Althouse: The trees at sunrise.

October 28, 2026

The trees at sunrise.

And here's Meade's view of the sunrise....

... and our favorite heron:

127 comments:

RCOCEAN II said...: Beautiful autumn trees with the crisp clear air of fall. Plus Herons.; 10/28/26, 6:33 PM
gspencer said...: It's do-or-die for Tampa Bay. And last night they did. The Brewers should have the same kind of thinking. Lets wrap this up.; 10/28/26, 7:21 PM
Curious George said...: Pratt another key RBI hit...but then ran into an out to help stop the rally. Dumb. 1-0 Brewers.; 10/28/26, 7:38 PM
Dave Begley said...: Brewers!; 10/28/26, 7:43 PM
MadTownGuy said...: "On their Stand Up To Cancer cards, every single Brewers player wrote Bob Uecker"
https://x.com/cjlowehoops/status/2115260551135678476?a=H6-dVTW_0cdQKvxpd68&s=19; 10/28/26, 7:49 PM
gilbar said...: https://issuesinsights.com/2026/10/27/study-finds-climate-change-stopped-the-next-ice-age-why-arent-we-celebrating/

a study in the journal SCIENCE, which goes by the unassuming title of “Late Holocene re-expansion of the Laurentide Ice Sheet,” asks whether “anthropogenic warming prevented the next glacial cycle” and finds that “it may have done just that.”

the current interglacial is now more than 11,700 years old. Which means we are due for another ice age in the relatively near future..
Nicolás Young, a geochemist at the Columbia Climate School and one of the study’s authors, put it in layman’s terms, telling Phys.org that: “It was just getting started, everything was normal, the next glaciation was about to happen — and yet it stopped.” (The University of Colorado Boulder called it “The failed ice age.”)

you can SEE, how This is a HORRIBLE THING!; 10/28/26, 7:57 PM
Curious George said...: Jake Bauers great stretch and catch on an errant throw for the third out saves a run...or two.; 10/28/26, 8:22 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: The Western Journal : "Ex-FBI leader seen crying outside federal courtroom as walls close in on Hunter Biden laptop coverup"

Ex-FBI best place to cry... for joy that she was not inside the courtroom, where the walls were closing in. #Asked and answered.
Federal Building are notorious for their massive thick walls.; 10/28/26, 8:24 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: "The death of of one man is a tragedy; the death of a million is a statistic."

"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die."

"History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce"

Tragedy - what is it good for?; 10/28/26, 8:28 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Pratt may have followed coach directions this time.; 10/28/26, 8:28 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Now if the brewers lost that 4-3, that would be a tragedy. Worth a river of tears. Or maybe a pair of blue eyes crying in the rain.; 10/28/26, 8:29 PM
Curious George said...: Brrewers got a rally going, 2-0!; 10/28/26, 8:29 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: The bottom of the order comes thru for the Brewers.; 10/28/26, 8:30 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Can the brewers get the Rays drunk?; 10/28/26, 8:34 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: The Heron just realized, "What the hell am I doing here? The brewers are playing Tonight".; 10/28/26, 8:36 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: The Trump sons’ global network: money, influence and the family business ~ FT
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵’𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘥 𝘑𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘣 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴

A masterclass in conflicts of interest. This should be required reading for anyone aspiring to oligarch status.

The Trump sons are building a global business empire while their father occupies the Oval Office, meeting foreign leaders and expanding their financial interests in industries affected by his administration’s policies. The potential conflicts are extraordinary.

And the Trump brand? It may be worth more than ever to those seeking access to the president, but that’s precisely the problem.

The question isn’t just how much money this family can make. It’s what happens when the line between public service and private enrichment becomes this blurred.; 10/28/26, 8:39 PM
Smilin' Jack said...: Nothing Gold Can Stay

Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay

—Robert Frost
1874 –1963

But sometimes it comes back at sunset.; 10/28/26, 8:42 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: I had the wrong State : "The viral incident involving the 3-year-old soccer prodigy occurred in Winter Park, Florida, rather than Georgia.
During an i9 Sports youth soccer game, local police were called to the field following a heated dispute involving the parents of 3-year-old Nevada Pierre. The boy's family claimed that league officials and other parents sidelined him because he was "too good" and dominating the game against 5-year-olds. Conversely, bodycam footage and 911 audio released by the Winter Park Police Department revealed that the league director called authorities due to the parents becoming disruptive and confrontational after being asked to follow league rules regarding equal playing time."

