Althouse: Sunrise.

April 24, 2026

Sunrise.

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80 comments:

narciso said...: The third one

In adaption news phillip kerrs bernie gunther will be played by colin firth; 4/24/26, 7:48 PM
Josephbleau said...: That first pick looks really bad. Very blue. I think we need to line the lake bottom with granite blocks, it will be worth every million.; 4/24/26, 7:49 PM
narciso said...: Because the publisher has to cross promote with hulu,,they reissued the testaments the very got likes sequel with commentary from margaret atwoods of course she gave no credit to heinlein, but it illustrated her extreme oikophobia

The Romanian birth experiment and the New Right tower over the real life accounts about Iran and later the Taliban; 4/24/26, 7:57 PM
narciso said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 4/24/26, 7:57 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: Property developers Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff will go to Pakistan on Saturday for Iran negotiations. JD Vance and Marco Rubio are not going.

This is another example of Trump failing to understand his enemy, the mistake that led him into his disastrous war in the first place. Now his bluster and volatile comments are making it harder to achieve his own goals.

What also led him into this disastrous war was not just failing to understand his enemy but even more -- failing to understand the character of his ally Bibi Netanyahu.

And, I’m not sure the joke was intended, but scoring ‘own goals’ is one of Trump's greatest and most consistent accomplishments.; 4/24/26, 8:01 PM
Martha said...: I would love a print of the first picture—perfection.; 4/24/26, 8:03 PM
narciso said...: The british corporate press is decidedly as looney; 4/24/26, 8:09 PM
Iman said...: The Rabbit Hole
@TheRabbitHole

Democrats are the party of racism:

Slavery — Democrats
Jim Crow — Democrats
Internment Camps — Democrats
Affirmative Action — Democrats
DEI — Democrats; 4/24/26, 8:19 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: It is hard to envision any serious peace negotiations taking place that are associated with the names Witkoff and Kushner. Israel does not want a negotiated peace settlement with the current government of Iran. That much should be obviously clear by now both in terms of Israel's public remarks and its actions. In particular, Kushner and Witkoff are too close to the Netanyahu government to represent a peace faction.; 4/24/26, 8:19 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: It is hard to envision any serious peace negotiations taking place that are associated with the names Witkoff and Kushner. Israel does not want a negotiated peace settlement with the current government of Iran. That much should be obviously clear by now both in terms of Israel's public remarks and its actions. In particular, Kushner and Witkoff are too close to the Netanyahu government to represent a peace faction.; 4/24/26, 8:19 PM
Wa St Blogger said...: It is hard to envision

Yes very hard. for a paid provocateur whose only purpose is to pint the bleakest picture of republican efforts at anything and the rosiest of democrat. What ever you are making, some is over paying since we all know that you have but one note on your instrument.

Quit cluttering up the blog already.; 4/24/26, 8:23 PM
Peachy said...: I hope Trump doesn't settle anything until the Islamic Supremacists/ killers/ are all gone.; 4/24/26, 8:31 PM
Peachy said...: Trump and Netanyahu distortions. obsessions... lies.
Even if Trump is successful - the media will distort it all.

The media(D) is no different than the Southern Poverty Law Center.; 4/24/26, 8:33 PM
Peachy said...: seconded.
Kak-a-bot - quit cluttering up the blog already.; 4/24/26, 8:35 PM
Just an old country lawyer said...: Those are some really beautiful pictures tonight.; 4/24/26, 8:43 PM
Peachy said...: Don't ever forget this.; 4/24/26, 8:53 PM
Original Mike said...: "I hope Trump doesn't settle anything until the Islamic Supremacists/ killers/ are all gone."</i<

While I suppose the effort must be made, a negotiated "settlement" makes no sense. The IRGC would not survive the abandonment of their program of terror. The worst outcome would be for us to stand down based on promises they have no intention of keeping.; 4/24/26, 9:04 PM
Original Mike said...: Italic off.; 4/24/26, 9:05 PM
HistoryDoc said...: "Property developers" helped broker the end of at least 8 wars in the past year.

Remind me of all the conflicts that "Professionals" Blinken and Sullivan resolved. I do remember Sullivan taking credit for middle east peace a month before Oct 7th. That's almost as good, right Kak.; 4/24/26, 9:18 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Nice pics. All of them. If I had to pick a favourite, it would be the bottom one with its undulating shades of light and shadow.; 4/24/26, 9:18 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: U.A.E. Asks U.S. About a Wartime Financial Lifeline ~ WSJ 'Treasury secretary says ‘numerous’ countries sought support amid economic'

It looks more like an attempt by Bessent to try to persuade other governments not to sell Treasuries and push yields higher.; 4/24/26, 9:45 PM
Caroline said...: It isn’t even close. Photo number four, definitely.; 4/24/26, 9:49 PM
Original Mike said...: Best explanation of time dilation in relativity I've ever encountered.; 4/24/26, 9:53 PM
Iman said...: The Redheaded libertarian
@TRHLofficial
White supremacy went up because the SPLC changed the definition and applied it to everybody.
Supply and demand problem fixed.
Fkn magicians.; 4/24/26, 9:56 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized”.

