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Friday, May 6. 2016In search of the elusive microaggression
However, I think it is barking up the wrong tree to try to psychoanalyze this grievance-collection and grievance-manufacturing by the most privileged and indulged kids in the world. No reasonably balanced person reacts to such non-events. It is a fad, like hula-hoops. Faux outrage, microaggressions, and hate hoaxes are all the rage on campus this year. One might almost imagine that the ignorant kids have nothing to study. What it's really all about is cry-bullying, a manipulative power tactic which only works on spineless women and beta males. Those are the same administrators who will buy their 3 year-olds Cocoa Puffs at the supermarket when they cry. Same stunt, same result. Too many spineless people out there who are afraid of saying "Shut up and grow up" the way normal people would do. Or, in the campus case, "Shut up and get back to your differential equations."
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This morning's calisthenicsTo inspire those who might like some calisthenics in their fitness routine: - A three-set circuit of box jumps, squat-and-pull unbalanced bar reps, heavy ball smashes, burpees, and jumping jacks - A three set circuit of sideways box jumps, unbalanced push bar reps, and floor ladder drills on hands and toes - A three set circuit of box step-ups, ladder agility drills, and jump rope drills (regular, running man, and speed changes. I can't do arm shifts or doubles yet but these are my jump goals. 13 year-old boys can do amazing things with jump rope but I can't compete with that). That took one hour, dripping sweat all over the floor. Mrs. BD and I agree that an hour of calisthenics is more exhausting than an hour of weights but you bounce back quicker. Calisthenics are not so much for strength-building as for muscle use and maintenance, agility, balance, core-strengthening, endurance, and cardio. Or, as we say, general athleticism. Good things for the middle-aged but I think the urban youth need these things too. That's why many of them love the demands of Crossfit. Friday morning linksWidespread Mental Illness Taking Over America, One Bathroom at a Time Why are bathrooms the target? Strange. The Obama Justice Department’s Insane Attack on North Carolina DOJ also obsessed with bathrooms Here's Who's Controlling the Bathroom Debate This is so bizarre New York’s “Food Desert” Myth. The city council wants to preserve upstate farmland to counter an imaginary shortage. Government farms? Brilliant Driverless cars and robots are ahead of schedule Vaping Will Soon Be Banned In Many Public Places In California… Why? Just for the sake of controlling people? That ain't smoke. It is water vapor. Big Green is big business. Feds appear to be removing website posts claiming glaciers will be melted from Glacier National Park by 2030 Driverless cars and robots are ahead of schedule Fresh scandal for Mayor de Blasio — and bad news for the taxpayers The Reagan Coalition Is Dead. What’s Next For Conservatism? The One Thing That More Government Money Will Definitely Do Is Fail To Fix The Problem White House admits it played us for fools to sell Iran deal Dem Pollsters Push Clinton Messaging Shift in Secret Memo FLASHBACK: On June 19, 2015 Ann Coulter Predicted Trump Would Win – And the Liberal Audience Laughed Trump Won Largely on the Strength of Opposition to Open Borders and Amnesty Donald Trump’s policy plans are real, detailed — and great Kimball, with whom I almost always agree, just doesn't like the aroma Roger, do you like Hillary's aroma? Scratch and sniff. She'd give her ankles for Trump's crowds. The Left's 2016 Plan: Defining Trump so damningly that Clinton will look comparatively angelic I’m not ready to endorse Trump, says Paul Ryan; I’m not ready to support Ryan’s agenda, says Trump Touche. Funny. I guess I am stuck with The Donald, for better or worse. Just wish he would read the Constitution and some other things, including Maggie's Farm website. Noonan: Trump Was a Spark, Not the Fire - The establishments, both media and conservative, failed to anticipate how they’d be consumed:
Very good points, but the Repub party has rarely been thoroughly Conservative in ideology Can Trump Beat Hillary? Why the presumptive Republican presidential nominee may defy the conventional wisdom once again.
Britain faces migrant chaos: New ´summer of discontent´ as thousands plot to storm border EU Plans $290,000 Per Person Fine on Countries Refusing “Fair Share” of Refugees; Case For Brexit Crystallized The Empire has been overreaching since it began. Rebellion will occur. License To Steal: Italy’s Highest Court Rules “Theft Not A Crime If Hungry” Most people feel food urges two or three times daily. Let's hope they do not apply this to sexual urges too. Thursday, May 5. 2016What's for supper? Italian MeatloafNo breadcrumbs in this recipe (except on the surface). It says ground beef, but we like to mix ground beef with ground pork for meatloaf. Serve with steamed broccoli rabe (rapini) with oil, and roast taters.
