January 10, 2024

Sunrise — 7:36, 8:13.

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We went back out later this afternoon:

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54 comments:

rcocean said...

The snow always improves things. Great pictures of a gloomy sky.

Gusty Winds said...

Fauci admitted today that the COVID lab leak was not a conspiracy theory. And the US funded gain of function research. He also admitted social distancing was not based on "science" especially the six-foot rule. What a lying asshole.

I thought it was all bullshit in early 2020 when they said the Wuhan lab was a short distance away from the bat-soup wet market. Seemed like a backup plan for plausible deniability. And then the wet market re-opened as the US shut down.

You know who fell for and imposed Fauci's bullshit more than anyone? The education establishment. Especially our DEI infested "higher" educators.

If you thought masks were bullshit, bat-soup was bullshit, social distancing was bullshit, closed schools was bullshit...and resisted taking the poison mRNA shot, you were right about everything.

Liberals worshiped Fauci as a secular saint. Remember, questioning Fauci was questioning science itself. Idiots. All of them. And total assholes on top of all of it. Move on, but NEVER forget their arrogance, dishonesty, and stupidity. Especially the highly credentialed.

BUMBLE BEE said...

Which one has the Toni?

BUMBLE BEE said...

Well now, we're gettin' some where...

https://www.theblaze.com/news/200-fbi-assets-claim-higgins

Narr said...

I had my left-eye cataract surgery done yesterday, and all is well. No pain during or after, but I picked up something cold- or flu-like (probably and hopefully the former).

I wowed them today at the post-op--I was reading the bottom lines of charts that usually blur out after one or two.

It's weird. And wonderful.

JZ said...

I’m in the Detroit northern suburbs. Hope we get some of that.

Leland said...

What's up with these male Democrats getting erections from Trump.

walter said...

The Onion screams.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/4391046-is-joe-biden-a-superager-were-asking-all-the-wrong-questions/
"Just before the 2020 presidential election, independent research scientists with expertise in aging and longevity reviewed, assessed and published  all of Biden’s publicly available medical records. The information evaluated included his family history, behavioral risk factors, medical history, physical examinations, laboratory and other diagnostic tests, including aging-related biomarkers.
The conclusion was that Biden was in excellent health for a 77-year-old man. His health challenges were minimal, his laboratory blood work reflected that of a healthy younger man, and his physical activity was exceptional. He has a family history of dementia-free longevity and there was no evidence of cognitive decline in his personal medical records. 
While Biden’s formal health status will be reevaluated closer to the forthcoming election, his medical records published in his years since taking office so far indicate no significant change in physical or mental health status has occurred."
--
Based on his (unmentioned) medical history, he should be referred to as Pop Top.
But good fuckin' grief. Compare him in 2020 to now. STFU
You, you know the thing!!!!!

Jaq said...

Just look at video of Biden when he was VP and compare it to today if you want evidence of cognitive decline.

Jaq said...

So Lloyd Austin had “elective” cancer surgery. The more I think about it, the more convinced I am that he was worried that if the hard liners knew that he was incapacitated, they might start WW3 by usurping his power. Apparently he didn’t trust Biden either. Remember that the Houthi/Red Sea thing was blazing hot, we were on the brink of war with Iran, and we had used our spy planes to help Ukraine sink a Russian ship. All of this going on and SECDEF is AWOL.

We just learned a little bit about how our country is run at the highest levels, it’s cliques just like high school.

rhhardin said...

Google translates the Chouraqui bible



Headstrong elohims created the heavens and the earth,
the earth was hustle and bustle,
a darkness on the faces of the abyss,
but the breath of elohim hovered over the faces of the waters.
elohims says: a light will be.
and it is a light.
elohims sees the light: what good!
elohims separates the light from the darkness.
elohims cries to the light: day.
in the darkness he had cried: night.
and it is evening and it is morning: day one.
elohims says: a ceiling will be in the middle of the waters:
it is to separate between the waters and between the waters.
elohims makes the ceiling.
it separates the water under the ceiling from the water on the ceiling.
and it is so.
elohims shouts at the ceiling; skies.
and it is evening and it is morning: day two.
elohims says: the waters will line up under the skies
towards a single place, the dry will be seen.

traditionalguy said...

