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Thursday, December 1. 2022Thursday morning linksEU Threatens Musk With Twitter Ban Over Content Moderation Into the Paddy Wagon: Ireland Imposing Up to 5-Year Prison Term for 'Hate Speech' Elon Musk Was Right About “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” BLM Narrative – “The Whole Thing Was A Fiction” Taibbi: Be it Resolved: Don't Trust Mainstream Media Bachelor’s degrees have become optional for more jobs across industries Liberal media say we should stop covering crime, because it’s hurting Dems EUROPE’S DOWNWARD ENERGY SPIRAL Wednesday, November 30. 2022Wednesday morning linksWhat is the largest squid in the world? Apple Can’t Ignore Its Giant China Problem Law-Abiding Americans Had "Strong Appetite" For Guns On Black Friday France: A man won the legal right to not be 'fun' at work after refusing to embrace 'excessive alcoholism' and 'promiscuity' Every party needs a pooper Netherlands seizing, closing thousands of farms to fight climate change How Christians Became a Minority in the UK Political Hobbyism Has Entered the Workplace. A new style of activism in the white-collar workplace is reshaping corporate life. Elon Musk’s Twitter Team Begins Process of Reinstating 62,000 Suspended Accounts The Bureaucracy’s Democrat Majority Made America A One-Party Government Election Predictions and Other Mistakes
Tuesday, November 29. 2022Tuesday morning linksWaiting for Thanksgiving dinner at a Bronx orphanage How was the universe created? Begun again, the lobster wars have Is this the last Christmas for Sears? CNN: Daylight savings time is racist The Babylon Bee Publishes a Hysterical Spoof of a College English Course Description. Oh, Wait! Zero Republican professors found across 33 departments at seven universities New Twitter Sign-Ups Hit All-Time Record Despite Cancel Campaign This Is CNN: Ex-CIA Wonk Explains the Dangers of Free Speech New York Times notices 'political violence' and blames...Republicans Biden was unpopular with voters, but Trump dragged his party down just as much Trump Demands Kari Lake Be 'Installed' as Ariz. Governor What? From the outset of his political career, Donald Trump has compelled observers to continually revisit and thereby complicate their initial reactions to his seemingly straightforward and self-destructive displays. Millions of Ukrainians are without power as winter bites: Households facing bleak few months without light, water or heat as temperatures plummet Dutch Government to Shut Down 3,000 Farms to Comply with Global Warming Goals – As Food Prices See Highest Increase in Decades Monday, November 28. 2022Monday morning linksA new study says time spent with dogs increases brain activity in the prefrontal cortex Finding peace in the countryside No, you just find more work ACLU of Virginia Tweets “You Are On Native Land” For Some Reason CNN Calls Freedom of Speech 'Nonsense' ‘Living hell’ and the destruction of academic freedom UNREAL New Images Emerge From Chinese 'Zero COVID' Techno-Hell China To Double Coal-Fired Power Plant Capacity…Aims to Avoid European, US Blunders
Sunday, November 27. 2022From today's Lectionary
Matthew 24:36-44 24:36 "But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 24:37 For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 24:38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark, 24:39 and they knew nothing until the flood came and swept them all away, so too will be the coming of the Son of Man. 24:40 Then two will be in the field; one will be taken and one will be left. 24:41 Two women will be grinding meal together; one will be taken and one will be left. 24:42 Keep awake therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. 24:43 But understand this: if the owner of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. 24:44 Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour. Saturday, November 26. 