Althouse: Sunrise — 7:03, 7:05.

October 23, 2024

Sunrise — 7:03, 7:05.

80 comments:

The rule of Lemnity said...: Trump's Duluth Georgia rally - Live; 10/23/24, 5:33 PM
tim in vermont said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 10/23/24, 5:40 PM
rhhardin said...: Recent action novels: a geostationary satellite moved over Afghanistan at 100,000 feet to assist in observing the bad guys; a secret new propulsion system for ballistic missiles that makes them ten times faster. Not the same author. Poets' physics courses.; 10/23/24, 5:40 PM
BUMBLE BEE said...: A little musical interlude is in order...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUjNnUK0GFo Donnie Iris 80th birthday.; 10/23/24, 5:41 PM
tim in vermont said...: lol.; 10/23/24, 5:43 PM
The rule of Lemnity said...: Headline: "Justice Department warns Elon Musk his $1 million giveaway to swing state voters might violate law"

Requirements for winning the money are that an American citizen be a registered swing state voter and that such voter sign up to his political action committee. None of those, on their own, as far as I know, are ilegal, yet. And if you combine them, I doubt that would make it ilegal.

Hopefully the legal minds here can clear this up.!?; 10/23/24, 5:50 PM
wendybar said...: It should already be open. Kamala voters reserve your space now!!

https://x.com/MJL4Trump/status/1848910111185735700; 10/23/24, 5:55 PM
tim in vermont said...: Just like in the Soviet Union, enemies of The Party are breaking the law just by being enemies of The Party.; 10/23/24, 5:55 PM
wendybar said...: Sunny
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So the story is John Kelly realized he was working for a Hitler admirer and wannabe dictator and then continued to work for him and forgot to mention it for years until two weeks before the election.
1:06 PM · Oct 23, 2024; 10/23/24, 5:56 PM
NorthOfTheOneOhOne aka Doug Emhoff's Pimp Hand said...: Harris will be heading to Houston for a campaign event Friday, but will not be swinging over to Austin to do the Rogan podcast. So this may be another coup for Trump.; 10/23/24, 5:57 PM
Democratic Paychecks for Perks/ Dems for Demolition of Democracy/ fake-cares 4-U said...: Today I saw a red Tesla with a Harris/Walz bumper sticker AND an anti-Elon window decal ("Elon" with a line thru it) LOL.; 10/23/24, 5:58 PM
Democratic Paychecks for Perks/ Dems for Demolition of Democracy/ fake-cares 4-U said...: Ushering million of illegal across an open border - and then letting them vote - Is Illegal.; 10/23/24, 5:59 PM
tim in vermont said...: So Biden called Trump a "fascist." Ok, fine, in a non-fascist country, the press would ask Biden the next question, "Define fascism." Nobody will ask him that because if they did, the would likely lose their cushy, high paying, high-prestige job in the media.; 10/23/24, 6:01 PM
NorthOfTheOneOhOne aka Doug Emhoff's Pimp Hand said...: I used to get him and Marshall Crenshaw confused. Both of them seemed to me to be trying for a Buddy Holly vibe.; 10/23/24, 6:03 PM
wendybar said...: "Hope and change went bye-bye almost as fast as Kamala's joy." - Amy Curtis
https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/10/23/arsonist-wonders-why-the-house-is-burning-down-barack-obama-doesnt-know-how-we-got-so-toxic-and-divided-n2402637; 10/23/24, 6:03 PM
The rule of Lemnity said...: Her talent for missing opportunities is unrivaled.; 10/23/24, 6:04 PM
tim in vermont said...: And the question keeps popping up "What is Musk buying with his contributions to Trump?"

I don't know. What is Bill Gates buying with the $50 million he just gave to Harris?; 10/23/24, 6:07 PM
JaimeRoberto said...: Not quite as catchy as a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac.; 10/23/24, 6:09 PM
Gerda Sprinchorn said...: Trump loves Hitler? OMG! I had no idea!

That changes EVERYTHING.; 10/23/24, 6:15 PM
Iman said...: What I took from that Goldberg article is that damned, SOB Trump wouldn’t use his Time Machine to go back in time to kill Baby Hitler.

Harris was speaking about this earlier today, the footage of that is out there. There is very little chance that this was not discussed between Atlantic staff and the Harris team, helps to explain why she was so Kammie on the Spot.

On the alleged disparaging remarks about Hispanics by Trump, there were witnesses that said it never happened… much better than one anonymous source.

