Maggie's Farm

 Remember When Climate Change Meant The End Of Coffee? Never Mind

The Loneliness of the Anonymous Neighbor

 How Tattoos Became Middle Class

A trigger warning for socialist students 

 CNN’s Jake Tapper Dedicates Segment to Trump’s Penis

Obsessed 

 What The Heck Happened To Elon Musk Last Night?

Hurricane Florence Is The New Normal Or Something

 Boston U. honors college abandons Socratic method, Western canon in favor of social justice curriculum

 Feds Spend $1,009,762 Training ‘Social Justice’ Math Teachers

 Media Continues Its Slow Suicide

 Trump Orders Carter Page FISA Documents Declassified And Media Freaks

They don't want the info? 

 It's NOT the economy, stupid!

Dino has a cool strategy for the midterms 

 Trump Is Still No Closer To Impeachment. At What Point Do Russiagaters Lose Faith?

Joe DiGenova: Christine Ford Won’t Testify Because “She’s Going to Look Like the Loon That She Is”

I believe the judge. He has everything to lose by lying. She has nothing to lose. 

What Does Christine Ford Stand To Gain By Her Story?

 Kavanaugh meets Kafka in kangaroo court

With Christine Blasey Ford, the Democrats have descended to new lows in politicising justice. They tried the same thing when they wheeled out Anita Hill during the hearings on Clarence Thomas

It's not easy to get there, which is the point.  We've been there. Not much to do there after looking at St. John The Revelator's supposed cave, and the magnificent Greek Orthodox monastery with its monks. Nice long hike up the hill of this desolate island. A few nice cafes on the harbor.

The cave was closed when we hiked by. As I recall, the water was chilly but we swam anyway. I picked up a pretty stone from the beach to give to my pastor. We had recently read Revelation in our study class.

 ‘No evidence’ high levels of ‘bad’ cholesterol cause heart disease, doctors claim

That is not new news 

 EATING CHEESE AND BUTTER EVERY DAY LINKED TO LIVING LONGER

Then I will live forever 

No Effect of Aspirin on Disability-free Survival in the Healthy Elderly

Viewing aging as a disease 

 The Real Reason You Should Never Drink Champagne From a Plastic Cup

 In a news release issued Sunday, Cape Cod National Seashore confirmed that Wellfleet’s beaches – including the Newcomb Hollow Beach, where Medici was attacked – were “closed to swimming,” but surfers and paddleboarders were spotted in the water the same day.

With too much caution there is no living 

 EU approves controversial Copyright Directive, including internet ‘link tax’ and ‘upload filter’

NY Times: Nature Is Roaring And Washington Is Ignoring Or Something

 Bernie Sanders Bashes America “We Just Starve Little Children, We Go Bomb Houses”

 If there are two types of lawyers who can't tell the truth, it's immigration attorneys and lawyers for terrorists.

 Lisa Page bombshell: FBI couldn’t prove Trump-Russia collusion before Mueller appointment

China is inventing a whole new way to oppress a people

Building an empire

 Mexico trailer storing corpses angers residents

Selfish NIMBYs 

 London Mayor Calls For Second EU Referendum: “The People Must Get A Final Say”

 Six Simple Tips for Making Friends

 Bay Area March for Science: Revenge of the Nerds

Mastectomies On Teen “Transgender” Girls

Medical malpractice 

 Lehman anniversary: The five most surprising consequences

 Indulging High Schoolers' Anxiety

Public speaking is a basic life skill 

 Black students demand segregated spaces from white students

Student council members: Ice cream is not 'inclusive' enough 

A word to the wise: Overthrow your tech overlords while you still can

 Is It Time to Regulate Social Media?

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey admits conservative staffers 'don't feel safe to express their opinions' at liberal tech giant

The European Union Would Love to Control Your Internet Use

 Universal Savings Accounts a Silver Lining in Tax Reform

 True Blue Liberal California Now Leads The Nation In Poverty

 Rahm Emanuel’s failure is an ill omen for all Democrats

 BOB WOODWARD LOOKED FOR RUSSIA COLLUSION FOR 2 YEARS, FOUND NOTHING

Joe diGenova: Comey, McCabe, and Strzok Are 'Going Down' Over FISA Warrant Abuses

 Never mind Paul Manafort, the Mueller inquiry is the biggest scandal in US history

 Joe Biden on Trump Supporters: ‘The Dregs Of Society’

Les Deplorables again 

What happens when Ruth Bader Ginsburg leaves the Supreme Court?

