Maggie's Farm

We had a major incoming flight of warblers Friday night, so Sat. morning was full of warbler calls. I only know the calls of the most common warblers, but it is better to learn their calls rather than straining your neck for an hour to peer into the treetops.

Interestingly, that same flight left last night and there is nary a warbler this morning. Birders love those big flights that arrive overnight. 

If you have poor memory for bird song, there is an iPhone app for that: Merlin Bird ID.   It is not 100% accurate - but what is?

 He’s studied mental illness for 50 years. Here are all the things we’re doing wrong

 We have to be more willing to disrupt current animal habitats when building wind or hydroelectric power. That means, to put it bluntly, that we have to be more willing to kill animals.

 The White House’s Specious Gender Manifesto. The White House is claiming that the debate about childhood gender medicine is settled—even as numerous international experts are coming forward to say it‘s not

 As Parents Resisted Transgender Push, Teacher Suggested Sending in Child Services.

 Wisconsin Middle Schoolers Charged With Sexual Harassment For Failing To Use Preferred Pronouns

Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos Invested in Lab-Produced Breast Milk to Prevent Effects of ‘Climate Change’

 The College Kids Are Not OK

 Harvard Progressives Covering Up For Their Systemic Racist Friends

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Health Journalist Revealed the Real Purpose of Masks in 2018: Fear

 White House Admits It Lied About Vaccines

 BLACKROCK BACKS OFF

 KAMALA WORD SALAD: “We Will Work Together, and Continue to Work Together… and to Work Together as We Continue to Work… To Work Together… We Will Work on This Together”

 Did He Feel Good? James Brown’s epic life and career

 Victor Davis Hanson’s Magnum Opus

Poll Shows Majority Against Giving Kids Transgender Surgeries And Puberty Blockers

 Democrats' support for school closings comes back to bite

 SCHOOL SHUTDOWNS WERE A CATASTROPHE

 White House: Did you know that there was no vaccine available when Biden took office?

Commentary: Why the Left Thinks It Can Change Your Mind by Changing the Language

 Squad Blames U.S. Sanctions for Hunger in Socialist Dictatorship That Nationalized Everything

 Russians connect with Pentagon for first time since Ukraine invasion

There are sort-of 2 things that people term "cardio" exercise. One is about endurance (eg swimming laps, mountain hiking, treadmill jogs, etc). Maintaining endurance is good, but it has little to do with heart fitness unless one has cardiovascular disease or some other form of heart ailment.

It requires intensity to properly stress the heart muscle. Like weight-lifting, the intensity is what demands muscle strengthening and improved vasculature. This does not take much time out of your workout schedule. Heart rate is a good measure of exercise intensity. Here's how to know your cardio stress level. (It might not exactly apply if you are taking blood pressure meds that limit heart rate.) Or you can go by how you feel - if you are winded by a one-minute sprint and need 30-60 seconds to catch your breath, you probably got your heart rate up.

Here's a good 10-minute cardio workout, with jump rope. He calls it Beginner but it is pretty good:

 Admit it, you think you could land a plane if suddenly called upon to do so

 Woke NBA to Hold Preseason Games in UAE Where Homosexuality is Punishable by Death – Canceled Game in Charlotte in 2016 Over Transgender Bathroom Law

 The evidence keeps pouring in showing the utter failure of all COVID mandates

 Some Tips On How To Spot "Disinformation"

One of these takes on the new agency shows a competent grasp of history, politics, and philosophy. The other is the Washington Post.

US President very displeased with his administration 

  Democrats Overwhelmingly Vote to Allow Abortion up to Birth

 Ukraine shutting off Russian gas lines, pushing Russia back in places

Via Insty,  Then & Now: The Rolling Stones’ French Villa of Debauchery

The Global Warming Scare Is Most Certainly Overheated

The ACLU has lost its way 

 IN PRAISE OF MIDGE DECTER

 Tucker Carlson: Something Really Dark Is Going On, We Are Putting Up With Increasing Crime Across The Country

Leftists Hate Free Speech Because They Fear Dissent, Not "Disinformation"

 A Cause, Not a Cure. Though the New York Times touts its findings, a new study provides further evidence that “gender-affirming” therapy creates or prolongs the very problem it purports to solve.

 Court: Biden's suspension of oil leases may have been illegal

 The Times really does want to live up to all of the stereotypes about the New York left’s myopia regarding the rest of America famously satirized in Saul Steinberg’s classic “View of the World from Ninth Avenue” cover, don’t they?

 New DOJ Notes Reveal FBI Panic After Trump Tweeted He Knew He Was Being Spied On

 According to Bernays, those doing the “governing” constitute an invisible ruling class that “understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses”.