File under #Its Sick and Getting Sicker; 10/28/26, 8:43 PM
Curious George said...: Contreras RBI Double 3-0.; 10/28/26, 8:48 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Fingers crossed. This may be it. Don't celebrate prematurely.; 10/28/26, 8:49 PM
Curious George said...: Now firdt and third, no outs. Blow it open Brewers!; 10/28/26, 8:49 PM
Curious George said...: Sac Fly 4-0.; 10/28/26, 8:55 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Pratt at the bat... is not striking out.; 10/28/26, 8:56 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Rays Cash is late to pull the pitcher. Not acting as though the walls are closing in.; 10/28/26, 9:00 PM
Mason G said...: Christian Collins
@CollinsforTX

At @UTSA for Pick Up the Mic, a student read a poem celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk with such glee, then told me I was brave to be out here without my neck covered.

I told her I’d pray for her.

This is the climate. We pick up the mic anyway.

https://x.com/CollinsforTX/status/2115119946728706296?s=20; 10/28/26, 9:11 PM
Iman said...: Pratt is having a heckuva Series! I’m left to wonder where he’d rank on Aggie’s Weird-O-Meter?; 10/28/26, 9:14 PM
Peachy+2 said...: Great bird shot, Meade.; 10/28/26, 9:20 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: "The Miz" 2026 Stats: 16–5 record, 1.80 ERA, and 252 strikeouts (leading the National League) in 30 starts.; 10/28/26, 9:20 PM
Curious George said...: The Fox score bug sucks.; 10/28/26, 9:22 PM
Jaq said...: "Nature’s first green is gold,"

I remember that line from a movie, maybe La Femme Nikita, but didn't know it was from a poem, but the whole poem fits the scene. Thank you for that.; 10/28/26, 9:30 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: turn out the lights the parties over. Brewers - World Champs.; 10/28/26, 9:34 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Gee, where is the IDF censorship brigade? Guess they're all in tel aviv waiting for the election results.; 10/28/26, 9:36 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: 'The Miz' left the game with a leg cramp.; 10/28/26, 9:37 PM
Curious George said...: "RCOCEAN II said...
turn out the lights the parties over. Brewers - World Champs."

The usual retard RCO hot take.; 10/28/26, 9:41 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: The game's is not over until the fat lady takes her GLP-1.; 10/28/26, 9:47 PM
Jaq said...: The best thing about baseball is "it ain't over 'til it's over," but this one sure looks over.; 10/28/26, 9:51 PM
Jaq said...: What a catch.; 10/28/26, 9:52 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Yeah, the Rays could never win Game 4. Its in the bag. Dumb Rc - whats he smoking?; 10/28/26, 9:52 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Curous George - Zionist clown.; 10/28/26, 9:53 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Zionists are the same as leftist. Black = black. Until their propaganda says "Black = white". Pick a target, freeze it, attack it.

Alinsky's rules. And the left's rules. Curious George's rules? Maybe. Or maybe he's just Goddamn dumb.; 10/28/26, 9:56 PM
Vance said...: Here comes RC and Jaq to blame Da Jooooos and Zionists for the results of a baseball game.

Amazing what those tricksy Jews can do! WIth their evil mind control rays and weather control machines! I hear RC has the super secret Protocols of the Elders of the Zionists that he knows reveals the truths of evil Jewry and their attempts to take over the world!

The Brain must have been a Jewish mouse, right? All that taking over the world stuff......; 10/28/26, 9:57 PM
Original Mike said...: "Yeah, the Rays could never win Game 4."

No one said that.; 10/28/26, 9:58 PM
Big Mike said...: Three out from glory.; 10/28/26, 10:01 PM
gspencer said...: In the same position last night at the top of the 12th,

and . . .

Com'n, Brewers, hold on. Get those three outs.; 10/28/26, 10:05 PM
Rob said...: Nice Autumn colors!; 10/28/26, 10:06 PM
Aggie said...: Beautiful foliage season, a palette for the senses.

Acorns falling today, walking through the woods you can hear them all around, hitting leaves and twigs as they fall. The ground is littered with them, and the deer are getting casual, almost tame, as they gorge on them, layering on their winter fat. They stand and look at us, not even 20 feet away, and for some reason the dogs are even giving them a pass, not rushing their leads at them. It'll be rut season soon, and the deer will become even more disregarding.

A coral snake basking in the sun today, almost stepped on it.

