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Friday, August 4. 2017Did Licensed Contractors Hang Those Window Signs?
Is anything more corrupt than government? Chicago to Businesses: Did Licensed Contractors Hang Those Window Signs? Classic protection racket enforced by city fines.
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Fallacies: Spurious Correlation
QQQHowever beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. Sir Winston Churchill Our Outer Hebrides hiking trip, photo travelogue #3 of 3
On a rare lovely but cool morning, we were instructed to hike across this beautiful meadow (they are far and few between, but the wildflowers were in full bloom. This rare meadow habitat is called a Machair) and to climb that mountain in Hushinish. That was a heck of a no-trail climb, and the little plateau on top gave me vertigo. Could you climb that without poles? No. Mrs. BD and another gal had to pull themselves up on hands and knees using heather as handles at some points to reach the peak. A good workout. This hill had a series of false summits. Sheesh, false summits are a bummer but hill walkers learn to expect them. Lots of Harris and Lewis below the fold - Continue reading "Our Outer Hebrides hiking trip, photo travelogue #3 of 3" Friday morning linksOff to the Cape for a few days with family and friends. View from our patio Why new cars suck Learning to be manly: Achilles and Hector It's not easy for mortals Guys, Let's Talk About What Women 'Should' Look Like, Mmmmkay? She is a heavy model? Nightclubs promote extreme cultural degeneracy. The Gulf Of Mexico's Dead Zone Is The Biggest Ever Seen Fertilizer runoff Is Google evil? Who Snatched My Car? Wells Fargo Did The majority of Harvard’s incoming class is nonwhite Are Asians non-white? The Kennedy Center Honors abandons the arts for pop culture Reforming the National Flood Insurance Program: Toward Private Flood Insurance Rights are Rights, and Military Service Isn’t One - The progressive theory of rights has blurred the lines between privilege, opportunity, discrimination, and rights. Althouse: Campus rapes should go to the police That is right. However, all schools should have codes of conduct too. Cult Of Climastrology Decides To Tackle The Evilness Of Cats And Dogs Al Gore’s Nashville estate expends 21 times more energy a year than typical U.S. home, study says Americans are super-rich CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO PAY $850 MILLION IN INTEREST ON $500 MILLION LOAN Half of Detroit’s 8 mayoral candidates are felons What Ruined New Orleans? VDH: The Problem of Competitive Victimhood When Immigration and Affirmative Action Collide - Mass immigration and widespread affirmative action are deeply in tension, and ultimately set to destroy one another. Jobs Americans won't do Why Trump Is Right About Immigration Trump just ended the argument for illegal aliens Illegal immigrants cost taxpayers nearly $750 billion over lifetime McArdle: Demonizing School Choice Won't Help Education Anthem, Aetna Exit Obamacare Exchanges Employing People in California Really is Harder Pew Poll: 20% Of Muslims In U.S. Say Violence For Islam Can Be Justified… Mr. Acosta, Can You Hear Me Now? The Slow-Motion Coup d’Etat picks up steam - Leak of full transcripts of presidential conversations with foreign leaders a milestone in effort to paralyze the Trump administration. Dershowitz: Current Investigation on Trump is Stalinist – “Show Me the Man and I’ll Show You the Crime”
Mueller Plunges Across Trump's Red Line - A Wall Street Journal story claimed the investigation had moved before a grand jury, while CNN reported it was looking into potential financial crimes unrelated to the 2016 election. Why Dalrymple prefers the House of Lords Governments can't control things in the information age Sultan: Marx and Mohammed in Manchester Meanwhile, Canada’s ‘Free’ Health Care System Is Also Exploding If the US starts a war with North Korea, China won’t be on our side Remember all those left-wing pundits who drooled over Venezuela? Venezuela’s Unprecedented Collapse They voted for socialism, they got it Terrorist Salaries: European-funded NGOs Promote “Right” to Be Paid for Terror Thursday, August 3. 2017School Inc.
Clearly, viewing education as a civil service job is not the best route. Is there any fix for unmotivated kids? Well, yes and no. Watch it, if only because the teachers' unions hate the series. You might get hooked and watch the rest of the series. Enjoyable and...educational.
