Althouse: Sunrise — 6:41, 7:00, 7:04, 7:16.

October 6, 2025

Sunrise — 6:41, 7:00, 7:04, 7:16.

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40 comments:

Iman said...: Beautiful photos!

UNACCEPTABLE!
some of these corksoaker Dems
gotta do some time

https://instapundit.com/749107/; 10/6/25, 7:37 PM
Beasts of England said...: Love the top photo!; 10/6/25, 7:52 PM
Jamie said...: I get to the evening and find that my patience with the still-constant discomfort of my knee is non-existent. So I'm watching dumb movies that usually make me laugh. Tonight's offering: the first Austin Powers movies.

My husband is keeping me supplied with chocolate.

All is going well, but I hate being so slow-moving and feeling that the most normal activities require so much effort! Sigh.; 10/6/25, 7:52 PM
Political Junkie said...: I have never been a fan of Sean "Puffy" Combs. 55 year old traditional white male is not his target market.
But....did he get a bum wrap? I think what he did was gross, but in a world where so much has been legalized/normalized, should he go to jail for his actions?
I am 50/50.; 10/6/25, 7:55 PM
Political Junkie said...: I vote for photo #2. Glorious yet missing sun.; 10/6/25, 7:56 PM
Narr said...: All amazing, but #4 is my fave of the lot.

Some of you will get a supermoon, but it's rainy here. It was pretty impressive last night, soon after rising.; 10/6/25, 8:11 PM
Clyde said...: Daily Caller article: France's New Government Collapses in Just 14 Hours

Clyde's comment: Still lasted longer than the Maginot Line!

24 likes so far.; 10/6/25, 8:13 PM
FullMoon said...: jeeze, all we get here is blue sky, boring white clouds. Gray sometimes, fun fog rarely, winter rain, seldom thunder and lightning.; 10/6/25, 8:23 PM
FullMoon said...: jeeze, all we get here is blue sky, boring white clouds. Gray sometimes, fun fog rarely, winter rain, seldom thunder and lightning.; 10/6/25, 8:23 PM
FullMoon said...: Now that I think about it, our sky was acceptable until being exposed to this photography.; 10/6/25, 8:24 PM
Rocco said...: I’m with Beasts: #1 is #1.; 10/6/25, 8:29 PM
BG said...: Iman said...

UNACCEPTABLE!
some of these corksoaker Dems
gotta do some time

https://instapundit.com/749107/
Ron Johnson is my senator. This pisses me off. He's probably pissed off also.; 10/6/25, 8:31 PM
DINKY DAU 45 said...: I knew it after her last race barely win after a short layoff.Was 1/9 in this weeks SPINSTER and had nothing afteer a 24 and change and 46 and change no excuses nothing crazy. Coming aound turn empty/ she has been amazing, one of Gods beautiful creatures. In the blush of Thorpedo Anna’s empty, fourth-place finish Sunday in the Grade 1 Spinster Stakes, trainer Kenny McPeek said retirement was an option for the reigning horse of the year.
“We’re going to make sure that she’s healthy and that she comes out of this race, and if it’s her last race, it’s her last race,” McPeek said in a selfie video he shot in Thorpedo Anna’s Keeneland barn stall. “If that’s the case, then we’re really proud of her, and we appreciate everybody’s support out there.”Over 4,5 million in earnings 12 out 15 races won(mae and female races) 7 GRADE 1 wins. I was fortunate to catch her in the OAKS AT 4-1 WITHA $50 WIN WAGER FOR A $250 CASHOUT. She was 1/9 in SPINSTER,unbettable. May she enjoy going to enjoy rest of life at a beautiful farm somewhere. Good luck Anna ,it was a jy watching you run ,beat the boys and thegirls and actually paying a good price early. They dont breed horses to run long and race a lot anymore as they did when I first start playing in 1964 .Its all about the stud and the breeding game ,the real $$$$

“We are going to contemplate next steps, and we’re not going to get in any hurry,” he said. “The notion that she’s going to go to California is probably the least of our worries right now.”

