Saturday, June 17. 2023
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
Friday, June 16. 2023
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
Wednesday, June 14. 2023
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
Tuesday, June 13. 2023
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.
Saturday, June 10. 2023
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
Friday, June 9. 2023
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
Thursday, June 8. 2023
What caused Canada's wildfires? Huge blazes that engulfed the US East Coast in smoke were sparked by 'bad forest management' as woodlands are left to turn into tinderboxes...
I doubt that. Forest fires are natural. Should make great habitat for Ruffed Grouse in a year.
US Has 12 Or More Alien Spacecraft, Say Military And Intelligence Contractors
Prove it
Microaggressions
Lululemon Fires Employee For Not Offering To Help Looters Bag Clothes And Load Them Into Their Car
High Hopes, Deep Despair - San Francisco will break your heart.
WSJ: The Truth About ‘Puberty Blockers’ - The FDA hasn’t approved them for gender dysphoria, and their effects are serious and permanent.
Who’s Up For Greening The Health System?
The Federal War Against Your Lifestyle
The Religion of the Left - Sacred destruction and the search for lost gods.
Taylor Lorenz slams Tucker Carlson’s first Twitter segment and couldn’t be more WILDLY wrong
Why do I care what she says?
‘Most Damning’ About FBI: New Twitter Files Expose FBI-Ukraine Plot to Censor Users
Liars
INSIDE THE MELTDOWN AT CNN - CEO Chris Licht felt he was on a mission to restore the network’s reputation for serious journalism. How did it all go wrong?
Now that the election season is gearing up, the smear merchants on the left will be flooding the airways with denunciations of Republicans as Nazis.
Wednesday, June 7. 2023
NYC landmarks are blanketed in smoke pouring across the Northeast from Canadian wildfires sparking 'code red' warning for residents with breathing issues... and it could be WORSE tomorrow
Purple haze. It's blocking out the sunshine, and causing itchy eyes
When Not to Treat Cancer - Taking a rational and statistical approach to a diagnosis can lead to better choices about treatment—which in some cases might mean not treating cancer at all.
Southern Poverty Law Center Adds Parental Rights Groups to ‘Hate Map’
When and How to Respond to Microaggressions
Judge Says ‘GenderIdentity Is Real,’ Blocks Florida Law Banning Minors’ Transitions
NYT goes after ethanol
Irish Farmers Raise Alarm Over Government's Proposal To Kill Off 200,000 Cows
Potential For Catastrophic US Electric Grid Failures This Summer A Reality - A reliability assessment of the nation’s electrical grid shows increasing potential for blackouts during heat waves. Coal-fired power plants, the report states, are being retired before enough new generation sources are being put on the grid.
Divesting from Big Oil Is an Empty Gesture. California lawmakers want the state’s public pensions to get rid of fossil fuel stocks, claiming that will help save the planet. Who are they trying to kid?
Two of San Fran's largest hotels are bailing out
Target has been funding woke group that wants to close 'symbol of white supremacy' Mount Rushmore, demilitarize the US military and impose sanctions on Israel
Killer MS-13 gangsters are being bused into our communities as ‘minors’
Karine Jean-Pierre mocked for complaining migrant bussing puts strain on cities: 'Weapons-grade hypocrisy'
Tuesday, June 6. 2023
Patrick Deneen on Regime Change for America
It's a good essay.
Friday, May 26. 2023
Photo: Our Siberian Irises are in bloom
Daily flights, NY to the Faroe Islands
Mrs.BD would love that
At High School Debates, Debate Is No Longer Allowed. At national tournaments, judges are making their stances clear: students who argue ‘capitalism can reduce poverty’ or ‘Israel has a right to defend itself’ will lose—no questions asked.
Kotkin: Can California Be Saved? Though the state retains great advantages, bad policies accelerate its decline.
TGIF: Cruising for a Bruising - Canadians say yes to death. South Koreans say no to birth. Plus: DeSantis, flat-earthers, a Citi Bike Karen—and Bezos’s amazing love boat.
VDH: The Left Has Pushed the Envelope. Why are our government, corporations, and popular culture colluding in mass suicide—to the delight of our enemies like Communist China?
OK, but I don't think China is an enemy
U.S. NEWSGreenwald: Regime Journalists Promote The ‘Right’ Conspiracy Theories To Be Successful “Journalists who spread conspiracy theories that the CIA wants them to spread get promoted, and the journalists who question the conspiracy theories of the CIA get destroyed.”
We all live in a world of lies
Want to be a Seattle firefighter Lt.? Best know your woke reading list!:
... in 2021, local officials including Scoggins commissioned a report on diversity in the fire service. One of its recommendations: avoid tests that “rely heavily on knowledge of firefighting.”
“[T]ests that focus on how well applicants know the system and the job tend to favor those who make up the overwhelming majority of the fire service workforce, white men,” the report says. “Questions that ask more about the candidate’s character and values, rather than knowing the ins and outs of the job, can be beneficial in advancing more women and people of color.”
"..rather than knowing the ins and outs of the job"? That has zero to do with skin tone.
NY: ‘Right-to-shelter’ off-ramp is long overdue
Why no one will learn the lessons from "Citi Bike Karen" fiasco
5 black kids tried to steal her Citibike. Wrong narrative
New York Office Buildings Emptying Out
But rentals are high, along with tourism
Germany Is Turning Against The EU's Green New Deal, Common Sense To The Forefront
The World Realigns
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