Althouse: Sunrise.

November 1, 2026

Sunrise.

81 comments:

Rustygrommet said...: Shot today. I won a 20 pound turkey. It's thawing now because the freezer is full of frozen chicken and quart containers of potato soup. Did I shoot well? No, but because it was raining half the really good shots didn't show up.; 11/1/26, 7:07 PM
Just an old country lawyer said...: Beautiful blues.; 11/1/26, 7:30 PM
imTay said...: I am in South Florida right now, and damn we are having some weather. It's not a hurricane, but my goodness the wind and the rain and the lightning. The storm stretches from Tallahassee to Miami. Which makes me wonder if it was weather that took that jet down.; 11/1/26, 7:31 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Blue on Blue -- Bobby Vinton
(Not the friendly fire meaning); 11/1/26, 7:41 PM
Eva Marie said...: It’s my theory that there’s a reason lefties have labeled conservatives (and now Israelis) as Fascists. Nothing to do with ideology but with the simple fact that Fascism lost. Not just lost, but was defeated and condemned by everyone. There’s a psychological advantage to labeling your opponent as a loser. Call him a Fascist and
1. you’ve put him on the wrong side of history
2. cast yourself as the Allies
3. ruled out any compromise; 11/1/26, 7:43 PM
Gospace said...: I have a real problem with this headline: 𝗟𝗲𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗩𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗨𝗦 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Is it because he's Roman Catholic? No, I'm fine with that. Is it because he's a known anti=Trumper? No, he's entitled to that opinion, even though it's Democrats throwing pro-lifers into jail for peacefully protesting outside abortion clinics. Is it because he's Head of State for an internationally recognized, including by the US, foreign nation?

Uh, yes. Absolutely. Apparently US law allows foreign heads of state and other foreign elected officials to vote in the United States as long as they haven't renounced their US citizenship. WTF?; 11/1/26, 7:57 PM
Mason G said...: "I am in South Florida right now..."

Are there any jews there? You might want to check. Never can be too careful, you know.; 11/1/26, 7:58 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: There is more to 'Bambi Gambino' (the proper nouns), than the rich imagery of "Get Shorty" (1995). Something paradoxical that is apparently deeper in our common psyche, than mere alliteration. Take it from me, I'm no expert.

YouTube : Secret Meaning Behind Your Most Intrusive Thoughts

Bambi Gambino was there in the Garden of Eden.; 11/1/26, 8:16 PM
Big Mike said...: I'm waiting for the NTSB to weigh in on the Florida crash, but I will note that two Lear jets ave crashed mysteriously, in January 2025 and again in January 2026. The first was a medevac flight that took off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, and the second was a charter flight in India.; 11/1/26, 8:25 PM
narciso said...: Yeah i noted that; 11/1/26, 8:29 PM
Jimmy said...: I try to wait until people who actually know what they are talking about describe what happened to that plane.
read a few comments on X about the pilot being a dei hire, and other hateful BS. Are people this rude and idiots because of the internet, or is it just how they are.
Seems like being rude assholes is the norm now.
Prayers for all those who died in that crash.; 11/1/26, 8:48 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: YouTube : It's not easy being green... for the sun?. 'The sun is a green star that appears white... because physics.' -- John Michael Godier... "subscribe to my channels for regular, in-depth explorations into the interesting, weird and unknown aspects of this amazing universe in which we liiiiiiive."; 11/1/26, 8:51 PM
Saint Croix said...: #1 beautiful blue

thank you; 11/1/26, 8:59 PM
Aggie said...: Oh Dear. Looks like the Germans are moving on Poland again.; 11/1/26, 9:22 PM
Saint Croix said...: So I had a dream, where this Jewish kid was telling a story, about how these Catholic brothers used to torture him at school all the time. Yank his underwear over his head. They were horrible to him. "We're going to kill you, Kikie Kike." Stuff like that.

And it was a decade later, and the kids are working at a camp as lifeguards or counselors or whatever. And they have a whole case of leftover beer, and they are storing it in an old fridge in a bag of ice. And they are like, "Watch out for snakes, Kike, you dumb fucking Jew."

