Thursday, June 27. 2019
 French Locals to Counter Burkini Protest with Nude Swimming
Truck driver accused of killing 7 bikers was immigrant who should have been deported
Psychologists Can’t Figure Out Why Hardly Anyone Wants To Date A Trans Person
Living in deserts: A Water-Stressed World Turns to Desalination
Inside Google’s Microaggressions Newsletter: Pronoun Problems, Soy Police, And A Deaf Person Told To Watch Her ‘Tone’
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 120 others at Statehouse blast vaccination
Idiots
The Wall Street Journal Embarrasses Itself On The Economics Of 100% Intermittent Renewable Energy
Relatives Say Father And Daughter In That Heartbreaking Photo Were Not Fleeing From Violence In El Salvador
Half of BP Workforce Reassigned to Humanitarian Support Duty, 100,000 Migrants Slip into U.S.
"... according to the most recent data available from the National Science Foundation women actually earned slightly more bachelor’s degrees in “Science and Engineering” (3,111,529) between 2006 and 2016 than men (3,091,614)!",
Thanks to Trump, the healthcare choice is yours
It’s our elites who are driving America’s divisions
The Democratic Party Has a 'Perception Problem' as 'Coastal, Elitist'
So Many Democrats, So Many Bad Ideas
Politico: Dear Democrats, Here’s How to Guarantee Trump’s Reelection - You’ve got a historically unpopular opponent in the White House, but there are nearly a dozen ways you could still blow this.
The Existential Threat of a Democratic Texas - Suburban moms and Latinos could turn Texas blue
Navy's Railgun Now Undergoing Tests In New Mexico, Could Deploy On Ship In Northwest
The Trump Doctrine
Wednesday, June 26. 2019
Democrats point to Nordic nations as models of socialism. Here’s how they actually work.
Friday, June 21. 2019
Why Sexism and Racism Never Diminish–Even When Everyone Becomes Less Sexist and Racist:
Although modern societies have made extraordinary progress in solving a wide range of social problems, from poverty and illiteracy to violence and infant mortality, the majority of people believe that the world is getting worse. The fact that concepts grow larger when their instances grow smaller may be one source of that pessimism.
As social problems shrink, there is less need or demand for the Left. Then the challenge is to magnify smaller issues right down to the microscopic, invented, or imaginary ones. Raise the volume. They are gettng the hang of that. Especially Scare the Blacks, but I don't think that will work this time. The reparations deal might, though, because who does not like the idea of a free check in the mail?
Toon via Lucianne
Four Child-Rearing Practices Ben Franklin’s Father Used to Raise a Great Man
10-Year-Old Colorado Girl Becomes Youngest Person to Climb El Capitan
Sheesh
Talk About Excitement: New York To Become The "Global Leader" On Climate!
Why Are There So Many Homeless in Los Angeles?
Connecticut’s Fiscal Decay
Two years ago, I wrote about how Connecticut morphed from a low-tax state to a high-tax state. The Nutmeg State used to be an economic success story, presumably in large part because there was no state income tax. But then an income tax was imposed almost 30 years ago and it’s been downhill ever since.
Kotkin: What Do the Oligarchs Have in Mind for Us?
Anti-Semitism Grows on College Campuses
Rhode Island Passes 'Abortion Until Birth' Bill; Senator: 'We Will All Be Accountable To God'
What physician would do that?
Depraved Social Engineers Run California Schools
At Dems' Event on Poverty, No One Talked About Jobs
Why?
LEFT-WINGERS PILE ON CHUCK TODD FOR CALLING OUT OCASIO-CORTEZ
CNN’s Angela Rye Says America Is Headed Toward Implementing The Same “Death Camps” As Nazis
CA Voters Not Happy With Free Medical For Illegals
IMMIGRATION MADNESS - A legal immigrant weighs in
'Scorched Earth': Mueller's Targets Speak Out
Terrible stories
Schlichter: Trump’s Way To Victory
5.8 Million Individuals Drop Off Food Stamps Under Trump
Apple, Black & Decker and Steve Madden among US companies moving production out of China. Here’s the full list.
