Althouse: Sunrise on the lake.

27 ઑક્ટોબર, 2026

Sunrise on the lake.

Afternoon in the woods:

115 ટિપ્પણીઓ:

Vance કહ્યું...: I love fall leaves. And, hopefully, the sound of Democrat .... prsyns..... weeping and lamenting in a couple of weeks.; 27/10/26 05:25 PM
Big Mike કહ્યું...: I didn’t watch Game 3. What I found startling was to read that the Rays were charged with zero errors during that 8-run 5th inning.; 27/10/26 05:53 PM
Leland કહ્યું...: I figured that after the Brewers embarrassed the Dodgers, we would eventually hear that they cheated. Indeed the claims are coming out. People are saying they are cheating like the 2017 Astros. Even in 2017, the Astros method worked using replay cameras at Minute Maid, yet every game they won against LA was in LA. LA just won’t accept an L from a non-coastal team.; 27/10/26 05:54 PM
Jersey Fled કહ્યું...: “ While the left were toasting victory on Monday morning, investors were furiously dumping Brazilian equities and, more importantly, debt. On Monday the Bovespa – Brazil’s main stock market index – fell by over 15 percent. The Brazilian real lost as much as a tenth of its value, its worst trading day since 1999. Meanwhile, the ten-year local bond yield jumped from 13 percent to more than 15 percent in a single session. Amid the rout, the country canceled two debt auctions. It was ugly, and shows little sign of calming down any time soon.”; 27/10/26 06:42 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ કહ્યું...: US executives quit $25bn gas venture over claims of secret Russian control ~ FT
𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘌𝘖 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘓𝘕𝘎 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘍𝘛 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘬 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘭

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘓𝘕𝘎 2, 𝘢 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘬, 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚 𝘪𝘯 2023. 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘢.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 $25𝘣𝘯 𝘜𝘚 𝘨𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺’𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘚 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩, 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱’𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺. 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.

All this is a waste of time. For some reason, despite years of failures, Trump and his yes men think Putin will end his war in Ukraine with no territorial gains in exchange for some business deals. Business has never been important to Putin. If it had been, he would've never started this war which has devastated Russian businesses and its economy.

For Putin, these business talks are about trying to normalize relations with the US and using the relationship to end US support for Ukraine, allowing Russia to divide and conquer.

Beyond that central misconception, the Trump administration really doesn't have the power to make some of these deals either- and with two years to go time is running out for them to do any of them.; 27/10/26 07:18 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ કહ્યું...: Inside Donald Trump Jr’s Mongolian hunting trip with a Kremlin-linked businessman ~ FT
𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘻𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵’𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘝𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘳 𝘗𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘒𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘭𝘦𝘷 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘑𝘳’𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘺.

Unfortunately this relationship is quite unremarkable. The family business has been helping businessmen with ties to the Kremlin evade sanctions and move money out of Russia into Western property holdings. It seems this family business is being picked up by the next generation.; 27/10/26 07:18 PM
chickelit કહ્યું...: “ While the left were toasting victory on Monday morning, investors were furiously dumping Brazilian equities and, more importantly, debt."

Portends what will happen with a DSA victory next week. Smrt money isn't going to fall into the hands of Communists.; 27/10/26 07:20 PM
Mason G કહ્યું...: "Smrt money isn't going to fall into the hands of Communists."

They'll settle for grabbing whatever stupid money they can get their hands on. Fair warning to progressives.; 27/10/26 07:26 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit કહ્યું...: No team has ever come back from a 3–0 deficit in the World Series. Only one team in MLB history has overcome a 3–0 series deficit, the 2004 Boston Red Sox, who rallied to beat the New York Yankees 4–3 in the American League Championship Series.; 27/10/26 07:34 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit કહ્યું...: National Beer Day today.; 27/10/26 07:35 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit કહ્યું...: Check that. Today is “National American Beer Day”.; 27/10/26 07:37 PM
rehajm કહ્યું...: …I celebrated with a Founders KBS…as I do most days…🍻; 27/10/26 07:47 PM
Original Mike કહ્યું...: ‘Zero-energy companionship’: bizarre hobby takes seed among China’s stressed young adults

