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Monday, November 4. 2024Monday morning links
Gen Z employees miss one work day each week due to mental health struggles Is there an election coming up? Lots of people seem jittery about it. "The Gadsden flag would be replaced by a red and black banner, “Don’t Tread On Me” by “Take Care Of Me.”" FOIA Reveals Long-Hidden Transcript of President Obama Talking to Progressive Media About the Trump-Russia Fraud Story 3 Days Before Trump 2017 Inauguration Who needs an endorsement? Media has been been biased for Kamala Harris from the start The Art of the Bullshitter - Sure, Donald Trump is the greatest Kamala Bets Everything on Abortion. Forget joy, it's time to kill the babies. If Trump Is Such a Nazi, Why Do 80 Percent of Orthodox Jews Support Him? "If Trump Is A Dictator..." Republicans: The Democrats Are So Insane Right Now That When We Tell People Their Agenda, They Don't Believe Us. So We Have to Tone Down the Democrats' Real Agenda So People Believe a Censored Version of Their Agenda Tren de Aragua is driving Midtown crime — Joe & Kamala’s gift to NYC Harris really does want illegal aliens voting DEMS GONE CRAZY New York Governor Kathy Hochul Says if You Vote for Republicans in NY You’re Anti-American The Democrats Deserve to Lose. The Left had everything and then lost it trying to destroy Trump How wokeness could cost the Democrats the election. Identitarian activists are the Achilles’ heel of the Democratic machine. Rasmussen Head Pollster Predicts Trump Landslide, Likens to 1980 Reagan-Carter Election, ‘Major Political Realignment’
US Officials: 8,000 North Korean Troops Will Soon Enter Combat in Ukraine "Victory Plan" Or Deadly Delusion? Zelensky's Perilous Five-Point Plan From a West Side rooftopNo, I did not run the marathon.
Sunday, November 3. 2024How Navy Pilots ACTUALLY Land on the Carrier"I’m a Democrat living in a red, rural county. Trump supporters have mowed my lawn, walked my dog, and eroded my prejudices with their humanity."Whatever Happens, Love Thy Neighbor The writer used to live in Park Slope (a nice part of Brooklyn).It's a nice post, and I agree with the sentiment. Because of my moderately conservative views, I do not liked to be viewed as garbage by some who have entirely different views of life.
From today's LectionaryMark 12:28-34 12:28 One 12:29 Jesus answered, "The first is, 'Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; 12:31 The second is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these." 12:32 Then 12:33 and 'to 12:34 When Air Traffic ControllerI was enjoying a beer on a NYC rooftop yesterday afternoon, watching the airplanes and choppers overhead. I thought that being an ATC at a major airport would be one of the toughest jobs around.
Saturday, November 2. 2024Don't fall asleepThis pilot is amusing
Saturday morning linksJerry Seinfeld slams his children’s school for offering ‘distressed’ students day off after election The Parenting Panic - Contrary to both far right and mainstream center-left, there’s no epidemic of chosen childlessness. Boeing dismantles DEI department — joining major companies in scrapping controversial policy The New Push for Censorship Under the Guise of Combating Hate - How an obscure British nonprofit came to influence White House COVID policy and lead attacks on Elon Musk Saturday Miscellany The Propaganda Is Off the Charts Once Joyful Harris Now Goes the Full McCarthyite Diddy's Ex-Girlfriend Urges Americans To Trust Her Judgment Identity Politics, for the Win! With an assist from Michelle Obama, Tucker Carlson Hilariously ENDS NYT Hack Asking Him If His Necktie Has Racist/Proud Boy Message Trump is a beast and Harris is a snowflake. Harris would be as much a figurehead as Biden — and we’d be ruled by the swamp Liberals Lie by Quoting Out of Context It doesn’t matter if Trump or Harris win. Europe has already lost. Insubstantial Men - On Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy Friday, November 1. 2024HIIT suppresses appetiteInteresting, but probably not important. Does Exercise Intensity Modulate Ghrelin? I have noticed that, but I never have much appetite anyway. I have weaknesses, but gluttony is not one of them.
