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Sunday, May 5. 2019Somebody, please, give this guy a jobCambridge Capitulates to the Mob and Fires a Young Scholar OK, that is the UK where they are PC crazy. But could that happen in the US? Or does it? Why do people capitulate to the Maoist mobs? It just seems so weak. How do these people face themselves when their weakness goes public? St. John the Divine, and cathedral-buildingAt this moment, our urban hike is probably stopping by St. John the Divine. Why is it unfinished, and why do cathedrals take so long to complete?
In our darkest hour hope lingers onMy sis (hiking with us today) whose dear husband (like a brother to me) died suddenly and far too young last fall, loves this.
Tough getting to church this morning?Saturday, May 4. 2019Dance: A cool thing to do in NYCMrs. BD and her pal attended an open rehearsal at the NYC Ballet today. They are going to the public performance later this afternoon. The NYC Ballet is in the top 5 in the world, but I can hardly tell any difference. Mrs. BD and her pals sure can. They are dance (ballet and modern) enthusiasts. Actually, dance fanatics. No doubt many of our readers can not fully appreciate the art of dance (it's been decades of struggle for me, but I persist), but attending the rehearsals is an eye-opener. Same goes for music rehearsals. NYC has more dance, musical, and theatrical venues than any city in the world. If you give those things a try, it's your place to go for an interesting time and a fun dinner out somewhere.
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Sunday hike, and rainstormsWe are on, regardless of weather. There is always a rainbow somewhere, and human skin is waterproof. Rain gear advised, especially in the morning. Our team hated the idea of canceling an 11-mile hike because of some dumb rainstorms...especially the gals. Rightly so. Maggie's people ain't askeered of weather. My sister's motto: "There is no bad weather, only bad gear." My motto: "Any morning I awake healthy and alive is gonna be the best day in my life." Then I go to the gym whether I believe my motto or not. If my workout doesn't kill me (I do my best to kill myself in it), I figger I am probably good for another 24 hrs. That is comforting.
Saturday morning linksThe power of music: Vicky McClure's dementia choir Can international social media censorship succeed? How Anti-Humanism Conquered the Left A book: Russell Kirk, a Conservative Guide for Our Times US Unemployment Rate Falls to 3.6% – a 50 Year Low! 263,000 New Jobs In April Migrant caravan goes global, attracts refugees from across world trying to enter US How The News Took Over Reality Poynter forced to scrap 'unreliable news' list targeting conservative outlets after outcry ‘They’ve Broken My Spirit’: CNN’s Camerota Bummed By Lack of Action Against Trump A Collage of Creepy and Inaccurate Fake News Reports from Rachel Maddow It is appalling, even by MSM standards De Blasio expected to announce 2020 presidential run next week Biden, Bernie: It’s Not Their Age — It’s the Age of Their Ideas Over In The Congress, It's The "Hoax Of The Day" Every Day Democrats Scared to Death of an Investigation of the Investigation Barr Launches Wide-Ranging Probe Into 2016 FBI Spying New York Times Admits Obama Admin Deployed Multiple Spies Against Trump Campaign In 2016 Just like Nixon So Who Was ‘Azra Turk’ Working For? My guess is CIA 539 multinationals operate in Israel, view nation as go-to place for ideas On Point: Sudan's Protestors Now Confront the Military Transitional Council Explaining Ukrainegate Saturday Verse: Sam Walter FossThe House by the Side of the Road There are hermit souls that live withdrawn Let me live in a house by the side of the road, I see from my house by the side of the road, I know there are brook-gladdened meadows ahead Let me live in my house by the side of the road Sam Walter Foss (1858-1911) wrote plain verse for the "common man". Homey, corny, comfortably instructive stuff. In fact, for many years Foss turned out a poem a day for his local Somerville, MA newspaper. We recently saw a graveyard monument (1936) with "Let me live by the side of the road and be a friend to man." inscribed upon it. Friday, May 3. 2019Friday morning linksYour Love Of Wine Is Driving ‘Climate Change’ Or Something Berkeley Cracks Down on Coffee Cups Saving the earth, one Starbucks cup at a time Most Austrians don’t know 6 million Jews were killed in Holocaust Leftist comedian Bill Maher: 'Nothing is free...Neither is college' At Williams College, Zionists Need Not Apply. The hall of shame. What are they drinking at Williams? And where are the adults? Here Comes the Government, Protecting You from Cauliflower Rice