Hope the Brewers take it home.; 10/28/26, 10:06 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: One out away from immortality.; 10/28/26, 10:10 PM
Lazarus said...: Übersnob JK Galbraith was asked during WWII who he thought would win the World Series and he in turn asked which leagues were playing. With this Brewers-Rays series, I find myself wondering for the first time which is the NL and which the AL team.; 10/28/26, 10:10 PM
Lazarus said...: What if Susan Saint James passed away and no one noticed?

Discuss and defend your answer.; 10/28/26, 10:11 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: The Brewers win!!; 10/28/26, 10:13 PM
Big Mike said...: Well done Brewers!; 10/28/26, 10:14 PM
gspencer said...: What Made Milwaukee Famous,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxwZ4RuTCjs; 10/28/26, 10:15 PM
Eva Marie said...: I noticed. She was a favorite. RIP; 10/28/26, 10:15 PM
Jaq said...: I never watched the Brewers much until this series, but it is refreshing to see a team not built around TTO analysis play this exciting brand of the game.; 10/28/26, 10:15 PM
Original Mike said...: That's great.
They deserve it.; 10/28/26, 10:19 PM
Original Mike said...: Our neighbors are setting off fireworks.; 10/28/26, 10:25 PM
Patrick said...: They did it!; 10/28/26, 10:28 PM
Original Mike said...: Nice looking trophy.; 10/28/26, 10:31 PM
Narr said...: On Tuesday I got around to sending an email to the mayor's office about all the streetlamps that have been out in this neighborhood since the big wind of early August.

Tuesday night the lights a street over were back on, and tonight those on our street, also.

It may be coinkydink, but I'd like to think that the city pays some heed to the taxpayers.; 10/28/26, 10:32 PM
Big Mike said...: US District judge Ada Brown is being investigated for misconduct after (allegedly) repeatedly directing racial insults towards a lawyer during a hesring.

The judge is Black.

A portion of the exchange:
“I think what’s happening here, quite candidly, is you are very intimidated for some reason, Mr. Young, with Black excellence, in light of your White mediocrity. Yeah. Right?,” Brown said, adding that he looked White.

“I’m not White, Your Honor,” the lawyer said. (He’s Latino.); 10/28/26, 10:33 PM
Narr said...: Good on the Brewers.; 10/28/26, 10:33 PM
Jim at said...: *Gee, where is the IDF censorship brigade? *

Ever notice when you and Tim don't bring up the Joooos, nobody else does, either?

That ever cross your mind?; 10/28/26, 10:34 PM
Big Mike said...: Pro tip for Judge Brown. If you have to tell people you are excellent, then you aren’t.; 10/28/26, 10:35 PM
Big Mike said...: @Jim at, what kind would that be? Jaq’s IQ is so low he thinks that he can dump his antisemitic rants all over Althouse threads, claim he doesn’t really hate Jews, and expects that rational people will believe him. No doubt he will tell us how some of his VERY BEST FRIENDS are Jewish.; 10/28/26, 10:43 PM
Big Mike said...: @Jim at, pardon my typo. What MIND would that be? Spoiled my own joke. Tsk. Tsk.; 10/28/26, 10:45 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Mention the devil, and he appears.; 10/28/26, 10:49 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Dumb Rc thinks the rays might win game 4. Oh wait, I never said that. LOL.; 10/28/26, 10:50 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: And good for the Brewers. Helleva season.; 10/28/26, 10:50 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Funny how you talk about one Zionist, and his girlfriend shows up to defend him. Sock puppet or cuck?; 10/28/26, 10:52 PM
Beasts of England said...: Congratulations to Althouse, Meade, and the other Brewers peeps on the World Series!! Very cool… :); 10/28/26, 10:52 PM
Original Mike said...: Hey, Beasts.; 10/28/26, 10:54 PM
M Jordan said...: Brew crew bigly cool.; 10/28/26, 10:56 PM
M Jordan said...: “I'm not from Milwaukee but still I know: It's draft brewed Blatz beer, wherever you go. Smoother and fresher, less filling that's clear, Blatz is Milwaukee's finest beer."; 10/28/26, 11:00 PM
Saint Croix said...: US District judge Ada Brown is being investigated for misconduct after (allegedly) repeatedly directing racial insults towards a lawyer during a hearing.

I figured she would be a Biden judge or an Obama judge. I was surprised to see she's a Trump judge.

