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Tuesday, December 17. 2019The true History of The Traveling WilburysTuesday morning linksSorry in advance — this year’s ‘best illusions’ might make your brain hurt The toxic rhetoric of climate change The Great American Cultural Revolution Portland State University Professor Peter Boghossian tweeted a photo of a flyer advertising a "Queer Ecologies" course. For Tessa Majors, ever newer and more creative ways of blaming the victim Biden Commits To Ending “Racist” Standardized Testing In Schools Including pilot schools, civil engineering, and medical schools? As Colleges Move To Do Away With The SAT In The Name Of Diversity, Detroit High School Valedictorian Struggles With Low-Level Math Boris Johnson, Donald Trump’s secret to success: Take best from right, left I don't know about Boris, but I see Trump as a bold pragmatist, non-ideological Trump Job Approval And Economy Rating Hit Highs, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; On Ukraine: 52 Percent Say Trump Pursued Personal Interest Secret Deep State Demands: The FBI Wants Consumers' Credit Data Evil GOP Rep Will Hurd: I Don’t Know Why More People Aren’t Outraged At FBI Behavior Revealed In IG Report Meaning the MSM? Monday, December 16. 2019Monday morning linksImage via Ace The surprising benefits of caffeine for your skin and body A book: Give Me Liberty: A History of America’s Exceptional Idea, by Richard Brookhiser The Business of Climate Change Dalyrymple on Teddy Bears:
Beowulf is Racist "It's For Racists!" - Academics Slam Quantum Computing Article For Using The Term 'Supremacy' Dems: Trump Reaching Out to Black Voters is "Voter Suppression" Trump’s anti-Semitism order is a Rorschach test for Jews. If you are against federal action to stop anti-Semitic discrimination on college campuses just because Trump is doing it, then you’re the one with the problem. How the rich and famous profess sympathy for left-wing sociopaths New York Times puts bad light on murdered Barnard teen and exculpates the city As Virginia Dems Threaten Gun Bans, Sanctuary Movement Spreads VA Dems Threaten To Use National Guard Against Sanctuary Counties NY City Democrat Tells Off Corrupt Jerry Nadler on Sham Impeachment Barr gets the word out about the Deep State Can We Impeach The FBI Now? James Comey Admits: 'I Was Wrong' About FBI's Use of FISA Process ‘You are in need of rehabilitation’: Devin Nunes uses the DOJ IG report to STOMP all over many of Adam Schiff’s claims IG Report On FBI Spying Exposes "Scandal Of Historic Magnitude" For US Media SUPERCUT — Media to Americans: Of course the Trump dossier is true! Leftwingers Matt Taibbi and Krystal Ball Assail Democrats, and Especially the Corporate-Owned Neoliberal Media, For Grotesque Errors and Lies in RUSSIA Collusion Hoax Tucker Carlson: IG report documents how CNN repeatedly lied. Horowitz' investigation already revealed fake claims from Schiff, Comey Hillary Clinton, Chris Steele Allege Boris Johnson Is A Russian Stooge Britain’s Labour Party Got Woke—And Now It’s Broke The post-WWII order is ending — and nothing has replaced it. Sunday, December 15. 2019From today's Lectionary: "Go and tell John..."Matthew 11:2-11 11:2 When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples 11:3 and said to him, "Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?" 11:4 Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John what you hear and see: 11:5 the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news brought to them. 11:6 And blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me." 11:7 As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind? 11:8 What then did you go out to see? Someone dressed in soft robes? Look, those who wear soft robes are in royal palaces. 11:9 What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 11:10 This is the one about whom it is written, 'See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.' 11:11 Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. Saturday, December 14. 2019A Christmas party itemFrom a too-fancy party last night: "Guess what, Bird Dog, I have an announcement for ya." "OK, I am listening." "I've gone vegetarian." "That's cool," I said. "You are fitting in exactly to the joke about vegetarians telling everybody. But why?" "Mostly to feel morally superior to other people like you, secondarily for my triglycerides." Excellent response. I love our friends. So lucky to have them all, especially at Christmastime. I didn't bother correcting him on his medical ignorance, because cheerful friends don't correct people at Christmas parties. Nobody likes a pedantic a-hole.
