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Sunday, June 6. 2021From today's Lectionary: Seen and unseen2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 4:13 But just as we have the same spirit of faith that is in accordance with scripture--"I believed, and so I spoke" --we also believe, and so we speak, 4:14 because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will bring us with you into his presence. 4:15 Yes, everything is for your sake, so that grace, as it extends to more and more people, may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God. 4:16 So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. 4:17 For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure, 4:18 because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal. 5:1 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. Lake Mohonk.
Saturday, June 5. 2021Saturday morning linksKate Winslet shows there’s more to middle age than a saggy belly As Gas Prices Rise, Biden Shuts Down Alaska Drilling California May Be Crazy In Its "Climate" Initiatives, But New York Wants To Be Even Crazier 'The Psychopathic Problem of the White Mind' - A psychiatrist lecturing at Yale's Child Study Center spoke about 'unloading a revolver into the head of any white person that got in my way.' Facebook: We're suspending Trump for two years Sweden Was Right, Lockdowns Were Wrong Politico: Republicans Are Seizing On COVID Origin Story Pompeo: NIH Tried to Suppress State Dept.’s COVID Origin Investigation
Pompeo slams Fauci’s China remarks: “The Chinese Communist Party doesn’t care for a moment, they have no desire for the world to know what happened.” The Five Biggest Bombshells (So Far) From Fauci's Emails Despite COVID's decline, 71% of Dems say people should still stay home as much as possible Performative Pandemic Panic. Officials’ cynical manipulation of the public damaged their own credibility as well as the world at large. WHEN BLACK LIVES MATTER, AND WHEN THEY DON’T Rioters Set Fire, Loot in Minneapolis after Police Shoot Allegedly Armed Suspect Friday, June 4. 2021Wild trout in the Northeast US
I have claimed, rightly or wrongly, that there are no wild-bred Brook Trout in the northeast US. To persuade me otherwise, I'd need to see a photo of some fingerlings in a stream. There are two main issues: The foremost is that most streams become too warm in summertime to support a Brook Trout population. That has always been true. (Yes, Brookies are the only species native to the Northeast US. They like cold water). Hatchery trout can survive in springtime, for a while, in non-trout streams. Second issue is predators, and the worst is the introduced (from Europe) Brown Trout. That fish will eat any baby fish or fish eggs it can find. They prefer meat to bugs. I oppose any stream stocking with Brownies unless they are streams that would never support Brookies anyway. The ordinary fish predators like mink and otters can be put up with but always kept the Brookies at low numbers everywhere they could breed. Given the popularity of fly-fishing, it's up to states to decide what their stocking programs should be. I get it. Fly-fishing is a beautiful experience and it is assumed that pretty much all stream- stocked fish will either be caught, fall to predation, or die from heat by June or July because they no longer have breeding populations to support hundreds of anglers. Stocking is required to accommodate all of the avid springtime anglers. Even the southern US states have been doing this.
Friday morning linksNAOMI OSAKA AND POST-GAME SPORTS NEWS CONFERENCES California drought CA has had droughts forever. New blood at Wall Street's old guard rattles Corporate America He wants to remain in covid cocoon It is termed "regression" Georgetown University professor is under fire after quoting a racial slur from a historic Supreme Court case Diversity—Unless You’re Asian. The Supreme Court will soon decide whether to hear a case concerning Harvard’s race-conscious admissions policy. Happening Now: Violent Minneapolis Black Lives Matter Mob Looting Sneaker Shop, Target, Walgreens, CVS and More That's not news Is Glenn Greenwald the New Master of Right-Wing Media? American Liberalism Is Dying
