We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.
Free People Don't Ask the Government for Permission. "Liberty," Thomas Jefferson wrote, "is unobstructed action according to our will; but rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will, within the limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others."
Nach dem Aufstand des 17. Juni Ließ der Sekretär des Schriftstellerverbands In der Stalinallee Flugblätter verteilen Auf denen zu lesen war, daß das Volk Das Vertrauen der Regierung verscherzt habe Und es nur durch verdoppelte Arbeit zurückerobern könne. Wäre es da Nicht doch einfacher, die Regierung Löste das Volk auf und Wählte ein anderes?
- Bertolt Brecht
Translation:
The Solution
After the uprising of the 17th of June The Secretary of the Writers' Union Had leaflets distributed on the Stalinallee Stating that the people Had forfeited the confidence of the government And could only win it back By increased work quotas. Would it not in that case be simpler for the government To dissolve the people And elect another?
A hunting pal and I both have a touch of Raynaud's, so bird hunting when it's below 35 F can become painful and incapacitate a trigger finger after a couple of hours. In New England in grouse country, it's usually below 40 in November.
Generally, Raynaud's is not a problem with good fleecy gloves, but you can not do shotgun shooting with those. Bulky gloves do not fit through a trigger guard, at least quickly, and are not right for holding a firearm firmly.
If you want a session of conditioning with plenty of HIIT cardio as part of it, you can do something like I did this morning. I needed a 15-minute catnap at 6:20 am afterwards next to Mrs BD who said "You are such a good boy." Another reward was that a very cute and fit gal who is always at the gym early said "Hi" to me during my sweaty workout. At least she did not say "OK, Boomer" or "Good going, Gramps."
In each rotation, I give myself 15-second rests between sets, and one minute rest before each new rotation. That keeps the heart rate up. I tend to vary these sequences frequently, but this was this morning after a 5-min elliptical warm-up:
Authorities in Malmo responded by inviting local gang leaders for pizza, while the Swedish government recently announced it would commit $175,000 to funding Drag Queen Story Time events where men dressed as women read and perform to children.
It seems reasonable to think that the downtrodden might be most interested in obtaining status and money. But this is not the case. Inhabitants of prestigious institutions are even more interested than others in prestige and wealth. For many of them, that drive is how they reached their lofty positions in the first place. Fueling this interest, they’re surrounded by people just like them—their peers and competitors are also intelligent status-seekers. They persistently look for new ways to move upward and avoid moving downward. The French sociologist Émile Durkheim understood this when he wrote, “The more one has, the more one wants, since satisfactions received only stimulate instead of filling needs.” And indeed, a recent piece of research supports this: it is the upper class who are the most preoccupied with gaining wealth and status. In their paper, the researchers conclude, “relative to lower-class individuals, upper-class individuals have a greater desire for wealth and status…it is those who have more to start with (i.e., upper-class individuals) who also strive to acquire more wealth and status.” Plainly, high-status people desire status more than anyone else.
Or as a side with any meaty winter dinner. Whenever Mrs. BD brings this to a party, the bowl is clean.
Very easy, too: Grandma's Corn Pudding As a friend's wife said to me last night at a deep-fried turkey party, "just call it a vegetable and enjoy it." Yum yum.
Look, in every real sense, the Democrats have nothing, never had anything and will never get anything even remotely resembling a legitimate high crime of misdemeanor on this President that warrants impeachment. But, they will persist because a) they're completely out of their minds (with the possible exception of that Democrat Congressman Jeff Van Drew who sees this as a looming disaster) with hatred, b) they're candidates and platform for 2020 is terrifying and repulsive even to those marginally interested in politics and c) the Deep State globalists in and outside government will not abide by having their grand strategy to control the destiny of this nation and its people taken from them.
Gore on climate-change threat:
If you want a session of conditioning with plenty of HIIT cardio as part of it, you can do something like I did this morning. I needed a 15-minute catnap at 6:20 am afterwards next to Mrs BD who said "You are such a good boy." Another reward was that a very cute and fit gal who is always at the gym early said "Hi" to me during my sweaty workout. At least she did not say "OK, Boomer" or "Good going, Gramps."
Cheap, older gout drug 
Or as a side with any meaty winter dinner. Whenever Mrs. BD brings this to a party, the bowl is clean.