Althouse: Sunrise.

May 6, 2026

Sunrise.

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161 comments:

Iman said...: Here comes the Sun…; 5/6/26, 7:05 PM
lonejustice said...: "Trump’s abrupt U-turn on plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz came after backlash from allies."

I guess Trump is no longer calling the shots in his War with Iran. This can happen when you unilaterally start a Middle East War without consulting any of your allies.; 5/6/26, 7:12 PM
Original Mike said...: "Trump’s abrupt U-turn on plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz came after backlash from allies."

Which allies would those be?; 5/6/26, 7:17 PM
lonejustice said...: The average price of gasoline in America today is $4.53. When Biden was president it was only $3.60. A pound of beef hamburger at your local grocery store is double now what it was when Biden was president. There will be a bloodbath in the Midterms, but when it happens, Trump and MAGA will blame everyone and everything except themselves.; 5/6/26, 7:22 PM
Original Mike said...: How's your portfolio, hawkeye?; 5/6/26, 7:26 PM
Howard said...: It looks like the fast boat swarm, missile and drone attacks from the obliterated Iran Navy on the two American Destroyers put the kibosh on Project Freedom.; 5/6/26, 7:27 PM
Original Mike said...: "When Biden was president it was only $3.60."

Yeah, no.; 5/6/26, 7:30 PM
Leland said...: The article is trash, take this paragraph: A Middle Eastern diplomat said the U.S. did not coordinate Project Freedom with the Omanis until after Trump made the announcement. “The U.S. made an announcement and then coordinated with us,” the diplomat said, adding, “we were not upset or angry.”

This actual quote and others don’t match the opinion of the writers of the article. A Saudi source was asked if they were caught offguard by the announcement, but that source is quoted starting with the words “the problem with that premise”. They didn’t agree with the premise of the reporter’s question. The Omani source also disagreed with the reporter. The “backlash” is supposedly from the government these sources represent yet they disagree there was a backlash.; 5/6/26, 7:31 PM
Leland said...: A useful review of the new “Animal Farm” movie, which seems to be based on illiteracy.; 5/6/26, 7:33 PM
rehajm said...: It’s weird to see lefties whine about gas prices. The people running the Biden administration seemed to be deliberately making them has high as possible, shutting refineries, stopping drilling and pipelines, creating artificial scarcity, all while touting the virtues of Teslas. Now they want Tesla to fail, hope Elon is dead and whine about the price of gas. Meanwhile EV sales spiked in March and signs point to the same last month…; 5/6/26, 7:34 PM
lonejustice said...: When it costs you more than $100 just to fill up the tank in your Chevy or Ford pickup truck (like I did today), you will not be voting for Trump or MAGA backed candidates in the midterms.; 5/6/26, 7:36 PM
Aggie said...: So, when asked to support a bizarre 'U-turn backlash news' statement he changes the subject.........OK, then.; 5/6/26, 7:36 PM
NKP said...: What allies? A few big talkers and...

Hormuz is a much bigger concern to "Others". We got plenty. This is all about nukes, delivery systems and crazed 7th century mullahs.

I expect we'll go home after blowing-up a bit more stuff. If the Iranian people aren't going to take to the streets and kill 'em one-by-one, there' ain't much we can do without sending in the 'boots'.

If we DO send ours in-country; forget occupation - just conquer the bastards. Alberta and Greenland will just have to get in line - Iran looks like 51 to me :-)

To kill enough of them with airpower alone would cause massive collateral damage that would never survive the 24-hour news cycle.

It's worth noting the lack of death and destruction among the populace. I wonder how may have died from US bombs in Iran v. Ukrainians in populated areas.

The number of Iranian civilians killed by us is dwarfed by the number killed by their own leaders.; 5/6/26, 7:37 PM
Mason G said...: When Biden was president it was only $3.60.

According to U.S. Energy Information Administration, week of 6/13/22: Weekly U.S. All Grades All Formulations Retail Gasoline Prices: $5.107/gal.; 5/6/26, 7:41 PM
lonejustice said...: Original Mike said...
How's your portfolio, hawkeye?

It's doing good, because I am a retired professional lawyer, not the average Trump/MAGA voter who shops at Walmart and has less than $1,000 dollars in savings and is living week to week or month to month.; 5/6/26, 7:41 PM
narciso said...: Meanwhile man with a thousand faces is on tcm with james cagney as well as dorothy malone; 5/6/26, 7:44 PM
Original Mike said...: Wait! You didn't get out of the market the last time Trump lost your vote over tariffs?

Though I'm glad to see you're worried about MAGA voters. Very compassionate of you.; 5/6/26, 7:47 PM
narciso said...: I do appreciate many of the films i wouldnt have seen without tcm

The skinsuit that angel studios has adopted is odd; 5/6/26, 7:47 PM
narciso said...: Of course orwell chose allegory because the left wing book club would have been even more insistent on banning him; 5/6/26, 7:48 PM
Howard said...: Bloomberg News seems very bullish on the economy, especially excited for the SpaceX IPO and Musks investments in a new AI chip fab north of Houston. Vertical integration apparently is the key to auto autos robotics and space based AI data centers. Wall Street doesn't seem concerned about the Iranian war.; 5/6/26, 7:51 PM
Leland said...: I am a retired professional lawyer

A claim no more substantiated than the equally spurious claim of being a former Republican voter.; 5/6/26, 7:51 PM
Iman said...: He’s a known Duroc rogerer.; 5/6/26, 7:55 PM
narciso said...: Go hang ar the assassins cafe on blue scream; 5/6/26, 7:56 PM
Howard said...: It looks like the tech billionaires are going to dominate the old money changing bankster billionaires:

Based on reports from early 2026, Peter Thiel and other top figures at his AI firm, Palantir Technologies, had long argued that conflict with Iran was inevitable.Public Advocacy: Both Thiel and Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale publicly advocated for a military confrontation with Iran, with Lonsdale expressing a desire to "invest in Iran" following a regime change.Preventive Action: Thiel had previously framed an Iranian nuclear weapon as a "catastrophe" that required preventive action."Apocalyptic" Views: Thiel has been noted for his lectures on eschatology and his view that a world war, potentially involving Iran, could result in a favorable outcome, a perspective that has drawn criticism, with some labeling it as an "Antichrist-Armageddon myth".Role of Palantir: Reports indicate that Palantir’s data analytics systems, which were used to justify US-Israeli strikes, were deeply involved in the military planning for the conflict that commenced in 2026.Palantir's CEO, Alex Karp, reportedly predicted that war with Iran would prove the worth of the company's autonomous weapons systems.; 5/6/26, 7:56 PM
Iman said...: …who pines to be thought one of the “effete elite”; 5/6/26, 7:57 PM
Sweetie said...: Where were the affordability Lefties when Biden was POTUS and inflation was roughly 20% and salaries/social security went up by 10% over his four years? That CRUSHED millions of people but it was all 'let's wait for inflation to go away all by itself' (the fact that the Dems didn't and still don't blame Powell for the inflation just shows they think their voters are idiots, and they do know their voters).
If you were saving 10% of your salary, no savings for you. If you were breaking even you are well and truly F'd. You had a time to complain, like many on the right complain about the Iran war, and you, the collective you, sat on your hands. You need to sell your performative nonsense to a more gullible group.; 5/6/26, 8:00 PM
Howard said...: Who are Nattering nabobs of negativism?; 5/6/26, 8:02 PM
narciso said...: Just as with galactica noir has lost its punch because it has become too sordid even noir adjacent mysteries like perry mason revamp; 5/6/26, 8:04 PM
Beasts of England said...: My hometown of Huntsville got a shoutout the other night during the Ducks v. Golden Knights game. Nic Dowd is a native, and the announcers mentioned our minor league Havoc team, as well.

Hockey became huge in town back in the 80s when a local attorney and booster brought Doug Ross to town to coach the club team at the University of Alabama-Huntsville. They would regularly sell out the 8,000 seat Von Braun Center arena, hence the moniker the ‘Von Braun Bullies’.

The announcers also mentioned that we are the Hockey Capital of the South, which is true, of course. That appellation was bestowed upon us by one of our feisty former Democrat governors.

Hockey now, hockey tomorrow, and hockey forever. lol; 5/6/26, 8:04 PM
narciso said...: Look at tea pot dome and compare what they did to the strategic reserve under the autopen; 5/6/26, 8:07 PM
narciso said...: How about that i wouldnt have associated huntsvile and hockey; 5/6/26, 8:09 PM
Howard said...: The present is very dynamic. Why are some people so stuck in re-litigating the past? The middle east is realigning Russia is looking weak and vulnerable oil is near all time highs, China is dipping into their rainy day stores of Iranian stank, The stock exchanges have set record levels this month and AI is about to explode as it progresses Geometrically.; 5/6/26, 8:10 PM
narciso said...: Yeah evil dwarf janet yellen (more like an ugnaught) was largely at fault at treasury; 5/6/26, 8:11 PM
narciso said...: Grown hog day or like those dr who or tng clip shows; 5/6/26, 8:12 PM
Enigma said...: The problem with Bidenflation circa 2022-2023 was that the Democrats tried to be all things to all people. Lingering COVID lockdowns strangled businesses, plus higher-than-regular-pay unemployment, plus eviction blocks, plus rent support, plus low interest loans, plus expansions of ACA healthcare subsidies, plus green subsidies, plus fossil fuel shutdowns, etc. etc. etc.

The market panicked, whereby stocks crashed and bonds had their worst performance in decades. Gas spiked when people were paying a fortune for food. This stopped only after the Democrats admitted that they were replicating Jimmy Carter's systemic failure and that inflation wasn't "transitory."

Trump 47 is a big spender who's juicing stocks with benefits programs/tax cuts, plus there is the AI speculative tailwind, plus he's pushing cheaper fossil fuels, plus the new Great Powers global conflict is juicing international defense spending, etc.

Trump is setting the economy up for a classic boom-bust cycle. Biden (and Obama during the Great Recession) were set up for a redistributive anti-growth doom loop. Regulate. Tax. No babies, no fossil fuels, no growth, fewer humans.; 5/6/26, 8:13 PM
narciso said...: No 3, narrowly; 5/6/26, 8:14 PM
narciso said...: Yes they want higher presses so they can continue their electric and windmill grifts; 5/6/26, 8:16 PM
narciso said...: The nolan take on the oddyssy makes us look fondly on petersens troy; 5/6/26, 8:17 PM
Original Mike said...: "Hockey now, hockey tomorrow, and hockey forever."

Drop the puck!; 5/6/26, 8:17 PM
narciso said...: According to the previews (could they at least pretend to classical accents ) you cant get them to learn greek; 5/6/26, 8:19 PM
Original Mike said...: "Hockey became huge in town back in the 80s when a local attorney and booster brought Doug Ross to town to coach the club team at the University of Alabama-Huntsville."

Pretty sure the Badgers played them; more than once. As a college hockey fan, I was certainly aware of them.; 5/6/26, 8:19 PM
narciso said...: Its not an original thought i concurr with drinker; 5/6/26, 8:22 PM
Aggie said...: @Howard: "...Bloomberg News seems very bullish on the economy, especially excited for the SpaceX IPO and Musks investments in a new AI chip fab north of Houston. ..."

This site is one of those decommissioned power plants that were popular in the 90s. They ran off lignite, low-grade coal that was near the surface. The area would be strip-mined for the lignite, then reclaimed, complete with rolling hills, lakes, trees, etc. Some of the most beautiful petrified wood I've ever seen was dug up with these giant shovels, with pyrite fossilized rings and quartz crystals growing out of the fossilized bark - Incredible.

