Althouse: Sunrise

December 29, 2023

Sunrise — 7:36.

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68 comments:

BUMBLE BEE said...: A peevish question.
"Firefighters in Alabama reportedly gushed out more than 36,000 gallons of water trying to extinguish a flaming Tesla Christmas night."

What is the pollutant content of said water after extinguishing a flaming EV?; 12/29/23, 6:38 PM
Mason G said...: "A peevish question."

Another question:

If that much water was used to put out a burning ICE vehicle, would we ever hear the end of it?; 12/29/23, 7:09 PM
narciso said...: https://twitter.com/KatyaSedgwick/status/1740859158180855966; 12/29/23, 7:29 PM
Dan Zenner said...: It was my pleasure today to send my annual contribution to this - my favorite blog.
Happy New Year to Ann and Meade!; 12/29/23, 7:30 PM
rhhardin said...: Amazon says my Amazon Prime order of La Bible d'André Chouraqui has shipped from Australia.; 12/29/23, 7:32 PM
narciso said...: Then

https://twitter.com/DefiantLs/status/1740857053005107420; 12/29/23, 7:34 PM
narciso said...: Now

Thttps://twitter.com/DefiantLs/status/1740857053005107420; 12/29/23, 7:35 PM
narciso said...: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12911079/US-citizen-Karrem-Nasr-arrested-terrorism-charges-trying-join-Somalias-al-Shabaab-threatening-bomb-America-support-Hamas.html; 12/29/23, 7:35 PM
narciso said...: https://www.wired.com/story/mark-zuckerberg-inside-hawaii-compound/; 12/29/23, 7:39 PM
Josephbleau said...: This is a really cool trend for SF. I hate to tell people and let my IP go, but. A novel about the US where they identify a cool problem and create a solution that later kills millions. They would promote a lifesaving drug that kills more than saved. They would talk to Hitler and incompetently tell him how great jews are, and he would come away convinced to kill jews. And they would go to Japan and say they were being screwed by scrap iron dealers and are running out of options.

Then Al Gore could scare the West into not letting their citizens be warm, and is eventually overthrown! Who would have thought.

The Forrest Gump, if Forrest Gump were really stupid.; 12/29/23, 7:41 PM
narciso said...: https://twitter.com/wajacobson/status/1740771682053472689; 12/29/23, 7:41 PM
rehajm said...: Why does Harvard dump nearly 400 years of reputation to appease the people running a weed smoking doosh from Kenya?; 12/29/23, 7:56 PM
William50 said...: Another guitar player added to my favorites list, Molly Tuttle:

Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway w/ Jerry Douglas live at Paste Studio on the Road: DelFest; 12/29/23, 8:11 PM
Clyde said...: Clyde's Top 15 Favorite "New" Songs of 2023 - Part 14 of 16 - #3 - "Gamma Ray" - Aimee Mann - Charmer (2012)

One thing about discovering the work of artists you are barely acquainted with is that you discover what you like rather than what the artist's fans like. Coming in cold to an album via streaming music a decade later means that you make your own choices. I had liked a song that Aimee Mann ('Til Tuesday singer from the 1980s) sang on Susanna Hoffs' album Bright Lights last year, so it's not surprising that some of her songs started to pop up on Discovery Mixes, and this was one of them. Of the other eleven songs on the album, every single one was more popular with her listeners than this one, but it appealed to me. Go figure! The album is described as pop-rock, but this is probably the most 'rock' song. There's a lot going on besides the snarling guitars.

Aimee Mann "Gamma Ray"; 12/29/23, 8:22 PM
Leland said...: Wondering if Trump can sue Maine Secretary of State for defamation?; 12/29/23, 8:36 PM
rehajm said...: The real peril to elite higher education, then, ... is … that their position in American society will come to resemble that of The New York Times or of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Which is to say that they will remain rich and powerful, and they will continue to have many bright and competent people working within their ambit. And yet their authority will grow more brittle and their appeal more sectarian; 12/29/23, 9:42 PM
rehajm said...: … the [New York] Times has seen the crumbling of the distinction between news and opinion; the acceptance of double standards for those espousing certain views and the tolerance of intimidation of some employees by those with more favored beliefs; and the end of the traditional routes of meritorious promotion through the ranks. But the paper has hardly collapsed; if anything, it looms larger in our national life than ever. It has transcended the position of a mere reporting service and opinion clearinghouse and attained something like the status of an oracle for, say, a fifth of the population (and a much higher percentage of the credentialed class); 12/29/23, 9:43 PM
Old and slow said...: Molly Tuttle... I used to be a big bluegrass fan (30 years ago or so...), and she sounds good (I didn't listen long.). But I'd say that the breasts are a big part of the improvement. None of the bands I used to listen to had any breasts worth mentioning.

