Althouse: Sunrise

October 7, 2024

Sunrise — 6:07.

38 comments:

rehajm said...: This win reinforces how our state’s tough anti-fraud laws help protect New Yorkers and ensure bad actors cannot abuse their power, wealth, or influence - least self-aware winner of the week; 10/7/24, 6:35 PM
Sprezzatura said...: DJT is up big time in the RCP betting thing-y!

So if getting to a tie deserved a post a little while back, I bet we all know what Althouse will be posting tomorrow. If not that at least at home there will be vibes of joy.; 10/7/24, 6:41 PM
Original Mike said...: Glorious day in northern Wisconsin. Sunny and colorful.; 10/7/24, 6:43 PM
Iman said...: I’ll always remember flying a last leg from Chicago to Waukesha in a puddle-jumper back in October of ‘85 and seeing all the multi-colored leaves. I must say it was breathtaking.; 10/7/24, 6:49 PM
Wince said...: Trump: "As I was saying..."

Jimi Hendrix: "As I was saying..."

All Along the Watchtower (Bob Dylan cover) - Jimi Hendrix (live)

Watch first 40 seconds.; 10/7/24, 7:28 PM
Gerda Sprinchorn said...: Reminder: these are ODDS, not polling numbers, so a move from 48% to 50% is tiny. Don't confuse these numbers with a 2% movement in the percentage of voters who intend to vote for Trump. The race is still indistinguishable from a 50/50 coin toss.

Related: it is quite extraordinary that the odds have moved almost not at all in the past months.; 10/7/24, 7:30 PM
Dixcus said...: The best thing about what is happening in western North Carolina, South Carolina and northern Georgia is that people - groups of people - are all acting in concert, with no central command, using their own equipment and resources, to fill a void and provide critical help to those in need.

You're seeing an Army get created in the vacuum left by the federal government incompetents.

You will see this Army grow exponentially next week.; 10/7/24, 7:48 PM
Sprezzatura said...: Looks like we got some more lame stream media, libtard censorship at CBS:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/10/07/cbs-mornings-ta-nehisi-coates-dokoupil/

Everybody knows that Coates is writing handbooks for Muslim extremists. The extremists are likely to have Coates' books in their backpacks, along w/ bombs. Duh. Now CBS is covering up = censorship!

We need to stop the censorship of Dokoupil. If you can't say Coates' writing is supporting Muslim extremists, what's next? We can't ask Kamala why her husband had sex with the baby sitter and why he beat up his girlfriend? It's like the libtard media hiding the pictures of Biden's kid's dick that were on the laptop from hell.

Thankful for us DJT is getting all the tough interviews and questions. But he doesn't have any sketchy history to ask about. He's not like the (husband/kid) relatives of the Ds. Nope, nothing to ask about his relatives. And surely nothing sketchy (re being a sex creep, not to mention swindling people, not to mention overturning the results of our representative democracy) to ask about re himself.

Nope, we just gots ta worry about that sneaky woman minority that has a laugh we don't like.; 10/7/24, 8:02 PM
Josephbleau said...: I will be proud to know that when Kamala is selected as the first vagina laden president, that all young girls will know that it is a ok for their boyfriends to slap them.; 10/7/24, 8:03 PM
Dixcus said...: Here's Florida General Ron DeSantis, explaining why he hasn't spoken with fake presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

She's not the President. The President of the United States is Joe Biden. Joe Biden has Ron deSantis' phone number and they speak regularly about what the Federal government is going to provide Florida in the coming days.

