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Wednesday, April 24. 2019Strong arms, and "curls for the girls"
Well, all guys want strong arms for either signaling or functional purposes, but curls are not the most sensible way to approach strength: they are more about hypertrophy. We prefer compound exercises over single-muscle exercises. More time-efficient. After all, the hands are connected with the arms, the arms to the shoulder, and the shoulder to chest and back. I'll assume that few of our readers are Body Builders who focus mainly on the size and definition of muscles, but are, rather, regular, function-oriented fitness people. What about the ladies? All of our exercises are valuable to ladies' fitness, but ladies can not develop bulging muscles under ordinary circumstances. Big muscles do not equate with strength. However, we do single-muscle-group exercises as accessory exertions when there is time for them. Thus hand and forearm exercises, calf exercises, upper arm exercises, leg raises and leg contractions, etc. Let's list both focused and compound exercises which can build stronger arms while mostly stressing other muscle groups at the same time: - Pullups and cable pull-downs (biceps, forearms, back) NB: Sometimes you will see a guy in the gym with muscles bulging all over the place. That guy is juicing. A bad fitness plan.
Wednesday morning links
Bless this gender neutral ship and all who sail in... it: Scottish Maritime Museum stops centuries old tradition of referring to vessels as ´she´ and ´her´ Whose past is more racist: Kate Smith's or the New York Yankees'? Ban the Yankees! LOS ANGELES NUMBERS SHOW 'HOMELESSNESS' IS REALLY A SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL ILLNESS PROBLEM Duh After 20 Years of Reform, Are America’s Schools Better Off? NY's global warming hypocrisy, from the lowly random student to the mayor himself Brothers sue Jussie Smollett over 'staged attack' as prosecutor receives death threats for dropping charges WaPo Slams the 'Far-Right' for Saying Christians Were Under Attack in Sri Lanka What is "far right"? Give Elizabeth Warren a BS Degree in Vote Buying For Her ‘Free’ College Plan Lindsey Graham tells Trump to 'expect impeachment proceedings' - But the end result of the proceedings, he predicted, would be Mr Trump’s re-election in 2020 Tuesday, April 23. 2019Rotary Snow Plow, Sierra Nevada mountainsA bit late for snow season, but this machine is cool
Eleanor Powell (1941)Gershwin's "Fascinatin' Rhythm" - Eleanor Powell from "Lady Be Good" (1941)
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Earth DayLike YaleLike Yale, Middlebury College is terrifying its students with diverse points of view on life. In this case, a Polish member of the European Parliament. At least the brave administration promises never to do such a frightening thing again. Tuesday morning links, delivered late I am a ham sandwich, so there you go Ladies: Your business trip packing list Williamson: eliminate government student loans PLATFORMS WANT CENTRALIZED CENSORSHIP. THAT SHOULD SCARE YOU In the 5G race, competition policy now vies with industrial and security policy Mayor of NYC: No skyscrapers De Blasio: NYC's 'Green New Deal' Includes Ban on Steel, Glass Skyscrapers Let's make them out of wood The Soho Forum Global Warming Debate, And The Impact Of Scientific Arguments Ending climate change requires the end of capitalism. Have we got the stomach for it? Nuke power will make it all moot Colleges gone insane, more Dems Struggle To Out-Liberal Each Other At CNN Town Halls Free everything, paid for by the rich. Why didn't I think of that? FBI Admits Hillary Clinton Emails Found in Obama White House – In the Executive Office of the President Let's Investigate For "Obstruction Of Justice" Every Prosecutor Who Has Ever Declined A Prosecution VDH: Russian ‘Collusion’s’ Greatest Hits Mueller report: Donald Trump collusion conspiracy theories are now exposed. Will they end After two years of mass hysteria afflicting a huge portion of our political class, the cognitive dissonance after the Mueller report is painful. Mueller report contains claim Russia taped Bill Clinton having phone sex with Monica Lewinsky NYT: Steele Dossier May Have Contained Anti-Trump Disinformation Fed to Democrats By...The Russians WATCH How Democrat Adam Schiff Responds When Asked About Steele Dossier Being 'Russian Disinformation' NY Times Columnist: “National Disgrace” Trump’s Not In Prison… But she never says why The Father of Neoconservatism, Norman Podhoretz, On Trump and NeverTrump Says Trump is blue collar like him KLAVAN: Mueller Report Shows Trump's Better Than His Adversaries The Collusion Dream Is Dead But The Conspiracy Lives On. Our political, intelligence, and media elites sold us this crazy story and promised the American people the proof that never came. Jim Kunstler: The RussiaGate Fiasco Is Only Half Over U.S., India Warned Sri Lanka Weeks Before Easter Terror Attacks. Investigators focus on obscure radical Islamist group known as National Thowheeth Jamath after bombings kill more than 300 The Great “Easter Worshipper” Controversy Denmark’s Blaspheming Mother Server back up
We've been down for hours. We'll get back on track...
