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Monday, December 7. 2020Monday morning linksCOVID and NYC: Is there Life after Zabar's? Study Finds Asymptomatic Spread Not a Significant Source of the CCP Virus Pandemic Everything we were told was wrong COVID Pneumonia is a type of SARS Latest Guidance From CDC: Universal Mask Wearing Mandate, No Holiday Travel Canceling Christmas: The COVID Straw to Break the Camel's Back? Los Angeles Bar Owner Furious to See Mayor Garcetti Approved Outdoor Dining Area For Movie Company Across From Her Shuttered Restaurant San Diego Mayor Decries Newsom's Latest COVID Restrictions Oregon TEACHER Has Complete Meltdown at Anti-Lockdown Protesters, Tells Them to ‘Kill Yourself’ Just another annoying Karen. Biden Claims Elementary Schools Are The ‘Highest Risk’ But For 100 Billion For New Teachers For The Unions We Can Swing It Wrong again Minority Students Crushed By Lockdowns; 600% Increase In Math Failures, 500% English The Canceling Of Another Young Adult Author Over Made Up Allegations Of Racism Research Shows Diversity Training Is Typically Ineffective The librarians want to save us Finally! ‘Broken’ city: How New York forgot the ABCs of public virtue Saks Lights Up Fifth Avenue: a new take on a treasured holiday tradition We were in NYC this weekend. Lack of traffic was nice, but also sad. Unlike many of our cranky readers, we love NYC. Always interesting, even now. Scott Adams – The 2020 Election Was “Non-Transparent by Force” – It’s Illegitimate – Period Sunday, December 6. 2020Proof that your Maggie's Editor is a minor genius, of sortsOur Christmas Tree is a museum of sentiment. Essentially no store-bought stuff except things we found on our travels that stick on a tree, and all of my small bird ornaments. We have our kids' rattles, things they made in kindergarten, things like that. It's all personal. The BD genius was to store them all in a living room bureau. 4 steps to take 'em out, 4 steps to throw them back in. No boxes, no wrapping ornaments, no fuss, almost no hassle. Bureau is a lovely 1500s hunk of wood. If some old things break, it's ok. Nothing material lasts but Christmas lasts. We're planning a few small get-togethers, and we are signed up for Christmas Eve service (outdoors, I think). When grandkids, will ask them each to pick one ornament to take home for their own tree.
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From today's LectionaryMark 1:1-8 1:1 The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 1:2 As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, "See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way; 1:3 the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,'" 1:4 John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 1:5 And people from the whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were going out to him, and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 1:6 Now John was clothed with camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. 1:7 He proclaimed, "The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the thong of his sandals. 1:8 I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit." Saturday, December 5. 2020Bob archivesSaturday morning linksTony Hsieh’s American Tragedy: The Self-Destructive Last Months Of The Zappos Visionary The race against time to save Pompeii The Timing of Evolutionary Transitions Suggests Intelligent Life Is Rare I assume they are referring to squirrels Do social media platforms have a moral responsibility to limit expression? Question For ABC: Are You Reporting Good Morning America As An In-Kind Campaign Donation To Dems? THE REAL FASCIST THREAT WAS NEVER TRUMP – IT'S CORPORATE POWER 'Science says' is a game anyone can play Receipt-filled thread about COVID found in Red Cross blood samples show virus was likely HERE in 2019 Italians Told To Stay Home Over Christmas, Not Go Outside… San Diego Unified School District Forcing Teachers To Attend White Privilege Seminars Where They Are Forced To Acknowledge They Live On Stolen Land, Reject Whiteness… Diversity and Social Justice Are Big Business in Education, and You’re Paying for it California is shedding residents and businesses. James Comey to teach at Columbia University Law School
Up to 280,000 Ballots ‘Disappeared’ Overnight Along with Trailer, USPS Whistleblower Alleges No, The Video From Georgia Doesn’t Show Voter Fraud Trump Has Only Himself To Blame for Losing the Election. Trump could have reined in his Twitter attacks, surrounded himself with truth-tellers rather than sycophants, and reached out to other voters. He didn't. That's why he lost. Saturday Verse: Karl ShapiroCalifornia Winter It is winter in California, and outside A line of snails crosses the golf-green lawn By noon the fog is burnt off by the sun It is winter in the valley of the vine. And skiers from the snow line driving home But this land grows the oldest living things, It is raining in California, a straight rain Friday, December 4. 2020Had to re-post this oneFor personal reasons. Bob was an old soul before he reached full adulthood. Politics cannot save any of us. We post on politics often because freedom matters. All the same, it often just feels like theater, or soap opera.
