Althouse: Sunrise

August 21, 2025

Sunrise — 6:07.

Later, at 2:18 in the afternoon:

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32 comments:

BUMBLE BEE said...: Fascinating machines do the harvesting.
https://x.com/TheFigen_/status/1958561594830438770; 8/21/25, 7:40 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 8/21/25, 7:41 PM
Iman said...: Gavy Newsom is training for the battle ahead!

https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1958285200850563240?s=19; 8/21/25, 7:42 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: YouTube: Dave Collum is a professor of organic chemistry at Cornell University and he says: "I can't trust anything". Tucker video.; 8/21/25, 7:45 PM
Political Junkie said...: Not talked about openly in the media, but one reason "traditional D" donors are closing their wallets to the D party is Mamdami and the "Pro Palestiniian" D base. The D Jew Hate is too obvious to miss.

Was very surprised to see Sherry Lansing and Casey Wassermasn holding a fundraiser for R Senator ME Susan Collins.; 8/21/25, 7:45 PM
wildswan said...: Remember, Massachusetts has no US Representatives for the 44% of the state which is Republican. This is due to gerrymandering and Massachusetts Dems think taxation without representation is just fine. It's Their Democracy Grift.; 8/21/25, 7:48 PM
Eva Marie said...: BUMBLE BEE: that was fantastic. Thx; 8/21/25, 7:54 PM
Gospace said...: On a completely non-political topic- bidets. My son in FL installed one. Said it reduced TP consumption- a lot. He has 5 younguns. Was nice. He has warm well water. Mine, right now, is about 45°. Barely above freezing in January.

Looked at some electric bidet seats and saw two problems. 1: I wasn't going to use an extension cord. 2: I saw no easy way to install an outlet near the toilets.

But I did have hot water lines near the the 2 toilets. A mixing valve, some tapping into lines, a few flex lines, and all the needed fittings, and, Voila! Bidet installed. My better half wanted warmer water, so reset mixing valve from 86°F to 93°F. And I sent the warmer water to the tank so no sweating tanks dripping over the floor this winter for the first time since moving here.

It's an affordable luxury item I highly recommend. Got to 70 years old before I used one and discovered I wanted one.; 8/21/25, 7:57 PM
Eva Marie said...: @Iman: ha ha; 8/21/25, 8:13 PM
Peachy said...: Iman - lolz.; 8/21/25, 8:20 PM
MadTownGuy said...: Maui wildfire survivors still rebuilding two years later (CBS News, August 13, 2025)

"On the second anniversary of the Maui wildfires, the 102 people who died were honored with a "paddle out" and a memorial service. The mayor of Lahaina said, the wind carries their voices, urging us to keep going.

But more than 2,000 homes were destroyed, and growth has been slower than many had hoped. It took an entire year just to clear the wreckage, and the road to recovery is measured one new home at a time. Historic downtown is still closed to the public, and only 50 homes have been rebuilt."; 8/21/25, 8:21 PM
Leland said...: Bumble Bee, with machines like those, why do Democrats need illegal immigrants to harvest their fields?; 8/21/25, 8:55 PM
Iman said...: Newsom supporters are hard pressed to name ANYTHING he’s done, other than his hair and his best friend’s wife.; 8/21/25, 8:55 PM
Iman said...: Newsom says he’s gonna fight, he’s gonna fight🔥with fire🔥!

WHOOPS!!!; 8/21/25, 8:59 PM
Peachy said...: Mad town guy
2 years.
Jesse G Wald - He captures amazing drone footage of the area.
2 weeks ago.

I knew the 101 death. His name is Paul K.
I own one of his tables.; 8/21/25, 9:07 PM
le Douanier said...: I agree with Iman, Newsom seems like he is an F machine. Likewise he doesn't seem to have the small, mushroom dick problem that South Park has been using against DJT.

This situation is SAD! for DJT. Also SAD! for Melania since she'd be more satisfied by GCN instead of old, gross, small D DJT.; 8/21/25, 9:27 PM
Eva Marie said...: So it’s 7:20 pm in the Phoenix AZ area, it’s raining and the temp is at 101. Unbelievable.; 8/21/25, 9:27 PM
Lazarus said...: "Fallout," the post-apocalyptic series, wasn't that bad. The problems with the series were the snarky attitude and the indifference to the basic laws of nature, but if you can watch 2 1/2 episodes of a dramatic series, you're likely to get hooked and keep watching to find out what the key to the mystery is.

