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Monday, May 10. 2021Safety ThirdIf safety is your priority, you will not have much of a life. Our readers already know that. From Mike Rowe, Walk me through this “Safety Third” thing (thank you, reader)
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Photo: Are you growing any fractal broccoli? Gentlemen wear Panama Hats in summertime Yes, we can start easing restrictions like indoor mask mandates soon, says Fauci This Infographic, Backed By Over 70 Citations, Completely Obliterates The Masking Children Narrative Keep Social-Justice Indoctrination Out of the Therapist’s Office “On a motorcycle, talking on a radio, dodging bullets, and taking a guy out." Darn good handgun shooting Controlling the Narrative Week in Higher Education Wave of Violent Crimes Against Asian Americans Does Not Fit Media, Democrat Narrative The Post says Eric Adams should be NYC’s next mayor Harvard Wrongly Attributed Police Killings to Racism Michelle Obama Fears Daughters, Who Have Secret Service Protection, Will Be Shot by Cops "She can paint a compelling portrait of what the inside of the Democratic Party activist bubble looked like, but shows no awareness that there is anything outside of the bubble..." Sunday, May 9. 2021"Yachtsmen pleasuring in the 'lilies of the sea' will not think favourably of my craft,"Said Joshua Slocum about the Spray. Spray was an abandoned and partly rotten Chesapeake oysterman, abandoned on the beach in Fairhaven, MA. Apparently she was an unusually well-balanced boat. You could lash her tiller and she would stay on course all night. He rarely needed to man the helm, which made solo sailing possible. Autopilot. It is theorized that she (and he) were sunk by a collision with a steamer. Off topic, but if you happen to be driving on I-95 in southern Massachusetts, Gene's (just off the Fairhaven exit) has excellent fried oysters.
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"Safety first," the precautionary principle, and risk/benefitThe COVID terror exemplifies these important issues. I know people who still feel reluctant to leave their homes. If perfect safety were somebody's goal, they should never ride in a car. Everything in life, including "quarantining," is a risk.
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From today's LectionaryJohn 15:9-17 15:9 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. 15:10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. 15:11 I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. 15:12 "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 15:13 No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. 15:14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15:15 I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. 15:16 You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. 15:17 I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another. Happy Birthing Person's DaySaturday, May 8. 2021Kafka
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Sicilian food: Don't forget the cannolisOn our two trips to Sicily we saw very little pasta, except al vongole. Which was delicious, of course. We never hung around Palermo but only because of our scheduling. We missed the cathedral bcause it was closed to visitors on Sundays. Are Sicilian women beautiful? Like the food, a mix of Arab, Spanish, French, and Greek. Some Italian too. Brits love Sicily. Last time, we landed in Palermo and drove around the entire coast, and up into the mountains too. Ended leaving from our lemon farm B&B to the airport in Catania at 3 AM, arrived with the sun rising over Etna. Just an amazing place.
Saturday morning linksReintroduction ("forced introduction"?) of Yellowstone wolves Bitcoin mining effects water and wildlife? Nobody wants to work anymore. Really? Why no one needs to work in Biden's America: Experts project anyone who earned $32,000 before COVID could now earn MORE in benefits staying at home Enough with Wind Power SUNY chair Merryl Tisch is right: It’s time to lift the cap on NYC charter schools Diversity Over Discovery - Biden’s war on merit puts America’s scientific edge at risk. Most Voters Want to End Protection for Social Media Companies After Trump Facebook Ban Caitlyn Jenner’s punchy anti-Newsom ad is a preview of a big challenge for Dems China Building Pacific Naval Base… TORIES ROMPING IN U.K. Friday, May 7. 2021A Man (or Maid) of KentRecently, the term "Man of Kent" was mentioned to me. I supposed I could have responded with a limerick about his nose being terribly bent, and the fact nobody knows where he went. Of course, the limerick was about a young woman from Kent, and the term did specify Man of Kent. This term may not seem much to us here in the U.S. On the other hand, there can be an interesting delineation of culture if, in fact, you are from Kent. After all, the difference between a Kentish Man (or Maid) and a Man (or Maid) of Kent may (or may not) be significant. It all depends on how you look at it, and whether or not you care much about the term itself. I suppose it's not unlike people being from Pittsburgh or Philadelphia. Both are from Pennsylvania, and if that's how you're looking at things, that's fine enough. On the other hand, don't think a denizen of Philly is going to relate easily to one from the Steel City. Even setting aside the rivalries in hockey and baseball (football not being played commonly enough between the cities to be of great importance), Philadelphia has a proud history. It is a birthplace of the Revolution, the Constitution, and was the nation's capital city for a brief period. This is countered by the economic power and free-spirited nature of western PA. After all, divisions from the Whiskey Rebellion still defines socio-political culture, and our transportation systems and urban landscape owe a great debt to the steel plants. But this is about Kent, and the nature of what it means to be a Man (or Maid) of Kent.
