Maggie's Farm

 Biden Announces By 2025 All Wildfires Must Be Electric

 Gen Z, Millennials lazier workers than Gen X and Boomers: study

Chronicle on shoddy data

 A brand new study from the Cleveland Clinic is out. And it found something we already knew: Covid vaccines increase the chances of getting Covid instead of being protective.

Medicine and politics don't mix. Well Mrs. BD and I were dutiful about vaccines (so we could travel). She had a bad case, I never had any problem. Anecdotal. 

 Canceled professor got $500,000 payout after forced resignation from medical journal

 Stuart's Saturday Miscellany

 Elon Musk hires 'profoundly gifted' 14-year-old to work on satellite team at SpaceX as 'youngest employed software engineer on the planet'

Cool. What about child labor laws? 

 Inside the war tearing psychoanalysis apart: 'The most hatred I’ve ever witnessed'

Medicine and politics don't mix

 Dem Expert Witness Couldn’t Cite Evidence of Benefits of Trans Procedures for Children

 Politicians In Our Major Cities Have Decided The Solution To The Crime Wave Is To Help Criminals Commit More Crimes

 Why We Find Ourselves Unable to Look Away From the Hysterical News Cycle/There’s absolutely nothing we can do about these news events, anyway.

I do not use a TV 

 Do Not Underestimate Russia’s Resolve

You always wondered what those baby corncobs were, mostly in Asian foods in the US. You never bothered finding out.

Baby corn is real baby corn. Mainly imported from Thailand. Corn (maize) of course spread around the world from Central America after Columbus. Like so many things we consume, baby corn is crunchy and fun to eat but has no nutritional value. Who cares?

I like them. 

 Grand Canyon Visitor Dies Attempting Ambitious Day Hike. Indiana woman was found without a pulse along Bright Angel Trail

 The economics of extortion: Theory and the case of the Sicilian Mafia

The Sicilian Mafia is just a government 

 IBM quantum computer passes calculation milestone. ‘Benchmark’ experiment suggests quantum computers could have useful real-world applications within two years.

Men and Women at Work

 Springfield College tells students to avoid using terms 'mother' and 'father'

 Portland Sobers Up. After years of disorder and misgovernance, the City of Roses is taking steps to reverse its decline.

 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN COLLEGES GET CAUGHT

 ‘Can dissenters survive’? Princeton panel explores effect of wokeness on professors

 Anatomy of a Scientific Scandal - Under pressure, a journal once notable for its courage retracts a major paper on the social roots of gender-related distress—all over a minor, inconsistently applied technicality.

That's been happening. Politics meets science 

 Jake is a trans man. He froze his eggs. Then he met Hannah, a trans woman. Now they have two children

 Public education is collapsing in blue cities

 After two years, Berkeley turns over documents which show faculty hiring was based on commitment to DEI

 TGIF: Fortune Does Not Favor the Brave. Trump’s indicted, but ignited. Lesbians love ‘non-men.’ Modelo Especial is the new King of Beers. Plus: crypto scams, $200 for brains, and much more.

The CDC Wears No Clothes 

 Covid planners gave ‘potentially massive’ lockdown impact ‘very little thought’

 Some real pushback: Former Starbucks employee, fired to give Starbucks a white scapegoat, wins $25 million in lawsuit

 Critics and AI fearmongers can’t escape one ineluctable fact: there is no way to put the AI gini back in its bottle.

 Trump dangerously thinks he can get justice in this milieu.

 DeSantis Derangement Syndrome

  At the same time, the opponents of aid to Ukraine do make valid points.

 Anger Grows Across Europe Over EU's Mandatory Migrant Quotas

Everybody has a dark side, or a "shadow self." Often, civilization and socialization buries it to varying degrees but do not underestimate its existence. 

As usual, Jordan Peterson has trouble shutting up but Robert Greene has been an interesting and successful author. I did read his book about power, but only looked at his Seduction book because I do not need to think about that these days.

 Why are there 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour ?

Layers: How women dressed in 1896 

Modelo now #1 in US beer sales. Of course, Anheuser-Busch owns a lot of Modelo 

 Missouri man dies after eating raw oysters and contracting flesh-eating bacteria

Bummer, but I will not be scared 

 Princeton issues guidelines for ‘Consent on the Dance Floor’

What?

 AMA Doubles Down on Gender-Affirming Care for Kids

"Care" 

 McMaster’s Imaginary Sex Ring - In 2020, a Canadian university tore up its psychology department in search of a non-existent network of sexual predators. Documents obtained by Quillette reveal how administrators allowed it to happen.

