Maggie's Farm

It has grown from the ground this year to 6' now, and is covered with hundreds of growing fruit. 

Try it. Even in the Northeast US the roots will survive winter. Most years, anyway. The only annoying thing about growing figs is that ants discover them when they ripen. 

Addendum: Another annoying thing - Squirrels and Chipmunks took every one of my figs. 

Or is this lady lying and batshit crazy?

I thought he interrupted his rally because of peoples' medical emergencies.

This is called political advocacy - lying BS. Does she believe it?

Math is racist

Umm, basic math is handy

Liberals Are Losing Their Minds Over Elon Musk

Inside America’s Fastest-Growing Criminal Enterprise: Sex Trafficking

Transmania at the Ballot Box

Next-Level Vote-Buying: Harris Promises Black Men $20k 'Forgivable Loans'

The Dems' new smell: Desperation

Kamala Harris’ greatest weakness is her inauthentic self — and black Americans can see right through it

The Latest Trump-Related Hoax

 James Carville Conspiracy Theory: Trump’s ‘Madison Square Garden’ Rally Is a Nazi Signal

Kamala Busted for Lying About Trump Event

Kamala Harris’s ‘Plagiarism Scandal’ Isn’t Her Fault. Why Can’t the New York Times Just Admit the Issue?

 Argentina Ended Rent Control. Guess What Happened Next.

They seem to have their origin in New Guinea where they have been domesticated for maybe 10,000 years. The "trees" - not really trees - die after producing a bunch once. And the fruit is technically a berry.

A Banana Split used to be a cool dessert. I like cooked Plantains.

And I like Wikipedia when the topic is as non-controversial as bananas.

Our readers already know who first brought bananas to North America - the old Cape Codder Lorenzo Dow Baker.

Elon Musk works another miracle as Lilliputian progs snipe

Liberals Are Losing Their Minds Over Elon Musk

Dear Ruling Class: Learn about the Science of Reform

Kent State U. offers about 150 courses that discuss gender, sexuality, or LGBTQ+ topics

Election 2024: Battle of the Sexes. One thing defines this race for young voters: sex. Plus: Tim Walz, SpaceX, another scandal at CBS, and more.

Trust Me, We Would NEVER Do That, Says Mayorkas to Disbelieving Americans

What a Tren de Aragua apartment takeover looks like, up close from the inside

Cult Crazy: Almost 40% Would Be Up For WWII Style Rationing

Media: Yes, We Edit in Politicians’ Answers and It’s No Big Deal. "To those unfamiliar with journalism and television production, the effect can be jarring."

The Strange, Mythological Campaign of Kamala Harris

James Carville: Trump Is Telling You He's a Fascist, "We're Not Making This Up"

About loading a shotgun

After Plagiarism Allegation, Kamala's Publisher Seems to Know a Total Disaster Could Be on Their Hands

Media Rushes to Downplay Explosive Evidence of Kamala Harris’ Plagiarism

" Since she replaced Joe Biden on the ticket, reporters have struggled
mightily to find kind ways of describing Harris’s ineluctable inability
to convey anything comprehensible, complex, or concrete."

The Sword of Damocles over Iran - The destruction of Iran’s nuclear facilities may be imminent—here’s why.

Those terrible Spaniards and their conquests

Life’s Short. So Stop Trying to Perfect It. ‘The world opens up once
you realize you’re never going to sort your life out,’ writes recovering
productivity geek Oliver Burkeman.

Dr. Marty Makary: "The Reason People Don’t Trust The Medical Establishment Is Because It Lied To Them”

‘College for all’ needs a rethink. National security could depend on it.

What Are We Doing to Children? The U.K. finally puts the brakes on gender medicine.

Campus protesters for Palestine no longer deserve the benefit of the doubt - As I left class at NYU, I was surrounded by protesters banging drums and screaming ‘intifada revolution’

Calls for CBS to Release the Kamala Interview Transcript Grow Deafening As Their Reputation Burns

 Kamala Harris: The Manufactured Candidate? Why CBS's "60 Minutes" Edit Betrays The Larger Problem

Goodwin:  Here are the 3 reasons why I’m voting for Donald Trump

Bill Ackman explains his Trump support

4 reasons Harris is losing

Adrenaline junkie is my view. Nothing wrong with that.

Psalm 22:1-15


22:1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?

22:2O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer; and by night but find no rest.

22:3 Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.

22:4 In you our ancestors trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them.

22:5 To you they cried and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.

22:6 But I am a worm and not human, scorned by others and despised by the people.

