Perhaps you can tell I ran through rain to get to my vantage point and the rain had passed over me by the time I got there and luckily it hadn't got to where it would block the sun. It produced a sunrise unique in my collection of approximately 1,000 sunrises. Write about anything you want in the comments.
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Arthur, King of the Britons…
Nice clouds! Looks like Arizona recently.
That Tucker interview with the Capitol police chief wasn't surprising for its content. It was shocking that the interview exists at all though. It takes some kind of commitment to sustaining the dishonest narrative for mainstream media (virtually all media) to ignore what he has to say. It is impossible to be too cynical about Washington politics these days. I suppose I ought to be grateful to have had my eyes opened, but depresses me to realize how naive I used to be. God only knows what I DON'T know about politics.I suspect things are much worse than they even appear, and that's a hell of a thought.
Hallelujah! Heavenly solar rays.
We're not worthy!
I love the sunlight reflecting from the wind-on-the-water wavelets.
Two law professors active in the Federalist Society wrote that the original meaning of the 14th Amendment makes Donald Trump ineligible to hold government office.
The Sweep and Force of Section Three
University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 172, 2024
William Baude
University of Chicago - Law School
Michael Stokes Paulsen
University of St. Thomas School of Law
Date Written: August 9, 2023
Abstract
Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment forbids holding office by former officeholders who then participate in insurrection or rebellion. Because of a range of misperceptions and mistaken assumptions, Section Three’s full legal consequences have not been appreciated or enforced. This article corrects those mistakes by setting forth the full sweep and force of Section Three.
First, Section Three remains an enforceable part of the Constitution, not limited to the Civil War, and not effectively repealed by nineteenth-century amnesty legislation. Second, Section Three is self-executing, operating as an immediate disqualification from office, without the need for additional action by Congress. It can and should be enforced by every official, state or federal, who judges qualifications. Third, to the extent of any conflict with prior constitutional rules, Section Three repeals, supersedes, or simply satisfies them. This includes the rules against bills of attainder or ex post facto laws, the Due Process Clause, and even the free speech principles of the First Amendment. Fourth, Section Three covers a broad range of conduct against the authority of the constitutional order, including many instances of indirect participation or support as “aid or comfort.” It covers a broad range of former offices, including the Presidency. And in particular, it disqualifies former President Donald Trump, and potentially many others, because of their participation in the attempted overthrow of the 2020 presidential election.
" It was shocking that the interview exists at all though."
You remember what Monica Lewinsky said about the nature of true power.
"True power is when you can appear in public for decades and never be asked the question everybody wants to know about." (paraphrase, It's kind of amazing that such a great quote is difficult to find)
Sooooooo.......when does a "social influencer" stop influencing???? I'm pretty sure that cross-dressing queer lost his Budweiser contract back in July.
Today, I'm looking at a picture of an empty Budweiser beer garden in Sturgis.
Ya' know......we used to see the rear end of a Clydesdale, and think Budweiser.
Then that stupid fucking marketing bitch replaced the rear-end of a Clydesdale with a cross-dressing queer, and immediately lost 6 billion dollars.
Hysterical. I wanna hear her speak on the late night talk shows.
Your first sunrise pic yesterday led me to believe you were in Canada.
Really nice! Reminded of that I Ching phrase, “perseverance furthers”.
I can see why Althouse had second thoughts narrowing down the choices.
These are beautiful.
Beautiful sunrise. Thank you for sharing it.
https://captimes.com/news/government/ssm-decision-to-end-transgender-care-leads-county-to-review-contract/article_fcea9213-ae5b-5fa0-90b5-daf7d330182f.html">SSM decision to end transgender care leads county to review contract
"Dane County is reviewing its employee health insurance contract with a subsidiary of SSM Health after the health system announced it would stop providing gender-affirming surgeries.
The county is in the fourth year of a five-year contract with the SSM affiliate and is scheduled to seek bids again in April to insure thousands of county employees and their family members. When County Executive Joe Parisi and his staff put together the request for proposals for health insurance in 2018, gender-affirming surgery was a requirement of any proposal, Parisi told the Cap Times.