A corollary is that after about 2 1/2 seasons, continuing arc dramatic series often run out of steam. That may not have been true of some of the better ones, but it was true of "Westworld" which was made by the same team. I'm not even sure that 1/2 season was that good.; 8/21/25, 9:28 PM
le Douanier said...: "So it’s 7:20 pm in the Phoenix AZ area, it’s raining and the temp is at 101. Unbelievable."

You sound like a climate change alarmist. Phoenix is famous for not cooling down at night, regardless of CO2. Only an idiot, or someone too poor to move away would live there during summer. If you're too poor, hopefully you are not in your situation because you are lazy. Maybe you are disabled in one way or another, hence it's impossible for you to afford to live in a nice place. IDK.; 8/21/25, 9:40 PM
Jupiter said...: You know, I work all day. To get you money. To buy you things. And it's worth it, just to hear you say, you're gonna give me -- everything! So why on Earth should I moan? 'Cuz when I get you alone; you know? I feel OK.; 8/21/25, 9:40 PM
Peachy said...: 1.5 billion buys a lot of leftist - south park; 8/21/25, 9:40 PM
Peachy said...: The sky looks clear. that's a nice change.; 8/21/25, 9:41 PM
Jupiter said...: I muttered something underneath my breath. She studied the lines of my face. I must admit, I felt a little uneasy, when she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe.; 8/21/25, 9:43 PM
Howard said...: Enjoying Fall adjacent weather here in Center Mass. Broke out the fleece for the last couple a days.; 8/21/25, 9:44 PM
Jupiter said...: I had to look that up. "Bent down to tie the laces" could have been "bent down and tied the laces". And it could have been "shoe", or "shoes". I think Dylan made the right choice, but I also have a feeling that he may have been more concerned with meter than with meaning.; 8/21/25, 9:46 PM
Jupiter said...: Now, as to the Beatles, a friend of mine -- a musician -- was holding forth on the poetic -- meaning, I suppose, lyrical -- genius of the Beatles. "Indeed", I replied. "Who can forget the haunting, other-worldly invocation; Love, love me do. You know, I love you. I'll always be true. So Plea-e-e-e, e-e-e, z'love me do. O,O, love me do".
To quote a famous lyricist, "How do you sleep at night?"; 8/21/25, 9:52 PM
Jupiter said...: Extra credit; Who says, "O, happy horse!"; 8/21/25, 9:58 PM
Achilles said...: MadTownGuy said...

But more than 2,000 homes were destroyed, and growth has been slower than many had hoped. It took an entire year just to clear the wreckage, and the road to recovery is measured one new home at a time. Historic downtown is still closed to the public, and only 50 homes have been rebuilt."

Democrats know that if they make it impossible to rebuild the poor and middle class landowners will be forced to sell their land because they need a place to live.

Democrats have probably already condemned many of the lots. They are already allowing crony developers to build Multi-fam units on the burned ground in California that will be filled with homeless people and illegal immigrants whose rent will be paid by taxpayers. I assume the same is happening in Lahaina.; 8/21/25, 10:03 PM
Jupiter said...: Now, you might point out, that "shoes" doesn't rhyme with "blue". Too, too true. But "laces" doesn't rhyme with "face", either.; 8/21/25, 10:04 PM
gilbar said...: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/minnesota-dfl-revokes-omar-fateh-s-endorsement-for-minneapolis-mayor/ar-AA1KZhE5?ocid=BingNewsSerp

The Minnesota DFL took the unprecedented step Thursday of revoking the local party’s endorsement of state Sen. Omar Fateh in the Minneapolis mayor’s race, citing “substantial failures in the convention’s voting process.”; 8/21/25, 10:21 PM
Mason G said...: citing “substantial failures in the convention’s voting process.”

Voting results didn't turn out the way they were supposed to, no doubt.; 8/21/25, 10:23 PM
Aggie said...: I enjoy watching my grandson eat. At this age, almost 1, he sits in his high chair. Whatever is put on the tray in front of him, he picks up in his pudgy little fingers and stuffs it into his mouth. Or at least, in the direction of his mouth. The fat little dog sitting underneath him is testament to his dexterity, even as it improves.

Anyway - he reminds me of the level that many anti-Trump commenters here have descended to. Unable to comment on the impact of Trump's policies, presumably because of their obvious success, instead, they make do with pejoratives and ugly, simplistic, caricature - moronic, even. Failure to articulate in words implies failure to articulate in thought, too. Things that make a body wonder - but not for long. There are some things found on sidewalks that are easily stepped around.; 8/21/25, 10:33 PM