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Tuesday, May 8. 2018QQQ“GATES APPEAL TO ME BECAUSE OF THE NEGATIVE SPACE THEY ALLOW. THEY CAN SHUT YOU OUT OR SHUT YOU IN. AND IN SOME WAYS THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE.” Bob Dylan Foam Rollers for exercisersIt has become common for people to foam-roll their muscles before weights or calisthenics nowadays. Generally-speaking, before their warm-ups and stretches. It's a brief massage, "myofascial release" as it is termed but that sounds dubious to me. Sometimes it hurts, but in a good way. Sometimes people do it after a workout. I have no idea whether it does any good, but I do it anyway: back, butt, quads, hammies, sides of upper legs, and calves. I don't do my arms. Takes less than 5 minutes, feels good. Amazon sells them but all gyms have stacks of them. Tuesday morning links
WSJ: The New Science of Psychedelics NYT: It’s Time for a New Discussion of Marijuana’s Risks Study: 2 Tbsp Raw Unsweetened Cocoa A Day Keeps Memory Loss Away Harvard ramps up social group gender crackdown, may demand statistics, ‘inclusive atmosphere’ No freedom of association DARTMOUTH DONS THE HAIR SHIRT Why Are So Many Campus Feminists Anti-Male? The Story Behind That Anti-Trump Textbook Arizona Passes Goldwater-Based Campus Free Speech Law Museum Conference speech code: ‘reverse racism’ ‘reverse sexism’ and ‘cisphobia’ NOT prohibited Professor Tells A Harmless Lingerie Joke On Elevator. Unfortunately, There's A Gender Studies Professor Aboard. You Can Guess What Happened Next. Actors Read The Real “Facts On FEMINISM” From A Teleprompter, Their Responses Are Priceless Study: Greens Believe they have a “Moral License” to Pollute The notion of "moral license" is an interesting one. If on the side of the angels, rules do not apply. Consider the Clintons, Weiner, Weinstein, Schneiderman, et al. Related, below - Climate skeptics more eco-friendly than global-warming alarmists: study Alyssa Milano Protected by Armed Security While Denouncing NRA Celebs love their armed guards New York Magazine: We Don’t Need Conservatives, Let’s Have Far-Left Ideological Diversity Instead Coates is worried that Kanye West is forgetting his victimhood How Buzzfeed’s ‘Data-Monster’ Leveraged User Data To Fuel anti-Trump Super PACs, Target Voters Border Patrol Agents Arrest 15 more Bangladeshi Nationals in South Texas Staring Down the Caravan: Sessions to Travel to San Diego Border 57,000 HONDURAN "HURRICANE REFUGEES" FROM 1998 TOLD TO LEAVE Restoring the ‘Temporary’ to Temporary Protected Status Trump winning over Democrats with his handling of key issues, CNN poll finds Trump is putting the US back on top President Trump needs to meet with Robert Mueller as soon as possible. Wait, This Wasn’t Supposed to Happen?… VP Mike Pence Swears in Gay Ambassador Rick Grenell with His Partner By His Side Sex with 10yo not rape, Finnish court rules in migrant’s case Exposed: More Palestinian ‘Victims’ Identified as Terror Org Members KERRY WORKING TO UNDERMINE TRUMP ON IRAN DEAL Entry into the deal with Iran represented a sort of humiliation of the United States U.S. seeks $200 bln cut in China trade imbalance The New Risks, Realities and Opportunities in the Middle East Monday, May 7. 2018QQQ regarding hiking trips"Bring everything." My sister's advice re packing for hiking trips. Also my advice re hunting trips. Photo is from hiking in the Catskills this weekend - view is towards the Trapps. We got over there and did the circuit, total 12 miles. Soap opera updatesDershowitz reacts to judge questioning Manafort case motives Andy McCarthy: Outrageous Redactions to the Russia Report
Monday morning linksDylan: "WE WANTED TO CREATE A COLLECTION OF AMERICAN WHISKEYS THAT, IN THEIR OWN WAY, TELL A STORY." How Giant African Rats Are Saving Lives in Former War Zones Klavan: Your Culture is My Underpants
Study: Those Most Concerned About Climate Change Least Likely To Take Individual Action I see/hear this almost daily. Talking the talk... California to require solar panels on most new homes Teacher union president suspended after allegedly saying 'I'm here to defend even the worst people' True, that is his job. Just shouldn't say it to a reporter Illinois Politicians Are Doubling Down on Failure, Hastening the State’s Bankruptcy If states could print their own money, we'd have lots of Venezuelas Dershowitz Denounces the Surveillance State So do I. We aren't China. Government isn't supposed to fear us, the people. We're sposta have a government of the people, for the people... Walsh: In No Apparent Rush, the Grand Inquisitor Plods On Judge Ellis Wants to See Mueller's Hunting License Exposed and dependent: Germany desperate to avoid trade war Sunday, May 6. 2018A favoriteA remarkable Italian dessert, with Scotch whiskyScoop of the best vanilla ice cream you can find or make. Splash a shot of the best whisky you can afford on top. Then dust with finely-ground (powdered) espresso coffee. Who knew that Italians drink Scotch? According to government guidelines, this recipe contains all three basic food groups: dairy, alcohol, and caffeine. From today's Lectionary: Abide in my loveJohn 15:9-17 15:9 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. 15:10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. 15:11 I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete. 15:12 "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 15:13 No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. 15:14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15:15 I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. 15:16 You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. 15:17 I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another. Saturday, May 5. 2018Why did Churchill attack the French fleet in 1940?