OMG Global Cooling has arrived.

Kathryn51 said...

Always love the photos and rarely have anything to comment this late, but. . . .

For once, tonight is a confluence of political preference (or perhaps some sort of cascade preference since Christie dropped out) but hubby and I are here on the West Coast, watching the Haley/DeSantis debate together because. . . .

I support Haley and he supports DeSantis. At least we are united in our dislike of Trump.

traditionalguy said...

DJT putting on an amazing Townhall on Fox. He thinks and talks like a 60 year old winner that out answers any trick question from the Foxes. Catch a replay.

Limited blogger said...

Nikki and Ron fighting to a draw at the last GOP debate.

Neither will be President Trump's choice as VP.

Ron should go back to Florida and come back in 4 years.

Nikki has earned and deserves a cabinet post.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

I don't know if this is true or not: "Trump asked for a delay in tomorrow's closing arguments due to his Mother In Law's death so he can be with Melania and the judge denied that request."

AlanKH said...

Got a question: how political was the original Star Trek? I couldn't find a lot of examples. Here's something I commented on Facebook:

In a show about the government in space a lot of the conflicts will revolve around governments. But those conflicts rarely touched on contemporary political issues. They mostly sent the generic message that petty tribalism is bad and unchecked authority (especially computerized authority) is bad.

The Cold War influences are there, but even the Vietnam parable cast the the proxies for the Soviets as the aggressors; the debate over how to deal with Communist expansion was never alluded to in TOS. "The Return of the Archons" gave Communism a bad rap as well.

Racial harmony is a backdrop in the show, which is inherently cultural and not political. "Battlefield" is the one episode that mixes race and politics. The final outcome on Cheron suggests that the majority of the oppressed did not respond to the oppression productively; some viewing the show in '70s syndication might conclude that Lokai's people failed to keep their counterpart to the Weather Underground in check. Maybe the black/whites and white/blacks took turns being the ruling faction over hundreds of thousands of years.

The only whiff of economic policy I can find in TOS on short notice is "The Cloud Minders," which featured a feudal system. If the private sector owned the mineral rights and freedom from involuntary servitude that would wreck the plot.

Dave Begley said...

Narr:

After my cataract surgery, I could see as well as I could at age 7. But in the last year, I had to get bifocals. But it was a great two years of no contacts or glasses!

gilbar said...

WSJ: More Teens Who Use Marijuana Are Suffering From Psychosis
Legalization efforts have made cannabis more readily available in much of the country. More frequent use of marijuana that is many times as potent as strains common three decades ago is leading to more psychotic episodes, according to doctors and recent research.

“This isn’t the cannabis of 20, 30 years ago,” said Dr. Deepali Gershan, an addiction psychiatrist at Compass Health Center in Northbrook, Ill. Up to 20% of her caseload is patients for whom she suspects cannabis use triggered a psychotic episode.

Not to worry though!
At least one poster here, will say that he "smoked a few j's back in the 70's, and i'm okay"

Caroline said...

Your landscapes are a balm for the soul.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Big if true: "Fauci admitted to Congress that the six-foot social distancing rule was completely made up and had zero scientific basis."

Mike Sylwester said...

For about 14 years (2008-2022), I wrote a blog about the movie Dirty Dancing.

If I ever were to devote many remaining blog-writing life to one movie, then it would be to Barbie, which I watched today. This new movie is creative, thoughtful, witty and beautiful.

Alas, I myself no longer have the time and energy to launch such a demanding labor of love.

In this movie, I see a wealth of potential blog articles.

https://dirty-dancing-analysis.blogspot.com/

Mike of Snoqualmie said...

