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Monday, April 27. 2020Monday morning linksHow Does a Harvard Professor Think It’s ‘Authoritarian’ to Allow Parents to Teach Their Kids? George Will’s “conservatism” 129 Media Mistakes in the Trump Era: The Definitive List Mexico all but empties official migrant centers in bid to contain coronavirus WSJ: The Bearer of Good Coronavirus News - Stanford scientist John Ioannidis finds himself under attack for questioning the prevailing wisdom about lockdowns. Lockdown is Destroying Food Supply Chain Science says: It’s time to start easing the lockdowns VDH: About Those Press Conferences “This Is a Rigged System!” – 22 Million Americans Laid Off Due to Government Lockdown Orders — But Government Employees Keep Getting Paid! Media Malpractice Week at Legal Insurrection Kling: What I have come to believe Sullivan: We Can’t Go on Like This Much Longer WHY JOE BIDEN’S AMERICA LOVES A LOCKDOWN A CNN journalist pens a fascinating insight into the left’s dystopian worldview Sheesh. Needs an antidepressant NBC’s Chuck Todd Touts A ‘Good Thing About This Economic Crisis’: ‘Clean Air’ And ‘Good Views’ Not even a bad joke The coronavirus won’t defeat the city that never sleeps De Blasio Appoints Wife Head Of Coronavirus Racial Inequality Task Force, Despite Prior Questions Brilliant! He never quits finding her high-paid gummint jobs Mapping the Mortality Maze: How Deadly Is COVID-19? Recent studies on fatality rates and infection rates provide enough information to decide when and how to reopen America. Another blow dealt to public faith in scientific models Models are not facts Pompeo blasts 'wildly soft' Obama-Biden coddling of Beijing: 'Allowed China to walk all over us' A Tale of Two Scandals - Who was more credibly accused, Joe Biden or Brett Kavanaugh? It’s complicated A Federal Bailout Won’t Fix States’ Finances Is China Going To "Win" In The Corona-Crisis? Sunday, April 26. 2020Sunday evening BobBy popular request. Lyrics and tune are both cool. They run through my head. The vid is not so great. "I wonder where in the world Alicia Keys might be..."
Will this be a year without trout-fishing? Where can you go, really, right now? At least I think I will do some practice fly casting on the lawn. Why not? I can always use practice with that game. Rain and wind just make it more interesting. From today's Lectionary: Born anew1 Peter 1:17-23 1:17 If you invoke as Father the one who judges all people impartially according to their deeds, live in reverent fear during the time of your exile. 1:18 You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold, 1:19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish. 1:20 He was destined before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake. 1:21 Through him you have come to trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are set on God. 1:22 Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth so that you have genuine mutual love, love one another deeply from the heart. 1:23 You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God. Saturday, April 25. 2020A Maggie's Scientific Virus Poll, with Two Questions
1. Do you miss getting to your gym? (I do - I miss all of my happy routines including beers with pals after work) 2. Do you think you have been infected already? (I do, in Feb. - thought it was just a strange flu that lasted a week and left me weak for a few days after. Awaiting easy availability of the antibody test. Pretty sure Mrs. BD too. Hope we both are through it.)
