Althouse: Sunrise

February 3, 2026

Sunrise — 7:16.

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28 comments:

Lazarus said...: The Springsteen movie isn't that good. The film makers were trying to make the writing of the "dark, introspective" Nebraska album into something epic. Was it though? I understand that Bruce was struggling with his inner demons, but somehow it didn't work. Maybe the film's failure was to Bruce's credit. He isn't wildly self-destructive, flamboyantly exhibitionist, or even monstrously self-centered, and that seems to be what makes musical biopics.

The relationships didn't work either. The romantic subplot went nowhere, and while it's interesting to know that Bruce's manager was truly devoted to him, that's not dramatic enough. The movie was dark, too -- not only emotionally, but also in lighting and decor.; 2/3/26, 7:40 PM
Achilles said...: It has been almost a week since the Chinese Army tried to kidnap Xi and kill him.

A body double was killed instead in one of the CCP pleasure hotels.

5 out of 7 of the top leadership in China are under Arrest with only Xi and the head of his secret police remaining.

We live in interesting times.; 2/3/26, 7:42 PM
Eva Marie said...: While I was looking up the Clinton/blue dress portrait, I came across this:
The Nelson Shanks portrait of Bill Clinton (National Portrait Gallery, 2006): This is a formal, official-style painting of Clinton standing near a mantelpiece. The artist, Nelson Shanks, revealed in 2015 interviews (e.g., with the Philadelphia Daily News) that he deliberately included a subtle shadow on the left side—cast by a mannequin in a blue dress in his studio (not present during Clinton’s sittings)—as a literal reference to Lewinsky’s dress and a metaphorical “shadow on the office he held, or on him.” Shanks described Clinton as “probably the most famous liar of all time” and said he couldn’t get the scandal out of his mind while painting. According to Shanks, the Clintons hated the portrait and were pressuring the National Portrait Gallery to remove it (though the gallery said it had been off display since around 2009 for rotation reasons, not explicitly due to this).
For an image of the painting:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/painter-nelson-shanks-reveals-clinton-portrait-winks-at-monica-lewinsky-272466; 2/3/26, 7:48 PM
narciso said...: Clash Report on X: "Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez: Starting next week, my government will implement the following actions: First, we will change the law in Spain to hold platform executives legally accountable for many infringements taking place on their sites. Second, we will turn algorithmic https://t.co/cCr6MtoTxe" / X https://share.google/gg1AkxwW6wt7sA7MR; 2/3/26, 7:52 PM
Eva Marie said...: narciso, thanks for making your link as difficult as possible to copy and paste.; 2/3/26, 7:57 PM
Eva Marie said...: hey, if a link is valuable, ya gotta work for it; 2/3/26, 7:59 PM
narciso said...: Starting next week, my government will implement the following actions:

First, we will change the law in Spain to hold platform executives legally accountable for many infringements taking place on their sites.

Second, we will turn algorithmic manipulation and amplification of illegal content into a new criminal offense.

Third, we will implement a hate and polarization footprint system to track, quantify, and expose how digital platforms fuel division and amplify hate.

Fourth, Spain will ban access to social media for minors under the age of 16. Platforms will be required to implement effective age verification systems — not just checkboxes, but real barriers that work.

Fifth and last, my government will work with our public prosecutor to investigate; 2/3/26, 7:59 PM
narciso said...: Three times makes enemy action macron starmer now sanchez; 2/3/26, 8:01 PM
narciso said...: Don Lemon Tells Jimmy Kimmel the FBI Wanted to Intimidate and Embarrass Him – Twitchy https://share.google/p3CmYn0cPklkv1in6; 2/3/26, 8:03 PM
Inga said...: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/02/rightwing-brazilian-influencer-junior-pena-arrested-by-ice

“Brazilian influencer who defended US immigration crackdown arrested by ICE
Trump supporter Júnior Pena falsely claimed migrants being rounded up, including Brazilians, were ‘all crooks’”

I wonder how he’s doing there in the ICE detention center?; 2/3/26, 8:04 PM
Christopher B said...: Indians to Billie Eilish "if you know it's stolen, when are you going to give it back?" (link to AoSHQ); 2/3/26, 8:04 PM
Jaq said...: WWI started with a security guarantee for Belgium. It sounded morally required to the British people, but British elites wanted it so that they could create a perceived moral clarity in the people about their desired war with Germany, because they knew that the real reason that they wanted to fight Germany, to keep the continent divided and squabbling with each other, wasn't a good way to get soldiers to volunteer and to fight.

