Althouse: Sunrise — 6:30, 6:36.

November 11, 2025

Sunrise — 6:30, 6:36.

Talk about what you like in the comments.

Bonus photo from Meade at 4:36 in the afternoon:

118 comments:

gilbar said...: mmm ribeye!; 11/11/25, 6:06 PM
rehajm said...: Funny day in politics- The Democrats post election gloating turned into their supporters crying cave and pushing another of their eldest elder statesmen Schumer towards the exit.; 11/11/25, 6:23 PM
Yancey Ward said...: "Funny day in politics- The Democrats post election gloating turned into their supporters crying cave and pushing another of their eldest elder statesmen Schumer towards the exit."

What was even funnier is that several commentators went from writing over and over that the GOP and Trump had shut the government to lambasting the Democrats in Congress for suddenly ending it by caving in. They don't appear to understand why that is funny.; 11/11/25, 6:42 PM
narciso said...: I did notice a oaucity of wild life; 11/11/25, 6:44 PM
Ralph L said...: Shouldn't that bird be on the next flight south?; 11/11/25, 6:45 PM
narciso said...: Progs and possums* can only hold one thought at a time

*gope-uniparty or one commenter called them the clique; 11/11/25, 6:45 PM
narciso said...: The first season of the gold series ended.on kind of a cliff hanger with most of the brinks mat gold not recovered; 11/11/25, 6:52 PM
narciso said...: Aired last night
Mysterious deaths of English princes solved more than 500 years after they disappeared, author says - CBS News https://share.google/ViCIO3NXHwgER2x5V; 11/11/25, 6:52 PM
rehajm said...: What was even funnier is that several commentators went from writing over and over that the GOP and Trump had shut the government to lambasting the Democrats in Congress for suddenly ending it by caving in

..quite the shift. The other funny thing is any discussion of public polling about the shutdown all but disappeared. Ann hasn't blogged a poll…or blogged much. Funny…; 11/11/25, 6:56 PM
narciso said...: Thanks to merton, this story cemented the tudor rule; 11/11/25, 6:57 PM
narciso said...: The journal editorial but on that silly raskin press release; 11/11/25, 6:59 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: "What was even funnier is that several commentators went from writing over and over that the GOP and Trump had shut the government to lambasting the Democrats in Congress for suddenly ending it by caving in"

Fighting Hitler doesn't have to make sense... or something.; 11/11/25, 7:00 PM
narciso said...: Bit on that
In the present era nixon was wrapped in a 'black legend' even before watergate, which only a few intrepid historians have breached; 11/11/25, 7:01 PM
john mosby said...: Ref the crane shot: I visited a Roman reenactor camp many years ago. It featured an armorer who made edged weapons of all eras. He kind of had a Simpsons Comic Book Store Guy way about him. Inter alia, he showed us a Celtic spearhead shaped like a stylized crane head. He explained that the crane was a messenger of death in Celtic mythology, so weapons shaped like one were meant to frighten your enemies. CC, JSM; 11/11/25, 7:03 PM
tcrosse said...: Trump is threatening to take on the BBC. The Telegraph, which broke the story of the Beeb's naughtiness is following it with glee, How Trump can sue the BBC; 11/11/25, 7:07 PM
narciso said...: Like the old fashioned plague masks

Interesting detail dan brown thinks any notion of christianity is ridiculuous but esp from people in comas well thats legit; 11/11/25, 7:08 PM
narciso said...: Reminds me of carol cadwaller (sic) and her defaming a leading brexiter with the usual folderall; 11/11/25, 7:10 PM
narciso said...: She helped take down Cambridge Academia but failed in the last instance; 11/11/25, 7:11 PM
Inga said...: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/obama-surprises-veterans-flight-dc-special-veterans-day/story?id=127410327

President Barack Obama gave a group of war heroes a surprise they will never forget.

The former president surprised a flight of Korean and Vietnam War veterans on an honor flight from Madison, Wisconsin, to Washington, D.C., ahead of Veterans Day, according to a video he posted on X.

