Althouse: A gently fogged up sunrise.

April 11, 2026

A gently fogged up sunrise.

Write about whatever you like in the comments.

82 comments:

ALP said...: Photos remind me of Richard Whadcock paintings.; 4/11/26, 6:09 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Oh my. Rothko is back baby!; 4/11/26, 6:09 PM
john mosby said...: If youre gonna get fogged up, might as well get gently fogged up! CC, JSM; 4/11/26, 6:37 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: YouTube:
The Moment Your Consciousness Wakes Up

We see faces in mud.

It's all brain science you see. Face Pareidolia and sister Auditory Pareidolia.; 4/11/26, 6:43 PM
Eva Marie said...: These are lovely.; 4/11/26, 6:43 PM
Mr. T. said...: Why what is this? Leftwing smear merchant and the Washington Compost guilty of child pornography chargev

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/04/10/legro-journalist-guilty-child-pornography/

The Post has turned off all the comments for some reason..
(Just like when KKKak/Richsockpuppet/paidActbluetrollaccount shouts "squirrell!" whenever another democrat is exposed)
Pedophilia and grooming is endemic to the left. For decades the teacher unions have defended child molesters. Leftwing media harbours them here at the Post, the leftist grift Lincoln Pedophile Project Academia is full of them as exposed by the Epstein revelations. Clintons, Obamas, Pritzkers-all Epstein private plane bros. Anthony Weiner, Brett Blomme, Adam Westbrook...

Now we have added credbily accused rapists like Eric Swalwell .

Wow, the groomers and rapists haven't had such abbad week here since Mark and Pedo Fredo threw an absolute fit over Skrmetti v US not letting the groomer grifters live their mutilate minors fetish.; 4/11/26, 7:48 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: Never thought I’d see the day where the President of the United States wants to blow up NATO while his VP is actively stumping for a Russian supported dictator.; 4/11/26, 8:13 PM
narciso said...: They project what they actively do; 4/11/26, 8:14 PM
Eva Marie said...: From the WaPo article on LeGro:
“LeGro was part of a Post team that won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 2018 for coverage of the Senate candidacy of Roy Moore of Alabama.”
In November 2017, just weeks before the election, The Washington Post and other outlets published allegations from multiple women accusing Moore of sexual misconduct dating back to the 1970s–1980s, when he was in his 30s as an assistant district attorney.
Moore denied the assault allegations, called them a “political attack,” and said he may have dated younger women but nothing inappropriate. RINOs ran away from him. Trump endorsed him.
Election Night Shock:
In deeply red Alabama (Trump won it by 28 points in 2016), Doug Jones, Democrat, pulled off a stunning upset.; 4/11/26, 8:16 PM
Iman said...: I never thought I’d see the day when the Leftwing Socialist Democrats would throw in with America’s enemies and aggressively agitate in support of America’s enemies and think they’ll get away with it.

Seditious and traitorous smegma in half-human form.; 4/11/26, 8:25 PM
narciso said...: The one that let eric rudolph off the hook to bomb othet targets; 4/11/26, 8:25 PM
Achilles said...: The best thing we can all hope for now is that life doesn't seem to change that much. It wont take long for things to go batshit wrong.

On the bright side I made a wonderful peanut powder cocunut butter peanut filling for my caffeinated chocolate bars and my agent engine tool driver passed its first smoke test tool turns.

Unfortunately the ghost reaper bot killed the "agent" because it doesn't have a PID. It saw a registered agent with no process and killed it.

The agents are very good and very fast at writing code, but they also fuck up simple merge requests sometimes.

Now there is an HTTP timeout. But the single turn looked great.; 4/11/26, 8:34 PM
Achilles said...: Little Excursion™️ said...

Never thought I’d see the day where the President of the United States wants to blow up NATO while his VP is actively stumping for a Russian supported dictator.

Move to England or France please.

You are a piece of shit that does not belong in the US. You belong in France with other pieces of shit like you.; 4/11/26, 8:36 PM
Jersey Fled said...: Hybrids need oil changes two or three times per year.