Thorpedo Anna has an automatic berth in the Distaff thanks to her win-and-you’re-in victories in the Fleur de Lis (G2) and the Personal Ensign (G1).

As his stable crew was in the background giving Thorpedo Anna a post-race once-over, McPeek said he could not use any health or fitness problem as an alibi for the 4-year-old filly’s disappointing loss as the 1-2 favorite to 18-1 long shot Gin Gin.

“For everybody out there that’s worried about her, you can rest at ease. She’s fine,” McPeek said. “We got her back here to the barn. There was a notion that maybe she came back with a little bit of a case of the thumps. For those who don’t know what that is, it’s maybe a little electrolyte imbalance. ... We’re probably going to do a little blood work. ... Physically there’s nothing major at this point. She scoped clean, which is great news.”

“She was very nice and relaxed before the race,” said Flavien Prat, who stepped in Sunday for injured jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. “I thought I was in a good spot going into the first turn. Even on the backside, I thought I was driving all right. When we got to the half-mile pole, that was it. I was in deep water.”

Thorpedo Anna is owned primarily by John Sikura’s Hill ’n’ Dale Equine Holdings, which bought 50% of her in August with the original intent to race her through next year. McPeek said Sunday the breeding timetable might be accelerated.

“The notion right now is that if this is going to happen, if she’s going to run a poor race where she falls off form, the best time for it to happen is this time of year,” McPeek said. “Then we can work with John Sikura and the Hill ’n’ Dale team to figure out who she’s bred to.”

McPeek’s wife Sherri, Mark Edwards and breeder Judy Hicks own the other 50% of Thorpedo Anna, who failed to hit the board Sunday for only the second time in a 16-race career that has yielded $5,440,913 in earnings.

Thorpedo Anna’s past performances are top-heavy with superlatives that climaxed in her winning two Eclipse Awards for 2024. Her seven Grade 1 wins came in the Kentucky Oaks, Acorn, Coaching Club American Oaks, Cotillion and Breeders’ Cup Distaff last year and the Apple Blossom and Personal Ensign this year.; 10/6/25, 8:36 PM
Scott Patton said...: In SW PA outside (and inside) of Pittsburgh, traffic laws and basic human decency on the road are a joke. People do get pulled over very occasionally. Mid to late Friday afternoon is lord of the flies. It's not surprising that two wheeled vehicles of various means of locomotion in a much larger city are any different.; 10/6/25, 8:37 PM
TeaBagHag said...: Puff Daddy will get full pardon and be named as the head of a special task force to investigate sex crimes.
-MAGA; 10/6/25, 8:49 PM
Scott Patton said...: "something somebody dreamt up and others went along with"
Is that new?
Reminds me of that certain type of dog that's always up for anything.
Although.. "something" and "others" is doing a lot of work in that sentence.
I asked Grok if there's a word for the relationship between "something" and "others" in that sentence (with some elaboration):
Reply:
"contingent affiliation" or "contextual grouping"
"dependent set" or "relational grouping",
"conditional subset"; 10/6/25, 8:51 PM
Inga said...: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-will-talk-doj-about-maxwell-pardon-says-diddy-asked-one-2025-10-06/

“WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday left the door open to a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of helping the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.

On the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Maxwell's bid to overturn her conviction, Trump, when asked whether he would set Maxwell free himself through a pardon, said he would speak to the Department of Justice.

"I haven't heard the name in so long. I can say this, that I'd have to take a look at it. I would have to take a look," he said. "I will speak to the DOJ."”

