Althouse: Sunrise — 6:10, 6:20.

August 20, 2025

Sunrise — 6:10, 6:20.

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67 comments:

Yancey Ward said...: The last reported homicide in D.C. was on August 13th- a week ago.; 8/20/25, 6:17 PM
Leland said...: First picture would make a great puzzle.; 8/20/25, 6:17 PM
Yancey Ward said...: Yes, that would be a great jigsaw puzzle.; 8/20/25, 6:22 PM
lonejustice said...: "Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that the entire wall along the U.S.-Mexico border is going to be painted black to make it hotter and deter illegal immigration — an idea she said was "specifically at the request" of President Trump."

This has to be the dumbest idea in a long time. All the illegals need to do is wear gloves. (They are already wearing pants and shoes.) Duh! I think some of her Botox has traveled from her lips to her brain.; 8/20/25, 6:28 PM
Jaq said...: This story on DC crime is funny:
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5461239-doj-investigation-dc-crime-data-trump-takeover/

After multiple paragraphs claiming that this is Trump going off "without evidence" that DC has a crime problem, it gets to this paragraph, buried down past Inga's attention span:

The investigation comes after the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) suspended a former commander of one district after he was accused of shifting data on violent crime, NBC Washington reported last month. [Wait! Wut?] That district comprises three neighborhoods in the city.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed the probe in a Monday night interview on Fox News but said he was unsure whether any shifts were broader than the one officer.

“Well, no. I can’t tell you for sure whether it goes further, but we are, as you just suggested, we are, of course, looking into this,” he said. “Because the reality is that we know that D.C. has been an incredibly unsafe place to live for a very long time. And so in some ways, it’s not surprising that we hear about reports of this type of conduct that suggests that D.C. is safer than everybody that lives here knows to be true,” Blanche continued. “So, we’re investigating it, and hopefully, we’ll get to the bottom of it at some point soon.”

The D.C. police union, which supported Trump’s takeover of the force, has said it doubts crime is as low as the city reported.; 8/20/25, 6:28 PM
boatbuilder said...: I am old enough to remember when the media and our resident lefties told us that the airstrike on the Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities was ineffective, that the Iranians would be shutting down the Strait of Hormuz and crippling the West, and that WWIII was inevitable.

https://www.thetimes.com/world/middle-east/article/reformers-urge-an-end-to-uranium-enrichment-as-crisis-grips-iran-x9wdt5vgp; 8/20/25, 6:32 PM
Yancey Ward said...: What would be dumb, Lonejustice, is to not paint it at all.; 8/20/25, 6:32 PM
Mr. T. said...: Lonejustice is mad that Laken Riley and Rachel Morin won't date him.; 8/20/25, 6:32 PM
Iman said...: Strummin' my six string on my front porch swing
Look at those shrimp, they're beginnin' to glow

https://news.yahoo.com/news/articles/walmart-shrimp-may-exposed-radioactive-194716324.html; 8/20/25, 6:33 PM
Jaq said...: "This has to be the dumbest idea in a long time. All the illegals need to do is wear gloves. (They are already wearing pants and shoes.)"

I bet you are already taking up a collection to buy them, too. But I am not sure that you have ever lived in a hot climate where the sun comes down pretty straight and provides the full 1,000 watts per square meter not seen in Wisconsin, for example, where it is more like a nice warm 750 watts per square meter. A pair of gloves isn't really going to be the difference maker.; 8/20/25, 6:35 PM
john mosby said...: Iman: makes me wanna search for my lost shaker of (iodized!) salt.

RR
JSM; 8/20/25, 6:36 PM
TickTock1948 said...: The black wall will work. All that is needed is a sign: "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."; 8/20/25, 6:39 PM
narciso said...: if you have seen the movie mile 22, you might be concerned about that shrimp, why are we importing shrimp from 4000 miles anyways,; 8/20/25, 6:41 PM
narciso said...: cesium is some really nasty stuff, that the CIA is trying to round up, before Islamic State makes a dirty bomb; 8/20/25, 6:42 PM
john mosby said...: I finished semi-binge-watching the comeback of King of the Hill on Hulu. It may actually be better than the original series.

The main narrative conceit is that Hank and Peggy spent several years in Saudi Arabia, where Hank did propane work for Aramco. Therefore, he missed out on all the cultural and tech changes over here. Flimsy, true: IRL places like Saudi tech-ified faster than us, and Aramco's compound is like a little America, but whatevs. It gives the show the chance to poke gentle fun at the app-ifying of everything, social changes (some but not all: there is a running gag about ENM; grown-up Bobby's German/Japanese fusion restaurant gets targeted for double cultural appropriation; but nothing on 37 genders).

