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Gale force winds are 39-54 mph winds. Windy.

I occasionally post the guys not so much because of their good seamanship but because of their mechanical knowledge. They can fix it, mostly. 

Acts 9:1-6, (7-20)

9:1 Meanwhile Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest

9:2 and
asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he
found any who belonged to the Way, men or women, he might bring them
bound to Jerusalem.

9:3 Now as he was going along and approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

9:4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"

9:5 He asked, "Who are you, Lord?" The reply came, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

9:6 But get up and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do."

9:7 The men who were traveling with him stood speechless because they heard the voice but saw no one.

9:8 Saul
got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see
nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.

9:9 For three days he was without sight and neither ate nor drank.

9:10 Now
there was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in
a vision, "Ananias." He answered, "Here I am, Lord."

9:11 The
Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the street called Straight, and at
the house of Judas look for a man of Tarsus named Saul. At this moment
he is praying,

9:12 and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so that he might regain his sight."

9:13 But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints in Jerusalem,

9:14 and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who invoke your name."

9:15 But
the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is an instrument whom I have chosen
to bring my name before gentiles and kings and before the people of
Israel;

9:16 I myself will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."

9:17 So
Ananias went and entered the house. He laid his hands on Saul and said,
"Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on your way here,
has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the
Holy Spirit."

9:18 And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and his sight was restored. Then he got up and was baptized,

9:19 and after taking some food, he regained his strength. For several days he was with the disciples in Damascus,

9:20 and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "He is the Son of God."

I don't think it's something to survive, but more of an adventure. On the psychological part, it gives young people a (partial) identity. Brick in the wall? Only kinda.

I know and have known quite a few Marines and a couple of ex-SEALs too. Army and regular Navy too, of course. A good thing for a young person, and good for the country.

Mrs. BD wants another adventure far from the internet world.

Will try to pre-post some fun items.

There's no real news anyway...

Our site is slow-loading again. Annoying. Will try to fix again.

 David Horowitz, Conservative Stalwart, Dead At 86

He was a red diaper baby

And Now, Princeton

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 Spanish Grid Operator Warned of Nation’s Heavy Reliance on Renewable Energy in February

Trump Targets American Bar Association Accreditation Power – Something I’ve Advocated For Years

Woke DOJ Lawyers Self-Deport After Being Told They Have to Protect Religious Liberties

 The First 100 Days: The Method Behind The Madness In Court Challenges

Mr. Globalism Goes Away

"Chaos" is the word du Jour

Dems are angry - but about what?

Goodwin: Trump’s first 100 days illustrate his strengths and mindset —decisive, bold, and in a hurry

US and Ukraine Sign Rare Earth Minerals Agreement

The Most Dangerous Club on Earth - This is the sordid story of how North Korea lied its way into nuclear power—and how Iran might do the same.

Visiting tombs in the Valley of the Kings in January got me thinking about flashlights. Those carvers and painters could have used our sorts of big workmens' lighting, or at least standing floodlights. Candles and torches I guess.

It's sort of strange to me that those tomb carvings and paintings were done by lights of some sort.

I have a few random Home Depot flashlight, but also a cool Surefire but with the old bulb (which I cannot figure out how to replace).

Well, I got it fixed up despite being an ancient Surefire. Their customer service people went beyond.

 New non-invasive brain stimulation technique shows significant reduction in depression, anxiety and PTSD symptoms

 Back to the Office

 Wednesday Potpourri

 “We Can’t Hire a White Guy”—a Professor on Life at Princeton

 A diaper-wearing pervert to get a new vagina, while keeping his penis, courtesy of the taxpayers

Decolonialization:  Terrible Ideas Have Terrible Consequences

We Asked Our Smartest Friends: What Should We Make of 100 Days of Trump?

 THE ANGRIEST DEMOCRAT IN THE ROOM

 Trump Adjusts Tariffs as Their Impact Becomes Real

 Canadian Conservatives Botch the Election of a Lifetime. Plus.

Maine Coon

Constructing Climate Catastrophism

The EU Green Deal: How environmental policies are devastating the mental health of French farmers, dead to suicide.

Europe Asking 'Who Turned the Lights Out?!'

6 Days After Celebrating '100% Renewable Power', Spain Blames "Rare
Atmospheric Phenomenon" For Nation's Largest Blackout In History

" It always shocks me when people say they are shocked by Donald Trump. The president told us exactly what he was going to do."

“Here We are Again”: Federal District Courts Piling on Injunctions to Stop Trump

There's always a script

Trump Received 92% of Negative Coverage ABC, CBS, NBC in First 100 Days

Worse Than Trudeau: Canadians Should Expect Disaster With Carney In Charge

Finally, Chubby Checker

What To Know About The UK Supreme Court's Ruling On Sex, Gender

Gen Z women abuse stimulants, binge-drink more than any other group, studies find

Former professors explain ‘how to broaden the academic tent’

‘Sun-Dimming’ Aerosol Injections Into Atmosphere for Climate Change

 Al Gore compares Trump administration to Nazi Germany

Democrats' Latest Immigration Propaganda Stunt Just Blew Up in Their Faces

 Upside Down World: European Peace Movement Marches in Support of President Trump as “Anti”-Fascists Rally Against Peace

The tailor gets to work, the road workers get to work, Cardinals get pudgy. And betting on the new Pope. That's Italia.

Tourists, Tailors, and the Holy Spirit Descend on Vatican City

Psalm 118:14-29

118:14 The LORD is my strength and my might; he has become my salvation.