I think she's having some kind of mental breakdown? That would be my guess, when you go off the racial skids like that. Blackmun's article sort of tries to excuse it, by pointing out that's what they teach you in the Ivy Leagues these days. Apparently, you're supposed to believe in racial politics, but not speak it out loud. It sounds incredibly racist and stupid when you speak it out loud.

The guy who filed the complaint is just as woke as she is, apparently. He's not white and she kept calling him white. Anyway, to me it's so bizarre that you can no longer tell the difference between woke ideology and mental illness.

She's "refusing to decide cases," which seems to me to be at least as big a problem as being a public racist.

Blackmun goes on to say

Many lawyers and judges harbor the "anti-racist" views that Judge Brown spewed, but have the mental faculties to keep it private.

Why would you need to keep an "anti-racist view" private? Answer: it's not anti-racism as all, but an ideology that's virulently racist against white males (even imaginary white males a.k.a. "whiteness").

"Anti-racism" is exactly like Antifa (short for anti-fascism). It's a blatant lie. You claim to be anti-racist, or anti-fascist, while you adopt the basic idea of the ideology you claim to oppose.

We ought to call it "racist anti-racism" or "fascist anti-fascism," so as not to confuse the kids.; 10/29/26, 12:09 AM
Saint Croix said...: Congrats to the Brew crew and all the fans in Wisconsin!; 10/29/26, 12:13 AM
wendybar said...: Think hard before you vote. It shouldn't be a hard choice. The left is sick.

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Democrats are desecrating 9/11 memorials.

If this doesn’t radicalize you, nothing will.

This is the party you’re endorsing when you elect anti-American POS radicals like Mamdani and Hochul.

WAKE. UP.
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Gun control nut spray paints 9/11 Memorial with 'Just Stop Killing Kids' in broad daylight stunt https://trib.al/NKMznJs; 10/29/26, 1:54 AM
wendybar said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 10/29/26, 1:55 AM
john mosby said...: From the Volokh piece about Judge Brown, it sounds more like she was castigating the white-appearing Latino attorney for being a white savior of a black professor who was denied tenure. So the judge was using the woke vocabulary against someone she perceived as woke:

""And so when I read a headline — a sensationalized, very racialized headline that says, 'it's like I've been lynched,' and it's literally got no connection to this case, I have to ask you, Mr. Social Media, Main Character Chad, White Hero, Savior, Loves to Help Black People Be An Ally, where the lynching in this case came from?" Brown said, according to the transcript."

So it kind of makes sense coming from a Trump appointee. Although she has not quite learned how to do Trumpian humor. And even that is not appropriate from the bench. CC, JSM; 10/29/26, 2:53 AM
john mosby said...: One always runs into trouble when one is the smartest person in the room and tries to use the other side's language against them. The other side can't keep track of the inversions and double negatives. Like the NYPD Blue episode where a skell accused Sipowicz of persecuting him for being a Notorious Epithet, and Sipowicz quoted the Notorious Epithet back at him: "no, I'm not arresting you because you're a 'Notorious Epithet.' Of course the whole establishment then went to 30,000 feet and Sipowicz went on a bender. The whole thing got resolved by the black Lt Fancy in 49 minutes, though. CC, JSM; 10/29/26, 2:57 AM
john mosby said...: Judge Brown's line about 'black excellence' seems to mean that the black attorneys representing the university are truly excellent, and the woke attorney for the fired black professor has never seen such, because he's stuck in his DEI/AA mindset.

But as Carson said, they're no good if you have to explain them. CC, JSM; 10/29/26, 2:59 AM
Money Manger said...: I assume it will be a late start for some of the Althouse commentariat this morning. Out late yesternight, rampaging through the streets of Madison and Milwaukee, burning buses and the like.

For my part it will be a bit empty tonight. Very prescient of the NFL to schedule a Packers game to partially fill the void.; 10/29/26, 5:04 AM
Marcus Bressler said...: I lost that $20 on the World Series. Up for the Series, though.; 10/29/26, 5:17 AM
rcommal said...: [start virtual italics]“I’m not White, Your Honor,” the lawyer said. (He’s Latino.)[end virtual italics]

I dunno. I remember when Latino was an umbrella ethnic term, and a Latino might be black or white (or Amerindian, for that matter. Etc.). I think we conflate ethnic and racial terms/categories too much, and it's become a habit. I guess my stance is old-fashioned and "outre" these days. But it's always bugged me. Well, bugger me!

