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Monday, February 24. 2025Monday morning links NPS Staffers Hang Upside-Down Flag in Yosemite to Protest Firings -- They Don't Get Reaction They Expect The Online Right Is Building a Monster. Their increasingly extreme rhetoric is eventually going to freak the hell out of ordinary people. Really? Well, I don't read X. Who has time? FBI Freak Out As Dan Bongino Named Deputy Director Kash Patel Is Already Making Huge Changes At The FBI MSNBC President Holds Rushed Meeting with Joy Reid’s Staff After Show’s Cancellation Leaks to Media “Journalist” Susan Glasser Tries to Play Race Card Against President Trump But Forgets One Key Fact Why all eyes are on Egypt during the Israel-Hamas cease-fire — and how its own ‘Gaza’ problem could soon emerge The neocons lost Ukraine and want to blame it on Trump Germans Say ‘No’ to Immigration. Plus... Sheinbaum Blocks US Intervention As Cartels Tighten Grip On Mexico Andrew Sullivan doesn't like Trump's approach to Ukraine and NATO. Sunday, February 23. 2025The Gravy TraditionFar too late today to begin making the Classic Italian-American Sunday dinner ("feast"). In the old days - like when my wife was a kid - all the sibs and aunts and uncles assembled at 2 pm after Mass for the feast. How the assigned Nonna had time to make all of this, and get to church, I dunno. Lots of families had one priest in the family, who of course would come. Or invite the parish priest. In those days, relatives lived nearby. It was a support system and a help. Not so much these days. I have no Italian heritage, and I did not really enjoy that food. Ziti with "gravy"? However, it was a getting-together tradition like a weekly Thanksgiving. Mrs. BD told me that, as a kid, her Nonna always made Lasagna as a first course at Thanksgiving. Tradition. It's a little silly to bring in falafel, but we were in NYC this morning for a family church event. (Ask me what Protestant churches have become these days - sheesh. Not mainline churches. Packed with all ages and races and loving Jesus. As one of my daughters said "Were kinda spiritual here") Across the street from our parking garage was Moshe's Falafel. Despite having neither Italian or Jewish heritage, I'm sure Moise's falafel was better than that in Egypt. As I always say, a NY falafel in a pita with a little lettuce and tomato with a drenching of tahini is darn good.
From today's Lectionary1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50 - The mystery of the resurrection 15:35 But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?" 15:36 Fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. 15:37 And as for what you sow, you do not sow the body that is to be but a bare seed, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. 15:38 But God gives it a body as he has chosen and to each kind of seed its own body. 15:42 So it is with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. 15:43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. 15:44 It is sown a physical body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body. 15:45 Thus it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living being"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 15:46 But it is not the spiritual that is first but the physical and then the spiritual. 15:47 The first man was from the earth, made of dust; the second man is from heaven. 15:48 As was one of dust, so are those who are of the dust, and as is one of heaven, so are those who are of heaven. 15:49 Just as we have borne the image of the one of dust, we will also bear the image of the one of heaven 15:50 What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Saturday, February 22. 2025CaponataSaturday morning links The Week in Pictures Saturday Miscellany Citi Scraps Diversity Goals, ‘DEI’ Term Under Trump Pressure They are happy to be "pressured" Why they raged at JD Vance - His was a rare voice of dissent that couldn’t be silenced or dismissed. Apple Nukes End-to-End Encryption In UK After Refusing To Give Backdoor Access What's up with the UK? Kash Patel Gets Right to Business, Immediately Shakes Up FBI Washington Field Office You Knew CNN Was Going There With This Attack on Trump Why Trump is so threatening to the permanent bureaucracy By Byron York Duh. It's secure jobs. Democrats are about to go to court to force taxpayers to keep paying welfare to illegals. European Military Chiefs Proposed Dubious Plan To Send 30,000 Troops To Ukraine Rubio reveals why everyone in the administration is pissed at Zelensky. Here’s How The Media Are Lying Right Now: ‘Rewriting’ Ukraine War History Edition Alex Karp: We Need a New Manhattan Project. “J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER REPORTEDLY WONDERED ALOUD IF A WEAPON THIS DESTRUCTIVE MIGHT SOMEHOW CONTRIBUTE TO AN ENDURING PEACE,” WRITES ALEXANDER C. KARP AND NICHOLAS W. ZAMISKA IN THEIR NEW BOOK. Our technology industry is capable of building a weapon that could ensure peace. But why court controversy when you can build another app? Victor Davis Hanson: Can Trump Troll His Way to a Peace Deal in Ukraine?
