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Thursday, August 8. 2019August Bob: Desolation RowThursday morning linksStudent op-ed: How DARE men be nice to women Shocking Video of Melting Greenland Glacier….in Summer Heat Rex Murphy: There's no hypocrite like a rich, jet-setting anti-global-warming one. The official count of private jets wafting into Palermo for the 'great consult' stands at 114, for a maximum of 300 attending — three per jet Renewable Energy Is a Scam Sadness: It Turns Out McDonald’s Cannot Recycle the New Paper Straws MANDATORY ETHNIC STUDIES TOO MUCH EVEN FOR THE LA TIMES Prof calls to get rid of grades because they are 'capitalism in action' PROPOSED CA HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM ANTI-SEMITIC AND ANTI-ISRAEL Feminist law professors urge the feds to give accused students due process Genetic Endowments and Wealth Inequality MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE TAKES OUT CALIFORNIA'S BIGGEST RECYCLING BIZ Baltimore is drowning in taxpayer dollars Baltimore Sun Attacks Trump Supporter Who Organized Massive City Clean Up Rich Libs in Posh D.C. Suburb Freak Out Over Affordable Housing Proposal OUTRAGE OVER TRUMP ADMIN TURNING DOWN WELFARE MIGRANTS House Democrats Are Coming For Brett Kavanaugh The Media’s Disgusting Bloodlust - These vampires are sucking the life out of the social contract. "Death Camps For Trump Supporters" Fliers Posted In New York The New York Post’s ‘Assault Weapons’ Editorial Is Nonsensical The Dayton Shooter Was A Satanist, Leftist-Socialist, And Bernie/Warren Fan, Supported Antifa MEDIA NOT INTERESTED IN 47 PEOPLE SHOT IN CHICAGO OVER THE WEEKEND VDH on Mueller: The Dream Team Loses to the Nobodies Gowdy: FBI Transcripts May Well Show FBI Targeted Trump Campaign, Not Russian Interference Dems have swarmed completely out of the political mainstream Media And Dems Operatives Now Calling To Shut Down Fox GOOGLE EMPLOYEE: Anyone Who Goes on Tucker Carlson is Complicit in Helping Him Spread ‘Dangerous Propaganda’ The Latest UN Horror Show: Christian Refugees Ignored Lamborghinis, Burkas, Sex Party Invites And ‘Chop Chop Square’: A New York Lawyer’s 15 Years In The Middle East Trump Slams China for Failing to Halt Fentanyl Exports to U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT REDEFINES ANTISEMITISM: DON'T COMPARE ISRAEL TO THE NAZIS Wednesday, August 7. 2019General fitness: Sturdy backs, etc.
For example, I'd like to deadlift 300 lbs, but it's not overly important to me. Doing 5 reps of 175-200 will be enough to indicate that I am not frail, not fragile. The problem I'm sure our fitness readers have with strength training (resistance training, or sturdiness training) is time. If we aim for 6-7 hours weekly for fitness, with 2 of those HIIT and endurance cardio and 2 of them calisthenics, how can we fit in all of the strength building or strength maintenance? Maybe by condensing resistance things and mixing them up. For example, there are several basic back exercises. Three of them are fundamental (ie, must be done at least once weekly): deadlifts (a total body exertion - The King of Exercises), rows, and pullups/chinups or pull-downs. Each of those can take 15-20 minutes of your time with 6 sets, with 90-120 sec. rest between sets. So you can schedule, say, deads once weekly, pullups/chinups/pull-downs once weekly, and some type of row once or twice weekly (eg inverted row, seated row, dumbell bent-over row). Mix them up week to week). And because those make good arm demands too, there is less need for pure arm exercises. Other than the deads, the key to back exertions is to clench your scapulae. Squeeze them. Make the back do them bulk of the work, not your arms. With chinups and pullups, you thrust your elbows down to power the movement. Some ideas below the fold - Continue reading "General fitness: Sturdy backs, etc." Maggie's Farm statsI guess we remain an eclectic boutique website - but a fairly strong one in that humble category. Not mass market, so we can't get rich from it. We are grateful for donated web services (thanks, buddy - you are a prince) and for the pittance ($250,000/year from our friends at Dunkin Donuts. Just kidding about the latter.) We are happy hobbyists. In the past 12 months, 4,000,000 page views, 2,000,000 sessions, 385,000 users, 376,000 new users, bounce rate 54% (excellent), and around 5000 regular daily users. Thousands more of regular but non-daily readers who come to just catch up every few days. Since readership is our only reward, whatever y'all can do to help us expand it is highly appreciated even though we do not get paid for it. Stupid, right?