22:7 All who see me mock me; they sneer at me; they shake their heads;

22:8"Commit your cause to the LORD; let him deliver-- let him rescue the one in whom he delights!"

22:9 Yet it was you who took me from the womb; you kept me safe on my mother's breast.

22:10On you I was cast from my birth, and since my mother bore me you have been my God.

22:11Do not be far from me, for trouble is near, and there is no one to help.

22:12 Many bulls encircle me; strong bulls of Bashan surround me;

22:13 they open wide their mouths at me, like a ravening and roaring lion.

22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast;

22:15 my mouth is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.

They might be right, especially for Manhattan. But it's a big country:

It's political season in the US, but isn't it always? Politics is soap opera. Barring the unforeseen, I'd bet that Trump will win the presidential election. I've talked with a number of Kamala fans ("She brings joy") but 6 months ago they would not have been fans at all. Interesting. I had imagined the Kamala voters would just be routine Ds and TDS voters.

CA Says 'No' to SpaceX Launches Because Trump

Can Therapy Cure Criminal Impulses? A realistic look at a much-touted intervention

 Must every day be an ‘awareness’ day? The relentless proliferation of awareness-raising campaigns has done sod all to assist the less fortunate.

Stuart's  Saturday Miscellany

Harris: ‘What’s at Stake in This Election – Well It’s Packed With Some Stuff’. She
also said there’s a duality in our democracy & then talks about
meeting world leaders. Sheesh. I think I’ll push my fingers into my
eyes.

'I Got A Dad, And He Ain't You': Response To Obama's Condescending Remarks Goes Viral

It is unusual for incumbent vice presidents to seek the presidency while
distancing themselves from the presidents they serve. Harris is perhaps
finding it to be impossible.

 Kamala Harris Makes Pledge to Latino Voters to Welcome, Grant Amnesty for Millions of Migrants

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Kamala?

Does CBS News Know Where Jerusalem Is? ‘Do not refer to it as being in Israel,’ said the network’s senior director of standards and practices.

What The Hell Is Going On In Cuba?

Like a home, boating = maintenance and $.

Few of us have had the pleasure of hunting wild Bob White Quail. In the past they were to be found on Cape Cod and the Islands, Long Island, etc but no more large populations up north. Blame global cooling.

The real issue probably is habitat destruction, coyotes, dogs and cats. Some May I want to bring a 100 or 200 Bobs up to Cape Cod and let them loose. Would they survive? If they did, it would be a good legacy.

A Guide to Wild Bobwhite Quail Hunting

It's at Vox, commenting on Tik Tok so you might not bother checking it. The essay is directionally right, though because Everybody has flaws.

Northern Lights Visible Across DC, NYC, Boston

More this weekend. I blame climate change.

Research supports run–walk interval training as a way to reduce chronic low back pain

Why Stephen Hawking gave up on a Theory of Everything - The scientist who gave up on truth

Konstantin Kisin talking to the Woke about Climate Change

The Biggest Climate Whopper Ever Told

Scientific American Article Claims There’s No Difference Between Male, Female Athletes. An
article’s assertion there is biological equity in female and male
athletes shows what happens when a trans-activist agenda supersedes
rational scientific analysis.

Disinformation Isn't The Problem... Government Coverups And Censorship Are The Problem

Why Ta-Nehisi Coates Hates Israel

'Anti-Hate' Art Exhibit In LA Featured Participants Kicking Around Donald Trump's Head

Elon Musk Steps Up Again-Accelerates Starlink Access for Hurricane Milton Victims

#WTH We are [almost] all colonizers. A short recitation of facts

Faculty Required to Report “Misgendering”

Can I say "You throw like a girl"?

TGIF is amusing today

She is right: Do not f- with Appalachians

Good News: AOC Offers Her Opinion On Hurricanes And ‘Climate Change’

Kamala Harris Says She Owns a Handgun—Despite Fighting To Ban Others From Doing the Same

Kamala’s ‘Charm’ Blitzkrieg Fails Miserably

Catherine Herridge Spills the Tea on CBS Over Kamala Interview Editing Scandal

Megyn Kelly: The Panic Amongst Left-Wingers About The Loss Of Control Of Information Is Evident

Did the Biden Administration Perpetuate Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine?

What Was Gained by the Ukraine War? The Ukraine–Russia war has dragged on for at least two years longer than it had to—and for what?

Why  There Will Never be a Two-state Solution

At Netflix: Inside the Mind of a Dog

So Science-y! Bill Nye Says Voting for Kamala Harris Will Stop Hurricanes.

