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Tuesday, February 6. 2024Tuesday morning links
Full performance of Fast Car by Tracy Chapman with Luke Combs at the Grammys. Amazon sells these houses for $19,000 Gen Zers whine that they need therapy — from the stress of filing taxes The Trans-Children Era is About to Be Memory-Holed & the Perpetrators Will Be Disavowing Involvement University of Arkansas appears to follow through with dismantling DEI "This Is Fascism": Machete-Wielding Professor Fired Again Schumer: If We Don’t Aid Ukraine Then ‘We Could be Fighting in Eastern Europe’ That is bs Don't mess with Israeli police We all were lied to – Gaza was a modern developed city before October 7th Who Is Winning the Gaza War? Monday, February 5. 2024Crazy Europe
Europe did not have much to offer the world until the Renaissance in Italy. Given the big world, Europe was sort of a backwater. I should have seen this thing before I took Medieval History in high school because I had no context:
Monday morning linksHow throwing soup at the Mona Lisa can help climate change Canada halts controversial assisted suicide program for mentally ill due to lack of doctors willing to participate American’s Mental Health Crisis Is So Bad That Millions Of People Are Venting To Elmo’s Twitter Account New Hampshire Town Alarmed Due to the Opening of a New “Diaper Spa” Where Adults Wear Diapers and Pretend to be Babies Students at California school struggling after $250K in federal funds spent on ‘Woke Kindergarten’ program From easier math classes in high school to the elimination of standardized tests to extreme grade-inflation to DEI tropes that elevate lived experiences and ways of knowing over facts and data, the trend represents a pressing problem for science professors working to protect STEM and preserve its standards and meritocracy. Gay teens who couldn't come to terms with their sexuality share how they removed their breasts and genitals in false hope that becoming transgender would 'cure' them, as concerns mount that 'gender-affirming care' for children is homophobic I Was Told to Approve All Teen Gender Transitions. I Refused. For six years I worked at a hospital that said all teenagers with gender dysphoria must be affirmed. I quit my job to blow the whistle. The Case Against Content Moderation - Aggressive content moderation is presented as a necessary response to hate speech and misinformation—but it's more like a moral panic. Trump predicted disaster of sanctuary cities in 2019 Trump as the Antichrist Israeli special forces operating in Gaza. Wait for it One final rule of the playground that foreign policy elites frequently fail to heed is that wishing does not make it so. Sunday, February 4. 2024The Hillsdale College free online courses
I am in the middle of their Basic Chemistry course. Good fun, but not a real college Chemistry 101 course. Yeah, the Periodic Table is remarkable. You might be different, but in secondary school and college, I always would have benefited from a broad overview before going into the weeds. Hillsdale's Chem series is like that. Zulu
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Sunday Prayer
Too late have I loved you, In my weakness I ran after the beauty of the things you have made. You have called, You have sent forth your fragrance, Saturday, February 3. 2024Costco is like the United Nations
My gym trainer teases me that I'm not a real American if I don't watch TV at night. He likes football. To each, his or her own. The thing about Costco is that there are people from everywhere in the world of every imagineable language, color, size, age, and shape. Amazing, everybody enjoying the abbondanza. It is interesting to feel like a minority but it just sorta amuses me. Not Mrs. BD so much.
A quick history of human civilizationsHow many high school students know this stuff? I wish I had had this big picture when I was in school. I learned bits and pieces, but not the big picture. Good fun despite the endless killing.
