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Sunday, May 24. 2020From today's Lectionary1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11
4:12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 4:13 But rejoice insofar as you are sharing Christ's sufferings, so that you may also be glad and shout for joy when his glory is revealed. 4:14 If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the spirit of glory, which is the Spirit of God, is resting on you. 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in due time. 5:7 Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you. 5:8 Discipline yourselves, keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour. 5:9 Resist him, steadfast in your faith, for you know that your brothers and sisters in all the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering. 5:10 And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you. 5:11 To him be the power forever and ever. Amen.
Life in Yankeeland: Supper by the fireIt tends to be cool and damp in New England through the first week of June. Warm sunny days happen, but they are just teasers. Last night, it was cozy to set up supper by the fire. Saturday, May 23. 2020The Bald Eagle conservation successThe population success of the American Bald Eagle in the lower 48 of the US (never in danger in Alaska) is an accomplishment to feel good about. It's now listed as "Least Concern." This eagle, unlike the Osprey which ranges world-wide, is a North American sea eagle. Europe and Asia have their own sorts of sea eagles. It's sort of amusing that the conservation successes of the Wild Turkey in the US parallel those of our sea eagle. Ben Franklin famously wanted the Turkey as the US' national symbol, but now it's just a bourbon. Saturday morning linksAs Common Sense Returns to the Gender Debate, Radicals Set Upon Their Own Allies Climate Change is a Threat to Expensive French Wine De Blasio: Riding in Crowded Subway, OK, Swimming in Ocean Isn't Coronavirus pandemic shows how risk-averse Americans have grown CDC: 35 percent with coronavirus may be asymptomatic CDC Admits Coronavirus Mortality Ratio is Similar to 1957-58 Flu Pandemic Where No Lockdown Was Needed Fauci says extended stay-home orders could cause ‘irreparable damage’ "Could"? California doctors say they've seen more deaths from suicide than coronavirus since lockdowns As predicted by our idiot President - the press mocked him for that.
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Judge Positively Scorches Ohio Health Director for 'Criminalizing' Gyms Stop Calling The B-52 Bomber ‘Old’ — It’s More Youthful Than A B-2 Stealth Bomber 2030 Scenario: US Navy Robots, Carriers and Mines Counterattack China Why is China an enemy? Friday, May 22. 2020Friday morning linksThe Maine Ship Captain Who Invented the Modern Donut No, The Universe Is Not Purely Mathematical In Nature But donuts are Writer At ‘The Nation’ – I’d Vote For Joe Biden Even If He Boiled Babies And Ate Them… Obamagate: Co-ordinating The Cover Story How Russiagate Began With Obama’s Iran Deal Domestic Spying Campaign - Michael Flynn posed a threat to the former president’s legacy and was made to pay for it The ACLU vs. due process: The nonprofit takes a surprising stand against more rights for those accused on campus "Social Distancing Walls" - Gym Reveals Future Layout In Post-Corona World Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger says online encyclopedia scrapped neutrality, favors lefty politics Steve Mnuchin: Employees Who Reject Offer To Resume Work Ineligible For Unemployment The Coronavirus Timeline Liberals Don't Want You To See Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Nukes Media For Wishing More Virus Deaths On His State Doctors: End National Shutdown for the Sake of Health Do Lockdowns Work? Mounting Evidence Says No Two Countries That Just Declared the Pandemic All but Over Thursday, May 21. 