The American Chestnut and GMO hopeThe majestic American Chestnut, like the Elm, died off to various blights in the past century. You can still see the slowly decaying rust-colored Chestnut carcasses on woodland hikes. The Chestnut was one of the basic trees of the northern USA climax forest, along with oak, beech, maple, walnut. Lots of good eats for wildlife. When you buy those delicious roasted chestnuts on NYC streets, they are imported European chestnuts. A different, but related, species. I have planted a few Asian Chestnut hybrids, but man do they grow slowly. As they say, the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. A handful of American Chestnuts have escaped the blight thus far. In Cape Cod. The good news for Americans of the future: How GMOs Might Save The American Chestnut Tree
Saturday morning linksWSJ: Cheap vs. Pricey Cashmere: Here’s the Real Difference My Amazing Uber Drivers from Africa...and Colin Kaepernick Women make up majority of U.S. medical students for first time Greta Thunberg Tells Cheering Crowd ‘We Will Make Sure We Put World Leaders Against The Wall’ If They Do Not Tackle Global Warming Sheesh Politico: Black Voters Shocked, Shocked To See Trump Wooing Them Doubt they are shocked. Trump has been great for everybody. She's Baaaaaaack: Is This New Photo of Hillary 'Radiant' or 'Terrifying'? It's not a coup. It's a civil war. President Trump Was Absolutely Right To Ask Ukraine To Investigate The Bidens Irresponsible not to
Report: IG Findings Support GOP's Claims About Carter Page It Appears Putin May Have Written The Democrats’ Talking Points On Impeachment Gohmert Flips the Script: Dems Are Guilty of Abuse of Power, Obstruction Pelosi Sounds Run Down as She Admits Democrats Have Been Trying to Impeach Trump For “Two and a Half Years” The UK: IT’S ONLY DEMOCRACY IF THEY WIN Friday, December 13. 2019Mallards in the parkFrom a reader in Yankeeland
Friday morning linksFather Mulcahey died How Intellectuals and “Experts” Undermine Moral Agency The Invention of Hispanics - What it says about the politics of race. Rep. Tlaib Blames "White Supremacy" For Shooting Carried Out By Black Supremacist Group Trump Shows Himself a Better Friend to the Jews Than Even Truman Fox News Anchor Chris Wallace Trashes Trump, Says President “Engaged in Most Direct Assault on Freedom of the Press in Our History” Horowitz report is damning for the FBI and unsettling for the rest of us The FBI didn't commit 'errors and omissions.' It abused its power Pelosi Basically Admits They’ve Been Planning Impeachment For Years Dem Rep. Steve Cohen Fabricates Trump Quotes During Impeachment Hearing, Gets Leveled For It By GOP Rep… "Only"! — "Dem leaders see only handful of defections on impeachment." The news isn't "only a handful" — it's that there are defections. VDH: Is Trump the Only Adult in the Room? Sen. Graham: 'Don't Need Any Witnesses' in Impeachment Trial Why Does This Impeachment Not Feel Like a Defeat for Trump? “Trump is Really Decoupling the US Economy from China” Johnson, Conservatives Win UK Election Dominated by Brexit Plans Conservatives Celebrate Historic 'Working-Class' Mandate As Corbyn Quits American Leftists Believed Corbyn’s Inevitable Victory Would Be Their Model Thursday, December 12. 2019A duet with himself: Marcelito PomoyGuy can sing - in two voices: The Prayer
Thursday morning linksImage via Vanderleun's photo collage How Wine Bricks Saved The U.S. Wine Industry During Prohibition Disney Promotes “Transitioning” Children Seattle: Radical Fems vs Trans Activists Don’t Call Them Homeless Encampments. They’re “Curbside Communities” Food Stamp update A Professor Tried To End a Flirty Email Exchange With a Young Woman. Then She Threatened to Blackmail Him. Mega-Rich Environmentalists Respond To Questions About Their Use Of Private Jets Jewish groups divided on Trump order targeting college anti-Semitism - Legislation welcomed by some as a necessary measure, while others condemn it as anti-Semitic and a stifling of the freedom to criticize Israel Wider Definition of Judaism Is Likely to Aid Crackdown on Colleges Ace on social media:
Trump is cute about Greta Thunberg Peter Navarro: USMCA is Trump's vision (not Pelosi's) -- and a shining example of promises made, promises kept The Inspector General Report Is a Huge Blow to the FBI's Credibility. Why Is It Being Treated Like Vindication? Horowitz: FBI Should Have Pumped The Brakes On Surveillance Of Trump Campaign Aide Attorney General Barr: FBI Ignored Exculpatory Evidence, Hid Information to Continue Trump Investigation IG Horowitz Takes a Direct Shot At James Comey In His Senate Testimony The Inspector General's Report on FISA abuse makes it crystal clear that John Brennan lied. To Congress, blatantly. A bald-faced lie THE PRESS PILED ON NUNES; WILL IT NOW APOLOGIZE? Watchdog: 'Basic and Fundamental Errors' in Russia Probe Horowitz: DNC Funded Dossier Used To Justify Sending “Confidential Human Sources” To Trump Campaign. This is what should be infuriating to all Americans. Democratic Rep. Karen Bass Says House Would Impeach Trump Again If He Wins In 2020 Impeachment markup heats up as Dems invoke MLK, Nadler says 'we cannot rely on an election' to oust Trump True that is “One of the Biggest Rallies I’ve Ever Seen!” – NBC’s Far Left Reporter Katy Tur Caught on Video at Trump Rally in Hershey, PA Senator Hawley: FBI ‘Effectively Meddled’ In 2016 Presidential Election No kidding Cruz To Horowitz: Did An FBI Attorney Defraud The FISA Court? Horowitz: Yup Report Shows Crossfire Hurricane Akin To Resurrecting J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI; Horowitz Rebukes Comey: What We Found Vindicates No One; Update: “Don’t Know” If Political Bias Played A Role IG Report Confirms Schiff FISA Memo Media Praised Was Riddled With Lies. Nearly two years later, the inspector general's report vindicates the Nunes memo while showing that the Schiff memo was riddled with lies and false statements. Slate: Trump most corrupt Pres in history Eric Holder Sends Warning to John Durham, Says William Barr ‘Unfit’ to be Attorney General, in WaPo Op-Ed
NATO Secretary General Targets "Rising China": Why Cold War Newspeak Never Went Away Spain's 'Migrant Friendly' Border Fences Wednesday, December 11. 2019Walker PercyPerhaps my favorite contemporary novelist, the late Walker Percy: Walker Percy Ponders The Joy And Risk Of Naming The World. In newly published material, the late author complains that linguists can explain lots of things about language--except meaning. I hear you asking about my other favorite contemporary novelists. OK, Mark Helprin and Cormac McCarthy, not including beach books with snappy, wacky, sociopathic dialog like Carl Hiassen.
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Wednesday morning linksDesperate woman punches mountain lion as it attacks, later eats dog: 'She could hear her baby dying' ‘Girls Need Female Role Models’ and Other Bromides Yale's diversity is 0% Students love Medicare for all…until learning what’s in it The Ascendency Of Magical Economic Thinking In The Democratic Contest New Poll Has Still More Very Bad News For Democrats Pelosi Announces That the House Democrats Support New Trump NAFTA Deal FISA Report Reveals Clinton Meddled In 2016 Election Carter Page: FBI Investigation 'Ruined My Life' As I recall, he was a CIA asset IMPOSSIBLE! EVERY SINGLE ONE of the 17 Flaws and Omissions Listed in IG Report WENT AGAINST DONALD TRUMP A Trail of FBI Abuse - The Horowitz report confirms that the bureau deceived FISA judges with the Steele dossier. LIVE FROM COMEYWORLD BARR IS ON THE CASE - with an excellent interview China’s Library Officials Are Burning Books That Diverge From Communist Party Ideology Ideas are dangerous to ideologies NATO has worries more pressing than Donald Trump. It needs a new role in a changed world. If it has no role, why does it need to find a new one? 5 Infuriating Takeaways From The ‘Afghanistan Papers’ - Lies, spin, over a trillion dollars wasted, and no strategy. They knew for 18 years and no one said a thing. Europe No Longer Hides Its Hostility to Israel Why is it hostile? Israel is not their enemy Tuesday, December 10. 2019Feeding winter birds
