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Tuesday, August 16. 2022

Navy SEAL Kaj Larsen’s Guide to Becoming a Better Swimmer. The best waterman in his class talks dolphins, breath exercises and something called "surf torture"

Chocolate ICE CREAM is more nutritious than a granola bar, bacon is better than couscous and McDonald's pancakes are healthier than an omelette

Atlantic writer claims the rosary is an extremist symbol

Doomsday Climate Predictions Meltdown: Arctic Sea Ice Extent Reaches 12-Year Mid-August High

I blame climate change

Why all kids should take the SAT: Student’s defense of standardized testing

Pediatricians slam pediatrician group for pushing puberty blockers for children

Have we reached peak insanity yet?

An Unjustified Fear Of Nuclear Energy Is Holding The Industry Back

WSJ: ‘But Her Emails’? A Defense of ‘Whataboutism’ - Mrs. Clinton should take her hat off. Treating like cases alike is crucial to the equal protection of the law.

KAMALA HARRIS, SPACE ODDITY

Always incomprehensible

Bill Clinton in 1995:

All Americans, not only in the States most heavily affected but in every place in this country, are rightly disturbed by the large numbers of illegal aliens entering our country. The jobs they hold might otherwise be held by citizens or legal immigrants. The public service they use impose burdens on our taxpayers. That's why our administration has moved aggressively to secure our borders more by hiring a record number of new border guards, by deporting twice as many criminal aliens as ever before, by cracking down on illegal hiring, by barring welfare benefits to illegal aliens. In the budget I will present to you, we will try to do more to speed the deportation of illegal aliens who are arrested for crimes, to better identify illegal aliens in the workplace as recommended by the commission headed by former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan. We are a nation of immigrants. But we are also a nation of laws. It is wrong and ultimately self-defeating for a nation of immigrants to permit the kind of abuse of our immigration laws we have seen in recent years, and we must do more to stop it.

From Rio Grande to The Row Hotel! Migrants bussed in from Texas will be housed in $400-a-night luxury NYC hotel within a MONTH

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" Pediatricians slam pediatrician group for pushing puberty blockers for children" And some people are wondering why other have lost faith in the medical system in this country. By the way, how is that euthanasia going for you Canada?

#1 JC on 2022-08-16 09:21 (Reply)

"Unjustified fear of nuclear power" I recently discovered the the USAF has begun a program to install nuclear 'microreactors' at air bases, beginning with Eielson AFB near Fairbanks AK. They wish to have backup power apart from the grid.

#2 Rivetjoint on 2022-08-16 10:21 (Reply)

Shh. Keep it quiet, or we will have a resurgence of panicked wine moms in the streets, complete with pre-manufactured signs and babies in strollers, chanting about Three Mile Island.

#2.1 RebeccaH on 2022-08-16 12:46 (Reply)

QUOTE:

WSJ: ‘But Her Emails’? A Defense of ‘Whataboutism’ - Mrs. Clinton should take her hat off. Treating like cases alike is crucial to the equal protection of the law.

Except the cases of Clinton, Berger, and Trump are not alike.

Berger pleaded guilty to violating a criminal law, 18 U.S.C. § 1924. He cooperated, was fined, and put on probation.

Clinton didn't commit a chargeable crime. The government would have had to prove that Clinton knew there was classified information in her emails and did nothing. Clinton used the secure intranet system extensively for classified information. And while she may have used a private email system to hide her non-classified correspondence, the evidence was that the classified information was typical "leakage." Nor was there a discernible motive.

But with Trump, there is evidence he willfully removed government property, including documents relating to the national defense, then wouldn't return them after being subpoenaed. His attorney, in writing, went so far as to claim that Trump was no longer in possession of documents marked classified. But that is false. If so, then this could constitute a violation of multiple criminal statutes. If he were to cooperate, even at this late date, he may very well be treated leniently. But he won't. He will drag the country down rather than do the right thing.

#3 Zachriel on 2022-08-16 10:34 (Reply)

"Except the cases of Clinton, Berger, and Trump are not alike."

True! Clinton and Berger committed felonies and Trump broke no laws at all.

