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Thursday, October 8. 2020Thursday morning linksWho pays for the toilet paper? The big questions of the work-from-home era Over 4,000 Doctors, Public Health Professionals Sign “Great Barrington Declaration,” Urging End to COVID-Restrictions Remote Learning Is a Catastrophe. Teachers Unions Share the Blame. Rethinking Higher Education Delivery in the Modern Age CA Governor's Office Says To Wear Mask 'In Between Bites' At Restaurants The Cult of Covidism Has Invaded the Church Are Americans Tired of Being Called ‘Racist’ Yet? Portland’s Mayor Now Trails Challenger, But… Susan Collins lets loose with her career on the line WaPo: Say, Did You Know Barrett Considered Herself A “Handmaid”? President Trump Authorizes Total Declassification of All Documents Related to Spygate, Hillary Email Scandal – WITH NO REDACTIONS Trump would cut taxes by about $1.7T, Biden would hike by $4.3T: Budget watchdog Biden’s Repudiation of Obama’s Foreign Policy Wednesday, October 7. 2020NYC in the 1890sWednesday morning links19th C slavery porn from the Muslim world At Vanderbilt "I find the average New Yorker so breathtakingly ill-informed, I prefer to converse with animals, or even trees." "I write all this as a 47-year-old transgender man who transitioned five years ago. I’m also a parent to three teenagers..." Stats Hold a Surprise: Lockdowns May Have Had Little Effect on COVID-19 Spread Oregon State Professor Blames Devastating Western Wildfires on White Christians 1619 Project: Counterfactual history Peter Wood: Pulitzer Board Must Revoke Nikole Hannah-Jones' Prize What’s happening to Jennifer Rubin? Can the media take off their diapers? Media Criticizes Trump For Downplaying Virus Threat By Not Dying Jews ‘Plot to Destroy Gaza Society by Banning Child Marriage,’ Warns Qatari Sociologist Tuesday, October 6. 2020Darn those fall WarblersI'm not sure about the rest of the world, but North America has lots of warblers. They come up north in May to breed, and head back to the Caribbean, Mexico, and South America in September and October. You really need to be an expert to identify them without their springtime migration breeding colors. They mostly look like the photo, or otherwise nondescript. All around my gardens for the past few weeks. I know three people who have no trouble with fall warblers. I am completely incompetent. Not very good with female warblers in springtime either. Too many hobbies, and not enuf IQ either (me, not the warblers). In Spring, they are tiny jewels to look at if you do not have a sore neck. Best places to see them in the Eastern US are Cape May NJ, Central Park in NYC (my day record there in May), and Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (also in NYC). All Atlantic Flyway.
Tuesday morning linksSuing the Gender Identity Clinic MIT Scientists: Nuclear Fusion Energy Could Be Closer Than Thought Why it’s not worth recycling plastic - For decades, consumers have been led to believe that recycling plastic saves on waste. Unfortunately, it’s not true, says Simon Wilson. And that could have big consequences for the oil business. Amidst Global Warming Hysteria, NASA Expects Global Cooling College Dems chapter leaves national org, alleges 'racism and classism' Parents At New York's Dalton School Revolt Over $54K Tuition For Online Classes Free Speech in Peril at Syracuse, Students and Alumni Say Cuomo, de Blasio both ignore science, sense in latest lockdown moves Why Big Names Are Getting COVID-19 Mike Pence's Superb Coronavirus Response MacDonald: Against Fear - President Trump’s handling of his coronavirus diagnosis models positive masculinity—rational and unbowed. Sean Penn Mocks Trump: ‘I Like Presidents Who Don’t Get Covid-19.’ James Woods: ‘I Like Presidents with Brass Ba**s’ Rubin’s Twitter spree is worth noting not just because it’s amusing in its own crazy way, but also because it exemplifies how irrational Trump hatred is, Photojournalist Went Undercover To Expose ‘White Supremacists’ At Riots, But Found Anarchists Instead POLL AVERAGE: TRUMP TRAILS BIDEN BY 8 POINTS CNN Reporter Complains About Trump Taking Mask Off; Trump Campaign Shows Her Taking Her Mask Off Inside WH Twitter CENSORS Sick Video of Creepy Joe Biden’s Gross, Inappropriate Comments to Little Girls in Florida Monday, October 5. 2020Monday morning links