2022The Classic Thanksgiving left-over turkey sandwich, plus turkey stockTurkey Hash is pretty good, and so is turkey soup (for which I am boiling a stock from one of the carcasses right now with water, onions, garlic, celery, parsley, herbs, etc - we fight over the carcasses and bones like jackals), but the main reason people in my family cook so many turkeys at Thanksgivings is for the sandwiches for a few days after. Here's how I make them: White bread Squoosh the sides of bread together, and cut in half with a sharp knife. Then eat with a glass of beer. Delicious. Then take a little nap. How I make turkey stock: Throw into a large stock pot a whole or chopped turkey carcass, leg bones, wings, etc. Not a bad idea to break the bones with a cleaver and/or to roast the carcass first so some of the bones brown. Cover with water. Take a bunch of celery, carrots, onions and garlic. Chop very roughly with skins on - do not peel - and sautee in butter or cooking oil until browned. (The skins add color and flavor) Then toss them into the pot. Add some cut-up raw potatoes, skins on. Throw in some salt, whole peppercorns. Then parsley, thyme, a little sage and marjoram. A little sugar. A bottle of white wine in there is optional. Simmer for 5-8 hours, adding water as needed. Then strain. That's a tasty turkey stock. It's man-cooking. Saturday morning links"Decolonizing" science The Cancer Stories You Never Hear. I'm often asked why I would spend my career focused on the unpredictable, unrelenting misery of cancer. Here's why. Is obesity imposed on victims by nefarious outside forces? Reefer Madness: Demand for Illegal Pot Soars in California Due to High Taxes Jury awards $645,837 to Auburn professor demoted for criticizing lax degree standards Kling: I can get annoyed "A country of zero freedom, low social mobility, social credit scores, and constant government surveillance? Who the heck, even among the revolutionary wokester crowd, is openly calling for a Chinese model for their own countries?" Friday, November 25. 2022Ages 2-94
Two turkeys as usual. Lots of leftovers. This is the one on the grill, cooked over firewood:
Continue reading "Ages 2-94" Friday morning linksAmerica: "We are a country founded on violence." Elon Musk Announces ‘General Amnesty’ for Suspended Twitter Accounts and the Left Has Another Meltdown FAUCI: I’M A BUREAUCRAT, NOT A SCIENTIST ‘We don’t know the motive yet but DeSantis and the right are to blame for gay nightclub shooting’ A Manifesto Has Been Found On The Walmart Shooter’s Phone – You Probably Won’t See Or Hear About This From The Corporate Media Colorado Club Shooter is Non-Binary, Uses They/Them Pronouns, and Addressed as ‘Mx.’ The left’s narrative is gone…again. NBC's "disinformation" reporter lives up to his title Biden: “The Idea We Still Allow Semi-Automatic Weapons To Be Purchased Is Sick”… Huge Swathes Of Ukraine Without Power & Water After New Russian Strikes Italians Who Refuse Job Offers Will Have Social Benefits Revoked, Meloni Warns Thursday, November 24. 2022Thanksgiving hymnThanksgiving - the one real American holiday, a serious holiday, a Christian holiday that non-Christians can easily appreciate, the best holiday of the year. For at least one day each year, let's count our blessings and put aside our gripes and disappointments. Wednesday, November 23. 2022Wednesday morning linksIs this really the only portrait of William Shakespeare made in his lifetime? Unveiling of an early 17th-century painting has caused a stir—but what does the evidence say? Looks like him to me Astrobiologists concerned about imperialistic consequences of galactic exploration Unraveling Autism's Complex Genetic Roots- A new Columbia study finds sixty genes associated with the condition, including mild forms of ASD. Canadian Government Literally Proposes State Execution of Living Babies NBC acknowledges myocarditis link to COVID-19 vaccines Did young people ever need the vaccine? Is this like government-controlled credit cards? Or what? Elon Musk Teaches Leftwing Activists That Actions Have Consequences Podcast: How Dubious Racism Accusations Brought Down the Guggenheim Museum’s Top Curator Kings and Queens and Guillotines - Robespierre’s spirit has possessed the “progressive” left. And a civil exorcism is our last best hope for saving the Republic. " Hunter Biden's Laptop Is Still Real. The Russian disinfo lie “was not the idle speculation of a few ex-spooks. It [justified] in real time… the most chilling episode of state-directed private-sector censorship in U.S. history”" Tuesday, November 22. 2022Two holiday treatsTuesday morning links