If we can just keep China at bay for a decade they'll implode on their own.; 27/10/26 07:53 PM
rehajm કહ્યું...: …some enterprising chinese tried the Mao ChiaHead. The party was not amused…; 27/10/26 08:00 PM
Peachy+2 કહ્યું...: Cuba's cruel fascist communist leaders all need to ousted.; 27/10/26 08:03 PM
rehajm કહ્યું...: …I voted today. I happened by the library while running errands and there was no line. 10 minutes in and out. Glorious. The silly season in full swing as all the dark ads are running on the streamers…; 27/10/26 08:04 PM
Peachy+2 કહ્યું...: Shame on you, alaska.; 27/10/26 08:04 PM
rehajm કહ્યું...: …move the UN to Schenectady. They’ll all show up once then none of them will ever show up again…; 27/10/26 08:08 PM
Peachy+2 કહ્યું...: Soros family likes them some Lula fascist; 27/10/26 08:08 PM
Peachy+2 કહ્યું...: Data Republican on X
She is worth a bookmark

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DataRepublican
@DataRepublican
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Oct 26
Governor Newsom on 17 October: "The whole - the system's broken. It's completely unbalanced. And you can't - we can't manage the decline. We have to completely reimagine."

Then within the files, I see very similar language: "The system is broken — and it cannot fix itself."

Does that mean the specific ex-USAID workers we've been tracking are controlling Newsom? No. But as you've seen throughout these files, every individual in the ecosystem belongs to multiple NGOs and alliances. They network constantly. They attend each other's conferences. They form coalitions on similar projects. They give each other feedback. That's how they develop a hive mind.

The proposed methods may differ from group to group, but they are all converging on one goal: America governance must be rewritten from top down, and soon."; 27/10/26 08:14 PM
Original Mike કહ્યું...: Ticket into the watch party at Brewer Stadium is more expensive than a ticket to watch the game live in Florida.; 27/10/26 08:16 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ કહ્યું...: Amid soaring prices and mounting corruption, it’s getting harder to find MAGA diehards at the Cheesecake Factories in Trump country. But after an exhaustive search, we found some. Here are their stories, their grievances, and what Trump must do to win them back.; 27/10/26 08:19 PM
Achilles કહ્યું...: Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...

Amid soaring prices and mounting corruption, it’s getting harder to find MAGA diehards at the Cheesecake Factories in Trump country. But after an exhaustive search, we found some. Here are their stories, their grievances, and what Trump must do to win them back.

The retard is getting paid by the word. :)

Nobody is going to listen to democrats complain about gas prices when everyone knows they are the reason they are high.; 27/10/26 08:22 PM
Achilles કહ્યું...: Rents are down across the country. So are food prices.

Millions of American citizens are being hired to replace illegals that were moved out.

That is because we are not giving Illegals money and kicking the democrats cheap labor and illegal voters out of the country.; 27/10/26 08:25 PM
Iman કહ્યું...: If Indefatigable Enema Exhibitions doesn’t stop his shows soon, he’ll wind up being buried in a matchbox.

h/t Christopher Hitchens; 27/10/26 08:31 PM
Peachy+2 કહ્યું...: A Republic, if you can keep it.; 27/10/26 08:32 PM
Peachy+2 કહ્યું...: Only Mounting corruption is Walzian USAID Biden left.; 27/10/26 08:34 PM
Peachy+2 કહ્યું...: Shattering leftwing lies.; 27/10/26 08:38 PM
Dr Weevil કહ્યું...: I'm surprised no one here has mentioned the huge Twitter blow-up a few days ago between Turks and Chinese. A lot of Turks like to claim half of Asia as 'Turkic', and Chinese Twitterers have been cruelly and hilariously mocking them. Here (link) is a popular picture: the star and crescent on the Turkish flag turned sideways (crescent on top) and repainted to depict the starfish from Spongebob hanging from a crescent-shaped parachute. That's one of the tamer ones. Others depict the crescent and star as the butt end of a sheep Turks are drooling over. They've also cruelly pointed out that modern Turks are genetically only 10-15% central Asian, and are actually mostly Greek and Armenian. The Turks are insulting the Chinese right back, but clearly losing.; 27/10/26 08:41 PM
Peachy+2 કહ્યું...: Democrats are cheating in NY.
Read the whole thing. This is how the corrupt left operate.; 27/10/26 08:42 PM
Peachy+2 કહ્યું...: Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes
"The hypocrisy is insane
Foreign billionaire George Soros has spent over $500+ MILLION on Democrat campaigns in the last 8 years, and he’s already spent over $103 million on Midterms