Image: Cool t-shirts for gals Work, Float, Eat, Dream: Life on the International Space Station. We asked some of the people who’ve spent the most time on the ISS: What’s it like up there? What about sex? In Search of the Roosevelt Outhouse in New England The True Poet of Jazz - Legendary New Yorker critic Whitney Balliett captured the magic of the music. New WHO Data Reveals Coronavirus Less Lethal than Last Three Major US Pandemics Experts Predict What Life Will Be Like After A COVID-19 Vaccine Arrives Most N95 Masks Imported From China Fail to Meet US Standards Waldorf Astoria hotel to sell off 80,000 items in landmark auction Cool. I used to love that place. Rulesy Folks Push Paternalism Is Critical Race Theory Racist? Theories are racist The Media’s Mad Obsession With White Supremacy Professor Wants Last Cop Strangled With Intestines of Last Capitalist He doesn't know that he is a kulak Survey Finds Disturbing Results On How Democrats Feel About Trump’s Coronavirus Diagnosis NBC Is Biased And Not Even Trying To Hide It Now… AP Stylebook Now Says Don’t Call Riots “Riots” A Few Global Concerns that Affect Us All Sunday, October 4. 2020From today's LectionaryPsalm 19 19:1 The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. 19:2 Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge. 19:3 There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard; 19:4 yet their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In the heavens he has set a tent for the sun, 19:5 which comes out like a bridegroom from his wedding canopy, and like a strong man runs its course with joy. 19:6 Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them; and nothing is hid from its heat. 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the decrees of the LORD are sure, making wise the simple; 19:8 the precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is clear, enlightening the eyes; 19:9 the fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the ordinances of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. 19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey, and drippings of the honeycomb. 19:11 Moreover by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward. 19:12 But who can detect their errors? Clear me from hidden faults. 19:13 Keep back your servant also from the insolent; do not let them have dominion over me. Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression. 19:14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer. Saturday, October 3. 2020Saturday morning linksDiversity Über Alles: Science Is Threatened by Identity Politics California’s Looming ‘Green New Car Wreck’. The numbers don’t pencil out for the future where just 25% of cars in California would be electric. Left Wing Governor Of Washington State Freaks Out As Boeing Moves Production To South Carolina The New York Times Publishes a Defense of the Hong Kong Crackdown. NYTimes Admits WHO's Decision Not To Close Borders At Start Of Pandemic Was Based On "Politics", Not Science Here’s The Coronavirus Treatment Regimen White House Doctors Have Prescribed For Trump 'I Hope He Dies,' Liberals Celebrate Trump's COVID Diagnosis Pure hate. They never mention policies Risk of COVID-19 During Air Travel Coronavirus Panics After Testing Positive For Trump Trump’s failure to offer a new health care plan could be why he loses American Psychological Association Releases Statement Denouncing Ban On Critical Race Theory In U.S. Government… Remember when the APA was about treating mental disorders not promoting them? I member… Gross. FOX’s Chris Wallace Plays the Victim After His Horrific Performance at First Presidential Debate
Schumer, Feinstein: Trump, Lee COVID-19 Diagnoses Means We Should Cancel Barrett Confirmation Schumer Reiterates Dems Still Plan On Adding States and Eliminating the Filibuster Turkey’s Erdogan says Jerusalem ‘is our city’ AutumnBy Thomas Moran
Friday, October 2. 2020The North American White Ash and the Emerald Ash-Borer BeetleThe North American White Ash of the eastern US is one of the majestic canopy trees of American woodlands and landscapes. It is, in fact, the wood from which baseball bats are made. It has been also used for lobster traps and electric guitar bodies. In 2002, the Emerald Ash-Borer appeared in Michigan, and since then it has spread rapidly. I lost an 80 year-old Ash. It's a damn shame. Friday morning linksHere's hoping the Trumps come through this fine. Odds are that they will. With Trump’s COVID diagnosis, leftists are showing their inner ugliness Leftist Former CEO of Twitter Dick Costolo Wants to Watch His Political Opponents Get Lined Up Against a Wall and Shot in the “Revolution” Proud Boys Founder Announces He’s Suing Biden, CNN and ‘Reporters Who Call Multiracial Patriotic Group White Supremacists and Nazis Cuomo Keeps Spending Money, Blames Trump for Deficit Biden Staffer: Traditional Religious Beliefs Should Be 'Taboo' and 'Disqualifiers' for Public Office California approves task force to consider paying reparations for slavery Timeline: How Hillary introduced Americans to the Trump-Russia collusion hoax Kayleigh McEnany Just Destroyed Fox News’ John Roberts In A Single Tweet Biden Is Having Another Quiet Day . . . Which Is What His Campaign Wants Washington Post: China Is Becoming More Like North Korea (More Communism, Less Freedom) The Middle East’s New Map Thursday, October 1. 2020A little legal lessonA small piece of law school from MC: The "Norms" Of Federal Court Nominations: John Marshall And Marbury v. Madison
"Walkin' throught the leaves, fallin' from the trees, feelin' like a stranger nobody sees..."
