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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. Wednesday morning links
John Stossel Calls the Southern Poverty Law Center a ‘Scam’. “Looking at their map of hate groups, you’d think hate groups were everywhere.” Was it a Mistake to Mandate COVID Vaccines? What seemed obvious at the time might have caused greater harm in the long run Giving DEI the Pink Slip - Major institutions have started rolling back their diversity bureaucracies. Stuart's Wednesday Potpourri How to Save Our Cities - Lessons from a previous American tumble Brown University Returns to the Use of Standardized Testing for Admissions What is misinformation? MSNBC anchors mock Virginia voters for calling immigration their top issue and laugh over concerns with flood of migrants into US Joe Biden knowingly and purposely blew up the border in 2021 — don’t believe his blame game now Tuesday, March 5. 2024Tuesday morning links How universities killed the academic - Flamboyant brilliance has been purged Renault Award: Plastic Makers Lied About Recycling for Decades Electric cars release MORE toxic emissions than gas-powered vehicles and are worse for the environment AI model distinguishes male and female brains with over 90% accuracy California: It is hard to understand how there can be a political movement in favor of more crime, but there you have it WaPo Writer Makes It Official: Shoplifting Is Just Reparations Mayorkas Accused Gov. Abbott Of ‘Trying To Wreak Havoc’ Justice Barrett Explains the Message Americans Should Take Away From the Trump Ballot Ruling Democrats Jump at Chance to 'Revive Legislation' to Kick Trump Off of the Ballot Gearing Up for ‘Biden’ Versus Trump: Not If, But When and How to Replace Biden How Abortion Became ‘the Defund the Police of the GOP’ Monday, March 4. 2024Monday morning links
Mrs. BD loved it. I felt it was a little tedious "... the endless diabolical sadness that is pants?" Frailty and loneliness Abigail Shrier breaks down America’s teenage mental health crisis The ‘feelings economy’ to engulf US workforce as universities fail students, business owners Is that a school's job? Google's Brave New Woke-AF World - When DEI merges with AI, the post-truth dystopia will become impossible to escape. CDC Says You Can Treat COVID Like Any Other Respiratory Virus, Ends Five-Day Isolation Suggestion 'Very Bizarre': Scientists Expose Major Problems With Climate Change Data For Socialists, It Doesn't Matter if Socialism "Works" - What Matters Is Power The Backlash in Deep-Blue America ‘Why am I running as a Republican? Because I’ve seen up close the hypocrisy of the left and it’s unfathomable.’ Austin ‘at the brink of disaster’ as police staffing shortages set city back over 15 years Preparing Canada’s Future as North Korea More than 8 MILLION asylum seekers will soon live in the US - a 167% increase in five years as Biden's lax policies continue to allow flood of migrants across southern border Why do Nigerians kill Christians? Saturday, March 2. 2024Saturday morning links
CDC Downgrades COVID to Same Severity as the Flu… But Says You Must Keep Having Vaccines More Evidence That COVID School Closures Wrecked Student Performance. California's poorly served public school students need more than a few more dollars diverted to tutoring programs. They need an escape hatch. Moral Hazard Has No Place in Addiction Treatment Yale University employs nearly one administrator per undergrad Inside the Crisis at Google Stuart's Saturday Micellany Today Is A Good Day To DEI: In Huge Win For DeSantis, University Of Florida Fires All 'Diversity, Equity & Inclusion' Staff Hunter Biden’s Explanation for Threatening Text to Chinese Exec Is Beyond Stupid Taibbi: MSNBC, Paul Krugman Panic Over "White Rural Rage" The Far Left Versus Everybody Else: A Tale of Reactions to the Murder of Laken Riley Democrats Are Already Planning Their Own ‘Insurrection’ If Trump Wins Biden on climate change Since 1965, Democrats Have Exploited Immigration For Political Power Maine residents in uproar over $13million 'Taj Mahal' migrant housing complex where asylum seekers can stay RENT FREE in luxury apartments for two years Chinese Invaders Now Crossing Into U.S. From Canada. There's nothing stopping the invasion. Some facts about food in Gaza Friday, March 1. 2024Friday morning links
