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Saturday, April 13. 2019Saturday morning linksSmall towns, 1950s As Season Eight Looms, Will Game of Thrones Become Lord of the Rings? For people who do not read books
Questioning Global Warming Two Decades Before College Admissions Scandal, The Clintons Tried To Game System For Chelsea’s Boyfriend Michael Knowles Attacked for Crime of Saying 'Men Are Not Women' on a College Campus The LGBT Lobby Has Been Trying To Exact Revenge On A Chicken Restaurant For Seven Years. This Is Not Normal. Only a heckler can improve an evening with the money-grabbing Clintons Something is the matter with these people Stoned At Work - New York’s city council bans employers from testing for pot use, which will lead to nothing but trouble. Of course Bernie loves money The Liberal Media ‘Matrix’ Covington, Smollett, Mueller, Avenatti and other adventures in unreality ‘UNFIT TO PRINT’ EPISODE 2: MEDIA FALLS FOR OLD TRUMP CLIP AND ‘SPYING’ ISN’T SPYING As Insiders Reveal the SPLC's "Hate Map" Is Basically a Marketing Scheme to Drum Up Donations, Conservative Groups Consider Filing Lawsuits Against the Very Non-Impoverished Grifter Outfit Candace Owens: Given The Democratic Party’s History Of Racism, Their Attacks On Me Aren’t A Surprise 2020: Julian Castro: We Need Migrants ‘More than Ever Before’ Trump Threatens To Dump Migrants In Sanctuary Cities The smarter way to sell Trump’s immigration policies FBI Man's Testimony Points to Wrongdoing Well Beyond Spying Related, Rod Rosenstein Rebukes Democrats and Mainstream Media, Calls Democrats accusations against William Barr's handling of Mueller report "Completely Bizarre" It's called dirty politics Friday, April 12. 2019Friday morning linksScientists put human gene into monkeys to make them smarter, human-like How did planners mess up Memphis?
Why having multiple wives is impractical Billboard Welcomes Drivers To Illinois, ‘Where You Can Get A Safe, Legal Abortion’ 234 HOUSE DEMOCRATS, TWO REPUBLICANS CO-SPONSOR BILL FORCING SCHOOLS TO LET MALE ATHLETES COMPETE ON GIRLS’ SPORTS TEAMS Does this undermine Title IX? “Ugly Duckling” Denounced as Racist Lori Loughlin Thought The Feds Were Bluffing, Now “Freaking Out” About Having To Do Time In Prison City Of Chicago Files Civil Suit Against Jussie Smollett For Refusing To Reimburse Police Costs ACOSTA DOL SEEKS TO IMPOSE RADICAL DIVERSITY AGENDA ON LAW FIRMS The GOP and Asians Surprise: Obama's Head Of Homeland Security Agrees With Trump On Border Crisis Eighteen states offer in-state tuition for illegals...and legal resident students are NOT happy about that MSNBC, CNN Spread False Impression that Trump Called Immigrants ‘Animals’ Democrats Can’t Win Based on Their Ideas, So They Want to Change the Rules of the Game Trump wants to kill you Byron York: Barr is right, spying on Trump campaign did occur Democrats' railings about Barr and spying will end badly for them Devin Nunes: “The Spying Began in 2015″…. Andrew McCarthy: Barr is right to review why Trump-Russia investigation began Focus on the Leaking, Not Just the Spying - Ask not only how the FBI got interested in the Trump campaign, but also how its investigation became public. Chuck Todd Tears Into Barr for Feeding ‘Conspiracy Theory’: He ‘Gaslit the Country!’ Talk about lack of self-awareness Clinton Contractor Described ‘Cover-up Operation Work Ticket’ in Newly Uncovered Email Ex-Obama counsel indicted for false statements, concealing Ukraine work Europe’s New Beggars Israeli Election: A Vote of No Confidence in the Media What Americans Need to Understand About Israel’s Election Results IN NEW YORK TIMES ISRAEL COVERAGE, ANYTHING GOES Thursday, April 11. 2019Blue SkiesThe advantages of paying fitness trainersIt took me over three years to be well-enough trained to do more of my daily work on my own - not including my 1-2 hours/week of trainer-led calisthenics/athleticism classes. (If you can give yourself a ballbusting calis class on your own, God bless ya. I know only one person who does, and I admire that person. She's a great ball of energy and good cheer.) Admittedly, I am a slow learner and was not in great shape when I began this fitness adventure. And I did not know correct deadlift or squat technique. In fact, I did myself some damage in the past out of ignorance. Why I have needed a trainer, despite the truly burdensome cost: - To evaluate you and then plan your fitness regimens, advancing as possible Eventually you begin to internalize your trainer's voice and direction, as people sometimes do with a therapist. It's like