Wednesday morning linksSamuel Pepys: Honest to a Fault Good fun reading him in small doses,like Boswell's writings Raoul Wallenberg — remembering a hero on his 107th birthday. To save tens of thousands of Jews, Swedish diplomat bribed, cajoled, persuaded and even threatened German and Hungarian officials; what happened to him remains unclear "David Whitlock has not showered or bathed for 15 years, yet he does not have body odour." What about "odor"? NPR Discovers the ‘Nature Rights’ Movement Professor wins settlement blocking forced union due Think Google Controls The News? It’s Worse Than You Think, Experts Say On Monday Barack Obama criticized President Trump and racism for the mass shootings over the weekend. Here's What A Criminology Professor Learned By Studying Every Mass Shooting Since 1966 Most bitter, alienated people don't kill Ex-Girlfriend Says Dayton Shooter Heard Voices, Talked About “Dark, Evil Things” Chicago Mass Shooting This Morning. Where Is The Democrat Outcry? Obama: 24 Mass Shootings. Trump: 4 Mass Shootings Facts don't matter. Orange man bad. Reporters Dismiss Dayton Shooter’s Politics - A new journalistic standard. After Trump Condemns White Supremacy, Biden Compares Him To KKK MSNBC Host: Trump Is ‘Talking About Exterminating Latinos’ NBC News Contributor Claims Trump May Have Ordered Flags Flown At Half-Staff To Honor Adolf Hitler The Guardian view on the China-US trade wars: the global economy is at risk It is way past time for the trade battle. Better now than later. Who wants the US economy held hostage by the giant China? Trump kicks ass. French politicians want to add an ag-gag rule to the country's sweeping online hate speech proposal When "hate speech" laws begin, there is no end to them. NY Times: Europe Limits Free Speech, You Know
Tuesday, August 6. 2019Tuesday morning links“Sir do you know why I pulled you over?” Impending Defeat for the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - Pestilence, war, famine, and death are all on the decline. Donell Cooper: Basketball star banned after drug test shows him to be pregnant Renewable Energy Is a Scam The Case for Ending Income Tax Itemization of Deductions Re-sinking CUNY - The City University of New York moves to eliminate objective testing—reversing the very reforms that had pulled it out of a long decline. The Latest UN Horror Show: Christian Refugees Ignored Trump's Common-Sense Steps to Improve Health Care While media were focused on mass shootings, explosive revelations about the Russia Hoax came out in a Sunday morning interview Media And Dems Operatives Now Calling To Shut Down Fox 'Morning Joe' Accuses Trump Donors of 'Funding White Supremacy' New York Times Changes Headline After Dem Candidates Complain Ex-Google Engineer Says Tech Giant Has ‘Political Agenda,’ Wants To Ensure Trump Loss in 2020 DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS DOUBLE DOWN ON CRAZY Media And Dems Operatives Now Calling To Shut Down Fox Nadler: How Does Late Fall Look For Impeachment? Donald Trump Is Right to Call for Red-Flag Laws Monday, August 5. 2019Identify this beautyA work of art, as seen in my driveway yesterday. Make and model, please. Doubt year can be guessed.
Monday morning links
Democratic-Socialist dinosaurs hype climate change debate Berkeley Somehow Bans Natural Gas Why not ban gasoline? Advice to the College-Bound from the Old, White Professor THE DECLINING PRESTIGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION Bad Grammar Makes You Sound Stupid The regression of America’s big progressive cities. Nothing the modern Left has to offer is going fix places like Baltimore WILLIAMS: Being A Racist Is Easy Today Harvard Law Prof. Calls For Trump’s Impeachment After Shootings, Says He Supports ‘Terrorism’ A bad case of TDS Trump To Address Nation Monday Over Mass Shootings, Says More Gun Control May Be Needed If Trump's To Blame For El Paso Shooting, Is Warren To Blame For Dayton? I blame the evil in the human soul. Wrong moment to say it when we feel terrible for the victims and families, but mass shootings in the US have been declining for decades. What If Man Is a Killer Ape Beset by Original Sin? Mass Shooter Connor Betts a Liz Warren Supporter, Hated Trump, Twitter profile included: “he/him / anime fan / metalhead / leftist / i’m going to hell and i’m not coming back.” The 2nd Amendment Is Inviolate: But Is There Anything To Be Done About These Random (And Rare) Mass Shootings? AOC's Just-Resigned Chief Of Staff Under Federal Investigation Harris Campaign Blames Russia for Humiliation by Gabbard Even Liberal WaPo says Warren and Sanders proposals don’t “meet a baseline degree of factual plausibility” Just pandering HOTS ON FOR NOWHERE: Bill Maher: ‘I’ve Been Hoping for a Recession’ to Get Rid of Trump. More TDS. Hates Trump more than he cares about people Starting to Unravel the Mystery of Joseph Mifsud What mystery? He's an obvious intel asset Sunday, August 4. 2019Sunday Bruce: Better DaysYour next trip?
