Althouse: Sunrise — 6:43, 7:06, 7:07.

October 8, 2024

Sunrise — 6:43, 7:06, 7:07.

The top 2 pictures are mine. The third one, with me in it, is by Meade.

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83 comments:

Kathryn51 said...: A few days ago, when Harris was to appear at some heavily publicized event or rally, Biden appeared in the WH Press Room for the first time (ever? years?) at the precise time - all the networks immediately pivoted to Biden. Among other items, he said that Harris had been closely involved from the beginning in most matters - and they supported the same agenda.

Today, after Harris claimed that DeSantis was playing politics since he didn't want to take a phone call/discuss Hurricane Milton with her, Biden once again - at the moment she was appearing on the heavily publicized appearance on the View - told the press that he and DeSantis had been in close communication and that DeSantis was doing a great job.

Biden (and Dr. Jill) are on the warpath. Popcorn time.; 10/8/24, 6:03 PM
Original Mike said...: Hoping for northern lights tonight. I've got my camera ready.; 10/8/24, 6:16 PM
rehajm said...: We’re collecting Florida escapees tonight…have a house full…; 10/8/24, 6:29 PM
Christopher B said...: I am revising my estimate that he was trying to draw attention away from Harris in Detroit (the rally he preempted) so she could do more pro-Palestinian pandering.

It certainly looks like there could be some folks in the WH trying to sandbag her.; 10/8/24, 6:43 PM
Original Mike said...: I've watched the videos of totally packed interstates and wondered, 'Where do all the people go?'.; 10/8/24, 6:45 PM
Original Mike said...: Now imagine all those cars were EVs.; 10/8/24, 6:46 PM
Drago said...: It does seem as though the lead members of the Biden Crime Family are holding a grudge and lobbing political grenades at kamala-la-la-la-la's feet.; 10/8/24, 6:46 PM
Original Mike said...: I tried using my phone last night. Failure.
Tonight I have a real camera.; 10/8/24, 6:47 PM
lonejustice said...: Photo # 3. The mermaid comes out of Lake Mendota.; 10/8/24, 6:54 PM
Drago said...: LLR-democratical lonejustice makes an appearance! Probably warming up for another evening of pushing the latest lame democratical talking points.

The evening is upon us. Lets see what happens next.; 10/8/24, 6:57 PM
Original Mike said...: How's your finger, lonejustice?
I've been worried about you, buddy.; 10/8/24, 6:58 PM
rehajm said...: I have two parcels stuck in customs in Memphis. Did their funding go to illegals, too?; 10/8/24, 7:05 PM
Big Mike said...: Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, has just had the latest harassing law suit against him dismissed by the Colorado Supreme Court. I’m an atheist, but I agree that the suits against him have just been liberals hating on Christians, as liberals are wont to do.; 10/8/24, 7:21 PM
Kakistocracy said...: “This incompetent criminal corrupt Harris administration is trying to force the
hard working American families of Florida out of their homes!” ~ Trump 😉

Florida was mostly a swamp at the time of acquiring statehood in 1845. They went on to "drain the swamp" destroying mangroves and coral areas, thus expanding dry land from 15 million to 35 million acres. Now the swamp wants back in.

How long before this is considered an unusually benign hurricane season?; 10/8/24, 7:22 PM
Wince said...: Kamala on Howard Stern said she was fired from her first job: cleaning laboratory test tubes for her mother.

Presaging her first job in politics: cleaning Willie Brown’s tubes?; 10/8/24, 7:31 PM
Original Mike said...: I had an almost catastrophic episode with Memphis customs. I shipped one of my telescopes to New Zealand for an astronomical vacation. A lot went into the planning and expense. The telescope gets to Christchurch but Memphis customs didn't fill out the exit carnet paperwork properly. DHL tells me the scope has got to go back all the way to Memphis for the proper paperwork and then it can come back to Christchurch. But my trip will be over by then!