They shut down the plants years ago and demolished this one just a year or two ago. It's on a large artificial lake, built for cooling the powergen. The power line right of ways and much of the grid infrastructure is still there, which I assume is a principle reason for its selection. All that power distribution which used to be for sending out electricity to the grid, can now be used to bring it in.

This is a great site because it's an hour from Houston and a half hour from Texas A&M, which is getting its own massive infusions of federal research grant money.

Apparently this facility is going to produce chips for the humanoid robots.; 5/6/26, 8:25 PM
Original Mike said...: "The market panicked, whereby stocks crashed and bonds had their worst performance in decades. Gas spiked when people were paying a fortune for food."

Remember lonejustice wailing and rending his garments over the Biden market?

Yeah, me neither.; 5/6/26, 8:28 PM
Original Mike said...: italic off; 5/6/26, 8:28 PM
Bushman of the Kohlrabi said...: I’m all ready to jump over and support Dems now because I know they’ll stop at nothing to bring down the cost of gas.; 5/6/26, 8:29 PM
narciso said...: Of course if they are programmed by claude well katie bar the door; 5/6/26, 8:30 PM
narciso said...: 'Give us a little credit'; 5/6/26, 8:31 PM
narciso said...: I forget what film that is from; 5/6/26, 8:33 PM
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narciso said...: The next film up in guns of navarrone which was peculiarly cross promoted with force 10 which happened nearly 20 years later one of robert shaws last films btw; 5/6/26, 8:35 PM
Original Mike said...: "The next film up in guns of navarrone which was peculiarly cross promoted with force 10 which happened nearly 20 years later one of robert shaws last films btw"

I always confuse the two.; 5/6/26, 8:38 PM
narciso said...: One has guns blocking the straits (hmm) the other has a dam next a key bridge crossing (but the merch pushed the first one); 5/6/26, 8:40 PM
narciso said...: TBC on X: "Another viral Spencer Pratt political ad has hit the timeline. Mayor Karen Bass is fuming. https://t.co/Vd2VexY7Tv" / X https://share.google/k2uFEff2wN27G9s0h; 5/6/26, 8:40 PM
Original Mike said...: when you have a dam, you've got the forces working for you; 5/6/26, 8:42 PM
Howard said...: Good knowledge, Aggie.; 5/6/26, 8:43 PM
YoungHegelian said...: @Beasts of England,

My hometown of Huntsville got a shoutout the other night during the Ducks v. Golden Knights game

I was born & raised in Decatur. My first IT jobs were on the Redstone Arsenal in 1979 after college.; 5/6/26, 8:44 PM
narciso said...: I suppose you could smuggle enough explosives to blow up such a massive structure; 5/6/26, 8:51 PM
Rustygrommet said...: Lonejustice doesn't care much for working people. Poor people gotta shop somewhere, lone.; 5/6/26, 8:52 PM
Eva Marie said...: In Los Angeles top 2 are going to be in the run off. Bass still polling ahead of Pratt - 25% to 11%. Birds of a feather Bass and Raman will probably go to the run off with Raman probably winning - although at this point what difference does it make.; 5/6/26, 8:53 PM
narciso said...: There wasnt a dam in that location during the war; 5/6/26, 8:56 PM
Eva Marie said...: lonejustice says
“I am a retired professional lawyer, not the average Trump/MAGA voter who shops at Walmart”
1. . . as opposed to the unprofessional lawyers?
2. If Walmart is a no go for lawyers, just another reason to love shopping there.; 5/6/26, 9:00 PM
Mr. T. said...: Leftist democrat socialists: WE ARE TAKING OVER GROCERY STORES FOR MUH DEMOCRACY !(TM)

Also leftist socialists this week: WALGREENS TIRED OF US LOOTING THEM AND SHUTTING DOWN IS ECONOMIC GENOCIDE! (TM)

Can't make this stuff up folks...; 5/6/26, 9:06 PM
Original Mike said...: "Lonejustice doesn't care much for working people."

His only concern is for a cudgel with which to beat Trump. It's all he talks about.; 5/6/26, 9:06 PM
Chest Rockwell said...: Alec Baldwin has excellent comedic timing.; 5/6/26, 9:14 PM
imTay said...: Well, Trump's boss flew in from Jerusalem, probably to stiffen his spine again, so I expect that all of this talk of a deal was about keeping the price of gas down until the markets close on Friday night. I hope I am wrong, but with Trump's meeting with Xi coming up in a week, he is not ready to fold his hand yet, after all, other than doing Netanyahu's bidding, gaining control of oil bound for China to improve his hand for this meeting was a big part of the reason for the unprovoked attack on Iran.

Oh, did you think that we were fighting to open the Strait for all? Lol.; 5/6/26, 9:26 PM
FullMoon said...: Friends daughter od'd on fentynal last year. She was married, working, had a 1 year old girl, part time college. Casual user.

Last week received an un-solicited condolence letter from the White House, "signed" by Trump.

Expressing sympathy and, naturally, mentioning fighting the cartels and most likely an auto pen signature. But , just the same, a nice gesture. Mentioned everybody in the family by their name.

