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Monday, February 28. 2022Monday morning linksNYC Set To End Vaccine Mandate March 7th UW moves 70-ton Chamberlin Rock off campus after student backlash How WWII Is Taught In Various Countries 1619 founder Nikole Hannah-Jones blasts media for 'insidious racism' and claims they only care about 'Europeans with blond hair and blue eyes' after heavy coverage of Ukraine compared to other conflicts Sort-of true Did a Quickly Deleted Essay in Russian Media Explain What Vladimir Putin Wants Russia to Gain From the Ukraine Invasion? Experts Warned For Years That NATO Expansion Would Lead To This The West’s reliance on Russian energy gives Putin a free hand to do what he pleases with Ukraine. Another victory in the war against the weather. Biden’s Corruption Exposed – In Ukraine And Russia Williamson: Against Judge Jackson Psaki: Biden Wants To Rely On Foreign Energy So U.S. Can “Look At” Green Alternatives Sunday, February 27. 2022From today's LectionaryLuke 9:28-36, (37-43a) 9:28 Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. 9:29 And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. 9:30 Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him. 9:31 They appeared in glory and were speaking of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. 9:32 Now Peter and his companions were weighed down with sleep; but since they had stayed awake, they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. 9:33 Just as they were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah" -- not knowing what he said. 9:34 While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were terrified as they entered the cloud. 9:35 Then from the cloud came a voice that said, "This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!" 9:36 When the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and in those days told no one any of the things they had seen. 9:37 On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him. 9:38 Just then a man from the crowd shouted, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son; he is my only child. 9:39 Suddenly a spirit seizes him, and all at once he shrieks. It convulses him until he foams at the mouth; it mauls him and will scarcely leave him. 9:40 I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not." 9:41 Jesus answered, "You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here." 9:42 While he was coming, the demon dashed him to the ground in convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. 9:43a And all were astounded at the greatness of God. Saturday, February 26. 2022Saturday morningI am taking a morning off from editing links. Feel free to link some good things in the comments. Friday, February 25. 2022Friday morning linksTexas moves to prosecute trans medical procedures on children as child abuse The Woke AMA Oakland’s Educational Bureaucrats Steamroll Parents and Kids The plot against fracking - How cheap energy was killed by Green lies and Russian propaganda Who Controls the Controllers? Using price controls to combat inflation is an old idea—and a bad one, on both economic and democratic grounds. The Chickens Come Home to Roost for Chris Wallace He is 72 years old CDC to significantly ease pandemic mask guidelines Friday Twitter, Facebook, Instagram allowing Kremlin officials to promote war efforts on social media Herman Muenster: I Hope Russian Will Help Us Stay On Track To Fight Global Warming As He’s Invading Ukraine… The rape of Ukraine America Is Afraid of War. Putin Knows It. The invasion of Ukraine and the rise of America’s isolationists. It is not isolationism KT McFarland urges Biden to reopen 'American energy industry' to swipe Putin's leverage, lower energy prices ... in just a year, Biden has turned the U.S from an energy independent nation into a country that now imports oil from Russia. Russia's plan to fight back against Western sanctions The dilemma for the West: you can’t win a geopolitical conflict lasting years or decades with an economy powered intermittently by wind turbines and solar panels. Thursday, February 24. 2022Eccentric motions with weightsThe study is not great, but it does help to highlight the importance of eccentric motion with weights. That is the with-gravity motion that follows the lift or push. It can be almost an isometric stress and, with weight, stress is good so resisting gravity both ways makes better use of your time. Slower is better. Build strength with only three seconds of weight lifting per day? Get stronger in only three seconds per day? New research shows that it is possible. I don't buy it, but eccentric motion matters. Thursday morning linksInside the technicolor factory where Jelly Belly makes its beans New York City to Phase Out Vaccine Mandate in Coming Weeks Russian Invasion of Ukraine Is 'Underway' But why? The Olympics Debacle and the Illusions of Nationalism How the Redneck Intellectual Discovered Educational Freedom—and How You Can, Too The Fight for Curriculum Transparency - Parents have the right to know what public schools are teaching their children. How one student graduated from a Baltimore high school without ever learning to read Sick with guilt - On the loss of purpose in cultural institutions Fake guilt, I think. Too dramatic to be real. Byron York catalogs the effort to spy on the Trump campaign
