Althouse: Sunrise — 5:59, 6:01, 6:04, 6:08,

August 5, 2024

Sunrise — 5:59, 6:01, 6:04, 6:08,

71 comments:

Inga said...: US Supreme Court declines to halt Trump's sentencing in hush money case; 8/5/24, 6:57 PM
robother said...: Sigh. For some reason, these photos remind me of that August feeling I had as a kid, the twilight kickball or hide n' seek no longer could go to 9:30, another week and you're shopping for school clothes and supplies. Tipping toward fall.; 8/5/24, 6:59 PM
Leland said...: Coming through…. Nice pic.; 8/5/24, 7:05 PM
narciso said...: So boeing didnt write software for the starliner; 8/5/24, 7:05 PM
Leland said...: Robother, we saw back to school shelves going up July 5th at the local grocery. School starts next week. I thought it was so cruel.; 8/5/24, 7:07 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Olympics News: “Mondo Duplantis wins Gold in Pole Vault and sets a new world record 6.25m“

Rumors say there will be protests.; 8/5/24, 7:21 PM
ussmidway said...: Your photos this month are on another level -- you are the expert at Lake Mendota!! Very nice Ann!; 8/5/24, 7:29 PM
Achilles said...: Trump is in the new media. 1 million live views on Kick from a very young skewed audience for his Adin interview.

100's of thousands of people per hour are watching the recording.

All of this stuff dwarfs CNNABCNBCCBS.; 8/5/24, 7:39 PM
Narr said...: Too gorgeous.

Those geese must be heading north to escape the heat down here.

In medical news, I wore closed shoes for the first time in about eight weeks today. Last Monday I had one of my favorite toenails (left, big) removed. It had gone from ingrown to involuted, and was starting to hurt all the time. You know I loves me some sandals, but they aren't year-round apparel.; 8/5/24, 7:43 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Wow, what spectatular photos. The Birds showing off.; 8/5/24, 7:53 PM
Inga said...: Harris will be announcing her VP pick from Eau Claire, WI on Wednesday!; 8/5/24, 7:56 PM
Drago said...: Inga: "Harris will be announcing her VP pick from Eau Claire, WI on Wednesday!"

Will the VP be praising Biden/Harris-nomics too!

Biden just last week: "I cured the economy."; 8/5/24, 8:09 PM
Iman said...: “On a day where the market is plummeting, there’s “recession” talk, Iran supposedly is about to unleash hell, and Western Europe is rioting and looting over mass illegal immigration— the decision by Kamala Harris to make the vibe of her campaign “‘wtf lol Trump is ick’ brat Gen Z…”

—- Emma-Jo Morris

There’s a ton of “Ignarance” out there!; 8/5/24, 8:13 PM
Iman said...: “Now remember, complaining about losing 20% of your wealth overnight means you hate black women.”; 8/5/24, 8:19 PM
Iman said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 8/5/24, 8:21 PM
Original Mike said...: "Harris will be announcing her VP pick from Eau Claire, WI on Wednesday!"

Oh! Boy!; 8/5/24, 8:21 PM
Iman said...: Gee, Igna. Will it be the guy who drops his “g”s and tries to imitate the speaking style of BIG ZER0 Barky? Or will it be the tubby squarehead from Minnesota?; 8/5/24, 8:25 PM
Original Mike said...: Guess it's not going to be Shapiro.; 8/5/24, 8:30 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Kamala Harris speaking her truth bombs.

X link video

X link video; 8/5/24, 8:45 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 8/5/24, 8:49 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: The Socials Olympics is always on

We need a pole-meme proliferation treaty.; 8/5/24, 8:53 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Headline: "Trump says Venezuela is being run by a dictator"

That man thinks that he's so fine
That soon he'll have my mind
That man thinks that he's so smart
That soon he'll have my heart; 8/5/24, 8:58 PM
Drago said...: Original Mike: "Guess it's not going to be Shapiro."

Although Ben probably appreciated the consideration.; 8/5/24, 9:08 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: The National Review: What should we do with the remaining 9/11 terrorists we are still holding?

What a terrible time to have that convo. I'm suspicious.; 8/5/24, 9:13 PM
Mark said...: I don't know how I missed the RFK bear story. He lives like a 60 year old frat boy and I am here for it.

It's nice to see someone fully crush any family name legacy in accidental comedy.; 8/5/24, 9:17 PM
Mark said...: Agree with Original Mike. No way he is announcing Shapiro in Eau Claire.

