Althouse: 1 minute after sunrise.

December 20, 2019

1 minute after sunrise.

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74 comments:

mockturtle said...: Nice framing! :-); 12/20/19, 1:20 PM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Can’t Nancypants be charged with obstruction of the Senate for her refusal to transmit the impeachment papers? Does ANY liberal or progressive or Democrat care about due process at all? Anyone?; 12/20/19, 1:41 PM
Big Mike said...: Very beautiful!; 12/20/19, 2:18 PM
FWBuff said...: This looks like Monet.; 12/20/19, 2:19 PM
JohnAnnArbor said...: Very nice.

Shortest day tomorrow.; 12/20/19, 2:20 PM
Begonia said...: I saw those pastel tones on my commute in this morning as well.

Lake Monona has frozen with a thin layer of ice. Lots of ice fisherman out on Monona Bay, but none ventured out to the lake yet.; 12/20/19, 2:24 PM
Owen said...: Absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for doing these; for sharing what only your eyes have seen, have waited for, have judged good.; 12/20/19, 2:24 PM
Spiros said...: “But when early-born rosy-fingered Dawn appeared…”; 12/20/19, 2:29 PM
tim in vermont said...: Holy shit: Listen to Maggie Thatcher describe the future of the EU.; 12/20/19, 2:32 PM
JaimeRoberto said...: If impeachment ever goes to trial, I hope someone asks Schumer what he meant when he said the intelligence services can screw you six ways to Sunday.; 12/20/19, 2:54 PM
Michael K said...: Pelosi has now invited Trump to give the SOTU speech on February 4. The day before would be a good day to dismiss the impeachment articles.; 12/20/19, 2:56 PM
Ralph L said...: We don't like you!

Trumpian frankness!; 12/20/19, 3:07 PM
Tommy Duncan said...: The lake absorbs the light of heaven while mortals keep watch.; 12/20/19, 3:20 PM
wild chicken said...: The best yet, Ann!

I'm partial to pink-orange sunrises.; 12/20/19, 3:21 PM
David Duffy said...: I had two jobs where I needed to be up before sunrise. Job one was the military. I joined at 17 and wanted nothing more than to sleep in when the sharp and loud sounds of revile started at 5am. Job two was after the military and I worked at UPS sorting packages before going to my college classes (BS Chemistry).

Now that I'm in my 50's I wonder where the energy came from. Now that I'm in my 50's I wonder why I wake up at 3am. Oh the blessings of sleep.; 12/20/19, 3:28 PM
tim in vermont said...: https://theintercept.com/2019/12/20/michael-rogers-nsa-trump-russia/; 12/20/19, 3:32 PM
Kevin said...: ASHE SCHOW: New York Governor Cuomo Proposes New Law That Allows Women To Claim They Were Raped After Consuming Alcohol. “Cuomo’s proposal would change the state’s definition of those who cannot legally consent to sexual activity to include someone who is conscious but allegedly too drunk to consent. Keen observers will notice how vague the idea of being ‘too drunk to consent’ may be.”

How long until men start suing the companies that make the alcohol?

If it's good enough for the gun companies...; 12/20/19, 3:34 PM
tim in vermont said...: Funny to watch The Intercept carrying water for the CIA and FBI. They have gone all in with the Democrats which is why they have distanced themselves from Glenn Greenwald, who calls ‘em like he sees ‘em.; 12/20/19, 3:36 PM
mockturtle said...: Mike asks: Can’t Nancypants be charged with obstruction of the Senate for her refusal to transmit the impeachment papers?

That's what I asked last night with no answer so far. Was hoping our Constitutional Law Prof hostess could enlighten us.; 12/20/19, 3:46 PM
Nichevo said...: Was hoping our Constitutional Law Prof hostess could enlighten us.

Really? Ann doesn't do enlightenment, never has.; 12/20/19, 3:51 PM
mockturtle said...: Aunty Trump directs our attention: Holy shit: Listen to Maggie Thatcher describe the future of the EU.

She certainly had it pegged. Smart lady. Miss her.; 12/20/19, 3:51 PM
MerryD said...: I love this one. Thanks for taking and sharing all your morning run photos, they really brighten up my day. They also remind me to look at the beauty around me.; 12/20/19, 3:57 PM
Ralph L said...: the sharp and loud sounds of revile started at 5am

Freudian typo.