118:15 There are glad songs of victory in the tents of the righteous: "The right hand of the LORD does valiantly;

118:16 the right hand of the LORD is exalted; the right hand of the LORD does valiantly."

118:17 I shall not die, but I shall live and recount the deeds of the LORD.

118:18 The LORD has punished me severely, but he did not give me over to death.

118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.

118:20 This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous shall enter through it.

118:21 I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation.

118:22 The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.

118:23This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.

118:24 This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

118:25 Save us, we beseech you, O LORD! O LORD, we beseech you, give us success!

118:26 Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the LORD. We bless you from the house of the LORD.

118:27 The LORD is God, and he has given us light. Bind the festal procession with branches, up to the horns of the altar.

118:28 You are my God, and I will give thanks to you; you are my God; I will extol you.

118:29 O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.

 Quit gaslighting us — elite groupthink drove the COVID disaster

How Did Having Babies Become Right-Wing?

Harvard Is an Islamist Outpost. For decades it nurtured resentful leftists, and antisemitism united them in a common cause.

 The Ivy League Is Being Hoisted on It's Own Petard

 Saturday Miscellany

 Trump Takes His Biggest Step Yet Toward Restoring Meritocracy

 Biden Era immigration Was the Ultimate Application — and Utterly Predictable Failure — of the Cloward-Piven Strategy

VDH:  What Is Democratic Legality?

 Trump’s First 100 Days: A Scorecard of Wins, Waits, and Wobbles

 Scott Jennings Schools CNN Panelists on Why an Activist Judge’s Arrest Had to Be a ‘Spectacle’

One quote from the article:

"...  to call reductive materialism a “belief” is perhaps a bit misleading. Plenty of people—the biologist Richard Dawkins, the neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky, and the physicist Lawrence Krauss among them—piously recite its creed: I do not exist, life is meaningless, morality is an illusion.2 But do any of them really believe it?"

 The Return of the Tradwife

 Trump Is Right to Go After Harvard

Med Schools Replace Medical Merit With Obesity Denial And DEI Doctrine, Watchdog Reports

TGIF: Vladimir, STOP! President Donald Trump, joined by First Lady Melania Trump and the Easter Bunny, delivers remarks during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House. We bid adieu to the woke pope. Trump embraces Deportation Nation. Young’uns fall in love with the right. RFK gets a win. Harvard teaches Chinese paramilitants. And much more.

 Rod Dreher: ‘Cry More, Libs’ Is Not a Strategy

New Evidence Against Kilmar Abrego Garcia Drops... And It’s Bad

 Germany Downgrades Growth Outlook, Now Expects Recession For Record 3rd Year, Blames Trump

The People of Carthage Weren’t Who We Thought They Were. The Punic people had almost no genetic ties to Phoenicians, even though the latter founded the great city of Carthage.

The View’s Abortion Lovers Decry Trump Plan to Increase U.S. Birth Rate

 Genetic Factors Predominate in Autism Risk

 Archeologist's Comment On Human Sacrifice Exposes Inanity Of 'Oppression Studies' Mindset

 Princeton’s War on Civil Rights - The university has entrenched a system of racial discrimination—against whites.

 Do Elite Universities Really Wish to Fight the Federal Government?

 Harvard prez ‘didn’t come back to the table’ – decided to sue – after positive talks with Trump admin, Education Secretary Linda McMahon says

Wherefore Harvard?

 UK To Greenlight Experiments To "Dim The Sun" In Bid To Stop Global Warming

 Europe whacks American Big Tech with $797 million fine. Meta cries ‘tariff’

 Congressional Dems’ support from young Americans hits new low with just 23% approval rating

From Louis to Larry: Why Comics Keep Calling Trump ‘Hitler’

 Back With A Vengeance: Nina Jankowicz Calls On Europeans To Oppose The US

High-Level Ukraine Peace Talks Scrapped After Rubio, Witkoff Pull Out Last Minute

 ‘THE MAN WITH NO CARDS TO PLAY’: Americans, Russians and Even Ukrainians TORCH Zelensky for Grandstanding in the Face of a Catastrophe

 Trump Warns Zelenskyy: Accept Peace or Lose the Country

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) was an interesting character.

Not all of his work was like Madame X. He did paintings of WW1. Here's his Gassed.

Tyler Cowen has read a lot

 Social work doctoral student who refused to tout social justice flees academia

French “Great Replacement” Philosopher Renaud Camus Banned From Entering UK

The feds’ Penn Station takeover is ALL about protecting taxpayers from NY pols’ seedy schemes

Trump’s DOJ Targets Google, Urges Judge To Force Sale Of Chrome Browser

Weds. Potpourri

MSNBC host Jen Psaki makes stunning admission about liberal network’s coverage of Trump

 Count how many times they say “Maryland Man” or “Maryland Father” in just 90 seconds.

 Scott Jennings: The Elites Sent a Message to Maher -- And Everyone Else

 Colorado Democrats Think You’re an Idiot

 Senator Van Hollen Claims Illegal Aliens Have U.S. “Constitutional Rights”

Dems getting even more unhinged

UK Electrical Grid Rescued by Gas

Kling: Small Machine Warfare, Revisited:

 In warfare, armies will be implementing robots with two capabilities. One capability is to infiltrate the enemy’s infrastructure. The other capability is to go off the grid for long periods, in order to be able to evade detection and be independent of GPS.