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Thursday, April 15. 2021Woodland forensics: An education in Northeastern forestsI thought I knew quite a bit about North American (mostly meaning east of the Mississippi) forests. Nope. This helped me be a far more informed hiker. This is a sequential series of 3. I had to watch it all twice. One of the best youtubes we've ever posted. I lied - I watched it 3 times because it was so absorbing.
Conditioning for those with a gray hair: "It's not fun, but it's done."Been thinking about this more. We like terms like sturdiness and conditioning. Our fitness posts (many of them for years) have never been about body-building or training for a specific athletic pursuit. It has all been about maintaining good fitness for life for those over 35 years old so that the interests and pleasures that life offers can be engaged as much as possible for as long as possible. One hour or so daily, plus a nutrition plan to stay trim, are not very difficult even for the most sedentary. I have to say that I envy Bulldog, who plays basketball and tennis every week. How good is that? Great fun.
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Sorry, but I forgot where that toon came from Our internet pal David Warren is recovering from a stroke, heart attack, and bypass surgery Who Is Freer These Days? Rand Paul Calls Fauci a 'Petty Tyrant,' Urges Americans to 'Go About Your Lives' Nate Silver Accuses Dr. Fauci of Gaslighting on COVID Transmission Teacher’s ‘come at me’ rant caught on video by Reopen California Schools group California Public School Teachers Being Told to Hide Critical Race Materials From Parents CEOs’ Surrender To The Mobocrats On The Left Will End Poorly No Charges Against Officer Who Shot Ashli Babbitt: DOJ John Durham scrutinizes Steele dossier source through Brookings Institution subpoena The Georgetown Affair: New Levels Of Progressive Reality Denial BBC diversity chief says Idris Elba's TV detective Luther 'isn't black enough to be real' because 'he doesn't have any black friends and doesn't eat any Caribbean food' Students support voting bill...then learn it's actually Georgia's law Did the cop who shot Daunte Wright experience "slip and capture?" The border is even worse than you think Guatemala: We have no idea what Biden and Harris are talking about Israel: A “VERY BEAUTIFUL” ATTACK Wednesday, April 14. 2021Ginger Baker soloWednesday morning linksI Refuse to Stand By While My Students Are Indoctrinated. Children are afraid to challenge the repressive ideology that rules our school. That’s why I am. A VACCINATION PAUSE THAT SEEMS SENSELESS AND HARMFUL Chicago Teachers Union Plans To Walk Off Job Over Re-opening Schools… Government Against Bourgeois Values. Encouraging drug use and other vices risks social catastrophe. NCAA Upholds Policy of Transgender Women Competing in Women's Sports They went from ‘Everything White Is Bad’ to ‘Everything Bad Is White’ so fast we didn’t even notice. Leaked Video Shows CNN Director Admits Matt Gaetz Stories Are Democrat Propaganda. Liberals Are Really Going to Hate Ron DeSantis Over Florida's Latest COVID Benchmark Biden Faces His First Disasters in Yemen and Afghanistan FULFILLING OUR DUTY TO AFGHAN AND IRAQI INTERPRETERS IS A MATTER OF HONOR—AND OF NATIONAL SECURITY Tuesday, April 13. 2021Tuesday morning linksLessons In Woke "Science": Covid-19 And Climate ‘Dirty Jobs’ Star Mike Rowe Just Totally Debunked the Argument for a $15 Minimum Wage. Rowe knows the value of hard work, so it’s worth taking his recent warning on minimum wage hikes seriously. How Will Decolonizing the Curriculum Help the Poor and Dispossessed? CDC Director Rejects Michigan’s Plea for COVID Vaccines, Suggests State ‘Shut Things Down’ 10 Easy Ways To END RACISM FOREVER Can American Cities Manufacture Again? Industry needs lower taxes and fewer regulations, rather than more economic-development policies. Gov. Cuomo shut down Indian Point nuclear reactor, now the electricity it produced will come from fossil fuels VP Harris is hiding because she's got nothing to say A ‘Woke’ Minority Has Seized America 100 Top CEOs Plot To Punish States Which Pass 'Restrictive' Voting Laws Taiwan Records Largest Ever Incursion By Chinese Air Force With 25 Planes Monday Monday, April 12. 2021Monday morning links
