Althouse: Sunrise

२ फेब्रुवारी, २०२५

Sunrise — 7:20.

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RCOCEAN II म्हणाले...: What do Dragons eat on Chinese New Year?

Answer: FIrecrackers; २/२/२५, ५:५५ PM
RCOCEAN II म्हणाले...: Crows called the police to report a Murder.
Its was a crank caw; २/२/२५, ५:५६ PM
Peachy म्हणाले...: This guy walks into a Barnes and Noble and asks the clerk for Trump's New Book on illegal immigration.
The clerk, visibly enraged, yells - "Get the fuck out of here and never come back!"
The guy says- "yeah, that's the book."; २/२/२५, ६:१० PM
tcrosse म्हणाले...: Althouse has noticed there's a vacancy on the bench.; २/२/२५, ६:१० PM
Kakistocracy म्हणाले...: Here's what Trump's Mexico and Canada tariffs would mean for Wisconsin gas prices ~ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"Canada is America’s second largest trading partner. In 2023, of the $416 billion of imported goods from Canada, $119 billion is oil and gas, and petroleum products and coal. (Total merchandise imports is $3.1 trn.)"
From the Milwaukee Sentinel Journal

"The 25% tariffs could increase the price of Canadian crude oil from about $63 per barrel to $80, according to De Haan. The refineries that serve Wisconsin rely primarily on Canadian crude oil, so within a few days of the tariffs kicking in, prices at the pump could rise between 20 and 50 cents a gallon."; २/२/२५, ६:१५ PM
Drago म्हणाले...: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinal!

LOL

Wow. Read the room and try to catch up!; २/२/२५, ६:१९ PM
Kakistocracy म्हणाले...: Don't look at your 401(K) tomorrow or your children's 529....; २/२/२५, ६:४६ PM
Political Junkie म्हणाले...: I don't think either Thomas or Alito will resign during the next 2 years, but if they did, DJT would get confirmed a just as conservative person who is 25 to 30 years younger. We shall see. I would like a conservative Asian female who kicks ass.; २/२/२५, ६:४७ PM
BudBrown म्हणाले...: That looks kinda tropical. Could be renamed Gulf of Mexico. Needs sea oats.; २/२/२५, ६:४८ PM
RCOCEAN II म्हणाले...: ha.; २/२/२५, ७:१० PM
RCOCEAN II म्हणाले...: When the smog lifts,
UCLA; २/२/२५, ७:१४ PM
Jaq म्हणाले...: I wish I had a big wad of cash to buy the dip. But I suggest you just sell everything, put it into cash, and wait for a buying opportunity.; २/२/२५, ७:१६ PM
narciso म्हणाले...: ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.; २/२/२५, ७:२० PM
narciso म्हणाले...: https://open.substack.com/pub/elizabethnickson/p/canada-is-a-failed-state-and-mark?; २/२/२५, ७:२० PM
Inga म्हणाले...: Trump says the trade war “pain” Americans will feel will be “worth the price”. Oh…ok, that’s so reassuring. Don’t worry, be happy.; २/२/२५, ७:३० PM
narciso म्हणाले...: https://x.com/JackPosobiec/status/1886195437834551674; २/२/२५, ७:३१ PM
Quayle म्हणाले...: Saw a headline today that the new head of the DNC said something to the effect that they are done messing around with TRUMP, and they are going to take to gloves off. Was the funniest thing I read all month.; २/२/२५, ७:३३ PM
DINKY DAU 45 म्हणाले...: DEI rampant in the house tonight GRAMMYS. Repubs won't be able to handle all that but you can read about it on truth social when the orange guy disses it and calls some names MERIKA!; २/२/२५, ७:४१ PM
Original Mike म्हणाले...: That is hilarious.; २/२/२५, ७:४५ PM
Enigma म्हणाले...: As Trump also turns on Alaskan and US offshore drilling...a short term spike perhaps...; २/२/२५, ७:४६ PM
Quayle म्हणाले...: I’m not a Repub, but I handled it just fine. I didn’t watch and couldn’t care less. And I say that as a music lover.; २/२/२५, ७:४९ PM
Enigma म्हणाले...: We were all taught to diversify our investments. I fully dodged the ESG fad, did you? I will personally be ecstatic if the Magnificent 7 valuations return to Earth. The longer that bubble lasts the more pain it will cause.; २/२/२५, ७:५० PM
Enigma म्हणाले...: I am personally super duper happy about Biden's food and fuel and housing inflation over the last four years. I also love that drug stores have to lock up half their items, and that crime and high labor costs destroyed many businesses in blue areas too. Per your comments about Trump we surely agree. I'm a masochist who enjoys pain.