Tag: Things I Didn’t Know

The gasoline engine on a hybrid experiences frequent starts as it cycles with the electric motors. Starting puts the heaviest wear on an engine. And since the gasoline engine typically doesn’t run for long, it does not get hot enough to evaporate water and other contaminates from the oil, which causes the oil to turn to sludge. Hence the need for frequent oil changes.

Bet they didn’t tell you that when you bought your Hybrid. Especially if you bought a used one.; 4/11/26, 8:51 PM
Narr said...: NATO was designed to keep the Germans down, the Russians out, and the Americans in.

Today, the Germans are down and headed out and the Russians are out and headed down.

A good time to reassess why Americans are still in.; 4/11/26, 8:55 PM
Eva Marie said...: While reading the comments on the Melania Trump First Lady post, I was struck by how deeply emotional they were.
I began to imagine the entire thread as a theater piece - an opera performed on a bare stage, each commenter standing on a box. The usernames and thumbnails lent themselves beautifully to dramatic costuming. I asked Grok to strip away the political and social content, leaving only the raw emotion. Grok crafted a libretto for my imaginary opera and suggested the title Boxes - a choice with just the right symbolic resonance.
My next thought was to commission Andrew Lloyd Webber (though Grok favored Claude‑Michel Schönberg) to compose the score. That’s where my grand vision ran into a roadblock. Grok reminded me that I’d need releases from every participant. Given that my own emotional outpourings have alienated at least half the commenters, the opera, sadly, will have to remain only in my imagination - and Grok’s neural networks.
Still, if you read those comments, you can almost hear the music. (And yes, Grok assured me my idea was brilliant.); 4/11/26, 9:07 PM
Iman said...: “Jesús Enrique Rosas - The Body Language Guy
@Knesix
I honestly thought this map was made up.

Hundreds of supertankers, the kind that carry two million barrels each, are currently racing toward the US Gulf Coast from every direction. Atlantic, Indian Ocean, around Africa, the scenic route, the "we were heading to Saudi Arabia but NVM" route.

Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz and everyone panicked. Oil hit $126 a barrel. Gas hit $4 a gallon. Cable news did the thing where they put a red banner on screen and say "CRISIS" in a font that suggests you should be hoarding toilet paper.

And then something happened that nobody in media seems interested in reporting, for obvious reasons. The world just... switched suppliers? Like changing your internet provider except the internet provider is the entire effing global energy economy.

American oil exports are approaching record levels. Gulf Coast refineries are running at 95% capacity. Supertankers that were mid-ocean on their way to the Persian Gulf literally turned around and headed to Texas. That's not a metaphor. Ship tracking data shows them doing U-turns in the Indian Ocean.

Meanwhile China, which was getting 45% of its oil imports through Hormuz and paying basement prices for sanctioned Iranian crude, is now competing with Japan and Europe for the same expensive American barrels. Chinese manufacturers are already raising prices 20% on goods headed to the US.

So to summarize: Iran played its biggest card and the main result is that the United States became the world's emergency gas station and China's cheap energy subsidy evaporated.

This is either the most elaborate coincidence in the history of geopolitics... or someone planned the sequence Venezuela -> Iran -> profits!

I'll let you figure out which one…”

https://x.com/Knesix/status/2043100554725929406?s=20; 4/11/26, 9:12 PM
Iman said...: ☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️; 4/11/26, 9:38 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: Orban and his cronies stole the country’s economic future. They could have been a Poland or Estonia. Instead, Orban has bankrupted Hungary. At a time when low interest rates and strong German industry could have boosted the long-term future of Hungary.

I have my doubts whether Vance's presence on a campaign stop with Orban is really beneficial. Interesting that Vance didn't encourage Hungarian support for the war in Iran...

Anyway, if the election goes as polling suggests and Orban is defeated, it could potentially prove to be the canary in the coal mine for far-right authoritarian regimes in the West. Trump and his toadies look destined for a thrashing in November.

It's also interesting how Trump and his crowd support Orban, who in turn supports Putin, who supports Iran and Maduro and Cuba and China. Apparently this isn't problematic for them or they, for some reason, choose to ignore it.; 4/11/26, 9:49 PM
Original Mike said...: "strong German industry"

{picks jaw off floor}; 4/11/26, 9:51 PM
Big Mike said...: (And yes, Grok assured me my idea was brilliant.)

