Althouse: Sunrise

January 3, 2023

Sunrise — 7:37.

32 comments:

Owen said...: Otherworldly.; 1/3/23, 4:07 PM
Nancy said...: Hey Ann, Madison is in the news! What do you know about Katie leClaire?; 1/3/23, 4:26 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Dr Jordan B Peterson @jordanbpeterson

BREAKING: the Ontario College of Psychologists @CPOntario has demanded that I submit myself to mandatory social-media communication retraining with their experts for, among other crimes, retweeting @PierrePoilievre and criticizing @JustinTrudeau and his political allies.

11:11 AM · Jan 3, 2023
from Toronto, Ontario; 1/3/23, 4:36 PM
hawkeyedjb said...: Brrr! It's been cold and rainy in Arizona for the last week, but at least it hasn't been... cold and icy.; 1/3/23, 5:05 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Watching Glass Onion (2022). It’s not as good as Knives Out (2019).; 1/3/23, 5:07 PM
wendybar said...: Brrrr.....; 1/3/23, 5:40 PM
wendybar said...: If there were any truth to their propaganda, WHY are they hiding it?? So Nancy won't be around to get what SHE deserves??? These people are the reason why this country is going down the tubes. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/hiding-jan-6-committee-sealed-important-videos-documents-50-years-can-continue-lie-j-6-protests-fed-involvement/; 1/3/23, 5:44 PM
boatbuilder said...: My wife for some reason just picked up a book about lichens from the library.

Many of them look a lot like the lake in these pictures.; 1/3/23, 5:46 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Where is the disconnect?

People buying at Whole Foods because they are “organic” are the same people who enthusiastically got the shot and gave it to their kids.

link to Darkhorse podcast clip; 1/3/23, 6:13 PM
Narr said...: Those with clear skies above can see Luna and Mars very close together, and Jupiter east of them.

It's very fine here tonight. I hope you in the cold regions make it through without harm.

My wife noticed our backyard azaleas are notably brown, and sure enough it looks like our brief cold snap (singles and -) did a number on them and some crap honeysuckle overgrowing part of the chainlink fence.

At least all the leaves are down from the big trees.; 1/3/23, 6:31 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: This is what I saw this morning at dawn. Gorgeous rose sky. Looking both SE and N.; 1/3/23, 6:49 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Astute observation via Twitter: “Every cardiac arrest is now blamed on the vaccine. Every weather event is due to climate change. Every case of autism is due to the MMR vaccine. Every terrorist named Ahmad was fighting against the Zionist occupation. Every mass shooting is due to the existence of the 2nd”; 1/3/23, 7:43 PM
Gusty Winds said...: Some people lead by example. People like...like the “unvaccinated”.

You know. The heretics. The ones who should live outside “polite society”. Outlaws in fact....; 1/3/23, 7:53 PM
Birches said...: Althouse red meat:Madison Indigenous arts leader, activist revealed as white; 1/3/23, 8:36 PM
Owen said...: Lem Former Twitter Aficionado @ 7:43: all these blanket attributions are forms of magical thinking, powered by 24/7 indoctrination of generations who mostly have not had to pay much or any price for endorsing this “reality.”

Makes me think we *are* in The Matrix.; 1/3/23, 8:38 PM
Saint Croix said...: Lem nails it at 5:07; 1/3/23, 9:26 PM
Saint Croix said...: I got $20 for giving blood. That means I can send four free copies of Whodidit in the Supreme Court? to Hillbillies who like free murder mysteries.

Shoot me your mailing address if you want one. oystermanproductions@gmail.com; 1/3/23, 9:34 PM
gadfly said...: Sixteen candles make a lovely light
But out of sight for Quiverin' Qevin tonight
Blown up by the candles his dream goes too
And soon they'll be laughing over at party Blue

There is but one chance for Speaker of the House
Speak with a nonelected nonmember and A#1 louse
Make happy the Freedom Caucus and get the 16 back
By voting for Trump to keep the train off the track; 1/4/23, 12:55 AM
gadfly said...: Damar Hamlin had to be resuscitated (brought back from apparent death) twice Monday night and he is intubated on a ventilator and sedated in ICU. After two days he remains in critical condition unable to breathe by himself.

