Althouse: At the Midday Café...

January 10, 2026

At the Midday Café...

... you can talk about whatever you want.

132 comments:

Kakistocracy said...: Cell phone footage shows that Renee Good tried to drive away from the ICE agent who shot her. But an AI video shows Good pledging allegiance to ISIS before plowing her car into a crowd of blonde Christian children. For busy Chief Executives of the United States, it can be hard to know what to trust.; 1/10/26, 6:35 PM
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bagoh20 said...: I posted this on the end of the dead thread, but I think it's important.

"Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed a law in 2020 that if a vehicle accelerates towards a police officer, the officer does not have to wait until impact, they can act based on intent and proximity" ~ Grok says this is true.; 1/10/26, 6:43 PM
Lazarus said...: Did Bill Clinton's tiny Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich, actually entitle his memoirs "Coming Up Short"? Genius.

I also like the English line that having Keir Starmer as Prime Minister was like bringing a spoon to a knife fight.; 1/10/26, 6:44 PM
Christopher B said...: The solid citizens Good was protecting from ICE (link to Powerline).

Bill Shipley (Shipwreckedcrew) on the ICE agent defending himself from Good. Bottom line (and four photos from the cell phone video) Good oriented the front of the Pilot towards him and gunned the engine with the him in the direct path of the vehicle before he draws his weapon. The only thing that saved him was the tires spinning on the icy street.; 1/10/26, 6:45 PM
Crimso said...: Bob Weir has died.; 1/10/26, 6:45 PM
Peachy said...: New found facts I'm finding out. ?
MTG - another GA Brian Kemp type rino. ?

Turns out Margorie TG is now pals with the head of Code Pink. and MTG is now a regular on the leftwing for white female rage machine - "The View".
Code Pink is funded by Soros and the Chi Coms.
Recall the Trump cabinet dinner at a DC restaurant a while ago - and Code Pink crashed it? (and we all thought it was strange)
Yeah - Turns out MTG was not invited (why would she be?- she is not part of Trump's cabinet) Possibly this made MTG angry.
Coincidence that MTG found out the restaurant where the Trump cabinet dinner was going to take place.
MTG called the restaurant a few times to make sure. (what?) apparently so.
Then - her pals Code Pink Show up to crash to dinner.
Clues.; 1/10/26, 6:47 PM
john mosby said...: The Washington National Opera is moving out of the Trump Kennedy Center. The MSM are trying to spin it as either the WNO hating Trump, or reacting to so many audience members refusing to set foot in the center for hatred of Trump. But the WNO's official letter just mentions new financial requirements at the Center:

" The current requirement from the Center’s management is for WNO to demonstrate that each production or event is fully underwritten through anticipated ticket sales and secured contributed revenue sources before it can be approved. This is impractical for WNO, since seasons must be conceived and developed well in advance of funding opportunities and the timing of when it is optimal to project revenue from ticket sales. "

Maybe that's just a nice way for the WNO to say "Trump, people hate you, so they're not going to buy opera tickets anymore?" CC, JSM; 1/10/26, 6:47 PM
Christopher B said...: @Dave Begley .. Is the pro-trans Democrat you've talked about?; 1/10/26, 6:50 PM
narciso said...: They had a falling out

She was against the kemp forces

For a time, she was with the right side, and then she soured; 1/10/26, 6:54 PM
narciso said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 1/10/26, 6:54 PM
Kakistocracy said...: Many ICE officers appear to be white supremacists who were unable to obtain jobs in other branches of law-enforcement. Some liberal critics say that’s a bad thing.; 1/10/26, 6:55 PM
Peachy said...: "So true 2016 David French"

@DavidAFrench
Sep 23, 2016
News flash -- a cop doesn't have to wait until a suspect is actually pointing the gun at him before using deadly force.; 1/10/26, 6:56 PM
Yancey Ward said...: I was just about to post Shipley's complete analysis of the controlling law on the Good shooting but ChristopherB beat me to it.

You should read that link, RJW but I already know that you won't.; 1/10/26, 6:57 PM
Peachy said...: Kak - you're just vomiting leftist BS. Piss off.; 1/10/26, 6:57 PM
narciso said...: Beside matt gaetz she was the only other rep focused on the j6 matter (whatever his other faults); 1/10/26, 6:57 PM
Peachy said...: Leftists like KAK are pro-criminal and pro-sexual child abuse.; 1/10/26, 6:57 PM
buwaya said...: The ICE agent involved in the Minnesota shooting is said to be married to a Filipina. That does not seem to be the behavior of a white supremacist.; 1/10/26, 6:59 PM
Achilles said...: Kakistocracy said...

