Saturday, January 1. 2022
Friday, December 31. 2021
Thursday, December 30. 2021
Patients with depression show increases in neuroplasticity and fewer clinical symptoms after a physical activity intervention
West Coast Sees Record Snow, Climate Cult Does Their Normal Blame Game
Re Didion: Right At the Beginning. Joan Didion’s obituarists largely ignore her early journalism for National Review under the stewardship of Frank Meyer.
Campus cancel culture: Here are 135 higher education cancelations in 2021
How We Changed Our Minds in 2021 - Enes Kanter Freedom on his name. Ayaan Hirsi Ali on liberalism. Tim Urban on religion. Plus: Nellie Bowles, Ross Douthat, Chloé Valdary, Karol Markowicz, and Balaji Srinivasan.
Never say die: Trump-Russia collusion theorists strike again
U.S. shatters daily record for COVID cases, but...
Traders Start Freaking Out Over Fresh Supply Chain Collapse As Covid Sweeps Across China
Dalrymple: The Unavoidable Necessity to Make Judgments
Axelrod: Can't anyone in this party do math?
Erik Prince calls for upgrade of US hybrid conflict capabilities. Blackwater founder argues for the primacy of low-visibility, localized, deniable forces, backed by private sector efficiencies
State Department ‘Actively Impeding’ Rescue Efforts as Afghanistan Fades from Spotlight, Vets Say
Wednesday, December 29. 2021
Tuesday, December 28. 2021
Monday, December 27. 2021
A semi-long read by an expert on disgust: How Disgust Explains Everything
Sunday, December 26. 2021
Luke 2:41-52
2:41 Now every year his parents went to Jerusalem for the festival of the Passover.
2:42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up as usual for the festival.
2:43 When the festival was ended and they started to return, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it.
2:44 Assuming that he was in the group of travelers, they went a day's journey. Then they started to look for him among their relatives and friends.
2:45 When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for him.
2:46 After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
2:47 And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
2:48 When his parents saw him they were astonished; and his mother said to him, "Child, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been searching for you in great anxiety."
2:49 He said to them, "Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?"
2:50 But they did not understand what he said to them.
2:51 Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. His mother treasured all these things in her heart.
2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and in years, and in divine and human favor.
Saturday, December 25. 2021
A Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season to all of our readers and to all of our contributors, with thanks for being part of our humble Yankee enterprise
(No innocent trees were murdered for this card to compensate for murdering our Christmas tree)
I've been to a bunch of parties and some fancy parties this season, and heard some great music too, but the best was a neighborhood caroling get-together Friday night - adults and kids. Good food and drinks with around an hour of singing practice around the piano (divvying up the voices of the wise men, the soloist for O Holy Night, etc), then out tramping around and driving around in the dark to our target audiences. Shut-ins, an old friend and WW 2 Navy vet with Alzheimer's, guys on the job, friendly families. Mrs. BD feels that this neighborhood event is the most Christmassy thing we ever do.
I can guarantee that none of the kids who participate will ever forget it. Maybe they will pass it on when they grow up. Hope so. Fine traditions of family, friends, community, and faith do matter because they become embedded in our souls like little candlelights, lighting our dark corners through our entire lives.
O holy Child of Bethlehem Descend to us, we pray. Cast out our sin and enter in Be born in us today. We hear the Christmas angels The great glad tidings tell, O come to us, abide with us Our Lord Emmanuel.
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
Friday, December 24. 2021
Millipedes Have Been Living a Lie. No known creature actually had 1,000 legs—until now.
Lady is ashamed she caught COVID
Omicron Accounts for 90 Percent of COVID-19 Cases in Some Parts of US
Everybody will get it
Green energy firms the biggest corporate welfare recipients ever. No other industry in American history has ever received this lucrative a paycheck
More Than $100 Billion Was Stolen From Pandemic Relief Funds, Secret Service Says
Hinderaker on the Kim Potter verdict:
The first degree manslaughter count requires that Potter caused another’s death “in committing or attempting to commit a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor offense with such force and violence that death of or great bodily harm to any person was reasonably foreseeable…” But Potter was not committing or attempting to commit a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor, she was executing a lawful arrest of a criminal.
