Althouse: Sunrise — 6:55, 7:01.

November 17, 2023

Sunrise — 6:55, 7:01.

39 comments:

The Crack Emcee said...: The Neighborhood Freak(s); 11/17/23, 6:29 PM
Narr said...: I hope nobody mentioned this on the Winston Churchill thread, but his critique of Islam as he knew it, which I first read as a teenager, is over at van Creveld's blog As I Please.

There's too much truth for comfort in it still.; 11/17/23, 7:08 PM
JRoberts said...: Narr, thanks for the referral to van Crefeld’s blog and the Churchill quote. I’ve read some of Churchill’s work in addition to Gilbert’s biography. Your comment and recent events have given me the itch to load my Kindle with more of Churchill’s writings.; 11/17/23, 8:52 PM
narciso said...: well he served in india, against the mad mullah of malakand, and later against the mahdi of khartroum, so he knew of what he spoke,; 11/17/23, 11:10 PM
narciso said...: https://twitter.com/i/status/1725619557937631544; 11/17/23, 11:17 PM
narciso said...: https://twitter.com/cologop/status/1725665327495692663; 11/17/23, 11:18 PM
The Crack Emcee said...: Narr said...

"I hope nobody mentioned this on the Winston Churchill thread, but his critique of Islam as he knew it, which I first read as a teenager, is over at van Creveld's blog As I Please.

There's too much truth for comfort in it still."

You're reading some ancient racist's scribblings YOU READ AS A TEEN and all these years later and can't think of a retort? Y'all are ridiculous.; 11/18/23, 3:19 AM
Humperdink said...: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy — sat side-by-side at a festive Thanksgiving table for a “family discussion” in Des Moines Friday. DeSantis had to feel like General Custer being outnumbered and surrounded.; 11/18/23, 4:53 AM
wendybar said...: Clandestine
@WarClandestine
Now that we have the tapes proving January 6th was not the violent insurrection we were told it was, let me enlighten you on what ACTUALLY happened that day.

Flashback to January 4th, 2021. Pence promised that he was going to “hear the objections and evidence”, in reference to the massive irregularities and voter fraud in the 2020 election (video attached).

Pence never got to hear those electors air their objections or evidence. The January 6th event at the Capitol was the means Pence used to justify NOT giving electors their day in Congress. Pence claimed the acts by Trump and his supporters were so heinous, that he was just going to certify the election the next day.

Well, now that we have the January 6th tapes, it is clear this event was facilitated and coordinated by elements within our own government, and the evidence of this was intentionally withheld from the American People in order to continue perpetuating this massive lie.

***You witnessed an insurrection on January 6th 2021, but it wasn’t by Trump supporters.*** It was by establishment politicians, elements within the intelligence community, and State-controlled MSM outlets, who coordinated to generate, escalate, and exaggerate the situation in order to avoid electors airing their objections, in order to certify a stolen election. You witnessed treason and war waged on the American People.

That’s what happened on January 6th. Our nation was stolen from us by corrupt elements within our own government. And all the hatred, discrimination, censorship, and vitriol towards Trump supporters, ALL of it was based on a lie.

You best start believing in Orwellian dystopias. You’re in one.; 11/18/23, 5:04 AM
Scott Patton said...: "I felt like I was permanently hung over, drunk, high and in a brain freeze all at once."
Sounds like "stopped taking adderall."; 11/18/23, 5:47 AM
Howard said...: Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
Step out of line, the men come and take you away; 11/18/23, 6:57 AM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: Don Surber Substack:

ITEM 1: AP reported, “Federal authorities in New York announced on Wednesday the largest-ever seizure of counterfeit goods, consisting of handbags, shoes and other luxury merchandise valued at more than $1 billion.”

“That’s good because when New Yorkers loot a store, they should get the real thing, not some cheap knockoff.”; 11/18/23, 7:01 AM
wendybar said...: "In this video alone we can see that Capitol police release a ‘protester’ and allowed him to keep his gear after he got out of view."

https://x.com/dom_lucre/status/1725649004736754089?s=20; 11/18/23, 7:17 AM
Howard said...: Churchill in his famous screed against the Mohammedan culture went on to say:

and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome.

