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New Year's resolutions for our "progressive" pals. You may like them, as well.

Exercise!

A 19th Century manual of "Manly Exercises" found in a college's archive shows a surprisingly "forward-thinking" attitude, researchers have said.

The British Manly Exercises guide was written by Donald Walker in 1834.

It urges gentlemen to move for up to 24 miles a day, and to opt for a diet of lean meat, stale bread, and biscuits.

It's interesting to see that nothing much has changed in regard to the British diet over time. I assume that boiled pig snout is still on the menu. My father-in-law is an immigrant from Britain, and I can assure you that if food is not cooked until it becomes non-food, he will gripe about it. Asparagus, for example, must be cooked to mush, while beef must be cooked until it is unrecognizable - and then cooked some more. And one must always have biscuits with dinner.

He does not, however, move 24 miles a day.

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Freshly Lifted

Reviews for Veet Men's Hair Removal gel: "Most prisoners confessed within five minutes. Can recommend. Secret Police, Damascus." "I lost track of time, and the foul stench of dissolving clinkers and melting hair brought me to my senses"

Amazon U.K. evidently sells this product. I know the bald look is hot for some guys (though obviously not the hipsters), but c'mon.

On the flip side, this guy isn't going to be a customer:

Facebook blocked his page on Christmas Day, of all times. They've since restored it after it became clear that he really does live in North Pole, Alaska (where he's on the town council) and his legal name actually is Santa Claus.

NORTH POLE, Alaska — Facebook reinstated Santa Claus’ account this week after suspending his access and demanding proof of identity on Christmas Day.

The North Pole City councilman, who legally goes by the name Santa Claus, said he has held the account for eight years. He has more than 300,000 likes.

The company apologized for "erroneously" taking down the page. This event created quite a stir in Alaska, where people do some things differently. Heck, some friends of mine live on an island up there, and they walked over to a neighbor's place on Christmas Day, fired up the boat, and took a 20-mile boat ride. That's a party!

New York City Knows How To Bid Adieu To 2016

In total there will be 65 sanitation trucks, plus another 100 so-called "blocker vehicles," or smaller NYPD vans ringing Times Square tomorrow night.

You might well assume that the rationale is to have the sanitation trucks on hand in case any of 2016 remains behind after midnight tomorrow night, so they can haul it off somewhere. But you'd be wrong; it's their latest super high-tech way of defending against terrorist attacks, since Muslim nut-jobs have taken to driving trucks into large crowds.

Leading up to the new year, NYPD have also been checking truck rental and car rental agencies - presumably for swarthy-looking guys with beards and crazy eyes. In somewhat related news, it's got to be awkward when you push the button and don't blow yourself up, but that's exactly what happened in Nigeria on Monday this week, as members of Boko Haram - a terror organization whose name translates to "Western education is forbidden" tried to blow up a crowd at a goat market.

The one that didn't blow up was grabbed and lynched by surviving members of the angry crowd.

Just What We Need

Another "rail expert" at Tri-Met.

He comes to TriMet from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia where he served as operations manager for the Saudi Railway Company (Serco).

Cool. Let's hire more "friends" from terrorist nations.

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The Dead Zone, Southern Oregon

I've known about the place for years; even sent samples to them so they could compare ancient ivory with contemporary ivory, tooth samples, hair samples...it's the USFWS forensics lab in Ashland, Oregon - and it's the only one of its kind in the world, devoted entirely to crimes involving wildlife. It's why I sent the samples to them, so that they could develop markers to differentiate among the different types of stuff they encounter. They've got some great technicians there, and some pretty sophisticated equipment along with an extensive database, and they've managed to bring a number of wildlife criminals to justice. So successfully, in fact, that other countries are now setting up similar facilities with help from the Ashland lab.

It may look like a taxidermy shop, but it's far more. They analyze everything from bullets to blood, bone and marrow to dentine patterns, even clothing in order to identify species, COD, who did it, and who owns it now. It was a pleasure to provide them samples from contemporary species to assist in their identification efforts.

"Progressive" Policies: Portland-Area Edition

Back in the 1960s and early 1970s, before the "progressives" took the place over and the child-rapist Neil Goldschmidt built out his cabal (which continues to this day), there was actually a transportation plan for the Portland metropolitan area. Neil and his buddies rejected it; opting instead to "invest" in little two-car light rail "trains". Literally tens of billions of dollars have been spent and continue to be spent in furthering the "vision" of an admitted child rapist (but solid Democratic). That's why we have this today:

The idea was to force people out of their cars, use "cargo tricycles" for freight deliveries, and all sorts of other utopian nonsense. Obviously, the "vision" doesn't work, but the Goldshmidt cabal continues to push rail - including streetcars - and apartment bunkers. The mantra here is "density" - and the Democratics have repeatedly demonstrated that it's not just a buzz-word; it's what they are: dense.