Saturday morning linksAnts Can Do Some Real Damage To Humans If We Let Them Rolling Stones Live: Living in a Ghost Town Etymology of "quarantine" The idea that this young man wants to work on a farm, and is willing to "roll up his sleeves" and work hard is, apparently, HILARIOUS to this CBC journalist. That hill she'll die on: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez still championing the 'unwilling to work' Ocasio-Cortez Only House Democrat To Vote Against Funding To Help Americans Most Favor Trump’s Halt to Immigration to Help U.S. Workers; Democrats Don’t Biden: Coronavirus Is a 'Wake Up Call' on 'Climate Change,' an 'Opportunity' for 'Institutional Change' Europe's Economy Was Hit Hard Too, But Jobs Didn't Disappear Like In The U.S. Antibody Study: 21.2% in NYC Have Had Wuhan Coronavirus MSNBC: Trump Is ‘Collaborating With The Virus’… Coronavirus Update: U.S. Testing Increases, Deaths Fall Pelosi Spreads Dangerous Misinformation Amid Coronavirus Pandemic: “The President is Asking People to Inject Lysol Into Their Lungs” FACT CHECK: No, Trump Did Not Tell People To ‘Inject Themselves With Disinfectant’ Or ‘Drink Bleach’ Cuomo Backs Trump: The WHO Was “Too Little, Too Late” Georgia Starts To Reopen. One Business Has Customers Right Away. The European Union Bows to China Communist China Looks for Europe's Backbone, Confirms It Doesn't Have One Friday, April 24. 2020More poverty comfort food: Sweet Potato and Black Bean ChiliFriday morning linksSteve Martin's Night Owl on banjo 100 years since the San Remo conference Slicing up the world John Durham expands investigative team amid coronavirus outbreak Elites go to war on homeschooling — just when everyone’s doing it Destroying the Seattle School System Ivy League schools drop dean's list honors 'given the stress' Trumping Poverty - The president’s rollback of onerous regulations has helped low-income Americans. Until now, things were great "They Demand Unemployment" - Biz Owner Shocked At Angry Response When She Tells Staff Their Paychecks Will Resume 4.4 Million Americans File For Unemployment, Claims Top 26 Million In 5 Weeks U.S. civil rights agency says employers can test workers for COVID-19 Media Push Fake News About FDA Official Supposedly Fired Over Opposing Hydroxychloroquine, Then the Real Story Comes Out Rep. Shalala Admits Not Disclosing Stock Sales After Pelosi Appoints Her To Oversee Bailout Billions The Democrats Totally Want A Depression Governor: Antibody survey shows wide exposure to virus in NY Trump: I “Disagree Strongly” With The Governor Of Georgia In Reopening Certain Businesses So Early Reopening Has to Proceed Carefully How Adam Schiff secretly thwarted efforts to bring transparency in Russia probe Democrat demanded DNI keep evidence from Trump, holds transcripts that were supposed to be made public. Former top CIA spy blasts old boss John Brennan’s ‘unpatriotic’ conduct as 'dereliction of duty'. Daniel Hoffman excoriates former boss's behavior both during his tenure as head of the spy agency and after Former NSC Chief Of Staff: John Brennan Buried Evidence That Putin Actually Favored Hillary In 2016 Fred Fleitz: Here's what's behind the Senate-House disputes on Russian meddling in 2016 election Thursday, April 23. 2020How flexible are you?Moroccan Lamb StewBruce and his team like this: This Protein-Packed Stew Is the Comfort Food Recipe You Need Now It's not exactly Moroccan, but I can tell you from experience that Moroccan stews are amazing. Thursday morning linksMichael Moore stumbles upon the truth about so-called 'green' energy John Kerry: Coronavirus Is America’s ‘Great Wake-up Call With Respect’ to Climate Change Celebrity climate activists cheer coronavirus misery in name of environment U.S. Reports Largest One-Day Increase In Cases Of Trump Derangement Syndrome Oklahoma joins the US states planning to reopen: Colorado, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina and Texas all prepare to lift coronavirus lockdown restrictions California Law Limiting Independent Contractors is Hindering Coronavirus Response, Experts Say 'It speaks to an absolute ignorance of expert opinion and defiance of common sense' California Study Shows Virus Much More Pervasive "But Not Killing At Rate We Thought" Nearly all NY coronavirus patients suffered underlying health issue, study finds ‘We’ve Never Seen This Before’: Americans’ Fear Of Losing Jobs Hits 45-Year High Report: Chinese Agents Spread Wuhan Coronavirus Fake News via Social Media, Texts Regarding China, Trump has been right every step of the way Stop China’s predatory investments before the US becomes its next victim How China purchased a prime cut of America’s pork industry A Decade of Dangerous Food Imports from China 13 million documents with information on Nazi victims made freely available online Wednesday, April 22. 2020Wednesday morning linksIf Half the Country's COVID Deaths Were in Montana, Would New York Shut Down? Oktoberfest Cancelled For First Time Since WW2 As German Hop-Growers Warn Of "Beer Shortage" 'Because JESUS and FREEDOM': Maine prof attacks quarantine protesters in expletive-laden rant Michael Moore Admits He Had No Idea Where the Juice To Power Electric Cars Came From New studies suggest huge undercount of coronavirus infections — but are they right? Republicans Were Right about Unemployment’s Perverse Incentives Here’s Why We Didn’t Have Coronavirus Testing In February CDC screwed up So much for entitled millennials – it’s billionaires such as Richard Branson who are begging for loans Advisers Warn Trump His Push To Reopen Economy Carries Political Risks Duh - it's risk either way Conrad Black: Democrats Underestimate Trump at Their Own Peril. The president’s enemies have not figured out how cunning he is, because he doesn’t seem cunning—at first. Joe Biden Advisor Tries to Blame Republicans for Small Business Loan Money Running out, It Doesn’t Go Well Biden Attacks Trump Over His Response to the Wuhan Virus, But Gets Tripped Up by the Facts Dem Senators: GOP Small Business Aid Is ‘Political Stunt’ Newly Declassified Evidence: Russia Didn't Try to Help Elect Trump in 2016