2020Thursday morning linksSusan Rice’s Team Confirms She Was Directed By White House Counsel to Write January 20, 2017 Email About Secret Oval Office Meeting The ACLU’s Absurd Title IX Lawsuit Why California Is In Trouble – 340,000 Public Employees With $100,000+ Paychecks Cost Taxpayers $45 Billion CDC Now Says Virus 'Does Not Spread Easily' on Surfaces Did The Lockdown Save Lives? Illinois Governor Pritzker Threatens Business Owners with a Year in Prison if They Try to Reopen Update: Illinois State Police Defy Tyrannical Governor — WILL NOT Arrest, Jail Business Owners for Breaking Lockdown Florida vs New York: Who did better? Doctors raise alarm about health effects of continued coronavirus shutdown: 'Mass casualty incident' Data Leak Suggests China Had Hundreds of Thousands of Coronavirus Cases in 230 Cities Evidence That Russia’s Coronavirus Numbers Are Almost Certainly Bogus Wednesday, May 20. 2020Gyms, and self-discipline
For a gym workout, the only discipline involved is to get there. Then you get in the groove whether it's a calis class or a yoga class or just doing your own thing. Luckily for me, I am still working with my trainer 3 days/week. We figured out a way to do it and it is so cut-rate now that I can't afford not to do it. Plus I enjoy the guy's company a lot so we have a good time listening to podcasts. Scott Adams, Mike Rowe, Rogan. Of course, with heavies, you do not hear anything but you do during the rests. I am getting myself out early for a run twice a week (sprint/walk intervals). The month of May is perfect outdoor running, but I miss the killer stair machine. What are y'all doing now? Things are looking up around here, headed in the right direction but I don't know whether I want to pay my excessive gym fees in the future. Wednesday morning linksA man in the Netherlands has some pretty unusual new neighbors and they spend most of the day staring at each other. Government Announces Lockdown Of All Fast-Food Restaurants To Prevent Heart Disease Here are the Chinese 'propaganda' centers currently operating in the US WHICH IS MORE RACIST—HIKING OR JOGGING - or running? All or Nothing - How a selectively pedantic media is trying to rewrite history about the sloganeering of #MeToo U.N.: Stop Using Gender-Based Language. Social Media: Shut Up. ‘I am in their crosshairs’: John Brennan says he hasn’t been interviewed by John Durham — yet Ben Smith’s NYT Critique of Ronan Farrow Describes a Toxic, Corrosive, and Still-Vibrant Trump-Era Pathology: “Resistance Journalism” Why is the CDC a failure, with their ballooning budget? Mission creep Ticket to Cancel - Travel and entertainment will need to find new ways of doing business. This Is The Most Desperate Hour For Small Businesses California: Give Us Money Or We'll Fire Cops and Firefighters Jerk. He wants people in Alabama to help the richest and most profligate state in the US? California’s Budget Bust-Up - The Golden State’s record-breaking deficit owes as much to its progressive politics as to the virus lockdown. Tucker: The time for mass quarantines has passed Crenshaw nails what’s fueling deep partisan divide, and why the Left’s in ‘no rush’ to re-open America Failures of an Influential COVID-19 Model Used to Justify Lockdowns Will Americans Submit To A Second Lockdown? Ummm, no Trump Cutting More Regulations to Boost Virus Recovery What the Cold War Can Teach Us About Deterring China Tuesday, May 19. 2020Tuesday morning linksDating today Their Happiness Hurt My Feelings Vice: “White Supremacy Led To the Climate Crisis” House Democrats Say Trump-Russia Obstruction Investigation ‘Ongoing’ – Could Result in New Articles of Impeachment! How ‘collusion’ conspirators tried to oust President Trump On Trump-Hatred Gallup: Trump Approval Rating Higher Than Four of the Last Six Presidents, Including Bush and Obama New York’s emergence as the epicenter of the coronavirus was far from inevitable. Grandma Killer: Andrew Cuomo Murdered 5300 Elderly New Yorkers But He's a Hero Because He's a Liberal Psychopath Wuhan Virus Watch: NYC Mayor de Blasio’s Memorial Day Threat – Fence Off Beaches, Pull Swimmers Out of Water Social Distancing Is State-Mandated Humiliation. Change My Mind China slaps an 80 per cent tariff on drought-affected Australian exporters starting TODAY as brutal punishment for push for COVID-19 inquiry Monday, May 18. 2020NYC and NYS with virus
How and why they dealt with the pandemic - compared with California: Two coasts, one virus