"Four more years? Yes, Sir! Where is that whip?"; २/२/२५, ७:५४ PM
Enigma म्हणाले...: The Grannies faded from relevance many decades ago. Never mind the unintended humor of the Jethro Tull best Rock/Metal album.; २/२/२५, ७:५६ PM
Eva Marie म्हणाले...: Another Trump win: Following his meeting with the Panamanians, the country’s president announced that it will not be renewing its deal with China’s Belt and Road; २/२/२५, ८:०० PM
wildswan म्हणाले...: Just Sayin'
When I first heard of Trump (2016) I thought he was a political a oddball. But then my sister started talking about him, how great he was, and her husband - the same. I did some reading, watched some rallies. Trump was the only person who seemed to realize that we had sold our manufacturing capacity to China.
The attacks on him Increase. But ... America has been sold. Something must be done. But ... Trump supports Planned Parenthood. But ... he says he'll appoint prolife Justices. Oh, yeah, sure. But... Clinton?
I read an article that says this is the Flight 93 election. Yes, that's it. Now I support Trump. If we save America, maybe we can get abortion overturned. If we lose America, we lose America plus the Chinese are totally pro-abortion and even have a eugenics law - we lose it all. I'm for Trump. Instantly everyone thinks I'm a nutcase. Trump wins. I will never forget sitting there at 3 in the morning and realizing he won.
Nor will I forget realizing that there were those who intended to deny his legitimacy.
Nor will I forget the way events seemed to jerk forward as Trump acted. I kept thinking of the Iditarod and of some Jack London story I read about sleighs and huskies and a great race through the snow and dark under brilliant stars. By that I mean, it was hard to keep up with new events and new interpretations of events; it was as hard I imagined the Iditarod would be.
Yes, and I tossed things overboard just as they did in the Jack London story, in order to keep going. Belief in the media; belief in Anerican liberalism. Was that easy? I'm a girl of the suburbs - pretty much the exact same suburbs as Maureen Dowd; pretty much the exact same type of school as Christine Blasey Ford and Mark Judge. I used to admire Peggy Noonan and Christianne Amanpour. But ... we'd sold our manufacturing to China and our elites seemed to have been in the package, though they didn't think so. Flight 93. There was just one chance, I thought to myself. Support Trump.
And, by God - BLAM - Roe v Wade was gone.
I could go on but I'm not telling a story; I'm trying to make a point.
Here's what I'm getting at. I (and many others, evidently) had a lot time to make up my mind (our minds) about Trump. At least relatively speaking, we had a lot of time; at least we had a lot of time compared to the people who realized nothing until the election of 2024 and still don't know why it happened the way it did.
And Trump is charging forward again. Another Iditarod. I'm with him all the way. It's our only chance and he's learned! Oh, how brilliantly he's learned.