Stupid choice, much like Vance was for Trump. Why choose a VP that you will end up asking to stay off mic?; 8/5/24, 9:19 PM
Peachy said...: Kamala is a joke and an embarrassment. Probably why she will win.

That plus cheating.; 8/5/24, 9:20 PM
Drago said...: Dumb Lefty Mark: "Stupid choice, much like Vance was for Trump. Why choose a VP that you will end up asking to stay off mic?"

Dumb Lefty Mark "analysis" proves the Trump pick of Vance is outstanding.

Dumb Lefty Mark, the Reverse Cramer of Althouse Blog.; 8/5/24, 9:22 PM
Kakistocracy said...: Markets crash. It’s carnage out there. They are all the way down to …… where they were 3 months ago!
(Japan aside); 8/5/24, 9:29 PM
Jimmy said...: Achilles, thanks for that link. He spoke for over an hour, one on one. Biden couldn't , harris won't. the lefties on this blog know this to be true.
He's engaged, funny, and makes most politicians look like the skunks they really are.
This is great stuff.; 8/5/24, 9:29 PM
Maynard said...: It's not a crash, Richie.

It is a correction.

Stocks have been overvalued all year, I'n part due to inflation and fake government data, such as job reports.

I am heavily invested in the market and have lost a lot of money. I've been there before. It's not a big deal, so far.; 8/5/24, 9:36 PM
traditionalguy said...: That’s my man Donald John Trump rolling along to November leaving Deep State carnage behind him. Makes one wonder how much sniper ammunition the Feds are rounding up. But fortunately Dems can’t shoot.; 8/5/24, 9:42 PM
Kakistocracy said...: Maynerd: I guess you didn't catch the sarcasm in my comment.

Long overdue correction. First half of this year was irrational exuberance. Big moves in August used to be attributed to senior traders not being at their desks. Get back to the beach and rebalance at the end of September if necessary.; 8/5/24, 9:46 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Bottom line, it is wrong to continue holding the terrorist in perpetual limbo. I suppose the time to undo a wrong is always right now.; 8/5/24, 9:51 PM
gadfly said...: Drago said...
Dumb Lefty Mark, the Reverse Cramer of Althouse Blog.

So Mark is not crazy like Kramer on Seinfeld?; 8/5/24, 9:55 PM
Iman said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 8/5/24, 10:18 PM
Aggie said...: ""Harris will be announcing her VP pick from Eau Claire, WI on Wednesday!""

So..... if this is the case, can it be anybody but Waltz? Is this like the Shapiro trial balloon, or is it confirmed?

Sounds like a new kind of push poll: Make the suggestion, measure the reaction vibe.; 8/5/24, 10:33 PM
imTay said...: We have this guy, who is an acknowledged "market legend"

Legendary Market Watcher Predicts Surprise Fed Rate Cut: Robert Prechter, founder and president of Elliott Wave International, believes the Fed will implement an emergency rate cut ahead of its September meeting, citing the recent global selloff and disappointing jobs report.

And this guy:

San Francisco Fed President Daly Sees Interest Rate Cuts Coming: Mary Daly expects policy easing due to progress on inflation and a clear slowdown in hiring, although she declined to provide a specific timetable or extent of the cuts.

And we have Rich. '

"Progress on inflation..." They are going to make a bonfire of the dollar because they know that the effects on inflation of a rate cut won't be that noticeable for weeks, after the election. The Biden Harris Administration has been looting the treasury for four years, why should things change now?

This is just me, the anonymous commenter talking now, but I wonder if they can make a rate cut stick?; 8/5/24, 11:24 PM
Kakistocracy said...: ^^ Personally, I made moves earlier this year into CD's expecting volatility during an election year. It happens all the time.; 8/6/24, 12:00 AM
Drago said...: LLR-democratical Rich: "^^ Personally, I made moves earlier this year into CD's expecting volatility during an election year. It happens all the time."

LOL

No, it does not happen "all the time".

Joey Dementia's handlers have cranked up a deficit of 6.2% of GDP during economic expansion? Why? To bribe the populace and keep demand hopping.

This is the bubble thats exploding and causing massive inflation.

Joey/Harris-nomics baby! Time to get another war or 2 going before Kamala/Joey's Bust hits all the way home....

....oops! Too late.; 8/6/24, 12:47 AM
Mark said...: Drago must like eye liner too; 8/6/24, 2:02 AM
wendybar said...: Best and most true political comic yesterday....

https://www.arcamax.com/politics/editorialcartoons/afbranco/; 8/6/24, 3:19 AM
wendybar said...: Rasmussen Reports
@Rasmussen_Poll
Georgia Update: The 2020 Election Hijack

A private election consultant group, paid in part by Mark Zuckerberg, arrived in Fulton County (Atlanta) just in time to 'help manage' the 2020 election.