Illinois state senator supports defund the police efforts, then karma struck
I've Worked with People Like Bette Midler... Yes, They Think You're Stupid
The Biden White House’s Energy Incompetence
VP Harris complains that her job is too hard
Sheesh. Not a good thing to say
A Rift in the Conservative Foreign-Policy World
Israel’s Christian community is growing, 84% satisfied with life here – report
Statement on Improving the Potential for a Diplomatic Resolution to the Iran Nuclear Challenge
Should the US defend Taiwan?
Of course not
Wall Street and Silicon Valley must stop bankrolling communist China. We need a regulatory framework to protect our nation and its people from China’s ambitions
Two more Tiananmen monuments removed from Hong Kong university campuses
Thursday, December 23. 2021
I enjoy a nice party despite my natural shyness. The festivities began this week in my neck of the woods. I was at a fairly good one Friday night, and two last night. Some nights one has to party-hop, which I think is rude to do but also rude not to show up when invited. Not my fault that I am so popular... Yes, they had the traditional soft-boiled quail eggs on toasts with caviar on top. Dynamite.
I got this snapshot last night at a hot party before I was overwhelmed by lonely, hot, nubile females. Saturnalia, Bacchanalia, Holiday Season - whatever you call it. A good female/satyr ratio as you can see.
Christmastime is as secular or religious as one chooses. Seems quite secular to many. For me, both.
The Gift of the WalMagi
Nick Bloom: ‘It is becoming pretty clear now that hybrid working is here to stay’
New York Will Conduct Spot Checks On Mask Compliance
Ontario Schools Will No Longer Require Teachers to Pass Math Proficiency Test Due to ‘Racial Disparities’
It Starts: Advice To Climate Cultists On Bringing Up ‘Climate Change’ At The Dinner Table
Wednesday, December 22. 2021
Tuesday, December 21. 2021
Monday, December 20. 2021
Sunday, December 19. 2021
Luke 1:46b-55
1:46b "My soul magnifies the Lord,
1:47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
1:48 for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed;
1:49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name.
1:50 His mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation.
1:51 He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
1:52 He has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly;
1:53 he has filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty.
1:54 He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy,
1:55 according to the promise he made to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants forever."
Saturday, December 18. 2021
Some random norceria, cheese, bread, a glass of wine, and thou
Why jeans have that tiny pocket
From Reading Franklin:
Long before he was a Founding Father, Ben Franklin was one of the most successful “influencers” (as we’d say now) in the American colonies. His Poor Richard’s Almanack was a multi-decade bestseller. In 1758 he summarized a quarter-century of Poor Dick’s wisdom in The Way to Wealth—a book that gave birth to the “self-help” genre and that remains in print today.
Frat house cannot hang its own Christmas wreath, university insists
Harvard Won't Require SAT Or ACT For 5 More Years
The Strange Career of Paul Krugman
The ACLU's Push To 'Cancel' Student Debt Shows How Far It Has Strayed From Defending Civil Liberties
Noble lies are a public health hazard
The New York Times still hasn’t apologized for its Russia Hoax coverage
Bay Area: 6 Black Men Were Responsible for 70 Attacks on Asian Women
San Francisco Mayor Declares ‘State of Emergency’ in Tenderloin District
On the BLM Crimewave: Has any movement been so throughly discredited more quickly by reality than “Black Lives Matter”?
December Sees Antifa Thugs (Finally) Going to Prison!
The Washington Post is looking for a hitman
Friday, December 17. 2021
Thursday, December 16. 2021
Wednesday, December 15. 2021
A good Christmas present for people who are interested in what birds are up to: The Bird Academy
It's from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, so it is serious.
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