How does that right square with so called "geo-fence warrants"?

The implications of this case (to be argued before The Supremes on Monday) could be monumental. Even bigger than Trump's architectural imagination.

After an exhaustive 5 minute consideration, I expect a unanimous win for the 4th amendment. There can't be any other way.; 4/24/26, 10:00 PM
Peachy said...: The collective leftwing media are addicted to "Racists and KKK and white supremacists" are a huge problem. It's their drug.; 4/24/26, 10:03 PM
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Iman said...: As we’ve seen, Democrats lie about everything. They’re all in with the enemy. They’ve looted the U.S. Treasury for decades.

The U.S. taxpayers are probably unknowingly paying for the weak suck swill TinyEE® posts. That’s how these treasonous, thieving corksoaker lefties roll.

They lie about everything, steal billions, foment racial and class divisions, and give aid and comfort to America’s enemies.

And they are ashamed of nothing.; 4/24/26, 10:04 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Speaking of other ways of feeling.

YouTube: Every Feeling You Can't Name Explained; 4/24/26, 10:06 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: "Nick Shirley ask where 'No Kings' protesters are on California bill they say targets journalists"

"No Kings" is obviously more of what used to be called political "Astroturf"

ai: "There is no direct evidence in the search results that "No Kings" is formally created, managed, or directly related to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), though they exist within the same broad, progressive-aligned coalition of organizations opposing the Trump administration's actions."; 4/24/26, 10:33 PM
Iman said...: I'm 200 pages into “The Count of Monte Cristo” and I haven’t read a single word about the sandwich yet. Feels like a lot of unnecessary backstory here…; 4/24/26, 10:38 PM
Aggie said...: Well.... have you been counting as you read?

Hey ! Isn't it funny that there has been pretty much absolutely no mention of Eric Swalwell this past week? If you yell his name out in public, there's a very, very faint echo, like in a giant empty warehouse.; 4/24/26, 10:44 PM
Rocco said...: Iman said...
“I'm 200 pages into “The Count of Monte Cristo” and I haven’t read a single word about the sandwich yet. Feels like a lot of unnecessary backstory here…”

Croque monsieur. Wait until the story gets to the 20th century.; 4/24/26, 10:46 PM
Big Mike said...: As a Civil War history buff I can see just how old the Democrats’ playbook is. Back then the Copperheads insisted that Abd Lincoln was a fool and a baboon, and there was no hope for the success of “the experiment of war.” As the election of 1864 approached the North held the entire length of the Mississippi River, they held every state capital of a Confederate state except Austin, Texas; Richmond; and Milledgeville, Georgia. Every Confederate port was either in union hands or thoroughly blockaded. The last two major Confederate cities, Atlanta and Richmond, were besieged by superior forces, and they were bound to fall. But according to the Copperheads, the war was a foredoomed failure.

Then Atlanta fell, Sherman took Milledgeville on his way to Savannah, and Richmond fell when Lee’s half-starved troops finally broke.

Just as today’s Democrats, the Copperheads were lying and knew that they were lying, but they hoped that their neverending declarations of doom would win the election of 1864 so they could give back to the enemy everything the Confederates had lost in battle.

The parallels are striking.; 4/24/26, 11:11 PM
Big Mike said...: BTW, what’s the latest on Joe Biden’s health. Wasn’t he dying of prostate cancer?; 4/24/26, 11:15 PM
Beasts of England said...: Went to hear Govt Mule at a small amphitheater near the lake this evening. Warren Haynes is one of the finest guitar slingers in the business and his tones are legendary. And his voice remains powerful and clear, even though he’s sixty-six years old. Super impressive all around.

It’s been a great seven days of live music!! Who’s next? Well, uh, Alice Cooper is coming to the same venue in May, so… ;); 4/24/26, 11:24 PM
Howard said...: In other news, Iran is facing a critical water shortage due to a combination of a 5-year drought and mismanagement:

After Ruining a Treasured Water Resource, Iran Is Drying Up
Iran is looking to relocate the nation’s capital because of severe water shortages that make Tehran unsustainable. Experts say the crisis was caused by years of ill-conceived dam projects and overpumping that destroyed a centuries-old system for tapping underground reserves.