Rave reviews from our friends who report that it is luxurious: Cairo & The Oberoi Philae Nile Cruise
From today's LectionaryEcclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23 1:2 Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. 1:12 I, the Teacher, when king over Israel in Jerusalem, 1:13 applied my mind to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven; it is an unhappy business that God has given to human beings to be busy with. 1:14 I saw all the deeds that are done under the sun; and see, all is vanity and a chasing after wind. 2:18 I hated all my toil in which I had toiled under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to those who come after me 2:19 --and who knows whether they will be wise or foolish? Yet they will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity. 2:20 So I turned and gave my heart up to despair concerning all the toil of my labors under the sun, 2:21 because sometimes one who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave all to be enjoyed by another who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil. 2:22 What do mortals get from all the toil and strain with which they toil under the sun? 2:23 For all their days are full of pain, and their work is a vexation; even at night their minds do not rest. This also is vanity. Saturday, August 3. 2019MC: Are Any Of The Democratic Candidates For President Not Completely Crazy?
It's all calculated, a game. All parties do it. Figger this: 50% of voting age have below average IQs, and they are reading neither Maggie's nor MC. Weekend plans: Strawberry ShortcakeSaturday morning linksImage: That's a John Grillo. I have a minor collection of his stuff, including that one of his wife at the nude beach in Truro. Rolling Stones concert review: Mick Jagger proves time is still on his side The Sahara buried this ancient Roman city—preserving it for centuries. Once a thriving North African military outpost, Thamugadi was forgotten under desert sands, until a Scottish explorer went looking for it centuries later. Scientists say a blood test can detect signs of Alzheimer's 20 years before onset of symptoms There is no treatment, but it's fun to know how you might end up Unreal: McDonald's Employee Fired After Refusing To Serve Paramedics Why Pre-College Service Is Good For Everyone Prince Harry Would Have To Plant Hundreds Of Trees To Offset Carbon Footprint He Left Attending Posh Climate Change Summit Royals not known for IQ. Good manners, though. Euronews Wonders If Traveling To Google’s ‘Climate Change’ Conference By Private Jet Is Hypocritical Or Something Naw, it's not. It's virtue-signaling. It's the current fashion. Why Democrats Lose - Jonathan Rodden explores the urban-rural electoral divide. The Fasting Cure Is No Fad - New research is showing the profound benefits—for weight, longevity and fighting disease—of eating only during limited hours California Removes Arrest Records From Kamala Harris' Time as Prosecutor from Public Records After Dems Praise Al Sharpton, WaPo Publishes Devastating Piece Detailing His Ugly Past Biden Inc. Over his decades in office, ‘Middle-Class Joe’s’ family fortunes have closely tracked his political career. That's what they do Trump is delivering for African-Americans. Dems need to work with him to benefit Baltimore CNN Host Don Lemon Demonizes Black Pastor Who Won't Call Trump Racist A Dem approach is to scare African-Americans. Every election. It won't work with Trump, though. Democrats warn of Trump trap Trump sets modern record for meeting his promises Covington Catholic High School students file lawsuits against dozens of public figures including Elizabeth Warren, CNN, New York Times reporters and Kathy Griffin, claiming their comments after That encounter were defamatory. United Nations Singles Out Israel for Violating ‘Women’s Rights’ Why nationalism is required for political success UK "Up To Its Neck" In RussiaGate Affair, Secret Texts Reveal British Role In Trump Coup Effort Hezbollah Turning Syria Villages on Israel Border Into Fortresses Young Palestinians are leaving Gaza in droves. With few jobs and no hope, there is little reason for them to stay Unless your life mission is to kill Jews, I'd get out of there too. Friday, August 2. 