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Wednesday, July 24. 2019The real foreign election collusionWednesday Bob: A badass tune from 2012Cool video too
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Both movies - or all of Guest's movies - are good for a rainy day.
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Wednesday morning linksWhy is airport food so expensive? The reasons you pay a massive markup on a water bottle are more complex than you might think. Amazon Plows Into Real Estate Market With Realogy Pact To Transform Homebuying Process Alibaba brings e-commerce platform to US businesses We’re Saved: S. Korea Cuts Down 2 Million Trees, Replaces Them With Solar Panels Disabled students proliferate When Trans Activism Empowers Sexual Harassment Title IX policies have ‘anti-male bias’ and treat students accused of sexual assault unfairly, lawsuit alleges The Minimum Wage Is Not About Helping the Poor - A boon to organized labor. THE U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS STRIKES AGAIN - The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has issued a report on school discipline.The report claims that students of all races misbehave in school at the same rate... Chicago Mayor Delusional About City’s Violence Bernie Sanders’s Campaign Hit With … Federal Labor Complaint NAACP Delegates Call for Trump Impeachment Byron York: Democrats think they've got a slam dunk obstruction case against Trump. They don't. Robert Mueller soon may be exposed as the 'magician of omission' on Russia Welcoming Boris Johnson European Union: A Massive Expansion Of Top-Down Powers Tuesday, July 23. 2019Tuesday morning linksMe too Lead Ammo, the Top Threat to Condors, Is Now Outlawed in California The “Blood” In The Impossible Burger Is A Horror Show Yuk The Yaniv scandal is the end-product of trans activism - Does inclusivity mean the Canadian state should compel women to handle a penis? " She’s expending mental energy on grocery lists. Someone bring medals, big ones." Returning Due Process to Campus - The latest federal court decision in a campus sexual assault case is a reminder that accused students deserve a fair hearing. Turning the tide against campus kangaroo ‘rape’ courts Wealthy New Yorkers are ditching city’s high taxes for Miami David Warren: I have no objection to anyone who would send astronauts to distant orbs, so long as his recruits know what they’re doing, and the entrepreneur has the means to pay. Wendy Davis: I’m Running for Congress Again So ‘Our Children . . . Can Live’ Excuse me? Sen. Warren: ‘These Are Hard Times for Our Country’ At Peak Of Booming Economy "Me telling you to 'Go back where you came from. Did I say that? Is it on video?.... I called you a lazy b-i-t-c-h. That's the worst thing I said." Is Erica Thomas a Hate Crime Hoaxer? Um, obviously. I feel sorry for that Cuban immigrant Democrat Presidential Candidates Push Erica Thomas 'Hate Hoax' CBP: Over 1,000 African migrants arrested near Mexican border Congo Invades Buffalo The Democrats are The Party Of The Wealthy! Report: Comey Was Secretly Trying To Build Case Against Trump, IG Investigation Found Did the Brits Collude on Trump-Russia? The Right’s Demographic Challenge Is Real - The future is being written today. 'You could attribute a Mother Teresa quote' to Trump and students would say it's hateful Ivanka Trump Buys Daughter A White Dog, Internet Calls Her Racist And if a black dog, she'd be a slave-owner Cory Booker: Donald Trump Is ‘Worse Than A Racist’… Monday, July 22. 2019Herreshoff Half-raterMonday morning linksThe Attack On Orleans: When World War I Hit Cape Cod Report: Facebook classified biology as hate speech because Zuckerberg is transitioning How The Left Turned Words Into “Violence” And Violence Into “Justice” 'Noose' Which Sent UMich Dean On Racism Tirade Turns Out To Be Fishing Knot Practice If You Want to Know Why Senator Romney Isn't President... VDH: The Left Is Shrieking That America Was Always Hopelessly Flawed So They Can Remake It America’s Nationalist Awakening ADL Chief Attacks President Trump... Again If Trump Isn’t This Clever, Then He’s The Luckiest President In History Newt Gingrich: Trump vs. Omar, AOC and more – Why 2020 will be all about patriotism vs. racism What racism? Kotkin: The Tech Oligarchs Are Going to Destroy Democracy — Unless We Stop Them Nothing new about calling Repubs evil Sunday, July 21. 2019Dressing rightDress and comportment are important for men and women in careers and in regular life. The "suit does not make the man," but dressing right for the occasion matters a lot to other people. First impressions are everything. Of course, you have to have more to offer than your presentation, but it matters all along the way until you have fulfilled your dreams. Then you can do whatever the heck you you want. Flip flops and t-shirt, Unless you are in the rag trade. If you look and behave like a professional, you can become one. Assuming some cleverness and, like the car below, attractiveness isn't enuf but it's a good start. Easy things for a career: Fitness, good clothing, agreeable attitude, even if fake. Addendum: Scott Adams says good shoes are the most important part. Maybe, but good hair might be equally so. For the ladies, Nora Gardner - Wardrobe Panic Eliminated A car some of y'all might enjoyMrs. BD is car shopping. Has in mind a fun car that is happy with mud, gravel, rutty dirt roads, and sand, but which loves a road. Better off-road than Range Rover? Gee, I am suprised. Argue with me, but I think Range Rover is for driving kids to school in the rain, then stopping off at yoga class. While the door handle falls off. How about this one? My theory is if you buy it in red, it's a cop magnet.
