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Tuesday, August 2. 2022Munching on LemonsMy Mom called me The Little Lemon-eater. I still like to eat lemons, whether slices or quarters, skin and all. Apparently some people like to put some salt on the pieces too. I need to try that. Eating Raw Lemons Is a Surprisingly Common Habit. We Find Out Why. The best lemons I have ever had were in Sicily, just off the tree. Larger than supermarket lemons, but thinner pith. After they have been cooked with something they are good too, maybe even better. With some fish of course, roast chicken, and also veal scallopini or, back to Sicilian food, roast piglet. Piglet + lemon is a good combo. Try it sometime if you have a spare piglet around.
Tuesday morning linksDr. Gustav Zander's Victorian-Era Exercise Machines The Earth Just Started Spinning Faster Than Ever Before And Scientists Don't Know Why Constitution Grove — the Navy’s White Oak Forest on a High Tech Base Court Documents Reveal Canada’s Travel Ban Had No Scientific Basis NY Times: Democrats Should Be Afraid of Parents, Very Afraid. “The @nytimes is so afraid of parents and how we will vote this November they decided to write a hit piece on us. Great sign.” “GREEN” IS UNSUSTAINABLE Victor Davis Hanson: Does GOP Get To Play By Radical Left's New Rules? Monday, August 1. 2022Old IronsidesA detailed tour of the frigate USS Constitution:
Tipping
Barber, delivery guy, food service person, lawn guys, garbage guys. And the Dunkin Donuts staff. It makes everybody feel good. That applies to the US. It's different in Europe, where they often apply a service fee. Who knows who gets that money? In Europe, tip like a miser even if you feel otherwise.
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Monday morning linksWhy California has wild zebras. The zebras were originally part of a newspaper tycoon's private zoo. Now they roam the San Simeon grasslands, growing in numbers. California condor: How conservationists rescued a bird that was lost in time. Once numbering just 27 birds, the global population of California condors is now in the hundreds. Juul Saved My Life. So why is the government waging war on a product that helps smokers like me? BIDEN TESTS POSITIVE AGAIN Yes, that happens Mainstream journalists have adopted what critics are calling a “don’t say gay” approach to covering the monkeypox outbreak in the United States. Priorities: U.S. Military Base Is Hosting a Drag Show Court Rejects Google's Attempt to Dismiss Rumble's Antitrust Lawsuit, Ensuring Vast Discovery. An unusual and significant court ruling entitles YouTube's main competitor, Rumble, to obtain long-hidden internal documents on Google's search engine manipulations. Biden Taking 3:10 to Yuma, Finishing Trumps Border Wall on the Sly in Arizona Germany: Hanover City Turns Off Hot Water As Russia Slashes Gas Supply Great Idea For U.S. Energy Policy: Let's Follow The Example Of Germany! Sunday, July 31. 2022How does he do this?
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From today's LectionaryEcclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23 1:2 Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. 1:12 I, the Teacher, when king over Israel in Jerusalem, 1:13 applied my mind to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven; it is an unhappy business that God has given to human beings to be busy with. 1:14 I saw all the deeds that are done under the sun; and see, all is vanity and a chasing after wind. 2:18 I hated all my toil in which I had toiled under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to those who come after me 2:19 --and who knows whether they will be wise or foolish? Yet they will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity. 2:20 So I turned and gave my heart up to despair concerning all the toil of my labors under the sun, 2:21 because sometimes one who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave all to be enjoyed by another who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil. 2:22 What do mortals get from all the toil and strain with which they toil under the sun? 2:23 For all their days are full of pain, and their work is a vexation; even at night their minds do not rest. This also is vanity. Saturday, July 30. 2022Grilled Corn (aka Maize)Best way to eat this grain. I like to grill it with the husk on until the husk is burnt, but the Central Americans tend to grill it with husk off. Done right, no butter needed - but salt always. This grain was genetically-engineered in Central American centuries ago. Agronomists have made it sweeter now. Saturday morning linksShould We Consider Aging a Disease? THE TRANS FIASCO: WILL THERE BE AN ACCOUNTING? Why is Critical Race Theory so threatening to white people? Federal Lawsuit Accuses Sesame Place Philadelphia of 'Appalling' Discrimination Baby formula crisis WORSENS as out-of-stock levels hit 70%: Parents accuse Biden of forgetting about them and mom struggling to feed twins says 'I'm sure these politicians' babies eat' Imagine if Trump were Pres. now Dalrymple: How much to care about public affairs? Not a National Model—a National Warning. Gavin Newsom’s bravado about California is undermined by reality. Spectator: Bring on the Democrats’ ‘ultra MAGA’ strategy, If they want to back right-wing candidates, have at it UKRAINE WAR: The (Not Quite) God's-Eye View, Five Months In Germany darkens cities, turn down thermostats and considers shutting down breweries to deal with energy shortage Trump was right - they are too dependant on Russia. Not to worry because they will never shut down breweries. 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
Have any readers given it a try?
Deracinate
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.
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