“"Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC. To all those who bravely served our country, thank you to you and your family for your extraordinary service. The sacrifices that all of you have made to protect our country will be honored, today and every day," Obama posted alongside the video on X.”

Happy Veteran’s Day all who served and to my daughter who served in the Navy for 22 years and now works at an organization that makes veteran’s lives better.; 11/11/25, 7:13 PM
Inga said...: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-honors-fallen-by-giving-veterans-day-new-russian-name/

President Donald Trump declared on Tuesday that he was giving Veterans Day a new name while speaking at a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.

”As you know today is not only Veterans Day, but it’s my proclamation that we are now going to be saying and calling Victory Day for World War I,”Trump said.

The president said he was recently at an event and saw that European countries were celebrating Victory Day, but the U.S. was not.

“I saw France was celebrating another Victory Day for World War II, and other countries were celebrating,” Trump rambled. “They were all celebrating. We’re the one that won the wars.”

“I watched it. I watched UK. I watched Russia. They were celebrating Victory Day World War II, and I said ‘we got to have a Victory Day.’ Nobody even talked about it in our country,” Trump said.

“From now on we’re going to be celebrating Victory Day for World War I, for World War II and frankly for everything else,” he declared.”

What a way to honor veterans, change the name of the day that is honoring THEM.; 11/11/25, 7:20 PM
Rocco said...: Ralph L said...
“Shouldn't that bird be on the next flight south?”

Now that the air traffic controllers are back to work…; 11/11/25, 7:21 PM
Jim at said...: So Obama simply shows up - gracing those veterans with his mere presence - records it and then announces it? Is that the gist of it?

Veterans Day isn't about you, dude.; 11/11/25, 7:21 PM
Jim at said...: What a way to honor veterans, change the name of the day that is honoring THEM.

As a veteran, I don't have a problem with it. And you have no say in the matter, Inga.; 11/11/25, 7:23 PM
Big Mike said...: @Meade, great picture. We own some 19th century prints on mulberry paper by the great Japanese artist Imao Keinen (he has a page on Wikipedia) and your picture made me think of his bird pictures.; 11/11/25, 7:23 PM
Inga said...: “And you have no say in the matter, Inga.”

Oh I most certainly do have a say in the matter. I can criticize it as another of Trump’s brain farts.; 11/11/25, 7:25 PM
Big Mike said...: Speaking of England, there’s an online rumor rushing around that Starmer’s government is soon going to topple. Hope it’s true.; 11/11/25, 7:26 PM
tcrosse said...: For a long time November 11 was celebrated as Armistice Day.. I, as a veteran, still think of it that way.; 11/11/25, 7:26 PM
Big Mike said...: Technically, because World War I ended in an armistice, it was not a true victory. In my youth I recall it being called “Armistice Day.”

Nonetheless Trump’s ability to get fools and idiots to self-identify is amazing to watch.; 11/11/25, 7:30 PM
Kakistocracy said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 11/11/25, 7:30 PM
Kakistocracy said...: America is a wild complex place that historically defies easy categorization and attempts to control it. Politics, economics, and civil society are three broad tents where one can watch aspects of different trends and patterns as they play out over time. The current drama in the political tent may influence the events in the other two tents but it does not control them and it is but one tent out of three.; 11/11/25, 7:31 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Ted O'Baxter aka Bill O Reilly has left the retirement home to attack Tucker and Fuentes. He just repeats the same ol' Levin, Ben Shapiro talking points. And absurdly talks about how "Conservatives" cant afford to have antisemites like Tucker around.

LOL. O'Reilly used to pull that shtick with Rush. Saying, he wasn't a "racist" or "Far Right" like limbaugh. He always said he in the center unlike those "pinheads" like Rush or Tucker.
Once a clown, always a clown. Like Cheeto face beck.; 11/11/25, 7:35 PM
Inga said...: “For a long time November 11 was celebrated as Armistice Day.. I, as a veteran, still think of it that way.”

