Althouse: Sunrise

September 27, 2024

Sunrise — 6:51.

26 comments:

Rabel said...: I'm pleased to see that the City of Madison has provided a possible solution to Professor Althouse's civic responsibility/cruel neutrality conundrum. And as a plus they provided a tenth option for the poll*.

Now she can simply turn in one ballot voted Trump and her second ballot voted Harris. Problem solved.

If she wasn't on the two ballot list, well, maybe they've heard about Meade.

Also, "human error" my ass. Someone in the clerks office saw an opportunity and took advantage.

*"would vote for Trump, would vote for Harris."; 9/27/24, 6:32 PM
Rabel said...: If anyone is concerned about voter fraud charges, we've been assured there is no voter fraud, so, cool all round.; 9/27/24, 6:38 PM
MadTownGuy said...: Wayback Machine integrated into Google search

"The internet is, by its very nature, ephemeral. Sites shut down, and it's as if they never existed. The Internet Archive began backing up the web in 1996 as part of its mission to provide "Universal Access to All Knowledge." Since then, it has saved 916 billion web pages. In 2001, the archive was made accessible and searchable to the general public via the Wayback Machine.

You can find saved versions of web pages by searching web.archive.org or clicking on a Wayback Machine extension in your browser. Now, Wayback Machine links are being added to Google search results.

To access this new feature, conduct a search on Google as usual. Next to each search result, you'll find three dots—clicking on these will bring up the "About this Result" panel. Within this panel, select "More About This Page" to reveal a link to the Wayback Machine page for that website.

Through this direct link, you'll be able to view previous versions of a webpage via the Wayback Machine, offering a snapshot of how it appeared at different points in time.

Google phased out its cached links in search earlier this year. The Wayback Machine has always been better at this than Google, so this is a welcome addition. However, it's unfortunate that the Wayback Machine links are buried under so many layers and not in a more prominent position. You are not likely to find them unless you are actively looking for them."

I'm not sure this is a good thing or a bad thing. If Google takes control of the search results, or distorts them with AI, not so good. If Google is providing convenient access and nothing more, well, good.; 9/27/24, 6:41 PM
wendybar said...: TRUMP 2024! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@mit930va

If you had any doubts that the US Congress is one of the most stupid, unserious and useless branches of govt look no further than this.

https://x.com/mit930va/status/1839723034217005168; 9/27/24, 6:45 PM
Maynard said...: Rabel,

The question is how many US precincts, including those in the Madison area, will turn out 110% of the vote?

That happened during the Obama election, but it was racist to point it out.; 9/27/24, 6:46 PM
Mason G said...: "If Google is providing convenient access and nothing more, well, good."

I hope nobody is holding their breath on that.; 9/27/24, 6:46 PM
wendybar said...: Glenn Greenwald

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One of the most darkly hilarious things I've seen in politics is how Democrats and media liberals constantly run around warning that if Trump wins, he'll weaponize the justice system by prosecuting his political enemies, and they do it with zero sense of irony or self-awareness:
Glenn Greenwald

@ggreenwald
The NY appellate court was very skeptical yesterday of the criminal case brought against the Trump Org by NY AG Letitia James: both in terms of its being a crime at all plus the absurdly high fine.

Yet another case of a liberal prosecutor weaponizing the law. And look at this:

https://x.com/ggreenwald/status/1839689385047986681; 9/27/24, 6:47 PM
Rabel said...: Racist, sexist, and xenophobic this time around.; 9/27/24, 6:56 PM
Mason G said...: " if Trump wins, he'll weaponize the justice system by prosecuting his political enemies"

Exhibit #1,566,487 from the "Democrats are already doing what they say their opponents want to do" file.; 9/27/24, 6:57 PM
Ann Althouse said...: “ The NY appellate court was very skeptical yesterday of the criminal case brought against the Trump Org by NY AG Letitia James:…”

I hope he corrected that. It’s a civil case.; 9/27/24, 6:57 PM
Ann Althouse said...: “ The NY appellate court was very skeptical yesterday of the criminal case brought against the Trump Org by NY AG Letitia James:…”

I hope he corrected that. It’s a civil case.; 9/27/24, 6:57 PM
JK Brown said...: What the news is not talking about

The ILA (longshoreman) contract expires at midnight on October 1. The parties aren't even at the table anymore. So Monday will be panic day for a strike come Tuesday that would shut down all US ports on the East and Gulf coasts.