I threw myself on the mercy of New Zealand customs and they took pity on me.; 10/8/24, 7:40 PM
Temujin said...: Hurricane comin' at us. Wish us luck.; 10/8/24, 7:45 PM
Original Mike said...: Are you staying?; 10/8/24, 7:46 PM
Kakistocracy said...: t seems like an awfully big coincidence that the hurricane always hit Republican states like Florida and Alabama and never Democratic states like California and Vermont. Colorado being hurricane free in an election year is quite suspicious too....Conspiracies run amuck.; 10/8/24, 8:01 PM
Big Mike said...: The Daily Mail has been caught practicing journalism again. It turns out that Doug Emhoff, he who was supposed to be a model for us toxic males (see the Sltjouse post from a few days ago) was was a foul-mouthed misogynist who hosted male-only cocktail parties in his office, and he hired an unqualified part time model as a legal secretary because she was “young, attractive, and friendly with the powerful men in the office.” Most damningly, he revoked work perks from women who didn’t flirt with him, and he took “only young, attractive associates with him in a limousine to a ball.”

Some model for male behavior. I had a bit of a reputation as a rainmaker at my old corporation, but if I had find a fraction of whst Emhoff is alleged to have done I would have been out on my ass.; 10/8/24, 8:03 PM
Iman said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 10/8/24, 8:07 PM
Big Mike said...: I note that 9 of 11 people killed in Florida by Helene stayed behind in mandatory evacuation orders. If they’ve told you to go, please go. We need your wit and wisdom here.

Good luck.; 10/8/24, 8:07 PM
Kakistocracy said...: Trump campaign is calling on NC General Assembly and Gov Roy Cooper to “swiftly enact an expansion of voter access for North Carolinians who live in areas of the state impacted by Hurricane Helene
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/b728e6bf-2cc7-49c7-b874-736f5d21d577

Seems reasonable. But this is also the same Trump campaign that continues to say 2020 was tainted because states made election adjustments to deal with Covid.; 10/8/24, 8:09 PM
Jim at said...: Conspiracies run amuck.

If you're going to be this stupid with all your comments, the job's already filled by others.; 10/8/24, 8:17 PM
wildswan said...: rehajm
We’re collecting Florida escapees tonight…have a house full…

Maybe your hurrican migrants could get a phone and a debit card as migrants and you, Rehajm, should be able to collect $150. a night like the Roosevelt Hotel up in NYC. Plus, what is it? a $100 a day for groceries. Maybe invite Kamala in? for some talk about having always been in the middle class? and what it feels like to be hurricane migrant? compare Glock's? and report back to us.
And Temujin. No joking. I hope you' re far south of the cone.; 10/8/24, 8:29 PM
TrvlinOn said...: Been reading WSJ for years. I now notice that there is almost no commentary on any articles anymore. I would read an article and then go to the comments section. Found one with comments today. Anyone else notice this? I'm using the WSJ app to view their articles.; 10/8/24, 8:33 PM
Michael K said...: Go away bich.; 10/8/24, 8:40 PM
Eva Marie said...: Melania is #1 on Amazon’s best seller list today. The Achievements of Kamala Harris is at #13. (That’s the book with the blank pages.)The Message by Te-Nehesi Coates is #17
The reviews for Melania are either 5 star or 1 star. One reviewer said the book came with a scratched cover. I’ve seen this same thing happening with other Trump related books.; 10/8/24, 8:45 PM
Aggie said...: @Original Mike, glad to hear it's free and it sounds like you have a terrific time planned. South Island, I'm assuming. Back a long time ago, I helped out a guy, a NASA contractor, as one of the data points of observation, of the occulation of Vulpeculae. I had the watch and tape recorder, he had the telescope.; 10/8/24, 8:49 PM
Drago said...: LOL

Nothing left at all.; 10/8/24, 8:57 PM
traditionalguy said...: Wait a minute. That third pic looks a lot like Taylor Swift…or maybe Ann Althouse’s latest Era Tour Segment. They’re both beautiful and exceptionally good writers.; 10/8/24, 8:58 PM
Big Mike said...: I watched a 50 second clip from an interview that Elon Musk did with Tucker Carlson. It turns out that Musk's efforts to provide StarLink communications terminals was blocked by a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) issued by the FAA that forbade helicopters from flying unless they could provide contact information for the people they were flying to meet. Of course the point of Musk's helicopter deliveries was that the people had been cut off from downed telephone lines, cell towers that were offline, and washed out roads, so there was a Catch 22 there that almost certainly was deliberate.

