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Thursday, March 28. 2024Thursday morning links
Ivy League changes mind, SATs no longer racist Rich NYC teens are getting fake ADHD diagnoses to win extra time on the SATs leading to huge surge in points: 'Everyone is doing it' Tale of a Tampon - Scenes from a sit-in at Vanderbilt. Academia Versus Civilization - The antisemitism of campus leftism may be incidental. The barbarism is the point. Inmates Run NBC's Asylum: Former RNC Chief McDaniel Fired After 'Talent' Mutiny NYC Begs Supreme Court to Allow Over 800,000 Illegal Immigrants to Vote "There's A Lot More Chainsaw": Argentine President Milei To Fire 70,000 Government Workers The Rafah Crossing Wednesday, March 27. 2024Wednesday morning links
Twilight of the Wonks - The 100-year reign of impeccably credentialed but utterly mediocre meme processors is coming to an end The self-righteous often don’t have any self-awareness. NY Gov. Kathy Hochul Dumping $2.4 Billion Into Migrant Care, Pushing State-Funded Housing Construction Pushback on Squatting - Around the country, recent laws aim to close loopholes that enable the illegal occupation of properties. Law and Order Is a Killer Problem for Democrats Boeing’s Dead Whistleblower Told the Truth. Joe Nocera reports. Plus: The hit job on Andrew Huberman, the middle-aged millennial meltdown, the Baltimore bridge collapse, P. Diddy, and much more. Stuart's Wednesday Potpourri Biden claims he commuted over collapsed Baltimore Key Bridge by train ‘many times’ – but it doesn’t have any rail lines AP Tries to Inject Race Into Tragic Baltimore Bridge Collapse, Drags Up Namesake's Slavery Past Mexican President Demands U.S. Pay Up or ‘Flow of Migrants will Continue’ Biden Is Considering Illegal Immigrant Amnesty Prepaid Debit Cards for Illegal Aliens in NYC Israel Has Created a New Standard for Urban Warfare. Tuesday, March 26. 2024Tuesday morning links
Hawaii, Which Couldn’t Survive Without Fossil Fuels, Holds Climate Doom Conference “I Was Wrong About Renewables,” Says Former Green Energy Executive. A twenty-year veteran of clean tech now says we need to use more, not less, energy, especially natural gas and nuclear Jonathan Haidt: Smartphones Rewired Childhood. Here’s How to Fix It. If gender is a social construction, why would we not believe that transgender identities are socially constructed. Banning the Blockers - Gender clinics from Stockholm to San Francisco have been running an uncontrolled experiment on children, while cloaked in the mantle of human rights. Europe Blunders on AI - The United States should avoid the regulatory mistakes of the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act. Central Planners Can't Fix Iraq—or Detroit. In Fragile Neighborhoods, author Seth Kaplan applies his Fixing Fragile States observations domestically. Calif. fast-food chains slash workers as $20-an-hour minimum wage looms VDH: Will DEI End America—or America end DEI? Academia Versus Civilization - The antisemitism of campus leftism may be incidental. The barbarism is the point. Border Patrol Chief: Terrorists May Be Among Migrants Sen. Hagerty: Tonight every single Senate Democrat voted against my amendment that would stop Biden Admin from using taxpayer dollars to charter flights for hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens from their countries directly to American towns to be resettled. In the Shifa Hospital: “IDF troops apprehended approximately 480 terrorists affiliated with the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations, and have located weapons and terrorist infrastructure in the hospital.” Monday, March 25. 2024Monday morning links
How Did Jelly Beans Become an Easter Candy? Bill Shatner turns 93 Gen Z Is Toxic for Companies, Employers Believe The Classical School Revolution. The Lady Lowriders Club. Plus. . .Is the SAT getting easier? A Big Week in Medical A.I. - Multiple new reports are indicators for where we are headed The Department of Justice Takes Aim at Apple’s iPhone Empire "The rule is projected to eliminate more than seven billion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere over the next 30 years...." Which is nothing California Synagogue Leases Space to Mosque to ‘Ease Tensions,’ But a Lovefest Doesn't Exactly Break Out American Idiots Kill the American Century. After decades of foreign-policy bungling and strategic defeats, the U.S. has never seemed weaker — and dictators around the world know it High school students at a New York high school staged a massive walk-out protest this week in opposition to the district’s attempts to force them to share restrooms with the opposite gender, in the name of “transgender” acceptance. Planet Fitness Paying the Price for Trans Agenda ASU paid Ibram Kendi $35,000 for 60-minute speech He has a good agent Bernie Sanders’ four-day-work-week scheme is a prescription for poverty CNN Panelist Warns What Will Happen If Letitia James Seizes Trump's Assets, and It's Not Good for Dems “what’s going