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Tuesday, August 20. 2019The Train (1964) trailer
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Monday, August 19. 2019Blue-State Smokin'At this very moment. Chunks of Black Cherry wood from the woodpile, with a pot of water in there. Short and regular pork ribs rubbed with brown sugar, various ground peppers, dried mustard and Kosher salt. Also a pork butt or two. Let me know whether the smell of the smoke comes through your computer screen. It smells good. If you cannot smell it, maybe your computer's smoke-blocker blocks it. How do you do this enjoyable task?
Sunday, August 18. 2019Best driving music?From today's LectionaryLuke 12:49-56 12:49 "I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 12:50 I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed! 12:51 Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division! 12:52 From now on five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three; 12:53 they will be divided: father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law." 12:54 He also said to the crowds, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, 'It is going to rain'; and so it happens. 12:55 And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be scorching heat'; and it happens. 12:56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time? Could be Mrs. and Mrs. BDSaturday, August 17. 2019American life: Gone swimming with the sharksHeading to Cape Cod (Wellfleet) soon for family reunion week and my birthday party (25 of us, plus with some of our high-energy outdoorsy pals joining us). We do indeed take over the village when we are out there. Roger de Hauteville, that illustrious Norman King of Sicily, will provide the morning entertainment here. Bless his Viking heart. Our plans are dawn runs, morning calisthenics or Yoga, kayaking, hiking, body surfing, jumping in the pond loop, and some baseball and tennis. And lots of seafood and beer. Sitting on beaches is not our thing, but we have a big porch overlooking the harbor. No TV, no wifi. Good Boston classical music radio though. Best thing of all - getting salty and sunny and perfumed by the piney woods - and no bugs. Plus we have an outdoor shower. I will not tolerate an indoor shower on Cape Cod. Just feels good to shower in the sunshine. Speaking of seafood, maybe my favorite Cape Cod seafood is steamed Steamers. Drinking the broth might be the best part. As much as I love mussels, or a raw bar with Wellfleet oysters, I can never tire of Steamers. They are fun to harvest too, if you don't mind lots of mud. Cold Teas: Sweet Tea and Sun Tea
In the southern USA, "tea" means Sweet Tea. People usually make a couple of quarts at a time. Delicious. I have been a fan of Sun Tea since I first had it in Montana. It's usually made a gallon jar at a time. Keep the top on or ants will come, and keep in direct sunlight for 5-6 hours. Saturday morning links15 Stats That Show Americans Are Drowning in 'Stuff' My Time in the University Gulag Here’s why my fellow millennials are seduced by socialism How Socialism Permeated City Council. These aren’t your grandma’s Cold War–era pols. Inside Chicago’s far-far-left political wavelet. CORY BOOKER BLAMES RACISM, NOT HIS OWN CORRUPT AGENCY, FOR LEAD WATER Yes, Immigrants Should Be Less Dependent On U.S. Welfare, And So Should Everyone Else Tlaib Bumbles Into Revealing Her Undeniable Priority: Bigoted Anti-Israel Propaganda Admitting Fake News
Friday, August 16. 2019Had to change their hiking plansFrom friends vacationing in Colorado, a pic from the Rocky Mountain National Arsenal Wildlife Refuge.
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Late Friday morning linksFirst Time Nudist? Here Are 7 Signs You’re Ready to Visit a Nude Resort No thanks, too shy Navy SEAL will start at Yale this fall as a 52-year-old undergrad NY University Gender Studies Department Publishes Paper Saying Milking Cows Is Like Sexual Abuse Not written by dairy farmers The Green New Deal Leads To Communism In Seattle Men who recycle more likely to have their sexuality questioned HURRICANES? GET SERIOUS Why not offer to buy Greenland? Don't tell the Danes, but it will be palm trees and golf courses any day now More Daycare Spots Will Stop the Shootings! Ben Shapiro: It's a 'you problem' if you 'had to work more than one job' Dear Catherine Rampell, the Former Soviet Union Had Many 'Experts' Too Vanderleun: Rant0matic #5: Dennis Prager Speaks for me, “These are not good people.” Jessica Anderson: What do women want from political candidates? Surprising answers could get Trump reelected DEMOCRACY DIES IN GLOBAL GOVERNANCE Duh In Government Property We Trust - To help reduce pension debt, Connecticut eyes privatizing publicly owned assets. The Myth of the ‘Underage Woman’ - One more shameful truth Jeffrey Epstein symbolized: a culture that continues to write girls out of its stories Dalrymple: Thoughts on the Death of Jeffrey Epstein. It’s not implausible that a man facing life in prison would find the means to kill himself. When Gorbachov learned an economics lesson FOIA DOCUMENT Shows FBI Agreed to Cover Up and Ignore All Hillary Crimes in Its 2016 Investigation! New evidence shows why Steele, the Ohrs and TSA workers never should have become DOJ sources Collusion Killing Free Speech In Canada Israeli Decision on Omar and Tlaib Inflames Politics in Two Countries Israel Has Every Right To Block Rashida Tlaib And Ilhan Omar - Not even we believe people are entitled to visit simply because they demand it. Had a server hiccup
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Thursday, August 15. 2019Legendary Fisherman Frank Mundus' Last InterviewFishing legend Frank Mundus sits down with Tom Gregory in this 2008 interview. He passed away shortly thereafter.