Why is bird poop mostly white?A quick explanation
Monday morning linksHow to Restore a Million Acres of Strip-Mined Land? Bring in the Elk. Central Appalachia reintroduced the species to restore wildlife habitat—and help devastated economies. Here’s what happened next. Zoom is Now Worth More Than the World’s 7 Biggest Airlines Bailed-Out Colleges Should Be Forced to Cut Administrative Bloat How Concerning Are the Trump Administration’s New Title IX Regulations? How the FBI's intelligence experiment went wrong Plagues and Saints in history MC: Everything Important In Life Involves Tradeoffs COVID-19 Prevalence: John Ioannidis Responds to His Critics Why is a Social Worker Dictating COVID-19 Policy for the Country’s Largest County? Antibody Tests In Washington State Indicate The Coronavirus Was In The U.S. Much Earlier Than Thought Andrew Cuomo: Older People Are Going To Die From The Virus, No Matter What You Do Barstool Sports Founder: ‘When Did Flattening The Curve Turn Into Finding The Cure?’ Maher On OCD Pandemic Overreaction: ‘What’s The Point Of Life If You Can’t Live It?’ Colorado amends coronavirus death count - says fewer have died of COVID-19 than previously reported YouTube locked out an epidemiologist who disagreed with the WHO China's State Media Declares It Will Meddle in the US Election Against Trump Sunday, May 17. 2020Men and Women
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From today's Lectionary: I will reveal myself to themJohn 14:15-21 14:15 "If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. 14:17 This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you. 14:18 "I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. 14:19 In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live. 14:20 On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 14:21 They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me; and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them." Bird booksMuffy's stack of bird books is almost identical to mine:
Saturday, May 16. 2020Repels viruses: Rhubarb CrumbleViruses hate rhubarb. Do not scoff. Did you ever hear of a rhubarb with a + test? That's scientific proof. Damn is it good, with some vanilla ice cream on top. So good, it adjusts the brain to a positive outlook. Trust me. Useful detail: 6 cups of roughly-chopped (1" or less) rhubarb stems = 2 lbs.
Saturday morning linksStanley Tucci's life in quarantine Samuel Pepys: The first pandemic blogger The ACLU’s Conversion to Wokeness How Dov Fischer learned to hate Sad story, but understandable. I do not hate yet, but I do get p-ed off often Transcripts: Clinton Aides Allied With Fusion GPS Pair After Election -- to Re-Push Anti-Trump Dossier Big Surprise! Nevada's vote-by-mail primary stirs fraud concerns, as unclaimed ballots pile up: 'Something stinks here' Duh CNBC: Get Ready For New Trump EO To Force Essential-Drug Production In US Good Florida Man Wonders: Why Does Cuomo Get Better COVID-19 Press Than DeSantis, When Florida Has Done So Much Better? Cuz "D" Coronavirus job losses are hitting these states the hardest What’s Next For Bat Soup Virus? A Massive Wave Of Bankruptcy Filings Head Of NYC Hospital System Urged De Blasio To Follow Herd Immunity Strategy DeB followed different experts. In hindsight, locking down NYC for 2 weeks might have been enough, and saved a lot of states a lot of trouble. Coronavirus Isn't Nearly as Deadly as We Thought. So Why Did the Lockdowns Happen in the First Place? Because of fear + lack of good data. Nobody's fault. Gov. Cuomo extends New York City’s stay-at-home order until June 13 Another Headline about ‘More New Virus Cases!’ That Ignores the Increasing Number of Tests Obviously - but not to reporters who know no stats "According to a CNN poll released this week, nearly three-quarters of Democrats said the worst of the crisis is still ahead of us..." Interesting... Related: The Lockdown Class War He tactfully does not include the comfortably retired among the paycheck population. Is this an optimist-pessimist thing, or a rich and poor thing? Or is it nothing? Friday, May 15. 