Althouse: At the Sunrise Café...

April 3, 2026

At the Sunrise Café...

... you can talk all night.

95 comments:

Iman said...: Spent most of the day babysitting our 22 month old grandson reading books and watching hungry caterpillar and other videos for little ones.

One of our four grandkids, every one of them brings joy to our lives. We are blessed and we are thankful.; 4/3/26, 6:34 PM
Mason G said...: Comment seen elsewhere:

"In the Middle Ages we built cathedrals. Now we build solar parks. Both serve religious purposes. Cathedrals are great art, though."; 4/3/26, 6:38 PM
narciso said...: Wonderful iman; 4/3/26, 6:42 PM
Hassayamper said...: Hoping to be blessed with grandkids soon. Son and his wife say they are going to try for it this year.

In the meantime, there are no more than half a dozen people in the world who bring me more joy than my two little dogs. If I lived in one of those London neighborhoods where the self-appointed Sharia patrol (or worse, the police and other local authorities) tried to intimidate me away from walking my dog there, lest I upset "community harmony" by offending some illiterate Muslim savage, I think my response would earn me years in prison.

You know what would bring back community harmony? Summarily deporting any Muslim invader who can't live in peace with his dog-owning neighbors. I'm with Congressman Fine on this. I'd MUCH rather have dogs and no Muslims than Muslims and no dogs.; 4/3/26, 6:49 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: A cloudy grey sunrise. But not bleak for some reason. And every day cant have a brilliant sunrise.; 4/3/26, 6:58 PM
RCOCEAN II said...: Our local park was packed this AM. Strange for Friday, but many have the day off. This is Good Friday. Tommorrow Holy Saturday, and we'll be fasting.; 4/3/26, 7:00 PM
NKP said...: They need to bring Fox Hunting to Sharia ‘hoods. RELEASE THE HOUNDS!!!!!!!!!!; 4/3/26, 7:00 PM
narciso said...: For every good thing that happens like the revivals you have the old gods showing themselves in the nba management punishing jaden ivey for thought crime; 4/3/26, 7:09 PM
narciso said...: This is why ultimately we shall suffer a harsh judgement; 4/3/26, 7:10 PM
Duty of Inquiry said...: I have been visiting this blog for a long time and I think that photo is probably the best you have ever posted.

I'm thinking of having it professionally printed and framed.
I'll hang it in my bedroom.; 4/3/26, 7:36 PM
tim maguire said...: Iman said...Spent most of the day babysitting our 22 month old grandson

I can’t wait to be a grandparent and do all those things I loved doing with my daughter that I miss now that she’s outgrown them.; 4/3/26, 7:38 PM
Lucien said...: I hear that Iran may have 900 kg. of highly enriched uranium. What’s hard to appreciate is how ridiculously dense uranium is. 900 kg. is easy to move around. The trick is to get your adversary to dig it up & start moving it — then get it while it’s on the move.; 4/3/26, 7:45 PM
Wa St Blogger said...: My first grandchild is due in June.; 4/3/26, 7:50 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: Judge upholds block of subpoenas in criminal investigation of Jay Powell ~ WSJ

A US administration which seems to have completely lost its ethical footing.

“The standard for reconsideration is a demanding one: the movant must show that there has been an intervening change in controlling law, new evidence, or a need to correct clear error or prevent manifest injustice,” Boasberg said.

“The Government’s arguments do not come close to convincing the Court that a different outcome is warranted,” he added.

What a polite legal way to say that someone is talking out of his backside.; 4/3/26, 7:51 PM
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narciso said...: Meanwhile employment projections were off by s factor of 3; 4/3/26, 8:04 PM
Mason G said...: "One of the largest spills of untreated wastewater in American history happened while an environmental review process held up sewer line repairs because they were studying risks to a flower and a bat."

https://x.com/JerusalemDemsas/status/2039823775592579314; 4/3/26, 8:07 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: "Meanwhile employment projections were off by s factor of 3"

Alternative headline: "Trump administration creates jobs out of thin air, subject to future revisions".