They're all about "green&sustainable" - but what's "green&sustainable" about systematically and deliberately creating a situation in which vehicles idle in politically-created congestion, moving at 0 to 5 miles per hour? Today's vehicles are most efficient at highway speeds, but you can't generally achieve those in the Portland area today. Instead, we get increased emissions.

And the refrain from the Democratics is: We need more rail, to take people where they don't want or need to go!

Idiocy.

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Here It Comes Again, Here It Comes Again

I'm heading out to the store to re-stock - theoretically, there's enough food here for a month, but I don't want to run out of dog food or milk or coffee filters, etc. Here's what's coming:

But the latest model runs are suggesting a much colder period next week, one that would be far colder than we have seen in many years. In the Pacific Northwest, this will mean temperatures dropping into the middle teens to middle twenties for a few days.

And if you've been here for any length of time, then you know that the next thing that'll happen is rain. That will freeze on contact. Roads will become skating rinks again, just like they did the week before Christmas - which resulted in at least 102 wrecks over 20 hours here in the Portland area, to say nothing of the power outages. Do yourself a favor and resupply before the herds start to panic.

Road-Rager Uses PeTA Member Defense

FITCHBURG [Massachusetts]-- A city man accused in July of deliberately driving into a motorcycle and injuring its passenger told police that, as a member of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, he would never put the life of a human or animal in danger, according to a police report.

John E. Metcalf, 64, of Ashburnham Hill Road, was arraigned Tuesday on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, reckless operation of a motor vehicle and leaving the scene of a personal injury in Fitchburg District Court.

When they tracked him down, Metcalf told an officer that as a PeTA member, he loves animals, and humans are animals too. Why he even got an award and everything:

Two years ago he was one of 14 finalists for a PETA contest, "Sexiest Vegan Over 50," according to a 2014 Sentinel & Enterprise article.

Be that as it may, it's the second time in a year that little Johnny's got himself in trouble over road-rage incidents "to the point of injuring another party", and so the officer listed him as an "Immediate Threat" with the state DMV to have Johnny's driver's license revoked. Maybe he should slack off on that whole "vegan" thing; it doesn't seem to agree with him - or with those unfortunate enough to be around him.

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More Trouble For Cliven Bundy

Yesterday, Obama declared Bundy's cows a national monument. The new 300,000 acre Gold Butte National Monument encompasses Bundy's ranch and lands where his cows roam.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval said he objected to the use of the Antiquities Act in designating Gold Butte as a national monument because it bypassed Congress and the public.

“We all share a common goal of enacting smart conservation measures which help preserve our lands for the use and enjoyment of all Nevadans,” Sandoval said. “My strong preference is for a more collaborative process when making such an important designation. I firmly believe our ranchers, environmentalists, and community stakeholders are the best experts in ensuring Nevada’s lands are preserved, protected and accessible.”

Conservatives have voiced concern about the lack of input in designations.

Those concerns resulted in an armed standoff with Bundy, his sons and their supporters, including militia and patriot groups that had gathered on the family’s Bunkerville ranch in April 2014.

Bureau of Land Management officials left the property following the standoff and did not return until 2016. A White House official downplayed any safety concerns and said there is no elevated enforcement status at Gold Butte.

Bundy faces criminal charges in federal court over the confrontation. He has claimed ancestral rights to the Gold Butte property.

The Bundy family, in a statement, said to Obama that “we are saddened, but not surprised, by your decision to make our ranch and home a national monument.”

Well, the Paiute Tribes had ancestral rights to the land, too - right up until they didn't. The Bundys are just the latest to lose an "ancestral rights" claim to a president - and this one's intent on building a "legacy" of environmentalism (since the rest of his "legacy" is in ruins). Preservationists are obviously thrilled:

Las Vegas conservationist Alan O’Neill has some experience with both Gold Butte and the Antiquities Act.

During his 13-year stint as superintendent for Lake Mead National Recreation Area, he dealt with Bundy’s rogue cattle at the northern end of the lake and helped set up Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument just across the Arizona border from Gold Butte after President Bill Clinton designated the area in 2000.

O’Neill said Obama’s action Wednesday fills in the “void” between Lake Mead and the Grand Canyon, granting well-deserved protection for what he called “one of the greatest landscapes we have in the West.”

Of course, if O'Neill and his pals had their way, Lake Mead wouldn't exist, either. But they'll get around to removing the dam that creates the lake. Or maybe they won't: it supplies Las Vegas with water, and it'd be hard to be a Las Vegas conservationist if ya got no water....

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