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Friday, July 29. 2022Friday linksCNN'S 'Climate Correspondent' Predicts All Life on Earth Is About to End Studies Show The Electric Vehicles Democrats Insist You Buy Are Worse For The Environment And Lower Quality Environmentalism is an Environmental Hazard. Solar panel lead in the groundwater and wind turbine fiberglass in your lungs. What The Future Holds For Our Climate Leaders WTH happened to an objective news media? House Democrats pour cold water on proposed stock trading ban Why is trading on insider info legal for congress? Association of American Medical Colleges Criticized for Pushing Critical Race Theory “recently released standards that force students to study and apply ideology typically pushed by the far-left” FDA admits puberty blockers can cause serious harm to children DC Mayor Muriel Bowser requests National Guard help after busloads of migrants cause ‘crisis’ “FAR RIGHT” FAVORED TO WIN ITALIAN ELECTION "Far right" means not Communist By the way, where did all of the Ukraine news go? Well-doneThursday, July 28. 2022Thursday morning linksNHS will SHUT its controversial Tavistock transgender clinic for children after damning report warned it was 'not safe' Green Dreams, Inflationary Realities. We must find ways to combat climate change without incurring devastating inflation, greater class division, the immiseration of the middle class, and the destitution of the poor. Really? Connecticut Steps Up To Save The Planet WSJ: Public Life Is Crazy, but Americans Aren’t. Politics and media are co-producers of the immense 21st-century moral circus. Cassidy Hutchinson's story certainly changed from what she said in private Wednesday, July 27. 2022Two Femme Fatale bugsFemales of many species of Orb-Weaving Spiders (common in gardens) consume their mates following a romp in the web. Same thing goes for many species of Fireflies. I am seeing lots of them in the morning darkness. Delightful beetles doing their courtship dance in the moonlight. Crossfit
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It is used in this piece: The Deracination of Literature
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Wednesday morning linksNo, Science Isn’t a “Social Construct” Chicago Mother Loses Custody of Her Daughter—For Insisting That Her Daughter Is A Girl Biden's New Cybersecurity Deputy Inexplicably Declares 'Systemic Racism' Greatest Threat to America "I am a woman sitting at the table": Harris opens meeting by reminding the audience of her pronouns Biden Energy Secretary Granholm: “We Are Really Obsessed” With Biden’s Anti-Energy Transition Canada’s Trudeau Wants To Impose Drastic ‘Climate Change’ Restrictions On Farmers Just Like The Netherlands. Calgary Sun: “Citing climate change as the reason, the government wants to see emissions of nitrous oxide from fertilizer reduced.” Tuesday, July 26. 2022Tuesday morning linksCzech police car Putting "Long COVID" in Perspective I am skeptical EVERYTHING You Need to Know About the Monkeypox that the Fake News Won’t Tell You — Maybe Skip the Gay Orgy This Coming Weekend for Starters Mental, physical activities benefit men's, women's brains differently The Media is Starting to Fire Its Own Woke Activists ‘You Will Own Nothing, And Like It’ — The Real ‘Clean Energy’ Future Joe Biden Must Step Aside While He Has COVID to Rid Us of the Curse of White Supremacy Rasexism and Kamala Harris "It looks terrible": Dems prepare big tax cut for corporations as midterm pitch Monday, July 25. 2022Fanny PacksIs anything more dorky, especially for a guy? My problem is that, regardless of brand, adjustments, etc., the pain in my injured shoulder destroys any pleasure with a backpack, or even a lighter daypack. I don't like to look like a dork, but even worse is being like the Aussie hikers (sorry for the stereotype): the women herd the kids and carry the backpack, and the men just carry a beer or three, and the cheese sandwiches.