Jobs data is always corrected. It'll be interesting to see the revisions and in particular by how much. Thanks for giving me your money.

I don’t know how anyone could draw a trend out of these numbers. It feels that the US labour statistics follow the pattern of the speeches of the President: they tell a story one day and the exact opposite the next. Any experienced user of these data must be absolutely speechless.; 4/3/26, 8:16 PM
Eva Marie said...: This is a sweet story. (If you’re diabetic, might be too sweet - read at your own risk)
I was helping a friend run errands. He had injured his ankle, so he couldn’t drive. We stopped by Barnes & Noble at a very busy outdoor mall. We were waiting for a break in traffic to cross the main lane to get to the entrance. A young man saw us and walked into the middle of the lane to stop traffic for us. My friend was trying to limp along as fast as he could so the cars wouldn’t be held back for too long. A guy in the car behind the first car in line leaned out his car window and shouted, “Don’t hurry. We can wait.”
Awwww . . .; 4/3/26, 8:18 PM
narciso said...: Thats a nice gesture; 4/3/26, 8:21 PM
Lazarus said...: NYT headline writer thinks NATO stands for "North American Treaty Organization." Maybe the same one who was "sewing love" today?; 4/3/26, 8:22 PM
narciso said...: Apparently shes the lead diplomatic correspondent

Following gellman hypothesis how can you trust anything in the story; 4/3/26, 8:24 PM
Political Junkie said...: Won't happen, but I wish we would declare war against the Mad Mullahs.
DJT is going all the way. Ground and Pound.
Think it would be good to let the House and Senate vote.; 4/3/26, 8:25 PM
Known Unknown said...: Photo looks like it could be a still from the Coen Brothers' True Grit.; 4/3/26, 8:27 PM
narciso said...: https://x.com/aakashgupta/status/2039908000975257754; 4/3/26, 8:49 PM
Original Mike said...: "Meanwhile employment projections were off by s factor of 3"

I've come to understand that the headlines "employment numbers miss (or exceed) expectations" are not a statement on the economy but rather a statement on the poor quality of the projections. Why do I care that economists got it wrong (yet again)? The numbers themselves have merit; their alignment with projections, not so much.; 4/3/26, 8:52 PM
narciso said...: Yes its a bug not a feature but these experts always are tut tuttimg us and they have no tut; 4/3/26, 9:08 PM
Two-eyed Jack said...: Known Unknown said
"Photo looks like it could be a still from the Coen Brothers' True Grit."

Funny, it puts me in mind of Camille Corot.; 4/3/26, 9:09 PM
DINKY DAU 45 said...: No wager on Blue Grass tomorrow after doping the race.Too short a field ,too short of odds,still hoping to get INTREPIO AT
MINIMUM 5-1 .STILL A T 4-1 SO FAR. I will watch the WOOD memorial just to see if the favorite goes unbeated at 9-5 odds.; 4/3/26, 9:26 PM
Original Mike said...: "Spain passes Romania and becomes the EU country with the highest risk of child poverty."

Kinda puts all the lectures about what's wrong with us in perspective.; 4/3/26, 9:26 PM
Iman said...: It would surely seem to, Original Mike. Time will tell.; 4/3/26, 9:30 PM
AZ Bob said...: Yes, the photo is a masterpiece.; 4/3/26, 9:39 PM
Rustygrommet said...: Reminds me of duck hunting. Or steelhead fishing.; 4/3/26, 9:44 PM
Michael Fitzgerald said...: Interesting time capsule here- NBC News broadcast of Monday April 18, 1955 anchored by John Cameron Swayze.
1. An interview with the superintendent of St. Louis schools and students following the first semester of desegregation.
2. An overview of a military exercise called Task Force Razor in which an atomic bomb was going to be detonated within 2 miles of a tank battalion that would then be sent into the blast zone "to demonstrate the capability of a reinforced tank battalion to seize an objective immediately after a nuclear detonation." NBC was offering ongoing coverage of the military exercises, and John Cameron Swayze promised that "next week's coverage from within the test site will be worth the watching!"
3. A memorial for Albert Einstein, who died that day.

