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Tuesday, September 21. 2021Handling rough seas
The sea wants to kill you. I believe I have better feel in sail than in power. Related, How different hull types react in rough water
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Autumn bird migration
As in Spring, small birds (Passerines and the like) migrate at night. For birders, the cool thing in Fall are the hawk, eagle, and, to some extent, owl migrations. They are daytime migrants. Our breeding Ospreys left last week, headed mostly for the Caribbean. Actually, not sure about how owls move south but they do not do extensive migrations. Tuesday morning linksAt Quillette: Can we have sex back? The folly of Woke Math New York City high school issues useless diplomas for all INEVITABLY: Texas women in New York restaurant vaccine brawl say race a factor. They assaulted an Asian server How Clinton invented Trump-Russia Indictment of Campaign Lawyer Demonstrates How Hillary Clinton Is The Most Systemically Manipulative Politician Of Our Lifetime. Hillary Clinton opreatives perpetrated a massive Russia-collusion fraud on the American public which not only manipulated the 2016 election process but also froze the Trump presidency and nearly paralyzed the nation politically for years. Is Larry Elder in the KKK? Z Man via Taki:
VDH: The Afghanistization of America - We are doing our best to become a Third-World country of incompetency, constitutional erosion, a fractious and politicized military elite, and racially and ethnically obsessed warring tribes. Illegal Immigrants Rush to Mexico From Texas Camp to Avoid Deportations "It is almost as if President Franklin D. Roosevelt had stuffed his entire New Deal into one piece of legislation, or if President Lyndon B. Johnson had done the same with his Great Society, instead of pushing through individual components over several years." Monday, September 20. 2021Volcano du Jour
Live, from La Palma
Monday morning linksThe hexagon shape and why it shows up so much in nature “I Guess We’re a Cult”: How the Stand-Up World Will Remember Norm Macdonald Why the Culture Wars in Schools Are Worse Than Ever Before. The history of education battles — from fights over evolution to critical race theory — shows why the country’s divisions are growing Teaching that math is ‘racist’ will taint the field for everyone, including those who need it most. Almost one-third of all working-age men in America aren’t doing diddly-squat. The Indictment of Hillary Clinton's Lawyer is an Indictment of the Russiagate Wing of U.S. Media Is California a failed state? So how did 15,000 Haitians suddenly find their way to Del Rio, Texas? Joe Manchin Is Realizing That His Party’s Spending Plans Are Absurd Even Mainstream Sunday Shows Slam Biden's Blunders AOC Introduces Amendment To Halt U.S. Arms Sale To Israel… Sunday, September 19. 2021From today's LectionaryMark 9:30-37 9:30 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. He did not want anyone to know it; 9:31 for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him, and three days after being killed, he will rise again." 9:32 But they did not understand what he was saying and were afraid to ask him. 9:33 Then they came to Capernaum; and when he was in the house he asked them, "What were you arguing about on the way?" 9:34 But they were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another who was the greatest. 9:35 He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, "Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all." 9:36 Then he took a little child and put it among them; and taking it in his arms, he said to them, 9:37 "Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me." Saturday, September 18. 2021A few Saturday morning linksRestaurants Remove Crab From Menus Due To Skyrocketing Prices China’s Hottest New Rental Service: Men Who Actually Listen Los Angeles classroom is decorated with poster saying 'F**k the police' and 'F**k America', as well as BLM, transgender and gay pride flags - while Old Glory is slung over piece of furniture That is sicko Princeton freshmen forced to view video about university’s ‘systemic racism’ English Opera Fires 14 White Musicians for Having Wrong Skin Color Five Facts on Community College in America Clarence Thomas identifies the greatest danger in America Surge of Haitians at the border shows Team Biden really has no clue what to do Afghan refugees: Georgia is Getting 1,000 Afghans Dumped On It Friday, September 17. 2021A few Friday morning linksEight Reasons to Love the US Constitution Why ‘Free’ Community College Is a Bad Idea Harvard/Northeastern study: Women now account for nearly half of all new gun owners Milley: China Calls 'Perfectly' Within Scope of Job Fresh proof the Russiagate ‘scandal’ was created by the Hillary Clinton campaign Recall Reflections - Gavin Newsom’s victory in California is more of a reality check for the Republican Party than an endorsement of progressive policies. Thursday, September 16. 2021Thursday morning links
