: "Women cyclists speak out against USA Cycling after losing race to biological male"

Trump is making it safe for people to say... NO.; 7/5/25, 9:53 PM
Ampersand said...: Who was it that celebrated the arrival of fabled Camelot in 1961? The glorious kingship we all voted for.; 7/5/25, 11:08 PM
Jamie said...: I'm not going to wish a painful death on anyone, even my worst enemy. Not only would Christ not do it (and not wishing it on someone else is literally pretty much 8the least I can do to try to emulate Him), but what difference does a painful death make if you believe that there is eternal life, with punishment, atonement, and judgment?

I'll go beyond that: what difference does a painful death make if you DON'T believe there is eternal life? If you won't exist after you die, what difference does it matter to you if your death is painful or possible?

So no, I won't wish a painful death on anyone.; 7/5/25, 11:23 PM
Jim at said...: I understand that, Jamie. And your words are well-taken.

Thirty years ago, I would've shared your opinion ... to a point. But I've changed my thoughts about the afterlife. There is one. In what form is where my views have evolved.; 7/5/25, 11:34 PM
Jupiter said...: "I hope he has a painful death and it takes him many months to die."
It is entirely justifiable to hope for the death, or incapacitation, of a person whose activities are causing extreme damage to the lives of persons you care about, and to try to bring about that death or incapacitation, in order to put a stop to those activities. But to take pleasure in someone else's pain, is -- to take pleasure in someone else's pain. Where does that stop? How much pain is enough for you? Are you up for pulling his eyeballs out with fishhooks? Hanging her by hooks through her breasts? Hey, pain is pain. On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you long to inflict?; 7/5/25, 11:38 PM
Jupiter said...: Pain and death are the Enemy. To wish pain or death on another person is to sup with the Devil. How long is your spoon?; 7/5/25, 11:40 PM
Mary E. Glynn said...: Trump is aging in office. That big front of him is getting bigger, and his profile... you can see the lean.
I don't think he will die in office. If JD is elected, I do think there will be a push to assassinate him by foreigners. He put on the uniform even, he is a more legit target considering how crass and ugly American chest-thumpers have become. They choose violence. Sadly, the circle does not always hold and others play the games American pick and often can best us at our own game...

Pray for peace. Pray for the passing of the violent old ignorant guard and the acceptance that as America and Americans evolve, the more violent and hateful amongst us will do no more harm to the innocents and God will stay the hand of those hurting women and children for their own personal gain...; 7/6/25, 12:27 AM
wildswan said...: How about cheese curd Alcatraz for Wisconsin so we can get some of that Feral money. You have to chew your way out through a cheese curd barrier to escape.; 7/6/25, 1:00 AM
gadfly said...: FLC: In '92 we got Slick Willie, not Hillary, but Perot did keep George H.W. Bush from winning a second term. No new taxes!; 7/6/25, 2:09 AM
tcrosse said...: How about a Wisconsin Supper Club Alcatraz, where you are loaded down with a brandy old fashioned, house salad with blue cheese dressing, prime rib, and potatoes au gratin. You could never leave.; 7/6/25, 2:48 AM
gadfly said...: Dave Begley: During his first term (2017-2021), Trump's administration deported approximately 1 million people , though more recent data suggests the total reached 2,001,280 during this period. The Biden administration significantly surpassed Trump, with 4,677,460 deportations as of July 2024. And none were sent to a Salvadoran gulag as has happened in 2025 and neither were U.S citizens nor carded aliens picked up. Further all the crops got picked in farmers fields and orchards and Trump's facilities hired as many aliens as they wanted.; 7/6/25, 2:54 AM
gadfly said...: Officials in Texas are casting blame on the National Weather Service (NWS) for failing to forecast catastrophic flooding that has killed at least 43 people.

NWS was among the government agencies targeted by the Department of Government Efficiency in its effort to gut the federal bureaucracy, losing approximately 600 staffers.

After the cuts, the agency—which was already understaffed—began to prepare to offer “degraded” forecasting services, facing “severe shortages” of meteorologists, according to an internal document obtained by The New York Times in April.

Ten inches of underforcasted rainfall in Kerr County brought flooding that killed at least 43 people so far, including 15 children. More than 25 young girls from Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp that sits near the Guadalupe river, are still missing.

But Trump pledges that his administration will help now. And where were all of those Texas National Guard troops activated by Governor Abbott weeks ago when needed?; 7/6/25, 3:21 AM
wendybar said...: Anybody have a fly swatter??; 7/6/25, 5:56 AM
rehajm said...: Ann suggested or inferred that we should have sympathy for Joe Biden because he is dying from cancer. I dissent. I hope he has a painful death and it takes him many months to die.

