Wednesday, June 9. 2021
Complex resistance exercises (in contrast to isolation exercises) are the best for strength and fitness. (Complex reistance exercises are those which require multiple muscle groups to work at once.)
There are several reasons, but for me time efficiency comes first. Second, it's more natural in life for different muscle groups to work together.
No single exercise counts as a full body strength workout, but the deadlift comes closest to that.
9 essential exercises to include in any full body workout
Why to Keep away from simple, use complex movements
Deadlifts standards for men and women, by age and weight
A friend reported back to me about his fly fishing trip in the Maine wilderness a week or two ago. No fish stocking goes on up there, and all fishing was catch-and-release, no barbs.
His report is that in a couple of days they caught about 70 Brookies, from fingerlings up to full-size (10-12").
Wiki has a good entry on Brook Trout
A job-seeking site emailed me about a "Caucasian-American woman" who might be a candidate for a position we are looking to fill.
That is the first time I have seen that phrase. Why is it relevant?
Tuesday, June 8. 2021
Clay Travis and Buck Sexton
I am not familiar with either.
Monday, June 7. 2021
Loneliness is a sad human condition. Misanthropists, socially-phobic, and the overly-narcissistic might see it differently, but I feel that having a solid group of pals is an essential ingredient in my life. A few close friends, a bunch of lunch and couples pals, and plenty of enjoyable social friendlies. There are many things best talked about with friends instead of with spouses.
In tribal societies, everybody is, by necessity, connected but most Western people do not live that way now. Still, humans are social creatures. Humans also need support systems.
I once wrote a post about thinking about concentric social circles, from intimate confidantes to casual social aquaintances to work colleagues. It was a good post, but I can not find it.
Scott Adams did a brief chat about how to make friends, at the 42-minute point.
Many people could use such advice. He hints that one thing to do is to join groups, and he is right about that. You also need to have something positive, pleasant, fun, or interesting to bring to the table. Having things in common helps a lot. Alas, some people are just not very likeable, and that is a handicap.
I know people who still have friends from grammar school, high school, and college. Lifetime friends are a blessing.
Powerline: D-Day (Dec 6, 1944) at 77
Archive Video Of The D-Day Normandy Landings
The Committee to Support and Defend is committed to providing a voice to retired servicemen and women who seek to continue fulfilling their oath to support and defend the US Constitution. Please join me in showing solidarity to support constitutional values by signing this letter. LTC. Allen West (Ret.)
Last surviving Allied soldier involved in the liberation of Auschwitz dies at 98: He flattened the fence around the notorious camp with his tank in 1945
Was mask-wearing pointless, after all? Fauci must be forced to answer
Birds are racist
Bill Maher on the college scam (video)
Twitter declares access to its platform a 'human right' amid censorship of conservatives
A battle over the future of truth in news: Goodwin
Is Academic Freedom a Casualty of the Gaza War?
Don't Get Discouraged About The Preposterous Plans To Eliminate Fossil Fuels
Looks Like Trump Was Right About Fauci After All
No, Critical Race Theory Isn’t a New Civil Rights Movement. (Just the Opposite)
Veterans must come together to combat Critical Race Theory
New York Psychiatrist Hates White People
In order to quiet things down in the Twin Cities, we should probably suspend all law enforcement activity. Just to be on the safe side.
Report: Cartels Are ‘Totally In Control’ of The US-Mexico Border…
Sunday, June 6. 2021
At Mises
Right or wrong, family structures matter.
2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1
4:13 But just as we have the same spirit of faith that is in accordance with scripture--"I believed, and so I spoke" --we also believe, and so we speak,
4:14 because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will bring us with you into his presence.
4:15 Yes, everything is for your sake, so that grace, as it extends to more and more people, may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
4:16 So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day.
4:17 For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure,
4:18 because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.
5:1 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Lake Mohonk.
Saturday, June 5. 2021
White Spanish Teacher Cancels Herself for Being White
Last I heard, Spanish is from Spain. She is correct about one thing: Spain did colonize the New World. Portugal too. Might be more correct to eliminate Spanish, and Portuguese too.
When I was young, "strivers" were looked down upon. The "natural talents" were most admired, whether in math, using words, athletics, the arts, etc. Before my time, Jews were the "strivers," but in my time they could be anybody.
I believe that the elite schools seek special talents and qualities in a variety of areas. Of course, IQ and academic potential also. Elite schools could easily fill their classes with kids with perfect SAT scores. There is the issue with meritocracy with college admissions.
Asian-Americans are the strivers of today. They, on some average, study twice as hard as "white" kids. I do not know whether they are also "resume-builders" like many kids used to be. The sterotype is that Asian kids are all math and violin geniuses.
With ethnic issues dominating the news these days, I'd like to ask a question. Are people with Indian (India) heritage "Asian"?