Aristotle on tyrannyI guess I am a natural American, because I never follow leaders. I expect them to follow me. Exception for military...
Friday morning linksThe name/word is on the tip of my tongue Ray Dalio on unstable societies The late Professor Walter Williams was right about poverty Los Angeles Locks Down — All Residents Forced To Remain Indoors – Walking Outside, Exercise Banned… US Media Drove Fear of COVID-19 Me! Mayors Fear Long-Lasting Effects Of COVID-19 U. N. Chief Guterres Demands World Reset To Forestall A Climate Apocalypse European Court May Soon Rule On Whether Climate Crisis (scam) Violates Children’s Human Rights TRUMP’S COMPLAINT "This Needs Answers": CCTV Video Of Georgia Poll Workers Sparks Election Fraud Outrage The Dems Had No Choice But to Rig the Election. This time they were ready -- because there was too much at stake. The Party That Failed - An Insider Breaks With Beijing Thursday, December 3. 2020Discovery of Margot Fonteyn film footage excites ballet loversThursday morning linksFemale Academics Especially Fuel Charge To Turn Higher Ed Into Therapy Georgetown Professor Likens Defunding The Police To Abolishing Slavery… 8 Reasons Straight Men Don’t Want To Get Married Why traditional masculine attributes still matter on the battlefield CNN daily nightmare is unfolding courtesy of James O’Keefe and Project Veritas Biden Wants More Refugees, But It Could Take Years To Rebuild The Resettlement System Trump Tells Crowd “See You In 4 Years” If Biden Wins… Wednesday, December 2. 2020QQQRe: Yellen and the American Dream Yellen shows her ignorance of the American Dream. It’s not a financial dream, it’s to be left alone. Reader Mudbug
Bob at age 17Talent shows early, doesn't it? The phrasing. Other things can show later, but not talent. Thanks, Gerard.
Not Italian: Holiday gift baskets from Zabar'sWednesday morning linksDrug Reverses Age-Related Mental Decline Within Days. Rapid Rejuvenation of Mental Faculties in Aged Mice Implicates Reversible Physiological ‘Blockage’ Behind Age-Related Cognitive Losses Sign me up Why Are Great Athletes More Likely To Be Younger Siblings? Climate Activists Avoid or Regret Having Children LA Mayor Halts All COVID-19 Testing For Movie Industry… THE FLYNN OUTRAGE U CHICAGO VS. SMITH COLLEGE A Progressive Assault on Selective High Schools. Instead of fixing public education, the left tries to end testing at schools it deems inequitable. American High Schools Go Woke. Consultants cash in on radical changes to curricula nationwide Let Them Eat Weeds WSJ: We Decide How Much Covid. The U.S. promoted the illusion of control instead of the wisdom of risk management. You seldom get such a forthright admission that the media made the conscious choice to be the adjunct of the Democratic Party. Yellen Is Offering To Recover The "American Dream": What Does That Mean? Joe Biden’s Allies Warn of Blue-Collar Migrant Invasion Joe Biden’s Putting That Old Anti-Israel Band Back Together Legitimacy of Biden Win Buried by Objective Data. Emerging information from the states render his victory less and less plausible. Me skeptical as always Media Treat Trump’s Team Like Dogs, Biden’s Like Puppies. The largely celebratory coverage unwittingly emphasizes the triumph of the press’s own class. What class is that? Biden Gets Ready To Sell Out U.S. Interests To China Tuesday, December 1. 2020Italian treats for foodies, onlineFitify