an alter ego. Many of us need that, because many of us do not really know how to push ourselves to the max. Human nature is lazy, mostly, but with plenty of potential. Thursday morning linksHow one stray dog changed my life forever Science Is Cool: First Picture Of A Black Hole Revealed Katie Bouman: The woman behind the first black hole image How to solve the plastic packaging paradox Case closed: Charter schools deliver more education ‘bang’ for the buck Florida: The Fool’s Gold State Low tax state, tho Title IX changes give more rights to people accused of ‘sexual misconduct’ Major Victory for Montague in Yale Lawsuit Anti-Semitism Growing on America’s Campuses Why Do Young People Find Socialism So Attractive? Because government-as-parent The demented drive to extend rent control The American press seems fixated on Fox News and its owners, the Murdoch family. BUSTED: Mount Vernon Debunks Politico's Fake News Story About Trump's Visit To Washington's Estate Facebook and Twitter Reps Squirm, Refuse to Say Whether Mother Teresa Quote Is 'Hate Speech' World Faces "Uphill Battle" With Average IQ Of Just 82! Former Obama Official Says Trump Separating Children At Border Is Different From When Obama Did It Because Trump Thomas Friedman, never stoking division Starr Admits He Omitted In FBI Report That Hillary Catalyzed Vince Foster’s Suicide, Report Says No way to treat a friend with a serious depression AG Barr will investigate origins of counterintelligence operations against Trump campaign It's about time Russian FBI informant attempted to frame me by offering dirt on Clinton: Michael Caputo Oops: Maxine Waters grills banks on student loan crisis even though feds took over in 2010 NH Poll: Buttigieg in Third Behind Bidens, Sanders IS PETE BUTTIGIEG “INTERSECTIONAL” ENOUGH? Chelsea
Wednesday, April 10. 2019Wednesday Bob: You're gonna make me lonesome when you goAn outtake from Blood on the Tracks
Wednesday morning linksPhoto: Crowds of tourists at Hudson Yards on Sunday How to Organize Your Kitchen Like a Professional Chef - The kitchen-wear entrepreneur Ellen Bennett shares tips for keeping food labeled, spices sorted and drawers in perfect order. California Wants To Tax Soda, Guns, Pain Pills, Lawyers And Batteries… Berkeley forces parents to sign waiver for Easter egg hunt. Risks include heart attacks, paralysis, loss of sight University of California dares courts to make it provide due process to accused students The Clitoris’ Vanishing Act Small Breasts Need Not Apply: Spanish Racetrack In Hot Water Over Giant Rack Requirement Parents' lives made more miserable by boomerang generation Battery Foolishness in Florida JUSSIE SMOLLETT GOT AWAY WITH IT Omar Has A Unique Description Of What Happened On 9/11: ‘Some People Did Something’ A Washington Post Op-Ed About the SPLC Illustrates Three Truths about the Media California Judge Blocks Trump’s Policy Having Asylum-Seekers Wait In Mexico While Being Considered Why Are 2020 Democrats Embracing Slavery Reparations? Behind the homeland security shakeup: This prez demands results Trump on Nadler feud: 'Some things never end' TRUMP RISING Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday that an inspector general’s investigation into whether the FBI abused the surveillance court process during the Russia probe will be completed by May or June. Democrat Congresswoman “Offended by This Whole Conversation About Socialism” Tuesday, April 9. 2019Free weights vs. machines - some examplesFree weights are always better because they engage so many accessory muscles, core, and balance. BUT... But machine resistance is better than no resistance work, and machine work can help improve your free weight efforts. A prime example is pullups. Lots of people can't do even one. Sad. It indicates that your back muscles are underdeveloped, or you are overweight, or both. BUT if you work on machine pull-downs and machine (assisted) pullups, you can advance get to real pullups. Lat Pulldown vs Pull-ups: Research Reveals Which Is Best I do both weekly. Another example: Leg Press vs Squat: 9 Studies Reveal Which Is Best Again, I do sets of each, weekly. Weakly too. I entirely understand doing barbell squats with a Smith Machine. You don't need a spotter. Still, I'd rather do squats with a spotter anyway, and my leg presses on my own. The moral of this fitness post is that free weights are better, but anything is better than nothing as long as it is difficult to do. "Difficult" means reaching deep down to what you do not want to do because it is "too hard." That's a bad approach to life.
