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Friday, October 22. 2021Educating The Band: About the Basement TapesThe Basement Tapes (the old real ones) are good fun.
Backlash to WokeKotkin: Have we reached the high water mark of woke? American progressives are provoking a furious backlash.
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DIY LinksCancel Culture Has a Lot to Answer ForLhamon’s nomination spurred warnings from education advocates and former Education Department officialsHeritage Foundation annual study: As currently postured, the U.S. military continues to be only marginally able to meet the demands of defending America’s vital national interests.
Condoleezza Rice Draws Fire
The Reality of 'Anti-Racism' Across America It isn't tax cuts that are driving federal deficits
Doominations
I got to thinking yesterday. That's always a mistake. I'm not a clear thinker, being human and all. But I had to look at the news media a bit, to find links for you fine folks, and it got me ruminating. Since there was nothing but bad news, I renamed the process "doominating." There's nothing but impending doom in the news. Not actual doom in the regular news. The regular news has shifted 180 degrees since they pitched the mean tweeter out on his ear, and muzzled him. Everything's fine now. No matter how not fine the news is, it's fine to them. They still find doom, of course. It's over there behind the invisible 800-pound gorillas. The purpose of aggregators like Maggie's Farm is to collate an alternative slate of information for people looking for interest or entertainment outside the usual bubble of daily life. It's a kind of magazine, not a newspaper. Magazines have themes. Everywhere I went yesterday, looking for stuff, it was nothing but doom, doom, doom. There are two alternate sets of doom, but it's all doom. My version of Maggie's theme gets harder and harder to cobble together, because I don't really like posting doom drivel and exclaiming harrumph. It occurs to me that the doom fetish means the average American likes doom. They like being told the world will end, and yesterday to boot. They like movies about apocalypse and TV shows about the dead wandering the earth and munching on the straphangers. The average Joe is getting their jollies by wallowing in their own little doomworld. What is Twitter but an IV drip of doom? So it's incumbent on me to apologize (again) if the articles I collate aren't depressing enough to make you happy. I'm being as dour as I can, but I can't seem to keep up.
I'm fairly certain the the substance described isn't technically "lumber." Lumber qua lumber is cut up timber. The stuff in the article is "manufactured lumber." Why yes, I'm lots of fun at parties, why do you ask? Billions of banknotes are missing. Why does nobody care?
Got that? To dweebs at the Economist, and the central banks, if regular people have any money, it's "missing." Quick Look: Altitude and Child Development
Yes, I've noticed that places like Switzerland keep churning out citizens who need a hockey helmet to ride the bus. It would explain a lot about Denver Bronco fans, though. How the Kodak Brownie Changed Privacy Rights Forever
I love listening to people clutching an iPhone, sitting next to an Alexa on their couch, complaining about privacy. I have weird hobbies, I guess. And shades on my windows. When and why did human brains decrease in size 3,000 years ago? Ants may hold clues
An elephant's brain weighs 10 pounds. An elephant can't even dial an iPhone, or plug in an Alexa, so you're going to ask the ants different questions, research guy.
Remember, guns don't kill people -- gun control advocates kill people Fed to ban policymakers from owning individual stocks, restrict trading following controversy
I believe this problem has previously been solved, as the Fed owns everything already. Volcanically driven lacustrine ecosystem changes during the Carnian Pluvial Episode
Oh, great. I'm no meteorologist, but I've been pluvial once, after an ill-advised trip to Chipotle, so I'm warning you: If you live in Pangea, you better be prepping for a tougher winter than usual. This ingenious wall could harness enough wind power to cover your electric bill
On today's episode of "Confuse a Cat"... NIH acknowledges US funded gain-of-function at Wuhan lab, despite Fauci’s denials
To paraphrase the usual media headline: Wuhan chimera experiments proven; minorities, women, and Zachriel hardest hit. Have a great Friday, everyone!
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Thursday, October 21. 2021DIY LinksJoin the Alliance for Constructive Ethnic Studies, The Institute for Liberal Values, Free Black Thought, and The Jewish Institute for Liberal Values for the Livestream, Education or Indoctrination: Ethnic Studies K-12. EDUCATION OR INDOCTRINATION: ETHNIC STUDIES IN K-12 Wednesday, October 27, 5pm PST/ 8pm EST
Some Thoughts About Courage: We are living through an epidemic of cowardice. The antidote is courage.
Is antisemitism a Jewish problem?
Against ‘Diversity Statements’
Equity Elementary: “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” Staff in Public Schools
Kyrsten Sinema was always a K Street politician — major media just noticed
Sen. Chuck Grassley blasts media for unfairly attacking GOP report
The Car Shortage Is About To Get A Whole Lot Worse: A critical element in everything from engines to bodies is in short supply
California Ports, Key to U.S. Supply Chain, Among World's Least Efficient
I grew up in a segregated society. I worked to overcome it. I don’t want to go back to it.
Educating Students about the Victims of Communism
Great Books: Partrick O'BrianThe Great Books podcast considers O'Brian's Master and Commander. I've read the entire series. Great fun, with all of the nautical details.
