Althouse: A dark sunrise

October 31, 2024

A dark sunrise — 7:23, 7:24.

53 comments:

Original Mike said...: "A dark sunrise"

We received 2.6 inches of rain last night at our house.; 10/31/24, 4:23 PM
Kay said...: Happy Halloween I just realized I love it because it’s the only holiday that’s truly for all ages. It’s so sweet honestly, older people get to give out candy to kids, if you’re at a partying age you can do that, kids get candy, it’s very crafty…it’s for movie nerds too. People even give gifts? It’s just a random holiday people do anything for; 10/31/24, 4:29 PM
Kay said...: Happy Halloween I just realized I love it because it’s the only holiday that’s truly for all ages. It’s so sweet honestly, older people get to give out candy to kids, if you’re at a partying age you can do that, kids get candy, it’s very crafty…it’s for movie nerds too. People even give gifts? It’s just a random holiday people do anything for; 10/31/24, 4:29 PM
mikee said...: A dark sunrise? What's next, a well-lit sunset?; 10/31/24, 4:35 PM
The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...: Halloween is, curiously, the most civic of American holidays (if it can be called a holiday). Children call at stranger's houses to good-naturedly receive treats, It's a heartening remnant of the high-trust society I knew as a child, and I find it discouraging that there seem to be more dark houses every year.

Real patriots hand out candy.; 10/31/24, 4:37 PM
Inga said...: This is hilarious, all the angst from Trumpublican husbands feeling betrayed by their wife’s vote for Harris. It’s sad though that some women are afraid or hesitant about having their own opinions. What the hell kind of marriage or relationship is that?

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4964265-kamala-harris-ad-julia-roberts/

“Conservatives in furor over Julia Roberts ad

A new Harris-Walz campaign ad voiced by actor Julia Roberts encourages women to vote for Vice President Harris in the presidential election, even if their husbands are backing former President Trump.”

Republicans have responded to the video with outrage, with some claiming that a wife lying about her vote is as bad as an affair.

“If I found out Emma was going to the voting booth and pulling the lever for Harris, that’s the same thing as having an affair,” Fox News host Jesse Watters said on air Wednesday in a clip highlighted by Mediaite.

Other GOP members including Charlie Kirk said the thought was “nauseating.””

LOL!; 10/31/24, 4:44 PM
Dixcus said...: We really don't care who you ditzy broads vote for.; 10/31/24, 4:52 PM
Eric the Fruit Bat said...: Speaking of a dark sunrise, we watched The Innocents from 1961 not too long ago, a surprisingly good movie.; 10/31/24, 4:54 PM
rehajm said...: In our area there’s too much wildlife and it’s too dark because of rules against light pollution. Lots of stuff to trip on. The kiddos do something in lieu of door knocking. A party, whatever…; 10/31/24, 4:57 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: This reminds me of:

It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind that swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.

Often mocked by "Peanuts" and others, I always the sentence and the novel. I think Bulwer-Lytton got a bad rap.; 10/31/24, 4:58 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: So, I left out that I Liked it. And I like dark moons and dark sunrises too.; 10/31/24, 4:59 PM
Inga said...: “”I think it’s so gross. I think it’s so nauseating where this wife is wearing the American hat, she’s coming in with her sweet husband who probably works his tail off to make sure that she can go you know and have a nice life and provide to the family, and then she lies to him saying, ‘Oh, yeah, I’m gonna vote for Trump,’ and then she votes for Kamala Harris as her little secret in the voting booth,” Kirk fumed to radio host Megyn Kelly.
“Kamala Harris and her team believe that there will be millions of women that undermine their husbands and do so in a way that it’s not detectable in the polling,” he added.
In response to his statements, former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) called Kirk a “twit.”; 10/31/24, 5:00 PM
Inga said...: “We really don't care who you ditzy broads vote for.”

You should be.

https://www.newsweek.com/women-dominate-early-voting-trump-supporters-nervous-1977757

“Women are dominating early voting in the 2024 election so far, prompting concern among some of former President Donald Trump's allies.

Women are outpacing men in casting ballots nationally and in all seven battleground states, according to NBC News' tracker of early ballot returns. Of the more than 58 million mail-in and early in-person votes that have been cast nationally, 54 percent were cast by women and 44 percent by men.