His classic boatFrom today's LectionaryLuke 10:38-42 10:38 Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. 10:39 She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to what he was saying. 10:40 But Martha was distracted by her many tasks; so she came to him and asked, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her then to help me." 10:41 But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; 10:42 there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her." Saturday, July 20. 2019Got a climate change burning inside?Every guy's dream: A gal with a heat wave
Summer food: Nicoise SaladFrom Nice, of course, as its name indicates. A charming Riviera town. I would go back there anytime. Saturday morning links
Good fun: The Week in Pictures He works in an Amazon warehouse Sounds like a good job for fitness This little-known inventor has probably saved your life Hospital staff blamed for not realizing “man” was pregnant Psychiatric diagnoses are 'useless,' experts say Related, How scientific is psychiatric diagnosis? Related, Yale Prof says Trump's brain rapidly deteriorating It's Un-American To Be Anti-Free Speech: Protect The Right To Criticize The Government Portland and the Evolution of Mob Rule Even Mexicans Are Sick Of Illegal Aliens Invading Their Country Re Bernie, irony can be pretty ironic sometimes. AP’s tweet on the 50th anniversary of Ted Kennedy leaving Mary Jo Kopechne to die gets a BRUTALLY honest rewrite Related, the famous Volkswagen photo Why The Democratic Debates Are Starting To Feel Like A Reality Show " The dot coms and academics of San Francisco and Boston, the financial firms of New York and the lobbyists of Washington D.C. will pick the Democrat nominee. But will they pick the president?" At this point, Google has the power to elect a president Friday, July 19. 2019Friday morning linksTrue Toxic masculinity BERKELEY BANS "MANHOLES" AND NATURAL GASBerkeley Emasculates The City Municipal Code, Bans Gendered Language Colorado State University Says The Word "America" Is "Not Inclusive" Gadsden Flag Denounced as Thought Crime Liberal's Tweet Goes Viral: 'White People Love Dogs Because They Miss Owning Slaves' Progressive Immediately Shouts 'White Supremacy!' At Every Image In Rorschach Test Planned Parenthood just exposed its own phony face Graph: Global deaths from climate/weather catastrophes British MP Demands an End to Affordable Food, to Combat Obesity and Climate Change “[W]e have a system that preferences students who want to attend a four-year college over Americans who want to learn a skill...” Epstein and double jeopardy Jeffrey Epstein Case Document Dump: ‘It’s Going To Be Staggering, The Amount Of Names’ House Dems Grumble To CNN: We’re Frustrated That The Squad Keeps Making Trouble For Us When rulers despise the ruled: Glenn Reynolds New Asylum Rule Aims to Eliminate Bogus Claims - Rule will prevent unqualified claims from bogging down the system and help truly qualified asylum seekers, says expert Thursday, July 18. 2019Fun plant du Jour: Poison IvyPoison Ivy, Toxicodendron radicans, is a vine, sometimes a standing plant, which is native to and common in the entire eastern US. It's a good plant for wildlife, both leaves and berries. It likes edges, roadsides, beaches, barren areas in sun. Only humans have reactions to Poison Ivy. People vary in their reactions to the urushriol in its sap (and leaves). Some have no reaction, some severe. I am prone to an itchy rash from contact, but Mrs. BD can develop several days of dramatic migrating hives just from patting a dog who has passed through some. Benadryl helps. Besides patting dogs, a serious danger in Poison Ivy is inhaling smoke from burning it when burning brush. Not good to burn it. Little-known fact: Poison Ivy is a close relative to the mango. Some people react to mango skin just as they do to Poison Ivy. Me loves Mangos, no problem. You're gonna need an ocean of Calomine Lotion:
Thursday morning linksIn Defense of Houses - Single-family homes are the backbone of American aspiration—so why do so many people oppose them? Titiana McGrath remains amusing and diabolically clever Climate Despair Is Making (Crazy People) Give Up On Life Prince Charles once again changes his global warming doom deadline Big Government Is Always The Biggest Threat To Liberty Compassionate Christian Votes For Government To Steal Money From His Neighbor And Give It To The Poor Cornell DROPS standardized test requirement: 'Can be biased against' women, minorities But life effectiveness is the real test, and unavoidable Educators work to combat racism, whiteness in math Facebook Bans St. Augustine Quote as 'Hate Speech' Let the book burning begin. Almost forgot - there are no "books" anymore. Let's