Many ICE officers appear to be white supremacists who were unable to obtain jobs in other branches of law-enforcement. Some liberal critics say that’s a bad thing.

What are you doing here? Don't you have some ICE officers to run over and some American flags to burn?

You illegal alien allies will think you are a coward that doesn't show up to fight.; 1/10/26, 7:00 PM
buwaya said...: Leftists tend to hate Filipinos btw. On sight pretty much.; 1/10/26, 7:00 PM
narciso said...: Que sorpresa; 1/10/26, 7:00 PM
Peachy said...: Kak appears to be a pro-crime neo-fascist.; 1/10/26, 7:01 PM
Achilles said...: bagoh20 said...

I posted this on the end of the dead thread, but I think it's important.

"Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed a law in 2020 that if a vehicle accelerates towards a police officer, the officer does not have to wait until impact, they can act based on intent and proximity" ~ Grok says this is true.

But that was back when they were sending police after people who tried to leave their homes and wouldn't wear a mask.

It is totally different when you are doing your patriotic duty to fight the federal government.; 1/10/26, 7:03 PM
Whiskeybum said...: Word on the street is that Khamenei is fleeing Tehran and is in transit to NYC to apply for a position in the Mamdani administration.; 1/10/26, 7:03 PM
Aggie said...: "...Maybe that's just a nice way for the WNO to say "Trump, people hate you, so they're not going to buy opera tickets anymore?..."

If there was a nice way to say it, they wouldn't be saying it that way. TDS rules apply to every opportunity.; 1/10/26, 7:04 PM
narciso said...: Hes too moderate for mamdani; 1/10/26, 7:05 PM
buwaya said...: Filipinos are on the whole substantially browner than Chinese which is one reason the Chinese look down on them. Besides plain tribalism of course. Lighter skinned Filipinos are generally Chinese or Western mestizos (mestizo is not a bad word there across the Pacific; in California Chicano circles it is akin to the n-word).; 1/10/26, 7:07 PM
Achilles said...: narciso said...

They had a falling out

She was against the kemp forces

For a time, she was with the right side, and then she soured

MTG sold out and supported McCarthy. Nobody really liked her. She was always looking for the BBD.

She wanted to be Senator.; 1/10/26, 7:07 PM
Peachy said...: The entire leftwing "Resist" movement is a pack of election deniers who support crime and criminals.; 1/10/26, 7:08 PM
Peachy said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 1/10/26, 7:09 PM
Achilles said...: Whiskeybum said...

Word on the street is that Khamenei is fleeing Tehran and is in transit to NYC to apply for a position in the Mamdani administration.

Be interesting to see if we can manage to end the Shia sect.; 1/10/26, 7:09 PM
Peachy said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 1/10/26, 7:09 PM
buwaya said...: Btw the Palestinian keffiyeh thing very suddenly seems to be demode.; 1/10/26, 7:12 PM
bagoh20 said...: "Bob Weir has died."

Yes, my lady just came home crying. She's a lifelong deadhead. She met him a couple times. Her ex was a stage manager. For a short time when the style was in, Weir got an afro perm. She was backstage at a party. When it was her turn to speak between hits, she asked him "Why did you perm your hair?" in a disapproving tone. She didn't know what else to say, she was very nervous and she has a real sarcastic streak. He just laughed.; 1/10/26, 7:13 PM
bagoh20 said...: If we could just stick with the bold, I can read it from the toilet.; 1/10/26, 7:17 PM
Ann Althouse said...: Sad to hear about Bob Weir.; 1/10/26, 7:19 PM
Dr Weevil said...: buwaya:
Derek Chauvin was married to a SE Asian - Hmong, I think, or maybe Laotian. As for the “was”, my understanding was that he encouraged her to file for divorce, so the anticipated lawsuits would only take his half of their joint property, and not leave her destitute.; 1/10/26, 7:20 PM
Peachy said...: the Walz are closing in.; 1/10/26, 7:23 PM
john mosby said...: So the Byrd/Babbitt shooting has come up here off and on. Wince was kind enough to share a Google AI analysis of the decision not to prosecute Byrd. I looked at the documents the analysis referenced, and while these are public, short summaries of the investigations, what stuck out to me was that the DC USAO said it focused its analysis on whether Byrd committed a civil-rights violation, 18 USC 242. This is a high bar to clear. There was no mention of plain old DC Criminal Code homicide statutes - murder, manslaughter, neg hom - which the USAO also prosecutes. The public version of the Capitol Police internal investigation just says a very generic nothing unlawful/nothing disciplinable. One of the homicide statutes is much easier to prove than 242, because they're basically the common law: intent to take the life, and no recognized excuse. It would have made more sense for the USAO to say "there's not even enough evidence to take negligent homicide to trial, so of course we can't do him for civil rights either." Passing strange that they said it the other way around.