on in New York State with the weaponization of prosecutors’ offices both criminally and civilly is really troubling” “Real Time” host Bill Maher closed his show on Friday night scorching Democrats for “pandering” to minority groups for votes, telling them the time of relying on “identity politics” to win elections is over. James Carville Sounds Off on Dems in Wild NYT Column, Says Party’s Culture is Being Dominated By ‘Too Many Preachy Females’ Governor Abbott has no plans to stop sending them until the Texas border is secured. He is doing Joe Biden's job and Biden is fighting him every step of the way. Illegal Alien Lists All the Things New York City is Giving Him for FREE — and it’s Shocking Incentives matter Reporters arrested at border The Chaos in Haiti is Getting Worse Putin Vows Revenge For "Bloodbath" Moscow Attack, Points Finger At Help From Ukraine, As 11 'Terrorists' Captured Believe nothing Saturday, March 23. 2024Son's UpdateI do have some updates, but I have been busy. Short update(s). First, my personal close family arrived yesterday. Sister and her family (husband and children) from Vienna, Austria in arrivement. My father and his wife also arrived. My mother and my sister (who cares for her at age 88) arrived. My brother and his wife also arrived. All of this time spending and tiring, but essential with some more opportunities but with a less likelihood for complete original involvement of this kind likely again soon. I also have a new teach announced for in 3 weeks as a potential which was unknown, sudden, and possible starting after April's first week. I have been doing calls and set ups for that as well as preparation for an early MRI and completing chemo and radiology, while taking an in-laws family trip this weekend shortly. There other stories I will expand on a future day (Monday or Tuesday) but the key point are two fold. One is a larger natural public completion I will present to High School children after I speak with two of my pastors and possibly a local Rabbi of a friend. Another is using that as a larger presentation for more options possibly in video and/or public revolutions after it is seen on Maggie's Farm. The second fold is this attached story - a great shortage resolution of the value of Reservoir Dogs by Quentin Tarantino. While I have found many very good Tarantino films, Reservoir Dogs has been, since its release, as one of the greatest of its kinds. I have loved it only slightly less than Pulpy Fiction. Tarantino had several good films, but these were his two best overall in my view. My son did a wonderful set up and arranging a discussion about Reservoir Dogs and made it very much worth reading - I recommend it today and will follow up later with more. Enjoy this, I was overwhelmed by his knowledge as quite excellent. One side note. If you have not seen The Conversation, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS ASAP as the 50th anniversary this year. With Cazale in it, the film was largely ignored in the US in 1974 for poor reasoning by criticals. It is, by far, a great film overlooked back then. It was Cazale's poorest US film, its only wealth winning a Cannes 1974 Palme d'Or. It also won or was nominated for various Academy Awards, BAFTA and Golden Globes, in addition to MANY others. It starred surprisingly great actors. Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Teri Garr, Cindy Williams, Harrison Ford, and Robert Duvall put together an AMAZING story with top level management and story making. Phenomenal and widely overlooked until only now. My other son, upon my call after watching it, surprised me shockingly by admitting the very day before he'd seen a local Manhattan Film offer for The Conversation's 50th Anniversary and he took it in and was overwhelmed by its great production for 1974. I laughed and agreed deeply with him. I highly recommend this if you have time, too. Saturday morning links
Why Do Men Dominate Chess? Why Did West Point Remove ‘Duty, Honor, Country’ From Its Mission Statement? 'There's Been No Increase': Scientists Debunk Climate Change Claims About Hurricanes University launches semester-long ‘climate emergency’ campaign to protect ‘Mother Earth’ Ayan Hirsi Ali: The West has a deviancy problem. Our moral confusion is proving suicidal Massachusetts Allocates $800 Million For Illegal Alien Shelters Why not build them houses? Stuart's Saturday Miscellany CIA Accused Of Directly Meddling In Hunter Biden IRS, DOJ Investigations Well, assume Burisma was a CIA op IDF Eliminates 90 Terrorists, Apprehends Hundreds in Raid on Gaza Shifa Hospital Complex Friday, March 22. 2024Friday morning links Is Craft Beer Cringe Right Now? When Did Dogs Become Our Best Friends? The West is being torn apart by the battle of the infinite sexes Larry Summers was ousted as Harvard president. He has a lot to say about what’s wrong with the university now. Naive Realism and the Unconstrained Vision - explaining why people profess a belief that social problems have simple solutions Republican apathy is as bad for the country as is aggressive progressivism. Starting To Notice That The Energy Transition Is Not Happening Even lefties now admit closing the Indian Point nuclear plant actually HARMED the planet Stanford Professor Behind California's New Equity-Focused Math Curriculum Accused of Bogus Citations Behind the fight against TikTok - Opposition to the bill has brought together a broad and unusual coalition "Invasion": Riot Erupts After Migrant Swarm Breaches US Southern Border, National Guard Left Helpless Biden’s Border Blowup Thursday, March 21. 2024Thursday morning links