Friday, February 21. 2025Teaching
I queried Perplexity about barefoot gym shoesMy foot doc told me that barefoot shoes are terrible for everything. I asked Perplexity. Oh, you have to make your own query - they don't share.
Friday morning links JD Vance Keeps Groin-Kicking Dem Sacred Cows Miranda Devine: The self-described party of ‘democracy’ wants — yet again — to kill democracy to save it Time to Cut Defense Spending Kash Patel has a Herculean task ahead of him $2 Billion of Our Money to Stacey Abrams Group Trump is Trolling the AP. The once-great AP became journalism's word police, and humorously is now claiming to be a victim of censorship One month down in Trump's presidency, 47 to go. Democrats better buckle up Niall Ferguson: J.D. Vance’s Fighting Words—Against Me and Ukraine TGIF: War Games So, world, what do you think of your ‘resistance fighters’ now? The sick handover of a dead family in Gaza today should have caused global uproar Thursday, February 20. 2025A Democrat Who Is Thinking DifferentlyNot that I agree with him on lots of things, but this is what Dems (not Lefties) need
Trump's CounterrevolutionThursday morning links I remind you, yet again, that all models only say what they are told to say. After an unexpected and controversial federal ruling, the regulatory future of gene edited crops in the US is cloudy Maine Goes Boldly Forth Allowing Males to Compete As Women Bari Weiss: Against the Vandals - What happened on the left over the past decade is a cautionary tale for a right that wants to look away from the danger ahead. UVA professor compares Kamala Harris loss to ‘violence of chattel slavery’ Europe finally gets the US memo: Pony up and partner in your own defense Wednesday, February 19. 2025How is your sarcopenia doing?
Use it or lose it? Not exactly, unfortunately. After age 40, men and women lose an average of 1% of their muscle power each year, and more rapidly after 50. Only heavy exercise can slow this deterioration and help maintain function and energy, but it can't stop it. Even high-performing master athletes are effected by it (which is obviously why that category exists). All that is not to mention the various physical things that happen to people over 50. For inspiration, take a visit to some independent-living old folks home, or some place in Florida. It can be frightening to see what happens to people who keep living past 70 but do nothing to maintain their bodies other than to visit doctors. More EgyptBreakfast view
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Quillette has annoyed me with their sign-in thing Blue State Bill Aims To Jail Those Who ‘Misgender’ Dead People The Welsh Are Whack: Pharmacists Now Need to Know About Drugs, Jabs... and Climate Change What would a Harris-Walz administration be doing right now? It’s Wednesday, February 19. This is The Front Page, your daily window into the world of The Free Press—and our take on the world at large. Coming up: Muslim groups defend Australian nurses who say they’ll kill Israelis. Trump makes IVF more accessible. The National Endowment for Democracy—scrap it or save it? An incredible letter from the New England Patriots owner. And more. But first: USAID funded the vast majority of “independent” media in Ukraine—and spent our tax dollars to suppress the truth. They Just Don’t Get It by Matthew Continetti Trump Is Right About Greenland. Bringing the island closer to America makes national security sense. Trump Gets Broad Backing On Illegal Immigration Crackdown: I&I/TIPP Poll Trump Blasts Critics Of His Ukraine Peace Initiative, Including Zelensky, Questions Where Hundreds Of Billions Went Dem Congressman Likens J.D. Vance’s Munich Speech to Hitler — Claims Rhetoric Could Be Used to ‘Justify The Holocaust’ JONATHAN TURLEY: Critics Prove Vance’s Point on the Threat of the Anti-Free Speech Movement. Orban Issues 'WARNING!' Over 'Soros NGO Network Fleeing To Brussels' After USAID Funding Freeze Tuesday, February 18. 