Althouse: Sunrise

August 23, 2023

Sunrise — 6:22.

36 comments:

Lem the artificially intelligent said...: I like this pic. It has the makings of an impressionist painting.; 8/23/23, 6:52 PM
Rabel said...: It's king of unfortunate that there's 7 lower level candidates at the debate tonight, what with the movie and all. Comparisons are unavoidable.

And I'm not talking about the Magnificent 7 with Yul and McQueen and Bronson. It's the other 7 with Dopey and Grumpy and Fatty and the other little fellas.

Meanwhile Vlad is showing Joe how to deal with competitors. None of that shady, messy legal stuff. Just shoot down his private plane with him in it. Hope Joe and the CIA don't get any ideas.

People might start getting rowdy.; 8/23/23, 7:14 PM
lonejustice said...: This fishing boat seems much more modern, like the ones my neighbors use who go fishing.; 8/23/23, 7:19 PM
gadfly said...: Rudy weighed in at the Rice Street jail at 230 lbs. and stands 5'11" tall.

Tomorrow we will discover that Donald is less than 6'1" tall weighs in above 275 lbs.

Trump claims to be 6'3" and weighs 239 lbs. (Sigh) Just another lie.; 8/23/23, 7:26 PM
wildswan said...: There's prolife trial going on in DC which might give some idea of the difficulty of Trump getting a fair trial there. Jury selection took five days because so many in the jury pool had direct connections with Planned Parenthood or the abortion industry - they had marched for it, donated to it, volunteered for it In the end known, active supporters of abortion were accepted if they stated that they could be impartial. One pictures staff members of the DNC, donors to the Biden campaign and volunteers for the Biden campaign on the Trump jury being accepted if they stated they could be impartial simply because otherwise a jury could not be impaneled. It would be legitimate to request a change of venue I think and perhaps the prolifers should have done the same.
The whole trial in fact, is like the times - "strange days have come upon us, strange days." The Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly was the first chief judge of the FISA court, 2001-2007, and presided over its foundational formation when access to e-mails without a search warrant was approved while access to regular mail still constitutionally requires a search warrant. She would argue that different times and circumstances allow different methods in that case. But with respect to the prolifers she seems to be interpreting behavior as if it were 1993. That is to say the Face Act bans intimidating or harassing behavior. But what is intimidating or harassing behavior in 2023. Is crowding around a door or even around a person accepted as intimidating or blocking? Look at the video of how Riley Gaines was treated when she tried to exercise her constitutional right to free speech without a single arrest and without the slightest feeling that on the part of law enforcement that this was wrong. And there are hundreds of similar instances in which persons exercising their constitutional rights were vigorously confronted by persons who differed from them. In 2023 confrontation to make one's point is not intimidation, harassment or any of the other possibilities banned by FACE. That's out-dated in DC. Unless there's a two tier system of justice.
The prolifers were not blocking doors; they were passing out cards with information about the unborn and trying to enter into discussions. It was your Aunt Emma's tea party compared to what is now legitimate - see how Antifa or BLM or feminists confront those they oppose. Even when arrested they are released at once because confrontation is legitimate. Unless, as I say, there is a two tier system of justice.
The judge excluded all information about what the prolifers were trying to say at the scene and all their reasons for being there. Yet this information, I would say, proves that the prolifers were simply confronting, the activity which is now legitimate and which is acceptable. And excluding that information suggests a political prosecution. It does matter whether one is confronting or scuffling. And saying it doesn't matter is political.
The trial isn't over and there's another trial coming up. We'll see how the jury of abortion supporters votes on the issues and presented by the former FISA judge. Most probably it will show that Trump has a right to request a change of venue, that there's a two-tier justice system operating in DC.

PS. The Washington Post is covering the trial (keyword: Lauren Handy) in their usual manner. They're there every day and their coverage is a journalism classic, a model of our times.; 8/23/23, 7:38 PM
Clyde said...: I'm waiting for the meme of Putin looking at the burning wreckage of Prigozhin's plane the same way the little girl looks at the burning house.; 8/23/23, 7:44 PM
tim in vermont said...: "We always knew it was you, Prigo."; 8/23/23, 7:46 PM
Iman said...: Beautiful sunrise! The kind of morning on a lake where I’d like to troll for muskies… maybe use Chuck for bait.

No, wouldn’t work. Usually, it’s only catfish that will bite on stink bait.; 8/23/23, 7:46 PM
Chuck said...: Oh this is pure X-ing fire from Stuart Stevens on TwitterX:

Stuart Stevens
@stuartpstevens
·
1h
On 9/11,
@GovChristie wife was at work next to Twin Towers. Her firm was client of Cantor Fitzgerald. He didn’t know if she was alive or dead. Evacuated by ferry. I look forward to him calling out the little 9/11 truther punk @VivekGRamaswamy .; 8/23/23, 7:55 PM
Inga said...: My guess is Trump weighs in at around 290 and is no taller than 6 feet. Nothing wrong with that, that’s not the crime.; 8/23/23, 8:32 PM
Mason G said...: The New York Times published an essay titled "Elections Are Bad for Democracy", took it down and reposted it as "The Worst People Run for Office. It's Time for a Better Way".

