Althouse: Sunrise — 5:24, 5:26.

May 27, 2023

Sunrise — 5:24, 5:26.

25 comments:

gilbar said...: did y'all donate money to the worthy cause? Did you wonder what they'd spend it on?
NY Post:Only 33% of BLM’s $90M in donations helped charitable foundations
That total includes the $4.5 million the group doled out last year to non-profits run by the movement’s own supporters and friends
Over the last two reporting periods, the group recorded a total of $22,704,829 in expenses, which included legal fees, rent and office costs. It paid $969,459 paid to Trap Heals LLC, a company run by Damon Turner, the father of Cullors’ child, in 2021.

More than $2.1 million was paid to Bowers Consulting, a company run by current BLMGNF board member Shalomyah Bowers
Some $12 million was spent on luxury homes in Los Angeles and Toronto,
In addition to its grants, BLMGNF spent $1.1 million on a Dayton, Ohio-based company run by the sister of one of its former board members. The cash paid to New Impact Partners was for “consulting services.

for marxists.. They Sure made a LOT of money, for themselves; 5/27/23, 12:32 PM
n.n said...: Wherefore art thou duck family. Deny your conceit, deny your envy, and you will no longer be adrift.; 5/27/23, 1:04 PM
Breezy said...: Apparently the IRS is not busy enough collecting our taxes and performing audits on same. They also now want to prepare our taxes for us. What could possibly go wrong?; 5/27/23, 1:28 PM
lonejustice said...: Interesting discussion over at Legal Insurrection about the Trump vs. DeSantis campaigns. William Jacobson over at LI is also a law prof, so some of you here may enjoy it.

https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/05/desantis-blasts-trumps-very-bizarre-claim-that-cuomo-handled-covid-better/; 5/27/23, 2:11 PM
Political Junkie said...: Pretty photos, even without the ducks.; 5/27/23, 3:38 PM
gadfly said...: Clarence Thomas wrote a concurring opinion in Sackett v. EPA (joined by Neil Gorsuch) that the federal ban on child labor is unconstitutional. So is the minimum wage, federal laws protecting the right to unionize, bans on workplace discrimination, and nearly all other regulation of the workplace. Thomas’s approach would affect countless laws governing private business, from rules requiring health insurers to cover people with preexisting conditions to the ban on whites-only lunch counters.

Such a concurrence has no effect on present law but the direction described herein was the basis used to quell government regulation of waterway pollution in Sackett. I would hate to see a return to 16-hour workdays for children as was happening a hundred years ago, but minimum wage and crooked unions can go immediately as far as I am concerned.; 5/27/23, 4:32 PM
gadfly said...: Breezy said...
Apparently the IRS is not busy enough collecting our taxes and performing audits on same. They also now want to prepare our taxes for us. What could possibly go wrong?

You sound like a tax accountant about to lose a big chunk of business, Breezy.

But those of us who have been doing our own taxes for years look forward to no-charge tax filing.

And cheaters will cheat in any case even with a licensed preparer sitting at the table. But the big boost in IRS tax auditor headcount isn't happening - so we will get a government online preparation program instead.; 5/27/23, 4:44 PM
tim in vermont said...: Scott Adams says that AI art has no future because the purpose of art is to signal mate desirability, both for the artist, and to a large extent, the consumers of art. It’s quaint the way Adams seems to think that the world is ordered for the benefit of humanity.; 5/27/23, 5:17 PM
Mason G said...: "NY Post:Only 33% of BLM’s $90M in donations helped charitable foundations"

Heh. This is my shocked face.; 5/27/23, 6:26 PM
Kai Akker said...: --- some of you here may enjoy it.

Some of us here enjoy your phony baloney, MultiMan.; 5/27/23, 6:34 PM
Jamie said...: Of course a Thomas was serving that labor laws are properly states' jurisdiction.

Thank you, all, for keeping me company today! Our dear neighbors have just moved to India and my children just went back to their college homes after a lovely vacation with other dear friends. It's been... quiet. Too quiet.; 5/27/23, 6:55 PM
Kai Akker said...: I was reading the Wikipedia article on 9-year Speaker of the House John McCormack the other day. It made quite a contrast to some of the recent holders of that position. McCormack was Speaker from 1962 to his retirement in 1971. A lot of Althouse blog readers must remember his name, which topped the Congress during a tumultuous period.

