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Sunday, July 14. 2024Good stuffFrom today's LectionaryEphesians 1:3-14 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 1:4 just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love. 1:5 He destined us for adoption as his children through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, 1:6 to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace 1:8 that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and insight 1:9 he has made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ, 1:10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to gather up all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth. 1:11 In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will, 1:12 so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of his glory. 1:13 In him you also, when you had heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and had believed in him, were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit; 1:14 this is the pledge of our inheritance toward redemption as God's own people, to the praise of his glory. A close call
The shooter was skilled. The victim was lucky.
Saturday, July 13. 2024Saturday afternoon linksIt's too hot outside for fun. Dr. Ruth had been a sniper. We are not machines - Welcome to the new, post-genomic biology: a transformative era in need of fresh metaphors to understand how life works How cancel culture is killing mental health Colleges aim to increase enrollment by admitting students who didn’t apply Elon: EU Offered Me a Secret Deal to Censor X Elon: The legacy media is a propaganda machine American Farmers Are Pretty Happy With That SCOTUS Fish Decision Teamsters boss’ RNC speech reveals his precarious hold on members’ loyalty More Dems Now Want Less, Not More, Immigration. 1 in 5 Democrats now want to deport all illegals. It’s the End of the World as the Democrats Know It: And No, They aren’t Feeling Fine Stuart's Saturday Miscellany What if the U.S. had been told to stop fighting Japan during WWII, the way Israel is being told to stop fighting Hamas? Saturday morning linksNothing very interesting today. (Well, that turned out to be wrong) Friday, July 12. 2024Friday morning linksStrange Motion of Neutrons Proves Nature Is Fundamentally Bizarre White supremacy embedded in geology Elon: "If somebody has lost their arms or legs, we can actually attach an Optimus arm or leg during the Neuralink implant so that the commands from their brain would go to their robot arms or legs." Virginia and Connecticut Slam the Brakes on Imposing California-Style EV Mandates. It turns out that the math behind EVs doesn’t compute. The Fall of Oakland - Mob lootings. Random shootings. Elderly people beaten in the street. The city has descended into lawlessness. TGIF: President Putin and Vice President Trump Edition There’s Only One Reason Democrats Oppose Requiring Proof Of Citizenship To Vote Dems Privately Admit Trump Is No Threat to Democracy Biden's BFFs Knew the Cognitive Decline Was Real. The president's defenders had private concerns. But publicly? Gaslighting. I am getting bored by the Biden stories Thursday, July 11. 2024What can Joe Biden do?I know that he is a sleazy, slippery, pandering, lyin' poltician, but most of them are. They wants jobs. On a half-good day though, Joe can do the job: Thursday morning linksFrancis Crick can't find evidence for free will Thanks to State Control, Doctors Have Become Gods A burger repesents vour violent past Academics Have Contest To See How Many Times They Can Say ‘Racist’ In An Article: An IQ Story Re Trump: We came, we sued, we did not conquer "The entire Democrat establishment have been caught red-handed in the thick of the biggest scandal and the biggest cover up. It's a cover up, that's what it is." Karine Jean-Pierre admits giving false information about Biden neurology visit after outcry over health misdirection SAVE Act Passes House 221-198 – but almost Every Democrat Voted to ‘Protect’ the Ability of Illegals to Vote in Federal Elections Joe Rogan Calls Out the Open Border Scam: ‘They’re Literally Importing Democratic Voters’ France 'on the brink of financial meltdown' as 'rich to flee country over 90 percent tax' Wednesday, July 10. 2024Wednesday morning links
Am I the only person having trouble with Powerline? Moms are taking ‘magic’ mushrooms to manage their parenting stress — but is it safe? Is It Still a Good Idea to Take Aspirin to Prevent Heart Disease? Today's Students Are Dangerously Ignorant of Our Nation's History. Expecting people to be on time is part of ‘white supremacy culture,’ Duke Medical School claims Justice Sonia Sotomayor Opposes Guns. For You. Not For Her. VDH on rural "rage" Stuart's Wednesday Potpourri Trump Made His First Misstep in Weeks Has Trump learned anything over the years? Will he continue to allow Biden to make mistakes, and do things like just talk about policy? Or will he do the things that drive people away? The election is 4 months away. Who enabled Biden? A case study Dems are running a de facto coup: Even if Biden wins, Kamala will be prez The media’s newfound interest in Biden’s health, and the skill with which they are examining it now, exposes its complicity in a massive deception. The insanity of Biden’s NATO support for Ukraine Tuesday, July 9. 