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Friday, May 4. 2018Alicia OlatujaFriday morning linksJames Joyce: My sweet little whorish Nora, I did as you told -me..." I never once wrote a love letter referring to my "dirty, dirty fuckbird." Really. Admittedly, Joyce did have a way with words... Crab crisis: Md. seafood industry loses 40 percent of workforce in visa lottery No worries. Maryland has tons of unemployed Americans. Try Baltimore. The Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code - Bill Benter did the impossible: He wrote an algorithm that couldn’t lose at the track. Close to a billion dollars later, he tells his story for the first time. Holy mackeral The Sexual Revolution’s Angry Children - At its core, #MeToo represents a rejection of the sixties’ vision of erotic liberation. So true. Why traditionalism matters, in church and elsewhere Two Vietnams: Ken Burns’ & Ours Front page of College Fix makes you cry. Esp. how gals can retract "consent" afterwards. Girl Scouts Are Not Happy With Boy Scouts ‘Inclusivity’ You just can't win Start-Ups Make Cheap Alternative to Braces, Dental Trade Groups Cry for Regulation A reason for regulations is to stifle newcomers Related, The Gig Economy Continues To Expand, Frustrating The Old Guard Related, California Watch - Ruling Poses Existential Threat to Tech Firms With no letup in home prices, the California exodus surges Trump signs executive order giving more freedom to federally funded religious groups You need a law to "give freedom"? OUR DERANGED WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS "It’s almost as though the wealthy residents of progressively governed states don’t actually enjoy paying for all the government they say they want." They vote left, then retire to low-tax red states Leading Economist Now Says Trump Policies Are Restoring America’s Economy Soros-Funded Group Creates App To Help Illegal Aliens Avoid Arrest, Tip Off Others Is there a law against assisting crime? Malkin: The 'Uncle Tom' Card Is Dead The FBI Is in Crisis. It's Worse Than You Think The Democrats' favorite sport: Ruining people It's war Maxine Waters to Kanye: Don't Talk 'Out of Turn' She's calling him an "uppity n-word" Hillary: I was too capitalistic to win Have to admit that Bill and Hillary are all about $. But so is Bernie with his 3 houses. New Details Revealed About Comey's Law Professor Friend That Leaked His Memos Saint Comey is a sneaky SOB. Never trust people who assert their virtue. America and the EMP threat China installs cruise missiles on South China Sea outposts Pushing back on Iran, part 1: The Why Revealed: Palestinian ‘Journalist’ Killed at Gaza Border was a Terrorist When children are cannon fodder Thursday, May 3. 2018Col. Barfoot's storyColonel Van T. Barfoot won the Congressional Medal of Honor in World War II. He also fought the battle vs his local homeowner's association to erect a flagpole in his front yard. It's quite a story. What a man!