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Tuesday morning linksSoccer-playing buffalo Smith College Alums Demand Whistleblower Jodi Shaw Undergo More White Privilege “Training” to “Safely Interact With Students” That's sick I’m a Professor from an Immigrant Family. Please Stop Telling Me That My University Is Racist COVID "cases" are not positive tests California's Newsom Warns Of "Dramatic, Arguably Drastic" New Restrictions To Come As Hospitalizations Hit Record Highs: Live Updates A short history of Operation Warp Speed CNN: Hey, Guess What? China Wasn’t Honest About Its COVID-19 Response After All LA Supervisor Bans Outdoor Dining, Then Dines Outdoors Black Fragility? A bestselling book offers a prescription for race relations that casts whites as sinners and blacks as children. Another book: Amity Shlaes’ ‘Great Society:’ How Poverty Won America’s War on Poverty This election only reinforced the value of the Electoral College Joe Biden Plans To Destroy Charter Schools… Norway Criminalizes Hate Speech Against Transgender People... In Private Homes Or Conversations Why Did The Berlin Airport Take 23 Years To Build? Monday, November 30. 2020Monday morning linksIt is Advent Back from the brink of extinction, blue whales return to South Georgia "The multimillionaire former CEO of online shoe store Zappos died on Friday, nine days after he was dragged unconscious by firefighters from a blazing Connecticut house..." David Prowse, towering actor who played Darth Vader in 'Star Wars,' dies aged 85 UVA student newspaper opinion writer: 'Stand up’ to ‘racist family' at Thanksgiving I Published A Fake Paper In A “Peer-Reviewed” Journal "A Horrifying Future" - WEF's Vision For A Post-COVID World “Why are ‘major’ U.S. news sources so massively more negative (about virus) than their international counterparts? One Third Of All Of New Jersey’s Small Businesses Are Now Gone Forever… Teachers union’s latest bid to bury any hope for NYC schoolchildren Who Wants Social Insurance? Hard-hitting journalists break riveting news about Joe and Jill Biden’s pets Media Pivots From Steady Stream Of Anti-Trump #FakeNews To Biden Slobberfest Study: Democrats Fast Becoming Party Of Wealthy Coastal Elites – GOP Now The Party Of Working People… Morning Joe: We Have No Reason to Tolerate, Understand Anyone Who Supported Trump As NY politicians eye new taxes on the rich, high earners eye the exits Reasons why the 2020 presidential election is deeply puzzling. If only cranks find the tabulations strange, put me down as a crank Native Americans in Arizona Given TVs, Tablets, Resort Stays for Votes/Registering to Vote EU Condemns Assassination of Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Mastermind, Offers Condolences Sunday, November 29. 2020Fitness bands for Christmas
I tend to think of bands as ways to intensify the calisthenics part of the fitness triad. Many people are not very disciplined with home exercise (including me), but anything stressful is good. - Resistance bands with handles - Resistance bands without handles
How Zuckerberg played the election gameZuckerberg-Funded Group Comes Into Spotlight in Election-Related Court Cases From today's LectionaryIsaiah 64:1-9 64:1 O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence-- 64:2 as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil-- to make your name known to your adversaries, so that the nations might tremble at your presence! 64:3 When you did awesome deeds that we did not expect, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence. 64:4 From ages past no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who works for those who wait for him. 64:5 You meet those who gladly do right, those who remember you in your ways. But you were angry, and we sinned; because you hid yourself we transgressed. 64:6 We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy cloth. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. 64:7 There is no one who calls on your name, or attempts to take hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us, and have delivered us into the hand of our iniquity. 64:8 Yet, O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand. 64:9 Do not be exceedingly angry, O LORD, and do not remember iniquity forever. Now consider, we are all your people. Saturday, November 28. 