Tuesday morning linksPoacher Trampled to Death by Elephant, Eaten by Pride of Lions - Only the man’s skull and pants were retrieved by Kruger National Park If We Don't Celebrate Anorexia, We Shouldn't Celebrate Morbid Obesity Here’s who owns everything in Big Media today The 'Unflappable' Warrior-Scholar: Meet Your Next Marine Corps Commandant NANNY STATE? Students demand 'basic needs.' College caves. PREDICTABLE: Minimum Wage Increase In New York City Leads To Job Losses, Price Increases Wal-Mart Is Rolling Out The Robots After Raising Minimum Wage Dem Presidential Candidate: I Will No Longer Say “All Lives Matter”…The Dems suicidal race to the far-left continues. Lamar Alexander calls for “New Manhattan Project for Clean Energy” to Counter Green New Deal Report: Top Democrats Colluded with Ukrainians to Interfere with 2016 Election Nunes files $150M lawsuit against McClatchy, alleging conspiracy to derail Clinton, Russia probes WaPo Op-Ed: Let’s Face It, The Electoral College Is An Utter Failure “Can’t Do It”: If We Open The Borders We’ll Have Poor People All Over The World Coming Here, Says … Bernie Sanders Obama: Don't Label Racist Everyone Opposed to Immigration Democrats Will Regret Not Walking Away When They Could The Floods, the Mullahs and the Cinderella in Boots Who Commits Most of the World’s Extremist Violence? Monday, April 8. 2019Monday morning linksImage via A Week in Pictures A pal highly recommends the NEST security systems Mosquitoes Don't Like Skrillex, But Listening To His Music Isn't Enough To Keep Them Away Medieval Diseases Making a Comeback Due to Feces on Streets Teachers Unions Want Legal Teacher-Student Sex Michigan State Students Filed Bias Incident Reports Over Some Really Petty Things. "A student complains twice in three days that someone posted a cartoon making fun of liberals in a residence hall and it offended her." GOOGLE SWINGS LEFT AGAIN APPLAUSE AT GOOGLE’S ALL-HANDS MEETING AS COMPANY DROPS HERITAGE FOUNDATION PRESIDENT If There Is "White Privilege," What Does It Consist Of? Walter Williams: Police Aren't Enough Elizabeth Warren: If a Democrat loses, the election is illegitimate Elizabeth Warren’s increasingly dramatic proposals reflect a campaign struggling to stay relevant Bernie Sanders Comes Out With Surprising Postion: Against Open Borders The Reluctance Of Bernie Sanders To Release His Tax Returns Is Part Of A Bigger Issue Mueller Express Fails to Deliver, Democrats Head for the Abyss The media will never live down the ignominy of the Russian collusion hoax Congress to make criminal referrals re FBI conduct Adelle Nazarian: How Qatar infiltrated The New York Times Report from Rojava: What the West Owes its Best Ally Against ISIS The Golan Heights and the Depths of Hypocrisy Sunday, April 7. 2019Gene Kelly on roller skatesHe digs himself - and he should. One of the cool dudes.
From today's LectionaryJohn 12:1-8 12:1 Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 12:2 There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. 12:3 Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 12:4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said, 12:5 "Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?" 12:6 (He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he kept the common purse and used to steal what was put into it.) 12:7 Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She bought it so that she might keep it for the day of my burial. 12:8 You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me." Saturday, April 6. 2019Savory cookie du JourPistachio Shortbread cookies. Perfect for tea time. Mrs. BD wants you to know that you can just make it will little balls of the stuff to make small round cookies. A bookBook recommendation: Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
Urban Hiking, in the NYTI Walked the Length of Manhattan. Here Is What I Found. Is it possible to be a tourist in your own home? The 52 Places Traveler gives it a shot.
