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Wednesday, March 22. 2023Oliver Sacks on musicHis folksy talk begins at around the 12-min. mark. He is right about dementia and music.
Wednesday morning linksWhite People Drinking Coffee Perpetuates 'Pillar of White Supremacist Capitalism' Insect farming is immoral? “I actually think it's super liberating to feel like I’m not responsible for my weight," said Prof. Brennhofer University president ‘steps back’ from duties after dubious indigenous ancestry claims Why are literacy rates for San Francisco's black children so low and what can be done to fix it? The Hollow Return of American Manufacturing - American factories might come back but the middle class won’t follow Politico isn't quite sure about the Constitution anymore Blinken Declares a Ceasefire Illegal NSC Communications Director John Kirby Says War Should Continue Because a Ceasefire Would Favor Putin President BILL CLINTON Paid Paula Jones $850,000 To Shut Up About Sexual Harassment Charges While He Was In Middle Of Impeachment Hearings For Affair With 19-Yr-Old Intern...Why Was He Never Arrested? Ugandan President Blasts Western Countries For Promoting LGBT In Africa Tuesday, March 21. 2023Fun with CellosTuesday morning linksAcademia is adrift in a sea of low standards. The demand to make classes easier comes at a time when classes are as easy as they ever have been. Illegal immigration to cost New Yorkers $10 billion in 2023, US $150B Miami Beach mayor declares state of emergency - "We don't want spring break in our city" Manhattan prosecutor's office reportedly 'in chaos' Russian Hoax to the 10th Power Is the Way To Describe Prosecution of Trump. The political left will go to any means to stop Trump from becoming president again. Tenured Professor Amy Wax, Under Siege for ‘Truth Telling’ on Race, Makes Her Case. Can the tenure system at America’s universities survive the campaign of a critic of academia’s reigning ideology? MacDonald: The Great Abdication - In California, public officials now favor the lawless and deviant over the law-abiding and hardworking. France's government survives no-confidence votes and controversial pension reforms will move ahead I don't understand. Who gets pensions in France? South Africa update Monday, March 20. 2023Spring Can Really Hang You Up the MostSelf vs. God: The Lord's PrayerBody fat and fitnessIt's good to be fit, trim, strong, with good endurance. It's not so easy in middle age, and clearly many or most people don't care. That's OK. We have posted about this a number of times: How to Lose Body Fat: The Science-Backed Ways That Actually Work It's funny that, a few generations ago, being heavy was a sign of prosperity in the Western World. Today, it's sort-of the opposite. Weight has curiously become politicized the same as a messy house or kitchen. This lady claims that fat is not your fault. In some sense, that is true because some people are better at discerning what is enough. Fact is, in first world cultures, it takes surprisingly little food to be fit and healthy. Recreational and emotional eating are real things.
Monday morning linksAmerica's feral hog problem about to get worse A Jolly Good Scoundrel - Three Cheers for Harry Flashman! Half Of California Lifted Out Of Drought; Flooding Now A Concern As More Rain Looms Was Leonardo's mother a slave? Oxfam 'Inclusivity' Guide Tells Staff To Avoid Using 'Offensive' Words Like 'Mother', 'People' and 'Headquarters' Black Lives Matter and Related Causes Received Nearly $83 Billion from Corporations DEI director fired after rejecting ‘woke’ ideology speaks out: ‘I’m not going quietly’ Stanford Students Who Shouted Down Judge Demand Their Names and Photos be Removed From News Reports Silicon Valley Bank Was on Federal Reserve’s Radar For More Than a Year – Fed Reserve of San Francisco Issued Six Citations and Flagged Bank as Ticking Time Bomb Joe Biden has been a corrupt politician for a long time, probably decades. Keeping Up with the Bankman-Frieds INSIDE STANFORD’S DISGRACE: JUDGE DUNCAN SPEAKS Elon Musk says Trump will win ‘landslide victory’ if indicted Sunday, March 19. 2023Law school cancel cultureWhy do they behave like chidren? Menu
My main point is about the cheese board. They bring it around on a dolly with an expert cheese server, and you point to which ones you want to try. I need to do a post about the cheese course in nice dining because it is my favorite.
From today's LectionaryPsalm 23 23:1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. 23:2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; 23:3 he restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for his name's sake. 23:4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff-- they comfort me. 23:5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD my whole life long. Saturday, March 18. 2023Saving BritainOne of Germany's biggest mistakes was to declare war on the US: Video - The Battle of the Atlantic. At that point, there were German subs just outside NYC and Boston harbors, and inside Long Island Sound.
