Thursday, March 31. 2022
Not much, generally. They do seem to know what they need, though.
Wednesday, March 30. 2022
It's a good exercise to scrutinize ourselves for these things: Common Cognitive Biases
It is easier to see the biases in others than in ourselves.
Tuesday, March 29. 2022
Russia: We've decided to "drastically reduce" our military presence around Kiev and Chernihiv
I trust no information from anybody, but this makes sense to me. I hear people talking about Ukraine as if it were part of the United States. Why? They are not even an ally.
Time magazine: This Is Joe Biden's Finest Moment
Well, really?
Is pizza really healthier than cereal for breakfast?
Remember when experts were claiming "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day"? Perhaps that concept was paid for by Kellogg's Corn Flakes.
Of course, it is not true. Some people are hungry in the morning but as we have documented many times hunger does not necessarily indicate a need for food. Overweight people are always ready for a meal or a snack. Same for growing kids who need lots of food.
I like coffee for breakfast. While I do not lift weights, I can not argue with the need for 30 gms of protein after heavy weights. However, anything more than coffee in the morning just slows me down. If my work entailed manual labor, I am sure I would see it differently.
I will admit that, on vacation. I like European breakfasts. In Italy they might give you a hard-boiled egg, a little toast or mini-muffin, and an espresso or two. Nice. Or in England, a plate of bacon, black sausage, maybe some eggs and toast and jam.
The survey question is this: Do you routinely eat a breakfast and, if so, what sort of stuff?
Sunday, March 27. 2022
 It's not about "climate change", it's about the loss of farm fields in the Northeast. Raggedy pasture is not much of a thing anymore. Pastures are back to woods, or to suburban sprawl, so these species are dropping in population.
When I was a kid, I would hear Bobolinks singing all the time during their migration from Argentina to the north. Spink spank spink.
Another pasture bird is the Eastern Meadowlark. Neither of these like lawns, but prefer 1000s of acres of hayfields and pastures.
Both of these birds are in the Blackbird family.
 Ace is confused by The Science
THE WEEK IN PICTURES: WOMEN’S QUESTION EDITION
It has never been a confusing issue for me, but I am an expert. In my education I majored in it.
One thing had me wondering. If the nominated Justice Jackson is not sure what a woman is, how can she be comfortable being the first black woman Justice? Is she sure what she is?
Psalm 32
32:1 Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
32:2 Happy are those to whom the LORD imputes no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
32:3 While I kept silence, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long.
32:4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah
32:5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not hide my iniquity; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD," and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
32:6 Therefore let all who are faithful offer prayer to you; at a time of distress, the rush of mighty waters shall not reach them.
32:7 You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with glad cries of deliverance. Selah
32:8 I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
32:9 Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding, whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle, else it will not stay near you.
32:10 Many are the torments of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds those who trust in the LORD.
32:11 Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
Friday, March 25. 2022
Who knew wheat for our bread came from Ukraine? Or does it?
Anyway, man can not live on bread. Bread can be tasty, but it's not necessary at all. Recipe suggestions for food shortages:
Possum Casserole
How to Cook Raccoon.
Crispy Cajun Fried Alligator
Sheesh. I meant this post to be facetious, but good comments anyway.
 World Has Just Under 10 Years To Avoid Climate Doom Or Something
Maher: COVID Is Fading But The Idiocy Is Not, We've Induced "Mass Hysteria" With "The Science"
Airline CEOs Urge Biden To ‘Sunset’ Mask Mandate, Senate Also Votes To End It
MIT’s Refreshing Approach to Masking and Mistakes
NCAA Swimming Champ Caught In Possession Of Performance-Enhancing Testicles
Are You A Woman? 12 Signs To Look For
Tucker Carlson censored by Twitter for Rachel Levine post
Resistance is rising to woke colleges’ race and sex discrimination
Joe Biden is at the core of the reason we do not have two black Supreme Court justices now
‘Zionists’ have ‘unquenchable thirst for Palestinian blood,’ Duke speaker says
Bidens Announce They Are Building a Wall – Around Their Delaware Beach House
“The current Democratic brand suffers from multiple deficiencies that make it somewhere between uncompelling and toxic to wide swaths of American voters who might potentially be their allies.” . . .
True the Vote Wisconsin Assembly Hearing: 7% of Ballots Cast at Ballot Drop Boxes in Wisconsin in 2020 – Over 137,000 Votes! – Were Trafficked
VDH:
When former President Donald Trump got elected in 2016, marquee journalists announced partisan reporting would have to displace the old, supposedly disinterested approach to the news. There is a common theme here.
Trump Sues Hillary, Others for Falsely Accusing Him of Colluding With Russia. “Acting in concert, the Defendants maliciously conspired to weave a false narrative that their Republican opponent, Donald J. Trump, was colluding with a hostile foreign sovereignty.”
MAN BITES DOG: DEMOCRATS PROPOSE MASSIVE FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDY!
Niall Ferguson On Misunderstanding History: "Biden Is Making A Colossal Mistake"
The Biden Ukraine Policy Considered
Why all of a sudden did Ukraine become the center of the Universe?
Thursday, March 24. 2022
Mr. Thompson has a series about American government education. The Battle for the Minds of America's Children. The fifth in a series . . .
The family is the most exclusive private association known to man, and, as Plato knew, it is the single greatest obstacle to collectivism. Families are inward looking units that resist government-imposed homogenization, and they are an inherently conservative cultural force that seek to preserve the private manners and mores of each and every particular family. Worse: families are the origin of private property, the division of labor, inequality, and gender roles. The family is a naturally occurring social unit that has always stood against the State in its attempt to collectivize the community for either reactionary or progressive ends. Figuratively speaking, every family is protected by a virtual “No Trespassing” sign barring entry.
The success of government schooling and its ultimate goals therefore require the families ties between parent and child be weakened if not broken...
Leg Tucks with Pullups are full-body exertions. Calisthenics. Some people swear by calisthenics, some by weights, and even some by cardio. We believe in them all.
Woke army introduces new easier combat fitness test that swaps tough leg tucks for planks and lowers standards across the board to be more inclusive for women
Here's how the US Army does Leg Tuck exercises.
Of course I feel badly for all victims of this stupid war - Ukrainian citizens, Ukrainian fighters, Russian soldiers, etc. Bad for all involved. We all like narratives of good vs bad.
A commenter at Althouse ("Tim in Vermont") pretty much reflects my view:
Let's look at every reason but the expansion of a hostile and aggressive military alliance to Russia's border, because if we look at Putin's stated reasons, which every foreign policy expert who wasn't a neocon took for granted since we promised Gorbachov not to expand NATO east, that makes us the baddies, therefore we do these Putin mind-reading exercises to avoid dealing with our own culpability in this matter.
Russia's border is NATO's manifest destiny, right? My country, right or wrong, right? Ignorance is strength! We have been here before and it is not a proud chapter in our history.
Why did the Ukrainians undertake an offensive operation into Donbass (Where they have been committing war crimes like using white phosphorus artillery on civilian populations, BTW, for 8 years) , striking a match in the tinderbox, when Russian troops were massed on Ukraine's border, except to instigate a war?
Now the US strategy, cheered on here, is to drag out the war to maximize Russia's losses, no matter the cost in Ukrainian lives. We will see who comes out of this beloved by the victims in this war.
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