Tuesday morning linksHow the ‘Ikea effect’ subtly influences how you spend Wausau Banned Throwing Snowballs: The Wussification Of Our Kids Continues Anti-Israel Activists On Campus Have Made Ignorance A Virtue How the Boston Globe creates Fake News Joe Biden says son Hunter will not engage in foreign business if he wins 2020 race DOJ IG: FISA Application for Spy Warrants Against Trump Official Riddled with Errors Durham: I Don’t Agree With Some Of The IG’s Conclusions About How The FBI Probe Began More on Durham's reaction Nadler: Anyone Who Votes Against Impeaching Trump Is Not A ‘Patriot’… Hinderaker: I’VE HAD IT WITH IMPEACHMENT Lindsey Graham on Impeachment: “I am going to end this as quickly as I can” Russia banned from Tokyo Olympics, other major sports events for 4 years Massive leak debunks UK Labour’s claim it is dealing with anti-Semitism The Invisible U.S.-Iran Cyber War All about Boris Monday, December 9. 2019Pagan ChristmasLots of Saturnalian and also northern European pagan aspects to this season around this part of the world. It's a multicultural festival season. - Cocktail parties, lots of them. Saturnalian, but on a civilized level. Time to look great and behave well. Get hair done and dig out that tux for the fancy ones. Gotta show up or people will forget that you exist. - Excesses of foods and hors d'oevres. Saturnalian. Control oneself. - Random reckless holiday drunken sex. Saturnalian. Sounds exciting, but I have not seen this yet around my neighborhood, so no worries. - Decorated evergreen trees. Ain't they purty? Pagan German/Scandinavian. I do not think baby Jesus had one, though. We bought one for outdoors and one for indoors. Almost bought a fake one for indoors. It looked perfect, and had 1000 lights but I hate white lights. They look like a bank lobby and if you're not sensible, you might need to visit the bank for Christmas anyway. - Presents? Sort-of Saturnalian (jewels for your mistresses - they can give you Viagra), sort of European with St. Nicholas. And the wise men with their perfume and stuff. You know what She wants - A Pucci scarf and ballet tickets. We guys generally want nothing other than family happiness. Presents are the worst thing about Christmas unless they are food (we like rare stinky cheeses). We go with 1/person only to keep the tradition going. Yes I know - little kids love opening gifts. Adults don't. - Snow and cold. Not real Christmassy - northern European. Lucky for me, I like snow and cold and the only thing I love as much around here as a powerful hurricane is a beautiful blizzard that stops life in its tracks and gives us time to not be busy. - The Messiah. It was written for Easter, for heaven's sake. - Christmas - it was illegal to celebrate it in New England until, like, a few years ago. You could go to jail for making a savory mince-meat pie at Christmastime. They had pie-police sniffing on the streets of Boston. I have (well, had) and old-tyme Connnecticut Congregationalist pal whose family still refused to acknowledge Christmas. As a Congregationalist by ancient family tradition, I do not think of Christmas as "holy" either but there is nothing not to like about it and the hymns and carols are as good as it gets. - As for me, any excuse for assembling family is good. I have a big one (5 sibs), and I love them all. Not certain about vice-versa... The holiday decorations are fun, and lovely. Church on Christmas Eve always brings tears to me but whether they are holy or sentimental is hard to tell. All has little to do with whether I am a Jesus-follower or not but yeah, I feel He's worth following as best one can and I take it seriously. Not a grinch, not a scrooge. Birth (Christmas), or re-birth (Easter) - all good lives of the living Spirit.
