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Friday, June 5. 2020Friday morning linksRiots and protests: The Mandatory Banality of University Presidents Economic Effects of Additional Unemployment Benefits of $600 per Week New York Times Journalists Scared To Have an Op-Ed Page. Elite media institutions are noisily abandoning liberalism. "What’s happening at the NYT is an attempted coup." Lancet Formally Retracts Fake Hydroxychloroquine Study Used By Media To Attack Trump Fake news everywhere The Struggle Sessions Are Here, And They’re Not Going Away. The left’s multi-decade project to teach everyone that America is irredeemably racist has led to the emergence of a new regime in American life. Majority of African Americans mostly satisfied with local police department: Poll Jews In Brooklyn Cheer On NYPD As They March Towards Rioters…
Lefty Madison is all boarded-up Why? From America’s Make-Believe Moment - It just might be later than you think.
Wearing a mask isn't political. It could protect my son's life Thursday, June 4. 2020American Experience: New YorkThis 2003 8-part series about the history of NYC from PBS is well-done and enjoyable. I learned quite a bit from it. Love it, hate it, or love/hate it, it's an important place in American history and world history. Thursday morning linksThe winner of the riots/protests is Jeff Bezos and Amazon Surely Minneapolis, Of All Places, Must Have Cured Racism By Now Grant Napear, Sacramento Kings announcer since 1988, fired for tweeting "All lives matter, every single one!" Not the Bee: NBA reporter cheers rioters torching low-income housing, freaks when "animals" come to his gated community Bumfight: As New York burns, Cuomo blasts de Blasio, de Blasio blasts Cuomo Criminal Gangs Who Ransacked NYC Arrived In Chauffeured Cars, Used Power Tools, Witnesses Say American carnage: These aren't protests — they're riots. Someone must end the lawlessness. THE NUMBERS DON’T SUPPORT BLM CLAIMS ABOUT THE POLICE MSM Really Earning 'Enemy of the People' Status During Riots David Horowitz to Newsmax TV: Democrats Have 'Ginned Up Race War' Media Falsely Claimed Violent Riots Were Peaceful And That Tear Gas Was Used Against Rioters Media Makes 3 False Claims That Tear Gas Was Used On Peaceful Protesters for Trump Church Visit The lying about Donald Trump is now completely out of control NPR: New Science Proves That Coronavirus Demands that Conservatives Not Do Things They Want to Do, Like Work At Their Businesses, But Does Not Limit What the Leftwing Wants to Do, Like Pillage and Loot Conservatives' Businesses Gretchen Whitmer has her ‘let them eat cake’ moment The Media Are Lying To You About Everything, Including The Riots. The media lied about the Russia collusion hoax, about the Mueller probe, about impeachment, about the coronavirus—and now they’re lying about the riots BLM Protest Tries To Enter Dominican Neighborhood, Gets Told To F*ck Off… Wuhan Virus Watch: Whitmer Lifts Stay-at-Home Order Now That People Need to Go Out and Riot Michael Flynn transcripts reveal plenty except crime or collusion New Flynn Transcripts Confirm Mueller Team Lied To The Court And The Country. The newly released transcripts should cause longtime federal Judge Emmet Sullivan to realize the error of his way and immediately dismiss the charges against Michael Flynn. The FBI’s Investigation Into Trump and Russia Now Looks Even Worse. Rod Rosenstein says he was kept in the dark about important parts of the probe. Wednesday, June 3. 2020A calisthenics workout: The QueixadaWednesday morning linksImage via MOTUS German officials threaten Naomi Seibt with prison for climate ‘denialism’ New Title IX Regulations in Sexual-Assault Cases Are Upheld in Court All protests should be suspended until the curve of violence is flattened Unhinged Episcopal Bishop Calls in to CNN to Trash President Trump for Holding Bible without Her Permission — SAYS NOTHING ABOUT CRIMINALS WHO TORCHED CHURCH AVI: What if there is not a general problem of police racism that needs our constant attention? Yes, Meet Rioters with Overwhelming Force This riot is brought to you by Nike. Corporate America wants you to know it totally rejects imperialism and racism. Just not the Chinese variety Historic Macy’s On 34th Street Looted, Vandalized And Fires Started Inside Store…This is the flagship Macy’s store featured in Miracle on 34th St. Not a miracle anymore. Cops use surveillance footage to nab two lawyers who firebombed NYPD van Related, those REVOLUTIONARY LAWYERS They will have trouble getting jobs, with felonies Carolla via Ace:
Barack Obama Urges Activists to Capitalize on George Floyd Outrage COVID: CHINA IS ASSHOLE Sex At Someone Else’s Home Is Now Illegal In England So why not do it in the road? No-one will be watching you... Sovereignty over the Jordan Valley is key to Israel's security Turkey, Pakistan, Malaysia and Qatar form emergent power nexus in the Islamic World Tuesday, June 2. 2020Tuesday morning riot linksBB: Clever Churchgoers Avoid Arrest By Disguising Themselves As Rioters It’s Past Time To Examine How Police Unions Protect Bad Cops North Carolina Dems Endorse Looting “Complete Anarchy”: New York Cops Beaten, Run Over by Cars in Night of Rioting and Arson by Peaceful Protesters Who is recruiting, moving and paying the professional anarcho-rioters? If The Rioting Seems Coordinated Episode 1011 Scott Adams: Let’s Talk About Antifa and Looters Setting Civil Rights Back a Decade Seattle Mayor: You Know, White Men Are Behind The Violence At These Riots Car full of white people gets caught handing bricks to group of young black men to throw. Churches Are Shuttered Over COVID-19 Fears, But Violent Anarchists Are Allowed to Congregate with Impunity YOU CAN’T LOOT US, WE’RE PROGRESSIVES! Heather MacD via HET:
America’s Black Communities Are Suffering. Violent Protests Will Make the Suffering Worse Italian Bakery Owners Welcome Cleveland Looters with an Impressive Arsenal Monday, June 1. 2020Monday morning linksArtist Christo, Known for Wrapping Exteriors of Landmarks, Dies at 84 Fiery meteor that doomed the dinosaurs struck at 'deadliest possible' angle Chinese cheating rampant in U.S. college applications, and in classrooms Trannies in high school sports Virginia Is Deluding Itself About Green Energy Brooklyn Protesters Block Rioters From Looting Target Black Firefighter Spent His Life Savings To Open A Bar. Then Minneapolis Looters Burned It Down Please consider donating to this firefighter in Minneapolis whose dreamed was burned Portland Police Are DONE With Rioting BS: Volleys Of Flash Bangs And Tear Gas Fly Through The Streets AG Bill Barr Identifies Antifa Activists as Organizers of National Mob Violence, Looting and Arson Only an intellectual could ‘justify’ these riots Trump, White Supremacists And Russia: Here’s Who Democrats Have Blamed For Riots So Far Time To Show The Better Angels Of Our Nature With Coronavirus
Riots are going to be the end of lockdowns Wuhan Virus Watch: New England Journal of Medicine – Wearing mask outside health care facilities offers little protection German Official Leaks Report Denouncing COVID-19 As "A Global False Alarm" Sunday, May 31. 2020From today's LectionaryRomans 12:9-16b 12:9 Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; 12:10 Love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honor. 12:11 Do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord. 12:12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer. 12:13 Contribute to the needs of the saints; extend hospitality to strangers. 12:14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. 12:15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. 12:16 Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; Saturday, May 30. 2020Tucker: That game is rigged for the riotersVideo at Am. Digest Mrs. BD notes that most of the mobs appear to be white in skin tone. This is no local "protest". Another point I'd like to make - almost never mentioned - is the disinhibiting pleasure people can take in a no-rules situation. I do not see anger. I see mob disinhibition and excitement.