A fine rantGeorge Will Is A Haughty Dipshit: (h/t SDA)
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How The Liberal Welfare State Destroyed Black America
Well, they do believe it but only Moynihan was willing to say it out loud. The real goal was achieved: Generations of Dem voters hooked on dependency, uselessness, and hopelessness. Of course, that applies not only to African-Americans. There are far more white than black people in that category. However, there were no dysfunctional black urban ghettos before Johnson's Great Society eliminated poverty and hopelessness.
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CINCO DE WHYO?It seems it was mostly popularized in the US to sell Mexican beer. It is not a festival in Mexico. Not that it matters. Didn't Hallmark invent Mother's Day to sell cards?
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Thursday morning linksImage via Theo A Brief History of Drowning - Drowning New administration rule would permit thousands of eagle deaths at wind farms Sacrifices for the weather gods Elementary School Cancels Father-Daughter Dance Over Lack of 'Inclusion' The FDA has 121 pages of rules about what to feed kids OUR FEDERAL HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM: The Poverty Creator Jason Riley Is the Latest Conservative to Be Disinvited from a College Campus Blackballed Music Classes Targeted for Pro-Perversion Brainwashing Principal Bans Girls' Tackle Football Game, Suggests Bobbing for Apples Instead 90% Of American Households Have Lower Real Net Worth Today Than In 1970s Hayward: Liberals Having Second Thoughts This is How Democrats Will Absolutely Destroy Donald Trump if He’s the Nominee Anti-Trump Groups Spent $75.7 Million on 64,000 Negative Ads to Take Down Trump – It Wasn’t Enough Dick Morris on Trump: 'A Unique Chapter in American Politics' Krauthammer: GOP ‘Being Led By a Non-Conservative,’ As of Now, ‘I Don’t Think I’d Be Capable of Voting for Donald Trump’ Van Jones Admits Dems Need Minorities to Remain Poor and Resentful Clinton Campaign Made Payments To Hard Drive And Document Destruction Company Reynolds: Entrenched political elites will sacrifice anything to retain power, including their own country. What Went Wrong with Cruz? Cruz. Good message, wrong messenger Trump, election, and immigration:
Trump and foreign policy
Defining U.S. National Interests: The Argument Continues This is How Democrats Will Absolutely Destroy Donald Trump if He’s the Nominee - See more at: https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/05/this-is-how-democrats-will-absolutely-destroy-donald-trump#sthash.Swnlod14.dpuf Britain To Take In Syrian Refugees From Other European Nations That Don’t Want Them… These Are The Two Reasons Refugees Are Flooding Into Germany Wednesday, May 4. 2016There is always a "market failure"From The New Central Planners:
Equality"Not every person can reason like a moral philosopher." From Human Nature and Political Society:
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Pussycat PornCruelWednesday morning linksToon via Theo Survey: 34% of Bay area residents want to leave New York’s last remaining soda fountain signs Scenes From the First American Shopping Mall, Filmed in 1956 Guru–the most important free market movie ever made? Guru–the most important free market movie ever made? - See more at: http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2016/05/guru.html#sthash.YrGwG2Cp.dpuf Wilderness Worship - Back to Neander Should the Semicolon follow the diastole, the trigon, the interpunct, and the diple? Michael Bloomberg: Why Safe Spaces Are Terrible Mistakes The Cumulative Cost of Regulations I'm calling it: Social networking is over The return of pseudo-science - The global warming industry lashes out in defense of its funding Don't Let Government Stifle the next Tech Revolution Standardized Test Discontent Spreads Across the Nation Standardized Test Discontent Spreads Across the Nation - See more at: http://educationblog.ncpa.org/standardized-test-discontent-spreads-across-the-nation/#sthash.bcJ9FteQ.dpuf Grand Jury Indicts Three Black Students Who Made Up Hoax of a Racist The Campus Hate Crime Hoax Epidemic Activists: Park Ranger Uniforms ‘threaten’ Latinos, Too Similar to Border Patrol - Group asks feds to consider “cultural implications of existing agency uniforms, offices, signage, and other facilities” Winning ‘Draw Mohammed’ Picture Goes Up On eBay Harvard 'Experts': Islamophobia Everywhere! Dem AG Targets 90 Conservative Groups in Climate Change Racketeering Suit Fighting Political Correctness in the Age of Trump - Republicans must stand up to political correctness or lose. "Money In Politics," Hillary, And The McDonnell Prosecution Chelsea Clinton’s speaking fee: $65,000. David Brooks should stay in his little bourgeois strata Memo to George Will, David Brooks and others: Stop being stupid on Trump:
"I Don't Know How To Explain It" - Confused Clinton Can't Explain Own Comments To Coal-Miner When I met Bill Clinton and the first time we were together Get Ready for the Biggest Media Assault You've Ever Seen—Aimed Squarely at Trump Who is the Host, and Who is the Guest? A Muslim owner of a grocery store in France assigns different shopping days for men and women. Trouble In Paradise? ISIS Recruiting In The Caribbean China Needs a Foreign Policy which Makes Friends An ugly war, seen through the lens of the Vietnamese Neutering U.S. combat air forces Tuesday, May 3. 2016TrumpstersTrump as Samson. We all may be tired of reading about Trump, but VDH has a good one: Trump: Something New under the Political Sun. I think he is partly right, but I think he underestimates the amount of votes he will have across all sorts of demographics. I will vote for him despite his flaws. They always have flaws. One quote:
Muscle-repair food When you stress your muscles sufficiently with resistance training, you damage muscle. This only happens with extreme stress to failure and beyond. Not high reps, but heavy weights. High reps are mainly maintenance and toning. Muscle (but not heart muscle) only grows stronger in the repair, or recovery, process, which can take a week. Without damage, there is no strength-building. Early on in my resistance training I realized that I was not getting enough protein for good repair. Feeling tired and weak. A hard boiled egg (8 gms of protein) and a glass of milk (8 gms) was not enough. For your maximum strength-building efforts, you probably need 100+ gms of protein/day for repair and reconstruction. 100+ gms/day is not easy. (See gms of protein/serving of meats). Vegans have their own ways but I am not going there. As long as I am in the intense strength-building phase of things (almost 12 months now with a few to go), I am sticking with these meathead drinks in the photo for breakfast. 40 gms. is a good start towards 100 with a heavy shot of protein after your barbell squats, deadlifts, bench presses, pull-ups, dips, etc. You get used to the lousy flavors. You can make your own sort of thing cheaper with whey powder, some blueberries, some milk, and a blender. If you do not push and pull weights to the point of good damage, 100+ gms/day is not necessary at all. For maintenance, not needed either. Maintenance efforts do no muscle damage and just keep things working. Freedom to ChooseThe central tenet of Libertarianism is freedom. It is the right to choose. Not just choose 'stuff' while shopping, but everything. Where to live, who you associate with, who you do business with, who you work for or who works for you, and what you want to do with your life. While it is often contrasted with Socialism and Communism, this commentator points out there is a third thread which is often overlooked, but cuts across the philosophical spectrum - bureaucratic centralism. It's my belief that Conservatives are essentially libertarians (small "l") who like having, or believing in, the direction that centralized government can provide. Which is why Libertarians, more often than not, are lumped in with Republicans. In my recent past, I've learned to distrust and, whenever possible, avoid anything government claims to provide, or that people believe it should provide. If I could avoid, or it was practical to avoid, all things the government provides, I would. Unfortunately I don't have that freedom, since it's been taken either by vote or by bureaucratic diktat. Medical care personnelHow many friends can a person handle? Or want?
It seems, as a limit, five is the maximum for closest friends, and 100-150 about the max for solid pals plus solid acquaintances. That seems about right to me, depending on how pals and good acquaintances are defined (in this case, by frequency of contact). (h/t, Insty)
Tuesday morning linksCruising the Davis Strait Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security Why Italian merry widows perk up after husbands die Blood-red Trevi fountain a wake-up call on Christian persecution No commencement speaker will mention this – the huge ‘gender college degree gap’ favoring women Undergrad links to Obama’s comments about students being ‘coddled,’ gets ripped by peers " The employee also referred to one of the students as a man, even though Heterodox: Freethinking profs – fed up with peers’ blind devotion to leftist tenets – launch their own website SIU students to hold strike against austerity, racism Small Acts of Cowardice Are Destroying Our Culture
Who Speaks for the Working Class? Economic concerns increasingly unite moderate-income whites and blacks. CNN's Jeff Zucker on the Network's Increasing Ratings: "We May Have Been A Little Too Liberal In the Past" Why Aren’t We Having a National Conversation About Leftist Violence?