Continue reading "A Man (or Maid) of Kent" The Monster Is in the ClassroomSchools indoctrinate children as young as eight in race and gender essentialism:
Friday morning linksWhy Isn’t Anyone Seriously Challenging The Big Bang? Unemployment Claims Curb to Pandemic Low of 498K Patents Aren’t the Problem; Supply Chain Problems are the Problem. Johns Hopkins Doctor Dismisses Walensky Fear-Mongering: 'Most Of The Country Is At Herd Immunity' Southwest Kicks Family Off Plane Because They Were Scared Their Child Would Remove His Mask… A MOMENT IN THE LIFE of a police officer. CIA Replaces Waterboarding With 12-Hour Lectures On Intersectional Feminism TO WHOM HAVE WE OUTSOURCED OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH? [WITH COMMENT BY PAUL] White And Jew Hating Black Hammer Group “Liberates” Property In Colorado Mountains JUST THINK OF THE MEDIA AS DEMOCRATIC PARTY OPERATIVES WITH CHYRONS, AND IT ALL MAKES SENSE When Journalism Blurs Into Activism—A Canadian Case Study NY Attorney General finds 82% of public comments on net neutrality were fake Three Reasons Why The Biden Tax Increase Makes No Sense Makes political sense, maybe. F- the "rich" Biden’s National Day Of Prayer Proclamation Forgoes ‘God’ For ‘Climate Change’ And ‘Racial Justice’ New Gods - cool Biden Falsely Claims His ‘Infrastructure’ Bill Is About Bridges, Highways, Airports, & Ports Biden admin’s photos of empty migrant facility are misleading, Texas Democrat says: ‘They’re just next door’ Kamala Harris blames climate change for immigration crisis at U.S.-Mexico border China Pollutes More Than US And All Developed Countries Combined The end of ski seasonFrom our friend in Colorado this week: Near the top of Loveland. The ridge is the Continental Divide, some 12,000 feet. There are 2 ways to get from the east side to the west side: Route 6, Loveland Pass, a steep and winding road that truckers must use if hauling hazardous stuff, or the Eisenhower Tunnel, which goes through the mountain I am standing on.
Thursday, May 6. 2021A diversion, in ScotlandMrs. BD highly recommends the series Outlander. I think she fell in love with Jamie, but she tells me most women do. It's quite a tale, but I am not one for TV series. Stay for a light lunch, repostedFrom Peter Robb's Midnight in Sicily: On Art, Food, History, Travel and la Cosa Nostra:
That is an Italian luncheon. Until halfway through the book when I decided to google her, I had thought that Marta was fictional. Nope. She befriended the author. While married to Count Umberto Marzotto, she managed a long affair with Sicilian artist, movie-maker and famous Communist Renato Guttoso who figures prominently in the book. A close pal of Picasso. Colorful people, adding a lot of life to life. La dolce vita, so different from life in Yankeeland.
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All about jump ropeJump rope is to cardio what deadlifts are to sturdiness. The coolest thing about jump rope are all of the variations you can learn. Never boring. It's not easy so it's a good physical challenge. RX Smart Gear sent me this article about Jump Ropes - very informative. I put the article below the fold -
Continue reading "All about jump rope" COVID as a political diseaseEven The Atlantic feels able to discuss it now: The Liberals Who Can’t Quit Lockdown - Progressive communities have been home to some of the fiercest battles over COVID-19 policies, and some liberal policy makers have left scientific evidence behind.