Springtime music at Powerline Outrage erupts over Kyle Rittenhouse campus tour The Greatest Scientific Fraud Of All Time -- Part XXXII (Sea Level Rise Edition) The EPA Is About to Outlaw Your Car The concept of metamodernism isn’t particularly well-known, but once you learn about it, you will recognize it everywhere West Point Gives in to Creeping Liberalism The Cost of DEI Democrats in denial on crimes of illegal immigrants. Here's the reality the rest of America can't ignore Illinois Moves To Cut Thousands Of Non-Citizens From Taxpayer-Subsidized Health Care DeSantis May Send Haitian Migrants Arriving in Florida to Martha’s Vineyard UN climate adviser says white people are taking up ‘too much space’ The Islamist Transformation of Ohio Keep American Troops The Hell Out Of Haiti Wednesday, March 20. 2024Who on the US Supreme Court feels free speech is bad for government?Wednesday morning links Don Lemon chats with Elon Musk How the Welfare State Fails the Poor Woke Sociologist Hears About It After Hysterical Rant Over Thin Blue Line Stickers Stuart's Wednesday Potpourri Free Speech on Trial. SpaceX’s Man-Made Miracle. Plus. Tough NYC Stance On Illegal Migrants Just A Smokescreen Tuesday, March 19. 2024Tuesday morning links
How grade inflation effects Harvard kids Washington Supreme Court Rules Bar Exam Negatively Impacts Minorities, Will No Longer Require It For Lawyers The mental health crisis does not explain wokeness Woke Mind Virus Causes 'Anxiety & Depression', New Study Reveals Let’s Stop Calling It Gender-Affirming Care The Transqueers Take The Mask Off. Judith Butler and Andrea Long Chu explain their gender revolution. It's wild! Google’s Woke AI Wasn’t a Mistake. We Know. We Were There. "Reduce Poverty Migration To Zero" – German Politicians Propose Crackdown On Migrants Sending Billions To Their Home Countries Trump Cannot Get $464 Million Bond in New York Civil Case German Lawmaker In Blistering Ukraine Speech To Parliament: "Have You All Lost Your Minds?" Monday, March 18. 2024Monday morning links
Marriage Fundamentalism: Professor Criticizes Marriage as an Institution Built on “White Heteropatriarchal Supremacy” Is gender real? After a Century, the Federal Tea Board Is Finally Dead. Imported tea was required for decades to pass a literal taste test before it could be sold in the United States. On Thursday, James Crumbley, the father of mass school shooter Ethan Crumbley, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. NYCity Firefighters Who Booed James Could Face “Education” Bill Maher slams rise in Americans self-diagnosing with mental illnesses and says: 'PTSD is for people who fought in Iraq, not people who want to bring their dog on a plane' The Freedom to Offend - In 2006, Christopher Hitchens gave a brave, ‘blasphemous’ speech on Islam that resonates with even greater power today. Has Google News’ Bias Moved Further Left?: 2022 and 2023 Compared Caucus Members Go After State Department’s Forgivable ‘Loan’ Program For Refugees Texas can Secure the Southern Border with a Military-Grade Solution DeSantis: Law Enforcement Seized Boat of Haitians Who had Guns, Drugs, Night Vision Gear The Nation doesn't like Fetterman anymore The Biden Administration announced that it is approving $500 million in financing for oil development in the Middle East. More Weak Arguments for ‘Free’ Trade - American manufacturing is not doing just fine, actually. The bloodbath hoax Leftist Corporate Media Unleashes Trump "Bloodbath Hoax" Can Things Get Any Worse In Haiti? Saturday, March 16. 2024Recent UpdateJust a few notes from the past week. 1. It was a great week, overall. Main issue was the 3/12/2024 62nd birthday. My family took time off to spend the day. 62 from 1962 is a fine repetition. I hope I can get to 63 - so far, it seems likely, but we do not know much more yet. 2. There was a small shift in chemo in the second week. Several times severe depression was a setting. It is short, and I've fought it naturally. But for the first time I fell into depressive moments requiring a push back against the chemo impact on my otherwise greatly positive POV. I also developed Carpal Tunnel as a related effect on my tennis wrist. Since I have sciatica the doctor grew my steroid offer and after 3 days it has impacted an improvement on depression and pain from muscles. It also grows less sleep. Which to be honest is fine. I still sleep anyway. At times, hours here and there. 