Again, I still think it was a good shoot in the middle of a bad situation. But it would be nice if this kind of logic had been used for a bunch of other coppers. CC, JSM; 1/10/26, 7:26 PM
Mason G said...: These are the people leftists are supporting...

BREAKING: ICE has provided @FoxNews a list of the most egregious criminal aliens they've arrested during their surge in the sanctuary state of Minnesota, & it's the most disturbing list I've ever seen, including numerous convicted child rapists/sodomizers & ten convicted killers, most with deportation orders going back many years. Several from Laos, Somalia, and Sudan.

List here: https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/2010101496034074739

ICE says all of these criminal aliens were roaming freely in the sanctuary state of Minnesota prior to arrest, and that these are the type of people that politicians and activists are referring to as their “neighbors” as they attempt to interfere with ICE.; 1/10/26, 7:32 PM
rehajm said...: That’s funny bagoh20; 1/10/26, 7:32 PM
Kakistocracy said...: "The Washington National Opera is moving out of the Trump Kennedy Center."

At least they still have the Melania movie premiere.; 1/10/26, 7:32 PM
rehajm said...: Have we heard from Congress that we're going to stop funding it all yet?; 1/10/26, 7:34 PM
Peachy said...: the "RESIST" model loves them some sexual child abuse.; 1/10/26, 7:36 PM
Kakistocracy said...: I just spent 20 minutes reading about Iran on Wikipedia. I’m ready to post. ~ Achilles; 1/10/26, 7:36 PM
narciso said...: That was as legit a shoot as that miriam woman, who wandered inti a cul de sac, in 2013 meaning not very
But congress critters broke their wrists congratulatimg themselves mark steyn remembers; 1/10/26, 7:38 PM
john mosby said...: It would be cool as hell if Fox News just rented out space in the Trump Kennedy Center for use as their DC studios. Do all the shows with a live audience in the Eisenhower Theatre. Stand-ups on the roof, overlooking the DC skyline. Twould be glorious. CC, JSM; 1/10/26, 7:39 PM
narciso said...: Theyve only been affiliated with the kennedy center since 2011; 1/10/26, 7:44 PM
Peachy said...: 3 minutes+
Good's "anti-ICE Club" training is in full-swing as she sits in her car in the middle of the street, blocking ICE and laying on her horn, while she giggles and shimmies.
This is a game to her.

Removing child sex predators - is a big no no to the broken white leftist community.; 1/10/26, 7:46 PM
narciso said...: Amir Taheri | الشرق الأوسط https://share.google/hvgzyDBBGqvQk9ecT; 1/10/26, 7:47 PM
john mosby said...: 'ciso, my understanding is that's the formal affiliation. But the WNO has been playing there since the place was built. CC, JSM; 1/10/26, 7:47 PM
bagoh20 said...: She just told me the end the Weir story. After she asked that question, Bob didn't say anything, but security kicked her out. She's met everyone, Cher, all the Eagles, Jethro Tull band, and bunch of others. Her ex was the stage Manager for Cher in Vegas, and the Eagles on tour. Life is much more boring with me, but I did introduce her to night janitor at Costco.; 1/10/26, 7:49 PM
Breezy said...: Prayers for the Iranian people.; 1/10/26, 7:50 PM
narciso said...: Taheris written four books on the shah ayatollah dynamic; 1/10/26, 7:51 PM
narciso said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 1/10/26, 7:52 PM
Peachy said...: As much as I've tried - I've never been a fan of The Grateful Dead. Don't dislike - just not into it.
RIP Mr. Weir. Hope he is actually grateful.; 1/10/26, 7:54 PM
Peachy said...: Bagoh - of all those bands and people - who was the nicest to her or most enjoyable to meet?; 1/10/26, 7:56 PM
Peachy said...: Yes- Prayers for the Iranian People.
Freedom from Islamic Supremacist rule - would be so nice.; 1/10/26, 7:58 PM
n.n said...: Byrd was justified to stop Babbit's progress, not to abort her without cause, in a prone position, in cold blood.

