The Wuhan Coronavirus Pandemic, which originated in Communist China and was spread world-wide by Chinese people allowed to leave the "infection zone" in January, has meant that people everywhere have been advised (and sometimes required by Government Edict) to wear "face-coverings" whenever outside their homes. The Almighty CDC has gone both ways on when and …
As places go, the United States isn't very old, only about 250 years old. You have to travel to Europe or Asia to find really old artifacts. One of the best places to find old construction is the State of Israel. Itself, it is pretty new, having been founded in 1948. But the Covenant from …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #99-Old and New
Earlier today, at Cape Canaveral in Florida, a Space Exploration Technology (SpaceX) rocket took off for space, carrying two American astronauts in its Crew Dragon Capsule. The team on the ground cheered, and Americans who were watching cheered as they watched the first manned space mission in many years. This is a tribute to the …
The Thai publisher of the Harry Potter books has come out with a new series of covers, and illustrations from the books. This is the cover art from the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Isn't the artwork beautiful? At WizardingWorld.com they have a whole series of the new cover and illustration art.
From a judge in an Illinois court: “Before I rule, I’m advising everybody in this room, no public outbursts or displays. The court is still in session until you are told otherwise. Since the inception of this insanity, the following regulations, rules or consequences have occurred: I won’t get COVID if I get an abortion …
Continue reading The best argument I have ever heard against Executive Orders on Covid Response
Others have mentioned that life is fragile. This blogger begs to differ. On our Planet Earth, not only is Life not fragile, there is no niche anywhere on Earth that is not occupied by some form of Life. Living things have been found from the deepest deep-sea trenches under the oceans, to the volcanic craters …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #98-Delicate Colors
On this Memorial Day, with the cemeteries closed down, the parades cancelled, and most public activities not taking place, Hillsdale College has prepared a moving tribute. Please watch, and remember the reason for this National Holiday. Hillsdale College Tribute on Memorial Day
One of my favorite things to do when I'm out and about is bird-watching. I have a 1960s Roger Tory Peterson Field Guide to Western Birds, and I keep a "life list" in the back, checking off the birds I have seen. I especially like traveling, and seeing birds that we don't have here on …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #97 – Pastimes
In my travels through the Wall Street Journal last week, I heard the following voices, calling out of the Wilderness that is "Coronavirus Lockdown", variously enforced in most of the United States, by Governors and Mayors who don't like the US Constitution very much. They issue various decrees upon their Subjects, forcing them to stay …
The always-alarmed Press has got Americans so afraid of dying of the Wuhan Coronavirus that they have convinced some hairdressers in the Pacific Northwest that they would be in mortal danger from their customers, if they re-open their salons in the next "phase" of His Royal Highness Jay Inslee's plan to re-open the Washington State …
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