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Sunday, September 26. 2021From today's Lectionary: Would that all the Lord's people were prophetsNumbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29 11:4 The rabble among them had a strong craving; and the Israelites also wept again, and said, "If only we had meat to eat. 11:5 We remember the fish we used to eat in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic; 11:6 but now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at." 11:10 Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, all at the entrances of their tents. Then the LORD became very angry, and Moses was displeased. 11:11 So Moses said to the LORD, "Why have you treated your servant so badly? Why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me? 11:12 Did I conceive all this people? Did I give birth to them, that you should say to me, 'Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a sucking child,' to the land that you promised on oath to their ancestors? 11:13 Where am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they come weeping to me and say, 'Give us meat to eat!' 11:14 I am not able to carry all this people alone, for they are too heavy for me. 11:15 If this is the way you are going to treat me, put me to death at once--if I have found favor in your sight--and do not let me see my misery." 11:16 So the LORD said to Moses, "Gather for me seventy of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; bring them to the tent of meeting, and have them take their place there with you. 11:24 So Moses went out and told the people the words of the LORD; and he gathered seventy elders of the people, and placed them all around the tent. 11:25 Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders; and when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But they did not do so again. 11:26 Two men remained in the camp, one named Eldad, and the other named Medad, and the spirit rested on them; they were among those registered, but they had not gone out to the tent, and so they prophesied in the camp. 11:27 And a young man ran and told Moses, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp." 11:28 And Joshua son of Nun, the assistant of Moses, one of his chosen men, said, "My lord Moses, stop them!" 11:29 But Moses said to him, "Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit on them!" Will post photos etc. later, but just a NYC Covid observationOur 6 1/2 hour stroll around the East and West Village(s?), with a bit of the Lower East side, was delightful as always. I am told that midtown is about 50% of normal people traffic, but where we went the streets were packed (mostly attractive young people), pubs and restaurants packed, and a mask was rarely to be seen anywhere. It felt like a party. We stopped into McSorley's at around 1:30 for some (a few pitchers) ales and hot dogs. We were lucky to get a big outdoor table, but the inside was jammed. Nobody seemed to be checking vacc. proofs. Funny thing about McSorley's is they only have ales, and only two kinds - light or dark. They still make their own. Their rest room seems unchanged since 1860, and there is only one. So, at least in these neighborhoods, it feels and looks wonderful.
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Saturday, September 25. 2021Thank You! Another Urban HikeWe have a new record - 2 Maggie's Farmers arrived to join us from Los Angeles, which represents a new long-distance visit. Always pleased when our readers travel to join us. Originally, I was worried nobody would make it. As it turns out, we had a hardy group of 10 people and we had a great day. Thank you to everyone who joined us, each of whom had a little bit extra to add to the commentary as we wound our way from Chelsea, through Greenwich Village, the East Village and down into the Lower East Side. MacDougal Street allowed us to work through a Beatnik/Rock and Roll section, which was followed by a series of Stanford White buildings, among a variety of other interesting and fun items like Edna St. Vincent Millay's townhouse, Commodore Vanderbilt's first Manhattan home (replaced by a more modern building), Triangle Shirtwaist Fire building, the Turkish and Russian Baths, and many other locations. We had a great lunch and a few beers at McSorley's. As I was mapping and herding, I didn't take too many pictures. Bird Dog was, and I'm sure he will share them. Thanks to our good friend, the Manhattan Contrarian, for purchasing some delicious muffins at Magnolia Bakery, which we all shared. We missed many of our regulars, and hope you will join us in the Spring when do this again in 2022.
Screech Owl CamoOwl migration in North AmericaPhoto is Long-Eared Owl I looked it up, to some extent. Did not cover all North American owls. The very common Great Horned Owl does not migrate at all. They lay their eggs in January, wherever they live. The common (but rarely seen) Long Eared Owl does move down from its northern breeding range in winter as does the tiny Saw Whet Owl. Screech Owls tend to stay put. The Short-Eared Owl migrates widely from its breeding grounds on the tundra. I've seen them on marshes in winter in New England. The arctic Snowy Owl is famous for its occasional irruptions south. I've been lucky to see them a few times, mostly on beaches but once on the roof of a suburban house.
