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Monday, December 2. 2024Addendum to morning links
Chris Wallace was the only person who said "Let's see..." If they could, most people would pardon a beloved sociopathic kid if they could. Ummm, what about Joe's millions from Ukraine? Anyway, what do these talking heads say today? Monday morning linksKrazy Kovid koping Krazy Child Psychiatrist Connecticut mansion engulfed in flames on Thanksgiving as residents fried turkey inside garage Darwin's law “Climate Change”: What Can’t It Do? VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Universities Have A 2025 Rendezvous With Reality A conservative at the Los Angeles Times! Are Liberals Raising the White Flag on Immigration? Guy feels relieved and relaxed with election over The Real Insurrectionists: The Federal Workforce Nobody’s buying the left's hate hoaxes The Economist Changes Tune on Javier Milei: Actions Deserve ‘to be Watched Closely Around the World’ Trudeau promised Trump tougher border controls, says top Canada official British Prime Minister Admits Mass Migration to U.K. ‘Happened by Design’ Xi Jinping Doesn’t Have an Answer for China’s Demographic Crisis. A call for a “high-quality population” ignores the country’s real problems. Sunday, December 1. 2024From today's LectionaryPsalm 25:1-10 25:1 To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul. 25:2O my God, in you I trust; do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me. 25:3 Do not let those who wait for you be put to shame; let them be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous. 25:4 Make me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths. 25:5 Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all day long. 25:6 Be mindful of your mercy, O LORD, and of your steadfast love, for they have been from of old. 25:7 Do 25:8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. 25:9 He leads the humble in what is right and teaches the humble his way. 25:10 All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his decrees. Saturday, November 30. 2024Turkey HashI wouldn't say that Turkey Hash is delicious, exactly. It is one of those bland, old-timey comfort foods, and it can be breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Here's the recipe from Cooks.com. I think it requires a dollop of leftover cranberry sauce on the side. Saturday morning linksThe Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 Are Teen Girls Suffering From Hysteria? Yale University hosts ‘Transgiving’ Esther Rantzen is wrong about assisted suicide. What of those who might be bullied into euthanasia? Fascism 101: Feds Move on MASSIVE, Budget-Breaking Subsidy for Ozempic, Mounjaro as Pharma Stocks Surge John Kerry hits the circuit to campaign for an official ‘climate emergency’ Climate Cult Now Looking To Indoctrinate Pre-Schoolers Best news of 2024: The collapse of ‘diversity, equity, inclusion’ Saturday Miscellany Peggy Noonan's Downfall Harvard shocker: Voters ‘abandoning’ the Democratic Party Trump has already begun to govern! Former GOP Rep. David Jolly rips Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski for meeting with Trump: ‘You can’t do that’ I’m Pretty F*cking Scared:’ Members of the Censorship Cartel Fear Donald Trump’s Presidency Smirking illegal alien in New York is the poster boy for sanctuary lawlessness Homan is not kidding Trump Nominees Targeted With Bomb Threats As Radical Groups Plan Massive Protests For Inauguration Day Russia Now Recruiting Yemen Fighters For Ukraine War Friday, November 29. 2024The Classic Thanksgiving left-over turkey sandwich, plus turkey stockTurkey Hash is pretty good, and so is turkey soup (for which I am boiling a stock from one of the carcasses right now with water, onions, garlic, celery, parsley, herbs, etc - we fight over the carcasses and bones like jackals), but the main reason people in my family cook so many turkeys at Thanksgivings is for the sandwiches for a few days after. Here's how I make them: White bread Squoosh the sides of bread together, and cut in half with a sharp knife. Then eat with a glass of beer. Delicious. Then take a little nap. How I make turkey stock: Throw into a large stock pot a whole or chopped turkey carcass, leg bones, wings, etc. Not a bad idea to break the bones with a cleaver and/or to roast the carcass first so some of the bones brown. Cover with water. Take a bunch of celery, carrots, onions and garlic. Chop very roughly with skins on - do not peel - and sautee in butter or cooking oil until browned. (The skins add color and flavor) Then toss them into the pot. Add some cut-up raw potatoes, skins on. Throw in some salt, whole peppercorns. Then parsley, thyme, a little sage and marjoram. A little sugar. A bottle of white wine in there is optional. Simmer for 5-8 hours, adding water as needed. Then strain. That's a