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Tuesday, September 20. 2022Tuesday morning links
Transgender care as young as 4? "Care"? Narcissism Of The Apocalypse - Why are some people more prone to seeing climate change as apocalyptic than others? Want An Academic Job? Start Preparing Your DEI Statement. More universities than ever are now requiring lengthy DEI statements from job applicants. Is that good for academic freedom? Organized Retail Crime Reaching "Crisis Scale" ‘Crime Is a Construct' : My Morning With the Park Slope Panthers. A Brooklyn man with politics ‘to the left of Lenin’ tries to organize a neighborhood watch. It didn’t go quite as planned. The For-Profit D.C. Firm Staging America’s ‘Grassroots’ Movements. The great American tradition of spontaneous local protest is funded and staffed to a large degree by a ‘dark money’ network controlled by Arabella Advisors THE COMING OUTLAWING OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY How Global Warming Is A Lot Like ‘Get Trump’ Taibbi: The Justice Department Was Dangerous Before Trump. It's Out Of Control Now Florida Sheriff’s Office Seizes Enough Fentanyl to Kill 1.5 Million Adults Those illegal migrants sent to Martha's Vineyard now have attorneys representing them against DeSantis Europe’s Economy And Living Standards Are Plummeting Germany's (And Europe's) Self-Inflicted Upcoming Energy Crunch Monday, September 19. 2022Monday morning links
A Dance to the Music of Time - The life of pioneering choreographer Martha Graham 'Ultra-Processed' Food: The Nutrition Myth That Won't Die Potty training: The transgender movement wants to change your bathroom habits Gisele Bundchen, Homewrecker The (New) King’s Speech: He Got The Job Done The 17th was Constitution Day in the US Blue cities collapsing US Appeals Court Rejects Big Tech's Right to Regulate Online Speech Watch Jordan Peterson Light up Twitter CEO Over Account Ban: I'm Your Monster, Sir John Durham’s final act: exposing the FBI Biden Pressuring FBI To Fabricate “Extremist” And “White Supremacist” Cases…. The Martha’s Vineyard’s meltdown illustrates the efficacy of a few of Saul Alinsky’s Rules For Radicals. Amid border surge, Biden admin plans to send migrants to cities deeper inside U.S., starting with L.A., say internal documents Venezuela Empties Prisons, Sends Violent Criminals to U.S. Border, Says DHS Report 7 More Buses Full of Illegal Aliens Heading to New York City Left El Paso Yesterday San Francisco Building $95M School Despite Fewer Students Bill Maher: A unified theory of wokeness Next Italian PM Georgia Meloni: “The Leftists who Call us Fascists Used to be Bolshevists” Sunday, September 18. 2022Click bait
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From today's LectionaryLuke 16:1-13 16:1 Then Jesus said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. 16:2 So he summoned him and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give me an accounting of your management, because you cannot be my manager any longer.' 16:3 Then the manager said to himself, 'What will I do, now that my master is taking the position away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. 16:4 I have decided what to do so that, when I am dismissed as manager, people may welcome me into their homes.' 16:5 So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?' 16:6 He answered, 'A hundred jugs of olive oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it fifty.' 16:7 Then he asked another, 'And how much do you owe?' He replied, 'A hundred containers of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill and make it eighty.' 16:8 And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light. 16:9 And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the eternal homes. 16:10 "Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much. 16:11 If then you have not been faithful with the dishonest wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? 16:12 And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own? 16:13 No slave can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth." Saturday, September 17. 2022Best foods: Fried (sauteed) Calamari
The danger is over-cooking. Squid can turn into squid chewing gum if overcooked.
500 in two hoursAlert the media: Eagle Pass got over 500 illegal immigrants yesterday -- in two hours Amid border surge, Biden admin plans to send migrants to cities deeper inside U.S., starting with L.A., say internal documents I have no problem with legal immigration. It is not easy to move to the US legally.