Lazybeds, plus a comment on golf
Lazybeds are the original raised-bed farming. On the Isle of Harris, where almost nobody bothers to farm or garden anymore since the Medieval Warm Period, remnants of old lazybed "farming" - more like heavy subsistence gardening - are often seen where there is enough soil to plant. There is not very much soil for planting, and peat bogs can not be gardened. However, raised beds with good drainage (always sloping how towards the sea), enhanced with seaweed as fertilizer, could grow enough peas and potatoes for a crofter (who also had some sheep and cattle). Maybe some oats or barley, but not much. Like Ridge-and Furrow farming, Lazybeds date back at least to Roman times in the rough parts of the British Isles. Today, on the islands, wool is the cash crop. The sheep just run wild until shearing time which is why so much of the landscape looks like a putting green. In fact, sheep originated putting greens. (The "rough" was, more likely than not, heather - which is very rough indeed.) Below the fold, somebody in the Hebrides is still using lazybeds - and a view of what looks like a golf course with natural water hazard and sand traps Continue reading "Lazybeds, plus a comment on golf" Thursday morning linksRemembering Sam Shepard’s Postmodern Masterpiece New Zealand needs to kill these adorable rabbits How Amish produce gets to Whole Foods—without the internet, tractors, or phones Why the middle-aged ‘dad bod’ could be deadly instead of sexy Why it Was Moral for Trotsky to Kill the Tsar’s Children—But Immoral for Stalin to Kill His First results from US CRISPR gene editing on human embryos GMO people Obese patients and smokers banned from routine surgery in 'most severe ever' rationing in the NHS SOCIALIZED MEDICINE KILLS - Call it single-payer or Medicare-for-all, socialized medicine is death. Decline And Fall. NYC Pet Owners Not Getting Dogs Vaccinated For Fear Of Autism A Doctor Gives Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop a Pelvic Exam Evergreen State College’s Police Chief Resigns We Can Solve Hotcoldwetdry If Everyone Eats Beans Instead Of Meat Stossel: Stop! You Need a License To Do that Job! Affirmative Action Battle Has a New Focus: Asian-Americans Maryland city to allow non-citizens to vote...again Build The Wall? It's Already Been Built Favor factory? Huma emails reveal Clinton allies seeking jobs, meetings This Vanity Fair Lionization Of The Press Is Why Everyone Hates The Press Former U.N. Amb. Power Unmasked ‘Hundreds’ In Final Year Of Obama Admin THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DEPARTS FROM VENEZUELA Senior Palestinian Official Seeks Life-Saving Treatment in Israel Wednesday, August 2. 2017"Accepting yourself" is a crazy idea, because you are not "OK"Madame LibertyStephen Miller is historically correct. Lady Liberty was designed by the French as an inspirational symbol for the US illuminating the whole world with the idea of individual liberty so the world could enjoy the freedom of Americans - not as a welcome mat. Emma Lazarus' sentimental poem was a 1903 addition to the site of the statue, for some reason. What should America's immigration policies be? Let the American people decide. Who else should?
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There is no escape from the darn pursuit of youth and fitness
Our genius trainer has prescribed us morning calisthenic workouts for our next little getaway. Genius Trainer hates to see the backsliding that occurs after 10 days away from him. His demands are in addition to our usual Cape Cod daily multi-hour hikes and pond races, not to mention body-surfing in the icy ocean with the seals and sharks for as long as we can. For me, few thrills equal that when there is good wavy gravy. Here is his email: You should complete these light vacation calisthenic workout circuits every morning. Including foam rolling and dynamic warmup, this workout should take under 45 minutes in total. Squats—3x20 Lunges—3x15 each leg Band Shuffles—3x20 steps each leg Have fun! Wednesday morning linksGwynnie sent us this email bouquet from his garden and from the woods in the Sierra Nevadas The Queen is an "excessive drinker" The American Eclipse of 1878 and the Scientists Who Raced West to See It Young People are Clueless about How Food Grows Food comes from the store. Electricity comes from the wall. Wisconsin County Fair Bans Confederate Flag Sales After “Someone Got Their Feelings Hurt”… Thought Police Hiring at University of Michigan Where is the free speech rebellion? Los Angeles Just 'Won' the 2028 Summer Olympics. That Is SUCH Bad News. The IOC needs one permanent site for summer games, ideally in Greece. Why Boston's Sports Fans Rejected the Olympics Boondoggle—and L.A. Said Bring It On Climate change article of the year Many worthy environmental issues are overshadowed by the climate hysteria Claim: 59,300 Indian Suicides because Climate Hmmm. They are making more money? NYT: When Progressives embrace hate:
Ian Tuttle Reviews The Proper Procedure by Theodore Dalrymple - The Welfare Culture and Its Discontents Sanctuary City Leaders Silent After Homeless Illegal Alien Rapes Woman in Pricey Portland Neighborhood California Ranchers Revolt After State Sets Aside 2 Million Acres For A Frog CNN’s Fareed Zakaria: Trump Won Because His Voters are Stupid, Racist, Misogynist, Gay-Hating Bigots VDH's Republicans and the Lost Art of Deterrence
Repubs have balls during elections, none when elected. The Left plays the middle during elections, then goes straight for their goals when elected.