Rhhardin may have the best take on bluegrass.; 12/29/23, 10:33 PM
Old and slow said...: Clyde has good taste. By that I mean it agrees with my own. John Doe, Excene Cervenka... Shit, I'm old and in a rut. I feel like a poor little critter on the road these days. I need to pay more attention to that man Clyde.; 12/29/23, 10:36 PM
Clyde said...: @ William50

I posted a couple of songs involving Molly Tuttle back on 12/19 in the cafe thread. Here's the link:

https://althouse.blogspot.com/2023/12/sunrise-712-715-725.html; 12/29/23, 11:09 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Post from r/unvaccinated :

WHAT IN THE ACTUAL (expletive deleted)?
My daughter in law had a DUI in Texas, (NM resident). The Texas probation officer offered to waive her community service IF she got the Covid vax.

What in the (expletive deleted) does one thing have to do with the other? How (expletive deleted) UNETHICAL.

The more I see, the sketchier it gets.

link to post over there; 12/29/23, 11:33 PM
wendybar said...: THIS is what upside down world looks like.....

siraj hashmi
@SirajAHashmi

you're telling me the Department of Justice is threatening to sue Texas over enforcing a law against... *squints* illegal activity?

CBS News
@CBSNews
BREAKING: The Justice Department threatens to sue Texas if it enforces a law making illegal border entry a state crime. https://cbsn.ws/4aFzRiK
4:12 PM · Dec 29, 2023; 12/30/23, 3:43 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: The Macho Response - Animals, Barbarians, And Savages (Behaving Badly): How did I ever get so lucky, that I get to witness this era of 'men' as moral pygmies - and women their self-proclaimed 'healers' - using computers to rattle on about 'karma' and counting the sides of crystals to determine what they 'mean'? I don't know, but, as such absurdities once again predictably devolve into mass murder (just like WWII) I thank my lucky stars, because, Lord knows, I've always wanted to see some shit on that level. And very few are disappointing me. Fuck Discovery Channel.

Release the hounds.; 12/30/23, 4:52 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: William50 said...

Another guitar player added to my favorites list, Molly Tuttle:

Ditto! and thanks for posting.; 12/30/23, 5:04 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: Palestine is not the first Holocaust America saw without acting; 12/30/23, 6:05 AM
Humperdink said...: Jonathan Turley is the latest victim of swatting. His home was swatted by the local police last night. Anyone notice which political demographic group is the victim here? Or maybe Rich, gadfly or Howard could point us in the direction of the perpetrators?; 12/30/23, 6:11 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: “Israel Will Suffer A BIBLICAL Defeat!” Says Colin Powell’s Chief Of Staff; 12/30/23, 6:28 AM
Humperdink said...: Re: Yemen and the Houtis shutting down the Suez Canal: "Only when a mosquito lands on your balls do you realize there is another solution other than brute force." (Quote from the world wide web, as it was once known)

Another winner: With the feds forcing carmakers to install a kill switch on all new cars, your car becomes an "ankle monitor". Ahem, just like your phone.; 12/30/23, 7:01 AM
Iman said...: Reading Crack is like drinking a hot cup of cold sick on a bleak morning.; 12/30/23, 8:01 AM
Humperdink said...: I watched the Gov. Mike DeWine video this morning for the first time on endorsing mutilating children. I paid particular attention to his eyes. It was weird. It was like a hostage video. And it probably was.; 12/30/23, 8:17 AM
MadTownGuy said...: Repost from the transgender thread, with an addendum:

(Cleveland Clinic):
"Research the providers you choose carefully. Pick a mental health professional with expertise in treating transgender and gender-diverse people. Find a surgeon with several years of experience performing the surgery you want. Ask about their track record of achieving positive results. This may be one of the most important procedures of your life. Choose a team that can deliver the best possible care."

Pardon me while I adjust my tinfoil hat, but it seems too coincidental.

