Althouse: Sunrise.

May 23, 2026

Sunrise.

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Political Junkie said...: Still 100% happy I voted DJT 2024.
However, I voted John Cornyn this past week and was disappointed DJT endorsed Paxton. Paxton is a cheating bum, but he will win the R primary.
Hard for me to vote for Paxton in the general, but I will.
I think that D freak Talarico has a chance of winning.
Good God.; 5/23/26, 5:36 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 5/23/26, 5:36 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: The buzz about Colbert's last show has pretty much died down. Didn't make much of an impact. Sorta like the show.; 5/23/26, 5:38 PM
narciso said...: Cornyn has been swamp rat or whatever rears in the texas plaine; 5/23/26, 6:06 PM
Humperdink said...: Paxton may be cheating bum, but he’s our cheating bum. Cornyn was, is, and always will be a swamp rat. DJT can’t trust him.; 5/23/26, 6:48 PM
Howard said...: Gunfire at the white house; 5/23/26, 6:48 PM
tcrosse said...: Gunfire a block away from the White House.; 5/23/26, 6:53 PM
john mosby said...: Man with a gun at 17th & Penn NW - the outer perimeter of the WH complex. Generally, it's not even closed to pedestrians - you can walk on Penn right up to the north fenceline of the WH itself. Not sure why dude unmasked his weapon so far out. Suspect shot, bystander also shot; both in critical condition. CC, JSM; 5/23/26, 7:05 PM
narciso said...: Another one of those maximum war chaos think they are cosplaying; 5/23/26, 7:09 PM
Breezy said...: The gunman is only 21 yrs old. Don’t know age of bystander who was shot. Certainly hope he survives.; 5/23/26, 7:10 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Fetterman's secret israeli handler - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Afe1basVgs&list=PLR1VVi2S5xz9CBZRelrNBYSpyeV5D3dY6&index=4

LOL. Why are USA Senators such Clowns?; 5/23/26, 7:14 PM
Breezy said...: The gunman has died, per news reports.; 5/23/26, 7:19 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: BTW, I just read two recent books. Oral histories of the J6 protest. And believe it or not, these Congressional clowns are trying present themselves as brave, constitution loving patriots who stood up to "the insurrectionist mob" and "save America".

Seriously, you cant hate these people enough. But I'm beginning to think the real problem is the 'murican people. They elect these killer-clowns. And love them. Maybe I've gotten it all wrong. The problem with congress isn't that they dont represent us - its that they do. Israel-loving warmongers, out-for-a-buck, and indifferent to morality or anything that smacks of honest work.; 5/23/26, 7:19 PM
narciso said...: Play stupid games...; 5/23/26, 7:23 PM
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narciso said...: Now do cair isna msa and a host of others; 5/23/26, 7:24 PM
Jamie said...: Contrary to my attempts at Christianity, there are people whom I hate. But I don't hate anyone enough to want him dead. What is the deal?; 5/23/26, 7:26 PM
john mosby said...: Ocean, I think I agree with you. Even on the R side, lots of MCs meekly hid. One or two joined USCP in barring the doors to the chamber. Kelli Loeffler, who had been planning to support Cruz's challenge to the cheating states, tearfully changed her opinion at the end of the day. Jeez if you are going to change your opinion every time someone who agrees with you (allegedly) uses violence, pretty soon you'll have no opinions left. I am really surprised Trump made her the SBA chief.

And of course on the D side, they first meekly hid, and then they exploited the thing for all it was worth and more. CC, JSM; 5/23/26, 7:26 PM
narciso said...: Yeah those were joke pop up books which should be mulched; 5/23/26, 7:29 PM
narciso said...: They call you a nazi they are provoking people to kill you; 5/23/26, 7:30 PM
FullMoon said...: "And believe it or not, these Congressional clowns are trying present themselves as brave, constitution loving patriots who stood up to "the insurrectionist mob" and "save America"."

Same type that say, " if I was there, I woulda jumped in the ocean and saved her" e.