Regardless of that, I think the judge was out of line. Unacceptable.; 10/29/26, 5:56 AM
rcommal said...: In the '80s, I worked at an independent television station. Half of its programming was Telemundo, at the time trying to make inroads into the U.S. market (Univision was King here). This involved a lot of reach out to the Hispanic/Latino communities. And we focused a lot on the demographics for marketing etc. purposes. There was differentiation as well on race within the umbrella of Latino/Hispanic (there was debate about those terms as well, by the way). I guess this has fallen by the wayside? But I digress.; 10/29/26, 6:02 AM
rcommal said...: The other parts of programming at that station was RAI, the Italian TV network. There was a large population of Italian-Americans, and one of the big interests was in soccer, which at that time was not widely popular here in the U.S. Both the Latino/Hispanic and the Italian populations were fans of soccer, so they both wanted that sports programming. There was a weekly block of Korean programming, but the rest was religious programming. The owner of the station, who was also the GM, was personally a very devout evangelical Christian. And at the time there was a lot of unfulfilled demand for that programming.

I don't even know if local stations like that exist anymore. I wouldn't think so, because of all the changes since then (first expansion of cable, then satellite TV, and now streaming of all sorts). I stopped following closely issues surrounding local stations decades ago.; 10/29/26, 6:09 AM
Gerda Sprinchorn said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 10/29/26, 6:15 AM
Gerda Sprinchorn said...: Is there some sort of big sporting event going on?

Who are these "Rays". Rays of Sunshine? Odd name for a sports team.; 10/29/26, 6:15 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: One of the haters upthread made a claim that “zionists” are easily manipulated if instructed to believe that “black is white” and some other strange nonsense. It’s a smoothbrain version of Rush Limbaugh’s tag line “mind numbed robots,” which was itself a reference to what leftists always say about Conservatives. The people who hate Israel do so with so much emotion that they assume all sorts of emotional pathologies are common to their enemies as well.

But the essence of conservative values is preservation of things that endure, faith and family and God’s Love for man. The Christian faith is unchanging compared to the world around us. My belief in the righteous founding of Israel, the land of Zion promised to Moses, has never changed. My belief that countries with declared borders and governed with the democratic consent of its people are superior to hazy “regions” operating lawless states that wage war continuously remains unchanged.

Your stories keep changing. Your excuses for hating Jews are continually revised. Your support for terrorists LARPing as a “country” is antithetical to the civilization. The whole situation boils down to civilization versus anarchy.

I 100% side with civilization.; 10/29/26, 6:33 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Gaza pretends to sovereignty but adheres to no international rules nor the laws of war. They are the methhead homeless camp of the region, not a nation-state.; 10/29/26, 6:36 AM
Temujin said...: Nailed it, Mike (MJB Wolf).; 10/29/26, 6:46 AM
Clyde said...: Congratulations to all of the Brewers fans here on the World Series win. The Rays had a pretty good season, but they were outplayed by the Brewers, who deserved the win.

Now we'll all just be counting down until the lockout starts. It may be longer than expected before we see major league baseball again.; 10/29/26, 6:56 AM
Saint Croix said...: Mosby, interesting! She was mocking the attorney, no question. And she was using woke ideology to do it. But she herself doesn’t actually believe it. That makes sense. Especially if the client was a woke racist. Maybe she was indirectly mocking the professor and explaining why he ought not to get tenure.; 10/29/26, 7:09 AM
Dave Begley said...: No riots last night in WI. Congrats.; 10/29/26, 7:14 AM
Saint Croix said...: Satire is the hardest humor to pull off.; 10/29/26, 7:18 AM
n.n said...: So, the judge is anti-Diversity or class-disordered ideologies and pro-diversity as in diversity of individuals, minority of one. Good for her. Keep on mocking the muckers.; 10/29/26, 7:26 AM
Saint Croix said...: There does seem to be some mental health issues going on.

The top comment on that reddit thread suggests that she might have a brain tumor.; 10/29/26, 7:26 AM
Saint Croix said...: "I practiced in front of Brown for years and she had a stellar rep as an ADA and state judge. This really does appear to be a mental health crisis and has been quite shocking for the local bar."; 10/29/26, 7:29 AM
Humperdink said...: @Mike(MJB Wolf). +1000%; 10/29/26, 7:31 AM
Saint Croix said...: from the Bloomberg article

The committee made its determination on Brown’s alleged mental condition based on 10 stated reasons. Those include Brown allegedly refusing to manage her docket, recusing from over 40 cases since June 1 giving no or “unusual” reasons, “making racial insults to judges and court staff,” sending “copious and bizarre emails to court staff and judges,” and refusing to meet with Elrod and O’Connor about her docket, according to the order.