But I know why some are lying in the snow, so to speak, gasping for breath and fearing, as they find themselves in a dark, cold race under the cold stars. They haven't had all the time I had to think things through. Or, anyhow, they didn't think back then and now they have to and they have to do it fast. However it all makes them feel, the meaning of the events going on around us is not "all is lost"; the meaning is: "we still have chance." It's as if it is October 6th, 2023 in Israel and the intelligence reports have been interpreted correctly and the Israeli forces are moving down to confront a great danger. They face a great war but the worst, the reality of October 7, 2023 in Israel, does not happen and is unimaginable. Similarly, the worst, the hell that could have happened to us in America, will always be unimaginable. What's going on is salvation. Try to catch up. It's tough. No surprise in that.; २/२/२५, ८:०४ PM
Mason G म्हणाले...: Yikes! If it's even just a fraction as bad as he's saying...; २/२/२५, ८:०४ PM
Wince म्हणाले...: The energy tariffs are 10%, not 25%.; २/२/२५, ८:१८ PM
FullMoon म्हणाले...: Grannies very low key and moderate this year. Best ever.; २/२/२५, ८:२६ PM
FullMoon म्हणाले...: No wet ass pussy, no siree.; २/२/२५, ८:२७ PM
Eva Marie म्हणाले...: “Grannies very low key and moderate this year. Best ever.”
It’s nice that you like older women, Fullmoon.; २/२/२५, ८:४५ PM
Narr म्हणाले...: Grammys. How quaint.; २/२/२५, ८:४९ PM
Lem Vibe Bandit म्हणाले...: Via Reddit: TikToker tries to "show love" to homeless person for content and it threaten to go sideways.; २/२/२५, ९:०४ PM
Lem Vibe Bandit म्हणाले...: ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.; २/२/२५, ९:०४ PM
David53 म्हणाले...: Interesting - Wiki doesn't list Panama as a part of the Belt and Road Initiative but the President of Panama acknowledged it and pledged not continue down that path.; २/२/२५, ९:०६ PM
Lem Vibe Bandit म्हणाले...: Wall Street Journal: Biden Commutations Angered His Own Justice Department.; २/२/२५, ९:०६ PM
Jimmy म्हणाले...: If it is that bad, then folding them into America isn't that far fetched. Trump seems to be the only Western leader who gets what is going on.; २/२/२५, ९:०९ PM
Jimmy म्हणाले...: yeah Inga, makes sense. Biden blew smoke up your ass for 4 years, telling you inflation wasn't real, gas was actually affordable, and things were great in foreign policy.
Don't recall you raving about the great economy, or maybe you were in awe of all the charging stations, and broadband we got for 45 billion. the answer is zero.
or was it the safe border we enjoyed?? hard to keep up with you idiots who get on your knee for biden and rachel maddow, clapping like seals when they tell you how good things are. LOL
The leftists on this blog are so predictable, and always, always wrong. about everything. and they can't admit that Trump is usually right, about everything.; २/२/२५, ९:१५ PM
Jimmy म्हणाले...: Does anyone seriously think Biden knew what he was signing?; २/२/२५, ९:१७ PM
Jersey Fled म्हणाले...: Donald Trump now has 100 million followers on X.; २/२/२५, ९:१७ PM
NorthOfTheOneOhOne म्हणाले...: Grannies very low key and moderate this year. Best ever.

Not quite. Kanye West and naked Bianca Censori asked to leave Grammy Awards; २/२/२५, ९:३० PM
NorthOfTheOneOhOne म्हणाले...: ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.; २/२/२५, ९:३४ PM
NorthOfTheOneOhOne म्हणाले...: Anti-ICE demonstrators shutdown LA freeway protest deportations while waving Mexican flags

2025 the year if teh stoopid.; २/२/२५, ९:३५ PM
NKP म्हणाले...: $80 oil is fine. Tommy said so on "Landman". Relax.; २/२/२५, ९:३७ PM
NKP म्हणाले...: A conservative female on the court would be a first.; २/२/२५, ९:४१ PM
Ralph L म्हणाले...: From the previous cafe: "No equipment to treat the roads."

