Althouse: 5:44 a.m.

May 4, 2020

5:44 a.m.

38 comments:

traditionalguy said...: From darkness to light.; 5/4/20, 6:37 AM
tastid212 said...: Hair's getting long!; 5/4/20, 6:51 AM
Big Mike said...: You need to start agitating with the Evers administration to reopen hair salons.; 5/4/20, 6:54 AM
J. Farmer said...: Assuming that’s Ann in the photo. If so, it’s the first I’ve ever seen of her with shoulder length hair.; 5/4/20, 7:10 AM
h said...: Male privilege: I got out the clippers and gave myself a buzzcut over the weekend. It may not be my best look -- but under any circumstances I can't strive for movie idol handsome.; 5/4/20, 7:14 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "If so, it’s the first..."

Click the "Photos by Meade" tag and scroll back to December 26th.

Also, it's the same hairstyle I had in the early days of this blog, so if you were around then. It's how I've worn my hair most of my life. I just went back to it.; 5/4/20, 7:18 AM
J. Farmer said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 5/4/20, 7:22 AM
J. Farmer said...: Also, it's the same hairstyle I had in the early days of this blog, so if you were around then. It's how I've worn my hair most of my life. I just went back to it.

It’s probably because I first came to know you through Bloggingheads. So your image in those vids probably become my idea of your “default” look. I can only recall a handful of photos of you. The old one of you studying is among them.; 5/4/20, 7:23 AM
Kit Carson said...: that was an arresting series of pictures this morning.; 5/4/20, 7:23 AM
Laslo Spatula said...: Your photos are a great advertisement for life in Madison.

Even if you are missing mountains.

I am Laslo.; 5/4/20, 7:38 AM
Sebastian said...: To keep on keeping track:

"Illinois: Elderly care facilities have accounted for 44% of the state’s coronavirus deaths and nearly one in seven confirmed cases, according to a Sun-Times count."; 5/4/20, 7:49 AM
Jersey Fled said...: Great article on the Flynn setup at The Federalist.

link

Remember, this all happened during the last three weeks of the Obama administration.

As memorialized in the Susan Rice CYA memo.; 5/4/20, 7:58 AM
Jersey Fled said...: Woo Hoo!

I finally got a link to work!; 5/4/20, 7:59 AM
Quaestor said...: I want a photo of Meade taking a photo of Althouse taking a photo of the sunrise over Lake Mendota. As a commentary on that oeuvre, I'd like to see a photo of the unknown photographer taking a photo of Meade taking a photo of Althouse taking a photo of the sunrise over Lake Mendota.; 5/4/20, 8:02 AM
J. Farmer said...: Meta squared?; 5/4/20, 8:06 AM
Howard said...: I saw a professor taking a picture at lake mendota dot-dot-dot and her hair was perfect; 5/4/20, 8:07 AM
Howard said...: Quaestor is riffing on Magritte, J Farmer; 5/4/20, 8:09 AM
Dave Begley said...: That's a crazy head of hair you got there lady.; 5/4/20, 8:37 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: IF all the non-essential jobs aren’t being done and so many of us are social distancing and people who are moving about are hand-washing and mask-wearing (at least until very recently), then riddle me this:

How is the virus making it’s way into facilities that are by their nature a socially distanced places?
How are old folks in convalescent hospitals catching the WuFlu?
How are the jails being infected?

A. “First responders” are NOT being as careful as we expect.
B. The virus is spreading by asymptomatic people.
C. The virus has previously spread through the general population unnoticed.
D. All of the above in whole or part.

What do you think? How are sparsely populated states doing well while their old folks homes and jails get infected?; 5/4/20, 8:45 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "Your photos are a great advertisement for life in Madison. Even if you are missing mountains."

We've considered moving to Colorado (or one of those other mountainous states), but the reality is that mountains loom and make big shadows. If you want to see sunrises and sunsets, the mountains are in the way (unless you live near the top!).; 5/4/20, 8:56 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Well then... https://www.reachforthetop.com
Reach For The Top!; 5/4/20, 9:02 AM
Jersey Fled said...: How are old folks in convalescent hospitals catching the WuFlu?

From visitors and from staff.