If medical providers are already performing abortions without parental consent or knowledge, what's to stop Cleveland Clinic from doing their procedures and making minors wards of the state without informing families...for the children, of course.; 12/30/23, 8:28 AM
Old and slow said...: BIBLICAL! defeat huh? I guess they would be better off just killing themselves en mass to save Hamas the time and effort then, right? Predictions are easy, even an ignorant asshole like you can make them. It's getting them right that is trickier. So far, Israel has a pretty good track record when it comes to defeating wars launched to exterminate them.; 12/30/23, 8:30 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Not Just For Dog Lovers... a History Lesson...

http://ace.mu.nu/headlines/archives/dog%20grave.jpg; 12/30/23, 8:31 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Hey Iman

Halitosis is better than no breath at all!; 12/30/23, 8:34 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: Iman said...

"Reading Crack is like drinking a hot cup of cold sick on a bleak morning."

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

- Eleanor Roosevelt; 12/30/23, 8:39 AM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: "WATCH: IDF Destroys Hamas Leaders’ Tunnels in Underground Detonation"; 12/30/23, 8:41 AM
Leland said...: I learned that Colin Powell has a Chief of Staff. Why?; 12/30/23, 8:52 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: Worse Than The Nazis - Israel Doesn't Even Try To Hide Its Genocide On The Palestinians | Former US Ambassador Chas Freeman; 12/30/23, 8:57 AM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: The coming ice age as described in a Barney Miller episode.; 12/30/23, 9:08 AM
Humperdink said...: "Great minds discuss ideas ...." Crack, the pixel Gatling gun, self-identifying as a great mind. Made me laugh.

When you wake up in the morning and the first person you meet is an idiot, he's an idiot. If, at the end of the day, every person you meet is an idiot, you may want to rethink your definition.; 12/30/23, 9:24 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: Israel's Stated Strategic Goals:

1. Eliminate Hamas - FAIL

2. Release The Hostages - FAIL

3. Change The Political Facts On The Ground - FAIL

All the Zionists have "accomplished" is putting a bloody stain on Judaism.; 12/30/23, 9:41 AM
Drago said...: Here are some more of Hamas 7th Century Death Cult Li'l Crack-y's islamic supremacist "heroes" doing what they do best: murdering and ethnically cleansing MILLIONS in Sudan.

Remember, according Li'l Crack-y, this activity is equivalent to a yoga session.

I suspect what Li'l Crack-y loves most about these islamic supremacist activities is the mob-like actions...cowards always do.

https://twitter.com/DrEliDavid/status/1741073062877945967?t=ytdDdfoR2ig2qW51sQKpsA&s=19; 12/30/23, 9:44 AM
Old and slow said...: Crack flatters himself that he has a great mind by quoting bumper sticker philosophy. You are a stupid and dishonest person Crack. The only question is, what is the ratio of stupid to dishonest?; 12/30/23, 9:47 AM
Drago said...: Hamas 7th Century Death Cult Fanboy Li'l Crack-y: "Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

- Eleanor Roosevelt"

Morgan Freeman Narrator Voice: Of course, Eleanor Roosevelt was quite the Soviet sympathizer.; 12/30/23, 9:48 AM
Old and slow said...: If the Israelis were genocidal, the situation would look very different indeed, and no one would be in any doubt about it. Anyone who uses that word to describe Israel's actions is stupid or dishonest, take your pick.; 12/30/23, 9:49 AM
john mosby said...: “Colin Powell has a chief of staff. Why?”

To communicate with Generalissimo Franco’s chief of staff???

JSM; 12/30/23, 9:51 AM
Drago said...: In the "More Bad News For Hamas 7th Century Death Cult Fanboy and Islamic asupremacist Suckup Li'l Crack-y" column, the IDF identified, isolated and the destroyed the Hamas tunnels (which Li'l Crack-y didnt believe existed) that connected Yahya Sinwar's safe house to the deeper tunnel network.

Tough break Li'l Crack-y! Looks like 1 fewer pro-Hamas Airbnb opportunity exists now!

Not to worry. I'm sure there are still a few child hostage posters that can be torn down to get you thru these tough times.

BTW, did you ever go through with showing your Jewish "friends" (wink wink) ALL of your Althouse blog anti-semitic /anti-Israel rants? Particularly your calls for the destruction of Israel?