Grok is programmed to set the hook and reel people in.; 4/11/26, 10:05 PM
Achilles said...: Little Excursion™️ said...

It's also interesting how Trump and his crowd support Orban, who in turn supports Putin, who supports Iran and Maduro and Cuba and China. Apparently this isn't problematic for them or they, for some reason, choose to ignore it.

You are such a retard. Nobody cares about your stupidity anymore chuck. You and your little globalist gimps are locked in the basement now.

The United States runs the show now. Your little European cuk friends in France and England and Germany just got embarrassed in every possible way.; 4/11/26, 10:52 PM
Mason G said...: "Your little European cuk friends in France and England and Germany just got embarrassed in every possible way."

I wouldn't be surprised if there are still ways that have yet to become apparent.; 4/11/26, 11:04 PM
TickTock1948 said...: The power of walking away! I was terrified that of the concessions that might have been made. Victory means the other side loses the will to fight. Let's make that happen.; 4/11/26, 11:11 PM
TickTock1948 said...: My grandchildren should never have to worry about an Iran with nuclear weapons.; 4/11/26, 11:15 PM
Gospace said...: Jersey Fled said...
Hybrids need oil changes two or three times per year.

Tag: Things I Didn’t Know

I knew that. Also a reason to use full synthetic oil in the engines.

Mobil 1 was first marketed in 1974. Bought my first car in 1974- a Doge Colt, 4 on the floor, with two gear ranges... I've been using full synthetics in all my cars since 1974.

Currently have 3 hybrids, two 2019 Ioniqs, one 2025 Toyota Sienna. Why 2 Ioniqs? Credit union preapproved a $50,000 loan. I called and asked if i could buy two less expensive vehicles. They said yes. Not going to get rid of the Ioniqs. Lithium gel batteries, they were the first vehicle with them. Lifetime warranty to the original purchaser. Apparently lithium gel batteries are no longer used in vehicles. One has 150,000+ miles, the other approaching 100,000. Why the third car? Had the cash- lots of overtime my last year of work getting ready to retire, and my wife wanted something that could hold us and 5 grandchildren. Headed to FL next week where we'll be driving them around.

You should be using synthetic oil in ANYTHING you have that required oil. ANYTHING. Lawn mowers, tractors, generators, anything.; 4/11/26, 11:24 PM
Jupiter said...: I am thinking about this situation. If I believed in God, and valued His opinion, I might be able to convince myself that this organism is a part of His plan, and contributes to its glory. Every pair of eyes is a witness to the perfection of God's Creation.

But I don't. As far as I'm concerned, that video demonstrates the essential correctness of eugenics. That thing is some useful carbon and nitrogen that has been taken over by bad DNA. It should be disassembled. There is simply no reason at all to allow that thing to continue to walk about, let alone reason to concern oneself with its "welfare", or any supposed "rights" it could be imagined to possess. It is a bad thing, and it should be put down.

There is, of course, the question of disposal. The Democrat whiners will naturally suppose that we should squander a fortune on "proper burial", but I'm for recycling those atoms as cheaply as possible. Put it where buzzards can take it apart, and let the smaller critters do the rest. By the time the microbes are working on it, the mistake of its existence will be corrected, to the extent possible. The poor woman the disgusting thing killed will still be dead, but at least it won't be killing more valuable people.; 4/11/26, 11:27 PM
Jupiter said...: We just spent about a trillion dollars killing some Iranians who, I am prepared to at least consider, may have needed killing. Couldn't we tie that execrable genetic failure to the next Tomahawk on the launcher? How is he any less of a danger to the American public than Axqashan Whabababi, or whoever we are atomizing this evening? You can apparently negotiate with AW, but that Haitian piece of genetic debris is not something you can reason with. A thing like that, you either kill it, straight up, or you have to spend the rest of its misbegotten life trying to keep it under control. And likely failing. Which is not a concern if you are a useless, overpaid, self-regarding bureaucrat in a black robe, but can really be a problem if you are an honest woman trying to earn a living by performing useful services for your neighbors.; 4/11/26, 11:40 PM
loudogblog said...: I can't see the word, fogging, without thinking, "Those fogging iceholes!"; 4/11/26, 11:43 PM
gadfly said...: Iman:
Meanwhile, China, which was getting 45% of its oil imports through Hormuz and paying basement prices for sanctioned Iranian crude, is now competing with Japan and Europe for the same expensive American barrels.

