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Saturday, May 27. 2023Saturday morning linksMaking Pizza on the Grill Should Be Your New Memorial Day Tradition MEMORIAL DAY? NOPE, IT’S ‘TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE’ How trans ideology came for therapy Review: You Hurt My Feelings. Little lies. OUR ILLITERATE COLLEGE STUDENTS Beer industry "in shock" from Bud Light boycott It's not a boycott - just avoidance Supreme Court Takes Away EPA’s Power Over Backyard Puddles. Sorry, puddle police. Newsom Blasts Target CEO 'Sell-Out', Claims Nationwide "Systematic Attack" On LGBTQ People Imminent Students attending law school — in San Francisco — claim campus steeped in racism DHS funds program that classifies Republican Party as "far right extremist" organization with links to Nazis Pregnant Nurse Hunted By Internet Mob After False Accusations Of Theft and Racism Will Sue, Lawyer Says Engineering Racial Outcomes - A federal appeals court ruling on admissions at a prestigious Virginia high school could have major implications for future court fights over affirmative action. Harvard Law Exposed: Courses Encourage Ape Behavior Friday, May 26. 2023Lex chats with Elon Musk about lots of topicsQQQ“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” Friedrich Nietzsche
Friday morning linksPhoto: Our Siberian Irises are in bloom Daily flights, NY to the Faroe Islands Mrs.BD would love that At High School Debates, Debate Is No Longer Allowed. At national tournaments, judges are making their stances clear: students who argue ‘capitalism can reduce poverty’ or ‘Israel has a right to defend itself’ will lose—no questions asked. Kotkin: Can California Be Saved? Though the state retains great advantages, bad policies accelerate its decline. TGIF: Cruising for a Bruising - Canadians say yes to death. South Koreans say no to birth. Plus: DeSantis, flat-earthers, a Citi Bike Karen—and Bezos’s amazing love boat. VDH: The Left Has Pushed the Envelope. Why are our government, corporations, and popular culture colluding in mass suicide—to the delight of our enemies like Communist China? OK, but I don't think China is an enemy U.S. NEWSGreenwald: Regime Journalists Promote The ‘Right’ Conspiracy Theories To Be Successful “Journalists who spread conspiracy theories that the CIA wants them to spread get promoted, and the journalists who question the conspiracy theories of the CIA get destroyed.” We all live in a world of lies Want to be a Seattle firefighter Lt.? Best know your woke reading list!: "..rather than knowing the ins and outs of the job"? That has zero to do with skin tone. NY: ‘Right-to-shelter’ off-ramp is long overdue Why no one will learn the lessons from "Citi Bike Karen" fiasco 5 black kids tried to steal her Citibike. Wrong narrative New York Office Buildings Emptying Out But rentals are high, along with tourism
Germany Is Turning Against The EU's Green New Deal, Common Sense To The Forefront The World Realigns Thursday, May 25. 2023Thursday morning linksSolar storms have dramatically increased this year. I blame climate change Early Apes Lived on Savannahs, Not in Forests. Two new studies suggest that 21 million years ago African primates frequented edge habitat and fed on leaves Scientific American is Now the Bud Light of Science Journals Plastic Recycling Now Contributing to Microplastics Pollution Mania Nebraska Becomes 18th State To Ban Transgender Surgeries On Children… What Banks Do Leftist Cancellation is the New Rite of Passage Trump’s ‘Hush Payment’ Trial to Begin Months Before 2024 Presidential Election Why my GOP competitors should take my lead and visit America’s inner cities: Ramaswamy Joe Biden Keeps Lying That His Son Died in Iraq. In fact, he lies about an assortment of his dead relatives. Contrary To Popular Myth, Brexit Was Not A Bad Decision And Did Not Fail Scotland moves toward removing trial by jury The Ukraine War Was Provoked - & Why That Matters To Achieve Peace Wednesday, May 24. 2023Tina Turner, RIPHappy Birthday BobWednesday morning linksFirst Psilocybin Service Center in Oregon Receives License Hunting with Golden Eagles and Sighthounds Researchers document 55 more white sharks in Cape Cod waters It is a conservation success WHAT DOES GOOGLE THINK OF YOU? Burgeoning burger battle: Agriculture really bugs Lurch and the Left L.A. Dodgers apologize to Target Under Fire for Selling Clothing Made By Creepy Satanic Transgender Designer That Promotes Drugs and Violence The escalating madness of woke dogma on college campuses Black people who do not understand racism MSU students sue professor who forced them to pay into her progressive slush fund Native American Man Gunned Down After Calling CBP on Trespassing Illegals It's "Obvious" There Will Be "No Victory For The Poor Ukrainians": Viktor Orban What would "victory" be? Tuesday, May 23. 