Brown was ordered by the committee to undergo an independent psychiatric evaluation by Oct. 21, the council order said. The council reviews misconduct complaints against the circuit’s judges.

The committee also found that Brown “abandoned her post as a federal judge,” according to the order. The committee said Brown didn’t respond when asked when she planned to return to work.

Brown has issued nearly no orders since Aug. 10 in “protest” of a recusal letter not being docketed in a case that’s since been assigned to another judge, according to an order by Elrod.; 10/29/26, 7:33 AM
Curious George said...: "Now we'll all just be counting down until the lockout starts. It may be longer than expected before we see major league baseball again."

Or maybe not. MLB TV contracts have a work stoppage clause. IIRC if goes 60 days the contracts renew for the next year at the same rate. That hurts the owners and the players money.; 10/29/26, 7:35 AM
n.n said...: Hutu vs Tutsi vs Hutu, Kenyan elite vs deplorables, Xhosa and empire vs Zulu and native South Africans, Hamas vs Fatah vs Hamas vs Jews... "Zionists"... Israelis. So many "burdens" of state and mind. A basket case of Diversity.; 10/29/26, 7:36 AM
Lazarus said...: I do remember seeing television listings for NYC stations that we couldn't get that had a lot of ethnic programming. I wonder if it's still like that. The country is so much more "diverse," but nobody's really watching broadcast or cable TV anymore.; 10/29/26, 7:39 AM
Saint Croix said...: The people cheering this lady as she gleefully celebrates a murder.; 10/29/26, 7:39 AM
Humperdink said...: It is interesting how God watches over Israel. The tiniest country in the Middle East, the only democracy, surrounded by mostly avowed enemies, yet not only survives but thrives. The U.S. has been blessed by its unwavering support of Israel. Watch what happens if the anti-semites take over.; 10/29/26, 7:40 AM
Lazarus said...: After Susan St. James, Elke Sommer. Is this a three's thing? Barbara Barrie also passed away, but she wasn't as big a name.; 10/29/26, 7:41 AM
Dave Begley said...: The sad story of the Texas federal judge is another example of “headline” journalism. There was the first “headline” account about the racial insults. But when you read the full story on Volkh, you learn there have been many incidents. She’s abandoned her docket. The Chief Judge ordered her to submit to a mental examination.

She’s probably mentally ill. Maybe a brain tumor. She was a respected state court judge. Very sad.; 10/29/26, 7:43 AM
Dave Begley said...: “Yes, U.S. District Judge Ada Brown is married.

She is married to Dr. Justin Luningham, an assistant professor of psychology at Texas Christian University (TCU). The couple has two children.”

Her husband has failed her. Even sadder.; 10/29/26, 7:45 AM
Lazarus said...: Ada Brown was actually a Trump appointee. It's curious that she played the black card so often, since she seems to have so many boxes checked and bases covered.

𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺. .... 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘸 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘖𝘬𝘭𝘢𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘢.

But not Asian or Latino.; 10/29/26, 7:55 AM
n.n said...: The fall of orange hue and the autumn of a season is both timeless and timely with accompanying climate change.; 10/29/26, 7:55 AM
Jaq said...: This is amusing

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/China-Secures-Massive-Discount-on-Russian-Gas-as-Moscows-Leverage-Weakens.html

It’s about the same discount Europe used to get before they blew up Nordstream but the story makes it sound like China is strong arming Russia.

Our news is mostly propaganda.; 10/29/26, 8:02 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: Trump Aides Are Leaning on U.S. Firms to Accept Russian Diesel ~ Washington Sun
𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘈𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘋𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘭
𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭.

A bit weird given the US has a surplus of diesel production and Russia is supposed to have shortages because the heroic Ukrainians keep blowing up their refineries.

All in all this shipment is about 7 hours of US diesel demand.
Not a big deal in actual supply terms , unlikely to move the price at all.; 10/29/26, 8:28 AM
Gospace said...: "Lazarus said...
I do remember seeing television listings for NYC stations that we couldn't get that had a lot of ethnic programming. "

Ye Olde UHF channels currently 14-36. Have to be in line of sight of their antenna. Frequencies for channels 38-68 have been reallocated for cell service.; 10/29/26, 8:29 AM
Saint Croix said...: New Gaza documentary

It's called Naza, which is a reference to collateral damage (i.e. civilian deaths). Jewish filmmakers, I think. They got interviews with 24 former IDF soldiers. Might be an honest doc or a Michael Moore shit-show. I haven't seen it.