There is only one price for crude oil in the world, and yes, the shutdown of oil through Hormuz is causing China to renew purchase contracts with the US and to increase purchases from Russia and Australia. At the same time, the sale of gasoline from China to Korea and Japan has been cut. But oil to China requires a long time lag around the tip of Africa. A shipload a day is not a very large contract with the US. I am sure that South American and Mexican crude is heading to Asia as well.; 4/12/26, 12:44 AM
Achilles said...: gadfly said...

Iman:
Meanwhile, China, which was getting 45% of its oil imports through Hormuz and paying basement prices for sanctioned Iranian crude, is now competing with Japan and Europe for the same expensive American barrels.

There is only one price for crude oil in the world, and yes, the shutdown of oil through Hormuz is causing China to renew purchase contracts with the US and to increase purchases from Russia and Australia. At the same time, the sale of gasoline from China to Korea and Japan has been cut. But oil to China requires a long time lag around the tip of Africa. A shipload a day is not a very large contract with the US. I am sure that South American and Mexican crude is heading to Asia as well.

It is so awesome to watch you traitors cry as your globalist masters lose their global structural advantage.

Your tears are mana.; 4/12/26, 12:54 AM
Original Mike said...: It's getting to the point I don't believe any women.; 4/12/26, 1:43 AM
Original Mike said...: Rubio Strips Green Card of ‘Screaming Mary’s’ Son

“Masoumeh Ebtekar – also known as ‘Screaming Mary’ – was the spokeswoman for the Islamic terrorists who stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979.”

"In 2014, the Obama Administration granted visas to her son and his family to enter the United States. In June 2016, the Obama Administration gave them lawful permanent resident status via the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program."

The more you hate us, the more we want you. What in the hell is wrong with us?; 4/12/26, 1:48 AM
Eva Marie said...: gadfly, nice try. But the sex scandals are just starting for the Democrats. Fix your Democrat Party.; 4/12/26, 2:13 AM
Original Mike said...: "Tasnim News Agency, a semiofficial Iranian news agency, also claimed on Saturday “that there is currently no traffic in the Strait of Hormuz” and that Tehran had refused “permission” to an American destroyer that sought to traverse the strait."

Destroyers don't need permission. That's why you build them.; 4/12/26, 2:57 AM
Saint Croix said...: US and Iran Fail to Agree on Peace Deal

21 hours of peace talks

failed to produce an agreement

"They have chosen not to accept our terms."; 4/12/26, 3:21 AM
Saint Croix said...: more info at Reuters

Iran seeks Lebanon ceasefire, reparations, control of Hormuz
US wants Iran to commit to not developing nuclear weapons

According to Iran media...

Agreement on many issues, differences on Hormuz, nuclear program

Vance: "The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement, and I think that's bad news for Iran much more than it's bad news for the United States of America."; 4/12/26, 3:25 AM
Saint Croix said...: "We need to see an affirmative commitment that they will not seek a nuclear weapon and they will not seek the tools that would enable them ⁠to quickly achieve a nuclear weapon. That is the core goal of the president of the United States, and that's what we've tried to achieve through these negotiations."; 4/12/26, 3:27 AM
Original Mike said...: "They have chosen not to accept our terms."

Hey, he tried.; 4/12/26, 3:36 AM
Original Mike said...: "Iran seeks Lebanon ceasefire, reparations, control of Hormuz"

Delusional. Why would we agree to any of that?; 4/12/26, 3:39 AM
Original Mike said...: Seems to me Iran has grossly overvalued their cards. While I don't accept the construction that Trump started this war, he did start this battle. The goal is to defang Iran as a terrorist state.

So after getting the shit beat out of them for a month, Iran says not only will we not stop waging war on you, but we demand reparations and control of the Strait of Hormuz. They can't seriously think Trump would say, 'yep, ok. Just make us stop!'

