Maggie's Farm

I don't have time to watch the impeachment hearings. In fact, I probably wouldn't, even if I could. It's boring stuff, and it's a rigged circus anyway.

That said, a friend called me to watch Jonathan Turley, saying "He's tearing it up, and all off notes from a play."

Took the time to watch the video this afternoon. Well worth it.

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QQQ

"A students work for B students at companies founded by D students that are run by C students."

Thanks to reader for reminding me of that old semi-truth. It does apply to me. I know that I am no genius, but I'm smart enough to hire very bright people who can make da business go good.

It's related to this one: "If you're so rich, how come you ain't smart?"

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Squat and Deadlift Week, post #3: How many deads?

How Many Reps of Deadlifts Should I Do When I Workout? (Ignore that guy's mention of lifting belts- he's in another league of lifting.)

5X5 is one standard, but it depends on your goals same as everything else in life. Just one set of 5X5/wk is better than nothing but will not be enough to become a powerful lifter.

Because my goal is to maximize general fitness, endurance, and energy, and to minimize deterioration rather than to become a serious powerlifter, I alternate every couple of weeks between 5X5 heavy, and 8-rep pyramids of, say, 6X8. I also throw in one set of rack lifts/wk to work on my sticking point with my max lifts. Why not? It's just more mental and physical challenge. It builds character and sex appeal.

Remember that when we discuss weight training we mean to integrate it into the Maggie's Fitness for Life program which means approximately 2 days calisthenics, 2 days weight training, and 2 days of cardio with lots of HIIT. Around 6-7 hrs/wk, not including sports and recreation. Also, appropriate nutrition for fitness of course.

No promise you'll live longer, but guarantee you'll live better and look better.

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Wednesday morning links

Image borrowed from...I forget where.

Britain's First Transgender Couple to Allow Their 5-Year-Old Child To Begin Transition

Nice family

What Happened To Drudge?

‘1917’ is a haunting, technical marvel and one of Hollywood’s best war films

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas all around the White House

And the "unattractive, misshapen trolls" don't like Melania's coat. I think she is dynamite.

Is Cebu the most typical city in the world?

Fewer, bigger businesses is just what the central planners want

They can be controlled

102 Media Mistakes in the Trump Era: The Definitive List

Codevilla: A Deplorable Strategy Beyond 2020 - In 2016 and since, we have learned that our ruling class has amassed the power and developed the taste to revel in making us miserable. We have also learned that to avoid this, we must undo or separate ourselves from them, their structures, and priorities.

Democrats Now ‘Say Out Loud’ Intent to Turn America Blue by Immigration

Importing votes. It's a step above buying votes.

9th Circuit grapples with nationwide injunctions in 2 cases. Both involve Trump administration immigration policies.

Good Riddance to Kamala Harris

Warren Says Her Wealth Tax Will ‘Cancel Student Loan Debt for 43 Million Americans. Shorter Comrade Warren: More free stuff!

Another way of forcing the parents and grandparents to pay for it

Bloomberg Ripped Over Recent Interview on China, Saying ‘Xi Jinping Is Not a Dictator’

Schiff Gets Phone Records Of John Solomon, Devin Nunes And His Aide, Rudy Giuliani And Lev Parnas. Talk about truly troubling action.

That is war

AG Bill Barr Refutes IG Horowitz’s Conclusion that FBI had Rationale to Spy on Trump Campaign

Not the Deep State, the Deep Industry - Why Beltway government workers are at the center of the impeachment crisis.

Without the Soviet Union, NATO Seems Increasingly Irrelevant. No number of NATO summits will re-energize an alliance against an enemy that went out of business nearly 30 years ago.

Yep. That's why Euroland doesn't pay up. We should be pals with Russia, these days.

Trump’s Foreign Policy: The Popping Point of Maximum Pressure

UK Labour Party omits Jews from campaign video promoting minority rights

New York Times Tries Explaining Away British Labour’s Antisemitism

Turkey's Open Secret: Fake Secularism

Teens from China's wealthiest regions rank top of the class in global education survey

Genetic IQ advantage. Not fair.

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Snow

Rocky Mountain High. From a reader skiing in Loveland, CO yesterday. I'd love to be there now because that is really living to the fullest. My quads, glutes, and hammies are fit for more skiing. Probably needs to be a guys' trip, though. Many wives seem to have lost interest in this ~~cheap~~ sort-of-costly, high-energy thrill.

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Tuesday, December 3. 2019

Isn't everything in the US getting better?

Things the federal govt has control over, anyway? Scott's podcast is excellent today.

Even people who hate Trump's personality have trouble identifying anything specific that is going badly.

Can you?

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Squat and Deadlift Week, #2

What Muscle Groups Do Deadlifts Work?

It is simpler to ask what muscle groups they do not stress.

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Thomas Jefferson's idea of education

Jefferson’s Doomed Educational Experiment

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Tuesday morning links

Marriage: In truth, she is a terrible person

Real Men Don’t Need Tampons

The Intoxicating History of Gin - The current gin craze knows no bounds, but the British have been imbibing the stuff for hundreds of years, sometimes with disastrous results.

What if there is no Climate Emergency ?