Wednesday, February 23. 2022Wednesday morning linksMagpies Outsmart Scientists by Helping Each Other Remove Tracking Devices "There are pets on raw-food diets, gluten-free diets, grain-free diets, vegan and vegetarian diets. There are pets that munch on treats flavored like a turmeric latte or made with CBD..." Cancelling Richard Gere NYT executive editor Dean Baquet sums up ‘the job of the New York Times’ — and accidentally gives away the MSM’s game California's Unconstitutional 'Bacon Ban' Proposition 12 may drive up prices nationwide. The Perils of Working at Home China and Russia: Reality always wins Tuesday, February 22. 2022Tuesday morning linksWhy Isn't the Night Sky White? Fully Vaxxed Fox News Anchor Neil Cavuto Back on Air After Five-Week Absence, Confirms He Was in ICU with ‘Covid Pneumonia’ I believe he has MS Prominent UK Lockdown Advocate Admits He Got It Wrong No risk-benefit considerations UK like US: Taxpayers’ money is being spent on teaching illiberalism America’s Redistributive Welfare State - Contrary to popular belief, government provides more aid to the poor in the U.S. than in Europe. Follow the “Diversity”. New analysis quantifies the politicization of federal science grants Why is Biden now less popular than Trump? He's earned it. 'Lower than Trump' is hardly the first year result the White House expected. NEVER FEAR, KAMALA’S ON THE CASE! How Joe Biden Created The Ukraine Crisis. Joe Biden Is The Best President That Russia Has Ever Had Monday, February 21. 2022Life in America: Home music
When I was a kid my Dad was always working on Mozart on the pianny. It used to be the only time I would hear "Damn, damn, damn" from him. Like him, no talent but much desire. Music in enchanting for me, but not as background sound. Furthermore, I am slow to get it. I need to listen to a piece many times to learn what it seems to be about. Many decades ago, I felt that weed really helped me get the idea of listening to music and it was a help. Reading about it too. Anyway, I am long past weed but sometimes like to listen to music at night as a break from reading. However, wifi music is not good enough. I use CDs, a good amp, and fancy speakers. Problem is now that Mrs. BD's decorator friend does not want wires around. Too late to re-wire the house. What to do? Made it to Swan Lake and other Balanchine things at NYCB yesterday. Mrs. BD was enthralled, so that's good.I love the live music. I told her that I was sorry that I still, after all of these years, could not differentiate NYCB from the San Francisco Ballet. She said "Even you can tell great from just OK." They were sold out, of course. All ages. Yes, we missed Sara Mearns. That will have to be next time, but all perfect enuf for me. By this time I should understand dance, but it eludes me. It is one of many flaws.
Those Jacksonville eagle chicks have grownAnd can now eat their own sushi without help
Monday morning linksWhat is President's Day? The Unexpected Reason PEZ Was Originally Invented ‘The Automat’ Was the Coin-Operated Restaurant of the People. The automat, a type of coin-operated diner, was a tourist attraction on a par with the Statue of Liberty and this warm, witty film tells you how it began, how it grew into an institution and a way of living in New York City. Matt Walsh Destroys Woke Gender Narrative With One Simple Question Watching Lia Thomas Win. The transgender swimmer smashes more records at the Ivies. ‘It can’t feel good to know that there’s nobody in the stands who is happy you won.’ Officials Ask for Understanding After Student Writes "Colored" Over Drinking Fountain CDC quietly lowers the bar for early childhood speech development England To Scrap Mandatory COVID Self-Isolation As Hospitalisations Continue To Drop New Zealand, amazingly, has gotten even more totalitarian about COVID Dear Prudence: Dump Your Therapist If She’s Not Hysterical About Climate Change Crackdown Sparks Even More Massive Protests Across Canada, Crisis for Trudeau Zelensky criticizes the allied response to Russia’s buildup. There is no "Ukraine crisis" Sunday, February 20. 2022From today's LectionaryLuke 6:27-38 6:27 "But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 6:28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. 