What Going On with Shipping report on the issue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr-isyMV1y8; 9/27/24, 6:59 PM
narciso said...: Well it is criminal abuse of the legal system; 9/27/24, 7:02 PM
Narr said...: And him, a lawyer.; 9/27/24, 7:20 PM
Original Mike said...: Althouse: I know you eschew suggestions, but if you took binoculars along on your morning excursion odds are good you could observe the comet.; 9/27/24, 7:22 PM
Mason G said...: "I hope he corrected that. It’s a civil case."

Is this what's important here?; 9/27/24, 7:26 PM
narciso said...: That couldnt possibly go wrong?; 9/27/24, 7:35 PM
Drago said...: You're gonna need a bigger file.; 9/27/24, 8:00 PM
Iman said...: “Yalla ya Nasrallah,
We will f*ck you Inshallah,
We will return you to Allah,
With the entire Hezbollah”

—— the People of Tel Aviv; 9/27/24, 8:26 PM
Scott Patton said...: This came to mind today. Take the pen.; 9/27/24, 8:38 PM
The rule of Lemnity said...: Could be big, if true: "Acting ICE Director Patrick Lechleitner has confirmed in a letter that the Biden and Harris administration caught, and then released into the United States, 425,431 convicted criminals, included among them are 13,099 convicted of m*rder and 15,811 convicted of sexual assault.

Those are the convictions but also among them are 222,141 migrants with pending criminal charges including 1,845 for homicide and 4,250 for s*xual assault."

via X; 9/27/24, 8:52 PM
The rule of Lemnity said...: X : Literally saved by a weatherman; 9/27/24, 8:57 PM
Gospace said...: Saw several threads on threadreaderapp today blaming the Israelis for the explosions that leveled areas of Beirut and could be head miles away.

No mention that the biggest explosions and forces that knocked down buildings were secondary explosions from the bombs and missiles that the Israeli bombs hit... Bombs and missiles that were stored, in violation of the generally accepted rules of law, in civilian areas and apartments.

If you don't follow the generally accepted rules of war, it's totally fair for the other side to say "F--- it, neither are we."

Actually, western nations (Christian based European nations) developed the concept of Rules of War. Because at the time they developed them, all of European royalty was related to each other one way or another, and all the minor nobility and peasants would end up loyal to whoever won, as long as they had some legitimate claim to the rule. So being unnecessarily cruel would create enemies among people who otherwise would have shrugged and went, "Oh, well, another day, another King (or baron or duke or whatever)." And a lot of excess killing would leave the victor without a work force. The rest of the world never developed that. Ask the Chinese in Nanking or the Hutsis and Tutsis what they think about it. During WWII the Luftwaffe treated Brits and Americans IAW the Geneva Convention. Not the Russians, who reciprocated.; 9/27/24, 9:19 PM
Jersey Fled said...: According to Gallop, there are now more registered Republicans than Democrats in the US for the first time in 20 years.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/gallup-for-the-first-time-in-decades-more-voters-identify-as-gop; 9/27/24, 9:23 PM
Original Mike said...: Duh: Or use your phone. Last few days there have been several photos posted to spaceweather.com. It's got a nice tail at the moment.

Observing the comet requires a good view all the way down to the dawn, eastern horizon. Know a spot like that? You'll have to know where to look. If necessary, I believe I could coach you where to look.; 9/27/24, 9:27 PM
Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...: Rachel Maddow is looking into his Russian collusion status and the FBI want him arrested and charged with a felony.; 9/27/24, 9:37 PM