2020Friday morning linksCoyote chases Roadrunner Georgia officials warn of 4-foot-long invasive lizards that eat 'anything they want' Norway to excavate first Viking ship burial mound in 100 years Getting Distance Learning Right - Once again, Success Academy leads the way. Climate Change Experts Explain to Insurers They Don’t Understand Risk Are Democrats Trying To Eliminate Proof Of Who You Are To Vote? Flynn Was Never Charged With Perjury, But Now Could Be Facing Charges…of Perjury The New York Times Surrendered to an Outrage Mob. Journalism Will Suffer For It. Pediatrician: Closed Schools Could Be Harming Kids' Mental Health Is Sweden's Herd Immunity Strategy the Best We Can Do? 36,000,000: America's Disastrous COVID Unemployment Crisis Deepens The ‘Just Stay Home’ Message Will Backfire. We need less extreme and more nuanced recommendations for navigating life during the pandemic. Los Angeles Will “Never Be Completely Open Until We Have a Cure.” Why Do Progressives Want To Keep The Economy Shut Down? "Science shows" - which science is that? World Health Organization doctor says coronavirus 'may never go away'
Revisiting of Sokolow v. PLO gives hope to victims’ families. The case, Sokolow v. PLO, has its roots in the bloody years of the Second Intifada – a terror wave that killed more than a thousand Israelis and dozens of Americans. Communist China Continues to Target American Creativity Rolling Back Iran in Iraq Thursday, May 14. 2020All The BestThursday morning linksWall Street Bonuses Set to Fall by as Much as 30% in 2020 Meaning WS is doing quite ok compared to Main St. CNN Host Who Talked About Russia Non-Stop For Years Wonders Why Right Is ‘Obsessed’ With Flynn Case No proof Russia hacked DNC "In case you didn’t realize how hard the writers at the Babylon Bee have to work to surpass reality." Coronavirus Vaccine: Reasons to Be Optimistic Sort-of maybe The lockdown is killing the business my wife and I struggled to build “The government disease doctor acknowledges he isn’t studying shutdown trade-offs.” Can't let doctors run the world We Need to Stop Running From the Virus. A North Carolina congressman and physician explains why. We could frame the “opener” vs. “closer” debate this way: openers wish to achieve herd immunity sooner rather than later, while closers wish to achieve it later rather than sooner. Enough With the Phoney ‘Lockdown’ Debate Why an added month of lockdown will devastate New York small businesses
Los Angeles Headed To Lockdown … Forever? California Universities Cancel ‘In Person’ Classes for Fall Semester 2020 To reopen, Washington state restaurants will have to keep log of customers to aid in contact tracing Makes zero sense As Lockdown Grows Political, Resistance Stirs in Rural Maine
Wednesday, May 13. 2020Wednesday morning linksAmericans Have Baked All the Flour Away. The pandemic is reintroducing the nation to its kitchens. Half-Time High School May Be Just What Students Need. For older students, the virus will change how the school day is structured. It’s about time. The Title IX Pendulum That Wasn’t Apple To Move A Fifth Of iPhone Production From China To India In Massive Supply-Chain Shift Trump To “Concast”: Fire Chuck Todd Over Barr Interview “Fraud”; NBC Admits “Error” The Real Reason Trump Didn't Name Obama's Specific Crime in 'Obamagate' "OBAMAGATE!" Trump Tweets Tucker Carlson's Crushing Breakdown Why The Former President Should Be Panicking Obama's Coup Attempt So What Was The Russia Hoax Really About? Twitter Takes Its COVID-19 Censorship Into Overdrive Facebook's Evidence-Free 'False' Rating “There Is Nothing from the CDC I Can Trust!” – Dr. Birx Tells Off CDC Director, Claims COVID-19 Mortality Rate Inflated By as Much as 25%! Has The WHO Done Anything Correctly? One More Example Of their Incompetence...Or Malfeasance (You Be The Judge) Germany’s Bild Newspaper Says ‘Lockdown Was a Huge Mistake’ The Wuhan Virus Lockdown is a Colossal Blunder Lancet: Lockdowns just delay the inevitable Dr. Fauci Testifies: Trump Admin Hit The ‘Accelerator In Every Aspect’ In Responding To Coronavirus Feeding baby WrenchesTuesday, May 12. 2020Seeking sublimity on Mount MansfieldFrom Vermont Digger. Skiied it, and Smuggler's on the other side, many times. Never been there other than in winter.