The Climate Cons Biden’s lunatic bid to pay ‘poor nations’ for ‘climate reparations’ Why is America provoking China? A New Age of American Politics - It’s time to hit ballot harvesting hard or die trying. Not Even Ron DeSantis Can Stop Donald J. Trump for President. No one is going to stop President Trump when no one could stop candidate Trump. Monday, November 21. 2022Gratitude
The tradition of Thanksgiving Day has its roots in the 1620 Pilgrim settlement in Plymouth, MA. Those people had little to be grateful for, by our comfortable standards: They arrived in November, late in the season, because the Mayflower's companion ship, the Speedwell, had to reverse course to England so the leaky Mayflower accompanied them back. Imperfect navigation and bad weather had them sighting land on Cape Cod instead of the small Dutch trading post which would later become New Amsterdam, now New York City. They tried twice to head south, but November storms drove them back north. During the first winter 45 of the 72 passengers on the Mayflower died. Men, women, and children. A lonely Squanto, who was a Godsend to the Pilgrims (few of whom were farmers, I think) died in 1622. He spoke English, having been sold in slavery in Spain, later taken to England. When he returned to North America, he found his entire tribal group dead from European diseases spread by explorers or Portuguese fishermen. (The large Indian farms were the ones that the Pilgrims took over.) Their investors got screwed and the Pilgrims were in serious debt. Their London company, the Merchant Adventurers, hoped for good returns from timber, fur, and dried fish. Nope, never happened. Might well have happened had they arrived at the Hudson River. Those investors were unhappy. Surely those Pilgrims were grateful for food, but for what else? I think gratitude was just bred in their bones. I would not compare them to Job, but it was rough. Good summary: WHY WAS LIFE SO HARD FOR THE PILGRIMS?
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Monday morning linksHOW SHUTDOWNS DEVASTATED YOUNG PEOPLE, CONTINUED Co-Opting Toronto’s Public Education System in the Name of Social Justice Activism - Why Canada’s largest school board is seeking to administer an ideologically skewed census to its students. All New York Schools Must Ditch Their Native American Mascots by the End of the Academic Year More than 1,000 professors sign on to ‘Stanford Academic Freedom Declaration’ A sex war is coming. American politics is being shaped by the AWFLs Female Molotov Cocktail Lawyer Sentenced To Only 15 Months in Jail Spectator: Not Even Ron DeSantis Can Stop Donald J. Trump for President. No one is going to stop President Trump when no one could stop candidate Trump. ‘Anti-racist’ professor calls Herschel Walker ‘subliterate,’ uses racial slur Sunday, November 20. 2022From today's LectionaryLuke 23:33-43 23:33 When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. 23:34 Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing." And they cast lots to divide his clothing. 23:35 And the people stood by, watching; but the leaders scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah of God, his chosen one!" 23:36 The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine, 23:37 and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!" 23:38 There was also an inscription over him, "This is the King of the Jews." 23:39 One of the criminals who were hanged there kept deriding him and saying, "Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!" 23:40 But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 23:41 And we indeed have been condemned justly, for we are getting what we deserve for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong." 23:42 Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." 23:43 He replied, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise." Saturday, November 19. 2022Our favorite cranberry relishIt's not just for turkey. I have a friend who will not eat chicken without it. Excellent with pheasant too. This has a zippy flavor: No-cook cranberry sauce. How Wild Turkeys Took Over New EnglandYou'd be hard-pressed to find a turkey in the Northeast 50 years ago. Now hundreds of thousands roam suburbs where they thrill and bully residents.