 Harvard panel on autism postponed after student complaints: ‘violently ableist’

Isn't Harvard violently ableist? 

 At Harvard, Facts Are For Losers. It turns out that nobody’s SAT scores can provide immunity to propaganda.

THE LEFT’S MOTHER’S DAY SPECTACLE

 How Roe warped the republic

 Who Is Running The US?

 Disinformation Czarina Nina Jankowicz Declares Parents Concerned About Critical Race Theory “Disinformers”

 Elon Details His New Plans for Twitter - Woke Staff Isn't Going to Like This

 Some Contrarian Thoughts About Elon Musk And The Purchase Of Twitter

 Book sent to more than 800 primary schools teaches children that person's sex is 'assigned' to them at birth

 Asian Americans are an ‘inconvenient minority’ for social-justice ideologues

 Press pumps up Joe Biden

 U.S. Spooks Can't Keep Their Mouths Shut About Helping Ukraine Kill Russians

 US intelligence told to keep quiet over role in Ukraine military triumphs

In my neck of the woods, Catbirds and House Wrens arrived from wherever their real homes are. Catbirds mewing in the lilac bush. What could be better, despite life's challenges?

Also, a Sharpie buzzed me. I think he would happily eat one of those migrating Catbirds.

Cut some Lilac blooms for Mrs. BD, and picked up a Dunkin Hot Chocolate for her too.  

 Academic Exile, Two Years On. Academia has become an intellectual prison, and many incarcerated professors are compelled to live a dual existence.

 Is the climate scare train starting to derail?

 California says it needs more power to keep the lights on.

 A Messy Necessity - President Biden’s $6 billion nuclear bailout aims to patch up an industry damaged by bad energy policies.

 DHS Secretary Admits Scale of Illegal Alien Crisis, 1.5 million Unlawful Border Entrants Since January 21st

 Organic Agriculture Fails

 The View guest host to Warren: I paid off my student loans. Where's my reimbursement?

 UK midwifery students taught males can give birth through their penises

 Keep Calm & Censor On: Musk Summoned To UK Parliament To Answer For His Pledge To Restore Free Speech

Andrew Sullivan on the abortion issue

 ‘Equitable Speech’: The Swamp’s Replacement for Free Speech

 Birx: CDC Ignored a Study Documenting a Lockdown-Caused Mental Health Crisis Among Kids...Back in 2020

Chronicle: Race on Campus

 Victor Davis Hanson sums up the left’s m.o.

 Alito's Draft Opinion That Would Overturn Roe Is a Disaster of Legal Reasoning

Judge will review attorney-client privilege claims made by Clinton campaign and Fusion GPS

 Paul Krugman needs a history lesson on Russia and Ukraine

 Swedish Prime Minister Says Integration Has Failed After Migrant Riots

Sweden is the most dangerous country in Europe.

At Maggie's Farm, perhaps we discuss weight training more than the other aspects of fitness. That might be because weight training requires more technique to get it right.

However, it seems to me that daily Calisthenics would be the thing to do if you had to pick one thing. Why is that?

A cali routine puts every muscle to work. It doesn't build big strength much, but that's another topic. A cali routine involves lots of HIIT cardio. A calis routine works on balance, and general athleticism. And, unlike heavy weights, an hour of calis does not require any special recovery time so it can be done daily.

It is more fun to do these in groups or couples, and it is more fun to rotate from one thing to another. It doesn't matter what level you work as long as you push it. One hour goes by fast.

Here are some of the things we do:

Warm-up (5-7 minutes):  Jumping jacks, jump rope, high-knee running in place, etc.

Push-ups (any sort)
Kettlebell swings
Box squats (with or without weight)
Heavy rope slams
Ladder drills
Box steps or box jumps
Planks
Inclined TRX pulls
Leg raises
Heavy ball throws and chest passes
Lunges
Burpees
Rower sprints
Heavy rope slams or arm machine sprints
Chin-ups (assisted)
Hand-weight curls
Superman
Kettlebell Farmers Walks
Sit-ups
wall-to wall sprints
Bear Crawl
Wall sits

If not heavily sweating, nothing is happening. Add on a 10-minute treadmill walk to cool down. You do not want to put a horse up wet...

 My Testimony On New York's "Scoping Plan" To Achieve Net Zero Carbon Emissions

 Why American Children Cannot Do Math?

 Orwell and Dalrymple on English Class

  Say it loud, you’re a peasant and you’re proud

The true story behind a racial incident at a Virginia elementary school is really remarkable

 Homeland Security's "Disinformation Board" is Even More Pernicious Than it Seems

 Elizabeth Warren Has Meltdown at Supreme Court…

 A TYRANNY OF MORAL MINORITIES

Is abortion a Constitutional right? 