Yes, I guess Trump didn’t realize that, he just liked the sound of Victory Day. Good thing he can’t change it by a mere proclamation.; 11/11/25, 7:37 PM
narciso said...: It is his special power isnt it

I dont think much of o'riley althougj his ghost martin dugard is not terrible; 11/11/25, 7:38 PM
Inga said...: “Nonetheless Trump’s ability to get fools and idiots to self-identify is amazing to watch.”

He identified himself.; 11/11/25, 7:39 PM
narciso said...: No one won World war one, some just lost more catastrophically Germany and Russia in that group; 11/11/25, 7:39 PM
narciso said...: The War to end all wars spawned another one and had ancillary impacts as far as indochina; 11/11/25, 7:41 PM
narciso said...: The Rise of Leninism and Nazism could not have happened without them; 11/11/25, 7:42 PM
Disparity of Cult said...: Brain constipation leads to copy-and-paste.; 11/11/25, 7:42 PM
Kakistocracy said...: US regulator promotes veteran to quell unrest in top ranks ~ FT
'Richard Pazdur expected to improve FDA staff morale and smooth relations with the pharmaceutical industry'

"The US Food and Drug Administration is naming an agency veteran to oversee its largest division granting drug approvals in a bid to quell turmoil in the top ranks that has churned under health secretary Robert F Kennedy."

RFK Jr. has zero experience running a large organization and zero scientific or drug research experience. He's a conspiracy theorist trading on his famous family name.

The fact that Trump and Republicans in the Senate felt him qualified to lead the Health and Human Services department including the FDA shows their complete incompetence and willingness to put politics above good governance.

RFK Jr. has gutted his department of competent people and set it back many years, to the detriment of all Americans.; 11/11/25, 7:43 PM
narciso said...: The US was perhaps the most spared out of the whole lot; 11/11/25, 7:43 PM
narciso said...: They are not clever in any way are they

Anyone can read a press release but synthesize conclusions from a group of facts

The Fda werent they that got the food pyramid wrong among minor snafus; 11/11/25, 7:46 PM
narciso said...: Sure that could happen

https://twitchy.com/brettt/2025/11/11/krystal-ball-actual-ice-demons-dump-pepper-spray-on-a-one-year-old-baby-n2421548; 11/11/25, 7:49 PM
Jon Ericson said...: Good news from Landing Strip One.; 11/11/25, 7:50 PM
john mosby said...: I do like re-adopting the practice of honoring 11 November as the day the guns fell silent in 1918. I'm a veteran, and I don't mind giving up a bit of the holiday to honor the massive casualties of WWI. We had approximately 117,000 KIA in just one year (compare to 50K in our 20-year involvement in VN). I am a First Infantry Division veteran, and I frequently go to the Big Red One monument here in DC. The individual KIAs are all named, and for WWI they are organized by company (about 100 men - might have been closer to 150 back then). Each company has more KIAs than its authorized strength! That means that in less than a year of combat, companies had 100% turnover just from deaths, let alone wounded who were evacuated but survived. And we won! Boggles the mind.

Trump does miss the boat a bit on calling it Victory Day, though. The Europeans, Canadians, ANZACs, etc, don't call it that. Part of why commemorating that war, wearing the poppy, etc, has been a bipartisan thing for over a century is because they all figured out early on that it's not about commemorating the war - it's about commemorating the sacrifice. The UK lost about 800K when their population was about 40M; France lost 1.1M out of a similarly-sized population. The WW1 remembrances are more like Yom HaShoa in Israel - remembering something that happened to them, not something they accomplished. Nearly all colors of the political spectrum take part in the commemoration.

This past Sunday, I watched the ceremonies at the Cenotaph live on GB News. The King, the current PM and the leaders of all opposition parties, and all living former PMs were all out there laying wreaths. The new Archbishop of Canterbury giving a politically neutral benediction (even though I'm sure it physically hurt her). Contributions of pre-partition Irish and former Empire populations were also remembered. Real national unity for a few minutes once a year. We could use something like that.

(Not perfect unity, though - the two combat veterans in the Royal Family weren't invited. I remember when young Harry, in his real Household Cavalry uniform with spurs, his real serving rank, and his real medals from the GWOT, used to lay wreaths.)