New cars all lack CD playersYes, I know The Great Courses have an app, but what if you like your CDs in your car? What to do? Ideas welcome. Thursday morning linksThis Aircraft Carrier Was Sunk (A Member of the Crew Told Us How) Poland Preferred to Fight, Fought Bravely, and Lost Terribly Cape Cod: Might need a bigger boat The Anthropocene Is a Joke. On geological timescales, human civilization is an event, not an epoch. Mamet Speaks Bitter Truth In New Play, And Leftist Critics Aren’t Happy About It. Mamet’s exposure of the liberal-left doctrine as morally contradictory at its core has hit a nerve. American University trains faculty not to judge quality of writing when grading. My Son’s Freshman Orientation At Virginia Tech Was Full Of Leftist Propaganda 8 Back-to-School Books To Protect Students Against Leftist Brainwashing ‘Gender stereotypes’: Judge rules Harvard sanctions on single-sex clubs may violate Title IX “Affirmative Consent” as a Legal Standard? An effort to bring campus procedures rigged against defendants into criminal law has stalled—but advocates will try again. The Education of Clarence Thomas Epstein's "Madam" Found: Ghislaine Maxwell Living With Tech CEO In Multimillion Oceanfront Mansion THE LEFT IS THE NEW YORK TIMES’ EXECUTIVE EDITOR Six-Year-Old Saying, 'Why Don't We Just Give Everything Away For Free?' Surges To Top Of Democratic Polls The Spin Cycle: Race Hate, Rinse, Repeat Leaving the Democrats MSNBC Analyst Likens Trump Supporters to Members of a 'Terrorist Organization' The Media Won’t Stop Lying About Ken Cuccinelli’s Comments On Immigration Obama Hack Blames The Trump Administration For Nuclear Explosion In Russia… The Mystery Surrounding Russia Accidentally Nuking Itself Continues To Grow Trump's tariff pause shows he's got his eyes on the prize Pope Francis Compares Matteo Salvini’s “Italians First” Language to Nazis UN chief: Islamic State has as much as $300 million to fight NOT SATIRE: Britain Prints Knife Crime Warnings On Fried Chicken Boxes Wednesday, August 14. 2019Wednesday morning links'Orthorexia' vying for classification as mental disorder as more people become obsessed with 'clean eating' Univ. BANS BURGERS to combat climate change. Where could it happen next? Fake Disabilities Are Becoming the New College Admissions Scam How Hundreds of Campus #MeToo Punishments Could Get Tossed Ideology in academia Mirthiness: job posting ‘CLIMATE EMERGENCY OFFICER’ More mirth: Trump campaign sells 'Fredo Unhinged' T-shirts following viral Cuomo video Women accuse opera legend Domingo of sexual harassment That is news? Jeffrey Epstein: Let The Conspiracy Theories Begin! Five years ago Michael Brown died, and a movement based on lies was born WaPo: Four Pinocchios To Harris, Warren Over Ferguson Murder Claim Elizabeth Warren Calls for ‘Affordable, Gender Affirming’ Health Care for Transgender People Elizabeth Warren calls for ______________ . Fill in the blank THE CAMPAIGN TO BRAND TRUMP A RACIST Take a Breath; America Is Still a Decent Country Filled With Decent People Darn right So Trump is the divisive one when he brings up Democrat policies? Orange man bad Trump Admin Reinstitutes Clinton Immigration Law, Open Borders Advocates Melt Down MSNBC Goes After Trump For Saying What They Already Said About Epstein BRITISH PUBLIC FACES HUGE ELECTRICITY PRICE RISES TO BAIL OUT WIND FARMS Big surprise Tuesday, August 13. 2019Tuesday morning links6 Mistakes Travelers Make When Buying Their First Backpack Of Course Most Catholics Don’t Believe in the Real Presence Does Socialized Medicine Let Fat People Live? New evidence proves that Cain killed Abel after first-shooter video game binge “What’s the word for being sexually attracted to people with lots of money?” The Left is Panicking Over Much Needed Changes to the Endangered Species Act Beto Suggests Anyone Who Votes for Trump Is a Racist Al Sharpton Heckled In Baltimore: “You’re A Phony . . . You’re A Hustler!” Kamala Harris Confronted By Upset Iowa Resident: ‘Leave Our Health Care Alone’ New Trump Rule Could Deny Green Cards For Immigrants Who Use Public Benefits Trump says Google is biased against conservatives. Here’s how search actually works. Google search and claims of conservative bias, explained. Scaramucci Compares Trump to Nuclear Disaster, Urges GOP to Consider Ditching Him China Exports its Panopticon.Science fiction writers have wondered for years what an all-encompassing surveillance state might look like. China decided to build it. Trump's tough approach working in China The Biggest Migration Since The Barbarian Invasions Of Rome (Is Not Where You Think) UK knife crime epidemic sees children as young as 10 rushed to hospital with stab wounds Europe’s Fading Cosmopolitan Dream - The continent and its cities are beginning to rethink their multicultural enthusiasm. Monday, August 12. 