Just for fun: Vance on RoganFriday morning linksThe Therapist in the Machine - Chatbots take on the talking cure Dartmouth praised as only Ivy League school to improve free speech New Report Suggests “Whale Psychiatrist” Trump May be Right About Wind Farms and Whales. US TGIF: We’re All Garbage.Panic at WaPo, mystery fires at ballot boxes Is The Left Preparing For War If Trump Wins? The New Push for Censorship Under the Guise of Combating Hate - How an obscure British nonprofit came to influence White House COVID policy and lead attacks on Elon Musk ROGER SIMON: Am I a Nazi, Garbage, or Nazi Garbage? New Trump Ad Drops: 'You Can't Lead America If You Don't Love Americans' Harris and all her pro-abortion apostles scream at crowds about how News Outlet Goes to Tim Walz’s Hometown in Minnesota and Everyone They Talk to is Voting for Trump VDH: Once Joyful Harris Now Goes the Full McCarthyite - Harris is smearing White House May Have Violated Presidential Records Act By Altering Biden’s “Garbage” Remark In Transcript Thursday, October 31. 2024Scary flightPolitical quote of the dayA commenter somewhere: I don't mind being called an extreme MAGA fascist, racist, white Thursday morning links“Each year, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch that he thinks is the most sincere.” Charles M. Schulz, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” Jeff Bezos Takes on the Media The case that Bezos is cowardly The Kinderfada Revolution - There is a well-coordinated, national Kamala’s closing argument on the Ellipse was fine, if forgettable. Her remarks were capably delivered from the podium But she told a Big Lie " The Democrats have coalesced around a closing message, and it's not just Trump Responds After Biden Calls 80 Million Americans Human Garbage Trump Campaigns In “Big, Beautiful” Garbage Truck Reactions to Trump's Garbage Truck Troll Are Terrific, As Dems Cope and Seethe Most People I know on the Left Think Trump Supporters are "Garbage" 'Dark' and 'Scary' Trump Sure Looks Like He's Having Fun Prominent Feminist Author, Former Advisor to Al Gore’s Campaign, and Cuba: The Collapse Accelerates Canada’s Faltering ‘Unmarked Graves’ Narrative Goes to Court. When Wednesday, October 30. 2024What happened to Pan Am?Wednesday morning linksScientist who battled for COVID common sense over media and government censors wins top award Good Shocking Rise In Whale, Dolphin, & Porpoise Strandings As Wind Farms Proliferate Around British Coast Bad National Science Foundation gives $2 million to Pratt Institute to promote 'climate literacy' and 'climate justice' Bezos: Newspapers Like Mine Killed Reader Trust. NYT: HOLD OUR BEER NY Times Proves That It Really Is 'Pravda on the Hudson' Mollie Hemingway Says Jake Tapper Is 'Lying' About CNN's Key Role in the Russia Hoax Yup "Speaking of secrets, Harris knew Biden was physically and mentally Dishonest people DHS Intel Reveals Chinese Communist Party Marked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as Top ‘Target’ for Influence in DC Taxpayers Fund Booty Bumping Kits Under Walz Trump is pure Chicago economics Biden calls Trump supporters 'garbage' in shock moment evoking Hillary Clinton's 'deplorables' insult That's "unity" HOW THE DEMOCRATS BLEW THIS ELECTION Harris-Walz Hold Tailgate in Madison and NO ONE Showed Up Sheesh. Free beer! Is the Left Preparing for War If Trump Wins? Liberal Heads Explode Over Trump’s Tour de Force in NYC
The Media Is Implementing Sinwar's Genocidal Strategy Tuesday, October 29. 2024Joe Rogan
Kamala Harris claims she will go on his podcast, but only for one hour with rights to edit it. That's not the way Rogan works. Who knows whether her appearance on Rogan would help or hurt her prospects? Rogan Counters YouTube Trump Censorship, Vance Interview Imminent, Harris Makes Demands
Lost, but foundMrs. BD found, in a box of stuff in the basement, my great grandmother's journal of her trip to Egypt in 1908. 1908 handwriting is a little difficult to decipher. Elegant, but faded. In the good old days, people journaled their travels. As I read it, they were in Paris, Munich, Italy (Stresa and Rome), Athens, Jerusalem, and Egypt. The Grand Tour with their kids. Amused me that they stayed in the same hotel in Stresa (Grand Hotel Borromeo) that we did a few years ago. Our lad met us there from the train up from Rome. I recall we brought him one or two big jars of peanut butter, which he could not find in stores during his job in Italy. Then we all had some fun on hikes and trains. It did not all go well, but that's adventure. Another cool thing with this find is that we are headed to Egypt in January, so it's timely.