Just a few Saturday morning linksA new humanoid is discovered The Incredible Story of the US Army's Earth-Shaking, Off-Road Land Trains WHO recommends no routine mask use Wait - what? New England Journal Of Medicine On What Masks Can’t Do Regarding SARS-CoV-2 Fauci changes tune, now says second COVID-19 wave may never happen — and mask-wearing is symbolic U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Is Inflated Pence: You did it, America Minneapolis Police and National Guard DISAPPEAR — Allow Angry Leftist Rioters to Loot and Burn AGAIN Despite Curfew MSNBC Reporter Describes Minneapolis “Protest” as “Not, Generally Speaking, Unruly” as He Stands in Front of Burning Building Minn. mayor gives masks to crowding rioters after warning in-person worship would be 'public health disaster' At Hot Air:
'This is my big worry': Obama officials and other Democrats fear strong, post-coronavirus economic recovery Friday, May 29. 2020More purple
Fred Astaire, with golf etcFrom Carefree. Carefree seems like a good remedy.
Genes, luck, personality, and successI am not sure what success is, except in specific goals like deadlifting. This piece from MTC is Who Succeeds, and Why? It is puzzling to me that family environment has so little effect. That does not apply to me. Most of my life-long interests, tastes, and pursuits were nurtured at home but that might not be statistically normal.
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Friday morning linksAt Quillette: When I Was in Love with a Comparative Literature Student NYC: Richard Carranza is obsessed with destroying good schools Minneapolis: Outraged, they came, protested, and then did a little shopping Thursday Humor: Protestors Criticized For Looting Businesses Without Forming Private Equity Firm First An End to Campus Star Chambers Is Twitter engaging in unfair trade by holding itself out as a neutral platform for free expression and then engaging in viewpoint discrimination? Massive Unemployment Fraud Uncovered In Washington State, Others Lockdown Democrats California's COVID-19 Shutdown Was Driven by Science. Until It Suddenly Wasn't. New York’s rules on which stores can open make no sense — and inflict needless pain Who Believes the Lockdowns Were About Science? Genuine epidemiologists questioned the economic interruptions from the beginning. Judge Andrew Napolitano: Coronavirus shutdowns ordered by governors and mayors are unconstitutional When it comes to reopening, it’s not health vs. wealth — it’s health vs. health Hong Kong crackdown raises question: What does Xi Jinping fear? Trump administration to expel Chinese graduate students linked to China’s military schools
Thursday, May 28. 2020The Mammoths of Mexico CityMammoth skeletons dug up at Mexico City airport construction site Mammoths are basically elephants. About Mammoths . The final land of Mammoths seems to have been Wrangel Island off the Siberian coast. Remarkably, John Muir had been there on an adventure/ Speaking of John Muir, here's the link to his My First Summer in the Sierra
Thursday morning links5 resilient plants anyone can keep alive Workplace Wellness Programs Don't Do Anything Except Make Wellness Companies Wealthy Greta Thunberg Or Naomi Seibt -- How They Enforce Official Orthodoxy Why Are Democrats Fighting The Revival Of The US Nuclear Industry? Twitter exec in charge of effort to fact-check Trump has history of anti-Trump posts, called McConnell a 'bag of farts' Kimball: In praise of Kayleigh McEnany. She’s a patient but no-nonsense camp counselor in charge of the problem kids Fauci: Wearing A Mask Is Symbolic, May Be No Second Wave Of COVID-19 Unmasked: MSNBC’s Double-Standard, Elitist, Mask-Shaming Faceplant "... one more pronouncement of our so-called "togetherness" may make me scream." Leading UK Epidemiologist: "Pubs, Nightclubs, Restaurants Could Reopen Without Serious Risk" Let the Sun Shine In. Florida has proven that a measured, evidence-based response to reopening works. NYC Lockdown Continues Despite COVID-19 Hospitalizations Dropping To Just 63 On Monday Tucker Carlson: CNN And MSNBC Peddling Panic, Not Science Or Data (VIDEO) “To the extent Americans believe the media is going too far to downplay or to play up the coronavirus, they may see the media — in addition to elected leaders and public health officials — as responsible for making the crisis worse than it needed to be.” Wednesday, May 27. 2020Al Jarreau, RIPHe begins with Stella. Sheesh. Click on the youtube connection.