In the swing states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia and North Carolina, there is at least a 10-point gap between men and women in the early vote. The gender gap was widest in Pennsylvania as of 2 a.m. ET on Thursday, with women accounting for about 56 percent of the early vote, and men for about 43 percent.”; 10/31/24, 5:08 PM
Inga said...: "”Early vote has been disproportionately female. If men stay at home, Kamala is president. It's that simple," Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point, an organization that has become a powerful ally of Trump's campaign, wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

Mike Cernovich, a right-wing political commentator, wrote that "male turnout in Pennsylvania for Trump has been a disaster." He added: "Unless this changes, Kamala Harris takes PA [Pennsylvania] and it's over."“; 10/31/24, 5:10 PM
The Vault Dweller said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 10/31/24, 5:12 PM
The Vault Dweller said...: During Halloween instead of answering the door every time a group of Trick or Treaters rolls by, I will frequently leave out a bowl of candy so I can work on other stuff. I just got to hear from outside a kid excitedly shout, "Guys, guys it says take THREE!" It's nice to hear kids being excited and happy like that and it was really nice to hear that their instinct was to only take a single piece of candy, rather than just grab fistfuls or empty the whole bowl.; 10/31/24, 5:13 PM
Narr said...: Meh. Six year olds as superheroes is one thing; strapping seventeen year olds dressed like thugs is another.

Not enough of the former nowadays, and too many of the latter.; 10/31/24, 5:17 PM
effinayright said...: Just yesterday, resident Squatting Troll Igna told us how decrepit Trump looked getting into that garbage truck.

Today we see him on video getting in, and talking about it at his rally.

No decrepitude seen.

I'm wondering if Inga will be collecting unemployment when her trolling gig ends.; 10/31/24, 5:25 PM
MadisonMan said...: Milwaukee got next to nothing. Very tight eastern gradient to the precip totals.; 10/31/24, 5:31 PM
rehajm said...: Will the people that have been in charge of the executive leave peacefully before inauguration day? They strike me as the kind of people to pull a stunt…; 10/31/24, 5:36 PM
Maynard said...: Isn't it time for your evening meds, Inga?

The mania is becoming obvious again.; 10/31/24, 5:41 PM
JaimeRoberto said...: If the threat of men intimidating their wives is so great, maybe we shouldn't have mail-in voting.; 10/31/24, 5:41 PM
ga6 said...: Inga the man hater.; 10/31/24, 5:42 PM
gadfly said...: What is this "We" shit, Dixcus. Where did you come from anyway? Inga has been hanging around on this blog for a very long time - and now, here your are - hogging space, twisting facts and attacking people. "Ditzy Broad" is fully misogynistic - ugly hatred and prejudice toward women.

All she ever did was offer an opinion with which you disagree. But there is never an attempt on your part to support a position.; 10/31/24, 5:43 PM
Christopher B said...: Rainy Halloween in north central Kentucky. Lotta angst from the residents over when to do trick or treating, and feelingly somewhat curmudgeonly about it. Trunk or Treats have become a thing on the weekend prior to Halloween so we don't see many coming to our door, and we bailed on passing out candy due to the weather.

Early voted today. Much busier than I remember previous years though we did go at mid-day on the first day. What that portends for the outcome I can't say. Will be interesting to see what our day is like next Tuesday.; 10/31/24, 5:46 PM
NKP said...: If Liz called Kirk a “twit”, is it fair to call Liz a “twat”?

Back in the day I had a class with her Dad. Small group. Lots of discussion. Dick came off as a bit of an “insider” but was anything but an “influencer” I can’t say I actually knew him. I can say there was nothing about him that made me want to know him.; 10/31/24, 5:47 PM
Clyde said...: Happy Halloween! For my costume today at work, I wore a garbage bag and a Hatch Act-compliant red cap (Kansas City Monarchs, if you're curious). Lots of positive feedback from my coworkers. Thanks to the current occupant of the Oval Office for making me do it!; 10/31/24, 5:47 PM
Iman said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 10/31/24, 5:54 PM
Iman said...: "McMillan & Wife" Dark Sunrise (TV Episode 1977)
Kim Basinger is a college student who's staying at Mac's apartment but it's not for what you might think. A bomb explodes…

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0645126/

“Mac comes home from a weekend fishing trip and walks right into his own funeral. On the night he was away, his apartment was annihilated by a bomb, along with a man and a young woman.”; 10/31/24, 5:59 PM
Iman said...: Oh-oh, here she comes
Watch out, boy, she’s chewing her cud
Oh-oh, here she comes
She's a man-hater
Oh-oh, here she comes
Watch out, boy, she’s face down in teh mud
Oh-oh, here she comes
She's a man-hater, oh-oh; 10/31/24, 6:06 PM
Original Mike said...: Jesse Watters was joking, Inga. That's what he does.; 10/31/24, 6:14 PM
Original Mike said...: Madison weather not very pleasant for Trick & Treating. Very windy and chilly.; 10/31/24, 6:16 PM
Original Mike said...: But my wife is manning the door.; 10/31/24, 6:17 PM
Original Mike said...: "Very tight eastern gradient to the precip totals."