Saturday morning linksAn Ancient Four-Legged Whale Looked Like a Giant Otter Speaking of whales, Gillette Venus Celebrates Morbid Obesity in New SJW Ad Promoting ‘Beautiful Women of All Shapes and Sizes’ Broken AOA sensor in Lion Air 737 MAX 8 crash linked to a Florida-based aerospace company Babylon Bee: 'Believe All Women' Movement Publishes Extensive List Of Exceptions At Last — An American History Text That’s Not Anti-American School district that forced girls to shower with boys can’t get out of Title IX lawsuit Fake Academe: Fined $ 50.1 Million Title IX reform would improve due process in campus sexual assault cases States Sue Over School Lunch Changes, Say They're Not Scientific Like the Obama Rules Americans Agree – Not Everyone Needs a Four-Year Degree Dinosaur bones and cultural sensitivity White Privilege Under Attack Court-Packing and the Framers For Voters, Illegal Immigration Remains Big Problem, But Not for Democrats Judge orders feds to give asylum seekers chance to make bail Al Sharpton Enjoying His Role as Democratic Kingmaker Why Black Voters Are So Important For Democrats In 2020 PIERS MORGAN PREDICTS A TRUMP VICTORY IN 2020 It seems likely to me Trump Holds Another Extraordinary Press Conference On White House Lawn The March Jobs Report - Very good. Did the FBI Set Up the Alleged "Russian Contacts" of Flynn and Papadopolous and Later Misrepresent Them to a Court as Having Been Arranged by Their Targets Rather Than Themselves? Waiting for Huber: whatever happened to the investigation into FBI abuse of power? The Incalculable Damage of the Russia Hoax NATO at 70: What's next? NATO At 70 Years Old... Time For The Zombie To Die Racism in China It's not microaggression The Pentagon says Iran killed 603 US troops during the Iraq War Turkey: After election gains, Kurds fear Erdogan's reach The Arguments In Favor Of Brexit Are More Persuasive Than Ever Friday, April 5. 2019Friday morning linksA brief history of the color Blue The Industrial Revolution Was Dirty, but Pre-Industrial Europe Was Worse Thomas Jefferson Subjected to Hate at Hofstra University HOW AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN GRANDMOTHER ENRAGED 1,000 GOOGLE LEFTIES - Fighting for diversity by driving the highest-profile African-American woman out of Google. Man accused of abandoning pet fish faces animal cruelty charges Surgically Transformed Into a Space Alien Doctors Are Now Giving 8-Year-Old Girls Testosterone, Claiming They're 'Transgender' Cambridge University’s Shameful Treatment of Jordan Peterson California AG: Illegal Immigration Should Be Decriminalized US weekly jobless claims drop to the lowest level since 1969 Media Breakdown: Years Of Leftist Proselytizing Takes A Toll Mueller's Chevauchée: Burn Everyone and Everything Trump Loves Democrats Who Can’t Get Over Losing 2016 Formally Demand Trump’s Tax Returns Hold Hillary Clinton Accountable for Russiagate Byron York: From former Trump lawyer, candid talk about Mueller, Manafort, Sessions, Rosenstein, collusion, tweets, privilege, and the press FISA Motion Allowed FBI To Share US Citizens’ Info With Foreign Agencies. Here’s How That May Have Played Into The Russia Probe Tucker Carlson Drops TRUTH BOMB on Mexican Official: “Mexico Is a Hostile Power Seeking to Undermine Our Country and Our Sovereignty” Brexit: "The People Have Spoken – The Bastards" 'New York Times' Journalist Describes An 'Almost Unimaginable' Crisis In Venezuela Russia's been in Venezuela less than two weeks and already it's threatening to attack Colombia Thursday, April 4. 2019Some cool dance in NYC in April
We're going to see the Graham with friends - Mrs. BD's choice. I'd rather the Cunningham, but whatever. I'll get an excellent lunch out of it. Thursday morning links61-Year-Old Woman Gives Birth To Own Granddaughter For Gay Son Using His Husband's Sister's Egg University Of Kansas Offers ‘Angry White Male’ Course After Banning Plastic Bags, NYC Will Now Tax Paper Bags Britain's Version Of 'Medicare For All' Is Struggling With Long Waits For Care Hillary and Bill Clinton Embark on Speaking Tour With Ben Stiller, Hollywood Stars Jorge Ramos: Amnesty for Illegals, Migrants— ‘Nothing We Can Do to Stop Them’ US Expands 'Catch And Release' Amid Surge In Migrants NATO chief, in speech to Congress, declares Trump's push for more defense spending is working Vermont, this weekFrom a reader who is catching some end-of-season skiing