#3.1 OneGuy on 2022-08-16 11:43 (Reply)

Oh. It's Zachriel, who never met Trump-hating leftist propaganda xe didn't jump to disseminate. Just to answer two pieces of disinformation (which don't deserve an answer, but I will anyway), Trump returned whatever government records he was asked to return, and the rest were locked up (by the DoJ and the FBI) until they decided to conduct a raid. Secondly, none of what the FBI seized was "classified", since as President Trump had already declassified them, which is within the purview of presidential powers. So anyway, what was the deal with the passports, Zachriel? Trump was going to abscond to Argentina?

#3.2 RebeccaH on 2022-08-16 12:54 (Reply)

Remember when "whataboutisms" were the (((Quibble-DickZ))) go-to argument for every illegality committed during the Obama Reign of Error.

#3.2.1 Zachinoff on 2022-08-16 13:11 (Reply)

OneGuy: Clinton and Berger committed felonies and Trump broke no laws at all.

Berger was convicted of a misdemeanor, as already stated. Clinton did not commit a crime for the reasons already stated. Trump's action could constitute a violation of multiple criminal statutes, for reasons already stated. Try harder.

RebeccaH: Trump returned whatever government records he was asked to return,

As he was asked to return all government records and specifically all records marked classified, and he did not, that means he did not return everything he was asked to return, even after being subpoenaed.

RebeccaH: and the rest were locked up (by the DoJ and the FBI) until they decided to conduct a raid.

Neither the Department of Justice nor the FBI locked up Trump's records.

RebeccaH: Secondly, none of what the FBI seized was "classified", since as President Trump had already declassified them,

We'd be happy to see the record of that.

RebeccaH: which is within the purview of presidential powers.

Nuclear secrets, if any, are not under the purview of presidential powers, but are protected by statute.

Regardless, classification doesn't matter under the statutes. If the documents are related to national security, then Citizen Trump has no right to retain them. If they were once classified, then they are clearly government records, and Citizen Trump has no right to retain them. By refusing to return them when subpoenaed, Trump may be in violation of multiple statutes.

#3.3 Zachriel on 2022-08-16 13:19 (Reply)

(((Quibble-DickZ))) are gonna quibble-dick while playing fast and loose with o the facts.

#3.3.1 Zachinoff on 2022-08-16 14:30 (Reply)

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/08/14/sunday-talks-adam-schiff-claims-he-has-seen-no-evidence-that-president-trump-declassified-documents-a-ridiculous-lie/#more-236552

#3.3.2 indyjonesouthere on 2022-08-16 19:15 (Reply)

indyjonesouthere: Sunday Talks, Adam Schiff Claims He Has Seen No Evidence That President Trump Declassified Documents, a Ridiculous Lie

Context. Context.

QUOTE:

Q: Can you seek out the answer to the question of whether there actually is record of whether Donald Trump declassified that? That’s his defense here, that anything he had, he had already declassified.

A: Yes, we should determine, you know, whether there was any effort during the presidency to go through the process of declassification. I’ve seen no evidence of that, nor have they presented any evidence of that.

It's clear Schiff is referring to the classified documents recently seized by court order from Mar-a-Lago.

#3.3.2.1 Zachriel on 2022-08-17 08:41 (Reply)

What should be absolutely clear about Schiff is that he is a natural born liar. Russia, Russia, Russia, is his best known example of "all narrative, all the time" lying. Like fat Jerry, he cannot get to the microphones fast enough.

#3.3.2.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-08-17 12:37 (Reply)

indyjonesouthere: What should be absolutely clear about Schiff is that he is a natural born liar.

Your ad hominem is a fallacy of distraction. Your source took the quote out of context.

#3.3.2.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-08-17 13:40 (Reply)

My source did no such thing. Schiff is doing what Schiff always does, lie and or deflect. Just as you do.

#3.3.2.1.1.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-08-17 14:17 (Reply)

indyjonesouthere: My source did no such thing.

Look at the question Schiff is answering. Any fair reading of the context makes clear they are discussing the classified documents recently seized by court order from Mar-a-Lago. Of course, unfair readings to reach a preconceived conclusion are a different matter.

