Althouse: Sunset.

June 11, 2026

Sunset.

Write about whatever you like in the comments.

CORRECTION: Somehow I'd mistakenly titled this post "Sunset."

26 comments:

Smilin' Jack said...: Set or rise?; 6/11/26, 6:31 PM
Dave Begley said...: Peace with Iran.

Now the Iranian people can rise up, kill their so-called leaders and create a new government.; 6/11/26, 6:36 PM
RJW said...: Dave Begley @ 6:36, not quite sure what you're talking about as that seems to assume the outcome is already known.

A peace agreement may reduce the immediate threat of war, but it doesn't necessarily follow that the Iranian people will overthrow their government or that whatever replaces it would be more democratic or stable.

History is full of regimes that survived crises, became more repressive, or were replaced by something equally problematic.

Sometimes external pressure weakens a government.

Sometimes it strengthens it by allowing leaders to rally nationalist sentiment.

I'm also not sure how this fits with Trump's current position. If the reports are accurate, he appears to be moving toward negotiation and accommodation rather than regime change.

That may be good or bad policy, but it seems different from the idea that the goal is for Iranians to rise up and remove their leaders.

So I'm scratching my head a bit here. What evidence leads you to believe a peace deal would likely produce the outcome you're describing?; 6/11/26, 7:26 PM
narciso said...: Disclosure day looks decidedly blase did the aliens steal spielbergs memory (how to do a film); 6/11/26, 7:38 PM
narciso said...: The last spielberg film i went to see was minority report that has some real stakes and a twist or two; 6/11/26, 7:45 PM
narciso said...: That was more than 20 years ago ill leave out munich; 6/11/26, 7:48 PM
narciso said...: https://share.google/HvY4wjFan0ftZzmmr; 6/11/26, 7:50 PM
Gospace said...: https://cis.org/Arthur/Birthright-Citizenship-Exception-Canada

One quote from this that I knew from earlier looking into it- If that sounds familiar, it’s likely because from some point in the 1940s up until Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 14160, “Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship” (and possibly beyond, depending on how the Supreme Court rules), that has been the accepted definition of jus soli — i.e., “birthright citizenship” — in the United States.

The 1940s. FDR era. If in 1920 someone who had been born in any state and was immediately whisked away to another country by his non-citizen parents had appeared at a consulate -or a port of entry- and declared he was a citizen and wanted a passport- he'd have been laughed at. ANd if he had succeeded in getting the question in front of a court- it would have been thrown out. Bureaucrats made the decision behind the scenes without any discussion that birthright applied to everyone.

And when I say everyone- I do know of children of Russian diplomats born here who carry US passports because they were born here- and were therefore issued passports. Though that's explicitly an exception.

The 14th specifically states they are citizens of the US- and the state in which they reside. If the parents aren't actually residing in the state- and every state has rules on how long and how residency is established, they're not citizens of either.

And everyone is still ignoring that American Samoans aren't citizens. Supported by Supreme Court decisions.; 6/11/26, 7:54 PM
FullMoon said...: 98 degrees here in San Jose. This is when I call relatives in Las Vegas and Phoenix. Helps put things in perspective.; 6/11/26, 8:18 PM
Iman said...: Don’t take away the Commie Mooks’ last hope, Begley… the defeat of America. They won’t know what to do with themselves.; 6/11/26, 8:19 PM
narciso said...: Theyll rage like the zombies in i am legend; 6/11/26, 8:22 PM
Known Unknown said...: Tonight's TCM: The Age of Innocence (1993)

Martin Scorsese's adaptation of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1920 novel is a relatively newer feature on the Turner Classic Movies app. A Scorsese fan, I had strangely never seen this film. It's one of his most beautifully-shot films, and the performances are top notch. I found the Joanne Woodward narration distracting — the introduction of up to 7 characters nearly at the outset of the film was cumbersome and the constant re-introduction of the narrator slowed down an already languishly-paced film. Pfeiffer is magnetic and Day-Lewis is Day-Lewis although a bit too effete at times to command the attention of two beautiful women. Wynona Ryder seems slightly out of her element in Gilded Age New York, but it works as she seems too young to really fully engage Day-Lewis's Newland Archer. She received a Best Supporting Actress nod.

This isn't one of my favorite Scorsese films, but the first 10 minutes will remind you of how sophisticated a touch Scorsese can bring to the cinema. The lush looks into New York luxury life are engrossing but the film's pace is a bit too tedious overall. It's an interesting choice that Marty follows up the rollicking, energized Goodfellas with a deliberate costume drama.

If I have to give it a rating, I'd say 7/10. Cinematographer Michael Ballhaus and Production Designer Dante Ferretti get major props.