3. I spent an entire day in NYC on the day after my birthday. I met my company president and VPs. I got many notes wishing me well from coworkers and all wishing me happy birthday on my birthday and wishing me well. My company is the best place I've ever worked. So much so, the president offered to hear at least 5 of 7 stories I have which I've done over the years. I will not go into details, but after telling them, he was stunned - never having heard deep criminal situations at companies. One was a lie against me - which later led to a release and heavy payment which indicated they dropped the lawsuit. I did depositions in at least 2 specific items where I rejected the company legal support as I stated "I only speak truth, so legal support will back off corporate stories as they see truth filling reality" - each one led to several job losses as lawyres saw that truth is actually rather easy. Drove some of them frighteningly. I closed my own lawsuit once, but I cannot discuss the details. All worth mentioning is the depth of illegal email and other activities and laws taken against me which led to my removal...and could have been more money if I'd pushed it. I chose to move away as my job I had taken was better and far more interesting than spending time in courts to win a few million dollars. That's a few stories, but opend the door to some massive mainstream illegal activity in many cases. Continue reading "Recent Update" Saturday morning links
‘We need to stop telling kids they’ve been traumatised’ - Abigail Shrier on how therapy culture makes children miserable. New York Magazine's "Freedom of Sex" is the ultimate example of the lunatic nihilism that's consumed America's intellectual class Middle-class LA mom-of-two reveals what it's REALLY like living with personality disorder - including 'feeling nothing' when others are in pain Democrats are hemorrhaging support with voters of color Stuart's Saturday Miscellany Chicago: Migrant Evictions Will Begin Sunday ALAN DERSHOWITZ slams Georgia judge for letting DA Fani Willis continue her war on Trump despite paying her 'lover' with taxpayer dollars Macron Again Talks Up NATO Troops For Ukraine: 'We Cannot Allow Russia To Win' What? Ukraine is not NATO. And by "we," doesn't he mean the US? Friday, March 15. 2024Friday morning links
Harvard doctor says animal products are essential for mental health - in blow to veganism: 'The brain needs meat' Time spend playing video games is not associated with anxiety or stress among college students Just a stupid waste of time Eliminating Standardized Testing Was a Disaster Female Athletes Sue NCAA Over Transgender Competitors in Sports California: We Need Another $100 Billion for High-Speed Rail Canadian Police Advise Leaving Car Keys in Front Door to Deter Break-Ins and Minimize Conflict with Thieves Why a Berkeley Professor Is Sleeping in His Office. The Rise of the Latino Evangelical. Give Stephen Glass a Break. TGIF: I Serve at the Pleasure of Barbecue - The ACLU gets uncivil. Biden goes rogue and Shaun King goes Muslim. Trump flip-flops on TikTok. Elon Musk and Don Lemon go kaput. And much more. Joe Biden seemed ‘normal’ in 2020, but then came his nothing-normal presidency The View from Gaza Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) denounced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as an “obstacle to peace” NATO's 'Welfare' States: Treating The US As 'Room Service' Thursday, March 14. 2024Thursday morning links
Why? Trans Activist Furious That Britain's 'Far-Right' NHS Banned Puberty Blockers For Kids Devastating Study Blows Up the Entire Transgender Movement Nearly 30% of Gen Z women identify as LGBTQ, Gallup survey finds Urban Agriculture? Recycling plastic is practically impossible — and the problem is getting worse The Folly Of Rent Control In New York City Private K-12 programs ditch classics for race-obsessed classes, woke activism Metropolitan Opera Slaps Trigger Warning on Puccini’s ‘Turandot’: Rife with ‘Racial Stereotypes’ NYC Warmists Could Force Pizzerias Out Of Business How Pelosi’s J6 Committee Was Used for Politics and Lawfare There's Literally Not One Single Way Illegal Immigration' Impacts Anyone's Life in Any Way Bari Weiss: Reflections and videos from my time on the ground in Israel. Wednesday, March 13. 2024Haiti in the newsMy great-uncle used to like Haiti for winter vacations. It was a tourist place, like Cuba was. Like so many places on earth, it's now a gangster place. Call it a "country" if you want to. Nothing new about that. Seems to me that not being a gangster place is the exception. I've known a couple of Americans who tried to "help" Haitians. They gave up, just like the Clintons did. It has no modern legal structure, same as Somalia or Gaza etc. etc. Lord of the flies. Haiti news – live: US State Department warns Americans not to travel to Haiti amid gang takeover Trump might term such places s-hole countries, but it's historically normal.