High School Mulls Removing George Washington Murals Because They 'Traumatize' Students New York Times issues correction after calling Jesus a 'Palestinian man' instead of Jewish as it continues to face criticism for anti-Semitic cartoon of Trump and Netanyahu DePaul professor defends pro-Israel op-ed, says he 'will not be silenced' When Loretta Met Bill on the Tarmac Baltimore Mayor Pugh resigns after month on leave amid investigation into her business deals NYT: New Details Emerge About Connection Of Bidens To Ukrainian Corruption Scandal DIGENOVA LOOKS AHEAD Spying on Trump: AZRA TURK, IF THAT REALLY IS YOUR NAME FBI Sent Investigator Posing As Assistant To Meet With Papadopoulos In 2016 Trump Campaign Responds to NY Times Report Finally Admitting Obama Admin Spied on Him and His Campaign "Democrats and the media are turning the AG into a villain for doing his duty and making the hard decisions that special counsel Robert Mueller abdicated." Barr laid it on the line with the simple question the Russia Hoaxers can’t answer Liberal Hack and Idiot Mazie Hirono Attacks the President and Slanders AG Barr and Demands he Resign — It Gets So Bad Lindsey Graham Jumps In It is war. They lost the Mueller battle, now want to find ways to continue the war. Ilhan Omar Says U.S. to Blame for Venezuela's Problems Why do other member states feel so positive about staying in the EU? European Elections: "The Battle for Europe has Begun" The U.S. and Saudi Arabia Can’t Get a Divorce. Despite Yemen, Khashoggi and U.S. energy independence, the relationship is critical for both sides. Thursday, May 2. 2019Thursday morning linksIt's Time to Bring Back Leper Colonies—for Anti-Vaxxers Victims of Communism Day 2019 - Why May 1 should be a day to honor the victims of the ideology that took more innocent lives than any other. Reproductive MD Association Okays Providing Care Doctors Know Won’t Work Camille Paglia Can’t Say That - Art students are trying to get the social critic fired from a job she has held for three decades. Mathgate: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio Caught in Massive Grade Fraud Scandal Instagram: Wounded Veteran ‘Violated Community Standards’ by Posing with Trump Jr. Walls and fences: Barriers Against Barbarism RENT-A-CHILD SERVICES THRIVING AT THE BORDER - When a child becomes a get-out-of-detention-free card. Jewish Leaders Refuse to Accept New York Times' Apology for Anti-Semitic Cartoon BETO O'ROUKE SAYS WORLD WILL END 2 YEARS SOONER THAN HE CLAIMED LAST MONTH The End Is Near. Oh, well. Yes, Amazon Pays Taxes Steve Hilton: China Is ‘Funding Biden Family Businesses’ with ‘Billions of Dollars’ The United States Is Giving the Caravans a Huge Incentive to Keep Coming Nellie Ohr Criminal Referral Being 'Finalized' According To Jim Jordan Wasn't she one of the Kremlin-Clinton links? Nellie Ohr’s Emails To DOJ About Russia Collusion While Working For Fusion Should Alarm Us All Bruce Ohr: FBI, DOJ Knew Dossier Was Dirty from the Beginning 5 takeaways from the Barr hearing Thelma Nadler and Louise Schiff - Congressional crazies are taking the Democrat party over the cliff. Watch Live: 'Steele Dossier' May Have Been Part Of Russian Disinformation Campaign, Barr Says Bill Maher to Adam Schiff on Trump: “Now it just looks like you’re stalking him” Not "looks like" Swedish Anti-Extremism Tsar Allows Returning ISIS Fighters Re-Entry As "Caring Citizens" Afghanistan: Tar baby Are we still there? Wednesday, May 1. 2019Assumptions, postulates, and premises