tasty turkey stock. It's man-cooking. Friday morning linksMr Sammler's prescience - What Saul Bellow's masterpiece tells us about today Bloomberg: American's Thanksgiving Meal Is Destroying the Planet The death of the American museum - The drive to inspire has been overtaken by the gratuitous need to moralize Policing Speech Why Was This Groundbreaking Study on DEI Silenced? Two leading media organizations abruptly shelved coverage of a groundbreaking study that went against their narrative. TGIF: Thankful Edition - Dr. Jill Biden, Kamala’s campaign, and parks. There’s a lot to be grateful for in 2024. Trump and the Academic Cocoon - A New York Times op-ed by a Yale White House reporters "exhausted" Trump taps COVID-censored Stanford professor Jay Bhattacharya to lead NIH, says he will work with RFK Jr. to ‘restore’ agency From 'Fringe' to Mainstream Fauci Still Getting Chauffeur, Security Detail Do We Still Have to Pretend the 2020 Election Was ‘Free and Fair’? What’s the Matter with Democrats? by Walter Samuel
Did Trump Just Solve The Border Crisis: Mexican President "Agreed To Stop Migration Through Mexico" Trump Claims Illegal migrant crime cost $166.5 billion, three times the price of deportation Teachers’ union boss Randi Weingarten reveals how members feel about DOE being potentially abolished: ‘Don’t really care’ 'Hillary 2028' Speculation Rife Good grief. Who did she call? Five Exciting Executive Orders Expected To Immediately Kickstart Trump’s Second Term Thursday, November 28. 2024Thanksgiving hymnThanksgiving - the one real American holiday, a serious holiday, a Christian holiday that non-Christians can easily appreciate, the best holiday of the year. Wednesday, November 27. 2024What is the spice Mace?If you are making pies, you need some mace. It's the dried shell of the nutmeg seed. Making pies?Marc Andreesson is smart. It was a best-seller in 24 languages?Including Pharsee. James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans. It's set during the French and Indian war, which was really a small part of of a much larger war. The Great Books has a 30-min look at the first great American story. The Prof likes the Daniel Day Lewis movie better than the book, despite its changes in the story. You can watch it on Netflix.
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Image from Why Are Urban Turkeys Thriving? John Kerry: People need to behave New Yorker Wonders If NY Can Fight Fascism With ‘Climate Change’ Newsom Cutting Tesla Out of CA's EV Rebate Scheme Regulating Sausages Sheesh Should a Government Help People Die? UK lawmakers have proposed an Government runs doctors in the UK Get police out of the playground. There’s only one solution to hurt feelings NYT & Bloomberg Bury Rutgers Study Showing DEI Makes People Hostile Wednesday Potpourri ‘Devastated’: Classes at Harvard, Penn, Columbia, Swarthmore and others canceled over Trump win What about the R-voting kids? Kamala Campaign Admits Their Entire Operation Was One Billion Dollar Lie Why Didn’t They Riot? How a French Whale Made $85 Million off Trump’s Win. A trader on Polymarket outsmarted the entire polling industry. No he did not. The internal polling was correct Trump Vows to Ban $267M 'Censorship Cartel' World-Renowned Vaccine Scientist: RFK Is Right — Let’s Study Vaccine Risk Factors Tuesday, November 26. 2024An Aussie looks at the American electionSchadenfreude is kinda sinful, isn't it? Tuesday afternoon links Wish you could escape the planet? Too bad life in space would suck College Cheating Epidemic No reason to cheat. If you can't understand it, memorize it. Americans Need $5.3 Million Net Worth To Be Considered Financially Successful: Survey Bullshit Walmart Nukes DEI As Anti-Woke Crusader Robby Starbuck Sends "Shockwaves Across Corporate America" DEI Training Created Perceptions of Prejudice 'Where None Was Present' Too Much Is Never Enough: the Big Lie About Education Spending O’Keefe Media Group: NIH Chief Confesses COVID Health Initiatives Were Scientists Officially Declare End of ‘Climate Emergency’ During Prague Climate Conference Censor the Internet to Save the Planet Top Stanford 'Misinformation Expert' Accused Of Using AI To Fabricate Evidence Amish Volunteers Built 100+ 'Tiny Homes' for Hurricane Victims but Guess What Happened Next... Unaccompanied 2-year-old reveals the horror behind ‘humanitarian’ Biden border policies Watch CNN's Scott Jennings Shut Down a Panel of Libs Whining About First Amendment Freedoms Seismic Shift': Polling Shows Young Voters Love the Trump Transition The Wisdom of NATO entry for Poland and Ukraine Monday, November 25. 