Sunday, November 3. 2019
"On Sunday, I’ll run the New York City Marathon at age 65, having trained on a strict diet of edamame and mixed vegetables.
O.K., I didn’t eat a ton of these foods. I iced my knees with packs of them..."
Isaiah 1:10-18
1:10 Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
1:11 What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the LORD; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of goats.
1:12 When you come to appear before me, who asked this from your hand? Trample my courts no more;
1:13 bringing offerings is futile; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and sabbath and calling of convocation-- I cannot endure solemn assemblies with iniquity.
1:14 Your new moons and your appointed festivals my soul hates; they have become a burden to me, I am weary of bearing them.
1:15 When you stretch out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.
1:16 Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil,
1:17 learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow.
1:18 Come now, let us argue it out, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be like snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
Busy, cold night at Stonehenge as they move the rocks back an hour
Saturday, November 2. 2019
Why Hard Belly Fat Is More Dangerous Than Soft Fat
People always say "Diet and Exercise." Unless you hike 10 miles daily, or work out 2 hrs/day, I just say "Nutrition" to lose bad fat. Not "diet," "nutrition" because diets fail but appropriate nutrition is a way of life. Just enough of pretty good things for the fitness you want. That article more or less says the same thing.
Daily exercise is great for fitness, but not for fat. The bonus is that the less fat you are carrying, the better your exercise and activity endurance.
That's enough annoying preaching for today.
 Many, like Van Gogh, felt he was a magician but in his lifetime his work became unpopular and less profitable, he made some bad investments, and died in poverty.
It seems that what we value most about Rembrandt today are his portraits, but he did all sorts of work in all sorts of styles. The 17th C Dutch art show at the Met Museum now was interesting to me for a few reasons.
One was that Rembrandt was an outlier in much of his work. Baroque, and humorous/bawdy, were popular, money-making styles of his time. Franz Hals, for example. Also, landscapes of rich guys' estates.
Also interesting to me that this was going on during the time when the Pilgrims were in Holland, or planning to leave to New Amsterdam (but accidentally ended up in Cape Cod). Pilgrim clothing was conservative Dutch Reform dress.
My photo of one of Rembrandt's many self portraits. He was 55 at this time. He often used himself and his family as models.
A repost from a past November -
A great hunt this morning at a pal's rod and gun club. Heavy snow flurries and a stiff breeze made things interesting. Had two good Labs working for us today. Had to break the ice in their water tubs. Being Labs, naturally one insisted on climbing into the water tub to play with the floating hunks of ice and was not eager to come out.
Before a late lunch we had some venison sausage and I fixed myself a Clamato Bloody Mary while we cleaned and oiled our weapons. For lunch, they made us rare roast beef with Onion Pie, with a nice Chateau Simard '86 (Simard remains an excellent wine for the price). I do not know whether it was just the effect of a long cold day in the field, but this onion pie was about the tastiest, most savory thing I have ever eaten. The cook made it with a plain white-cracker piecrust and maybe sprinkled cracker crumbs over the top. This pie is to a kiche as a Grizzly Bear is to a Teddy Bear. Rice Pudding for dessert, of course: what else would you serve at an old-fashioned guy's club where women are not allowed?
As my friends know all too well, it's great to have somebody else to drive so I can indulge a post-prandial, post-hunt snoring snooze. I do not know why my friends put up with me.
1 unbaked pie shell - try a plain cracker crumb crust
2 or 3 very large white onions, thinly sliced
2 tbsp. butter
1/2 lb. Swiss cheese cut into 1/2" or 1" chunks
1 tbsp. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
3 eggs
1 c. milk or light cream
1/8 tsp. pepper
Prepare unbaked pie shell. Start heating oven to 400 degrees. Saute onions in butter and dump into pie shell. Toss the cheese with flour, sprinkle over onions. Beat eggs well. Stir in milk or cream, salt and pepper. Pour over cheese. Sprinkle crack crumbs on top. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. Then reduce oven heat to 300 degrees and bake 25 minutes longer or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Serve hot, in wedges.