Assumptions, postulates, and premises are what we all stand on when we open a discussion, a debate, or a legal argument. Before getting into the weeds and details of a discussion, it's always wise to identify these foundations of anothers' position. We all like to think that we are capable of questioning or critiquing our own basic assumptions - but are we? I think most of us are as reluctant to impose cognitive dissonance on ourselves as we are to hit our heads with a hammer. And when others attempt to challenge (ie threaten) some of our precious basic assumptions, the natural reaction is to be defensive because these thoughts become part of who we are. Best approach? "I'll question my assumptions if you'll question yours." Big Weights programmingIf you can handle 6-7 days of 1 hr (or so) workouts weekly, you can try putting in 3 days of heavy weights/ big movements. Never two weights days in a row in our view. This is a way to get past whatever strength plateau you might have reached, or to jump start a program. Try it as an experiment. It is working for me. There are all sorts of ways to schedule your routines, but they must be planned. Typical programs are listed here at Old Schoool Trainer. A regular weights program for me is not for body-building, just for the strength component of general fitness, and to slow down entropy: Monday: Barbell squats (5X5-8), Bench press (5X5 or 6X10), dumbell row (3X10), pull-down or pullups (3x10) Thurs: Heavy deadlift (5X5-8), Dumbbell bench (4X10), Seated Row (4X10), pull-downs or pullups (4X10) Sat - A higher-rep (12-20) but not too-light day for me: Leg press (higher reps), Chest press (higher reps), curls + tricep press downs Note: the first number does not include warm-up set. Always do a brief warm-up set for any weight exercise to avoid muscle sprain. I am still giving it time to see whether this is too much for me, considering that on my two calisthenics days I am doing pushups, burpees, body weight squats, kettlebell lunges, box step ups, hand weights, kettlebell swings, kettlebell deads, inclined pulls, etc. - and stair machine on one of my cardio days. My point concerns what amounts of recovery and nutrition are needed for constructive recovery/rebuilding in my program, given my age (ummm, over 50...but I don't look it). Generally speaking, a cardio day is considered active recovery so it's good to sched. that on a day before big weights. Wednesday morning linksWaPo Writer: James Holzhauer Has Become “A Menace” Amazon goes into the freight biz Previewing Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College trial: ‘Social Justice’ free speech or defamation? Should Cory Booker Pay Slavery Reparations to Himself? VDH: The Adolescent Progressive Mind Actor Isaiah Washington To Join #WalkAway Town Hall In Los Angeles Pope Joins Soros In Funding Immigrant Caravan Invasion Of US Southern Border An Adams essay on the "fine people" hoax The press knows it's a lie, and don't care Byron York: Amid good news, can Democrats talk down the economy? Why Are Clapper and Brennan Not in Jail? Puerto Rico won’t recover from bankruptcy unless it embraces fiscal reform German Intelligence Issues Taboo-Breaking Report on Muslim Antisemitism Poor Friendless Erdoğan Tuesday, April 30. 2019Tuesday morning linksTeen Who Refused Cancer Treatments While Pregnant To Save Baby Passes Away - "She faced the greatest fear of all, death, and smiled back with a grin only God can instill." UCSD prof labels fetus a 'legitimate parasite,' compares it to cancer How Not to Get Duped When Buying a Used Car Woodstock cancelled because of "concerns about the capacity of the festival, site readiness and permitting issues." Your Big Carbon Footprint Is To Blame For April Snow In Chicago Oxford Professor: Aliens are Interbreeding with Humans Because of Climate Change Global Warming Going the way of Russia Collusion What economic lessons about health care costs can we learn from the competitive market for cosmetic procedures? Who Are You Calling Privileged? I’ve noticed a trend: The more that white people apologize, the more they get mocked. COMBAT VET WHO STOPPED THE SYNAGOGUE SHOOTER: ‘I SCARED THE HELL OUT OF HIM’ There Are Two Little Problems With "Taxing The Rich" To Pay For "Free Everything" No One Is Coming to Rescue You—Especially Not a Presidential Candidate Shipp: Coup Against Trump Is "Biggest Violation Of Constitution In History" Byron York: When did Mueller know there was no collusion? Democrat Darling Pete Buttigieg Accused of Sexual Assault by 21-Year-Old from Michigan Update - just another political hoax. How much of "news" consists of political smears and hoaxes? Scarborough to Trump: Spilled Blood Is 'on Your Hands' Bartiromo's Interview With Border Patrol Agents Was Interrupted... By Illegal Aliens Crossing The Border Thousands of Illegal Aliens from Terrorist Nations Live in U.S. after Being “Deported” Sense And Nonsense In Dealing With Russia The Mexico Tragedy - America’s southern neighbor confronts metastasizing violence and institutional corruption that threaten its future. Monday, April 29. 