And, most of them actually believe it. Easy to understand some of the congress people and staff being scared at the time. But with facts and videos out for years they know it wasn't all that. Many bad guys in the crowd but many more peaceful , and can't help but imagine inciters were provocateurs.; 5/23/26, 7:31 PM
Jimmy said...: Around 6pm, Gunman approached White House gate on West Side
-Gunman brandished pistol, fired 3x toward White House
-Secret Service returned fire
-Gunman taken down
-Bystander on street also hit by gunfire
-Gunman never got in perimeter
from X.; 5/23/26, 7:31 PM
john mosby said...: I'm thinking dude was doing a suicide by cop. He could have just walked down Penn and shot directly at the house, or waited for a motorcade and shot at that (although pistol bullets would have no effect in either of those scenarios). Shooting at the first USSS uniformed officers he saw means that he wanted to die and maybe take some cops with him. CC, JSM; 5/23/26, 7:33 PM
Saint Croix said...: Democrats are spending $35,000 to stop their Jew-hating, castrating, future Congress nominee, Maureen Galindo.

What is that, one TV spot?

The run-off is on May 26.

She wants to try her Democratic primary opponent for "treason." The penalty for treason is death. Nice lady.

And she's got Japanese-Americans mad at her. More treason, I guess.

I googled "Galindo" and "port-a-potty," but damn Google took me up to Maine.

I wondered if she had an opinion on whether it is treason to masturbate in a port-a-potty, with a Nazi tattoo that's been covered up? Asking for a friend.; 5/23/26, 7:38 PM
FullMoon said...: AI search can be weird. Just finished a 10 question conversation regarding mechanical test and repair with AI politely and helpfully asking me follow up questions. Felt like saying "thank you" when I was done. Resisted.
Saved me a lot of time, again.; 5/23/26, 7:39 PM
Saint Croix said...: I know, I know, you need 2 witnesses, according to the Constitution. What a loophole.; 5/23/26, 7:42 PM
narciso said...: Yeah her cray cray meter is at 12; 5/23/26, 7:44 PM
Saint Croix said...: Peace deal is close with Iran, according to Trump.

He skipped his son's wedding this weekend, so I think he's either expecting a deal or will resume bombing. It's preliminary. It doesn't sound like they got to the nukes yet.; 5/23/26, 7:49 PM
FullMoon said...: Reporter on scene, gunshots in backround

https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/2058313302862975043?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2058313302862975043%7Ctwgr%5E2bbcca7c339ecbbb43883778f1a82d8ff4011161%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapundit.com%2F798699%2F; 5/23/26, 8:02 PM
Mason G said...: "Peace deal is close with Iran..."

Doesn't matter. If it gets done, there'll be something else to bitch about.

Always is.; 5/23/26, 8:16 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ along with $1.8bn of Kleptocracy said...: Who started this war anyway? I’ve forgotten. It’s almost like Trump creates problems so he can be involved in something to “fix”. The absurdity of this whole situation is extreme. There we were thinking Russia had become a colossal tragicomedy in 2022 only to now find the US in the exact same position.; 5/23/26, 8:17 PM
Martha said...: I knew the husband was going to get his side of the story….
WHAT’s MISSING FROM BELLE BURDEN’s Divorce BOOK “STRANGERS”—The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/whats-missing-from-belle-burdens-strangers; 5/23/26, 8:19 PM
narciso said...: Yeah i wondered about that

First world problems; 5/23/26, 8:21 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Looking at reactions to Stephen Colbert going - both Left and Right. The Left, of course, is just "OMG, we lost such a great talent". The Right's reaction is more interesting.

Given that Colbert spent 11 years attacking, usually in the most vicious and mean way, what Trump, conservatives, and people on the right believe in, you'd expect a little celebration and mockery.