LOL

I'll bet you didn't, did you?; 12/30/23, 9:59 AM
Drago said...: Old and slow: "If the Israelis were genocidal, the situation would look very different indeed, and no one would be in any doubt about it. Anyone who uses that word to describe Israel's actions is stupid or dishonest, take your pick."

In the case of pro-Hamas Li'l Crack-y, you need to embrace the power of "and".; 12/30/23, 10:01 AM
Big Mike said...: You are a stupid and dishonest person Crack. The only question is, what is the ratio of stupid to dishonest?

@Old and Slow*, both asymptotically approach infinity.

___________
*I’m a septuagenarian, so me too!; 12/30/23, 10:04 AM
Candide said...: “ Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”

Minuscule minds blame Jews; 12/30/23, 10:09 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: Candide said...

"Minuscule minds blame Jews"

Accusations without evidence are useless.; 12/30/23, 10:23 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: Y'all talk about the Jews - even better: to quote Drago "the Jooooooooos" - while I talk about Zionists, and Zionism, and the war. I've never talked about the Jews and you can't prove I ever have.

You have no credibility.; 12/30/23, 10:27 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: UN DEMANDS Israel Investigate EXECUTION Of 11 Unarmed Palestinian Civilians

Israel has now also been officially taken to the International Court of Justice by South Africa for the crime of genocide.; 12/30/23, 10:35 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: Former Army Colonel Ann Wright Condemns Israeli Weapons Sales at UN; 12/30/23, 10:41 AM
AlanKH said...: Any of y'all ever read Babbitt? (Some spoilers ahead.) I just finished the other day. For a satire, the jabs at its target - the middle class - seem rather mild. Babbitt's social circles don't seem all that bad. The problem with the civic organizations is that there's too many of them, their proliferation fueled to some degree by social climbing. Time invested in these circles - as well as the Bohemian crowd Babbitt starts hanging out with when the midlife crisis swings into full gear - is time taken away from family life. To me the big scourge in the story is the affectionless marriage. Babbitt has neglected his, and his best friend Paul has to bear the Proverbs 27:15 nagging wife from hell.

Babbitt's church involvement illustrates the imbalance between professional and personal life. He is focused solely on church growth, treating it like just another civic organization that just needs more people and more square footage to get better. Church is there for the spiritual aspect and to build community, not just numbers.; 12/30/23, 10:49 AM
The Crack Emcee said...: Turkiye’s Erdogan Says Israeli PM Netanyahu No Different From Hitler | Dawn News English

Patrice O'Neal used to say the difference between blacks and jews is that blacks don't have a little mustachioed idiot designated as our figure of evil - we've got to look at everybody that way. And Netanyahu & Co. are most definitely proving his point. 100% straight-up baby killers. In 2023. Just incredible.; 12/30/23, 11:11 AM
Iman said...: “Y’all”isms… always a sign of great wisdom to be found.; 12/30/23, 11:51 AM
Drago said...: Hamas 7th Century Death Cult Fanboy Li'l Crack-y: "Y'all talk about the Jews - even better: to quote Drago "the Jooooooooos" - while I talk about Zionists, and Zionism, and the war. I've never talked about the Jews and you can't prove I ever have.

You have no credibility."

LOL

All pro-islamist murderers like our addled Li'l Crack-y try and hide their anti-semitism by claiming they are just anti-Zionist! In particular, the dumbest ones, like Li'l Crack-y.; 12/30/23, 1:17 PM
Candide said...: The Crack Emcee said...
"Y'all talk about the Jews - even better: to quote Drago "the Jooooooooos" - while I talk about Zionists, and Zionism, and the war. I've never talked about the Jews and you can't prove I ever have."

For better of for worse, Zionism is an integral part of the Jewish nation. You can't just rip it out and expect immediate improvement. Most likely it will produce destruction of the state of Israel and another world-wide catastrophe for the Jews. To illustrate, you can't just rip some vital organ out of your body and expect to get better; most likely you will die as a result. Perhaps it may prove beneficial to reduce the influence of Zionist lobby and a lot of good people are working on that. It is a very complicated process, kind of like serious surgery. What you are doing is just running around tossing verbal grenades.; 12/30/23, 2:01 PM
Drago said...: Btw, I love how our resident Hamas Fanboy Li'l Crack-y somehow came to believe the term "Zionist" is some kind of insult!