But Democrats are outraged over Elon Musk?? George Soros also spent roughly $128 million in 2022"; 27/10/26 08:44 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit કહ્યું...: ai : The Tampa Bay Rays are massive long shots to win the World Series. Staring down a 3-0 series deficit against the Milwaukee Brewers, their consensus championship odds sit at +1500 (or 15-to-1).
A $10 bet at these odds would yield $150 in profit, returning a total of $160 to you if they manage a historic comeback.; 27/10/26 08:50 PM
Peachy+2 કહ્યું...: Spenser Pratt. More of the "It's all broken" leftist mob hive language + Blue State Hell - they openly admit their own epic failure, but refuse to own it.; 27/10/26 08:58 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ કહ્યું...: King Augeas of Elis owned more cattle than any man alive, three thousand head, and in thirty years nobody had cleaned the stables. The filth was the king’s own, and it had piled up under his roof for as long as he’d ruled.

Heracles was sent to clear it in a day. He didn’t use a shovel. He broke the walls at both ends, turned two rivers through the yard, and the water took thirty years of dung out to sea before sunset.

Then Augeas refused to pay. He said the job had been ordered by someone else, so he owed nothing, and when his own son Phyleus testified that the deal had been made, he banished the son along with the hero. Years later Heracles came back with an army, killed the king, and put the son on the throne.

“Drain the swamp” was the labor. Here’s the stable.

• The filth is the king’s own: up to $4bn to the family in office, a Versailles ballroom paid by donors, pardons for a Binance founder who laundered Iran’s money and a Honduran president jailed for cocaine.

• The neighbor’s cattle: over $13bn of Venezuelan oil money this year, “controlled by me”, $3bn returned, one ledger entry, no reports, while the country takes a $37bn earthquake. The first sale went to a trader who gave $6m to the campaign. The son‑in‑law’s fund holds $2bn from Riyadh.

• The king won’t pay: asked about his grift, “look at the real corruption, it’s Democrat corruption.” Augeas’s exact defense.

• The river: 88% of voters say corruption is their top worry, half of Republicans included. It’s run through two stables this year, Orbán and Vučić.

I ask whether voters will connect the strongman to the grift. The Greeks didn’t need to be told. The man who owns the cattle never drains the stable. He sells tickets to it, and calls the river a hoax until it reaches the door.; 27/10/26 09:03 PM
hanuman_prodigious_leaper કહ્યું...: Will Watch Party of Future be Robots mimicking Action on the Field at Real Venue; 27/10/26 09:07 PM
Original Mike કહ્યું...: Where'd you lift that from?; 27/10/26 09:07 PM
Peachy+2 કહ્યું...: The global corrupt left cheat - and we all know it

"While the left were toasting victory on Monday morning, investors were furiously dumping Brazilian equities and, more importantly, debt. On Monday the Bovespa – Brazil’s main stock market index – fell by over 15 percent. The Brazilian real lost as much as a tenth of its value, its worst trading day since 1999. Meanwhile, the ten-year local bond yield jumped from 13 percent to more than 15 percent in a single session. Amid the rout, the country canceled two debt auctions. It was ugly, and shows little sign of calming down any time soon.

In reality, the sell-off made perfect sense. Investors had anticipated a Bolsonaro victory, and were expecting lower taxes, controls on spending and pro-business reforms once their man took power. They had positioned their books accordingly, confidently expecting a post-election rally. After all, on the night before the election, the prediction markets, which are increasingly taken as gospel on Wall Street, gave the right an 80 percent chance of victory. As that prospect of that disappeared, they reversed all those trades as quickly as possible."; 27/10/26 09:15 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ કહ્યું...: આ ટિપ્પણી લેખક દ્વારા દૂર કરવામાં આવી છે.; 27/10/26 09:30 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ કહ્યું...: @OG Mike — The story of King Augeas and the cleaning of his stables is part of Greek mythology, specifically the fifth of the Twelve Labors of Heracles (Hercules in Roman mythology). My account is broadly faithful to the traditional myth.; 27/10/26 09:32 PM
Original Mike કહ્યું...: "The story of King Augeas and the cleaning of his stables is part of Greek mythology, "
I'm aware of that.

"My account …"
Sure, Rich.; 27/10/26 09:36 PM
Iman કહ્યું...: 👆David Ruffin of the Temps👆 had such an outstanding voice and it’s a damn shame that the drugs took him down. 😞; 27/10/26 09:37 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ કહ્યું...: @OG Mike— Makes for a fitting allegory for the Trump administration, don’t you think?