Most do not allow visitors anymore (sad). Cargivers at these places do not get paid much so they often work two jobs. The other job is usually in a clinic or another nursing home. I know the place where my friend is right now has stopped using workers who do this and requires workers to stay on site 24/7 for their weekly shift.; 5/4/20, 9:43 AM
Howard said...: It's a contaminant transport problem Mike. I think most of the infection contacts outside of New York City subways is in the home. Prisons and old folks homes are just very large densely populated homes. Since the virus is transmitted by people who are not showing symptoms it's quite easy to see how a single vector can result in a Cascade of infections at what is essentially a wholesale facility.; 5/4/20, 9:47 AM
paminwi said...: Sebastian: so glad you have reporters asking real questions and then providing information about the specifics on Covid deaths in their state.
We have no one in Wisconsin so far that has done a deep dive in Wisconsin for those statistics.
There is some data about NY on PowerLine Blog.
Not providing those statistics allows government to scare the shit out of everyone (and man is it working)!
I am of the opinion we have turned into a country filled with sheeple.

One statistic I want to know is how many people that have tested positive had lupus or rheumatoid arthritis and were taking hydroxychloroquine?
We they protected from either getting the virus at all or if they did were their cases so mild they really weren’t sick or at the most admitted to a hospital?

I want more I formation on who is pushing remdesivir and their connection to Gilead and if they will make money off of those connections.

The inability of investigation by any media outlet except to find ways to bash Trump is awful.; 5/4/20, 9:49 AM
wildswan said...: I'm thinking of a hairband and I need something, I'm starting to look like a pair of wild eyes peering from a thicket. Then, suddenly, two hands up, push, hair sweeps aside, and a brief appearance by a human being. But not for long. Yet hairbands make me think of Hillary. (can the Althouse picture undo this?) And barrettes make me think of being ten. Once I had an "Indian war bonnet" with red and green feathers which went on by means of a headband. That, with an N-95 mask, would be sort of fun in the grocery store.; 5/4/20, 9:49 AM
Howard said...: For anyone thinking about moving to the mountain west, especially you women out there who prize your soft beautiful luxurious skin, you need to buy eucerin in 5 gallon buckets. How else do you think bleachbit bimbo became such a dried up old prune;^). (I'm just kidding, you know I love you baby); 5/4/20, 9:51 AM
Howard said...: I love the hair band. She reminds me of all of those beautiful blonde female skiers in the early 70s on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountains.; 5/4/20, 9:53 AM
Tomcc said...: I think you and Meade are missing an opportunity to take "a dip" then "let wind and a bleak sun dry us off."

That'll teach you about shrinkage.; 5/4/20, 12:36 PM
eddie willers said...: I get a "Girl With Pearl Earring" vibe off of this.; 5/4/20, 1:09 PM
Tomcc said...: The hairband and long hair connotes cigarette advertising from the 70's; you should be holding a Kool though, not a phamera.; 5/4/20, 2:51 PM
Tomcc said...: It certainly looks like the number of Covid-19 deaths per day in the US have declined noticeably in the last three days. Here's hoping it's a trend!; 5/4/20, 2:54 PM
Ann Althouse said...: The headband is to keep my ears warm. It’s a Smartwool item. The temperature was 40 degrees this morning... and it was in the 70s yesterday.; 5/4/20, 3:02 PM
Tomcc said...: Ah, smart AND stylish!; 5/4/20, 3:09 PM
Rick.T. said...: “ If you want to see sunrises and sunsets, the mountains are in the way.”

My wife has the same complaint about the TN hills. If it looks like a great sunset, we'll drive down (literally)to the Natchez Trace Bridge and watch the sun go down there. Spectacular view.; 5/4/20, 8:05 PM
Josephbleau said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 5/4/20, 8:11 PM
Josephbleau said...: "Blogger Ann Althouse said...

"Your photos are a great advertisement for life in Madison. Even if you are missing mountains."

We've considered moving to Colorado (or one of those other mountainous states), but the reality is that mountains loom and make big shadows. If you want to see sunrises and sunsets, the mountains are in the way (unless you live near the top!)."

Try Leadville CO. "We are all here because we are not all there.", "Just because I slept with you last night does not mean you can ski with me today."

Leadville is on top but down at Copper Mountain the sun does not rise til 9am. So stay up high where God can see you.

High Colorado, at the source of the Arkansas, has the best wild flowers and the best rainbows that exist in the habitable world, and Canada.; 5/4/20, 8:14 PM
Ann Althouse said...: I like Leadville. Lots of pictures in the archive from Leadville.; 5/4/20, 9:23 PM
Crazy World said...: Looking lovely, I may never cut my my hair again. (flashback almost cut my hair song).; 5/4/20, 10:08 PM