Althouse: Sunrise — 6:14, 6:19, 6:24, 6:29.

September 5, 2023

Sunrise — 6:14, 6:19, 6:24, 6:29.

21 comments:

lonejustice said...: Wow! I'm having flashbacks!

Beautiful photos.; 9/5/23, 5:59 PM
TickTock said...: Oh my!!; 9/5/23, 5:59 PM
Mark said...: Beautiful.; 9/5/23, 6:07 PM
PM said...: Annsel.; 9/5/23, 7:13 PM
Rich said...: Enrique Tarrio, Former Proud Boys Leader, Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison ~ WSJ

22 years on behalf of the former host of the Apprentice.

What a dolt.; 9/5/23, 7:38 PM
farmgirl said...: Again.

G*d the Creator &you- &Meade.
Very awesome collaboration!; 9/5/23, 7:43 PM
wildswan said...: In the Ukrainian war, the Ukrainians seem to have solved their strategic dilemma by a tactic of attrition/percolation. The plan made by the some DEI staff somewhere was a combined arms attack featuring tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles and newly trained brigades capable of handling new Western equipment, rather than the old Soviet stuff left over from the Soviet Empire. But the combined arms plan had the following defects. First of all, effective planes were not provided for air cover. Second, the plan was extensively covered in the media which may have sacrificed the element of surprise. At any rate, third, the Russians laid very wide, extensive minefields. So that when the plan began the tanks and fighting vehicles had their treads blown off in the wider than expected minefields and then lacked aircover to protect the stalled equipment. Who knew?
And also the Russians blew up a major dam, flooding half the battlefield and forcing the Ukrainians to advance where the mines were thickest.
And so the Pentagon became despondent and said the war was stalled and started talking about a peace deal. But the Russians presently hold about half the Ukrainian industry and 70% of their coast line. The Ukrainians know, if the world doesn't, that they need their industry and their coast line for safe shipping. They gave up nukes for peace at Minsk and land for peace in 2014. There's no more to give. There had to be way to win.
So they have a strategy of attrition / percolation.
They have knocked the Wagner force right out of the war; it mutinied as soon as it got away from the Bahkmut, marched on Moscow, turned back, and after short pause saw its leader fall out of the sky. End of Wagner. The Ukrainians are massacring Russians in the trenches to the point that the Russian generals commanding the fight against them have been removed for saying that the soldiers are being thrown away in unsustainable numbers.
The Ukrainians weren't able to punch through the Russian lines with armor so they have percolated through in several places, causing cracks in the line. And now they are working to make the cracks widen and shiver the line in pieces like cracks in a windshield.
Anyhow that's how I see it.
So, I think, the Ukrainian General Staff can still devise a victory even if the Pentagon in their position could not.
Let's not sacrifice Ukraine to our politics just yet. Let's hold on for awhile longer. It's what we really want to do.; 9/5/23, 8:31 PM
MadTownGuy said...: Border Patrol admits it’s responsible for open floodgates in Arizona border wall

"The US Border Patrol has now admitted it’s responsible for the decision to leave giant flood gates in the border wall wide open — giving thousands of illegal immigrants an easy opportunity to stream into Arizona.

After some initial finger-pointing at other federal agencies, the agency took ownership for making the call.

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Border Patrol admits it’s responsible for open floodgates in Arizona border wall
By MaryAnn Martinez
Published Aug. 22, 2023
Updated Aug. 22, 2023, 10:22 p.m. ET
The US Border Patrol has now admitted it’s responsible for the decision to leave giant flood gates in the border wall wide open — giving thousands of illegal immigrants an easy opportunity to stream into Arizona.

After some initial finger-pointing at other federal agencies, the agency took ownership for making the call.

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“USBP makes the final decision on opening gates based on operational conditions and forecasted weather,” the agency said a statement to The Post.

Cartels are exploiting the situation, dropping off migrants by the busload so they can casually walk into the US through the open doors and hand themselves over to border agents, as The Post witnessed firsthand west of remote Lukeville, Ariz., last weekend.

Last Friday, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released their latest operational figures showing the border sector at Tucson, which includes the area with the open floodgates, has become the busiest in the country with the Border Patrol encountering 42,561 people trying to cross legally and illegally into the country in July.

A couple of weeks earlier, Border Patrol agents, acting on superiors’ orders, welded some 114 gates open to stop anyone from closing them — which the agents had repeatedly been doing in a bid to stop people from being able to cross the border.

When The Post first reached out to CBP, the parent agency of the Border Patrol, we were directed to other federal agencies that were allegedly involved in making the decision to leave the border doors open.

However, when The Post reached the other agencies, they said it had nothing to do with them."

More at the link.; 9/5/23, 8:53 PM
MadTownGuy said...: On the brighter side, sort of, here's the Border Patrol involved in some rescues:

"Air and Marine Operations & U.S Border Patrol Partners Rescue Person from Mountain Brushfire; Conduct Two Rescues in Same Day

"TUCSON, Ariz.— U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Air and Marine Operations (AMO) a Tucson Air Branch UH-60 crew worked with U.S. Border Patrol agents and conducted two rescues on August 28, including one hoist rescue from a brushfire in the Baboquivari Mountains.

Monday evening, a Tucson-based UH-60 aircrew responded to a Tucson Sector U.S. Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue (BORSTAR) agent’s report of an ongoing search in the Baboquivari Mountains for a 911 caller. The aircrew located the person and determined the terrain was not trafficable by ground as the individual was surrounded by sheer cliffs on a high mountain peak. Additionally, the ground was saturated from recent rainfall and a second storm was fast approaching. The UH-60 crew conducted a landing, rescued the undocumented migrant, and transferred him to U.S. Border Patrol agents for processing.