The key is the gentle poking. Hank is a live/let live guy, with common sense, who mostly doesn't want to be forced to adapt to changes. But some changes he does like: he jumps onto an Angi's List-type app to have something to do in retirement, and he has become a closet soccer expert.

Probably a lot of the tone is because Mike Judge is now a genuine old guy (he was only 32 when the original series started), so he basically is Hank Hill now.

I highly recommend it.

RR
JSM; 8/20/25, 6:45 PM
Aggie said...: Anybody that's ever worked in the oil patch knows that steel in the sun, rusty brown or black, gets too hot to touch - although the black coating is slightly hotter. Working in North Africa, my sunglasses used to leave first and sometimes second degree burns on my temples, where the metal pressed against them.

Putting paint on the wall will make it last longer, although in the desert regions of the Southwest there's so little rain it probably won't add much life to be honest - once you're away from the seablast. The visual effect, demoralisation, is probably enhanced by the paint though - it'll stand out better, stretching horizon-to-horizon, a nice crisp black line. Just like on the map.; 8/20/25, 6:47 PM
Original Mike said...: We had a cesium source in the corner of a lab I worked in.
We were respectful.; 8/20/25, 6:48 PM
Jersey Fled said...: “ The D.C. police union, which supported Trump’s takeover of the force, has said it doubts crime is as low as the city reported.”

President of the union said in an interview with Fox News that Captains and Lieutenants would routinely show up at crime scenes and instruct police at the scene to not write up reports or downgrade charges.

Easy way to get reported crime down.; 8/20/25, 6:50 PM
Gospace said...: narciso said...
if you have seen the movie mile 22, you might be concerned about that shrimp, why are we importing shrimp from 4000 miles anyways,

Because US environmental laws require that water leaving a shrimp (or any on shore fish farming facility) be cleaner then the water entering. A lot cleaner. The added cost makes it cheaper to ship shrimp halfway across the world to the USA then farming them here.

Meanwhile, wild crustaceans just shit wherever they want to in the ocean without asking the EPA if it's all right for them to do so.

AI overview: "Shrimp farms are primarily located in coastal regions of Asia and Latin America. Specifically, China, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Vietnam, Brazil, Ecuador, and Bangladesh are major producers. While the US also farms shrimp, it's a smaller portion of the global production, and often involves indoor, recirculating systems. "

Indoor recirculating systems... imagine the expense of that one feature.; 8/20/25, 6:54 PM
narciso said...: sounds like a good show, why do they wall it off on Hulu,
the drek Fox now has on Sundays is terrible,

I was watching Nautilus on AMC, kind of a modernized take on Nemo, leaning on the Indian origins of the character, who in this case escapes from a prison run by the Company, which also was the ones who built the Nautilus, there is a vengeance motive behind his escape, and the crew that take the boat,; 8/20/25, 6:58 PM
narciso said...: thats patently ridiculous, and yet like most everything our policies involve unsurprising, now cesium is not a naturally occurring element, so how did they come in contact with the Shrimp,; 8/20/25, 7:00 PM
Peachy said...: ah - that top photo is heavenly.; 8/20/25, 7:01 PM
Iman said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 8/20/25, 7:02 PM
Iman said...: That photo looks like a Black Sabbath album cover!; 8/20/25, 7:03 PM
Iman said...: But I’m working off memory.; 8/20/25, 7:04 PM
narciso said...: the people like steven chu, of the energy department, who painted roads white because climate change, pepperidge farm remembers,; 8/20/25, 7:07 PM
rehajm said...: I’m enjoying the Rhode Island ‘I’m an AG’ story and the viral spread. Knowing RI it’s disappointing nothing will stick to her, except maybe a raise for her troubles. Fun nonetheless…; 8/20/25, 7:07 PM
Iman said...: I see a tall wall and I want it painted black!

I’m told it get’s hotter than Hell where that wall will be built to completion. If it’s painted black, the wall will be Death Valley in the Summertime hot.; 8/20/25, 7:09 PM
narciso said...: how does one get so lit, at a seafood bar, its a wonder she could stand in a straight line; 8/20/25, 7:11 PM
rehajm said...: I’m having an evening of bliss as the movement for a Rolex what’s been stranded in a parts tray over two years is assembled and ticking away under a dome on the kitchen bar. I’ll let it run tonight and some time tomorrow I’ll check it on the time grapher and see if there’s enough or close enough amplitude to strip it and get moving on assembly into a watch again…; 8/20/25, 7:12 PM
rehajm said...: …that’s a lot of chardonnay. I hope taxpayers weren’t footing the bill. The restaurant hosted some doozies back when America’s Cup was in Newport and some of those wasps can get pretty…salty after the alcohol. This crew tried to don’t you know who I am their way into prime real estate inside…I’m not sure AAH moves the needle much…; 8/20/25, 7:17 PM
Original Mike said...: Yancey Ward said..."The last reported homicide in D.C. was on August 13th- a week ago."