https://youtu.be/z7p9qubW91A?si=0xOmweCtrq0ezhSi; 4/3/26, 10:19 PM
Gospace said...: It's getting hard to keep trac of all the military being fired fir good reason. The Army Chief of Chaplains was just fired. Reading though what Cynical Publius posted- methinks his suppositions as to why are correct. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2040168098276454581.html; 4/3/26, 10:31 PM
Gerda Sprinchorn said...: Whoa. This picture is different. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's something technical. Maybe the phone's software is doing something to the picture. It just pops. In a painterly way. In fact, it looks like a very realistic painting. I don't know much about the technicals of digital pictures, so it's hard for me to guess what is going on.

Painterly is the best I can do to describe what I'm seeing.; 4/3/26, 10:40 PM
Michael McNeil said...: Iran is known to possess more than 400 kg (nearly 1/2 ton) of 60% highly enriched uranium, which could easily make—no further enrichment required—at least 10 fission bombs capable of at least a thousand tons TNT yield each. Any would make quite a hole in the center of a city.; 4/3/26, 10:41 PM
Gerda Sprinchorn said...: More about the picture: look at the stones/rocks in the lower left. You can see brushstrokes on them. Totally eerie.; 4/3/26, 10:48 PM
Caroline said...: It is indeed an exceptional scene— a parting shot of winter. Today after Good Friday services I putzed around the house replacing the wintry, Lenten accents with bunnies and irises, setting a whimsical table for Easter morning’s family brunch. Here in Dallas, we don’t have enough of a winter to miss, but I could imagine how folks in colder climes would welcome the pastels and fluffy grasses of spring. Wishing all a glorious Easter.; 4/3/26, 10:55 PM
DINKY DAU 45 said...: Trump='We are in war': Trump's first reaction after US jets downed, says 'won't derail Iran talks' Iran says BS on talks
Speaking in a brief interview, Trump dismissed concerns that the incident could derail diplomacy. “No, not at all. No, it’s war. We’re in war,” he said when asked whether the latest developments would impact talks.Negotiations IS NOT unconditional surrender and Hegseths statement "we will take NO QUARTER on them.(will they remember that when they capture Americans,what a dopean assinine statement)These remarks mark Trump’s first public reaction to the reported loss of a US aircraft during the ongoing conflict, as military operations and diplomatic efforts continue simultaneously. During the interview, Trump declined to provide details on ongoing search-and-rescue operations for the downed jet, citing the sensitivity of the situation. He also expressed frustration with media coverage of what he described as a complex and active military mission.Trump says not he is praying for the missing pilot or we are saddened but he says "TAKE THE OIL ,ANYONE! He doesn't care about dead Americans only the OIL. The whole administration says its just an excursion and trump says WE ARE AT WAR (making it illegal) Semantics and the same 0ld tired AUMF for everything from lollipops to crackerjacks. Totally obliterated their capacity of the AIR DEFENSE (oh never mind as Iran shoots down an f-15, sounds like the same lie about nuclear site totally obliterated and the MAGAS believe whatever he says even as the most documented obsessive liar probably in history. THIS GUY IS WAY OVER HIS HEAD AND TOTALLY INCOMPETENT(SAYS I DIDNT THINK THEY WOULD BOMB THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA AND WTF WITH THE STRAIT,WAR PREP 101 SECURE THE STRAIT 1ST, get Americans to safety and stop lying, starts a WAR and doesn't mention anything till 34 days into it, Is it a wonder why the Allies all said FU pal you started this mess and cant figure how to get out,(yeah right respected around the world again,world leaders think he is an idiot)wait to the body bags start adding up and oh yeah as everything in America goes to crap(all the promises,pay off debt,gas below $2.00, NO NEW WARS, hire best people, not touch medicare medicaid social security, bes t Health plan ever and on and on AND MAGS BOUGHT IT) says we cant pay for medicare,medicaid daycare,only thing left out WAS SS ,need 1.5 trillion for MORE WAR.! MAGAS ELECTED A DOCUMENTED CRIMINAL ,imbecilic old man who doesn't know where he is half the time and sleeps thru the rest.He makes SLEEPY JOE look like a olympic contender. "Call for WAR "your kidding right. FOLLOW THE $$ ,Good Friday for sure today and that's where the focus should be, Jesus even loved this guy,but every knee willl bow in the end. Final results TBD 7 MONTHS TO SEND THIS FELLA TO THE BACK ROOM TO STAND IN THE CORNER where he cant cause any more harm. Pray for those who are about to die... :(; 4/3/26, 11:43 PM
Iman said...: Dinky doo.; 4/3/26, 11:49 PM
Jim at said...: You'd think at some point, even the leftists here would question his sanity.; 4/3/26, 11:57 PM
Achilles said...: Tanks are out in the streets in China. There are riots. Another cabinet level general was arrested and disappeared.