One might be first inclined to resist such a hope or to default to an empathetic human state but to do so is to ignore what happened, who was doing it and why they were doing it. They perpetrators are monsters and deserve any hell they have coming but I will always have contempt for those who walk amongst us who were complicit or duped or were thoughtful yet helped enable it to happen. We weren’t all in high positions to stop it but resistance and questioning was always an option…; 7/6/25, 6:09 AM
Rusty said...: No. I'm with Jamie on this one. I do not wish him well, but I don't wish him evil either. The god of the universe is infinitely merciful, which fills us with hope. He is also infinitely just. Which should fill most of our hearts with dread.
Joe Biden is living his punishment. Old, confused and in pain. Surrounded by people who only see him as a source for money. Not concerned about his comfort or welfare. I don't wish that on anyone. Even Joe Biden.; 7/6/25, 6:31 AM
Big Mike said...: And I’m with Jim at. Sorry Jamie.

And unlike Althouse I’m very, very, skeptical about the alleged Stage 4 cancer diagnosis. Which urologists is he seeing? Which oncologists? The announcement of his cancer was a shade too convenient for getting people to leave him the Hell alone when he should be facing the same sort of legal harassment he inflicted on Trump — except, of course, that the Democrat legal teams had to create new statutes by shredding old ones while Biden’s crimes, esp. bribery, are real and obvious.; 7/6/25, 6:48 AM
Jersey Fled said...: “It should be illegal for radio commercials to include the sound of car horns.”

I actually thought it was.; 7/6/25, 6:55 AM
Mary E. Glynn said...: Put me down with Team Rusty and Jamie.
Mercy. He's a victim, Joe Biden is. It will only get sadder from him here on out. Hunter and Jill ... they're beyond reach now. Hunter WAS convicted, and pardoned. The Biden clan will have to live with one another, even with all their riches. That's their punishment. Just like the Bushes have to go on being the Bushes, the Cheney's the Cheney's... do any of those look like happy healthy people to you? We need to stop giving them air, same as the Clintons and Obamas. Focus on the country and just ignore those who "led" us to where we are today... They got theirs. Now they have to live with it.

I'm better than seeking a pound of flesh, or praying for painful deaths myself.; 7/6/25, 6:55 AM
Old and slow said...: Wishing pain and death on other people only corrupts your own soul.; 7/6/25, 6:55 AM
Big Mike said...: Well, here’s what CNN, of all ultra-right wing news sources, had to say:

“Tom Fahy, the legislative director for the NWS employees’ union, told CNN that while he believes the offices had “adequate staffing and resources,” the Austin-San Antonio office is missing a warning coordination meteorologist — a role that serves as a crucial, direct link between forecasters and emergency managers.”

The coordination meteorologist from that office took advantage of Trump’s early retirement buyout and — months later — has not been replaced.; 7/6/25, 6:58 AM
boatbuilder said...: Ten inches of underforcasted rainfall in Kerr County brought flooding that killed at least 43 people so far, including 15 children.
Underforcasted? Ten inches?
I don't think we are getting the full story here.
Are there no non-government meteorologists in the area? Did the local TV and radio stations, whose primary draw seems to be hyping the weather, not report on this? Is the press that ignored the people in Tennessee and NC who got wiped out by massive flooding under Biden now blaming Trump for the weather? (Of course they are).; 7/6/25, 7:28 AM
effinayright said...: FormerLawClerk said...
It should be illegal for radio commercials to include the sound of car horns.
************
Or, "Honey, I'm home!!"

ESPECIALLY, "Honey, I'm home!!"; 7/6/25, 10:53 AM
Marcus Bressler said...: Dave: Althouse "implied", not "inferred". No need to thank me. s/off; 7/6/25, 11:34 AM
Marcus Bressler said...: We "Grammar Nazis" are the Karens of the Internet.; 7/6/25, 11:35 AM
RobinGoodfellow said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 7/6/25, 7:43 PM
DINKY DAU 45 said...: Yup another CINO-Christian In Name Only, wishing another human being a painful and long death,Beautiful Just what Christ would propose! When someone shows you who they are ,BELIEVE THEM and you dont burn in hell forever,the torments of hell are forever but you are throw in the Lake of Fire and burnt to ashes,,,your reading the wrong book :( SAD; 7/7/25, 12:12 AM
Rusty said...: Dinky.

Why do you care? Your god is the democrat party. You have enough to deal with.; 7/7/25, 9:08 AM