The ICE officer was justified to abort the vehicle's progress, which could only be done by stopping the driver who insisted on forcing a catastrophic end.; 1/10/26, 8:00 PM
Original Mike said...: "BREAKING: ICE has provided @FoxNews a list of the most egregious criminal aliens they've arrested during their surge in the sanctuary state of Minnesota, & it's the most disturbing list I've ever seen, including numerous convicted child rapists/sodomizers & ten convicted killers, most with deportation orders going back many years."

It leaves me dumbfounded that democrat politicians have conned their gullible followers to go to the mat for these criminals.; 1/10/26, 8:00 PM
Fritz said...: I got in Bob Weir’s way backstage at a Dead and friends concert once.; 1/10/26, 8:01 PM
narciso said...: Naw he shot the least threatening person why (because he could); 1/10/26, 8:09 PM
narciso said...: The detail protecting the entrance were suddenly called away; 1/10/26, 8:11 PM
Bill, Republic of Texas said...: So any conservatives planning on taunting liberals by acting like they got shot in the face three times?

Is it to soon to get fat lesbian suit, wool hat and three bullet holes in the face?

The liberals would be good with that, right?; 1/10/26, 8:18 PM
Achilles said...: Original Mike said...

"BREAKING: ICE has provided @FoxNews a list of the most egregious criminal aliens they've arrested during their surge in the sanctuary state of Minnesota, & it's the most disturbing list I've ever seen, including numerous convicted child rapists/sodomizers & ten convicted killers, most with deportation orders going back many years."

It leaves me dumbfounded that democrat politicians have conned their gullible followers to go to the mat for these criminals.

Because any person in Minnesota can vouch for 8 people and those 8 people can vote no questions asked.; 1/10/26, 8:22 PM
Eva Marie said...: I think the threat of these types of intimidation tactics worked at the state level. On the federal level (where the cops and lawyers haven’t been infiltrated to the same extent) and with Trump at the helm, it’s a different story. What is so different about this Trump administration is they never back down and they all have each other’s backs. No one currying favor with the press like MTG. There are weaker and stronger cabinet members but they are all loyal.; 1/10/26, 8:31 PM
Beasts of England said...: RIP Bob Weir. Not a deadhead, but they certainly influenced a few of my favorite bands.; 1/10/26, 8:31 PM
narciso said...: Kamikazi scotsman; 1/10/26, 8:32 PM
Bob Boyd said...: "These are ambush tactics.

We trained for a long time on how to react to the Taliban attempting this exact same tactic against Americans convoys.

This is also exactly what Renee Good was attempting to do when officers tried to arrest her.

Given the three recent actual ambushes/shootings against ICE, these tactics create an extremely dangerous situation for agents."

https://x.com/LeighWolf/status/2009610650180309154; 1/10/26, 8:32 PM
narciso said...: https://youtu.be/Es0t50H44IE?si=L4dGl3gXGBNDTAuT; 1/10/26, 8:33 PM
Original Mike said...: Christopher B said..…"Bill Shipley (Shipwreckedcrew) on the ICE agent defending himself from Good. Bottom line (and four photos from the cell phone video) Good oriented the front of the Pilot towards him and gunned the engine with the him in the direct path of the vehicle before he draws his weapon. The only thing that saved him was the tires spinning on the icy street."

A real federal prosecutor weighs in.; 1/10/26, 8:36 PM
Maynard said...: RIP Bob Weir.

Not a Grateful Dead fan. They were incredibly boring. I thought that their fans were burnouts from the 60's.