#3.3.2.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-08-17 14:26 (Reply)

The documents taken are declassified documents covering the entire Crossfire Hurricane investigation. Trumps copies are entirely unredacted and show the corrupted admin state illegally spying on his campaign and his administration. The DOJ/FBI cannot allow those to see the light. They refused to release those documents after being ordered to do so. Even Schiff and fat Jerry know what is in them.

All any of the Schiff and Schiffless can do is deflect and deceive. Thats where the Marxist media comes in ...maintain the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax at all costs.

Go read the 4 part series on the entire scam at Conservative Tree House.

#3.3.2.1.1.1.1.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-08-17 14:49 (Reply)

indyjonesouthere: The documents taken are declassified documents covering the entire Crossfire Hurricane investigation.

And you know this how exactly? It's silly if you think about it. Why didn't he just release the documents if they are declassified? Why hide them in his storeroom?

indyjonesouthere: They refused to release those documents after being ordered to do so.

Trump's declassification order directed his Attorney General, Bill Barr, to begin the process of declassification with redactions. Whatever happened to that guy?
https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/memorandum-declassification-certain-materials-related-fbis-crossfire-hurricane-investigation/

#3.3.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-08-17 15:59 (Reply)

Barr is doing what Barr does best ... protecting the admin state. It is where he made his living.

With the administration and FBI/DOJ and the media complicit in the hoax there will be no coverage of the data. He is better to wait until the start of his re-election to begin releasing the data. You do see what data is released from the Jan 6 group? Absolutely nothing that would challenge their case. How about 20 FBI undercover sources plus an unknown number of DC sources. That gets buried and no investigation done. Yet they still pretend Jan 6 was a surprise and they were unprepared. But it seems even the FBI insiders are getting fed up with the leadership.

#3.3.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-08-17 16:34 (Reply)

indyjonesouthere: Barr is doing what Barr does best ... protecting the admin state.

Who hired that guy anyway? Regardless, Trump can't bind a future president.

indyjonesouthere: With the administration and FBI/DOJ and the media complicit in the hoax there will be no coverage of the data.

Huh? That's just silly. He would have already released it. You didn't answer.

How do you know what the FBI seized was related to Crossfire Hurricane?

#3.3.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-08-17 16:46 (Reply)

And you and Schiff are saying it wasn't. Where is your data? As I said, go read the 4-part series at Conservative Tree House. I'm sure the admin state has read it.

#3.3.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-08-17 16:59 (Reply)

indyjonesouthere: And you and Schiff are saying it wasn't. Where is your data? '

We already noted that if the seized documents were related to Crossfire Hurricane and already declassified, then Trump would have already released them. We looked at part 4, which is supposedly about the part about the seized documents. The article claims, but don't provide evidence that the seized documents were related to Crossfire Hurricane.

We're more than happy to grant that the contents of the seized documents are an open issue. Regardless, Schiff's comments were based on the presumption that they were not documents concerning Crossfire Hurricane, an idea which seems confined to the nether regions of the political right.

#3.3.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-08-18 07:15 (Reply)

Schiff is clueless. Don't be like Schiff.

#3.3.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-08-18 18:58 (Reply)

"Clinton didn't commit a chargeable crime...And while she may have used a private email system to hide her non-classified correspondence...Nor was there a discernible motive."

Incorrect. Do you think people don't remember what happened?

Even CBS reported that there were items on the server with higher than "Top Secret" classification.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hillary-clinton-had-emails-on-server-more-classified-than-top-secret/

And since when has discernible motive been a factor in prosecution for mishandling classified info? Oh yeah, since Lynch and Bill Clinton met on the airplane and sent Comey out to do the dirty work. Remember Comey, the former head of FBI who was referred for criminal prosecution by DOJ IG Horowitz?

Sorry reality doesn't conform to your ideology, Zach. Bwahhahaha.

Why you continue to smash whatever credibility you have by reflexively defending the indefensible is a true mystery.

#3.4 SK on 2022-08-16 13:46 (Reply)

SK: Even CBS reported that there were items on the server with higher than "Top Secret" classification.

CBS reported that none were alleged to have been sent by Clinton or marked as classified. Also, some were classified after the fact.

