Maggie's FarmWe are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for. |
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Saturday, June 27. 2020His Back PagesSaturday morning linksWhat It’s Like to Live in a City Full of Moose Revisiting Mengele’s Malignant “Race Science” The Declining Case for Municipal Recycling Journalist Absolutely DESTROYS California Officials on Coronavirus and Face Masks UK Government: “we must seize the opportunity to make the COVID-19 recovery a defining moment in tackling the climate crisis” 1 in 5 Ballots Rejected as Fraud Is Charged in N.J. Mail-In Election VDH: When states go wild Noonan in WSJ: The week it went south for Trump JUDGE BLOCKS NEW YORK’S LIMITATION ON OUTDOOR RELIGIOUS SERVICES Does the Black Community Support Abolishing the Police? Then They Came for Abraham Lincoln Week in Higher Education Tear Gas And Dumpster Fires: Antifa Militants Try to Take Over Portland Police Station Abraham Lincoln at UW-Madison is the latest target of cancel culture Saturday Verse: W.S. MerwinThe Summer (1991) After we come to see it and know we scarcely live without it we begin trying to describe what art is and it seems to be something we believe is human whatever that is something that says what we are but then the same beam of recognition stops at one penguin choosing a pebble to offer to the penguin he hopes to love and later the dance of awkwardness holding an egg on one foot away from the snow of summer the balancing on one foot in the flash of summer Friday, June 26. 2020Friday morning linksThe CDC Lost Control Of The Coronavirus Pandemic. Then The Agency Disappeared. Cuomo on tearing down statues: “It’s a healthy expression of people saying let’s get some priorities here and let’s remember the sin and mistake that this nation made and let’s not celebrate it." With Statues Gone, Pigeons Forced To Poop On Rioters Mayor: ‘What Happened Last Night In Madison Was Far From Peaceful And Exceeding Dangerous’ Donations to BLM Are Funneled Through Democrat Related ActBlue and Handled by Organization Led By Member of Weather Underground Terrorist Group Dalrymple: It's 1968 Again According to Ted Cruz, Attorney General Bill Barr Is the Honey Badger MAN BITES DOG: NY TIMES HAS SOMETHING POSITIVE TO SAY ABOUT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION Thursday, June 25. 2020BeautySeen on a boating outing the other day. Name that rig.
Thursday morning linksNYC Marathon cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic A Third Of Americans Have Gained Weight Due To Coronavirus NY, NJ, Conn. to Quarantine Visitors from Worse-Off States Good luck with that THE HOLLOWNESS OF VIRTUE SIGNALING Here Come The Bourgeois Bolsheviks "And all it took was one generation of neglect, just one, and poof, the reserve of bourgeois values necessary to maintain Western Civilizational disappeared. And I'm not sure it's possible to ever get it back." NASCAR's Bubba Wallace Angry at Attacks on His Character After Fake Noose Incident Noose stories are pretty much always fake #FAKENOOSE STORY PROVES RACISM IS OUR NEW RELIGION The Arrest That Led To The Riot In Madison, Wisconsin Last Night US brands four Chinese state media outlets 'foreign missions' Pentagon Names 20 Chinese Firms It Says Are Military-Controlled Twitter marks Trump tweet in violation of “policy against abusive behavior, specifically, the presence of a threat of harm” Wednesday, June 24. 2020Managing fitness in crazytime
I do not like the new rules at my gyms. I will not deadlift with a mask on, and forget cardio with a mask. That is just unhealthy. I'll be back to my trainer's home garage on Monday for my heavy weights, I hope. Legal or not, I do not care. What about you all?
Wednesday morning linksA Sedentary Lifestyle is the Sworn Enemy of our Health To Solve Climate Change: “stringent eco-taxes …, wealth redistribution … a maximum income, a guaranteed basic income … reduced working hours” Planning to Revive Racial Preferences in California Education Department uncovers $1B in anonymous foreign funding at higher education institutions Facebook moderators brag about deleting pro-Trump posts in Project Veritas sting A retired physician's take on epidemiologists Don’t Count Manhattan Out - The appeal of working from home wears thin, and big real estate deals promise a rebirth of the Big Apple. D'Souza: THE CRIMES OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS Leftists Promise To Tear Down Lincoln Emancipation Memorial in D.C. The American Museum of Natural History Purges Its Most Famous Patron I always thought the statue depicted him as helping them WWII Monument In Charlotte Defaced With Hammer And Sickle DEAR BABYLON BEE… IT PAINS US, IT DOES, BUT WE MUST ONCE MORE REMIND YOU THAT YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE SATIRE... Minneapolis got away with being a liberal city for quite a while, but the rot was deep and the decline was inevitable. UChicago econ professor’s career being torn apart after criticizing ‘defund the police’ The Political Genius of Donald Trump Bolton Is Wrong; I Was There Tuesday, June 23. 2020I don’t know how to argue in America anymoreI agree with this guy: For someone like me, that is a real tragedy and so I would like to understand how this new reality came about.