By Fred Pearce
December 18, 2025; 4/24/26, 11:29 PM
gadfly said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 4/25/26, 12:13 AM
JIM said...: Spoiler ALERT for all Democrats - Melania Trump's birthday is on April 26th. Gird your loins, stock up on TDS medication, find a safe space.; 4/25/26, 12:23 AM
Original Mike said...: Well, I've lost my interest in seeing the movie 'Project Hail Mary'.

20 Massive Differences Between Project Hail Mary Novel and The Movie

Andy Weir wrote a great book. I've read it twice. Sounds like I would be massively disappointed in the movie. I suppose I'll see it someday, but I can wait until it makes it to television.; 4/25/26, 12:29 AM
gadfly said...: From Wiki:

Elizabeth Van Lew (October 12, 1818 – September 25, 1900) was an American abolitionist, Southern Unionist, and philanthropist who recruited and acted as the primary handler of an extensive spy ring for the Union Army in the Confederate capital of Richmond during the American Civil War. Read the extensive post.; 4/25/26, 12:41 AM
gadfly said...: Pope Leo XIV took a fresh swipe at President Donald Trump’s administration after the Justice Department on Friday moved to resume federal executions, condemning the death penalty as an attack on human dignity.

“The Catholic Church has consistently taught that each human life, from the moment of conception until natural death, is sacred and deserves to be protected,” Leo said in a video message.

“Indeed, the right to life is the very foundation of every other human right... In this regard, we affirm that the dignity of the person is not lost even after very serious crimes are committed.”; 4/25/26, 12:56 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Biden’s Justice Department had the Southern Poverty Law Center’s information about paying racist haters inciters and chose to do nothing to not bring it to a grand jury.; 4/25/26, 2:33 AM
wendybar said...: Funny that, Gad, when he is perfectly fine with his buddies on the left murdering millions of babies, and doesn't say a word...yet embraces the murderous Congressional critters who vote to do it.; 4/25/26, 2:37 AM
MadTownGuy said...: Via Instapundit:
The Official Democrat X Account Tried Deleting Its Tweet Attacking Hung Cao…but There Are Screenshots.; 4/25/26, 4:26 AM
Ann Althouse said...: The question isn’t which photo is the best but which is the worst of the three in the center that are fairly similar because I don’t like to use more than four and I just couldn’t decide here so I went with five. I would keep the first and the last because they’re different and they mark a place in the sequence. It’s the three in the middle that really should be pared down to two if possible. But I just couldn’t decide which of those three to cut. So... I went with 5.

Anyway, the photos are generally presented like panels in a comic strip: there's a story told.; 4/25/26, 4:59 AM
Breezy said...: The second and third are similar. I think the second could be dropped. There’s a big difference of each of those from the first one, so the sequencing story is not impacted imho.; 4/25/26, 5:35 AM
Breezy said...: Also, there’s a cat face in both second and third. As a dog person, one cat is enough…;); 4/25/26, 5:38 AM
wendybar said...: One Bad Dude
@OneBadDude_
We have come to a point where Americans are begging for fair elections and the government officials who are suppose to represent us are giving us all the middle finger.

Our forefathers would be disgusted.
9:45 PM · Apr 24, 2026
https://x.com/OneBadDude_/status/2047854537852023046?s=20; 4/25/26, 5:38 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: 2 and 3 are very similar. I would have taken out 2 to complete the 4 set.; 4/25/26, 5:48 AM
Humperdink said...: Just left SW Florida after a brief respite. Gov. Ron DeSantis has billboards throughout the state with the banner: “The Free State of Florida”. No mystery as to the target audience is here. Makes me smile.; 4/25/26, 6:21 AM
rehajm said...: The Free State of Florida

I’m hoping in their rush to gerrymander somehow the southern end of South Carolina is incorporated, even if it’s unintentional…; 4/25/26, 6:28 AM
Humperdink said...: Not enough racism to meet the demand. Oh yeah? The SPLC took up the challenge!

Why does the SPLC need an overseas bank account with hundreds of millions stashed in it? That’s the weirdest part of the story.

And longterm CEO Morris Dees is unceremoniously bounced. Crazy.; 4/25/26, 6:31 AM
Saint Croix said...: The best bad movie I've ever seen has to be Buckaroo Banzai

"Hey, hey, hey, hey-now. Don't be mean; we don't have to be mean, cuz, remember, no matter where you go, there you are."

"You can check your anatomy all you want, and even though there may be normal variation, when it comes right down to it, this far inside the head it all looks the same. No, no, no, don't tug on that. You never know what it might be attached to."