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Tuesday morning Virus linksSorry about that, but either the bug or governments' responses to it are messing up everybody's life in the US. May I ask one question: What happened to the "two weeks to flatten the curve" that was offered? Let's return sanity to college admissions. Coronavirus pandemic gives us an opportunity. Rutgers University prof: Reopening the country is about killing black people Column: Americans are too afraid of risk. What we need in this pandemic is balance Social Distancing' is Snake Oil, Not Science Could help flatten the curve, maybe, but lengthen the pandemic Should Patients With Mild Cases Isolate At Home? Jacobson: The center did not hold under prolonged and arbitrary lockdowns, as predicted. We are at the inflection point I predicted two months ago would arrive in May. Reopening the economy is the only sustainable option. Scientists Pushing The Goal Posts Further …Vaccine Needed Before Normal Returns Don't hold your breath for that Americans create new economic threat with their own savings Steven Mnuchin: Reopening needed to avert 'permanent economic damage' to the public Some permanent damage has already happened. Seen it. Now Chinese Hackers Are Trying to Steal Coronavirus Research Duh Was there an emergency shutdown of the Wuhan lab in October? Whistleblower Chinese all died. Sheesh. Monday, May 11. 2020Monday morning linksMother's Day: Michelle Obama describes having children as a ‘concession’ that cost her her ‘dreams’ Always unhappy This Real Life ‘Lord Of The Flies’ Story Is Very Different From The Book 80 years ago, lethal Nazi T4 center began euthanizing Germans with disabilities How the World’s Only Feudal Lord Outclassed the Nazis to Save Her People Muslim Students Threaten to Kill Prof for Suggesting Islam Is Violent Why Don't I Hate Donald Trump? He tried to hate him, failed Mexico's president calls for investigation into Obama-era Fast and Furious Operation. The Mexican government is asking Washington for cooperation in discovering how Operation Fast and Furious happened This Oval Office Meeting Attended By Obama and Biden Was Key To the Anti-Trump Plot Dirty Dozen: The 12 revelations that sunk Mueller's case against Flynn Brian Stelter Flips Out That Fox Is Covering Flynn Dismissal Rather Than Virus. How dare people cover a huge, unprecedented in history scandal. Once again, it says something about CNN that they aren’t covering it. Jonathan Turley Rips Apart Obama’s ‘Leaked’ Statement About the DOJ and Flynn, and It’s Glorious WH Press Corps Learning The Hard Way – Don’t Mess With Kayleigh MC: Why Are Government Employees Supposedly Immune To Layoffs? FLASHBACK: NBC Prez Declared We Are Winning War With White House A war? My Blood Boils When I Think Of Hypocrite Neil Ferguson The coronavirus lockdown is a luxury many Americans can’t afford I think most Economic Lockdown Is the 'Catastrophe' Coronavirus in Minnesota California's Governor Keeps Moving the Goalposts to Reopening State. Why? Narrative Fail: 15 Days After Lockdown Ease, Georgia Sees Lowest Day Of COVID Hospitalizations Republican Governors Are Kicking The Butts Of Democratic Governors On Covid-19 Response Ten Reasons To End The Lockdown Now Don’t Let Karens Kill Your Community San Antonio: No Calling Chinese Virus “Chinese Virus” China asked the WHO to cover up coronavirus outbreak: German intelligence service EU Defends Bowing To Communist Chinese Censors
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