Now that I'm in my 50's I wonder where the energy came from

I found out this week my thyroid is underactive, which explains why I've gained 20 pounds and wasted too much time here the last 2.5 years.; 12/20/19, 4:00 PM
Achilles said...: I see auntie has already linked about Admiral Rogers.

Durham has the goods already.

This is just a test to see if the CIA will comply with the law.; 12/20/19, 4:02 PM
Bob said...: This is a really good one - sunrise...; 12/20/19, 4:05 PM
Michael K said...: Boy that Intercept column is full on Russia Hoax, isn't it.; 12/20/19, 4:10 PM
Hagar said...: Can’t Nancypants be charged with obstruction of the Senate for her refusal to transmit the impeachment papers?

No. If anything, she is "obstructing" the House, but as instructed by her Democrat majority caucus leadership.
I am generally against using low language on this blog, but really, "clusterfuck" is the apt term in this case.; 12/20/19, 4:17 PM
Hagar said...: These guys are too old and too out of touch from having sat too long in the safe districts constructed for them. They cannot handle a revolt in their own party after all these years of adulation as "icons."; 12/20/19, 4:22 PM
mockturtle said...: I am generally against using low language on this blog, but really, "clusterfuck" is the apt term in this case.

Gosh, Hagar. If you can't use low language on this blog, where can you use it?
It's probably the only place I use it. On occasion. ;-D; 12/20/19, 4:22 PM
tim in vermont said...: "The president abused his powers to cheat in the next election and rob us of that right. Then he obstructed Congress to cover it up. “ - Hillary Clinton.; 12/20/19, 4:24 PM
tim in vermont said...: Now Trump’s a time traveler.; 12/20/19, 4:24 PM
MadisonMan said...: Pelosi shenanigans just highlight to me how political this whole impeachment thing is. If this were a crisis the impeachment would be handed off with all due expediency.
I've yet to see why Democrats think it's a Bad Thing for Trump to use a foreign Govt to investigate a political opponent (as the Democrats allege with scant evidence) -- but it's not a Bad Thing to have the US Congress investigate a sitting President to aide the President's political opponent.; 12/20/19, 4:25 PM
wild chicken said...: "Was hoping our Constitutional Law Prof hostess could enlighten us."

Congressional practice is in its own universe. Need a parliamentary geek with a long institutional memory, a Sam Rayburn or LBJ type.

Or...Newt! Geez this should be right up his alley.; 12/20/19, 4:40 PM
Big Mike said...: This is just a test to see if the CIA will comply with the law.

@ Achilles, it’s classified way above Top Secret and you have no need to know.; 12/20/19, 4:49 PM
traditionalguy said...: That's the award winning sun rise pic.It will be hard for God and the Professor to top that one.; 12/20/19, 4:50 PM
tim in vermont said...: New plot twist:

#BIG Italian prosecutors believe that Joseph Mifsud the man who started RussiaGate, 'is Dead'
Italian Journalists Roberto Vivaldelli one & Mauro Indelicato shed light and deepen the mystery behind Mifsud. I spoke to Vivaldelli and .

https://twitter.com/SaraCarterDC/status/1208155765359435782; 12/20/19, 4:50 PM
Julie said...: The best one yet, and there have been a lot of excellent photographs already. A great study of sunrise.; 12/20/19, 4:55 PM
narciso said...: cole was an abc reporter, who burned the overseas detention facilities with brian ross, it's interesting he's working for the intercept, well not really,

so did he kill himself, or did he suffer the fate of ambrosoli, he was the reporter and p2 member,; 12/20/19, 4:56 PM
narciso said...: if you've been following the hit on Caruana over in malta, it appears the prime minister and his chief of staff, issued a hit on this reporter, because of a business deal with a magnate who had investors from Azerbaijan, including a local oligarch, in partnership with siemens,; 12/20/19, 5:00 PM
narciso said...: and the whole was being laundered through banks in dubai, like real life Robert Ludlum,; 12/20/19, 5:02 PM
tim in vermont said...: Ok, This guy won the internet today, I just have to try harder tomorrow