"The man's been through solid matter, for crying out loud. Who knows what's happened to his brain? Maybe it's scrambled his molecules. All I'm saying is, Mr. President, let's not panic."

"Take her to the pit. Go, Big-booty. Use more honey. Find out what she knows."; 4/25/26, 6:36 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: What a country! The fattest poor people in the world and NGOs like the SPLC that get millions of tax dollars laundered through the Tides Foundation so they can have an $800M slush fund in the Cayman’s to pay hate groups to post online hate so that Democrats can pretend hate crimes and start the extortion cycle all over again! Think how great we could be without all the Somali Learing Center fraud and foreign big rig drivers running over families!; 4/25/26, 6:36 AM
Humperdink said...: Power Line asks why there isn’t a Northern Poverty Law Center. Saint George Floyd could have been there rallying cry. Satellite offices in DC, Baltimore, Detroit, NYC, Minneapolis, Philly. It would been like room service for the cause.; 4/25/26, 6:37 AM
imTay said...: "the United States is engaged in this conflict at the request of and in the collective self-defense of its Israeli ally," - US State Department.

https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-legal-adviser/2026/04/operation-epic-fury-and-international-law/

America first, lol. It's zionists first, including christian zionists like Trump, Huckabee, and Lindsay Graham, BTW.; 4/25/26, 6:40 AM
imTay said...: Trump is Israel's stooge. A President of the United States should not be any country's stooge.; 4/25/26, 6:41 AM
Iman said...: “Well, I've lost my interest in seeing the movie 'Project Hail Mary'.”

Saw it yesterday with my wife. It was not the fantastic experience it is said to be, but was fairly entertaining… it was good just to see a movie that was watchable and didn’t have us walking out of the theater or switching away from it on the TV at home. That’s the situation these days.

Haven’t read the book yet, but will soon.; 4/25/26, 7:29 AM
john mosby said...: Ref geofencing: I am not sure which way it will go.

Unencumbered by precedent, here's how I see the two sides:

Expectation of privacy, aka 'the phone is a house': the phone has become the postmodern briefcase, or even the postmodern mobile home/office. All the things mentioned in Amd IV - effects, papers, even persons and houses - are in the phone now. Have to protect it. Also, my learned brother infra would hold that the phone is a radio, broadcasting into the public ether. Collecting the phone signals in an area is the same as sending a detective out into the public square to take pictures - the only difference is the part of the electromagnetic spectrum being collected. I counter that automated collection and analysis is a qualitative difference in surveillance, deserving stronger safeguards.

No expectation of privacy, aka 'the phone is a radio': When you walk around with your phone, you are literally broadcasting. The whole system works only because you're shouting your location out, all the time. The phone is a house? Maybe so, but even your literal, physical house has an address. Geofencing isn't looking inside your phone. It's picking up the signal your phone is sending out. And not just your phone - the phones of everyone in that area. Kind of like collecting up all the addresses of the houses on the block and also taking pictures of them, including whatever lawn signs, sports team flags, etc, you may have up. Just like nothing is secret about all those indicia, nothing is secret about what your phone is broadcasting as it tries to find a tower. It just seems mysterious because humans can't see it. My learned brother supra would tell us that the automated collection of this information creates a new kind of surveillance deserving of more protection than gumshoe stakeouts. I counter that automation is available to everyone these days. Government no longer has an advantage in gathering and processing information, since it no longer requires forests worth of index cards and armies of clerks. If you want an analogy to the Founding era, it's not redcoats kicking in a printer's door; it's civilian officials reading the broadsides that printer voluntarily posted all over town.

Some more arguments in favor of geofencing with minimal paper: The telco already has the info. Does keeping gov from that info increase or decrease freedom? Guess it depends on who represents you better: the telco you voted for with your wallet, or the gov you voted for with your ballot and feet. Also, the telco is a utility, making money off a monopoly (or at best oligopoly) grant from the G. Why does the G have to jump through judicial hoops to get information that the telco only has because of a G-given license?

I guess I am coming out on the side of allowing geofencing with minimal judicial paper. CC, JSM; 4/25/26, 7:31 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: The best bad movie I've ever seen has to be Buckaroo Banzai

I see your Buckaroo and raise you "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (2005); 4/25/26, 7:32 AM
Humperdink said...: Tim in Vermont said: “Trump is Israel's stooge. A President of the United States should not be any country's stooge.”

Trump is Israel's stooge. >>>> False premise.

A President of the United States should not be any country's stooge. >>>> Leaps to the implication that Trump is a stooge.