Reportedly the movie got a 25 minute standing ovation at the Venice film festival.

Can you imagine standing and applauding for 25 minutes? How crazy is that shit? That reminds me of the Soviet standing ovations, where everybody is scared to be the first one to stop clapping.

I googled it and the AI came up with this one...

The famous account of Soviet standing ovations where people were afraid to stop clapping comes from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s book The Gulag Archipelago.

The Story

• The Ovation: At a 1937 Soviet Communist Party conference, an audience began a standing ovation for Joseph Stalin. Watched closely by NKVD secret police agents, no one dared to be the first person to stop clapping or sit down, turning the applause into an 11-minute endurance test.

• The Arrest: The director of a local paper factory finally grew exhausted, stopped clapping, and sat down first; the rest of the room immediately followed suit and stopped.

• The Consequence: That same night, the factory director was arrested, interrogated, and sentenced to ten years in a Gulag labor camp on fabricated charges. His interrogator famously warned him: "Don't ever be the first to stop applauding!"; 10/29/26, 8:37 AM
Saint Croix said...: The Guardian, that rag, claims it was a 25 minutes standing ovation. The actual clip they show is less than a minute. I call horseshit on this reporter.; 10/29/26, 8:41 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘨, 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 25 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳.

The clip is less than a minute; the ovation lasted 24.5 minutes. Reuters, AP and Euronews all reported the 25-minute ovation. Confusing a short clip with the length of the event isn’t fact-checking; it’s a credibility problem of your own making.; 10/29/26, 8:49 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: Netanyahu alleges fraud as Arab parties score record gains — emerge as potential kingmakers ~ FOX News
𝘛𝘌𝘓 𝘈𝘝𝘐𝘝, 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭: 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭'𝘴 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘈𝘳𝘢𝘣 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺'𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 — 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢𝘩𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵, 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘢𝘣 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

It is a distressing habit of political figures to routinely claim elections have been stolen without evidence.

Orban accepted the outcome. Now it appears to be the time to bring in more clowns. Bolsonaro, making Trump type claims even though his party accepted the election result. Netanyahu, also continuing to use the Trump handbook.. Are we one step away from sham elections?; 10/29/26, 9:08 AM
Saint Croix said...: The clip is less than a minute; the ovation lasted 24.5 minutes. Reuters, AP and Euronews all reported the 25-minute ovation.

Polite golf clap for 25 minutes? What the fuck. That's insane as shit. If it really happened, that's Stalin-level fear, not genuine applause. "Don't hate me, terrorists, don't hate me."

There's a reason they didn't run the clip for 25 minutes. Who the fuck would watch it? Who would appreciate it? Nobody!

I would not be surprised if all three news agencies were relying on the word of one seriously biased reporter. We saw a lot of this in Gaza reporting.

Do you believe people did a standing ovation for the length of a Seinfeld episode?; 10/29/26, 9:17 AM
Saint Croix said...: The movie's 90 minutes and the standing ovation is 25 minutes? My ass. Show me the full video or it didn't happen.; 10/29/26, 9:18 AM
Michael Fitzgerald said...: I don't believe any reports of a 25 minute standing ovation. Even brainwashed, terrorist-loving libtards are not going to applaud anything for nearly half an hour. It would take a lot of endurance to clap for 25 minutes, professional athlete levels of strength. No pussy-ass libtards could manage it.
I do know that Democrat Party media propagandists constantly share and recycle the same leftist lies and press releases word for word without any independent verification whatsoever. More likely that it was a 2.5 minute standing ovation that the stenographers of the Democrat Party incorrectly reported, I mean, lied about, as usual.; 10/29/26, 9:19 AM
Saint Croix said...: My review of Lawrence of Arabia

C+
#3,103

Four hours! Oh my God, it's four hours. That's longer than the frickin' Super Bowl, man. And I already know who's going to win. You ever try to watch a Super Bowl when you already know who's going to win? Good luck with that. I knew it was long but four hours. My butt is molting to the chair. I think I just said my butt is losing feathers. Four hours! Dude. And it's all sand. It's sand sand sand sand. And sand sand sand sand. I'll bet this movie was secretly financed by the Coca-Cola corporation. Sand sand sand sand. "I'm so thirsty. Why am I so thirsty?" For the intermission and the six dollar Coca-Cola.