For all of the caterwaulering about how bad it is for the US, it is Europe, China and India that are fucked.

Democrat traitors are of course hoping the US fails.

We really don't need them at all. They should just be shipped to Europe where they can join their new caliphate.; 4/4/26, 12:30 AM
gadfly said...: Two-eyed Jack: Camille Corot mostly painted nudes.

4/3/26, 9:09 PM; 4/4/26, 12:48 AM
gadfly said...: China is resuming large-scale purchases of US liquefied natural gas (LNG) and crude oil in April 2026, but its a long haul around the Cape of Good Hope. If we could get off our asses, the Polar LNG concept, still in its infancy, would liquefy gas directly on the North Slope and ship it to Asian markets, leveraging Alaska’s shorter Arctic routes.

China is restarting imports of US energy, with tanker tracking data indicating that around 600,000 barrels per day of American crude oil are scheduled to be loaded in April.; 4/4/26, 1:48 AM
rehajm said...: re: Dinky’s use use of CAPS- it occurred to me that BITD there were horse racing publication(s) that used the style of CAPS mixed with lowercase, either the Daily Racing Form or one of those rags, ‘pick sheets’ the kids would sell outside the gate at Sar or Bel or Aqu…fitting…; 4/4/26, 2:15 AM
Original Mike said...: said...

"You'd think at some point, even the leftists here would question his sanity."

They'd have to read him first.; 4/4/26, 2:28 AM
wendybar said...: Javier Milei Quotes (Fan)
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Javier Milei: “I thought being on the left was a mental problem. The empirical evidence is so overwhelming that it never worked anywhere, and they refused to accept it.” “But what I discovered is that being on the left is a disease of the soul. The left is built on envy, hatred, resentment, and unequal treatment under the law. They are very violent, and since they have no way or arguments to answer, they go for physical violence.”
https://x.com/MileiSays/status/2040047916828799203?s=20; 4/4/26, 2:55 AM
Bruce Hayden said...: “I hear that Iran may have 900 kg. of highly enriched uranium. What’s hard to appreciate is how ridiculously dense uranium is. 900 kg. is easy to move around. The trick is to get your adversary to dig it up & start moving it — then get it while it’s on the move.”

That’s almost assuredly false. Unless they are including the enriched uranium that was buried under a mountain, after the attacks a year.; 4/4/26, 5:00 AM
Money Manger said...: 1 kg of uranium is roughly the size of your cell phone. 900 kgs. would fit into a large suitcase. It would, of course, weigh a ton.; 4/4/26, 5:20 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "Whoa. This picture is different. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's something technical. Maybe the phone's software is doing something to the picture. It just pops. In a painterly way. In fact, it looks like a very realistic painting. I don't know much about the technicals of digital pictures, so it's hard for me to guess what is going on. Painterly is the best I can do to describe what I'm seeing."

Thanks for the comments on the photograph. It was a very bleak, overcast morning with no hope of seeing the actual sun or even any little colors. There was at least a little texture to the clouds. I took only one picture, the one that conditions seem to dictate. Those trees are always there and I've photographed them many times. I've learned that there's an angle that makes them form an arch. I was surprised at how brown the picture looked. The iPhone did that. I wasn't choosing to brown it up. I didn't add a sepia effect or anything. The foreground is a little different in that they did a controlled burn the other day, so there's some charred black that's not usually there.

