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Saturday, May 4. 2024Saturday morning linksIt’s been two years since the UK’s poop-engulfed beaches became a national scandal. Now it’s even worse Friday Laugh: Pro-Hamas Demonstrators Charge Cops With Garbage Can Shields (the video is amusing) Also amusing: Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda.... John Cleese reminds us that ‘race doesn’t matter, but culture does’ Stuart's Saturday Miscellany “I cannot believe this emotionally incontinent young person and his friends are driving a national news cycle. .." Springtime for Sinwar - Notes on the pro-Hamas Left and its antecedents. Rogan To University Protesters: "You Guys Are Doing Nonsense" At "Cult Camp" Normal Kids Get F*cked - Elite universities went to war against fraternities and fun while indulging Hamas-admiring collectives, and the students have noticed Arrested Emory U. Prof. No Victim Despite Leftist Outrage, Admitted She Hit Cop While He Was Subduing Another Rioter Joe Biden Is 2024's Chaos Candidate. Column: Biden's incompetence opens the door for a Trump restoration Famed conservative journalist who hates Trump says Biden's weak stance on campus chaos is hammering final nails intopresident's re-election campaign Illegals fly Florida Ukraine's Biggest Problem Isn't Weapons, It's Lack Of Fighting Men Russian Troops Enter US Base in Niger That Is Hosting Few Remaining US Troops After Ruling Junta Expels US Military from the Country Friday, May 3. 2024Is Dr. Gundry a nut?Plane crash prevented by a mechanicFriday morning linksMake Your Workday Work for Your Mental Health Medical Pseudoscience What Does JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon Mean When He Says "The Consumer Is Doing Well" In 2024? TGIF: Don’t Tread on Me, Bro. Our heroes in Vineyard Vines. Plus: Drew Barrymore and Momala. Why the campus jihadis should run the border. Pro-natalist and proud. And much, much more. RealClearPolitics: Colleges Respond to Campus Protests, New Trend Allowing Non-Citizens To Vote, Interview With Sen. Marco Rubio UCLA pro-Palestine encampment sent out request for vegan and gluten-free food and zip ties " Report says that of the 282 rioters arrested at Columbia 134 had no connection with any college in the area. 4 of the 9 arrested at the U of Florida are not students at the school" Pro-Israel And Pro-Palestine Supporters Chant "F**k Joe Biden" In Solidarity As Democrats In 'Panic Mode' How have America's universities become hotbeds of rabid Islamist rhetoric, foaming-at-the-mouth Jew-hate, and flat-out anti-American insanity? Abigail Shrier: There Are Two Sets of Rules for Speech. Frat parties with offensive themes are swiftly punished. But publicly contemplate murdering Zionists? That’s a different story. The Biden Administration Ever More Delusional On Energy Thursday, May 2. 2024Doing the pilot thingIs walking good for fitness?Of course it's good to walk a lot. Swimming is good too. If general mobility is your goal, that's good. Despite the article, I've never heard of anybody who lost fat by doing either of those things. Well, maybe if you decide to give a month to hiking the Appalachian trail you will lose fat. I sort of admire, or envy, people who do not think about their fitness. Nope. Unless feeble, walks are recreation and not "exercise."
Thursday morning links"Barcelona, then, was a Catalonian Pyongyang: and it is important to recall that Orwell approved of it. At this stage of his development, he was an enthusiastic totalitarian, and the shallowness of his belief that such uniformity was a triumph for freedom and equality is rather startling in a man who, a very few years later, was to be the greatest literary scourge of totalitarianism in the world."
