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August 17, 2025

Sunrise — 5:58, 5:58, 6:19.

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lonejustice said...: Photo #2 is another one that should hang in some museum of photography. Absolutely stunning.; 8/17/25, 5:42 PM
Aggie said...: #2 looks almost like the sunrise is leaving a wake.; 8/17/25, 5:48 PM
FormerLawClerk said...: Instapundit highlighted an X post today that says everything you need to know about the Democrat Party.

First: Washington DC is virtually 100% Democrat/Socialist. Only 6% of DC residents identify as Republicans.

Second: Blacks dominate in DC. They are the majority ... by far.

Finally: Trump is of course, trying to reduce crime in Washington DC and that has upset some of the residents. These residents took to the streets to protest Trump's move to reduce crime. Why?

According to Grok ... blacks suffer the majority of the crime in Washington DC, with 96% of murder victims being black.

So, to recap: White DC residents want the crime to continue, because as white Democrats, they are massively racist and want black people dead.; 8/17/25, 5:50 PM
FormerLawClerk said...: Oh, did I mention that they took photographs and video of all the protesters marching in DC today against Trump's measures to combat crime - the victims of which are largely black.

Not a single black person protested.

Not.

One.; 8/17/25, 5:51 PM
Peachy said...: Super-magic-Madisontastic.; 8/17/25, 5:52 PM
William50 said...: It was a good run but the Brewers win streak ends at 14, a single season record for them. After trailing for the entire game the Brew Crew tied it up with a 2 run homer in the 9th.
Going into extra innings the Reds pulled out the win scoring a run in the bottom of the 10th.

Next up, a double header with the Cubs, our arch enemy :).; 8/17/25, 6:00 PM
Jaq said...: I always knew that the COVID vaccine was experimental, and I agreed to take it under those terms, but the idea of forcing it on people who were young and healthy enough to be at low risk from COVID was always stupid to me, especially children. Well, the results are in on the booster, in Nature, no less, not some fly by night journal, and that match with personal experience. I never took the booster, and my partner did, and I only got COVID once, and she got it three times.

The good news is that the tendency to cause the receiver of the COVID booster to get sick lessens over time as it wears off. Plus, the flu shot seems to work as advertised.

In both analyses, we show that more SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations are associated with a higher risk of influenza-like respiratory illness and workdays lost. For influenza-like respiratory illness, the association is stronger with a more recent timing of the vaccination rather than the number of vaccinations, which suggests that the effect wanes over time. In contrast, seasonal influenza vaccination is associated with a decreased risk for both outcomes.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43856-025-01046-8; 8/17/25, 6:31 PM
Jaq said...: According to FLHSMV, Singh crossed the Mexico border illegally and had obtained a Commercial Driver's License in the state of California.

Made an illegal U-Turn on the Florida Turnpike in a semi and killed three. I wonder if the governor of California is going to testify on his behalf at the triple vehicular homicide trial, or offer him sanctuary.; 8/17/25, 6:38 PM
Lazarus said...: Watching Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Adam Driver pretending to be medieval French nobles.

Some things the Frenchies just do better than us.; 8/17/25, 6:59 PM
TickTock1948 said...: Lake has a roof. Cool.; 8/17/25, 7:06 PM
rhhardin said...: Matt Damon has a mouth thing that's a regular part of his act that's annoying once you notice it.

Other tics that are annoying - Pierce Brosnan acting angry, Sandra Bullock in a sudden soft voice register.; 8/17/25, 7:08 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: The color mixture is back.; 8/17/25, 7:19 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: "Matt Damon has a mouth thing that's a regular part of his act that's annoying once you notice it."

Some of the old movies stars are like that too. I used to like Kirk Douglas and then noticed he had an "angry face" a "Happy face" a "concerned face" etc. And that's it. No real variation. He could get away with it, because he made 2 movies a year and DVD's hadn't been invented.; 8/17/25, 7:26 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: One ol' movie star that i've been impressed with the more I've watched him is Jimmy Stewart. that guy could do it all. Neuotic loner, tough cowboy, naive boy scout, romantic lead (when young), concerned scientist, etc.; 8/17/25, 7:30 PM
Dave Begley said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 8/17/25, 7:33 PM
Dave Begley said...: The win streak of the Brewers is over.; 8/17/25, 7:34 PM
hawkeyedjb said...: First Caitlin Clark, now Sophie Cunningham is out of action. Looks like a knee injury. No further reason to watch WNBA.; 8/17/25, 7:35 PM
Lazarus said...: Woody Harrelson plays bad guy characters by screwing up his face and talking out of the side of his mouth. Actors have an array of tricks that they thought were clever, but that have gotten to be routine and tired.; 8/17/25, 7:38 PM
Sydney said...: “he stretches out the heavens like a tent and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters.” Psalm 104; 8/17/25, 7:39 PM
Lazarus said...: I didn't get why the WNBA was so nasty to Caitlin when Sophie was the pretty one.; 8/17/25, 7:39 PM
buwaya said...: My own analysis of Spanish mortality data seems to indicate that the Covid vaccine was effective in reducing mortality among the most vulnerable. Spain did not manage to do 100% of the population by the time of the second spike, but because of the priority system it did do all the aged/vulnerable, and so the second spike was minimal. US data is messy and its much harder to see a clear picture.; 8/17/25, 7:48 PM
Eva Marie said...: I just watched the Highway Men with Woody Harrelson which I didn’t think was very good.; 8/17/25, 7:48 PM
NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...: Lazarus said...

didn't get why the WNBA was so nasty to Caitlin when Sophie was the pretty one.

Caitlin was the one that was labelled as a female Michael Jordan.; 8/17/25, 7:48 PM
Lazarus said...: The NY Post's review of "The Last Duel": "Degreasing a stove is a more enjoyable way to spend your Saturday night."

The problem may have been letting Damon and Affleck write the script (with Nicole Holofcener for the "woman's viewpoint" and the guy who wrote the book). So of course, the film weighs in 152 minutes. They try to do a "Rashomon" like thing where the movie shows different characters' versions of what happened, so it's like the movie is rewound by 20 or 30 minutes and you have to sit through the same scenes all over again.; 8/17/25, 7:50 PM
Eva Marie said...: Kevin Costner was in it too. And Kathy Bates. Still not very good.; 8/17/25, 7:50 PM
Narr said...: Homegirl Kathy Bates is almost always good, at least in my limited exposure.

Costner is one of those actors who I don't even like to look at, so I have little basis to evaluate his acting chops.; 8/17/25, 7:58 PM
Jersey Fled said...: “ My own analysis of Spanish mortality data seems to indicate that the Covid vaccine was effective in reducing mortality among the most vulnerable.”

Yet they pushed vaccinations for even the least vulnerable, i.e. children as young as one year old, whose chances of death from the disease was essentially zero. And we found out later that no safety testing was done on children at all.

We don’t hate our government enough.; 8/17/25, 8:01 PM