 Wait, That Allegation Sat on Dianne Feinstein’s Desk Since Late July?

 Democrats Want Their Pound of Kavanaugh Flesh  

It is war 

In Venezuela, Hike in Minimum Wage Forces 40 Percent of Stores to Close

As we say, the minimum wage is zero 

Ginger Gold, developed by somebody named Ginger Harvey, is a sweet and sharp apple and one of the first to ripen. 

Next August and early September, check them out if you can find them. 

One of our favorite ocean beaches: Man dies after suspected shark attack on Cape Cod

You can stream this wonderful movie online here, free.

Image via  THE WEEK IN PICTURES: HURRICANE TRUMP EDITION

"Have I got a college for you. For your first two years, your regimen includes ancient Greek. And I do mean Greek, the language..."

 Why We Stereotype

The Alarming Findings of a New Study on Transgender Teens and Suicide

Nothing to do with trans-whatever. Just generally very screwed-up people 

Florence Brings A Deadly Hotcoldwetdry Message Or Something

Hilarious video shows journalist ´bravely´reporting on Hurricane Florence-until two men in shorts casually stroll past

 Hurricane Florence: I rode out the storm – this is what it was like when 90 mph winds were above my house

 ‘The System’s Not Working’ Is Liberal Speak For ‘We’re Not Getting What We Want’

 Strzok Wanted To Hunt Down Trump Ties Using FBI "Steele Dossier" Report Leaked To CNN

 The Dalai Lama: Europe Belongs to Europeans, Refugees Should Return Home to Build Their Own Countries

 China Cracking Down On Christians, Destroying Crosses, Burning Bibles, Forcing People To Renounce Faith

Gypsies in the Wood

My mother said that I never should
Play with the gypsies in the wood,
The wood was dark; the grass was green;
In came Sally with a tambourine.

I went to the sea - no ship to get across;
I paid ten shillings for a blind white horse;
I up on his back and he off like a crack,
Sally, tell my Mother I shall never come back.

The Labyrinth at Mohonk Preserve was a favorite annual family challenge when I was a kid. A bunch of us are going to tackle it again in a couple of weeks.  I was probably 11 the last time I did it. It's not for everybody but most people seem to handle the scrambling ok anyway.

It is unique.  I know Bulldog will love this. 

Once committed, there is no backing out. Best to leave your daypack at the beginning and pick it up later.  Nobody steals there. 

These people enter the labyrinth at the 1:30 minute mark.

 Hiking With Kids Age 4 and 6 (and Some Llamas) Along the Continental Divide

Are beards racist? A short history of beards in the West 

Animals killing hikers 

 Heat Analysis of NOAA Data Suggests the US Is Not Seeing Increased Warming

FEMA May Not be Prepared for Hurricane Florence, but Waffle House Is - The "Waffle House Index" shows some differences between the private and public sector when it comes to emergency preparedness.

 Simple questions for millennials

 A SCIENTIST FOR A SCIENTIFIC POST? THE HORROR! 

Kimball:  The Intoxicating Effects of Socialist Benevolence

 Once Hillary's & Fusion GPS' Russia Hoax Storyline Has Run Its Course, We'll Just Segue Into Their Plan B Hoax About Trump's "Money-Laundering"

 When Government Is Everything, Everything Is Crazy

 A TIMELINE OF TREASON: How the DNC and FBI Leadership Tried to Fix a Presidential Election [Updated]

 IT’S OFFICIAL: GOOGLE IS A DEMOCRATIC PARTY FRONT

 Google Responds To Leaked Video As Damning History Of Bias Haunts Company; Parscale Calls For Investigation

Democrats hit a new low in their crusade against Kavanaugh

What Trump hath wrought - Thanks to Trump, the Republicans are facing a grim electoral landscape

Unforced errors and a chaotic vibe can overshadow all the good he has been doing 

Incomes Up, Poverty Down in 2017 - Census Bureau reports on latest data on America’s economic wellbeing