Tuesday, April 21. 2020More good, bland poverty food: Black Beans and RiceThis recipe is good enough, but don't mix the beans with the rice. Make lots more of the beans, and dump them on top of the rice. The beans are the food, the rice is the vehicle. I think I lived on this in college, and I still like it. Beans from the cans, as we always recommend. If anybody wants to spend the time to soak dried beans, God bless ya. That ain't me. Plenty of salt, and hot sauce of your choice on the side, of course. Salad on the side if you like that stuff, but I think salad causes cancer, and maybe corona too. A Conona beer, on the other had, goes well with this supper. Tuesday morning linksHigher Ed: Goodbye Meritocracy, Hello…What? An all-mail election would be rife with fraud Adam Schiff’s Dirty Impeachment Tactics Coming to Light Washington Posts media critic asks if CNN, MSNBC will review coverage of discredited Steele dossier Whilst escaping the Great Plague, Newton’s enormously productive time at Woolsthorpe is often called the Annus Mirabilis, or the “Year of Wonders’. Read about this period of intellectual endeavour... Dem Rep. AOC Deletes Tweet Calling For a Communist Revolution, Celebrating Destruction of US Economy IS IT WRONG TO BE SKEPTICAL ABOUT LOCKDOWNS? The final tally is in: Former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg (D, Nanny State) donated $1,221,777,405.26 of his own money to fund a quixotic four-month presidential campaign. Oil below zero: Here's what happened - The day that oil died rocked the most seasoned energy traders Will the Fitness Industry Survive the COVID-19 Pandemic? Some Important Things to Consider Regular exercise can help prevent coronavirus complications from worsening, study finds MSNBC: Protesters Who Want to Open Economy Are Racist, ‘Want To See More Black And Brown People Die’ It is “unconscionable” that Rikers Island inmates who were released due to coronavirus concerns are committing new crimes, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday. Coronavirus at Smithfield pork plant: The untold story of America's biggest outbreak Less Than Half Of Adults In Los Angeles Now Have Jobs Sweden’s Chief Epidemiologist: Our Open Approach To Virus Seems To Be Working Some US Manufacturers Reopening Amid Fierce Political Heat Cotton: CCP's Handling Of COVID-19 Could Be "The Biggest, The Costliest, The Most Deadly Cover-up In The History Of Mankind" Monday, April 20. 2020Monday morning linksHymowitz: Alone - The decline of the family has unleashed an epidemic of loneliness. New York Times published false claim on America's founding. This history professor called its bluff. Amity Shlaes’ ‘Great Society:’ How Poverty Won America’s War on Poverty Colleges Must Cut Administrative Costs to Survive This Crisis Harvard Getting $9 Million in Coronavirus Aid, While Sitting on $40 Billion Endowment Lessons in Death and Life from the Diaries of Samuel Pepys Coronavirus lockdown: Lessons from Hokkaido's second wave of infections Lockdowns just extend the course of infections Coronavirus report: Massachusetts may not be ready to reopen until June Sweden Is Right - The Economy Should Be Left Open
Apocalypse Not #8 South Texas Lockdown Cuomo Praises Trump's Response to the Wuhan Coronavirus: 'Phenomenal Accomplishment' Chris Wallace CALLS OUT a Stunned Pelosi for Pushing Tourism to Chinatown in Late February Research Projects Reveal Coronavirus Has Lethality Rate in Same Ballpark as Seasonal Influenza Trump Rewrites the Book on Emergencies: For the first time in U.S. history, an administration is responding to a crisis with deregulation and decentralization. END THE SHUTDOWNS! DO IT FOR THE CHILDREN. The United Nations warns that hundreds of thousands of children worldwide may die because of governments’ overreaction to the COVID-19 virus
“Funny how all those bible clinging, gun toting deplorables are keeping this country functioning! I guess they decided not to stay in bed crying!” Driving trucks, making deliveries, stocking shelves, farming farms, building things, fixing your plumbing, etc etc People make 'mad dash' to Florida beach after reopening Maher Says Media’s ‘Panic Porn’ Coronavirus Coverage Could Create Trump Reelection Path With China’s economy on life support, it’s time to turn off the ventilator The European Union Is Dead But Does Not Yet Know It Sunday, April 19. 2020Calm down, turn off the TV, and look at some good news virus dataBulldog's post earlier today suggests what many of us have imagined but had no hard data about: this corona virus may be about as lethal as seasonal influenza. That means it kills 0.1 to 0.15% of infected people and, in this case, mostly frail and elderly. That would make it comparable to the H1N1 virus pandemic of 2009 which had little media or political hysteria. Read the post, and listen. It's a random sample from California, but it makes sense to me because it gives us an inkling of a denominator. No denominator, no data. More probably similar data will be trickling in over the next weeks. Many people have had this bug and barely noticed it, much less got tested for it. If the world has hysterically overreacted to this germ for lack of data (thanks a lot, China) - what then? Since I am always a skeptic, I was always skeptical about the hysteria around me. Skepticism is my default setting, and it usually works out.
