Althouse: Sunrise — 6:32, 6:37, 6:51, 6:55.

September 28, 2024

Sunrise — 6:32, 6:37, 6:51, 6:55.

60 comments:

Lem Vibe Bandit said...: And now for something completely different.; 9/28/24, 7:14 PM
Dave Begley said...: Badger meltdown in the second half at USC.; 9/28/24, 7:15 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: YouTube: My Conclusion: The authorities are letting it happen; 9/28/24, 7:20 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: X Video: When you bring your new Haitian friend over; 9/28/24, 7:26 PM
Jaq said...: I am curious if this post gets past the spam filter without being sent to purgatory to cool its heels for a while:

Armed Nationalists in Ukraine Pose a Threat Not Just to Russia
Kyiv is encouraging the arming of nationalist paramilitary groups to thwart a Russian invasion. But they could also destabilize the government if it agrees to a peace deal they reject. - New York Times 2/10/22

This article was prescient. It's exactly what happened in March of 22, when these nationalists paramilitaries, backed by the US and the UK, killed a peace deal that the Ukrainians can only dream of now. In fact, these same paramilitaries assassinated one of the Ukrainian negotiators for the crime of trying to make peace. But this article is before the media clamp down on writing the truth was instituted.; 9/28/24, 7:31 PM
Jaq said...: ?; 9/28/24, 7:31 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Russell Brand: “Believe and you will receive”; 9/28/24, 7:51 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: YouTube: This is heavenly

David Gilmour - Between Two Points (with Romany Gilmour) [Tour Rehearsal]; 9/28/24, 8:00 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: The Cure has a new single. First in 16 years.; 9/28/24, 8:05 PM
Mark said...: Football program crashing and burning for a while now.

Someone local who knows said a 5 win season is a success this year. Glad I follow volleyball instead, as our program there is full of great matches and much less expensive to attend.; 9/28/24, 8:24 PM
Mark said...: We'll see you Nov 1 at the Field House. Turns out that's one we have tickets for in our shared season tickets.; 9/28/24, 8:27 PM
Dr Weevil said...: I've asked 'tim in vermont' more than once before: name a peace deal that post-Soviet Russia has signed and not immediately and grossly violated. He has never even tried to do so. I've adduced several examples of Russian peace deals. In 1995, bankrupt and sanctioned Russia had decisively lost the First Chechen War. They solemnly signed a peace treaty granting Chechnya independence. Then they rearmed and attacked Chechnya again in 1997, killed hundreds of thousands of civilians, and flattened Grozny. Ukrainians sometimes Tweet pictures of the signing ceremony and point out that every single one of the Chechens who attended it was soon dead, few if any of them of natural causes. Examples could be multiplied. Only a fool makes a "peace deal" with post-Tsarist Russia.; 9/28/24, 8:39 PM
Mason G said...: Perhaps it was USC melting down in the first half and they eventually got their shit together?; 9/28/24, 8:50 PM
JaimeRoberto said...: When I lived in eastern Europe in the 90s the Russian Mafia was bad, but the Ukrainian Mafia was worse. Rumor has it that at the start of this war when the government dumped guns on the street for citizens to take many Mafia groups took the weapons to settle scores.; 9/28/24, 9:10 PM
Original Mike said...: "many Mafia groups took the weapons to settle scores."

You'd think they would already have their own guns.; 9/28/24, 9:15 PM
Original Mike said...: Who runs a 4th and 1 play out of the shotgun?
Someone is too smart for their britches.; 9/28/24, 9:42 PM
Gospace said...: I've seen many comments today blaming human caused warming for the massive flooding inland where massive amounts of rain fell. As some have noted- there's an abnormally large amount of water in the atmosphere due to an underwater volcano that dwarfed any human effort to create warming- but that's totally besides the point I'm going to make.

