Althouse: Sunrise — 7:36.

October 31, 2023

Sunrise — 7:36.

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55 comments:

Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Looks like Elon Musk was on with Joe Rogan again.

Clips coming fast and furious.; 10/31/23, 6:06 PM
Dave Begley said...: I argued today in the NE S. CT. The State Patrol guards the door. The State Patrolman remarked to us before he let us in that the young lawyers have a planned argument and then they get hit with questions and they kind of come apart.

I said, "It's like what Mike Tyson said, 'Everyone has a plan until they get hit in the mouth."

My opponent goes first and one of the Justices pops her with a very tough question that she wasn't expecting. And then he kept on hitting her. She was stammering. Nearly a KO.

Begley gets up and dumps his prepared argument and kept on pounding her on the same issue (capacity to make a will). And then - in the moment - I came up with the fact that she hadn't assigned the capacity issue as error. That's a major mistake. I'd briefed the case very well and I didn't think of that until today.

The Justices, of course, went after my case but I think I handled it well.

But, boy, they are all very smart and very prepared. In a way it was fun to intellectually spar with them. But if I lose....; 10/31/23, 6:06 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: I like this picture too.; 10/31/23, 6:06 PM
Political Junkie said...: Share any trick or treater stories from tonight/last night.; 10/31/23, 6:36 PM
TickTock said...: Now may be the time for us gentiles to wear a yellow star. They are available on Amazon.; 10/31/23, 6:43 PM
Kakistocracy said...: Lem — How do you make a small fortune? You start with a large one and then buy Twitter.

X Says It Is Worth $19 Billion, Down From $44 Billion Last Year
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/30/technology/x-twitter-19-billion-dollars.html

Those bankers that funded X purchase now wondering Y.; 10/31/23, 6:51 PM
Saint Croix said...: Saw After Death today.

Fantastic doc. I'm not a documentary filmmaker guy, I'm a narrative guy. But this is way, way up there. Step Into Liquid (surfing doc) was my old favorite.

Really interesting movie that explores what happens after we die. Lots of interviews with doctors, including a cardiologist and a neurologist, as they try to find evidence and document it.

Movie has a lot of interviews with people who died. Usually their heart stopped beating. In some cases because of extreme cold, their heart stopped beating and their brain waves stopped, too.

Very interesting movie for religious people or agnostics. Anybody who is curious about what death might be like, or who is open-minded. None of the people seemed crazy. Almost all of them wrote books about it, and many of them are NYT best-sellers. It's still in theaters at the moment.; 10/31/23, 7:11 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Headline: Amazon's Alexa Agrees The 2020 Presidential Election Was Rigged, 'Stolen By A Massive Amount Of Election Fraud'.

Alexa is probably repeating what she hears. Or, this bit is a plant.

Alexa is not trained to parrot narratives.? Unlikely.

This is how Alexa becomes a "trusted source".

They needed an open "controversy" to go in and monkey with the business of information dissemination. From then on to get the trusted sticker, every outlet will have to fall in line.

This is how they'll get Substack and others like Substack to comply.; 10/31/23, 8:03 PM
Jersey Fled said...: “X Says It Is Worth $19 Billion, Down From $44 Billion Last Year”

And how much are Tesla and SpaceX worth.?; 10/31/23, 8:14 PM
Jersey Fled said...: “X Says It Is Worth $19 Billion, Down From $44 Billion Last Year”

And how much are Tesla and SpaceX worth.?; 10/31/23, 8:14 PM
Political Junkie said...: Dave B....you are the man.; 10/31/23, 8:33 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Nothing to see here. Move along.; 10/31/23, 8:34 PM
Howard said...: Congrats, Dave. Way to roll with the punches. Good luck.; 10/31/23, 8:36 PM
Mark said...: Quite the hilarious #humblebrag from Begley today.

Keep pretending to be the hero. We all know you're a lawyer.; 10/31/23, 8:40 PM
Saint Croix said...: they caught the guy who threatened to murder Jews in Cornell

Patrick Dai.

up to 5 years in prison; 10/31/23, 8:42 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: From r/unpopularopinion: “Trunk or Treating has ruined Halloween

I live in a nice area, low crime rate, well lit, etc.