The aircrew continued, on aerial patrol and received notification from the Arizona Air Coordination Center that another person required rescue. The UH-60 crew located the second individual near a life-threatening brush fire that had erupted after a passing thunderstorm in the Baboquivari Mountains. The Tucson-based crew lowered an AMO Rescue Specialist via Air-Lift Rescue Vest (ARV) and conducted a hoist rescue of the female in distress. The crew transferred the rescued individual to BORSTAR agents for processing.

“The terrain and weather encountered in the Baboquivari Mountains are dangerous,” stated Jose Muriente, Deputy Director of Tucson Air Branch. “You are putting yourself at extreme risk when you try to navigate these unforgiving conditions.”

AMO aircrews train regularly to meet the demands of search and rescue operations in environments that are remote and challenging to navigate by ground. AMO crews utilize UH-60 aircraft and hoist equipment, as well as uniquely-trained personnel such as Air and Marine Emergency Medical Services (AMEMS)- certified agents and Rescue Specialists to enable dynamic response to unpredictable situations.

In Fiscal Year 2022, AMO enforcement actions resulted in 967 arrests and 134,981 apprehensions of undocumented individuals, as well as the seizure or disruption of 250,616 pounds of cocaine, 1,475 pounds of fentanyl, 25,625 pounds of methamphetamine, 1,342 weapons, and $21.7 million."; 9/5/23, 8:57 PM
Whiskeybum said...: If we just had Scarlett's silhouette in the forefront of photo #1, it could be captioned "As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again!"; 9/5/23, 8:57 PM
Iman said...: Gloria in excelsis deo!; 9/5/23, 9:31 PM
The Crack Emcee said...: The world is getting weirder than I ever imagined; 9/5/23, 11:39 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Nice pictures. I like’m all.; 9/6/23, 12:30 AM
rehajm said...: If X is losing traffic one of the big reasons is the login requirement to read…; 9/6/23, 2:20 AM
wendybar said...: Best DeSantis video out there...

https://twitter.com/i/status/1591837252899962881; 9/6/23, 4:58 AM
tim in vermont said...: "And also the Russians blew up a major dam, flooding half the battlefield and forcing the Ukrainians to advance where the mines were thickest."

Sure, the Ukrainians say so, and you know that they can be trusted. They also claimed that the Russians blew up their own pipeline that they could simply have turned off the tap. By blowing up the dam, the Ukrainians forced the Russians out of fortified positions, and swept away a minefield and created a potential path to attack. Of course the Ukrainians were unable to take advantage of it, and the Russians have the capability of remote mining, and so can easily lay almost as many mines as they like nearly anywhere.

"They gave up nukes for peace at Minsk and land for peace in 2014. There's no more to give. There had to be way to win."

Kiev never honored the agreement they made at Minsk, if you read about the Ukrainian objections to Minsk II, it basically amounts to the fact that they regretted signing it because it kept them out of NATO. If they had honored Minsk II, this war never would have happened. There was no "land for peace" deal made in 2014. Minsk II kept Ukraine intact, including Crimea, as long as the ethnic Russians had the same rights, for example, as the Quebecois do in Canada, but it didn't allow Ukraine to join NATO, which was our objections to it.

"The Ukrainians are massacring Russians in the trenches to the point that the Russian generals commanding the fight against them have been removed for saying that the soldiers are being thrown away in unsustainable numbers."

Where do you get your news? Why did Ukraine just fire their defense minister if things were going so swimmingly for them? By getting rid of the defense minister, the US has put Ukrainian generals directly under our control, focusing them on our objective, which is to wrest control of the Black Sea from Russia. Whoever controls the Black Sea when this is over, will have won the war, whatever the spin. We provoked the war for this very strategic objective, this is why the Minsk II agreement was unacceptable to the US, and why we supported the coup in 2014, in order to install a government which was more aligned with our strategic aims than the non-aligned, democratically elected government that was in power there and just wanted to live peacefully with its neighbors

"Let's not sacrifice Ukraine to our politics just yet. Let's hold on for awhile longer. It's what we really want to do."

Still plenty of Ukrainians to send to the slaughter, and you are happy to send them. Remember, the US *needs* to control the Black Sea! *We* need to put our ships in that naval base in Sevastopol and get those Russian ships out of there! The lives of Ukrainian soldiers are not relevant to this goal!; 9/6/23, 6:34 AM
Danno said...: Any of you Madison-area folks hearing any more on that sexual assault and near-asphyxiation of a UW-M student on Sunday? It happened near Lake Monona a block from the Findorff HQ building.; 9/6/23, 7:49 AM
Jamie said...: This is proving to be a dark day on Althouse. Going to have to find an uplifting podcast to listen to while walking the dog this morning.; 9/6/23, 8:33 AM
Iman said...: Weaponizing
Others
Kindness &
Empathy; 9/6/23, 8:41 AM
Jersey Fled said...: From Euractiv.com re: a study proposing reuse of fast food packaging.

"For instance, if 92% of bowls are returned, and each is reused 13 times, the emissions would be lower than those from a single-use paper bowl. Meanwhile, if 97% of burger boxes are returned for reuse, and each one is reused 30 times, the emissions would be lower than those from a single-use box."

HaHaHaHaHaHa .....; 9/6/23, 10:32 AM
Narr said...: These pix, and Nielsen's 4th loud and clear on the headphones . . .

Sometimes things just come together.

Oohhh, here come the drums.; 9/6/23, 10:40 AM