I've seen many, many, indeed- many pictures today of flooded towns and structures and washed out bridges and roads. And every single one of them was obviously in a flood plain. Flood plains are pretty easy to identify. Mostly flat, near a water course, and filled with alluvial soil from previous flooding. Now some of these places haven't flooded in recorded history- which in North America doesn't exist before the 1700s for the most part. Yet- they're flood plains, easily identifiable as such. Because they're mostly flat, near a water course, and made of alluvia soil. So they were created by flooding. Even if no one was around to record it.

If you build on a flood plain, or put a highway on one, or a bridge across a river that is below the floodplain heights, well, sooner or later, flooding is going to occur. Why? Because it occurred in the past. Even if long before humans started pumping CO2 into the atmosphere. And the question I want to beat into the heads of the global warming cultists blaming humans for the massive rain that flooded flood plains- "What caused the flooding that created the flood plains to begin with?" Obviously massive amounts of rain- but humans weren't around to blame for global warming. Although the Aztecs and Mayans did sacrifice humans to the gods to appease them when disasters occurred... Whatever.

Some of the towns that were wiped out simply shouldn't be rebuilt where they were. Pay the homeowners the assessed land value, or even twice that, and prohibit building there. If they had insurance- that covered flooding let that cover rebuilding elsewhere. Turn the now vacant land into farmland or parkland.

Same is true of a lot of other places. Ellicott City MD floods all the time, sometimes major, sometimes minor. If a building is destroyed there- condemn it, don't allow rebuilding, and turn it into farm or parkland. Hey, living on flat land is great. I understand the appeal. Especially since i Live near the top of a hill. benefits of living here- I don't worry about getting flooded. The people closer to the swamp? Er- I mean the people closer to the wetlands, have that danger. TBH- would need a LOT of rain for that to happen. The 28" in 24 hours that some areas hit by Helene had would do it.; 9/28/24, 9:48 PM
Caroline said...: Number two photo— that’s some complexity there. Lots going on.; 9/28/24, 10:21 PM
Mutaman said...: JaimeRoberto
" Rumor has it'