"He's never been in the woods before."

"Can you believe this fucker?"

And one of the bullies says, "Relax, we got the fucking anti-venom shot, you pussy." And he shows him the anti-ventom shot. "Don't pee your pants and have a beer, all right?"

And the Jewish kid is like, "I don't wanna."

And they force him to drink the beer. And another beer. And he's like, these Nazis are torturing me.

And then they are out in the woods. And the Jewish kid is trying to pee. And he sees a snake. "Ah, shit!" he screams. "Snake! Serpant! Cobra! Rattlesnake! Help! Oh fuck I'm going to die!" And he's crying and terrified. And the snake bites him in the leg.

And the Catholic kids come running up as fast as possible. "Quit crying you fucking pussy!" And they have to tackle him. "Get the shot! Where's the fucking anti-venom shot?"

"I don't have it!"

"The snake fucking bit him! He's going to die!"

And the Catholic kids are running around, terrified. Finally they find the anti-venom, and they run over and stab the Jewish kid in the ass with it. "Quit crying, all right? You got the anti-venom."

And then another snake shows up. And the kids are like, "Holy fuck! It's another snake!" And the snake is making a move for the Jewish kid. "Stop the fucking snake!" And they are all trying to stay between the crying Jewish kid and the snake. And the snake is slithering around. "Fuck! Fuck! The snake is going to bite him!" And the snake is about to bite the Jewish kid. And one of the Nazi Catholic boys shoves his arm in and takes the bite himself.; 11/1/26, 9:29 PM
Saint Croix said...: Years later, the Jewish kid has grown up. Studied hard, top of his class, went to Yale, tried to get to the Supreme Court. And the Senators are like, "We already got two Jews. We don't need three Jews." And so they vote him down. And he is crushed. All his life. He studied so hard. He was trying to make something of his life. Impress people.

But what was crushing him, was this memory of this Nazi Catholic bully son of a bitch who took the bite for him and died. He avoided the family, avoided the funeral, moved away from the whole city. It was this horrible nightmare in his life. "Why did he do that?" And "he should have let me die. I'm worthless."

And then there's a scene where the Who are screaming at him. "You are forgiven!"

And the end of the movie, the Jewish kid is going to the Catholic Nazi bully house, to confront the bullies and their parents and apologize for what happen. He's terrified, but he does it. He rings the door bell. And somebody answers the door.

And they're all so happy to see him. "Ma! The Katz kid! He's here!"

"What?"

"The Katz kid! He's here!"

"Cats?"

"Justice Kike, ma! Justice Kike is here!"

"Justice Kike!"

And they're all so happy. And ma is trying to make it on her walker. "Bobby saved your life!"

"You ought to be on the Supreme Fucking Court! Why aren't you on the Supreme Fucking Court? Justice Kike is here, Ma. Bobby saved his fucking life!"

"I heard you, Frankie! Shut up. Pick up your fucking underwear. Get a fucking job."

"All right, Ma. Christ."

"Justice Fucking Kike," she says. "My son Bobby saved your life. And you almost made it to the Supreme Court."

"I didn't make it," the kid said. "I'm so sorry."

And they're all hugging him and laughing and they are so fucking happy to see him. And he's crying and laughing with them. And they pick up off the fucking ground and they're running around carrying him up over their heads. "Justice Kike! Justice Kike! Bobby saved his life!" And the guy is like, "I'm just an appellate judge on the 9th circuit, you dumb sons of bitches."

"Justice Kike!" And they're all so happy.

Anyway, that was my dream. Was that it in a movie? Anybody remember?; 11/1/26, 9:29 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: 𝘐'𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘛𝘚𝘉 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘩, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘫𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺, 𝘪𝘯 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 2025 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 2026.