In short, I followed my practice, the same practice I've done 2 thousand times.; 4/4/26, 5:41 AM
rehajm said...: “I hear that…

Funny not funny how even seemingly learned humans still fall for that…; 4/4/26, 6:00 AM
Fritz said...: "Money Manger said...
1 kg of uranium is roughly the size of your cell phone. 900 kgs. would fit into a large suitcase. It would, of course, weigh a ton."

During the enrichment process, uranium is kept in the form of UF6 gas, in pressurized metal tanks, like scuba tank. I suppose the size of the tank is controlled by how much U235 you can put in it without it going critical (a very bad thing, trust me). Since civilian power reactors run on 3% enriched U, it's not a very large volume. Then the tanks have to be stored far enough apart that they don't support the chain reaction from the neutrons they are emitting. I don't know what those sizes and distance are, but Grok could probably figure it out for you. It would probably draw somebody's attention if you asked it.; 4/4/26, 6:00 AM
rehajm said...: I was surprised at how brown the picture looked. The iPhone did that

…when there’s less contrast the algorithms tighten up the curves quite a bit. It creates unnatural effects sometimes, like brightening the gloom and dropping out tiny bits of the end ranges so things look monotone…; 4/4/26, 6:06 AM
Jim at said...: They'd have to read him first.

I certainly don't. But I see that wall of text - with a few things that grab my eye - and wonder .... what in theee fuck?

that used the style of CAPS mixed with lowercase, either the Daily Racing Form or one of those rags, ‘pick sheets’

I used to play the ponies. Emerald Downs (after Boeing bought and tore down Longacres), while popping Del Mar or any of the other tracks between live racing.

At no point did any racing form meld my brain into whatever it is he does.; 4/4/26, 6:16 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: One of your best photos!; 4/4/26, 6:27 AM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: It is a very nice picture.; 4/4/26, 7:12 AM
narciso said...: Sourcing where did you hear that, the iaea; 4/4/26, 7:19 AM
narciso said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 4/4/26, 7:20 AM
paminwi said...: Wonderful photo.
Do you ever think about publishing a coffee table book?; 4/4/26, 7:21 AM
narciso said...: Omri Ceren on X: "Oh." / X https://share.google/H1msykN0es3Iu86wY; 4/4/26, 7:24 AM
Rocco said...: paminwi said...
“Do you ever think about publishing a coffee table book?”

I appreciate good furniture, but the nature photos are better.; 4/4/26, 7:25 AM
Wince said...: A guy in the car behind the first car in line leaned out his car window and shouted, “Don’t hurry. We can wait.”
Awwww . . .

In a lot of places, based on tone, that might be construed as sarcastic taunting.; 4/4/26, 7:27 AM
narciso said...: Where are they getting the petrol from; 4/4/26, 7:28 AM
narciso said...: Soros front group csd stands against resource extraction brundlr; 4/4/26, 7:34 AM
narciso said...: https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/04/france-joins-china-russia-in-blocking-gulf-nations-bid-to-use-force-to-open-strait-of-hormuz/; 4/4/26, 7:43 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: Solar power in tornado alley?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D7tWGv1TLE; 4/4/26, 8:12 AM
narciso said...: https://wattsupwiththat.com/2026/04/04/canada-and-natural-gas-and-fertilizer-and-get-on-it/; 4/4/26, 8:14 AM
tcrosse said...: In fact Corot did paint a number of landscapes, scenes from mythology, which had a similar color scheme.; 4/4/26, 8:22 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: Pretty impressive for a regime that was decimated and barely alive. Almost like the White House and Pentagon lied and now service members are risking their lives.

ABC News confirms that Iran used advanced, passive infrared detection to shoot down the American F-15E fighter jet.