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Saturday morning links
What doctor would do this? Mostly about gender craziness ‘Indigenous’ scholar resigns after being outed as white WSJ: My High School’s ‘Antiracist’ Agitprop. Teachers tried to bully me into signing a $375 student government check for a group promoting critical race theory. I refused. Grading Toilet Paper For Climate (scam) Impacts Karine Jean-Pierre Says Republicans Busing Illegals to Other States is Different Than Biden Doing the Same Thing Border Patrol releases 1000s into El Paso as Democrats whinge about 50 in Martha's Vineyard Biden administration resumes after-dark migrant flights to airport outside NYC Biden Admin: Hey, We’re the Only Ones Allowed to Smuggle Illegal Aliens DeSantis made politics fun again when he sent illegal aliens to Martha’s Vineyard Facebook Spied On Private Messages Of "Conservative Right-Wing Individuals", Then Reported To FBI For Domestic Terrorism Biden Climate Czar John Kerry Jets To Africa To Lecture Them On Being “As Green As Possible”…. Thank Goodness Global Warming Alarmists Don't Live Their Religion Swedish Prime Minister Resigns after “Far Right” Wins Majority. Likely New PM Says “Make Sweden Great Again!” Friday, September 16. 2022Can't make this up
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Friday morning links
Tragedy strikes: Americans are smoking more weed than tobacco Pills for the Girls.Why does every harmful social media trend snag young women? The rise and fall of the hate-crime hoax. Why so many people lie about being victims of racial hatred. Rep. Hank Johnson compares protesting parents at school boards to January 6 rioters Denmark will not offer COVID-19 vaccine to people under 50 Climate Emergency Not Supported by Data, Say Four Leading Italian Scientists More on climate stress counseling Shellenberger: Climate Panic Behind Energy Crisis - My testimony to U.S. Congress Today New EPA Regulations Are Bureaucratic Overreach At Their Worst CNN Host & Ken Burns Compare DeSantis Sending Migrants To Martha’s Vineyard To The Holocaust Left-Wingers Melt Down Over Diversity Brought To Martha’s Vineyard As Migrant ‘Sanctuary’ MSNBC Host Proves the Brilliance of Sending Illegals to Democrat Cities Millions Continue Flocking to Mount Rushmore in Spite of Cancel Culture Jonathan Turley on disclosure about role of key FBI informant in Trump-Russia probe. Turley says we have a more complete picture of how they got this scandal into the bloodstream UK: Russian troops fleeing "in panic" and disarray from Kharkiv defeat -- which the Kremlin acknowledges Thursday, September 15. 2022Martha's Vineyard Resident Calls Police To Report A Hispanic In The Neighborhood Not Operating A Leaf Blower
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You need a matched pair of PurdeysDemand has decreased for "vintage" shotguns for a variety of reasons. Part of the reason is that such lovely pairs are not made to bang against rocks and trees. They were made for European driven shoots, with loaders beside you. In other words, shooting not hunting. I have always wanted to do an English or Scottish driven shoot, but my loader would be disgusted with me.
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Thursday morning links
Never Apologize for Trying to Tell the Truth. Those who repress inconvenient facts or produce fictitious evidence to nourish a politically convenient story are simply not historians. How the Media Fell for A Racism Sham. A Brigham Young University paper scooped the New York Times. All the students did was practice basic journalism. Congressional commission asks West Point to cancel Robert E. Lee College Students Need Eco-Anxiety Counseling Musk, Gates and the late Steve Jobs all have one personality trait in common New York Times: It's not worth printing if it doesn't insult Trump TOM FRIEDMAN SAYS . . . DRILL, BABY, DRILL? Progressives who turned San Fran into a fentanyl-ravaged hellhole are now begging for ideas to save the city. But there's a catch – you can't arrest hardly ANYONE SF Chronicle poll: Pervasive gloom about the city's future has many looking to leave DeSantis sends two planes with migrants to Martha's Vineyard The gov. has a sense of humor The Biden Administration Isn’t Interested In Governing But In Criminalizing The Opposition The president who cried ‘extremist’ - Biden’s ventriloquists juice the nation’s schism for political gain Wednesday, September 14. 2022Strength training for runnersHow to Get Started With Strength Training if You Want to Run Faster A good rule of thumb is to mix in the opposite of what you usually do. Muscle-builders need to do cardio, runners need weights, etc. We do not recommend road running or jogging. Treadmill or soft track is a bit better, but your joints do not like sustained pounding. In time, your joints will punish you. We do recommend sprinting as good cardio stress. It might be just me, but I hate bikes. Loved them as a kid, but not anymore. Best idea: Move hard for an hour or so daily.
Wednesday morning links
Harvard student body president under fire for defending Christian group The cannabis market is booming and in California so is the black market This should be the absolute peak of hurricane season—but it’s dead quiet out there. Seasonal activity is running 50 percent below normal levels. I blame climate change Another South Asian Flood? Still Not Climate Change. Dem Rep. Tim Ryan Says US Needs To “Kill And Confront” “Extremist” Republican Movement… "Extremist" is the word du jour Ron DeSantis Shows in Florida How to Play Politics as a Team Sport Germany Calls For A "Refugee Summit" As New Migrant-Wave Strains Cities & States Tuesday, September 13. 2022Why Progressives Undermine CivilizationThe history of Coca-ColaI love Coke, with a lime or with some rum. Might have been even better with the coca leaves.