That is soul food with a rare roast beef. Might be a good treat for a holday, too, as an alternative to creamed baby onions (which I also love).
Image is Currier and Ives' Autumn
Kimball: A genuinely transgressive act - On the dedication of Christ Chapel at Hillsdale College.
Stunningly beautiful
Left-Wing Racial Grievance Merchants Want to Ban Honors Classes in Schools, Claiming They Only Promote "White Supremacy"
America's religion of anti-racism reaches peak absurdity
Clinical insanity isn’t just a fashionable option anymore. It is becoming mandatory.
The Electric Car Fantasy - Senator Chuck Schumer’s ambitious proposal bucks basic economics—and science.
Huge October Payrolls Beat: 128K Jobs Added As Black Unemployment Rate Hits All Time Low
New York Times: Airing National Anthem On TV Could Trigger Viewers Who Hear ‘Political Overtones’
Tomi Lahren responds to left-wing backlash over her AOC Halloween costume: 'Calm down'
California's Prop 47 leads to rise in shoplifting, thefts, criminal activity across state
WAKE UP, IDIOTS! 453,000 New Yorkers Fled the State Last Year — And Now Trump!… And Cuomo and De Blasio CRACK JOKES?
Aaron Sorkin, Who Built His Career on Making Up Stuff About Politics, Claims Free Speech "Assaults Truth"
Biden: IT’S DEFINITELY TIME TO END THE WAR IN VIETNAM
Former CIA Director On Trump Impeachment: ‘Thank God For The Deep State’
A stunning confession from a Deep State member subverting the constitutional republic
Suspected ‘Whistleblower’ Ciaramella May Be CIA Spy Planted in Trump White House Identified as “Charlie” in Strzok and Page Texts
Military Official Who Worked with Top Schiff Witness Alex Vindman Reprimanded Him for Inappropriate and Partisan Behavior in Military
Andrew McCarthy: Trump impeachment inquiry's sneaky next chapter – Get ready for THIS
Finland Has a Sports Screw Loose - Swamp soccer. Wife carrying. Phone throwing. The country used to be formidable in traditional sports, but has pivoted hard to the bizarre side of competition.
2020 Dems Stand With J Street, Hamas and ISIS Against Israel - Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders declare war on the Jewish State.
Trump Admin Considers Adding More Nations To So-Called Travel Ban
Autumn morning at ye olde HQ
Friday, November 1. 2019
At Quillette:
It strikes me as ironic that in a realm like education, the lesson America’s scholastic visionaries never seem to learn is also the most simple lesson of all—that education should be about educating. Theorists persist in reinventing the wheel, sometimes with good intentions and sometimes in the service of agendas that are rather less defensible and/or wholesome than those publicly stated. Such is the case with the hottest currency to emerge from the pointy-headed precincts of pedagogical theory: social-emotional learning, or SEL...
Brief article here.
Never forget that pain relief is one of the miracles of modern medical practice.
"Trump is so bad, he's good."
David Stockman
 Vladimir Bukovsky, hero of freedom
In-law issues are normal: Prince Harry, Meghan reportedly have confrontation with Queen
The Weird Psychological Theory behind Gym Class
CNN: Asthma Sufferers Need To Change Their Medicine To Stop ‘Climate Change’
The Female Sexual Predator
It’s Not Climate Change To Blame For California’s Fires And Blackouts. It’s Democrats - Thanks to Democrats, California’s large and heavily regulated public utilities prioritize wind and solar power, leaving little for powerline maintenance and upgrades.
The ‘Farm Workforce Modernization Act’
How 'mattress girl' changed her mind
End the Failed Renewable Fuel Standard Experiment - Why Congress should abolish the ethanol mandate.
UMich nixes 'Bias Response Teams' amid free speech lawsuit
CITIZENS OF NOWHERE
Results Are In: Common Core Is Making American Kids Dumber
California is nearing the logical limits of progressive adventurism in policy and politics.