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Thursday morning linksFifteen Years Forsaken: A true story of castaways on a lost and hostile scrap of land, all thanks to some meddlesome Frenchmen and terrible luck. Latest Search For Alien Civilizations Looked At 60 Million Stars, Detects No Signals Groundhog Day: Dr. Doom Spits Out More Bad News Fauci defends terrible new CDC guidance for masking little kids at summer camp Classified Study: COVID-19 Could Have Originated in Chinese Lab "An American Tragedy": Restaurants Ready to Hire, But Government Payments Keep Workers Home The Power of Human Resilience It’s Important To Be Honest About What Today’s Media Actually Are - They are Democrat propagandists and should be treated as such. NYC Schools To Rename Columbus Day To Italian Heritage Day/Indigenous People’s Day ‘Woke’ Coke Pauses Diversity Plan After ‘Intense Backlash,’ Plan Author Suddenly Resigns Facebook Oversight Board Upholds Suspension of Donald Trump’s Account Jewish ‘Harper’s letter’ decries lack of dissent in racial justice movement Our Country Was Founded by Geniuses, but It's Being Run by Idiots Powerline: MODELS ARE NOT EVIDENCE Wednesday, May 5. 2021Keb' Mo'Should You Be Lifting Heavy Weights After 50?
Should You Be Lifting Heavy Weights After 50? By heavy weights, we refer mainly to the basic powerlifts (barbell squat, deads, bench press, dumbell row, overhead press), plus pullups/pulldowns. Wednesday morning linksPUBLIC SCHOOLS - In the Name of Equity, California Will Discourage Students Who Are Gifted at Math "An adjunct professor teaching her first-ever course at a California college was placed on leave this week after she ripped a student during a class presentation because he said he regards police officers as 'heroes.'" The CDC's crony deal with the teachers unions has cost students dearly Citing COVID-19 related stress levels the University of Pittsburgh will now allow professors to give students a passing grade, even if they didn't finish the required coursework by the end of the term. 10 Ways To Feel Morally Superior To Everyone When Masks Are No Longer Required Andrew Cuomo, Ron DeSantis Announce Major Rollbacks of Pandemic Restrictions. Two governors defined by their differing approaches to COVID-19 are both moving in the same direction. Joe Biden and Nurse Jill Take Creepy Picture with Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter The Biden Administration holds up illiberal icon Kendi as a model of civic education The Left Will Never See It Coming Some Sensible Black Voices Are On To The "Antiracism" Scam Biden acknowledges likely failure as he reverses refugee cap policy Countering China’s Global Great Game Tuesday, May 4. 2021Garum, and other food cultural appropriationsWhat was Garum? They needed something tangy. Italian, and European food in general, was bland stuff before Columbus' followers brought good plants from the New World. It is funny to me to imagine Asian food without peppers, especially chiles, but that's the history. My list of some the imports to the Old World and Asia from Central and South America: Maize (corn), potato, all squash (summer and winter squash, including pumpkin), all peppers, peanut, avocado, every kind of bean (except Fava), Sunflower, Cocoa (chocolate), Tomato, Pineapple, Papaya, Vanilla, Sweet Potato. Also, turkeys. Of course, the New World brought plenty of good foodstuffs from the Old World: Most grains, cattle, sheep and goats, pigs, Strawberries, apples, Honey Bees, etc etc.
Real ItalianJohn Milton versus the mob"He spoke truth to power and made heresy a virtue." Lessons on free speech and intellectual combat from John Milton: Areopagitica in the information-age
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Tuesday morning linksBaby Wood Ducks get a helping hand Caitlyn Jenner Denounced for Transphobia Florida scuba divers discover 50-pound Ice Age mammoth bone in river Proof of global warming Massachusetts town: We're keeping our outdoor mask mandate for now despite the new CDC guidance Expelling Asian Americans from top schools proves NYC education is off the rails The CIA Is An International Joke as Its New Woke Millennial Basket-Case Recruitment Video Gets Roasted Worldwide Faculty Fear At Cornell: “I worry every day I enter class that I will say something that a student will find offensive” The Politics of Personal Destruction Greenwald: Corporate News Outlets Again "Confirm" the Same False Story, While Many Refuse to Correct it Who’s really running Biden’s White House? Step forward, President Klain States Continue to Not Buy Into Biden's Commie New World Order 2022: Democrats shiver with the clock ticking At This Rate, 2022 Could Be a Bloodbath for Democrats Chuck Todd Outraged GOP Sen. Tim Scott Said America Is ‘Not Racist’… Chinese Leader Xi Jinping Lays Out Plan to Control the Global Internet
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