I was a 60's kid who did all the usual drugs, but never burned out.; 1/10/26, 8:48 PM
Maynard said...: BTW, as a Neil Young fan, I have to say that it is better to fade away that it is to burn out.; 1/10/26, 8:50 PM
Gospace said...: A question- If Reza Pahlavi returns to Iran, a real possibility, and declares himself- with support of the rampaging mobs as Shah of Iran, or some other interim title, and then asks for US help to identify and destroy remnants of Hezbollah and other islamist militias, does that count as going to war against a foreign nation? My thoughts- no. It's aiding and assisting a potential ally. He is, after all, the legitimate successor to the previous Shah of Iran, and we haven't recognized the ayatollah government as legitimate for quite some time now.; 1/10/26, 8:51 PM
Peachy said...: this thing on?; 1/10/26, 9:23 PM
Peachy said...: do these thing work?

go packers!; 1/10/26, 9:26 PM
Wince said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 1/10/26, 9:35 PM
Jupiter said...: Hey, Achilles,

How is the cycle going?; 1/10/26, 9:38 PM
Wince said...: close bold; 1/10/26, 9:46 PM
Peachy said...: toilet reading.; 1/10/26, 9:46 PM
Wince said...: Flashback, I was with Bob Weir the day Jerry Garcia died. We literally got him to bed that night. He blew off a Nightline interview set up in his dressing room after chugging a couple bottles of wine. ABC had extended Nightline to an hour for that purpose, probably at the request of Peter Jennings who was a big fan of the Dead. Bob just couldn't do it.

That was 30 years ago. Complete closure on the memories of 40 years working with Bob, Jerry and the Dead.

RIP; 1/10/26, 9:46 PM
Original Mike said...: All that bold showed up retroactively. How's that work?; 1/10/26, 9:52 PM
Gospace said...: "Original Mike said...
All that bold showed up retroactively. How's that work?"

I was wondering that myself...; 1/10/26, 10:06 PM
Achilles said...: Jupiter said...

Hey, Achilles,

How is the cycle going?

Which one?

As long as I have the option I will be taking Ipamorelin/Sermorelin daily or every other day. I put 3CC of bacteriostatic water into a 5/5mg vial and it lasts for a month at .1cc a day. That is a really low dose. Better than TRT or GH.; 1/10/26, 10:08 PM
Achilles said...: Gospace said...

"Original Mike said...
All that bold showed up retroactively. How's that work?"

I was wondering that myself...

A message with a close tag got deleted.; 1/10/26, 10:09 PM
Original Mike said...: Ahh.; 1/10/26, 10:09 PM
Gospace said...: Immigration of non-assimilators is great and contributes to peace and prosperity. Or something. https://x.com/LaurenWitzkeDE/status/1982613554789576853; 1/10/26, 10:12 PM
Achilles said...: What to watch for today: Why are the democrats all condemning Hamas?

Like Bots given orders every major democrat has like clockwork condemned Hamas all at once.

Indictments? Attack coming? A DOJ report incoming?

Speculation is that a bunch of NGO/Fraud money went into funding October 7th.; 1/10/26, 10:12 PM
Original Mike said...: Yeah, something's up; 1/10/26, 10:19 PM
Yancey Ward said...: "I just spent 20 minutes reading about Iran on Wikipedia. I’m ready to post. ~ Achilles"

That would be about 19 minutes more of reading about all of the subjects you have posted about in the last 2 years, Bich. We eagerly await the day you actually get something right though we all know it will be a complete accident.; 1/10/26, 10:20 PM
Michael McNeil said...: Another way it can happen is for a post without a close tag to get retroactively recovered by our hostess from Blogger limbo.; 1/10/26, 10:22 PM
Original Mike said...: Ahh again.; 1/10/26, 10:23 PM
Yancey Ward said...: "Yeah, something's up"

They are afraid Iran's mullahs are about to fall.; 1/10/26, 10:24 PM
Peachy said...: O-Mike
Iran's Islamic supremacy might finally take the big fall.
Dems don't want to be on the side of the losers. Because their past rhetoric places them on the same side as Islamic supremacists.
I wonder if/how Candace /blame Israel for all the things/ Owens will climb down?; 1/10/26, 10:26 PM
Peachy said...: Not that she matters. she does not.; 1/10/26, 10:28 PM
Peachy said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 1/10/26, 10:29 PM
Achilles said...: Colombian president is asking to talk to Trump now. He has already offered to dismantle their drug factories.; 1/10/26, 10:30 PM
Original Mike said...: "Iran's Islamic supremacy might finally take the big fall."