2020Saturday morning linksKurt Russell wrote a 200-page backstory on Santa for Netflix's 'The Christmas Chronicles 2' A Thanksgiving Toast To The Old Breed by Victor Davis Hanson Desperation and the Quest for Control: The Dangers of Alternative Medicine Johns Hopkins Study Saying COVID-19 Has 'Relatively No Effect on Deaths' in U.S. A censored study Some Constitutional issues with public health Isn't the underlying issue that almost anything can be termed a public health issue? ' Hillbilly Elegy' effectively addresses the crisis of modernity Gretchen Whitmer Pops Out Of Turkey To Inform Family They Have Exceeded Maximum Number Of Guests MORE EVIDENCE THAT LIBERALS HATE AMERICA John Hayward on our loathsome elites Portland protesters topple statues of Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln (video) Barack Obama Forgets That He Put Immigrants in Cages, Attacks Trump Over Policy Brace Yourself, New York. With legislative supermajorities in Albany, Democrats look poised to push the state even further leftward. "Don't Talk to Me That Way": Trump Unleashes on Liberal Reporter Infographic: The 4-Year-Long Campaign Against Trump Top Iranian Nuclear Weapons Scientist Who Was Singled Out By Netanyahu In 2018 Assassinated Friday, November 27. 2020Friday morning linksDid you like your dinosaur dinner yesterday? Thanksgiving Caused ‘Climate Change’, You Know The Drudge Report has become a conformist shadow of its formerly bratty, oppositional self. Why? FIGHTING WORDS, BY DAVID HOROWITZ - Our friend David Horowitz wrote this essay, which he titled “Fighting Words.” It is a call for freedom-loving Americans to fight back against the totalitarian Left. American Liberals and Their Discontent Politicians’ Attacks On Thanksgiving Gatherings Are Not ‘Data-Based,’ Epidemiologists Say Cuomo Calls Supreme Court Ruling On Churches 'Irrelevant' Some rationality on COVID lockdowns from President Trump's Supreme Court After Warning People To Not Travel For Thanksgiving, Denver Mayor Takes Two Flights To Texas To Be With His Family For Thanksgiving… The New 'Woke' Times: The Death Of News As We Once Knew It Post-George Floyd, a Wave of 'Anti-Racist' Teaching Sweeps K-12 Schools Targeting 'Whiteness' Convicted Killer Scott Peterson Among Death Row Inmates Who Scammed Over $400,000 In Fraudulent COVID Benefits The Healer in Chief, Barack Obama: Hispanics Who Voted for Trump Are Racists The Left Approved of Obama Granting Clemency to Terrorists and Traitors, But Is Triggered by Flynn's Pardon Alyssa Milano Extends An Olive Branch To Trump Supporters – It Doesn’t Go Well. MSNBC: Biden's Cabinet will save us all Joe Biden Tries To Deliver A Thanksgiving Message Quoting From The Bible, But It Doesn’t Go Well Joe Biden is reviving all of his past failures — and it won’t stop: Goodwin Mattis Hopes Biden Won’t Put America First Millions in Africa Being Sacrificed to Extreme Poverty, Premature Death on Altar of ‘Green Energy’ Military lessons from Nagorno-Karabakh: Reason for Europe to worry Trump’s leaving Biden a Christmas gift of Middle East peace — will Joe throw it in the trash? Thursday, November 26. 2020Life in America: The way it used to be
2 days of cooking, 25-30 friends and family, all fireplaces blazing, pre-dinner silly games and a long after-dinner walk in the dark and, often, chilly drizzle. Mrs. BD did the flowers for each table. Usually 4 tables set up in the living room, dining room for buffet and kitchen table for desserts. Maybe next year. Last night we took our team of 12 out for a pre-TG dinner. Good times, and Mrs. BD brought her own squash pies for dessert. Didn't get any port this year. Happy Thanksgiving to all. There is so much to be thankful for and I do not mean material comforts although those do matter too. We're doing diner take-out for the three of us (us two, and F-in-law) to celebrate in front of the fireplace. Bought a bottle of Highland Park just for him. Maybe me too.
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