2019Another classic summer salad: Classic Italian Pasta SaladFriday morning linksWe’ve been warned by an asteroid. The next one might hit. White Robots Are Racist or Something Thompson: I can feel the Art improving me Yikes Work: Are you overqualified? A Role Reversal Marriage on the Rocks 97% of climate scientists agree that we only have 18 months to save their jobs Prince Harry Encourages Britons Not to Reproduce I Knew a Guy Who Was LGBTQRSTUVWXYZ Mario Lopez Apologizes For ‘Ignorant’ Remarks He Made About Not Letting Kids Choose Their Gender Neighborhood Activists Would Rather Preserve Tom's Diner Than Let Its Owner Retire in Peace We Can Solve ‘Climate Change’ By Putting Government Fully In Control Of All Water Or Something Why the GOP Has Declined in California It's About Time Someone Pushed Back About The Disaster Of Democrat-Controlled Cities Break-In At Elijah Cummings’ Baltimore Property Reportedly Happened Hours Before Trump Tweets The real reason Democrats defend Baltimore When will Tulsi Gabbard become a Republican? Exploring the burning subtext of a Democratic presidential campaign George Soros Sets Up 2020 Super PAC Hoe Silicon Valley $ will hack elections Trump-Hating Washington Post Writes Weirdest Story Ever, Tying Trump To Russia And … Hamburgers? CERTIFIED: TRUMP DID WIN THE DEM DEBATE The biggest loser in Wednesday’s Detroit debate was sanity Mark Penn: Democrats' debate was a panderfest Pollster Frank Luntz on Dem Debate: I’ve Been Following This Since 1992 I’ve Never Heard Candidates This Extreme… This Hostile to Economic Freedom Thursday, August 1. 2019Thursday morning linksHal Prince, Giant of Broadway and Reaper of Tonys, Dies at 91 Video of a Piglet Squid 10-Year-Old Boy Reportedly Charged With Aggravated Assault After Hitting Classmate With Ball Bummer: We Can’t Have Climate Justice Without Word Salad Justice Threatening teachers' ability to control their classrooms - How the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights gets it wrong on school discipline Epstein Planned To Seed Human Race With His DNA By Impregnating Scores Of Women In New Mexico You’re A Maniac If You Disagree With Mario Lopez’s Comments On Transgender Three-Year-Olds Flashback: Elijah Cummings Calls Baltimore “Drug Infested” …Race Mob Gives Him a Pass Democrat Cory Booker Says Immigrants Are Coming to US from “Sh*thole Countries” The Puny Reality Of Russian Election Meddling CNN, MSNBC To Lefties After Debate: Many Americans Don’t Like Your Favorite Ideas, You Know Turkey Threatens to Reignite European Migrant Crisis Wednesday, July 31. 2019Body-buildersBody-building is a somewhat common hobby for men and women. You can term it foolish, but most hobbies are sort of pointless but personally rewarding anyway. The Guardian is upset (It is always upset about something. That is their brand.) about males who want to look buff: The idealised male body has become bigger, bulkier and harder to achieve. So what drives a generation of young men to the all-consuming, often dangerous pursuit of perfection? I will join the Guardian in criticising steroid use by both men and women. It just sacrifices health for muscle bulk. The gyms I use have no real body-builders. Strength-builders, sure. General ftness-seekers, lots - but General Fitness includes strength. On our website, we prefer to focus on "Fitness for Life", while bearing in mind that few women do not want to look "beach-ready" and few guys want to be, or to appear, physically weak or flabby. Some degree of narcissism is just a part of self-respect. Photo: Jamie Eason is a lady body-builder, no steroids. Managing your “Great Job Search”, repostedThis post represents a major effort by a friend who wanted to share his career's worth of accumulated knowledge and wisdom from the opportunity-seeking end and from the hiring end. He warns that it is not a final draft. He doesn't know when he will get around to polishing it up (because he does have a day job). Enjoy it, and send it around to those who might find it handy - young or older.