McCormack was born in Boston on December 21, 1891.[1] He was the son of Joseph H. McCormack, a hod carrier and native of Prince Edward Island, Canada, and his wife Mary Ellen (née O'Brien) McCormack of Boston (1861-1913).[2] He said he was one of 12 children, several of whom died as children or young adults.[2] In fact, Mary Ellen McCormack carried eight children to term, and six lived long enough to be counted in the census or included in other records.[2] John McCormack's older siblings Patrick (d. 1911), Catherine (d. 1906), and James (d. 1906) died at ages 24, 19 and 17, respectively.[2] His brother Edward ("Knocko") died in Boston in 1963 at age 67.[3] McCormack's brother Donald died in Texas in 1966 at the age of 65.[4] McCormack also had a half brother named Harry from his father's first marriage; Harry died on Prince Edward Island at age 18 in 1902.[2]

McCormack said for most of his life that his father died when McCormack was 13; other sources indicate that his father actually left the family and moved to Waldoboro, Maine, where he worked in the local granite quarries.[2] He died in 1929, and was buried in a pauper's grave at Waldoboro Rural Cemetery.[2]

McCormack attended the John Andrew Grammar School through the eighth grade.[1] He then left school to help support his family, initially working for $3 a week (about $95 in 2021) as an errand boy for a brokerage firm.[5] McCormack and his brothers also managed a large newspaper delivery route for $11 a week (about $347 in 2021).[5] He later left the brokerage for the office of attorney William T. Way, where he received a 50-cent a week increase.[5] He began to study law with Way, passed the Massachusetts bar exam at age 21, and was admitted to the bar despite not having gone to high school or college.[6] He was also an active member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.[7]

He won positions in the Mass. state legislature, including majority leader at a fairly young age. He lost his first bid for Congress but two years later won the first of his 21 terms. He was a New Deal Democrat.

A bio from another era, compared to the creeps in power in Congress and the Administration recently. "A different world," as younger people would say.

Better? You be the judge.

My point was simply that McCormack was a great American success story.

For some broader perspective, though, consider how McCormack's career was also a part of the Democrats' long majority. Before McCormack, Democrats held the House majority for 17 of 21 years from 1940 to 1961, under Speaker Sam Rayburn; and for the 8 years prior to Rayburn, after the 1932 FDR electoral win. After Rayburn came the 9 years under McCormack; then 6 years under Speaker Carl Albert, to 1977; 10 years under Tip O'Neill; 2 years under Jim Wright and 4 more under Tom Foley, until 1995. If I have the history correct, the Democrats held the House majority for 58 of the 62 years through the second two-thirds of the 20th century, when modern America was made. Then Newt came in, and flamed out almost as quickly.

That doesn't count the 8 years this century under drama queen Nancy Pelosi. It is pretty apparent that, if there is anything you don't like about the state of governance of this nation, it's a pretty safe bet it originated under Democratic control.; 5/27/23, 7:44 PM
Breezy said...: @gadfly: “But those of us who have been doing our own taxes for years look forward to no-charge tax filing.”

I think you’re living on a different planet if you think it will be no-charge tax filing. All government services are paid for by taxes. And what incentive does government have to see that you pay the least allowable by law? None.

Remember these are actual human beings on the other end of the government line. Humans that would get paid to bring in more revenue rather than less. It’s a for-profit business model.; 5/27/23, 7:47 PM
gadfly said...: Time to stop spending money on ugly wind turbines and solar panels and make electricity out of thin air humidity inside man-made clouds.; 5/27/23, 9:28 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Via Taibbi and Kirn: Turns out Ukraine is a socio-tech laboratory for people who believe whatever people can do, they can do it better.

Reminds me of the Rham Emmanuel quote. I’m paraphrasing: Never let a War go to waste. But rather use it as an opportunity to do things you thought you could not do before.

link to story about an app that can do all

Report Russian soldiers today and Jan6 insurrectionists tomorrow?; 5/27/23, 11:19 PM
wendybar said...: Kai Akker said...
--- some of you here may enjoy it.