If we commit to a security guarantee for Ukraine, we are simply setting ourselves up to be dragged into the war that will inevitably be engineered specifically to drag us in, this time.; 2/3/26, 8:13 PM
Peachy said...: Loon Leftists prove again - they are the actual racists.; 2/3/26, 8:15 PM
Jaq said...: "fuel division"

Yes, we can't have our citizens fall out of lockstep with the rules to live by that we set down for them from up here on high!; 2/3/26, 8:16 PM
LibertarianLeisure said...: Not in mainstream media, bit in ' Themainewire.com ' so much similar fraud to the tune of Minnesota, but in sleepy Maine. Not covered in local paper, ' The Portland Press.' 5 articles ( all free for nonsubscribers) but not ONE article about millions of dollars of fraud, through Medicaid, services for travel, language help in Lewiston, Maine, in Portland, Maine.. etc. It's exacerbating! But also, highly normative, unfortunately.; 2/3/26, 8:16 PM
LibertarianLeisure said...: PS the 5 free articles were all about ICE protests.; 2/3/26, 8:17 PM
Peachy said...: What voters want; 2/3/26, 8:18 PM
Beasts of England said...: Four of my younger friends from the lake - husband and wife plus two other girls - landed in New York City a few hours ago. First time there for them all, and they are losing their minds! My phone battery may zero out just looking at their photos and texts…

It looks like the roads are clear enough but there are piles of snow at the curbs. They had dinner at an Irish pub and are now at a rooftop bar somewhere near Grand Central. The wife has already declared that she’s not coming back! lol

Ain’t life grand.; 2/3/26, 8:19 PM
William50 said...: Ah, the intelligence of today's youth...:)

We NUKED Vietnam???; 2/3/26, 8:39 PM
Ampersand said...: Achilles, could you provide links that corroborate your statements about a failed assassination attempt on Xi?; 2/3/26, 8:43 PM
Ampersand said...: Libertarian Leisure, Maine is going from purple to deep blue. As soon as Portland Maine got cool, Maine was sunk. Bad news.; 2/3/26, 8:52 PM
Inga said...: “narciso, thanks for making your link as difficult as possible to copy and paste.”

A couple of years ago myself and a few others tried to teach Narciso how to make a hyperlink. Now he’s having trouble with even regular links?; 2/3/26, 8:54 PM
Original Mike said...: "The wife has already declared that she’s not coming back! lol"

What has them so enthralled?; 2/3/26, 9:03 PM
Original Mike said...: "A couple of years ago myself and a few others tried to teach Narciso how to make a hyperlink. Now he’s having trouble with even regular links?"

It's a performance.; 2/3/26, 9:03 PM
Original Mike said...: Kessler ain't backing down; 2/3/26, 9:06 PM
Jersey Fled said...: The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) has recently changed its position on gender-affirming surgery for minors, effectively withdrawing professional support for such procedures in people under age 19 and urging its members not to perform them until a patient is at least 19 years old.

The first crack in the wall.; 2/3/26, 9:14 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Billie Eilish "f*ck ice" Live Grammys moment, next to a mum Nat Wolff, reminded me of another Live on air blowup -- Kanye West next to a mum Mike Miers at the Katrina Hurricane Relief.

It was de-ja-bu all over again.; 2/3/26, 9:16 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Video: What is a "Color Revolution"?; 2/3/26, 9:18 PM