Kamala Harris does not have Ron deSantis' phone number. Because she's not the President.

https://x.com/GrageDustin/status/1843392833757294893; 10/7/24, 8:06 PM
Sprezzatura said...: Let's hope the guy that bragged about looking at teen girls in the dressing room, talked about wanting to date his daughter, had sex w/ a pornstar (never mind his wife/kid), and was convicted of sexual abuse will win. FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT.; 10/7/24, 8:13 PM
Quayle said...: The LDS church spun out a software system that matches emergency needs with work parties. It is called Crisis Cleanup. Needs can be entered from phone apps by people walking the neighborhoods, or can be called into a call center. Work parties then can sign-in and signal their locations, to get dispatches to go work a specific task, during which if they see other things that need to be done they can enter those into the system. This is the system that the LDS church uses when they send out their own volunteer work parties, but anyone can use it to both enter needs and get tasks to work.; 10/7/24, 8:13 PM
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Christopher B said...: Glad you brought this up ... A comprehensive and link-rich post from Ed Driscoll at Instapundit on what looks to be the same kind of struggle session the NYT went through that caused Bari Weiss to leave.; 10/7/24, 8:16 PM
Original Mike said...: I would think he's busy right now.; 10/7/24, 8:29 PM
Sprezzatura said...: Chris B, the best part of you link (IMHO) came near the end:

"Tony Dokoupil is going to get fired for treating his interview guest like a
Republican."

That statement is saying that Dokoupil is in trouble because he was being overly tough on Coates, like the libtard lame stream deep state media is usually over tough on Rs (like DJT in his debate when it was the libtard lame stream deep state media AND Kamala against DJT: two against one). But when this abuse happens to Rs, the lame stream deep state evil commie whack libtard moron media doesn't have a problem w/ it.

This abuse of Rs is terrible.

But, to be clear it's insane to say anything unfair was done to Coates. That's censorship!!!!!; 10/7/24, 8:32 PM
Original Mike said...: But NBC appears to be trying to help her manufacture a controversy.; 10/7/24, 8:33 PM
Josephbleau said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 10/7/24, 8:39 PM
The rule of Lemnity said...: Israel's 9/11 was one year ago today.

Prayer for the remaining hostages.; 10/7/24, 8:41 PM
Vance said...: Here is what the leftists like Sprezz and Inga and Rich and some non-leftists like rrharridin are supporting. From the Telegraph in England about the casualties from Oct 7 being brought in for burial:

The women were shot many times in the head. “Why? Why? We saw that these women were shot to be killed, maybe in the heart, in the head, but then they were shot many times in the face, and it looked like systematic mutilation because it seemed like they wanted to ruin these women’s faces. A lot of them were young soldier women, and a lot of them had been very beautiful. The first few we saw weren’t too bad because they might have been caught in their sleep and Hamas just shot them. But, after a while, we got women who had clearly been awake when they were murdered and these women came in and their mouths, their teeth were in grimaces and their hands were clenched, if they had hands.

“We got notified that a woman’s coming in and she has no legs, so the terrorist cut off her legs. There was clearly immense sadistic violence.” A lot of the women had bloody, stained underwear, Shari says, some had no underwear at all. “People were shot in the breast, they were shot in the crotch, and that was not done to kill them.” She is a calm, thoughtful person, but her voice is stiff with anger now.

One body Shari dealt with personally still had a knife stuck through her mouth. “There was so much violence and it was totally sexual.”

The perpetrators of the mass murder–worse than mass murder, really–are today being celebrated around the world by those who love evil. Sadly, there are quite a few in that category.

A final word from the woman who prepared Israeli bodies for burial:

Of all the young women whose bodies she took care of and prepared for burial, how many were in a fit state to be shown to their parents?

There is total silence in the room, except for the ticking of a clock on the kitchen wall. I pat the dog beside me, pressing my hand deep into his fur to bring me back to this world and away from that place where jihadi psychopaths annihilate the faces of young women for kicks.

Shari looks at me. I can’t tell if her eyes are full of sorrow or glittering with rage. “None,” she says at last. “Not one girl we could show to her parents.”
/End Quote. This is what the left is cheering, defending, and wanting more of, both in Israel and here in the US.; 10/7/24, 8:44 PM
Aggie said...: "Not to mention bragging about grabbing pussies."