Bumble to lay off 30% of its workforce after failing to entice Gen Z users - as study shows eight in ten college students NEVER use apps and prefer to meet partners the traditional way I never needed them, but I think dating sites are great Determining who gets blamed when cars hit pedestrians The “Disney adult” industrial complex Sheesh What American state has largest population growth? You guessed wrong Columbia University Hospital DEI Chief Is Serial Plagiarist, Complaint Alleges Alade McKen plagiarized pages of material from Wikipedia From Wikipedia? Gotta be kidding. That is so high-school. Universities Are Making Us Dumber. Lifting the Iron Curtain from academia won’t be easy. Then again, we have no choice. TGIF: Bad Things Happened. Marc Benioff has your number. The Communists are rebranding. No one at the Times ever said ‘Chick-fil-A.’ Plus: Hunter goes on the record, and much more. VDH: American Paralysis and Decline - Societies do not always collapse from a lack of wealth, invasion, or natural catastrophes. But they are so paralyzed by their fear that the road to salvation becomes too painful to even contemplate. A woke struggle session at the New York Times - Adam Rubenstein has exposed the mindless intolerance that now governs the liberal newsroom. The Financial World Is Starting To Understand Bitcoin Rediscovering the Meaning of Diversity: Lessons from Generation X - Gen X is young enough to take civil rights and integration for granted—but old enough to appreciate how much progress America has made Some Parts of America Still Work - Hint: They're not in the government or academic worlds. Dershowitz: Is Trump's Mega-Fine Unconstitutional? Elon Musk Hits OpenAI With "Breach Of Contract" Lawsuit For Abandoning Foundational Mission Obama’s CIA Had Foreign Intel Spying On Trump Campaign (Bumped) Tea and Flop Sweat: Dems Fret About a Kennedy Wrecking Ball Ben Bergquam Reports from Darién Gap That US is Funding Processing Centers in South America and Flying Illegals into America BEFORE They Reach The Border What the heck is going on? Israel On Deadly Gaza Aid Stampede: “No IDF strike was conducted toward the aid convoy” - Times of Israel: “Gunmen…opened fire in the area as they looted the supplies.” Javier Milei’s Shock Therapy in Argentina Is a Big Gamble. Javier Milei needs to show Argentinians a real economic turnaround before patience runs out. He risks being thrown out of office early. Argentina and Hayek
Thursday, February 29. 2024Thursday morning links
He was one of the Maggie's Pantheon Why Costco is so loved - Keeping customers, employees and investors happy is no mean feat Older Americans are working longer. Some want to; others have to. How long will baby boomers keep working? For some, the answer is forever. What's wrong with that? Mom accused of spoiling her young son by asking for an invite to girls-only event No wonder boys are turning toward conservative beliefs — it’s rebellion against parents’ woke ideology Bad therapy is stunting our kids. Abigail Shrier's book paints a devastating picture 10 Times as Many Teachers Say Trans, CRT Lessons Hurt Rather Than Help Schools New Poll Finds Presidential Race In Dead Heat Between 'Uncommitted' And 'None Of These' The Possible Return of Donald Trump Sends Deep State into Tailspin They made an enemy - now afraid of him Behind the Venezuelan migrant crime wave - As gang influence spreads, it is set to become a bigger problem New York City Mayor Adams Calls for Changes to Sanctuary City Law Golda Meir, a powerhouse with unbelievable moral clarity. Not much has changed. Not from The Bee: Breakaway Transnistria Asks Russia For 'Protection' - Setting Stage For Military Intervention Well, lots of Ukrainans prefer being sort-of Russia. Not my issue. It's a CIA issue I guess. Wednesday, February 28. 2024Wednesday morning links