Saturday morning linksPETA Comes for Punxsutawney Phil Celebrating 30 Years of the Endocrine Heart Trump Derangement Syndrome Meltdown of the Week — ZOMG 'ENVIRONMENTAL APOCALYPSE' Edition Update on the US Merchant Marine Academy COLLEGE GREED? CU Boulder Professor Dresses Like Butterfly To Fight "Climate Anxiety" Scientific Alarmism Drives DoD Climate Policy 'Zero Illegal Crossings' Is an Unattainable Goal for the Border Stuart's Saturday Miscellany TGIF: Taylor vs. Trump - Three Squad scandals. A Disney trigger warning. The GOP turns on Tay-Tay. Heterosexuals should probably give up on sex. Plus, Biden’s hard hat, Pelosi’s faux pas, and more. Feguson: Biden's fear of Putin and appeasement of Iran are making World War III more, not less, likely. Friday, February 2. 2024The Zulu KingdomFriday morning linksThe Cancer That Doctors Don’t Want to Call Cancer The ketamine economy: New mental health clinics are a 'Wild West' with few rules American Psychological Association claims merit-based hiring is UNFAIR Inside Oberlin College’s failed auto-da-fé - When it comes to women’s sports, former lacrosse coach Kim Russell is firmly in the camp of objective science Further Notes On Mann v. Steyn: The Plaintiff Rests Portland Declares Emergency Over Fentanyl Crisis Three Years After Decriminalizing Drug Possession The Dissatisfaction of Young Voters Focus on Treatment, Not “Stigma”Why do we accept the disorder and violence stemming from untreated serious mental illness? The FAA's Hiring Scandal: A Quick Overview Biden Admin-Released Migrant Crime Wave Sweeping Sanctuary Cities Tom Friedman Laments Christian Cowboys Save an Israeli Woman’s Farm Thursday, February 1. 2024Probability
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Yes, the Europeans found out that they had been ignorant and isolated
Thursday morning linksHermit crabs are 'wearing' our plastic rubbish California Becomes First State To Ban Heterosexual Marriage GO SEE “AMERICAN FICTION” ' American Fiction’ is a Hilarious Plea to Hollywood to Stop Stereotyping Minorities The Seeming Impossibility of Life New state-mandated tampon dispenser in Conn. HS boys bathroom ripped down in just 20 minutes UConn seeks engineering ‘inclusion’ professor The American Federation of Teachers Comes Out for Hamas - Destroying the education of a generation wasn't enough for Randi Weingarten. Just about everyone in America seems to be angry at higher education. What Do American Universities and Communist Political Systems Have in Common? More than you think. Opportunity, Not Tragedy - The DEI ship at Harvard and other elite universities is probably too big to turn around Jordan Peterson is doomed to be a victim of woke culture Failing Upward at the State Department - Plus: Biden our time with Iran, the new proletariat, the great Kelce-Swift stupidification, and more. Moving to Red America - Americans have disproportionately relocated to Republican-led states that imposed the fewest and least severe Covid-19 mandates. Justice Sotomayor says her job is too hard Tucker interviews Russel Brand NY Times: Migrants Keep Coming Because They Know They Can Stay ‘Black Swan’ author Nassim Taleb, who correctly called the 2008 financial crisis, says the U.S. is in a ‘death spiral’ over government debt Wednesday, January 31. 2024Vietnam WarThe US did not know how to do this, not that the US could have. The NVA was relentless. It is so strange that Vietman is a nice place now for tourists, but so are Germany and Japan. Was Vietnam another proxy war? The NVA was not stupid. Tanks? That was WW2. Were any of our readers on the ground there?
Why does cold air or water make you want to pee?Wednesday morning linksBrains Are Not Required When It Comes to Thinking and Solving Problems—Simple Cells Can Do It William Shatner Slams European Union Gender Equality Proposal to Ban Star Trek’s Iconic, “To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before” Harvard’s ‘Diversity’ Chief Accused Of Over 40 Instances Of Plagiarism Across the globe, people are choosing to have fewer children or none at all. Bestseller Reparations - In ‘American Fiction,’ director Cord Jefferson brings a devil-may-care effrontery to bear on the culture of self-censorship, progressive pieties, and artistic hypocrisy. Stuart's Wednesday Potpourri Taibbi: The Anti-Democratic Movement Targeted Ralph Nader First. We Should Have Paid More Attention. The recent ballot access challenges, political investigations, and canceled primaries are just an extension of a phenomenon we should have seen coming twenty years ago Tuesday, January 30. 2024Is this OK?