Armed Antifa Group Offers Training Manual On Terrorism And Guerrilla Warfare Who pays for this? Via American Digest: Spanish border enclaves under violent siege as increasing hordes of African migrants storm barriers Four Teenage Girls Raped at Swedish Music Festival, Many More Sexually Abused Fifty Years Ago, Israel Saved Western Civilization In The Middle East Tuesday, August 1. 2017Harris Tweed
Label photo via Salt Water New England. She seems to like Harris Tweed. It lasts forever, except moths. "Hand-woven in the Outer Hebrides from Scottish wool." It's still a cottage industry on Harris and Lewis. No factory. I am not sure where the garments and hats, etc. are actually constructed, though. A Harris wool sports jacket is heavy, water-resistant, and heathery-looking, perfect for Isle of Harris summer or winter weather. Scotland, they say, has no summer and no winter. The wool just keeps growing. Was that a mutation in sheep? Mrs. BD and the gals forced a sports jacket on me at the Harris Tweed shop on the harbor in Tarbert. Nice lining in it. Nothing really in the tiny village of Tarbert but a ferry dock, a whiskey distillery (where they suggested coming back in 5 years when they will have something good) and the little Harris Tweed shop. Pics of a weaver, the shop, and bustling downtown Tarbert below the fold. Continue reading "Harris Tweed" QQQClearly, it is unrigorous to equate skills at doing with skills at talking. My experience of good practitioners is that they can be totally incomprehensible— they do not have to put much energy into turning their insights and internal coherence into elegant style and narratives. Entrepreneurs are selected to be just doers, not thinkers, and doers do, they don’t talk, and it would be unfair, wrong, and downright insulting to measure them in the talk department. Taleb, Nassim Nicholas. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (h/t reader) Tuesday morning linksMonarch pic from reader Sam Shepard dead at 73 PRINCETON TO “RE-EDUCATE” ITS MALE STUDENTS So they don't like the way the parents raised them? Plastic Bottles Are Almost As Dangerous As Hotcoldwetdry Or Something Re trannies: What Is normal? What Is Abnormal? Who Decides? NYC: Cops say hands are tied in arresting unruly 'desnudas' naked female panhandlers 'because most are illegal immigrants' California voted to go easy on criminals — this is how crime is doing 3 years later Eager to Impose Single-Payer on Whole Nation, Sanders Cannot Explain Why It Failed in His State U.S. Companies Post Profit Growth Not Seen in Six Years Australia Weather Bureau Caught Tampering With Climate Numbers Costs of green electricity driving Aussies off the grid and into poverty To Defend Public Schools, the Hard Left Puts On the Tinfoil Hat
Andy McCarthy: If You Think the Imran Awan Investigation Is About Bank Fraud, You're Wrong. It's About Islamophobia. Destroying Donald Trump is all that matters in the newsrooms of the mainstream media The Nation: How Are We Going to Survive the Next 42 Months of Trump? Many progressives are depressed and angry. But there are also glimmers of hope. Get a life The Deep Constitutional Thinking Of Sally Yates Fareed Zakaria: Trump Is ‘A Class Rebellion Against People Like Us’
Comments on Trump Goes Rogue 14All-out in Afghanistan – or out? The Middle East: Terrorism Forever? Why the Middle East Hated Obama But Loves Trump Nets Barely Notice Venezuela’s Vote for Dictatorship CANADA’S FREE-SPEECH PHOBIA - Islam-critic charged with “willful promotion of hatred.”
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