NC used to do even less last century when it got more snow. In the 80s on I-85, coming from Virginia, plowing stopped at the state line.; २/२/२५, ९:५१ PM
Iman म्हणाले...: Gee… I wonder why the Left is panicking…

“Democratic states and their economies depend much more on Washington largesse than Republican states do. This year, New York received roughly $4,900 per capita from the feds and California $4,300—two to three times as much as Florida ($1,700) and Texas ($1,500). That’s because Democratic states provide more generous social welfare, which is increasingly funded by Washington thanks to regulatory changes by the Biden administration.

Democratic states also received a disproportionate share of the more than $1 trillion that Congress sent to state and local governments in 2020 and 2021 as pandemic relief. Between 2018 and 2022, federal dollars flowing to state and local governments increased by about $515 billion, more than the rise in Social Security and Medicare combined.

Most Covid funds are running out, though the Biden Federal Emergency Management Agency planned to hand out disaster-relief funds to states and cities for pandemic “emergency” spending through August 2026. This year’s Los Angeles city budget includes $208.2 million in FEMA Covid funds, including for housing vagrants in hotels. New York state’s budget this year includes nearly $3.5 billion in FEMA dollars for Covid “emergency protective measures” such as home test kits.

After blowing through federal pandemic largesse, states and localities are tapping FEMA to backfill their budgets. Congress, in turn, keeps backfilling FEMA. Rinse and repeat.

The Government Accountability Office last summer projected that the Covid “disaster” will be the most expensive in FEMA history. President Trump is right to call for shifting more FEMA responsibilities to states. Federal spending on disaster relief creates a moral hazard by reducing the incentive for states to invest in disaster preparation and mitigation.

The same goes for social welfare. States have less incentive to help lift people out of poverty since they receive more federal dollars if people stay poor. When you’re spending someone else’s cash, there’s hardly an incentive to spend it prudently. Medicaid, states’ biggest source of federal dollars, encourages inefficient spending.

States receive $1 to $3 from Washington for every dollar they spend on Medicaid—and $9 for lower-income able-bodied individuals covered under the ObamaCare expansion. Democratic states provide more-expansive benefits and easier eligibility to wring more money out of Washington. Some 36% of Californians are covered by Medicaid, compared with 19% of Floridians and 15% of Texans. The federal share of the Golden State’s Medicaid spending—nearly $120 billion—is more than Florida’s entire budget.

America’s welfare queen is New York. Federal dollars make up roughly 40% of the state’s budget.”

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democratic-states-are-wards-of-washington-federal-spending-dollars-states-cities-92ace121?mod=WTRN_pos1&cx_testId=3&cx_testVariant=cx_171&cx_artPos=0; २/२/२५, १०:१७ PM
Jim at म्हणाले...: That's President Trump to you.
Say it.; २/२/२५, १०:३३ PM
Jim at म्हणाले...: DEI rampant in the house tonight GRAMMYS.

The Grammys can do whatever they want. Keep it out of my government.
Why is that so difficult for you to understand?; २/२/२५, १०:३५ PM
Eva Marie म्हणाले...: @wildswan: very well put; २/२/२५, १०:५३ PM
Caroline म्हणाले...: NKp umm Amy coney Barrett?.; २/२/२५, १०:५४ PM
Caroline म्हणाले...: NKp umm Amy coney Barrett?.; २/२/२५, १०:५४ PM
Original Mike म्हणाले...: "I fully dodged the ESG fad, did you?"

Rich is long on Germany.; २/२/२५, ११:०० PM
Disparity of Cult म्हणाले...: The Ballad of Igna Dullard

The morning sun touched dimly on
The eyes of Igna Dullard
In a red Wisconsin county
In a red Wisconson town
Pissed off once again about Gitmo
And all the lost chances with Ritmo
'Til the world turned to Orange ;)
And the room went spinning round...; ३/२/२५, १२:०८ AM
Drago म्हणाले...: P-Inga is very very upset that border crossings of her pet MS13 heroes l/cartel members and child traffickers is already down 93% since Trump became President...

...worse, P-Inga has not yet been given another New Soviet Democratical impeach-the-President-cult-hoax to run with so she just sits around moping and coping.; ३/२/२५, १:०७ AM