I don't see how that's enough.; 1/10/26, 10:31 PM
Achilles said...: Michael McNeil said...

Another way it can happen is for a post without a close tag to get retroactively recovered by our hostess from Blogger limbo.

Probably more likely than a deletion.; 1/10/26, 10:32 PM
Peachy said...: In your link, Original Mike.

this; 1/10/26, 10:32 PM
Peachy said...: I deleted a post that contained the "turn off bold" html code. I didn't think it would matter, because someone else already used it above my post... or so I thought. .. considering the bold came back on right after I did that - I think it was me.; 1/10/26, 10:36 PM
Beasts of England said...: ’That was 30 years ago. Complete closure on the memories of 40 years working with Bob, Jerry and the Dead.’

Thanks for sharing that. Very cool…; 1/10/26, 10:36 PM
Peachy said...: The biggest winner in Iran will be the women.

Remember - with the Trans stuff that placed dems on the side of creepy men winning in women's sports - that was a loser for them. Dems are phonies.; 1/10/26, 10:38 PM
Curious George said...: Bears!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!; 1/10/26, 10:38 PM
Peachy said...: Packers - what did you do? dang.; 1/10/26, 10:39 PM
bagoh20 said...: "who was the nicest to her or most enjoyable to meet?"

She said Cher was the nicest, most friendly, took pictures with the whole family and did some very special things for her family during a tragedy.
Also Sting was very nice and friendly, talked to her like a friend.; 1/10/26, 10:40 PM
Beasts of England said...: ’Why are the democrats all condemning Hamas?’

The big question: how many days before they deny ever supporting them? It won’t be long…; 1/10/26, 10:41 PM
DINKY DAU 45 said...: beaucoup Dinky Dau Game, Cashed out $382+ on $200 wager over under score and picked up WIN for Chicago in an amazing 18 point comeback. Basically doubled my wager to pad my Thoroughbred bankroll for spring and summer racing season. Picked up approx $382 for a $300 wager for the Chicago WIN.Will put a grand back in pocket and look forward to good numbers in the SUPER BOWL pool.Back to watching DERBY prep races and waiting for a runner From Saratoga to show up(ITS OUR TIME) and see how he is doing.BEAUCOUP DINKY DAU game Williams says "never give up" my type of guy.; 1/10/26, 10:47 PM
Peachy said...: Sting - that is a big super star. Very cool.
Cher is nice. That's very cool, too.; 1/10/26, 10:48 PM
Ampersand said...: The Iran thing won't be done until the police and islamic thug units disarm. Ditto Venezuela, albeit the guys who need to disarm are the the military and the rump Madurites. Quite a bit of work left to be done, and we can anticipate Russian/Cuban/Chinese interference.; 1/10/26, 10:59 PM
mccullough said...: Caleb Williams is very clutch. He looks like he’s got what Montana, Brady, and Mahomes have. And what Aaron Rodgers lacks.; 1/10/26, 11:16 PM
gadfly said...: Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced at a news conference that they will conduct their own review of Renee Nicole Good’s killing by an ICE agent after the state’s criminal investigative bureau said the FBI had cut it out of the investigation.

It seems to me that the Attorney General could assemble a grand jury to review the multiple videos already in the public domain and interview witnesses to charge Border Agent Jonathan Ross with murder under Minnesota law. This is needed to prevent Trump from simply pardoning the suspect without a trial.

The Feds have already removed the Ross family from their Twin Cities residence, and so they are likely no longer in the state, a clear violation of the law.; 1/11/26, 2:10 AM
Big Mike said...: gadfly has never heard of supersession.; 1/11/26, 2:22 AM
Michael Fitzgerald said...: DINKY DAU 45 said...
1/10/26, 10:47 PM

I love the gambling bug talk, seriously. A very intriguing obsession, to my mind. Back in the 80's I was working out of a labor pool in Pheonix and I met this guy there who called himself Gambler. Gambler was living in his car at the time and trying to scrape up enough dough to go to Vegas and get back on his feet. Football season had just ended, and Gambler had been winning big all season long, living like a king in a suite in a casino, wine, women, and song. Then a missed extra point ruined him, but only until he had enough dough for a grubstake. Then he could go back and win it all over again. A very resilient attitude, probably served him well in life.; 1/11/26, 3:03 AM
Jim at said...: Thanks for sharing that. Very cool…

Yeah.; 1/11/26, 4:15 AM
Jim at said...: She said Cher was the nicest, most friendly, took pictures with the whole family...

