Today's sunrise photos are all by Meade. I did not get my act together in time!
June 8, 2024
Sunrise — 5:21, 5:29, 5:31.
Today's sunrise photos are all by Meade. I did not get my act together in time!
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Atmospheric nuclear testing at Maple Bluff.
Meade takes better pictures
Everyone needs a good backup. Nice photos.
Rusty: Thanks for the youtube suggestions. I watched machine thinking on the origin of precision and heavy presses and lathes. Really interesting stuff. I used to be an avid reader of rec.crafts.metalworking on usenet, so I was already well acquainted with the notion of surface plates and gauge blocks, but hadn't ever really properly considered them. You are or were a machinist I seem to recall, is that right?
Meade's pretty good backup.
Tcrosse .... chuckle
Old and Slow
Guilty
I've never lived in the Midwest, so I often wonder how the day turned out when you post a dramatic sky, like today. Since you post them towards the end of the day, maybe include how the day turns out.
Top one is a corker, Meade!
Glad you like them.
I had a pretty good morning myself. Inside of about 15 minutes of arriving at my workplace, I saw a nice sunrise with lots of dramatic clouds, a red-shouldered hawk, a Muscovy duck, two black-bellied whistling ducks, a white ibis, a cardinal and a blue jay, as well as a myriad of doves and blackbirds. I try to get there a half-hour early so I can enjoy some nature before going inside for eight hours.
What's happenin' in Texas?
Professor loses his job. Is he a fake?
Everyone thought he was a fake.
Mostly because leftists never actually change their mind. But he said he just got fired.
Just another data point.
What'd I tell ya, about that word 'nekkid'? (3:45)
"But now, we got a teacher. In the classroom. On school hours. Strippin' down butt nekkid. Bendin' over and showin' everything on the video. And all you could see was cellulite hangin', and pubic hair"
Hunter Biden's ex-girlfriend Zoe Kestan testified in his gun trial. Here's a National Review article, but let me pull out an interesting quote:
Prosector Leo Wise conducted a lengthy direct examination of Kestan accompanied by pictures from her cellphone to corroborate her recollection of events.
Wise and Kestan seemed to get into a rhythm throughout the direct examination, as Kestan recalled large events and small details from her time with Hunter Biden. Kestan remembered exact dates and named the various hotels they stayed at during their time together.
Each time Kestan described an experience with Hunter Biden, Wise asked her if Hunter Biden smoked crack at their hotel or Airbnb, and Kestan always replied affirmatively.
“Every 20 minutes or so,” Kestan said of Hunter Biden’s crack habit during one of the hotel stays. She noted that he smoked crack less frequently in public, and she never noticed a change in his demeanor when he smoked.
Exact dates? Places they were together! Corroborating photos! Wow, it would sure be nice to get these details in trials vs something happened a few decades before, not sure what month or season. Still, you can bet the fix is in for Hunter to be acquitted.
i actually would be interested in hearing rcocean's response to this:
“Okay so here’s the problem”
...Ready
“On one side are 4 Israelis”
...Okay
“On the other are at least 94 Palestinians”
...Throw the switch
“But it’s 94 people for 4”
...Throw the switch
“So you’d kill 90 more people to rescue 4?”
...Buddy, I’d kill 100 to save 1. The Palestinians tied the Israelis to the tracks.
...They also had multiple chances to get off the tracks themselves. They didn’t.
“That’s brutal!”
...How? Why should 4 die who could do nothing to stop it in the place of 94 who could have
... stopped it at any time? It’s not really a trolley problem.
https://x.com/lone_rides/status/1799510802291990621
Blogger Rusty said...
Old and Slow
Guilty
Very Calvin Coolidge of you...
Not bad Mr. Althouse.
OMG! the mem WRITES ITSELF!!
Woman Meets Bear In Woods!!
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/07/us/california-confirms-woman-killed-last-winter-was-states-first-fatal-black-bear-attack/index.html
California Woman Killed by Black Bear in State's First Documented Fatal Attack
Patrice Miller, 71, was found dead in her Downieville home last November, but a recently released autopsy report by California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife has verified she was killed by a bear, the Sierra County Sheriff’s department said.
A sheriff’s deputy discovered Miller deceased in her home while conducting a welfare check after a grocery store employee reported that she had not been seen or heard from for several days, according to Sheriff Michael Fisher.
The sheriff’s office said when they found Miller, there were clear signs a bear had been inside the house. But officials believed Miller had died of natural causes and the bear broke into the house after her death and had been feeding on her remains.
However, a recently released autopsy revealed that Miller did not die of natural causes but had in fact been killed by the bear, the sheriff said.