2023Too smart of be a US PresidentQQQA quote from MarK Twain's The Mysterious Stranger: More quotes from the unfinished story here. “Still, it is true, lamb," said Satan. "Look at you in war—what mutton you are, and how ridiculous!" "In war? How?" "There has never been a just one, never an honorable one—on the part of the instigator of the war. I can see a million years ahead, and this rule will never change in so many as half a dozen instances. The loud little handful—as usual—will shout for the war. The pulpit will—warily and cautiously—object—at first; the great, big, dull bulk of the nation will rub its sleepy eyes and try to make out why there should be a war, and will say, earnestly and indignantly, "It is unjust and dishonorable, and there is no necessity for it." Then the handful will shout louder. A few fair men on the other side will argue and reason against the war with speech and pen, and at first will have a hearing and be applauded; but it will not last long; those others will outshout them, and presently the anti-war audiences will thin out and lose popularity. Before long you will see this curious thing: the speakers stoned from the platform, and free speech strangled by hordes of furious men who in their secret hearts are still at one with those stoned speakers—as earlier—but do not dare to say so. And now the whole nation—pulpit and all—will take up the war-cry, and shout itself hoarse, and mob any honest man who ventures to open his mouth; and presently such mouths will cease to open. Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception.” ― Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger
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Tuesday morning linksA Wall Street accountant turned professional escort says she's a psychopath – and swears it's the key to making 6 figures Democrats to parents everywhere: Your kids belong to US, not you! Social Justice™ Now Claims Waking Up Early Is White Supremacy Now, It’s Time to ‘Cancel’ Problematic ‘Three’s Company’. Collider dissects beloved '70s sitcom in a pitch-perfect woke parody First they came for Roald Dahl, then they came for Monty Python California High School's Female 'Teacher of the Year' Busted for Allegedly Having Sex with 16-Year-Old Student Inappropriate, but a crime? The guy who issued the Florida warning lives in Florida The Encampment State - Billions in spending have failed to solve California’s massive—and worsening—homelessness crisis. Poll Shows How Radically Different Americans' Opinions Are From Liberal Corporate Media Narratives The FBI is a danger to democracy Not meant to be the KGB Uber’s DEI Chief on Leave After Complaints Over ‘Don’t Call Me Karen’ Seminar - “We have heard that many of you are in pain and upset by yesterday’s Moving Forward session.” Pulitzer Prize-Winning Media Malpractice: Russian Hoax Confirmed by the Durham Report More upstate NY counties declare a migrant state of emergency Musk is right about Soros, libs’ trouble with truth and other commentary Monday, May 22. 2023Tim Keller, RIPTim Keller, retired New York megachurch pastor and bestselling author, dies at 72 Here's 11 minutes:
Not an Eagles fanBut this tune is like a dark American hymn. "She came from Providence..." Our internet pal Gerard lived in Paradise until his place burned down.
Monday morning linksSpectator: Umbria: Italy’s underrated gem. The region is so much more than the ‘poor cousin of Tuscany’ Yep Goldman struggles to close gender divide after discrimination payout. US bank commits to boosting female staff in wake of $215mn settlement but some remain sceptical 1 in 3 Female Recruits Injured in Army Basic Training - "Nearly 30% of female recruits were injured on average each month" UT Austin tells students to use 'wimmin' instead of the word 'women' Because It Worked Out So Well For Bud Light, Fords Unveils Its “Very Gay” Truck… Finally, A Solution To The Problem Of Intermittent Power Generation -- The "Virtual Power Plant" Elise Stefanik, Republicans Push Back on Biden’s War on Chocolate Milk Running therapy has effects on depression and anxiety symptoms comparable to antidepressants, but provides additional health benefits Work/Life Balance at Goldman Sachs " She tells what happened when she, married with three children, fell in love with another man and decided to divorce her husband and to marry her lover." Deaths of Despair Now Significant Among the Young How rotten is the FBI? US National Security Experts Urge No More Weapons For Ukraine In NY Times Joe Biden Is Preparing to Provide US F-16 FIghter Jets to Ukraine – World War III Can’t Come Fast Enough for These Elites Sunday, May 21. 2023A trivial war: The War of 1812
Really, only Canadians still remember much about it except for the song.