2019Monday morning linksHas the world's deadliest sport become safer? It's complicated. As wingsuit BASE jumping turns 20, some pilots are rethinking the risk. From summer camp to stardom, his friendship with Bob Dylan spanned 50 years Famines have all but disappeared outside of war zones. How Humanity Won the War on Famine New York's Best Old-Time Neighborhood--And Food--Is An Easy Must-See New York’s Hot New Tour Is Visiting Ultra Orthodox Jews. “To many, the Hasidic world is shrouded in mystery and secrecy—well, not anymore.” How Government Prolonged the Lobotomy MAHON: Mamet Speaks Bitter Truth In New Play, And Leftist Critics Aren’t Happy About It. Mamet’s exposure of the liberal-left doctrine as morally contradictory at its core has hit a nerve. The death of a local newspaper rocks America to its core The unintended consequences of more potent pot The link between pot and mass shootings may be closer than we think Spare Me Your Moralizing, David Brooks Why Google Poses a Serious Threat to Democracy, and How to End That Threat Former MCC Inmate Says Epstein Suicide Was 'Impossible' Identity Politics Violence is Tearing America Apart KLAVAN: To Defeat The Outrage Mobs, We Must Stand Up To Them Democrats have demonized every Trump voter as a ‘deplorable’ Trump just beat Democrats on guns Lindsey Graham Politely Explains to Idiot Reporters Why He needs an AR-15 Dan Gainor: Media go far beyond Trump Derangement Syndrome in attacking president Elizabeth Warren Defends Calling Trump a White Supremacist, Repeats Charlottesville Hoax State Dept. updates ‘anti-Semitism’ definition following Omar’s anti-Israel resolution Germany's Pro-Iran, Anti-Israel Foreign Policy Russia tells Google not to advertise 'illegal' events after election protests Google's decision to work with China, not US, 'unprecedented': Peter Thiel 50,000 protest banning of opposition candidates from Moscow elections Losing the War in Forgotten Afghanistan Sunday, August 11. 2019From today's Lectionary: Be preparedLuke 12:32-40 12:32 "Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 12:33 Sell your possessions, and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. 12:34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 12:35 "Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit; 12:36 be like those who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that they may open the door for him as soon as he comes and knocks. 12:37 Blessed are those slaves whom the master finds alert when he comes; truly I tell you, he will fasten his belt and have them sit down to eat, and he will come and serve them. 12:38 If he comes during the middle of the night, or near dawn, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves. 12:39 "But know this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. 12:40 You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour." Saturday, August 10. 2019A plate you probably do not want on your car on Cape Cod this summer
That conservation plate might be even less popular than a Trump-Pence sticker, and that's saying a lot up there. Several beaches closed this week on Cape Cod, Nantucket, and Martha's Vineyard due to White Sharks near shore. There are human risks to conservation - in this case, seal conservation. Now Massachusetts has become one of the world's largest White Shark congregations. Cape Cod White Shark map August Bob: My Back Pages for BD's birthdaySaturday morning links
Photo via MC's "climate humor." That's a diesel generator charging a Virtue Car Slowest start to Atlantic Hurricane season since 2004 I blame climate change Statistics confirm bleak prospects for local print newspapers, an irreplaceable cultural foundation for cities and towns. It is a loss The church of chicken: The inside story of how Chick-fil-A used Christian values and a 'clone army' to build a booming business that's defying the retail apocalypse and taking over America Civil rights probe opened into transgender athlete policy Record 4.4M Britons waiting for non-urgent surgery, gov't figures show It's called rationing How asylum is abused every day Border Patrol Protection Boat On Rio Grande Fired On