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Saturday, November 26. 2016Top tune in Oz this monthDon't Bite the Hand that Feeds You. "Your Victim Card's expired..."
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Re Trump, I am not a big fan but I am amused by it all. A Pres does not need to be your best pal. He has made some good appts. Yes, he should give Mittens a job. Romney needs a job. Take one more guy off unemployment in this economy. Viking Ship Stopped by Gov Regulations Hot Tubs and Luxury Dorms and Climbing Walls, Oh, My! Who Raised the Snowflake Generation? Who’s to blame? How Scientists Are Using Poop to Study New York City's Coyote Population Soft Drinks Number One Purchase By Food Stamp Recipients… Free Coke! Why not? Toronto is a hotbed of racial intolerance. Teachers' unions are unhappy Teachers have unions? WTF? Why? Russian propaganda effort helped spread ‘fake news’ during election, experts say Colin Kaepernick Castro T-shirt is ignorant of facts, insulting SURVIVING CASTRO'S TORTURES FORTY THREE YEAR STRUGGLE AGAINST CASTRO Repeal and Revise - Life after Obamacare won’t be as dire as some on the left are predicting The outrage over fake news is based on fake news about fake news. Fake rates: CalPERS Staff Nudges Board To Consider Lower Return Rates
I haven't slept in my own room since the election Bookends to a Disastrous Presidency Nov. 8 represented an explosion of anger on the right at years of smugness and disdain by liberals. Trump’s media feud enters new era Isn't it the media's Trump feud? Network CNN Vows To Oppose Trump Administration The Real Legacy in Jeopardy Under the New Congress? LBJ’s - The GOP has plans to take apart many of Johnson’s Great Society reforms. Will Trump let them succeed? President Trump’s Pentagon To Do List Unlearned Lessons in Haiti Sick governance, sick culture. They have to fix it themselves. Not in my lifetime, though. Friday, November 25. 2016Friday free ad for BobA handy guide
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What about legal immigration?
Beyond Trump’s Wall
- The president-elect should reform our legal immigration system, to Best burgers in NYCSome nights all you want is beers and a burger. Best ones I have found yet: Black Iron Burger Friday morning linksThe Federal Regulations That Affect Your Thanksgiving Foods Florida Woman Accused of Shooting at House Guests Who Stayed Too Long Makes sense to me Here's why batteries have started catching fire so often 'Atlas of the Underworld' reveals oceans and mountains lost to Earth's history A Shocking Find In a Neanderthal Cave In France How AirBNB Awakens Dormant Capital Rush Limbaugh Children’s Books Banned at Wisconsin School: They’re “Inappropriate” Yes, it's the Gulag, Western Style Across 33 rich countries, only 5% of the population has high Students Need Much Better Counseling Before Going Into Debt for College Black Lives Matter Activists Plan to Disrupt Black Friday Shopping in Major Cities Spoil sports Forest Service trying to seize private land from Montana ranchers Evil The GOP's Track Record on Illegal Immigration Central Americans surge north, hoping to reach U.S. before Trump inauguration Freakout at Vassar College Why People Lost Their Minds When A Brooklyn Store Played ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ WaPo Releases Report on Russian Propaganda Sites- List Includes: Drudge Report, Wikileaks, Zerohedge, Infowars… Not Maggie's Farm? The Russians are always emailing me hot info Stop faking hate crimes. You're hurting your own cause There aren't enough real ones The snarling contempt behind the media's fake news hysteria Flashback: Trump-Trashing Journalists Oozed Over Obama’s ’08 Transition AVI: Jews and the Left Jared Kushner’s first interview reveals what the media completely missed in the Trump campaign Thornton: "If the delicate millennial Eloi were really interested in reforming 15 Things Trump and Reagan Have in Common Robert Reich: How to resist Donald Trump’s first 100 days Slate: Democratic Politics Have to Be “Identity Politics” Democrats Lose the Future by Trusting Their Demographic Doomsday Clock LGBT Advocates Debate Future of Movement Post-Election Bob Herbert: The War on the Poor Is Already Underway Sheesh. I thought LBJ solved poverty decades ago DONALD TRUMP Addresses Nazi Conspiracies at NY Times: “Boy, You’re Really Into This Stuff” GOP: Get with the Permanent Campaign Trump’s GOP: The end of ‘checklist conservatism’ Yes, Trump will keep on changing his mind: here’s why Trump is seriously committed to the destruction of planet Earth Of course he is. He hates the Earth UCLA Professor Has Had An Especially Tough Time Dealing With Trump’s Victory Supermarkets are packed with aggressive white supremacists, Esp. Whole Foods. They hassle me all the time cuz of my Hillary button. Hey, she could still win. Thanksgiving raptors
Wednesday, November 23. 2016How to Talk to Your Pansy Marxist Nephew at ThanksgivingHow socialism failed in Puritan Plymouth
They had utopian Christian dreams which were rapidly shattered. A New Jerusalem. They really did feel that they were on a holy mission that had nothing to do with money (except insofar as they owed quite a bit to their sponsoring corporation - which they were never able to repay). Meanwhile, at the same time and a short distance south, New Amsterdam was a prosperous and rapidly growing Dutch colony. They had a good port and a handy river, but also a spirit of freedom (and diversity!) which the Puritans lacked. I don't think the earlier Dutch settlers had a Thanksgiving in New York. They were too busy making money. The First Thanksgiving Menu
