Weekly roundup of news

Here's a fun article about the alleged economically deprived Democrat candidates.

Here's a fun article about how Trump's use of Twitter is interfering with the Democrats ability to keep their lies straight.

Rachel Workman attended the Royal School of Mines from 1909 – 1912 (the first woman to do so). Her life experiences dealing with a male dominated profession make interesting reading.

You probably saw Trump on TV saying he had a falling out with Epstein several years ago. Epstein was banned from Mar a Lago because he assaulted a girl there.  Even so, the media is working hard to connect Epstein and Trump, ignoring the connection with Clinton who took many trips to Epstein's island on the Lolita Express.

Do you wonder about those new drugs you see on TV? Turns out that most of them provide no benefit.

A new book says that the Trump team held back damaging information during the Kavanaugh hearings.

A really good women's soccer player dropped off the team because she wouldn't wear a jersey with a rainbow flag.  Here's some follow up from the goalie.

This Finnish study found no evidence of man-made global warming. Read the paper here.

The Palestinian problem will be solved by demographics.

A man who understands women.

Here's a roundup of some government jobs that pay a lot for nothing of substance.

In Sacramento County, it's illegal to work on your own car in your own garage.

A funny story about a millennial writer who has her own take on spelling.

As always, visit the "This Week in Pictures" seb site, where you can find this and other memes.

Once again history and art is being destroyed in the name of political correctness.

Israel unveiled an ancient road ‘where Jesus walked’ to temple.

More revisionism. An Ohio school removed a plaque dating from the 1920's that listed the Ten Commandments.

In the previous blog, I had a couple of bad links that I brought over from LinkedIn.  Here is the approach to Queenstown NZ.  Sadly, I couldn't find the others.

What's it like to spend the summer at the South Pole--or the winter.

New Zealand passed restrictive gun laws in response to last years shooting. Surprise, the Kiwis are not turning in their guns.

Epstein the pedofile has been in the news lately because of his high profile friends. Clinton tells us that he has made four trips on Epstein's plane, informally called the "Lolita Express" and never to his private island.  The flight logs say Clinton made 26 trips on it. More here: damaging photos of Clinton are available.

Remember the study that found that 97% of climate scientists support anthropogenic global warming?  The analysis is wrong and a group is suing to remove it from a NASA web site.

I like Wikipedia a lot, but don't trust it for controversial issues. People are removing the connection between Epstein and Clinton and adding Donald Trump.

Salaries for women soccer players are in the news, and every politician is jumping on the bandwagon for equal pay.  However, economics clouds the picture. Here's a thoughtful discussion of the pay gap.

I was so disgusted by the outspoken Megan Rapinoe’s foul-mouthed hostility toward the President of the United States that I didn't watch the World Cup final. She should be ashamed for antagonizing half the fan base and bringing disrespect on women' soccer.

Trump's July 4th speech

Here's your chance to watch President Trump's speech on the 4th of July in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Drag the video ball forward to the 32 minute point to skip the preamble.  The crowd was huge, standing in the rain. The speech was not political: a tribute to the heroes who served this country and honoring each military organization individually with the band playing their theme and flyovers. Stick around for the ending music.

As a sound man I was pretty impressed with the sound crew. To mike a choir standing behind a band for the National Anthem and get the right mix of voices and instruments is just about impossible. And to be able to hear that soldier sing "God Bless the USA" with the Blue Angels flying overhead was amazing.

The media and some liberals predicted a tiny crowd at Trump's speech. Boy were they wrong.

The Seekers performed at this sporting event in Australia. Judith Durham has the voice of an angel.  I Am Australian has become the unofficial national anthem. The lyrics are here. Be sure and stick around for Waltzing Matilda.

Many things are full of software, and the complexity is leading to mistakes.  A software problem in the Notre Dame reported the wrong location for the fire, so it was initially ignored. A software bug led to the recall of airbags. And of course the Boeing 737 Max is full of software bugs. Read about how outsourcing the software is creating multiple hazards.

Take a look at this clever old lock.

For you pilots, and non-pilots, watch this video of the approach to the Queenstown, New Zealand airport.

The 30-year anniversary of the UN's climate warning that we had just 10 years to save the planet.

Everyone knows that wind and solar are cheaper than other forms of energy, but how the economics change when they lose their subsidies.

Here's a video of an amazing chunk of granite. How would you like that on your kitchen counters?

As you know, progressives don't actually care if the poor get poorer, as long as the progressives gain power.

More on progressives. The New York Times says they have blind spots.

Popeye was right! There's a chemical in spinach that makes you stronger. The Olympics don't even test for it.

You've heard of "beer goggles", the effect that beer has on your perception of ladies attractiveness. Turns out it's real.

Here's an essay on what it's like when your husband goes through a gender change.

Turn on your sound and watch this video of The Tokens performing "The Lion Sleeps Tonight".