“It's been kind of the law of the land in Dane County since I directed staff to put that in there five years ago. Up to this point, everything's been going fine,” Parisi said.
However, SSM Health — a Catholic, not-for-profit health system — stopped providing gender-affirming surgeries at its Aesthetic Center in Middleton, a patient and multiple employees told Channel 3000 in July. The move came after ramped-up pressure this year from the Catholic Church to stop Catholic health care organizations from providing some types of gender-affirming care to transgender people.
Gender-affirming care includes treatments such as puberty blockers, hormones or surgery.
SSM has not responded to multiple requests from the Cap Times for more information. Parisi said he heard the news secondhand.
“I was definitely surprised and disappointed when I read about the news. I received no heads up from SSM,” the county executive said. “I've asked corporation counsel (the county's attorney) to review the (health insurance) contract, just to make sure what they're doing is consistent with the terms."
The county's insurance contract is with Dean Health Plan by Medica, the insurance services subsidiary of Dean Health System and SSM Health Care. Dane County has about 3,000 employees.
While the health insurance contract is under review by county lawyer Carlos Pabellon, who said he could not provide any updates to the Cap Times, Parisi said the inclusion of gender inclusive procedures will “certainly remain part of the contract.”
Dean Health says it will continue coverage
Representatives from Dean Health Plan by Medica issued a statement that said the insurer will continue to provide coverage for gender-affirming care."
More at the link.
About the shoplifting post. I heard a proposal from Scott Adams that reminded me of the TV show The Wire. One of the Wire’s most notorious characters robbed drug dealers.
Scott Adams propose that entrepreneurial citizens be on the look out to hit up shoplifters on their way out of the store.
Scott tried to call attention to the idea by spiking it with (paraphrasing) “if it was up to me I would allow snipers and word would get around and that would be the end of shoplifting”.
I like RFKjr's campaign commercial and agree with his point. I just wish I believed that he really did. I still probably wouldn't vote for him.
At this point I'm tempted to throw in with Begley and Vivek.
Our commentariat’s own Saint Croix has a great Substack post about abortion. Please read it.
link to substack
just to remember..
If there is BAD weather; of ANY Kind: it is "Climate Change" and Caused by Man!
If there is Good weather, of ANY Kind; it is Just "Good Weather" and is IN SPITE of "Climate Change"
There is an old phrase, to describe this; and that is: Original SIN. MAN is EVIL!
especially Male Men!
extra especially White Male Men!!
ALL Evil in the world, has been caused by White Male Men!!
Space Travel
Computers
Green Revolution
Airplanes
Electronics
Telephones
Telegraphs
Internal Combustion engines
Voting Rights for Women
Abolition
Steam engines
Industrial Revolution
Agricultural Revolution
ALL of it! All caused by White Male Men.. And ALL EVIL!!!
Impressive sequence shot there. You had to work extra to get it, congrats.
So Biden wants to shut down the investigation into his corruption by putting one of his made men in charge of it, allowing him to stonewall the Congressional investigation, he will probably hand out immunity like candy, the same way that they shut down the Hillary email investigation, giving key players immunity and asking nothing in return. Same as they tried to do with the Hunter plea deal.
I know, I know, Trump is worse because he was going to get us into WW3.... oh wait Trump is worse because he in an asset of the enemies of Biden's clients in Ukraine! WW3's a good thing now!
It's kind of funny that it just happened to be the enemy of Biden's clients, the enemy of the nation that really did interfere with our elections, Ukraine, in 2016, for Hillary, that we are all supposed to hate. It's almost as if Ukraine has been running our politics by inviting US politicians into their vast playground of corruption, and now we are just an instrument of their foreign policy.
Spectacular set of photos. Nature’s sermon. Hard to be an atheist in the face of such beauty
Holy crap, read the things that the judge in Trump's DC trial has said abut him in open court in the past. Basically she says he's guilty and should be in jail. This is prior to hearing any evidence, BTW. "Blind justice" Looks like Trump is going to be convicted of "insinuating."
https://twitter.com/julie_kelly2/status/1690097151156629504
Dramatic! These would be a good accompaniment to Vivaldi's Four Seasons (Summer).