2024June Was Hottest In Human History Or SomethingTuesday morning linksThe Hippos of South America University ‘decolonizes’ art collection due to ‘problematic’ paintings, sculptures The evidence is mounting: humans were responsible for the extinction of large mammals ‘They’ shrieked about ‘global warming’ — but now they admit we were ‘accidentally cooling’ Dr. Turban's Transmania Can you get electrocuted in water? Yes Liberalism and the West’s ‘Crisis of Meaning’ - Many liberals are strangely eager to concede that liberal societies are morally and spiritually bankrupt without religion to give life meaning. Biden Title IX overhaul blocked from being enforced in four more states Joe Biden Is A Good Man? TDS hysteria crescendoes Maxine Waters: Trump Capable of the ‘Kind of Violence’ That Will Destroy Democracy TNR: OK, Democrats, This Is the Week to Say What You Really Believe. Want to replace Biden atop the Democratic ticket? It’s now or never. Nate Silver: Blaming the media is what got Democrats into this mess. Reality comes for everyone — and now it's come for Joe BIden. Is It ‘Undemocratic’ to Replace Biden? Plus. . . Europe Doesn't Want to Be Saved France Just Committed Suicide UK's New Leftist PM Kills Illegal Immigrant Deportation Scheme On Day One Monday, July 8. 2024Monday morning linksWhy Cats Meow at Humans More Than Each Other Biden Admin to Kill 470,000 Owls to Save the Owls. A government bureaucracy will kill half a million owls A genius psychiatrist taught me the seven secrets of happiness, says GYLES BRANDRETH. Mount Everest’s highest camp is littered with frozen garbage, and cleanup is likely to take years How Did Such A Smart Guy Get So Stupid: Bill Gates & Cow Farts The Great Barrier Reef has never been better Dems All In Against GOP 'Citizens Only' Voting Act Mexican nationals can fly visa-free to Canada from Mexico before illegally crossing into America. Who Is The Greater "Threat To Democracy"? The Courtier Game - When Presidential aides are intoxicated with the thrill of being close to power White House Gave Radio Host Questions She Was Allowed to Ask Biden — and He Still Gaffed It Up Biden's Dementia: What Did They Know and When Did They Know It? Biden’s Cognitive Collapse: Greatest Media Scandal We’ve Ever Seen Joe Biden’s Upcoming Fundraiser in Wisconsin Cancelled – Donors Who Committed to Giving Large Sums Withdrew After First Debate Communists and Islamists Take France Labour’s Net Zero Mandate Presages Economic Failure Sunday, July 7. 2024Sunday silliness from BobA bee from somewhere flew up to our boat and jammed his or her weapon into Mrs. BD's shoulder. Mean old bee. That reminded me of this Basement Tape musical horsing around: What is Parkinson's Disease?
Many articles about it seem to minimize the effects of the dementia and psychosis that can occur in advanced Parkinson's.
From today's LectionaryMark 6:1-13 6:1 He left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. 6:2 On the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astounded. They said, "Where did this man get all this? What is this wisdom that has been given to him? What deeds of power are being done by his hands! 6:3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon, and are not his sisters here with us?" And they took offense at him. 6:4 Then Jesus said to them, "Prophets are not without honor, except in their hometown, and among their own kin, and in their own house." 6:5 And he could do no deed of power there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and cured them. 6:6 And he was amazed at their unbelief. Then he went about among the villages teaching. 6:7 He called the twelve and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. 6:8 He ordered them to take nothing for their journey except a staff; no bread, no bag, no money in their belts; 6:9 but to wear sandals and not to put on two tunics. 6:10 He said to them, "Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the place. 6:11 If any place will not welcome you and they refuse to hear you, as you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them." 6:12 So they went out and proclaimed that all should repent. 6:13 They cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many who were sick and cured them. Saturday, July 6. 2024ImagesSaturday morning linksThe Life of the Original Little Girl on the Prairie: Laura Ingalls Wilder Phoenix Police Pull-Over Driverless Waymo For 'Freaking Out' & Driving Into Oncoming Traffic Washington State Abolishes Residency Requirement for Voter Registration A Nation of Free People or Free Things - You can have one or the other, but you can’t have both. Stuart's Saturday Miscellany 'The President Has Lost All Independence'
Americans Want to Know Who is Really in Charge in the White House " It is worth noting that Biden has spent more than 40 percent of his presidency on vacation and his days are similar to someone who works a cushiony 9-5."