Tuesday morning linksGentle parenting How Old Are You? Stand on One Leg and I’ll Tell You Music is harming the planet Parking meters are racist University Professors Are Approaching Near Unanimity As A Democratic Lock Far-Left USA Today Announces It Will Not Endorse Kamala Harris Jeff Bezos: No One Trusts Journalists and It's Journalist's Fault Bezos Ordering WaPo to Establish ... Balance? Storied Leftist News Magazine ‘The Nation’ Withdraws Endorsement of Kamala Harris Projection in politics WSJ on Trump:
"Trump says something seemingly insane, to many people’s outrage and Democrats Are Melting Down on Purpose Is There Really a Plot to Use Migrants to Turn America Blue? Poll Shows Trump Leading in NH Israeli Air Force Just Stripped Iran Naked One year ago
Monday, October 28. 2024Monday morning links
The Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh dies at 84 Why Are Some Men Obsessed With Waking Up Super Early? Misinformation Is Bad. Prohibiting It Is Worse EU President Likens Free Speech To Infectious Disease Restoring America’s Common Enterprise How DEI Corrupted the NIH - The medical agency has poisoned itself in the name of “diversity.” Stuart's Substack The numbers behind the migrant crisis — and how much cartels have profited — are truly staggering The Best Possible Outcome for Democrats: A Trump Win - The Democrats have a chance to remake themselves. Will they? Dems Warn: It Could Take 4 Years to Count the Ballots New York Times Runs Huge Free Campaign Ad For Trump Kamala Harris is an epic failure The Week in Pictures: Hitler Homecoming Week Edition Dr. Phil Risks It All with Explosive Speech Supporting Trump Trump puts on a show at Madison Square Garden as Election Day nears Media Spreads Dangerous Disinformation About Trump Rally - No, nobody said anything racist or anti-Semitic at the Madison Square Garden and Puerto Rico has a serious trash problem The Left Is Going to Lose It Over 75,000 People Showing Up to Trump's Massive MSG Rally NIALL FERGUSON: Why Kamala Harris poses a greater threat to democracy - both at home and abroad - than Donald Trump Watch the Most Powerful Trump Ad You've Ever Seen Michelle Obama Suggests Those Who Don’t Support Harris are Sexist, Racist Niall Ferguson: Israel’s Iran Strike—and America’s Strategic Weakness - Once again, Israel appears to have ignored Washington’s advice. Once again, that decision has paid off. Sunday, October 27. 2024When sneakers are not enoughSneakers are good for walking. I have different sneakers for walking, easy hiking, tennis, gym, boat, etc. For trekking sorts of things on rocks and slopes, I like my Meindls. Yes, they are heavy but they are tough as nails and do not slip on anything. Not yet, anyway, and I have tested them on wet shale slopes, bouldering, and things like that. They were perfect for the hill hiking in the Outer Hebrides, but overkill for the hikes in Provence. Well, we kinda avoided the steeps in Provence of which there are plenty. Yeah, leather boots need some maintenance if used heavily. Good for a lifetime though. I think gear-oriented people tend to overdo it, while others underdo it. I wish I had had those Meindls during all of those bird-hunting trips in northern Maine. Lots of uphill, downhill, swamps, downed trees, rocks. Sometimes snow, sleet, and hail. Autumn weather is the best hiking season. Happy feet matter. What are your favorite heavy hiking/trekking/hunting boots for cool or cold weather?
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From today's LectionaryJob 42:1-6, 10-17 42:1 Then Job answered the LORD: 42:2 "I know that you can do all things and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. 42:3 'Who 42:4 'Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you declare to me.' 42:5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; 42:6 therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes." 42:10 And 42:11 Then 42:12 The 42:13 He also had seven sons and three daughters. 42:14 He named the first Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch. 42:15 In 42:16 After this Job lived one hundred and forty years and saw his children and his children's children, four generations. 42:17 And Job died, old and full of days. End of boating season
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