The detectives untangling the global supply chain ‘Consume and cover,’ ‘quick sip rule’: Harvard wants students to eat, drink with mask on Leaked Zoom Video Reveals Hospital Officials Discussing COVID-19 Scare Tactics Woke Colleges Have No Tolerance for Freedom or White People WaPo: Climate anxiety in youth After a pandemic pause, momentum in behavioral genetics is once again building, threatening to undermine confidence in the conventional woke wisdom. Wednesday, September 15. 2021Wednesday morning linksA few sips of Generations 80 Years Old from Glenlivet Distillery No, there will be no Wooly Mammoths Meta-dishonesty Can better schools significantly improve the academic performance of minority kids?, I think that the answer is unequivocally yes. As US Schools Prioritize Diversity Over Merit, China Is Becoming the World’s STEM Leader Europe’s Climate Lesson for America. As wind power flags, energy prices are soaring amid fuel shortages. As Biden Says Islam is Peaceful, D.C. Imam Calls for Jihad Tuesday, September 14. 2021Stanford WhiteHis name came up in conversation this weekend and I figured Bulldog would have included his famous arch in Washington Square in our urban hike plans. I'm wondering whether there might be other White buildings near our hike. White was a bad guy by today's standards but nobody complains about his architecture. He had a crazy, reckless life (and dramatic death), but nobody at McKim, Mead, and White made an issue of it. It's not clear to me whether his wife cared either. Despite his behavior, he was friends with everybody including Mark Twain. Yes, he did design Rosecliff in Newport (been there?) and tons of other appealing places:
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Tuesday morning linksThe difference between climate and weather, and why models fail STAY HOME, PEONS! Over 240,000 fully-vaccinated Ivy League students and staff will be masking indoors this semester Tyrannizing The Common Good - The contemporary liberal and libertarian tend in their reactions to Covid-19 and public health mandates towards two sides of the same error. North Korean defector slams ‘woke’ US schools Top earning New Yorkers and Californians could face 60% combined tax rate, while the top rate of corporate tax would be raised to 26.5% - higher than communist China - under House Democrats' bill to fund $3.5trillion spending plans Americans Spent More on Taxes in 2020 Than on Food, Clothing, Healthcare and Entertainment Combined Blinken Blames Trump for Biden's Failure to Develop an Afghanistan Withdrawal Plan
Monday, September 13. 2021A few Monday morning linksA Few Words about 9-11, by Dr. Krauthammer Dalrymple: What We Have to Lose. Our civilization is more precious, and more fragile, than most people suppose. 'Teen Vogue' Columnist Takes the Prize for Dumbest 9/11 Take of the Year Obama’s personal monument sacrifices 800 old growth trees in Chicago park designed by Frederick Law Olmstead The Banality Of (Financial) Evil Study Finds Teenage Boys Six Times More Likely To Suffer Heart Problems From Vaccine Than Be Hospitalized by COVID A Look At The Pipeline For Future "Diverse" Tech Workers, Professionals And Corporate Executives "Three Generations Of Idiots Is Enough" Only, I Am Referring To Our "Elites" Confirmed: Biden consulted union presidents before announcing vax mandate Much of what the press said about Trump now applies to Biden Sunday, September 12. 2021QQQ: Boats“Believe me my young friend, there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” So says Ratty to Mole in Kenneth Grahame's classic 1908 novel 'The Wind in the Willows'. From today's LectionaryMark 8:27-38 8:27 Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?" 8:28 And they answered him, "John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets." 8:29 He asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him, "You are the Messiah." 8:30 And he sternly ordered them not to tell anyone about him. 8:31 Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 8:32 He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 8:33 But turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things." 8:34 He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 8:35 For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. 8:36 For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? 8:37 Indeed, what can they give in return for their life? 8:38 Those who are ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." Last Rose of summerAs weather gets cooler, I think today will be the last day of the year we have Rose for sunset boat drinks. I do not know how to put accents on letters, but I mean the wine. We've done a fair bit of day touring and have learned all we can about our engine and other systems. Still practicing docking but, as I always say, boats are not designed to be near land. Next year we will take on longer overnight trips although I will never do nighttime or fog.