Everything you wanted to know about the K-Pg Boundary; the day the dinosaurs died.

Here's an entertaining story about Davy Crockett related to charity and strict constructionism of the Constitution.

What happens when a computer failure causes all the fireworks go off at once.

People are leaving California, and it's affecting the rental rates on U-haul trucks. From Orange County to Phoenix, a 26 ft. truck is estimated to cost $1,465. The same truck going in the opposite direction is estimated to cost $101.

The Supreme Court ruled against the administration's plan to include a citizenship question on the census. The Court doesn't like disingenuousness.

Mona Charan thinks that Elizabeth Warren's plans for the country are terrible.

Two-thirds of Americans regret their college degrees, at least the ones with degrees in the humanities. Turns out humanities don't pay much.

Andrew Sullivan thinks the Democrats are in a bubble on immigration.

The "Thousand Ruby" galaxy is named for the proliferation of red stars.

The ten plagues of California are turning the state into a third-world hell hole.

Capitalism

Progressive politicians are going after rich people's money to spend on their ideas. John Stossel makes the case for capitalism that shouldn't have to be made.

In 1977, Sally Ride was a PhD student at Stanford University. She saw an ad from NASA looking for Astronauts.  Read the letter she sent them.

Most people have heard of shipworms who eat wood, but here's a new species that eats rocks.

She spent three months in jail for cotton candy. There's a serious delay in lab testing.

The Republicans didn't do me any favors with the tax cut. People are migrating away from high tax states.

It seems we had a gay first lady before gay was popular. Here are her love letters.

When Roy Orbison was popular, they tried putting him in movies.It didn't work well. He starred in a Western: The Fastest Guitar in the West. It was just a terrible movie, but it featured a great anti-civil war song. Watch and listen on You Tube.

An interesting story about use of x-ray scanners to spot illegal shipments at the Mexican border.

A New York man killed two armed intruders in self defense, but was arrested for not having his gun registered.

The late Charles Durning was a character actor; you will recognize him. 75 years ago he went ashore on June 6. Watch his story.

Chick-fil-a, despite being the bane of liberals, is doing very well. It is the third largest restaurant in America, despite being closed one day a week. Their sandwiches are delicious.

These writers think that Trump should focus on the flaws in climate science.

Why is the middle class so angry? Insight from Victor Davis Hanson.

According to this guy, you are eating hamburgers wrong. It should be done upside down.

Were you outraged that Trump would get opposition research from foreign sources? Or were you outrages that the media made this into "fake news". See what Stilton has to say about it.  Here's some more analysis from The Hill.

A scientist discovers his own family’s secrets, a fascinating account of DNA detective work.

Scientists are learning more about the micro-organisms in your gut.  It seems they control a lot of things about your body. Including whether you are athletic.

They are always discovering and discounting flaws in global warming theory. Here's one from the Great Lakes.  Here's another one from a photo of the UN chief on a non-shrinking island.

China is dominating the crucial rare earth production because of misguided planning in the US.

The transexual movement is destroying girl's athletics, including their opportunity for scholarships.

Remember Maslaysia Airlines Flight 370 that disappeared mysteriously?  The Atlantic has a detailed analysis of what happened.

Oberlin College is a famously liberal institution. In this case, they  went too far, accusing a local bakery of racism for confronting a black student shoplifting. They lost big time in the libel suit.

What do you get when you take Dean Cain, an actor famous for playing Superman on TV, and Kristy Swanson, the actress who was the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and give them the chance to play a couple of adulterous, wildly partisan FBI agents working at the highest levels of the Mueller Russiagate probe?  You get outrageous comedy from true life.

Dr. Hanson says that California is becoming a "third-world country".

National Geographic award winning photos.

This author doesn't like using screens in church: he wants to bring back the hymnals.

Trump's D-Day speech

Trump's speech at Normandy got praise from unexpected sources. If you haven't read it, here's another chance.

Here's a graphic to illustrate how big D-Day was.

This woman had an operation to remove a brain tumor.  It turned out to be a tapeworm larva. She's better now.

A Christian florist is going to appeal to the Supreme Court over her refusal to do flowers for an LGBT wedding.

On June 7, 1952, Alan Turing died, an apparent suicide. Turing conceived the foundational ideas of electronic computers, including building one that was used to break the Nazi code in WWII. He was prosecuted and hounded to death for being a homosexual. Eventually, the British government apologized for prosecuting him.

Jim Sciutto's quiet indictment of the Obama administration.

The US is starting construction of a new class of nuclear submarines.

Folks in the West are privileged to have In-And-Out hamburgers. The public menu is sparse, but there is an extensive "secret menu". Here is a guide.

A pretty good story about the T-Rex just put on display at the Smithsonian. And here's an older story about the one that got away.

An interesting article, with nice graphics, about differences between earthquake design in Japan and the US.

Raymond Ibrahim wrote a book about 14 centuries of warfare between Muslims and the West. CAIR is upset.