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So Much Thursday. So Little Time
Well, hello all. Roger here, the king of Sicily. Bird Dog is off getting his annual flea bath, and he's left me to guard the henhouse while he's away.
For instance, I was barely aware that there are hearings or something being held somewhere, where panels of grim-faced blacklisting, witch-hunting martinets are interrogating people with questions like, "Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Las Vegas Raiders coaching staff"? So here's a smattering of random information you might find amusing or informative or silly or whatever. Also, did you know the Raiders moved to Las Vegas? I didn't. The Rams still play in Los Angeles, though, just like when I was a kid. They'll never move.
Head of California’s largest union arrested on theft, fraud charges
You know, if I ever run for state senate, the first thing I'm doing is getting my ducts cleaned. Because it's all about ducts, really. Since Katherine Helmond is speaker of the US house of representatives, it's all starting to make sense. Evidence for European presence in the Americas in ad 1021
I deal with Europeans from time to time. They don't seem to be cognizant of anything but America, now. We're villains to them, of course, but at least we're the main characters in their lack-of-passion plays, so we have that going for us.
The United States Government opposes the misuse of technology to abuse human rights unless you're an American, they mean. Say, where did you get that $600 in your bank account, prole? FlixMobility acquires Greyhound to Expand U.S. Intercity Bus Services
There are those Europeans again (FlixMobility is German), getting all cognizant of the Americas again. I've never found Greyhound to be affordable, exactly, or egad, comfortable, or smart, no matter how you define the word. And if it was "sustainable," they wouldn't have been able to buy the company. But hey, I'm quibbling about sunny language used in a press release, and I can't help noticing that the press agent at FlixMobility is named Goebbels. Well, at least they're not buying railcars. The FDA wants you to be able to buy a hearing aid without a prescription
But not Ivermectin. With or without a prescription. Cannabis and Male Fertility: A Systematic Review
Remember, correlation does not equal causation. How do we know it's not a Cheeto overdose causing the problem? Huh, science dudes? What was the question again? Trump announces media company, social media platform coming next month
Dumb and tone-deaf, as usual. You might as well call it WalterSobchak.com, tagline, "we're not wrong, we're just ***holes. You should have advertised it as the "social media company for everyone, not just lunatic leftists." See, this is why the other side still hires people named Goebbels. They know how to play this game. Check out the original 1851 reviews of Moby-Dick
I've read that the really hard thing to do in fiction is to create memorable, believable characters. Captain Ahab is one of the most memorable characters every produced by a writer. Everyone knows who Captain Ahab is. No one knows who William Young, critic at the New York Albion was. Facebook settles a federal lawsuit over allegations it favored foreign job applicants
Remember, it's only evil colonialism if you set up shop in sunny climes and lord it over the locals. If you import the benighted to do your scut work for a pittance, it's social media! Sanjay lives in the Amistad Arms apartments, barely scrapes by on what they pay him, and he can't quit or he immediately becomes a fugitive. That arrangement sounds familiar, but at least it's not colonialism. Have a great day, everyone, and keep those ducts clean!
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Wednesday, October 20. 2021When I Paint My MasterpieceDylan and The Band
More on Yale's beclowning itselfIt is Halloween season, and it's more creepy than amusing at Yale: GETTING MINDS RIGHT AT YALE: FIRE’S DRAFT APOLOGY
Wednesday morning links They don't have adult donuts anyway What happens when our sun dies? Emerging mRNA technology proved excellent for COVID vaccines. BioNTech’s founders preview what that could mean for cancer and other mysteries. OU wants to hire a 'social justice' math professor. The University of Oklahoma wants to hire an assistant professor that has a 'culturally responsive and sustaining mathematics pedagogy.' What's with that word pedagogy these days? Fire has always been part of CA, like quakes. A natural risk. Manchin Rejects Centerpiece Of Biden's Climate Agenda... Which Progressive Dems Insist On Does anybody imagine that US "climate policy" would have any effect? Trump Predicted The Left Would Eventually Go After Statues Of Thomas Jefferson And the media said he was a retard Speaking of racists like Jefferson, apparently St. RBG was one too. McAuliffe sweats: My comments about parents not telling schools what to teach are being taken "out of context" New Information About U.S. Capitol Police Shooting Of Unarmed Ashli Babbitt Nobody should be shocked that the ACLU will not support the First Amendment. Sen. Cruz on where to send illegals: The new ports would be located in places such as Napa Valley, California; Greenwich, Connecticut; Rehoboth Beach, Delaware; and North Hero, Vermont. Notorious Haitian Gang Demands $17 Million Ransom For Kidnapped Missionaries Haiti is a hopeless island Tuesday, October 19. 2021How to help birds avoid crashing into your windowsTwo Youtubes