SK: And since when has discernible motive been a factor in prosecution for mishandling classified info?

A finding of scienter or bad faith is a requirement for prosecution. Again, it is a constant problem that classified information leaks into emails. And using a state.gov email doesn't alleviate the problem. Email is inherently vulnerable.

#3.4.1 Zachriel on 2022-08-16 15:01 (Reply)

SK: defending the indefensible

We're not defending Clinton's use of email, just pointing out why it was not prosecutable. Trump, on the other hand, appears to be willfully breaking the law by keeping documents relating to national security.

#3.4.2 Zachriel on 2022-08-16 15:09 (Reply)

Quibble-DickZ: Trump, on the other hand, appears to be willfully breaking the law by keeping documents relating to national security.

What "law" is he breaking?

#3.4.2.1 Zachinoff on 2022-08-16 16:08 (Reply)

Her misuse and mishandling of government data was clearly intentional and illegal as outlined quite directly in Comey's famous press conference.

And yes, you are reflexively defending her. You obviously can't help yourself.

#3.4.2.2 SK on 2022-08-17 09:11 (Reply)

SK: Her misuse and mishandling of government data was clearly intentional and illegal

Simply repeating your claim is not an argument, nor is it a refutation of our position. You should state the statute you claim she violated.

The most commonly claimed violation is 18 U.S. Code § 1924 - Unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material. Classified information is not supposed to be transmitted on emails, whether government or personal, but there were exceptions to that policy. To prove that case, the government would have to prove she knew there was classified information on the emails, that the emails were relating to the national defense, and that she didn't take action when she discovered such emails. None of the emails deemed classified were properly marked. Some were classified after the fact. She said she relied on career employees not to send classified information. She used the secure State Department intranet extensively, which suggests she wasn't intending to expose classified information. Clinton was interviewed by the FBI, and she testified for eleven hours before Congress. There was no criminal case to be made.

#3.4.2.2.1 Zachriel on 2022-08-17 10:15 (Reply)

QUOTE:

Doomsday Climate Predictions Meltdown: Arctic Sea Ice Extent Reaches 12-Year Mid-August High

How Skeptics View Global Warming

#4 Zachriel on 2022-08-16 10:37 (Reply)

More appropriately titled: "A True Believer's strawman argument that doesn't address the article in question, at all."

#4.1 Eeyore on 2022-08-16 12:39 (Reply)

Excellent point.

zachriel has explicitly stated she has no training or experience in the hard sciences. She has been shown to be demonstrably and decisively WRONG about every thing she posts, yet for some reason she keeps posting the same errors.

She is a (((liar))).

#4.1.1 DrTorch on 2022-08-16 12:42 (Reply)

Eeyore: More appropriately titled: "A True Believer's strawman argument that doesn't address the article in question, at all."

It directly addresses the article. Indeed, the graph they provide refutes their own point.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Arctic-sea-ice-2022-August-1-768x655-1.png

Note that the current ice extent is at the bottom of the 2σ range for 1981-2000. That means the highest of the last 12 years is still very low for since 1981. Skeptics view Arctic ice melt just like they do mean global temperatures.

#4.1.2 Zachriel on 2022-08-16 13:05 (Reply)

Speaking of global temperatures... it seems that the temperature recorders that are located by, supposedly, well trained and informed "climate scientists" are still being poorly located next to heat sinks like asphalt and concrete. They are still doing this even after decades of being told how to locate the recorders.

I suppose that crappy data is still better than no data at all, right. The accuracy of temperature data from such sources is no better than data from "gold standard" PCR tests.

The point of collecting crappy data is to create a narrative with the crappy data. If that doesn't work, then just change the definitions.

#4.1.2.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-08-16 18:08 (Reply)

indyjonesouthere: Speaking of global temperatures... it seems that the temperature recorders that are located by, supposedly, well trained and informed "climate scientists" are still being poorly located next to heat sinks like asphalt and concrete.

There have been many studies concerning the urban heat island effect.