Most people don’t realize how bad the situation is in medical schools, worse than in general higher ed White Supremacy Goes Back To "Early Church": Oxford Professor More women are psychopaths than previously thought, expert claims Duh Stuart's Wednesday Potpourri "Shakespeare is interesting, and scolds are not. For all we know, time is still on the Canon’s side." Department of Incorrections - Rather than inform its readers about the potential pitfalls of the city’s proposed open-ended debit-card program for migrants, the New York Times prefers to attack my reporting. Kamala Harris Announces Biden Regime will “Now Allow Students to Get Paid Through Federal Work Study to Register People” to Vote Kissinger and the True Meaning of Détente - Reinventing a Cold War Strategy for the Contest With China Why a contest? The US doesn't own the world. Tuesday, February 27. 2024Scott Adams gets wokeI just caught up on his Sunday episode, having been occupied with a dying relative. Anyway, Scott has gotten woke. It's taken a while. Here's the youtube of his brief, brilliant Sunday episode. A few quotes, more or less accurate: Of course scientists lie. Who believes you can take the temperature of the earth with a thermometer? Nobody. Trump = dark, chaos, extreme. Does anybody still think that the news is real? Ukraine vs Russia is a fist fight between two gas stations. When did the news become complete bs propaganda? There are now 12 Trump/Russia hoaxes The Democrat party is run by batshit crazy women Getting cancelled opened his eyes, I think. Luckily for him, he can afford free speech. Can you?
Tuesday morning links
Yeah but those life span stats are deceptive. There was huge child mortality in the past Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them Hmmm. Don't worry, be happy Update On The Good And The Bad Settler Colonialists Democrats Don’t Want Parents Involved In Childhood Education Is there a therapy culture? Antidepressant prescription rate among children aged 12-17 soared by 64% during pandemic - and more than DOUBLED among teen girls, data shows Gen Z more likely to ditch work for a ‘mental health’ day — here’s why that concerns job experts How Bad Therapy Hijacked Our Nation’s Schools - Forget the Pledge of Allegiance. Today’s teachers are more likely to start the school day with an ‘emotions check-in.’ Female Genital Mutilation Is Also A European Issue The cult at The New York Times Make Sure You're Not a 'Christian Nationalist' Stuart on Christian Nationalism Jordan Peterson, God, And Christianity Former Boeing Employee Won't Fly on 737 Max Planes Don't worry, be happy Joe Biden’s welcome mat is out, and everyone is here to stay–especially those who will degrade our country. I want legal immigrants. I know several. They have gratitude. The Republican establishment begins to understand that lawfare endangers them, too CIA Built "12 Secret Spy Bases" In Ukraine & Waged Shadow War For Last Decade, Bombshell NYT Report Confirms No surprise EUROPEAN FARMERS REVOLT: Tractors Break Through Barriers in Brussels – Agricultural Workers Surround EU Headquarters, Spray Liquid Manure at Police in Major Show of Force The peasants are revolting Monday, February 26. 2024Monday morning links