Seriously, who believes anything Trump says anymore? He must think his followers are stupid or he’s depending on the loyalty of his cultists.; 10/6/25, 8:51 PM
LibertarianLeisure said...: David Bryne played in Boston this weekend. Still going strong in his 70's. Performed some Talking Heads' songs.; 10/6/25, 8:55 PM
Old and slow said...: When my mother had her knees replaced she asked me to come live with her for a few weeks to look after her and drive her around. At the time, I was still a very heavy meth user and a real waste of space. I went to Phoenix and drove her around in her Prius and cooked her dinner every night. We had a grand time together. I took her to little places around town for lunch every day and assorted scrapyards where I knew people. Then we'd shop for dinner and come home and I'd make dinner. She told me that she didn't mind me smoking around her because it reminded her of her father who smoked all her life. It was one of the best times I ever spent with her. She never really spoke to me in a meaningful way except for those days. You might chalk it up to the opioids she was taking for the pain, but I expect that was just a means of alleviating inhibitions. Life is difficult for everyone, and honest expression of feelings is damn near impossible for many people. Her parents were immigrants from Orkney and Lithuania, and they expressed nothing to her. We all try to do a bit better than our parents. In some ways we succeed, in other we fail.; 10/6/25, 8:55 PM
TeaBagHag said...: LOL, yes Inga, he thinks/ knows his followers are stupid. MAGAts are all hopped up on shit news and fascist fever dreams.; 10/6/25, 8:55 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Nice pics today.; 10/6/25, 8:56 PM
Iman said...: “The real problem is that the Affordable Care Act was never actually affordable.”

So the WaPoo takes a baby step in the direction of THE TRUTH. Also true is that for them, the NYT, the alphabet networks and many others, knowledge will only come with death’s release.; 10/6/25, 8:59 PM
TeaBagHag said...: Yes, Iman! That’s the answer; the way to make health care better is to take away the tax subsidies and make it less affordable.
- MAGAt Braintrust; 10/6/25, 9:02 PM
Canadian Bumblepuppy said...: Brewers vs Cubs game is fun for the neutral. 3-3 top of the 3rd.

Very nice photographs today, thank you!; 10/6/25, 9:05 PM
Iman said...: Haginga… just ask your Party of Douchebags not to continue murdering people they disagree with. You can at least do that.; 10/6/25, 9:07 PM
wildswan said...: Boost Bari!
There's been a lot of comment about the choice of Bari Weiss to head CBS News. I think she'll succeed because she's in touch with a lot of writers who can replace the people she fires. And in general so many conservatives have been excluded from newsrooms that she has a very large selection of people, even cameramen and so on, to choose from. She could have the only large mainstream entity which had a balanced staff. This, I think, would result in better coverage for 50% of the nation and that would lead to better ratings. Plus I'd be interested to watch to see what was going on - staff quitting on air and other fun. Again, a ratings boost. And I think conservatives should tune in a bit to help her.
Boost Bari!
She is a lefty who believes in free speech and she knows what can happen in a cancel culture newsroom. She quit over a conscience issue but she got $185 million for the news business she founded and now she's heading CBS News. She isn't just anybody.
Boost Bari!

If you want to get a clear picture of her watch the podcast she did with Jordan Peterson; 10/6/25, 9:24 PM
Old and slow said...: Chet Atkins really is one of the all time guitar greats. Him, Knopfler and Prince.; 10/6/25, 9:36 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: I missed the SNL thread, so I'll say it here. There is no "Old Comedy". There is no "Nostalgia comedy". There is only good comedy and bad comedy. The comedy of today SHOULD be funnier because it should be addressing things going on right now. If its not better than stuff from 50 years ago, its because it stinks.

I can watch Bob Hope, WC Fields, Groucho Marx stuff that's funnier then crap on 2024 SNL. That's not "Nostalgia". How can I be "Nostalgic" for comedy bits made before I was born?

People should not - not matter what their age - be going "wow, that old stuff was funnier". The current stuff SHOULD BE fresher and funnier. Again, if its not, its because it sucks.; 10/6/25, 9:59 PM
Iman said...: Been listening to some classic Marshall Tucker Band. I always appreciated the guitar of Toy Caldwell… especially that tone and the string bending he employed.; 10/6/25, 9:59 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: THe Entertainment Industry wants to have everyone think in terms of Generations and time. "Oh, Im a Gen Z, i should like this". "Oh, that old stuff, not my Generation, so yuk".