And you got that from Gutfield. but a suprising amount of conservatives just limit themselves to "well, he was losing money. CBS was right to fire him". Maybe they'd have liked Colbert if he'd gotten more Trump hating Leftists to watch his show and make more $$$. Then he'd been OK!; 5/23/26, 8:22 PM
narciso said...: https://x.com/1BobLoblaw/status/2057932139685884371; 5/23/26, 8:23 PM
narciso said...: Surprisingly they didnt

His material was so one note

Dennis miller had better material in 92; 5/23/26, 8:24 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Probably the only conservative analysis I've seen about Colbert's rise and fall that was any good, was MRC's. They noted Colbert not only wrote off half the country, he rarely had any hard to get guests or did anything memorable in the entertainment field. He devolved into a political show that occassionaly did entertainment, instead of the other way round.

In fact, watching the clips from the Colbert final show its painful how unfunny Colbert is. His opening monologue is borderline adequate, and his ability to adlib is almost non-existant. He's not witty. He's like a 2010s version of Dick Cavett only without the wit and with 1/2 the brain power.; 5/23/26, 8:29 PM
narciso said...: Cavitt was never this bad charles grodin yeesh

You can have a point of view but dont be boring; 5/23/26, 8:30 PM
narciso said...: Rush as usual had the right instincte; 5/23/26, 8:34 PM
FullMoon said...: ". but a suprising amount of conservatives just limit themselves to "well, he was losing money. CBS was right to fire him" "

Because the conservatives didn't watch and were only occasionally aware of what he said.; 5/23/26, 8:43 PM
narciso said...: He just deserves a bronx cheer and move on; 5/23/26, 8:47 PM
narciso said...: Like the creature in littld shop of horror neither he nor any of john stewarts menagerie should have paid attention to; 5/23/26, 8:53 PM
Jupiter said...: This evening, enjoying the Sun's slow decline in the West, I am contemplating Cecil, the cat. He has flopped himself down in a capacious plastic deck chair, rather conspicuously pointing his face to the West. He is curled up, so that he can seize his unusually long tail with both his hind- and fore-legs. This enables him to subject it to a regimen of licking, together with occasional vigorous biting. All this while facing quite determinedly into the Sun, which must be blinding from where he faces it. He could easily point the other way, and have the Sun on his back. Yet he persists.
What is puzzling me is, what does it feel like to lick and chew on your tail? A tail is not a finger, or a toe, or anything else I can relate to. It seems clear that this is just a portion of his ongoing program of personal cleanliness. One could argue that this is highly adaptive behavior, because humans would not tolerate hairy creatures around their homes that did not keep themselves clean. But then there are dogs. Anyway, I have to conclude that self-grooming is what Cecil wants to do. You can say that he wants to do it for evolutionary reasons, but that's kind of irrelevant, at this juncture. Cecil wants to deal with the end of his tail, and he wants to squint into the setting Sun while he does it. So, I am just pondering how that feels.; 5/23/26, 9:01 PM
Iman said...: Colbert gone ? Good riddance to bad rubbish.; 5/23/26, 9:01 PM
Eva Marie said...: RCOCEAN II: What books did you read and do you recommend them?; 5/23/26, 9:05 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: One was "Storm at the Capitol" by Jalonick. The other was "24 Hours at the Capitol: An Oral History of the January 6th Insurrection by Nora Neus".

I dont do recommendations. Its just a matter of taste.; 5/23/26, 9:26 PM
Eva Marie said...: Thx RC, much appreciated; 5/23/26, 10:13 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ along with $1.8bn of Kleptocracy said...: NYT reporting that a proposed Trump-backed memorandum with Iran would reportedly release $25 billion in frozen Iranian assets.

So the "Obama funding terrorism with pallets of cash" isn't a MAGA thing anymore?

"Three senior Iranian officials said Iran had agreed to a memorandum of understanding that would stop the fighting and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

They said the agreement would halt fighting on all fronts, including in Lebanon. They also said that it focuses on opening the strait— including lifting the U.S. naval blockade against Iran and allowing free commercial traffic without Iran charging any tolls — and leaves thorny questions related to nuclear issues for a later date. Those nuclear issues, which had been a major sticking point in talks, would be negotiated within 30 to 60 days, they said, adding that the deal would release $25 billion in Iranian assets frozen overseas. It was not clear if the proposal Iranian officials said they had agreed to was what President Trump was referring to in his post on social media.