Yeah, okay, it's awesome. It's epic. It's bigger than anything ever made. Lawrence lights a match and the flame becomes the sun. Nice cut! (Hey, keep cutting. Cut some more).

Just shut up, Carmichael. Respect the massive achievement.

Okay, okay. It's a classic. (Mark Twain's definition of a classic: "A book everybody owns and nobody reads"). So I guess I'll just buy it and put it on my shelf and never watch it again. I saw it. Why do I have to see it again? I saw it. I saw the whole thing. It's an awesome and amazing classic. Just don't make me watch it again, okay? Please. Sand sand sand sand.

I kinda think this is Art as Oppression. When we're introduced to Lawrence of Arabia, he's burning his own arm like he's G. Gordon Liddy, or that moron from Lethal Weapon. What a man. This movie is like that arm burn. David Lean is making us watch for four hours, so we know how serious he is. Watch Lawrence of Arabia, it's good for you. Suffer! Art is not fun. Art is serious. And painful.

You should take all the chairs out of the theatre, David. Make us stand at attention. And salute. Suffer! Suffer for Cinema! This film is like a short, zippy version of Greed, Erich von Stroheim's nine-hour movie. Imagine some maniac in a monocle demanding that you watch his art with him.

von Stroheim: "Stand and watch my cinema."

movie executive: "I got to pee."

von Stroheim: "Hold your urine like a man!"

Compared to von Stroheim, David Lean is a wussy boy. I think for some filmmakers, movie length has something to do with penis size. Epic! You will watch my four hour epic in the sand!

You know how many women are in this movie? Zero. I feel like I've been sentenced to the English branch of the French Foreign Legion. How about an oasis with a woman? A beautiful woman? Somethin'. Garden of Eden, that's what I want to see. With a nude woman and an apple.

I know, I know. Who needs a woman in cinema? Women are for the weak. What I need is sand sand sand sand.

Hey, sometimes cool art doesn't have any women. 12 Angry Men. No women. And a lot of war movies don't have any women. But what kind of war movie are you going to have in the sand? Sand is the worst. You can't do anything in sand. You ever try to eat at the beach? Sand. You ever try to have sex on the beach? Sand. And Lawrence of Arabia has soft sand. It's not Omaha Beach sand. Omaha Beach has good, Saving Private Ryan sand. I'll bet you don't even remember the sand in Saving Private Ryan. In this movie, you remember the sand. The sand is a major character. It is serious, sinky, slow sand. You want to fight in this sand? It's like fighting a war in flip-flops.

Great movie. Classic movie. Not a fun movie. You know why nobody's lining up to vacation in the desert? Cause of all the damn sand, that's why. Just so you understand, this is not a vacation. It's not a fun trip. It's Lawrence! Of Arabia! And sand sand sand.; 10/29/26, 9:27 AM
Peachy+2 said...: the BBC is long known for being anti-Semitic/Jew hating Israel hating a-holes.
Now- BBC goes full Tuq'r.; 10/29/26, 9:46 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Considering sitting through 3 hours of the documentary “You Can See Everything” but it requires going to a movie theater. Anyone see it and rate it highly enough to recommend a trip downtown? If not we’ll wait for streaming options.; 10/29/26, 9:47 AM
Jersey Fled said...: “ Reportedly the movie got a 25 minute standing ovation at the Venice film festival.”

When’s the last time you watched a film festival favorite that was any good.; 10/29/26, 9:55 AM
Big Mike said...: “Four hours! Oh my God, it's four hours. That's longer than the frickin' Super Bowl, man. And I already know who's going to win. You ever try to watch a Super Bowl when you already know who's going to win?”

I watched Super Bowl II.; 10/29/26, 9:59 AM
Narr said...: I guess you could say the Rays were Beer-battered.; 10/29/26, 10:13 AM
Jersey Fled said...: Another day, more fraud and corruption in California.

“ California high-speed rail CEO resigns amid $600,000 taxpayer-funded travel scandal, per NYT.”; 10/29/26, 7:19 PM
Saint Croix said...: I watched Super Bowl II.

That's a strange one to pick!

I tried watching Super Bowl III one time.

It did not work.; 10/29/26, 8:29 PM