Convective weather likely played a significant role. Possible loss of control surfaces or structural failure following an upset. Thunderstorm tops, icing, severe turbulence and an accelerating overspeed dive. The horizontal stabilizer appears to be missing in impact footage, although whether it separated in flight or on impact remains unknown. A catastrophic loss-of-control event, potentially followed by structural breakup.; 11/1/26, 9:32 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: One thing I'd be particularly interested in seeing from the NTSB is the recorded airspeed and vertical acceleration during the final 15–20 seconds. Those could tell us a great deal about whether the aircraft was still accelerating into impact or had already begun experiencing structural breakup.; 11/1/26, 9:45 PM
Ampersand said...: This essay by Lionel Shriver is exceptional. https://newcriterion.com/article/what-do-progressives-really-want/; 11/1/26, 9:45 PM
Gospace said...: 𝘈𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥...
𝘖𝘩 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯.

For those who missed the reason for this comment- it seems the Polish Police surrounding the Constitutional Court were Germans... Apparently some sort of EU Security force... And there is other talk I've seen that all German gas that comes from Russia goes through Polish pipelines because the underwater ones were destroyed- by as yet unknown perrons with lots of rumors as to who... I still haven't seen any proof that is wasn't a fuel hammer, like a water hammer in steam pipes. The pics made available to date shows bulging out, not bulging in, with pipe separation along seams.

And in other Michigan news:
𝘎𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘌𝘢𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯™
@𝘎𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘌𝘢𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯
𝘑𝘜𝘚𝘛 𝘐𝘕: 𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘱. 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯, 𝘔𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘭 𝘚𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥.

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮.

𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘯, 𝘨𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘪𝘵.

There has been much talk that the Democrats will split among ethno-religious lines. FWIW- Karen Whitsett is Black. And according to an online search, a Christian. And another note I saw somewhere today, phone banks calling Hispanics in TX found an overwhelming rejection of James Talarico among male Hispanics.; 11/1/26, 10:01 PM
hanuman_prodigious_leaper said...: Fun facts
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/the-bizarre-tale-of-an-ohio-couple-mailing-their-baby-for-just-15-cents-in-1913/amp_articleshow/135426296.cms; 11/1/26, 10:03 PM
hanuman_prodigious_leaper said...: Place your bets ...
Kielbasa gegen / przeciwko Wurst; 11/1/26, 10:08 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: Dems in Disarray 🫨; 11/1/26, 10:17 PM
Eva Marie said...: @Ampersand:
I read the essay and it was excellent but I disagree with her conclusion:

Lionel Shriver:
“I believe that what progressives want most of all is to fail. They are most comfortable being against things. They are most comfortable campaigning for purposes that will never come to fruition.”

That may be true of some progressives. But it isn’t true of most progressives, or of the people steering them. They want to win, and they often do; Shriver herself points to Cuba, Venezuela and the blue states Americans are leaving. Progressives don’t need to stay out of power to escape blame. They will never think they are responsible for any misery their positions caused. They will always find excuses.; 11/1/26, 10:25 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘚𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭.

It's a polemic, not a balanced examination of progressivism. It has some interesting observations about political tribalism, performative virtue, and ideological hypocrisy, but its sweeping conclusion that progressives fundamentally want society to fail is more rhetorical provocation than demonstrated argument.

And importantly, the same psychological critique could be applied to elements of the MAGA movement: political identity built around grievance, permanent enemies, perceived victimhood, and the inability to accept a political outcome that doesn't validate its worldview.

The larger problem: She spends considerably more time psychoanalyzing the supposed motivations of her political opponents than examining the merits of their actual arguments or policies.

In that respect, the essay sometimes becomes an example of the very phenomenon it criticizes: a political argument sustained by moral certainty, caricature, and contempt for the opposition.; 11/1/26, 10:29 PM
Eva Marie said...: IEE wrote:
“She spends considerably more time psychoanalyzing the supposed motivations of her political opponents than examining the merits of their actual arguments or policies.”