Skeptical here How COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates May Have Backfired I'm the psychiatrist who helped the 9/11 first responders overcome their trauma - here's what they taught me about resilience Kite & Key Media: Past Drug Crises Were Overhyped, Fentanyl Isn't Fentanyl Is Killing American Kids. Most Don’t Even Know They’re Taking It. The Biden administration’s aggressive net-zero agenda jeopardizes our quality of life Canadian serial killer 'cannibal' who murdered at least 26 women and fed them to his pigs is now eligible to apply for PAROLE No death sentence? Nate Silver calls to shut down Gemini after Google’s AI chatbot refuses to say if Hitler or Musk is worse Musk is obviously worse Professor denies Russia helped defeat Germany I believe Russians killed more German military than the other allies. What Will Anti-Trump Hysteria Look Like by the Time We Get to Election Day? Fourteen Russian Hoaxes and What Explains Them Why a Catholic Bishop Said This MSNBC Segment Was One of the Most Disturbing Things He's Ever Seen Biden Botches Lincoln Quote, Brands Xi Leader of Russia, Gets Confused Without Handler Doesn't matter politically Venezuela Halts Deportation Flights From US The MSM is Admitting That Ukraine Can't Beat Russia Duh. Russia has been holding back Should America Continue to Aid Ukraine?Two years on from Russia’s invasion, Elbridge Colby and Bret Stephens debate what U.S. policy should be. Policeman of the world? Not gonna happen 60 Minutes goes to Sweden to make a heart warming special about diversity, but see a different situation, then this happens. Saturday, February 24. 2024Saturday morning links
After Months of Punishing News, Harvard is Ready to Back Away from Politics I'll Vote for Anyone Who Promises to Nuke the Dept. of Education Politico Reporter on MSNBC Frets That Christian Nationalists Believe Americans’ Rights Come From God, Not the Government Stuarts's Saturday Miscellany ... there would not be any of these cases had Trump not run for the presidency or not been a conservative. Government Is Snooping on Your Phone. Many apps collect data that is then accessed by outside entities. Should you care? Are‘Islamists in Charge of Britain’? NYP: Abandoning Ukraine now will shred America’s global credibility — and highlight short-lived US promises What is needed is a peace deal Friday, February 23. 2024Friday morning links
Yeah, I do not want to leave a ton of unwanted stuff behind me to get rid of. Duhigg recommends deep questions, which is often rude and disrespectful. Why would you confide in someone you do not know whether or not you can trust? Lotsa gossips out there, too There’s nothing wrong with the picture Network (1976) Disney Exec Blames Woes on Racist, Sexist Fans China is the majority shareholder of Disney Resorts How to Deal with a Narcissist: Here are the Best Books from Experts in Psychology Well, there are many varieties of narcissism, from wholesome to malignant City Officials Warn Residents in Elyria Township, Ohio to Stockpile Supplies and Stay at Home During the Total Solar Eclipse in April Chicago Sues Fossil Fuels Companies Or Something Bye, Bye Boeing: Here Comes China’s Comac Inevitable. Columbia bans ‘offensive’ social media comments That's offensive Children of the Revolution - A coloring book teaches radical politics to public school kids. Drug overdose deaths have devastating impact on friends, relatives, study finds TGIF: Every Sperm Is Sacred, etc Are frozen embryos really people? Is an egg really a chicken? Embattled UPenn Law Prof. Amy Wax Appealing Hearing Board Sanctions Quietly Recommended Over The Summer Insty has more details on that crazy story Free Taxpayer Money for Illegal Aliens? My ancestor immigrants never got free money, but you can't have people dying in the streets. Legal immigrants always have a plan. Pocketbook concerns override racial resentment in the current political climate. Israeli Rape Crisis Center Report: “Hamas’s attack on October 7 included brutal sexual assaults, carried out systematically and deliberately towards Israeli civilians” Thursday, February 22. 2024Mail-in drug testing
That's not a great comparison, but I get his point. Ballot-harvesting has been a big deal in recent years. Nursing homes, subsidized housing, street people, etc. Fighting fire with fire: Lara Trump Vows Largest-Ever Legal 'Ballot Harvesting' Operation If Elected RNC Co-Chair Politics is ugly and corrupt. Nothing new about that. Thursday morning links
