Althouse: Me, at the secondary vantage point, at 7:06 a.m.

October 24, 2021

Me, at the secondary vantage point, at 7:06 a.m.

Photo by Meade:

I am the person at the end of the dock. The other person is a random wayfarer.

12 comments:

Ann Althouse said...: Cue the inevitable "sailors take warning."

I know, I know... the rain is coming at 1 p.m.; 10/24/21, 8:02 AM
Owen said...: Unbelievable. Thanks.; 10/24/21, 8:26 AM
Ryan said...: Beautiful shot Meade.; 10/24/21, 8:28 AM
Ryan said...: Ps is the other person a "Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief?"; 10/24/21, 8:31 AM
wendybar said...: What a pretty sunrise!!; 10/24/21, 9:24 AM
Lurker21 said...: "The Random Wayfarer"

Wordsworth, right?; 10/24/21, 9:25 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Outstanding work!; 10/24/21, 9:36 AM
Saint Croix said...: Do ya'll remember the Chinese doctor who tried to warn people about COVID-19? Dr. Li Wentiang is his name. I'm calling him a hero. And shame on the dictators in China for their evil shit and all the deaths they have caused.

Dr. Li raised the alarm about the virus. Here's how the BBC reported it at the time.

Dr Li was working at the centre of the outbreak in December when he noticed seven cases of a virus that he thought looked like Sars - the virus that led to a global epidemic in 2003. The cases were thought to come from the Huanan Seafood market in Wuhan and the patients were in quarantine in his hospital.

Dr. Li died from the disease. Now consider how fucked up the Chinese government response was in response to his warnings. In late December, he sent a warning to other doctors about a SARS-like illness in Wuhan.

Four days later he was summoned to the Public Security Bureau where he was told to sign a letter. In the letter he was accused of "making false comments" that had "severely disturbed the social order".

"We solemnly warn you: If you keep being stubborn, with such impertinence, and continue this illegal activity, you will be brought to justice - is that understood?" Underneath in Dr Li's handwriting is written: "Yes, I do."

He was one of eight people who police said were being investigated for "spreading rumours".

The BBC says that China "botched" its response to the alarm.

Botched? To me, those actions -- a rather dramatic cover-up and an attempt to silence people -- suggest guilt more than error. Here's one of the last statements by the Trump administration on China's guilt.

Starting in at least 2016 – and with no indication of a stop prior to the COVID-19 outbreak – WIV researchers conducted experiments involving RaTG13, the bat coronavirus identified by the WIV in January 2020 as its closest sample to SARS-CoV-2 (96.2% similar). The WIV became a focal point for international coronavirus research after the 2003 SARS outbreak and has since studied animals including mice, bats, and pangolins.

So that's why the police tried to shut down that doctor and made him sign a paper and threatened him. That's not normal behavior when an awful disease pops up. Nobody does that!

Unless you have guilty knowledge and you're afraid you're going to be blamed for the fuck up.; 10/24/21, 9:40 AM
Gerda Sprinchorn said...: Why is this a secondary vantage point?

Was the first vantage point unavailable because it was engulfed in the nuclear holocaust that appears to be happening in the photo?

Just to be clear, I hope that's not what happened. I just can't think of another explanation.; 10/24/21, 10:14 AM
Iman said...: Heh… I was thinking “bloggers take warning” before I read your first comment. Great shot, Meade!

We gettin’ drenched here in Northern Caliunicornia… and we need it.; 10/24/21, 12:32 PM
Joe Smith said...: 'The other person is a random wayfarer.'

Sure it's not Chuck?; 10/24/21, 2:12 PM
Ann Althouse said...: “ Why is this a secondary vantage point?”

My primary view is at the midpoint of my run. I try to time it right for the sunrise time but when I’m driving over, if I see a good pre-sunrise, I have a place to stop and take a photo — no running needed.

This beautiful pinkness happened 20 minutes before sunrise. Actual sunrise today was much less exciting. My run to the primary vantage point takes me about 12 minutes.; 10/24/21, 3:10 PM