I got absolutely ZERO trick or treaters. As did my neighbors, and others in the neighborhood. All well decorated and lit up. Finally gave up and posted on my neighborhood page and finally a kid came and took all of it at the end of the night. Can’t even be angry he took the whole thing because it’s the end of the nights.

Bums me out because every parent I’ve spoken to has talked about how much easier it is just to take them and walk around a parking lot.

Personally as a kid I loved walking around to the houses and see all the different decorations on the houses

Next year I’m just not going to bother decorating or getting candy. Too much money just for parents to take their kid to a parking lot

Edit: I live in the southern part of the US. It’s cold, but not snowing or extremely cold. 40°s-50°s”; 10/31/23, 9:36 PM
Joe Smith said...: 'Those bankers that funded X purchase now wondering Y.'

You're betting against the wrong horse.

The only way Musk doesn't go huge with X is if the government comes after him.

Unfortunately, this is a favorite tactic of the fascist left.; 10/31/23, 9:52 PM
Joe Smith said...: 'they caught the guy who threatened to murder Jews in Cornell'

Didn't see it in the article, but I'm assuming he's the usual coddled, soft, Antifa/BLM cocksucker...; 10/31/23, 9:56 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: It's 8:10 PDT and we've gotten zero trick-or-treaters. The Sun set 5:52 and twilight ended at 6:42. We're located on a rural road with about 2 dozen houses.; 10/31/23, 10:11 PM
Jupiter said...: What if you consider the ethical realities of the situation ...

and you conclude that the only ethical outcome of the overall situation in which you find yourself embroiled ...

Is that you should cease to exist?

Must you cease to exist?

Or might you consider, that the ethical system that requires your extinction is -- null. And void.

BTW - This is a trick question.; 10/31/23, 10:12 PM
Jupiter said...: Blogger Saint Croix said...
"they caught the guy who threatened to murder Jews in Cornell
Patrick Dai.
up to 5 years in prison"

If you wish to know who rules you, ask whom you may not criticize.; 10/31/23, 10:13 PM
Drago said...: “The people of Palestine will not allow a single homosexual in our land,” such perversion brings the wrath of Allah”
-- A Palestinian scholar from the Al-Aqsa Mosque and islamic supremacist ally of The New Soviet Democratical Party.; 10/31/23, 10:16 PM
Political Junkie said...: Mark...fuck off, pretty please.; 10/31/23, 10:51 PM
gadfly said...: Lem - Alexa now uses AI. But Amazon Echo's AI has a way to go to differentiate truth from lies - and to properly present all sides of an issue.

"Powered by generative AI, Alexa is evolving to be smarter and more conversational. Chat without repeating the Alexa wake word, have deeper conversations about topics you love, and use your voice to create Routines with ease. We're excited to give you a free early look. And with more capabilities to come, it will keep getting better."; 10/31/23, 10:56 PM
Iman said...: RIP Frank Howard.; 10/31/23, 11:20 PM
wendybar said...: IT is ALL on purpose. THIS is treason. Time to hang EVERYBODY responsible for this.

"This huge caravan of around 300 migrants crossed into Eagle Pass thanks to Border Patrol lifting the barbed wire. Hundreds of migrants crossed in a few minutes," Border Hawk correspondent Efraín González reports.

"Somehow, these large groups of migrants are informed about the place and time when the forklifts raise the barbed wire to cross in groups."

https://borderhawk.blog/exclusive-biden-regime-deploys-heavy-machinery-to-lift-razor-wire-for-massive-mob-of-illegals-at-rio-grande/; 11/1/23, 4:24 AM
wendybar said...: Joe Biden was out trick or treating last night....

https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1719545103671345516?s=20; 11/1/23, 4:26 AM
Mr. Forward said...: Time to apply the Scott Adams "Really Test" on Biden voters.