This cautioning against religious cults in favor of secular rationalism. An attitude that even The Crack MC might embrace.; 11/18/23, 7:18 AM
WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...: BREAKING: In this never-before-seen footage of the January 6th insurrection, you can see capitol police officers fighting for their lives as the violent insurrectionists endanger American democracy in real-time; 11/18/23, 7:23 AM
Howard said...: Churchill on the British attitude to war:

...there are many people in England, and perhaps elsewhere, who seem to be unable to contemplate military operations for clear political objects, unless they can cajole themselves into the belief that their enemy are utterly and hopelessly vile. To this end the Dervishes, from the Mahdi and the Khalifa downwards, have been loaded with every variety of abuse and charged with all conceivable crimes. This may be very comforting to philanthropic persons at home;<> but when an army in the field becomes imbued with the idea that the enemy are vermin who cumber the earth, instances of barbarity may easily be the outcome. This unmeasured condemnation is moreover as unjust as it is dangerous and unnecessary.... We are told that the British and Egyptian armies entered Omdurman to free the people from the Khalifa's yoke. Never were rescuers more unwelcome.; 11/18/23, 7:27 AM
Jersey Fled said...: “Hunter Biden grossed over $1 million in the sale of his paintings under a deal with an art gallery that was first brokered by one of his father’s fundraisers in California, according to interviews and documents reviewed by Just the News.“

Is there anyone breathing that believes Hunter’s paintings are worth $1 million?; 11/18/23, 7:37 AM
Big Mike said...: I see that Rosalynn Carter has been admitted to hospice care. She’s 96, so has lived a long, and apparently happy, life. I always thought she was the only decent person in that whole administration.; 11/18/23, 7:45 AM
Big Mike said...: I'm glad to see someone else is now calling out "feminist" organizations for ignoring the October 7th rapes and murders of Jewish women.

BTW, the article references hostage Noa Argamani pleading for her life. Yesterday the IDF found her body.; 11/18/23, 8:17 AM
wendybar said...: "If you lie to the government, they'll put you in prison
But when they lie to all of us, it's called being a politician
You think taking guns away will save our kids from the killings
But you're pro-choice, abortion kills way more children
If America's so terrible and racist
It probably isn't safe to encourage immigration, just saying
All the contradictions are embarrassing"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCMwlorNEZk; 11/18/23, 8:26 AM
wendybar said...: "Damn, dawg, we're all afraid to speak the truth
And the more afraid we get, the more we hate the ones who do
You're ashamed to be American, okay that's cool
'Cause honestly, we are all ashamed of you too" - Tom McDonald; 11/18/23, 8:28 AM
wendybar said...: "Damn, dawg, we're all afraid to speak the truth
And the more afraid we get, the more we hate the ones who do
You're ashamed to be American, okay that's cool
'Cause honestly, we are all ashamed of you too" - Tom McDonald; 11/18/23, 8:29 AM
Christopher B said...: wendybar, interesting quote.

I have had the tin-foil hat theory for a long time that the Democrats were primed to turn DC into a war zone from 6 January 2021 on in the event that Trump beat the margin of fraud. Biden et al signalled as much with the massively unnecessary NG deployment to 'protect democracy' aka a Democrat 'victory' since they couldn't conceive Republicans wouldn't do the same. When Trump made the operational error of scheduling his own rally they just lead different, though a lot more peaceful, people into the building.; 11/18/23, 8:49 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: Howard said...

"This cautioning against religious cults in favor of secular rationalism. An attitude that even The Crack MC might embrace."

Not when y'all ignore it everywhere else. You're very specific in your prejudices - and that exposes you as liars and frauds.; 11/18/23, 9:07 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Thoughtful post, Narr. Thanks; 11/18/23, 9:16 AM
wendybar said...: Just imagine if they posted this during January 6th....some animals are more equal than others.; 11/18/23, 9:24 AM
wendybar said...: Forgot to add the tweet from Amtrak

Amtrak Northeast

@AmtrakNECAlerts

Due to First Amendment-related events, customers are encouraged to allow extra time to get to Washington Union Station to board their train.
4:09 PM · Nov 17, 2023; 11/18/23, 9:24 AM
wendybar said...: Eat it Lizzy. You chose to lie down with the lying dogs of the left, because of your extreme TDS. You belong in PRISON for allowing innocent people to be abused by our own government to defraud us, and put a delusional corrupt asshole in office. YOU should take the place of one of the J6 prisoners along with your brethren....

Mike Lee
@BasedMikeLee

Liz, we’ve seen footage like that a million times.

You made sure we saw that—and nothing else.