now term it "book deleting" Attacks On "White, Male" Moon Landing Prove No US Achievement Is Beyond Liberals' Virtue-Signaling Rage Tucker: Pete Buttigieg Claiming He’s a Victim of Racism Is ‘Greatest Story of the Year’ In Face Of Massive Border Crisis, Democrats Tell Americans Citizenship Means Nothing Honduras: Inside ground zero of the Central American migrant crisis WASHINGTON POST BLAMES TRUMP FOR DEMOCRATS’ LEFTISM Former Bill Clinton Press Secretary Joe Lockhart Calls Trump Supporters ‘Resentful, uneducated people screaming for blood from people of color’ Serious case of TDS TRUMP: ‘IF WE DIDN’T HAVE ALL OF THE BULLSH*T,’ WE’D BE MUCH FURTHER ALONG - ‘Could you imagine if we didn’t have the time wasted’ As Trump piles up successes (and gaffes), the Democrats implode By all means, keep criticizing Trump -- his rhetoric, his style, his long ties, his hair, ya-da-ya-da, but step back to appreciate the full picture. It's the best of times - minimal war, great economy, very little to grouse about Even Tom Friedman is worried about the Dems Majority Of Mexicans Want Central Americans Deported, Survey Finds Dystopia Comes to Sweden; Swedes Shrug Not your grandfather's Vikings Wednesday, July 17. 2019GymThe gym on the Titanic. Might have been useful to have a rower... In my experience, all modern ships have excellent gyms with ocean views. All modern or modernized hotels have good gyms. Luckily for me, because my day can not begin without 2 coffees and an hour workout of some sort.
QQQ“Postmodern prose is perhaps best approached as an exercise in posturing and phonetics, of couching slim and trite observations in needlessly Byzantine language… Efforts to fathom deep meaning, or, very often, meaning of any kind, are generally exhausting and rarely rewarded. More often, what you’ll find is essentially a pile of language, carefully disorganised so as to obscure a lack of content.” Shrinkwrapped, via AVI Wednesday morning linksReflecting on humanity’s first steps on the lunar surface, fifty years after the epochal event. Moon landing: John Glenn, and planets? From the NY Daily News! Don't Scoff at Influencers. They're Taking Over the World. Reverend Amy Butler Outliberals Her NYC Church A magnificent building, but politics replaced God there decades ago. Whitened sepulchre. We All Wanted to Love the Women’s Soccer Team Few soccer fans care about womens' soccer The ‘Lady of the House’ Who Was Long Entangled With Jeffrey Epstein She is now in hiding in England What Do You Do When Mental Health Professionals Treating Trump Derangement Syndrome Have TDS Themselves? Then it's called a folie a deux. Like some marriages. A Sophomoric Look at Climate Change The Plot against Kavanaugh TRUMP IS MAKING OMAR, CORTEZ AND TLAIB INTO THE PUBLIC FACE OF THE DEMOCRATS Farage: Von der Leyen Wants to Build ‘Updated Form of Communism’, Advance EU Army Tuesday, July 16. 2019Tuesday morning linksDjokovic celebrated his Wimbledon win by eating a handful of grass. Here's why Crunches won't give you abs and other fitness myths you need to stop buying into Core work - planks, sit-ups, back lifts, "bicycles," leg lifts, mountain climbers, etc are for strengthening core, not for aesthetics. A strong core is darn important for everything in life Why It's Probably Better for the Planet to Throw Plastic in the Trash AI beats professionals in six-player poker San Francisco's Top Economist Confirms Vape Ban Means More Smoking - The city is banning e-cigarettes while actual cigarettes remain legal. ‘Believe all women’ makes the ‘Pence rule’ just common sense “State education is generally sub-optimal and often shockingly bad. Let’s make sure that’s all there is available.” "... it’s so bizarre to watch the majority of NEA delegates eagerly dive into politically-fraught abortion and race debates, while voting down a clear commitment to prioritize student learning. So please, NEA: Can you explain? Amazon workers in Europe join Prime Day strike Average illegal has lived here 15 years: Pew Angry Young Men Who Came Illegally to America Shout: 'No Shower, No Shower!' Trump Admin Announces Major Crackdown On Asylum Abuse When stereotyping is not just okay but mandatory Red State, Blue Cities - Will the Texas model become a victim of its own success? Trump is not a racist; he’s pushing the Overton window to normal Trump Troll Level: Grand Master Lawsuit Outs Reporter Ellen Ratner as Source for Seth Rich Information Curiouser and curiouser Trump’s Favorite Ambassador Makes a Very Trumpian Splash in Berlin Monday, July 15. 