And here’s what Mayra Guillen - the sister of soldier Vanessa Guillen - had to say:

“Wow,
I don’t appreciate how you are exploiting my sister’s death for politics- hurtful & disrespectful to the important changes she made for service members. President Donald Trump did nothing but show respect to my family & Vanessa. In fact, I voted for President Trump today.”; 10/23/24, 6:18 PM
Big Mike said...: She’s taking advice from Sergeant Major Chickenshit.; 10/23/24, 6:18 PM
Narayanan said...: Trump have to grow mustache?; 10/23/24, 6:21 PM
Iman said...: Oh, man… I liked that one back in the day and bless his heart for getting on stage at the age of 80.

But dat wig has gotta go!; 10/23/24, 6:22 PM
hawkeyedjb said...: Red sky at morning... I notice the sailors took warning, as none of them are on the water.; 10/23/24, 6:31 PM
gilbar said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 10/23/24, 6:44 PM
Ampersand said...: It crossed my mind today that, if Trump wins, Biden will have a long list of people he will want to pardon. He's too vain to pardon them himself, and we will therefore have a December surprise in which Joe resigns and makes Kamala POTUS. The MSM will make the suitable noises, and prepare the ground for the biggest pardon/amnesty in US history..; 10/23/24, 6:46 PM
gilbar said...: Kammy regretfully announced today; that because TRUMP IS HITLER!, she has NO OPTION; but to Suspend ALL Civil Liberties, and order the US Military to FIRE upon the HITLER Worshiping TERRORISTS that have the audacity to think that they are allowed to support a man WORSE THAN HITLER!!

When questioned about what her actions would do to American Democracy.. She said: "Sometimes, you HAVE TO DESTROY democracy, in order to be elected; 10/23/24, 6:47 PM
Dixcus said...: This is ABSOLUTELY the story of the day. Sit back in your chair and THINK about this:

The United States Justice Department has threatened a US citizen by telling him that something he's doing MIGHT be against the law.

Guess what folks. I'm not going to live in a country like this, where the fucking Mafia is running our government and threatening people by telling them that their actions MIGHT be illegal if they decide it is.

Fuck that shit. I'm going to REVOLT against that sort of government violently.; 10/23/24, 6:48 PM
The rule of Lemnity said...: I’m not voting early and exposing my vote to shenanigan.; 10/23/24, 6:49 PM
Dixcus said...: He could have taken out Literally Hitler™ and didn't. How will the history books remember John Kelly.; 10/23/24, 6:51 PM
Inga said...: https://electionlawblog.org/?p=146527

“Wisconsin’s Blue Cities Brace for Another Onslaught of ‘Stolen Election’ Accusations; Wisconsin state lawmakers failed to pass key changes officials say could have helped dispel misinformation and lies about the election.

“We were one of the only states that didn’t adjust any election laws,” Claire Woodall, former executive director of Milwaukee’s election commission and current senior adviser at the civic-advocacy group Issue One, told NOTUS. “One really pivotal thing that we really wanted to get passed had bipartisan support for was early processing of absentee ballots.”

Oh boy.; 10/23/24, 6:51 PM
Dixcus said...: She can't take on Rogan in a fair fight.

But sure, we should put her in charge of Vladimir Putin.; 10/23/24, 6:53 PM
NorthOfTheOneOhOne aka Doug Emhoff's Pimp Hand said...: @Lem: The only other talent she has that comes close is wanting do-overs; like a second debate and her attempt to insert herself into DeSantis' hurricane preparations.; 10/23/24, 6:54 PM
Dixcus said...: As President Barack Obama proved ... the President of the United States can order the murder of ANY American citizen ... even if that person hasn't been charged with any crime. With no due process.

Donald Trump is going to need some people to help him.; 10/23/24, 6:56 PM
NorthOfTheOneOhOne aka Doug Emhoff's Pimp Hand said...: No, he won't do that. Harris might get her revenge by not pardoning Hunter.; 10/23/24, 6:56 PM
Dixcus said...: Inga, it's not good form to announce your intentions.

I will tell you this: The person who walks up to a public ballot box and tries to stuff it, or the person who thinks they are going to board up the counting room windows ... those people are going to be hurt. Physically. And permanently.