Wednesday morning linksAnother Scheme to Justify Racial Preferences University of California Dumps SAT for Diversity
Van Gordon Sauter, ex-CBS News president: ‘Liberal leaning’ media passes its tipping point Kayleigh McEnany Calls Out Press Bias; Conservative Men Freak Out The Price Of A Lockdown: Economic “Free Fall” In California The COVID-19 shutdown will cost Americans millions of years of life MASK AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO The big debate: is lockdown wrong? Matt Labash and Toby Young debate the biggest question of the moment One Size Does Not Fit the Virus. The Attempt to Protect Everyone Left the Most Vulnerable Nakedly Exposed MSM reporting of US COVID-19 mortality rate: An exercise in 'How to Lie with Statistics' From COVID-19 Is Also a Reallocation Shock
Democrats Really Are Worried about an Economic Rebound France's Determination To End Free Speech Knows No Limits More purpleTuesday, May 26. 2020Today's Earwig: The Quartermaster's SongMore accurately from the German, "earworm." Anyway, the Quartermaster's Song was a WW1 Brit marching song which became a Brit Scouting campfire song, and later a US Scouting and ordinary campfire song. Also, a good car song. All with varied lyrics. I have no doubt that the WW1 versions were bawdy. I heard "There was Hank, Hank, givin' himself a wank in the store...". The magic of a tune like this is that you just make up all the verses you can think of to keep it going. The silly refrain about "My eyes are dim, I cannot see.." is great, but here are some of my favorite lines: There was tea, tea, but none for you and me in the stores... There were snakes, snakes, big as garden rakes in the stores... There are eggs, eggs, eggs with hairy legs in the stores... There is gravy gravy, enough to float the Navy in the stores... There are rats, rats, big as bleedin' cats in the stores... There are rats, rats, with bowler hats and spats... The Shadows rocked this tune long ago. Really good. A version from the late 30s from Murgatroyd and Winterbottom Burl Ives' version A kids' version from Cardiff - well, watch it on the youtube offered:
Tuesday morning linksImage: I forget whence Young Mathematician Solves Old, Famous Knot Problem in Barely a Week John Muir's first summer in the Sierras (at Atlantic, costs $1) Jimmy Cobb, 'Kind of Blue' drummer for Miles Davis, dies A virtual tour of NYC's skyscrapers (no $, just sign on) Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Propose Reforms to Skilled Non-Immigrant Visa Programs to Protect American Workers Former Israeli Health Minister: The COVID-19 Response Has Been “Monstrous Hysteria” Reaching to the Irrational Rules are for the little people CDC: Coronavirus fatality rate could be as low as 0.26% Trump aims to cut red tape tying up doctors REVISITING THE IHME MODEL: STILL USELESS? Dr. Fauci NOW SAYS Staying Closed Too Long Could Cause “Irreparable Damage” — AFTER USING JUNK MODEL TO DESTROY ECONOMY! Minnesota: CORONAVIRUS IN ONE STATE PurpleMonday, May 25. 2020Monday morning links
Millions of cicadas are expected to emerge after 17 years underground A big cicada year? Great. So much fun to watch the birds chase them. Some bird whispered to me that they are delicious. Canada v US: Loon stabs eagle through heart The Party’s Over — No More Guest(worker)s Judge Sullivan Hires High-Powered D.C. Attorney To Defend His Actions In Flynn Case Beaches flooded with people Doing their part for herd immunity Don't Buy the Misleading Figures. Here's the Real Story About How the U.S. Matches Up on Coronavirus Deaths 5th grade math ‘A Year’s Worth of Suicide Attempts in the Last Four Weeks’: California Doctor Calls for End to Lockdown 500 Doctors Tell Trump To End COVID-19 Shutdown, Warn It Will Cause More Deaths The CDC Provides Draconian Guidelines for Reopening Schools Without Reading Its Own Research Ignoring The Science Does This CDC Study Deliver the Knockout Blow in the COVID Lockdown Debate? The Media Wants America to Stay Closed Forever. It has Americans right where it wants them: trapped in front of the TV. Fear sells D.C.'s So-Called Reopen Plan Is a Suicide Pact for the Restaurant Industry. It's full of ill-conceived and contradictory guidance. Europe Is Firmly Committed To Economic Suicide Decoration Day
Ronald Reagan Sunday, May 24. 2020Taking a close look at the SARS-Corona numbersNobel Laureate Michael Levitt takes a look at the numbers. It's good news. (h/t reader). "This lockdown stuff is madness now."
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