‘Woke’ medicine is coming to a hospital near you What Happens When Doctors Can't Tell the Truth? Whole areas of research are off-limits. Top physicians treat patients based on their race. An ideological 'purge' is underway in American medicine. Elie Wiesel’s son: Jews always speak up for everyone else. Now’s the time to stand up for ourselves. Thursday, June 3. 2021Thursday morning linksPhoto stolen from here Manatees Dying/At Risk From ‘Climate Change’, Water Pollution, Mankind, But Mostly Water Pollution And Mankind WHERE HAS ALL THE GLOBAL WARMING GONE? More Workers Are Quitting Their Jobs Instead Of Returning To The Office POLITICSKavanuagh Rape Accuser Confesses She Lied, Was Never Raped, Never Even Met The Man WSJ: ‘American Republics’ Review: A Patchwork Nation. In the decades following the American Revolution, the governments that counted were those that met in state capitals. Politicization Isn’t Sustainable. Corporate and journalistic virtue-signaling sows discord and can endanger an organization’s bottom line. China’s COVID calamity It's Official: The Paranoid Were Right All Along About Fauci TSA mask mandate all for show Ibram X. Kendi Tries and Fails to Define Racism Texas Gov Declares State of Emergency Over Border Joe Biden: ‘Terrorism from White Supremacy’ the ‘Most Lethal Threat to the Homeland’ Greenwald: The New Domestic War on Terror Has Already Begun -- Even Without the New Laws Biden Wants Google Diversity Chief: Jews Have ‘Insatiable Appetite for War’… Who Started the Gaza War? America did Wednesday, June 2. 2021Wednesday morning linksWhy Babylon Berlin should be your next Netflix watch. This German series has it all — twisty mysteries, will-they/won’t-they romances, and a train full of gold. Via Insty, Drug acts as Trojan horse to kill cancer cells Young Warmists Suffering From “Climate Anxiety” Demand More Doom Teaching To Get More Anxiety Students sign fake petition to CANCEL MEMORIAL DAY over ‘American imperialism’ Charter schools enter their thirties. What comes next? Will Eliminating Standard Tests Really Reduce Racial Disparities In Education? Princeton Removes Greek, Latin Requirement for Classics Majors to Combat ‘Systemic Racism’ 'Kill Everything White in Sight,' Speaker Tells Crowd at Tulsa Massacre Rally VDH: The New Regressive Dark Ages - Arrogance, wealth, and received authority are always the super-spreaders and force-multipliers of false knowledge, and none more so than in the present age. Joe Biden Says Black Entrepreneurs Don’t Succeed Like Whites Because They Don’t Know How to Find Lawyers or Accountants What? Tuesday, June 1. 2021Tuesday morning linksClimate Cult Study Blames 37% Of Heat Deaths On You Eating Burgers That's why I prefer a ribeye. What is so rare as a steak in June? The Sad Truth About Traditional Environmentalism PRINCETON DROPS GREEK AND LATIN REQUIREMENT FOR CLASSICS MAJORS “No Evidence Covid-19 Came From a Lab”: The Media Blow Another Hole in Their Credibility Cynthia Nixon: Why are we locking up shoplifters? Reparations will never be enough Founder Of Black Lives Matter Chapter Quits After Learning the "Ugly Truth" One year after the death of George Floyd, the psy-ops have triumphed PAID TO STAY HOME: HOW THE $300 WEEKLY UNEMPLOYMENT BONUS AND OTHER BENEFITS ARE STIFLING THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY Harris Encourages U.S. Businesses To Outsource Investment From U.S. To Central America… Trump Taps Newt Gingrich to Come Up With a New Spin on an Old Idea That Worked Monday, May 31. 2021Far Northern Italian food, etc.Over the years, we have tried to inform our readers about regional Italian food. I guess we usually refer to "northern Italian" as north of Rome, but that covers plenty of cultural diversity. This episode is from the most northern part, where there has been plenty of milk, butter, potatoes, cabbage, and beef during the good times. Also, maize. I've never had anything made with chestnut flour, but chestnuts are found all over Italy. The amazing roasted chestnuts on the streets of New York are all from Italy, and they are darn good.
Sunday, May 30. 2021Bob Dylan's 2016 Nobel LectureFor Decoration Day weekendFrom today's Lectionary: The Nicodemus storyJohn 3:1-17 3:1 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. 3:2 He came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God." 3:3 Jesus answered him, "Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above." 3:4 Nicodemus said to him, "How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother's womb and be born?" 3:5 Jesus answered, "Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. 3:6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. 3:7 Do not be astonished that I said to you, 'You must be born from above.' 3:8 The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit." 3:9 Nicodemus said to him, "How can these things be?" 3:10 Jesus answered him, "Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things? 3:11 "Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen; yet you do not receive our testimony. 3:12 If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? 3:13 No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. 3:14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 3:15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. 3:17 "Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Saturday, May 29. 2021Bob Week: Bob Dylan Best Songs Playlist for Bob Birthday weekBest, or just somebody's favorites? Regardless, all good.