It’s the other stuff—what you deliberately hid from us—that we find so upsetting.

Nice try.

P.S. How many of these guys are feds? (As if you’d ever tell us).
Liz Cheney
@Liz_Cheney
Here’s some January 6th video for you.; 11/18/23, 9:36 AM
Iman said...: “Y'all are ridiculous.”

Reparations Now!; 11/18/23, 9:44 AM
Iman said...: Shorter Howard: “they’re coming to take me away, ha ha.”; 11/18/23, 9:48 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: Iman said...

“Reparations Now!"

African and Caribbean nations agree move to seek reparations for slavery; 11/18/23, 10:29 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: Howard said...

"This cautioning against religious cults in favor of secular rationalism. An attitude that even The Crack MC might embrace."

Y'all have turned NewAge cults into a massive world-wide business - the very force that propelled Jews into the ovens - but still actually think you're "rationalists" of any kind.

You're a joke as thinkers.; 11/18/23, 10:37 AM
Narr said...: WSC was a mensch, and a great writer. We'll not see his like again. I'm glad everyone enjoyed the excerpt.; 11/18/23, 11:08 AM
wendybar said...: Luke Rosiak
@lukerosiak

FBI's Washington Field Office explicitly made the decision to let a child pornographer go free to focus on January 6 defendants, they admitted in court docs.

He went on to be caught with a 10-year old boy by authorities in Alaska.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-fbi-dropped-probe-of-pedophile-to-focus-on-january-6-now-hes-accused-of-abusing-10-year-old-boy; 11/18/23, 12:19 PM
gilbar said...: didn't there Used To Be a war in the ukraine? i thought i'd read something about that once?
But a check of the papers shows Nothing.

I guess the ukrainians must have won by now? according the experts here, they were well on their way to moscow
i mean, that "spring offensive" must have been Spectacular!; 11/18/23, 1:52 PM
gilbar said...: oh wait! here's a report from the BBC
Swimming rivers and faking illness to escape Ukraine’s draft
Nearly 20,000 men have fled Ukraine to avoid being drafted, the BBC has discovered.
Another 21,113 men attempted to flee but were caught by the Ukrainian authorities, Kyiv confirmed.
The 40,000-plus number of men who have fled, or tried to flee, could represent a significant proportion of the men Ukraine needs to replenish its army. In August, US officials estimated the Ukrainian military death toll to be up to 70,000 - although Kyiv won't give a figure.

i guess things Must Be going pretty great, if they don't need those 40,000 men!
I guess they're planning on American replacements?; 11/18/23, 1:57 PM
Dr Weevil said...: gilbar thinks 20,000 draft dodgers and 20,000 more attempting to dodge the draft is a lot for a country the size of Ukraine. Wow! That's one-tenth of one percent of the population! Wikipedia's article 'Conscription in the United States' reports that "373,000 alleged evaders were investigated" for evading the draft in the US during World War II. The population of the US then was about 4 times the population of Ukraine before the Russian invasion, so our problem was proportionally more than twice as bad, even in the war against Hitler. Did the U.S. deserve to lose the war against Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo because so many evaded the draft? Or is gilbar's point just stupid?

Of course, anyone who checks the papers to find out what's going on in the world is indeed stupid. Those who've been paying attention to the more informative Twitter accounts know that just in the last month or two Ukraine has crossed the Dnipro in force and the Russian troops there are panicking, that the Black Sea Fleet has been withdrawn from Crimea after half a dozen ships were sunk or disabled by Ukrainian missiles and drones, that Russian attack helicopters have been moved much further from the front after dozens were destroyed in one night by ATACMS, and that Russian casualties are massive.

They also know that the war would be over by now if Biden had supplied even half of the weapons he promised. We have many hundreds of F-16s and ATACMS missiles we aren't even using, and thousands of main battle tanks, but so far he's supplied 20 (!) ATACMS and 31 (!) tanks, and the few dozen F-16s won't be available until next year. Biden seems to want a stalemate and a bloodbath: he's just that kind of guy.; 11/18/23, 5:08 PM
Dr Weevil said...: By the way, the estimated (probably underestimated) Russian military death toll is up to 317,000.; 11/18/23, 5:32 PM
Dr Weevil said...: And of course, gilbar's biggest lie: that "they're planning on American replacements". They have never asked for any such thing, just weapons and ammunition for their own troops.; 11/18/23, 5:33 PM