One way to determine the impact of the urban heat island effect on measurements of global mean temperature is to compare the trends calculated from just rural stations and compare it to the global trend. See Rohde et al., Influence of Urban Heating on the Global Temperature Land Average using Rural Sites Identitifed from MODIS Classifications, Geoinformatics & Geostatistics 2013: "the difference of these is consistent with no urban heating effect over the period 1950 to 2010, with a slope of -0.10 ± 0.24/100yr (95% confidence)."

Another way to make the determination is to look at completely different evidence. Satellites measure radiance in the atmosphere, and these observations can be used to infer temperature changes. Satellites find the same general warming trend as do surface stations.

#4.1.2.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-08-17 08:35 (Reply)

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/07/29/study-noaa-advances-bogus-heat-data-based-on-collection-practices-96-corrupted/

That they NEED to maintain decades long bogus data and claim its accuracy rather shows that they are sloppy and manipulative in collecting any data.

It does rather remind one of other admin state data forgers that botched the Covid fiasco. Again, all narrative all the time.

#4.1.2.1.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-08-17 12:54 (Reply)

indyjonesouthere: {cites Watts 2022}

That doesn't address why there is conformity between satellites and surface trends and between rural and urban trends. Nor does it explain why the adjusted trend for U.S. surface stations matches the trend for the USCRN (U.S. Climate Reference Network).

https://i.imgur.com/Dr6wGPe.png

indyjonesouthere: Again, all narrative all the time.

We cited multiple and independent sources of scientific evidence not narrative.

#4.1.2.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-08-17 13:55 (Reply)

You provide narrative and not evidence. Inaccurate and sloppy data gathering is not evidence of anything but inaccurate and sloppy data.

Evidence gathering by climate alarmists conform to only one outcome ...they want more "research" money to maintain gainful employment.

Like the entire admin state, the climate "science" admin state has been purchased by government authoritarians. The authoritarians simply purchase the outcome they want with taxpayer money.

#4.1.2.1.1.1.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-08-17 14:28 (Reply)

indyjonesouthere: You provide narrative and not evidence. Inaccurate and sloppy data gathering is not evidence of anything but inaccurate and sloppy data.

We cited a variety of different observations by different scientists using different methodologies. When completely different types of evidence show the same trend, then that lends confidence that the trend is real. Regardless, that's stronger evidence than exclaiming "Is not!" while neglecting to engage the argument. All you're left with is sputtering that you don't believe it cause.

Try to engage the evidence. Why does the satellite data show the same general warming trend as the surface data?

#4.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-08-17 15:49 (Reply)

All those scientific observations have given us global cooling, global warming and finally climate change. All subsidized by the authoritarian admin state at our expense. These same people are never held accountable and never get fired for their incompetence. And we see this in all of the admin state. There is no reason to accept any of their data. They have a track record of deception, deceit, lies, and collusion. They continue cheating the data and no one holds them accountable.

Fauci, NIH, FDA and CDC are just another wing of the same admin state decepticons. And it is all done for money, just not THEIR money.

Russia, Russia, Russia, is just more admin state deceivers supplying corrupted politicians with fake talking points. It ALL amounts to nothing more than trash talk to stay in power and control.

#4.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-08-17 16:19 (Reply)

indyjonesouthere: All those scientific observations have given us global cooling, global warming and finally climate change.

There was never a scientific consensus about global cooling. There are two countervailing influences: greenhouse gases, which warm the planet; and aerosols, which cool it. It was soon determined that greenhouse gases would predominate over the long run, even if aerosol pollution hadn't been addressed.

#4.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-08-17 16:43 (Reply)

Once again, nice narrative. There is no consensus unless you say there is a consensus. The science was always after the money.

Even the UN flunkies admit it was about the redistribution of wealth. Agenda 21, agenda 2030, WEF you will own nothing and be happy, and now the "green new deal".

Climate change ... a grifters dream just like the Ukraine is a money launderers dream.

#4.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2022-08-17 16:53 (Reply)

indyjonesouthere: There is no consensus unless you say there is a consensus.

No. But the fact can be determined by a review of the scientific literature from the period. See Peterson et al., The Myth of the 1970s Global Cooling Scientific Consensus, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 2008: "A review of the literature suggests that, on the contrary, greenhouse warming even then dominated scientists' thinking as being one of the most important forces shaping Earth's climate on human time scales."