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How did they celebrate their first year and their first harvest in the fall of 1621, when they sat down with their Cape Cod Wampanoag friends? "Deer and wildfowl." What else? We don't know. I don't think they had the grain to brew their beloved beer until the next year. What we do know is that these folks had been through a nasty voyage in a rotten, leaky boat, landed at the wrong place - remember, they were headed to the Dutch New Amsterdam area - which was better idea. They managed to scrape out a living, thanks to the Indian's education (these folks weren't farmers, anyway) as they watched their family members die. Only 53 of the original 104 immigrants survived until fall, 1621. Then they gave thanks to God. Thanks for what? Thanks, I think, to God for being there with them through thick and thin. It's always been a wonder to me that they didn't all catch the next flight from Logan back to Leyden. Trust in God is strong stuff, and many of us are not strong enough to handle the powerful grip of God. Thanksgiving is about putting our faith in the Lord, or trying to - and nothing else. God Bless us, and America, please, and make us Pilgrims in our own time, in our own ways. Wednesday morning linksImage via Ace Giving thanks for the invisible hand of strangers, spontaneous order, kaleidoscopic market energy & no turkey czars Renewed Circus Maximus reopens after 6 years The Factory of Fakes - How a workshop uses digital technology to craft perfect copies of imperilled art. Obama Education Secretary John B. King Calls for End to Paddling in Schools Paddling in schools? Bring it back. William & Mary Offers ‘Thanksgiving Toolkit’ for Sensitive Students How come Trump voters do not get toolkits for dealing with their moonbat relatives? Watching the Snowflakes Melt But Don’t Call Them Hysterical Possibly scariest interview with college Social Justice Warrior I’ve ever seen University Bullied Students to Change 'America' Theme Party Because Trump Won - America party 'provides an opportunity for students to dress or behave in a way that offends or oppresses others.' How about a Cuba-themed party? There is great irony in the sheer hate from those who whine about Trump being hateful. Manhattan doesn't love The Donald anymore After 30 years of love and admiration, a sudden divorce Green Incoherence: Reaching Out to the Deplorables The trouble with Keith Ellison Liberals Are Freaking Out Over The Possibility Of Questioning “High Risk” Immigrants Every immigrant to the US should make legal application, and be vetted, interrogated, and given probationary status. That's normal everywhere. Basically, a would-be immigrant is applying for membership. Trump is right: Let’s finally move on from the Clintons
Dem Lawmaker: We Are a Permanent Minority – Not a National Party, We Are a Coastal Party Jeff Sessions May "Prosecute" Sanctuary Cities That Don't Obey Federal Law Illegal immigrants pose as families, tell tales of woe to gain entry to U.S. Illegal Immigrants Set Record By Using Children As Deportation Shields THE HIDDEN COSTS OF IMMIGRATION Academics are dangerously racist Do red state Americans and blue state Americans live in the same country anymore? America has many more than two subcultures Democrats’ Answer Is Always the Same: Move More Left - Nearly Delusional Belmont Club on elections:
I have never met a lib who could tell me when the Progressive Project of government expansion could be considered completed Trump needs to stop denouncing nutcases every time the media heads to the fainting couches Time for him to rise above. But can he? He's a street-fighting man like Obama wanted to be MEDIA MOGULS COMPLAIN ABOUT MEETING WITH TRUMP, GET SPANKED BY . . . GLENN GREENWALD? A Third of Germans Report Feeling ‘Like A Stranger In My Own Country’ A Tiny Minority of a Million Muslims in America Muslim Refugees: "We Must Have More Children than the Christians Because it’s the Only Way We Can Destroy Them Here.’” The UK has to accept not being special to the US World Leaders Gather to Worry About Trump Migrants Burn Down German Refugee Center After Camp Runs Out of Nutella and Gummy Bears Tuesday, November 22. 2016
Trump's legacyI did vote for him, but not a big fan. Yes, he is a player, he is a big-shot New Yorker and he wasn't born yesterday. However things go, when he is old he'll be able to sing this. Sheesh, what a song. Everybody might wish to own this tune, including me:
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The "arc of history"
As I see it, the "Left" tends authoritarian in its impulses. The part of the "Right" that I identify with as an American tends towards individual freedom from power, but few talk about that anymore except at the margins (eg pot smoking and job licensing). Really, now it's all about what government power can do for/to me or can do for/to you. Leviathan won as if so often does. Gravity. Not just in the US, but all over. Is there a Right Side of History?