Good News: Dementia Joe Finally Has A Plan For Food Inflation Carville to Donors: Cut Off Anyone Supporting Biden -- And Maybe Kamala Too Let the great Democratic civil war begin. Hezbollah Fires Over 200 Rockets Into Israel After Top Terror Commander Killed Who is Keir Starmer, the new U.K. prime minister? Theodore Dalrymple: Labour’s Unfortunate Winning Recipe - With the wealthy fleeing Britain, eternal electoral victory for the party beckons. Friday, July 5. 2024Yesterday was not really his birthday...Friday morning linksWhat You Need to Know About the Global Rise in Penis Cancer Building the Bell System Yes, you should be a little freaked out about Hurricane Beryl Not what hurricane data shows What’s at stake for the climate if Trump wins? ‘A catastrophic outcome’ Chevron is a big, big deal Oh No! The Supreme Court's Overturning of the Chevron Doctrine Is "Hitting Regulators from Multiple Angles" Supreme Court’s Immunity Decision Has Democrats in Hysterics, Again Former Obama/Biden Official Says the Quiet Part Out Loud in Op-Ed- ‘The First Amendment Is Out of Control’ "Today I signed the National Plan to End Parkinson’s Act – a law that will help prevent, treat, and cure Parkinson’s disease and similar disorders." Why Is the DNC Holding an Early Nomination? Destroying the Antichrist Trump Huffington Post says the Biden campaign should deceive the American public into thinking Biden is healthy by using AI. New Zealand also is shifting toward the Right Australia’s great leap backwards Labour Set For Crushing 170 Seat Majority In UK General Election, As Conservative Party Suffers Worst Result In Its History Globalist Front Man Klaus Schwab Tells Elitist Followers They Must ‘Force’ Humanity into a World Ruled by AI UK Labour Party sweeps to power in historic election win Thursday, July 4. 2024Happy Independence Day, AmericansWith a thanks to the French, who made it possible
Wednesday, July 3. 2024Got a bright kid?Is government school holding your kids back? The kid can do Science, Data Science, and Math on their own at Brilliant Wednesday morning links
NY Times Wants You To Stop Using Fireworks On Independence Day Actually, Presidents Still Can’t Murder People with Impunity Chevron: Oh, sad, sad, sad for Experts. They now have to worry about being right! Stuart's Wednesday Potpourri The Supreme Court Didn't Destroy the Regulatory State. It Stood Up for Due Process. Poetic Justice - Ancient philosophers and tragedians would have understood the human folly—from the media, the president, and his party—that led to last week’s debate debacle. Biden becomes Orange Man too POLITICO Dumps Cold Water All Over Biden's 'Nice Old Man' Image in Yet Another Damning Report "Unlike Biden and many others, I refuse to participate in a campaign to scare voters with the idea that Trump will end our democratic system." Best Trump ad ever? The NatCons in Europe and America - The movement that frightens the left Tuesday, July 2. 2024Oil changes, cars and boatsFor a boat engines (outboard, gas inboard, or diesel), probably annually or every 100 hrs, whichever comes first. If you put your boat away for winter, change oil when it goes for storage, not in the Spring. Some opine every 200-250 hrs. For cars, it depends... When Should You Change Your Oil? Follow this simple guide to keep your engine humming a happy tune. How long does engine oil last sitting in the can? At least 2-3 years.
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American "workers"I read this interesting, detailed, and happy review of the condition of the American "worker," but it never quite defines the term. I infer that the term excludes managers, supervisors, and employers but I'm not sure. Is a pro baseball player a "worker"? I tried to look at some pieces on government statistics but it was confusing.
Summer bugsSome summer bugs I enjoy: Lightning Bugs -we had hundreds last night. Dragonflies - stunning fliers plus they eat skeeters. Cicadas - they are the sound of summer to me. Ours have not emerged yet, usually mid-July.
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