Saturday, September 11. 2021Saturday morning links
Vanderleun: What I Saw: Notes Made on September 11, 2001 from Brooklyn Heights Taliban to Inaugurate Al Qaeda Government on 9/11 Taliban Bans Women From Playing Sports… The Case for Merit, Character, and Capacity I'm 17. And I'm Immunized from Woke Politics. Calling all Barbz: Twitter rallies behind Harvard students told to remove Nicki Minaj flag from dorm window Google et al. Take Hypocrisy On Racism To Yet A Whole New Level Virginia Education Dept. Blasted for 9/11 Sensitivity Training Video for Teachers. “The Virginia Department of Education is woke-washing the 9/11 attacks.” Joe Biden’s Plan for Forced Vaccinations for American Workers Does Not Include Illegal Aliens Did Ron Klain Just Blow Up Biden's Vaccine Mandate with a Retweet? Incredible: Kumala Makes the Case for "My Body, My Choice" The Very Same Day That Biden Imposes Medical Tyranny On the Country Washington Post Legal Analysis Exhibits Confusion about How Law Works Friday, September 10. 2021Bug of the Week: Crickets chirpingThe chorus of crickets chirping on these late summer evenings is one of the finest things in life, and last night they were loud. That evening bug-song has followed me through most of my life, and fills me with joy. Field Crickets are found across the US. In New England, we have the Black Field Cricket (photo) who is at his prime in early October until the first hard frost. They are mainly nocturnal insects and eat almost anything. Taxonomically, crickets (along with grasshoppers, locusts, katydids) are in Order Orthoptera of Class Insecta. The males rub their forewings together producing the chirp or trill, of which the frequency is temperature-related. The function of the trill is, of course, to attract females desirous of fertilization - or to fight. Only males chirp. Around here, we still have the Katydids singing at night along with the rapidly-growing Field Crickets. Open the windows. Or open the doors: two Field Crickets are occupying the Maggie's HQ right now, and I need to leave them some crumbs from my Subway sandwich to keep them happy. Friday morning linksHusband’s Perfect Communication Causes Fight Shameless scaremongering from The New York Times on COVID and kids DISMANTLING THE ENVIRONMENTAL THEORY FOR COVID’S ORIGINS Charges Upgraded Against Minnesota Officer Who Accidentally Fired Gun Instead of Taser, Killing Daunte Wright. First Degree Manslaughter added by Attorney General Keith Ellison on top of previous Second Degree Manslaughter. America's Failing Schools. If our children are our future, we’re fucked. Professor Peter Boghossian Resigns From ‘Social Justice Factory’ Portland State University. Students at Portland State are not being taught to think. Rather, they are being trained to mimic the moral certainty of ideologues.” More educational insanity National Archives and Records Association puts "harmful content" label on Constitution, founding documents Wokeness is a puritanical cult. Asterix and Tintin comics have been set on fire in Canada for failing a woke purity test. Beyond Parody: Biden State Department Voices Concerns Over All-Male Taliban Government… BoJo Blasts Churchill Charity For Scrubbing Former PM From Website Xi Jinping's Great Leap Backward should worry us Thursday, September 9. 2021Our server had a mild case of COVIDAustralia Is Now Confiscating Booze Delivered To People Forced Into Lockdown Whatever happened to "follow the science"? Trump caused COVID, but Biden has not cured it Few of Our COVID-19 Policies Make Any Sense What’s The Chance Of Getting A Breakthrough COVID Infection? Wednesday, September 8. 2021There are many factors
Personality traits, parental support, cultural ideals, cognitive issues, etc etc all play roles in how people do academically. And, of course, males do not do as well except at the top end. At Quillette, Remedial Education for All. It's about "dumbing down." Trades are not for low IQ. They are good for people who do not like regular school. Wednesday morning linksAn 'Internet apocalypse' could ride to Earth with the next solar storm, new research warns WSJ: Get Ready for the Blackouts. Mismanagement and the push for renewables are degrading the reliability of the U.S. electrical grid. Rutgers bars unvaccinated students from attending virtual classes How to Prepare for COVID (and How Not To) Taibbi on the invermectin craziness Too lazy to work, too callous to care: COVID’s lesson on teachers unions I doubt that is true of most teachers In the next few years, two women will earn a college degree for every man CNN: American Racism Will Never Disappear; It Will Become ‘White Supremacy With A Tan’ Federal government using social-media giants to censor Americans Steven Pinker defends "fake but accurate" Mexico Says US Must Pay Up To Stem Illegal Immigration At US Border Europe Now Hates Joe Biden Months After Calling Him “A Return To Adulthood” For America.. Tuesday, September 7. 2021Monday morning linksTwo utterly fascinating facts about COVID Addicted to Videogames The Looking Glass World Of "Climate Injustice" -- Part II NY Times Blames Global Warming For Hurricane Ida…Like clockwork. What happens when you get canceled (and why) Illinoisans Paid Almost as Much on Unemployment as at Work It’s now obvious that Biden doesn’t even want to stop the ever-growing border surge Five reasons Biden's approval ratings have taken a pounding VDH: Biden and the Left-wing Standard of Attacking Presidents China's Marxist "Profound Revolution" Is Here
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