I imagine they thought they could get a long, drawn out 'negotiation' like they've always gotten in the past. But Trump's not a talker. Nor is he in a position of weakness.; 4/12/26, 3:58 AM
Ann Althouse said...: @gadfly You got deleted because you put in extra spaces, not for content. Feel free to repost with a normal format.; 4/12/26, 5:25 AM
Ann Althouse said...: It's fine to have one extra space for a paragraph break, but don't put in multiple spaces. Why would you do that? Either it's just carelessness and you're publishing without looking at what you've got in the compose window or you're choosing to attract attention to your comment by making it look different from the other comments. The overall look of the blog is something that belongs to me. If you try to take it from me, I will use my power to take it back.; 4/12/26, 5:30 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Feminists or not, the same people who call Melania a whore don’t believe it. How do I know? Because they celebrate real whores, constantly take overt and covert actions to celebrate “sex work” even expose children to it as an option. They love whores! Hollywood is almost 100% whores yet those skanks are the most vocal on X slagging the First Lady.

Maybe Freder does believe it. Commies are stupid enough to believe anything. Hell, they believe in the the commie fairy that will someday make it all work.; 4/12/26, 6:13 AM
Mark said...: "Seems to me Iran has grossly overvalued their cards."

I dunno, they're holding a Straight.; 4/12/26, 6:16 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: LOL there are at least two official prices for a barrel of oil and then there are gray market prices. Look it up and be less ignorant. I’d start with searching the term Brent Crude Oil.; 4/12/26, 6:25 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Poor low info Mark, toddling into a conversation with no idea that the Iranians said “we don’t know where the mines we laid were and can’t remove them.” They are not so much holding the Strait as unable to demine it. It’s an admission of weakness not strength.; 4/12/26, 6:28 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Fear not, the Royal Navy will dispatch mine sweepers in a jiffy.; 4/12/26, 6:36 AM
Mark said...: Mike, at least I wasn't so low info as to think this war would be over in days as you guys insisted.; 4/12/26, 6:44 AM
Humperdink said...: @Mike (MJB Wolf): True. Every morning the business channels reports two prices: Brent crude and WTI ( West Texas Intermediate). How could someone miss that unless they are willfully ignorant.; 4/12/26, 6:44 AM
Leland said...: Actually, Begley said weeks (how could anyone confuse it for days?) and well… He was off by about one or two. It was Kak and DDD calling it a forever war.; 4/12/26, 7:01 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: As per your habit, Mark, you resort to a lie to distract from your own words. I never said “days” nor made any timing predictions. Not about this war. At least it isn’t as purposefully defamatory like your documented claim that i called for violence.

But it is a disturbing habit you have. You should check yourself.; 4/12/26, 7:09 AM
Humperdink said...: Renewed my PA vehicle registration this past weekend and noticed there was a note about EV’s (I don’t own one). EV’s and hybrid owners will be charged an RUC, a Road Usage Charge. In 2025 the charge was $200, 2026 the charge is $250, a mere 25% increase. The best part? The note said the charge will go up every year.; 4/12/26, 7:11 AM
planetgeo said...: Iran is in no position to make demands in the negotiations. The only thing they have left is being annoying and occasionally destructive punks. Well, pretty much like Democrats these days.

The solution, in my view, isn't to bomb their civilian infrastructure into an earlier millennium and hurt their general population, but to lay siege to them. Restrict their access to any significant weapons and weapon production. Severely diminish their economy. Let Mossad take care of the leadership of the IRGC. And let the people, over time, take care of the rest. How long will that take? I don't know. Nobody does. But it's a lot better than the last 47 years.; 4/12/26, 7:11 AM
Rustygrommet said...: Mark said...
"Mike, at least I wasn't so low info as to think this war would be over in days as you guys insisted."

Who said days? I remember Dave said it would be over in a month. I give it two months. Except for the propaganda wing of the Iranian military the ability of Iran to extend power is over.
You know, mark you should be the last person to point fingers given your prediction track record.; 4/12/26, 7:11 AM
Leland said...: There is actually more than 2 prices for oil. Along the Texas Gulf Coast, prices are below $90/bbl.; 4/12/26, 7:13 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: "They have chosen not to accept our terms."