2019Monday morning linksWhite Sharks and Cape Cod tourism Watching Porn Produces as Much Carbon Dioxide Emissions as Whole Countries Woman Dies After Being Impaled by Reusable Metal Straw NYT: Why we don't lose weight through exercise Beware: ‘Lion King’ Is ‘Fascistic,’ ‘White Supremacist,’ Says WashPost Are you suffering from Climate Despair? Kimball: Don't celebrate Bastille Day Dick’s May Have To Close Stores Due To Anti-Gun Decisions Pelosi’s House of Pain - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez turns the 116th Congress into Thunderdome Protesters Rip Down U.S. Flag, Replace It With Mexican Flag Outside ICE Facility In Colorado Why? Nancy Pelosi Suggests That Jesus Is Not On The Side Of ICE Raids Trump's stupid blunder The media savaged Trump when he claimed Puerto Rico officials were mismanaging disaster aid. But he was right Sunday, July 14. 2019Dog Days of summerLike all retail in the northern hemisphere, mid-July through Labor Day is slow season at Maggies. Luckily for us, we have devoted readers - friends - of our eclectic, boutique website. Do us a favor - let people know about us. Dunkin Donuts will pay us more for their (actually, multiples of zero) ads. We are all about money - those multiples of $0. Yes, I think we will have less-frequent posting over the next several weeks when most of us intend to spend our lives outdoors in God's grandeur whether boating, hiking, fishing, gardening, exercising, sunburns and beaching, body -surfing with the sharks, playing sports, sweaty sex in the meadow, whatever. Or, in Roger de Hauteville's case, rebuilding his family outhouse. How many new seats? I'd go for an upscale 4-seater with varnished oak seats. Needs new tile walls too, Roger, and some fresh copies of the Sears catalog. (For the youth, that means tp.) Our pal Gerard (thanks for the image) has linked a thing about famous pop tunes as pulp fiction novel covers. Life in America: Things you can do in your 90s if you stay in shape
He is recently back from a 10-day tour of Normandy with Mrs. BD, now spending a week, with a WW2 paratrooper vet-pal from the old folk's home, staying with our cousins on Nantucket. (Which my daughters term "Nan-f-it.") Knowing the old Irishman well, I predict a whisky, clam, and oyster diet, and lots of hiking around. He will regale anybody in reach with stories from the old days. A Blarney Stone gift, endlessly amusing with stories and jokes. Everybody who meets him loves him. What a blessing for him to make friends wherever he goes because everybody wants to hang out with him. I suspect they will go fishing for Stripers for supper this week, offshore. Can no longer kayak due to bum shoulder. In a couple of weeks, he will join us for 2 weeks in Wellfleet, also in seach of perfect oysters and fun waitresses to flirt with. He looks great, dresses well (new updated wardrobe due to weight loss - no old man clothes). Yes, he drives very well too - strong and steady with his brand-new Outback. Lots of guys in their 90s do not buy new cars, or even green bananas. Or are even alive. Age is a state of mind, or so they say. If you are not dead yet. Arthitis is the challenge, but that's the price paid for an active life. He has always been very strong and athletic (100 pushups with my wife on his back) and a history student at night. Plus a tennis fan, Giants fan. I used to run 10 miles with him. Good times. Another fun thing about the guy is that he is always up for a NYC adventure. Worked there for 30 years, but it is still a dopamine fix for him. Theater, music, a walk, a restaurant - whatever. If a long walk, best if he carries a cane. I swear he would do Mt. Washington if I challenged him. To top it all off, he and Mrs. BD are planning a cruise around the Magellan Straits, BA to Chile. How cool is that? Amazing bird-watching. Carpe diem. May he live long and prosper - even though he can no longer help me split logs as we used to do. I need help with that. I guess that's why we have a son.
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From today's LectionaryPsalm 25:1-10 25:1 To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul. 25:2 O my God, in you I trust; do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me. 25:3 Do not let those who wait for you be put to shame; let them be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous. 25:4 Make me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths. 25:5 Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all day long. 25:6 Be mindful of your mercy, O LORD, and of your steadfast love, for they have been from of old. 25:7 Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for your goodness' sake, O LORD! 25:8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. 25:9 He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way. 25:10 All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his decrees.
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