Why are food allergies on the rise?It's not really understood. Maybe it's not new. By the way, peanuts are, of course, not nuts even though they look like nuts. Like so many foods that the world loves, peanuts originated in Central America.
What's going on with the Waldorf-Astoria?Still undergoing renvoation by its Chinese owners. I always enjoyed the 1930s feel. It was a pleasant, elegant place with a good friendly bar. Inside the Waldorf Astoria’s $1 billion makeover The project has been mired in difficulty, starting when the holding company owning it was replaced in 2018 by another Chinese holding company. More recently, the chief executive in charge of the Waldorf project resigned after the price tag for the hotel/condo project ballooned to nearly $3B.
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Tuesday morning linksIllegals from China, Turkey and India Cross Border in San Diego County Climate Change Causes Infant Mortality A Study of How Americans Die PUBLIC SCHOOL BLOAT Almost One-Third of Gen Z Now Gender-Queer EU Wants All 'Gendered Language' Erased Tipping is good Canadian officials fume over Tucker Carlson’s speech, proclaim they 'won’t stand for it' 'Army Of God' Convoy Heads To US Border While EU Farmers Block Cities The peasants are revolting Soros, Facebook, And Omidyar Money Behind Attacks On German Farmers “Undeniable at This Point” – Elon Musk Weighs in on Joe Biden’s Open Borders George Soros Spending Millions to Turn Texas Blue Why? Strange. Islam : President Joe Biden’s got blood on hands after appeasing Iran for years Monday, January 29. 2024Stupidity book
Niall FergusonMonday morning linksWhy Regis Endures - The New York Catholic school represents the best of secondary education. Woke Maryland Private School Questions Young Boys About "Gender" & "Sexuality" Some Notes On The Trial Of Mann v. Steyn The US has plenty of Lithium Massive study uncovers how much exercise is needed to live longer I'm skeptical Reasons to eat lots of meat Vegan women run higher risk of developing pregnancy complications: study Diversity hiring has gone out of control Our Democracy™: The Democratic Weaponization of Government and the Need for Decentralization. The Constitution aimed to limit the power and reach of government; its rival aims to make government triumph everywhere. A handy-dandy snapshot of the latest issues about and news from the Texas border Soros Dumping a Fortune Into Texas, Funding Operatives with One Goal in Mind Biden’s re-election year crisis can be described in 4 words: It’s the border, stupid FBI luminaries starkly warn Congress that U.S. being invaded at border: ‘Alarming and perilous’ Joe Biden Announces Border Is Broken After He Broke It – Says He Can Fix It When He Hasn’t – Asks for Authority Which He Already Has Biden Warns About Trump, But Here’s Why His Own Presidency Has Failed Two Young Boys Stabbed to Death, UK Police Urging Public Not to Identify Suspects The arrogance and contempt of elites over that Ukraine aid package Argentina’s President Promised a Free-Market Revolution, and Says He’s Delivering The UN’s Terrorism Teachers - American taxpayers have been subsidizing educators who call for the murder of Jews. Suspending these funds isn’t enough. UNRWA must be abolished for good. Sunday, January 28. 2024From today's Lectionary1 Corinthians 8:1-13 8:1 Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that "all of us possess knowledge." Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 8:2 Anyone who claims to know something does not yet have the necessary knowledge; 8:3 but anyone who loves God is known by him. 8:4 Hence, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that "no idol in the world really exists," and that "there is no God but one." 8:5 Indeed, even though there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth--as in fact there are many gods and many lords-- 8:6 yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist. 8:7 It is not everyone, however, who has this knowledge. Since some have become so accustomed to idols until now, they still think of the food they eat as food offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. 8:8 "Food will not bring us close to God." We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do. 8:9 But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. 8:10 For if others see you, who possess knowledge, eating in the temple of an idol, might they not, since their conscience is weak, be encouraged to the point of eating food sacrificed to idols? 8:11 So by your knowledge those weak believers for whom Christ died are destroyed. 8:12 But when you thus sin against members of your family, and wound their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. 8:13 Therefore, if food is a cause of their falling, I will never eat meat, so that I may not cause one of them to fall.
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