Biden had 20 shell corporations and three pseudonyms and you think he's an honest politician. Really?...........Really?; 11/1/23, 4:57 AM
Dave Begley said...: Mark:

Just thought it was a funny lawyer war story.; 11/1/23, 5:37 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: LEAKED DOC Reveals Israeli Plan To Empty Gaza Strip; 11/1/23, 5:44 AM
Humperdink said...: In some quarters, but not all, Hamas is being criticized for using civilians as human shields. Ironically in yesterday's testimony, FIB Director Wray indicated the nations terrorist threat exposure is at it's highest level in years. When pressed, the good director refused to address the elephant in the room, that is whether the wide open southern border was permitting terrorists easy access to the US, and by extension, access to large population centers. Which country is using their citizens as canon fodder?; 11/1/23, 5:58 AM
Kakistocracy said...: @ Jersey Fled: Although for clarity’s sake I’d make that clear as the $44bn comparison isn’t quite like for like given the $13bn of debt loaded on. With a declining number of users at a rate of 4% this year and a projected 5% in 2024, were it still a public company and it would be worth one tenth of that by now. Musk is driving his company into oblivion. It's going to be quite literally an X company, reminding me of the famous Monty Python's Dead Parrot sketch. It has negative equity. At $19 billion, it might break even. X is bankrupt. Would be filing for Chapter 11 if it were a public company.; 11/1/23, 6:10 AM
gilbar said...: remember when people Here were saying:
"Oh, those death threats against The Jews are just hoaxes!"
??? remember??
well..
https://nypost.com/2023/10/31/news/person-of-interest-in-custody-in-horrendous-cornell-university-anti-jewish-death-threats/
Patrick Dai, 21-year-old engineering student, arrested in ‘horrendous’ Cornell University anti-Jewish death threats
Dai allegedly threatened to “shoot up 104 west,” a university dining hall that caters predominantly to Kosher diets, and to “slit the throat” of any Jewish men he came across.

But don't worry!
The people here not only won't mention that they were wrong.. They won't Even Realize they WERE wrong!
That is one of the advantages of being senile; 11/1/23, 6:27 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: The Cult of Chiropractic (Has A Movie); 11/1/23, 6:52 AM
rhhardin said...: Solve the Israel-Gaza war

Go the Solomon route. All international aid to Gaza has to go to Israel to pass on when they feel like it.
(1) Israel already wants to help Gaza, it's just always sabotaged by Hamas. This would not be Israeli stuff so not marked for sabotage so easily. Israel is only the gatekeeper.
(2) Gives Gaza an additional incentive to be nice to Israel.; 11/1/23, 7:08 AM
iowan2 said...: If you wish to know who rules you, ask whom you may not criticize.

Criticize?

You misspelled 'threaten with injury and death.'

Compare the words the anti Semites use to the words Trump is garnering $$$ fines. Trump is being accussed of encouraging violence.; 11/1/23, 7:13 AM
iowan2 said...: HEY RICH

Explain to me how Amazon went more then a decade before it turned a profit? And Bezos was not the Richest man in America. Explain to me the Washington Post.

Your ignorance of business is shinning, like the light of 10,000 stars.; 11/1/23, 7:18 AM
gadfly said...: MAGA Mike Johnson reports no assets but lots of debt on his financial report to Congress. A cumulative bank account balance under $5,000 is not reportable but he shows no investments - not even an IRA.

So where does his money go? Well, we can start with hairdresser fees and lots of $1,000 suits.; 11/1/23, 7:37 AM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: 11/1/23, 4:26 AM
Blogger Mr. Forward said...
Time to apply the Scott Adams "Really Test" on Biden voters.

Biden had 20 shell corporations and three pseudonyms and you think he's an honest politician. Really?...........Really?

11/1/23, 4:57 AM

Joe "China owns me!" is an honest politician. The definition of an honest politician is that once bought, stays bought. That's Joe.; 11/1/23, 7:41 AM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: No one wants the Gazans. The Gazans are Hamas and Hamas are the Gazans. Hamas would not exist in Gaza without the cooperation of the Gazans. Egypt and Jordan don't want a terrorist population.