2019Monday morning linksWe Have to Do Something About Outdoor Cats They are an environmental abomination Cultured lab meat may make climate change worse Yuk. And I don't care about climate either. California spends $178 million per fish to bring back salmon 'Meat Kills' Study Is Rotten To The Bone, But NYT Swallows It Anyhow Participants in AOC's 'fun run' didn’t know they were donating to her campaign Universities now requiring loyalty oaths taken to ‘diversity’ Trinity College Professor: “Whiteness Is Terrorism” Many University Campuses Are Playgrounds For Insanity Student Activists Outraged as Williams College Tries to Adopt Pro-Free Speech Policy Where are the grown-ups? “There is no substitute for how the industrial economy runs today.” Bill Gates Slams Unreliable Wind and Solar Energy " This is a robust economy that is thriving on a red meat-and-potatoes pro-growth diet of tax cuts, deregulation, fair trade policies, and a focus on domestic energy." Most Of America Thinks Your Outrage Is Outrageous Pope sends aid to migrants stranded at the US border Stranded? What? They are in Mexico, not Somalia. 2020 DEMS CONDEMN "GUN VIOLENCE" INSTEAD OF ANTI-SEMITISM AFTER SYNAGOGUE ATTACK. Guns don't kill Jews. Anti-Semites do. Joe Biden Is In For A Rude A-WOKEning Joe is dopey, but this is unfair to the guy Ukraine Tapped By Obama Admin To Hurt Trump, Help Clinton And Protect Bidens Rod Rosenstein Has a Few Choice Words for Media, FBI Leakers, and the Obama Administration Goodwin: Battling the Democrats’ big lie about Donald Trump Trump Makes Post-Mueller Vow To Release "Devastating" FISA Docs Sunday, April 28. 2019Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag...From 1915, a WW1 tune. Silent at first, for a moment
Homemade pasta
I am not a big fan of pasta, because it makes me feel sleepy.
Low-Maintenance Shrubs You Shouldn't Prune MuchSaturday, April 27. 2019Modern medical careOne of my daughters Ubered to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center yesterday afternoon with sharp abdominal pain and a mild fever. Appendicitis, unless ruled out. Of course, it was appendicitis. Three or four hours later they took the disgusting thing out laparoscopically and sent her home in an Uber a couple of hours later. No stitches, just a couple of steri-strips. Amazing world we live in.
Saturday morning linksShrew skulls shrink for winter survival Springsteen goes fake country Do Most Homeless People In Seattle Have A Substance Abuse Problem? Career and Technical Education Is Important, but Some States Do Better than Others James Hansen Calls Green New Deal “Nonsense” Even Music Causes Global Warming Teenage Climate-Change Protestors Have No Idea What They’re Protesting Exposing Utilities’ Big Green Energy Con Game Fear Mark Zuckerberg’s Illiberal Impulses. Social media’s censors are too illiterate to distinguish between Charles Manson and Charles Murray. Evergreen State College Film: The Hunted Individual UMich $10M multicultural center makes grand debut California Politicians Hiked Gas Tax, Now Demand Investigation Into State's $4 Per Gallon Gas Prices. What could possibly be increasing California's gas prices? MILLIONAIRE BERNIE SANDERS: MILLIONAIRES IN SENATE ARE "IMMORAL" AND NATIONAL "DISGRACE" Joe Biden Says Illegal Aliens Are Already ‘American Citizens’ Judge Andrew Napolitano: Did President Trump obstruct justice? Sri Lanka suicide bombers became distant, ‘totally crazy’ in years leading up to Easter massacre, siblings say AFTER SRI LANKA CHRISTIAN MASSACRE, MEDIA DEPLOYS "MUSLIMS FEAR BACKLASH" MEME You’d Better Believe We Need A “High” Border Wall, Says … Tom Friedman? Keynote speaker at Harvard diversity conference says Christians should be ‘locked up’ What Admirers of Socialism Like AOC Could Learn From Just the Title of Adam Smith's Classic Book Noonan blames Trump for the attempted coup Strzok-Page Texts Sure Look Like FBI Was Attempting To Spy On Incoming Trump Admin President Trump: “It is now just a question of time before the truth comes out, and when it does, it will be a beauty!”… How did Mr. Mueller spend two years investigating every aspect of Russian interference—cyberhacking, social-media trolling, meetings with Trump officials—and not consider the possibility that the dossier was part of the Russian interference effort? Friday, April 26. 2019Friday morning links30 Common, English Idioms and the History Behind Them Who was Ferdinand Columbus? Re Ferdinand, here's The Catalog of Shipwrecked Books (Wapo) A Tale of Two Shities: Portland and San Franciso DRIVING A TESLA RESULTS IN MORE CO2 THAN A MERCEDES DIESEL CAR, STUDY FINDS