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Monday morning linksHere We Go: WHO Declares Monkeypox Outbreak a Global Health Emergency New Jersey Breweries Push Back Against Crushing New Rules. New rules from the state alcohol control board could grind breweries into insolvency. A Media-Fueled Social Panic Over Unmarked Graves. Not a single body has been unearthed. But Canadians wouldn’t know it from the false information reported in The New York Times. Reminds me of Clinton's church fires hoax. So many hoaxes. Get Ready For The 100 Year Long Climate "Emergency" Progressives Against Mining. Though it’s a critical part of any strategy to reduce carbon emissions, mining tends to meet with opposition from environmentalists. Academia Neglects Its Most Important Function: A Free Marketplace of Ideas LI: Dispatches From the Faculty Lounge Week in Education - Your weekly report on education news. Donors annoyed with Edinburgh University Re Pete Seeger:
Yes, Things Are Really As Bad As You've Heard. A Leftist Schoolteacher Struggles To Say Aloud the Things He Regularly Witnesses That Are So Outlandish They Sound Made Up By Right-Wing Provocateurs NR: With courses such as ‘Queer Dance’ and events featuring the drag queen ‘LaWhore Vagistan,’ campus life today is steeped in gender and sexuality. J.K. Rowling is canceled again. This time it's by a posh private girl's school Activision employees walk off the job seeking abortion, LGBTQ support This is harsh: "Nobody wants to impregnate you" Yale professor: Biden not taking time off due to COVID ‘epitomizes white supremacy’ Biden and Trump Repulse Voters as GOP Shows Signs of Becoming Normal Again Victor Davis Hanson: The Left Should Be Happy With Biden We Starve Babies, Don't We? Imagine this, with Trump Justice Elena Kagan: SCOTUS Losing ‘All Connection … With Public Sentiment’ Is ‘Dangerous’ for America She forgot her job description The only people who think "democracy is broken" want to eliminate it. Swedish Rent Control Exposes The Problem With Government Price Controls Yeah - people turn it into pure capitalism England’s New Conservative Superstar. Kemi Badenoch used to work at McDonalds. Now she’s become the breakout star of the Tory Party. Billions Keep Flowing To Afghanistan Why? My taxes Sunday, July 24. 2022Sarah Swain and the Oh BoysOur favorite Cape Cod band. When they are playing, half the place gets up to dance. She and her husband also own that little art gallery next to Pearl in Wellfleet.
From today's LectionaryLuke 11:1-13 11:1 He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples." 11:2 He said to them, "When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. 11:3 Give us each day our daily bread. 11:4 And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone indebted to us. And do not bring us to the time of trial." 11:5 And he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; 11:6 for a friend of mine has arrived, and I have nothing to set before him.' 11:7 And he answers from within, 'Do not bother me; the door has already been locked, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.' 11:8 I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, at least because of his persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs. 11:9 "So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. 11:10 For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. 11:11 Is there anyone among you who, if your child asks for a fish, will give a snake instead of a fish? 11:12 Or if the child asks for an egg, will give a scorpion? 11:13 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" Saturday, July 23. 2022About Dragonflies
Saturday linksHow and why the Thomas Jefferson Foundation trashes its own namesake Wrong, Legacy Media, Climate Change Is Not Causing Summer Heatwaves in the U.S. and Europe Minneapolis Residents Crowdfunding For More Police Two Years After “Defund” Movement NY Times columnist admits he was 'wrong' about Trump's supporters, says Russian collusion story was a 'hoax Kagan: SCOTUS must reflect public sentiment for credibility What?
Friday, July 22. 2022Friday morning linksSpectator: Whatever happened to the good old American trolley? Once streetcar lines connected even rural areas; now they’re almost all gone More sharks are being spotted in the waters off Long Island, a trend that experts say is likely to continue -- and they say it's a good thing, as long as people can stay careful Shark Bites 16-Year-Old Surfer Off Fire Island, Marking LI's 5th Attack This Summer With COVID Sort Of Raging Again, States Have No New Plans Or Something Football and the Honor Code Collide at the Air Force Academy Conservative professor rebukes higher ed: ‘Whorehouses and mental wards would be much cheaper’ Sexual Liberation in Public Schools. Los Angeles Unified School District adopts radical “trans-affirming” programming and instructs teachers to work toward “the breakdown of the gender binary.” Pushback: Flight attendant fired for having opinions wins big against airline and union Illegal immigration starting to hit home for US cities 20 July 2022: Cuomo Spends $93,211 on Poll to Tell Him He's a Loser THE MORE UNPOPULAR HE GETS, THE MORE RADICAL BIDEN BECOMES The Great Realignment: Democrats Increasingly The Party of Elite Whites, Republicans Increasingly Racially-Diverse And Working Class Here Are the Senior Biden Officials Entangled in Durham’s Criminal Russiagate Probe Thursday, July 21. 2022HIIT to burn fatBrutal bursts of squats, burpees and push-ups burn more fat than just running, study claims. Believe what you want to believe, but results are what matters. All of these exertions are great for general fitness, but if you want to eliminate fat, structure a nutritional plan to live by. As I have said many times, do not look to exercise for fat loss. If you can do it, fine. Few can. Good for you lucky few. If too skinny, eat a lot of everything, and lift weights.