Wednesday, April 3. 2019Met-Con training, re-posted
For those who believe that you can burn fat with exercise (I do not), this format does keep your metabolism elevated for up to one or two hours after finishing. These sorts of things do not build strength. That's not what they are for. They are for energy, agility, and cardio endurance. Some powerlifters like to take the class because, despite their size and strength, they want agility, quickness, and endurance too. They have little of those. I take a 50-minute class weekly which is basically Met Con but not labeled as such. A typical routine in that class might be a 20-second kettlebell swing followed immediately by 20-seconds of pushups followed by 30 seconds of mountain climbers, then a 5-second rest before repeating 3 times. Then a 30-second rest before going into the next triplet of calisthenics (which might be a similar pattern with 20-seconds of burpees, 30-second rower sprints, and 30-second squat and presses. The timing is everything. I can testify that this format improves general conditioning, because when I began with it I couldn't really complete the class and stole seconds of rest time. I still steal a couple of seconds of rest time to catch my breath but I can get through the class. More on the topic below the fold - Continue reading "Met-Con training, re-posted" Are ten rounds enough?Wednesday morning linksPete Best and The Beatles Good News: Comedy Can Help You Randomly Interject ‘Climate Change’ Into Social Conversations For More Diversity, Lower Standards NIMBYs Argue New Housing Supply Doesn't Make Cities Affordable. They're Wrong. Tokyo is a shining example of how free market housing regulations can keep even big, growing cities affordable. Worst business climates in order: New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois If You Thought It Couldn't Get Any Worse For Chicago... Z-man podcast: A trip around the world Good, calm, and reasonable CNN’s Chris Cuomo Admits There is a Border Crisis Hispanics Rally to Trump, Boosting His 2020 Chances Hate crime hoaxes, like Jussie Smollett's alleged attack, are more common than you think What If Everything You Know Is Fake? CONFIRMED: Bogus Trump-Russia Alfa Bank Connections Were Created By Hillary Supporter, Working with Fusion GPS — And Pushed BY HILLARY! George Papadopoulos warns the Dems to be careful what they wish for Update on the ex-socialist Eastern Europe Is it Islamophobic to deny that ‘Palestine’ exists? How Has Maduro Survived? With Lots of Help From Cuban Operatives Tuesday, April 2. 2019Tuesday morning linksShoppers get drunk, go online, and spend money on Amazon ACLU Sues Catholic Hospital for Refusing to Perform Transgender Surgery Statistics And Probability In Scientific Research Is Immensely Complicated, And Is Almost Always Misinterpreted By The Media And Especially By Juries 4 Reasons Why Big Tech Is Hazardous to Our Lives
INVASION: +100,000 ILLEGAL ALIEN APPREHENSIONS IN MARCH Massive caravan on 'illegal immigration superhighway' to press strained border resources Accused of sexual misconduct, Joe Biden will now face the presumption-of-guilt standard that he helped champion. AP Describes O'Rourke Speaking in 'His Native Spanish' National Public Radio’s ‘Freakonomics’ Repeats Charlottesville Hoax They know it's fake news Vox: The ’Emotional Devastation’ Of Trump’s Election Colored Our Judgment On Collusion RussiaGate: "Why Did This Ever Start In The First Place?" Rachel Maddow Lies About Mueller Report as MSNBC Chyron Tells MSNBC Viewers the Truth War: House Judiciary To Subpoena Full Mueller Report And All Evidence “A Big S**Tshow”: Brexit Turning Into Common Market 2.0? The European Union Feverishly Hammers Another Nail In Freedom's Coffin: Honestly, Why Did America Bother With Two World Wars? Germany lost the war but won the peace
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