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the talks, said Pakistani and Qatari mediators had facilitated the draft agreement." ~ NYT
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/23/world/us-iran-war-trump

Israel must know that this is their best chance in decades to put an end to Iranian support of terror against their country and to the outright hostilities in the form of missiles and drones launched from Iran. The U.S. military has Iran clearly in its sights with the big military buildup in the region. Israel will not want to see the U.S. leave with just vague, unenforceable commitments and a memorandum of understanding as a souvenir. What began as a plan for regime change cannot end with the Iranian regime still in place (albeit with a few new faces), the ability to continue their nuclear program, their ability to support every terrorist fanatic. I don't see that Israel can let this end now. And what of the Iranian people who hate the regime, the same people who were encouraged to somehow overthrow the Ayatollahs? This seems like complete a win for Iran's regime right now.

Netanyahu must be going bananas.; 5/23/26, 10:17 PM
Big Mike said...: This is from the New York Post:

A crazed gunman who belived he was Jesus Christ pulled out a revolver and opened fire outside the White House Saturday night, before he was quckly taken down by a barrage shots from the Secret Service, sources said.

Nasire Best, 21, fired at a checkpoint at about 6:10 p.m. after being seen pacing in a strange manner up and down 17th St. Northwest, sources told The Post. He only got off a few shots before he was shot and killed in a hail of bullets from federal officers.

At least one bystander was hit and seriously wounded in the fusillade …

Apparently the Secret Service was aware of Best because he had made a habit of loitering around near White House entry gates. I understand that the rounded bystander is expected to live.; 5/23/26, 10:19 PM
Dr Weevil said...: "NYT reporting" is obviously completely made up. One possibility is that the US and allies are pretending to be tempted to agree to IRGC's ridiculous demands so the thugs will be surprised when the talks break down and the bombing starts.; 5/23/26, 10:21 PM
donald said...: Finally! A 22” flounder, a 24 speck and a
Monster lady fish which is essentially a juvenile tarpon. All kinds of smaller stuff. The guy next to us droned out a 6lb chunk of ham and got a six foot black tip and the Dixie Cut is on fire with bull reds and jack cravelles which we’re gonna do tomorrow and Monday is an eight hour snapper trip.; 5/23/26, 10:25 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ along with $1.8bn of Kleptocracy said...: Worst Trump foreign policy failure of either term by a long margin.

Draft proposal Trump says is nearly done gets the Strait open and unfreezes billions (some might say pallets) of Iranian assets. Then negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program begin/continue.

Ultimately when you game this through the US must submit to Irans demands in large part. There is no way out otherwise. A war just prolongs the economic and therefore political pain and all other routes lead to the same result -- the US can't win.; 5/23/26, 10:36 PM
Dr Weevil said...: Hahahaha! Did Trump say we're going to pay reparations and allow Iran to charge tolls? Because you just quoted "Three senior Iranian officials" as saying what "Iran had agreed" to, without even claiming that the US had agreed. And Twitter says the IRGC (which is not "Iran" but a brutal clique ruling them against their will) is still demanding the right to charge tolls and keep their uranium. Sounds like bullshit to me.; 5/23/26, 10:50 PM
Saint Croix said...: NYT reporting that a proposed Trump-backed memorandum with Iran would reportedly release $25 billion in frozen Iranian assets.

That's the carrot, obviously. Iran is desperate for money and we're holding over $100 billion of their money frozen. It's not just us, it's the entire world doing this. The largest chunk is $20 billion, frozen by China.

It's obvious to everybody that the media does not give a shit about the people of Iran. As always, they are obsessed with making Trump look as bad as possible. The media is effectively on the side of Iran in this negotiation. That's how much they hate Trump.

Of course the frozen assets are on the table. That's the carrot. More bombs is the stick.

Trump has been negotiating deals his whole life. He wrote a book about the subject. I'm sure he's really involved with this one. Unlike the delusional media, it's obvious to most of us that Iran is negotiating from a position of weakness and desperation.