Family has mild TDS, wonder what they feel about this but not gonna ask.; 5/6/26, 9:36 PM
FullMoon said...: i"mTay said...
Well, Trump's boss flew in from Jerusalem, probably to stiffen his spine again, so I expect that all of this talk of a deal was about keeping the price of gas down until the markets close on Friday night"

Thanks for that info, was wondering why gas was down a dime this week. Better fill up before it goes up a quarter on Monday.; 5/6/26, 9:38 PM
Aggie said...: Just in: For whom the climate bell tolls, the clapper with two knockers:

https://x.com/InsidConflict/status/2052005278082851047; 5/6/26, 9:42 PM
FullMoon said...: "What year were gas prices highest?
The prior U.S. record high average, $4.165, was set in July 2008. National averages exceeded that in March 2022 and continued to rise through mid-June, reaching a high of $5.107 before declining through mid-September."; 5/6/26, 9:42 PM
Original Mike said...: “I am a retired professional lawyer, not the average Trump/MAGA voter who shops at Walmart”

What an ass.; 5/6/26, 9:47 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: "The way I look at it is that in total it will make sense. If you want to try to pick the winners and losers, you will have a hard time. So there will be losers in that, there will be winners, or people saying I told you so, and stuff like that. But the technology itself is so powerful, it’s worth $1tn of investment.”

"Dimon’s comments come as banks are hunting for ways to offload risks tied to a glut of data centre debt as the race to build AI infrastructure stretches financing limits among the largest global lenders." ~ FT

I feel like the overlooked risk to the investment in Data Centers is if more people start running LLMs locally on their own personal/work devices, as opposed to using cloud-based AI providers.

There is a sub-Reddit thread worth exploring called r/LocalLLaMA/, where software developers are trying out LLMs that they can download on their computers and run locally, as an alternative to using Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex. They're also able to run these not necessarily on high-end GPUs, but on consumer laptops like MacBook Pros -- the chips inside those MacBooks are powerful enough to run Qwen3.6 locally.

If Uber are spending anywhere between $500-$2000 per month per developer on AI tokens, dropping $2599 on a M5 MacBook Pro with 48GB RAM instead could potentially save them anywhere between $3,400 -- $21,400 per developer within 12 months.

There is also the other aspect of small language models, which are designed to run on much smaller hardware and electricity needs, and could potentially be used to fulfill smaller, more specific needs.

I don't doubt the amazing potential of LLMs, but I feel like the anticipated demand for data centers is ignoring the potential risks of users swapping to cheaper, more convenient options, leaving data center owners and their investors carrying the can.; 5/6/26, 9:48 PM
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Inga said...: What’s going on with Saudi Arabia prohibiting US from it’s military bases and air space?; 5/6/26, 9:51 PM
Original Mike said...: "What world do these people live in?"

Incredible.; 5/6/26, 9:52 PM
Jim at said...: There will be a bloodbath in the Midterms, but when it happens, Trump and MAGA will blame everyone and everything except themselves.

1. Your predictions suck. You've proven that.

2. If they do lose the mid-terms, I'll be sure to blame fuckheads like you who claim to be Republicans, yet parrot every leftwing talking point known to man.

With 'Republicans' like you, who needs Democrats?; 5/6/26, 9:59 PM
Jim at said...: It's doing good, because I am a retired professional lawyer, not the average Trump/MAGA voter who shops at Walmart and has less than $1,000 dollars in savings and is living week to week or month to month.

Gee, and a condescending asshole, too.; 5/6/26, 10:02 PM
Big Mike said...: Howard said...

Who are Nattering nabobs of negativism?

Look in a mirror, Fool.; 5/6/26, 10:04 PM
loudogblog said...: I just finished watching the California governor's debate on NBC and, near the end, it devolved into a total food fight. And at the very end they asked all the candidates one last question. All the candidates got to answer except Villaraigosa. When it was his turn, they dimmed the lights and cut the mics and he had this expression on his face like "What the hell is this?" Then NBC (not YouTube) ran a long ad for Tom Steyer that actually had the NBC logo in the bottom right of the screen the whole time. It was not a well done debate.; 5/6/26, 10:11 PM
Mason G said...: "fuckheads like you who claim to be Republicans, yet parrot every leftwing talking point known to man."

Republicans have to deal with the fact RINOs exist, there is nothing comparable on the leftard side.

Imagine being so soul-sucking degenerate that you have to pretend to be part of a group you're trying to subvert in order to justify (to yourself, anyway) your worthless existence.; 5/6/26, 10:11 PM
Mason G said...: "and has less than $1,000 dollars in savings and is living week to week or month to month."

As opposed to Democrats, who are busy defrauding the government they say they love with their phony-baloney learing centers and hospices, no doubt.; 5/6/26, 10:14 PM
Jim at said...: When it costs you more than $100 just to fill up the tank in your Chevy or Ford pickup truck (like I did today)

Only a dumb shit runs around with a full tank of gas when prices are high.

Even those schtoopid Wal*Mart shoppers realize they get better mileage when not dragging around an extra 120-160 pounds of fuel.; 5/6/26, 10:14 PM
Aggie said...: Steyer, man that guy. He looks like the world's angriest boss, worse than Bloomberg, somebody that would make J. Jonah Jameson look like Mr. Rogers.; 5/6/26, 10:14 PM
Big Mike said...: “Revenge & retribution is not a Christian value.”

Speaking of RINOs, the above is what Indiana Republican State Senator Travis Holdman whined after getting thrashed by 20 points in the Indiana primary. It seems to me that a politician who sends a gratuitous one-finger salute to his political base when he’s facing a closed primary should expect some degree of retribution. He thought he was flipping the bird at Trump. Turns out he was flipping the bird at his voters, who then became someone else’s voters.

Sad when a politician forgets how to do politics.; 5/6/26, 10:25 PM
Prof. M. Drout said...: Did someone turn on the bat-signal tonight, or is it a spontaneous reaction to something? The thing with the corrupt congresswoman in VA doesn't really seem nationally significant. Is it the redistricting?; 5/6/26, 10:30 PM
Hassayamper said...: Trump 47 is a big spender who's juicing stocks with benefits programs/tax cuts, plus there is the AI speculative tailwind, plus he's pushing cheaper fossil fuels, plus the new Great Powers global conflict is juicing international defense spending, etc....Trump is setting the economy up for a classic boom-bust cycle.