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I would not take the ask price seriously, given CT and New England real estate right now. What the heck. I do not need anything but peace of mind wherever I am. Another brand new Bob tune!It's about himself: I Contain Multitudes, from Whitman's Song of Myself. Lyrics here Tune/rhythm is similar to It's Not Dark Yet. He seems to be at the point at which he reviews his life, and shares it. Far from from Mr. Tambourine Man. God bless him for sharing his life with as much truth and inspiration as he could. He will not give up on life, and on his reporting. "I drive fast cars, and I eat fast foods..."
Not from today's Lectionary: Be wise as serpents and innocent as dovesMatthew 9:35-10:33 35Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness. 36When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37Then he said to his disciples, The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. 10Then Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every sickness. 2These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, also known as Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; 3Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; 4Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed him. 5These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: "Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, 6but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7As you go, proclaim the good news, The kingdom of heaven has come near. 8Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. You received without payment; give without payment. 9Take no gold, or silver, or copper in your belts, 10no bag for your journey, or two tunics, or sandals, or a staff; for laborers deserve their food. 11Whatever town or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy, and stay there until you leave. 12As you enter the house, greet it. 13If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. 14If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that house or town. 15Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. 16 See, I am sending you out like sheep into the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. 17Beware of them, for they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues; 18and you will be dragged before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them and the Gentiles. 19When they hand you over, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you at that time; 20for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. 21Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death; 22and you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. 23When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; for truly I tell you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes. Saturday, April 18. 2020Saturday morning links: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."Yeah, the world has gone crazy. What else is new? Get out there and buy a coffee and a donut - and don't worry, be happy. An appreciation of Weird Al Yankovic BBC Sports Broadcaster Gives Colorful Commentary Of His Dogs Fighting Over A Chew Toy This university is offering credit for learning to play Dungeons and Dragons More Than 400 News Outlets Partner With A Project Seeking Media To Beef Up Climate Coverage Amid Pandemic The Limits of Clean Energy - If the world isn’t careful, renewable energy could become as destructive as fossil fuels. Joe Scarborough's Bowing, Scraping Question to Biden: Can You Talk About People's Pain? Joe Biden’s Double Standard - Confronting a sexual-harassment allegation, will the former vice president demand the due-process protections that he previously denied to others? For three years, the left has been peddling the story that the Russians interfered in the 2016 election in collaboration with the Trump campaign, with the ridiculous Steele Dossier cited as the proof.Now, the Party Line has shifted. The Russians still did it, says the new line, possibly working with the Clinton campaign, only they fed disinformation to the gullible... Was Trump the Only One in Washington Innocent of Russian Collusion? At Long Last John Solomon Says Indictments May Be Coming This Week in Obama’s Spygate Scandal Waiting for the truth CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK MAY HAVE STARTED AS EARLY AS SEPTEMBER, SCIENTISTS SAY David Warren: The world cannot be fixed What Is The Proof That This Covid-19 Thing Really Is A "Crisis," Or That Economic Suppression Is The Solution? Beef processors are closing U.S. plants, warn of beef shortages and hoarding Are You Wearing Sweatpants While Working At Home During Bat Soup Virus? The LA