Karma and KanaIn the UK it is Snakes and Ladders. In the US it is Chutes and Ladders. A morality game. "The phrase "back to square one" originated in the game of snakes and ladders."
From today's LectionaryActs 1:6-14
1:6 So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?" 1:7 He replied, "It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." 1:9 When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. 1:10 While he was going and they were gazing up toward heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood by them. 1:11 They said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven." 1:12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day's journey away. 1:13 When they had entered the city, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying, Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. 1:14 All these were constantly devoting themselves to prayer, together with certain women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, as well as his brothers. Saturday, May 20. 2023Weimeraner"Weimaraners are a medium to large pointing dog breed that are tireless, cooperative workers and loyal companions with a strong protective instinct. The story of the Weimaraner has all the elements of a Hollywood melodrama. It is a classic tale of how marketing, money and the vain pursuit of blue ribbons can turn a noble breed of hunting dog into a caricature of its former self. Fortunately, like any good melodrama, there’s a happy ending. " Why Tucker Carlson is/was so goodGetting cars cleaned on rainy dayWhy not? No lines. For the few of us who showed up this morning they gave us a voucher for a 2-hour $200 detailing. Nice, but who has time for that? Cars and wheels are filthy, but it's the inside that really needs the expert cleaning. Yeah, House Wren got into one of our cars where I left the window open, and it crapped all over. Not my job.
Saturday morning linksDown With Pickleball! Long Live Tennis. Plus: The Great Light Beer War of 2023 in today’s culture war double feature. Why You Should Stop Trying to Be Happy at Work. If you set happiness as your primary goal, you can end up feeling the opposite. Once again, ideology distorts science: the editor-in-chief of Scientific American flubs big time, wrongly asserting that sparrows have four sexes. Why Big Tech pretends AI is dangerous. Saying you own a doomsday device only proves your power to investors. Online Mob Comes for Pregnant Nurse After Video of Confrontation Over Citi Bike Goes Viral. “The provider is currently out on leave and will remain on leave pending a review” 15 yrs, $BILLIONS, not a mile of track & running out of money - what am I? Commentary: Can DeSantis Make a Second First Impression? University of Colorado: Assume Everyone Is Trans – Greet New Acquaintances as “They, Them, Theirs” EU countries tiring of Green stuff Friday, May 19. 2023Know this book?Douglas Murray feels it's one of the best two books of the 20th C: Life and Fate, by Vasily Grossman
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Friday morning linksYeah, not good coffee but it's my daily ritual en route to the gym The rise of geopolitical swing states The FBI Didn’t Persecute Hillary. It Protected Her. That’s the big reveal in the 306-page Durham report. Mystery At The Midterms: What Really Happened To The Red Wave? "Do you want Ukraine to win or not?" What is "win" in this context? Chicago’s Brandon Johnson: ‘Wicked,’ ‘Unconscionable’ for Texas to Send Border Crossers to Sanctuary Cities The Stupidest, Most-Ill-Educated Group In America -- the Corporate Leadership Class -- Begins to Realize That "Diversity Training," Far From Healing Racial Rifts, Actually Causes Racial Division Diversity Is Campus Jew-Hatred. How DEI is openly attempting to marginalize and silence Jewish students Thursday, May 18. 2023Meet Christopher RufoHome-grown tomatoes
That means, mostly, night temperatures above 55-65 F and daytime temps 75-85. They do not thrive without that. On the other hand, there is this: Growing Tomatoes Successfully Despite Cold Temperatures and Rain I've seen 20-30' tomato vines sprawling across fields in Bermuda. They just keep going. If I had a greenhouse, I'd try that. Tips that tomato-growers know is that it helps to snip off most side shoots ("suckers"), and, at some point, to snip off some leaves too. This sounds right:
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