Iran determined to arm West Bank Palestinian factions
China’s Urban Crisis - Authoritarian planning, rising class tensions, and sophisticated population surveillance cast a shadow on the country’s rapidly growing cities.
Thursday, June 20. 2019
Trump Just Revolutionized Health Care — And Nobody Noticed
Wednesday, June 19. 2019
Thanks to seal conservation, the ocean beaches of Cape Cod are more exciting than ever this year.
Monday, June 17. 2019
VDH: When normality became abnormal
The Republican Party’s prior role was to slow down the inevitable trajectory to European socialism, the end of American exceptionalism, and homogenized globalized culture. Losing nobly in national elections was one way of keeping one’s dignity, weepy wounded-fawn style, while the progressive historical arc kept bending to our collective future. Rolling one’s eyes on Sunday talk shows as a progressive outlined the next unhinged agenda was proof of tough resistance.
Like it or not, now lines are drawn. Trump so unhinged the Left that it finally tore off its occasional veneer of moderation, and showed us what progressives had in store for America...
Sunday, June 16. 2019
Re the Russia hoax
With Justice Department investigators’ noses to the ground, it should be just a matter of time before they identify Brennan conclusively as fabricator-in-chief of the Russiagate story. Evidence, real evidence in this case, abounds, since the Brennan-Comey-Clapper gang of three were sure Hillary Clinton would become president. Consequently, they did not perform due diligence to hide their tracks...
Saturday, June 15. 2019
Local Anytime Fitness Blasted For This Fat-Shaming Promotional Email
Snowflakes Triggered by Calorie Count Exam Question
Countless workout fads have come along since the heyday of Jazzercise: Tae Bo, Pilates, Zumba, boxing, spinning, pole dancing. And yet Jazzercise persists
Hiking Mt. Washington is the real deal
Thousands do it, but be prepared for weather
Name change: "Cimate Emergency" replaces Climate Change, which replaced Global Warming
Still working on the branding
COWARDICE AT HARVARD
An Addiction Crisis Disguised as a Housing Crisis - Opioids are fueling homelessness on the West Coast.
Williamson: But Why Is Guatemala Hungry?
Codevilla: A Conservative Resistance?
Do the current Democratic politics spell doom for charter schools?
Cuomo’s rent regulation will destroy NYC’s housing market
Damned irrational
Communism Versus Freedom: The Strategy for Taking Over the Democratic Party
Question For Bernie: What Happens To Those Who Don’t Want To Join Your Commune?
Berrnie lived on a Vermont commune for a while. Got thrown out for being a slacker.
Kamala Harris Would Help Dreamers Get Green Cards — Sometimes at the Expense of Legal Immigrants
Aren't Democrats now accusing Team Obama of treason?
Just Try Calling the FBI With Foreign Dirt Dug Up On Democrats
Trump touts new health care move to expand choices for small businesses
Trump administration expands pre-tax accounts for health insurance coverage
So Far, Trade War 2019 Risks Red Ink, Not Blood
Where Jews and Palis get along well
Friday, June 14. 2019
Many or most people in the US have used opioids whether for surgical or dental procedures, cancer pain, etc. The number of those people who become addicts is extremely low, but I do not have the numbers.
I know that there is some recreational use too, which seems, intuitively, more likely to lead towards addiction.
The few times I have used opioids (prescribed, of course), I have found them to be sort-of ok for pain relief but generally unpleasant (sleepy, stupid, unsettling) so I switch to NSAIDs or Tylenol as soon as I can.
Others find opioids to provide a feeling of deep, warm well-being if not euphoria. That sounds appealing, doesn't it?
What are your experiences with opioids?
Here's Dalrymple's take on the topic.
Monday, June 10. 2019
There are still a few wooden homes left in Manhattan, 11 of them are listed here. As luck would have it, we actually saw 3 of the 11 (Morris-Jumel, Hamilton Grange, Sylvan Terrace) on our urban hike, and could've seen 2 more (if I had known and added them...more research needed next time).
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RIP, Steve Dunleavy: 
8 Fun (and Possibly Dangerous) Activities Enjoyed by Past Generations
Budweiser's Father's Day campaign 
Lovers 
Is Euthanasia Psychiatric Treatment?