FAFO.; 10/23/24, 6:57 PM
The rule of Lemnity said...: Maricopa says it will take weeks to count the votes.; 10/23/24, 7:00 PM
Dixcus said...: Some model nobody ever heard of has now been brought forward 12 years after Trump entered the political arena to claim he "groped" her after he met her through Jeffrey Epstein.

I expect the Democrats think maybe Trump should be arrested for this even though the FBI hasn't arrested a single Epstein pedophile in the last 20 years even though they have video tapes of all of them raping children on Epstein's Island.

Pretty weak sauce by October Suprise standards.; 10/23/24, 7:01 PM
boatbuilder said...: If you had a red Tesla, and didn't want to get keyed, what would you do?; 10/23/24, 7:09 PM
Inga said...: https://electionlawblog.org/?p=146397

“Elon Musk Veers Into Clearly Illegal Vote Buying, Offering $1 Million Per Day Lottery Prize Only to Registered Voters“; 10/23/24, 7:12 PM
Lucien said...: Any minute now Mattis will give an interview saying Trump grabbed him by the butt, said “Arnold Palmer is my hero”, and mentioned that Bolton wanted to give him a mustache ride (the “Walrus express”).; 10/23/24, 7:24 PM
boatbuilder said...: She's two weeks away from the election in which she is running for President, and she calls a 3-minute press conference to put that out there--and doesn't talk about either what she said, or anything else, but turns around and goes back inside.
Really?
I knew she was a lightweight, but wow.; 10/23/24, 7:25 PM
rehajm said...: …all the Trump bombshells floating around are reassuring. It means the left believes they have ground to make up…; 10/23/24, 7:26 PM
rehajm said...: We showed up at the early voting place an hour after open. Longest line ever. Someone who got there before open said it took them 90 minutes. Now I’ll wait until Election Day and walk down to our little precinct…; 10/23/24, 7:29 PM
Original Mike said...: Yeah, not sticking around for questions is quite a statement.; 10/23/24, 7:31 PM
Original Mike said...: A request: people who comment on their early voting experience, please tell us your state. Hell, go all out and tell us your city too!; 10/23/24, 7:33 PM
tcrosse said...: At my polling place in Las Vegas, half hour after opening, there was no line. But I was just there to drop my mail ballot in the box. A woman examined it for my signature before she let me drop it in the slot. A steady stream of people with mail-in ballots. No fuss, no fuss, no bother.; 10/23/24, 7:38 PM
Dixcus said...: You know, in 1965 in the middle of the Civil Rights movement, I think people decided they were gonna take matters into their own hands and create a better country and that’s what I hope we do here in the next few weeks.

When the Republic was threatened, people picked up arms and answered the call.

Pick up your arms people.

Answer the call. It's time to take the law into your own hands. Pick up your weapons.

No silly ....

That's not ME saying that.

These are direct quotes from James Carville ... President Barack Obama's campaign manager, urging people on the Democrat side to KILL Republicans.

A war is going to start whether you want it or not.

WOLVERINES.; 10/23/24, 7:45 PM
Dixcus said...: LOL. Mailing your ballot. What a tool. No way that can get intercepted, eh?; 10/23/24, 7:47 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Per Kelly:

1) Trump said: Hitler did some good things. IOW, he wasn't all bad. Only an ignorant clown or idiot would disagree. Every dictator has done SOME good things, otherwise they would never have stayed in power. Goddamn, this is History 101.

2) Trump said he wanted German Generals like the ones in WW II. Y'know like Rommel. Do people understand that the german general tried to kill Hitler in July 44, and they paid for it with their lives? Or that you could be a Nazi and a Regular Army General? The "Nazi Generals" were Waffen-SS. Personally, I think Trump was pulling Kelly's chain - given what wussy dumbshit Kelly was.

But anyway, glad that saying nothing for six years, Kelly pops up to help Kamala - that great friend of the US military - become POTUS. Thanks General. Maybe you General Millie Vannilli can recruit some Transgenders in 2025!; 10/23/24, 7:47 PM
Original Mike said...: "What I took from that Goldberg article is that damned, SOB Trump wouldn’t use his Time Machine to go back in time to kill Baby Hitler."

Everybody knows not to use your time machine to kill baby Hitler. At least, everybody should by now.; 10/23/24, 7:48 PM
Dixcus said...: I'm in Lousiana. I went to my polling place and a crazy bald guy named James Carville was screaming at me to pick up a weapon and man a post.

I don't think Democrats believe they are going to win.; 10/23/24, 7:49 PM
Dixcus said...: People don't wait 90 minutes in order to vote to re-elect popular candidates with good common sense positions on the issues.