Sprezzatura sez next: "I'll take 'Fine People" for $800, Alex"; 10/7/24, 8:55 PM
Eva Marie said...: On the eve of the Melania release, her book is # 7 on Amazon’s best seller list.
What book is higher on the list?
The Achievements of Kamala Harris is #5. Here are some of the reviews:
“Loved this book, very informative. Shows how much she has done, truly amazing. Once I picked it up I just had to finish it in 1 sitting.”
Here’s another:
“I'm speechless!!! Really cannot say anything except that no one can add anything more about her achievements. Well done!!!”
Reaching across the aisle, I say buy this book! All of Kamala’s achievements in one book. It’s a must read!!! (BTW the pages are all blank. AHAHAHA.); 10/7/24, 9:08 PM
Inga said...: Are you insane?; 10/7/24, 9:14 PM
Sprezzatura said...: I just came across a new outrage.

So, I was listening to the new Coulter podcast. And it was normal stuff (for her) like how the Ds were going to give money to illegal aliens instead giving it to the MAGA country that needs help before they can vote for DJT. Apparently "equity demands that the rural white people die. That's what FEMA is going for here"

Anywho, more importantly to me Coulter mentioned that there is a European law that demands that plastic beverage bottles with screw off tops must have tops that are tied to the bottle.

OMG! This summer I spent a bunch of time in Europe, mostly Switzerland, so I can confirm that these caps that are attached to the bottles are super annoying. Now I know that those things were required because of nanny state government so-called do gooders.

I'm not a climate change denier. But someone is gonna need to prove to me that there is a benefit to having those annoying things that attach the caps to the bottles. I'm a denier that those things help anything.; 10/7/24, 9:15 PM
Vance said...: No, Inga: this is what all of the leftist "protestors" and "Palestinian rights" people are supporting. Why else would they be marching to celebrate today, to commemorate today and praise the attack on Israel which happened a year ago? I do not see your criticism of the protestors celebrating this day.

This is some of what Hamas and Palestinians did on that day a year ago. And lest we forget, over two-thirds of the attackers were "Palestinian civilians" and not members of Hamas. This is what they did to the people in Israel. This is the people you, Inga, are supporting and defending and crying about Bibi attacking: the kind of people who celebrate, cheer, and do this kind of stuff. This is your allies, Inga. You are partially responsible for this kind of barbarity. All while you piously scream about "Women's rights!" unless, of course, it's the right of Jewish women to not be tortured and raped to death. That, of course, is what leftists love. At least they are absolutely fine with it, because they fully support all of these Pro-Palestinian protests and they love the "From the River to the Sea!" calls. And the "Decolonization!" calls. Well, Inga: this is what your precious "Decolonization" looks like. You support this.; 10/7/24, 9:31 PM
Political Junkie said...: If you are an R or C and like history and election history (and smashing the opponent), I encourage you to google 1980, 1984, 1988 election night coverage. Go with ABC. Brinkley is awesome.; 10/7/24, 9:31 PM
effinayright said...: Myself, I can confidently report that the reaction of many readers was: "Once I put it down, I couldn't pick it up".; 10/7/24, 9:51 PM
Jim at said...: Are you insane?

No, he's not. Because these are your people. The people who vote for the people you vote for. If they're not voting for Biden/Harris/Walsh (because they're not leftist enough), they're voting for extreme leftists like Jill Stein.

You remember Jill Stein, right? The same Jill Stein you voted for?

So, if you're going to drag every right-wing nutbar out there and link him/her to the rest of us, you don't get to bitch when we return the favor.