It's about dangerous people 

 Queering Jesus: How It's Going Mainstream at Progressive Churches and Top Divinity Schools

 When LGBT Activists Flood Target With Bomb Threats, Media Pretend Conservatives Did It

 Eat, Pray, Cringe: Elizabeth Gilbert Cancels Herself

 The Back to the Office Movement

 The work-from-home fanatics owe the rest of us an apology

 The reactionary turn against the sexual revolution

 THE DAILY CHART: BLACK SHOOTINGS

Sad: Biden wants a railroad across the Pacific

“No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden.” 

Thomas Jefferson

And why do a few countries (like the US except the military) use a 12-hour cycle instead of 24?

Blame the Mesopotamians. 

 Cormac McCarthy, among America’s greatest authors, dies at 89

I read everything he wrote. It's all intense.

 America’s Love Affair with Adderall, And what happened when we were forced to live without it.

I have ADD. Adderal is good, but I never used any stimulants though I'm certain I'd do better with them. Well, that's not entirely true because some stimulant (speed) sped me through learning German in college.

 How to Clean an Over and Under Shotgun

The White House Isn't So Proud of What Happened at Its Pride Party

 Trust the science? Prestigious Johns Hopkins University erases women from woke new inclusive language guide that describes lesbians as 'non-men attracted to non-men,' - but still refers to male gays as 'men'

"Non-men"? 

 First People Sickened By COVID-19 Were Chinese Scientists At Wuhan Institute Of Virology, Say US Government Sources. The three scientists were engaged in “gain-of-function” research on SARS-like coronaviruses when they fell ill

 Mainstream media is wrong about affirmative action. The 'life support' narrative is intended to throw people into a crazy whirlpool of believing that Black Americans are not going to get into college because conservative justices sit on the Supreme Court.

 Tucker Carlson reveals the 'precise moment' Washington decided to 'send Donald Trump to prison' in third Twitter show - as he claims former president has made a 'blood enemy' of the Federal Government and slams charges

 How Not to Conduct Foreign Policy

The case against morality. The world will never be like the US - and the US is not always so pure anyway

Two terms I've found valuable via Scott Adams:

Talent stack

and most recently, "Recreational beliefs."

Science: Statistics prove that the more of them you have, the longer you're alive.

 While his case will ultimately rise or fall on its merits, it is indisputable that Trump is being treated far more harshly than either Biden or Clinton were under very similar circumstances. 

All three kept classified documents where and when they shouldn’t have.

Only one is being prosecuted. 

 "Shakespeare didn't write all those plays.  It was somebody else named Shakespeare." 

Woody Allen (h/t AVI) 

 The Unexpected Name Brands Behind Costco’s Store Label Products

" I’m a forty-year-old male Swiftie. No, I’m not ashamed. Taylor Swift is the finest tune crafter of the last generation — maybe even the last two"

Mel Brooks turns 97 

In the UK, keep kids away from pizza

Lab-grown meat 

 Death of the professions

Telegraph: Schoolgirl identifies as a cat 

 Hail to the Brave Parents Who've Had Enough of the Sexualization of Children

 NYC private schools teaching ‘sexuality curriculum’ in woke kindergarten classes

 Charter schools outperform public schools in US, with NY results ‘among the best in the country’

 Paranoia in the Paper - A New York Times article inadvertently helps show why black Americans distrust the police.

It's always been Get Trump 

 Maddow Admits It's Really About Getting Trump Out of Race

 Thoughts On The Federal Trump Indictment: It's Shockingly Weak

 China To Build Spy Base In Cuba Focused On Intercepting Communications Within U.S.: Report

 Our China Self‐​Own - Failing to improve our immigration policy gives our biggest competitor a leg up on skilled labor.

 What's Wrong with Latin America?

A 30-minute introduction to the Babylonian Creation story

But I never heard her 'til now. Shake it off is what trainers tell you after a tough routine. This is old:

My Father's Day present. Unlike many guys, I am not a grill fanatic but it's ok. Not for fat ribeyes.

My last one rusted out and fell apart. Got a similar one, half propane and half charcoal/wood/smoker. Lowe's included free assembly, but I gotta give the guy $20 tip for that hassle. If nothing else, I always show gratitude for helpers. I've assembled big grills in the past, and it's a chore. Boat is in the water - no time.

Propane is quick, but I like charcoal+wood, especially for the TG turkey.

Intense. Lyrics to Where are you Tonight (Journey Through Dark Heat)

 This New Mega Virus Is Actually Good for the Future of Humanity. Promise. It carries a whopping 171,000 strands of DNA.

 This Is Catfishing on an Industrial Scale. Hired as customer service reps, these freelancers were instead tasked with luring in the lonely and lovestruck through a network of dating and hookup sites.