https://twitter.com/JetJaguar500/status/1208161106050588674; 12/20/19, 5:07 PM
mockturtle said...: Pretty aggressive rabbit, Aunty Trump. ;-D; 12/20/19, 5:09 PM
Original Mike said...: I hope Rogers has better bodyguards than Misfud.; 12/20/19, 5:14 PM
mockturtle said...: Last night I watched Kurasawa's Ran for the first time. It's never been available from Netflix and so I bought it. As most know, it's an adaptation of King Lear in the Japanese warlord sense. While it's not my favorite Kurasawa film, some of the scenes were unforgettable, like evil Lady Kaede licking the blood from her brother-in-law's neck after stabbing him. Nicely filmed with seemingly thousands of extras and horses, as in Kagemusha.; 12/20/19, 5:17 PM
Howard said...: Sublime; 12/20/19, 5:17 PM
narciso said...: in other news,

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/12/20/boris-johnson-insists-will-no-alignment-eu-brexit/; 12/20/19, 5:21 PM
tim in vermont said...: Techno Fog@Techno_Fog

NEW - FISC Declassified Order

1) ID all FISA cases involving Clinesmith (FBI lawyer who altered evidence)

2) ID steps taken by DOJ/FBI to verify the Clinesmith cases

3) Asks if Clinesmith has been referred to Bar Assoc. for "disciplinary action"

https://twitter.com/Techno_Fog/status/1208112897903210496

“Plus my goddamn name is all over the legal documents investigating his staff.” - Clinesmith getting the news that Trump won

https://twitter.com/DavidNe99469223/status/1197988968618434560; 12/20/19, 5:31 PM
tim in vermont said...: “So who knows if that breaks to him [Trump] what he’s going to do.” - Clinesmith; 12/20/19, 5:35 PM
tim in vermont said...: George Papadopoulos@GeorgePapa19
Lil Joey Mifsud is not sleeping with the fishes. More to come.; 12/20/19, 5:37 PM
narciso said...: yes well the ig report shows, papadop didn't help himself in the bureau interrogations, Stephen McIntyre is not impressed,; 12/20/19, 5:42 PM
tim in vermont said...: Yeah. I think papadop is a bit of a scammer, which is what started this whole mess, but I still want to hear what he says.; 12/20/19, 5:44 PM
narciso said...: https://wattsupwiththat.com/2019/12/20/friday-funny-sea-level-rise-is-set-to-flood-un-headquarters-as-soon-as-2100-another-self-immolation-by-zoe-schlanger/; 12/20/19, 5:47 PM
narciso said...: on that front,

https://twitter.com/ClimateAudit/status/1208047389870870528; 12/20/19, 5:49 PM
David Duffy said...: "the sharp and loud sounds of revile started at 5am...

Freudian typo."

Now that's a great line on reveille.; 12/20/19, 5:49 PM
Drago said...: Aunty Trump: "Yeah. I think papadop is a bit of a scammer, which is what started this whole mess, but I still want to hear what he says."

Shouldn't be too difficult as there are, supposedly, actual tape recordings of the conversations.....which the intel community and FBI have been hiding.; 12/20/19, 5:56 PM
Original Mike said...: "Shouldn't be too difficult as there are, supposedly, actual tape recordings of the conversations.....which the intel community and FBI have been hiding."

They stuffed the tapes in Misfud's pockets as they pushed him overboard.; 12/20/19, 6:00 PM
narciso said...: what good are the fisa judges,

https://twitter.com/SaraCarterDC/status/1208171698308161536; 12/20/19, 6:04 PM
Maillard Reactionary said...: Agreed with FWBuff: It's the first thing I thought when I saw the first one.

traditionalguy: "It will be hard for God and the Professor to top that one."

Stand by-- God is full of surprises. (Some nicer than others, of course.); 12/20/19, 6:22 PM
Lucien said...: Caught Chuck Todd & co. Discussing the debate. Apparently MSNNC is boycotting Andrew Yang, because, for the first few minutes I watched, they didn’t mention him. Later they got onto a report from anonymous sources that President Trump believed in Ukrainian interference in the election because Putin told him so. Now, if Trump actually believed that could be true, then asking Zelensky to investigate it as a”favor to us” was completely proper — but the exculpatory aspect of the story never occurred to them.; 12/20/19, 6:24 PM
tim in vermont said...: "Trump believed in Ukrainian interference in the election because Putin told him so.”