WW2 Victory Day is celebrated in Europe, though. We used to celebrate VE and VJ days; Trump, as a Boomer, must be remembering that. CC, JSM; 11/11/25, 7:50 PM
narciso said...: Actually rfk did a great deal of research into how fauci had gotten everything wrong for 40 years; 11/11/25, 7:51 PM
narciso said...: War maybe a necessary evil, but its still an evil; 11/11/25, 7:55 PM
narciso said...: Who won the Great War?; 11/11/25, 7:56 PM
Inga said...: “We used to celebrate VE and VJ days; Trump, as a Boomer, must be remembering that.”

VE Day is on May 8th
VJ Day is in September 2

Trump can make those two National Holidays, but he says we already have too many National Holidays.; 11/11/25, 7:59 PM
Iman said...: RFK Jr. and the MAHA focus will one day be praised as a simple, yet visionary and revolutionary, approach that greatly improved the health of Americans and others who adopted it.; 11/11/25, 8:00 PM
Spiros Pappas said...: Time to ditch Obamacare/Romneycare for a Medicare buy in and universal catastrophic coverage. The trillion dollars we waste on private insurers' administrative costs is just too much. Plus it would be nice if somebody actually negotiated lower prices for Healthcare and drug prices.; 11/11/25, 8:03 PM
Peachy said...: "a Medicare buy in and universal catastrophic coverage."
who is going to pay for that?

I want to be able to shop for insurance and healthcare that fits my needs and budget. I don't want a tax payer waste of money fascist government plan.
Medicaid only for those who need it - and it needs fixing - because it's a mess.; 11/11/25, 8:05 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: People are getting tired of all the WW 2 talk. It was 80 years ago. Veterans day doesnt have the impact it used to have. Vietnam was the last big war, and If you were 18 in 1970 you're 73 now. All the other vets are even older.; 11/11/25, 8:06 PM
Peachy said...: All healthcare pricing should be transparent.; 11/11/25, 8:06 PM
Peachy said...: Inag arrives with her Trump obsession. Pathetic.; 11/11/25, 8:07 PM
Mason G said...: "Trump does miss the boat a bit on calling it Victory Day, though."

And yet, he's got people thinking and talking about the day.; 11/11/25, 8:09 PM
Peachy said...: Well worth a watch. Amala on the BBC's cut and paste/ Trump Jan 6th speech.; 11/11/25, 8:10 PM
john mosby said...: Ocean: wow, mate. Who's going to protect your right to deny the Holocaust? But seriously, "all the other vets are even older" leaves out the pretty big cohort of GWOT vets. According to the Census, we have about 17M total vets in a general population of 340M, so about 5%. Multiply by 3 close family members per vet, and you have 15%. Compares to blacks and Hispanics in size.

But back to young vets: 7.5M of those vets are Gulf and GWOT. About 2% of the gen pop. Multiply by 3 immediate fam, and that's 6% - approaches the size of the gay bloc. Not something to sneeze at. CC, JSM

(all figures from Census bulletin: https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2020/demo/acs-43.pdf . Calculated in 2018.); 11/11/25, 8:15 PM
Inga said...: ICE pepper spraying into cars on street as they are driving past.

New video shows it.; 11/11/25, 8:16 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: CNN: "Wisconsin Rep. Derrick Van Orden is riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle back to Washington, DC, because he said that flights are unreliable during the government shutdown.

The Republican congressman posted a video yesterday on X, saying the journey would take him about 16 hours:"

There are some humorous responses, which, to his credit the congressman is responding. (👈🏽scroll down after clicking on the link); 11/11/25, 8:17 PM
Aggie said...: Turning Point rally in California infiltrated by Antifa, who stealth-purchase tickets in order to keep them out of circulation from enthusiasts, and who then showed up at the meeting and started crowd mischief with a 'backfiring' car that sounded like gunshots and spooked the crowd.