Tuesday morning linksVast neolithic circle of deep shafts found near Stonehenge - prehistoric structure spanning 1.2 miles in diameter is masterpiece of engineering, say archaeologists Climate change: Planting new forests 'can do more harm than good' Are Universities Going the Way of CDs and Cable TV? Like the entertainment industry, colleges will need to embrace digital services in order to survive. Stanford Prof: Median Infection Fatality Rate Of COVID-19 For Those Under-70 Is Just 0.04% The blind continuing panic over COVID-19 Thoughtcrimes Now Prosecuted in the Land of the Free A modest proposal for renaming Washington, DC According to the London Daily Telegraph, the latest target of the rampaging iconoclasts in Britain is the statue of Sir Arthur “Bomber” Harris outside the RAF Church of St. Clement Danes in London. Seattle Mayor Announces The End Of CHOP: ‘It’s Time For People To Go Home’ Minneapolis crime wave Bill Barr: Effort to Push Trump From Office Closest Thing to Coup Since Lincoln Assassination Monday, June 22. 2020White Elephant, still for sale
Captain Lorenzo Baker's 1800 mansion, in downtown Wellfleet, MA. He was the banana king. 12 bedrooms, 5 baths. And a two-story giant barn which needs work. In fact, it all needs work. No report on plumbing and heating. Roof looks ok for now. Huge lawn for croquet, lawn tennis, badminten, frisbee, dogs, etc. Gee, as a bonus you get a Resident Beach Pass. It's in town - no waterfront. Own a piece of history, with plenty of room for all of your best friends. What is it in the human heart that wants to possess wonderful, charming things? I mean, rather than just appreciating them. Is it a transmuted sexual thing? Monday morning linksMy pic: Salt marsh, low tide Sharks contribute to Cape economic, safety crisis The endangered White Shark has found a happy home on Cape Cod and the Islands UC Board of Regents unanimously endorses ACA 5, repeal of Prop. 209
Georgia House Advances Bill To Dissolve Police Depts Statewide… Seattle Police Union Chief Begs For ‘Leadership’ After Fatal Shooting In CHOP; CHOP Defends ‘Defund The Police’ " I suspect this attack on an important Hispanic figure in US history will not endear this mob, or those who support it, to the many Americans who really care about Hispanic heritage in our country." Theodore Roosevelt Statue To Be Removed From NY Museum Of Natural History Huh? George Washington Statue, Toppled by Anarchists, Causes 'Harm': Portland's Regional Arts and Culture Council Historical Illiterates Deface Statue Of Miguel De Cervantes, A Former Slave… Protester Geniuses Tear Down A Statue Of Ulysses Grant, Who Led Fight To End Slavery San Francisco Allows Protesters to Topple U.S. Grant, Francis Scott Key Statues Related, It's Time To Cancel The Democratic Party For Its Long History Of Racism A Labor Council Has Expelled Seattle's Police Union. Good. Police unions exist to protect cops at the expense of the public. Trump Supporter Bruce Carter, Who Happens To Be Black, Busts CNN Using Him To Create Fake News – Video… The ‘cancel’ crew will come for you someday soon
The ACLU's 'Death Star' Client in Its Title IX Lawsuit Venezuela hosting "disappearances"
Sunday, June 21. 2020Cape Cod in June, with a few photosIt's been decades since we spent time on the Cape in June, mainly because our annual family weeks are in August. This was a Father's Day gift. June is better. Too early for swimming, but perfect for the outdoor fun that August is too warm for. No skeeters. Also, few vacationers. The birding is better in August, with all of the travellers heading down from the north. Still, Eagles and Ospreys and nesting herons. Nothing special except the Terrapins digging their eggs and the fox trying to find their nests for breakfast eggs. We opted for a marsh-side cottage on Lieutenant Island, a quiet corner which is only accessible during lower tides.