The solution is this: Cease separating the sexes in sports.

A Troubled Place - In Charleroi, Pennsylvania, the local population grapples with a surge of Haitian migrants.

Students flee, employee injured, classes canceled, building trashed: anti-Israel protest roils Pomona College

Journalism Happens — CBS Staffers Cry

David Horowitz: Political war

This Biden Guy Doesn't Seem to Be a Big Kamala Harris Fan

Biden remembers to Act Presidential, Even Postpones African Safari

Harris calls DeSantis 'selfish' when Florida needs help, not political games

TNR:  One explanation for Harris’s reluctance to offer more concrete details about her plans is that her campaign believes that she simply doesn’t have to.

Tim Walz at Fundraiser: The ‘Electoral College Needs to Go’

Professor Suspended After Calling For Male Trump Supporters To Be "Lined Up And Shot"

'Spliced'? 60 Minutes Under Fire For Deceptively Editing Kamala Harris Interview; Trump Demands Full Release

America's Homeless Population Reaches Record High Under Biden-Harris Admin

Kamala Harris is not just totally unqualified to be president but disqualified. Here’s why:

The European Fuel Follies Continue

Germany: Over Half Of Prisoners Are Foreigners In Many States, Costing Taxpayers Billions

Eccentric movement is the more seemingly passive component in resistance exercise. It's the reason a trainer will not you to want you to drop a barbell after a lift, or why a trainer will advise you to do, say, curls, 2 seconds up, 4 seconds down.

Depending on your fitness goals, it might be a good idea to pay attention to it. An academic article:  Physiological and Neural Adaptations to Eccentric Exercise: Mechanisms and Considerations for Training.

 For strength-building or maintenance, a little damage to muscle fibers is a good thing.

Arm position during blood pressure check may lead to wrong reading, study finds

Vermont’s Fossil Fuel Shakedown - The Climate Superfund Act Is Heavy on Discourse, Light on Logic

The Fallout at CBS Continues- At the home of Walter Cronkite,
journalists debate Israel’s existence. Also: Hurricane Milton. Are we
overmedicating kids? Will Ferrell’s new doc. And much more: http://www.example.com/Link0

Harris = Biden?

Stuart's Wednesday Potpourri

Artless Dodger: Harris Flustered in Substance-Free 60 Minutes Interview

The unexpected gender dynamic shaping the 2024 election

This very handy, adventurous couple have been refitting their 40 year-old, 40-foot sailboat in Mexico for a few months, preparing for their sail to New Zealand.

I have nothing but admiration. Ocean sailors have to be masters of everything.

Texas Company Claims They Will 'De-Extinct' Four Species by 2028. Spoiler: They Won't.

The Most Underrated Hikes in America’s National Parks

Elon to the Rescue. Plus. . .The gender medicine gold mine; in
defense of MrBeast; watch Ben Kawaller debate immigration in Arizona;
today’s Free Press Live; and much more.

Oct 7:  Knowing Who Your Friends Are

FEMA Arrests Noah For Running Unauthorized Flood Rescue Operation

The fight for civilisation is only just beginning. The West failed the moral test of 7 October. We must never fail like this again.

Hillary Demands ‘Total Control’ of Social Media Via Censorship

This is why the fake news media is attacking Elon and the X platform. They have lost control of the narrative they once had.

The Truth About Amber Thurman’s Death - Harris and Walz exploit a tragedy to further a political narrative about ‘Trump abortion bans.’

Kamala melts down after brief run-in with journalism on 60 Minutes

“Buy America” sounds great. But it’s costly and about to rise steeply.

There Never Was A Mythical Time When ‘The News Was Just the News’

Bari Weiss: A Year of Revelations - We expected Hamas to try to kill Jews. We didn’t expect Americans to celebrate when they did.

“God willing, we will destroy Israel.”

What Will It Take to End Stay-at-Home Mom Shame?

'The university's purpose is not political action or social justice,' new Stanford prez declares

Goodbye Europe

Once upon a time, things were better in California:

Walz a Laughingstock?

Axelrod says ‘upscale’ NC Harris voters will find way to vote after storm, not sure about rural Trump fans

Kamala Harris Book of Achievements Consists of… Empty Pages

CNN's Enten: "Historically Unprecedented" For Incumbent Party To Win When Only 28% Think Country Is On "Right Track"

Elon Goes to Butler, PA

Donald Trump: ‘I Could Be in Monte Carlo…But I’d Rather Be in Butler’

Helene beat the heck out of it.

I drove it once. Was worth it.