Althouse: Sunrise

November 19, 2024

Sunrise — 6:50.

49 comments:

BUMBLE BEE said...: Wai For It...

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/11/whats-going-here-paper-shredding-truck-spotted-outside/; 11/19/24, 5:31 PM
BUMBLE BEE said...: DOJ doing Spring Cleaning? Pass the BleachBit, please!; 11/19/24, 5:32 PM
The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...: Cracker, please. Any business dealing in sensitive information (medical, financial, suppression of political opponents) has regular shredding purges. Even the corrupt, fascist Garland DOJ must generate mountains of legit shredding,; 11/19/24, 5:50 PM
narciso said...: The leonardo doc was good in part because he had keith david narrate it

It doesnt have any woke elements; 11/19/24, 5:52 PM
tcrosse said...: You would think such a large organization would have its own on-site shredding or burning facility.; 11/19/24, 5:57 PM
Leland said...: SpaceX had another brilliant Starship launch flight today. This sixth test was designed to push the envelope for the Orbiter and Booster. The Booster flew back to the coastline of the launch complex but intentionally landed in the water. It looked as good as the capture in terms of control. The Orbiter was in daylight at splashdown, so it was nice see its landing with sunlight. It too landed like it was fully in control, and the TPS seemed to do a lot better.

I would feel sorry for my former colleagues at NASA, but 12 years later, and they really haven't done much but complain about Trump. The 2nd SLS mission didn't even launch this year, as was the plan not long ago. It was supposed to fly even earlier than 2024 back when Trump was last President, but the Resistance wasn't going to let that happen during a 2nd Trump term, but they miscalculated on when that 2nd term would be.; 11/19/24, 6:04 PM
Jaq said...: Stop me if you've heard this one, but Starmer in the UK, who has won complete power with 32% of the vote, has called Farmers "hoarders" and plans to increase the inheritance tax on farms to the point where these farms will not pass on within the family, but will have to be sold.

Now who would have the ready capital to buy up these farms after they are forced to sell? Who could it be...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-starmer-blackrock-support-fink-b2432113.html

He's not "collectivizing" the farms the way Stalin did, when he called the farmers "hoarders," no, he's paving the way for a new feudalism.; 11/19/24, 6:08 PM
Jaq said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 11/19/24, 6:15 PM
tcrosse said...: An estimated 13000 marched on Whitehall to protest this land grab. The peasants are revolting.; 11/19/24, 6:26 PM
Dixcus said...: You would think a law enforcement agency paid for by taxpayers wouldn't be destroying evidence.; 11/19/24, 6:32 PM
Mikey NTH said...: The skies of November turn gloomy.; 11/19/24, 6:33 PM
Dixcus said...: Those farmers haven't shot any MPs (or whacked any in the head with shovels). Until they do, they should expect to have their farms stolen from their children.

FIGHT. FIGHT. FIGHT. What do they think that means, exactly?; 11/19/24, 6:33 PM
Drago said...: "Obviously you are stating that wokeness is bad. E.g., MTG was on Bannon today jabbering about how she could be physically assaulted now that "Trans Timmy" has been elected to the House."

Hmmmm. Why is it I don't quite believe this is an accurate representation of what MTG actually said?

Oh, that's right. 10 straight years of hoaxes, Rupar-ing and outright making up lies.

But only 10 straight years of hoaxes, Rupar-ing and outright making up lies.; 11/19/24, 6:41 PM
Jaq said...: Biden misses group photo at G7, they take it without him. Photographer: "Where's Biden? He's behind a palm tree."

You can't make this stuff up.; 11/19/24, 7:03 PM
Enigma said...: History doesn't repeat, but it rhymes. Starmer must go through Stalinism personally to believe that it won't work. But odds are he'll die before he changes his views. In the mean time, the UK will buy its food from...Russia?; 11/19/24, 7:03 PM
Drago said...: "Aside from DJT's conviction,..."

LOL

There was no "conviction". At all. Lets see if you can figure out why that is...