Now: Back in Model T days, one could bring on a backfire by manipulating the spark controls on the steering wheel. How does one bring on a 'backfire' in a modern, computer-controlled ignition system? Curious. Sounds improbable.; 11/11/25, 8:23 PM
Kakistocracy said...: Change the headline to RFK Jr is desperate and forced to hire someone competent. For the first time.

It's hard to understand why the FDA and the larger HHS are having "morale" issues when they're being led by unprofessional charlatans, who delight in spreading misinformation and lies and embarking on damaging reorgs...; 11/11/25, 8:31 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: "Ocean: wow, mate. Who's going to protect your right to deny the Holocaust? "

When the fuck have I ever denied the Holocaust? Answer: Never.

Total USA KIA Iraq war approximately 5,000-6000. Per wikipedia. Vietnam 55,000, Korea 33,000. Some say 50K. WW 2 - 292,000.; 11/11/25, 8:35 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Video: Did Obama show-up Trump?; 11/11/25, 8:37 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: When I was growing up in the 70s everyone had a Dad an Uncle, an older brother who'd fought in ww2 or Korea or Vietnam. Probably depending on the age group 50-75 percent of the men born 1915-1952 were in the military. Now its down to what? 15 percent?; 11/11/25, 8:38 PM
Derve said...: When I was growing up in the 70s everyone had a Dad an Uncle, an older brother who'd fought in ww2 or Korea or Vietnam. Probably depending on the age group 50-75 percent of the men born 1915-1952 were in the military. Now its down to what? 15 percent?
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This is a good thing. Less wars, less funerals of family members...; 11/11/25, 8:43 PM
Disparity of Cult said...: It's a feature not a bug.; 11/11/25, 8:48 PM
Gospace said...: Another study showing something many of us already know- higher Vitamin D blood levels make you healthier. This study show it reduced your chance of a second heart attack if you have had a first.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251110021043.htm
Stands to reason that if you had that higher level before you had that first heart attack, maybe you wouldn't have had one... but they don't make that jump.

Measurement is important, because without measuring Vitamin D blood levels, you're guessing. And still the medical establishment, as defined by NIH and other government agencies, does NOT recommend routine Vitamin D blood level testing. Despite estimates stating anywhere from 24-60% of the US population is deficient in Vitamin D. And deficiency is defined as <20 ng/ml. Healthy levels are above that...

If you live in a free state, head off to a lab and get tested- if you care about your health. If you live in a health dictatorship like NY where you're forbidden to learn about your health without paying a a gatekeeper, tell your doctor you want to be tested. Remember- you are responsible for your health, not the doctor, not your insurance, and certainly not the government.; 11/11/25, 8:49 PM
Eva Marie said...: “Did Obama show up Trump?”
How about it was a nice thing to do?; 11/11/25, 9:00 PM
Michael Fitzgerald said...: "ICE pepper spraying into cars on street as they are driving past.
New video shows it."

The video with the pepper-sprayed child shows a driver in a pickup truck doing the spraying. I don't believe ICE or DHS use unmarked pickup trucks. Just looks like rando asshole, probably "pranking" for a YouTube channel.
The video you linked shows ICE threatening/possibly spraying, but we all know that Democrat Party terrorists have been attacking ICE officers with vehicles so it is likely a deterrence against libtard shitheads who were threatening them.; 11/11/25, 9:01 PM
Inga said...: “The video with the pepper-sprayed child shows a driver in a pickup truck doing the spraying.”

I wasn’t referencing the video of the child who got pepper sprayed, I was showing a new video of people driving down the street getting pepper sprayed by ICE.; 11/11/25, 9:13 PM
Inga said...: Here’s a gem from the latest Laura Ingraham interview with Trump. Doesn’t sound like America First.

“H-1B visa thing won't be a big priority for you? If you wanna raise wages for Americans, you can't flood the country with THOUSANDS of foreign workers."

TRUMP: You have to bring in talent.

"We have plenty of talented people here."

