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Monday, June 27. 2022Monday morning linksWorld's Deepest Shipwreck Discovered Four Miles Under The Pacific The Metaverse Is Already Here. How is virtual reality remaking our world? Fat studies is the field that teaches students to view obesity as 'oppression' Law Firm Splits With Lawyers Who Won Major Gun Case At Supreme Court Illinois: Drive out the rich for Equality Biden sneaking amnesty through for a million illegal border crossers Hundreds of migrants seen wandering on side of road in Texas amid illegal immigration surge. The area in the Del Rio sector has seen record illegal crossings I have very complicated feelings about Donald Trump right now AOC: Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett committed an impeachable offense
Academics throw tantrums over Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade reversal The Nation: Abortion Involves Killing–and That’s OK! To be pro-choice is to be against forced life. Guardian: It’s time to say it: the US supreme court has become an illegitimate institution Colombia's election: How could the voters be so stupid? Sunday, June 26. 2022From today's LectionaryGalatians 5:1, 13-25 5:1 For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. 5:13 For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another. 5:14 For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." 5:15 If, however, you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another. 5:16 Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. 5:17 For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want. 5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not subject to the law. 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, 5:20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, 5:21 envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 5:22 By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, 5:23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. 5:24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 5:25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. Saturday, June 25. 2022We have lots of readers who are hikers
It depends on whether you are climbing steeps, rock-scrambling as a big part of it, or strolling on a comfy trail. The terrain matters, but most hill-hiking has varied terrain. Still, lots of people prefer various sorts of light-weight, quick-drying sneakers even when taking on the AT to Maine. I like my heavy-duty (and heavy) Meindls for rocks and rocky steeps, Adidas for mild varied terrain, and running sneakers for ordinary trail hiking. The weight matters - less is better. Mountaineering boots are a different topic. I am not climbing Ben Nevis, although we did as kids. The easy route, and in summer - not winter. Links: Best German hiking stuff (I did not know that Adidas was German)
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Saturday morning linksDemocrats are looking for a weed deal Biden’s Green Hypocrisy - The president’s attempt to lift the federal gas tax exposes the hollowness of climate-change rhetoric. USA Today demoted me for a tweet — because its woke newsrooms are out of touch with readers The Hits Just Keep Coming! BLM Rioter Snags 10-Year Sentence for Trying to Burn Cops Alive Progressive Utopian Vision Versus The Constitution The Tragedy of the Unwanted Child: What Ancient Cultures Did Before Abortion Most commentary on the Dobbs decision is, not surprisingly, incompetent. If you didn’t know better, you would think that abortion had suddenly been made illegal across the country–which, for better or worse, is obviously not the case. The End of Roe and the Curse of Self-Governance Supreme Court Turns Over Abortion Question to the People. Democrats Rage Against Democracy. Haltiwanger isn’t the only person confused today about what the judiciary does in the American form of government, Friday, June 24. 2022Cripple CreekFriday morning linksWhy Competitive Chess Is as Vicious as 10 Rounds in a Boxing Ring How turtles defy ageing When did good parenting become something to 'equalize'? More On Energy Fantasy Versus Reality In Woke-Land ‘I literally lost organs:’ Why detransitioned teens regret changing genders They Questioned Gender-Affirming Care. Then Their Kids Were Kicked Out of School. Toobin: SCOTUS wants 2nd Amendment to be a "first class right" without any restrictions America’s religious history is more complicated than the Supreme Court’s liberal justices understand The Supreme Court's Decision Is a Huge Win for the Constitution How Should Courts Evaluate Gun Regulations After Bruen? Alcohol, Drugs, Homelessness and Crime. What is the right approach? Are libertarians on the wrong side? Thursday, June 23. 2022Ideas from readers: Hiking blistersMrs. BD has planned a 9-day hiking trip in Scotland (and in the Eng. Lake District). Fine with me. Probably 10-12 miles/day over hill and dale, but no moutains. However, I tend to have two hiking issues. One is that I have destroyed one shoulder from skiing and body-surfing accidents, so I can't handle a backpack for much over an hour. Pain whick removes all pleasure. Luckily, she doesn't mind carrying it. But I am also prone to foot blisters. It is not about the right hiking shoes. I have the best for different purposes. Yes, liner socks etc. A few years ago, I found some amazing analgesic bandaid-like things in a farmacia in Spain. I should have bought 50 packs of them, because they saved our trip for me. My feet were a bloody mess, but painless. Can't find those same things on Amazon. Do any of our readers have any genius ideas?