I noticed that. I was watching the radar last night and the storms over Madison were all trending NNE.; 10/31/24, 6:25 PM
Eva Marie said...: A dark sunrise foretells a dark MAGA rising
Trump/Vance 2024; 10/31/24, 6:28 PM
MadisonMan said...: We have 120 full-sized bars to give away. And I'm not sure they're all going to be given away. Very slow.; 10/31/24, 6:38 PM
MadisonMan said...: Tomorrow is the darkest Friday morning of the year.; 10/31/24, 6:39 PM
Gospace said...: From an MSNBC report:

“Donald Trump has spent a decade trying to keep the American people divided and afraid of each other,” Harris told a crowd estimated at over 75,000 supporters who stretched from the Ellipse to the grounds of the Washington Monument. “I am here tonight to say: That is not who we are.”

Unsaid is what she was thinking as she finished- "And you garbage people and Nazis supporting Trump better fall in line!"

I like how that crows has steadily grown and is now >75,000 people. Just yesterday I read 50K. So figure in reality 25,000 or less.; 10/31/24, 6:41 PM
TickTock said...: Making a table in the driveway in a small town in the Sierra. Waiting for the first small kids to arrive. Candy for them but wine for the parents which keeps them coming here after they are done with the merchants downtown.; 10/31/24, 6:41 PM
Original Mike said...: "No decrepitude seen."

I've come to not believe Inga (to put it mildly). Today I saw that video and sure enough, her description of it was deceptive. Trump fumbled with the door handle.; 10/31/24, 6:43 PM
Mad Anthony Wayne said...: Happy Halloween! Rainy in the Cincinnati area, but had decent turnout for trick or treaters. Just a few minutes til I close up at 8 on the dot.; 10/31/24, 6:55 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Headline: "Supreme Court's conservative justices leave in place Virginia's purge of voter registrations"

I get the feeling the losing side can't show a single voter who has been harmed. Reminds me of one the Trump cases.; 10/31/24, 7:07 PM
Narr said...: We had some rain this afternoon but it has cleared off and there was some trick or treat activity while I walked my evening mile. Maybe one out of eight or ten houses were celebrating, and there were a few groups of kids alone, more with parents walking or driving nearby, and my favorite--the distinctly tall and aromatic youngsters who were car-dashing from place to place, filling their pillowcases.

We didn't even buy any cheap just-in-case candy to hand out.; 10/31/24, 7:24 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Started watching Netflix "Ancient Apocalypse"

Ancient Apocalypse: the Americas

"Some men see things as they are..." if you want to be able to, you got to keep an open mind.; 10/31/24, 7:27 PM
rehajm said...: Does Trump have a ‘New York’ judge in Texas for his $10 billion suit? That’s a slam dunk for him if he does…; 10/31/24, 7:40 PM
n.n said...: The boys and ghouls are frolicking. The candies are mysteriously disappearing. It's the thriller of all Hallow's eve. Ah ha ha ha ha.; 10/31/24, 7:40 PM
rehajm said...: …certainly Texas judges may apply objective valuation methods and conclude &10 billion is not high enough…stare decisis and all; 10/31/24, 7:42 PM
Rusty said...: Inga. Were you belted to your broom as you flew around Waukesha County tonight?; 10/31/24, 7:42 PM
Derve Swanson said...: That's one angle they're considering... if they try to pull off a fraud, they'll explain that the polls just undercounted all the married white women voting for Harris who say they support Trump... Wait and see. or better yet, Pray there is a big enough margin that the people in power today are forced to accept PoliticalChange is pulsing across this land. Trump will usher it in...
Alliances will fall, people in power for generations will be gone...

A page is not so much being turned, but written.
Don't be afraid.; 10/31/24, 7:44 PM
Rusty said...: Rained last night and was windy, increasingly so as the day progressed. I thought I'd see little trick or treaters blown along the sidewalks. More kids than we've seen for awhile. every one polite and well behaved. Tomorrow I mow the lawn for the last time this season.; 10/31/24, 7:46 PM
Democratic Paychecks for Perks/ Dems for Demolition of Democracy/ fake-cares 4-U said...: Eight years ago today, Hillary tweeted that "computer scientists" had uncovered a Trump-Russia link. What she did not mention was that those "computer scientists" were her own campaign operatives and that she had orchestrated the entire hoax. No one has ever been held to account.; 10/31/24, 8:01 PM
Democratic Paychecks for Perks/ Dems for Demolition of Democracy/ fake-cares 4-U said...: Jenna Griswold(D Partisan Hack CO secretary of State) George Brauchler

CRS 1-13-708(2): "Any person who knowingly publishes or causes to be published passwords...relating to a voting system shall immediately have their authorized access revoked and is guilty of a class 5 felony."

Jenna Griswold Just broke the law.; 10/31/24, 8:07 PM
Democratic Paychecks for Perks/ Dems for Demolition of Democracy/ fake-cares 4-U said...: Everything presented by the modern left is a lie.; 10/31/24, 8:12 PM