TRUMP: No. No you don't, no you don't.”; 11/11/25, 9:16 PM
Gospace said...: Did the Hell's Angels have a shootout with cartel members in which the cartels took a beating?
https://www.captainsjournal.com/2025/11/10/well-goodness-i-hadnt-heard-about-this/
Not a lot of sourcing on this. I inquired of my inside source on border stuff and got an answer- "I can neither confirm nor deny...", the same answer I give a lot about some things. Nonetheless, it's interesting.; 11/11/25, 9:16 PM
Peachy said...: Inag's linked video is... very poor quality and does not match the leftwing headline at all.; 11/11/25, 9:19 PM
Eva Marie said...: Inga, did you know that those ICE agents are working people with families, they’re trained in police procedures and the protesters and drug gangs are endangering their lives every day? Where is your sympathy for working people who are doing their job as best they can? Why are you othering them?; 11/11/25, 9:20 PM
Disparity of Cult said...: The video clip with the little kid is unfortunate, that her parents would use her to promote lies. The father needs acting lessons.; 11/11/25, 9:20 PM
Peachy said...: Inag- Oh no! perhaps Trump should be impeached.; 11/11/25, 9:20 PM
Peachy said...: ICE are being attacked by Democrat party violent operatives.; 11/11/25, 9:21 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Video: Unbelievable synchronization.; 11/11/25, 9:30 PM
Achilles said...: Yancey Ward said...

"Funny day in politics- The Democrats post election gloating turned into their supporters crying cave and pushing another of their eldest elder statesmen Schumer towards the exit."

What was even funnier is that several commentators went from writing over and over that the GOP and Trump had shut the government to lambasting the Democrats in Congress for suddenly ending it by caving in. They don't appear to understand why that is funny.

Anyone still supporting the Democrat party at this point is a retard.; 11/11/25, 9:39 PM
Disparity of Cult said...: A primaried Schumer can always get a job flipping burgers. Hold the cheese.; 11/11/25, 9:46 PM
Iman said...: “Inag's linked video is... very poor quality and does not match the leftwing headline at all.”

Oh noes! I’m shocked and dismayed.
Anyway…; 11/11/25, 9:49 PM
Eva Marie said...: There are certain professions with a lot of pressure in the medical field in the field of policing. Split second decisions and sometimes bad decisions are made. (I’m not saying they were bad decisions in this case) But some sort of human compassion for the people who find themselves in these situations - where is that Inga?; 11/11/25, 9:50 PM
Inga said...: “You have no say in the matter.”

Oh yes I do and you don’t have a say in who I criticize. It would be like me, a woman saying that you, a man have no say in the abortion issue. You are as dumb as Peachy sometimes.; 11/11/25, 11:13 PM
effinayright said...: Big Mike said...
Technically, because World War I ended in an armistice, it was not a true victory. In my youth I recall it being called “Armistice Day.”
***************
"World War I was ended through a series of treaties, collectively known as the Paris Peace Treaties of 1919-1920.

The most famous of these was:
The Treaty of Versailles (June 28, 1919) - This treaty officially ended the war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It imposed harsh terms on Germany, including:

Accepting full responsibility for the war (the "war guilt" clause)

Paying massive reparations

Territorial losses

Severe military restrictions" ---AI Claude

Those "harsh terms" eventually led to Hitler's rise, as he invoked their "unfairness" to stoke up Germany's population, as they sank into economic misery and resentment, as reparations sucked 132 millions of Marks and economic resouces out of the country , leading to hyperinflation .

IOW the "Armistice" led to Treaties, with Germany as the defeated party, and the Allied Powers the victors.; 11/12/25, 12:21 AM
Jim at said...: I studied WWI back in the day. The War to end all wars, as it were.

Wilson (Woodrow and/or Edith) fucked up getting us involved in the first place.; 11/12/25, 2:58 AM
Zavier Onasses said...: I stopped reading a long article at Instapundit after I found the word "after" used twice in the same sentence after I went to bed in the first paragraph.; 11/12/25, 3:28 AM
john mosby said...: Ocean: "Probably depending on the age group 50-75 percent of the men born 1915-1952 were in the military. Now its down to what? 15 percent?"