We begin bombing in five minutes.; 4/12/26, 7:15 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Something i did comment on is Chinese weapons and am reading Rod Martin’s article, “Chinese Weapons Failed in Venezuela and Iran. Now Beijing Faces the Consequences” (RodMartin.org). There are a lot of geopolitical changes happening far more important and longer lasting than the Hormuz issue. Hormuz will be a largely inconsequential waterway once new Saudi pipelines go through to the Mediterranean.; 4/12/26, 7:18 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Planetgeo, yes. And I believe the consensus now is that Trump’s civilization ending threat was accepted in Iran as sweeping away the islamicist colonizers and returning the native Persians to power.; 4/12/26, 7:21 AM
narciso said...: https://x.com/maxabrahms/status/2042914864134279392?s=46; 4/12/26, 7:24 AM
narciso said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 4/12/26, 7:29 AM
Eva Marie said...: Is it domestic politics or has the Democrat Party been hollowed out snd is now a tool in the hands of our enemies - mainly China.; 4/12/26, 7:31 AM
Bob Boyd said...: According to Grok, US intelligence estimates are that Iran laid about a dozen mines, maybe less, back in late February/early March using small boats.
Some of the mines are thought to be buoyant mines tethered to an anchor and triggered by the acoustic signal of a ship passing over. Others may be magnetic limpet mines which lay on the seabed until a hull passes over them.
Some of the mines can be set to allow x number of ships (up to 99) to pass over them before they'll activate.
According to Grok, the mines can remain functional for up to a year.
A dozen isn't very many, but it only takes one to ruin your day.; 4/12/26, 7:31 AM
narciso said...: Into the strike zone the first time they lost ferdow then the ayatollah and forty of their top commanders most of their navy; 4/12/26, 7:34 AM
narciso said...: Yes Eva; 4/12/26, 7:34 AM
narciso said...: Meanwhile the appeals court gave the approval on the ballroom; 4/12/26, 7:46 AM
Bob Boyd said...: Also seeing a claim that the lost F-15 WSO search was a cover story for an elaborate SF mission to recover Iran's enriched uranium that went bad. That's why C-130's were on the ground and why they were destroyed.
No idea if there's anything to the story, but it's interesting.; 4/12/26, 7:50 AM
narciso said...: It makes sense if the target was isfahan; 4/12/26, 7:54 AM
Bob Boyd said...: The missing WSO search did take place in that part of Iran.; 4/12/26, 7:56 AM
Big Mike said...: Mark said...

"Seems to me Iran has grossly overvalued their cards."

I dunno, they're holding a Straight.

They’ll be flushed soon enough.; 4/12/26, 8:01 AM
Jamie said...: According to Grok, the mines can remain functional for up to a year.
A dozen isn't very many, but it only takes one to ruin your day.

This is a subject on which I'm completely ignorant, but I'm hoping we have the combination of eyes in the sky and pattern recognition that will be able to give some assistance in determining where Iranian craft were during that period, where they stopped and for how long, and whether they thereafter avoided those areas. We live in an age of data (and miracles, as I say frequently in other contexts); here's hoping we can put some of it together.; 4/12/26, 8:25 AM
Jamie said...: Although this has pretty much morphed into an Iran thread, I note that it in fact started as a cafe thread and feel moved to post the following: I am adamantly against Canada's MAID program and whichever Scandi country/ies have gone down the same path, but I'm staring down the barrel of euthanizing my dog when her lymphoma reaches the point of her no longer having good periods - a time that seems to be approaching fast. How do I square these things?

I'm going to miss her, and I don't want her to be miserable in her last days - I suppose I reconcile the tension between my opposed feelings about her by admitting to myself that she is a dog, pretty much certainly incapable of existential ruminations and regrets, and therefore it falls to me, the human, to harbor those ruminations and regrets as the price of giving her the mercy of a peaceful death.; 4/12/26, 8:36 AM
Aggie said...: Jaimie, I found out coincidentally, when I was getting the pup's nails trimmed at the vet, that there are euthanists that will come to your home. I never knew that was a 'thing', but a gently-eased passing in familiar surroundings, on familiar bedding would beat the vet's office any day. I guess you're kind of 'on the road' right now, but you might check around, locally.; 4/12/26, 8:50 AM
Jersey Fled said...: “ "They have chosen not to accept our terms."

