tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post3313846894828247871..comments2024-03-28T10:45:56.205-05:00Comments on Althouse: Scott Adams talks about Kanye West tweeting Scott Adams videos about Kanye West.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71444408415109757662018-05-04T11:40:05.859-05:002018-05-04T11:40:05.859-05:00Thanks for disabling it, Althouse!Thanks for disabling it, Althouse!Tyrone Slothrophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12304508836038921013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7419673881667810582018-05-04T07:06:14.247-05:002018-05-04T07:06:14.247-05:00I cannot open Althouse's page without having t...I cannot open Althouse's page without having that damn video blare automatically.FIDOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04768886981584556497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73177492083036889072018-05-03T21:32:25.767-05:002018-05-03T21:32:25.767-05:00Kanye?
No, Beck wrote The Golden Age for Sea Chang...Kanye?<br />No, Beck wrote <a href="https://youtu.be/xJj_L4-I8K0" rel="nofollow">The Golden Age</a> for Sea Change in 2002. Simply wonderful.320Busdriverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00409874234953203213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57224322128906352362018-05-03T21:20:46.161-05:002018-05-03T21:20:46.161-05:00Tankers hove to..Tankers hove to..Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44164389965069743432018-05-03T21:19:24.633-05:002018-05-03T21:19:24.633-05:00He is one of those rare people who are free to say...<i>He is one of those rare people who are free to say what they want. <br />A person of independent means. <br />An Althouse in fact.</i><br /><br />Almost a Trump. Could anyone else take on the Deep State and have a chance to survive?<br /><br />I'm not yet sure Trump can. I would say, as an optimist, that he is now at 50/50.<br /><br />When the left overthrew Nixon we had Vietnam lost, although that war was iffy after Kennedy let Lodge assassinate Diem.<br /><br />We had 13% inflation when the 1974 Democrat Congress ran wild.<br /><br />The Soviet Union could have won the Cold War if Socialism worked.<br /><br />Carter gave us Iran and the Ayatollah.<br /><br />I still remember gas lines and the left e=telling us that rankers were hove to offshore to drive up the price.<br /><br />Lefties like Inga and Ritmo think there are piles of gold somewhere that the rich have stashed away.<br />Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23513759286897891112018-05-03T20:07:19.100-05:002018-05-03T20:07:19.100-05:00I think that starting right after World War II we ...I think that starting right after World War II we entered an age of propaganda and this age is coming to an end. These days, it isn't "make the Commies tell the truth"; these days it's a simple ability by a public "literate" in propaganda to "read" propaganda. Probably it's somehow because of computers - everyone has photoshopped, everyone has made videos featuring themselves appearing to do stunts or whatever, everyone has erased words and altered voices. All the items - photos, letters, demos, marches - of propaganda as it was once known have lost a mystique they had. Trump was elected because people on the right were able to see through a dense cloud of propaganda. Mueller is not believed by them for the same reason. <br /><br />And so the Scott Adams question is: why can't people on the left see through it - or - when someone like Kanye West does see through it - why was he able to do what most around him cannot do? I watched a Kanye West interview with someone who calls himself Charlemagne. I got the impression that as a rapper Kanye West picks up what is around and as a more sensitive leading-edge rapper, he was simply the first to pick up on impatience with being told how to think. That he noticed that people on the left have been forced into suppressing other people, getting others fired, betraying friends and never being able to say how being an American Stasi makes them feel. So they are going away from propaganda also. Everyone is in that last mile cloudy mile and Kanye is just the first on the left to say it. <br /><br />What comes after the end of propaganda? When the Mueller report flops, we'll know. Personally, I plan to download it, use it in the bathroom and UPS the Report, with my added "comments" to the Special Counsel. After all that is essentially what he is doing to me, to all of us, as we all know.wildswanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11975129877750876072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27631054165262444932018-05-03T18:19:25.012-05:002018-05-03T18:19:25.012-05:00Adams made most of his money quite a long time ago...Adams made most of his money quite a long time ago.<br />He sold/published/licensed a lot from 1990 on. <br />There were tremendous numbers of Dilbert mugs and desk calendars all over American cube farms. <br /><br />Dilbert was a phenomenon, and that made him wealthy. <br /><br />I don't think he is suffering these days, even as his income has been reduced by the strip getting dumped, etc. His political commentary isn't the sort of thing that can be monetized. <br /><br />He is one of those rare people who are free to say what they want. <br />A person of independent means. <br />An Althouse in fact.buwayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388691837737324814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65558974393735074012018-05-03T18:11:24.552-05:002018-05-03T18:11:24.552-05:00Caldwell Titcomb IV said...