Trump is worried about losing the mid-terms. Right? That's his big fear. Happened to Reagan, happened to a lot of people. The media is desperate for that to happen. The DNC is desperate for that to happen. That's what they want, more than anything, in this negotiation. That's the way they will spin it, always -- Trump screwed up, vote Democrat.

It's not the end of the world to lose the mid-terms. Just like the election of 2008 wasn't the end of the world, the election of 2016 wasn't the end of the world, the election of 2020 wasn't the end of the world, and the election of 2024 wasn't the end of the world. People who worry that an American election is the end of the world are idiots. Including me(!) back in 2016. An American election is not the end of the world. Cancel your subscription to any delusional typewriter that thinks otherwise. We are a very stable society, with an unhinged media class.

We are the new world and losing the mid-terms (oh no! unthinkable horror!) is a new world problem. (Europe = old world, USA = new world, Iran = third world). People object to the term "third world," but that's the view from our perspective.

Iran has third world problems. They murdered 30 million of their own people, who are unarmed, starving, afraid, and hateful. Iran's "supreme leader" is dead, or in a coma, or he's horribly scarred by bombs. (Think Roosevelt hiding his wheelchair, now multiply by 10). The head of the terrorist group who murdered the 30,000 people, Ahmad Vahidi, is a threat to murder the negotiators on their side. We'd like to know where he is so we can arrest that asshole. There's an Interpol Red Notice on his ass for murdering Jews in Argentina.

We fought this war to remove the uranium, and to dismantle their military assets. We're trying to remove a very serious terrorist threat who has been terrorizing the world -- and especially us -- for decades. We'll see how it goes. These are very sensitive negotiations.

it wasn't the end of the world when Obama, or Biden, or Trump was elected. It sucks, but life goes on. Whatever happens, of course Iran will spin it and try to save face and claim they made the negotiators cry. "We won the war! We've got all our assets unfrozen in 2032!" Or whatever.

We also need Israel to agree not to bomb or attack Iran. And liberals thought the Egypt-Israel-USA negotiations were tough for Carter. This is probably the hardest negotiation Trump has ever had to do. I am so happy he's the one handling it. He's a master of the deal.; 5/24/26, 2:27 AM
Saint Croix said...: Thoughts of the USA negotiating team. "Man, gas is $4 a gallon. China is threatening to release $20 billion on its own. Israel is threatening to kill the IRGC. We'd like to kill them, too. I hope we don't lose the mid-terms. That would suck."

Thoughts of the Iran negotiating team. "We probably shouldn't have murdered 30 million of our own people. The entire Middle East is mad at us now. All our military has been destroyed. We don't know where our mines are. I wonder if we actually mined the strait? What a horrible bluff. Vahidi is threatening to murder us and rape our families if we lose face. Sadat won the Nobel peace prize. And then he was murdered. And nobody is giving us a peace prize. Fuck. I wonder if we could flee to Russia? Really cold in Russia. It feels like God hates us, and Satan is winning. We keep praying for death, murder and rape. We thought God was on our side on 09/11 and 10/07. Why has God forsaken us? I hope nobody kills me tomorrow. Our plan to assassinate the president isn't working. If only Kamala Harris had won the election. Ooo, Kamala, I love you so much."; 5/24/26, 2:44 AM
Saint Croix said...: Draft proposal Trump says is nearly done gets the Strait open and unfreezes billions (some might say pallets) of Iranian assets.

Trump Uses Biden/Obama Negotiation Strategy

Sub-head: There is no other way. Vote Democrat.; 5/24/26, 3:13 AM
Saint Croix said...: Major difference between Republicans and Democrat negotiation tactics. Republicans use carrots and sticks. Democrats only have carrots. "What we really need to do is bribe these guys in secret."; 5/24/26, 3:14 AM
Saint Croix said...: Iran only uses sticks.

And they have no sticks.; 5/24/26, 3:17 AM
Saint Croix said...: It sucks, but life goes on.