Well, that will give the democrats the sads.; 8/20/25, 7:18 PM
hawkeyedjb said...: The second phot needs a boat or some waves to be a JMW Turner painting.; 8/20/25, 7:19 PM
NKP said...: Maybe cull seemingly dead tree in middle of photo on top :-); 8/20/25, 7:21 PM
Kakistocracy said...: Maxfield Parrish--inspired images shines brilliantly. Kudos, Althouse!; 8/20/25, 7:23 PM
john mosby said...: What I don't understand about the RI drunk AAG is that she's already outside the bar. And she's not cuffed yet. So she left the premises of her own accord. I mean, if she remained inside between the time the staff asked her to leave and the time the cops showed up, I guess she technically violated the statute, but who the heck is going to use resources to lock someone up for that?

RR
JSM; 8/20/25, 7:24 PM
buwaya said...: Mike Judge's underrated "Silicon Valley" is worth finding. It is based on real people, incidents, situations in the tech industry, over a period of 25 years more or less. A character in the first season is a thinly disguised Peter Thiel, etc. A lot of it is in the way of being "blind items" (yeah, I know who that was! Etc.)
Well, its interesting to me, I was there at the time, albeit mostly being a buyer of Silicon Valleys products, and only intermittently, early on, a participant.; 8/20/25, 7:28 PM
Iman said...: “but who the heck is going to use resources to lock someone up for that?”

Perhaps the cops involved have had more than their fill of dealing with teh skells and the DA’s revolving door justice.; 8/20/25, 7:35 PM
Eva Marie said...: Regarding the dumbest idea ever - all you have to do is ask AI or anyone who lives in Arizona.
“For a black-painted steel wall at 100°F ambient, the surface could reach 150–190°F in direct sun, assuming no significant cooling from wind or shade. In extreme cases, with minimal airflow and high solar exposure, temperatures could approach 200°F especially in desert regions like Arizona.
In shadier or windier conditions, or in cooler seasons like fall, the wall’s temperature would be lower, perhaps 120–150°F.
Gloves made of Kevlar, Nomex, or terry cloth are designed for high-temperature contact, offering protection up to 350–700°F for short durations. At 150–190°F, these gloves would likely prevent burns for brief contact (e.g., a few seconds while climbing). EN 407 Level 1 gloves (tested at 212°F) can withstand a 18°F temperature rise for at least 15 seconds. Prolonged contact (e.g., gripping the wall for climbing) could overwhelm the gloves’ insulation, especially thinner models. Most heat-resistant gloves are not designed for continuous exposure to hot surfaces, and dexterity may be limited, making climbing harder.
So who’s the dummy now?; 8/20/25, 7:35 PM
TickTock1948 said...: Eva Marie is out to enforce the new standard. If you comment without consulting AI first you will be seen as a rube. Get on board guys.

And learn how to prompt.; 8/20/25, 7:48 PM
Eva Marie said...: Maybe just learn how to think.; 8/20/25, 7:58 PM
Eva Marie said...: Learn how to use that space between your ears for something other than making dumb comments. TickTock1948, that means you.; 8/20/25, 8:00 PM
Howard said...: I'm sure almost nobody is happy that the national guard has to be deployed. In a better run world, the local police would have crime under control. Structural and systemic racism still exists, however, there is no doubt that the heavy crime zones of our city centers are the major factor now in the suppression of the poor who are dominated by racial minorities especially African Americans.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to predict what a horrendous effect it has on children growing up in that environment where drug dealing and permanent homelessness is conducted out in the open and the sidewalk is the bathroom.

I sure hope this move by the Trump administration in DC works and perhaps as a model for future actions that states can take independently.; 8/20/25, 8:08 PM
Jaq said...: I am thinking that the shrimp farm is somehow downstream of a poorly regulated dump where medical waste is thrown. Maybe, just maybe, we should be willing to pay the costs involved in growing safe food.; 8/20/25, 8:14 PM
Inga said...: “Because US environmental laws require that water leaving a shrimp (or any on shore fish farming facility) be cleaner then the water entering. A lot cleaner. The added cost makes it cheaper to ship shrimp halfway across the world to the USA then farming them here.”