Wednesday morning links
U.K. National Health Service to Stop Prescribing Puberty Blockers to Kids The "Gender Pay Gap" Is a Myth That Won’t Go Away Journalism Has a Religion Problem Stuart's Wednesday Potpourri Mr. Garland, Can I Vote In France And Spain? " Importing tens of millions of third-world people with no skills and no money into a first world nation with an enshrined welfare state, does not benefit the people of that nation, as the latter are forced to foot the bill." The biggest question of another Trump presidency is: Who will work for him? The UN wants you to think aid isn’t reaching northern Gaza, because it’s not reaching it… through the UN. Tuesday, March 12. 2024Tuesday morning links People Hate Daylight Saving. Science Tells Us Why. Academics embrace new ‘deficit framing’ concept to justify unprepared, underperforming, or immature students Sheesh Tik Tok in China vs USA Global Population Crash Isn't Sci-Fi Anymore. We used to worry about the planet getting too crowded but there are plenty of downsides to a shrinking humanity as well VDH: The Anti-Democratic Democratic Left - The defense of those destroying democracy is that they are doing it to prevent others from doing what they would do, should they have been on the receiving end of exactly what they are now doing. Dershowitz: Who Will Prosecute the Prosecutors? Joe Biden is losing to Donald Trump because of a dirty little secret: Donald Trump is actually the moderate in this race. Trump is a threat to Democrats, not democracy Haiti Descends Into Chaos Biden’s Gaza Floating Port Plan Generating Concern Among Military Professionals. “I don’t know a single maritime professional who thinks this is a good idea given the location and conditions ashore, but orders are orders.” Monday, March 11. 2024Monday morning links
New York And California Getting Totally Lost With Energy Storage Are you privileged? I am privileged to be an American Giving DEI the Pink Slip - Major institutions have started rolling back their diversity bureaucracies. Why Attempts To Control Opinion Cause Opinion To Diverge Armed citizen patrols start in Hartford amid violence concerns The Democrats Praying for an Open Convention We Could Use a Man like Calvin Coolidge Again Will the West Defeat Itself? Can Turkey Negotiate Peace in Ukraine? Pope Francis Says Ukraine Should Surrender, Urges Zelensky to ‘Show Courage of the White Flag’ Well, just negotiate and get this over with. It's my money. How the Gaza Ministry of Health Fakes Casualty Numbers Truth disappears during war Saturday, March 9. 2024Saturday morning links
I am tired of salmon, done with it. Mrs. BD had Arctic Char last night, and was happy. Char is a salmonid. America’s Loneliness Epidemic Comes for the Restaurant Harvard, in a Dramatic Development as Antisemitism Engulfs the University, Asks Bay State Taxpayers for a Bailout Identity Satiation - Some rarely discussed phenomena can shed light on why the focus on identity and introspection has coincided with a rise of mental health issues, including identity disorders. Now, Ivy League colleges like Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania have decided to stop publishing the Dean’s List – a recognition of those students who worked hard to achieve academic excellence – to reduce “stress and competition.” Brands faced consumer backlash over Black Lives Matter support Stuart's Saturday Miscellany Victor Davis Hanson: One Angry Biden Lie After Another Friday, March 8. 2024Basic Things My Life on a FridayStarting with my brother's arrival soon. He is driving an hour from outside Philadelphia to see me. He will drive me to radiation at 11am, then to Rahway to solve a license issue for a new one. I can't order a new one online since it ends in 5 days on my 62nd birthday of March 12. Apparently, you get this close and they want you in reality rather than handling things online. So after that, we'll grab lunch and possibly walk some - I am finally feeling exercise. I signed up for a poker tournament locally. I've never played PLO and I've won that tournament for Texas Hold 'em several times. So that was always pleasant. But since my times are shorted, it's time to learn a newer version. I do well playing Hold 'em online - oddly the removal of my tumor has actually vastly increased my intelligence oddly. If you've never seen the movie with John Travolta, "Phenomenon" it isn't too bad. It's a larger intelligence expansion than I'm experiencing, but the testing (outside of a few words I have trouble remembering for speaking or misspelling, which was non-existent a month ago) is different from me