The Chicago Teacher Union vs. Charter Schools
Trump Judicial Pick Breaks Down in Tears Over Horrible Far Left Smears During Hearing
Evil
Former Time Editor Wants Hate-Speech Laws, Thinks Trump ‘Might’ Violate Them, and Misses the Irony
Trump Tweets Meme About Hero Dog, Journos Lose Minds.
Trump is a master troller. Funny, too
UPDATES ON THE IMPEACHMENT FARCE
The Adam Schiff Empowerment Act
House Impeachment Resolution Authorizes Fishing Expedition Probes that Go Far Beyond Ukraine
Impeachment Has Been Their Plan All Along
Anti-Trump Media Is Waging Psychological Warfare Against the American People
The Deep State Isn’t a Conspiracy, It’s a Revolution
NSC Official Tim Morrison To Schiff: ‘I Was Not Concerned That Anything Illegal Was Discussed’ In Trump-Ukraine Phone Call
Adam Schiff Coached Alexander Vindman Throughout Impeachment Testimony
Who could be in Durham’s investigative crosshairs? Obama-era figures have reason to sweat
Whistleblower Eric Ciaramella: Is this the best they've got?
Marxism Never Dies in Chile - Ongoing demonstrations have good cause, but the South American country needs more “neoliberalism”—not less.
Thursday, October 31. 2019
 It's easy. They do need plenty of salt.
 About an influential book nobody reads anymore: The Columbian Orator
Motorcyclist Who Identifies As Bicyclist Sets Cycling World Record
Dave Chappelle Blows Raspberry at Political Correctness - "And I'm sorry if I hurt anybody. Etc., etc. Yada, yada, yada. Everything I'm supposed to say."
Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappelle and more comedians weigh in, bluntly, on 'cancel culture'
Obama: ‘Cancel Culture’ Is Canceled
Pro-Palestinian college group is 'main driver of Jew-hatred on campus,' study suggests
Title IX Has Spawned a Dangerous, Totalitarian Bureaucracy
Can The Government Really Limit Marriage To Two People?
California Burning
I blame it on fire suppression
So do the experts
But Jerry Brown blames Trump for the fires
California Has the Nation's Worst Poverty Rate, New Census Data Shows
Border apprehensions increase by 500,000 from 2018 to 2019
Elizabeth Warren Pledges To Crack Down On School Choice, Despite Sending Her Own Son To Elite Private School
Hillary Clinton Paid to Have Her Personal Conspiracy Theory Made Into Official US National Security Policy, and The Entire Nation Has Been Forced to Live Inside the Sick Imaginings of a Paranoiac for Three Years
Nikki Haley Goes After The Deep State During AEI Event In DC
Speaking of which, Anti-Trump Whistleblower’s Identity Revealed – Worked for Susan Rice, Obama, Also Helped Initiate the Russia Collusion Hoax Investigation!
Brokaw To Mitchell: House Dems Don’t Really Have “The Goods” On Trump, Do They?
Trump’s praise for the dog that helped capture al Baghdadi was a psy-ops classic
Would Baghdadi be alive if Biden was president? As VP, he opposed raid that killed bin Laden
Prof: Trump ‘mentally impaired,’ experiencing ‘early onset dementia' as 'obese male’
Wednesday, October 30. 2019
 From 1998, Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World.
A delightful read.
A baked or broiled chunk of Cod is a good test of a fine kitchen. Sad to say, Cod have been overfished to the extent that their historic populations may never be seen again - and I mean both the European and the western Atlantic populations.
Same issue with Haddock. Not sure I can tell the difference on a plate but a good Cod has thick flakes.
What about Fish 'n Chips? That means Cod or Haddock. For me, it has to be done right which means crispy but succulent, almost undercooked and fairly thick inside. It's easy to find terrible Fish 'n Chips and I have found lots of them. Worst ones in the UK, best one ever on the dock on Block Island. Malt vinegar, and beer are right with it.
What is life like for people like Kayla Mueller's parents to know that their daughter was abducted, kept as a sex slave by al-Baghdadi until he tired of her, then tortured including having her nails pulled out, and then beheaded?