"It seems like you're saying, 'we want to be revolutionaries, we want to take over this building, now would you please bring us some food'." Columbia protestors throw world's biggest toddler tantrum when the cops show up New York's Finest Clear Out Columbia Rat's Nest in Record Time 'Free Palestine' Brownshirts Need a Heavy Dose of Consequences Since When Does Criminal Law Not Apply to College Campus Protests? UCLA Pro-Hamas Mob Issue List of Demands, Including Zip Ties and Gas Masks. At a press conference, they also demanded UCLA divest, disclose, and abolish policing. DeSantis Takes Down Reporter Who Accuses Him of Crushing Campus Protests Columbia Classmates Call for Intifada. I Just Want to Attend College. Nancy Pelosi Has a Meltdown After MSNBC Challenges Her Talking Points Trapped by court case, Trump turns Big Apple into his political playground The children protesting on American campuses are making incoherent noises in order to attract more attention to their riotous behavior, and thus, to obscure the fact that they are really trying to mask Palestinian shame. Wednesday, May 1. 2024Wednesday morning linksThe Wolves in Colorado AI and the End of the Human Writer - If a computer can write like a person, what does that say about the nature of our own creativity? Here's What Happened When a Mom of a 'Trans' Student Tried Scolding a Teacher for 'Misgendering' Her Kid New York City to pay over $2 million settlement for discrimination against white educators Surprise, Surprise: Pro-Hamas Agitators on Campus Have a New 'Demand' The NYPD Comes for Columbia’s Occupation. Plus. . . University of Florida "Is Not a Day Care" - There Are Consequences for Protests Related: Protesters wanted free food "... campus riots like the ones at Columbia could be a disaster for the Democratic Party. That is what happened in the late 60s. Voters hate these childish and destructive outbursts. " Stuart's Wednesday Miscellany "There Is No Crime": Dershowitz Says Bragg’s Case Against Trump Will Fail NATO Chief Confirms Ukraine Will Become a Member of NATO — Pushing US Closer to Nuclear War with Russia Why? What 10 Years Of US Meddling In Ukraine Have Wrought Why Is Israel Singled Out As The Uniquely Hated State? Tuesday, April 30. 202425 Lies: Exposing Democrats' Most Dangerous, Seductive, Damnable, Destructive Lies...Tuesday morning linksLosing Face, Cosmetically 'Chestfeeding' And Other Transgender Terms Banned In NHS By UK Government Things Worth Remembering: Allan Bloom on the ‘Charmed Years’ of College Glenn Reynolds: Notes on the Asylum Where I Was Raised. In which I visit the Harvard protests, among other things Will Gen-Z cancel America? It Took Ten Years For Powerful People To See That Leftism Has Crossed A Red Line There’s a kind of racism embedded in DEI. Too many programs describe ‘the Black experience’ in confining ways. Instead, we can achieve true diversity without erasing individuality. The Tech Bros Who Banned Politics from the Office. Plus. . .The NYT vs. Joe Biden. Frank Bruni on why everyone became a complainer. Columbia tries—and fails—to close the encampment. And more. The West's pathetic appeasement of Islamist extremists: For 33 years, my friend Salman Rushdie has shown incredible bravery. But the denial and delusion of Western apologists has only allowed fundamentalism to flourish, writes AYAAN HIRSI ALI What really went down on Columbia campus as protest deadlines loomed — and passed — is shameful Columbia Begins Suspensions After Demonstrators Ignore 2PM Deadline The Travesties of the Trump Trials - Tragically for the country, to stop this left-wing madness, the Trump travesties may not be the end, but the beginning of precisely what the Founders feared. Bragg’s Trump Trial Refutes Case Against Immunity. As the Manhattan DA's case implodes, the Supremes warn of prosecutorial abuse against ex-presidents. Four out of five Americans favor Israel over Hamas, most back Rafah operation: poll Monday, April 29. 2024Censorship in scienceMonday morning linksWhat Was Courtly Love? Thinking about the great Roger Scruton Tales From an Attic - Suitcases once belonging to residents of a New York State mental hospital tell the stories of long-forgotten lives Napa Valley's world famous wineries revolt against 'abusive' bureaucrats who have stopped them planting trees, making jam and... making too much wine How to Criticize with Kindness - “Just how charitable are you supposed to be when criticizing the views of an opponent?” " Given the world that the left is trying to produce, Israel is now a reproach. A pro-American nation, where people are proud of what they built, where citizens are willing to fight to defend their land-- this refutes all of the most sacred beliefs of the American academy." Scotland’s Far-Left, Anti-White First Minister Humza Yousaf to Resign After Just One Year in Office Dear Idiot Protestors How anti-Semitism became a virtue on American campuses Columbia students celebrate as school officials promise no lockdown or evictions over anti-Israeli protests College Occupations, Frightened Police, and Not a Consequence in Sight "Explain To Me Why We Don't Have The Right To Exist?" – Eva Vlaardingerbroek Warns Whites Against Massive Demographic Changes In Their Native Countries It's not color - it's culture Islamist group slams democratic values, rallies thousands in Germany Sunday, April 28. 2024From today's LectionaryJohn 15:1-8 15:1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. 15:2 He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. 15:3 You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. 15:4 Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. 15:5 I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. 15:6 Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 15:7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 15:8 My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples. Saturday, April 27. 2024The consequences of DEI
My doctor's nutritionDo you hate getting your "physicals"? You have to discuss your life in detail, and expose your physical condition. Yes, they like to be Psychiatrists too if they are smart. I will submit to it every two years or so. One problem is that they always find something to look into even if it doesn't matter. But sometimes it really does... You do not want to end up like my brother-in-law who I thought was the fittest guy in the family. My doctor is a gym rat - more so than I am - and about 50% grey haired. Looks awesome, and I do not. My fasting glucose was a bit high, so he asked me about my food habits. I told him that, normally, I have 2 coffees for breakfast. He said he was the same. I told him that lunch makes me sleepy, so I usually only have a banana except on weekends. He said he was the same. He asked me what I had for supper last night. I said Thai take out. Cashew Beef I think, which I shared with Mrs. I told him my appreciation for beer and wine. He thought that was fine. Then we discussed my blessed Ambien for sleep, especially on planes. He thought that was good, and gave me five refills. I told him that low-dose Doxepin works, but produces too many bad dreams for me. Yeah, I have to recheck my glucose.