That was the point of the essay. She set out to explain how progressives think, not to grade their policies. She says so up front. Faulting her for psychoanalyzing is faulting her for not writing a different essay. And she does get to policy: Medicare reimbursement rates, the math on taxing the rich, the DSA plan to abolish the Senate.
The MAGA comparison doesn’t make sense either, because she beat you to it. She grants that progressives can deliver “an even more lacerating and entirely convincing takedown of the Trumpist Right.” She even admits most of us need an enemy: “witness this lecture.”
I just don’t agree with her conclusion. I don’t think that progressives want to fail. But the problem isn’t that she psychoanalyzed them. It’s that she got the psychology wrong. They want to win, and when they do, they never accept blame for the results.; 11/1/26, 10:58 PM
Eva Marie said...: One more thing:
Shriver also writes that her baby-boomer generation is “abundantly responsible” for where the Democratic Party, the universities and the rest have ended up.
Those boomers were raised by the WWII generation, and that upbringing is often held up as the model for raising a family. Yet something went wrong. Maybe that wasn’t the ideal way to raise kids after all.; 11/1/26, 11:06 PM
Eva Marie said...: When I say she got the psychology wrong I only meant her conclusion otherwise ot was a very insightful essay. And I really can’t fault her for wanting to end on an optimistic note.; 11/1/26, 11:31 PM
Saint Croix said...: re Shriver

I was reading it and thinking about all those Jewish kids attending that music festival on October 7, love beads and peace and harmony, and how happy that dream was, and then October 7 happened.

And we're supposed to be on the side of the people who want to fuck up love, peace, harmony, and music.; 11/1/26, 11:48 PM
Saint Croix said...: Awesome new cover of Dylan's classic pro-Israel song

Neighborhood Bully.; 11/2/26, 12:13 AM
Saint Croix said...: Alternate take from Dylan.; 11/2/26, 12:20 AM
Saint Croix said...: Wake up, Bobby Kennedy Jr, and contemplate the Hippocratic Oath. Are you in the pocket of the billion dollar abortion industry? Pressuring obstetricians to witness abortions is bullshit. Do better! One-party control of medical education and licensing is dangerous. These people rely on fear to get their way. If you believe in "choice," whose choice are you protecting here? Not the students!; 11/2/26, 12:39 AM
wendybar said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 11/2/26, 2:05 AM
Big Mike said...: “Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...

One thing I'd be particularly interested in seeing from the NTSB is the recorded airspeed and vertical acceleration during the final 15–20 seconds”

We should wait for the NTSB report, but the audio of the last minutes of the flight are already online.; 11/2/26, 3:44 AM
wendybar said...: Will Chamberlain

@willchamberlain
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Democrats are angrier at Haley Stevens for endorsing Mike Rogers than they were at Graham Platner for having raped his ex-girlfriend
https://x.com/willchamberlain/status/2116965380203913634?a=KFg8UP1ruYKgiL4PizE&s=20; 11/2/26, 3:46 AM
wendybar said...: Small Voice US
@MelodyBest0324
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Liz Cheney wasn't kicked out of the Republican party when she endorsed a democrat.

Lisa Murkowski wasn't kicked out of the Republican party when she endorsed a democrat.

Yet Haley Stevens got kicked out of the Democratic party immediately after she endorsed a Republican.

As I figured out not long before, the Democratic party is a cult.
https://x.com/MelodyBest0324/status/2117023318465536137?a=2DIXOHmB-1tjURC4qoE&s=20; 11/2/26, 3:47 AM
Big Mike said...: “That was the point of the essay. She set out to explain how progressives think, not to grade their policies. She says so up front. Faulting her for psychoanalyzing is faulting her for not writing a different essay. And she does get to policy: Medicare reimbursement rates, the math on taxing the rich, the DSA plan to abolish the Senate.”

@Eva Marie, have you not noticed that Indefinitely Extended Excursion expects the real world to comport with the one in his mind?; 11/2/26, 3:54 AM
Saint Croix said...: El-Sayed and Haley Stevens are huddled in Detroit's Planned Parenthood HQ, along with many Jewish and non-Jewish Democrats. They are trying to stay away from the windows. Islamic terrorists are holding them all hostage. There are some frantic and unhappy whispered conversations among the Jewish Democrats as El-Sayed and the terrorists scream at each other.