Pete Buttigieg, the people of Western North Carolina thank you. NOT!!!; 10/8/24, 8:59 PM
Original Mike said...: Thanks, Aggie. This happened in 2018. I did the same in 2020 and had a different problems with customs, but again New Zealand customs were princes. Planning my third trip Feb-to-Apr 2025. And I think I have customs figured out. The ticket is a concept called "unaccompanied baggage". Fingers crossed.

Yes, all trips are to the South Island. Dark skies.; 10/8/24, 8:59 PM
Mason G said...: "One reviewer said the book came with a scratched cover. I’ve seen this same thing happening with other Trump related books.

Could be worse. Could be your car. Leftards don't handle it well when others have different ideas.

BODYCAM of TRIGGERED New Yorker. He keys Trump supporter's car in Florida and then this happened..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J99s_UsX3s; 10/8/24, 9:06 PM
Dixcus said...: The point is to DROWN HIM in legal fees, which the courts are allowing since they want to kill him too.; 10/8/24, 9:11 PM
Dixcus said...: The state of Florida is about to cease to exist. Not because of any hurricane. But because people will no longer be able to afford to insure a structure in the state of Florida. Between the buildings literally pancaking in on themselves 9-11 style, and the hurricanes, the certain unnamed group of people who run the insurance companies are simply going to make it impossible to live there.; 10/8/24, 9:13 PM
Dixcus said...: And always just around election time, when voting has already begun.; 10/8/24, 9:19 PM
Dixcus said...: Pete Buttigieg better never show is face in North Carolina.; 10/8/24, 9:20 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: X Video of the WH press room: "...why the Biden/Harris admin can send immediate funding to Lebanon without Congress coming back, but can’t do the same for add'l disaster funds to NC."; 10/8/24, 9:20 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: X video claim : 60 minutes... *edited out* Kamala’s word salad answer on Israel...; 10/8/24, 9:36 PM
Mason G said...: "X video claim : 60 minutes... *edited out* Kamala’s word salad answer on Israel..."

It's worse than that. They replaced her word salad answer to one question with her answer to a different question.

I wonder what sort of news CBS is going to manufacture next. Bet it favors Democrats,; 10/8/24, 9:48 PM
Eva Marie said...: All kidding aside, the Democrats really should Bring Back Biden. He’s a much better campaigner and (probably) a much better President. Kamala will still have her chance in another 4 years. And in 4 years she can go through a real primary to get the kinks out of her campaigning style. It’s not too late Democrats.; 10/8/24, 9:59 PM
Mason G said...: The downside is that many of the Democrats who have voted early will have wasted one of their votes on Kamala.; 10/8/24, 10:03 PM
Disparity of Cult said...: George Clooney was not available for comment.; 10/8/24, 10:05 PM
Aggie said...: Take Heed and GodSpeed, Temujin.; 10/8/24, 10:21 PM
Big Mike said...: Althouse post. I was a poor proofreader of my comments before, but at least there was a preview function. Not anymore.; 10/8/24, 10:21 PM
Original Mike said...: "but at least there was a preview function. Not anymore."