Other options were Hotel Berlin (1945) with Frederic March and Love Affair (1939) with Irene Dunne.; 6/11/26, 8:28 PM
Original Mike said...: I Am Lovin' Me European Soccer Fans

Their plane ran out of beer.
I wonder why.

These are great.
Check out the guy at Walmart.; 6/11/26, 8:47 PM
Original Mike said...: Carolina is taking it to Vegas at the moment.; 6/11/26, 8:49 PM
wildswan said...: You know how they say "Socialism has never been tried." Why not? What happens when socialists gain power? Russia, China, Viet Nam, North Korea - they all tried to try socialism but somehow socialism was never tried. Why will it be different here in America when they try to try socialism? The good life for the party leaders financed by government seizure of the good life of everyone else - this what happens instead of socialism-the-dream and this is why socialism has never been tried in all the countries that tried to try socialism. C'mon, why does anyone suppose that American socialists, unlike all others, will vigorously resist the allure of sanctioned theft as a path to the good life? Look at the fingernails on progressive women - are they going to work for justice - or even just work? And look at the socialist men and the brutality against women that's a norm (Clinton, Weinstein) such that a Graham Platner does OK. Wherever Dems gather in the name of justice, a man steals, a woman gets raped and the media covers. And that's socialism being not-tried in America.; 6/11/26, 8:54 PM
Original Mike said...: Raman’s late mail in ballot surge was fueled in large part by ballots from Skid Row.

Tens of thousands of homeless whose ballots are sent to central addresses (not the sidewalk) & can be filled out/returned by someone else.; 6/11/26, 9:20 PM
Jaq said...: Look at how 9-11 unified America, then imagine how the Iranians feel about 160 schoolgirls being killed in a double tap in the first hour of the war. That mistake alone, which can be laid at the feet of Hegseth, who ended the policy of reviewing targets by legal experts for war crimes, made protesting for a pro American regime toxic. It was stupidly on stilts, and the review policy has been reinstated, but that blunder , and talking about putting the Shah’s son in power, has solidified the regime’s political standing in Iran.

This is the 39th time Trump has announced a deal, but supposedly it takes over a day, and many layers of couriers to get paperwork to the supreme leader, due to the penchant for assassinations by Trump and Israel, so maybe 39th time is the charm.; 6/11/26, 9:51 PM
Jaq said...: It is said that one way people decide whether something is true or not is how easy it is to think. You know what makes something easy to think? Repetition. Don’t simply believe something because it is endlessly repeated.; 6/11/26, 9:56 PM
Jaq said...: Like they keep repeating that there was no evidence of voter fraud in 2020. People are especially susceptible if the repeated lie is something that they want to believe anyway because it makes them part of a group they admire.; 6/11/26, 9:59 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: The sun also sets.; 6/11/26, 10:00 PM
n.n said...: Peace with Iran.

Ideally. Decades in waiting to mitigate progress.

Now the Iranian people can rise up, kill their so-called leaders and create a new government.

It's an opportunity for them and the region collectively.; 6/11/26, 10:20 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Word is el niño is going to be particularly ferocious this year.; 6/11/26, 10:34 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Maybe that’s why that Reddit post I talked about the other day is doing so well. People are paying extra attention to the weather.; 6/11/26, 10:35 PM
Mr. T. said...: The BBC ironically must report that the brother and sister who tried to asault the two girls in Dundee were found guilty today.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2d83w1yvyo

The BBC laughably called the girls story (which was caught on video) "misinformation." A false claim also echoed in leftist media including the defamatory publication, the Guardian, the laughably inaccurately named "Independent., " the perpetually on the verge of bankruptcy Daily Beast. The false leftist narrative was also picked up unsurprisingly by the garbage Washington comPost. Turns out Farrage and Musk were right again.

Proof postive that from now on , when any leftwing media outlet claims something is "misinformation, " it means they are actually the one publishing misinformation.; 6/11/26, 10:36 PM
Big Mike said...: Proof postive that from now on , when any leftwing media outlet claims something is "misinformation, " it means they are actually the one publishing misinformation.

Nothing personal, Mr. T, but how long were you in a coma? This has been true for a fu decade, if not longer.; 6/11/26, 11:01 PM
Eva Marie said...: Another former girlfriend speaks out:
The ex who spoke to the Post also alleged that Platner was cheating on his then-fiancée.
“I found out that he had been engaged the entire time we were talking an exchanging photos and videos. I can’t say for certain if he was still engaged when we were seeing each other in person,” wrote the ex in a statement. She also said that a mutual friend claimed his fiancée had “walked in on him having sex with another person at a wedding they were at in DC.”
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/ex-girlfriend-reveals-graham-platner-called-america-the-worlds-evil-bad-guy/; 6/11/26, 11:05 PM