I've had both eyes done for cataract surgery. Friday is my final post-op appointment, 30-days after the 2nd eye surgery. Everything went fine. Things are brighter than before.

The surgery sells a compound eye-drop solution which has all the different medicines in one vial, so it's just one drop four times a day instead of multiple drops, four times a day.

Mike of Snoqualmie said...

The onion screams. etc.

Anyone who had relatives with dementia (my mom and mom-in-law) could see that Biden had dementia. He was aggressive. He forget things. His physical condition was much worse than his 2018 appearance at the Foreign Affairs Council where he admitted his interference in Ukrainian jurisprudence. ("Son of a gun, ...").

The Democrats just don't want to admit that Slo' Joe is over the hill.

TaeJohnDo said...

Congrats, Narr! Here's to a speedy recovery!

gadfly said...

BUMBLE BEE said...
Well now, we're gettin' somewhere...

You are bumbling, Bee.

During a House Committee hearing in November 2023, Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., claimed that an undercover bus “filled with FBI informants dressed as Trump supporters, deployed onto our Capitol on January 6th.”

During a hearing with FBI director Christopher Wray, Higgins displayed a picture from inside the Union Station parking garage on Jan. 6 and asked if Wray was familiar with ghost buses.

“These buses are nefarious in nature and were filled with FBI informants dressed as Trump supporters deployed unto our Capitol on Jan. 6,” Higgins said. “Your day is coming, Mr. Wray.”

This stupid politician also hangs out with Oath Keepers and declares that we should kill all Muslims. How he could determine that 100 folks wearing MAGA hats were likely FBI agents is anyone's guess, since asking them wouldn't work.

gadfly said...

Mike of Snoqualmie said...
The onion screams. etc.

Anyone who had relatives with dementia (my mom and mom-in-law) could see that Biden had dementia. He was aggressive. He forget things. His physical condition was much worse than his 2018 appearance at the Foreign Affairs Council where he admitted his interference in Ukrainian jurisprudence. ("Son of a gun, ...").

The Democrats just don't want to admit that Slo' Joe is over the hill.


Two points. First everything you say about Trumps decline due to age applies exactly to Trump's decline as well.

Secondly, the Foreign Affairs Council information was a distortion of what really happened.

Eva Marie said...

Limited blogger said...
“Nikki and Ron fighting to a draw at the last GOP debate.”
Vivek Ramaswamy put out a video today positing that the GOP/deep state plan is to push a Haley/DeSantis ticket. Would rank and file Republicans fall for such a ploy?

wendybar said...

"This video replays all the times Joe Biden talks about laws his son Hunter Biden is accused of breaking. Oops! It was immediately removed from Instagram as soon as it was published."

https://twitter.com/i/status/1745204183127490907

wendybar said...

“Can our ‘justice system’ stoop any lower? President Trump’s mother-in-law sadly passed away, and leftist Judge Engoron just denied Trump’s request to postpone closing arguments. May First Lady Melania’s mother rest in peace, and God help our country!!,” Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) said.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/01/10/republicans-rip-judge-for-not-delaying-trump-trial-in-wake-of-melanias-mothers-death-n2633468

wendybar said...

The blatant lying from this speech tearing banshee is unbelievable. May she rot in hell.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/01/10/nancy-pelosi-claims-she-begged-for-national-guard-troops-on-j6-why-shes-lying-n2633461

wendybar said...

Benny Johnson

@bennyjohnson
·
Follow
🚨 WOW 🚨

Vivek FLIPS script on Reporters, leaving media STUNNED by simply asking:

- 'Did you lie about Trump-Russia collusion?'

[SILENCE]

- 'Is Hunter Biden's laptop Russian disinformation?'

[SILENCE]

- 'Did COVID leak from the Wuhan lab?'

[SILENCE]

Just WATCH:"

https://twitter.com/i/status/1745157876434268601

Nancy said...