More pics etc below the fold - Continue reading "Cape Cod in June, with a few photos" From today's Lectionary: Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.Matthew 10:24-39 10:24 "A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; 10:25 it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household! 10:26 "So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become known. 10:27 What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops. 10:28 Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. 10:30 And even the hairs of your head are all counted. 10:31 So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows. 10:32 "Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven; 10:33 but whoever denies me before others, I also will deny before my Father in heaven. 10:34 "Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 10:35 For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; 10:36 and one's foes will be members of one's own household. 10:37 Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 10:38 and whoever does not take up the cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 10:39 Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it. Saturday, June 20. 2020A visit to Maskachusetts, and meeting a real Karen
Why Maskachusetts? You can imagine. Masks in cars, masks walking the dog, masks walking the beaches, masks on runners and bikers. Crazy. Well, we decided to do a stretch of the Cape Cod Rail Trail (CCRT). Rent a bike and off you go. It is wonderful, riding through marshes salt and fresh, antique villages where you can stop for coffee, woodlands. It's the old railbed for the train from Boston to Provincetown but as of now the relatively flat route is only Wellfleet down to Dennis. Anyway, at one road intersection I pulled to a stop behind a distinguished professor-looking guy who scolded me "Too close, too close." I said "Sorry, I did not expect you to stop." He raised his voice: "It's not a fucking joke." By then, Mrs. BD was on the other side of the crossing with that guy's wife, who put her arm over her face and yelled at her "Corona, Corona!" Yelled like a crazy lady. Mind you, Mrs. BD and I are fairly polite and refined people, but Mrs. BD had had it and responded to the lady "Finally, I have met a real Karen." We went off ahead of them to their relief. She may not have known what a "Karen" is. By the way, neither of that couple had a mask on. Saturday morning linksAs New Pharmaceuticals Fail to Treat Alzheimer's, We Already Have a Good Way to Prevent It The Climate Campaign Is Less And Less About The Climate Airlines Ban Alcohol On Planes In Response To COVID-19 Activists Fight Racism By Driving All People Of Color Out Of Pop Culture Prof Jacobson: “How long it goes on, I don’t know. I’m certainly not going to quit.” Harvard Prof Apologizes After Suggesting Biden Should Pick VP Based on Accomplishments White House Takes Action to Address Racial Disparities It's tough trying to keep track of the crazy emanating from Democrats Oakland Mayor: It Doesn’t Matter If The “Nooses” Found In Our Public Park Turned Out To Be Hand Swings Tucker on the incredible popularity of Black Lives Matter FINALLY! Fauci Admits Widespread Lockdowns Not Needed In U.S. Thank you, RogerFriday, June 19. 2020Horowitz in Moscow, 19860:00 Interview with Horowitz 6:54 Scarlatti, Sonata in B Minor L.33 11:12 Scarlatti, Sonata in E Major L.23 15:05 Scarlatti, Sonata in E Major L.224 18:21 Mozart, Sonata in C Major K330 36:30 Rachmaninoff, Prelude in G major Op.32 No.5 39:22 Rachmaninoff, Prelude in G sharp minor op.32 no.12 42:34 Scriabin, Etude in C sharp minor op.2 no.1 45:12 Scriabin, Etude in D sharp minor op.8 no.12 49:10 [Horowitz talks about his life] 58:34 Schubert, Impromptu in B flat op142 no.3
On a menu (Mac's), in WellfleetChoose a fish: Pan seared Cod Then choose your sauce: Lemon Beurre Blanc Wednesday, June 17. 2020What Do You Do With a Stolen van Gogh?Octave Durham, who went to prison for stealing two paintings by the artist, explains the difficulties encountered in this line of work.
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Tuesday, June 16. 2020Moons are migrating awayAnd in a few billion years (not too long) all of the planets will be consumed by our Sun's inevitable explosion. The knowledge that all of human history, earth history, critters, human creations and thoughts, etc will all be instantly erased is a big thought, ain't it? So where to invest one's money, long-term?
Turtle SoupSunday, June 14. 2020The power of white stigmaFrom 2007, Shelby Steele explains white guilt
From today's Lectionary: Abraham and SarahGenesis 18:1-15, (21:1-7) 18:1 The LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day. 18:2 He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent entrance to meet them, and bowed down to the ground. 18:3 He said, "My lord, if I find favor with you, do not pass by your servant. 18:4 Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. 18:5 Let me bring a little bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on--since you have come to your servant." So they said, "Do as you have said." 18:6 And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Make ready quickly three measures of choice flour, knead it, and make cakes." 18:7 Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to the servant, who hastened to prepare it. 18:8 Then he took curds and milk and the calf that he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree while they ate. 18:9 They said to him, "Where is your wife Sarah?" And he said, "There, in the tent." 18:10 Then one said, "I will surely return to you in due season, and your wife Sarah shall have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent entrance behind him. 18:11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. 18:12 So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After I have grown old, and my husband is old, shall I have pleasure?" 18:13 The LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, and say, 'Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?' 18:14 Is anything too wonderful for the LORD? At the set time I will return to you, in due season, and Sarah shall have a son." 18:15 But Sarah denied, saying, "I did not laugh"; for she was afraid. He said, "Oh yes, you did laugh." 21:1 The LORD dealt with Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did for Sarah as he had promised. 21:2 Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the time of which God had spoken to him. 21:3 Abraham gave the name Isaac to his son whom Sarah bore him. 21:4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him. 21:5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. 21:6 Now Sarah said, "God has brought laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with me." 21:7 And she said, "Who would ever have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age." Sunrise, Cahoon's Hollow, Wellfleet No bugs, sea breeze, 57 degrees F at night, biking, boating, kayaking, hiking trails, running, day-fresh seafood, ocean beach, harbor beach, bay beach, and big ponds. Lots of fun family restaurants. The protection of the vast National Seashore. If you squint, you can see Portugal on the horizon.
A few more Wellfleet pics below the fold Continue reading "Sunrise, Cahoon's Hollow, Wellfleet"
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