The real question isn’t whether the stable is filthy. It’s whether the public will finally hold the king accountable.; 27/10/26 09:43 PM
Dave Begley કહ્યું...: Will there be riots in Madison or Milwaukee if the Brewers win?

I hope not! That would wreck the achievement.; 27/10/26 09:43 PM
Dr Weevil કહ્યું...: According to IEE's account of Augeas, someone's going to assassinate Trump, but Barron will succeed him. He should have thought over his supposed parallels before boring us with a potted summary of a myth everyone already knows. Plagiarism or AI? Who can tell? And who cares?; 27/10/26 09:53 PM
Iman કહ્યું...: Fun fact: Businesses in America have NEVER had to board up their windows because of Republican protestors.

https://x.com/MAGAUSNVet/status/2115212269470851581?a=UOF8oWRG5BKpIyOAc3k&s=19; 27/10/26 10:05 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ કહ્યું...: dr weevil — I think it compresses the whole political argument into one image: corruption turned into spectacle, denial deployed as strategy, and accountability treated as a threat rather than an obligation.

My one reservation is that Augeas ultimately loses his throne. In modern politics, accountability is never guaranteed. The stable can be exposed, the evidence can be overwhelming, and the king can still survive. The real test isn’t whether voters see the filth. It’s whether they finally decide they’ve had enough of living with it.; 27/10/26 10:12 PM
Dr Weevil કહ્યું...: No one cares what IEE thinks, but we can't help noticing that he picks a myth in which the Trump character is murdered. Subconscious or conscious choice? Again, who cares: the fact he's a creep comes peeping out every time.; 27/10/26 10:30 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit કહ્યું...: The rookie Pratt, playing the game of his life tonight.; 27/10/26 11:06 PM
Dave Begley કહ્યું...: Never should have pulled Ashby. He was unhittable.; 27/10/26 11:31 PM
chickelit કહ્યું...: "The real test isn’t whether voters see the filth. It’s whether they finally decide they’ve had enough of living with it."

Voters saw more filth in Harris/Walz last time around. I can't believe half the country almost put those two in charge of managing the unmanageable decline.; 27/10/26 11:51 PM
chickelit કહ્યું...: Trump dodged a bullet and we dodged two.; 27/10/26 11:52 PM
wildswan કહ્યું...: Less exciting than the Brewers, but interesting. The Israeli election has been won by Netanyahu. The polls before, during and after the election showed him losing heavily. The opposition leaders began a victory party. Then came a sort of pause, and then: "But there is no joy in Mudville” for the mighty Left Has. Struck. Out.

Of course, they are still counting in Israel so there is time for a sudden new ballot drop: a finding of shoe boxes as they do so easily in Chicago; or a counting of the Alzheimer vote from the locked wards of nursing homes as we always did in Wisconsin; or a counting of recently discovered mail-in ballots as they do in California.; 27/10/26 11:53 PM
chickelit કહ્યું...: Plus everyone knows that Trump is a stable genius, not a Mr. Ed like AOC.; 27/10/26 11:56 PM
chickelit કહ્યું...: "The Israeli election has been won by Netanyahu."

Ritmo, Jaq, and RC Merkin hardest hit.; 27/10/26 11:59 PM
chickelit કહ્યું...: Can you indict a Hamas sandwich? Yes, I think you can.; 28/10/26 12:02 AM
Iman કહ્યું...: “Never should have pulled Ashby. He was unhittable.”

Absolutely 💯% correct!!!; 28/10/26 12:08 AM
DINKY DAU 45 કહ્યું...: Speaking of fat A%$# men and women , this was shouted out in RED MISSISSIPPI at a rally "trump is heckled for a third time at his speech in Mississippi: "SHOVE THAT BALLROOM UP YOUR FAT ***!!" But at less Nikki Minaj go another moment in the sun when to the laughter and cheering of the MAGAS on what a great big ass she has and told to stand up and be gawked out. Now that's real respect for women and them MAGA women seem to eat it up. Ah yes dear children ,you mother may be reveered for her fat ass in these circus like events, how proud you may be... Melody is too old and played out for this fella and now he is on to mens' and womens asses, A beautiful presidential presentation. Back to doping the Breeders Cup these are not serious people as has been stated.; 28/10/26 12:12 AM
DINKY DAU 45 કહ્યું...: Looks as if trump cant even indict a ham sandwich and his puppet who was told to do this looks the fool as usual but he says well thats who I work for so I have to do what he tells me. Ah yes how the rule books are thrown out the window and the blatant orders must be followed . How much farther down, before this plight is sent to the bleachers.; 28/10/26 12:22 AM
Eva Marie કહ્યું...: must watch tv
Ayaan Hirsi Ali speaks about the Muslim Brotherhood agenda
It’s an excellent discussion. The relevant part for the US today starts at 1:03:38
There’s a time stamped transcript provided as well.