They sit in line for 90 minutes to kick those bastards out.; 10/23/24, 7:50 PM
Dixcus said...: Elon Musk hasn't paid ANYONE to vote. He has given some people a reward for signing a petition, which is perfectly legal and how much are Democrats offering you to sign their petitions? The starting bid is $1 million dollars.

Inga, I don't think this is going to stick to the wall. But it's nice that you've found somewhere to fling your feces.; 10/23/24, 7:52 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Just clarify the vast majority of German Generals the tough sharp ones that were so hard to beat - weren't nazis. Again, the Waffen-ss had the Nazi Generals. Von Mainstein, Keitel, Rommel, Von Runesdsat (sic), Model, halder, Jodl, etc. Were not members of the nazi party.; 10/23/24, 7:54 PM
Original Mike said...: We've seen your schtick before, Goldberg. Get lost.; 10/23/24, 7:56 PM
Dixcus said...: I dunno North. I hear she has some other talents. Willie Brown attests.; 10/23/24, 7:58 PM
wild chicken said...: A national pollster told my gop bud it looks like Trump will get 300+ red wave for real etc and that's why everyone is freaking out.

People on X really are acting weird. Even more fascist Hitler catastrophizing than usual.

Like flop sweat or something.; 10/23/24, 7:58 PM
Quaestor said...: Mark Halpern warned us the last meager vestige of Democrat sanity would evaporate if President Trump wins, but I didn't expect to see it the raving psychosis break out this early.

This is delicious news for President Trump and his supporters. It means Carville has seen the private polls and has been shocked to his core at the historic landslide Republican victory pending. Thus the blatant racist appeal to the sad remnants of the black lunatic fringe (Nation of Islam, BLM, etc) in the hope of returning their escaped "captives" back to the old plantation. A forlorn hope, I must say. If there's anyone a Black Israelite is disinclined to believe it's a bald white man with a Deep South accent.; 10/23/24, 7:59 PM
Dixcus said...: Biden said that we (Democrats) need to imprison Donald Trump.

He didn't accuse him of any crimes. Or pick a jury. Or wait for a trial. Or even hear a verdict.

Just ... we need to imprison Donald Trump. (You know, since they are too incompetent to murder him so they have to strangle him in prison ala Jeffrey Epstein, with all the cameras turned off and black jail guards asleep on the job again.)

I really hope they do it. Joe Biden has no idea the repercussions of such an act on his family.; 10/23/24, 8:02 PM
Iman said...: Like a monkey on parade…; 10/23/24, 8:09 PM
MadTownGuy said...: VA Must Start Building 750 Temporary Units for Homeless Vets on Los Angeles Land, Judge Says

"A federal judge in California has ordered the Department of Veterans Affairs to get moving on a grand plan to build housing on the spacious grounds of the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center to end the blight of veteran homelessness in the city.

In toughly worded rulings in September and October, federal district Judge David O. Carter made clear that his main purpose in ordering how the VA's property should be used was to provide shelter for the nearly 3,000 veterans in the area estimated to be homeless by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.

"We are the homeless veterans capital of the world right now," Carter said in the course of the class-action suit brought by homeless and disabled veterans seeking housing on the 388 acres of the West LA campus.

"We can't let this happen," said Carter, a Purple Heart Marine veteran of the 1968 siege of Khe Sanh during the Vietnam war. Many of the homeless veterans in Los Angeles "bear indelible physical and mental scars from their time in the armed forces," Carter said, but the VA "has for decades strayed from its mission to care for these veterans."

In his final ruling in the case issued on Oct. 11, Carter ordered the VA to begin constructing 750 units of temporary housing immediately and another 1,800 units of permanent housing by 2030. The 1,800 units of permanent housing covered by the ruling would be in addition to the 1,200 units of permanent housing for veterans the VA has promised since 2015 but failed to complete.

Much of the attention in Los Angeles to Carter's rulings has focused on his scrapping of leases that the VA had granted over the years on the West LA VAMC campus for everything from oil wells to parking lots and a baseball stadium named for Brooklyn Dodgers great Jackie Robinson, where the UCLA Bruins play their home games."