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Thursday morning linksHarvard Against the Police - An arrest of a drug-crazed black student sends the campus into familiar hysterics. Police may have saved the guy's life. Still, the Outrage machine kicks in Duke students outraged that admin won't punish 'hate speech' I hate these morons, I am full of hate Burglar Ignores Retired Cop's Warning Sign Some people are too stupid to be criminals Wall St. blocked out of US trade deals That's good for Americans Illegal Immigrants Block Traffic in Grand Rapids Marching for Driver’s Licences, Other Rights Diana West: Mueller's FBI Nationally Recognized Veterans' Advocate Removed from High School Ceremony for Being Conservative One A Day: CNN Hosts Porn Star´s Lawyer Michael Avenatti 59 Times in Less Than Two Months A much more important story than Korea Facebook taps former Republican senator to probe claims of anti-conservative bias - Move comes after 60 conservative leaders declared social media ‘crisis’ What makes Mueller different from previous special counsels is that his predecessors were given the mission of investigating specific alleged crimes. CHINESE BAFFLED BY MARXIST DICTATORSHIP AMERICANS LIVE UNDER Mossad smuggled half a ton of nuclear documents out of Iran - in one night Oslo Police Declare “We Have Lost the City”…Islam Has Taken Over RICH VENEZUELAN SOCIALISTS LIVE THE HIGH LIFE IN FLORIDA, While their compatriots starve back home. New York Times Electrifies Israel’s Gaza Fence Palestinians: The Real Gaza Blockade Wednesday, May 2. 2018Hot teachers
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Wednesday morning linksCoyote attacking children on New York playground throttled by off-duty officer WSJ: You Can Limit Death’s Financial Costs, if Not the Emotional Ones - The transfer of assets when a spouse dies can be fairly simple—if you learn from my mistakes. One of the most important trends in modern macroeconomics is the shift from small firms to large firms. Goodbye, OPEC We have our own fuel now Majority Of 8th Graders In US Public Schools Are Not Proficient In Math, Reading USC Law Professor: Supporters of Campus Free Speech are 'Preying on Vulnerable Teenagers' Tolerant San Francisco fed up with dirty, smelly streets Seattle: 14-Year Resident Says City Has Become ‘An Angry Place’ Which Prioritizes ‘Virtue Signaling’ Roseanne Barr: I Want to Move to Israel Canada Now Wants U.S. To Enforce Its Immigration Laws — To Protect Canada “EXTREME” IMMIGRATION VIEWS ENJOY HUGE PUBLIC SUPPORT The open borders crowd has turned Americans off to immigration in general VDH: If Only Hillary Had Won . . . Russian spies colluding with US environmental movements Surprise: New Study Makes Case For Governmental Control Of Fossil Fuels Usage There are studies to support government control over every single thing in life CNN: TRUMP NOT SHOWING UP FOR JOKE DINNER IS ATTACK ON FIRST AMENDMENT SANCTUARY CITIES PROTECT CROOKED EMPLOYERS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKERS Think we should do away with the Electoral College? Think again Democrats lose ground with millennials - Reuters/Ipsos poll Prager: Fear of the Left: The Most Powerful Force in America Today 'Simpsons' Creator: 'People Love to Pretend They're Offended' Yes. It gives them power ROBERT MUELLER LIKELY KNOWS HOW THIS ALL ENDS Mueller’s questions prove Trump shouldn’t talk Sweden criminalizes criticism of Islam and starts fining people for "crimes of opinion" They will need a gulag Congress Seeks Showdown On Ending U.S. Aid to Palestinians May day! Protesters marking International Workers' Day hold rally in London's Trafalgar Square - with some marchers holding banners of STALIN Franklin Roosevelt’s Plan for Ensuring the Jews Were “Spread Thin All over the World” Americans knew a lot about Holocaust as it was happening Tug of War Over the Iran Deal Tuesday, May 1. 2018Tuesday morning linksPhoto of our neighborhood eagles. 2 chicks now. Fun to see eagles flying over the olde homestead in the morning. The Mediterranean Diet’s Fight Against Frailty Colleges’ insane effort to keep students perfectly safe From Culture to Cupcakes - The once-great University of California at Berkeley continues its descent into victimology. All applicants for faculty positions at UCSD now required to submit a ‘contribution to diversity statement’ Student activists demand ‘reparations’: exclusion of white authors from humanities course China Touts Fusion Progress As New Details On Lockheed Martin's Reactor Emerge Hope it's workable. I'm a skeptic Defending Scott Pruitt – Making science reproducible Since most studies are wrong, it makes sense The ADL Kicked Out of Leading Starbucks’ Diversity Training - Following pressure from Women’s March leader and Louis Farrakhan acolyte Tamika Mallory California: Slow Death of the Train to Nowhere CA Democrats Reject Plan to Allow More Housing Supply in San Francisco Pope Francis' Call To Ban All Weapons Does Not Go As Planned From Men called. They want their balls back:
NYT Celebrates Marx's Birthday With Op-Ed: 'Happy Birthday, Karl Marx. You Were Right!' By giving up on Marxism Sean Hannity Owns $90 Million In Real Estate. So What? The VA Is a Mess—But Not Because of Who's In Charge New York Times in a panic over prospect of Justice Kennedy retiring Joy Reid and the forgotten value of changing your mind Poised for Victory, Democrats Endorse Ultra-Radicalism A Rebirth Of Self-Reliance? Food Stamp, Welfare, Medicaid, Disability Rolls All Dropping Under Trump How Intellectuals Train the Underclass to Feel Helpless Sessions’ DOJ Drops The Hammer On Caravan — 11 Members Charged For Illegal Entry Here They Come! Thousands of Illegal Aliens And We Can’t Stop Them Illegals Say They Will Overwhelm Our System, Destroy Our Borders Nice attitude Canada wants U.S. cooperation in turning back asylum seekers Schlicter re Trump: I Cannot Handle All This Winning In China and India, men outnumber women by 70 million. Both nations are belatedly trying to come to grips with the policies that created this male-heavy generation Who Stole The Torahs? An Ancient Sect, A Brazen Theft And The Hunt To Bring The Manuscripts Home Abbas says Jews’ behavior, not anti-Semitism, caused the Holocaust “Vietnam: 50 Years Remembered” – A documentary series worth watching Is Germany Capable of Protecting Its Jews? Very dark days for the UK Monday, April 30. 2018Switzerland's Top Secret Drum Corps vs. UK's Royal Marines Drum Corps.Monday morning links‘How Long Do I Have Left?’ AI Can Help Answer That Question What if Those Paintings... Are Fakes? Medieval Swords, Firearms, and a Suit of Armor Are Going Up for Auction—and Can Be Yours The Monkey selfie copyright dispute Berkeley Fights Harvard, MIT Over Profits From Gene-Editing Tech Greed Al Gore warns worst of climate change will be felt by black and poor people Child abuse: NEW FRONTIERS IN RACIAL BIAS Syracuse: Prof foretells dire consequences from PC academic culture University of California, San Diego Explicitly Requires All Faculty to Demonstrate Commitment to Moonbattery Democratic professors outnumber Republicans 10 to 1, study shows Big Banks Target the 2nd Amendment Freddie Mac Launches "3% Down" Mortgage With No Income Restrictions Female journos suspend Hillary’s ‘believe all women’ rule, sign letter of support for Tom Brokaw Illegals Climb Up Border Fence in Tijuana – Taunt US Officials "Prepare For The Worst Possible Outcome" Migrant Caravan Warned As It Enters The US Trump's smart stance on migrant farmworkers Former Feinstein Staffer Raised $50 Million, Hired Fusion GPS And Christopher Steele After 2016 Election Comey, THE “LEGEND” LOSES HIS WAY The Laydown Criminal Case Against Comey Comey Confirms: In Clinton Emails Caper, the Fix Was In John Brennan Issues Warning to POTUS About Mueller’s Investigation “Stay Tuned, Mr. Trump…” Palestinian UN agency faces financial crisis, may cease services $280 million expansion at Ben Gurion Airport to meet record number of tourists Over 25 million entries and exits expected in 2019 Chinese geologists report that North Korean nuclear test site collapsed China Now Regulating US Airline Speech, Threatens United and American Sunday, April 29. 2018Why resistance training matters
Our recommendation is that 1/3 of fitness training/conditioning (ie about 2 hrs/wk) be basic weight-training with gradually-increasing weights as tolerated. (Our simple plan is 2 hrs mixed cardio, 2 hrs calisthenics, 2 hrs weights, even though there is plenty of overlap to make it all synergistic.) Here's why:
From today's Lectionary: I am the vineJohn 15:1-8 15:1 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. 15:2 He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. 15:3 You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. 15:4 Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. 15:5 I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. 15:6 Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 15:7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 15:8 My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples. Saturday, April 28. 2018Woodsy HikeHosts of Skunk Cabbage today. My antique iPhone sucks for photos.
"Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren"The cello piece from the greatest composer and musician of all time plays a major role in Mark Helprin's latest novel, Paris in the Present Tense. A mythic tale of sacrifice and redemption in death.
Saturday morning linksWildlife photo competition disqualifies 'stuffed anteater' image Abba to release first new material in 35 years NCCIH to Study Alternative Medicine in Space Amusing French-Tunisian baker on the secrets behind Paris' best baguettes THE LATEST BATTLE IN THE STATUE WARS: STEPHEN FOSTER Newest Insanity: Gender Neutral “Theybies” Man Identifying as Squirrel Elected to University of California, Berkeley Student Senate Sex, Incels and Chads A Soldier Just Got Authorization To Wear A Beard Because Of His Norse Pagan Faith Washington Post: DC councilman who thinks Jews control weather is an idiot who should stay in office This Is The Real Reason Britain Won’t Release Alfie Evans To Italy The ugly attack on Ronny Jackson just set a new low The New York Times Instructs On How To Solve Society's Problems Wealthy White New York City Liberals Scream and Shriek About Plan to Desegregate Their Lily-White Schools and Reserve Space In Their School for Underperforming Students Firing of House Chaplain Creates Uproar on Capitol Hill Black Americans, Hispanics Increasingly Supportive of Reducing Immigration to Boost U.S. Wages Trump's Saudi Policy Gamble CARTER CENTER SUED FOR PROVIDING SUPPORT TO HAMAS - Jimmy Carter’s unstinting hatred for Israel paved the way.
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