6:29 If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. 6:30 Give to everyone who begs from you; and if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them again. 6:31 Do to others as you would have them do to you. 6:32 "If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 6:33 If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 6:34 If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. 6:35 But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. 6:36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. 6:37 "Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven; 6:38 give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back." Saturday, February 19. 2022Saturday morning linksImage via P'line's Week in Pictures How conscious are we of reality? I often have fatigue and brain fog, don't you? I never had Covid though. Making it illegal to do talk therapy with the gender-confused Trade Restrictions on Oysters Get Shucked The Flight of Big Tech. Lethargic, overcapitalized, and resigned to Chinese dominance, Silicon Valley is losing its productive talent to the Midwest and South WSJ: Who Are Those ‘Techies’ Who Spied on Trump? ‘Benevolent posse’ or partisans for Hillary Clinton? John Durham has the answer. The Checkered Past of the FBI Cyber Contractor Who 'Spied' on Trump Cringe Inducing: Kamala Harris Explains The Internet To Audience As If They Are Toddlers… VP Harris Finally Focused on Securing the Border. No, Not Ours—Ukraine's. Whether or there is large-scale fighting in the Ukraine, the key thing is that it won't involve the US Friday, February 18. 2022Friday morning linksDick Van Dyke, 96, dances in Valentine’s Day video with much-younger wife It Turns Out That Ethanol Is Worse For the Climate Than Gasoline Free, State-Run Preschool Worse for Poor Kids Than No Preschool, Study Finds. "If this study doesn't put the nail in the coffin of academic training to little children, it's hard to imagine what will," says psychologist Peter Gray. The Union Map of School Closings - States where teachers’ unions are strongest have been slowest to get back to in-person teaching and to lift Covid restrictions on students. "Revenge travel": As Omicron wanes, Americans eagerly book vacations How to Save Science From Covid Politics. Ten crucial lessons from Dr. Vinay Prasad. Amazon suspends Black Lives Matter from its charity platform A Student Sleuth Found Evidence that Our University Practices Reverse Racism. Here’s Why I Advised Him Not to Publish It Durham scandal: The sheer dishonesty of the media is astounding 11 implications of Durham probe threaten to undermine Biden. This story should reverberate far beyond the next election Hillary Clinton uses a Vanity Fair article as "a good debunking" of the Durham filing Thursday, February 17. 2022Culling books
We are eliminating an overflow of bookshelves and books accumulated over decades. I kinda hate to do it with books (and furniture), but, on the other hand, getting rid of accumulated stuff makes our cabin feel lighter. Found a few jewels on my kids' shelves, along with a few remaining textbooks for the garbage. Examples of jewels: -Intro to Paleoclimatology
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Thursday morning linksEpoch: Day After Fire, Amish Neighbors Raise New Barn - "We’re taught to help each other." Extracurricular Degeneracy at Tulane Professor resigns from APA, says woke ideology drives organization to harmful policies, ‘garbage therapy’ Kling is tough on the welfare state Americans’ Trust in Scientists, Other Groups Declines Authorities Say Seattle’s Public Transit is Unusable Due to Drugs and Crime DHS Official Defends Monitoring Trucker Protests, Linking Terrorism To Misinfo Liberal Media Obsessed Over Russia Collusion but Downplays Durham Revelations It Was Hillary Hoax Hillary Clinton - 'I Am Not a Crook' Two intriguing points about the Durham allegations Are the walls closing in? Durham probe: Media suddenly develops 'laryngitis' after years of pushing Trump-Russia collusion, critics say MSNBC: Americans Tired Of “Woke Democrats” Will Start Voting Republican… Opponents of Critical Race Theory in Health Care Denigrated as ‘White Supremacists’ in Medical Journal Voters Think Democrats Are ‘Focused on Culture Wars’ Because They Are Wednesday, February 16. 2022Wednesday morning linksPhoto: P.J. O’Rourke was America’s greatest satirist and coolest conservative. For two examples, Eat the Rich: A Treatise on Economics and Give War a Chance MORGAN STANLEY AND PRINCETON WARNED What exactly has happened to the formerly must-read Drudge Report? Don’t Trust Movies Named ‘Munich’ Climate pledges built on flawed emissions data, Post investigation finds - Washington Post My parents fled communism decades ago. But at my elite D.C. university, the ideology is alive and well. Washington Post, New York Times should give back their Pulitzers for Russia-Trump ‘reporting’ Hillary Clinton Spied on Trump Even After the Election -- and I Think I Know Why China's fishing fleets are ruining the oceans Biden Administration Kills Israel-to-Europe Gas Pipeline Tuesday, February 15. 