Joe Biden did not 'win' Georgia in 2020

Melissa Tate
@TheRightMelissa
GEORGIA Fraud was the worst of all:

2,056 felons illegally voted
66,248 under 18 voted
2,423 weren’t registered at all
1,043 used a PO Box
4,926 voted past the reg. date
10,315 died before the election
395 voted in two states
15,700 moved out of state
40,279 changed county

Trump and 18 others charged 41 counts for exposing election theft. These dark days in America #RicoAct #RICOForTrump; 8/6/24, 3:59 AM
wendybar said...: "So horrifying were the videos they even shocked Hillary Clinton, then gearing up her presidential run, Although her first instinct was to attack the video producers, Clinton herself began to waver as each new video dropped. “I have seen pictures from [the videos] and obviously find them disturbing,” Clinton told the New Hampshire Union Leader late that July.

For immediate assistance, Planned Parenthood turned to the well-connected fixers at -- where else? -- Fusion GPS. The beleaguered organization contracted with Fusion to review the unedited footage Daleiden had posted online. The media welcomed Fusion’s “forensic study” as heartily as they would its equally fraudulent “Steele dossier” a year later."

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/08/the_crime_harris_was_toughest_on_was_journalism.html; 8/6/24, 4:34 AM
Breezy said...: Harris’s “genius” campaign strategy leaves us all in the dark regarding what she thinks about the market turmoil, the UK immigration turmoil, and the Iran-Israel conflict. A true leader wouldn’t be MIA. Presidents have to lead - that’s the job. She’s proving to be unfit for it.; 8/6/24, 5:41 AM
Humperdink said...: Grandma Vodka, aka Nancy Pelosi, has suggested Biden be added to Mt. Rushmore. Apparently she was serious. Some wag suggested Mt. St. Helen’s would be appropriate .; 8/6/24, 5:50 AM
Kakistocracy said...: I hope everybody including Drago with his buffalo horns listened and bought when they had the chance.; 8/6/24, 5:53 AM
Kakistocracy said...: " Presidents have to lead - that’s the job. "

I'm for a prosperous future.

The key to achieving that is the promotion of stability. Instability kills growth.

That is a problem market fundamentalists have. Their beliefs promote instability arising out of unbalanced markets. Skillfully designed social democracy promotes stability. Democracy is more stable than other forms of governance. Ignorance fosters instability.; 8/6/24, 5:56 AM
Humperdink said...: Stability Rich? Look around the globe. Maybe a few more wars will give us your desired stability.; 8/6/24, 6:18 AM
RBE said...: Progressives just can't leave the kids alone...weird.https://townhall.com/tipsheet/miacathell/2024/08/05/smyal-funding-n2642009; 8/6/24, 6:22 AM
Big Mike said...: Repeating my comment from a different thread:

Listening to Kamala Harris answer softball questions from the press makes me think of a famous quote from the movie "Billy Madison":

"... what you have just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it."; 8/6/24, 6:44 AM
Breezy said...: “That is a problem market fundamentalists have. Their beliefs promote instability arising out of unbalanced markets. Skillfully designed social democracy promotes stability. Democracy is more stable than other forms of governance. Ignorance fosters instability.”

You don’t get stability by staying mum on the events that worry people. If that’s even Harris’s goal. Given what she’s said in the past, I think she’s an anarchist, actually. She wants to re-make every aspect of our society and culture. So I don’t think she’s into stability.; 8/6/24, 6:47 AM
hawkeyedjb said...: Every problem in this society pales in comparison to the monstrosity of debt on which our government depends. It will wreck us. It is the thing that will go on until it can't.

Neither candidate for president - or any other office, for that matter - has a single useful word to say about it.; 8/6/24, 6:58 AM
Political Junkie said...: hawkeyedjb - Agree 100%.; 8/6/24, 7:01 AM
Drago said...: LLR-democratical Rich: "I hope everybody including Drago with his buffalo horns listened and bought when they had the chance."