2024Monday morning links Nuclear Power Is Already Great. When “nuclear-loving greens” demand COP29 reveals itself as the great fraud it always was California Judge Strips Father of Parental Rights, Greenlights Ex-Wife 'Queer Marxism’ course coming to Cornell University next semester. The course will consider the possible union of queer and Marxist theory. Amherst College students bemoan ‘fascist’ Trump victory, rip U.S. as ‘racist,’ ‘sexist’ U. Minnesota activists still protesting Trump win two weeks after the fact University of Michigan Board of Regents targets DEI office for ‘defunding’ or major changes DEI Cash Cow - The White House’s equity agenda was a boon to consulting firms. Nancy Pelosi’s Daughter Brags About ‘Curing Ballots’ in California as 2 David Mamet: Decline and Fall of America? Not Yet. Trump appears to have broken the codependency of the woke and averted a destructive revolution. How Harris Lost the ‘Weird’ War. Trump’s win signals the end of the left’s control of the mainstream media Matt Taibbi: America's Loss Of Trust In Media Can't Be Fixed Even after a Trump trouncing, the Democrats refuse to learn lessons DNC Official Admits Voters Now View GOP as Party of Working Class, Democrats as Party of Rich Elitists Blinken In Deep Water After State Dept. Hosts Therapy Sessions Post-Trump Win Trump Nominates Scott Bessent for Treasury Secretary. But I thought Trump hates gays? Bessent, CEO of Key Square Group, is openly gay, married, and has two children. Doubling Down Is Progressive DNA: Germany’s Coalition Parties Stick With Unpopular Leaders Former Polish Minister: At Least Half of US Aid Was Laundered by Ukrainians and Much Was Given to Democrats Sunday, November 24. 2024AmusingA good book: North WoodsYou might term it an historical novel but it's not that categorizable. I was impressed that he knew so much about apple cultivation, and that he knew what New England weeds had been carried from Europe. Author Daniel Mason is a Psychiatrist at Stanford but that has nothing to do with this novel.
Indian Pudding: First, peel three medium-sized Indians...In New England, Indian Pudding is as essential a part of Thanksgiving dinner as Pumpkin or Squash Pie. Great stuff, if you like the flavor of molasses. It's not just for Thanksgiving. It's called "Indian" because it is made with corn (maize) meal - the staple food of North American Indians. It's easy to forget that they were not mainly hunter-gatherers, but farmers with 100-acre fields. Farmers, with their main amusement being killing, raping, and torturing members of neighboring tribes. A cultural thing. Simple rustic ingredients. No sugar? You use molasses. No flour? You use corn meal. The only trick is to make sure it is neither too firm nor too runny. Serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream. Here's a bit of the history of this dessert, with a good recipe. From today's Lectionary John 18:33-37 18:34 Jesus answered, "Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me? 18:35 Pilate 18:36 Jesus 18:37 Pilate asked him, "So you are a king?" Jesus Leaf litterSaturday, November 23. 2024A Bird Dog HQ Thanksgiving tradition: Corn Pudding
What did Northern Italians eat before they got polenta from the American Indians?
How Wild Turkeys Took Over New EnglandYou'd be hard-pressed to find a turkey in the Northeast 50 years ago. Now hundreds of thousands roam suburbs where they thrill and bully residents.
Saturday morning linksNotre Dame apologizes after telling hockey fans not to wear green, Shamrocks, ‘Fighting Irish’ Pronoun-Wielding Jaguar Boss Goes On Damage Control After Cringeworthy Woke Ad For contrast, A Volvo ad Uproar at U.N. Climate Summit as Envoys Say Proposed $250 Billion a Year from West Not Enough Experts Recommend You Avoid Using Heat In Your EV A Second Trump Presidency is an Opportunity for Climate Science to Reset. Rather A Look At President-Elect Trump's Picks For The Key Energy Policy Positions An Unscientific American - Editor-in-chief Laura Helmuth’s departure Where Have All the Lefties Gone? Dems Don't Grasp How Fringe and Cringe Their Coastal Elites Are Why Asian Americans Are Moving Right "The politicized class of professors is a serious political liability to any party that it supports." 'The View's Not-So-Sunny Hostin Is Forced to Read Yet Another 'Legal Note' Live on Air Adam Carolla Explains the Problem With Progressives – They Never Stop Pushing and Go Too Far EXPELLIARMUS! HBO Tells Trans Activists They Have No Power Here Denver Mayor Suggests Police May Be Used to Block Deportation of Illegals Just When You Thought Illegal Immigration Couldn't Get Worse, Biden Does This... Germans Being German: “You Can’t Say I Hate Free Speech! I’ll Have You Arrested!” Minister Says The Emperor Has No Brains. America's post-electoral military Friday, November 22. 2024Gerard Van der LeunGerard was an email pal, and I was a devoted reader of his site American Digest. Somebody collected a bunch of his essays: The Name in the Stone. I see that it was neoneo who did that work. How much turkey per person?
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