#4.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Zachriel on 2022-08-18 07:01 (Reply)

As he/she/it/they always does/do, Zach misrepresents the argument, as he/she/it/they must, as he/she/it/they is/are always wrong.

The point raised by the article is that the sea ice extent is at a 12-year high, contrary to climate alarmists claims. The graph plainly shows that.

#4.1.2.2 RJP on 2022-08-16 22:26 (Reply)

RJP: The point raised by the article is that the sea ice extent is at a 12-year high, contrary to climate alarmists claims.

That would be a straw man. Scientists project that Arctic ice will tend lower over time, not that the decrease will be monotonic.
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/files/1999/08/Figure3-2-1024x791.png

#4.1.2.2.1 Zachriel on 2022-08-17 08:19 (Reply)

Aasif Mandvi, Senior Meteorologist for TDS, standing in a snowstorm: "For years we have been told the Earth is melting like a popcycle, and that humanity will would soon be boiled alive in a rising sea. Well, today that lie stands exposed with evidence that any child can understand. I give you frozen water, falling from the sky."

#4.1.3 Zachriel on 2022-08-16 13:26 (Reply)

QUOTE:

KAMALA HARRIS, SPACE ODDITY

Harris's speech was to government and business leaders in space technology. There is nothing incomprehensible about what she said about finding ways for government and business to work together to create a new framework for American space exploration and development.

#5 Zachriel on 2022-08-16 10:49 (Reply)

Fair enough, but it still sounded retarded.

#5.1 Bird Dog on 2022-08-16 10:51 (Reply)

Would it kill you to admit that she is a no-talent dud whom no one would ever had heard of but for her notorious adultery with a man who could (and did) do her favors, and the Biden cabal's desire to pander to blacks and women? It really does make you look foolish when you pretend to take her seriously.

#5.2 Hairless Joe on 2022-08-16 11:24 (Reply)

Well said H J ,

#5.2.1 RL on 2022-08-16 12:47 (Reply)

Hairless Joe: Would it kill you to admit that she is a no-talent dud

The context of Harris's speech shows that she was making a valid point.

#5.2.2 Zachriel on 2022-08-16 13:07 (Reply)

I like the part where she talks about ensuring we are speaking the same language!

Bwaha!

#5.2.2.1 Zachinoff on 2022-08-16 14:40 (Reply)

Zachriel's entire schtick is arguing that a pile of shit topped with a candle is a birthday cake.

#5.2.2.2 Bill Carson on 2022-08-17 15:16 (Reply)

re Chocolate ICE CREAM is more nutritious than a granola bar, bacon is better than couscous and McDonald's pancakes are healthier than an omelette

Admittedly I read through it pretty fast.

The so called "study" looked agenda driven.

No where. No where did I see red meat (or chicken or fish) mentioned out side of the referrel to bacon.

QUOTE:

Base meals on potatoes, bread, rice, pasta or other starchy carbohydrates, ideally wholegrain

I don't think so. You build your meals around your protein source. Basing meals on carbs will not lead to a healthy diet.

One wonders if meat was omitted to save the planet?

#6 feeblemind on 2022-08-16 11:26 (Reply)

Personally I don't believe the planet can be saved, so I will enjoy it while it lasts. Put another steak on the charcoal grill.

#6.1 Don on 2022-08-16 11:42 (Reply)

It is literally impossible for the greatest minds in the world to come to any agreement on what a good diet is.

Mostly diet advice is based in biases and facts related to people with genetic health problems that can be and must be treated by specialized diets.

Any diet at all that provides you with all the essential nutrients is a good diet unless you have a genetic health problem that precludes certain foods. It is as simply as that. You can eat all the bacon and fat and salt and carbs and sugar you want unless you have a health condition that precludes any of these things. Everything else is personal bias, speculation and hocus pocus.

#6.2 JustMe on 2022-08-16 11:50 (Reply)

"...personal bias, speculation and hocus pocus."

It has been thus my whole life with regard to "dietary science". There is no need for me to recite the litany of loud pronouncements and subdued retractions in this connection.