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Dickey Betts, 9 years agoRare Common Sense on Israel, and on lifeSaturday morning linksIowa State to close DEI office, eliminate five positions DEI Was Supposed to Help People Like Me. It Didn’t. My bosses wanted my Caribbean face at diversity training sessions. What they didn’t want were my actual viewpoints. UCLA Students Forced To Take Mandatory 'Fat Positivity' Class Stuart's Saturday Miscellany 'there have been reports that many of the students at the big Columbia Camp-In are just there because it is cool to shout slogans, wave flags, and wear keffiyehs. You know, cuz it's counter-cultural and cutting edge and stuff.' George Soros is paying student radicals who are fueling nationwide explosion of Israel-hating protests Shadow financiers of ‘spontaneous’ student campus protests Texas Shows How to Prevent a Campus Takeover Trailer for Oct 7 documentary: Screams before Silence
Friday, April 26. 2024A pilot's lifeFriday morning linksCashless Society: WEF Boasts That 98% Of Central Banks Are Adopting CBDCs " Turns out that living in near-Utopia has the worst possible effect: you decide to strive for a different Utopia altogether." Feminism has left middle-aged women like me single, childless and depressed A Principal Was Removed, Faced Threats for Making Racist Comments. There's Just One, Major Problem. A Culture of Grievance Thomas Jefferson High School Drops Out of Top Ten Nationwide After Adopting “Equity” Admissions Policy - “TJ for the first time dropped out of the top 10 of the US News list of top US high schools, falling from being number 1 2020-2022, to 5 in 2023, to now 14 in 2024” TGIF: Four More Years, Pause - Australia wants to jail Elon. Women tie their tubes. Mike Johnson is sticking around. Plus: China might not have been honest about the pandemic. ‘Social manias die quietly’. Lionel Shriver on why elites are rarely held accountable for their most damaging mistakes. Columbia's Tiananmen Square Ivy League grads risk losing prized jobs for schools allowing antisemitic protests to fester: Wall Street honchos Communist Coachella at Columbia. Plus. . . BIG PICTURE – Judge Cannon Unseals and Un-redacts Trump Legal Motion that Exposes DOJ Fraudulent Case Against Him TRUMP IN THE SUPREME COURT Biden is Trying to Make Trump the Nelson Mandela of America The fantasy of open borders Mass migration will only lead to more suffering IDF: The Rafah Op Will Come -- Very Soon In First, 17 Nations Release Joint Statement Demanding Hamas Release All Hostages Iran's Nightmares Thursday, April 25. 2024Another Maggie's Scientificalistical Survey: NecktiesAs an old-time fuddy-duddy I guess, I have always thought these were the only things in a man's wardrobe that would provide some color or interest. JFK helped eliminate mens' hats by never wearing them, but hats were already going out at the time. Now we're at baseball caps instead of fedoras. What about our male readers? Women love scarves, and a tie is sort-of the same idea. Nice private schools - and charter schools, still require semi-formal dress or uniforms. It works, from the outside in. I am reposting this qestion because, as in church generally, I wore a tie at my father-in-law's funeral service a few weeks ago with my new dark blue suit. I'd guess half of the guys wore a tie. Very few guys wore a suit. How often do you guys put on a tie? Church, work, theater, nice restaurant, weddings, funerals, etc?
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Bad math, and running out of gasThursday morning linksFour Thousand Years of Egyptian Women Pictured Scientific American Claims It Is "Misinformation" That There Are Just Two Sexes Why transgender madness is so rampant in Sweden Scientists Sign Declaration Proclaiming Fish, Lobsters, Octopi, and Insects Have “Consciousness” BBC rejoices as Britain commits economic suicide in pursuit of Net Zero The Impossible Heat Wave Era is Upon Us Not where I live Could EVs Compete In A True Free Market? Stifling Free Speech Online: Australia’s Misinformation Bill - Every censorship regime in history has claimed to be protecting the public. But no regime can have prior knowledge of what is true or good. It can only know what the approved narratives are. Aussie Senator Says Elon Musk Should "Be In Jail And The Key Be Thrown Away" This is not your 1992 Democrat Party Migrants Gone Wild On Streets Of Midtown Manhattan They Aren’t Hiding it Anymore, Biden Wants Mass Amnesty Before Election Patriots Owner Robert Kraft Yanks Support From Columbia University Over Antisemitism Columbia University's Pro-Hamas Activists Vow to Defend Camp Against Police Action NYPD chief swarmed by anti-Israel protesters and berated while seeking shelter in NYU building The United Nations Is Still Worthless Wednesday, April 24. 2024Camembert vs. BrieNeither is terrible, but both kinda bland for my taste. Baked Brie is a very good dessert. (As usual, I do not support the idea of cheese as an appetizer. Why eat a filling savory thing before a good hunk of meat or a stew? )
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