Pray that this strong young man can recover free of brain damage.; 1/4/23, 1:18 AM
planetgeo said...: Gusty Winds, those heretics will soon be referred to as "the survivor gene pool."; 1/4/23, 2:50 AM
WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...: Adam Schiff - colluding with twitter
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1610394284867436547; 1/4/23, 3:08 AM
WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...: Trudeau is Castro. Communist whore.; 1/4/23, 3:10 AM
wendybar said...: Kevin McCarthy is awfully smug, isn't he?? GOPe are upset that we aren't like Democrats who do everything in lockstep like good little Communists do. WHY is he occupying the Speakers office?? WHY was he so smug to move in before the vote?? THIS is why I hope he loses. Let him take his walk of shame out of the office? How brazen and dumb was he??

So sick and tired of these career politicians who only care about themselves and their power, and not the good of the country. Cave more Kevin. Maybe the Democrats will vote for you.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2023/01/04/gaetz-writes-letter-to-architect-of-the-capitol-about-kevin-mccarthy-n2617864; 1/4/23, 6:15 AM
Clyde said...: Re: Katie LeClair, poor thing! Not only outed as a "pretendian," but she'll have to turn in her "Two Spirit" card, too, and pick another mental illness. Perhaps she'll downgrade to "Non-binary" or just boring "bisexual."

Just goes to show how oppressed minority people really are; if being "Indigenous" or "Black" was really disadvantageous, why would Katie LeClair or Rachel Dolezal want to pretend to be nonwhite?; 1/4/23, 6:59 AM
wendybar said...: This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.; 1/4/23, 7:02 AM
Clyde said...: Woops, according to the article, her name is Kay LeClaire. Let's get that correct.; 1/4/23, 7:23 AM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.; 1/4/23, 7:25 AM
MadTownGuy said...: Birches said...

"Althouse red meat: Madison Indigenous arts leader, activist revealed as white"

From the article:

"AdvancedSmite, who is also of Indigenous heritage, said they first became aware of LeClaire through a Facebook ad for an upcoming talk on Indigenous feminism at which LeClaire was going to speak. It identified LeClaire as nibiiwakamigkwe, which AdvancedSmite found unusual; the single given Ojibwe name is “typically something that would just be used in ceremony or with other people who are Ojibwe or a part of your community,” they said.

But they also said they’re aware that some Indigenous people have recently been using those given names more publicly as a means to embrace and celebrate their heritage. While unusual, it wasn’t necessarily a red flag.

Still, AdvancedSmite did some googling, and connected the Ojibwe name to LeClaire, which is “a common Native American last name.” AdvancedSmite also noticed through online posts that LeClaire seemed to often identify as Anishinaabe, which was also unusual.

“Our band names are so important, so I tend to be suspicious when someone just says Anishinaabe,” AdvancedSmite said.

Also a “hobbyist genealogist,” AdvancedSmite used online records and resources to find LeClaire’s true lineage – German, Swedish and French Canadian. Once they had that more or less confirmed – and were sure there wasn’t another Kathryn LeClaire of the same age – they posted on the New Age Fraud Forum.

AdvancedSmite said they have no prior connection to LeClaire nor to the Madison Indigenous community, and are not personally involved in this case.

“I have a skill and I saw something and I did what I could,” they said."

Would that the same forensic discipline might be applied to the other woke scam artists' activities.; 1/4/23, 8:04 AM
MadTownGuy said...: Here's something that could use some forensic investigation:

Health Care Workers Cry Foul on FDA Claiming It Didn’t Prohibit Ivermectin for COVID-19

"Dr. Yusuf Saleeby has practiced medicine for more than 30 years. He serves patients in South Carolina and until recently had never faced an investigation from his state medical board.

But after Saleeby started prescribing ivermectin to his patients, he was reported to the board, which opened an investigation, despite the state’s attorney general’s promise that his office wouldn’t prosecute doctors who prescribed off-label medications.

Jennifer Wright, a nurse practitioner and clinical director who practices in Florida, but can prescribe across state lines, told The Epoch Times she received a letter from the Office of the Attorney General of New York ordering her not to prescribe ivermectin.

“You know, basically threatened me. If I don’t stop prescribing, then they’re going to fine me,” Wright said about the letter, which threatened legal action with fines of up to $5,000 per violation.

The letter stated that the Food and Drug Administration only authorized ivermectin for use in humans when treating “parasitic worms and head lice and skin conditions like rosacea.”

The citation in the letter appears to be from an FDA advisory issued in March 2021 titled “Why You Should Not Use Ivermectin to Treat or Prevent COVID-19.”

That advisory and other anti-ivermectin messaging from the FDA are now the subject of a lawsuit brought by three doctors against the agency. The doctors argue that the FDA illegally interfered with their ability to treat patients.

During a hearing in November 2022, attorneys defending the government argued that the agency’s missives were just a recommendation.