Unemployment Claims Lowest Since 1969 Despite Workforce Twice the Size As Trump Economy Roars Ahead Activist Massachusetts Judge Who Helped Twice-Deported Illegal Alien Evade ICE Arrest is INDICTED James Clapper Knew There Was No Evidence of Trump-Russia Collusion In 2016. President Obama’s top intelligence official stated categorically that no evidence existed of Trump-Russia collusion. So why did Rosenstein appoint Mueller two months later? How the Obama White House engaged Ukraine to give Russia collusion narrative an early boost SWEDES DON’T CARE ABOUt RAPE The Iran Deal Is Dead. Democrats Should Move On. Politicians should commit to a new agreement — one that might actually work. Don't Rejoin the Iran Deal, Fix It Vietnam's forgotten Cambodian war Thursday, April 25. 2019A herd of Boston Dynamics robotsThursday morning linksItalian Town to Cover Crosses at Cemeteries So as Not to Offend Muslims Dhimmis. What are the immigrants doing to make their Italian hosts comfortable? PALESTINIAN JESUS? PLEASE Homeland Security Weighs Labeling Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction This Conversation Between A Passenger And An Airline Should Absolutely Terrify You University hosts no-whites-allowed faculty and staff listening sessions — to promote inclusivity Mayor de Blasio Sets Out To Accelerate New York City's Decline Jussie Smollett Should Be “Brought Back” For ‘Empire’s Next Season, Taraji P Henson & Terrence Howard Tell Disney, Fox CNN Anchors “Stunned” Democrats Are Ok With Terrorists Voting, “These People Are Way Out There”… Biden opens his campaign with a big lie Trump tax reform didn't spark philanthropic apocalypse as predicted Spygate and The Steele Dossier Were The Cover Story – The Real Issue is Years of Obama-era Surveillance and Political Spy Operations… Hillary Clinton spawned the Russia hoax. Christopher Steele is merely its front man "[I]t’s shocking to see national media voices after the release of Robert Mueller’s report patting each other on the back, congratulating themselves for a three-year faceplant..." The Mueller War rages on The Coup Against Our President Isn’t Over It will go on forever, partly because of Trump's success as Pres. Most successful first 2 years in office ever, maybe. Trump's Righteous Indignation over His Innocence Shocking Use of FISA by Obama's FBI to Spy on Trump Campaign (video) Voters Say Impeachment Unlikely from Mueller Report Despite Media’s How a Jew Won Over the Land of the Cossacks - Under threat from Russia, national identity in Ukraine has overpowered religious and ethnic differences. Movie trailer: Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan Wednesday, April 24. 2019VDH, mostly on Trump's foreign policies, but other things tooStrong arms, and "curls for the girls"Strong arms seem to be a biological signal to females that a male might make a good sexual/reproductive partner. It's primitive, a sign of power, vitality, and virility. Well, all guys want strong arms for either signaling or functional purposes, but curls are not the most sensible way to approach strength: they are more about hypertrophy. We prefer compound exercises over single-muscle exercises. More time-efficient. After all, the hands are connected with the arms, the arms to the shoulder, and the shoulder to chest and back. I'll assume that few of our readers are Body Builders who focus mainly on the size and definition of muscles, but are, rather, regular, function-oriented fitness people. What about the ladies? All of our exercises are valuable to ladies' fitness, but ladies can not develop bulging muscles under ordinary circumstances. Big muscles do not equate with strength. However, we do single-muscle-group exercises as accessory exertions when there is time for them. Thus hand and forearm exercises, calf exercises, upper arm exercises, leg raises and leg contractions, etc. Let's list both focused and compound exercises which can build stronger arms while mostly stressing other muscle groups at the same time: - Pullups and cable pull-downs (biceps, forearms, back) NB: Sometimes you will see a guy in the gym with muscles bulging all over the place. That guy is juicing. A bad fitness plan.
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