Are Organ Meats Healthy? Metal detector finds ancient treasure in Rhode Island tied to famous pirate ‘No community should suffer this’: Florida’s toxic breach was decades in the making A Self-Loathing Ruling Class Cannot Endure Fonts can be racist IS RACE DISCRIMINATION LEGAL, OR NOT? Another, Clearer Take on the Chauvin Trial BLM Founder Not Only Has One Million Dollar Home But Four… Northern Ireland Violence Worst In Decades; Fears Of "The Troubles" Return Sunday, April 11. 2021From today's Lectionary: Doubting ThomasJohn 20:19-31 20:19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." 20:20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 20:21 Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." 20:22 When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. 20:23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." 20:24 But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 20:25 So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe." 20:26 A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." 20:27 Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe." 20:28 Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!" 20:29 Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe." 20:30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. 20:31 But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name. Saturday, April 10. 2021Saturday morning linksFAUCI BLAMES CORONAVIRUS ON OUR FAILURE TO LIVE IN 'HARMONY WITH NATURE' The guy is a putz “Look at how Young the American Founding Fathers Were!” RIP, Prince Philip John Kerry’s Family Takes Private Jet to Idaho as Kerry Goes on International Climate Change Tour Newly ‘Woke’ Coca-Cola Joins Corporate Dogpile on New Georgia Voting Law “while Coca-Cola is bashing Georgia, they have no problem doing business with China” High School Coach Fired After Refusing To Enforce "Senseless, Irrational, Bullshit" Outdoor Masks During Sports The WHO advises against masks during exercise Masks not good for health What Should Be Done to Curb Big Tech? A few billionaires currently have the power to decide that some Americans’ speech rights are more sacred than others. Clarence Thomas offers a remedy. Teachers' Union Boss Blasts Jews as "Ownership Class" Stealing "Ladder of Opportunity" THE DUMBING DOWN OF AMERICA: LAWYER EDITION Philadelphia: Cradle of Liberty and City of Brotherly Love CBP Statistics Released – Agents Took 172,331 Illegal Aliens Into Custody in March, Then Released Them Biden Sends Unaccompanied Migrant Children to Former Japanese Internment Camp – Media and Democrat Frauds are Silent Friday, April 9. 2021Mountain LionsOnce found across much of the US including New England, our American big cats have a greatly shrunken territory.
Changing sparrowsRight now our White-throated Sparrows have headed north along with the Juncos, and Song Sparrows have arrived for the summer and their breeding season. They live all across the USA and most of Canada. A cheerful song. Friday morning linksRestoring Paris’ Famed Notre Dame Cathedral Could Take ’15 or 20 Years’ Netflix Lost More Than 30% Market Share to Competitors in 2020 Religiously Unaffiliated Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance: How Eisenhower Assured The Horrors Would Never Be Forgotten COVID: This Isn’t About Safety Anymore Kotkin: What Happened to Social Democracy? VDH: Wealthy and Woke A Look Into New York Times-Think On "Food Relief" Number Of Unaccompanied Kids At Border Hits Highest Number In History… Accuser Alleges Cuomo "Groomed Me For Sex" As GOP Challenger Launches Gubernatorial Campaign Powerline: THE CHAUVIN TRIAL SO FAR Netanyahu: Israel won't be bound by deal which allows Iran a nuclear bomb Thursday, April 8. 2021Johnny Cash, 1994Thursday morning linksHow a Football Team Became Mascots for Vegetarianism. In 1907, a championship squad changed what it meant to eat meat-free. Netflix buys Kanye West documentary for $30M: report. The Yeezus rapper has been filming his life for over 20 years CDC: Chance Of Surface Transmission Of Virus Not What We Thought PRINCETON ADMITS ONLY 129 WHITE AMERICAN MALES Susan Rice Will Leave Netflix Board to Join Biden Administration E-Mails Show DeSantis Team Asked CBS, 60 Minutes To Interview Moskowitz — And Were Told “The Deadline Has Passed” Florida Democrats Defend DeSantis Against Attack From ‘60 Minutes’ Colorado voting laws are similar to Georgia's despite decision to move Major League Baseball All-Star Game 75% Say Voter ID Necessary, Majority Oppose Georgia Boycott 'Woke' MLB moving All-Star Game from 51% Black Atlanta to 76% White Denver, critics note. The game's relocation is expected to deliver a severe economic blow to Atlanta, where nearly 30% of businesses are Black-owned Alleged Cuomo Groping Victim: ‘All I Remember Is Seeing His Hand, His Big Hand’ The Hunter Biden Story Is Mainly About Presidential And Media Corruption Gillibrand: Paid leave, child care, and caregiving are all "infrastructure" 9 Crazy Examples of Unrelated Waste and Partisan Spending in Biden’s $2 Trillion ‘Infrastructure’ Proposal Biden's Infrastructure Plan Isn't About Infrastructure. It's About Paying Off Political Allies. The Meaning of American Leadership: Reflections from the 70th Secretary of State (Sec. Mike Pompeo and Roger Hertog) - video interview Pompeo is an impressive man Wednesday, April 7. 2021PickleballMrs. BD and I signed up for a local co-ed Pickleball league. Seems like a fast game. They said you didn't have to have any experience with it. We don't. I love games. Don't you?