Ok, so doesn't that argue more for commemoration of veterans? Most holidays and other special honors are for small groups or outstanding individuals, not "we love us" festivals. CC, JSM; 11/12/25, 4:38 AM
wendybar said...: "President Barack Obama gave a group of war heroes a surprise they will never forget.

The former president surprised a flight of Korean and Vietnam War veterans on an honor flight from Madison, Wisconsin, to Washington, D.C., ahead of Veterans Day, according to a video he posted on X."

Isn't it cute that he had a staged event with a camera crew in place to watch him pretend to care about the troops after the shutdown HE had, where he chose to erect barricades to open-air memorials when they know World War II veterans are traveling to visit from across the country. I don't remember him getting on an airplane (with his film crew) and embracing them then, as he shunned them to put his party over country....; 11/12/25, 5:49 AM
Marcus Bressler said...: "I stopped reading a long article at Instapundit after I found the word "after" used twice in the same sentence after I went to bed in the first paragraph." You're criticizing an Instapundit post because someone typing fast repeated a word -- but YOU "went to bed IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH"? Neat trick. I usually retire for the evening in the penultimate paragraph.; 11/12/25, 6:37 AM
Leland said...: I was reading someone’s comment and they used “after” twice in the same sentence to complain about using the word “after” twice in the same sentence. It was so much like a bot, that I don’t think they are worth reading anymore.; 11/12/25, 7:05 AM
Ronald J. Ward said...: Achilles, are you advocating an acceptance of federal masked officers who’ve been given immunity to pepper spray babies, lest someone gets mad at them? We should stay silent of Gestapo style tactics because speaking out might get said masked goons hurt?; 11/12/25, 7:38 AM
Humperdink said...: I just watched a 34 second clip of Illinois Gov. Pritzker making presentation to Illinois Teacher Association. In this short clip he told President Trump to f*ck off.

What is wrong these people? Have they no class?

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/11/dirtbag-illinois-governor-j-b-pritzker-uses-profanity/; 11/12/25, 7:46 AM
Peachy said...: Idiot Inag follows orders from the left- her cult.; 11/12/25, 7:50 AM
Peachy said...: "pepper spray babies!"; 11/12/25, 7:50 AM
Peachy said...: the whole point of the corrupt democratic party cult left's war on Federal Agents - is to get these agents in a sting operation.
Create a barrage of bad white-leftist behavior and then ambush when some Agent is acting in self-defense.

The left are modern Soviets.

check out this fat white authoritarian Democratic Leftist in Portland - running red lights and other various anti-Ice schemes.; 11/12/25, 8:03 AM
n.n said...: I went to bed in the first pajamas. Baby, it was cold last night.; 11/12/25, 8:10 AM
boatbuilder said...: So promoting a 25-year veteran administrator within the agency shows "... shows their complete incompetence and willingness to put politics above good governance?"

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.; 11/12/25, 8:14 AM
narciso said...: Oh noes anyways; 11/12/25, 8:42 AM
LibertarianLeisure said...: The woods pictures look eerie, (in a good way!) Like the feeling of an intro to a movie where a person vanishes in the woods.; 11/12/25, 8:43 AM
Ronald J. Ward said...: Peachy, the feds didn’t smash the car window, pepper spray, drag out of the window, beat and then disappear a white woman to some inhumane and unsanitary hellhole.

What’s your point?; 11/12/25, 9:09 AM
john mosby said...: One last suggestion for Ocean ref veterans: who do you think kept the Jews down last time? Since you’re constantly worried about the sons of Abe taking over, you should be encouraging a strong veteran culture! CC, JSM; 11/12/25, 9:34 AM
Peachy said...: Ron Ward - you got a link for your story?; 11/12/25, 10:02 AM
Peachy said...: Ron Ward - an honest link or you are full of shit.; 11/12/25, 10:02 AM
Peachy said...: Ron Ward - You're OK with Antifa thugs(D) (Democratic modern day Nazi brownshirts) surrounding Federal agent vehicles - then attempting to murder them?; 11/12/25, 10:04 AM
Peachy said...: Manhunt underway after federal agents take gunfire as rioters ram vehicles, hurl debris in Chicago; 11/12/25, 10:05 AM
Peachy said...: Chicago police ordered to ignore Border Patrol agents’ plea for help while surrounded by angry mob of protesters