Scott Adams Has Some Ideas for a Calmer Internet

"Medicare-for-All": UK Socialized Medicine Lists Hernia Repair as "Unnecessary Treatment"

Media Pulls UN Report After Finding Record-High Child Detentions Took Place Under Barack Obama not Trump

James O'Keefe at the Freedom Center's Restoration Weekend - ABC's cover-up of the Epstein story unveiled.

Over 300 Trump Video Ads Taken Down by Google and YouTube

Trump campaign to blacklist Bloomberg News

In Appeal to Hard Left, Bloomberg Praises Chinese Communism

Psychiatrists Organize Campaign to Declare Trump 'Dangerous,' Back Impeachment

That'll swing a lot of votes...

Do The Democrats Have A Death Wish?

In 2020, Trump must save the cities. Progressive leadership is destroying urban America

Waiting for Horowitz

Welcome To The Potemkin Village Of Washington Power. Don't be misled: elected officials are subjugated to the national security firmament. Trump is just exposing it.

The Sensible Solution To Africa’s Overpopulation Problem

Armed Convoy Of Cartel Members Attempted To Take Over A Mexican Town, 22 Killed

European Union Set To Change Their Whole Economy With Green New Deal Push

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Monday, December 2. 2019

The Genesius Times

It's another satire site. Samples:

Democrats fly dozens to Spain to learn about how to pollute less

London’s Khan bans fire extinguishers and narwhal tusks after they were used to stop terror attack

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Monday morning links

Image stolen from Ace

What Makes our Continents Dance?

Not climate change?

Millennials In Panic As Outraged Boomers Threaten To Withhold Participation Trophies

Kling: Essay backup: Four rules for work and financial life

Men getting weaker

The Great American Eye-Exam Scam - Why is it so difficult to get a new pair of glasses or contacts in this country? It’s easier pretty much everywhere else.

A Few Things To Feel Guilty About on Thanksgiving Weekend

Seattle Plans to Teach Kids That Math Is Racist

Minority Voters Chafe as Democratic Candidates Abandon Charter Schools - The front-runners for the presidential nomination are moving away from the charter school movement, and black and Latino families ask why their concerns are lost.

“Identity is very much the ideology of the professional-managerial class.”

No, Ted Cruz Is Not an Anti-Science Bigot for Opposing Trans 'Treatments' For 7-Year-Old Boy

UN Chief Warns of 'Point of No Return' on Climate Change

Y2Kyoto: That Was The Moment That The Rise Of The Oceans Began To Slow

Prominent Historians Criticize The NY Times’ 1619 Project As ‘Biased,’ ‘Anti-Historical’

It's a screed

Goodwin: The New York Times’ long descent from credibility

Trump isn't a cult leader, he's a cult deprogrammer

CNN Commentator Despairs That We Might Not See A President Like Jimmy Carter Again

"Fire and Fury" author Michael Wolff says he's working on "nothing" — he's "embracing" "obsolescence."

So sad

Joe Biden Stuns Crowd by Talking about Kids Playing with His Hairy Legs and How Much He Loves Children on His Lap and Roaches…

Past his sell date if he ever had one

Republicans Will Live to Regret Joining Climate Alarmists

ICIG Michael Atkinson Altered Whistleblower Forms to Allow for CIA Leaker – His Wife Just Happens to be Connected to Russian Collusion Hoaxer – Fusion GPS

You're Not Imagining It: The Media Really Is Biased About Impeaching Donald Trump

Impeachment is investigation in search of a crime

The West can’t ignore China’s Xinjiang atrocities

‘Rocky’ Trump in Hong Kong — what a weird world it is

Merkel To German Parliament: “Freedom Of Expression Has Its Limits”

NEW VIDEO Shows How Three Men Took Down Islamic Terrorist on London Bridge – ONE WITH A NARWHAL TUSK!

Scott says "And you thought I was stupid to always travel with a fire extinguisher and a Narwhal tusk."

The folly of trying to curb China’s rise

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Sunday morning beach

In Yankeeland

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Sunday, December 1. 2019

Hunting vs. Hiking clothing in cold weather

Different categories, with some overlap. Here at Maggie's, we are sometimes busy with preserve hunting of pen-raised birds. Not the real thing but good for the dogs. Sort of Disney hunting. Golf with firearms is the way I think of it.

My love is grouse hunting in the North Woods. BD is the same. Hours of tramping over hill and dale and marsh, hoping to find a stray grouse or woodcock. With dog, of course, preferably pointer. You barely need 12 bullets in your pocket for a whole day and if you come back to the lodge with a grouse or two, it's a banner day.

Both strenuous activities require layering and you need to add an inch to your trousers to handle cold weather under-stuff. Also, if age adds an inch (which it should not, God forbid), take it into account too. Best thing: suspenders. Filson tincloth winter gear requires them. This gear is not for "bird" hunting in the southland but it is good for brush-busting in the northern regions.

Hiking, especially mountain hiking, keeps you warm and you peel layers off into your daypack as you begin to sweat. Bird hunting is slower and colder, more methodical, tactical, and there is no daypack to put stuff into.

Duck and goose hunting is another story entirely.

What is your experience?

Posted by The Barrister in Hunting, Fishing, Dogs, Guns, etc., The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 14:52 | Comments (11) | Trackbacks (0)