“Post investigation, we found out that she had been having some bear issues at the house. And after we concluded our coroner’s investigation and removed her remains from the house, the bear continued to break into the house over and over again over the next several days,” Fisher added.
The bear was eventually trapped and euthanized, the sheriff said.
Making it look easy--
Padre Soler Fandango Jean Rondeau Poznan Baroque
WARNING! HARPSICHORD! WARNING!
And a fine Saturday eve to all Althousers.
I had a, I don't know, not an epiphany, I hope. I'll phrase it in the form of a question. Am I a shitposter? See Merchan Juror's cousin post.
My cousin, from the Scorsese "After Hours" post, is/was, very real. I say was because he died sometime in the late 90's from a most unfortunate paragliding accident.
Whereas the Merchan juror's cousin, aka shitposter, seems like a convenient escape hatch for the judge, who must be coming to the rude realization that his handling of the case has been a gift to his nemesis, Donald Trump. (to paraphrase the comment that could be construed as a shitpost)
Never the less, it seems like I wen't from The Rule of Lemity @6:46, to shitposter in a matter of days. Socials is a hard mistress.
So remind me again, who was Ghislaine Maxwell trafficking kids to?
I meant harsh*, not hard.
Not sure if anyone has brought up the 'Ripley" series on Netflix. Just finished it and highly recommend it for those who enjoy the "film noir" genre.
Settings and cinematography are stunning. Acting, dialog, and directing are spare. And the parallels and interplay between the characters, settings, and plot with the art of Caravaggio are brilliant.
Really a work of cinematic art.
'Not sure if anyone has brought up the 'Ripley" series on Netflix. Just finished it and highly recommend it for those who enjoy the "film noir" genre.'
The criticism has been kind of harsh for this one.
The two biggest problems called out; the main actor is too old...by a lot.
And he is a sourpuss. The whole point is he is supposed to be charming and he's not.
He was great in the Sherlock reboot though...
Questions no one is asking answered
Why am I reading about the English Civil war?
Here's what the 1662 jury said about their decision to find Harry Vane guilty of treason. "We don't know how to answer his points but we do know what to do." Report from The Early Modern Times.
Who says this film or its lead actor are "supposed to be" anything? You mean like the novel or the pretty mediocre previous film? I don't buy that. This series and its lead actor work beautifully without any prior reference point. It's film noir. Dark, moody, shadowy. THAT'S the whole point. Not whether it faithfully recreates the original source material.
who was Ghislaine Maxwell trafficking kids to
Equitable and inclusive liberal socialites of the progressive conservative order (i.e. before pedophilia became taboo). #NoJudgment #NoLabels #LustWins
How do you steal a judgeship in Michigan?
Democrat judge is, of course, a filthy, criminal whore. Who is surprised, that a Democrat is a filthy whore? When was it ever otherwise?
The Democrats need to learn how to bathe their whores. I think that's pretty much the full extent to which they can address the problem. A whore need not be filthy. A whore need not stink. You can be a Democrat whore without being filthy, or stinking. I guess that's just a little more effort than Janet Protaziewicz was willing, or able, to expend. Shitty little state, Wisconsin. From the Border to the Lake, Wisconsin is on the take.
Trying to make sense of this.
So, Hamas raids Israel, raping and killing and taking hostages.
Israel demands hostages back.
Hamas does not return them.
Israel locates the hostages and endeavors to rescue them.
The Hostages are kept in a civilian location, BY HAMAS
Israel begins rescue operations and the Hamas soldiers retaliate, sending in reinforcements.
Many civilians are caught in the crossfire resulting in death and injury.
As I understand it, here are the options:
Hamas could have let the hostages go.
Hamas could have not put the hostages in a civilian location
The civilians could have not cooperated with Hama and their plan to house hostages in their neighborhood.
Hamas could have held their fire and not counter-attacked in a civilian location
But I am supposed to be the monster because I fault Hamas for the loss of life rather than the Israelis. I should fault Israel for rescuing their people rather than letting them remain illegally (against all international laws, mind you) detained.
I just hope that I am never a citizen of a country that would not leave one option unconsidered to get me rescued.... Oh, wait.
SOUNDS INSURRECTIONY!! WONDER HOW MANY THE FBI WILL SEARCH FOR, FOR 5 YEARS AND THROW IN THE DC GULAG??
Stephen L. Miller
@redsteeze
They are rioting over the rescue of 4 innocent Jewish hostages. Wild stuff.