Tiresome Tim. Many posts ago you said you were done with this, but alas no chance.; 4/25/26, 7:35 AM
Humperdink said...: With Canada partnering with China on importing their electric autos, the UK/ EU telling us to get lost, Mexico in bed with the cartels, our perceived allies have withered on the vine. Who’s left? Only one.; 4/25/26, 7:41 AM
john mosby said...: Prevert Prevost, via Gadfly: "The Catholic Church has consistently taught that each human life, from the moment of conception until natural death, is sacred and deserves to be protected,” Leo said in a video message."

Um, Rob, the popes had a death penalty in the Papal States until we pushed you guys behind the Vatican walls. And even then, you kept it through the 1960s, for what crime? Yup, killing or trying to kill the pope.

But two things can be true - human life can be sacred, and it can be okay to take it after much deliberation. Like in just wars, or as a judicial penalty for grave crimes.

In keeping with his Augustinian training, Prevost is making massive strides in postmodern logic. CC, JSM; 4/25/26, 8:06 AM
Peachy said...: Elizabeth Warren (D) is a big pharma whore.; 4/25/26, 8:07 AM
Peachy said...: It's terror first with the Israel haters.; 4/25/26, 8:08 AM
Hey Skipper said...: itStain: Dowdification is intentionally omitting parts of a quote to distort or contradict the original meaning.

Here is the full quote:

“ Epic Fury is only the latest round of an ongoing international armed conflict with Iran. As the United States has explained in multiple letters to the U.N. Security Council, including most recently on March 10, the United States is engaged in this conflict at the request of and in the collective self-defense of its Israeli ally, as well as in the exercise of the United States’ own inherent right of self-defense.”

Why did you leave that out, Maureen?; 4/25/26, 8:21 AM
john mosby said...: Count of Monte Cristo even has a subplot where Dantes bribes the pope to get his friend's death sentence commuted. And he tells the friend to get out of the Papal States quick, before the pope changes his mind. The postmodern popes aren't any less lethal or mercurial - just tinier. CC, JSM; 4/25/26, 8:31 AM
narciso said...: Well the treasure came from a horde a nobleman had hid from the borgia pope

One things of the kings and popes of that era like the gulf state emirs; 4/25/26, 8:35 AM
narciso said...: https://x.com/MaxNordau/status/2047674851414966474?s=20; 4/25/26, 9:08 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: What I can’t understand is the rigorous selection and vetting process one goes through to become Secretary of State or the massive experience one garners as a member of staff of the state department only for the biggest foreign policy issue to be conducted by a real estate developer and a relative with no clear achievements in his CV other than having married the presidents daughter.; 4/25/26, 9:23 AM
john mosby said...: Yeah Ciso, no sentence that starts with “a pope carries a photo of a boy” is going to end well. CC, JSM; 4/25/26, 9:23 AM
john mosby said...: Infinite Ex: “ a relative with no clear achievements in her CV other than having married the president”

FIFY. CC, JSM; 4/25/26, 9:24 AM
john mosby said...: Or no clear achievements other than having married the heir to Heinz Ketchup. CC, JSM; 4/25/26, 9:25 AM
Narr said...: #4 is best. Drop #2 or #3.; 4/25/26, 9:28 AM
Narr said...: @Big Mike11:11PM--

Raleigh NC, not occupied until April 1865.; 4/25/26, 9:33 AM
Narr said...: Colin Firth as Bernie Gunther?

I'll grit my teeth and hope for the best.; 4/25/26, 9:36 AM
RJW said...: Hump @ 7:35, calling it a ‘false premise’ skips the actual discussion. The second statement isn’t a leap—it’s a general principle.

The real issue is whether there’s evidence to support the first claim. If not, it should be easy to show. If so, it should be easy to address. The easiest, as you chose, is just dismissing the argument without engaging it.; 4/25/26, 10:42 AM
narciso said...: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/04/the-week-in-pictures-frauds-all-the-way-down.php; 4/25/26, 12:34 PM
john mosby said...: Watching a McWhorter-Loury YouTube. They are covering a lot of ground, but one of the topics is how Israel is seen as a 'white' country (even though, as McWhorter points out, the current generation is about as brown as him), oppressing 'brown' Palis (many of whom have light hair and eyes; McWhorter didn't say that, but you would if you watched all the Gaza footage).

McWhorter said "I don't think it would be viewed the same way if, say, people from India had moved into that land."

That made me think of a stronger argument: 'brown' people from Iran have been trying to control the other 'brown' people of the ME for 50 years, and the left certainly don't view it the same way as they view Israel. CC, JSM; 4/25/26, 4:31 PM