Feel free to write about whatever.A heads-up for tomorrow's sunrise post: It will be the 6th anniversary of this project and I'll be following the annual tradition of looking back over the sunrise photos of the past year and picking out my favorites. You might want to click the "sunrise" tag and scroll back and suggest away. Working just off memory, I think August 24 — the one I called a "TOP 1% sunrise" at the time — might have been the best sunrise of the year. But there are 6 photos of it, so... lots of narrowing down to do before tomorrow night.
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WaPo: "Hegseth in Puerto Rico as Pentagon eyes island for military usage"
Supreme Sonia hardest hit.
I don't understand the Phillies game ball controversy. Multiple Fox shows talked about it and repeatedly showed the video. From what I saw, a dad went about 30 feet away from his family to pick up a home run ball that had landed at the feet of several other people. Then he brought it back and put it in his little son's mitt. Then a lady from the group where the ball landed came over and remonstrated with the dad. She happened to have short, dyed hair, which helped the Fox people dub her "Philly Karen." But it seemed to me that she had a point: the dad must have violated some norm by going so far away from his seat, to snake the ball away from people who never expected such a thing. And hiding behind his little boy was a bit much. It's not like the kid caught the ball himself.
In Fox's defense, they mostly praised all involved for using their words and getting a peaceful resolution (the dad gave Karen the ball, and the Philly player who hit the homer gave the kid a bunch of memorabilia and merch). RR, JSM
The Five Gutfeld on the North Carolina train attack :
"I am also weary of the term "mental illness" being used as a justification for criminal behaviour. When a criminal targets a woman, it is not due to insanity; he is aware that she is more vulnerable. Approaching her from behind with a knife is not irrational; he is calculating her limited ability to defend herself. When the criminal runs away, that is a rational decision because he understands that staying would lead to his arrest. It would only be considered irrational if he were to confront an unarmed man, someone like Tyrus—that would be truly reckless. However, nearly all individuals who commit such acts specifically target women. This behaviour is not madness; it is a form of self-preservation."
Lem - yes, I watched Gutfeld say that. Excellent. - RR, JSM
I lifted that Gutfeld text from the YouTube transcript all in caps. AI reformated it in seconds. I'm pausing my denunciation of AI until I can figure out what the hell is going on.
john mosby said...
I don't understand the Phillies game ball controversy.
An adult took a ball away from a happy boy. It happened to be an annoying white woman who looked particularly satisfied when the boy's face sunk and she could show her power over a man and his son.
You should understand how ready the country is to turn on annoying naggy white women at this point. She probably works in HR or is a professor/administrator at some scam college.
It was emblematic of over credentialed women who have wormed their way into jobs that do nothing while looking down and stomping on the working class men that actually keep the country going.
The next decade is going to be tough for Karen.
Achilles: I don't think the dad was a working-class man. For one thing, he had a family of 4 or 5 in a major-league ballpark. Even in the outfield seats, that's a three-digit commitment. Also, did you see when he put up his tiny fists in reaction to Karen? Very strange - like he was genuinely scared, and had never actually fought anyone. RR, JSM
In other words, Philly Dad was an example of air-conditioned man, who thinks he's hard because he has a certain amount of chutzpah at his job, but recoils in fright the first time someone actually calls him on his nonsense. RR, JSM
john mosby -- yes, read the dad's body language.
He knew he was not all foul ball kosher. The long walk back to his territory with his arm extended as if asking somebody take this away from me. The dramatic hug to his kid and his overacted alarming gesture to the lady when she approached was revealing of man with a guilty conscience.
Like I'm pretty sure you, Achilles, would just have told your son, "Achilles Jr, that ball is 30 feet away. It's not ours. Something comes within arms reach of you from your seat here, hey, have at it. Sports are about fair play." RR, JSM
One of the many things that sucks about the idiotic "Let everybody out of jail" policies that were suddenly imposed everywhere is that there really were (are) a LOT of abuses in the bail system. Those abuses should have been addressed. Just letting a bunch of violent repeat offenders out of custody was NOT the reform that was needs.
One of my distant relatives got into criminal justice trouble. They were arrested on a Friday and bail was set at $50K. The relative's child didn't want their parent, who has health issues, being in jail over the weekend and was completely willing to take the $ out of their 401k to pay the bail.
But the "justice" system had other ideas. Suddenly it was essential that the child somehow prove that all the money being posted as bail had been earned legitimately--and that couldn't be done before everyone went home for the weekend. However, they WOULD agree to allow my relative to pay $5K to the bondsman so that their parent would be released. The only catch: when the bondsman takes that 10%, you don't get it back—even when the accused shows up for the trial.