2022Tuesday morning linksThere’s no autism epidemic. But there is an autism diagnosis epidemic 'Meat Supremacy'? Eating Meat Is Part of 'White Supremacist Patriarchal Worldview' Firing the canon - On the persistence of bad ideas. Distort the Present, Rewrite the Past. Following the lead of other major cultural institutions, the Metropolitan Museum of Art redefines its purpose as overcoming the racism of Western civilization. Authoritarian Science and the Case of Hydroxychloroquine. The approach to medical information increasingly taken by authorities and the media is damaging to public health and scientific inquiry. Amnesty International’s Pseudo-Scholarship Yesterday I Was Levi’s Brand President. I Quit So I Could Be Free. I turned down $1 million severance in exchange for my voice. Zelensky’s Game of Chicken Kyiv What Putin Really Wants
Monday, February 14. 2022Monday morning linksAmericans Love The NFL, But Change Is Looming AVI on Rap, Culture, and Politics Not a Single Celebrity Is Wearing a Mask at Super Bowl Including Hypocrite Mayor Eric Garcetti Last Week the “Experts” Admitted Lockdowns Did Not Reduce Mortality Rates — NOW They Admit Masking Was Mostly Worthless Seattle's Soda Tax Has Been Great for…Beer Sales? INSIDE THE BIZARRE HELLWORLD OF MINNEAPOLIS The Jig is up for Transgenderism as Child Abuse Jon Stewart: "Who Gets To Decide What's 'Misinformation' Eyes turn to Hillary Clinton, not Trump in the Russiagate scandal Most Democrats want Hillary Clinton investigated for any role in Russiagate scandal: poll Media Refuses to Cover Explosive New Clinton Spying Story, Covers Hillary's New Hat The dictator’s gambit: What Putin is after on Ukraine Sunday, February 13. 2022Been to church today?We occasionally attend our friends' church's Sunday service (streamed). It is called The Church of the City New York. Fired up for Jesus - lots of praise music. Pastor is as compelling as Tim Keller. He begins talking around the 45-min mark.
From today's LectionaryLuke 6:17-26 6:17 He came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea, Jerusalem, and the coast of Tyre and Sidon. 6:18 They had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. 6:19 And all in the crowd were trying to touch him, for power came out from him and healed all of them. 6:20 Then he looked up at his disciples and said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 6:21 "Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled. "Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. 6:22 "Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man. 6:23 Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for surely your reward is great in heaven; for that is what their ancestors did to the prophets. 6:24 "But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. 6:25 "Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry. "Woe to you who are laughing now, for you will mourn and weep. 6:26 "Woe to you when all speak well of you, for that is what their ancestors did to the false prophets." First CrocusSaturday, February 12. 2022Saturday morning linksHere’s Why I’ll Be Keeping My Shoes on in Your Shoeless Home. Why are you assuming that your guests’ shoes are dirtier than your floors? Why not be polite? Harvard students are protesting . . . hummus. What Happens if Government Unions Get Control of an Entire State? Virginia Withdrawing From The Northeast's Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative White House Defies Most Governors, Demands Americans Keep Wearing Masks Biden’s New Energy Department Pick Is His Most Outrageous and Appalling Yet A retired Marine 3-star general explains 'critical military theory' Friday, February 11. 2022Tell Ol' BillFriday morning links18 interesting maps to change your perspective on the world Infrastructure Bill Is Bad For Climate Crisis It’s Time To Ask: Did Any Of The COVID Mandates, Closures, Lockdowns Do Anything? Super Bowl mask mandate, California? Better enforce it good and hard Wall Street Opens Its Wallet to Keep Talent. It’s Not Always Enough. What the Truckers Want. I’ve spoken to 100 of the protestors gathered in the Canadian capital. What's happening is far bigger than the vaccine mandates. The border crisis is a big story — that most media continue to ignore The Other New York - Influential books on poverty in the city focus on institutional failure, while overlooking the importance of personal agency. CT middle school's “Pizza and Consent” assignment outraged parents, now called "a mistake"
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