The Atlantic chipped in with an article titled "Americans Vote Too Much".

People actually voting is a problem now? I sense a disturbance in the force.; 8/23/23, 9:04 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: From my X: It's déjà-vu all over again.

Hint: indictments backup.; 8/23/23, 9:04 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: I approve my X message: In 2019, Dems blast "dictator" Trump for using DoJ to investigate a political rival, turning the U.S. into a "banana republic"

Everything they have accused Trump of doing... they actually do and better.; 8/23/23, 9:10 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: My X: Ep. 19 Debate Night with Donald J Trump; 8/23/23, 9:29 PM
AZ Bob said...: Some guy named Swami chastised everyone for their canned speached. He sounded canned too.; 8/23/23, 10:05 PM
Jim at said...: My guess is Trump weighs in at around 290 and is no taller than 6 feet.

Why do you say stupid things that are easily proven wrong?

Obama is 6'2". Take a look at any picture of the two of them standing side-by-side. There are plenty.

Trump is at least as tall as Obama if not a shade taller.; 8/23/23, 10:28 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Question: With this kind of lighting, are they going to ask Trump to remove his makeup?

Dems are going for broke. It wouldn't surprise me. Heck, nothing would surprise me now.

Meanwhile, people saying how there's a two-tier justice system in the USA, could start to see in Trump somebody they could rally behind.; 8/23/23, 10:44 PM
Eva Marie said...: Here is Vivek Ramaswamy’s 2003 high school graduation speech. A little long but amazing.
https://rumble.com/v3azxcs-18-year-old-vivek-ramaswamys-2003-graduation-speech.html; 8/23/23, 11:02 PM
Eva Marie said...: Nice photo. That looks like a pretty serious fishing boat. I tried to figure when they got up to go fishing and figured about 5 am. But it’s possible they were night fishing and they’re about ready to call it a day. Does it look like they’ve caught a lot of fish? I can’t really tell.; 8/23/23, 11:38 PM
Rabel said...: So Burgum rubs some dirt on it and shows up and plays through the pain and in doing so craps on my Snow White jibe. Unforgivable. Take your Eugene Levy eyebrows and go back to whatever Dakota you came from, Dude. And get a haircut when you get there. It ain't '78 anymore.

I put the Dylan channel on my Pandora app. Guy sounds pretty good on headphones.

I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin' tonight.; 8/23/23, 11:57 PM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Orwell Nailed It...

https://www.theblaze.com/news/court-rules-against-dr-jordan-peterson-upholds-regulatory-group-s-requirement-that-he-undergo-re-education-for-expressing-his-opinions-online-i-will-let-the-world-know

Long ago Frank asked, "Who Are The Brain Police?".; 8/24/23, 3:02 AM
Tina Trent said...: Interesting, wildswan.; 8/24/23, 4:14 AM
Humperdink said...: Anyone who thinks the Ukes can win this war, even with the DC dupes funding it in an unlimited way, has not looked at history. The US does win wars anymore. We drag them out. The Ukes spring counter offensive (it's now August), is pretty much off the news.* In fact, the whole war has been relegated to the news backburner. Why is that? Could it be the news is not all rosy?

* The Uke/ Russian war is not even the top story on the Institute for the Study of War.; 8/24/23, 6:12 AM
Leland said...: Why do you say stupid things that are easily proven wrong?

The only remarkable thing about the gadfly troll is how easy it is to prove him wrong.; 8/24/23, 6:37 AM
Rusty said...: There must some sort of structure there because there is always a boat there. It's probably where the point drops off into deeper water.
Gadfy. Can you be any more petty?; 8/24/23, 7:05 AM
farmgirl said...: My husband and I tested positive for Covid, yesterday.
It’s not fun, but it’s not the sickest I’ve ever been, thank the Lord.
Migraine (I get those), fever, chills- backache and now a lingering headcold.

Started Saturday- pretty much done.

I hope everyone who gets it going forward can beat it.
My husband seems to have a worse cough- mine is not serious.
He’s a smoker- I’m not.; 8/24/23, 7:36 AM
Rocco said...: Inga said...
“My guess is Trump weighs in at around 290 and is no taller than 6 feet. “

So if you get your presidents by the pound, Trump is your man! N’omu cu na panza! A man with a belly, if you’re familiar with the idiom.