On the iPad (or at least my iPad) it was worthless. I could preview it, but I couldn't edit it in the preview function and you couldn't back out of it. If you saw a mistake, you had to start over from scratch. It's was like that for years.; 10/8/24, 10:34 PM
Original Mike said...: *It* was like that…. LOL.; 10/8/24, 10:36 PM
wildswan said...: Biden roams about like Marley's ghost reminding the Press of what the Prez and the VP did together. Only ... I don't think they worked together at all. But then, Kamala and the Dems can't say that, can they? "No, she had nothing to do with anything that happened; she was totally uninterested and quite the bitch to her unfortunate staff so she had no competent help." That won't win an election. But will evident incompetence cause her to lose? "I'm going to change everything on Day One although there is nothing I can think of that Biden did that I would have done differently." That should be the end of her but the Dem voters have become stupified by swallowing toxic lies which have built up in them like mercury and they are neurologically damaged to the point of being unable to notice that the end of the above sentence contradicts the beginning. Or maybe they have noticed the-mess-that-cannot-be-noticed but they have also been falsely informed that the illegals are going to vote and that the smart move is to fall in line lest even they, the Great Race of Liberals, be pierced through and through by the arc of history bending down from a steel-harsh sky. As if they just Republicans or some other form of trash.; 10/8/24, 11:08 PM
Eva Marie said...: “The downside is that many of the Democrats who have voted early will have wasted one of their votes on Kamala.”
Gee, that would be a shame.; 10/8/24, 11:11 PM
Eva Marie said...: However, problem could be solved if we instituted day of election voting. All early ballots would be trashed, and everyone would have to vote on Election Day only.; 10/8/24, 11:32 PM
Butkus51 said...: Match game

You never hear a lib whining about (blank).; 10/8/24, 11:35 PM
Jim at said...: Sprezzy is all up on the Fedsurrection. Look at him go!

Another benefit of Trump being elected. It'd be four years before this jackass showed up again.; 10/8/24, 11:42 PM
Original Mike said...: GOP county clerks assure Michigan voters of election integrity, safeguards

"Unlike during the last presidential election, most ballot drop boxes in Michigan must now be monitored by 24-hour video surveillance, and ballot extraction must occur regularly by sworn election officials, with both the time of pick up and individuals involved placed on record."; 10/8/24, 11:56 PM
Eva Marie said...: Sprezzatura said something about Republicans.
When have Democrats cared about what Republicans say? Bringing Back Biden would energize the race again. Biden would position himself as anti Deep State - same as Trump. “They tried to get rid of me but it didn’t work.” Democrats would love it.; 10/9/24, 12:25 AM
Drago said...: Its amusing watching his meltdown. The faux calm cool demeanor is no more and he has devolved into a gadfly level of wacked out and twisted talking points that bear no resemblance to reality.

Now that's desperation on parade....which is strange, since the Cheat Machine is bigger than ever. Once supposes Team New Soviet Democratical is no longer confident their massive Cheat Machine can get the job done with nutjob moron kamala-la-la-la-la and Stolen Valor / Blue Falcon Walz.

Telling.; 10/9/24, 12:36 AM
Drago said...: Vote kamala-la-la-la-la for change baby!.....except the empty headed drunk had this exchange just earlier today during one of her scripted Q&A's with the hardhitting crew of The View (LOL):

"If anything, would you have done something differently than President Biden during the past four years?"

KAMALA: "There is not a thing that comes to mind."

You'd have to have a heart of stone not to laugh.........; 10/9/24, 12:39 AM
Drago said...: New Soviet Democraticals would not love it. They only love their automatons doing what they are told by the party masters. We see it on these boards every single day.; 10/9/24, 12:40 AM
wendybar said...: THIS is the problem. TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT Time to get rid of the excess waste. (and there is A LOT of it)

The state of Florida had a population of 22,610,726 as of July 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

As of this September, federal, state and local governments in this country employed a record total of 23,421,000 individuals, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

In other words, government payrolls were populated by more people than lived in the state of Florida or in any of 47 other states.

https://townhall.com/columnists/terryjeffrey/2024/10/09/government-employees-exceed-population-of-florida-n2645927; 10/9/24, 3:51 AM
wendybar said...: "The stolen election and its results have acted as a catalyst to real change."