The recorded version is perfect. This one is live. I heard the Dixie Chicks do it live and hated their version. Lyrics here. When Bob got past his word and image intoxication of his youth, things changed. Not for the better necessarily, but sort-of more grounded and more personal. Genius, either way. I sometimes wonder what Bob's life is now. No touring during covid. He's put out a couple of new tunes in the past year. I wonder whether he is hanging out in Scotland, Mallorca, Minnesota on his farm, or in Malibu. He ain't done yet. I know he loves boats, farms, motorcyles, fast cars, girls, and pals. Dont't know much else. I like those things too... Anyway, thanks Bob for the fine, mostly positive, stuff you have implanted in my brain. Addendum: I did not know he had a new record this year: Rough and Rowdy. Have not heard any of it.
Thursday morning linksLincolnshire Wildlife Park: Swearing parrots removed from view CDC Begins Issuing Holiday Coronavirus Guidelines, Recommends ‘Virtual Thanksgiving’ Why The Incentives Are Stacked to Overreact to COVID Disney Parks to Lay Off 28,000 Employees; Cites California's "Unwillingness" to Reopen Disneyland Lights, camera, overreaction! Iowa college cancels virtual play about gay Charlie Brown, blames coronavirus Six COVID-19 Revelations the MSM Will Avoid A great deal of confusion and uncertainty’: Trump coronavirus adviser infighting breaks into open NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Imposes $1000 Fines for Not Wearing Masks in Public Student Journalists Walkout Because Boss Was Mean Surprise: Minneapolis City Council Regrets Making Pledge To Defund The Police Helping People With Dementia Exercise Their Right to Vote Ohio State Professor Apologizes for 'Hurt, Sadness, Frustration, Fatigue, Exhaustion and Pain' Caused By Pro-Football Article. Matthew Mayhew is sorry. Very, very sorry. Qulllette: The bias that divides us Surprise: Team Hillary Had Plans To Accuse Trump Of Being Russian Assett 'Russiagate' Was Bogus From the Start Democrat Insider Lanny Davis: Blue States are “leaving. We intend to form our own country…” Nothing wrong with that President Trump’s Economy in 2019 Had the Largest Increase in Median Household Income Ever – More Than Obama’s Increase in 8 Years Biden Told So Many Whoppers, Burger King May Sue Him Joe Biden Tells Co-Debater Chris Wallace He Does Not Support the Green New Deal — But That’s Not What It Says on His Website! The Weak Leading the Woke - What we ask about when we ask about Joe. Chris Wallace Calls Out Trump to Tell His Supporters to Not Riot!! WTH? After BLM-Antifa Rip Apart the Country! Trump Was His Own Worst Enemy At The Debate Hamas opens up on arms, missile supplies from Iran Hezbollah fuels Lebanon's descent to civil war Wednesday, September 30. 2020Your Posterior Chain, with shirts
Deads strengthen the "posterior chain," from neck to the soles of your feet. We tend to view deads as a legs exertion, but no, not only. That's why they are an invaluable totaly body exertion. That posterior chain of muscles is what it makes it possible to be bipedal and to stand up straight instead of slouching. It's counterbalanced by various anterior muscle groups, expecially the abs.
I am no body-builder guy, but after 4 years of including deads in my routine twice weekly (pushing the weights, admittedly, but gradually with high-rep days and low rep days), I can no longer button my dress shirts. 2" more. That's crazy, not what I wanted but it just happened. Brooks Brothers shirts ain't cheap, and I fairly often wear jacket and tie at work, especially for meetings when it is expected. I don't have a single dress shirt that I can button now. Deads are the single best way, and most efficient way, to stay sturdy after age 40.