I think the Boomers were the first ones who got this propaganda. "Don't like that, that's old people stuff. This is what you - a young boomer - should like".

They do that to sell product. But there's only good and bad.; 10/6/25, 10:04 PM
Peachy said...: Inag and Magat-Hag - two pees in a toilet.; 10/6/25, 10:16 PM
Peachy said...: The Progressive Flight From Reality; 10/6/25, 10:25 PM
effinayright said...: I keep telling you, Althouse, to offer a calendar with your best photos---but I now see it would have to be a five-year calendar, because those "bests" keep piling up!! Bravo!; 10/6/25, 10:26 PM
Big Mike said...: @Althouse, you are considerably to the left of me. Can you explain from where the left's war on Christians comes? Do they hate Christians because Christians are more generous when contributing to charities? Is it because Christians are more apt to volunteer for good causes? What gives?; 10/6/25, 10:29 PM
Big Mike said...: I really enjoy how Victor Davis Hansen has been characterizing the Democrats leading cities like LA, Portland, and Chicago (Chi-raq) as neo-Confederates. Like Southerners in the years leading up to the Civil War they seem to think that they can pick and choose which federal laws they wish to obey and which they can nullify by blocking enforcement. This point was settled in favor of the federal government 160 years ago at Appomattox Court House in Virginia, but there are people who ignore the lessons of history — at thee peril.; 10/6/25, 10:38 PM
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Peachy said...: Andrew Sullivan on Kline and Coates
RTWT

a taste:
Sullivan: "This, of course, remains anathema to the woke. In their critical theory worldview, those who oppose them cannot be reasoned with — because reason itself is a form of oppression — but only opposed, canceled or demonized, because all opposition to wokeness is rooted in ineradicable “white supremacy”. Coates is still peak 2020:

Coates lies and says: "[Kirk] just slurred, across the board, all sorts of groups of people ... if you ask me what the truth of his life was — and the truth of his public life — I would have to tell you it’s hate."

Sullivan: " There were many things I disagreed with Kirk on, but the idea that the truth about the public life of this avowed Christian was “hate” only makes sense if you conflate the term “conservatism” with “hate”. Which Coates, of course, does. And he is lying. There are no “slurs” or slur words in Kirk’s beyond-voluminous record. None. Google it yourself. You think you wouldn’t know by now if he had? (Coates’ sole evidence is that Kirk said “tranny” twice in 752 pod episodes over six years, a word that was ubiquitous among gay men until ten minutes ago.) Against this false claim, Klein caved, refusing to defend himself on the substance of Kirk’s views and conduct."; 10/6/25, 10:45 PM
Peachy said...: BTW - Coates is a racist leftist heartless asshole.; 10/6/25, 10:46 PM
effinayright said...: Old and slow said...
Chet Atkins really is one of the all time guitar greats. Him, Knopfler and Prince.
***********
When I was in high school back in the Jurassic I really liked Atkins' finger-picking, and spent hours learning his stuff. I managed to figure out "Yankee Doodle Dixie" [both tunes played at the same time], but later heard he had an electronic assist from very early computerized accompaniment.

Dang!

But AI tells me that isn't true. The only tracks added were for drums and a piano, not the guitar.

Whew!

I still enjoyed seeing my friends react when I did the whole song by myself. Guitarists out there should try it themselves.

Much of Chet's recordings are now considered schmaltzy, but if you can see him on then-live TV, you'll agree he was exceptionally good. Glenn Campbell-level good.

He also promoted a whole lotta musicians, making "Nashville" a powerhouse generating music millions of Americans loved, and love to this day.; 10/6/25, 10:46 PM
Mark Nielsen said...: Old and Slow: If you haven't heard it before, you should check out the album Chet and Mark did together in 1990 ("Neck and Neck"). The third track ("There'll Be Some Changes Made") is pretty funny. I think this project was Knopfler showing his respect for Atkins. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwTg409JuWI; 10/6/25, 10:48 PM