https://youtu.be/BIr0-LpMAD4?is=lIURZeavJIyUiEy4; 28/10/26 12:53 AM
Eva Marie કહ્યું...: So what’s so bad about the DSA?
The DSA wants big parts of the economy, like housing and utilities, run by planners instead of by what people buy and sell. Prices tell us what’s needed - planners have to guess. Call it democratic if you like; someone still writes the plan. When the plan misses, the planners have to make people follow it anyway. Over time the people who most want that power get it. That’s the inevitable pattern.
Now you might say power-hungry people do the same thing under capitalism. The difference (and it’s an important one) is that under capitalism they try to influence the system from outside, through lobbying and campaign money. When the government runs the industry, they move inside the government itself, where they are much harder to remove, sometimes for generations.
DSA candidates are running as Democrats, and they are pushing the party their way. Since non-DSA Democrats seem frozen in place, help them by voting Republican this time, so the party learns that lurching left loses.; 28/10/26 01:30 AM
Kai Akker કહ્યું...: The rosy-fingered dawn. May she give us another beautiful autumn day!; 28/10/26 03:47 AM
wendybar કહ્યું...: Honesty you rarely get...

Spencer Pratt
@spencerpratt
·
20h
I hate to be this cynical, but I’ll be honest…running for Mayor exposes you to things that make you believe the city is actually being overtaken by demonic energy. Drive south Fig at night. Go to 6th and San Pedro. You see children openly prostituting, drug zombies setting dogs and cats on fire, babies born to crackheads and tossed in a dumpster, dead people just lying in the streets…that’s not even to mention the dozen neighbors of ours who burned alive in what is now a crumbled hellscape.

Many times I wondered if the city’s problems weren’t beyond the reach of any politician’s capacity to actually fix. There is a cultural and spiritual rot that can’t be fixed at the ballot box. Until we fix the culture, we are kinda just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic and the shit we shovel around every 4 years doesn’t really mean a thing.

https://x.com/spencerpratt/status/2115054871959249079?a=ZXTLsTLtQdKT8uSG9fo&s=20; 28/10/26 04:04 AM
Marcus Bressler કહ્યું...: I won my second bet of the World Series last night. Hmmm. I think TB again for Game 5 but the Brewers end it in six. I just bet $20 and it pays $46.60. I'll wait to place Game 6 bet until Game 5 comes in -- If the Brewers close it out in five, that money would go down the drain.; 28/10/26 05:22 AM
Humperdink કહ્યું...: It is spiritual deception that has overcome the lefties in our beloved USA. How else to describe the lack of simple logic.; 28/10/26 05:32 AM
Eva Marie કહ્યું...: “. . . the shit we shovel around every 4 years doesn’t really mean a thing.”
We have midterms coming up and they’re important so I kind of don’t appreciate the despair about voting because voting Republican in the midterms is important. We can handle 2 things at the same time - voting and encouraging and supporting a healthy culture.; 28/10/26 05:44 AM
Eva Marie કહ્યું...: BTW, Pratt lost the election but the effort was valuable and the votes for him weren’t wasted.; 28/10/26 05:47 AM
Humperdink કહ્યું...: Think about the level of fraud (read: billions) intrepid reporter Nick Shirley discovered. What if the MSM sent a battalion of reporters to identify additional fraud. The U.S. could balance the budget.; 28/10/26 05:53 AM
rehajm કહ્યું...: …central planning ALWAYS fails…; 28/10/26 05:55 AM
Humperdink કહ્યું...: Obama broke the U.S. healthcare system with his Obamacare bait and switch. Now the same gang who destroyed the healthcare system want to fix with Medicare for all.; 28/10/26 05:56 AM
rehajm કહ્યું...: …the government had said if we eliminated the entitlement payments going to people who aren’t eligible to receive them they could balance the budget. Fraud everywhere else in the system creates a surplus…; 28/10/26 06:01 AM
rehajm કહ્યું...: …prediction markets are a measure of sentiment not probability. Professional investors recognize that distinction while reporters apparently don’t…; 28/10/26 06:09 AM
rehajm કહ્યું...: …healthcare wasn’t in a great place before Obamacare but the conclusion of the Obama administrations still holds- he made it worse…; 28/10/26 06:10 AM
Howard કહ્યું...: The central planning of the water and power development during the thirties fueled the industrial explosion of the '40s that defeated the axis powers. Then the pist-war prosperity was leveraged by the central planning of the interstate highway system.