I have a picture of the two of us sitting on a Harley at SEMA in 1992. She was very gracious, charming and conversational.

It's too bad what happened to her. Sadly, she's not alone.; 1/11/26, 4:20 AM
Jim at said...: Correction. SEMA, November of '93.

Down there doing marketing for a land-speed racing team setting records at Bonneville.; 1/11/26, 4:38 AM
john mosby said...: Ampersand: "rump Madurites" would be a great name for a rap group. CC, JSM; 1/11/26, 4:46 AM
john mosby said...: Ref 'fly and state prosecution of feds:

There's a post on Volokh by Prof Michael Mannheimer about the intricacies of this issue. It is apparently not as cut/dried as JD Vance's "absolute immunity." Mainly because there is not a huge amount of precedent.

I will cross-post something I put there:

There are other de-facto ways the USG could stop a state prosecution of a fed:

1. Special Mission: The USG tells the State "oh yes, try our employee by all means. Nothing will get to the truth faster than a state judge and jury doing what they do best. However, we are using our employee right now for a special mission. Can't tell you, very hush-hush. We'll let you know when she is free. As the junior sovereign here, you surely understand." This has happened with military defendants in state cases not connected at all to their military duties - even homicides.

2. Unavailability of Evidence: The USG can simply refuse to hand over any records, physical evidence, or other government property to the state. And any potential federal witnesses. This one does depend a little bit on the state court being an honest broker, though - they could just declare they have enough evidence already.

3. Gag the Employee: The USG can order the employee not to discuss the case with anyone, including any state officials. The employee then moves to dismiss the state case because her ability to, say, testify to affirmative defenses, has been taken away. This also depends on an honest state court.

I don't see how a state could successfully ask a federal court to counteract any of the above tactics. Even if the SG shows up and says with a straight face that the defendant is urgently needed to count paperclips in the DHS warehouse. A more serious argument would be that the defendant's fellow agents can't testify, as there is a risk to ongoing federal investigations. Which investigations might or might not involve officials of the state government as subjects (this very well could be the case in MN with SomaliGate). Even an innocent question and answer ("yes, I came to the scene from my previous location at First and Third") could reveal part of an ongoing case (First and Third is a BDSM dungeon patronized by the Governor).

It's not for a state to say its own interests outweigh the US's. Or for a court to micromanage the USG's use of its employees. CC, JSM; 1/11/26, 4:52 AM
john mosby said...: A lot of the cases on state prosecution of feds seem to be built on the assumption that the states are honest brokers. But the Constitution is built on the assumption that men will do whatever they can get away with for their dishonest goals. A rule that allows too many state prosecutions of feds would eviscerate the Supremacy Clause once it's in the hands of ruthless state officials.

Imagine the Jim Crow South if someone had the idea of prosecuting the hell out of FBI agents and US Marshals. CC, JSM; 1/11/26, 4:55 AM
wendybar said...: This Comedian is funny. Of course, it isn't Jimmy Kimmel, so we know there will be some who will hyperventilate watching him...
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/saturday-laugh-check-this-hilarious-stand-up-comedian/; 1/11/26, 5:49 AM
Jersey Fled said...: “ It leaves me dumbfounded that democrat politicians have conned their gullible followers to go to the mat for these criminals.”

It’s not Democrat politicians. The author is a little more elemental. The author of all lies, starting with the first.; 1/11/26, 7:22 AM
Ronald J. Ward said...: On the Fox breaking news of arrests, for starters, this is exactly what I want to see- criminals off the streets. But as “lefties” like I do, there’s always that “but…..”, not because I can’t appreciate success but because a few thing don’t smell right.

For example, Pao Angelo Vang — convicted of second-degree sexual assault of a child was arrested June 6, 2025. Thong Lao, Tou Pao Lee, Va Vang, Xiong Pao Vang, Yee Shae, and Yia Xiong, were also arrested earlier last year, not during the current occupation.

Again, glad to see them gone but it puts us back to the same argument of justification for mass detentions, deportations and dehumanization of noncriminals and even American citizens. And obviously, they knew exactly who and where these people were which further questions the tactics we’re seeing towards others.