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Science Wars
The Real War on Science - The Left has done far more than the Right to set back progress.
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Along the Autism Spectrum..
To varying degrees and for varying and not well-understood reasons, these kids, even if quite bright, do not fit in well in most settings. Their behavior and demeanor make others uneasy. While many people do not fit in well, "spectrum" people have qualitatively different challenges. It's in their hard-wiring. Many or most would like to function as normally as possible, so programs like the above offer some hope. Meat injectors: A re-post for ThanksgivingWe used some of those plastic Cajun Classic meat injectors (image on right) to inject our birds (ducks, turkeys, pheasants, etc): Deep Fry Turkey Day with Red-neck Yankees, aka Les Tres Riche Heures du Bird Dog. Those plastic injectors are worthless crap. The herbs and spices jam up the injector holes, and the whole thing falls apart after a few birds. We then made do with a large-apertured medical syringe which one of our medical friends had (which I hope was clean), but this is really the cooking tool that is needed: the stainless steel Bayou Classic with one needle for herb mixtures and another for marinade (photo below). Many folks like to inject a turkey with sherry or cider. I bought a couple of those for my cooking buddies. (Update: I did, and got one for myself too. Would be scary to see a nurse approaching you with one of these.) This year, I am going to inject those big SOBs with a warmed mix of sherry, butter, honey, and herbs under the skin and deep into the meat. That can not be bad. The Indians did it that way, didn't they? Of course they did - when they weren't busy scalping, raping, and torturing their neighboring tribes. Tuesday morning links
Mike Rowe on politics New York Times Flooded With Complaints About Election Coverage In Insty's words, "Democratic operatives with bylines" The New York Times, other outlets crying 'wolf' over Trump Donald Trump’s media summit was a ‘f—ing firing squad’ Rightly so Bloomington, Indiana Renames Columbus Day and Good Friday "Insensitive"? To whom? ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS: CIVIL RIGHTS HERO Stop Calling Crony Corporatism "Public Private Partnerships" Health Coverage The Same As Ten Years Ago The Hypocrisy of the Anti-War Left DHS may leave known smuggling route into U.S. unprotected - Agent told 'by end of month we're not covering it anymore' The Truth About Black Lives Matter - The movement paints a false and disturbing portrait of America in order to justify its even more disturbing aims Donald Trump’s presidency will be a besieged presidency
Obama’s transition from ‘man of the people’ to ‘Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous’ A Horatio Alger story “Hamilton” star tweeted about blacks and drunk women on St. Patrick’s Day College kids are proving Trump’s point Kissinger: Trump has no baggage The Joy of Quiet, Busy, Out-of-the-Spotlight Trump He is meeting with tons of people, all sorts Washington Post: If Democrats Don’t Oppose Trump, Their Abdicating Democracy Or Something Europe: Let's End Free Speech! Are European Countries Now Police States? They have a tendency for that The Return of European Anti-Americanism 12 members of nuclear negotiating team arrested by Iran for espionage Trump could gut the Iran deal—but it was vulnerable all along Monday, November 21. 2016Trump goes to Youtube to talk directly to youHe knows the MSM wants to leave him bloodied or dead before he begins. Right or wrong, the man has balls. Today's release:
Trump snubs DC
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Brace Yourself for Four Years of Nonstop Freakoutrage
Intimidation tactics will not work. Still, they should attack the Trump voters instead of Trump himself. Blame the people - roughly half the voters - not The Donald. Blame me. Donald just offered people a choice. Not his fault. Choice is good.
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Corn Pudding We always have this on our Thanksgiving menu, but there's no reason to limit it to Thanksgiving. Comfort food. Here's a good easy recipe.
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