Princeton Is Not Racist, but Race-Obsessed
In the words of Ibram X. Kendi, the present intellectual leader of the movement, “Racial discrimination is the sole cause of racial disparities in this country and in the world at large” and “to be antiracist is to reject cultural standards and level cultural difference.” Kendi, who is the second holder, after E. Wiesel, of the Andrew W. Mellon Professorship in the Humanities at Boston University and who has recently received numerous prizes and distinctions, also declares, “Capitalism is essentially racist” and “racism is essentially capitalist.” Does that imply that teaching the principles of market-based economy is also racist? Should such courses be banned? Is socialist economy OK, i.e., antiracist? In White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo, the other guru of the movement, claims that “attributing inequality between whites and people of color to causes other than racism” is a form of racism.
Friday, June 4. 2021
I have claimed, rightly or wrongly, that there are no wild-bred Brook Trout in the northeast US. To persuade me otherwise, I'd need to see a photo of some fingerlings in a stream.
There are two main issues:
The foremost is that most streams become too warm in summertime to support a Brook Trout population. That has always been true. (Yes, Brookies are the only species native to the Northeast US. They like cold water). Hatchery trout can survive in springtime, for a while, in non-trout streams.
Second issue is predators, and the worst is the introduced (from Europe) Brown Trout. That fish will eat any baby fish or fish eggs it can find. They prefer meat to bugs. I oppose any stream stocking with Brownies unless they are streams that would never support Brookies anyway. The ordinary fish predators like mink and otters can be put up with but always kept the Brookies at low numbers everywhere they could breed.
Given the popularity of fly-fishing, it's up to states to decide what their stocking programs should be. I get it. Fly-fishing is a beautiful experience and it is assumed that pretty much all stream- stocked fish will either be caught, fall to predation, or die from heat by June or July because they no longer have breeding populations to support hundreds of anglers. Stocking is required to accommodate all of the avid springtime anglers. Even the southern US states have been doing this.
 NAOMI OSAKA AND POST-GAME SPORTS NEWS CONFERENCES
California drought
CA has had droughts forever.
New blood at Wall Street's old guard rattles Corporate America
He wants to remain in covid cocoon
It is termed "regression"
Georgetown University professor is under fire after quoting a racial slur from a historic Supreme Court case
Diversity—Unless You’re Asian. The Supreme Court will soon decide whether to hear a case concerning Harvard’s race-conscious admissions policy.
Happening Now: Violent Minneapolis Black Lives Matter Mob Looting Sneaker Shop, Target, Walgreens, CVS and More
That's not news
Is Glenn Greenwald the New Master of Right-Wing Media?
American Liberalism Is Dying
So, the media learned, during the Trump era, to define what is reportable in terms of whether or not it advantages Trump. Obviously, we no longer have a liberal media and we are not dealing with a free and open press. We are dealing with organs of state propaganda...
‘Woke’ medicine is coming to a hospital near you
What Happens When Doctors Can't Tell the Truth? Whole areas of research are off-limits. Top physicians treat patients based on their race. An ideological 'purge' is underway in American medicine.
Elie Wiesel’s son: Jews always speak up for everyone else. Now’s the time to stand up for ourselves.
Thursday, June 3. 2021
These guys (why no women?) have so many technical skills that it amazes me. It humbles me, because I have no clue. I am overpaid, due to my credentials.
I asked a guy on the job today how he learned all of this. All of these electronic things, testing equipment, big machines, soldering equipment, vacuum engines, air-handlers. A fully-tattooed hispanic guy. He said "Some guys go to school for this, but I learn it on the jobs." I said "Like an apprentice?" "Yes. Four years, bad pay, but now I make plenty." "Are you union?" "Naw. Great boss. Good job. Plenty of work every day."
"Can I ask you what you do for fun?" "I play with my kids, and I play baseball. We have a team plays 3 days a week. Not too good, but good enough. My wife brings the beer."
A happy guy. Gotta love it. Land of opportunity. I recalled that lawyers used to learn their job by apprenticeship and self-education. Abe Lincoln did, and became prosperous working for the railroads. Railroads were the Silicon Valley of the time.
The white supremacy of Physics, at Quillette.
Linking these sorts of absurdities is becoming tedious, but I will include a quote from the article from some academics, which I feel indicates some mental disorder insofar as it sounds like an argument against testing hypotheses. I know it's really political rather than insane, but whatever:
Abstract: Black thought can help us free science from the white supremacist traditions of scientists. Scientists vs. Science will use Black feminist and anti-colonialist analyses to show that white supremacy is a total epistemic system that affects even our most “objective” areas of knowledge production. The talk hinges on the development of the concept of white empiricism, which I introduced to give a name to the way that anti-intellectual white supremacy plays a role in physicists’ analysis of when empirical data is important and what counts as empirical data. This white empiricism shapes both Black women’s (and other) experiences in physics and the actual knowledge produced about physics. Until this is understood and addressed directly, systems of domination will continue to play a major role in the practice of physics.
I took two White Physics classes in college. A few Chem classes too. There were people of all colors, ethnicities, genders, etc. in them. Tough classes, for me. Besides learning a heck of a lot about the natural world, I learned that I did not have a scientist in me. Fascination, yes. Potential, no.
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