A Revolution on Race? With ‘The End of Race Politics,’ Coleman Hughes enters the ranks of the most mature and sophisticated analysts of the all-American skin game. The Trouble with Gender Studies Government-Backed Censors Who Rigged The 2020 Election Are Now Stealing 2024 Under Joe Biden, the Number of Illegals Who Have Entered the U.S. is Greater Than the Population of 36 States Arizona prosecutor slams ‘soft-on-crime’ DA Bragg, refuses to send suspect in Soho hotel murder back to NYC The Soros backlash: How the nation has turned against soft-on-crime prosecutors A subdued Donald Trump in South Carolina - His voice has changed, his mannerisms are more restrained, he seems somehow less goofy and more serious Wall Street Journal: FYI, Biden Doesn't Really Want Ukraine to Win Either "Win"? After two months in office, Milei balances Argentina’s budget for the first time in 12 years Javier Milei and the Spanish Tradition of Liberty - The Spanish tradition of limited government is older than the Magna Carta. Argentina will do well to revive it. Wednesday, February 21. 2024Wednesday morning links
Good fun for pilots Ozempic Users Slash Snack Buying At Supermarkets, Survey Finds An NHS trust has said that breast milk produced by trans women who were assigned male at birth is as good for babies as that produced by a mother who has given birth. It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world The Mainstream Media Are Dying of Self-Inflicted Wounds. Years of professional irresponsibility has consequences. It’s taken just five years for Ursula von der Leyen to destroy Europe’s economy European Central Bank: Go Green or Go Home "We were live as a long line of migrants scaled a huge, steep mountain to cross illegally en masse into Jacumba, CA, an hour east of San Diego. All made it to the ground, and later told me they were from China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, & Africa." Much more difficult to be a legal immigrant. I sure hope these law-breakers are nice people, with means of support, who can enhance our lives. I do need a new electrician NY Times: Some Dems Are Getting 'Burned Out' by Their Unhinged Trump-Hating Drama The Fix Is In: The $455M 'Poison Pill' in Trump Judgment The Stalinist New York Attorney General Scores A Big Win Against Trump (For Now) Politics of personal destruction can be effective Donald Trump is Right about NATO But is NATO obsolete anyway? Tuesday, February 20. 2024Kafka Story
Friend shared this with me. I'm a long fan/reader of Franz Kafka. Visited a few of his offices and locations in Prague about 7 years ago. Prague itself was lovely and enjoyable, but Kafka is a fun portion in and of himself while in Prague.
Franz Kafka (1883-1924), who never married and had no children, was walking through a park one day in Berlin when he met a girl who was crying because she had lost her favourite doll. She and Kafka searched for the doll unsuccessfully. Kafka told her to meet him there the next day and they would come back to look for her. The next day, when they had not yet found the doll, Kafka gave the girl a letter "written" by the doll saying "please don't cry. I took a trip to see the world. I will write to you about my adventures." Thus began a story which continued until the end of Kafka's life. During their meetings, Kafka read the letters of the doll carefully written with adventures and conversations that the girl found adorable. Finally, Kafka brought back the doll (he bought one) that had returned to Berlin. "It doesn't look like my doll at all," said the girl. Kafka handed her another letter in which the doll wrote: "my travels have changed me." The little girl hugged the new doll and brought the doll with her to her happy home. A year later Kafka died. Many years later, the now-adult girl found a letter inside the doll. In the tiny letter signed by Kafka it was written: "Everything you love will probably be lost, but in the end, love will return in another way."
