Althouse: Sunrise

November 23, 2024

Sunrise — 7:03.

26 comments:

Leland said...: Oh no, not a loss to Nebraska. Now they are bowl eligible.; 11/23/24, 5:56 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Indiana lost. What a bummer. Ohio state was the superior team. I had hopes until that punter fumbled away the ball. Guess that will teach the center not to hit him in the hands again.

Looking forward to Army v. Notre Dame. Go Army!; 11/23/24, 6:21 PM
Aggie said...: It looks like dawn arrived, and the day was still undecided.; 11/23/24, 6:22 PM
Dixcus said...: Remember everyone, Ray Epps is definitely not a fed. Only J6er to get a profile on 60 Minutes to explain how he's not a Fed. Imagine that. Only guy who got a profile on CBS 60 Minutes - the guys who typed up the fake National Guard memos on Bush - got 15 minutes on 60 Minutes to explain that he's not a Fed.; 11/23/24, 6:38 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: YouTube: Maybe if we were to find out how the trick is done ... it would mean our destruction. (Another Link to text, not video); 11/23/24, 7:30 PM
Narr said...: Every once in a while a book comes along that changes how I view some aspect of the past, and reveals the limits of my understanding of events that I thought I knew well.

Douglas Brunt's "The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel" is such a book, full of insight into the life and genius of a man who was one of the makers of the modern world, but who has virtually been written out of the technological and naval history of the 20th century, which he affected as much as--if not more than--any other inventor.

Brunt's solution to the mystery of Diesel's disappearance in 1913(!) is compelling if ultimately unproven, but the light that is shed on the development of technology that we take for granted is worth the read in itself.; 11/23/24, 7:34 PM
Original Mike said...: Wining. Fearing Trump Compliance Demand – Mexico Quickly Looking for Alternatives to Chinese Parts and Components

"However, it does lend a person to wonder why the Mexicans and Canadians didn’t have to worry about rule enforcement when Joe Biden was in office?"; 11/23/24, 7:35 PM
Kakistocracy said...: Mexico ups deficit forecast as economists warn of slowing growth ~ Financial Times

Being not very bright and corrupt at the same time is expensive.; 11/23/24, 7:50 PM
Dave Begley said...: Nebraska wins the Freedom trophy for the first time.; 11/23/24, 7:57 PM
Dave Begley said...: Nebraska wins the Freedom trophy for the first time.; 11/23/24, 7:57 PM
Dave Begley said...: Good book. And he’s married to Megyn Kelly.; 11/23/24, 7:58 PM
Original Mike said...: ‘Tired Of Everybody Questioning Elections’: Idaho County Draws National Attention With Unique Ballot Transparency Tool

Apparently, this is what's possible in the name of election transparency. We are entirely reasonable to reject big-city assertions that their election machinery is above board until they institute this level of transparency. This election there are questions about the late-night mail-in-ballot dump in Milwaukee giving the Senate seat to Baldwin. Why can't we examine those ballots?; 11/23/24, 7:58 PM
Original Mike said...: That's not a nice thing to say about Mexico.; 11/23/24, 8:00 PM
Mason G said...: "That's not a nice thing to say about Mexico."

To be fair, the same could be said about Joe Biden. Nice or not.; 11/23/24, 8:12 PM
Mason G said...: Being able to examine the ballots is not a bad thing, assuming they were all legitimately cast. Is there any way to be assured they were?; 11/23/24, 8:21 PM
Big Mike said...: I heard a college-related joke tonight. A university employee was caught after stealing $14,000 worth of textbooks. Fortunately, campus police recovered both both of them.; 11/23/24, 8:25 PM
Original Mike said...: I think what needs to be examined are the outside mailers. Are the signatures legit, handwriting unique, addresses unique, ect. Look for evidence of ballot stuffing.; 11/23/24, 8:32 PM
Mason G said...: "I think what needs to be examined..."