Edication: There is something so banal, even embarrassing, in the aggressive positivity and predictable cant ...

 The End of Progressive Intellectual Life - How the Foundation-NGO complex quashed innovative thinking and open debate, first on the American right and now on the center-left

 Nearly one in three Gen Zers want the government to install surveillance cameras in everyone's homes

 Government control and over-regulation are driving insurers out of California

The End Of Easy Money: Bankruptcy Filings Pile Up At Fastest Rate Since 2010

 New York City’s Democrat Mayor Eric Adams is attempting to sue rural counties in New York state for refusing to accept the illegal immigrants he wants to send them.

 Taibbi: Does Anyone Believe American Propaganda Anymore?

 Swedish Prime Minister: “Massive  Immigration Just Doesn’t Work”. Announces new measures to make border policy strictest in Europe.

 Washingtons State's 'Equity' Director Pink-Slipped Over Allegations of Racism

 Red Sox Pitcher Cut Loose After Offending the Thought Police

Dershowitz:  The most dangerous indictment in US history

 National Health Service in Great Britain bans puberty blockers

 Gender’s Truth-Distortion Field - Across the English-speaking world, the discussion of trans rights is governed by taboos, sacred myths, and, in some cases, outright lies.

Trump indictment seems OK if appliced equally 

If you even need breakfast other than a medium Dunkin (if Irish, a Guiness mixed with a raw egg), lots of people go for various cereals. 

Sure, tasty, but pure carbs. Might as well have a donut or two. 

Mrs. BD tells me that the ladies like a teacup of Cold Oatmeal for breakfast.   No cooking.

From a while ago. It's tough not to like Bari.

Back from a lengthy sabbatical, our pal in Maine at Sippican Cottage 

Fires:  In a 2020 ProPublica article, journalist Elizabeth Weil pointed out that California officials have turned the state into a tinderbox through years of fire suppression.

I am against fire suppression. It is unnatural. 

 Climate change didn’t cause Canada’s wildfires - Lightning has been starting forest fires for millennia

Had the wind been different, nobody would have noticed. Canada always has fires. 

 Rigorous new study of studies finds that lockdowns, not COVID, caused the destruction

 INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS SAY U.S. HAS RETRIEVED CRAFT OF NON-HUMAN ORIGIN

Really? 

$60,000 orgasms 

Well, it does tend to take your mind off other things... 

 After Affirmative Action, Meritocracy?

What is merit? 

WSJ: Is Religion Good for Your Health? Studying the health benefits of religious activity involves special challenges, and researchers are developing new methods to meet them

Not what it's for 

 Is Remote Work Really the Future? Workers may be heading back to the office for five days a week sooner than they think.

 Is Remote Work Here to Stay?

You May Not Need an Electric Vehicle After All

 Liberals Try to Undermine Tucker Carlson's First Successful Twitter Show, But It Backfires

Why the hate? I don't know his politics, but he is entertaining and clever

 Trump Attorney Alina Habba Reacts to Indictment: “It’s Just Another Normal Day in Trump World..."

It is obviously political lawfare. 

 The Leftist Knives Are Already Coming Out for Potential Democrat Spoiler Cornel West

That's racist 

 California Takes a Big Step Towards Legalizing Shoplifting

 Armed employee shoots woman who was pistol-whipping coworker

  San Francisco Police Record Viral Video Saluting the Pride Flag

 Why Are So Many Younger Americans Okay with Big Brother Monitoring Their Homes?

Sanctuary Cities Seethe as Illegal Immigrants Actually Arrive 

 MOMS FOR HATE?

 Kids subjected to bizarre nude performance at 'all ages' Oregon State drag event. The event included a demonstration of 't*tty weight lifting.'

 Leftist Agitators Attack Armenian Parents Protesting “LGBTQ+” Activities in Glendale, CA Schools

CNN:  LGBTQ Americans are in a state of emergency

 Professor labels Target boycotters ‘domestic terrorists’

 STATE DEPT PUSHES LGBTQ ‘PRIDE’ EVERYWHERE EXCEPT MUSLIM WORLD

 Maryland Democrat Says Muslim Families Sided with ‘White Supremacists’ for Flagging Sexual Material in Class

 A Church Grows in Brooklyn - People say immigrants like my parents do the jobs native-born Americans don’t want to do. Keeping the faith is one of them.

 Mayor: Why should my town bail out failure of Dems on illegal migrants?

Academic journal editor faces cancel attempt for allowing debate on transgenderism 

Ukraine:  How Does This End Well?

I could do it 

Definition:

" A steel man argument (or steelmanning) is the opposite of a straw man argument. Steelmanning is the practice of addressing the strongest form of the other person's argument, even if it's not the one they presented."