2025Tuesday morning links Five Surprising Ways Exercise Changes Your Brain Migrant Centers Empty Of New Fake Asylum Seekers NY test scores plummet, kids flee — yet empty schools stay open, wasting billions Advocating For Asylum Seekers Made Me Less Sympathetic To Illegal Migrants How much fraud in US Social Security? Everything is broken vs. Status quo To government people, it's small potatoes Obama wanted a DOGE 'DEI Delenda Est': DOE Calls for an End of DEI in Schools and Colleges in All 50 States ABC: We Regret to Inform You That Trump Is More Popular Than Ever -- And So Is MAGA 60 Minutes Allows Laid Off Federal Employees to Whine: ‘All Gone Overnight’ - The program also showcased how Germany cracks down on speech. There's Something Interesting About the Two USAID Employees CBS News Just Interviewed 60 Minutes Propaganda Off the Charts This Weekend That Didn't Take Long: NBC Blames Canada Plane Crash on Trump Elon Musk Describes the Moment He Realized That Trump Derangement Syndrome is Real What I heard in Munich — ordinary Germans long for a Trump of their own Another European Official Embarrasses Himself With 'Warning' to Trump About Ukraine Peace Deal UK's Starmer: I'm Ready To Put British Troops In Ukraine Jon Miltimore asks how 108 economists could have been so utterly wrong about the impact of Javier Milei’s laissez-faire reforms in Argentina. Could The EU Overturn The German Election Results If The AfD Does Well? Monday, February 17. 2025Monday morning links ‘Choco-holic’ opossum hospitalized after annihilating entire Costco chocolate cake: ‘Too much of a good thing’ Martin Gurri: What Does It Mean to Be a Man? In a world of eunuchs, buffoons, and beasts, we need new heroes. What Sexual Liberation Really Looks Like - Hookup culture benefits men at the expense of women. OK, but women get horny too Americans are keeping their cars longer. The Free Press - A Showdown in Massachusetts Schools over Antisemitism. Plus. . .Matt Schlapps another man’s crotch (allegedly). Cartels can’t traffic kids anymore. Musk’s new baby mama. And more. Appearing at the annual Munich Security Conference today, Vice President J.D. Vance torched Europe in a manner they’ve never heard before. Marco Rubio Leaves CBS News' Margaret Brennan Speechless After She Claimed Nazis 'Weaponized' Free Speech Victor Davis Hanson Gives Funny Explanation for Why EU Leaders Reacted Badly to JD Vance’s Speech Reynolds: Abolishing the Income Tax - Something that might actually happen? And the implications go beyond lower taxes. Democrats Have Trump Fever, and There Is No Cure. And no, we are not sick of all the winning. Color Me Confused By The Left’s Unhinged Reaction To Trump "Washington Recession Begins": DC Active Home Listings Soar, Jobless Claims Spike As DOGE Drains Swamp "... we can cheer on DOGE, but without knowing whether taxpayers will eventually benefit, or not." Democrats rage against DOGE — but shouldn’t everyone be against waste? "Taking Away Everything We Have": Democrats & Unions Launch An Existential Fight Over Buyouts Lee Zeldin Cancels Millions in Wasteful DEI Contracts, Reveals Shocking Amount of Money Spent on ‘Media Contracts’ After Stopping Biden EPA’s ‘Gold Bar’ Heist What the heck was she even trying to say? Trump Is Likely to Win the Battle on Birthright Citizenship Regimepresse: 60 Minutes Sees German Censorship, Finds It Wunderbar Munich Bloodbath Ruptures Western Order Wide Open Sunday, February 16. 2025A happy VDHI thought he was a sad guy. Not anymore.
Salt in history. It mattered.From today's Lectionary - Those who trust the Lord are like trees 17:5 Thus 17:6 They 17:7 Blessed are those who trust in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD. 17:8 They 17:9 The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse-- who can understand it? 17:10 I Saturday, February 15. 2025I like sorbet, especially Island WayI do not have much of a sweet tooth anymore, but I agree that ice cream, gelato, and sorbet are kinda fun treats. Along with routine necessities, I sometimes will add a pack of Island Way Sorbet to my Instacart order. Instacart is almost as wonderful as Amazon.