Saturday morning linksDoes physical reality objectively exist? We think of physical reality as what objectively exists, independent of any observer. But relativity and quantum physics say otherwise. Not Satire: The City of San Francisco to pay trans citizens $1,200 a month in guaranteed income Texas A&M professor challenges faculty hiring program that excludes whites and Asians German Public TV Compares Elon Musk To Goebbels Elizabeth Holmes has been sentenced to over 11 years in prison Massachusetts sued for secretly installing tracking apps on phones Big Tech Is Furious Andrew Tate Is Exposing The Great Reset Spectator: Early-Vote Malignancy Metastasized in Midterm Elections Thermal Drone Video Shows Massive Group of Illegal Aliens Marching Like Soldiers Into Private Property in Eagle Pass, Texas Friday, November 18. 2022Do any of our readers hunt Bobwhite Quail?I've shot my share of Bob Whites, but no wild birds. Just stocked or fresh out of the pen. Fun, but not the real deal. I have seen (and heard) wild ones on Cape Cod and Long Island. I've eaten them too - boned and stuffed with foie gras. Amazing. Here's the issue with Bob Whites: In most of their range, their numbers have crashed over the past 20-30 years because of I read the the numbers of wild birds is greatest in Oklahoma, but I think Florida has plenty too. You can spend a lot of money to hunt quail in Georgia on multi-thousand-acre quail plantations like this place. These places keep their bird populations up with a steady stream of pen-raised stock to keep the shooters happy. Not really wild but more of a simulacrum of quail hunting. After all, old-time hunting was not sport. It was food. Some links: Identifying Bobwhite Quail Habitat' Northern bobwhites hold a special place in Georgia’s outdoor culture and wildlife heritage. Quest For Georgia Quail - Lots of effort goes into managing for Georgia quail. Easy to raise Bob White quail. You need an incubator, but the eggs are cheap. ($500/1000 eggs).
Friday morning linksHere's a List of 58 Gender Options for Facebook Users TGIF: SBF. FTX. WTF! Why Everything in Tech Seems to Be Collapsing at Once "This Is Unprecedented": Enron Liquidator Overseeing FTX Bankruptcy Speechless: "I Have Never Seen Anything Like This" Not Beyond Coal: Despite Latest IEA Report, China and India Are Building More Coal Plants Guardian: John Fetterman shows how Democrats can win back working-class Trump voters Thursday, November 17. 2022Thursday morning linksSpectator: With the vintage car enthusiasts at Lime Rock. A usually quiet town in Connecticut finds autos roaring around the racetrack When Students Lack Peer-to-Peer Connections, They Self-Censor Your Children Belong To The State. “But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” — George Orwell ‘Internalized racism’ to blame for black prosecutors’ treatment of black criminals: study Chuck Schumer Calls For Amnesty For Illegals Because Americans Are 'Not Reproducing' Shocker! WaPo Sheepishly Admits the FBI Found No Nuclear Secrets, or Anything Else, in Mar-a-Lago Raid Wednesday, November 16. 2022Wednesday morning linksCoolest high school science class ever takes students hunting Young people who detransition describe death threats, doxxing, intimidation, and being accused of 'genocide' from the 'cult-like' transgender community VDH's (free) course on American Citizenship Sick Profit: Investigating Private Equity’s Stealthy Takeover of Health Care Across Cities and Specialties Trans: THE TIMES HAS SECOND THOUGHTS DeSantis gets rapturous reception as he outlines how his Florida blueprint could work across US – moments before Trump takes to stage It’s Time For Donald Trump To Redirect His Talent And Energy The media shoehorn old Trump news into the new Trump news. GOP leaders, donors and even his former chief-of-staff slam Trump's decision to run in 2024 saying voters have 'rejected crazy' and it's 'time for a change' after party's woeful midterms performance Tuesday, November 15. 2022Identify this plantOn a roadside in Colorado last week
Tuesday morning linksMan Who Lost Everything In Crypto Just Wishes Several Thousand More People Had Warned Him Single-tasking: the power of focusing on one task at a time Tattoos are child abuse, but gender affirming surgery is not Ken Kesey and the Rush to Deinstitutionalization. Whatever the literary strengths of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, the book has done much to harm both the mentally ill and their communities. Report: More Than 400 Private Jets Flew In For UN Climate Conference… Fake Indian goes on the warpath against Republicans Don Surber: “Life After Trump” VDH: Tragically Trump - Will Trump rest on his considerable laurels and ride out gracefully to Mar-a-Lago? Or will he choose the tragic hero path? Iranian Parliament votes in favor of executing 15,000 women's rights protestors
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