Althouse: Sunrise.

May 24, 2026

Sunrise.

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38 comments:

Saint Croix said...: Very nice. That top one is flat, still, incredibly peaceful. It's very subtle. I love it.

Arguably the Althouse cafe photos will outlive the Althouse blog.

The top one is beautiful. Captivating. The more I look at it, the more I like it.; 5/24/26, 6:23 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Those are great photos. feels like Summer is here, although officially 3.5 weeks away.; 5/24/26, 6:49 PM
Jaq said...: So Israel has terrorist proxies, like ISIS and the Kurds and al Qaeda, the ones that they used to destroy Syria, putting an al Qaeda terrorist in charge there. Well they also have proxies in Pakistan, which has been mediating a peace deal which Israel does. Not. Want. This proxy just carried out a train bombing killing and injuring up to one hundred people.

Defend them all you want, you can laughably call me an antisemite, but Israel is the obstacle to peace in the Middle East, and the slow return to economic normalcy for the world, which Israel does not care about.; 5/24/26, 7:01 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ along with $1.8bn of Kleptocracy said...: Visual Story
The power struggle in the world’s narrow seas ~ FT
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/84e88b10-41df-423c-b4fe-f8abcdaeecf7

"As the Strait of Hormuz crisis grips the global economy, nations are vying to secure other vulnerable waterways'; 5/24/26, 7:23 PM
Humperdink said...: “Defend them all you want, you can laughably call me an antisemite”

No we call you antisemite in all seriousness.

“Israel is the obstacle to peace in the Middle East”

Considering Israel has been under constant attack for last 80 years or so, I would suggest it’s not Israel that is the problem.; 5/24/26, 7:40 PM
narciso said...: Wow how you confuse the pesh merga with al queda that takes special idiocy; 5/24/26, 8:05 PM
Mason G said...: "Considering Israel has been under constant attack for last 80 years or so, I would suggest it’s not Israel that is the problem."

If Israel would just submit to their extermination, there would be peace.; 5/24/26, 8:06 PM
rehajm said...: Reported: tankers are moving again. Oil off 5 percent equity futures up a bit atm suggests it isn’t propaganda.; 5/24/26, 8:28 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ along with $1.8bn of Kleptocracy said...: Top Republican warns Trump against making a deal with Iran: 'Finish the job' ~ FOX News

Iran liked showing off their deep underground weapons bunkers. They were no secret. 15,000 targets were hit in Iran. Thousands of missiles in bunkers were not touched. A repetition of March's air campaign will still leave them untouched.

In January, Iran's regime needed mass murder of protesters to survive. The Strait was open and oil was cheap.

Trump's war has given Iran's regime a new lease on life and control of the Strait. Republican hardliners didn't have the character to tell Trump starting the war would end up like this. If these Republicans were the tough guys they pretend to be, they would have told Trump to disobey Bibi's orders.

Everybody knows why Cruz and Graham are opposed -- because Israel wants them to be opposed -- so don’t insult us all by pretending it’s some principled foreign policy stance.; 5/24/26, 8:30 PM
Mason G said...: Spencer Pratt has a plan.; 5/24/26, 8:32 PM
rehajm said...: Trump. Trump is the top Republican…; 5/24/26, 8:34 PM
Achilles said...: Jaq said...

Defend them all you want, you can laughably call me an antisemite, but Israel is the obstacle to peace in the Middle East, and the slow return to economic normalcy for the world, which Israel does not care about.

I wont call you an antisemite for saying that because it isn't antisemitic.

I will call you a retard though because it is stupid.; 5/24/26, 8:34 PM
narciso said...: And yet these jackwagons dont have a clue re spencer; 5/24/26, 8:35 PM
narciso said...: Cruz was whining on meet the press again mussing the point about the açcountability fund; 5/24/26, 8:36 PM
Achilles said...: Cruz is just another Yale plant. Any Republican that went to Yale or Harvard just needs to go.; 5/24/26, 8:41 PM
rehajm said...: Someone from Team Miss Lindsey has been running super neg ads against his furniture monger opponent. The ads imply furniture guy is a cocaine user, wants to legalize ‘medical’ cocaine, is a drunk driver, is empathetic to pedophiles- stopping short of accusing him of being one…and some
other things I forget. I’m prolly still voting for him…; 5/24/26, 8:43 PM
narciso said...: Jemele Hill Lectures America: Spencer Pratt’s Candidacy ‘Says More About Us’ Than Him – Twitchy https://share.google/T8nch9NQX030RYgeV; 5/24/26, 8:44 PM
rehajm said...: I used to think they’re just hoping you’re dumb enough to miss the point. Now I’m not so sure they’re just dumb…; 5/24/26, 8:45 PM
Aggie said...: What is the SAVE act? We've been fed the pablum that there are insufficient votes to pass it, due to Dem/Repub partisan allegiances, in spite of the very high, non-partisan support numbers among voters. Why? Why the reluctance to do the voter's will?

I've concluded that voters have finally realized something. They've seen the purchasing value of their dollar diminished by the high inflation that was engineered into existence by the previous administration, and how this same program was twisting the sacred duty of citizenship into a gift for illegal aliens, a cynical exchange of privilege for votes. They've seen how government, finally, is fundamentally untrustworthy. They would squander the authority of the voters and call it Progress.

The voters understand the purpose of the SAVE act. It's not just about election integrity, and who wins, and how. They're reacting to having the value and power of their vote liquidated, by a government they putatively vote for. And across party lines, they want to see the value of their votes preserved.

