Day: April 15, 2024

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #295: Rock Your World

On By rushbabe49In Culture, Nature, Photo challenges, photography, Travel and Vacations1 Comment

So, rocks are this week's subject, and my photo library is chock-full of rocks, from near and far. Did you know that there is only one approved building material in the city of Jerusalem? That material is the stone called...wait for it...Jerusalem Stone! All city buildings and dwellings must be built of this sandstone, and …

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Did you know that America is turning into a Banana Republic (and I don’t mean the retail store)?

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, elections, government, Law and Justice, Media and the Internet, Media bias, Politics in the Age of Trump, social media2 Comments

The United States used to be a bastion of the Rule of Law. Criminal suspects were read their Miranda Rights, arrested, booked into jail, allowed a phone call to their attorney, and were allowed to post bail before appearing before a judge to enter a plea. At each stage of the process, they were treated …

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