This is how the Know Nothings substantiate their posts.; 9/28/24, 10:30 PM
Big Mike said...: A simple death sentence for this travesty would be nowhere near adequate. The Tudor punishment of being slowly boiled to death needs to be reinstituted,; 9/28/24, 10:32 PM
Ralph L said...: Looks like many ducks by a modern artist whose name escapes me.; 9/28/24, 11:24 PM
DINKY DAU 45 said...: Don't watch much regular channel TV but saw this was happening up in Wisconsin. Never saw the show but people I know said they liked it,supposed to be a spoof on White House VP? Julia Louis-Dreyfus is getting the “Veep” gang back together for a reunion that doubles as a fundraiser aimed at helping Democrats “win up and down the ballot in Wisconsin.”
The star of HBO’s political satire, which aired from 2012 to 2019, announced this week that she would join other castmates for a livestreamed Sep. 29 table read hosted by Stephen Colbert of “The Late Show.”“This is Julia Louis-Dreyfus: The 10-time Emmy winner and an elitist, out-of-touch, Hollywood liberal Satan worshipper,” Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler cracked in a video announcement about the event.
You know what — incorrect. I have 11 Emmys,” quipped Louis-Dreyfus, who played fictional Vice President Selina Meyer on the comedy series.“We’ve all been rewatching that ‘Veep’ episode where Selena finds out that she’s going to be president,” Wikler said.
“I have an idea: What if we get the cast back together for a virtual table read of that episode all in support of helping Dems win up and down the ballot in Wisconsin?” Louis-Dreyfus replied. Actors including Tony Hale, Anna Chlumsky, Reid Scott, Gary Cole, Matt Walsh, Sarah Sutherland, Timothy Simons, Clea DuVall, Sam Richardson and Sufe Bradshaw are poised to join the event.
The “Veep” cast has reunited several times in recent years for Democratic causes. In 2022, the HBO cast joined stars from “The West Wing” for a fundraiser benefitting the Wisconsin Democratic Party ahead of the midterm elections. The “Veep” cast also participated in a virtual reunion in 2020 to support Joe Biden’s White House bid in Wisconsin, a swing state.; 9/28/24, 11:47 PM
effinayright said...: Dreyfus comes from a fantastically rich family, and has never had to worry for a nanosecond where her next meal, next house, next car, next job, next vacation, next paycheck, next private jet are coming from. She is the EPITOME of the out-of-touch rich bitch who infests so much of our politics.; 9/29/24, 12:04 AM
DINKY DAU 45 said...: Hey DREYFUS sounds just like trump, next meal, next house, golfing vacation daily, and definitely infested politics no worries, born with the proverbial silver spoon up their ass, great analogy!; 9/29/24, 12:23 AM
Eva Marie said...: I’d like to ask the more scientific minded persons here, what is Eric Weinstein’s reputation as a mathematician. I’m not asking whether his theories are correct or not because I couldn’t judge any answer given. I’m simply asking what his reputation among mathematicians/physicists is.
While looking for Gladwell’s mea culpa podcast, I came across Professor Dave Explains video debunking both Weinstein brothers. But he was wrong on the few facts that I knew so that made me reject his effort to debunk their scientific work. I found a Reddit discussion criticizing Eric Weinstein, pointing to a podcast by Lex Fridman with Peter Woit. But Woit doesn’t criticize Eric Weinstein’s work, just points out difficulties Weinstein’s ideas run into. Plus Woit agrees with Weinstein’s assessment of string theory.
The reason I ask is that Eric Weinstein has some very “out there” ideas when it comes to the suppression of research in physics (his conclusion) and (related) the supposed “UFO” information the government is still keeping classified.
I distrust his thought process to some extent because he really misunderstands conservatives (in my opinion). That’s just a huge blind spot he has but I don’t know if that blind spot extends to his thoughts on the suppression of research and his speculation on UFOs. Those positions are beyond the beyond (in my opinion) but who knows - they may be true.
Which is why I’d like to know what his reputation is in his field - among his colleagues. If any of you have any idea.; 9/29/24, 12:25 AM
Kate said...: It's as if the photographer purposely scratched the negative -- something Very Important Artists in the emulsion era used to do to convey emotion.

Althouse, after years of daily sunrise pictures, briefly loses her mind. Blink and you'll miss it.; 9/29/24, 1:02 AM
effinayright said...: Trump has a TRACK RECORD of delivering aid and succor to the middle class, and those farther down the economic strata.

Dreyfus has done DICK, Bupkis, nada, rien, zilch. She just parades her celebrity and shits on those "little people" she flies over. She PRETENDED she was Hillary-in-waiting, but she actually DID nothing.

Once again, you have demonstrated you have the intellectual wattage of a refrigerator bulb.; 9/29/24, 1:23 AM
effinayright said...: I'm always amused by the claims "humans would not be able to handle" the knowledge that UFOs are real and crewed by extra-terrestrials, while the astrophysics community is doing their damndest seeking definitive evidence that some of the the thousands of exo-planets we've detected outside our solar system have the conditions to support life.

Will the outcome of their billion dollar projects be suppressed?

Beam me up!

BUT Weinstein has accurately noted that NO physicist has ever formally declared, UFO's "violate the laws of physics." AND he has accuratelly noted that string theory , long a beloved intellectual toy of physicists like Michio Kaku, has generated NO physical evidence the past 30 years, and----worse---cannot be falsified via experiment.

So he considers the entire idea scientifically bankrupt and not worthy of public monetary support.

IOW it's not "science", since it cannot be refuted.

Finally: wanna become a gazillionaire? BE a government GS-12 chair moistener who actually KNOWS the evidence about UFOs, and become a whistleblower, blabbing to the press and public with ACTUAL DATA/PICS/VIDS/ to support his claims.YES or NO.