... absolute statements always have huge exceptions 🤪; 28/10/26 06:12 AM
Leland કહ્યું...: I think Pratt’s point is the same as Breitbart’s, “Politics is downstream of culture.” If you don’t fix the culture, then you won’t fix the politics. California is the best example of this. Republicans have no hope of winning, and now Newsom wants it to go full DSA. The cultural argument is that the problems of capitalism caused California’s problems. Yet, cross the Sierra Nevada’s and capitalism seems just fine.; 28/10/26 06:13 AM
Howard કહ્યું...: The healthcare system sucks because we have too many sick people.; 28/10/26 06:14 AM
rehajm કહ્યું...: …we’re discussing a centrally planned economy Howard, not tasked agencies but your point is noted by me…; 28/10/26 06:14 AM
Howard કહ્યું...: Uh, you just need to cross the coastal ranges to see the change in California politics.; 28/10/26 06:16 AM
Howard કહ્યું...: Right. A mix of central planning and free market wild West is the ticket. Unfortunately, we have been overrun by crony capitalism and a Fiat money system.; 28/10/26 06:18 AM
Eva Marie કહ્યું...: “If you don’t fix the culture, then you won’t fix the politics.”
Vote anyway.
Some of this is an exercise in self soothing because conservatives think they’re going to lose the midterms.
Vote anyway.
The culture is important. So are the midterms.; 28/10/26 06:19 AM
rcommal કહ્યું...: Chickelit:

[start virtual italics]Portends what will happen with a DSA victory next week. Smrt money isn't going to fall into the hands of Communists.[end virtual italics].

I dunno, Chickelit. I generally over the years have kept a watch on midterms in terms of the stock market. I'm not so sure that whatever the outcome, the elections this year will make that much of a difference. There are just so many other factors at play! And I think those will matter more in the mid- to long-term, this time.

I've been like white on rice in terms of my own retirement investment portfolio and my change in circumstances. I'm actually less concerned than I was about the election outcomes specifically within the narrow frame of the stock market.

I'm not saying there won't be some reaction. I just don't think it'll be something that's going to be "sticky" at this time. I think other factors are more important, this time around. For just a couple of examples, I think investors are more concerned with getting their minds wrapped around the whole AI sector, and I think they're also getting their minds wrapped around the proposed merger of Tesla and SpaceX (especially if they own a healthy chunk of Tesla stock, as I do and have since about 6 months after its initial IPO). Etc.

In short, there are a lot of factors, other than the midterms this year, affecting the stock market. I personally am focusing less on the elections and their impact on the stock market, in terms of "sticky," than in other elections. Of course, I can and may well be wrong. We'll see.; 28/10/26 06:20 AM
Rustygrommet કહ્યું...: Howard said...
The healthcare system sucks because we have too many sick people.

It sucks because there are too many third parties in the marketplace.; 28/10/26 06:24 AM
rehajm કહ્યું...: …this debate was solved in the late 19th and 20th centuries. Why go through all that yet again? Because kids with ‘political advocate’ on their cv can’t afford a 2br apartment in the village? Counterproductive…; 28/10/26 06:27 AM
rehajm કહ્યું...: …there is no price discovery, overhead chokes productivity, there’s mandatory participation with little choice…and as per usual incentives are in the wrong place…; 28/10/26 06:29 AM
rehajm કહ્યું...: …we tie access to the system with employment or to entitlements, coverage mostly at the state line…; 28/10/26 06:35 AM
Howard કહ્યું...: In other words, the problem with the healthcare system is the capitalistic bureaucracy formed by the the money changers at the insurance companies. Couple that with the overly restrictive and horribly expensive FDA approval process, it's no wonder that an aspirin costs $25 in the hospital.; 28/10/26 06:37 AM
rehajm કહ્યું...: …we force complicated lessons in economics and medicine and probability on every senior citizen. Some of them become experts, often found in surprising places…; 28/10/26 06:38 AM
Howard કહ્યું...: We can piss and moan about how bad the healthcare system is. But the bottom line is we human beings with agency must properly maintain fuel and fix our bodies using common sense and the tools readily available at hand. We live in a golden age of optimizing personal health and well-being. You just have to avoid all of the other negative political hateful destructive algorithm enhanced bullcrap on the internet and read the good stuff that contain the nuggets of wisdom needed to pursue happiness in a completely unregulated and freewheeling manner.; 28/10/26 06:41 AM
rehajm કહ્યું...: No. It’s the government what made the rules- and all the rent seeking and perverse incentives that come with them. Its their mess…; 28/10/26 06:42 AM
Dave Begley કહ્યું...: Ok, Howard. What about cancer?