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Wednesday morning linksApple’s New Privacy Policy Tests the Limits of Its Platform Power Entire flight deplaned over ‘maskless toddler’ How 'It's Covered by Insurance' Wrecks Health Care UNITED AIRLINES PLANS TO USE RACE AND GENDER-BASED QUOTAS TO SELECT PILOTS MEAN, GREEDY, AND LAZY IS NO WAY TO GO THROUGH LIFE, MA’AM Dr. Fauci Can't Explain Why Texas COVID Cases Keep Dropping Despite Reopening Quality of life plummets, taxes rocket — and New York City faces doom: Goodwin I doubt it White People Keep Posing As People Of Color For Clout March Border Crossings Jump to 15-Year High NYC insiders ramping up attacks against Andrew Yang because he states the obvious MLB Relocates All-Star Game To State With Voter-ID Laws … And Fewer Early-Voting Days “Cities Will Be on Fire” – Black Lives Matter Activist Warns “All Hell Will Break Loose” If Officer Chauvin Is Not Convicted in George Floyd case Tucker vid: Everything Biden said was false American Bloat Plan - The Biden infrastructure bill is a Democratic wish list of wasteful spending. Tuesday, April 6. 2021Brain GymAs ladder drills become more complex, and as you become speedier with them, the brain sometimes conks out and you have to start over. Icky Shuffles often mess me up. You can get some driveway chalk and just make a ladder on the driveway. I can't do them as quickly as athletes, but as usual I do my best. Calisthenics+Cardio, with agility and balance challenges. Excellent warm-ups and cool-downs.
Tuesday morning linksHow Confident Are We That Dark Matter Is Real? A Fierce, Brief Book About the Holocaust - Wendy Lower’s ‘The Ravine’ looks at a photograph that many refuse to face Consumers’ Monthly Streaming Service Spending has Doubled Since 2018 US Airports Busiest In More Than Year On Good Friday Rachel Levine Wants Transgender Drugs and Surgery for Minors Portland’s Police Exodus Continues As Murder Rates Surge Grassroots organization forms to help parents fight critical race theory and politicization in classrooms Teen Girls Who Murdered Uber Eats Driver in DC Get Incredible Plea Deal — Won’t Go to Prison Georgia's new election law is more generous than that of New York WHY DID BASEBALL CAPITULATE? MLB requires photo ID to pick up tickets from Will Call, but boycotts Georgia for voter ID law Tim Cook from Apple Condemns Voter ID Law in Georgia — Forgets It Takes a Valid ID to Get an Apple Card Every adult has an ID NBC: Facebook Postings Promote Human Trafficking Over The US-Mexico Border Palestinians: US Taxpayer Money Going to Terrorists Duh Beijing Accelerating Timeline for Possible Invasion of Taiwan, Expert Warns Duh Monday, April 5. 2021Sounds of early Springtime amphibian marsh courtship, repostedMrs. BD and I took a 5-mile woodsy hike last weekend and passed many vernal pools and small ponds with the early springtime chorus. Like owls, you hardly ever see these critters but they let you know they are there in April. Mating calls of common early Spring frogs of vernal pools and shallow marshes: The tiny Spring Peepers dominate the chorus. Man, have I loved that sound since earliest childhood:
And the mating trill of Mr, Toad: Bufo Americanus: Monday morning linksIs the legend of Murray’s Cheese only a myth? Warnock: ‘Meaning Of Easter’ Transcends Resurrection Of Christ, People Can ‘Save’ Themselves With Good Works Um, no. That's not the religion. Not that being useful is not a good thing. Transexuals: “A Certain Madness Amok” In Canada, trans “justice” has gone haywire. California teachers’ latest demand: Free child care Woman: I Am Fat Because Racism Made Me Fat… Trees just might be racist, Portland, Oregon Board of Education Director worries Democrats finally have a chance to remake the economy the way they've hoped for decades MLB requires photo ID to pick up tickets from Will Call, but boycotts Georgia for voter ID law THE GREAT LIBERAL DEATH WISH ENTERS A NEW PHASE Is Matt Gaetz in trouble? The Stephen Kruiser Top Five List of Things I Won't Be Apologizing For Sunday, April 4. 2021Spring in New England: A Beaver PondLarge natural fresh-water ponds with marshes are scarce in the northeast US. If you know of one, where is it and what is it like? I've seen a few in MA, but most were post-glacial and have since filled in as bogs or wetlands or grass, if not trees. With the return of the beaver populations, fresh habitat is available for all of these critters. I like man-made marshes too. Funny - I've never seen a Mallard in a tree before. Canadian LoggersHappy Easter
1 Corinthians 15:1-11 15:1 Now I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand, 15:2 through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I proclaimed to you--unless you have come to believe in vain. 15:3 For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, 15:4 and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures, 15:5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 15:6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died. 15:7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. 15:8 Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them--though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. 15:11 Whether then it was I or they, so we proclaim and so you have come to believe. Saturday, April 3. 2021Saturday morning linksThe mystery of the refugee children in Sweden who won’t wake up. Hundreds of children have succumbed to a mystery illness that can keep them in a sleeplike state for years. I Can Tolerate Anything Except The Outgroup (h/t AVI) US Military Goes 100% Woke On Transgenders, Will Even Pay For Transition Surgery Teen cheerleader's Snapchat brings Supreme Court clash over schools and free speech VDH: Is Racism Moral Now? Biden Infrastructure Bill Includes $20 BILLION To DESTROY Highways For Being Racist. Administration claims “long-standing and persistent racial injustice” in infrastructure Barone: Too much risk aversion is too risky
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