By that metric, Christie is the only serious competition.; 8/24/23, 8:02 AM
gilbar said...: Humperdink said...
Anyone who thinks the Ukes can win this war, even with the DC dupes funding it in an unlimited way, has not looked at history..

Or, a recent newspaper, for that matter. From TODAY'S WSJ
Kyiv’s forces can still break through Russia defenses, but time is running out, Washington officials say
American advice is based on the calculation that the surge of equipment the U.S. has funneled to Ukraine—more than $43 billion in weaponry has been committed over the years—is enough for this offensive and is unlikely to be repeated at anywhere near the same level in 2024.
“We built up this mountain of steel for the counteroffensive. We can’t do that again,” one former U.S. official said. “It doesn’t exist.”

The current state of play has sparked worries that Ukraine’s fight against Russia might be entering a stalemate, a contention President Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, has denied.

Some Ukrainian soldiers who have been fighting from the beginning of the war expressed frustration that the tanks and armored vehicles had been given to newly formed units that include soldiers with little or no combat experience.
..the reality of fighting on first contact with the enemy shocked them. One soldier from the 47th Brigade recounted an assault on a Russian trench, the company’s first infantry engagement in real war, which was against one of the best-fortified lines that Russia has in all of Ukraine.

The Ukrainians are running out of men.. Have ALREADY ran out of trained men. BUT! Not to Worry;
Because if you suggest that the Every Thing is Not PEACHY for them, some guy here will call you stupid!; 8/24/23, 9:03 AM
Rusty said...: Your tax dollars at work.
FEMA employees are staying at luxury hotels in Maui at 530 bucks a pop. Good work if you can get it. The hotels in question are 45 minutes from the disaster site. No aid can get into Lahaina that hasn't been approved by FEMA. So no aid is getting in. The Red Cross has done good work getting people housed, but there are still people with no place to go. The residents have been offered 700$ by the Hawaiian government. Just before the fire the police blocked the roads that would lead people out of Lahaina.
Remember folks. In times of disaster never depend on the government to help you. By the time they do, you'll be dead.; 8/24/23, 9:08 AM
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tim in vermont said...: Can you imagine what it must be like to be as fixated on every part of Trump’s body as gadfly is? Maybe I have felt that way about new lovers, but a politician?; 8/24/23, 9:27 AM
Humperdink said...: Correction to my comment above: "The US does *not* win wars anymore. We drag them out."; 8/24/23, 9:35 AM
Original Mike said...: Best wishes, farmgirl.; 8/24/23, 11:40 AM
tim in vermont said...: Happy to hear that it doesn’t sound serious, farmgirl.; 8/24/23, 2:10 PM
MadTownGuy said...: farmgirl said...

"My husband and I tested positive for Covid, yesterday.
It’s not fun, but it’s not the sickest I’ve ever been, thank the Lord.
Migraine (I get those), fever, chills- backache and now a lingering headcold.

Started Saturday- pretty much done.

I hope everyone who gets it going forward can beat it.
My husband seems to have a worse cough- mine is not serious.
He’s a smoker- I’m not."

Monitor your oxygen levels. Wife's and mine were fine for a week. She recovered with no ill effects. On Day 8 my O2 levels crashed and two days following, I was in hospital with pneumonia. I received excellent care and am pretty much back to normal but it was unexpected and scary.; 8/24/23, 7:31 PM
Dr Weevil said...: Humperdink (6:12 and 9:35am):
That the US does not win wars any more is irrelevant in this case. The US is not fighting this war, just supplying the Ukrainians, who are doing all of the fighting and neither need nor want US or NATO troops. And they will not give up, because they can't: Putin has made it quite clear that the only 'peace' he will accept is the complete destruction of Ukraine as a nation and a culture. His RT propagandists openly say so.

And yes, Jake Sullivan and his buddies (including WSJ's "former US official", assuming he even exists) are attempting to drag this one out. I think they will fail, though their shameful delays will cost the lives of tens of thousands more on both sides. We promised F-16s, Abrams tanks, and ATACMS missiles last year, and have delivered none of them, and the F-16s are now being put off to next year. But the Dutch and Danes are sending F-16s and the Swedes are sending Gripens, and the Russians are already freaking out: they know they're doomed.

Of course, US funding is very far from "unlimited". Others have pointed out that we are spending 3% of the military budget to help the Ukrainians defeat one of our two greatest military rivals in the world. A bargain. And the dollar amounts are deeply misleading: we brag about supplying million-dollar tanks and missiles, as if they are worth what it would cost to build them from scratch today, when most of them are lined up in the desert because we will never use them again. Sending them to Ukraine is in fact cheaper than disposing of them while following EPA regulations.

The fact that US and NATO previous-generation technology is better than even the newest Russian technology is one of the things most likely to deter China from invading Taiwan.; 8/24/23, 8:36 PM