May 23, 2023

Sunrise — 5:37.

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14 comments:

Inga said...

A soft reflection, lovely.

Rusty said...

That looks like an attack duck.

gadfly said...

Income tax audits are racially biased against blacks, we are now told. But GAO-provided facts are that in 2019 only one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) of all tax returns were audited. With incomes between $25K and $500K, the frequency dropped to 0.17% while positive income taxes up to $25K were looked at 0.4% of the time and Earned Income Tax Credit returns got looked at 0.77% of the time to block cheaters.

So when a push comes to a shove, according to GAO, audits are virtually nonexistent.

NKP said...

Question for Ann Althouse: Do you have a local gallery that displays your photography? If not, why not?

Don't know about Madison, but with so much urban space empty these days, I'd think you could score a small chunk for a 'song' (or a few large prints).

Your understanding of light and composition is a gift.

Narr said...

Prof captures the Sun in one of its rare moments of division. Uncanny.

FullMoon said...

Babysitting a three-month-old unveils origination of phrase "Does not pass the smell test"

gilbar said...

you know how libs keep saying: "We should be like Scandinavia!" And "Sweden has No Gun Crime!"
??
Well, Guess What? Stir in a batch of poor minorities; and Scandinavia become Just Like US!
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-peaceful-sweden-became-europes-gun-murder-capital-a5b500a7
Turf wars for control of the drug trade, driven by an influx of guns, personal vendettas and a pool of available youths, many from marginalized migrant communities, have resulted in a gun-homicide rate approximately 2½ times the European average
Stockholm’s gun-murder rate was roughly 30 times higher per capita than London’s.

Sweden's crime rate is Still far lower than the USA's, but it's moving on up as they get more minorities

DINKY DAU 45 said...

JACK is coming. "did you show those classified documents to anybody" NOT REALLY "what do you mean not really" I can if I want to. I can just think they are declassified (the amazing Kreskin) Intention, check, moving boxes around after asked for them back, Obstruction, check Saudi ,China Turkey?(did they need a look?) Next "the walls ARE closing in "it will become obvious to the doubters even through their denial. RICO(GEORGIA),FRAUD(NEW YORK),ESPIONAGE?(FLORIDA) here's your nominee! perfect fit! c'mon man. Even "weekend at Bernie's," Sleepy Joe looks way better than this perp. Shades of Ben from Israel ,Erdogan, Bolsonaro and the authoritarian cowboys griftin and doin it to it.

madAsHell said...

How bad are things in Portland, Oregon??

My in-laws bought a beautiful condo overlooking the Willamette River, and looking north you can see the city of Portland. To the east, the view is fill with vistas of Mt. Hood.

Bonus, it's right next to the Portland State University campus.

They bought the place 12 years ago for $850,000. They promptly dropped $100,000 in cosmetic improvements.

Today, they have called a real estate agent who thinks she can list it for $800,000.

n.n said...

Baby in the womb... moon.

n.n said...

Or a son over Sun.

lonejustice said...

2023: A Lake Mendota Space Odyssey - The Dawn of the Ducks.

Narr said...

I was 'Tubin' around last night (NOT 'toobin' you pervert) on the topic of ancient slings and stumbled very happily on the vids of Peter Pringle, playing some real oldtimey music.

Like 1500BC oldtimey. A genre you might call Three-string Bronze Age Bromance Blues. Gilgamesh, Enki, Humbaba the Bull of Heaven, and jealous Ishtar . . . all the characters you yawned over in world history class.

Go look and listen, you know how. Of course it's a lot of educated conjecture, but it's the newest sounding old music I've heard in ages, and Pringle is a marvel.

Mike of Snoqualmie said...

The Oakland A's have descended to the Mendoza Line after losing to the Seattle Mariners last night. The A's are 10 and 40, or 0.200!

A highly attended game is 14,000 fans. Most game attendance are in the few thousand range. The management are trying to tank the team so they can move to Lost Wages. But, the local pols are resisting the A's demands for ball park subsidies.