Or.... or.... or he read it in Politico and the New York Times.; 12/20/19, 6:30 PM
mockturtle said...: The photo posted at 1:14PM is still the best. :-) They're all nice, though...; 12/20/19, 6:39 PM
Narayanan said...: My Q is different:

Is Nancy Pelosi guilty of honest services fraud wasting taxpayer$ if she holds back impeachment articles from Senate.

Because House passed Trump is charged on that count for delayed delivery of Ukraine aid!?; 12/20/19, 6:50 PM
Hagar said...: No. Some people were talking about it, but the aid was never delayed.; 12/20/19, 6:56 PM
Hagar said...: Come to think of it, if there was an actual "hold" on the $400 million there would have to be a note going with that account that no withdrawals be made until further notice and signed and dated by the person in charge of doing the actual holding.
No mention has made of anyone even trying to follow the trail on that though it is so obvious!; 12/20/19, 7:02 PM
Drago said...: Of course, there are also reports that Mifsud might be in protective custody.

Without a body, live or dead, how is anyone to know?; 12/20/19, 7:06 PM
Hagar said...: Before you can characterize a use of power as abusive, you must establish that force was used.
This has not been done.; 12/20/19, 7:32 PM
Andrew said...: These photos remind me of JMW Turner paintings.; 12/20/19, 10:21 PM
Andrew said...: @mockturtle,

I love that movie (Ran), but wow is it depressing! You can't get more bleak than that. I saw it in the 80's as a melancholic teenager, and it haunted me like few movies have.

The scene that blew me away the most was the attack on the castle, with the Takemitsu music in the background.

Hey, it's on YouTube! I looked on a hunch.

https://youtu.be/qs92nyDDBdQ

The old man reminds me of Hillary, sad to say.; 12/20/19, 10:35 PM
mockturtle said...: Andrew observes: The old man reminds me of Hillary, sad to say.
;-D

I think it was Kagemusha that ended with the horrific and haunting scene of the battle aftermath with the dead and dying horses and men. How he filmed that scene is a mystery to me. But nearly all his films haunt me in some way.

Another film I own and enjoy and that is haunting in its own way is Kundo: Age of the Rampant, a Korean film about a mid-19th century rebellion. It's a beautiful film and humorous at times but the villain is unforgettable.; 12/20/19, 11:12 PM
Seeing Red said...: Via Lucianne:

This is interesting. Last year Speaker Pelosi used the SOU invite to play out political games against President Trump. This year, considering the political impeachment effort, I thought she would be likely to replay that scheme; but she didn’t. This implies the private polling and public sentiment (ie. bbacklash) against her constituent democrats must be much more severe than is currently visible: (Letter)Per Hogan Gidley: President Donald J. Trump has accepted the Speaker’s invitation to deliver the State of the Union Address on February 4, 2020.

I think he should give it someplace else.

They’re up to something.; 12/21/19, 12:06 AM
Andrew said...: @mockturtle,
I'm not familiar with Kundo. I'll add it to my list. And I've never seen Kagemusha yet either. I'm woefully behind, but I'll get to it.

Yes, Kurosawa does many things that are beyond me as to how he accomplishes them. I can't recall, does Ran have the disclaimer that no horses were injured in the making of this film? Maybe Japan doesn't have Peta.; 12/21/19, 8:39 AM
mockturtle said...: I can't recall, does Ran have the disclaimer that no horses were injured in the making of this film?

Andrew, alas, I don't read Japanese. But knowing what I know about Kurosawa I would doubt very much that any animals were abused, unlike Coppola, who had a live water buffalo hacked to death for Apocalypse Now.; 12/21/19, 9:33 AM
Andrew said...: "... unlike Coppola, who had a live water buffalo hacked to death for Apocalypse Now."

Now that's the way to do it.; 12/21/19, 11:43 AM
mockturtle said...: IIRC, Andrew, a few humans were also sacrificed for that film.; 12/21/19, 1:06 PM