April 29, 2026

Crabapple blossoms on a rainy afternoon.

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20 comments:

Not an oldster. said...

No comment on Pete Hegseth's testimony...
You're over the war news already?

RCOCEAN II said...

From the Legal document charging the assassin:

"After Allen allegedly rushed past a metal detector, a Secret Service agent "drew his service weapon and fired five times at the defendant," the prosecutor wrote.

"The defendant fell to the ground, was restrained by law enforcement and was placed under arrest," Jones added. "The defendant suffered a minor injury to his knee but was not shot."

OK so the SS agent missed him with FIVE Shots. Good thing those missed rounds didn't hit anyone. And how was Allen stopped? Did he hear shots and just drop to the ground outta fear?

RCOCEAN II said...

A crab apple tree is neither a crab nor an apple.

Discuss.

Humperdink said...

My fruit trees are blossoming out also. No more frost please.

lohwoman said...

#5 is gnarly!

john mosby said...

Greg Gutfeld and Jesse Watters were guests at the state dinner with King Charles last night. Everyone's worried about No Kings, but this proves FOX RULES!!!! CC, JSM

FullMoon said...

Fun times Althouse election night 2016 1169 comments.

Iman said...

I see your tree and raise you a person…

I give you… Edna Krabappel

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSUaNwRBCq8TbjQZOXSQrTJ-dJBlOjAjlNP_7UYhNdmTw&s=10

FullMoon said...

One of the young ones who kneeled with her coworkers during Floyd riots was all aboard the anti Charlie Kirk train with same co-workers when she accidentally watched a video of Kirk. Interested, she watched many more, and now has no respect for, and is disgusted with her co-workers . Also is questioning everything she has been led to believe re Trump and Republicans.
She is a normal, neither left nor right, no interest in politics, who is influenced by what those around her say. The Kirk revelation has been an eye opener, and she has mentioned it numerous times in casual conversation.

Original Mike said...

"Fun times Althouse election night 2016 1169 comments."

I see the blog was burdened by Rich's presence even back then.

Wa St Blogger said...

Given the recent rehash of all that Gerrymander stuff it reminds me of my proposal a while back of using AI to draw all maps using a least perimeter to area ratio format, then legislators can make minor tweaks as needed if there is some mis-allocation of population, but only within a certain margin of people say 5% of the population total in any given jurisdiction. Representation should involve your neighbors, not some group of people 50 miles away who have different concerns than you do.

Original Mike said...

"Given the recent rehash of all that Gerrymander stuff it reminds me of my proposal a while back of using AI to draw all maps using a least perimeter to area ratio format, "

I'd love to see an analysis of what that would produce.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

"A crab apple tree is neither a crab nor an apple."

YouTube: While "buffalo", on the other hand, can generate an infinitely long, grammatically correct sentence, out of just the word "buffalo" -- Link to video

Even though I was clued in early on as to how the video would end , and admit I was lost after a few minutes, I watched this sucker till the very end.

ai : "Yes, buffalo is a classic example of a word that functions as multiple parts of speech. It is famous for the grammatically correct (though confusing) sentence: "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo"."

A firmament of buffalo.

FullMoon said...

"RCOCEAN II said...
A crab apple tree is neither a crab nor an apple.

Discuss."

Don't be hasty. Let's ask Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson for defenitions

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

...and just like that, the "firmament of parts" evanesced in a wild, untamed continent.

FullMoon said...

riginal Mike said...
"Fun times Althouse election night 2016 1169 comments."

I see the blog was burdened by Rich's presence even back then.

Other AA posts feature the leftists usual hanging Trump in effigy, burning American flag, world is going to end, etc

4/29/26, 5:54 PM

Mason G said...

School District Tells Principals To Create Fake Curriculum To Send Parents After Complaints Of Indoctrination

Faced with complaints from parents about the indoctrination of children, an official in Rockwood School District, Missouri, instructed teachers to create two sets of curriculum: a false one to share with parents, and then the real set of curriculum, focused on topics like activism and privilege, according to a memo obtained by The Daily Wire.

Natalie Fallert, EdD, 6-12 Literacy Speech Coordinator, wrote to all middle and high school principals that parents had repeatedly complained that “we are pushing an agenda,”...

The problem was that, for the first time, parents could see what teachers were telling their children thanks to virtual learning, where assignments were visible for at-home learners in a tool called Canvas.

Fallert’s solution:

"This doesn’t mean throw out the lesson and find a new one. Just pull the resource off Canvas so parents cannot see it …

Keep teaching! Just don’t make everything visible on Canvas. This is not being deceitful. This is just doing what you have done for years. Prior to the pandemic you didn’t send everything home or have it available. You taught in your classroom and things were peachy keen. We are going old-school. …"

https://archive.ph/bC4Rl

Smilin' Jack said...

"Yes, buffalo is a classic example of a word that functions as multiple parts of speech. It is famous for the grammatically correct (though confusing) sentence: "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo"."

But you want to write it all uppercase, otherwise the city name makes it too easy to see what’s going on.

TickTock1948 said...

"... a wild untamed continent" - like it.

boatbuilder said...

That 2016 election thread was interesting reading. But the presence of a commenter calling him- or herself "Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together" makes me wonder whether the thread is an AI invention designed to make Inga look bad. Some sort of time travel going on.

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