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/10/the_2020_theft_saved_this_country.html; 10/9/24, 4:22 AM
wendybar said...: "Democrats aren’t even hiding it anymore. The communists have come fully out of the closet."

https://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/6329595/5283460315997962; 10/9/24, 4:26 AM
Leland said...: When did she find time to work at McDonald’s?; 10/9/24, 5:43 AM
Leland said...: Just like they can use Executive Orders to open the border but need Congress to make them provide for the common defense.; 10/9/24, 5:46 AM
gadfly said...: “What we watch every day is ‘pageant Trump,’ and it’s why the national political press has been so confused. Covering him is like covering the Victoria’s Secret fashion show: It’s supposed to be hot and sexy and fun and irresistible, but it turns out to be just a bunch of pneumatic posing – all feathers and sequins and nylon and cheap lace from China, as sexless as one of Trump’s silent wives. Donald Trump is the Wonderbra of American politics. He pushes everything Up and Out and In Your Face. But you know what’s left when the Wonderbra comes off, don’t you? Donald Trump sure as hell does.” ~Lucian K. Truscott IV, Village Voice, 2016; 10/9/24, 5:55 AM
Iman said...: BriBaBi…; 10/9/24, 6:05 AM
Iman said...: ‘fly jumped teh Turd… film at 11…; 10/9/24, 6:07 AM
gadfly said...: Jesse Kelly is wrong of course. 60 judges have ruled on the sanctity of the 2020 election. Votes at voting precincts count because they beget electoral votes. Twisted statistics have never counted nor did Donald saying "I won" before the votes were counted.; 10/9/24, 6:12 AM
Eva Marie said...: gadfly writes, “But you know what’s left when the Wonderbra comes off, don’t you?”
“They’re real and they’re spectacular”. . . . much like Donald Trump.; 10/9/24, 6:13 AM
gadfly said...: Really intelligent, Iman! Fuck you too.; 10/9/24, 6:18 AM
Iman said...: Don’t go away mad, ‘fly. Go away educated. 🤓; 10/9/24, 6:26 AM
gadfly said...: Gosh, no article comment by Althouse about Trump having Putin set up on his speed dial, as reported by Bob Woodward of Watergate fame.

The Kremlin on Tuesday confirmed Russian President Vladimir Putin received COVID-19 testing devices from former President Donald Trump during the pandemic in 2020, Bloomberg reported, corroborating an excerpt from journalist Bob Woodward’s upcoming book that the former president’s campaign dismissed as “deranged” and “fiction.” Oopsy!; 10/9/24, 6:44 AM
Iman said...: “They fucked up in 2014. That’s why we are here. We fucked it up. Barack never took Putin seriously.”

—— Joe Biden

https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/10/biden-reportedly-blames-obama-for-putin-invading-ukraine-in-2022/; 10/9/24, 6:55 AM
Eva Marie said...: That’s a plus. Nice of Woodward to say something complementary about Trump.Thanks for the post.; 10/9/24, 7:27 AM
MadTownGuy said...: The latest in the continuing saga of a defunct campus in a small community, being considered as a settlement for unaccompanied minor immigrants...

More details are coming out about what could be going on at the Scotland Campus

"September 9 – Since the news broke last week that there could be thousands of undocumented minors being housed at the campus that used to be known as the Scotland School for Veterans Children, people have been asking all kinds of questions.

Currently, the property is owned by an LLC out of New York or New Jersey – the information is more than a little muddy.

Michele Jansen of NewsTalk 103.7FM pointed out, “It’s a different nonprofit that’s looking to get a giant grant from the federal government to do these unaccompanied minor programs, and they’re specifically looking at Scotland campus. We know this because they have communicated with the township supervisors asking about the ordinances of Scotland campus to be able to provide what they called a refugee shelter for refugee families. Although, as Mike Ross from the Franklin County Area Development Corporation, for his understanding, and it does make sense, it’s unaccompanied minors that would be in that transitory mode that this program offers.”

The federal contractor looking into the campus is called USA Up Star from Greenwood, Indiana. A Right to Know request has provided the emails that have gone to Greene Township from this contractor.

Greene Township Supervisors will hold their regular meeting tomorrow night at 7 p.m.

Pat Ryan of NewsTalk 103.7FM noted, “Make no mistake, what’s happening in Greene Township is a direct result of the policies of Kamala Harris, Bob Casey and the rest of the Democrats that are going to stress this community, maybe, and further communities maybe.”