Times Is Not Happy With You Why coronavirus jobs crisis isn’t as bad as it may seem Dr. Ronny Jackson to Newsmax TV: Time to Open Texas SICHEL: Either We Wait For A Vaccine, Or We Turn The Lights On Now That is too rational Tammy Duckworth Falsely Accuses President Trump of Killing Americans in Coronavirus Crisis by Withholding Ventilators Such trash talk. There are too many ventilators, plus they don't work well for covid oneumonia anyway Influential COVID-19 Model Uses Flawed Methods And Shouldn’t Guide U.S. Policies, Critics Say 2.9 Million Americans Already Delinquent on Home Loans Thanks to Fauci Lockdown – Open The Economy! “THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING” IS NOW “THE BUCK PASSER IN CHIEF” Whatever he does is wrong cuz he is retarded orangeman Why Epidemiologists Still Don’t Know The Death Rate From COVID-19 Lower than anyone thinks COVID-19 Is A Man-Made Virus: HIV-Discoverer Says "Could Only Have Been Created In A Lab" Internal memos reveal Chinese leaders delayed warning public of coronavirus pandemic Duh. Lying is an Asian thing. Multicultural understanding, you know? China Is Bargain Hunting—and Western Security Is at Risk. Beijing could use the coronavirus-induced economic crisis to go on a buying spree. The U.S. and European governments must restrict the purchasing of distressed companies in sensitive sectors. WaPo: WHO Has A China Problem — But It’s Waaaay Worse Than That Washington Post: Anti-Israel Activist Spews More Gaza Coronavirus Agitprop Lying is a middle-eastern thing too. Ever been to a middle-eastern market? New England architectureFriday, April 17. 2020Friday morning linksParallels Between COVID-19 Alarm and Global Warming Alarm Hinderaker: WE ARE NEEDLESSLY DEVASTATING OUR COUNTRY THE END OF NEW YORK: Mayor deBlasio Says New York City Will Not Reopen Until July or August AT THE EARLIEST! Subways were the culprit Masks, hand-washing, and gloves might have prevented a lot of that Vanderleun: Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are The entire country has cabin fever Fauci Says Tinder Hookups Okay During Coronavirus Lockdowns: “Your Choice Regarding a Risk” Trump Says Guidelines Would Allow Some States To Reopen "Tomorrow" Leaves it up to states and cities. Good Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine Says State Will Reopen May 1 Why politicians can't just restart the economy Only people can do that. Media sensationalism has scared the heck out of otherwise rational people, and scared the crap out of those who are fearful people anyway Now Is Exactly the Time to Investigate the WHO’s Catastrophic Public Failures and Internal Rot. China’s incredible coronavirus counts Hillary Bought Russian Disinformation - The latest revelations about the Steele dossier reveal who the real colluders were. Big surprise Steele Source Voiced ‘Strong Support’ For Hillary Clinton, Had Ties To Kremlin Duh. Follow the money. Thursday, April 16. 2020Johnny Cash's last performance2003, aged 71. He looks like 99 years old.
Thursday morning linksFrantz Fanon and the American Racial Eros - Forty years after the death of Jean-Paul Sartre, who wrote the controversial preface to Fanon’s ‘Black Skin, White Masks,’ white guilt is still tied to masochism Social Action' as a Bogus Alternative to True Education Wanna Teach? Submit a Killer ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’ Statement Here’s Why Grocery Store Shelves Are Empty Binge Nation: Average American Streams 8 Hours Of Content Per Day During Coronavirus Outbreak! The New York Times Knows Nobody Believes It about Biden, Kavanaugh, and Sexual Assault Dean Baquet Makes No Sense Time To Get Serious -- Or Time To Go Completely Crazy? MSNBC Host: Do You Know How Many Americans Die During Trump’s Coronavirus Briefings? When It Comes to the Chinese Virus, the PRC Has Something to Hide Ventilators for COVID might do more harm than good Coronavirus lockdown overdrive and other commentary Who Will Get Blamed If Coronavirus Shutdown Turns Out To Be A Massive Overreaction? NYC Adds Nearly 4,000 People Who Never Tested Positive To Coronavirus Death Tolls A Comic Strip Tour Of The Wild World Of Pandemic Modeling Dr. Fauci: Nation Seeing 'Light at the End of the Tunnel' Liberate America by Turning the Political Pain up to 11 WHO Blocked Doctors From Urging Border Controls To Stop Spread Of COVID-19 Six Days In Hubei: How China’s Lies And Intimidation Cost The World Its Last Chance To Stop A Pandemic Wednesday, April 15. 2020Identify this hunting dinosaurSeen on a hike by a pal in CT this morning, iphone pic. (I no longer ask "name this bird," because people say "Bill" or "Arthur.")
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