Saturday morning linksPhoto: Fractal Broccoli - ever grown any? COVID-19 'has NO credible natural ancestor' and WAS created by Chinese scientists who then tried to cover their tracks with 'retro-engineering' to make it seem like it naturally arose from bats, explosive new study claims USA Today Removes ‘Male’ From Op-Ed on Trans Athletes Claiming It’s ‘Hurtful Language’… By Two-to-One Margin, Americans Say Transgender Athletes Should Compete Against Members of Same Biological Sex The Gathering Resistance to the Stigmatisation of Masculinity AVI disappointed in Jonathan Haidt Rutgers: We apologize for condemning anti-Semitism Civic Education, Rightly Understood - To become responsible citizens, young Americans need a full, accurate, and responsible account of their own country. A book: Red, White, and Black: Rescuing American History from Revisionists and Race Hustlers – May 18, 2021 by Robert L. Woodson Sr. (Editor) White people are inherently racist, argues diversity expert hired by elementary school district America's shortage of white supremacists Barnard College instructor discusses blowing up and gassing whites in coming race war
Saturday Verse: The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner by Randall JarrellFriday, May 28. 2021A fun bull session with Ted DalrymplePeterson talks a bit too much, but he can't help it. It's about peoples' lives
Friday morning links
A Mormon walks into a megachurch Science: The 'Replication Crisis' Could Be Worse Than We Thought, New Analysis Reveals Citing their ‘feelings,’ university theater students rail against play selection Locked and Woke: America's Largest Defense Contractor Subjects Executives to Racist Reeducation ‘White Fragility’ Is a Racist Concept The Triad of Radical Ideas Behind the Anti-Racism Crusade Question for college students: Will you chip in to help Hamas destroy Israel? SFUSD teachers’ union endorses Israel boycott movement The week in whoppers: The NYT’s anti-science ‘science’ reporter, a despicable cartoon and more The Covid lab leak theory is looking increasingly plausible How Lockdowns Helped Hide The Plain Evidence That COVID-19 Isn’t A Good Excuse For Panic Israel vs. Hamas: A Just War Analysis Gaza Reconstruction? Welcome to La-La Land. Everyone is promising to help rebuild Gaza, but if the last war is any guide, little of it will arrive and even less will be spent wisely Thursday, May 27. 2021Ry Cooder: The farmer is the man...He is the man with slide guitar. Rumor is that he was invited to join the Rolling Stones, but declined. A sentimental song, because farming is an industry now.
The Northeast US needs our wolves backWolves were exterminated in the Northeast US centuries ago. In the 1800s, the sheep farmers hated them, put bounties on them, and killed every last one. What happened to Shepherd dogs? The wolves also kept the White-Tailed Deer and Moose populations in check and healthy. An unorthodox strategy to stop cars from hitting deer As a bonus, they would kill all of those invasive Coyotes. Also: Save the wolves? Nice doggie... Thursday morning linksPredictably, Wild Horses Are Still Suffering Due to Federal Slaughter Ban Why the tailored suit — not ruffles and lace — became synonymous with power Bezos to Hand Over Amazon CEO Reins on July 5 What’s Next for Midtown? Manhattan’s central business district has been empty for a year—can it bring people back? Fred Barnes retires Beliefs Aren't Facts. Academics who hold that it is sacrilege to question their ideas are putting free inquiry in danger, argue the president of Northwestern and one of his colleagues. How influencers have legitimised anti-Semitism. Instagram activists have turned false narratives into deadly fantasies WHAT HOMELESSNESS AND CLIMATE CHANGE HAVE IN COMMON American Psychiatry Association Condemns the 'Structural Racism' Murder of George Floyd George Floyd’s Legacy Is Secure "Defund The Police": Maybe The Most Counter-Productive Progressive Policy Yet Biden Shut Down Wuhan Lab Investigation Probing COVID-19 Origins: Report Drew Holden Demands to Know When CNN, The New York Times, and The Washington Post Will Correct Their Prior Claims that the Lab Leak Theory Was a "Debunked Conspiracy Theory" Looks like Walensky exaggerated the results of a study used to justify the CDC's super strict summer camp rules for kids New York and Michigan Will Force 2-Year-Olds To Wear Masks at Camp. As the pandemic improves, kids are being asked to make even more sacrifices. Half of U.S. adults are now fully vaccinated, CDC says Wow. Thanks, Pres. Trump President Trump Responds to Manhattan DA Leaking Grand Jury Information to Media Biden Calls Sanctions On Russian Pipeline Nord Stream 2 ‘Counterproductive’…Keystone XL unavailable for comment. Chinese Communist Party Shelled Out Millions for Propaganda in American Newspapers Wednesday, May 26. 2021My idea of a boatThat's an olde New England Catboat, fully-refurbished with a small diesel engine, a hand-pump head, and three reefs in her sail. Not that I would sail when I needed 3 levels of reef. Watermen did in the old days, for sure, and anybody can be caught in a squall. Like most boats, Catboats were designed as work boats. Recreational boating and yachting are recent developments. I kinda love this craft despite the fact that, right now in life, I'd rather drive the tractor.