Passive infrared detection does not emit radar signals. As a result, it cannot be detected or jammed by American electronic warfare systems. That leaves our aircraft vulnerable.; 4/4/26, 8:33 AM
narciso said...: Has any one been curious why khuzistan (bueller bueller); 4/4/26, 8:40 AM
narciso said...: Because it was the site of major protests last yeat; 4/4/26, 8:45 AM
Eva Marie said...: “In a lot of places, based on tone, that might be construed as sarcastic taunting.”
lol. That’s true.
In this case, though, it was just a random convergence of kind people.; 4/4/26, 8:45 AM
Michael McNeil said...: I see no reason to believe that all or most of the Iranian regime's >400 kg of 60% enriched uranium was made inaccessible to them during last year's B-2 bombings. Israeli intelligence, of course, is extremely good; but it doesn't seem unlikely to me that much of that uranium was being kept elsewhere at an unknown (to us) location—rather than hanging around in the vicinity of all the centrifuges, used for further enrichment, that were destroyed (along with other locales) in the raids.; 4/4/26, 8:51 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: Germany’s far-right AfD distances itself from Donald Trump over Iran war ~ FT

"Alternative for Germany party members told to scale back visits to US as strikes on Iran are deeply unpopular with voters"
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/2e9810ff-e2c2-4c6a-80f8-9b72061144bd; 4/4/26, 8:57 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: If they don't trust Trump and Netanyahu we can expect the Iranians to try to keep this up until the Israeli elections in October, and the US midterm elections in November.

This worked for them in 1980-81 when they performatively held off releasing the hostages until a few minutes after Reagan's inauguration on January 20, 1981.

If you want to know the direction of US policy, just look at the coverage on Fox News. The people who run that channel are basically programming Trump's brain. They have been selling disastrous wars for years and effectively serving up Likudnik-style Israeli propaganda into U.S. households for over 20 years.; 4/4/26, 9:02 AM
narciso said...: They had just started the enrichment to weapons grade back in 25; 4/4/26, 9:48 AM
Old and slow said...: Converting uranium hexafluoride into metallic uranium is not an easy process, simple enough, but not easy and it requires considerable industrial infrastructure. Fluorine chemistry is a nasty business because fluorine literally reacts with everything. We need to take possession of the uranium, but in its current form, it doesn't constitute an immediate threat.; 4/4/26, 9:52 AM
narciso said...: Brain rot is reaching necrotic levels; 4/4/26, 9:53 AM
Narr said...: It's pleasantly ironic to me that photographs can prompt so much talk about painting.

Someone mentioned Corot, but I thought of that other Camille--Pissarro.

It may be time for another visit to the Dixon for some of the real thing.; 4/4/26, 10:02 AM
narciso said...: A neighbor owns a pissaro; 4/4/26, 10:03 AM
Narr said...: Cool, narciso. Do you know which one?