It all sounds very Keynesian. I remember when that would have thrilled the Democrats.; 5/6/26, 10:40 PM
Breezy said...: “Sad when a politician forgets how to do politics.“

Or lets their TDS spike at the wrong time. Example: Mike Pence. He should have known better.; 5/7/26, 12:25 AM
Michael Fitzgerald said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 5/7/26, 3:02 AM
Michael Fitzgerald said...: lonejustice used to pretend that he was a state's prosecuting attorney, not just a professional lawyer. Must have forgotten; 5/7/26, 3:04 AM
john mosby said...: imTay: "gaining control of oil bound for China to improve his hand for this meeting was a big part of the reason for the unprovoked attack on Iran."

We piped and you did not dance; we wailed and you did not mourn. You guys complain that Trump had no plan for this fight. Then you stumble on one of many strategic goals and you deride him for having a strategic goal. Just beautiful. CC, JSM; 5/7/26, 3:41 AM
john mosby said...: 'ciso: "noir has lost its punch because it has become too sordid"

Isn't the point of noir to be sordid? CC, JSM; 5/7/26, 4:04 AM
Not an oldster. said...: America during wartime makes you boomers all so ugly...

What hateful slop will our white haired hostess, nttawwt, be serving you up today, lol? Ah, the good ugly life...; 5/7/26, 4:46 AM
Big Mike said...: @Prof. M. Drout, if you mean Louise Lucas, she is President Pro Tem of the State Senate, and not a member of the US Congress. She is also thoroughly crooked.; 5/7/26, 5:04 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Wow that Fulton County election interference investigation is sure heating up. I’m sure the Feds will have no problem finding cooperative witnesses among the 3000 election workers who were subpoenaed by the NC Grand Jury. Fani was not the only crooked partisan working in Atlanta.; 5/7/26, 5:26 AM
Just an old country lawyer said...: Saying that one is a "retired professional lawyer" sounds as meaningless and pretentious as a practicing "professional" lawyer does by adding "Esq." to his/her signature.; 5/7/26, 5:49 AM
Eva Marie said...: I watched Obsession (1949) again. It was in Criterion’s collection of British noir, but that’s really stretching the definition of noir. It’s on YouTube now.
I asked Grok about the labeling. Short answer: “moody lighting, shadows, psychological tension, moral ambiguity,” and “the protagonist is outwardly civilized but monstrous underneath.”
It was as if Grok was describing a completely different movie. Those elements are there, but they don’t capture the experience of watching it. Obsession is so charming, and throughout the whole movie there’s an awareness that the conclusion will be as delightful as the rest of the movie.
Highly recommended.; 5/7/26, 5:51 AM
rehajm said...: It's doing good, because I am a retired professional lawyer

I presume this is a brag about value of his portfolio and not a boast about investment performance alpha. After doctors lawyers make some of worst portfolio moves. If I’m picking a pm form those two I’ll take the WalMart shopper…; 5/7/26, 6:00 AM
rehajm said...: …and what an elitist doosh. So many times on this blog commenters shit on fast food workers or baristas or in this case price conscious shoppers. Work is a binary in my mind. I guess I’m in the minority there…; 5/7/26, 6:05 AM
rehajm said...: beetlejuise; 5/7/26, 6:13 AM
rehajm said...: beetlegeuse; 5/7/26, 6:13 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Chinese leader Xi Jinping indirectly sided against Iran in telling Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman that the Strait of Hormuz “should maintain normal passage.” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi also reportedly told his Thai counterpart that China has 70 of its own vessels stranded behind the Strait of Hormuz that it is struggling to get free.

Weirdly, NONE of this resembles the IRGC propaganda that Kak has been spreading around here.; 5/7/26, 6:17 AM
wendybar said...: Prof. M. Drout - The investigation into Louise Lucas was started by the Biden administration; 5/7/26, 6:19 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Oooh. More bad news for China:

Nearly all production of synthetic pesticides involves chemicals produced by petrochemical companies using fossil fuels. The war’s impacts on Middle Eastern petrochemical companies led to a rapid 46 percent increase in China’s domestic prices for pesticides from early February to mid-April.; 5/7/26, 6:21 AM
Saint Croix said...: The notorious Nazi Republican is now calling on Trump to be impeached. And he’s now registered as a Democrat. The NYT will interview him in 3, 2, 1…; 5/7/26, 6:21 AM
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"Voters want candidates who are authentically themselves—warts and all. In fact, a candidate’s vices have started to become markers of authenticity." Democratic voters.
https://lnk.thebulwark.com/4wi04P6

https://x.com/politicalmath/status/2052206903170666546?s=20; 5/7/26, 6:22 AM
wendybar said...: Gunther Eagleman™
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🚨THE FIVE MELTDOWN: Jessica Tarlov completely LOSES IT when Greg Gutfeld asks Dems: “I’m OK with you hating Trump, why aren’t you OK with me liking him?”

TDS in full meltdown mode. They can spew nonstop hate but can’t handle anyone supporting Trump. Total hypocrite clowns exposed.

https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/2052189896316440596?s=20; 5/7/26, 6:24 AM
Saint Croix said...: Maybe he can get a helpful tattoo. Or he can go on the Hasan Piker podcast.