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Thursday morning linksCanada Completes Construction of Manufacturing Facility to Make Food from Bugs An eagle snatched a baby hawk for dinner, then ended up adopting it Largest Ever Florida Python Discovered, And The Contents Of Its Stomach Will Blow Your Mind Bear Breaks Into Colorado Home, "Plays" Piano Dave Chappelle Owns the Snowflakes Once Again Top 10 most ridiculous campus cancelations in 2021-22 school year Student Kicked Out Of UK College For Supporting Deportation Of Illegal Immigrants The Left Completely Melts Down Over Supreme Court Ruling On Religious Schools On education, the tide is turning in favor of parents Population-fueled Sprawl Undermines Conservation Ambitions ‘Hypocritical’ defund NYPD advocate moved out of Harlem for ‘safety issues’ Biden Ambassador Nominee Warns of "Jewish Money" If I get canceled, let them eat me alive KAMALASPLAINING, AND OTHER VIDEO COMEDY Wednesday, June 22. 2022Wednesday morning linksHiker dies on Mt. Washington The Loop is a good day hike, but Be Prepared Americans' Belief in God Drops to All-Time Low Amazingly, Buzzfeed Readers Don’t Realize They Did This to Themselves " That aside, happy belated Juneteenth." Washington Post Wants To Regulate “Carbon” As A Toxic Substance Or Something Has Omicron evolved to become more dangerous? Disney Stock Has Tumbled Nearly 50 Percent as Audiences Turn Away CEOs Start To Push Back Against 'Woke' Employee Bullying Supreme Court Rules Religious Schools Can't Be Excluded From School Vouchers For the longest time, the debate over immigration has been about how both sides can agree on open borders while appearing to disagree. The Federal Republic Of New Normal Germany Canada: Governed by Hypochondriacs Tuesday, June 21. 2022Summertime
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SummerTuesday morning linksThe Country Club? Fauci is Back with a Warning for Americans: ‘Wear a Mask’ When You’re Indoors — This Outbreak ‘Isn’t Over Yet’ In a crisis-ridden era, the US Navy focuses on...pronouns Called It 15 Years Ago – The Use of Race As A Political Weapon “Has Damaged Our Society In Ways We May Not Understand For Years”
CNN Already Blaming Russians For Mid Term Losses Russia Demands Lithuania Lift "Openly Hostile" Blockade Monday, June 20. 2022Monday morning linksAnthropologists Now Believe All-Female Amazon Tribe Collapsed Because Nobody Could Get Any Jars Open What do Gaffers do? (video) Stanford’s War on Social Life Sriracha and Peanut Butter the Latest Items in Short Supply Over ten thousand flights were canceled across the nation this weekend The Billionaire Family Pushing Synthetic Sex Identities The New Thing: San Francisco Reality Shellenberger: Why Biden's Attacks On Energy Are "Absolutely Insane" Bill and Hillary's midterm message: "We are standing on the precipice of losing our democracy" Is Donald Trump Magnificently Right About Ukraine? Germany to fire up coal plants as Russia turns down the gas Sunday, June 19. 2022The Purdie Shuffle: "To make a sound feels good."From today's LectionaryPsalm 42 and 43 42:1 As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God. 42:2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God? 42:3 My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me continually, "Where is your God?" 42:4 These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I went with the throng, and led them in procession to the house of God, with glad shouts and songs of thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival. 42:5 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help 42:6 and my God. My soul is cast down within me; therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and of Hermon, from Mount Mizar. 42:7 Deep calls to deep at the thunder of your cataracts; all your waves and your billows have gone over me. 42:8 By day the LORD commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life. 42:9 I say to God, my rock, "Why have you forgotten me? Why must I walk about mournfully because the enemy oppresses me?" 42:10 As with a deadly wound in my body, my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me continually, "Where is your God?" 42:11 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God. 43:1 Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people; from those who are deceitful and unjust deliver me! 43:2 For you are the God in whom I take refuge; why have you cast me off? Why must I walk about mournfully because of the oppression of the enemy? 43:3 O send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling. 43:4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy; and I will praise you with the harp, O God, my God. 43:5 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God. Saturday, June 18. 2022Saturday morning linksIf more of our readers would subscribe to Epoch Times, I would link their stuff more often Paul McCartney at 80 New K-12 standards bear similarity to higher ed claims that math is racist Elite NYC private schools are teaching kids that American society must be destroyed Pelosi: Drag Is 'What America Is All About' The fentanyl crisis that is enveloping our country is becoming more and more alarming every day. It is not hyperbole to suggest that it is now the number one criminal and public safety issue in the nation. Van Jones Leaves CNN Anchors Stunned After Spitting Truth About the Democrat Party Biden Signals To Own Officials & Zelensky: Dial Back The "Winning" Rhetoric As Russian Gains Now Evident Friday, June 17. 