Tariffs will cure that.; 8/20/25, 8:23 PM
TickTock1948 said...: Eva, snark is as snark does. Why so defensive?; 8/20/25, 8:25 PM
Iman said...: It doesn’t solve the problem by ignoring it, or pretending the problem doesn’t exist.; 8/20/25, 8:26 PM
Achilles said...: Howard said...

I sure hope this move by the Trump administration in DC works and perhaps as a model for future actions that states can take independently.

It is at this point you need to accept reality. The elected Democrats and most Republicans around the country have a vested interest in letting inner city communities turn into festering shit holes.

The Homeless Industry and the Poverty Industry are big money for local governments. They are literally farming crime ridden neighborhoods and homeless encampments for cash. Nothing in this country makes politicians and their cronies more money right now than homelessness and poverty programs. Almost all of the tax money that is spent on these programs goes to people making more than6 figures.

Crony contractors build massive multifamily slums on land that is condemned and given to them by the government. All of the rent is paid for by taxpayers.

Crony hotel owners get to have 100% occupancy paid for by taxpayers while they house homeless people and illegal immigrants.

There is exactly 0 enthusiasm for ending any of this. Atlanta, Phoenix, St. Louis, Oklahoma City, Indianapolis and on an on. I don't even have to list the cities in blue states.

And the problem is the voters who elect these people. At some point everyone has to admit that we let too many people vote in this country.

We have a 35 Trillion dollar deficit because we let everyone vote.; 8/20/25, 8:27 PM
Achilles said...: Inga said...

“Because US environmental laws require that water leaving a shrimp (or any on shore fish farming facility) be cleaner then the water entering. A lot cleaner. The added cost makes it cheaper to ship shrimp halfway across the world to the USA then farming them here.”

Tariffs will cure that.

No. Cutting stupid EPA regulations will cure that. That is why Trump is cutting stupid EPA regulations.

Tariffs are rebalancing the tax burden and making Multinational Corporations pay their share of taxes.

But you don't actually believe a thing you say so all there is left is to make you look stupid.; 8/20/25, 8:30 PM
Inga said...: “Cutting stupid EPA regulations will cure that. That is why Trump is cutting stupid EPA regulations.

Tariffs are rebalancing the tax burden and making Multinational Corporations pay their share of taxes.”

So you think the multinational corporations won’t pass down the cost of the tariffs to the consumer? Are you a Pollyanna?

Jaq said...
“I am thinking that the shrimp farm is somehow downstream of a poorly regulated dump where medical waste is thrown. Maybe, just maybe, we should be willing to pay the costs involved in growing safe food.”

Hey Jaq, cutting EPA regulations like Achilles says will cure that, eh?; 8/20/25, 8:35 PM
Achilles said...: TickTock1948 said...

Eva Marie is out to enforce the new standard. If you comment without consulting AI first you will be seen as a rube. Get on board guys.

And learn how to prompt.

Well, what Eva did was point out that painting the wall black has a tangible benefit in addition to sealing the metal against oxidation.

The walls were going to be painted anyways. That is what you do with ferrous materials.

It is kinda fun to watch people like you make yourselves look stupid by saying stupid things.; 8/20/25, 8:40 PM
Achilles said...: Inga said...

So you think the multinational corporations won’t pass down the cost of the tariffs to the consumer? Are you a Pollyanna?

Excellent! So you are for cutting corporate taxes on American businesses and income taxes on Americans!

You totally supported the Trump tax cuts right?

Right?!?; 8/20/25, 8:44 PM
JaimeRoberto said...: Self boiling shrimp. Brilliant.; 8/20/25, 8:52 PM
Duty of Inquiry said...: According to an article I just read the shrimp are from an Indonesian company so EPA regulations are beside the point.; 8/20/25, 9:05 PM
Mason G said...: "so EPA regulations are beside the point."

