November 16, 2024

Sunrise — 6:54 and midday — 1:41.

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39 comments:

PJ said...

That sunrise photo is top-10, a high bar and getting higher all the time.

Whiskeybum said...

What’s the over/under on when Inga shows up on these threads again?

(Keep in mind she can skew the odds anytime she want to because she is no doubt skulking in the background)

Democrats Love Waste Fraud Abuse/ Rachel Maddow = Lying Psycho said...

Did you know - seeing cats is good luck. Oh yes.

RCOCEAN II said...

The first one is so bleak, it makes the 2nd one so much better. BTW, does anyone know John Scalzi? The SF writer? What a piece of work he is. The greatest con-artist and self-promoter since PT Barnum. He's left twitter. Too "Rightwing" and now on "Bluesky" where "decent people" can meet and talk without those "nasty" people intruding.

He has 140 thousand followers. Only 4-6 of whom repost his comments. Can we say "fake followers" boys and girls? Anyway, the left always seeks the echo-chamber. Conformity and goose-step. All the while shouting what "Free thinkers" they are. LOL.

MikeD said...

Men in Shorts Scandal!
https://www.tmz.com/2024/11/15/jd-vance-wears-shorts-mar-a-lago-robot-dog/

MikeD said...

On the other hand, most of his SciFi stories have been quite good. I'm so old I don't care about a writer's, or performer's, politics or opinions as long as they produce something I enjoy. Of course, in my dotage, I ignore social media in its' entirety so am not plagued with knowledge of said person's inclination.

Big Mike said...

Oh no! Pete Hegseth has (1) a tattoo that reads “Deus vult,” which is a Latin phrase meaning “God wills it, and (2) a very large tattoo called the Jerusalem Cross. “Deus volt,” admittedly, was a rallying cry for Christian crusaders in the 11th century. But ten centuries later I (an atheist) understand it’s just another Christian-related phrase.

So this was enough for Pete to be flagged as an “insider threat.” Apparently Christians aren’t welcome in the US Army. Is this partly why recruiters cannot meet their goals?

narciso said...

He blocked me on a blog post about katrina that had too much truth

Drago said...
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narciso said...

His starwars takeoff red shirts was pretty good until it became too meta
(Like that late sg 1 episode or the hercules series

tcrosse said...

One wonders if a crescent and an Arabic inscription would be welcome.

narciso said...

Those were pretty amusing

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Leland said...

Rooting for Wisconsin tonight.

narciso said...

That was too stupid a post even for kinzinger

narciso said...

Like that ricochet with that failed senate candidate

William50 said...

In your face Tim Walz!

Watch Tulsi Gabbard in action at the Sig ARC (pistol, rifle, bow) competition

lonejustice said...

This is why people are concerned. In Hinduism, the right-facing symbol (clockwise) (卐) is called swastika, symbolizing surya ('sun'), prosperity and good luck. But it was co-opted by the Nazis, so now it is universally condemned by most people. If someone puts swastika tattoos on their body, and says they did it because they believe in prosperity and good luck, I don't think we would believe them.

RCOCEAN II said...

One can be creep and (certainly a complete jackass when it comes to politics) and still produce stories that give people enjoyment. Or art. Or music. Hemingway was a commie, and made the hero of "For whom the bell tolls" a commie too. But its still a very good novel.

Of course , this is not a leftwing POV or even Hemingway's POV. He would've eaten glass rather than praised a "Rightwing" artist. Scalzi is the same.

Drago said...

LOL!

The NeverTrumpers are pitching their next grift!

LLR-democratical-lonejustice, the most buffoonish of all the LKR-democraticals, is going to love this one!

"NEW: Democrats are launching a private "military-grade intelligence-gathering operation" targeting major figures, including @ElonMusk and more.

