Monday, February 24, 2025

Montana Cowboys, Adam Smith, and Trump

Dreams of ownership enticed our ancestors to leave the Old World and build a new country.  They did not want to work other people’s lands.  They did not want to be taxed by feudal lords for the rest of their lives.  They wanted to own the fruits of their labor.  They wanted to own their own farms.  They wanted complete control over their economic fortunes — beholden to no-one.  Needless to say, most of their descendants have forgotten why freedom is impossible without private property.  Renting everything from a handful of oligarchs and governments, as Sheridan’s cowboy points out, means that we end up working entirely for them and never for ourselves.

 https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/02/montana_cowboys_adam_smith_and_president_trump.html

The Lost Agrarian World

 https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/24/the-lost-agrarian-world/

Saturday, February 22, 2025

Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice (Vienna version, 1762)

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUpZ1Npj23M

The Restaurant Alton Brown Says Has 'The Best Double Cheeseburger In America'

 Read More: https://www.tastingtable.com/1791635/alton-brown-flycatcher-club-best-double-cheeseburger-us/

Judge upholds $83m E Jean Carroll defamation verdict against Trump

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/25/e-jean-carroll-trump-defamation

ABC and Stephanopoulos to pay Trump $15M, apologize in defamation suit settlement

 https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/14/trump-abc-stephanopoulos-settlement-00194391

NBC settles defamation lawsuit with doctor falsely labeled "uterus collector"

 https://www.npr.org/2025/02/21/nx-s1-5305268/nbc-settles-lawsuit-ice-doctor-msnbc-maddow-georgia-detainee

Education Department Moves to Reimbursement Model for COVID Relief Funds After Billions in Wasteful Spending

 https://www.breitbart.com/education/2025/02/21/education-dept-switches-reimbursement-model-covid-relief-funds/

How America’s Aid to Ukraine Actually Works

 https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/how-america-s-aid-to-ukraine-actually-works

https://www.csis.org/analysis/what-ukraine-aid-package-and-what-does-it-mean-future-war

Thursday, February 20, 2025

Pope Pius XII, Message on Women’s Duties in the Social and Political Life of Today (October 21, 1945)

 “Equality of rights with man brought with it her [woman’s] abandonment of the home where she reigned as queen, and her subjection to the same work strain and working hours. It entails depreciation of her true dignity and the solid foundation of all her rights which is her characteristic feminine role, and the intimate coordination of the two sexes.

The end intended by God for the good of all human society, especially for that of the family, is lost sight of.
In concessions made to woman one can easily see not respect for her dignity or her mission, but an attempt to foster the economic and military power of the totalitarian state to which all must inexorably be subordinated.”

miguel moreno fort worth

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Undetectable.ai Review - Does it Bypass AI Detectors?

 https://originality.ai/blog/undetectable-ai-review

Poll: 9 in 10 Young Britons Believe Their Lives Have No Purpose

 https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/08/02/poll-9-10-young-britons-believe-their-lives-have-no-purpose/

How much does the government spend

 https://usafacts.org/state-of-the-union/budget/

Are You Grafted Into Israel? Part 4: ‘No Longer Gentile’

 https://apaulogetic.com/2018/12/29/are-you-grafted-in-part-4-no-longer-gentile/

Dramatic increase in the proportion of births outside of marriage in the United States from 1990 to 2016

 https://www.childtrends.org/publications/dramatic-increase-in-percentage-of-births-outside-marriage-among-whites-hispanics-and-women-with-higher-education-levels

Charted: Single Mothers in America by Ethnicity

 https://www.visualcapitalist.com/charted-single-mothers-in-america-by-ethnicity/

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

How to Dress Like a Gentleman—And Why

If I were to give my younger self some advice, I would tell him to start with a dark navy suit, a gray suit, two white shirts, two light-blue shirts, and a pair of black shoes—loafers or oxfords. 

 https://www.thefp.com/p/elliot-ackerman-how-to-dress-like-a-gentleman?utm_campaign=260347&utm_source=cross-post&r=1r747a&utm_medium=email

Monday, February 10, 2025

Low-Carb Mongolian Ground Beef and Cabbage

 From facebook:


Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef
3 cups shredded cabbage
2 cloves garlic (minced)
1-inch ginger (grated)
¼ cup soy sauce (or coconut aminos)
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp rice vinegar
1 tsp chili flakes (optional)
1 tbsp brown sugar substitute (like erythritol)
2 green onions (chopped)
1 tbsp sesame seeds (for garnish)
Instructions:
Heat sesame oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add minced garlic and grated ginger, sautéing for about 1 minute until fragrant.
Add ground beef to the skillet, breaking it up with a spatula. Cook until browned, about 5-7 minutes.
Stir in the soy sauce, rice vinegar, brown sugar substitute, and chili flakes. Mix well to combine.
Add the shredded cabbage and cook for another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until softened but still slightly crisp.
Remove from heat and top with chopped green onions and sesame seeds.
Serve hot and enjoy!

The Trendy Peasant Homesteading has become trendy, but the Catholic Land Movement has been advocating for it for decades.

 https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-trendy-peasant?fbclid=IwY2xjawIXR0VleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHf2QnU33jwv6bgKL88s5zwfFJhi8hr5BzON5A2WEbAF7SAJ6fD0zBIJbww_aem_Ql02j40GfscEx4yaAZHzxQ

Sunday, February 2, 2025

What Natural Law Can and Can't Do

 Natural law is invoked in a wide range of contexts, sometimes reverently and sometimes with deep skepticism. Here, Howes explains clearly what natural law is and why it is useful. In general it is not good for supplying definitive, unassailable answers to difficult moral questions. Rather, it supplies a framework for debating moral questions fruitfully. It complements virtue ethics by presuming that human nature and human thriving are real things, and that morally good behavior will promote the latter. But its greatest value may flow from the affirmation of a moral standard that transcends positive or civil law, and the belief that applying human reason to difficult questions can bring us closer to the truth.

https://lawliberty.org/what-natural-law-can-and-cant-do/?mc_cid=53bea83e27&mc_eid=b9d5525f77

Root2Rise Larchmont NY

 https://www.root2riseny.com/

Kimchi, Egg and Cheese Sandwich

 https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1025715-kimchi-egg-and-cheese-sandwich?campaign_id=58&emc=edit_ck_20250202&instance_id=146346&nl=cooking&regi_id=119435285&segment_id=189935&user_id=43beb249d6be37711663e6ba296a2776