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Tuesday morning links 5 questions for Arthur Turrell on fusion energy How Science Conquered Diphtheria, the Plague Among Children Remembering the Battle of Lopanto Alternative Gender for Dogs Dalrymple with an obit for a bad architect Why Bad Climate Legislation Is Worse Than No Climate Legislation. Moderate Democratic Senators Joe Manchin & Krysten Sinema Are Right to Oppose the Clean Energy Performance Program Electric vehicles certainly are dirty — their battery packs are poised to be one of the biggest new sources of pollution Lockdown has triggered a terrifying spike in psychosis cases – and stress, illegal drugs and abandoned patients are to blame Students support diversity quotas...until it comes to football Bari Weiss: We Got Here Because of Cowardice. We Get Out With Courage. Say no to the Woke Revolution The Woke Threat to America— and to American Jews Reps. Stefanik & Foxx: Dems want to control your kid's education. We're putting parents in the driver's seat. Democrats are on the side of the school bureaucracy instead of students Students, faculty demand Sewanee revoke evangelical Eric Metaxas’ honorary degree I&I/TIPP Poll: Are We Becoming The ‘Divided States Of America’ Under Biden? Always divided on opinions. And I am not "under Biden". As an American, I am "over" any politician. MSNBC Host Pounces, as NBC's Chuck Todd Dares to Tell the Truth About Biden From a political standpoint, it's fine with me if Uncle Joe has "lost a step" Let Em’ Eat Cake: Biden Seen Violating DC Mask Rule For Restaurants… Nobody follows those rules nowadays Biden Administration Set To Reinstate Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' Policy Next Month ‘Caravana Madre’ With 95,000 Migrants to March Through Mexico to US Starting This Saturday A New Jerusalem Consulate Will Again Proclaim: Jerusalem Is Not in Israel Israel Needs Weapons to Stop Iran’s Bomb. Jerusalem needs help from Washington to prevail in a terrible conflict. Monday, October 18. 2021Covid Derangement SyndromeMonday links
Art Institute of Chicago “Fires” All 100 Volunteer Museum Guides For Being Mostly White Women Serious injury risk higher for horse riding than for football, motor racing, or skiing Is Bitcoin a Bubble? GETTING MINDS RIGHT AT YALE, CONT’D Jon Stewart says media making 'mistake' casting Trump as 'incredible supervillain' 'I think we make a mistake focusing this all on Donald Trump, as if he's ... some incredible supervillain that has changed the very nature and temperature of the US' What separation? Hundreds of ‘black churches’ to be shown VP Harris video urging a vote for McAuliffe 16K COVID-19 Positive Migrants Released into U.S. by ICE, Says Whistleblower Opportunities to Do Nothing - As businesses struggle to fill job openings, Biden touts the advantages of worker shortages. Greenwald: Civil Liberties Are Being Trampled By Exploiting "Insurrection" Fears GREEN INSURRECTION: Media Silent as Environmental Rioters Attack Gov Buildings, Officers Panorama Education, Co-Founded By U.S. AG Merrick Garland’s Son-In-Law, Contracted With 23,000 Public Schools & Raised $76M From Investors Rather annoyingGoogle Restore lost all of the links I had been sent over the past 2 days - plus my own. I hope that Roger de Hauteville, semi-retired King of Sicily, will not have such problems while he will be filling in during my upcoming Sabbatical.
Sunday, October 17. 2021What Americans wantFrom Sandel's Just Deserts at Powerline:
Life in America: Rick Beato on his life, How I Went from College Professor to Deli Worker
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From today's LectionaryMark 10:35-45 10:35 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." 10:36 And he said to them, "What is it you want me to do for you?" 10:37 And they said to him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory." 10:38 But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" 10:39 They replied, "We are able." Then Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; 10:40 but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared." 10:41 When the ten heard this, they began to be angry with James and John. 10:42 So Jesus called them and said to them, "You know that among the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. 10:43 But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, 10:44 and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all. 10:45 For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many." Saturday, October 16. 2021Good musicThe film is not high quality, but the tunes are. It is true that Mr. Gilbert and Mr. Sullivan hated eachother.
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Yale Law goes full MaoistNot from the Babylon Bee. Yale Law goes full Maoist on a free-speech black student. Somehow, he recorded it, here. The tone and uptalk of the dean or whoever is pathetic but laughable, but they threaten his future career. This is sick. Imagine if they were interrogating a white or Asian guy. Listen to those idiots:"I want to guide and nurture your social and intellectual development." Saturday morning links
This Atlantic piece on the Babylon Bee ends where it should have started Progressives Against Progress by Noah Rothman Did anyone notice that Buttigieg has been "MIA" in the supply-chain crisis? Biden Begs OPEC and US Oil Companies to Pump More Oil as Prices Surge After He Cracked Down on US Production “The Revenge of the Fossil Fuels” Buchanan: Are The Good Times Over For Joe? More about what's inside Biden's spending bill The Fallacy of Joe Biden’s ‘Bank of Multilateral Goodwill’ Russia draws a red line for US in Central Asia NY food truck![]() Friday, October 15. 2021Student Math Grades Vary in UNC System
I like the example once used on CNN when they reported that your risk of death from COVID had doubled. True: at some point months ago it had gone from something like 0.01 to 0.02. Something like that.
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