Jedi are really not so cool
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A few Sat. linksFossil footprints show humans in North America more than 21,000 years ago. The footprints, the earliest firm evidence for humans in the Americas, show that people must have arrived here before the last Ice Age. Vanderleun takes a look at deToqueville Thousands of NYC teachers haven’t been vaxxed. What — they’re all Trump supporters? What's that about Trump and vaccines? Trump led the way in making the vaccine happen in record time, and asked people to get it Man, 20, and woman, 23, are arrested after cops find 21kg of carfentanil - enough to kill 50 MILLION people Black man arrested for ‘N-word’ graffiti, swastikas at Emory University Photographer Who Took Photos of Border Patrol's Horse Unit Takes a Sledgehammer to 'Whipping' Lie Yet another political hoax Melbourne Australia Police and Riot Squads Fire Upon Peaceful Protestors While Media Frame COVID Anti-Lockdown Protests as Domestic Extremists Consequences of Failure: The Politics of Saigon and Kabul Friday, September 24. 2021How likeable is Paul McCartney?Friday morning links"In theory — or in a kindlier, alternative universe — exercise would aid substantially in weight loss." Voting With Their Feet: Parents Taking Their Kids Out of Traditional Public Schools in Astounding Numbers No, the vaccinated aren't "just as likely" to spread COVID as the unvaccinated The Kennedy School’s Public Policy Master’s Program at Harvard now will require its first-year students to take a full semester of required courses on race. Banks Oppose Biden's New 'Total Financial Surveillance' Proposal On IRS Reporting Where is the Democratic agenda headed? Biden to Bring In More Refugees Than Entire Population of Ann Arbor Border encounters this Fiscal Year are higher than the population of 11 states (and Washington, DC) The Inhumane Border Crisis Is Biden’s Doing. The story of thousands of Haitians in Del Rio isn’t one of abuse; it’s one of neglect. Latin American migration turns into a mass exodus “You Got Child Pornography on that Hard Drive – The Pictures of the Young Girl with No Clothes On” – Rudy Giuliani Speaks Out on Hunter Biden’s Laptop Psaki Bolts From Podium As Reporter Asks About Her Prior Tweets Calling Hunter Biden Laptop Story ‘Russian Disinformation’ The ACLU corrects some facts Two Afghan Refugees Face Federal Charges for Alleged Spouse Abuse, Sex Act With Child at Fort McCoy. A CBS News report on Sept. 7 mentioned investigations at Fort McCoy regarding possible “child brides” cases. Bitter Lessons from Afghanistan UK Tells People To Stop "Panic Buying" As "Winter Of Discontent" Fears Emerge IS PRESIDENT XI REVIVING MAOISM? China Seems Determined To Destroy The Things That Have Made It Relatively Successful Thursday, September 23. 2021All The Candidate's Men: The Trump-Russia HoaxBiden Security Adviser Jake Sullivan Tied to Alleged 2016 Clinton Scheme to Co-Opt the CIA and FBI to Tar Trump There are still people out there who believe that election hoax.
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Pilots
It is not easy to become a US Pilot. Pilot boats are the toughest small vessels, with master handlers. Sometimes pilots have doors to enter a ship. but often ladders as in this photo. In bad seas, they jump.
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Bird food: Wild CherryThe Wild Cherry (aka Prunus serotina) is a common woodland tree in the eastern half of the US. Their strands of small black and red berries ripen in September. A Wild Cherry tree in September will be full of birds until the tree is stripped. That happened here this week. Two other facts about Wild Cherry: Its wood (Cherry) is of course a popular lumber. Its leaves are toxic (contain a cyanide precursor), so you do not want them close to horses or cattle who might nibble on them. NYC and the COVID response
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Thursday morning linksNew Zealand Police Arrest Three Citizens Attempting to Cross Into Auckland Level 4 Lockdown Zone With Kentucky Fried Chicken The Nation: All You Peons Must Be Stopped From Resuming Your Pre-COVID Travel Habits COVID Today: Biden Admin Implementing International Travel Rules, Elites Are Exempt From Masking Harvard anticipates at least $40 million in total legal fees to defend affirmative action 2021 FIRE Campus Free Speech Survey: Widespread College Student Support For Censorship, Including Violence and Disruptions The "disappearing Haitians" mystery is solved. You've been lied to ICE using 'fear and intimidation' on field offices to release migrants deep into U.S. Biden Finally Admits The Border Is Not Under Control… The Feds Are Forced to Release January 6th Surveillance Footage and Narratives Crumble The Empire Strikes Back: China Returns to Afghanistan Jack o'lantern MushroomAs seen by a friend in New England this week
Wednesday, September 22. 2021The Biden Family Emails
Like the Trump-Russia hoax, nobody cares anymore: New Proof Emerges of the Biden Family Emails: a Definitive Account of the CIA/Media/BigTech Fraud: An axis of the CIA, Big Tech and the DNC-allied wing of the corporate media spread an absolute lie in the weeks before the 2020 election. We now have definitive proof.