Jewish Democrat #1 (whisper): "Where is the IDF? We pay these fuckers and they never show up on time."

Jewish Democrat #2: (whisper) "They're outside the building."

Jewish Democrat #3: (whisper). "Kill the fucking terrorists."

Jewish Democrat #4 (whisper): "They are holding Jewish babies hostage in the other room and they will kill them all if the IDF tries anything."

Jewish Democrat #5 (whisper): "Kill the fucking babies, I don't care about babies, there are adult Jews who might die. We're way more important than Jewish babies."

Jewish Democrat #6 (whisper): "The fucking IDF is fucking pro-life I swear to God."

Jewish Democrat #7 (whisper): "Fucking Republicans."

Non-Jewish Democrat #1 (whisper): "You fucking Kikes need to stop whispering you're going to kill us all."

Jewish Democrat #7 (normal voice): "Don't call me Kike you Sand Nig--"

Terrorist #1: "Die! Die! Die! We will kill you all, you stupid fuckers! Why are you whispering? I told you not to whisper. You think I will not kill a Jew? You think I will not kill a fucking African-American Baptist bitch?"

Non-Jewish Democrat #1: "Episcopalian."

Outraged Terrorist with an Uzi: "I WILL FUCK YOU UNTIL YOU DIE. You think I care if you are a Baptist or an Episcopalian?"

Non-Jewish Democrat #1: "I care. Maybe God cares. Our Father, who art in heaven--"

Terrorist #2: "I am going to shoot you in the face right now."

El-Sayed: "If you dumb fuckers kill anybody I will kill everybody. Is that clear? Holy fuck you have screwed the pooch."; 11/2/26, 4:05 AM
wendybar said...: e_michael 🔵🇨🇿
@e_michael1
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Sorry, this whole thing is making the Dem Party leaders look like pathetic and selective bullies. Did they do this to Rashida Tlaib when she said she would not endorse Kamala Harris 3 days before the election?

https://x.com/e_michael1/status/2117055984870781123?a=7NQQOWQPERf8R9tPVzo&s=20; 11/2/26, 4:12 AM
wendybar said...: Brad Todd
@BradOnMessage
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If you call yourself a moderate and you are pleased by Lisa Murkowski's endorsement of a Dem nominee for Governor but mad about Haley Stevens' endorsement of Mike Rogers, you're not really a moderate.

https://x.com/BradOnMessage/status/2117081433886113998?a=4hY1lNQiyOvh_MwTot0&s=20; 11/2/26, 4:20 AM
wendybar said...: Shawn Farash
@Shawn_Farash
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Hey women!

Do you see how the Democrats are treating Haley Stevens because she decided to think for herself and stand on principle?

Still think that party cares about you?

They'll say the same thing about you if you have an original thought too.

https://x.com/Shawn_Farash/status/2117062778980565236?a=XxxHMQl4JSffR_-tBCg&s=20; 11/2/26, 4:25 AM
imTay said...: Apparently Republicans are trying to "shame" me into voting for genocide. Well the only actual "shame" that I could feel in the voting booth is if I voted in a way that could signal Trump that I support what is going on in Syria, Lebanon, Gaza and Iran.

Ann Coulter is ramlbing on about what a hellhole Somalia is, ruled by warlords, and so we shouldn't take its refugees. Well, Libya is ruled by warlords now, after our tender ministrations, so is Syria, and that is Trump's plan for Iran? To "destroy its civilization." In other words, if Israel, and its henchman, Trump, "win" in Iran, this will create a gigantic Somalia there, and doubtless the people still left in MAGA will scream bloody murder when the refugees arrive on our shores. Same as the floods of refugees from Syria and Libya destabilized Europe.; 11/2/26, 5:01 AM
imTay said...: Haley Stevens went against the overwhelming sentiment in the Democratic Party rank and file, and put Israel before the United States of America and her own party. Their is a branch of the Democrats, who are so beholden to Israel that they would rather Republicans win. Sort of like a president who is so beholden to Israel that he lets them drag us into a war that was never in our national interest. Rubio has admitted that we were dragged in, BTW.; 11/2/26, 5:06 AM
imTay said...: If you are an early boomer, or an older evangelical, you must find it bizarre that anybody would not put Israel over the United States and send our sons to die in wars that Israel wants.; 11/2/26, 5:08 AM
imTay said...: Apparently her entire staff just quit.