Democrats party is a big tent of hatred and anti-Semitism.; 5/7/26, 6:25 AM
rehajm said...: What’s interesting to me is in the fist story the propaganda media is quoting the lightbringer and every democrat complaining about the destruction of democracy as a result of the Louisiana decision and in the next story they’re talking about Republican woes in the midterms because of their slim majority. Mutually exclusive those two points are…; 5/7/26, 6:26 AM
wendybar said...: Siraj Hashmi
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If the intent of Leftism was destroying America, what would they be doing differently?
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A Leftist burned down the Palisades and progressives prohibit it from being rebuilt.

https://x.com/SirajAHashmi/status/2052200014022115816?s=20; 5/7/26, 6:28 AM
rehajm said...: Democrat voters want candidates with Nazi tattoos because that means they are authentic

…that says to me the ragtag army of misfit toys they’ve assembled is not having the desired effect in the focus groups…; 5/7/26, 6:29 AM
rehajm said...: Now eat the mush we’re feeding you Dems!; 5/7/26, 6:41 AM
wendybar said...: "Stockholm syndrome in Brooks Brothers suits, convinced that if they just apologize harder, the left will eventually stop hating them for the crime of winning elections.

Meanwhile President Trump is out there executing the popular mandate single-handedly...draining the swamp with one arm while the other fends off lawfare, media assassination, and the quiet knives of his own supposed allies."

https://x.com/grey4626/status/2052142388295192819?s=20; 5/7/26, 6:47 AM
Rustygrommet said...: "Gee, and a condescending asshole, too."
But, Jim. He's a PROFESSIONAL lawyer! Not like those amature lawyers that shop at Walmart. Or ,god forbid, Aldi. I bet lonejustice pays full price at Ralfs and is glad to do it. Have some respect, Jim.; 5/7/26, 6:48 AM
narciso said...: Hes lionel hutz; 5/7/26, 6:50 AM
narciso said...: I saw that the basilisk was besides themselves over the Presidents interactions with the yoot; 5/7/26, 6:54 AM
narciso said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 5/7/26, 6:54 AM
Inga said...: “I,bet lonejustice pays full price at Ralfs and is glad to do it.”

Doesn’t Althouse shop and pay full price at Whole Foods?; 5/7/26, 6:57 AM
Saint Croix said...: Interesting that John Fetterman is more pro-Israel than Josh Shapiro. Shapiro's house was fire-bombed! And he's like, "Shut up, John."; 5/7/26, 7:02 AM
boatbuilder said...: gaining control of oil bound for China to improve his hand for this meeting was a big part of the reason for the unprovoked attack on Iran.

Well, you're starting to get it.

But sure, let's just say it's all about next week's meeting...; 5/7/26, 7:03 AM
wendybar said...: Why are you bringing Althouse into it, Inga???; 5/7/26, 7:04 AM
Humperdink said...: My laugh for the day. Chief Justice John Robert speaks (via the AP):

“I think, at a very basic level, people think we’re making policy decisions, we’re saying we think this is how things should be, as opposed to what the law provides,” he said. “I think they view us as purely political actors, which I don’t think is an accurate understanding of what we do.”; 5/7/26, 7:12 AM
Saint Croix said...: Platner has opted to cover up his tattoo, which I think means "wear a shirt."; 5/7/26, 7:13 AM
Saint Croix said...: His campaign slogan: "I am not a secret Nazi."; 5/7/26, 7:14 AM
wildswan said...: If the Navy doesn't have the tactics to handle fast boat swarms and drones, then by all means back off till it does. Don't be likeidiotic aristocrats going forward because honor does not allow them to back off and try another way.

To me, Iran is not doing well when it bottles up oil China needs thus angering a major ally or when it seizes an international waterway, thus angering everyone else. But the IRGC strategy is wait for the Dems to help them after the mid-terms. And the Dem strategy is to talk about GOP cruelty in arresting immigrant pedophiles and cracking down on fraud against HHS and yet all the while the Dems are preparing to support the IRGC which shot 35,000 Iranians and is torturing 10,000 more at this moment. The Dems act as if returning criminals to their home country and ending Somali-type frauds in this country were the same as physical torture and murder. The Dems are the only hope of the IRGC and the Dems aren't the least bit ashamed of that for a foreign policy.; 5/7/26, 7:17 AM
narciso said...: He could have just removed the tattoo at any time in the last 20 years; 5/7/26, 7:20 AM
Humperdink said...: I don’t see how Platner can continue. But the Dems have a way of standing by flawed candidates. The R’s have a target rich environment in front of them. Grab the popcorn!

Is the Nazi oyster farmer a member of the Ku Klux Klam?; 5/7/26, 7:20 AM
rehajm said...: …vis a vis the IRDC, former dark President and future dark President candidate Rice is already out threatening anyone who assists Trump. Insert your own professional courtesy punchline here…; 5/7/26, 7:27 AM
wendybar said...: Every day that goes by, you see the mental illnesses getting worse in the Progressive wing of America. This guy is mentally ill.

Jack Posobiec

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BREAKING: Star Wars actor Mark Hamill posts image of dead President Trump with caption 'If Only' days after assassination attempt

https://x.com/JackPosobiec/status/2052351720324301101?s=20; 5/7/26, 7:28 AM
narciso said...: Hes gone full sith; 5/7/26, 7:34 AM
Humperdink said...: Reading lonejustice’s foolish comments causes me to think he is A) Not an attorney B) Never been a republican and C) Is a certified troll.

I know a lot of attorneys. None, not a single one, calls themselves a “professional” lawyer.; 5/7/26, 7:35 AM
RJW said...: Sweetie @ 8:00, the “affordability lefties” were loud and clear during COVID. You seem to forget that the world shut down, governments flooded economies with support, supply chains broke, and inflation followed globally.

Powell by the way, is a Trump pick.

Enigma @ 8:13, to be clear, under Biden, inflation spiked to around 9% and was mainly contributed to the global supply disruption. It never hit anywhere near 20%. Biden was able to turn that around to what many referred to as the “economic envy of the world”.

Obama by the way, also lifted the country from the Bush crash and burn ashes and resulted in 7 years of steady economic growth.