I suspect you cannot or, even if you could, your natural Rupar-ing instincts would never let you admit the truth. And, lets face it, given the violation of the Presidential immunity decision issued by the NY judge in the E. Jean Carroll case, the idiotic assertion by Judge Buffoon that Trump is an "adjudicated rapist" (LOL) will be going away in due course.

But it gets better as of today, doesn't it?

With the Merchan Morons declaring a "pause" in their corrupt proceeding which yielded a fake "conviction" which has so many purposefully reversible errors the jerkwads want NOTHING to do with an appellate review (which they will be getting anyway, won't they?), that case will also be going the way of the Dodo birds.

But it gets even better than that as of today, doesn't it?

Did you happen to catch what is happening with Fani down in GA? LOL

So, as of today, fake "adjudicated rapist" is headed for the BS Exit door, the "34 time convicted felon" never happened at all (that's the law in NY amigo) AND Fani Willis is "going down"....but not in a kamala-type way.

Tsk tsk tsk.

Well, I guess you'll always have the "fine people" hoax and the hookers peeing on Moscow beds lie and a few others to keep you nice and warm at night....or something.; 11/19/24, 7:07 PM
Enigma said...: A lot of (routine) shredding happens because government droids generate many draft documents and PowerPoint slide decks that are "classified" per their self-serving rules. Some people still work on paper, and hard copy paper is in many ways more secure / harder to steal than electronic documents.

Still, given the timing and open Democratic efforts to form a parallel government and block Trump, I'd bet a lot of inconvenient material is going away.; 11/19/24, 7:09 PM
Drago said...: It was amazing from start to finish and how the control systems and avionics were still working on starship to make a perfect controlled water entry possible is mindboggling. SpaceX purposefully pushed the craft beyond performance limits AND remove heat tiles in specific locations. The cameras worked throughout so we were able to watch the amazing event.'

So many great outcomes and the telemetry and data feedback for this first generation thermal control system (SpaceX I believe is already iterating on a 3rd generation) is off the charts interesting.; 11/19/24, 7:11 PM
Drago said...: "Wow! He seems totally unable to be POTUS for four more years."

Not even a clever attempt at shifting the relevant discussion. A poor effort on your part, like all your other efforts.

But only all of them.; 11/19/24, 7:14 PM
Kakistocracy said...: Most farmers supported Brexit, and shot themselves in the foot. That led to a disadvantageous deal with Australia.

Jeremy Clarkson (English TV show host and journalist) told The Times in 2021 that he was buying a farm to avoid inheritance tax and now he is leading a protest against the introduction of inheritance tax on farms.

The farm land price has been driven 4x in last 20 years as a result of wealthy (think Jeremy Clarkson) using investment in the farm land as an IHT dodge. Protest is at the prospect of "farmers" losing that gravy train. It has nothing to do with farming. UK citizens don’t want to pay more tax so Jeremy Clarkson can have an exemption.

I suspect the real grievance is the inevitable sharp drop in the price of agricultural land, which has been artificially inflated by APR.

Farmers cannot possibly say this, because it sounds greedy, and moreover it would contradict what they are saying which is that they will never sell; the value of the underlying assets is of no concern to them; they have a deep bond with the land, and they just want to able to die peacefully knowing that their progeny will be able to farm it in perpetuity just like their ancestors did.

But not many businesses would sit quietly by while such a large amount was wiped off their balance sheet, even if it has just been a lucky chance that it was on there in the first place.; 11/19/24, 7:15 PM
Jaq said...: Dale Carnegie, the author of "How to Win Friends and Influence People" said that the stuff you say about other people, in the minds of your listener, attaches to you, and not your target. It's human nature.

He also said that you cannot be persuasive without at least giving the impression of being persuadable. Your iron clad hatred of Trump just destroys your credibility with anybody who doesn't already agree with you. This was also gadfly's problem, and why he failed and eventually stormed off calling us "reprobates." It was so clear that he could not even wrap his brain around any argument that he thought might be a threat to his belief system.