"Democrats have a growing belief that their efforts must extend beyond the political sphere, trying to go on offense in a splintered media environment where conservatives have amassed more influence. One new liberal dark-money group began prospecting for donors with a pitch that it would unearth unflattering revelations about the Murdoch family and Elon Musk — both pro-Trump media magnates.

The group, called the Two Plus Two Coalition, plans to 'target the hidden sources of disinformation and expose them for what they are,' according to a donor prospectus being circulated this past week. The group asked donors for a minimum investment of $1 million, and was aiming for an annual budget of $10 million to $15 million.

The group’s senior adviser, Rick Wilson, a former Republican operative who was a co-founder of the Lincoln Project, said in an interview on Thursday that his organization would operate as an opposition research firm but with a military-grade intelligence-gathering operation that went far beyond the document vetting typical of a political campaign."

Gift link: nytimes.com/2024/11/16"

Pay up lefties!

RCOCEAN II said...

One can also be an idiot savant, and write novels people like, but otherwise be a complete clown with a nasty personality. Scalzi and Stephen King prove that.

Drago said...

"This is why people are concerned. "

LOL

So pathetic.

Jamie said...

This is why people are concerned.

[shrug] The Crusades seems like a very long callback.

The Jan Karon Mitford novels refer to "Thy will be done" as "the prayer that never fails." I think anyone would be hard pressed to find Nazi sentiments in those.

Political Junkie said...

Can Wisconsin at home take out #1 Oregon? Go Badgers.

Drago said...

We are just 3 days past MSNBC declaring the NeverTrumpers useless (witness LLR-democraticals Rich and lonejustice) and the NeverTrumpers slapped their latest pitch together with baling wire and duct tape!

Hilarious.

Drago said...

Ooof!

"Lots of articles on how MSNBC's audience has completely collapsed -- disappeared -- once Kamala lost and the got disillusioned, but the full extent is shocking.

Their prime-time shows can't even get 75k people watching in the key demo (18-54). Weekend shows don't even get 30k!"

https://x.com/ggreenwald/status/1857897129076777108?t=ak3Bj5R-n8thlTvOhcOcmg&s=19

Dixcus said...

Busy cutting her hair off, getting fitted for her blue bracelet and ... if history is a guide ... carving an X in her forehead.

Dixcus said...

I guess the FBI isn't KGB enough for the DNC.

Dixcus said...

Is the DNC going to also open up some brothels where new Democrat women can suck their way to the top?

Dixcus said...

They probably stopped watching when a smiling Joe Biden welcomed Hitler to the White House this week to congratulate him on winning America's last election.

pacwest said...

I didn't know that. Nonetheless his Old Man's War series is one of my favorites.

Mason G said...

""Democrats have a growing belief that their efforts must extend beyond the political sphere..."

"Growing belief"? You mean they could get even more obsessed?

pacwest said...

As one grift dries up they move to another.

Original Mike said...

I wonder how much Chuck will cough up.

Drago said...

More on the collapse of LLR-democratical Rich's "heroic" MSNBC "truth-tellers"....

"Jason Calacanis & David Sacks on the Collapse of Legacy Media

"If they lose advertising from Pharma, it's over. Those news networks are going to lose half their revenue overnight ... MSNBC ratings are down like 50% since the election. And what that tells me is that their captive viewer base, who's been tuning in for years to all of this TDS, has now realized that they were deceived by MSNBC and they've lost credibility even with their most fervent supporters."

Full Episode: @theallinpod

@Jason @DavidSacks"

https://x.com/TheChiefNerd/status/1857916877751611507?t=49nfr34Arhn1aSvwnDS1VA&s=19

Original Mike said...

""If they lose advertising from Pharma, it's over. "

Interesting.
Sick em, Bobby!

Disparity of Cult said...

Mo turns her sour mug towards Elon

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Did Elon Musk step in and rescued Alex Jones InfoWars?

JK Brown said...

An October 16th interview of Pete Hegseth by Jack Carr, a spec ops veteran/writer

https://youtu.be/5FD-5dCM-ts