(Where is a red-shirted Starship Enterprise crewman Vindman when we need him?); 9/29/24, 1:50 AM
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wendybar said...: This woman is an asshole, and deserves nothing from the American people but contempt. She is a dividing idiot who has NO IDEA what the hell she is talking about SHE is the RACIST she has been waiting for.

Insurrection Barbie
@DefiyantlyFree
Listen to Kamala Harris call ICE agents the KKK, knowing most of them are Hispanic.

Listen to the demeaning way in which she does it too. And remember that as she poses for photo ops like the snake that she is.

https://x.com/DefiyantlyFree/status/1839821969371582930; 9/29/24, 3:07 AM
wendybar said...: A prime reason why a lot of Americans are ignorant. We have a media who spews lies, and hides the freaking truth from them.

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/alex-christy/2024/09/28/abc-cbs-skip-ice-report-13000-murderers-loose-us; 9/29/24, 3:15 AM
wendybar said...: As CNN’s Scott Jennings aptly noted, the title for this border trip should read “Arsonist returns to the scene of the crime.”

https://twitter.com/i/status/1839823817171972429; 9/29/24, 3:18 AM
wendybar said...: This is EXACTLY what it would take, so they can play the victim as always...

"Meanwhile, Nungaray wanted to know if it would take Harris losing a loved one to actually do something about the crisis at the border instead of staging a photo op nearly four years after taking office."

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/09/28/angel-moms-feel-abandoned-by-kamala-n2645450; 9/29/24, 3:25 AM
planetgeo said...: There is one, and only one, reason why a supposedly legitimate administration would knowingly and willfully import 425,000 convicted rapists, murderers, and assorted felons into the United States and redistribute them throughout the country, and that is to have them loot, rape, and murder Americans, if not immediately, then when "the time" comes. Such as, for example, the election of the "wrong" party in November.

What exactly would be the benign alternative explanation?; 9/29/24, 5:07 AM
Humperdink said...: Hard hitting issues all gadfly! *cough*; 9/29/24, 5:10 AM
Humperdink said...: Pittsburgh Pirates rookie starting pitcher Paul Skenes mowed down the Yankees in his final start of the season. It was a mere two innings, but he struck out 3 Yanks. He is favored to be Rookie of the Year. Apparently Pirate management was showcasing the talent to New York they will want to dump when contract time rolls around. Worst management in Major League Baseball.; 9/29/24, 5:36 AM
gadfly said...: Efin is wrong as usual. During Trump’s first term, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017 offered limited benefits to middle-income folks and far more extensive benefits to the wealthy and corporations. Real estate moguls did far better than anyone else, of course.; 9/29/24, 5:52 AM
MadTownGuy said...: Not really benign, but it looks like Cloward-Piven strategy. Overload the institutions - all of them - to destroy capitalism, and to make the case for central control of business, law enforcement, emergency services, and so on. All for our own good, right?; 9/29/24, 5:53 AM
MadTownGuy said...: The first photo is, to me, the most striking. The approaching sun rays made a trapezoid in the cloud cover, contrasting with the steel blue water. Next to that, the photo with the water foliage in the foreground, which at first glance looked like birds, adds interest.; 9/29/24, 5:57 AM
tommyesq said...: Bluest Madison sends out at least 2000 duplicate ballots. Why does this only happen in Dem-controlled areas?
https://x.com/shaunmmaguire/status/1839370898748653621?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1839370898748653621%7Ctwgr%5Efd18ac76da8b751e0ca90c86d0f25445465275d0%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapundit.com%2F674795%2F; 9/29/24, 6:32 AM
Breezy said...: Check out the vast amount of road closures on your nav app to see one huge aspect of the incredible devastation of the Helene in western NC. Many communities are accessed by very few narrow winding mountain roads, now impassable.; 9/29/24, 6:40 AM
Jersey Fled said...: Not sure how selling something is money laundering.; 9/29/24, 7:06 AM
Iman said...: ‘fly… you poor SOB…; 9/29/24, 7:13 AM
Old and slow said...: Jersey Fled said...
"Not sure how selling something is money laundering."