Even Joe Biden promised to cure cancer and he didn’t.; 28/10/26 07:26 AM
Leland કહ્યું...: "It sucks because there are too many third parties in the marketplace."

Indeed. The more parties involved, the more each of them wants their slice of the pie. When there isn't enough pie left, you have to make a bigger pie, which is inflation.

We used to have a local radio host that would say "I want single payer healthcare" which he would explain "I singularly pay my doctor directly for my healthcare." It used to work that way. I've done it a few times when I wanted care that insurance wouldn't cover, and often I ended up paying less, because the doctor had less paperwork to provide that care.; 28/10/26 07:26 AM
Dave Begley કહ્યું...: I went to a Hillsdale College event in Omaha last night. Impressive and encouraging.

But Creighton University remains the greatest enterprise in the world today.; 28/10/26 07:29 AM
Eva Marie કહ્યું...: “In other words, the problem with the healthcare system is the capitalistic bureaucracy formed by the the money changers at the insurance companies.”

“Capitalistic” is the wrong label. A system with hidden prices, third parties paying the bills, government-set Medicare rates, and heavy regulation isn’t a free market.; 28/10/26 07:36 AM
Jersey Fled કહ્યું...: Another day, another report of human services fraud in California.

“ A nonprofit daycare that claims to have “over 40 locations” across California and received an $18.2 million award “for more [than] 1,048 children in at-risk" communities actually has just one facility providing care for no more than six children, an investigation by The Center Square found.”; 28/10/26 07:40 AM
James K કહ્યું...: "The central planning of the water and power development during the thirties fueled the industrial explosion of the '40s that defeated the axis powers. Then the pist-war prosperity was leveraged by the central planning of the interstate highway system."

Government building infrastructure like highways is not the same thing as government taking over private industries like health care and housing that it previously screwed up with regulations and partial takeovers.; 28/10/26 07:41 AM
Peachy+2 કહ્યું...: This is really good.; 28/10/26 08:03 AM
Michael Fitzgerald કહ્યું...: "If Trump were a bit less selfish, self-absorbed, and erratic, things might be different right now. If Trump had the wisdom and discipline to back reliable conservatives like John Cornyn"

This is not good, this is shit. "Reliable conservatives like John Cornyn" she says about the GOP establishment rat who is stumping now for Democrat Party members and anti-MAGA.
Typical Trump deranged GOP supporter perfectly happy with the Cornyns, Thunes, Romneys, Collins's, and Murkowskis polluting the Republican Party, shafting its voters, and working hand-in-glove with the anti-American despicable Democrat Party to stay in power for decades fleecing USA taxpayers.; 28/10/26 08:12 AM
Peachy+2 કહ્યું...: "The Lula regime is now going around seizing the passports of every major figure associated with the political party that beat him in the general election 3 weeks ago."

American soviet leftist Soros-Walzian a-ho's cheer.; 28/10/26 08:13 AM
Peachy+2 કહ્યું...: M Fitzgerald. - yeah that part didn't thrill me - but the rest of it was good.
The voters went for Paxton.; 28/10/26 08:14 AM
Peachy+2 કહ્યું...: like this:
"Now the left is faced with having to convince voters not on the wrong end of a gun that wokeness, socialism, racism, gender insanity, bullshit science and censorship make the country better. Good luck with that."; 28/10/26 08:16 AM
Peachy+2 કહ્યું...: Cornyn also proved himself to be a Bush-Murkowski.
He is supporting Telefreako.