And the dawn comes up like thunder out of Maple Bluff accross the bay.
I’m usually too tired to comment on sunset cafes, but these photos are spectacular!
Funny rehajm mentions King Arthur! Today at a charming book shop in Waynesville, North Carolina, I picked up a new translation of Sir aThomas Mallory’s La morte d’Arthur. It just called to me. I want to lose myself in this ancient myth, in a language that is not Middle English. The update by Peter Acroyd so far is primo. I never want to read contemporary fiction again. G’night y’all.
Here's a mouthful - with enough links to keep the internet gods happy:
On Woke (And America's Capacity For Nappin')
I had a comment about the Ukraine but those pictures are just too pretty to lead into war - although the news seems good. Another day.
Upon further review...
wow
In the stock market we talk about "up and to the right"
(a stock chart going up and to the right means you've made a lot of money)
If I had to draw Althouse as a stock chart...
mostly she would be consistent
her blog has been consistently excellent as long as I've been here
so that chart would be flat
but her photographs have gotten stronger and stronger over the years
up and to the right!
(might want to pitch them to a book publisher -- your digital photos would make for a cool coffee table book)
1,000 Sunrises
by Ann Althouse
or you could do that one name thing
like Madonna
1,000 Sunrises
by Althouse
Remember kids ... Two days ago, Joe Biden has asked the Congress for $40 billion MORE dollars for his buddies in Ukraine. (Source: CNN) This would bring the total spent in Ukraine to $115 billion dollars.
Biden hasn't asked the Congress for a single penny to rebuild Hawaii towns that burned down 4 days ago.
STUNNING!!
“There isn’t much left left in the left” - Walter Kirn
Fourteen minutes to go from Hell to Glory…. Beautiful set of photos.
It's remarkable how the colors and clouds transitioned throughout your 14 minutes of photo taking.
is there a Denny's on Maui?
to quietly drive its 53-foot-long mobile "diner on wheels"
wow
thanks Lem
I appreciate the shout out
Police stage ‘chilling’ raid on Marion County newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphones
"MARION — In an unprecedented raid Friday, local law enforcement seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the Marion County Record office, the newspaper’s reporters, and the publisher’s home.
Eric Meyer, owner and publisher of the newspaper, said police were motivated by a confidential source who leaked sensitive documents to the newspaper, and the message was clear: “Mind your own business or we’re going to step on you.”
The city’s entire five-officer police force and two sheriff’s deputies took “everything we have,” Meyer said, and it wasn’t clear how the newspaper staff would take the weekly publication to press Tuesday night.
Meyer said he had never heard of police raiding a newspaper office during his 20 years at the Milwaukee Journal or 26 years teaching journalism at the University of Illinois.
“It’s going to have a chilling effect on us even tackling issues,” Meyer said, as well as “a chilling effect on people giving us information.”
The search warrant, signed by Marion County District Court Magistrate Judge Laura Viar, appears to violate federal law that provides protections against searching and seizing materials from journalists. The law requires law enforcement to subpoena materials instead. Viar didn’t respond to a request to comment for this story or explain why she would authorize a potentially illegal raid.
A confidential source contacted the newspaper, Meyer said, and provided evidence that Newell had been convicted of drunken driving and continued to use her vehicle without a driver’s license. The criminal record could jeopardize her efforts to obtain a liquor license for her catering business.
A reporter with the Marion Record used a state website to verify the information provided by the source. But Meyer suspected the source was relaying information from Newell’s husband, who had filed for divorce. Meyer decided not to publish a story about the information, and he alerted police to the situation.
“We thought we were being set up,” Meyer said.
Sometime before 11 a.m. Friday, officers showed up simultaneously at Meyer’s home and the newspaper office. They presented a search warrant that alleges identity theft and unlawful use of a computer.