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Tuesday morning links ‘Holy Grail of Shark Science’ Caught on Camera Off US Coast – First Recording Ever of This Moment in a Great White’s Life The world’s largest underground city housed more than 20,000 people. Ancient Offerings Unearthed in Tuscany Reveal a Cultural Crossroads. These bronzes have been called the “find of the century," where the ailing set aside their differences to worship and heal. Do not take financial advice from this lady She is NY Mag's financial advice person Gen Z are treating employers like bad dates: 93% ghost interviews and 87% have not even shown up for their first day of work EVs: Biden Quietly Scraps Key Climate Policy After Realizing How Insane It Really Is Alabama Supreme Court rules that frozen embryos are ‘children’ Stanford Medicine study identifies distinct brain organization patterns in women and men. Women’s and men’s brain patterns differ Thanks, scientists, for clarifying that cuz nobody ever realized it France’s Confusing New Law Criminalizing Criticizing The Science So once more I ask: what the hell do we need economists for? Exeter Under Ideology - Left-wing race and gender theory devour the once-prestigious boarding school. DHS Is Training Teachers To Develop Student ‘Disinformation’ Informers – I Know, I Took The Training This humanoid is a good screamer The Truth About The Jihad In Dearborn Tucker FROM GLIB TO STUPID Ann Coulter Owns Bill Maher ALL OVER AGAIN With Receipt After He Mocked Her in Shooter Ethnicity Debate Inner City American Crime Shellenberger exposes Obama's CIA NY Gov: "I think that this is really an extraordinary, unusual circumstance that the law-abiding and rule-following New Yorkers who are business people have nothing to worry about, because they’re very different than Donald Trump and his behavior." New York Times doubles down on its scathing opinion pieces criticizing Biden - despite White House being 'extremely upset' after liberal-leaning paper pointed out his unsuitability for a second term All the NYT cares about is a Dem win 26 EU Countries Call For Immediate 'Humanitarian Pause' In Gaza (But Not In Ukraine) Small Political PostI'm keeping some of this minimally. I've never supported Trump. Never voted for him. Also never hated him, even if I often had some disagreements. But I've had really hard political moments with many Democrats, who over the last 8 years have gone from just from me not supporting them. But moving more toward disliking them a little, while often to finding more Democrats who are just blatant liars, often evil, greedy awful human politicians in behavior for themselves. They would gain support from journalists who (due to my 38 years in media) may become liars and engagers of false claims and beliefs. This does not mean Republicans are 'better'. I haven't been a Republican in over 20 years. I still dislike them, too - just not as much as Democrats. Some citizens have dived deeply for misinformation and lies about both Republicans and Trump in particular. Most of that is often ignored or misrepresented publicly. It's really annoying as Democrats have become such truly awful politicians. This was a good article, mainly because it has been consistent for 8 years if you do read honestly and fairly. I could find probably thousands of similar articles like this and how so much journalism and media has been awful in this approach. Hell, I saw it at my offices but couldn't say my POV publicly back then. At least not till I was let go. The current attack on Trump's business in NYC is annoying. I did have one view - I've had to deal with a lot of other businesses like this in media for what the claims against Trump are in the current lawsuit. But his attack is 100% because politicians/attorneys have engaged their legal/political opportunities to push BS. I know because I pointed out similar legal conversations I had in business but avoiding this approach for real businesses doing the same damn thing. Because it happens way more than people care or deeply engage. Sometimes getting stuff done properly to continue a business is more important than going to court over claims. So why this time? Makes no sense to me except the hatred is just so heavy. It's similar to why our one former commenter's claims were idiotic when he'd claim he was "correct". He never was and I simply didn't enjoy his hatred and lies. Monday, February 19. 2024Let's have an American ban on plasticsMonday morning links
No rule for ending with a preposition Slow learners JPMorgan, State Street, and BlackRock Abandon ESG Group Climate Action 100+ Nifty Little Chart Illustrating What De-Policing Did for the Homicide Rate in Portland Black Activist Lawyer's Idea To Stop Law-Breaking: Just Legalize Crime How Progressive Policies Are Designed For Civilizational Suicide VDH: Delusions, Alternate Realities, and the Biden Consortium - The Biden apparat has tried to present the construct of a dynamic president promoting a traditional Democratic agenda, which has succeeded brilliantly. How do you spell “persecution?” How about “D-o-n-a-l-d T-r-u-m-p?” It sometimes seems that the entire judicial apparatus of the state has been mobilized against the man. Alvin Bragg Is Trying To Punish Trump for Something That Is Not a Crime Obscene award against Trump is testing the New York legal system’s integrity A Black Harvard Professor’s Study Found ‘No Racial Bias’ on Police Shootings – Then ‘ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE’ Female British Army General Says Force Is Too 'Hieratical' That's not a word, is it? Major Victory For Russian Army As Ukraine Forces Flee Eastern City There's No Point Negotiating With Hamas, Says ... Egypt?
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