Much more at the link.; 10/9/24, 7:48 AM
Jaq said...: I think that Biden prefers that Trump win. People say that Bibi is sabotaging Harris, but Biden gave Israel the bunker buster bombs that they used to assassinate the Hezbollah leader, and recently too. Biden can yammer all he wants about Bibi going off the reservation, but at the end of the day, Israel can't do it without US weapons.; 10/9/24, 7:49 AM
Aggie said...: It's hard to get a handle on this one. Hunter Thompson would be having a ball with the drama. Is Joe completely senile and causing accidental havoc at a comic level, or is he really doing these things snarkily to deep-six Kamala's campaign?

Maybe there's some of both, in there. I think Jill is probably still furious that her reign is coming to an end, having come to the realization that being First Lady President really was just at the convenience of the ruling Borg, who swept her and Joe aside without a second thought, like yesterday's compost. The Joe counter-punched by anointing Kamala

Would they do this to the Party? Is it the East Coast Establishment getting in their last shots at the Chicago Machine and Left Coast royalty, for their ruthless dismissal? There certainly is no love lost between Joe and Obama, Jill and Kamala - you can see that from the videos. Remember Obama returning to the White House like he still owned it, schmoozing with everybody that wasn't named 'Joe'?; 10/9/24, 8:54 AM
Aggie said...: I wonder what they think this will fix? Oh Boy, now we can review the surveillance videos! That'll put a stop to that ballot-stuffing.

"...The clerks also addressed a recent change in state election law, where the requirements for conducting recounts were modified, requiring the Board of Canvassers to refer any allegations of election fraud to the relevant county prosecutor for review, rather than launching a recount themselves...."

Sure it will - just keep on ignoring the signature verification and other safeguards - in place by law - that allow unvetted ballots to get dropped into the pile for counting, and maybe a little double-counting. Sure, the problem is completely solved - and if not, there's always the (politically-appointed) county prosecutor ! Don't forget to destroy the evidence, fellers.; 10/9/24, 9:02 AM
Kakistocracy said...: “The state of Florida is about to cease to exist. Not because of any hurricane. But because people will no longer be able to afford to insure a structure in the state of Florida.”

The Florida legislature chooses not to have a state income tax. Maybe it should start charging one rather than relying on and devouring federal coffers every other year. And its state insurance fund has turned into a nearly insolvent shell game waiting for another massive bail out.; 10/9/24, 9:14 AM
Kakistocracy said...: /“Fox has obtained a fact sheet assembled by the majority side of House Appropriations Committee about disaster aid.

It says that FEMA “has enough funding in the short-term to address immediate needs for both Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton.”

It also declares there is “no funding connection between” the migrant shelter program and the Disaster Relief Fund. It adds there is “no intermingling of funding between these two programs.” It adds that “the only connection is that both programs are administered by FEMA.”/ ~ Chad Pergram Senior Congressional Correspondent for Fox News; 10/9/24, 9:35 AM
MadTownGuy said...: Here, on the FEMA website, it states:
"Humanitarian EFSP for Organizations Assisting Migrants
Congress first appropriated funds for EFSP assistance specifically for support for families and individuals encountered by the Department of Homeland Security (EFSP-Humanitarian, or EFSP-H) in 2019 and the following amounts were awarded to the EFSP National Board."

It's administered by FEMA, which means that FEMA FTE hours are devoted to any work they do. At the very least, that comes out of their budget. FEMA made the claim that none of the benefits for migrants come out of their budget but they do come out of the DHS budget, so same-same. FEMA is part of DHS.

I'll remind you that it was Alejandro Mayorkas himself who made the claim that there might not be enough funding for disaster relief if another hurricane happens. What changed?; 10/9/24, 10:04 AM
Michael K said...: Gadmoskito
ignores the fact that no trial and no evidence was ever presented. All were "standing" decisions.; 10/9/24, 10:21 AM
Rusty said...: It is your opinion that the election of 2020 was sacred? And no it wasn't and an audit by precinct was not allowed by the courts. The 2020 election was not holy writ. It was deeply flawed and you know it. You encourage those kind of sins.; 10/9/24, 11:19 AM
Jim at said...: 60 judges have ruled on the sanctity of the 2020 election.

They did no such thing. And you've been told this countless times.
Stop lying.; 10/9/24, 3:43 PM