The problem is, and always has been, that we cannot ethically do definitive dietary experiments on human beings. So they try to back into it with population studies, or voluntary experiments. A key problems with the former are genetic and epigenetic differences in the populations of interest, and inaccurate and limited reporting and short timeframes in the latter. (You can't do those voluntary studies on children, for instance.)

Like you my philosophy is summarized well by the title of a book that came out a few years ago, "Eat What You Want and Die Like A Man". We're going to die anyway, why make it worse in the meantime? Listen to your body and eat what makes you feel good, and let the diet experts eat the stir-fried crickets and kale smoothies.

#6.2.1 Hairless Joe on 2022-08-16 19:04 (Reply)

This is why I eat what I like, only paying attention to portions. I followed government and commercial diets for years trying to lose weight while it continued to increase, and the only thing that worked was limiting portions, while not starving myself. That said, I try to keep it balanced, meat, vegetables, dairy, and fruit ... but not too much of anything. That's what's kept it off all these years, along with walking the dog every day.

#6.3 RebeccaH on 2022-08-16 13:00 (Reply)

Thank you for talking about Clinton and immigration. In 1995 Democrat Congresswoman Barbara Jordan led the bipartisan congressional commission on immigration charged with coming up with solutions to immigration. Her commission concluded that immigration hurt working-class Americans and they came up with 12 recommendations to eliminate illegal immigration and reduce legal immigration. President Clinton applauded all of their findings. None of the recommendations were implemented and in their place we've only got more and more amnesties and ever-increasing massive endless Third World immigration to erase and replace us. Both parties are complicit. There is no rational explanation for the type and level of immigration we now have. Also there is no economic social or environmental reason for the type and amount of immigration we now have. We live in an occupied country. Until immigration becomes a problem for those at the top using it as a weapon and for profit and power immigration will continue. Almost everything in the media is a distraction from the immigration issue. Almost every issue in the media is temporary but immigration and demographics is permanent and destiny.

#7 Robert Moffett (Link) on 2022-08-16 13:43 (Reply)

"Whataboutism"
Punky: OW!
Bunky: OW! Mom! He hit me!
Mom: Now, Punky. No hitting.
Punky: But he hit me first!
Mom: Now, now, no whataboutism!
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Tarring "whataboutism" guarantees that he who offends first is off the hook.

#8 LTC Ted on 2022-08-16 14:02 (Reply)

Biden Administration’s Successful War on American Energy Industry

This week brought a pause on Colorado oil leases, the end to a natural gas pipeline’s construction in Idaho & Wyoming, and the return of a ban on coal sales from federal lands.

https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/08/biden-administrations-successful-war-on-american-energy-industry/

#9 feeblemind on 2022-08-16 14:37 (Reply)

They hate cheap energy. It's not about 'saving the planet' - it's about maintaining their lifestyles as an elite that has more than the peasants. After all, if everyone has cheap energy, can travel at will, can buy cars and large TVs and eat what they want and buy what they want and the like, where's the social standing they need to be 'Elite' coming from? It's all about control, and making sure that THEY are the 'Haves' and everyone else is the 'Have Not' classes...

#9.1 JLawson (Link) on 2022-08-16 17:19 (Reply)

Have we reached peak insanity yet?

Nope! I think they are trying to build to a crescendo. From triggly puff, to the coof, to BLM riots, to the perverteers of lgbtqwxyz. Now back to the FBI/DOJ dysfunctionals and on to what's next.

I can't see the end of it from out here.

#10 indyjonesouthere on 2022-08-16 18:31 (Reply)

A touching message of gratitude https://brownstone.org/articles/my-gratitude-for-the-apologies-and-sincere-expressions-of-regret/ and thanks.

#11 OneGuy on 2022-08-16 19:06 (Reply)

re: SAT

What is the point of the SAT? If I have the money, then let me enroll. If I fail, then I'm out.

It would be better for everyone if we stopped making a college degree seem so important. For most jobs, it's not necessary at all.

You don't need to take the SAT to enroll in trade schools or to test for a Microsoft cert, either of which can be more useful than a college degree. Just pay the fee, then pass or fail.

#12 jack walter on 2022-08-17 08:11 (Reply)

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