Maggie's Farm

This pilot is amusing

Jerry 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,
the increasingly desperate New York Times tries to pull Kamala Harris
across the finish line by stressing race and gender resentment. 

 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

Interesting, 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. 

The 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
Bureau of Ocean Management report says whales, dolphins, birds and bats
can all be injured by wind turbine construction, and offshore fishing
harmed.

TGIF: We’re All Garbage.Panic at WaPo, mystery fires at ballot boxes
in Portland, civics class at the Danbury Federal Correctional
Institution, and much, much more.

 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
Trump would ban abortion – a lie. He has said repeatedly that he would
never sign a federal ban on abortion.

 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
Trump as a fascist, even though ironically, he has been the target of
fascist machinations from her own party and supporters for nearly a
decade.

 White House May Have Violated Presidential Records Act By Altering Biden’s “Garbage” Remark In Transcript

A commenter somewhere:

 I don't mind being called an extreme MAGA fascist, racist, white
supremacist, domestic terrorist, sexist, insurrectionist, transphobic,
climate denier...but being called "GARBAGE" is the last straw.  It's
outrageous and deeply offensive.

“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
effort between teachers, activist organizations, and administrators to
indoctrinate American children against Israel.

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
that Donald Trump and half the country are Nazis itching to round up
women and force them to bear blond children as their husbands,
boyfriends, and boyfriend's boyfriend are carted off to the gas
chambers; they have another message they want you to hear: Trump's
supporters make unfunny jokes."

 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
Noted Intellectual Naomi Wolf Endorses Donald Trump for President

 Cuba: The Collapse Accelerates

Canada’s Faltering ‘Unmarked Graves’ Narrative Goes to Court. When
lawyers asked the Law Society of British Columbia to correct the false
claim that ‘the bodies of 215 children’ were discovered in Kamloops, the
legal regulator accused them of bigotry

Scientist 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
impaired and kept it a secret. The F.B.I. knew the Hunter Biden laptop
was real..." "... and kept it secret. They also knew Russia collusion
was fake and kept that a secret, too. It appears that all those secrets
didn’t matter to the media because they all helped Democrats.

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

I never watch the guy. Nothing against him, just too busy. But I see at least 37 million watched his 3-hour Trump conversation. Trump seemed to enjoy it - but Trump likes to interact with people. Rogan is not a Trump fan, by the way, but he is civil. He sure is popular.

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

Mrs. 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.

Gentle 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:

That (2020) should have been the end of him (Trump) politically, yet his fortunes have
revived—not because of some genius work of rehabilitation on his or his
supporters’ part, but entirely because of his Democratic opponents’
arrogance, overreach and ineptitude.

"Trump says something seemingly insane, to many people’s outrage and
disbelief, only to have his supposed “lie” revealed to be wholly or at
least significantly true."

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

At the vast marketplace in Venice. Marcella went there daily. My advice: Always visit a village or city marketplace.

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.

Sneakers 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?

Job 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
is this that hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered
what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me that I did not
know.

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
the LORD restored the fortunes of Job when he had prayed for his
friends, and the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

42:11 Then
there came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known
him before, and they ate bread with him in his house; they showed him
sympathy and comforted him for all the evil that the LORD had brought
upon him; and each of them gave him a piece of money and a gold ring.

42:12 The
LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning, and he had
fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen,
and a thousand donkeys.

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
all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job's daughters, and
their father gave them an inheritance along with their brothers.

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.

The Big Bang is a mirror, hiding another universe behind it. Cosmic inflation is a figment of scientists' imagination

The Multi-Trillion-Dollar Wellness Industry Is Making Us Sick. Alternative medicine has become a scrutiny-free wonderland for anything and everything

Why all the tantrums against tourists? Those protesting against ‘over-tourism’ should be grateful to live somewhere that the world wants to visit.

Dr. Lance Izumi On Why Kids Can’t Read Or Do Math

Surviving the Woke Workplace - Helen Pluckrose has produced a practical
guide to dealing with sticky workplace situations, alongside a clear
intellectual account of social justice ideology.

No need to learn ‘dead white dudes’ names’: chemistry lecture at Kennesaw State University

She Was Arrested for Praying in Her Head. Citizens in the UK have been
arrested, prosecuted, and convicted for silently praying outside
abortion clinics. Even organizing pro-life meetings in your own home may
be a criminal offense.

Biden DOJ Perfects ‘Equity’ Blueprint For Destroying Police, Fire Departments

' I'm a non-MAGA conservative. Sanctimonious liberals make me want to vote Trump.'

Name Calling as Politics

The left puts a target on Donald Trump’s back with Nazi, Adolf Hitler smears

Why are the Democrats losing? Hubris.

Washington Post Editorial Board Not Making Presidential Endorsement

CNN Analyst: Trump Could Capture His ‘Great White Whale’ in 2024

Trump Is Winning the Likability Race - Democrats insist Donald Trump is
Hitler. But much to their chagrin, there’s a recognizable and even
likable human being there, however flawed.

Trump Appears on ‘Joe Rogan Experience’ for Three-Hour Marathon Interview: ‘Could You Imagine Kamala Doing This?’

Ben Shapiro Took on 25 Kamala Harris Voters in a Debate, and the Results Were Incrediblehttp://www.example.com/Link0

Harvard: Trump a threat to higher ed

Harris Has Nothing Left But Hoaxes

- Hillary Clinton says Trump is going to Madison Square Garden to 'reenact' the 1939 Nazi rally

- A Guardian hit piece alleging that former President Donald Trump groped a
model at Trump Tower 31 years ago was debunked on social media shortly
after it was released.

-  'The Atlantic' Immediately Debunked After Attempting Yet Another Trump Military Hit Piece

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- "Scott's correct to point out the decades now of Republicans from George
W. Bush to McCain to Paul Ryan and now Trump all being called Nazis by
their opponents."

Democrats Explain Trump Was Going To Be Hitler During His First Term, But He Forgot

"No one in the history of civilization has been attacked as relentlessly,
by such a phalanx of powerful forces, and for as long as Donald Trump.
No other person in history could have withstood that onslaught."

 "The Progressive Moment Is Over/Four reasons their era has come to an end."

'Word Salad City': Harris Town Hall In Philly Goes As Bad As You'd Expect

In Kamala’s own home state, the LosAngelesTimes— the state’s largest
newspaper — has declined to endorse the Harris-Walz ticket, despite
endorsing the Democrat nominees in every election for decades.

Kamala Harris Sets New Personal Best for Worst Media Appearance Ever

Nearly 1 million migrants staying ‘indefinitely’ in US under Biden-Harris ‘quiet amnesty’: House panel

Trudeau Announces Canada Limiting Immigration After Letting In Too Many People

Ukrainian Troops Increasingly Refusing Orders, Desertion Rates Explode

I can not imagine any way the global climate can be measured. I think it's impossible because the earth has climates, not a climate. 

There may be ways to measure atmospheric CO2 historically. From Globalist Misinformation: No, the Earth is Not Warming