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Tuesday morning links This exchange between a museum curator and a writer for the Atlantic is nuts Are people finally starting to catch on to the fact that electric vehicles are a terrible idea? California Eco-Activist Group Red-Lists Maine Lobster White House Looks To Shut Down Bitcoin Mining Because Of ‘Climate Change’ Book for 8-12-year-olds says kids should WATCH their parents have sex — and then it gets even WORSE Denmark's Left-Wing Government Will Begin Sending Asylum Seekers To Rwanda After Groundbreaking Agreement European Manufacturers Reel From Russian Gas Shutoff. WSJ: Europe - The energy crisis has left few businesses untouched, and some factories might never reopen Monday, September 12. 2022First and Last Voyage of the BismarckMonday morning links
UK Announces it Will No Longer Offer COVID Jabs to Children Under 12 Amid New Data That Shows Risks Outweigh Benefits LGBTQ© Groomer Roundup: One-Fifth of Gen Z Now ‘Queer,’ Entire 2nd Grade Class Spontaneously Changes Pronouns Oregon Gov. Signs Law Allowing Students to Graduate Without Proving They Can Write or do Math. “SB 744 gives us an opportunity to review our graduation requirements and make sure our assessments can truly assess all students’ learning” Record Amounts Of Fentanyl Entering The U.S. Via Mexico, 323% Spike The fall of Los Angeles - The ‘progressive’ elites have run the city of the future into the dirt. End Of Renewables Craze Is Near. Renewables have stalled out in California and Germany :: UK announces it will frack for natural gas :: South Korea cuts renewables to fund nuclear Why is the opprobrium toward the British Empire so vehement, when it is less likely to rise from the grave than the Russian, Ottoman or Persian, none of which are quite as dead? Ukraine claims liberation of Kupiansk, "collapse of Russian defences in the region" Sunday, September 11. 2022Autumn fishing in Idaho
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21 years later21 years later, these powerful photos tell the story of 9/11 Happens to be a NYC weekend for us. Yesterday a little urban hiking and brunch with the kids at supposedly the best seafood restaurant in the world (!?) - Milos. They give you a tour of the fish they have on ice before you order. Tourists, visitors, and locals everywhere - just wonderful. Theater later today Sunday.
From today's LectionaryPsalm 51:1-10 51:1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. 51:2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 51:3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. 51:4 Against you, you alone, have I sinned, and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are justified in your sentence and blameless when you pass judgment. 51:5 Indeed, I was born guilty, a sinner when my mother conceived me. 51:6 You desire truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart. 51:7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 51:8 Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have crushed rejoice. 51:9 Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. Saturday, September 10. 2022Remembering the QueenI am an avowed Anglophile. I spent 2 semesters studying there, visited 6 times, and am now listening to the British History Podcast. Britain and its history is just something with which I'm fascinated. I've never been a fan of the monarchy. The Queen, over time, I've come to respect. I'm not trying to say the monarchy is 'good' or that any monarch is special and should be deified or otherwise held in high regard. As Americans, it's hard to square how we could hold the British (or any) monarchy with any good feeling - we cast them off for plenty of reasons. On the other hand, there are people who dislike the monarchy, and the Queen in particular. Mostly their reasons that aren't very good, because they don't understand the monarchy. The dislike I've seen is related more toward envy or general distrust of the institution. These people usually don't understand the role, the history, the value, etc. Few people know the Royal Family brings in far more than it receives from taxpayers. It's estimated, that the Sovereign Grant costs roughly $1.30 per citizen annually. Of course, this doesn't account for the amount of tax revenue the Royal Family itself generates from the taxes it pays, the revenue generated from tourism to see 'their' holdings, or just money spent marketing them as a 'brand'. They are as much a draw and benefit as it is a glorified 'welfare family' (a joke I used to make when I was younger and spent time there) - they actually pay for themselves when all is said and done. The monarchy's history is messy, ugly and sometimes difficult to fathom based on modern ethical standards. That has more to do with the differences in eras than ethics, though. I saw a commentary on the Queen's passing. "Despite the colonial injustices perpetrated by the British Monarchy against Indigenous people, I would still like to wish her majesty Queen Elizabeth II — a blessed journey." Since I saw this particular one, I've seen several that are far, far worse (one from a linguistics professor at Carnegie Mellon, which was horrendous and had Sunny Hostin of The View defending. I will skip that one. It was so bad I'm amazed anyone with half a brain defended it. Some people are just truly awful and hateful. So I'll stick to this one comment, because it is more a backhanded compliment than outright hate. Even so, it's still misplaced. Continue reading "Remembering the Queen"
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Bug of the Week: Monarch ButterflyMigration Time The Aug-Oct migration of the eastern Monarch butterflies from the US and Canada to one small area in central Mexico is, to my mind, more remarkable than the march of those cute penguins in Antarctica. (Those west of the Rockies fly to southern California.) As they pass through New England, I see them fattening up on my buddleias (photo yesterday), but they have been around the milkweed in the meadows all summer. And that's why birds never eat them - they ingest a nasty flavor from the milkweed and birds won't touch 'em. Here's a monarch migration site. And here's something: How do butterflies fly?
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