Mexico Is Sending Us Colonists, Not Immigrants Off the reservatio Sanders applauds supporter who tells billionaire class to 'f--- off’ Monday, May 2. 2016Getting overweight just once It's not really new news, but getting fat at some point in life does seem to alter some physiologic processes for the long term. It seems to retrain the body for a high-caloric life, for a fat life; resets some homeostatic buttons including altering or almost eliminating satiety signals for some period of time. We have discussed the insulin effects of excess dietary carbs, but there is more: After ‘The Biggest Loser,’ Their Bodies Fought to Regain Weight Despite the interesting physiology, I feel the article overstates the thesis and minimizes the role of human agency, human choice. Resisting temptation, calculating consequences, etc. is what makes us different from other animals. For those who have been heavy at some point in life, though, that is more challenging. Mind over matter. Moral of the story: Don't "let yourself go" because you may live to regret it.
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Why the American Bill of Rights Would Never Pass Today
They already understood that power tends to attempt to amass more power. But how did they know that the masses would, someday, demand more? Wise men, indeed. Freedom from government was their lodestar. Blue Collar
But Mike Rowe points out another key part of the jobs equation. Jobs don't come to us. We have to go to them. If my best job option is going to be in San Francisco or Chicago, rather than here in NYC, then I should be prepared to go to it. If I don't, I really have no complaints about whatever job I wind up with, because I took what's available within the limitations I set for myself. The US has always been a mobile nation. Mobile as in able to move both physically and economically. People move up and down the wealth and income ladder, but they have also transport themselves to where the jobs are. It's been that way for years. After all, that's part of what Manifest Destiny was all about - following opportunity. It's why Horace Greeley supposedly said "Go West, young man." Today it may be better stated as "Go Weld, young man." The blackest black
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Monday morning linksBook Review: Albion’s Seed It's more of a summary than a review Walt Whitman on a healthy diet Dalrymple on an ordinary man Piketty’s Crumbs - Inequality economists know the price of everything but understand the value of nothing What's The Best Way To Reduce Poverty? Landmarking Is Turning New York City Into a Life-Sized Historical Diorama - The city recently landmarked a giant Pepsi-Cola sign because of its "prominent siting." If you like your pistol, you can keep it. Good News in Global Warming WSJ Reports on Canadian Air Traffic Control You Can't Escape Data Surveillance In America Why Are Highly Educated Americans Getting More Liberal? Scripps students: Hating white people is legitimate Mizzou Race Relations Committee Releases Series of Anti-Racism Videos for ‘White People’ Pure genius College Conservatives Are The New Counter-Culture On Campus Scripps students: Hating white people is legitimate - See more at: http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=58432#sthash.piGHDCMk.dpuf Kudlow: Obama Is Suffocating Business Investment and the Economy The impossibility of reviving American manufacturing After Manufacturing - The End of Economic Development? Clintonism screwed the Democrats: How Bill, Hillary and the Democratic Leadership Council gutted progressivism Trump falling seriously behind Clinton in planning for general election Diary of a Mad Voter - Waiting for Donald Movie Based on ‘Clinton Cash,’ Book Exposing Clinton’s Corruption at State, Debuting at Cannes CNN Host Describes Anti-Trump Thugs Who Ravaged City Streets As “Dissatisfied Citizens”… Anti-Trump Protester: “We Don’t Need White Man Telling Us He’s Going to Build a Wall in Our Land” The Greatest Kindness Will Not Bind the Ungrateful. Puerto Rico Says Will Default Tomorrow, Begs Congress For Help "Or Else Crisis Will Get Worse" Congress needs to give them the right to bankruptcy - or give them independence Islamic Council of Germany calls for ban on Alternative for Germany party Sunday, May 1. 2016Weight loss and exercise
Physical exercise has many benefits - but weight loss is not among them. However, fat loss does enhance one's ability to exercise effectively.
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