.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/haley-stevens-staff-resigns-en-192609011.html; 11/2/26, 5:24 AM
Breezy said...: Haley Stevens just aligned herself with people like Tulsi Gabbard and RFK, Jr - people who stood back and recognized how the left has so dramatically lost its way. Her courage should be lauded as its come at great cost to her. This is indicative of how far gone the left actually is. They are through and through an intolerant bunch. They don’t appear to even understand why she made this choice. They’re just mad that she chose to think for herself about this one candidate. Just this one!; 11/2/26, 5:43 AM
Breezy said...: Trump is right. Regardless of who holds a slim majority in either the House or Senate, the extremist faction of that majority can push their caucus too far out of the mainstream and do significant damage to their party and the country.; 11/2/26, 5:47 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Wow!
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NOT SURE HOW SHOCKING THAT REALLY IS: First-Of-Its-Kind Poll Finds TDS Is Real, And It’s Shockingly Widespread.

Among the findings of this first-of-its-kind poll:

More than a third of the public (38%) and more than half of Democrats (53%) say they themselves have experienced TDS, when it’s described as “unusually intense negative emotional reactions to Donald Trump.”
70% say they observed Trump-related emotional stress, anger, or agitation among people they know.
62% say they have seen people change their behavior because of strong negative feelings toward Trump
**; 11/2/26, 6:01 AM
Humperdink said...: Lear jet crash = icing on control surfaces.; 11/2/26, 6:07 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: I see it here.

If this is becoming a site to post 500-word works of fiction then I missed the announcement. I can switch from commentary to fiction anytime. But it kind of disrupts the flow IMO.; 11/2/26, 6:11 AM
Saint Croix said...: Obama and El-Sayed reassure people because they have a very calm, self-assured speaking voice. They appear to be in control of their emotions. This gives people a false sense of security.; 11/2/26, 6:12 AM
rehajm said...: …in January I sat at the communal table next to the mum of the English owners of a lodge in New Zealand. She lit into me about Donald Trump as if it was all my fault. I calmly tried to assure her I didn’t have much to do with it. Not much…; 11/2/26, 6:12 AM
rehajm said...: …that was some weather in southern Florida yesterday. We looked in the morning and tk was in the hundreds of strikes per hour right over that area…; 11/2/26, 6:14 AM
Saint Croix said...: Emotion is dangerous. Particularly the bad emotions. Hate, Anger, Fear. Those are demons. You got to watch out for them. Christ teaches us to love. Love is an angel. Appreciate her when she shows up in your life,; 11/2/26, 6:17 AM
Humperdink said...: It’s refreshing and courageous to see Haley Steven’s de-endorse the Muslim Brotherhood guy, but it’s disheartening to see the building wave of withdrawing support for Israel. Check out the history of countries abandoning their support or outright hostility towards Israel. Long term history. It is not a pretty picture. Pray for Israel …. and the U.S..; 11/2/26, 6:27 AM
rcommal said...: *Some* anger and *some* fear is efficacious in certain circumstances. Neither are always bad, or dangerous. And sometimes what is usually a "good" emotion can be dangerous, or even bad. Love, for example. Don't we all know this to be true?; 11/2/26, 6:28 AM
rcommal said...: It comes down to self-control, doesn't it? Using reason and discipline to govern emotions so they don't become outsized--in other words, having the cart and horse placed in correct order.; 11/2/26, 6:30 AM
chickelit said...: Tim is cranky and filled with bad emotion.; 11/2/26, 6:36 AM
chickelit said...: I’m sore tired of 24/7 TDS. We’re having a vote on this tomorrow, BTW.; 11/2/26, 6:37 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: **Check out the history of countries abandoning their support or outright hostility towards Israel.**

Check out France. Butthead Macron became the first civilized head of state to “recognize Gaza” as a sovereign state (albeit one without borders or constitution or democratically elected government). Now he hosts the first colony of Palestinians who are repaying his grande gesture by burning Paris to the ground. Fraternité!