“They did not say it’s prohibited or it’s unlawful. They also did not say that doctors may not prescribe ivermectin,” Isaac Belfer, one of the lawyers for the government, said during a Nov. 1, 2022, hearing in federal court in Texas.

The government’s arguments differ greatly from the reality many doctors faced for prescribing ivermectin. Some lost their jobs, others were investigated by state medical boards, and many received threats from the New York attorney general because they were prescribing across state lines."

More...; 1/4/23, 8:22 AM
MadTownGuy said...: Continued...

"Matthew Dark, a spokesperson for Roots Medical and Colorado Healthcare Providers for Freedom, which has more than 275 physicians in the group, stated that several doctors in Colorado are facing investigations by the state medical board.

When asked about the FDA’s new claim, Dark stated: “They knew it was safe for humans, and they made that very accusatory thing if you were a doctor prescribing this, you were an idiot. You were practicing like a hillbilly. So that message was loud and clear.”

Dark referred to Twitter messages from the FDA, one of which said: “You are not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y’all. Stop it.”

“Pharmacies were responding to the practice and providers trying to write [ivermectin] the same way the FDA was behaving,” Dark said.

Wright concurred, and pointing to her letter from the New York attorney general, said, “It clearly states in this letter that according to the FDA, you must cease and desist in prescribing ivermectin to New York State residents.”

Dr. Miguel Antonatos, a board-certified internal medicine physician who practices out of Illinois, but can prescribe to other states, told The Epoch Times via email that he, too, received a letter from the New York attorney general.

Nicole Sirotek is a registered nurse and founder of American Frontline Nurses, a patient advocacy network that boasts 22,000 nurses. She told The Epoch Times that her nurses often work with doctors in hospital settings.

At the height of the pandemic, Sirotek said patients would reach out to her advocacy network and beg for ivermectin, either for themselves or their loved ones dying in the hospital.

She stated that in five separate instances, doctors were fired or forced to resign for prescribing ivermectin as a home medication for nurses to administer in hospitals.

“That happened five times, and each physician was fired. That’s five physicians in five different states and five different hospital systems.”

Julie McCabe, a registered nurse and director of advocacy services for American Frontline Nurses, told The Epoch Times that the above doctors include Dr. Edith Behr in Pennsylvania, Dr. John Witcher in Mississippi, Dr. Mary Bowden in Texas, Dr. Robert Karas in Arkansas, and Dr. Paul Marik in Virginia. Bowden and Marik are two of the three doctors suing the FDA over its stance on ivermectin.

Bowden told The Epoch Times that Houston Methodist Hospital suspended her for merely writing on Twitter about ivermectin, and she had to overcome “numerous obstacles” when prescribing it to patients.

“The FDA was the key creator of these hurdles when it launched a social media campaign stating that ivermectin is dangerous and only for horses. When faced with a lawsuit, the FDA now claims it was merely making suggestions—suggestions that have threatened my ability to practice medicine and more importantly, interfered with life-saving early treatment of COVID patients,” Bowden said."; 1/4/23, 8:25 AM
dreams said...: Here is an excellent article about Hart County's Amish community.

"As he puts the bow away, the video screen gives Gingerich a near perfect score. As the owner of Trophy Ridge Archery and Outdoors, this isn’t surprising.

What may be surprising to passerby visiting Gingerich’s store or a number of other businesses in the bordering regions of Mammoth Cave National Park is who they find behind the register.

Hart County is home to about 600 Amish families, a Christian community that chooses to live a simpler life with limited technology and modest dress. The Amish are not monolithic; there are four main subgroups that range in conservatism – the Swartzentruber Amish, Old Order, New Order and Beachy Amish.

Hart County’s Amish belong to the Old Order, meaning that they use horses and buggies for transportation and use the Pennsylvania German dialect in their church services and daily conversation. Community decisions are made by the local church and bishop.

They also differ from the broader English (non-Amish) society in that they meet for worship service in private homes, generally avoid digital technology like mobile phones and the Internet, don’t use electricity and adopt traditional dress including head bonnets and modest dresses for women and plain clothing for men, often including a beard if married."

https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/hart-countys-amish-businesses-navigate-marketing-tourism-and-technology/article_a36220e8-a431-5a23-b6fa-21176d203821.html?fbclid=IwAR2-_yv_uYpzSbt49uZi3Vk9XOHM4mlP-CAksZGjkvVqbAndZ0EXKcvxp-w; 1/4/23, 9:44 AM
Brylinski said...: AI is taking over the music industry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IV29YNTH3M; 1/4/23, 5:00 PM