Saturday morning linksA visit to the National World War II Museum is both sad and uplifting “Storing spices in coordinated glass jars and color-coordinating dozens of sprinkles containers may seem trivial. But tidiness is tangled up with status, and messiness is loaded with assumptions about personal responsibility and respectability,” the professor stated. The Biden administration's push to normalize medical gender changes for kids flies in the face of new science, public opinion, red state laws and European allies Deposit Insurance and Moral Hazard - Even great economists seem confused. The rich are eating themselves. The oligarchs are playing a dangerous game by pouring trillions into woke causes. Where the money went: The Bidens and Biden associates who received Chinese cash Friday, March 17. 2023Silicon Valley Bank MELTDOWN ExplainedFriday morning linksHow 17th C people made ale and beer - Youtube video THE MORAL CASE AGAINST EQUITY LANGUAGE - What’s a “justice-involved person”? Public Health prof tells students abortions are necessary because children cause 'economic hardship' Seven campus hate hoaxes exposed so far in 2023 THE GREAT NEOCON FREAKOUT BLM Shakedown Raked In Billions; This Group Tracked the $$$ House Oversight Receives Bank Records Showing Biden Family Paid by Chinese Energy Company Dems Are Livid at Biden for Approving Alaska Oil Drilling Project More Than Half of Democrats Say Their Lives Will Never Return to Pre-Pandemic Normal TGIF: Death of the Tech Bro - RIP SVB, Facebook NFTs, 10,000 Meta employees. And say hello to reparations in San Francisco. France just raised the retirement age by two years and people are furious What does "retirement age" mean in France? Social Security-type thing? Italy Won't Bow To Powerful Elites In Favor Of Open Borders, Insists Meloni
Thursday, March 16. 2023Thursday morning linksEagle pizza delivery Wellesley College Students Vote to Admit Trans Men and Nonbinary Applicants Climate Crisis? What Climate Crisis? Arkansas makes it easier for teens to work. Heads explode Joe Biden Claims a Child Wrote to Him About the ‘Gender Wage Gap' Democrats Fear the Truth About Biden’s 2024 Presidential Run. A re-election campaign is a manifestly bad idea, but members of his party are too cowardly to admit it. How Brandon Johnson Broke Through to Chicago’s Mayoral Runoff. After a decade of organizing, the city’s teachers’ union could elect one of its own as mayor. UN Secretary-General: ‘For Well Over a Millennium, Islam’s Message of Peace Has Inspired People’ Ron DeSantis is flat out wrong on Ukraine and the role US should play Wednesday, March 15. 2023More on Squats vs. Deadlifts
I only do one set of 6 of each weekly. Or weakly. Not body-building, but it is body-maintenance. I do increase the weights periodically so I am not going backwards. I find the barbell squats more challenging, and appreciate having a spotter behind me when I approach my limit. With deads, of course, you can just drop the bar if you have to. I love the sound of dropped barbells in the morning. Deadlift vs. Squat: Muscles Worked, Benefits, and Strength Ratio
Wednesday morning linksWoke colleges are literally driving students mad Rufo: Exposing the DEI Scam Victoria's Secret Will Return With a Fashion Show This Fall, This Time Featuring "Size Diversity," Refugees, Transgenders, and... Megan Rapinoe Hormones First. Research Later - A Review of Hannah Barnes’s ‘Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock’s Gender Service for Children‘ Associated Press frets about young adults choosing work over college Newark, NJ scammed into signing a sister city agreement with a fake country Sheesh The One Key Question No Justice Asked in the Harvard/UNC Affirmative Action Case - Harvard and UNC's defense is based on the perceived need for racial diversity; but how do they justify treating "Hispanic" as a Racial Classification Is a heckler's veto free speech? San Francisco Board of Supervisors Reviews Reparations Plan: $5 Million Per Black Person Why did Biden family receive millions in wires from China? Biden Fails to Explain How His 'Plan to Reduce Gun Violence' Will Stop Criminals Asia's Biggest Sources Of Electricity By Country China Brokers a Deal in the Middle East Xi JinPing Assumes Peacemaker Role while US is Absent on World Stage – Xi to Speak with Zelensky Next Week After Discussions with Putin Tuesday, March 14. 2023The pursuit of happiness
Really, Scott Adams is preaching here (at about the 40-minute point) about how to make your life good, or better. It is not very much about race.