Some of us here enjoy your phony baloney, MultiMan.

5/27/23, 6:34 PM

So true Kai!!!; 5/28/23, 4:23 AM
Humperdink said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 5/28/23, 6:32 AM
Humperdink said...: Ever wonder who the decision maker was that hired Sam Brinton? Brinton was formerly of the Biden administration? You remember him/her, don't you? He/she was in charge of nuclear waste management. Someone, or a group of people higher in the administration made the decision to hire Brinton. Comforting isn't it? Causes one to question how many more mentally unstable people are throughout the administration.; 5/28/23, 6:53 AM
iowan2 said...: Clarence Thomas wrote a concurring opinion in Sackett v. EPA (joined by Neil Gorsuch) that the federal ban on child labor is unconstitutional. So is the minimum wage, federal laws protecting the right to unionize

This a great example of how leftists roll.They know the Federal government has unlimited scope in their power. As long as they get enough votes in Congress, with a compliant Executive, the possibilities are endless.

Gadfly, nice list. Can you direct us to those parts of the Constitution, effectively honoring this part of the Constitution...The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Understand, the constitution is designed to LIMIT the scope and POWER of Federal Governme

So yea, Show me the POWER that got delegated to Congress to undertake 90% of your list. You seem to forget The People were self organized in State and local Govt long before 1787.(by a couple centuries.)
The People through State legislatures, have Child labor laws. States have laws pertaining to Unions. States have laws, setting minimum wage.

Guess what...the people are more than capable to self govern at the local and state levels; 5/28/23, 7:09 AM
MadTownGuy said...: Target Store Bomb Threats Sent By Angry Pro-Pride Left-Winger

"It should not surprise you to find out that this email was sent by an LGBTQ fanatic who was upset that the store removed some items from its Pride display. Target started pulling some of the items from their stores after boycotts were organized by customers who don’t want to see Pride merchandise targeted at their children including bathing suits with tucking technology.

The email read, “Target is full of [redacted] cowards who turned their back on the LGBTQ community and decided to cater to the homophobic right wing redneck bigots who protested and vandalized their store we won’t stand idly by as the far right continues to hunt us down we are sending you a message we placed a bomb in the following targets.”

The terrorist then listed five different targets in Ohio and Pennsylvania and then continued, “We will continue to bomb your targets until you stop cowering and bring back your LGBT merchandise we will not be erased we won’t go quietly."

The reported knocking down of signs (not documented on video as far as we know) may or may not have been a false flag, and the incidents above aren't exactly a false flag, but ever since November 2016 there have been questionable events lile this. I'm certain this one was headlined, at least initially, as anti-trans violence.; 5/28/23, 7:31 AM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: Apparently the IRS is not busy enough collecting our taxes and performing audits on same. They also now want to prepare our taxes for us. What could possibly go wrong?

This is the IRS's new tax preparation form:

1 - How much did you make last year? ____
2 - Send it in.; 5/28/23, 8:16 AM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: The WaPo's reporters John Farrell and Jackson Barton just happened to be present when the National Gallery of Art was attacked. Lucky guys! A grand jury just indicted Joanna Smith, 53, of New York City and Tim Martin, 54, of Raleigh, N.C. for the vandalizing the gallery. The indictment alludes to other persons knowing about the attack ahead of time. Further indictments to come.; 5/28/23, 8:24 AM
gilbar said...: hey what happened to the rude snarky marine guy? Howard or what ever his name was?
You know? the lib dude that was always making petty little bathroom jokes?

I haven't noticed him around for a while.. Did he grow up? i hope he's okay; 5/28/23, 8:51 AM
wendybar said...: Hear ye, hear ye...read all about it. See how the Republicans are caving once again....

https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2023/05/28/rep-chip-roy-rips-new-debt-ceiling-deal-to-shreds-in-brutally-painfully-honest-thread/; 5/28/23, 10:17 AM
farmgirl said...: … &everyone thought it was Georgia O’Keefe’s flowers…; 5/28/23, 7:46 PM