2022Friday morning linksFlippy the robot is slowly making its way into more restaurants How Ben & Jerry’s plans on getting their cows to stop farting, burping I No Longer Have Osteoporosis - A Wichita Falls Athletic Club Case Study NY Times Magazine: The Battle Over Gender Therapy DNA testing proves exonerated convict was guilty all along Elite NYC private schools are teaching kids that American society must be destroyed Texas's Gov. Abbott blocks and breaks that gargantuan incoming caravan Smith College whistleblower, told not to rap because she’s white, finally performs her music on iconic NYC stage Professors Need the Power to Fire Diversity Bureaucrats. Scholars should drive out overzealous administrators, not vice versa. China’s Return to Maoism. As the economy falters, the CCP knows it must control everything in order to retain power Thursday, June 16. 2022Thursday morning linksHappy the elephant at Bronx Zoo is not a person, New York’s top court rules The biggest myths about electric vehicles How James Patterson Became the World’s Best-Selling Author. His new autobiography adds another title to his enormous stack, but does it deepen the plot? Caterpillar moving its headquarters to Texas from Illinois "I apologize for saying white male writers having trouble finding work is a form of racism. I absolutely do not believe that racism is practiced against white writers." New York State, City Paid $200,000 For Drag Queens Reading To Kids At Public Schools, Records Show The WHO Goes ‘Woke’ With An Effort To Rename The Monkeypox Virus To Avoid Being Racist And Discriminatory High School Club Discourages Heterosexuality Why America Doesn't Trust the CDC Raphael Warnock Uses His Brother as Proof That the Justice System is Racist, but the Record Tells a Different Story Jerry Nadler on the rocks Former Ed Secretary Betsy DeVos: ‘I don’t think the Department of Education should exist’ Wake County Gave $20 Million In COVID Cash: How Was It Spent? A Record Number of Black Republicans Are Running for Office. They're Revolutionizing the GOP State Department dumbing down its diplomat applications Wednesday, June 15. 2022Wednesday morning linksUnpacking Google’s ‘sentient’ AI controversy. The recent debate has also brought other, more pressing issues with the language model to light. Elon Musk set to meet Twitter staff in all-hands meeting Hydrogen Is Unlikely Ever To Be A Viable Solution To The Energy Storage Conundrum Oberlin learns a $31 million lesson for falsely accusing a local family business of racism New York Puts Bitcoin Mining in the Crosshairs. It’s one of many anti-cryptocurrency policies emanating from the Empire State The Era of Free-Lunch Economics Is Over. Reality intrudes on the fantasy of cost- and consequence-free deficit spending Kimball on show trials Biden Senior Climate and Energy Policy Advisor Demands Social Media Companies Immediately Block Content Identifying Biden Policy as Source of Energy Inflation Squad Member Threatens 'Civil War' If GOP Takes House If Biden Intended To Destroy America, What Would He Be Doing Differently?
Tuesday, June 14. 2022Mollie Malone
Here's a quick guide to North American clams. I've dug plenty of clams in my life, mostly steamers and quahogs. This is Irish:
Tuesday morning linksHow McDonald's burgers are made Why aren't Liberals delighted with high gasoline?. ‘What is a woman?’ exposes the lunacy of pro-trans extremism Progressivism, Sexuality, and Mental Illness - Is contemporary liberal-left culture producing greater mental distress? Study: Color-blind philosophy regarding race ‘perpetuates structural racism’ Even Rachel Maddow Isn’t Drinking the J6 Committee’s Kool-Aid I don’t blame Trump for being unhappy, but his emotional state cannot dictate the future of the Republican Party. Ukraine is running out of ammo and taking heavy casualties Monday, June 13. 2022AppetizerI am in a life phase when I prefer steamers to oysters or littlenecks. Who knows why tastes change? Mrs. BD and I used to love digging them up in the salt marshes. You can get happily covered with good marsh mud. I think maybe I have had enough lobsters and oysters for one life. God knows, I have tried to. Photo at Pearl, on Wellfleet Harbor. Fun place. Great live music, excellent seafood, good people-watching.
Monday morning linksYellowstone peak renamed for being offensive, park service announces The Grotesque Sportswashing of the Saudi Golf League Google Engineer Placed On Leave After Insisting Company's AI Is Sentient Stop telling kids that climate change will destroy their world Seattle struggles to keep one deranged, violent man behind bars America Has More Transgender Youth Than Ever, Study Says Do Additional Gun Control Laws Have Much Potential To Reduce Gun Violence? "[I]f it's not part of something that feeds our narrative, f--k it, we bury it" Maher: The Times buried the Kavanaugh assassination story because he's a conservative The FBI knew RussiaGate was a lie — but hid that truth WSJ: The Altered Lives of America’s School-Shooting Survivors Portland, Maine to raise property taxes to pay for free housing for 'asylum-seekers' San Diego grand jury indicts 11 Antifa supporters with 29 felonies 20% Of Pandemic Unemployment Payments Were Improper: GAO Sunday, June 12. 2022From today's LectionaryRomans 5:1-5 5:1 Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 5:2 through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. 5:3 And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 5:4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5:5 and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. An old salt farm in Nauset
A salt farm refers to a farm adjacent to salt water. This old place's meadow overlooks Nauset Marsh, a large salt marsh which is full of life and also fun to kayak in. There is a famous book, The House on Nauset Marsh, written by Dr. Richardson.
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