You have the same vibe.; 11/19/24, 7:16 PM
Drago said...: You can tell just how discombobulated and disoriented and out of sorts and totally flummoxed the left is after their astonishingly tone deaf, incompetent, fellow citizen hating campaign which led to Trump's victory.

They have nothing else.

The "good news"? Nancy Pelosi is running again! What better sign could the New Soviet Democraticals have that they will be adapting to new political realities on the ground given the clear political realignment that has taken place?; 11/19/24, 7:17 PM
Jaq said...: Yet he just authorized personnel to directly participate in an act of war against a nuclear superpower. He should have been removed when it became apparent that he was not all there, which was apparently some time ago.; 11/19/24, 7:18 PM
narciso said...: Do they ever get better material; 11/19/24, 7:20 PM
Leland said...: I originally missed the callout that the booster self aborted to land at coastline instead of a catch. Good safety system, but they’ll want to solve the anomaly that caused the short.; 11/19/24, 7:21 PM
Jaq said...: OK, I won't waste any more time with you.; 11/19/24, 7:25 PM
tcrosse said...: It's possible that some of Trump's appearance of fat is due to body armor.; 11/19/24, 7:25 PM
Drago said...: I suspect LLR-democratical Rich and adSs (sprezzy or whatever) are feeling a bit irked that incoming border czar Tom Homan has already announced he will be making finding those hundreds of thousands of sex and work trafficked minors the New Soviet Democraticals gleefully allowed into the nation with zero tracking of their whereabouts a primary objective.

If its one thing the groomer enablers do not like, its expending actual resources to located sex and work trafficked minors.

Of course, for tens of thousands of those children, we can already probably guess the gruesome outcome when their location/condition/status is verified.; 11/19/24, 7:31 PM
Jim at said...: Has anyone wondered why DJT is still fat?

Is this the type of stupid shit we're going to have to put up with for the next four years?

For all her faults, at least Inga was smart enough to slink off in silence. Why don't you give it a go?; 11/19/24, 7:36 PM
Iman said...: No, I just wonder why you still bother posting, lol.; 11/19/24, 7:38 PM
Dixcus said...: I'll answer the question, since nobody else will. The reason DJT is overweight is because people are trying to murder him. Nation states have put bounties on his head (Iran, the United States).

Stress has very predictable outcomes on the body; lack of sleep, poor eating habits, relying on food as more than mere nourishment, etc. Trump is said to get 2-4 hours of sleep per night and is frequently Tweeting at 3am.

When you also consider that Trump is forced to eat fast food from public locations to avoid being poisoned by state actors, our own corrupt government, Joe Biden Mafia family assassins, bribe-able employees, then it's quite easy to see how this would wreck his physique.

He does play golf, but that's a lot of sitting riding around in carts, so it's not the kind of cardio that would erase pounds.

The man is literally sacrificing his body for his country.

Hope that answers your question.; 11/19/24, 7:50 PM
Sprezzatura said...: Discus,

My question is why isn't he on a GLP-1? He could be thin if he takes these things. Even if he is forced to eat McDonalds on his private jet because that's the only food he can get that isn't poisoned, according to you. He can still eat less of that with a GLP-1. Why doesn't he do it. Every single person I know that used to be a bit too much, is now mega thin. For sure DJT can get the GLP-1 cheat code, too.; 11/19/24, 7:55 PM
Dixcus said...: Genocide Joe has approved the use of land mines in Ukraine.

And it should be pointed out that he's faced not a single assassination attempt from the left side of the aisle. Which is good. We shouldn't shoot at Presidents, or President-Elects. But it should be noted that it hasn't occurred.; 11/19/24, 7:59 PM
Dixcus said...: GLP-1 has some very nasty side effects and hasn't been widely tested. There is nausea, vomiting, etc. as a side effect, which would mean he cannot use it now. I believe he may have tried it (based on some photos of his earlier weight loss earlier in the year.)