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Lower body strength: Deadlifts and SquatsBest summary I have seen on the topic. Deadlift vs Squat – Comparing Strength and Muscles Worked It is clear that it is worth doing both, but not on the same day. For what it's worth, I do back squats once weekly, deads once weekly, and leg press once weekly for lower body resistance exercises. It is difficult and slow to build lower body power with my particular physical architecture (runner's build), but I work at it. Just increasing the wts by 5 lbs/month is great.
Wednesday morning linksThank the power couple who gave NYC its newest gem of a park Solar storms are back, threatening life as we know it on Earth I blame SUVs Bob Dylan’s Eight Decades of Proving Andrew Breitbart Was Right Bicycling is white supremacy New Yorker: The Dark Side of Congo’s Cobalt Rush ‘Fast and Furious’ star John Cena apologizes (profusely) to China for calling Taiwan a country Sen. John Kennedy Has A Message For Non-Gun Owners…(video) Why don't Blacks seem to think Black Lives Matter? Re-linked, by Heather: The Revolution Comes to Juilliard. Racial hysteria is consuming the school; unchecked, it will consume the arts. The Radicalization of the University of California Press Pentagon official leading military extremism crackdown said Trump supporters are extremists Extreme? How can half of the country be extreme?? To honor George Floyd on the first anniversary of his holy martyrdom some of his acolytes decided to shoot each other Indoctrination As Intervention. The Biden administration encourages school districts to conduct “antiracist therapy.” More L.A. Parents Protest Teachers Union Shifting Re-Open Standards OLC memo to Barr: We wouldn't have charged Trump with obstruction even as a private citizen Tuesday, May 25. 2021Bob Week
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Tuesday morning linksThe cicadas are coming — and foodies are getting ready to feast Transgender Regret Is So Prevalent That Even the Mainstream Media Is Recognizing It Now Bookworm Beat 5/23/21 — the crazy times illustrated edition Queers for Palestine? Democratic policies have created a blue-state exodus US EMBASSIES TO HONOR GEORGE FLOYD Minneapolis: A CITY’S INEXORABLE DECLINE WSJ: A Year After George Floyd’s Murder, It’s ‘Open Season’ in Minneapolis. Homicides have more than doubled in a year. Three children have been shot in the past month. Biden Admin Won’t Admit There’s a Crime Problem, ‘There Is a Gun Problem’… The Revolution Comes to Juilliard. Racial hysteria is consuming the school; unchecked, it will consume the arts. ROCKIN’ PNEUMONIA OR THE WUHAN FLU? Canada: Ticketed for Shaking Hands Liz Wheeler Debunks Gender Pay Gap (video)
Learn From Gaza, Prepare For Hezbollah. If you thought the recently concluded Gaza conflict was bad, a war with Lebanese Hezbollah would be much worse, involving 100,000 more rockets, many with longer ranges. Eyeless in Gaza - Do I support a Palestinian state run by a fundamentalist terror cult that targets civilians? No, I don’t. 10 takeaways from the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas. If sending Israelis in and out of bomb shelters for nearly two weeks is a victory for Palestinian factions, so be it. Israelis came out virtually unscathed. Yet many serious challenges lie ahead. The End of the Illusion That Anti-Zionism Is Not Connected To Jew-Hatred
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