The same asshole - Governor of Illinois billionaire Prickster(d) - who wants Federal Ice Agents murdered - also just told parents who want school choice to "FUCK OFF"
Yes really.; 11/12/25, 10:10 AM
Ronald J. Ward said...: I’m simply asking Peachy, what’s your point of ICE not brutalizing white people?; 11/12/25, 10:15 AM
Narr said...: In 1917-1918, half of the 116k US deaths were from disease. (50+k combat deaths in five or six months of heavy fighting is still bad, and easily comparable to the rates of the other militaries involved.)

In David Reynolds's book "The Legacy of the First World War" he notes some interesting stats about how the different countries dealt with pensions for the wounded: IIRC in about 1930 the Brits had millions of wounded but were paying only about 250k pensions; in the US, with about 250k wounded, there were half a million pensions being paid.; 11/12/25, 10:24 AM
Peachy said...: Ron Ward - I asked you for a link to your assertion that ICE are attacking people - women children etc...

The realty and truth are the top of the democratic party - aka- from thugs like Gov Prickster - are telling leftist cultists to fight federal agents and stop them (using as much deadly force as they can muster!) to stop federal immigration agents and police from doing their jobs.; 11/12/25, 10:27 AM
Rusty said...: Ronald J. Ward said...
"Achilles, are you advocating an acceptance of federal masked officers who’ve been given immunity to pepper spray babies,"

Do you have proof that federal ice agents are intentionally targeting babies and pepper spraying them? Not AI proof. Actual documented proof.; 11/12/25, 12:22 PM
Ronald J. Ward said...: Nice try Rusty (actually not) but “intentionally targeting babies” is your framing, not mine. There does seem to be an effort from ICE to intentionally intimidate and escalate anger and violence but that’s just my hypothesis.; 11/12/25, 1:38 PM
Peachy said...: Again - you have a link? Ron Ward...; 11/12/25, 3:21 PM
Rusty said...: "There does seem to be an effort "
IOWs you don't know. You don't know anything. You just like to pitch hyperbole and virtue signal.
You're on the wrong blog.; 11/12/25, 3:25 PM
Ronald J. Ward said...: You can find dozens of credible reports if you’re actually looking, Peachy. I’m not here to be your search engine.

If you’ve somehow missed nearly a year of headlines on that, no single link will help.; 11/12/25, 3:32 PM
Eva Marie said...: Because it’s less work to type out 2 paragraphs then provide a link.; 11/12/25, 3:42 PM
Ronald J. Ward said...: Eva Marie said...
Because it’s less work to type out 2 paragraphs than provide a link.

True, Eva — I just felt my two sentences were better than the bait.

When someone like Peachy keeps demanding “links” or “proof” for things that have been widely reported — ICE raids, detentions, family separations — it’s rarely a good-faith request for information. It’s a rhetorical strategy meant to shift the burden and stall the discussion. She’s not verifying facts; she’s derailing the thread so I’ll waste time chasing sources she can nitpick later.

It’s a form of proof-trolling — pretending ignorance to act as the arbiter of “truth.”

Once I provide a link, it’ll be biased, outdated, “an isolated case,” or ignored altogether while she launches into a new rant.

No time for such silliness.; 11/12/25, 4:07 PM
Rusty said...: RJW @ 3:32

No. YOU made the claim. YOU provide the proof. The onus is on you.; 11/13/25, 9:49 AM
Ronald J. Ward said...: Rusty, revisit my comment @ 4:07 PM. I regret that I don’t have the coding skills to program a small red dot to bounce from syllable to syllable as you read.

If you have questions, as Ian Tyson and Neil Young sang, I’ll look for you if I’m ever back this way.; 11/14/25, 7:56 AM