I can't find anything to disagree with in all of that. Would there be any legitimate reason for that information to not be made available?; 11/23/24, 8:39 PM
heyboom said...: Ha! Some of you may have heard this one:

Guy goes to Barnes and Noble and asks the clerk, "Do you have the new Trump book on how to deport illegal aliens?"

Clerk responds: "Get the fuck out of here and don't ever come back!"

Guy says, "Yeah, that's the one! Do you have it in paperback?"; 11/23/24, 8:39 PM
Jaq said...: Three of the nation’s largest automakers, Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, are strategizing with other car manufacturers on how to make a delicate request of President-elect Donald J. Trump: Don’t scrap the federal regulations that compel the industry to sell electric vehicles.

The conversation would require diplomatic finesse. Mr. Trump has railed against the E.V. rules, which strictly limit the amount of tailpipe pollution while also ramping up fuel economy standards. They are designed to get carmakers to produce more E.V.s and have been a cornerstone of President Biden’s fight against climate change.

Mr. Trump sees them differently. He has falsely said the rules amount to a Democratic mandate that would prevent Americans from buying the gasoline-powered cars of their choice — a concern of his campaign donors from the oil industry. - New York Times

So wait a minute, something's not right. The automakers and their unions want to keep the EV mandate in place, which limits the number of gasoline powered cars that consumers can buy, but Trump has "falsely" said that this will limit the ability of consumers to buy gasoline powered cars?

Exactly how stupid. does the New York Times think that its readers are, anyway?

This is how Byron York describes the New York Times article:

Big automakers want to ask Trump to keep Biden EV mandates in place. Consumers don't want the cars, but the companies have already sunk so much money in EVs to comply with federal regulations. Now, they don't want to compete with gas cars.

I guess that the only possible reason Trump could be against mandates to build and limit the market for new cars to EVs is because of his "big oil donors" and not his millions upon millions of voters who want him to do exactly that...

Remember, the readers of the New York Times are *smart*, not like everybody says! And we are dumb.

Brian Williams did an interview with Seth Meyers, and he said that the main reason that the Democrats have lost the working class is that people are tired of being gaslighted, like the article above is doing. I agree with Willians, he and I grew up in the same town, a few years apart, a town that was once a Democrat bastion, but that is now Trump country, and we grew up knowing the same people, and they are not fascists, they are not, well, most of them are not racists, and they are not against democracy, they just want a fair shake, and not to be lied to.; 11/23/24, 8:41 PM
heyboom said...: Longtime Husker fan (since the Johnny Rodgers days), having been born in Lincoln. Was disappointed last week losing to USC, especially because most of my extended family are Trojan supporters.; 11/23/24, 8:42 PM
Jaq said...: It's right in the Constitution that the House sets the manner of its own election. Sure, states could make different rules for all of the other offices, but the House should require the same system that we have in Florida.; 11/23/24, 8:44 PM
Aggie said...: Being able to examine each and every ballot is commonly-available technology. Gaining access to this is not always so easy for the common citizen - or even advocacy groups - depending on who is in office, and whether or not they're Democrat, Republican, or RINO. As evidenced by the efforts to understand the election results in 2020.; 11/23/24, 8:49 PM
Aggie said...: I was always taught that an opinion is neither true nor false. So when I see an authoritative source attempt discrediting a speaker by trying to fact-check an opinion, I automatically discredit the authority. That's quite a tab the NYT is running up. Or is it down?; 11/23/24, 8:53 PM
Kakistocracy said...: All products and services, including EVs, need to compete based on consumer demand, not subsidies. Musk proposed many years ago that EV subsidies should be removed and that they should stand on their own two feet. EVs will succeed when they provide the same or better benefits to consumers as traditional vehicles at the same or lower prices. If they don't, then EVs will have to be priced below the cost of traditional vehicles. That is the way the free market works.; 11/23/24, 8:54 PM
Jaq said...: Well, Rich, your hero, Joe Biden, has mandated fuel economy standards which will force the automakers to sell EVs in much larger quantities than consumers are demanding. I actually own an EV, but it's kind of like having a hobby keeping it charged and planning trips.; 11/23/24, 8:58 PM