Up until then, I’d pretty much walked easily from opportunity to opportunity. After all, in the beginning there were not many skilled professionals in computing and the IT world, and demand far exceeded supply. At the last time I found myself looking for work, I’d nominally retired but had been requested to stay. During the financial meltdown however, all extensions were cancelled and I was summarily out of work with virtually no notice. I was already over 60 and the economy was unfavorable. I landed what I think is a wonderful, challenging, and interesting job but the process took over a year. The reason I mention this is because at the conclusion of my search, an experienced recruiter said -more or less in passing - that “You ran a great search.” I’d never thought of myself as even doing “a search.” I thought I was looking for a job. These are much the same thing, but I learned that a search is a disciplined way of looking for a job and doing it right makes a big difference in the outcome. These are my notes on how to do a great job search. For the more experienced reader to get something from this, I’ve had to write to the executive level. If you’re less senior (more junior?) or just starting out, some of this will be overkill, but it is maybe helpful to know this material in advance of needing it. The principles are the same. And while my vantage point is business/corporate, these basic principles should apply to any sort of work or career pursuit. Other than obvious stuff on dress, I don’t think there is any overtly male/female, but I admit I may used ”he” more than “she” just from habit. Continue reading "Managing your “Great Job Search”, reposted"
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Wednesday morning linksBoar wars: how wild hogs are trashing European cities Done right, they are tasty On editing Wikipedia College parents reportedly give up custody so kids get aid Scammers A-listers flock to Google summit in private jets, mega yachts to talk climate change Why not Pedo Island? FINALLY, AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT STANDS UP TO SHARPTON - An in-depth look at the “con man. Williamson: Which Party Can We Blame for Poverty and Crime? Neither, really. Poverty and chaos are default settings for reality. Anything else is special. Judge dismisses DNC hacking lawsuit against Trump team, says claims 'entirely divorced from the facts' The Left would rather slander Trump than fix Baltimore HUD official Lynne Patton says $16 billion recently given to Baltimore. Wants to know, where’d it go? Your tax dollars at work Where did the $16 Billion in US Grants Given to Baltimore in 2018 Disappear to? MSNBC Guest Says Trump Presidency Could Lead to Civil War Why the Mystery of Russiagate Hinges on the Mystery of Joseph Mifsud Erdogan: ‘Whoever Is On the Side of Israel…We Are Against Them’ Where Is the Movement to Boycott Turkey? Intellectual honesty. Britain’s Uncertain Future - As new prime minister Boris Johnson prepares to take Great Britain out of the EU, his political opponents remain out of touch with the country they represent. Sen. Rick Scott To Introduce Legislation To Get Peace Corps Out Of China In China??? The Palestinians Need to Have an Identity Crisis - Nothing seems to unite or define the Palestinian people other than hatred of Israel Tuesday, July 30. 2019Tuesday MarkTuesday morning links“He Immediately Went To A Bar ’Cause He Was Like, ‘I Got Bit By A Shark'” Free beers for that guy Muslim Okay, Christian Forbidden as Google Keyword Lust for Outrage - A Manhattan philanthropist and Whitney Museum trustee becomes a casualty to the social-justice mob. Equal pay? U.S. Soccer says women making more than men When ‘Ethics Review’ Becomes Ideological Review: The Case of Peter Boghossian Viva Maduro! The Chicago Teachers Union’s Solidarity Trip To Venezuela What’s Exceptional About American Exceptionalism? The nation was founded on natural law and natural right, not myth or tribal legend. Red Scare! The Washington Post Accuses Mitch McConnell of Being a 'Russian Asset' McConnell Denounces Dangerous Rise of "Modern-Day McCarthyism" Heritage Action Poll: Illegal Immigration Is Voters' Top Concern Ann Coulter: How we became the world's suckers on immigration Yep. When everybody in Baltimore has a job, then reconsider immigration Bernie Sanders did NOT like Trump quoting what he said about Baltimore Limbaugh: Trump Speaking ‘Absolute Truth’ That's ‘Not Supposed To Be Said’ About Democrat-Run Cities
Rob Reiner Says All TrumpSupporters are Racist Black Pastor Says It’s ‘Hard To Believe’ That Trump Is Racist After Meeting With Him The Swan 48The Swan 48 from the 1970s is an iconic blue water sailboat, perfect for trans-Atlantic races (try not to bump into a whale and break your rudder) or for sailng to Bermuda. 2 people can sail her, but she requires extra hands for racing. It's a lot of boat for day-sailing, but people do it.
Here's the new Swan 48 - less beautiful but quicker.
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Monday, July 29. 2019Britain trading in shark fins
Quit that, Britain. It is not very green.
Some Monday Bob from 1964Thanks, Gerard. Good sound quality. 27 minutes.
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