I have spent many hours with parents whose children have had tragic experiences, catastrophic lives, or met tragic ends. Life must go on, but the mental images and the agony that accompanies them can never be erased.
A vale of tears. People like me can sometimes offer no relief, only companionship in suffering.
 Photo from NYC: Behold, The Soul-Stirring Peregrine Falcon Who Watches Over Us All
He's not dead, just resting
Your Halloween Decorations Are Bad For ‘Climate Change’ Or Something
'Cultural appropriation is cultural genocide,’ says Mo. school’s costume workshop
So my ravioli destroys Italian culture?
Vladimir Bukovsky (1942 - 2019)
1776, not 1619 - America’s Founding was not defined by slavery and white supremacy—quite the contrary.
'Your Past Is Terrible, and Your Future Is Terrible': What the Left Tells Young Americans
Bankers Fleeing New York
"The most knowledgable conservationists I’ve known were all hunters, quite unlike know-it-all urban hipster “environmentalists.”
The first guy I hunted ducks with was the founder of our local Audubon Society
Elderly Vet Has Guns Seized After Criticizing School Resource Officer For Allegedly Leaving His Post
The Export-Import Bank Shuffles Forward — Like a Zombie
Get rid of it. Crony capitalism
US detains record 76,000 minors traveling alone in 2019
It's incomprehensible. Parents send them?
Kanye West Claims Democrats Have ‘Brainwashed’ Blacks
Kanye West’s Conversion Could Be a Cultural Wrecking Ball
EX-BILL CLINTON ADVISER PREDICTS HILLARY WILL RUN IN 2020 IF BIDEN DROPS OUT: SHE THINKS 'GOD PUT HER ON EARTH' TO BE PRESIDENT
U.S. Recovered Valuable Intelligence In Baghdadi Raid
The left stumbles all over itself to praise al-Baghdadi
Sick and getting sicker. But I don't care about ISIS any more. Let the Syrians, Turks, and Russians grapple with them. Not my problem.
Adam Schiff Accused of Witness Tampering in 'Soviet-Style' Impeachment Inquiry
Dan Crenshaw challenges entire premise of Ukraine impeachment efforts
He is right. Crenshaw is a good one, also, Matt Gaetz. Both potential presidential material.
The Bell Is About to Toll - The real malefactors of election interference are soon to be exposed.
Maybe
“I’ll agree to let you outlaw hate speech if you agree to let me define hate speech.”
NYT Writer Finally Admits It Feels Good To Hate Trump
Hate is fun, especially when it's self-righteous
Why the 'Woke' Corporations Back China
Tuesday, October 29. 2019
A parent wants their child to exceed the parent in life. I felt I'd succeeded on October 12 at the annual banquet of the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation , the "the Nation's oldest and largest provider of need-based scholarship to military children. Their funding is provided by private supporters, including individuals, corporations, and other nonprofit foundations. The organization's mission is to "Honor Marines by Educating Their Children." "
My son Jason, and I, were invited as speakers about what the mission and generosity of the scholarships mean to us and to all the other Marines and their children among the 2300 awarded each year. I'm a pretty good and rousing speaker. Jason from his heart thanked the Foundation and me for the lessons of honor, commitment, courage instilled in him, and the importance of passing it on. Jason 's speech was better than mine. I felt I'd succeeded in his upbringing, and he'd exceeded me.
One of the strong supporters of the Foundation is David McCallum, star of Man From Uncle, NCIS, and a long career of performances. He is a very kind and pleasant man. In his speech he said the proudest moment of his life was becoming a US citizen. His lovely and gracious wife's father served in the Marine Corps at Iwo Jima and her brother lost his life in Vietnam.
Please reach in your pocket or ask your employer to contribute to the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation. The Marine Corps motto, Semper Fidelis, Always Faithful, also applies to always being faithful to passing it on to the next generations to keep America strong.
Described as "less literary, more literal." The New Jerusalem Bible
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