On the other side, the side of entrenched political leadership, those leaders see their power being diminished - and they're right. The power to bend election results, the power to obfuscate and argue, while busily trying to 'find' ballots. The power to corrupt what should be clear, traceable, and auditable outcomes, corrupt them with uncertainty and doubt. That's a hugely useful power, and they don't want to lose it, either side.; 5/24/26, 8:46 PM
narciso said...: Yeah we cant seem to ger rid of goose graham; 5/24/26, 8:52 PM
narciso said...: https://x.com/tslaming/status/2058533409996386379; 5/24/26, 8:56 PM
Original Mike said...: "The top one is beautiful. Captivating. The more I look at it, the more I like it."

It is beautiful.; 5/24/26, 9:36 PM
Original Mike said...: "Iran liked showing off their deep underground weapons bunkers. They were no secret. 15,000 targets were hit in Iran. Thousands of missiles in bunkers were not touched."

We don't know if they exist. We do know, if they exist, Iran can't fire them.; 5/24/26, 9:39 PM
Iman said...: C’mon, narciso! I need to read ANYTHING from Jemele Hill like TinyEE™ needs another hemorrhoid.; 5/24/26, 9:50 PM
Michael Fitzgerald said...: Ah, Kak chimes in with some anti-Israel cant, and voila, the anti-American left meets the America First right in some shared sympathies.; 5/24/26, 9:52 PM
Michael Fitzgerald said...: Elon Musk is proving to be one of the Great Men of world history, but libtard Democrat Party members want to kill him because he tried to audit the corruption of the American government. In a sane era, he would be celebrated and venerated, not threatened with assassination because Party members don't like his politics.; 5/24/26, 9:59 PM
Howard said...: Achilles says Your Fired!
Pete Hegseth earned his Bachelor of Arts in politics from Princeton University in 2003 and a Master of Public Policy from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government in 2013.; 5/24/26, 10:02 PM
Jamie said...: Aggie - dang, I hope you're right. My husband is unrelenting doom and gloom about the inevitability of socialism in the US.; 5/24/26, 10:06 PM
Howard said...: In other news...
President Trump told leaders of several Arab and other Muslim countries during a Saturday conference call that if a deal to end the Iran war is achieved, then he wants their nations to sign peace agreements with Israel, per two U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the call.; 5/24/26, 10:06 PM
Jamie said...: Howard @10:06, is this a problem?

IF a peace deal is achieved, then Trump *wants* peace in the Middle East to be extended to another partner in the Middle East? Please tell me why that wish is bad.; 5/24/26, 10:09 PM
Howard said...: AIPAC Global Warmongers Unite

I’m not too far away from where Pompeo is to be honest with you, and I support what Chairman Wicker says,” Tillis said during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) are among the current and former officeholders to criticize the emerging deal, which Wicker warned would be a disaster.

The Trump administration has pushed back on the criticism, particularly from Pompeo. Tillis was also blistering in his criticism of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who he accused of giving bad advice on the war to Trump.; 5/24/26, 10:10 PM
Beasts of England said...: If a drummer comes out of retirement, are there repercussions?; 5/24/26, 10:10 PM
Howard said...: Stop trying to read my mind, Jamie. As I've said before, Trump wants to unite Israeli tech with Gulf oil money to stabilize the region and make a cool $Trillion for himself.

His Iran gamble is tantamount to shooting the moon in hearts. He's totally cool sacrificing the midterms and 2028 to achieve his goals.

I'm not placing moral judgement, just reading the tea leaves.; 5/24/26, 10:15 PM
Howard said...: ...the beat goes on; 5/24/26, 10:17 PM
Bruce Hayden said...: Definitely Shooting the Moon. The Gulf Oil States, are being forced into alliance with the US, and thus Israel, by the war with Iran. I fully, expect US assets in Europe to be semi-permantly redeployed in the Gulf and by the Strait. We already have bases there. Expect more.

I don’t think that allying with Israel is going to be that much of a problem with the rich Gulf states. The Sunni Muslim Arabs have been mostly happily co-existing with Jews for 1400 or so years. The big problem, all along has been the Shi’a, esp across the Strait in Iran. They have been funding terrorism, and esp Shiite terrorism all around the region. And arming the terrorists, most recently with missiles and drones. Missiles used against their Sunni Muslim neighbors. And some of their terrorism has been aimed at their Sunni neighbors in the Gulf. And that terrorism, by their militants, was pushing the big Gulf Oil states away from working closely with the US (and Israel). Iranian attacks on their Sunni Arab neighbors has pushed them to take a side, and that seems to have meant doing what had to be done to end their internal Iranian funded problems. Besides, the last thing that Iran can afford right now is subsidizing and arming their internal proxies in the Gulf oil states.; 5/24/26, 11:03 PM
Eva Marie said...: “Stop trying to read my mind, Jamie. As I've said before, Trump wants to unite Israeli tech with Gulf oil money to stabilize the region and make a cool $Trillion for himself.
He's totally cool sacrificing the midterms and 2028 to achieve his goals.“
Why would this be a bad outcome?; 5/24/26, 11:05 PM
Achilles said...: Bruce Hayden said...

Definitely Shooting the Moon. The Gulf Oil States, are being forced into alliance with the US, and thus Israel, by the war with Iran. I fully, expect US assets in Europe to be semi-permantly redeployed in the Gulf and by the Strait. We already have bases there. Expect more.

We still need to occupy ASML and the German glass company that makes their mirrors.; 5/24/26, 11:37 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: I like the top pic best.; 5/25/26, 12:22 AM