Wednesday, March 13. 2024
My 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.
Monday, March 11. 2024
 Sorry, Al - Hudson Bay Polar Bears Mostly Fat and Happy
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. 2024
 How to Cook Salmon So It Always Comes Out Perfectly - Roast, poach, sear, or grill: when it comes to cooking salmon, you've got a lot of options. Here are our top ten.
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
How DEI killed the CHIPS Act
Stuart's Saturday Miscellany
Victor Davis Hanson: One Angry Biden Lie After Another
Cease-fire?
Friday, March 8. 2024
Starting 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.
Thursday, March 7. 2024
 Polar bears and coral reefs are doing just fine
"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.
Wednesday, March 6. 2024
One 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.
Anyway, I'm heading out to radiation yet again and hoping to find a massage to get the muscles feeling better. Hopefully soon. Hoped to be back in the gym, but felt off on Monday and Tuesday but getting back to feeling better now.
Tuesday, March 5. 2024
Why Is It So Hard to Build an Airport?
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. 2024
Dune Part 2: An Epic Story -- And Cinematic Experience
Mrs. BD loved it. I felt it was a little tedious
"... the endless diabolical sadness that is pants?"
Hooking Up
In Praise of Divorce
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. 2024
Thinking about Marshall McLuhan
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.
Thursday, February 29. 2024
Wednesday, February 28. 2024
Tuesday, February 27. 2024
I 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?
 How a Special Diet Kept the Knights Templar Fighting Fit - Silent meals, a buddy system, and wine “in moderation.
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
A sociopathic therapist talks
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. 2024
New brain stimulation technique shows promise for treating brain disorders
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. 2024
Friday, February 23. 2024
I wanted to get rid of my possessions, because possessions stood between me and death.
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?
An Enfeebled President
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. 2024
Scott Adams compared mail-in voting to mail-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.
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Why decluttering your home can save your mental health,
Police Warn Women