More at the link.; 10/23/24, 8:10 PM
Vance said...: Eh, I think Jodl was. He was prosecuted at Nuremberg and found guilty I think. Not sure about Model or Halder. The rest of your list seemed like decent enough fellows.; 10/23/24, 8:10 PM
Would You Like Fascism With That Hat said...: Harris would be the first woman president. Trump would be the first convicted felon. Which would be more historic may depend on your political point of view.; 10/23/24, 8:12 PM
Would You Like Fascism With That Hat said...: Obviously thinking “I should have generals like Hitler had” is facially horrifying and disqualifying. Moreover — though I am not a WWII expert — I understand it’s quite wrong, and Hitler’s relationship with his WWII generals was characterized by frequent bickering and pushback.; 10/23/24, 8:13 PM
Mason G said...: "People on X really are acting weird. Even more fascist Hitler catastrophizing than usual.

Like flop sweat or something."

Perhaps they should consider changing sexes right now, while they still have the chance. You know- what with Trump being Hitler and all...; 10/23/24, 8:18 PM
Iman said...: You should’ve picked one up and shot that demented, snake-skulled asswipe right in his reptilian cloaca.; 10/23/24, 8:22 PM
Jim at said...: “I should have generals like Hitler had” is facially horrifying and disqualifying.

Well then it's certainly a good thing he didn't say that, isn't it?; 10/23/24, 8:26 PM
Dixcus said...: They're now out there explaining that Trump was going to be Hitler last time he was President, but Melania wouldn't let him.; 10/23/24, 8:32 PM
Iman said...: Go shit in your hat, rich.; 10/23/24, 8:35 PM
Democratic Paychecks for Perks/ Dems for Demolition of Democracy/ fake-cares 4-U said...: "The owner of a Pennsylvania McDonald’s that went made news over the weekend after former President Donald Trump visited and served up fries to customers has retained private security following threats made to the location. Trump’s visit, during which he was seen working the fry station and serving customers at the drive-thru in Bucks County, attracted both attention and threats, prompting the franchise owner, Derek Giacomantonio, to take action.

Jim Worthington, a key organizer of Trump’s visit and leader of Pennsylvania’s delegation at the Republican National Convention, told the Daily Caller that the McDonald’s has received threatening phone calls and social media messages after the former president’s appearance. In response, Giacomantonio, who had already hired private security ahead of the event, retained their services to protect his employees.

Stay safe — Tim Walz supporters could act like Tim Walz supporters yet again!"

Democrats sure do like to behave like Nazis.; 10/23/24, 8:36 PM
Rusty said...: R
That's 'cause the voters haven't crossed ther boarder yet.; 10/23/24, 8:38 PM
gilbar said...: well,
1st they have to wait, until ALL the other counties submit THEIR vote counts
2nd Maricopa has to print up enough ballots to countervail against #1
3rd Maricopa has to count all those manufactured ballots..
these things take TIME; 10/23/24, 8:39 PM
Gospace said...: I read a short story- like a few lines. Went something like this.

So I invented a time machine and went back and killed Hitler just like everyone wanted, come back, and no one thanks me! Like they never heard of him! And who the hell is this Himmelfurber they're all talking about? That someone should go back and kill him?; 10/23/24, 8:44 PM
Mason G said...: "Democrats sure do like to behave like Nazis."

Is anybody surprised? When they tell you what they are, believe them.

File this report under "Days Ending in Y".; 10/23/24, 8:47 PM
Achilles said...: There is no vote buying there except in Inga's fascist mind.

Inga is just an evil person who is part of a fascist political party that wants to throw everyone who disagrees with them in jail.; 10/23/24, 8:56 PM
Aggie said...: It's illegal, Comrade, because it doesn't serve the needs of the Party.; 10/23/24, 8:57 PM
Eva Marie said...: Elections are beginning to remind me of childhood vaccinations. Over 50 vaccinations per child? Elections equally complicated. Maricopa County has over 50 elections on every ballot so it takes weeks to tabulate. One day in person voting with one election question on pieces of paper so they can be counted day of.; 10/23/24, 9:01 PM
Achilles said...: Inga and her Democrat friends want Trump's supporters in jail and they want Trump dead.; 10/23/24, 9:08 PM
Iman said...: Now deep in the heart of a lonely kid
Who gained so much from who she did
They gave this woman her fortune and fame
Since that day she ain't been the same

See the gal with the stage fright
Couldn’t get it done, try as she might
She’s like a deer in the headlights
And when the truth starts to bend
You know she’ll step all over it again

h/t Robbie Robertson; 10/23/24, 9:17 PM