I'm almost a neighbor to the Dixon. They have a couple IIRC and had a major Pissarro show some years ago that prompted my interest.; 4/4/26, 10:09 AM
narciso said...: Its a port landscape; 4/4/26, 10:19 AM
DINKY DAU 45 said...: For those who couldn't handicap a GOOOGLE MAP of course Pam Bondi was fired because she was due to testify about the Department of Justice's handling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein. Even though the subpoena has been handed out ,bi partisan call to committee, Im betting Comer tries to squash the meeting and play games. You don't have to be a scientist to read between the corruption here.Subpoenas mean nothing anymore,just MEDIA PLAY. The fall of democracy piece by piece..; 4/4/26, 10:21 AM
narciso said...: The grapes of Khuzestan’s wrath - Atlantic Council https://share.google/0SdW7A6Fl9rXIqlJJ; 4/4/26, 10:23 AM
DINKY DAU 45 said...: trump says the WAR will end soon(he knows Markets want to hear that and adjusts accordingly) the only problem,Its not trumps call.
Trump can’t end it. Israel is neither going to stop its imperialist agenda (it invaded southern Lebanon) nor is it going to stop attacking Iran for the purpose of killing its leadership. US allies in the Gulf, especially Saudi Arabia, where Trump is heavily invested, want the war to continue. They prefer a US ground invasion to overthrow the regime.
Secondly ,Iran’s regime is also not going to stop. It will continue to choke off the supply of oil at the Strait of Hormuz to hurt Trump while boosting sales of its own oil to China. It has established a tribute system in which “friendly” countries can pay a toll or suffer the consequences. Tolling offers an incentive for insurers. They would rather see a $100 million tanker carrying $200 million in oil pay a 1 percent tax than see it sinking to the bottom of the Persian Gulf. trump started something that he can't control by bombing his way through,this is not Venezuela. VLAD and Iran reaping the harvest on this as they sell their oil and Americans continue to get beat up. The guy in charge is a senile old man whose focus is about 2 minutes long. Another new Right wing WAR,who would have guessed! 7 MONTHS ,don't Boo VOTE!; 4/4/26, 10:40 AM
narciso said...: https://open.substack.com/pub/donsurber/p/highlights-of-the-news-7d0?; 4/4/26, 10:43 AM
wildswan said...: In re the sepia tone of the picture.
I took it that the muddy brown ground which was exposed for the first time in a long time was coloring the clouds with brown instead of white from snow. The ground does this to clouds. Out west I could distinctly see that the "gray" or "white" clouds about Mt. Rainier had icy pink and blue shades and when I came back east I could distinctly see that the "gray" or "white" clouds had green and brown shades. Now I'm so used to it that I can't "see" the brown/green/ (or, additionally at Madison) the blue-shading from a sky-reflecting lake. But it's there. Only in that picture, there's only brown. Probably the muddy ground all around the lake is reflecting up with no green and no sky-blue to soften the effect. We're going over to spring with hazy air and soft colors but passing through the mud season with hazy air and sepia tones.; 4/4/26, 11:09 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: Trump's Presidential Library must be built. Otherwise, Americans may forget what they have done to their nation.; 4/4/26, 2:01 PM
Bruce Hayden said...: “ I see no reason to believe that all or most of the Iranian regime's >400 kg of 60% enriched uranium was made inaccessible to them during last year's B-2 bombings.”

I see no reason to believe that it wasn’t.

This is just more Iranian/Chinese disinformation that we have seen deployed so heavily during this conflict.

No, the Iranians didn’t destroy all of our bases in the Mideast. They hit several bases, and damaged several (less than a dozen) of our larger planes. No, they don’t have very more missiles or missile launchers. And by now, their proxies don’t have that many either. No, they really don’t have a navy or an Air Force let. And as a result of that, no, they really can’t lay very many more mines anymore to close the Hormuz Strait. The danger is with the mines that they already laid, and especially the deeper ones. The deep ones are significantly larger, and don’t “time out”. And can’t be taken out very easily, as the shallow ones can, with conventional means.

Why Iranian/Chinese misinformation? Because it probably mostly is propagated by the Chinese, pushing it to its allies and bought leftists in this country in this country and Europe. We have watched the left (including the MSM) utilizing ChiCom propaganda for years now, just this way.; 4/4/26, 2:43 PM
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narciso said...: Look at the peanut gallery here for evidence; 4/4/26, 2:52 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: If the United States has already destroyed Iran’s military capabilities, the ability to strike Iran at any time should it try to access its enriched uranium, and no interest in regime change (or has already achieved it)—all of which Trump has stated repeatedly— then what is the point of continuing the war? How can it be justified to the American people, let alone the rest of the world?

Taking the oil" is a coherent military and economic response. However, it is unacceptable as a public justification for war—this is not a goal most Americans would support.; 4/4/26, 2:59 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: I'm an American, and I want our side to win. Even though I disagree with many things the Trump admin is doing, I'm unequivocal about which side I'm on.

I think the Trump administration fell for the idea that bombing key targets would force the outcome he wanted. But outcomes live in the minds of people. Unless you're willing to kill everyone, bombing alone may not change that.

We may have entered what I’d call a quagmire — we’ve run into a country with an extraordinary capacity to absorb bombing.The strategy of trying to decapitate the regime by killing the current leader’s father and wife, and hitting him hard personally, assumes it will make him more willing to negotiate. It wouldn’t have that effect on me.; 4/4/26, 3:30 PM
Inga said...: Hey Begley, it’s April 4th, the war isn’t over yet.; 4/4/26, 5:40 PM