knowing and understanding. The doctors have started at me with suprrise at how much I understand and speak of everything regarding me, my relationships, my business and other items which they fully did not expect after this operation. They recognize I understand my own situation extraordinarily well compared to many others. Both the depth of my issues and the knowledge of the problems and how it is often trialed for testing. Finally feeling well enough to get started on fixing my January travel expenses for business on 2 trips I'd taken before my illness. I was too messed up after operation to do anything with that. I'm now 2 days past a month, so that's a benefit. And my health is vastly improved. The doctors are getting me passing for local NJ Cannabis Dispensary for edibles. I do not use cannabis, haven't many years. I have not liked it ever since college, really. However, edibles apparently (based on several friends using chemo) that stop several illnesses from chemo. That has not happened yet. But I'll use a little if I get messed up. Also, many things need effort and interest over the weekend. Finalize taxes, work on the house, and spending to improve the house. Frankly I suggested to Mrs. Bulldog to sell one old 15 year car which needs a new timing belt (over $4,000 to fix, but just trading it will add $2,000 to a new car). She'd rather pay too much to fix it and keep it for 2 years as after 2 years with me gone - who needs a second car? We have a disagreement on that. Also suggesting we sell the house rather than pay to fix it all. I told her a smaller place for her to live in is preferable after I'm gone. Let the buyer pay for our home now, pay way less for a smaller home. That's a conversation for this weekend, I suppose. Pastor next week on my birthday to speak with students so they can learn about life difficulty. An odd conversation with the sociology administrator at the hospital was learning a lot. She loved my very rare attitude and approach. She pointed out people rarely consider or think about the fact that everyone dies. As a result, life is often managed over the fact they are living now as is - often leading to difficulties and disagreements (or worse). Once you know the ending (as I do) your life and efforts change. Few change it the same way - often it's related to fear, annoyance or scare. She was pleased with my open conversation and belief that death happens, anyway - so why get upset or worry now? It's a waste of time. When you don't have a timing like mine, she pointed out, there are lots of other issues people engage. Because you forget you never know when things happen or end. It is intriguing. One final conversation. Dogs. I love my little dog. Not an English Bulldog like my first two. A French Bulldog we rescued after a mill planned to kill it after it had several puppy birth groups. Many of these mills are just awful and do not care about dogs except to make money from puppies. Rescues get a push from people saying helping mills is poorly thought out. I disagree. We originally planned to just foster the dog for 2 weeks and release it to someone who wanted it. But at her 5th year, when we rescued her, I fell in love with her. A co-speaker commented that, as I die, I will have the chance to finally se"e my last 2 again, as well as my current one someday. I agreed and reminded her that there is a wonderful Twilight Zone TV show - one I think is the best. The link to The Hunt. I studied Twilight Zone while I was studying TV Production in college as part of my 3 way major/minor. Serling was from Syracuse and it often aired in his shows. All his programming was genius while I was a child. Double, if not triple true today. So many people pass on it now. My sons still love it - and my boys are film/TV geniuses, even though neither had it as a major as I did. I could share their lists and I may after my birthday. Lots worth seeing. Friday morning links
Euro-Chemophobia And The Liquidation Of Agriculture There Is A War On Free Speech, And They Won't Ever Be Satisfied Until It Is Completely Eradicated British society is drowning in a sea of confected guilt San Francisco 'can no longer be called progressive city,' newspaper declares after law-and-order measures pass CNN Panelist Ridicules MSNBC Hosts Mocking Border Concerns ‘Massive In Kind Contribution to Trump’s Campaign’ If Trump wins in November, expect a real insurrection from Democrats Van Jones: Europe Will Become Hellscape Under Trump TGIF: The State of TG Is Strong - Biden looked spritely. Trump is back on the ballot. Kathy Hochul sends in the troops. The Houthis keep bombing. TikTok is mad. Plus: Rupert Murdoch gets engaged. When Is Rape Not Rape? Thursday, March 7. 2024Thursday morning links