What about Amendment X? 

 Losing the People? Then Change the Rules

"Mr. Vance’s win will likely come as a disappointment to some Republicans who have been quietly hoping that Mr. Trump’s grip on the party is slipping."

Isn't Vance the guy who wrote that book? 

Not new, just new to me. We've posted about all of the varieties of Italian pestos (?pesti) in the past but this one is worth trying: Olive Pesto. Marcella says it's best with grilled or fried vegetables.

Chop one hard-boiled egg roughly in blender. Add to blender 6or 7 pitted green Italian olives, 2 tablespoons capers, 2 tablespoons chopped parsley, 1 tablespoon wine vinegar, 2 tablespoons olive oil, and plenty of ground pepper. Blend briefly - it should have some chewiness and some creaminess.

 If countries actually try to meet their foolish carbon reduction pledges, the result will be a human disaster rarely paralleled in history.

 Jonah Goldberg on Disney; Wilfred Reilly on systemic racism; Emily Oster on schooling during COVID; Adam Ozimek on remote work

Rich white women 

 Report: Roberts doesn't want to completely overturn Roe

  Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas Says DHS Prepared to Facilitate Import of 500,000 Illegal Aliens Per Month

 FOR DEMS, THE HITS KEEP COMING

WSJ: Elon Musk tweeted my cartoon 

 Finnish Prosecutor Will Keep Prosecuting Christian Politician For Quoting The Bible

Experts: US Training of Ukrainian Forces on German Soil Can Represent Entry into War with Nuclear-Armed Russia

Yes. Forget NATO, the US is at war with Russia. Crazy. 

 Rumors Swirl About Putin Having Cancer, Needing Surgery..

For regular "Fitness for Life" people, two days/week of heavy weights (powerlifts) is good. (That is part of the Maggie's Fitness for Life program - plus 2 days with HIIT Cardio and one or 2 days of calisthenics and endurance "cardio". 6 hours/week is not too much for anybody).

(A reminder about Powerlifts: These are mostly full-body, or multi-muscle group/compound exertions: Bench Press, Deadlifts, Barbell Squats, Rows (dumbell, TRX, seated, barbell - whatever), Military Press, and pull-ups or pulldowns.) Depending on general health and taking into account past injuries, these are sturdiness basics regardless of age or sex. Ordinary people should not push their powerlifts two or three days in a row because recovery is needed. For a good discussion about powerlifts.

So-called Accessory Weight Exercises are good time- fillers, and do not need the sorts of recovery that the powerlifts do. Here's a partial list:

Curls of any sort
Tricep exertions of any sort (dips, push-downs, skull-crushers) 
Shoulder shrugs
Leg machines (ham curls and quad lifts) 
Calf lifts

Do any of our readers do Accessory Weights and, if so, what? 

Dartmouth Charging College Republicans $3,600 ‘Security Fee’ for Event Held Online

 You can't cancel student debt, just make everyone else pay for it.

 THE STUDENT LOAN SCAM

 Latest Progressive Policy Disaster: Homelessness In San Francisco

 THE LEFT’S WAR ON CHILDHOOD

 TIME Magazine Correspondent Labels Freedom of Speech a “White Male Obsession”

 Free speech concerns mount over DHS ‘disinformation’ board as lawmakers, critics weigh in

 Why Does the Left Have Such a Difficult Time With the Concept of 'Free Speech'?

 CNN Guest Gives the Game Away in Deranged Rant on Controlling Speech

 Suddenly, Leftists Discover "Build Your Own Social Network" is a Bad Idea

Victor Davis Hanson: Democrats Are Now The Party Of The Elite And Super Rich (VIDEO)

 The Democrats have become the party of miserable, whiny grumps

 Growing Number Of Black Republicans Are Driving “Erosion” In Biden’s Polling…

 DNC Chair Agrees Democrats ‘Cannot Play Fair’ in 2022 Midterm Elections (VIDEO)

 DEM MIDTERM WIPEOUT WATCH 

 Biden’s Secretary of State Tony Blinken Says There is “Greater Stability and Peace” for Women in Afghanistan Under Taliban (VIDEO

Saw a flock of around a dozen this morning which I believe are the first arrivals here from their home grounds in Central America. These acrobatic fliers are the most common of American swallows. If you have an open barn, you will get their poo all over your tractors and stuff. We would always put a tarp over the tractor.

You can read about these cool birds at All About Birds: Barn Swallow 

I also saw my first Tree Swallow of the season this morning.