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Wednesday morning linksThe Data Is In — Trigger Warnings Don’t Work Following last week’s attack against a hostess at Carmine’s between 90th and 91st Streets on Broadway, three Black women from Texas were arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault and criminal mischief. Biden Admin Extends Travel Restriction at Canada, Mexico Borders Is Long Covid a myth? Middle-class hypochondria seems to play an important role in this ill-defined condition. Portland Activists Survey Themselves and Conclude Un-Woke Cops Are to Blame for Their Riots Biden’s asylum policies for migrants at the border are insane Renewable Energy Crunch Comes To The UK Beijing Unleashes Sweeping Bid to Remold Society. From tech to entertainment to private tutoring, few sectors have been left untouched in the regime's campaign to tighten control Tuesday, September 21. 2021Handling rough seas
The sea wants to kill you. I believe I have better feel in sail than in power. Related, How different hull types react in rough water
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Autumn bird migration
As in Spring, small birds (Passerines and the like) migrate at night. For birders, the cool thing in Fall are the hawk, eagle, and, to some extent, owl migrations. They are daytime migrants. Our breeding Ospreys left last week, headed mostly for the Caribbean. Actually, not sure about how owls move south but they do not do extensive migrations. Tuesday morning linksAt Quillette: Can we have sex back? The folly of Woke Math New York City high school issues useless diplomas for all INEVITABLY: Texas women in New York restaurant vaccine brawl say race a factor. They assaulted an Asian server How Clinton invented Trump-Russia Indictment of Campaign Lawyer Demonstrates How Hillary Clinton Is The Most Systemically Manipulative Politician Of Our Lifetime. Hillary Clinton opreatives perpetrated a massive Russia-collusion fraud on the American public which not only manipulated the 2016 election process but also froze the Trump presidency and nearly paralyzed the nation politically for years. Is Larry Elder in the KKK? Z Man via Taki:
VDH: The Afghanistization of America - We are doing our best to become a Third-World country of incompetency, constitutional erosion, a fractious and politicized military elite, and racially and ethnically obsessed warring tribes. Illegal Immigrants Rush to Mexico From Texas Camp to Avoid Deportations "It is almost as if President Franklin D. Roosevelt had stuffed his entire New Deal into one piece of legislation, or if President Lyndon B. Johnson had done the same with his Great Society, instead of pushing through individual components over several years." Monday, September 20. 2021Must read, really must read it allThis is a MUST read from beginning to end for anyone who is interested in a thorough understanding of how we got to and now stand on a precipice.
Fearful studentsHalf of college students fear expressing ideas in the classroom I do not think that that is anything new. Volcano du Jour
Live, from La Palma
Monday morning linksThe hexagon shape and why it shows up so much in nature “I Guess We’re a Cult”: How the Stand-Up World Will Remember Norm Macdonald Why the Culture Wars in Schools Are Worse Than Ever Before. The history of education battles — from fights over evolution to critical race theory — shows why the country’s divisions are growing Teaching that math is ‘racist’ will taint the field for everyone, including those who need it most. Almost one-third of all working-age men in America aren’t doing diddly-squat. The Indictment of Hillary Clinton's Lawyer is an Indictment of the Russiagate Wing of U.S. Media Is California a failed state? So how did 15,000 Haitians suddenly find their way to Del Rio, Texas? Joe Manchin Is Realizing That His Party’s Spending Plans Are Absurd Even Mainstream Sunday Shows Slam Biden's Blunders AOC Introduces Amendment To Halt U.S. Arms Sale To Israel…
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