Monday, April 22. 2019Warren is Back, and 'Better' Than EverIn light of Elizabeth's massive giveaway to the irresponsible and unaccountable, I thought this piece was particularly good. I do the right thing, I get bupkus. Make your kid irresponsible, unaccountable, and let him/her/it/whatever-is-popular-now study Transgendered Poets of the 18th Century from Madagascar, and you'll have $1 Trillion in debt accumulate, with an entire generation incapable of being able to pay it back or understand what they did wrong. All you'll hear is "It's NOT FAIR!!!" Let's not forget the MSM is saying "It's good for the economy!" No, it's not. It's good for a few people who are lazy and shiftless. It would damage the economy severely. The entire Democratic Party has gone full-on Leftist, and is more dangerous than ever. Once there was a time worth considering voting for a Democrat. That was probably not more than 20-30 years ago. There are no worthwhile people in the Democratic Party. Not saying I'm fond of the Republicans, either. At least they show a veneer of accountability. The Democrat plan to overthrow an election, and other fun things
Fun ideas from Scott today: - Gen 4 nuclear power is the only option for everything. Why are people anti-science? - President Trump’s Tweet about impeachment when the OTHER SIDE committed the crimes, colluded with Russia, and attempted to overthrow the government - We are living in the best time ever in human history. We have the best of everything right now. Only the media tries to bring us down to sell us their ads or, in the case of NPR, to sell us their frowns about everything. - So, a cool idea for happiness: Go on a news diet. No newspapers, no tv news. Most news is wrong. Your life will be the same, or better because life is good these days. - The desire for "fairness" in life is infantile kindergarten thinking. The most anybody can wish for is rules that apply to everybody. The whole point of competition is unfairness in ability. He likes trannies playing on girls' teams.
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Teacher TrainingMonday morning links
As I see it, grits are the Southern mashed potatoes. I love both. However, grits were not always just southern. The northern Indians made it and taught the colonists. After all, Indian Pudding is just molasses-flavored grits. Scott Adams' new girlfriend Gary Taube's new book: Why We Get Fat Does eating too much have anything to do with it? TWO WAYS OF LOOKING AT THE “ACHIEVEMENT GAP” Rampant racism in the Ivy League: Columbia Elizabeth Holmes and Harvard Medical School Board of Fellows—a cautionary tale Yankees’ ban of Kate Smith’s ‘God Bless America’ is a new PC low Sheesh, that is nuts. At least they are keeping Cotton-Eye Joe - I hope Actress Emma Thompson Flies 5,400 Miles To Give Speech On Climate Change, Rails Against ‘Hypocrisy’
The NYT thought that "Edelweiss" was a Nazi song Central American migrants wearing out their welcome in several Mexican towns Federalist Editor: The Mueller Team Was Desperate To Prove Trump-Russia Collusion...And Found Nothing NY Times: Say, This Steele Dossier Appears To Be False (And Maybe Was A Russian Disinformation Effort) NYT: The Tables Have Turned -- Time To Investigate The FBI, Steele And The Rest Of The 'Witch Hunters' NYT: NOT CRAZY, JUST TWO YEARS LATE
THE MUELLER REPORT REDUCES A COLLUSION TO A CHARACTER ATTACK Or, doubling down from collusion/traitor to obstruction Impeachment? Not so fast without missing element of criminal intent How is being publicly pissed off about people trying to undermine your job "obstruction"? How much of Europe does China own? Sunday, April 21. 2019"They fled from the tomb..."
Why bother rebuilding? Williamson on Notre Dame.
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Easter Shrimp: Life on a Greenland-based shrimp factory shipFunny thingSaturday, April 20. 2019Making Middlebury safe for speakers: A modest proposalLukla (Nepal) airport, early morning shuttle from/to KatmanduDershowitz on Mueller
Alan Dershowitz: Who won, who lost in Mueller report
He begins standing in front of Notre Dame
Included in this section are Vikings, Celts, Christian history, how the cross became a Christian symbol around the year 1000, the Moslem invasions of Europe, Charlemagne, and art. Years ago, we traveled to Skellig Michael partly inspired by Clark. A commenter says "I shudder to imagine what a 2017 remake of a series about Western Civilisation would be like."
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The Mueller report and mental illnessTwo years of investigating to the molecular level, and no malfeasance found. So who is delusional? Scott Adams (not a Trumpster) discusses in a humorous way.
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Saturday morning links Places with too many elephants and too many lions By dissing Nuclear Power, the left has made themselves vulnerable on climate change NPR Admits Plastic Bag Bans Pointless, Paper & Cloth Totes Worse For Environment In Wisconsin, School Choice Has Unexpected Benefits Bernie to Americans: Pull Yourself up by Your Bootstraps! President Trump should thank the attorney general he forced out Mueller's done, and Dems should be too — because Trump is no Nixon Byron York: Mueller, Trump, & "Two Years Of Bullshit" Top 5 Media Meltdowns Over Mueller Report - “These people are beyond parody.” HOW’S THE COVER-UP GOING? Obstruction Is The New Collusion Morning Joe sure hates Trump Mueller's report looks bad for Obama The Special Counsel’s Constitutional Analysis Chinese State Media Reveals Mysterious Hypersonic Aircraft RecessFriday, April 19. 2019VDH: The hunters are going to be hunted - Yes, it is brilliant analysisOur national nightmare is over
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