So you see, the "justice" system wasn't afraid that my relative was a danger to anyone else on the street. And they didn't really believe that the money in the child's 401k wasn't legitimately earned. They were just making sure that the bondsman got his cut.
THIS is the kind of dishonest corruption that "bail reform" should have addressed, but instead some talking piles of pig crap had the idea of letting repeat violent offenders back on the street to commit more crimes. Thanks, geniuses.
“The next decade is going to be tough for Karen.”
All Karens should have their heads on a swivel, disgruntled loser men may just do a Mangione on you.
A true masterpiece!
https://x.com/TheKevinDalton/status/1964877496849236202
The Democratic Party killed the pretty girl from Ukraine
Lem 8:36
Thank you. Gutfeld proves why he is often the smartest guy in the room.
The woman could’ve told the dad that he was wrong for taking the ball from her but she would’ve been a better person if she just let the boy keep the ball.
The woman could’ve told the dad that he was wrong for taking the ball from her...
What? He did no such thing. She never even touched the ball.
Just because it landed in her section doesn't mean she's entitled to it.
Good grief. Can't you get anything right?
But it seemed to me that she had a point: the dad must have violated some norm by going so far away from his seat,....
Oh, come ON. There is no rule or norm when it comes to a ball landing in the stands.
Nobody's entitled to it just because it happens to land closer to them.
And he didn't go that far. What? Six steps through an open row?
If he climbed over a bunch of people, yeah. But she had no 'right' to that ball than anybody else close enough to get it.
@Lem (8:36), “crazy” does it mean “stupid.”
Hat tip to Instapundit, but here’s what Decarlos Brown’s own mother had to say:
[Brown’s mother] says she got Brown evaluated but his behavior became aggressive so she got an involuntary commitment order from the courts. He was placed under psychiatric monitoring for two weeks and diagnosed with schizophrenia But after he was released she says Brown became so aggressive she had to kick him out. He became homeless.
[My emphasis]
So my question is, why is that person not in an institution? From what I understand, a violent schizophrenic is a very dangerous person.
The article goes on to say:
Despite his criminal past and homelessness, Magistrate Teresa Stokes allowed him to be released from jail on a written promise to appear. In court last month on this charge, his public defender questioned Brown's mental capacity. Judge Roy Wiggins ordered a forensic evaluation.
Brown's mom says the court should have never let her son be out in the community knowing he had mental health issues and previous arrests.
Brown’ mother gets it.
Jimbo, she claims she had the ball in her hands and he took it away from her. Was there a camera at that level to prove she didn’t have the ball in her hands? But, as I said, she would’ve been the better person if she would’ve let the boy keep the ball.
Magistrate Judge Teresa Stokes freed Decarlos Brown Jr. in January allowed Brown who is homeless and has a litany of previous arrests - including for armed robbery and assault - to walk free on a 'written promise' that he would return for his next court appearance. FIRE HER.
There's a reason everybody else in the stadium booed the bitch. And there's a reason both the Marlins and the Phillies organizations did right to the kid.
And none of those reasons have anything to do with the dad doing anything wrong.
Well this is true.
Hey Althouse,
Your iPhone 16 images are undeniably good. The images in this post prove the point.
But now that we are all on the penultimate day re the new iPhone 17 announcement. An upgraded phone may be a thing you think about re getting even better images.
But, instead of focussing on the latest and greatest mobile phone images for your blog, maybe Meadehouse should go old school. I.e., get a real camera that is easy to carry, like a phone is easy to carry. IOW, get a kick-ass point and shoot!
The current options are greater than they've ever been. From amazing quality and cheap, to a new Leica Q3 which is impressive and compact, though not so cheap.
The under $2000 bucks range has a lot going for it because the results will destroy any mobile phone's images.
But if you had any interest going with a real camera instead of the phone's images, and the point and shoot Leica (at around $7400) was an option you could afford.....it's not too much of a stretch to get to the new Hasselblad X2D II. You can buy that camera with a versatile lens and you're not too much above ten grand. The only downside is that the thing is physically big.
However Althouse is such a visual blog, why not bump up the images with some Gothenburg hardware? Especially now that it's way more affordable to get that greatness than it's ever been?
Food for thought.