By Men In Mexico With Automatic Weapons, Hitting The Vessel 50 Times THE OPIOID CRISIS AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY: GEOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC TRENDS I Immigrated to the US to Pursue the American Dream, Not to Pay for Your College Degree There were no 'safe spaces' or 'trigger warnings' for young people fighting in the Warsaw Uprising Bayer Offers $8 Billion to Settle Roundup Cancer Claims More proof that facts don't matter " A trip through Europe has convinced me that freedom is overrated." The truth about the stock market that Never Trumpers can’t accept 'Do Something' Is a Dangerous Demand to Make of Politicians Democrats give cold shoulder to Warren wealth tax NYC Businesses Struggling After $15 Minimum Wage Results In Layoffs, Understaffing As we always say, the real minimum wage is zero A book by Andy McCarthy: Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency Wow, AFL-CIO Union Comes Out in Support of Illegal Alien Workers Taking U.S. Jobs… Trump Can Do No Right The Media Crossed A Line This Week And There’s No Going Back As Insty frequently quips, "Just consider the MSM as Dem activists with bylines and it makes sense." SJWs Now Spiraling Over Spin Class Democrats Join Joe Biden In Lying About Charlottesville United Nations Gets Serious About Taking Our Food Only NPR takes this seriously GERMANS REBEL AGAINST TAX ON MEAT Would Canadians Tolerate Endless Illegal Border Crossing? CONRAD BLACK: Trump Plays Long Game On China. And vice-versa Killing Free Speech In France, Germany, And On The Internet Freedom is mostly an American thing Spend more on defence or we move troops to Poland, U.S. envoy tells Germany Europe Poised to Put Warning Labels on Jewish-Made Products Sheesh. What about Palestinian products? Almost forgot, there are none except rockets and fire balloons Palestinians: In Need of a Mirror? Meet Janna Jihad, Palestine’s new pin-up. Call it the Walt Disney school of foreign policy Friday, August 9. 2019Political QQQQQQ“Everything good that has happened to me has happened as a direct result of helping someone else. Everything.” Actor Danny Trejo. Story at Am digest Ain't that the truth? Serpents du jour: The North American Green SnakesThe Eastern and Central US has the Rough Green Snake (New Jersey and south) and the Smooth Green Snake, in the Northeast. These skinny bug-eaters are often referred to as "Grass Snakes," although both like to climb in vegetation. They are so well-camouflaged that they are rarely seen, and they tend to freeze when disturbed. I think I once saw a Rough in a bush in southern CT, but I can't swear it was a Rough because it moved too quickly for me to grab it to check it's ID. I love seeing snakes in New England. We don't have enough of them except for the regular Garter Snakes that always startle you when they are curled up in a Zucchini plant and the gigantic Black Snakes on stone walls and in the sand on Cape Cod. Did I ever mention the time my Mom killed a Milk Snake with a hoe (mistaking it for a Copperhead) while we batch of kids were playing in the grass? A mythical moment. Rough Green Snake hunting in a Blackberry patch: Friday morning linksFoot-long frogs “A woman’s body shape, and not just her weight, may have an impact on her health." Hollywood Film Depicts Trump Supporters Being Hunted for Sport by Liberals Global Warming? An Israeli Astrophysicist Provides Alternative View That Is Not Easy To Reject A Health Care System That's the Envy of the World ‘It’s a Form of Legal Trolling’: AOC Tries to Brush off FEC Complaints Against Her and Her Ex-Chief of Staff MADNESS: TWITTER AND BEYOND FBI kept using Steele dossier for FISA applications despite documenting ex-spy's bias, documents show "The Scary Proposition That Trump Is Gradually Becoming More Popular." NY Times Finds That All of Its Trump-Bashing Isn't Working as Planned Majority of Blacks and Hispanics Support Presidential Candidates Who Are Against Illegal Immigration: Poll Trump Supporters Cleaned Up Tons Of Trash And The Baltimore Sun Is Not Happy About It (Update) It was quite a surprise to find out that we Trump voters were personally responsible for the savage murder sprees of a creep who dug single-payer and a satanist fan of Big Chief Warren. Firearm Advocate Turns Tables On CNN Town Hall: ‘Do You Believe A Woman Has A Right To Choose’ Method Of Self-Defense? Sweden: Whitewashing its antisemitism?
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