Israel needs to level Gaza and make the Gazans cry uncle. Until Israel can wipe out the death cult of Gaza and break the Gazans of their love of martyrdom, Israel will have to continue its war in Gaza. Once the Gazans have had their faces wiped in the muck they created, then maybe there'll be peace.; 11/1/23, 7:48 AM
Saint Croix said...: Jupiter, he wasn't criticizing the Jews, he made specific threats to kill them.

I don't know if you are a Christian, brother, but I say to you that Jesus is a rabbi, his mother was Jewish, his first 12 disciples were all Jews. Our Good Book is filled with Jews. One of the first questions Peter and the other disciples had to resolve was not whether Jews could get to heaven, but whether anybody else could.

Anybody who cannot love the Jews is actually angry with the Lord.; 11/1/23, 7:59 AM
TickTock said...: Had about 30 trick or treaters last night. Maybe more. Wife's extensive decorations at tracks them. We sent up a table outside and take turns manning it. Only this year my wife flew to Chicago to go trick or treating with our three year old grandson.

Most kids since 2019.; 11/1/23, 8:15 AM
James K said...: MAGA Mike Johnson reports no assets but lots of debt on his financial report to Congress.

What a fool, he hasn't enriched himself at the public trough like Pelosi, Biden, and most of the Democrats and RINOs.; 11/1/23, 8:54 AM
Drago said...: LLR-democratical Rich/C****: "With a declining number of users at a rate of 4% this year and a projected 5% in 2024, were it still a public company and it would be worth one tenth of that by now. Musk is driving his company into oblivion."

LOL

Looks like Rich is on the warpath after Elon called out Soros for working to destroy humanity!

All the lilliputian little lefty brains are upset about that one.; 11/1/23, 9:08 AM
Drago said...: The "quality" of the Rich/C**** and gadfly posts tells you all you need to know about the state of our islamic supremacist allied New Soviet Democraticals.; 11/1/23, 9:09 AM
planetgeo said...: Rich, based on your comments and the level of business acumen they represent, one could surmise that you are not in fact eponymous.; 11/1/23, 9:12 AM
farmgirl said...: What did Dave do yesterday?
Argue before the NE Supreme Court…

I’m impressed.
Let us know if you win!; 11/1/23, 9:21 AM
Kakistocracy said...: @Iowa2 — it’s worth $5bn according to several realistic estimates given their cash flow and likely prospects.; 11/1/23, 9:34 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: TOP STORY: Awkward moment a handsome cop is mistaken for the stripper after he arrives to try and shut down house party

"Partygoers claim he only left when they began 'twerking' around him."; 11/1/23, 9:37 AM
wendybar said...: iowan2 said...

If you wish to know who rules you, ask whom you may not criticize.

Criticize?

You misspelled 'threaten with injury and death.'

Compare the words the anti Semites use to the words Trump is garnering $$$ fines. Trump is being accused of encouraging violence.

11/1/23, 7:13 AM

MY exact thoughts.; 11/1/23, 10:28 AM
wendybar said...: So where does his money go? Well, we can start with hairdresser fees and lots of $1,000 suits.

11/1/23, 7:37 AM

AND??? What do you care? His money, his choice. You SHOULD care about Insider Trading Queens like Pelosi.; 11/1/23, 10:29 AM
wendybar said...: Most kids since 2019.

11/1/23, 8:15 AM

And we had the least amount. Only about 20 kids all together. I SHOULD have given those "begging varmints" as many as they wanted. (see post @4:16 pm in the first snow post) Now I am stuck with around 100 big candy bars, that I will donate now.; 11/1/23, 10:34 AM
Narr said...: Saw a few dozen T&Ters last night (none at our place, by design)--looked like maybe 1 of 8 or 10 houses was obviously participating.; 11/1/23, 11:08 AM
Saint Croix said...: I said, "It's like what Mike Tyson said, 'Everyone has a plan until they get hit in the mouth."

I love that quote!; 11/1/23, 1:35 PM
Narr said...: Helmuth von Moltke (the elder) said that no plan survives first contact with the enemy. Some would argue that no plan survives first contact with your subordinates.; 11/1/23, 8:09 PM

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