It’s interesting how fabricated malarkey such as 20% inflation etc goes unchecked by the regulars, kinda like a tribal acceptance in a village of alternate facts.; 5/7/26, 7:38 AM
narciso said...: You can stop removing all doubt ray; 5/7/26, 7:42 AM
wendybar said...: Benny Johnson

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One day before Donald Trump was sworn into office in 2017 an obscure bureaucrat doctor made a promise that there “will be a surprise viral outbreak” in the “next administration.”

He worked in every admin since Nixon, yet never made a claim like this.

Guess what happened next?

https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/2052360408158138629?s=20; 5/7/26, 7:43 AM
Saint Croix said...: So he paid a tattoo artist to draw a new tattoo over the Nazi tattoo.

She went with a "Celtic knot" and a dog jumping out of the black mess. It looks like a scene out of The Thing, actually, with the poor dog getting sucked into an alien beast.; 5/7/26, 7:44 AM
Humperdink said...: “ Powell by the way, is a Trump pick.”

Trump made a lot bad choices in his first term, Powell being one of them. He has learned his lesson. His choices this term are outstanding.

Note that Powell proved to be Biden a lackey, which is why Trump wanted him ousted. Trump has a good memory.; 5/7/26, 7:52 AM
narciso said...: https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/moral-non-equivalance?; 5/7/26, 7:52 AM
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narciso said...: Powell had pretended to have integrity, but if you can fake thar; 5/7/26, 7:53 AM
Leland said...: Well stated wildswan.; 5/7/26, 8:07 AM
Humperdink said...: From Don Surber: “ He (Colbert) made $15 million a year doing a half-assed job, but CBS made less than zero on the show—reportedly taking a $40 million loss each year.”

And the Commie left claims Trump made CBS fire this “comedian”. Now that made me laugh.; 5/7/26, 8:07 AM
Leland said...: Related to Aggie’s comment in regards to SpaceX’s location of Terafab; it is within 30 miles of where Compaq and former TI fabrication used to be decades ago. Much of that became HP which then faltered awhile back, but the area still has a lot of expertise in chip fabrication.; 5/7/26, 8:13 AM
Ronald J. Ward said...: Hump, “outstanding” is indeed an interesting description of the Fox News talking heads and personal turd polishers that Trump has installed in key positions.; 5/7/26, 8:14 AM
boatbuilder said...: Enigma @ 8:13, to be clear, under Biden, inflation spiked to around 9% and was mainly contributed to the global supply disruption. It never hit anywhere near 20%. Biden was able to turn that around to what many referred to as the “economic envy of the world”.

Obama by the way, also lifted the country from the Bush crash and burn ashes and resulted in 7 years of steady economic growth.

More bullshit. GDP growth under Biden was basically flat after the massive goosing provided by government spending post-covid. CARES, PPP, ARPA (about $4.5 Trillion). Many Dem hacks referred to it as "the economic envy of the world". Same with Obama and TARP.

https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/usa/united-states/gdp-growth-rate

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FYONGDA188S; 5/7/26, 8:15 AM
RJW said...: Hump, “outstanding” is indeed an interesting term for the Fox News talking heads and the turd polishing bobbing heads that Trump has installed in key positions.; 5/7/26, 8:17 AM
RJW said...: Boatman, wasn’t the CARES act signed by Trump?

And didn’t Trump run on a promise of infrastructure and didn’t do it and Biden ran on the same and then did it?; 5/7/26, 8:26 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Perhaps we cut RJW some slack. You see he's used to highly credentialed CJS grads doing the "reporting" or "commentary" on TV. So RJW is commenting on things he does not know, like most loser lefties do. They brag about NOT watching Fox yet have very strong opinions on people who worked there.

What the rest of us know: Fox hires people who are NOT journalists for their analyst positions because they have REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE: Jeanine Pirro was a NY state judge and sex-crimes prosecutor, Pete Hegseth was a highly decorated soldier and author of military strategy. So these are people who had years of experience doing their job before they joined Fox and now they are back at their core skills working for Government again.

Compared to Lloyd AWOL Austin, Mike DEI Milly and the surgeon general that was a dude in drag, I can see why RJW prefers Biden's clown car cabinet. But real Americans like competent people doing the big jobs. Dig it!; 5/7/26, 8:29 AM
rehajm said...: Yah, Fed Chairmen with grand plans generally aren’t what the world needs…but , though I’m the only left who cares, a nominee who was ambitious about ending the dual mandate would make me smile…; 5/7/26, 8:31 AM
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Peachy said...: Yet - the insane D-base stay loyal.

"California Rep Kevin Kiley says they have learned the $100 million dollar pacific palisades Fire Aid concert money was laundered to nonprofits"; 5/7/26, 8:33 AM
Peachy said...: Also:

"USDA reported 1.3 million non-citizens receiving SNAP benefits."

Wow- just as the corrupt democratic party intended.; 5/7/26, 8:39 AM
Leland said...: This is what I suspected to be the case. The real issue that the allies had was the US wasn’t planning on retaliating in force if Iran was aggressive during Operation Project Freedom. Those countries want the IRGC regime gone more than Trump. If the NBC article, that lone just us takes as gospel, was honest; it would have noted the allies were upset because Trump wasn’t promising major retribution against Iran if they continued to attack commerce.; 5/7/26, 10:02 AM
RJW said...: Mike @ 8:29, didn’t Fox have to cough up a whopping sum after admitting under oath of telling the Basket of Gulibles what they wanted to hear for ratings?

That’s what’s so phenomenal about the tribe, you know they feed you bullshit just as you know Trump signed the Cares Act and installed Powell and the many other alternative facts that gives you that warm and fuzzy feeling. Yet, you’ll be right back next week or tomorrow or within the hour peddling the same nonsense that you know isn’t true.

And heck ova job Hegseth on the Iran not-war.