It may also be contra-indicated by other medications Mr. Trump is required to use at his age.; 11/19/24, 8:02 PM
Sprezzatura said...: When you commenters with the "Althouse approved POVs" jabber about how some other commenter fled these threads, how can you not know that Althosue is deleting and banning them here?; 11/19/24, 8:03 PM
Kakistocracy said...: You sound like the kind of person that can’t live within 300 yards of a school or park.; 11/19/24, 8:03 PM
Sprezzatura said...: That makes sense: he's too old. None of the people I know on those drugs are as old as he is. The folks I know that are around eighty years old are not too fat already. Even if those golden years folks had some extra weight when they were younger, they seem to have thinned out as they got near eighty. I guess DJT is just going to be fat, nothing can be done to help him.; 11/19/24, 8:09 PM
Quaestor said...: @Sprezzatura Then why are you still posting here after hurling a baseless accusation at the host? You'd be gone by now if Althouse does what you claim. (I can assure you that I wouldn't tolerate such calumnies for ten seconds if I owned this blog.); 11/19/24, 8:09 PM
Rusty said...: You're here. Does that answer your question.; 11/19/24, 8:10 PM
john mosby said...: Prof, would it be possible to post a GiveSendGo link in one of these cafe threads? I tried emailing you but got no response. Thanks,

JSM; 11/19/24, 8:11 PM
Aggie said...: Maybe Trump's new DOJ head should show up for work in a Tyvek suit towing a woodchipper.....; 11/19/24, 8:12 PM
Drago said...: "....how can you not know that Althosue is deleting and banning them here?"

LOL

Your New Soviet Democratical party pals literally announced their departures!

Thanks for paying attention!..../s off; 11/19/24, 8:22 PM
Sprezzatura said...: I typed that comment after she deleted me in this thread.

Others saw it, you were missed it.

BTW, there is a way more that 50/50 chance she'll sweep this thread again to delete me.

FTR, I do leave stop commenting when she's in the mood to censor me. But, after a while I come back to see if the censorship is removed. I've been doing this for almost twenty years here. Eventually I'm allowed back, until I'm banned again.

This banning and unbanning process seems boring to me, but it makes Althouse happy. She feels some sort of sastisfaction to ban and unban me. So I'm pleased that I give that to her.

Yur welcome!; 11/19/24, 8:22 PM
Christopher B said...: The UK has imported most of its food for years, and largely from Commonwealth and former Commonwealth countries. The EU has huge agricultural subsidies that flow largely to French farmers (and a few others.)
That was one of the reasons the UK resisted joining (along with getting rejected twice by De Gaulle), and only joined after Harold Wilson was able to negotiate special conditions related to the agricultural subsidies. For this reason, and others, the UK was never a good fit in the EU.; 11/19/24, 8:24 PM
Mason G said...: "A lot of (routine) shredding happens because..."

I'm wondering how many leftists would manage to find an innocuous explanation for this very thing should the outgoing president have been Trump and not Biden. I'm thinking the number would be somewhat fewer than one.; 11/19/24, 8:25 PM
Sprezzatura said...: Drago, I know Althouse has kicked of Inga in the past. I just assumed that happened again. But. you are correct that I missed Inga saying that she was self deporting herself from this blog. Keep in mind that Im currently banned here, so obviously I'm missing the jabber in the threads.; 11/19/24, 8:27 PM
Mason G said...: You're doing it wrong. You're not supposed to think of a reasonable explanation when you can think of a silly one instead that will make Trump look bad.; 11/19/24, 8:27 PM
traditionalguy said...: Now that’s a depressing sky.; 11/19/24, 8:58 PM
Dixcus said...: There's good news and bad news on the Morning Joe front. First the good news: Their post-Trump ratings are only down 40% from what they were a few days ago after meeting Literal Hitler at his mountain-top retreat called the Eagle's Nest-A-Lago.

The good news is that Mika hasn't found any more dead female interns under Joe's desk this week.; 11/19/24, 9:43 PM