And then we have ICE Director Todd M. Lyons; “Some of these criminal aliens have had final orders of removal for 30 years, but they’ve been free to terrorize Minnesotans. ICE’s arrests prevent recidivism and make communities safer, but it feels like local politicians want to ignore that part and drum up discontent rather than protect their own constituents.”

So, the Feds convicted them, ordered their removals, turned them loose, and now want to play a blame game. Under U.S. law, immigration enforcement and deportation are federal responsibilities, handled by DHS and its agencies like ICE. States and cities do not have their own deportation powers.

Federal authorities initiate removal proceedings, adjudicate deportation orders (through immigration courts), and execute those orders when individuals are found and taken into custody. So when Lyons says these individuals had final orders of removal for decades, that means an immigration judge issued a deportation order that was not carried out at the time.; 1/11/26, 7:29 AM
Rustygrommet said...: Mike Fitzgerald @ 3:03

My dad had a friend who gambled professionally. Horses, mostly. Some prize fights. The guy worked at least 80 hours a week. It really wasn't gambling to him. Just his full time job. He did his homework. Knew the tracks, knew the jockeys, knew the breeders so he knew the horses.
He had a lot of money, just not a lavish lifestyle.; 1/11/26, 8:02 AM
Peachy said...: There is something seriously wrong with the leftists who run MN; 1/11/26, 8:21 AM
Peachy said...: insty:
Violent Suspect Arrested at Portland Antifa ICE Riot Is a Registered Sex Offender.
“Simmons appears to repeatedly violate his obligation to register as a sex offender. In November 2022, he was charged with two felony counts of failing to report as a sex offender in Multnomah County, where Portland is, but the charges were dropped by then-woke District Attorney Mike Schmidt. Schmidt infamously dropped most of the charges against the violent BLM-Antifa rioters in 2020 and 2021.”; 1/11/26, 8:24 AM
Big Mike said...: From the New York Post:

“A Bronx apartment building Mayor Mamdani showcased to highlight the talents of his new housing commissioner, Dina Levy, has racked up nearly 200 unresolved violations, The Post has learned.

The 102-unit building at 1520 Sedgwick Ave. in Morris Heights as of Saturday had a staggering 194 open housing-code violations dating back to 2016 — including 88 “Class C” violations considered “immediately hazardous.”

They included rat and roach infestation; broken doors and refrigerators; and mold, records show.”

Mamdani has a socialist’s eye for picking bureaucratic talent.; 1/11/26, 9:29 AM
Achilles said...: The best take I have seen on the Minnesota shooting yet.; 1/11/26, 9:31 AM
Big Mike said...: From Breitbart via Instapundit:

An unidentified protester outside the Whipple Building Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was interviewed about Wednesday’s ICE-involved shooting and said, “We have to show up with guns and end this.”

The unidentified protester accused ICE of shooting people “with no cause” and said, “We have to show up with guns.”

He continued, “We have to, there’s no way around it. I don’t care if I don’t have a Minnesota carry permit. I’m unarmed right now but this is the last time I show up to face these guys without a weapon.”

I think I can guarantee that if the lefty lunatics show up with guns, things will end very, very quickly.; 1/11/26, 10:14 AM
Jaq said...: Wow, I sure hope that Israeli snipers... err, I mean the Iranian government doesn't shoot into the crowd triggering an attack by Trump! Nah, that could never happen in a million years, and I must be antisemitic to even think the thought! Just because stuff like that has happened dozens of times to "justify" the swap out of regimes for US friendly ones.

Usually it involved seducing young people to change their government for a new one which will take huge bribes to sell out those young people's national patrimony in terms of their own country's natural resources to cronies of the US regime at pennies on the dollar.; 1/11/26, 11:26 AM
Michael Fitzgerald said...: Interesting, Rustygrommet, very interesting. I've always assumed gamblers to be formed from the kind of haunted, self-destructive personalities that alcoholics and drug addicts display. Profligate, desperate, insatiable.... maybe adrenaline addicts are a closer presumption. But then again your example and Dinky Dau here show that a successful bettor doesn't simply play hunches or rely on luck, but accumulates knowledge and information to minimize risk and maximize the chance for success.; 1/11/26, 11:46 AM
Peachy said...: JAQ said
"I sure hope that Israeli snipers... err, I mean the Iranian government"

that you actually buy that is really sad.; 1/11/26, 1:48 PM