The search warrant identifies two pages worth of items that law enforcement officers were allowed to seize, including computer software and hardware, digital communications, cellular networks, servers and hard drives, items with passwords, utility records, and all documents and records pertaining to Newell. The warrant specifically targeted ownership of computers capable of being used to “participate in the identity theft of Kari Newell.”
Officers injured a reporter’s finger by grabbing her cellphone out of her hand, Meyer said. Officers at his home took photos of his bank account information.
He said officers told him the computers, cellphones and other devices would be sent to a lab.
“I don’t know when they’ll get it back to us,” Meyer said. “They won’t tell us.”
The seized computers, server and backup hard drive include advertisements and legal notices that were supposed to appear in the next edition of the newspaper.
“I don’t know what we’re going to do,” he said. “We will publish something.”
As a journalism professor in Illinois, Meyer said, he had graduate students from Egypt who talked about how people would come into the newspaper office and seize everything so they couldn’t publish. Those students presented a scholarly paper at a conference in Toronto about what it has done to journalism there.
“That’s basically what they’re trying to do here,” Meyer said. “The intervention is just like that repressive government of Egypt. I didn’t think it could happen in America.”
"Hollywood icon Sally Kirkland, 82, lays bare decades-long romance with Bob Dylan - who she FOLLOWED to LA as an 'obsessed' fan when he was married... before fate (and a little Hollywood magic) brought them together"
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12361599/Sally-Kirkland-Bob-Dylan-Relationship-Love-Affair-Interview.html
Great photos!
Biden hasn't asked the Congress for a single penny to rebuild Hawaii towns that burned down 4 days ago.
Because Humper can't skim 10% for the Big Guy?
I'm guessing Mazie Hirono jumped on the 10% before Hunter knew it.
Amazing photos, Ann.
In our family, we call those a "Bob Ross" sunrise or sunset.
I used to see his show from time to time, and thought he was crazy for putting so much purple in his sunset scenes. Now I see purple in the sky all the time. :)
It takes an Altrise to shoot a sunrise.
Beautiful work.
Fantastic photos: thank you.
Lem, my readership has more than doubled since your nice comment last night. Thank you.
"Biden hasn't asked the Congress for a single penny to rebuild Hawaii towns that burned down 4 days ago."
Why does he have to ask Congress? Can't he just give them money like he wants to do with college students?
Twelve hours since Prof's post and no updates. Unusual.
I was out much 0f the day and sure that I was missing something.
Buckwheathikes said...
"Biden hasn't asked the Congress for a single penny to rebuild Hawaii towns that burned down 4 days ago."
As Bugs would say: "What a maroon."
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/08/10/president-joseph-r-biden-jr-approves-hawaii-disaster-declaration-3/
Narr
I think they are on vacation.Or someone is sick.
Still less that he is pissing away under Russian guns for no benefit to Americans, in Ukraine, Mutaman.
That's pretty much what I thought, Rusty.
Be well.
meanwhile...
Extinction Rebellion activist stabbed boyfriend to death as he pleaded 'I love you'
Blaze Lily Wallace, 28, was pregnant at the time and had been dreaming of becoming a human rights lawyer..
The climate activist and her fiance were also under the influence of heroin, cocaine, and cannabis at the time of the stabbing..
Remember!
It's GOOD to use Drugs!
It's GOOD to use Heroin
It's GOOD to use Cocaine!
It's GOOD to use Cannabis!
It's GOOD to use Drugs, WHILE you are pregnant!!
It's GOOD to use DRUGS, WHILE you are Murdering your druggie boyfriend!
It's GOOD to use Drugs!!
It's Climate Change that is BAD!!
{and here's a chance, for one of you to say:
"Oh BULLSH*T! i occasionally smoked a little weed back in the '60's, and *I* turned out FINE!!}
The latest TMR updates include an answer to Kurt Parker's comment, charging me with solipsism. Check it out.
And, if you think my page takes too long to load, you might want to consider you have a shitty Internet connection. Just sayin'.
tim in vermont said...
"Still less that he is pissing away under Russian guns for no benefit to Americans, in Ukraine, Mutaman."
Move those goalposts Ivan. And have another Vodka.
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