So this is Boreal Forest, Les Stroud’s first video. It really kind of establishes him and what he’s all about. He’s from Canada so this is the kind of natural environment where he learned his Bushcraft.

Reprinted from 5/5/2012 The name simply means “The Fifth of May” and it’s an oddly U.S. American holiday. Except in the State of Puebla they don’t much celebrate the victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla in Mexico which makes it much more like Patriot’s Day that we here in New England get …

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The Pastry War

This is actually really important unless you’re into Tantric (or incredibly selfish) which I can totally do but is a lot of work Honey, I hope you appreciate the self control.

Spooky Stuff! Oddly enough, Electroshock and Lobotomy are still accepted Psychiatric procedures even though they have a whole raft of drugs that do the same thing. I’ve been driving this route for 15 years. I’ve brought them out here to get that stuff, and I’ve drove them home after they had it. It changes them… …

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Matthew 6:19–21, 24 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal. Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. …

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Here you go. Synchronized Swimming (I guess they call it “Artistic” now) Team and Pairs from Rio 2016. The odd thing is that I know all the moves. I’m telling you I ran out of all the Water Sports Electives before I got stuck with 4 Square and Arts and Crafts. Enameling was cool (A&C …

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Gor is about the most horrible, misogynistic, racist Science Fiction Series (Horseclans is a close Second) I ever bought 20 Volumes of because I’m also a completeist. The Gor series repeatedly depicts men abducting and physically and sexually brutalizing women, who grow to enjoy their submissive state. According to The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Norman’s …

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You know, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead and Zack Morris is still Trash.

Thomas Piketty has this to say- The bottom 50 percent of the population in the U.S. owns less than 2 percent of total wealth. It used to be 3 or 4 percent 20 years ago; now it’s less than 2 percent. It’s always been very small, in any case, but it’s not going in the …

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  The Internationale Arise ye workers from your slumbers Arise ye prisoners of want For reason in revolt now thunders And at last ends the age of cant. Away with all your superstitions Servile masses arise, arise We’ll change henceforth the old tradition And spurn the dust to win the prize. So comrades, come rally …

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Here’s one that struck me. In 6 Weeks Republicans have caused more deaths than the Vietnam War. COVID-19 has now killed more Americans than the Vietnam War By Kurtis Lee, Los Angeles Times April 28, 2020 U.S. coronavirus-related deaths reached a somber milestone on Tuesday, surpassing the number of Americans killed in the Vietnam War. …

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