Facts:

1. Inflation has been at or above 3% for 39 straight months with massive increases in food, energy and housing costs

2. A record number of Americans are working multiple jobs

3. ~9% of credit card balances became delinquent over the last year

4. Housing market affordability is near record lows

5. Mortgage demand is at its lowest levels in 30 years

6. The US Dollar has lost 25% of its purchasing power in 4 years

New Soviet Democratical Harris/biden-nomics version of a "soft landing."; 8/6/24, 7:01 AM
Breezy said...: Hawkeyedjb - 100%; 8/6/24, 7:06 AM
Achilles said...: Inga said...
US Supreme Court declines to halt Trump's sentencing in hush money case

For the love of god please put Trump in jail less than a month before the election while he is ahead in the polls.; 8/6/24, 7:36 AM
William50 said...: FLASHBACK: Kamala Harris in January: "We have historic accomplishments in terms of the economy."; 8/6/24, 7:37 AM
Leland said...: I’m sure everyone saw Jamie Raskin promising Democrats will destroy Democracy if Trump wins the general election. Thus proving Trump was wrong about fine folks on both sides.; 8/6/24, 7:46 AM
wild chicken said...: ITS WALZ; 8/6/24, 7:54 AM
gilbar said...: looks like the Professor is sleeping in again? Hope she's alright; 8/6/24, 7:55 AM
Achilles said...: wild chicken said...
ITS WALZ

If that’s the case, this is the equivalent of throwing in the towel. Everybody pulled out because they don’t want to be on the first ticket to lose 50 states.; 8/6/24, 8:06 AM
gilbar said...: Achilles said...
If that’s the case, this is the equivalent of throwing in the towel

as The MOST Famous Democrat Famously Said: It's Not Who Votes That Counts; It's WHO COUNTS THE VOTES; 8/6/24, 8:26 AM
Rocco said...: Rich said...

"Democracy is more stable than other forms of governance."

Wrong.

Go read the Founding Fathers sometime, Rich. There's a whole bunch of reasons that they gave us a constitutional republic and not a democracy. They were well aware of the dangers of having a popularity contest be the basis of government. A constitution, properly adhered to, is a barrier to the worst excesses of the mob. And a limited republic, properly adhered to, requires the voters to explain why they should be given what they ask for beyond simply "We are 50% +1 of the voters and we want this."

"The key to achieving that is the promotion of stability. Instability kills growth."

That's pretty vague and devoid of actual meaning. From an economic point of view, "creative destruction" fuels growth. Instability. And that works best where the free market is in a legal environment with property rights and rule of law. If you really want to use a single abstract noun ending in a "y" to describe what those concepts provide, it would be "consistency", not "stability".

"Skillfully designed social democracy promotes stability."

People are not sheep to be herded and penned in.; 8/6/24, 8:29 AM
Rusty said...: You know which one I like.
Geese in flight. Brilliant.; 8/6/24, 8:56 AM
Rusty said...: "Skillfully designed social democracy promotes stability."
Social dictatorships are extremely stable. Until they aren't.
The there is the problem of our "Bill of Rights". How do you get rid of those?; 8/6/24, 9:06 AM
Mason G said...: "From an economic point of view, "creative destruction" fuels growth. Instability."

Warren Meyer (Coyote Blog) mentioned this twenty years ago in his article "Progressives are too Conservative to Like Capitalism":

"Beyond just the concept of individual decision-making, progressives are hugely uncomfortable with capitalism. Ironically, though progressives want to posture as being "dynamic", the fact is that capitalism is in fact too dynamic for them. Industries rise and fall, jobs are won and lost, recessions give way to booms. Progressives want comfort and certainty. They want to lock things down the way they are. They want to know that such and such job will be there tomorrow and next decade, and will always pay at least X amount. That is why, in the end, progressives are all statists, because, to paraphrase Hayek, only a government with totalitarian powers can bring the order and certainty and control of individual decision-making that they crave."

"People are not sheep to be herded and penned in."

For progressives, that is the goal. And they think they're the skillful ones who'll be doing the herding.; 8/6/24, 9:56 AM
Kakistocracy said...: Luck, my friend is where opportunity meets preparation. I felt a similar call when I returned from running an investment bank in New York to my parents’ tenement to get rid of the mould and paint it yellow. Since then I have built a thriving business from home selling weed.

Buying anytime for the long term wins 100% of the time. Remember, the stock market comes back 100% of the time.; 8/6/24, 10:11 AM
Drago said...: "Drago must like eye liner too"

Haven't had a "Threads is crushing X" update from Dumb Lefty Mark is quite some time.; 8/6/24, 11:23 AM
walter said...: Yes,
Rich had an extensive education on weed before starting his business.
Mold exposure may have been his muse.; 8/6/24, 12:16 PM
Rusty said...: One thing we have to admire about our Rich. We're never in any danger of him having an original thought.; 8/6/24, 8:43 PM

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