I meant to say, "It sucks for our side, but life goes on."; 5/24/26, 3:22 AM
Saint Croix said...: Ultimately when you game this through the US must submit to Irans demands in large part. There is no way out otherwise.

Democrat negotiators: "We must submit to the other side. There is no way out otherwise. We have gamed this out, with our Ivy League simulators. See also, climate change. Nobody can deny our calculations and brilliant strategies."; 5/24/26, 3:27 AM
Saint Croix said...: Contrary to my attempts at Christianity, there are people whom I hate.

Don't hate the sinner. Hate the sin that they do. All of us use to be babies. We are all children of God.; 5/24/26, 4:17 AM
Dave Begley said...: I’m in Birmingham, AL for the first time ever with my girlfriend. We are driving on the Interstate and we see a giant Confederate flag on a 100-150 flagpole well above the tree canopy. Shocking. Well over 150 years since the CSA lost the Civil War. Losers.; 5/24/26, 5:23 AM
Saint Croix said...: One of the interesting things about reading these old Camille Paglia articles is how people change their minds.

For instance, Paglia hated Naomi Wolf, who wrote The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women.

I did not bother reading that book. Beauty's not a myth!

Anyway, Wolf would go on to get married and have a baby. And mature Wolf, out of the indoctrination factory of the Ivy League, would write: Our Bodies, Our Selves: Rethinking Pro-Choice Rhetoric

Which is fearless and smart. We used to say "red diaper babies." Now it's red pills for Ivy Leaguers.

The "mattress girl," Emma Sulkowicz. Is she still lugging that mattress around with her? Nope. She's finished with that art project.

Did Emma Sulkowicz get red-pilled?; 5/24/26, 5:26 AM
Dave Begley said...: Bob Dylan is 85 today.; 5/24/26, 5:28 AM
Saint Croix said...: I’m in Birmingham, AL for the first time ever with my girlfriend. We are driving on the Interstate and we see a giant Confederate flag on a 100-150 flagpole well above the tree canopy. Shocking. Well over 150 years since the CSA lost the Civil War. Losers.

Don't burn the flag, Begley!

Also you might want to avoid Ole Miss football stadiums. Not sure if they are still waving that flag. It didn't seem to help. UGA all the way.; 5/24/26, 5:42 AM
Saint Croix said...: Ole Miss dealt with the flag controversy by banning sticks from the stadium. No sticks, no flags.

I'm impressed with whoever made that ruling. Skip the substance, smack 'em with process, fight's over. Nice.

"I got free speech rights!"

"Yeah. No sticks, buddy."; 5/24/26, 6:07 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Begley, that’s someone who is exercising their 1st Amendment freedom. Slightly less offensive than a pride flag IMO. Good reminder in this 250th year of the USA that the Stars and Stripes have prevailed over any allegiance to any other flag in this magnificent nation.

In the big picture if that’s the only one you saw then lots of southern Americans have effectively been heckled, shamed or bullied into not waving that flag. Interesting isn’t it that shame works on all but the leftistmost of Americans?; 5/24/26, 6:10 AM
Saint Croix said...: I was in Birmingham, 1993-96. I don't think I saw a single flag. Don't remember one. I was kind of busy, though. (Law school).; 5/24/26, 6:10 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Croix I can’t help but wonder about t-shirts. Who needs a stick to rock a flag? In fact my shirt from a Who concert (going mobile tour) kinda looks like the C flag.; 5/24/26, 6:13 AM
Jaq said...: Supposedly, Pakistan sent troops to Saudi Arabia, and a Chinese built air defense battery more than capable of shooting down any refueling aircraft, which are not stealth in any way, if the Saudis deny the US and Israel use of its airspace. Four days ago. Hmm…

It’s almost as if the Gulf Arabs have decided that US bases don’t provide actual protection, but are used instead to create conflict and draw fire.; 5/24/26, 6:16 AM
Saint Croix said...: Yeah, it's a stick rule, not a T-shirt rule.