Saturday morning links The Free Press in Love - This Valentine’s Day, we’re sharing tales of What's the difference between love and desire? The friendship component? American Crocodiles Are Thriving in Florida’s Nuclear Power Plant Cooling Canals Tick-tock Mitochondrial Dysfunction Is a Bit of a Fad Coffee is a cure Liberal women the 'least happy and loneliest' in America, according to a new survey Sorry, but government does not love you ‘Manifest Destiny’ on Mars: Trump’s remark stirs up disagreements in astronomy community TESLA is a Nazi car RFK Jr. Sworn In On Raw 32-Ounce Ribeye NTSB Reveals New Details Regarding the Deadly D.C. Mid-Air Collision The Department Of Education: A Boondoggle Since Its Inception. Parents should be in charge of the education of their children. It's Your Own Damn Fault, Liberals Trump has his framed mug-shot on the wall next to the door to the Oval Office. The Democrats’ reaction to the Department of Government Efficiency’s It's not their $. Spending OPM is fun. Surprise: HHS Wasted $22 Billion On Getting Cars And Homes For Fake Asylum Seekers JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon GOES OFF on Employees Who Don’t Want to Return to Working in Person Trump Revives Incandescent Light Bulbs, Puts an End to Biden-Era Ban No more candles Pampered greenie princelings set to jet into Brazil's COP30 rainforest summit advised to 'sleep under the stars' James Carville admits Trump’s fast pace is leaving Democrats reeling: ‘We are overwhelmed’ Letitia James Steps on Multiple Rakes in Wild Rant Against Trump, Musk Over DOGE Zeldin Cancels $50 Million Contract for Environmental Group Working for a ‘Free Palestine’. “The The Democrats are foaming at the mouth over everything the Trump administration does, but so far the public isn’t buying it. Trump Is Unleashing DOGE on the Pentagon Budget: Here’s Where Musk Should Look Full Charge: EPA Sent $160 Million to now Bankrupt Canadian Electric Bus Company France, Arabs to Counter Trump Gaza Plan With Proposal to Keep Making Think more creatively.... Douglas Murray: Trump wants peace and an end to the war in Ukraine – it’s by far his toughest objective No One Actually Objects to Resettling Gaza Wasn't Gaza part of Egypt? Give it back...but they don't want it. EU: Say, Maybe We Should Invest In Our Own Defense After All The Guardian view on Trump and Putin: Ukraine’s future must not be decided without it: The US president wants to end this war – and is happy to do so on Russian terms Friday, February 14. 2025A visit to dog collegeFriday morning links
New Jersey man sues after his wife was killed by a rampaging hippo while on safari in Zambia It has been obvious for a long time that remote work has a negative impact on productivity The Real Reason the Elites Were So Taken Aback by Taylor Swift Getting Booed The pope barks up the wrong tree TGIF: Be (My Limestone) Mine? America’s the new Mexico, cocaine’s the My Statement to Congress - Opening remarks on John Kerry, European How to Dismantle the Department of Education - GOP presidential candidates have long vowed to shrink or abolish the department, but its budget has only grown. It is perhaps too obvious to have to say it, but the dozens of tech bros DOGE Insider Joe Lonsdale: Deep State Has Finally 'Met Their Match' With Elon Musk DOGE Exposes Insane Federal Use Of Old Limestone Mine And 700 Mine Workers To Store Files I Was Wrong About Trump The Trump Team fooled everybody, including me. Congress Discovers $2.7 Trillion in Fraudulent Government Payments — Why Is This Not a Bigger Story? Elizabeth Warren's Hubris Allowed Trump To Defund the CFPB. Instead of The loss-of-China narrative mangled US politics for decades. UAE Ambassador Says Arab World Has 'No Alternative' To Trump's Gaza Plan Thursday, February 13. 2025Getting real about Ukraine
European Leaders Freaking Out Over Trump-Putin Summit: 'Dirty Deal' For Ukraine
Thursday morning links Trump Slashing The Cancerous “The Science” Bloat: Cut Cut Cut! World Becomes Brighter as Trump Reverses Biden’s Incandescent Light Bulb Ban - And user-friendly toilets, dishwashers, and showers are coming back soon, too! Bravo. Morning in America. Grocery Chains Ration Eggs After Mass Chicken Slaughter For Bird Flu “TRUMP VOWED TO BRING DOWN EGG PRICES, EGGS NOW AT RECORD HIGH.” A Kindergarten Teacher in California Breaks Her Silence on DEI A High Schooler Graduated with a 3.4 GPA. He Can’t Read His Diploma. Plus. . . FLASHBACK: In 2009 Chuck Schumer Defended ‘Porky’ Government Spending, Saying ‘The American People Really Don’t Care’ The USAID Scandal Continues to Unfold: It Gave Internews, A Climate Cult Enabler, $472 Million Vatican wades into U.S. politics prescribing USAID policy positions for President Trump VDH: How To Commit Democratic Party Suicide Trump’s Envoy Lets Loose on the Panama Canal and ‘Imminent’ Change in Cuba. Maurico Claver-Carone on the administration’s hemisphere-wide shakeup. Trump Speaks to Putin, Zelensky to Start Negotiations to End War - Trump assigned VP JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to lead the negotiating delegation. Microsoft Drops USAID-Funded NewsGuard After Ted Cruz Starts Digging How USAID Funded Hamas - Government dollars flowed to the infamous terror group, watchdogs found. Washington Monthly: Trump and Musk want to destroy government careers Kill the Federal Department of Education. We could decentralize education, improve outcomes, and help reduce the size of the federal Leviathan. Why Does the Dept of Ed Need to Spend Almost $1B on “Research” ? Education is not a science, it's a practice. Trump’s ‘Revolution Of Common Sense’ Brings Out The Worst In Democrats The Trump Revolution: DC Will Never Be the Same. The magnitude of the president’s disruptive reform is hard to fathom
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