@rhhardin: Thanks! Bereishit= headstrong?! Sure, why not! It is striking to make panim and elohim plural in English as in Hebrew. But even this translation was stymied by my favorite Hebrew word "et" (marker of definite direct object, useful if subject and object don't have fixed assigned places, and reminder that this isn't and will never be English).

Jaq said...

“Every branch of the media has been telling me to hate Trump with out of context quotes and by withholding relevant facts and now I not only hate Trump, but I love Big Bother .”💕

Humperdink said...

Lem said: "I don't know if this is true or not: "Trump asked for a delay in tomorrow's closing arguments due to his Mother In Law's death so he can be with Melania and the judge denied that request."

His lawyer confirmed this. The judge really hates Trump and has fogged his judgement.

Humperdink said...

Lem also said: "Big if true. Fauci admitted to Congress that the six-foot social distancing rule was completely made up and had zero scientific basis."

I have followed this 6 foot distance thingy since it's inception. It was reported that a 10 foot distance was the initial distancing requirement but the healthcare brain trust agreed the populace wouldn't buy it so they agreed to 6 foot. It would be more palatable .... and they were right. Settled science.

wendybar said...

THIS is what fundamental transformation looks like....

https://twitter.com/i/status/1744482029641793883

wendybar said...

The "REAL" truth about the day Ashli Babbitt was murdered.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1743679540608864420.html

wendybar said...

This is how you know America is REALLY a clown show...What a disgraceful thing to do to those truly brave astronauts.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12949471/prince-harry-legends-aviation-beverly-hills-ceremony.html

Big Mike said...

OMG Global Cooling has arrived.

@traditionalguy, Global Cooling is the natural, predicted consequence of Anthropogenic Global Warming. Learn to pay attention.

(It’s all junque science.)

Eva Marie said...

wendybar said
“Vivek FLIPS script on Reporters, leaving media STUNNED by simply asking: . . . “
Wow. How utterly embarrassing - none of the reporters admitted the stories they reported were incorrect.
Ramaswamy was excellent - as usual.

wendybar said...

This is what UNHINGED Progressivism looks like...and it is part of the ABC News Division...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12948255/Whoopi-Goldberg-tells-View-hosts-Donald-Trump-disappear-gay-folks-beats-Biden-Novembers-election-returns-White-House.html

MadTownGuy said...

tim in vermont said...

“Every branch of the media has been telling me to hate Trump with out of context quotes and by withholding relevant facts and now I not only hate Trump, but I love Big Bother .”

Heh. If that was a typo, it was fortuitous. If not, then insanely clever.

MadTownGuy said...

Not sure what to make of this...

Shapiro Administration and OpenAI Launch First-in-the-Nation Generative AI Pilot for Commonwealth Employees

"Building on Governor Shapiro’s Executive Order, the Shapiro Administration is taking a historic first step to utilize generative AI in state government employee operations, demonstrating an employee-centered approach that balances innovation with safety, security, and privacy.

Governor Shapiro will meet with senior OpenAI executives today to discuss his employee-centric approach to responsible generative AI usage and the importance of responsible generative AI development.

...

The ChatGPT Enterprise pilot will begin in January 2024 and is initially limited to OA employees who will use the tool for tasks such as creating and editing copy, making outdated policy language more accessible, drafting job descriptions to help with recruitment and hiring, addressing duplication and conflicting guidance within hundreds of thousands of pages of employee policy, helping employees generate code, and more. Employees will receive individual support and guidance on how they should use the tool and will also provide continuous feedback to the pilot team to help the Commonwealth determine future best uses. An additional 100 licenses will eventually be available to non-OA agency employees for shorter periods of time after initial feedback and findings from OA employees are gathered.

The enterprise version of ChatGPT has additional security, privacy, and management features not found in the consumer version. As such, no inputs, feedback, or data input by the Commonwealth into the tool will be used to train ChatGPT or future products from OpenAI. The added cybersecurity measures also ensure that no data of any kind is shared between agencies or separate Commonwealth entities. Commonwealth employees may not use any sensitive information – including any Pennsylvanian’s personally identifiable information – when utilizing ChatGPT for day-to-day operations.
"

I've got to wonder what assumptions are baked into OpenAI that might result in unexpected changes to 'outdated policy language.'