Clear enough?; 10/7/24, 10:02 PM
Democratic Paychecks for Perks/ Dems for Demolition of Democracy/ fake-cares 4-U said...: Kamala and her hack posse of media liars - make me sick.
She and the media = lying liars who lie.; 10/7/24, 10:03 PM
Inga said...: And you are a lunatic too, is that clear?; 10/7/24, 10:08 PM
Ampersand said...: One of my all time favorite films is the Albert Brooks/Meryl Streep/Rip Torn masterpiece, Defending Your Life. I think of it from time to time when I fail to live my best life. The notion is that our postmortem existence starts with a trial in which we are required to explain and justify our actions, and in which a panel of superintelligent beings decides whether we are ready to move to the highest plane of existence, or instead forced to return to try yet again to get it right. Lately, I've found myself thinking about the ideas of the film in tennis matches where I ignore my power tennis and hit spinny second serves and safe dull lobs.

I think the people who post on this site should consider, right before they hit "publish", whether this post is something they would want to defend, postmortem, before a panel of morally perfect superintelligent beings.; 10/7/24, 10:17 PM
Drago said...: Very rough day for the Althouse leftists/pro-Hamas New Soviet Democraticals:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13935207/kamala-harris-immigration-60-minutes-bill-whitaker-position-changes.html

At least Joey Bag O'Dementia had an excuse....; 10/7/24, 11:00 PM
Drago said...: P-Inga: "I have in laws that live in Israel."

Oof. Do they know you are tied at the hip with the pro-Hamas New Soviet Democratical Party?

At least most Israeli's have figured it out....

"Israelis broadly pick former President Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris as better for Israel's security and in turn favor Trump for the U.S. presidency, albeit with sharp political divisions, a national survey by Langer Research Associates and PORI (Public Opinion Research Israel) finds.

Fifty-eight percent of Israelis in the survey, conducted in September, said Trump would be better for Israel's security, vs. 20% for Harris. If they had a vote in the U.S. election, Israelis said they'd pick Trump over Harris by a similar 54%-24%, with the rest taking a pass."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/israel-us-election-poll-trump-harris-vote-preference/story%3fid=114474257; 10/7/24, 11:05 PM
Drago said...: The New Soviet Democraticals better be spooling up the electoral Cheat Machine to Overdrive to get enough corrupted harvested ballots prepared for delivery into the system.; 10/7/24, 11:18 PM
Iman said...: Watching Harris on 60 Minutes… my goodness, she is bad. Talks a lot, but doesn’t say ANYTHING.; 10/8/24, 12:00 AM
Sprezzatura said...: It is notable that she kicked DJT's ass re she so easily tricked him into going down dead ends during the debate.

You must really be anti-DJT since you have seen, head-to-head, that Harris can run rings around DJT, and you have found Harris is bad as she talks w/o saying ANYTHING.

BTW, I'm sure you have noticed that DJT is afraid of another debate. And he is afraid of 60 Minutes. Unlike Harris for both of those.

You must really be anti-DJT. Based on logic.; 10/8/24, 12:07 AM
gadfly said...: Harris, when asked about Trump’s refusal to be interviewed on 60 Minutes, told viewers to instead watch his rallies to understand what he’s all about.

“If he is not going to give your viewers the ability to have a meaningful, thoughtful conversation, question and answer with you, then watch his rallies. You’re going to hear conversations that are about himself and all of his personal grievances,” Harris said.

“And what you will not hear is anything about you, the listener. You will not hear about how he is going to try to bring the country together, find common ground. And . . . that is why I believe in my soul and heart, the American people are ready to turn the page.”; 10/8/24, 12:30 AM
Sprezzatura said...: Supposedly Biden-voting counties equal seventy percent of America's economy. On the flip: Trump-voting counties equal thirty percent of America's economy.

And yet, we are asked to accept that the DJT thirty percent is the authentic we the people real Americans that want to take back their country from the people that represent seventy percent of America's economic power.

Make America Great Again By Following The Guidance Of The Low Economic Production Counties. Or MAGABFTGOTLEPC

Got it.

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/biden-voting-counties-equal-70-of-americas-economy-what-does-this-mean-for-the-nations-political-economic-divide/; 10/8/24, 12:38 AM