Lebanon really is the Paris of the middle east!; 11/2/26, 6:37 AM
James K said...: I can't bring myself to listen to the audio of that crash. My wife's father was a pilot for Pan Am and was killed in a lightning-related crash in 1963 when she was four. There are lots of YouTubes about it, some with the audio of the last communications. No screaming, just "May Day!" and his last words: "Here we go!"; 11/2/26, 6:38 AM
Gerda Sprinchorn said...: Seems to be a lot of AI comments today by the party-line posters.; 11/2/26, 6:54 AM
Saint Croix said...: rcommal,

I agree 100%.

God bless, everyone!; 11/2/26, 7:02 AM
Saint Croix said...: I can switch from commentary to fiction anytime.

That would be kind of awesome, buddy. Truffaut (might have been Godard) concluded that the best commentary was to make better art.; 11/2/26, 7:04 AM
Saint Croix said...: Art I spend a year on is a lot better than art I produce overnight.

In the future, of course, AI will be producing all of our art. And we won't have to worry about emotional artists, because AI feels nothing and fakes everything.; 11/2/26, 7:06 AM
Aggie said...: I see that the Democratic Party has kicked Haley Stevens out of the party. This happened after she crossed party lines and endorsed the Republican candidate.

Is that a little short sighted? Congress re-convenes Nov 9th, yes? And the newly elected Congress is sworn in on Jan 3rd, yes?

I wonder if Republicans are smart enough to reach out.; 11/2/26, 7:12 AM
Rustygrommet said...: Big Mike said...
“Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...

One thing I'd be particularly interested in seeing from the NTSB is the recorded airspeed and vertical acceleration during the final 15–20 seconds”

We should wait for the NTSB report, but the audio of the last minutes of the flight are already online.

My older brother was an adviser to the NTSB when it came to MD11s and all versions of the 747. It's best not to speculate. Let the experts go over the flight data and any physical evidence.; 11/2/26, 7:16 AM
Humperdink said...: Watching that student at the U of Michigan physically attack a fellow student for holding conservative views was eye-opening. Unprovoked and vicious. The attacker was unhinged to put it mildly. Good thing she was unarmed.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/11/watch-el-sayed-supporter-thrown-down-police-after/; 11/2/26, 7:19 AM
Rustygrommet said...: Timmy. You have no shame. Because you have no morals.; 11/2/26, 7:20 AM
Humperdink said...: There is a wide spectrum of political views on campus’s across the country, but it seems there is one segment that is the most violent. Scratching my head as to which party affiliation they belong to.; 11/2/26, 7:24 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: She was immediately expelled from the Michigan Democratic Party. This is another crack between democrats on faith fault-lines. Already alienating Black Americans with their war on Christianity (see Biden DOJ Investigates Catholics) and normal parenthood in which no body parts are lopped off of minors, Democrats are now trying their best to expel Jews from their coalition too.

Wiser men than I have written of the coming religious split in the Democrat Party. Certainly their godless pursuit of power uber alles speaks to their rejection of any Higher Power. But siding with the Satanic cult of death masquerading as a political movement (Islam) is the final act of a failing movement. RIP DNC.; 11/2/26, 7:28 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Of course hating on the Jews is a good way to reduce “money in politics” for the DNC.; 11/2/26, 7:29 AM
Jersey Fled said...: News You Can Use

https://x.com/BlazeTV/status/2117246300471329061/video/; 11/2/26, 7:32 AM
Peachy+2 said...: The corrupt soviet democratic party is a evil crime syndicate; 11/2/26, 7:46 AM
Peaceful warrior said...: IEE and Eva Marie offer really good responses to the Shriver essay Ampersand linked. Eva is right that Shriver, a gifted polemicist, deliberately emphasizes political psychology over policy analysis and even acknowledges that a similar critique could apply to Trumpism. IEE is right to question whether her psychological conclusions are adequately supported.