Wednesday morning link dumpAnnals of Woke Parenting How we bend the knee to our HR overlords - Our managerial class is asserting itself, drunk with its own power EPA questions legality of California's attempt to phase out sales of gas-powered cars The Trump Administration Was Right to Lobby for in-Person Education The Language of Privilege - The jargon and weird abstractions are central to the birth of a new elite, which uses the language of wokese as a barrier to entry College No Place for Free Speech Fans, Rankings Show 2020 College Free Speech Rankings Reveal Crisis on Campus STANFORD PROF INANELY ATTACKS HARVARD PROF FOR PRAISING AMY BARRETT Great Moments In Journalism: USA Today Fact-Checks Satire Site, Declares It “Satirical” CIA asked FBI to investigate Clinton campaign over 'stirring up' Trump-Russia allegations Obama admin briefed on claims Hillary Clinton drummed up Russia controversy to vilify Trump, distract from emails. Clinton allegedly sought to distract from her email scandal October Surprise comes early… Hillary Clinton implicated in Spygate collusion plot… There’s a game-changer out there that should end the Wuhan virus paranoia CDC Chief Overheard Saying Of New Trump COVID Advisor Scott Atlas, “Everything He Says Is False” De Blasio Tweets He Will Keep New York Under COVID-Unism Forever Implicit Bias Training: A Pseudoscience Scam The Media's Nervous Breakdown Over Race Moonbats: ‘We Can’t Wait’ Any Longer For Slavery Reparations Critical Race Theory and New Racism: Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here Debate Recap: Trump Wins, Biden Doesn't Faint, Chris Wallace Goes Down Hard Chris Wallace Faces Intense Backlash, Including From Colleagues, Over Bias During Debate Trump had to debate both the moderator and Biden Powerline: THOUGHTS ON THE (NOT SO) PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ZH: Two Crucial Things Emerged From The First Presidential Debate Tuesday, September 29. 2020Big debateI do not do TV, but readers are invited, nay, encouraged, to post comments below.
Tuesday morning linksCorrupting the College Board - Confucius Institutes and K-12 Education Verizon scrambling to unload HuffPost as losses mount De Blasio’s staff can no longer stop him making complete fool of himself Boston University Prof Denounces Barrett As "White Colonizer" For Adopting Two abandoned Haitian Children Insanity Wrap #59: 'USA Today' Takes on 'The Babylon Bee,' Brian Stelter Takes a Leak Here Are The People With Large Platforms Who’ve Warned Of Violence If The GOP Replaces Ruth Bader Ginsburg NY Attorney General: We Should Just Ignore Some Arrest Warrants Black Mayors and Police Chiefs are Being Accused of White Supremacy Texas: Two affidavits claim a massive illegal mail-ballot harvesting operation, led by “elite” Democrat officials, is being prepared for Texas’ most populous county. From the past: Hillary Clinton’s 3 debate performances left the Trump campaign in ruins. Donald Trump didn't just destroy himself. Hillary Clinton destroyed him. Trump’s Superb Choice in Barrett Amy Coney Barrett and the Question of Sex Donald Trump has now become a hugely consequential president No, Trump Didn’t Pay Only $750 For Federal Taxes In 2016 And 2017, The New York Times story refutes their own claim. The NYT Claim that Trump Paid $750 in Taxes is a Straight-Up Lie. By Their Own Reporting, He Paid $1,000,000 in 2016 and $4,200,000 in 2017. Obama Wrote Trump a $73 Million Check New York Times Not Sure Whether to Blame Coronavirus on Trump or Jews -- Blames Both Monday, September 28. 2020Monday morning links" Yom Kippur is the only holiday I know that, because of its very nature, recognizes human weakness. " Regardless of religion or lack thereof, atonement and confession are always good Could the Sahara ever be green again? I recall reading a few years ago that letting cattle, goats, camels, etc gradually encroach on a desert has good results ‘It doesn’t feel safe.’ Inside one of the world’s blueberry capitals. Migrant farmworkers in New Jersey risk COVID-19 to stock your fridge. It's their choice. Lousy choice, but a choice. In The Midst Of A Pandemic, Blanketed In Wildfire Smoke, The City Of Berkeley Is Focused On Banning Candy Bars "Amy Coney Barrett Deserves to Be on the Supreme Court. I disagree with Trump's judicial nominee on almost everything. But I still think she's brilliant." Via PC:
SYSTEMIC VOTER FRAUD IN MINNESOTA? Duh Democrats and Leftie Attorney Marc Elias Just Stole the Election in North Carolina — GOP Lays Out Plan to Fight Back …UPDATE: Trump Campaign Is Challenging in Court It is war Cancel Culture: SJWs at Spotify Demand Censorship of Network’s Newest Star Joe Rogan Times News Columns Join Anti-Trump Resistance Hacks at Fake News NY Times Focus on Trump’s Tax Returns AGAIN Rather than the Biden Family’s Cash for Russian Hookers and Moscow Millions Trump appears to have lost a lot of $ in some of his business deals The only illegal thing that appears is the IRS leak Chaotic Scene Unfolds As Car Plows Through Trump Supporters In California, Multiple Injuries Reported; Driver Arrested President Trump Dancing to Village People After Pennsylvania Rally is a HUGE HIT! Having fun is good Sunday, September 27. 2020Today's dessertAlmost everybody's favorite opera buffa. Rossini wrote it in three weeks. Over 200 years old, and going strong because it is so much fun and so silly, with irresistable tunes. Forget politics -this is joyful. Good actors too. Ain't Italian beautful? To me, Sienese Italian is the most musical and expressive tongue in the world. Buona sera.
From today's LectionaryPsalm 25:1-9
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. 2:9 He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.
Saturday, September 26. 2020Saturday morning linksDalrymple is a salesman's nightmare Gavin Newsom Bans Conventional Vehicles Andrew Cuomo is playing with racial fire Not a good guy LA: I never wanted a gun. In fact, I wanted to never own one—until around noon on Thursday, August 20th. German Minister Admits Lockdown Will Kill More Than COVID-19 Does Report: It’s Barrett The Taboo On Reporting The Race Of Criminal Suspects Louisville University Shuts Down, Tells White Students To ‘Educate Yourselves On Systemic Racism’ TRUMP BROADENS ATTACK ON CRITICAL RACE THEORY Stunning revelations expose FBI’s Trump probe as dirtiest political trick in US history FBI Investigated Steele Dossier Source As A Possible Russian Spy Years Before Trump Probe Putin wanted "reset Hillary" "Massive Corruption By The Obama-Biden Administration": Flynn Family Responds To FBI Text Message Revelations This Is Probably Why Joe Biden Called It A Day Before 10 AM Yesterday...And Hunter Might Be the Reason. Nancy Pelosi still doesn't think Biden should debate Trump Friday, September 25. 2020Too late: My FigsMy Brown Turkey Fig shrub has been highly productive this year, and has grown about 6', but I think none of the fruit will ripen before the first frost. They usually ripen in August, and it's been a hot summer too. Too late now for these fruits to ripen. In New England, these plants tend to die back to the roots in winter. However, they revive and grow like weeds. Do any of our readers grow figs? Friday morning links'Nevermind.' The New York Times goes Emily Litella on its garbage '1619' project Paul Krugman Goes Full Dingbat in Latest Trump Election Day Conspiracy Theory Seriously, Can We Talk about Joe Biden Now? Dems Suddenly Pivoting to Promoting In Person Voting, the Reason Why Tells You Everything Texas Attorney General Announces Arrests In Fraudulent Mail-In Ballot Scheme In Democrat Primary Wisconsin Authorities Investigate Absentee Ballots Found In Ditch, As FBI Probes Discarded Pro-Trump Ballots In PA Thursday, September 24. 2020Thursday morning linksThe 232 animals in this photo were killed by house cats in just one year Who’s Going To Bars And Nightclubs Despite COVID Contagion These Days? It’s Not Who You Think. It turns out that there really was Russia collusion! Hunter was getting money from everybody, including China and Russia connected officials Shock Senate Report Finds Hunter Biden Financially Tied to Chinese Government, Rich Russian Widow, Human Trafficking U-Haul Truck Filled With Supplies Arrives For “Protesters” In Louisville… Consider riots as Biden rallies (rallys?) Here's a bit from the Trump rally in Pittsburg Is a Trump landslide impossible? Hold my beer!
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