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Nor'easterNew England is enjoying a gentle and lovely Nor'easter today. Breezy and snowy, but not violent at all and it does not really qualify as a "storm." It's weather, not "bad weather." Why, one might ask, are cyclones travelling to the northeast named after winds coming from the northeast? Well, it's because the winds in the cyclone blowing up from the southeest are usually offshore as the storm, as these typically do, travels up the coast. Image below from this site. Offshore, therefore, the winds are more likely to be from the southwest - wet winds. However, a Sou'wester is any southwest wind. The big cyclonic storm are still called Nor'easters, as in Perfect Storm. Here's a real Sou'wester (the hat): Tuesday morning linksThe Greatest Lie Told During Covid Surprise: No COVID Surge This Winter Fauci Has No Idea Why People Are Mad At Him Latest existential threat to the climate: Bullwinkle Greta Thunberg deletes 2018 tweet saying world will end in 2023 after world does not end There's No Such Thing as 'Healthy Obesity' Turns out any overweight is relatively unhealthy U.K. House of Commons refuses to protect private prayer and consensual conversations Welsh Govt Says Statues Of "Old White Men" Should Be Removed, May Cause "Offense" To Britain's Diverse Population Wales? Aren't their immigrants voluntary? What if they want Welsh culture? Office therapy: Banks and law firms offer counselling as a staff perk Why the Mental Health of Liberal Girls Sank First and Fastest Jonathan Turley Tears Into Stanford Law School After They Dig Deeper Hole Crybullies. They need emotional support? Manufacturers, Customers Lash Out at Biden’s ‘Climate Friendly’ Washing Machine Regulations In ‘victory for free speech,’ Cornell to host climate change debate Should be fun Nothing to see here - Just 1,000 migrants storming a port of entry in El Paso DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY - DHS Just Turned 20. It's Time To Abolish It. 87 permits, 1,000 days of meetings and $500,000 in fees: How bureaucracy fuels S.F.’s housing crisis The Harrowing Tale of a Six-Year-Old's Gender Transition DePaul Students Seek to Ban Student Religious Group As “Non-Affirming” of LGBTQ Rights Genderqueer Witch Conducts Teacher Training Colin Kaepernick Accuses Parents Who Adopted Him and Loved Him of Racism THE AGE OF AMERICAN NAVAL DOMINANCE IS OVER. The United States has ceded the oceans to its enemies. We can no longer take freedom of the seas for granted. Monday, March 13. 2023More about silver in the dishwasherArnold KlingHe offers a summary of his career. One quote:
Monday morning linksWomen In Berlin Allowed To Go Topless At Public Pools Stanford Law Students Scream at Federal Appellate Judge, Call Him ‘Scum,’ After He Is Invited To Speak at Prestigious School - ‘You’ve invited me to speak here, and I’ve been heckled nonstop,’ the judge tells the seething crowd as a dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion denounces him for causing ‘pain.’ Stanford APOLOGIZES after pious dean of 'equity' joined her woke student mob in taunting a Trump-appointed judge who was invited to speak on campus Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger are terrorists Liberal feminist Naomi Wolf apologizes to conservatives, Republicans, and MAGA LA Times blames white drivers for polluting the air breathed by ‘people of color’ NYC Mayor Eric Adams Now Wants Taxpayers to Send Illegal Immigrants to College VA House Stops Democrats From Putting A Right To Partial-Birth Abortion In The State Constitution The rapid collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has stunned the venture capital and start-up community, but its fate had been sealed almost two years earlier ANNNNNND . . . IT’S A BAILOUT Sunday, March 12. 2023Life in America: Cooking like a pretend French chefMrs. BD had a tough week with four days and nights of meetings in NYC, then moving my in-laws to a new elderly place an hour away from here in the last 2 days (boxes and boxes of stuff, then computers, lamps, comfy chairs, pictures, and more boxes, big TVs, moving guys, hospital bed, etc). So I asked her what might please her tonight. She said "Funny you ask, cuz Beef Bourguignon was on my mind". I like making stews, so ok. I make these things on the fly, no measurements. Always works. French chef taught me to cook soup and stew by instinct and taste. It should be ready by the time she gets home from the old folk's home tonight. Yes, I did send my father-in-law some more nice vino to keep the old guy happy. The wines they serve at the old folks home are disgusting, and old guys need the wine for good cheer. The left-overs are even better.
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