Thursday morning linksMerriam-Webster Changes the Definition of ‘Female’ Peak Absurdity In The Woke Theater Professor: Policies Against Plagiarism Are Racist… Portland Parents Encouraged To Send Their Kids To “Social Justice Summer Camp” Success Academy shows again that public schools can excel Mayorkas: Never fear. The southern border is secure Progressives’ Carpet Bombing Of America Like everything else in Ukraine, there’s no way to know what’s actually happening there, but a few red flags should give American readers pause. Wednesday, July 20. 2022Wednesday morning linksBeware of bad science reporting: No, we haven’t killed 90% of all plankton. A very misleading article on marine life has been getting a lot of attention. Biden considers calling climate emergency as soon as this week, Washington Post reports California Environmentalists: Bees Are Now Fish California campuses reinstate indoor mask requirements Association of American Medical Colleges Releases Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Curriculum. “describ[ing] the impact of various systems of oppression on health and health care (e.g., colonization, White supremacy, acculturation, assimilation).” Penn law school dean calls for ‘major sanction’ against controversial Professor Amy Wax NPR Touts New 'Disinformation' Team, Conservative Twitter Has Field Day NYC schools are failing to serve families — and the stunning plunge in enrollments proves it Justice at last for bodega worker Jose Alba Why Democrats Are Losing Ground With Hispanics The eco-hypocrite jet set: Stars such as Oprah, Mark Wahlberg, Jay Z and Steven Spielberg lecture us about saving the planet... then use their private jets for flights that take just MINUTES instead of driving Biden Transport Secretary Again Says "Pain" Of High Gas Prices Is A Benefit Democrats hope Biden uses the climate to takeover and destroy the economy Can we beat the heat — or is this the beginning of the end? The J6 Motive – Why Donald Trump Must be Removed, The Political Surveillance of American Citizens Awkward media moment: Say, that Ukrainian government is kind of corrupt, isn't it? Tuesday, July 19. 2022Tuesday morning linksWhy You Bruise More Easily as You Age and What to Do About It Climate Change Dictates Are Self Destructive - But Also Part Of A Bigger Agenda Deborah Birx wrote a book about her pandemic response work. In it she admits to multiple lies and altering data ‘for the public good.’ How the Best of Intentions Created Today’s Academic Disasters "This is not a George Floyd situation": Minneapolis mom berates BLM protesters after police shooting Biden’s Saudi Arabia Visit Was Worse Than an Embarrassment. The president’s 24 hours in Jeddah were dominated by photos of his fist bump with Mohammed bin Salman. Things went downhill from there. Monday, July 18. 2022Monday afternoon links8 Things Sleep Experts Do in the Morning After a Poor Night's Sleep Why Woke Organizations All Sound the Same. Understanding the sociology of institutions Canada’s ‘expert’ panel recommends the mentally ill be candidates for euthanasia When Caucasians Cut Rugs: Dance School Boots Ballet Because It's Wickedly White Monkeypox: What You Actually Need to Know Forget Jill Biden’s Stupid Taco Quip—There’s Much Worse When Will They Figure Out That Reducing U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions Is Pointless? Joe Manchin didn't kill the Democrats' climate agenda Referring to the internal dynamics at CAP, Teixera comments: “It’s just cloud cuckoo land.” People Really, Really Do Not Want to Work for Kamala Harris Biden’s Middle East Trip Ends in Fiasco, Fails to Get Arab Support on Oil Production, Security In The UK, Some Political Movement On The Climate Scare Unsustainable Sri Lanka International: The Grand Realignment Sunday, July 17. 2022From today's LectionaryGenesis 18:1-10a 18:1 The LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day. 18:2 He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent entrance to meet them, and bowed down to the ground. 18:3 He said, "My lord, if I find favor with you, do not pass by your servant. 18:4 Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. 18:5 Let me bring a little bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on--since you have come to your servant." So they said, "Do as you have said." 18:6 And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Make ready quickly three measures of choice flour, knead it, and make cakes." 18:7 Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to the servant, who hastened to prepare it. 18:8 Then he took curds and milk and the calf that he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree while they ate. 18:9 They said to him, "Where is your wife Sarah?" And he said, "There, in the tent." 18:10a Then one said, "I will surely return to you in due season, and your wife Sarah shall have a son." Saturday, July 16. 2022How long do butterflies and moths live?Like most other bugs, their "adult" reproductive phases are usually brief - a week or two. However, their time as eggs, larvae (in this case, caterpillars), and pupae varies depending on species and climate. Some even migrate (eg Monarchs) and some, like Mourning Cloaks, (photo) hibernate, which is why you sometimes see them fully-fledged on the first warm days of Spring. Tough buggers, live on tree sap. How long do butterflies and moths live? How Long Do Butterflies Live? StonesEducationVia Kling:
Friday, July 15. 2022Weights and mental health"Trauma" is used in all sorts of ways these days. Let's just say that intense resistance exercise is as good for the head as it is for the body: The Healing Power of Strength Training
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