If Civil War Reenactments Were Honest; 5/24/26, 6:28 AM
Saint Croix said...: Mark Twain: The Private History of a Campaign That Failed.; 5/24/26, 6:42 AM
Dave Begley said...: I’m a complete First Amendment guy, but the South has got to move on. They lost. Why celebrate a defeat like that?

Definitely keep the statues, but raising a flag is an unnecessary and voluntary act. When I first saw the flag, I thought it might be for the University of Alabama.

And in our 250th year, why not the Stars and Stripes? Blown opportunity.; 5/24/26, 6:44 AM
Dave Begley said...: Spent most of the day in Carbon Hill, Alabama. My girlfriend was first in her class.; 5/24/26, 6:48 AM
Saint Croix said...: Iran Agrees To Give Up Enriched Uranium; 5/24/26, 6:55 AM
narciso said...: Yeah naomi has had a long learning curve but she went to yale so that messed her up from thr getgo then manbear pig; 5/24/26, 7:22 AM
Achilles said...: Jaq said...

Supposedly, Pakistan sent troops to Saudi Arabia, and a Chinese built air defense battery more than capable of shooting down any refueling aircraft, which are not stealth in any way, if the Saudis deny the US and Israel use of its airspace. Four days ago. Hmm…

It’s almost as if the Gulf Arabs have decided that US bases don’t provide actual protection, but are used instead to create conflict and draw fire.

It is almost as if you took a position and you have to pretend to be stupid to support it.

Or are you pretending?; 5/24/26, 7:36 AM
narciso said...: No hes not pretending; 5/24/26, 7:38 AM
Rustygrommet said...: "Ultimately when you game this through the US must submit to Irans demands in large part. There is no way out otherwise."

Wanna bet?; 5/24/26, 7:53 AM
Dr Weevil said...: Jaq's "supposedly" shows that even he doesn't believe what he wrote in his 6:16am comment. (Hmmm. Most Americans are asleep at that time, which is 1:16pm in Moscow.) It also shows that he got the story from someone else. Interesting that he doesn't name his source, much less link it. No doubt it's the kind of source that utterly discredits any story. Was it twice-convicted pedophile Scott Ritter? Morbidly obese fugitive from American justice 'Kim Dotcom'? Crowleyite Satanist Aleksandr Dugin? Inquiring minds demand to know!; 5/24/26, 8:13 AM
Kai Akker said...: PHOTOS ARE POSITIVELY ARRESTING! FAR MORE BEAUTIFUL to my eyes than all that software-enhanced red, yellow and orange.; 5/24/26, 8:31 AM
donald said...: Begley drops down from his Midwest shithole to call others losers. lol.; 5/24/26, 9:31 AM
Narr said...: The Iranian wackbar Islamists have not killed 30million people. (That figure has been posted twice, or I wouldn't bother with a correction.)

They may (or may not) have killed tens of thousands of protestors in recent months, just as the Israelis may (or may not have) killed tens of thousands of Palestinians in recent years.

Historians may (or may not) come up with accurate figures a few decades or centuries from now.

At any rate, it's not as if bandying numbers supplied by interested parties is getting us anywhere. Whether the count is 3, 3O, 300, 3000 etc the only relevant metric is the US national interest.

IMO.; 5/24/26, 1:20 PM
Narr said...: In my lifetime, displays of Confederate flags have gone from very common to very, very rare. They could be seen on homes and businesses everywhere, especially outside the bigger cities.

I used to speak to local Sons of Confederate Veterans camps, and they began meetings with the prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance to the US flag (which I participated in), and a Salute to the CS flag (during which I stood in silence).

FWIW, the percentage of SCV members who were veterans of the US military was easily ten times what you will find among college professors, or randomly selected members of the bar.; 5/24/26, 1:33 PM
Narr said...: I am more than qualified for SCV membership on my mother's side(s) but don't agree with their pledge, which describes the Confederate cause as a sacred one.

Even as a Southern boy, I never saw much of the sacred in it.; 5/24/26, 1:37 PM