Mike of Snoqualmie said...

Hunter Biden is paid $1 million/year by Burisma for what services? He knows nothing about Ukraine or the gas industry. His chief talent is his family connection to his VP dad, Joe. This position would not be open to Mike of Snoqualmie, Narr nor gadfly.

Joe Biden brags about how he got the chief Ukrainian prosecutor fired. This prosecutor was investigating Burisma. Joe's threat about firing the prosecutor was a complete surprise to the Obama administration. Joe had a vested interest in firing the prosecutor.

Joe is an honest politician. Once he's bribed, he stays bribed.

Compare his fitness in the video to what he is today: A tired, old man, ready for his rocking chair and lap blanket. Always ready to tell an audience about his glory days with Corn Pop, MLK, Jr, and other fabulous stories of Joe's daring-do.

Fact checks from the Mushroom Media Conspiracy. such as USA Today, are nothing but cover ups for Joe's corruption.

Mike of Snoqualmie said...

Blogger MadTownGuy said...
Not sure what to make of this...

MadTownGuy has won today's bingo card for buzzword bingo. Congratulations! Come on down and get your prize. A no-expense paid trip to Harrisburg, PA to see the Commonwealth's government in (non)action.

rhhardin said...

@Nancy Chouraqui translates as Cicero says should not be done, word by word, from the Hebrew into French.

Iman said...

“Secondly, the Foreign Affairs Council information was a distortion of what really happened.”

LOL!!!

wendybar said...

"Alternate headline: Multi-millionaire MSNBC hosts and congresswoman worth well over $100 million who's often accused of insider trading don't get why the peasants can't understand "Bidenomics" is great."

https://twitchy.com/dougp/2024/01/11/joe-scarborough-asks-nancy-pelosi-why-voters-dont-get-that-bidens-economy-is-the-envy-of-the-world-n2391647

rhhardin said...

Here's Chouraqui translated from French by a competent translator (different passage)


Here are the sons of Shem
for their clans, for their tongues,
in their lands, for their peoples.
Here are the clans of the sons of Noah for their exploits,
in their peoples:
from the latter divide the peoples on earth, after the flood.

And it is all the earth: a single lip, one speech.
And it is at their departure from the Orient: they find a canyon,
in the land of Shine'ar;
They settle there.
They say, each to his like:
"Come, let us brick some bricks.
Let us fire them in the fire."
The brick becomes for them stone, the tar, mortar.
They say:
"Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower.
Its head: in the heavens.
Let us make ourselves a name,
that we not be scattered over the face of all the earth.

YHWH descends to see the city and the tower
that the sons of man have built.
YHWH says:
"Yes! A single people, a single lip for all:
that is what they begin to do! . . .
Come! Let us descend! Let us confound their lips,
man will no longer understand the lip of his neighbor."

YHWH disperses them from there over the face of all the earth.
They cease to build the city.
Over which he proclaims his name: Bavel, Confusion,
for there, YHWH confounds the lip of all the earth,
and from there YHWH disperses them over the face of all the earth.

- Des Tours de Babel, in _Difference in Translation_ p.168

Narr said...

I appreciate the cataract comments.

Mike of Snoqualmie said...

James Clyburn says that President Joe Biden “has delivered for the American people in such a way that nobody seems to grasp.” Could it be that people can't grasp Joe's greatness because his greatness is nonexistent? James Clyburn is fulfilling the courtier's role of praising the king for his magnificent new clothes while everyone else sees the king as prancing around naked.

Mike of Snoqualmie said...

Snow showers now. 34F. Not sticking.

Mike of Snoqualmie said...

Spokane, WA has ordered a $550,000 special snow plow to clear protected bike lanes. Spokane must be rolling in money. I can just see a gaggle of bikers riding in the bike lanes during or after a snow storm.