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Monday morning links‘OK, boomer’? Pay the bills, support a family, then we’ll talk For the First Time, Scientists Have Reversed Dementia in Mice With Drug That Reduces Brain Inflammation Not just counterfeit: Legal THC vaping products linked to lung illnesses Six Months at an Amazon Fulfillment Center Lots of exercise, 16 miles/day. Great News: The Peloton Wife Is Safe, She’s Leaving Her Husband, And She’s Drunk As Hell This Harvard grad has made millions on U.S. college admissions for international students Amazon’s Bezos Hits Silicon Valley For Not Working With Pentagon The US Space Force Appears Cleared For Launch Muhammad Makes List Of Top 10 Baby Names In The U.S. For First Time PRAGER: The Left Hates The Salvation Army. That’s All You Need To Know About The Left Sex Reassignment Market to Exceed $968 Million by 2024 New York can end its insane scaffolding plague Elizabeth Warren reveals she made $1.9 million from private legal work over 3 decades Good for her. She made more $ flipping real estate, though. Bill Barr Indicts 8 Including Mueller Top Witness for Funneling Millions in Foreign Donations to Adam Schiff, Hillary Clinton and Top Senate Democrats Ukraine Was The Origin Of The Trump-Russia Collusion Hoax Related, The Empire Strikes Back on Kennedy - Louisiana’s junior senator finds himself behind the eight-ball on Washington’s illusory Ukraine narrative. Jobs Report Takeaway: It's Morning in America Everybody in the US who wants a job can have one. That is good. Trump’s Unexpected Jobs Boom Leaves Dems Incoherent There’s great hate for Donald Trump’s success: Goodwin Trump Boasts About Getting NATO Countries to Contribute $530 Billion More and US Less …And Fake News Mocked Him! Pope Francis Compares US President Trump to King Herod Who Slaughtered Baby Boys During the Time of Christ Atlantic: Trump’s Supporters Are Displaying the Will to Win. Democrats Are Not. The House Judiciary Committee needs a clearer plan for mobilizing public opinion in support of impeachment. Suppose They Threw an Impeachment and Nobody Came? Impeaching Trump Is Already A Win For Democrats President Trump’s Approval Rating Jumps 5 Points in One Week After Democrats Announce Impeachment! Impeachment Proving a Cash Cow For the President Hong Kong Protests Attract Massive Crowds, Estimated 800k March In Financial District How anti-semitic is UK's Labour Why is the Left anti-semitic? Furious French Protest Climate Policies, Cost of Living, Pension Reforms Sunday, December 8. 2019James Prosek: An American OriginalAs a college junior, he wrote an illustrated history of trout — and he’s been an outside-the-box artist ever since.
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Fine ArtA banana duct-taped to a wall was sold for $120,000 at Art Basel Miami 2 hour painting he made during a live paint-off last night Wow. Like Bob Ross.
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From today's Lectionary: He will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fireMatthew 3:1-12 3:1 In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming, 3:2 "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near." 3:3 This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said, "The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.'" 3:4 Now John wore clothing of camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. 3:5 Then the people of Jerusalem and all Judea were going out to him, and all the region along the Jordan, 3:6 and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 3:7 But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 3:8 Bear fruit worthy of repentance. 3:9 Do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our ancestor'; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. 3:10 Even now the ax is lying at the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 3:11 "I baptize you with water for repentance, but one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 3:12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the granary; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire." Saturday, December 7. 2019Being Leonardo
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Saturday morning linksVanderleun's update on the fire Abandoned Alaska child, 5, carries toddler a half-mile in sub-zero temps in socks, light clothes: police Climate: How Wrong Can One Article Be? Is the inequality of intelligence increasing? Los Angeles Is Spending Over $1 Billion To House the Homeless. It's Failing. It's not the buildings... Terrorism Probe Opened After Pensacola Shooter IDed As Saudi National Mohammed Alshamrani; Was There For Pilot Training Ninth Circuit Lifts Injunctions Blocking Trump Admin’s ‘Public Charge’ Rule for Immigrants Rashida Tlaib Headlined Anti-Semitic Hate Fest - Other speakers have compared Israel to white supremacists, rapists Americans defy experts by thriving NYT: Yeah, Everything We Knew About The Jobs Market Was Wrong The Democrats insist that President Trump is a threat to the republic, although no one can explain why. Meanwhile, their mantra has gone from “It’s the economy, stupid” to “Economy? What’s that?” MANDARIN MEDIA NOT EVEN TRYING TO HIDE THEIR BIAS ANYMORE Rush: Dems Motivated by 'Pure Raw Hatred' WaPo Columnist Suggests Melania Trump Is Sending ‘Coded Messages’ With Fashion Choices Pelosi/Schiff Abuse Worsens, FBI “Finds” Clinton Emails, PLUS 5 NEW JW Lawsuits Against Deep State GOP senators seek records on 'connection' between Dem operatives, Ukrainian officials in 2016 VDH: When Our Guardians Fail Us Is Warren Over? Elizabeth Warren Would Rather Make You Fix Your Terrible Public School Than Let You Send Your Kid to a Charter School "You don't like the building? You think it's old and decaying? Then get out there and push to get a new one," she said. It's not the buildings. Abe Lincoln did pretty well in a log school Impeachment Is A Flop For Democrats. So Is Their Presidential Field. John Kerry Joins Joe Biden on Iowa Bus Tour – Kerry Touts Biden as Messianic Figure Who Can ‘Save the World’ Rep. Al Green: After This Flops, We Will Impeach Him Again Party of Permanent Impeachment: Democrats do their part to re-elect Trump Jonathan Turley writes that he was "a tad naive in hoping that an academic discussion on the history and standards of it might offer a brief hiatus from hateful rhetoric on both sides." Pelosi: If We Don’t Proceed With Impeachment, We’re Letting Trump Act Like A King Hillary Clinton: Trump Incited Mass Shootings At Synagogues, Churches And Walmart… The Moral Case For Decoupling From China NATO is obsolete Friday, December 6. 2019Navigating the new MoMAI haven't been yet. Happy to go, tho. The Whitney, however, is not my cup of tea.