The dad snatched it from the woman’s hands? Where do you get that? Not in any of the videos I’ve seen. The ball was loose on the floor. It still isn’t too late for the woman to give the ball back to the kid and resolve this stupid dispute once and for all. It’s just a ball after all.
john mosby said...
But it seemed to me that she had a point: the dad must have violated some norm by going so far away from his seat, to snake the ball away from people who never expected such a thing.
Basic ballpark etiquette dictates that whoever shags a ball hit into the stands gets the ball. Doesn't matter if you almost had it or not. Nobody gets upset, nobody pouts. The only reason that this went viral is her behavior, not his. Go back an watch the video and take a look at the reactions of the other fans in the section. They're shocked at her making such a fuss. That's why the sports shows are interviewing him and not her.
Meade said...
The dad snatched it from the woman’s hands? Where do you get that? Not in any of the videos I’ve seen.
What I saw, too. What's more; she wasn't even up and trying to shag it. She was sitting on her duff when the ball hit the floor.
Care to see some Fuckheads?
"Basic ballpark etiquette dictates that whoever shags a ball hit into the stands gets the ball. Doesn't matter if you almost had it or not."
That's always been my understanding. It would be wrong to wrest it out of someone else's hand, but as long as it's rattling around on the ground, it's fair game. And I haven't seen any videos that show Karen ever had the ball in her hand until she got it from the kid.
One more thing- can you imagine the reaction if some guy grabbed that woman by the arm the way Karen did with the dad?
Gutfeld as the smartest guy in the room . . . it's not a high bar.
I wouldn't have gone out of my way that far to recover a grandstand ball but there is no principle that says you can't walk through empty ailes even 30 feet to try to get a ball that is loose. I have watched the video several times and, at best, the two people grabbed the ball on the ground at the same time and the stronger person won it- he clearly didn't rip it out of her hand after she had corralled it- she is most definitely lying if that is what she is claiming.
Time for "Da Bears" to adopt Plan B - Straight from Shepardstown - #17 Tyson Bagent, who is a smart and talented QB.
Caleb Williams won't last long in Lambeau on December 7 playing backyard ball. For that matter he has to play against the Lions at Ford Field on Sunday.
Troy Aikman told us on MNF that the Vikings QB was none other than Kevin McCarthy. No one corrected the error.
Big Mike wrote: "So my question is, why is that person not in an institution? From what I understand, a violent schizophrenic is a very dangerous person."
I can tell you that many of the mothers in the support group for parents who have lost children to fentanyl--maybe close to 30%--have stories of standing in front of a judge trying desperately to get their son or daughter "sectioned" for treatment and being refused because the young man or woman "articulately explained their reasons" for not going into a facility. It is conventional wisdom that judges highly discount whatever parents tell them, chalking it up to "normal family conflict," even when there is a long history of theft, violence, threats, or overdoses.
Maybe this is the case. I don't know. I'm just reporting what they think.
However, I do have a pretty good idea why so many of these people are on the street until they kill someone:
The system has this category of "dual diagnosis," which is mental illness plus drug abuse. NO ONE wants to deal with the people in that category, even though realistically almost all of them are in it because drug abuse causes mental illness and is also often the result of mental illness.
Plain old mental illness with no drug abuse: that's a medical cash cow because of state and federal funding (which means parents have to distrust everybody, but that's another issue). Plain old drug abuse? There are rehab centers for that, and unless your kid is under 18, you can probably get some help there. BUT . . . rehabs won't take the mentally ill and mental hospitals won't take the drug abusers: too dangerous, to expensive, 'we don't have the expertise,' etc. And so dual-diagnosis people end up on the street
The sad truth is that dumping mentally ill drug abusers into homeless encampments is the most convenient and cost-effective outcome for judges, social workers, governments--everyone with power. The price is paid by the addicts themselves, by the ever-shrinking circle of people who love them, and then, eventually, by the victims they harm before being sent off to the prison system--in which they'll most likely harm others and be harmed themselves.
Upon further reflection, yes. The dad did do something wrong.
Not only did he not stand up for himself, he failed to stand up for his kid.
Jimbo, she claims she had the ball in her hands and he took it away from her.
For the love of all that is holy, watch the fucking video.
She. Never. Touched. The. Ball.
.... well, she did after the pussy dad gave it to her just to make the psycho bitch go away.
The YouTube video that made me take another look at the Philly foul ball almost fracas. We are all surrounded by cameras
“.... well, she did after the pussy dad gave it to her just to make the psycho bitch go away.”
He used his skills to get the ball. She used her skills to get the ball.
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