Suppose EPA regulations are the reason shrimp is being sourced elsewhere...; 8/20/25, 9:14 PM
wild chicken said...: Geez I was polled by Rasmussen twice this week. Wanting to know how Trump is doing. Who's paying for these things?; 8/20/25, 9:17 PM
Gospace said...: Another engineered "vaccine" fail- this time, polio. Courtesy of Bill Gates.
https://jonfleetwood.substack.com/p/new-bill-gates-funded-chimeric-polio

Saw a substack by Karl Karl Denninger quite a ways back about how to actually measure vaccine effectiveness. Simple. Do people who receive the vaccine, on average, live longer healthier lives if they receive it. On average- that's important. using this measure, influenza vaccines fail miserably. Their overall efficiency is remarkably low. Because it's guesswork as to what flu variety will be circulating. And if you don't get the flu, you're likely to get some other flu-like disease that has remarkably flulike symptoms. There are 3 major flu clades- and once you've had one infection- or vaccination- against those 3, your body is primed to defend itself against flu. Won't stop it, but your body has a head start fighting each subsequent infection. Seems people who get the flu shot religiously every year don't live longer healthier lives then those that don't.

Using this method- the covid shots (not vaccines) were remarkable failures as it seems recipients are living less long lives. The final score isn't in yet. My wife and I are 70 and 68 respectively, and it seems most people we run into our age aren't as healthy as we are in our unvaxxed state.

Measle vaccine? Tough call. We do know some children dies from the measles vaccine. And some die from measles. I remember having measles. There seems to be some debate about the numbers in both cases. I suspect, because it makes sense, that the children who die from measles are also the ones that would die from the vaccine...

Chickenpox is a much more miserable experience for most. The death rate from chickenpox or the vaccine both seem extremely low. Based on that- I'd have my children take it. Wasn't an option when they did have it, or when I had it... I have had my shingles vaccine. Caused by the same virus. I'd really like to know how that works. Same virus, different symptoms.

I do have doubts about the childhood vaccine schedule. Like, for example, why we're giving 3 doses of Hep B vaccination the fist 15 months of life. AI overview: "Hepatitis B (HBV) is a viral infection that causes inflammation and potential scarring of the liver. It can be a short-term, acute illness or develop into a chronic, lifelong condition. Transmission occurs through contact with infected blood or bodily fluids, such as during birth, sexual activity, or sharing needles. Vaccination is a highly effective way to prevent hepatitis B. " About ½% of the US population has HEP B. So looking at the transmission vectors- why are we vaccinating infants?; 8/20/25, 9:20 PM
TickTock1948 said...: Achilles, always admired your posts. Was impressed by the level of detail in Eva's posts about gloves. But I would have thought that most commentators here had less fragile egos. Guess I was wrong.; 8/20/25, 9:34 PM
Kakistocracy said...: ↑ Achilles is a splendid example of Dunning Kruger at work, those who know the least are most convinced of their understanding.; 8/20/25, 9:43 PM
Yancey Ward said...: Look at Little Bich- doesn't realize that he himself is the perfect example.; 8/20/25, 9:58 PM
Yancey Ward said...: At this point in his comment history here consisting of literally thousands of predictions about what was going to happen, Kakabich is batting 0.000. Truly the Hall of Fame for Being Wrong.; 8/20/25, 10:10 PM
Hey Skipper said...: The word that shall not be said. Except it must.

https://youtu.be/tn3211FNYWs?si=3-0VTV_xxPhaVr-_; 8/20/25, 10:23 PM
Peachy said...: most leftist democratic regulations are meant to hurt the businesses they want to hurt - and reward their cronies and personal bank accounts.; 8/20/25, 10:25 PM
Peachy said...: OK this make me chuckle.; 8/20/25, 10:30 PM
The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...: “So you think the multinational corporations won’t pass down the cost of the tariffs to the consumer? Are you a Pollyanna?”

Holy Shit! In the service of Prog talking points, Inga inadvertently observes a reality that makes a mockery of… Prog talking points.; 8/20/25, 10:38 PM
effinayright said...: Gospace said:

"Saw a substack by Karl Karl Denninger quite a ways back about how to actually measure vaccine effectiveness. Simple. Do people who receive the vaccine, on average, live longer healthier lives if they receive it."
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Simple, my ass.

There are so many variables in peoples lives---their genetic make up, their existing health, the foods they eat, their alcohol consumption, the meds and illicit drugs they take, the ages when they take the vaccine---that attributing longevity to having taken a particular vacciine is just bloody nonsense.

So I call bullshit.; 8/20/25, 11:48 PM
Achilles said...: Kakistocracy said...

↑ Achilles is a splendid example of Dunning Kruger at work, those who know the least are most convinced of their understanding.

Look at Rich. Rich is so smart that he figured out how tariffs on multinational corporations cause inflation but taxes on Americans don't cause inflation.

He can explain how this is so right?

Right??

And do you actually know the economic equation that describes inflation Rich? I am actually curious. Please show us that you can actually type 5 words into ChatGPT.; 8/21/25, 12:05 AM