He's about as "macho" as a daffodil!; 12/30/23, 2:26 PM
Candide said...: Perhaps Crack is suffering from a misconception that Jews are kind of like White people and Palestinians are kind of like Black people.

Crack, Jews are not really all that White and Palestinians are definitely not Black.; 12/30/23, 2:43 PM
MadTownGuy said...: Person in custody after shooting at Boston firefighters amid blaze

"A person was arrested after shooting at Boston firefighters trying to put out a blaze at a building in Mattapan Saturday morning, officials said, leading to a long standoff as the fire burned.

The suspected shooter was eventually taken into custody in another part of the Fairlawn Estates apartment complex, allowing the blaze to be put out, officials said. No one else was hurt, though residents of the building were evacuated while the standoff dragged on."

More at the link.; 12/30/23, 2:55 PM
Drago said...: Candide: "Perhaps Crack is suffering from a misconception that Jews are kind of like White people and Palestinians are kind of like Black people.

Crack, Jews are not really all that White and Palestinians are definitely not Black."

That is precisely the framework Li'l Crack-y internalized early on and since then its been Israeli Whitey Jews Oppressing The Poor People Of Color!

That's the full extent of what this dolt thinks of the situation.

Its just that shallow.; 12/30/23, 4:27 PM
The Crack Emcee said...: Candide said...

"For better of for worse, Zionism is an integral part of the Jewish nation. You can't just rip it out and expect immediate improvement."

You're confused: it's not Judaism. It's Jewish nationalism. Which anyone can dislike, or rip out, as much as they did with the Soviet Union or apartheid South Africa.

"Most likely it will produce destruction of the state of Israel and another world-wide catastrophe for the Jews."

Did South Africa cease to exist without apartheid?

"To illustrate, you can't just rip some vital organ out of your body and expect to get better; most likely you will die as a result."

A racist theocracy is not vital to anything.

"Perhaps it may prove beneficial to reduce the influence of Zionist lobby,...."

There's the understatement of the day.

"It is a very complicated process, kind of like serious surgery."

Bullshit. The US president used to check Israel regularly. No more. Now they run us.

"What you are doing is just running around tossing verbal grenades."

What I am doing is documenting facts as I find them. It's the rest of you (who used to say "racist" is overused) that are now just calling everyone else a bunch of stupid antisemites, which - when it comes to proving you're not modern day Nazis slandering good people - is just as persuasive as cheering the killing of babies. Ethically, there's no coming back from this. They've lost the young people forever. America's claims to decency and/or being the "policeman of the world" is done. Israel can kiss the Saudi agreement goodbye. Her people will become the world's pariahs. No one gets out of this alive. Watch.; 12/30/23, 4:32 PM
The Crack Emcee said...: Candide said...

"Perhaps Crack is suffering from a misconception that Jews are kind of like White people and Palestinians are kind of like Black people."

I like how your own stupid speculation leads you to assume a superior position and tone, to rudely lecture me, as though I'm as dumb as you are. Amazing.

No, you moron, I see the Zionists as colonizers - like the cowboys and the Indians, the Australians and the Aborigines, etc. - not former slaves. Which you would've seen, immediately, if you had more than one racist brain cell in your head to rub against.; 12/30/23, 4:39 PM
wendybar said...: "In the video, Jacob Chansley, later dubbed the “Q Shaman,” reads a tweet from President Trump to the crowd outside the US Capitol and tells them to go home. Chansley added, “We are peaceful… We are not Antifa.”"

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/new-video-hidden-public-q-shaman-stands-outside/; 12/30/23, 4:39 PM
Drago said...: More of Li'l Crack-y's islamic supremacst heroes doing what they do best: murdering innocent Christians in a church in Nigeria.

I wonder how far Li'l Crack-y will go to defend these butchers by somehow blaming Zionists or people in the US.

Maybe Crack will say this is like a yoga class as he did with the Jewish hostages....

https://twitter.com/VividProwess/status/1741112019019878676?t=2hWpV75j9AI-zIBjldY2tg&s=19; 12/30/23, 6:08 PM
Drago said...: In other 7th Century Death Cult news, German newspapers are reporting there have been 7,000 rapes of German and girls by Li'l Crack-y's islamic supremacist pals since 2015.

In Li'l Crack-y "speak", that's alot of "yoga class-like" "experiences" in Germany.

The Zionists probably made the sweet and innocent islamic supremacists do it....; 12/30/23, 9:22 PM