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Final Squat and Deadlift Week post: Improvement is so darn slow
After the neuromuscular system wakes up and is ready for action, progress slows down a lot. Physical architecture, frailties, and age are of course possible obstacles too. Lack of progress, and plateaus, can be discouraging with large muscle group strength. I think my max 1-rep deadlift has only increased by about 20 lbs in the past year. 2020 will improve by 10 lbs, maybe, because I am fighting ageing. Small muscles improve more quickly (eg arms, but even backs improve fairly quickly - pullups)). In my experience, the aspects of fitness that improve most dramatically and quickly in the Maggie's Fitness for Life program are endurance and energy. Precious things. Two days of weights/wk is not enough for serious strength-building, but the part of our program with 2 days of calis and the 2 days of HIIT cardio will get you fit for most recreational activities like sports, day-long hill hiking, etc. Any age or gender. Give it a try. Include the barbells. A good Christmas/New Year present to oneself is a badass sexy and highly functional physique but, God knows, it takes discipline. Nothing pleasant about it except the slow progress. I have a retired friend who has taken on learning Mandarin as his retirement project. I'd rather face a nasty, ugly barbell.
Friday morning linksThe Mystery at the Center of the Solar System - A spacecraft has finally gotten close enough to the sun to gather clues about some lingering questions. How to Lose Friends and Alienate People Just "be yourself" GM Crops Like Golden Rice Will Save the Lives of Hundreds of Thousands of Children Trannies: A Tyrannical Minority and Silent Majority A Divisive, Historically Dubious Curriculum - Teachers should reject the 1619 Project. Another Fake Crisis — the College Hunger Hoax Trump's tax cuts reduce US burden to one of lowest in the world. Taxes in France and Denmark are nearly twice what they are in the US The war against wealth and saving: The Confiscation Is the Point Poll: Fans of Bernie Sanders, Liz Warren Oppose Free Speech, Want Jail Time for Speech Offender That is deeply offensive to me The 10 most important revelations to expect from the Russia probe FISA report Mueller witness bragged about access to Clintons secured with illegal campaign cash, says Justice Department ROGER KIMBALL: ON THE Russia Hoax OMERTÀ We have Lincoln to blame for the mess we’re in WaPo: How Can We Journalists Better Convince The Public To Support Impeachment? More: Former NYT "Public Editor," Now WaPo Hack: How Can We, The Unbiased Fact-Finding Media, Convince Our Deplorable Fellow Citizens to Do What We Want and Impeach This Motherf***er? TIME Contributor Says 'Nancy Pelosi Reminds Me of Jesus' Impeachment Power Can Be Abused, Too Democrats Plot Impeaching Trump Multiple Times, Including If He Wins Re-Election: ‘No Limit To The Number Of Times The House Can Vote To Impeach’ Honey Badger don't give a sh-t. Kimberley Strassel and Sharyl Attkisson DROP the MSM for giving Schiff a pass for SPYING on a member of the press Impeachment hearing: Nothing is more convincing than liberal professors yelling at you Chris Wallace Criticizes Dems for Refusing to Call on Republican Impeachment Witness: ‘Not a Search for Justice or Wisdom’ Democrats Argue that Obama Should Have Been Impeached FRANCE PARALYZED BY STRIKES, VIOLENCE Do the French have a work ethic? Seems like they expect money for nuthin. Report: Iran stashing missiles in Iraq that can reach Israel. Iran stockpiling ballistic missiles in Iraq with long enough range to reach Israel. Religion of peace Germany: All EU Members Must Take in Migrants The German Empire, aka EU, strikes back Our problems with Turkey aren’t due to Trump, or Obama, or any other President. Put the blame where it belongs: with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his choices.
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