I’m feeling a bit like Harry Potter today…

In detention.  Now, I will admit, the punishment imposed upon me is not quite as horrifying as that imposed upon Harry by Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, but it is punishment just the same.  I was suspended from Ricochet.com for 72 hours, which will end Monday. My crime?  I violated the …

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I KNEW he couldn’t resist! Dictator of Washington proposes Capital Gains Tax

In spite of the fact that income taxes are unconstitutional in the State of Washington, Dictator Dimslee has proposed, in his 2021-2023 budget, a Capital Gains tax on "only the wealthiest citizens" of Washington State.  Never, ever, in the history of taxation, has such a tax, when instituted, EVER affected only the wealthiest citizens!  Never! …

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Seattle used to be committing slow suicide. The word “slow” no longer applies. Decline accelerates.

Sometimes I wonder how Seattle manages.  Their Radical Leftist government, elected by the people of Seattle, continues to engage in activities that are making the city unlivable.  Let's start with Cal Anderson Park, on Capitol Hill.  During the summer, riots over the death of a black man in Minneapolis led to the takeover and destruction …

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Right out there in public now. Google censors content IT deems “misinformation”.

Google, Facebook, and Twitter have been exempt from federal regulation, as "platforms" and not "publishers" under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.  It has been known for a long time (and contested by those huge tech companies), that they have not been acting as platforms, but as publishers, by removing content they deem to …

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Words I have come to hate this year

In this plague year of misery, fear, isolation, and lost jobs, the State, and the Health Nazis, have ruined not only the lives and livelihoods of their citizens, but a fair piece of the English language.  For ever after, I will cringe whenever I see or hear the following words and phrases. Safety; Safe; Keep …

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He said what I wanted to say: Ricochet friend describes the biggest issue of the stolen 2020 election, Communist China

2020 has been a rather rough year. Mask scolds, the constant hammering of despair concerning Covid, and the usual suspects that refuse to acknowledge that the virus may well have been a CCP biological warfare experiment that escaped a lab in Wuhan has been forgotten. The refusal to investigate that possibility is to protect American …

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An important documentary for all Pacific Northwesterners to watch

This week, KOMO-TV in Seattle released a documentary entitled Fight for the Soul of Seattle. Anyone living in or near Seattle should see this.  Broadcaster Eric Johnson takes a tour of downtown Seattle, going over all the changes that have affected the city and its people over the past few years.  Some of the video …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #127: Precious Moments

I've had a pretty long life, at age 71.  I've been through two marriages, multiple careers, dozens of jobs, many layoffs, a fair amount of therapy, and years of education.  This year, the Plague Year, has had its share of precious moments, especially, for me, those moments when I chose to defy the first actual …

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A bit of beauty in the midst of ugliness

Is this not the most beautiful family you have seen in a while? Funny, you can actually see their faces. Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, with Louis, Charlotte, and George More power to Prince William and Princess Kate and their beautiful children. Oh, yes, here's a bit of their bailiwick, Cambridge. A peaceful River Cam …

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