F Corynin.; 28/10/26 08:21 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ કહ્યું...: average gasoline and diesel prices stubbornly holding in familiar territory: $4.26/gal for gasoline, $6.35/gal for diesel. prices may slip a few cents but long term relief remains elusive. https://x.com/GasBuddyGuy/status/2115075179969704034?a=Jpp0iiGimLgQJCUdqQY&s=20; 28/10/26 08:22 AM
Leland કહ્યું...: The only thing reliable about John Cornyn was him voting against his the campaign he ran for the first 2 years and then hoping everyone would forgive and forget over the next 4 years.; 28/10/26 08:38 AM
Mason G કહ્યું...: "Never should have pulled Ashby. He was unhittable."

If they didn't pull him and the next batter hits a home run, somebody would say "Never should have left Ashby in. They were getting too many looks".

Heads I win, tails you lose.; 28/10/26 08:38 AM
n.n કહ્યું...: The first-order forcings of progressive prices are administrative overhead and dysfunctional Choices... uh, choices, in medical, academic, and immigration reform. Abort.; 28/10/26 08:46 AM
Jersey Fled કહ્યું...: IEE’s favorite site.

GasBuddyGuy; 28/10/26 08:49 AM
Jersey Fled કહ્યું...: IEE’s favorite site.

GasBuddyGuy; 28/10/26 08:49 AM
MadTownGuy કહ્યું...: A Week Before the USA's Mid-Terms, the NYTimes Gushes Over Lula's Presidential Win, Gloating that Brazil Hands a "Stunning Rebuke to the Right" (¡No Pasarán!)

Long article, but here's the gist:
"A "stunning blow": a gushing headline in the New York Times is meant to show (and reassure) leftists of all nations that, in America as well as abroad, the left is far from defeated: Brazil hands a stunning rebuke to the right. "

...

"While the original national edition (see at bottom of this post) is slightly less dramatic (Lula's Victory Curtails Right In the Region; incidentally, by the way, I never heard that a word like "in" took a capital letter in a headline), the online title is, as we went to press, Lula Wins Brazil’s Presidency, in Stunning Blow to Latin America’s Right."

"...The Flávio Bolsonaro reaction is now in the second paragraph, with Donald Trump's statement is in the third. The report has been heavily upgraded and is now far more — what is the word? — nuanced. As it appears now, it is scarcely recognizable from the story as it appeared in the newspaper Tuesday morning."

Lots more in the article, but I'll add this from X:
"In Araruama, Flavio won the first round with more than double the votes of Lula.

Araruama in the second round:
Flávio won 11 votes
Lula won 5,581 votes.

This means that, in a city where Flavio Bolsonaro won with MORE THAN DOUBLE the votes of Lula in the first round, the current president had 507x more votes than Flavio in the second.

The same pattern repeats in the neighboring cities, which are also very bolsonaristas.

The mathematical aberration of this is astounding."; 28/10/26 08:59 AM
Rustygrommet કહ્યું...: It's a lot of things, Howard, but "capitalistic" isn't one of them. Capitalism assumes a knowledgeable buyer and seller. The current system has neither. Third and fourth partys', including governments , have had the thumbs on the scale from the beginning.; 28/10/26 09:04 AM
Iman કહ્યું...: “This is not good, this is shit. "Reliable conservatives like John Cornyn" she says about the GOP establishment rat who is stumping now for Democrat Party members and anti-MAGA.”

That wasn’t Data Republican who said that. It was one Martin Hackworth.; 28/10/26 09:23 AM
Iman કહ્યું...: “This is not good, this is shit. "Reliable conservatives like John Cornyn" she says about the GOP establishment rat who is stumping now for Democrat Party members and anti-MAGA.”

That wasn’t Data Republican who said that. It was one Martin Hackworth.; 28/10/26 09:23 AM
Peaceful warrior કહ્યું...: IEE and Dr Weevil, any chance you two could bury the hatchet, at least for a while?

I know you see politics differently, but you both bring interesting stuff to the table. Maybe try focusing on each other's arguments rather than guessing each other's motives. Just a friendly suggestion.; 28/10/26 10:32 AM
Rustygrommet કહ્યું...: PW

IEE is being paid by the CCP to post and disrupt this blog.; 28/10/26 11:35 AM
Peaceful warrior કહ્યું...: RG,
Depending on who’s funding Dr. Weevil, I’m praying for a ceasefire. :-); 28/10/26 01:25 PM
Jim at કહ્યું...: *The healthcare system sucks because we have too many sick people.*

Death panels would clear that right up, wouldn't they?; 28/10/26 04:46 PM
Rustygrommet કહ્યું...: PW
Dr. Weevil rises and falls by his own lights.; 29/10/26 01:59 PM

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