Julio Rosas
@Julio_Rosas11
Replying to @Julio_Rosas11
More vandalism: Anti-Israel crowd cheered after a red smoke bomb was popped on the Rochambeau Statue, which has been heavily defaced with graffiti.
R A W S A L E R T S
@rawsalerts
🚨#BREAKING: Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters and activists are lighting off smoke bombs and flares as they plan to Surround the White House
📌#Washington | #DC
Currently, DC metro police are on high alert as hundreds of thousands of pro-Palestine protesters and activists have gathered outside the White House in Washington, DC. As They light up smoke bombs and flares as they protest for Palestine, planning to surround the White House. Police have deployed mace into the surrounding crowds, and crews have erected a large anti-scale fence around the White House in anticipation of this weekend's Gaza protest. Video by
@ScooterCasterNY
Bonchie
@bonchieredstate
Adam, that’s called a street. If you are concerned with skid marks, don’t paint your religious symbols on it.
Adam Schwager
@schwagerTV
A group of five to six kids just starting doing donuts and creating skid marks on the Pride Mural. Right in front of me as we’re reporting on three people getting arrested for doing the same thing last night.
@KHQLocalNews
https://x.com/bonchieredstate/status/1799151060725989598
U.S. Ministry of Truth
@USMiniTru
🚨BREAKING: American citizens paint 1,954-mile long Pride flag along the U.S./Mexico border so the government will finally arrest those walking over it.
https://x.com/USMiniTru/status/1799170551329522152
"Toward the end of the meeting the Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed pushed back and said he hasn't seen any significant reform inside the Palestinian Authority, the sources said.
According to two sources, the Emirati foreign minister then called the Palestinian leadership "Ali Baba and the forty thieves" and claimed senior officials in the Palestinian Authority are "useless" and therefore "replacing them with one another will only lead to the same result."
"Why would the UAE give assistance to the Palestinian Authority without real reforms?" he asked."
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/06/anybody_notice_that_the_emirati_foreign_minister_called_the_palestinian_authorities_ali_baba_and_the_40_thieves_in_a_shouting_match.html
"“They are ‘undocumented immigrants’ seeking asylum desperate to escape tyranny and poverty. How dare you call these poor human beings ‘aliens’? Have you no compassion? You’re just another MAGA-hillbilly xenophobe! Our friendship is over!”
So went my banishment from the court of a progressive associate.
Unfortunately for the bubble-wrapped believers, it is a world of thorny truths. As a lifelong independent voter, the pejorative “MAGA-hillbilly” strikes me now as rather a badge of honor for yelling “fire” while the House of America burns."
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/06/hillbilly_xenophobes_for_trump.html
The overthrow and execution of Charles I looked a lot like what is being, and has been done to Trump, but I think that Trump may be overcoming it, but it was the model of a “color revolution,” and the period bears study. If we are lucky, history will rhyme and we will get a restoration.
tcrosse...
Agreed!
Anti submarine activity?
Old and slow said...
"Blogger Rusty said...
Old and Slow
Guilty
Very Calvin Coolidge of you..."
LOL. Thanks, I guess.
If Whitworths precision flat wasn't impressive enough 2000 years before some greek engineer figured out a way to produce brass sheets that were precise enough to build a computer.
The Hostages are kept in a civilian location, BY HAMAS
Civilians in Gaza are unicorn farts. A better description of those not actively bearing arms is "the armed unorganized militia." So the above description would be:
The Hostages are kept in an armed unorganized militia location, BY HAMAS
FIFY.
At least 10 people were injured in a Wisconsin rooftop party shooting, police say
Excerpt:
"Emergency personnel responded to what police believe may have been a high school graduation party when the shooting started, just before 1 a.m. Sunday.
Police found one teen who suffered multiple gunshot wounds bleeding in the street, and rushed in to the apartment building on Johnson Street, Barnes said.
“Officers watched as dozens of people rushed out of the building, running in panic and tripping over one another, simply trying to find safety,” he said.
After running up 12 flights of stairs to reach those at the party, police said they found a chaotic scene. Authorities estimated there were several hundred people on the rooftop."
Source: https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/09/us/madison-wisconsin-shooting-multiple-injuries/index.html
The early morning has the cleanest air, the quietest time of the day, the fewest people, if early enough a view of the stars, and offers an illusion of space. Once people awake none of this lasts, peace is lost.
Also a lovely camaraderie amongst the early risers, a curt and peaceful acknowledgement that we're sharing a space and are both members of the same tribe. It reminds us to appreciate the things in life that we take for granted. May I also suggest reading the poetry of Wordsworth and Shelley (his nature poems with leaves of ethereal hues).
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