I'm not saying that I believe this to be true, but a case could easily be made that the watches are akin to Hunter's drip paintings. A source of illegal and untraceable campaign contributions.; 9/29/24, 7:18 AM
Rusty said...: Jokes on them. You can't destroy Capitalism. It's organic.; 9/29/24, 7:19 AM
Big Mike said...: Harris reminds me of the jibe made by a famous physicist. She is a spherical asshole, because no matter where you stand or how you look at her, she is the identical asshole.; 9/29/24, 7:22 AM
Rusty said...: That's a bad case of envy you got there, Gadfly.; 9/29/24, 7:24 AM
hawkeyedjb said...: The second photo is an interesting mix of abstract impressionism and industrial realism. The top half is Soviet-approved, while the bottom is more Berthe Morisot-like.; 9/29/24, 7:34 AM
ga6 said...: No, look at the management at 35th and Shields. By plan having the worst record in baseball in a century, driving away fans on purpose to make it easier to flee Chicago.; 9/29/24, 7:57 AM
Michael K said...: SC managed to blow the Michigan game with one missed tackle. I feared the same but they held on.; 9/29/24, 9:28 AM
Michael K said...: The lefties don't understand how someone like Trump could make an inherited small fortune into a big one. Their side is full of trust fund babies, like Sam Walton's kids, who know nothing but spending,; 9/29/24, 9:35 AM
SteveWe said...: What was Hunter Biden doing blowing pigment/dye with a straw? And then selling his "art" to persons unknown?; 9/29/24, 2:29 PM
Mutaman said...: Michael K said...

"The lefties don't understand how someone like Trump could make an inherited small fortune into a big one. Their side is full of trust fund babies, like Sam Walton's kids, who know nothing but spending,"

Was that 5 or 6 bankruptcies, I can never keep track?; 9/29/24, 2:46 PM
Mutaman said...: It’s Official: Trump Would Be Richer If He Had Just Invested His Inheritance Into The S&P 500

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2021/10/11/its-official-trump-would-be-richer-if-he-had-just-invested-his-inheritance-into-the-sp500/; 9/29/24, 2:47 PM
Jim at said...: Now he is into fully-exposed money laundering selling $100,000 Trump-branded watches.

And just why do you care? Seriously. Why? Are you being forced to pay for it? Forced to buy one? No? Then who fucking cares?; 9/29/24, 3:57 PM
Jim at said...: It’s Official: Trump Would Be Richer If He Had Just Invested His Inheritance Into The S&P 500

And I'll ask you the same question, why do you care? Is it your money? No? Then who fucking cares?

He'd also be richer if he didn't donate all of his Presidential salary, too. But that's not my problem. Nor is it yours.

Geezus. Get your undies in a bunch over something else.; 9/29/24, 4:00 PM
Mutaman said...: Jim at said...

"And just why do you care? Seriously. Why?"

Because I don't want the President of the United States to be a classless grifting pig.; 9/29/24, 4:50 PM
Rusty said...: It's envy, Jim. They can't do it so why should Trump be able to.; 9/30/24, 12:27 PM
Rusty said...: Yes, ladies and gentleman. A Biden voter and a Democrat said this. You remind me of Freder. What Trump is doing is called 'enterprise'. Grifting is what the Biden family does. As far as "classless" goes I don't think you can get anymore incestuous than the Biden family. Who are the "know nothings" again, Muta(crazy)man?; 9/30/24, 12:33 PM
Mutaman said...: Rusty
" What Trump is doing is called 'enterprise'. "

Line of the day. Where were these people educated, Trump University?; 9/30/24, 7:59 PM