Tyrone Slothrop said.....<b>Caldwell Titcomb IV said...<br />Tyrone Slothrop said...<br />It rattles my brain.<br /><br />You can disable autoplay, so it's your fault.</b><br /><br />Yeah, well, I don't think so. I've tried several workarounds that purported to protect me from this scourge and none of them work.<br /><br />Of course, since you maintain it can be done, smartypants, maybe you could share this knowledge.<br />Tyrone Slothrophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12304508836038921013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66640347615895637752018-05-03T16:08:48.407-05:002018-05-03T16:08:48.407-05:00"My best guess about reality is that we’re a ..."My best guess about reality is that we’re a simulation. The quick argument is that an advanced species can create a computer simulation with characters who believe they are real."<br /><br />So basically he believes in a good with no moral authority.Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63211267672279214552018-05-03T15:47:37.778-05:002018-05-03T15:47:37.778-05:00OK. So why is the video here effing autoplaying, ...OK. So why is the video here effing autoplaying, with loud audio, when I clicked on the home page?Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07575021285669012791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66061529175839932912018-05-03T15:47:21.941-05:002018-05-03T15:47:21.941-05:00Scott Adams reminds me of Michael Avenatti. A coup...Scott Adams reminds me of Michael Avenatti. A couple of self-admiring gasbags at different phases of riding a hunch they've put all their chips on.Snarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17307871260632554312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27105272088255348152018-05-03T15:46:33.643-05:002018-05-03T15:46:33.643-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Snarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17307871260632554312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72928804272416482622018-05-03T15:46:19.300-05:002018-05-03T15:46:19.300-05:00Adams is extremely good at presenting himself and ...<i>Adams is extremely good at presenting himself and making money off it</i>.<br /><br />How is he making money off it? Was selling more books before Trump, had been cut from newspapers and speaking engagements. Vid says he lost 20% income since last week.FullMoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07541560904252155570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66080840665177486062018-05-03T15:41:42.636-05:002018-05-03T15:41:42.636-05:00Blogger Drago said... I like to think of myself...<i>Blogger Drago said... I like to think of myself as the Huggy Bear of Althouseblog.</i><br /><br />Original or Extra CrispyHowardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01048255624944551506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70979783568988928932018-05-03T15:07:08.123-05:002018-05-03T15:07:08.123-05:00Howard: "Adam West and the Golden Age of Batm...Howard: "Adam West and the Golden Age of Batman?"<br /><br />I like to think of myself as the Huggy Bear of Althouseblog.Dragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079148433908004715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81196474214503871852018-05-03T15:00:49.229-05:002018-05-03T15:00:49.229-05:00Adams is extremely good at presenting himself and...Adams is extremely good at presenting himself and making money off it.<br /><br />If you look at what he believes, he's actually a libertarian/Leftist kook. But he knows how to present it, and what to emphasize and what to minimize.<br /><br />In a fit of bravado, he said he could get elected Governor - which means he doesn't REALLY understand how religious, narrow-minded, and left-wing large parts of the electorate are. Even in California. For instance, Kayne may dig him, but he's really the whitest kind of white guy ever. rcoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61772030015883823572018-05-03T14:59:59.955-05:002018-05-03T14:59:59.955-05:00Wonder how that sits with black men in general whe...Wonder how that sits with black men in general when a black woman of questionable intelligence (Maxine W) publicly tells a very accomplished black man (Kanye W) to sit down and shut up.exhelodrvr1https://www.blogger.com/profile/15874052265934108903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41661532833401706752018-05-03T14:48:06.917-05:002018-05-03T14:48:06.917-05:00When it comes to natural disasters, less is defini...When it comes to <i>natural disasters</i>, less is definitely not more.Ignorance is Blisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02338942311894099159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50213572320982666642018-05-03T14:44:54.456-05:002018-05-03T14:44:54.456-05:00Ugh. What I meant by: "I'm curious as to ...Ugh. What I meant by: "I'm curious as to how many mansions Scott Adams owns." Was in response to this gem:<br /><br />Chuck said...<br /><i>I picture Scott Adams and Kanye gettin’ high together and having a good time in one of their mansions</i><br /><br />I knew I should have quoted him, but I was in a rush. Sorry.AllenShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848966772462502893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51452558208010610922018-05-03T14:44:33.237-05:002018-05-03T14:44:33.237-05:00In fact, I probably shouldn't be allowed to ow...In fact, I probably shouldn't be allowed to own an ant farm.Ignorance is Blisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02338942311894099159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32889067512460624922018-05-03T14:44:00.293-05:002018-05-03T14:44:00.293-05:00You people should probably be thankful that I'...You people should probably be thankful that I'm not running this simulation.Ignorance is Blisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02338942311894099159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73258422807263550362018-05-03T14:43:20.438-05:002018-05-03T14:43:20.438-05:00Adam West and the Golden Age of Batman?Adam West and the Golden Age of Batman?Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01048255624944551506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23918896478566251052018-05-03T14:43:12.255-05:002018-05-03T14:43:12.255-05:00The thing that, for me, totally disproves the whol...The thing that, for me, totally disproves the whole "simulation" theory is the relative dearth of <i>natural disasters</i> and blatant <i>Acts of God</i>. I mean, really. What's the point of running such a simulation if you don't even get to fuck around with the little buggers.Ignorance is Blisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02338942311894099159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46880771905195157992018-05-03T14:39:19.088-05:002018-05-03T14:39:19.088-05:00Speculating minds cannot be idle. When you major ...Speculating minds cannot be idle. When you major talent is the ability to grind your nose, all your passions condense into pulling the other crabs back down into the pot.Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01048255624944551506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31695118407634271352018-05-03T14:33:37.113-05:002018-05-03T14:33:37.113-05:00It is far more likely we are one of the inevitable...<i>It is far more likely we are one of the inevitable simulations than the original species.</i><br /><br />Far more likely than what? Assuming that risible speculation has any merit, it is not a far greater likelihood that there is an infinite regression of "computers" running simulations of a universe that contains a computer running a simulation of a universe?<br /><br />Adams has accepted an extraordinary claim without extraordinary evidence, which suggests to me that he is much more religious than he is wont to admit.<br /><br />As I have mentioned in another thread, idle minds like to speculate aimlessly about the nature of reality except when confronted by an oncoming cross-town bus.Quaestorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688608372863540573noreply@blogger.com