Like Eva Marie, I think Shriver's claim that progressives "want to fail" goes too far. People can sincerely want their policies to succeed while rationalizing disappointing results and blaming others. That's hardly unique to progressives.

An interesting question might be why people across the political spectrum find it so difficult to acknowledge mistakes on their own side. Shriver is perceptive about the moral satisfaction of condemning political opponents, but some comments in this thread suggest conservatives aren't immune to that temptation either. That doesn't invalidate her observations about progressivism. It suggests she's identified a more common human tendency.

And there's a nice irony in Shriver describing the self-reinforcing psychology of progressivism before a largely sympathetic New Criterion audience. I suspect Shriver gets that point herself.; 11/2/26, 8:12 AM
Hey Skipper said...: "I'm waiting for the NTSB to weigh in on the Florida crash, but I will note that two Lear jets ave crashed mysteriously, in January 2025 and again in January 2026. The first was a medevac flight that took off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, and the second was a charter flight in India."

The Philly medevac crash isn't a mystery. The pilot flying failed to maintain aircraft control while in the clouds, put the airplane in an unusual attitude, and failed to perform an unusual attitude recovery. The pilot not flying failed to monitor aircraft performance while (if memory serves) changing radio frequencies and engaging the autopilot.

I don't know anything about the India crash.

As for the Florida crash — and this is guesswork — but it appears to me that the crew failed to maintain adequate separation from an area of severe turbulence.

If I remember the Flight Ops Manual correctly, above 20,000 feet the avoidance is 20 miles plus one additional mile for every knot downwind of the turbulence. Their track looked much closer than that.

The horizontal stabilizer had departed the airframe prior to impact. My guess is due to overspeed *after* entering a steep dive. The stabilizer acts to balance the airplane. If it had departed in something like level flight, because the center of lift is behind the center of gravity, the airplane would have immediately pitched down and ripped off the wings.; 11/2/26, 8:16 AM
Original Mike said...: rehajm said..."…in January I sat at the communal table next to the mum of the English owners of a lodge in New Zealand. She lit into me about Donald Trump as if it was all my fault."

I spent the evening in a backcountry pub in New Zealand with a rancher who expressed admiration for Trump. He especially was in support of Trump putting America first. "As its leader, of course he should put America first. I expect the same from the leader of New Zealand."

OTOH, we were harangued, out of the blue, in a public garden by a guy we weren't interacting with. He just walked up and let us have it (after asking if we were Americans). He came back about ten minutes later and apologized.; 11/2/26, 8:25 AM
Gerda Sprinchorn said...: Peaceful Warrior said: "IEE and Eva Marie offer really good responses to the Shriver essay"

This is interesting. Sounds like the AI/AI-assisted comments are now talking to each other and patting each other on the back.

Soon it will be AIs all the way down.; 11/2/26, 9:52 AM
Gerda Sprinchorn said...: Gerda Sprinchorn has made a very thoughtful and cogent post. I must say that I agree wholeheartedly. (Satire.); 11/2/26, 9:54 AM
Gerda Sprinchorn said...: Gerda has hit the nail on the head, yet again. (Satire.); 11/2/26, 9:56 AM
Narr said...: On our way back home from our Eurailing months in 1978, my wife and I were seated with an attractive young Dutch woman, who was friendly at first but gradually became almost unhinged about the subject of Vietnam and the US racist genocide etc etc. As if the Dutch hadn't been brutal in their empire, and the family money she enjoyed (from a small shipping company in the Dutch East Indies) wasn't tainted by it.

And I had a campus colleague--a biomechanical engineer originally from Hungary--who couldn't go to an international conference without being berated for US foreign policy, during the lesser Bush's administration.; 11/2/26, 10:04 AM