"The WPATH Files prove that gender medicine is comprised of unregulated and pseudoscientific experiments on children, adolescents, and vulnerable adults. It will go down as one of the worst medical scandals in history." AI is poised to destroy and replace search as Google defined it more than 20 years ago. These US cities will pay you up to $15K to relocate there Public Schoolers Are Paid $1,400 a Pop to Become Social Justice Warriors MSNBC Cuts Off Trump Victory Speech; Claims It's "Irresponsible" To Broadcast The Fallout Over MSNBC's Laugh Fest Is Getting Worse Not in reality No Great Mystery - What explains Americans’ dour economic outlook? Look no further than inflation. Have Dems Lost Control of Their Lawfare Campaign Against Trump? Trump lawfare update MSNBC’s Wallace: If Trump Is Elected, America Will Be ‘Threat to the World Order’ What? The Incredible Hunger in Gaza - We have seen reports of families eating leaves or animal feed." Kamala Harris Wednesday, March 6. 2024Tuesday News and Short UpdateOne thing I have is 6 weeks off. No work. But I have learned a few things. I'd like to thank one commenter who shared a book lead for me to order it I have not read it yet. I have, over the past few days, read a few articles about my specific issue. It is, indeed, a strange one. 15 months, not 18 (which my brain keeps telling me) is the average period left for non-methylated versions of Glio Blastoma. Naturally that's an average. I have heard 18 and longer for a few people. Oddly it is not frightening at all, nor is it saddening. I don't know why. I did feel bad playing with my little dog today, as she wakes up for a bit a small wrestle with me each morning. I did feel a bit sad because I've lost two previous dogs, and I'm afraid I'll pass before my current one. That said, I do look forward to seeing them all again. I read the news this AM. Quite a bit about politics and the Fed. Nikki Haley is seeing a relatively "larger" level of voting, but she is not winning at all, really (except DC). One article points out that her voting is in states which allow Democrats to vote on non-Democratic votes. However, she will likely end her ballots after Super Tuesday. A few Democrats, noting Biden's ultimately declining opportunities are hoping for alternatives to Trump, at which point Biden may beat Nikki. Or at least they feel Nikki is not as "bad" as Trump. While I favor none of the current political choices, I'd definitely say she'd be a mild improvement over Biden, but still hardly supportable, though she was when she worked under Trump. I felt bad for her when she jumped ship after 2020. The Fed has a massive problem growing. Really at least two at this point. First, wages are still growing faster than inflation. Which does not mean inflation will fall. In fact, the bigger issue is the massive Jan 2024 growth (most in about 2 years) that nobody who is a "professional" was predicting (I had, mainly because it was overdue). The Fed is planning to reduce rates. That's a bad idea as inflation becomes a bit more troublesome. They should have had at least one more increase several months ago - that may have helped reduce inflation further without too much trouble. Sadly, they are pushing for lower rates for political Biden/Democrat support. A terrible idea. I had feared a potential decline in inflation if they had pushed too far and too fast. But they did less and slower. Not a bad idea, but they did not go far enough. Anyone with a basic understanding would know this already. Interestingly, as the chemo and radiation has kicked in, I'm sleeping well still (lucky) and my interests have increased. Some things (like economics) had dropped off but for some reason I've been reading more lately and I do not know why. LOL but that's a good. I've done a ton of Roman History reading - it is rather reminding of how truly awful Democats are if you mix and match behaviors of misleading leaders and activists in the past with those in the current era. I've long felt it would come to play, and it has, though in a significantly different way than I'd originally expected. Biden, in particular, has moved far beyond the earlier eras in Rome I was comparing to (I thought Sulla vs Marius was likely - I have long since been proven Biden is moving several hundred years PAST that era with more authoritarian attempts and growth of government overspending). He is, in fact, rather frightening to me.
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