Obama proved we couldn’t afford to accept their terms.; 4/12/26, 10:10 AM
Narr said...: We have had three dogs euthanized at the vet, the last two at advanced ages (14, 16) and after their physical and mental declines left them in la-la land most of the time.

Both of them would stagger or drag themselves to favorite spots in the bushes in the back yard, and our last one all but died--convulsions, limpness, non-responsiveness--just an hour before we were going to the vet for the final jab.

Our son got off work early and met us there--by that time I doubt the dog was aware of anything, but maybe he knew we were there, hands-on.

I think whatever you do will be right, Jamie.; 4/12/26, 10:31 AM
DINKY DAU 45 said...: This has to be the absolute worse group of dealmakers in history,2 real estate guys and a senile old man,,NO UKRAINE SOLUTION(solved 1st day bullcrap) IRAN a complete cluster F&%, and more different "plans" than a game of CLUE SHOULD BE CALLED no clue) Is it any wonder .hire some real deal makers and no one anywhere believes anything trump says except MAGAS RELIGIOUSLY, And now back to the WAR and a word from our sponsors (THE OIL)!; 4/12/26, 10:47 AM
john mosby said...: Bollywood dubbing singer Asha Bhosle, name-checked in Cornershop's hit "Brim Full of Asha," passed away at 92:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/asha-bhosle-one-of-india-s-most-versatile-bollywood-singers-dies-at-92/ar-AA20HnEt?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=69dbaf7209f34beebb4dbaea048f363c&ei=33

CC, JSM; 4/12/26, 12:08 PM
MadTownGuy said...: Humperdink said...
"Renewed my PA vehicle registration this past weekend and noticed there was a note about EV’s (I don’t own one). EV’s and hybrid owners will be charged an RUC, a Road Usage Charge. In 2025 the charge was $200, 2026 the charge is $250, a mere 25% increase. The best part? The note said the charge will go up every year."

PA and other states have bandied about a 'mileage driven per year' charge for all vehicles. I saw the post on FB and asked, impertinently, if it accounted for miles driven in other states. FB almost locked my account because, as they said, that no states were contemplating MDPY assessments. I responded that it was the subject of the article. FB took no further action.

We live in an area where four states are within an hour's drive, so it is an issue for us in the Quad-State region.; 4/12/26, 12:19 PM
Rustygrommet said...: Shooting was interesting today because of the wind. Clay targets are basically 4 inch asphalt frisbys.; 4/12/26, 1:17 PM
DINKY DAU 45 said...: CRIMINALS pardoning CRIMINALS par for this course! Questionable Pardon: Trump granted a pardon to Joseph Schwartz, a convicted tax fraudster who cheated nursing home residents out of $39 million, after paying a lobbyist nearly $1 million.
Backlash from Allies: Even former ally Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized Trump, calling the pardon “gross and corrupt”, while MAGA supporters expressed anger and disappointment.
Pattern of Clemency: Schwartz is among several wealthy criminals in the healthcare sector pardoned by Trump, including Philip Esformes ($1.3B Medicare fraud) and Judith Negron ($200M fraud), raising concerns over abuse of presidential pardon powers.SO WHAT WHOIS GONNA DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT! REAP THE HARVEST THIS IS YOUR WISH..(7 MONTHS TO PUT THIS GUY IN THE CLOSET); 4/12/26, 2:51 PM
Saint Croix said...: God bless, Jamie

I had to put one of my dogs to sleep. I still feel some guilt about that. Another of my dogs, her last week was bad, and finally she died. Little voice in my head, maybe I should have put her to sleep.

Pray on it. Ask God what to do. And know you will see your dogs in the next life.; 4/12/26, 4:22 PM
Lyle Sanford, RMT said...: The top pic reminded me of Rothko - but couldn't remember his name until now.; 4/12/26, 7:51 PM