Just curious, since Trump has won the Iran war like 8 times, does that mean he’s won like 16 wars total? Or, not-wars? Or, something?; 5/7/26, 10:03 AM
Iman said...: Ward’s uncleavered beaver…; 5/7/26, 11:32 AM
DINKY DAU 45 said...: NBC News reported that Saudi Arabia revoked U.S. access to its bases for Project Freedom, a mission to safeguard the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian threats. A call between Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman failed to resolve the dispute, forcing the administration to pause the operation. Political commentators described the move as a significant strategic loss for the U.S. in the Gulf region.Rubio looks like a knucklehead after his spiel. Of course Admins 101 SPIN publicly framed the pause as a result of progress in negotiations with Iran, claiming a 'complete and final agreement' could be near. However, analysts noted trump made similar claims before without tangible results, and recent talks did not even take place as planned. Critics argue this reflects a pattern of overstatement and a lack of credible diplomatic groundwork. Keystone cops, admins statements " gas aint that bad,,food is coming way down, economy best ever,Republicans 100% for me , MIGHT SEND IRANIAN ASSETS(DISGUISED AS PALLLETS OF CASH,AND SOME NUCLEAR ENRICHMENT (OBAMA LIGHT) IN A DEAL 15-20 YEARS SUNSET,,, you know like the one we had..Rubio says"our main goal ,get straits open(you know like they were before the WAR) beautiful Whiskey Hoover Patel Splaining away, Besset SAYS OH YEAH THATS RIGHT, Vance against war from beginning and JARED AND the other guy trying to get some more $$$ DEALS no not IRAN... WTF and the orange guy is 80 in June and lost his marbles ,sleepy Don sputtering complete insanity. Pay up Don E JEAN is waiting.; 5/7/26, 1:32 PM
Bruce Hayden said...: “And heck ova job Hegseth on the Iran not-war.”

He’s hell of a lot better than that clown Biden had. Hegseth did just what he was told to do - destroyed their nuclear program, along with almost all of their missiles, missile launchers, Air Force, and navy. With the loss of just 6 service members. No more overweight pretend women sitting around in what looked like a sewing circle, instead of leading their men in PT (when was the last time you saw SecDef and SecHHS having a pullup contest?) No more drag shows. And the most overweight and out of shape, being Biden’s SecDef, leading by example. Going from missing all of their recruiting goals, to hitting them well before the end of the year. And likely even earlier in 2026. And then, there was his debacle, pulling out of Afghanistan, leaving more dead than Hegseth has done, while leaving tens, maybe hundreds, of $billion$ of top tier arms for the Taliban. Was it the gross incompetence of the Biden DOJ, or internal sabotage? We may never know. But what we do know is that Hegseth, in less than a year and a half, has turned our DoW back into the most feared military in the world.; 5/7/26, 1:35 PM
Bruce Hayden said...: “California Rep Kevin Kiley says they have learned the $100 million dollar pacific palisades Fire Aid concert money was laundered to nonprofits"

So, Dem gross negligence by their DEI bureaucrats allowed tens of thousands of beautiful homes be burned to the ground. Then well meaning Dem musicians raised $100 million from their sheeple to help alleviate the pain, and the Dem elites, with their NGOs, promptly stole it.; 5/7/26, 1:44 PM
Bruce Hayden said...: “If the Navy doesn't have the tactics to handle fast boat swarms and drones, then by all means back off till it does. Don't be likeidiotic aristocrats going forward because honor does not allow them to back off and try another way.”

Why do you think that they don’t? We have slapped 25 and 30 mm Bushmasters on practically everything that floats. Along with the ubiquitous M2s. The mini-swarm taken out this week were by a couple of. AH64 Apaches, carrying a M242 Bushmaster, but apparently lighting the boats up with their rockets instead. We apparently have over 200 of them in the neighborhood. Also a bunch of A-10 warthogs with their high speed 30 mm cannons (plus again, rockets and missiles). And if they try to sneak in at night, they can expect Spectre gunships to be circling above, where high speed cannon ammo is loaded by the pallet.; 5/7/26, 2:06 PM
Josephbleau said...: The democrats problem with Hegseth is merely that he is effective.; 5/7/26, 2:53 PM
RJW said...: There you go again Bruce @ 1:35, attributing a lot of success to one person and ignoring multiple factors such as a stronger economy for defense jobs, revised recruiting standards, larger bonuses, increased advertising, and post-COVID normalization, all while pretending the trend started after Hegseth.

The Afghanistan withdrawal criticism is fair game but how many times do we have to revisit the fact that the withdrawal agreement itself originated under Trump, and military leadership under both administrations participated in the execution.

On the “most feared military in the world” claim, the US military never stopped being the world’s dominant military power under either Biden or Trump. China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea were not suddenly unconcerned during the Biden years and then suddenly terrified under Hegseth.

The cultural issues — drag shows, DEI policies, fitness standards, transgender service debates is where your rant becomes ideological branding rather than military analysis. People can disagree on those policies, but there is little evidence that occasional drag events or diversity initiatives were the primary reason for recruiting shortfalls or military weakness.

And much of your rhetoric here is plainly emotional or insulting rather than factual — “pretend women,” “sewing circle,” “clown,” etc- all tribe rallying language.

If we are judging a Secretary of Defense seriously, the better questions might be; has readiness improved, have retention rates improved, has procurement improved, are adversaries being deterred, or maybe has operations succeeding with minimal casualties.

Those are measurable standards. What you’re regurgitating is simply instructed culture-war theater layered on top.; 5/7/26, 2:55 PM
Jim at said...: Doesn’t Althouse shop and pay full price at Whole Foods?

I'm not aware of Althouse looking down her nose at poor, stupid, Trump voters shopping at Wal*Mart.; 5/7/26, 3:57 PM
Jim at said...: RJW + Ronald J. Ward + Chuck = Scroll; 5/7/26, 4:01 PM