Much has been made, in the press, about the huge cost overruns on the Webb Space Telescope project. It's time now to ignore all the cost overruns, and see the result of decades of scientific work by NASA and its private-sector partners. Today, the first images taken by the Webb telescope in its orbit around …
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Here in the Seattle area, like in many cities across America, we are seeing a deterioration of many different areas of society. Public schools are failing, having been closed for many months during the Covid pandemic (by governments). Parents are pulling their kids out of public schools, so reduced numbers of students lead to less …
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The Prime Minister of Britain resigned as head of his party today. Boris Johnson quits The West may be in Free Fall Have a nice day? Not. Thanks to James Taranto and James Freeman of the Wall Street Journal's Best of the Web column for the idea for this Bye-Ku.
What do you think about when someone mentions "rights"? Is the first thing that crosses your mind something like "abortion rights", or "voting rights"? Or is it something like "unalienable rights", which is a phrase from the Declaration of Independence? What does "unalienable" even mean? First of all, here are some definitions of "rights" from …
Continue reading On this Independence Day weekend, let’s talk about Rights
In the case of NY Rifle & Pistol Association vs Bruen, the Supreme Court invalidated a New York law that unduly burdened the right to carry a concealed weapon outside the home. Previously, the state of New York had required applicants for a concealed-carry permit to demonstrate "proper cause" for requesting such a permit. The …
Continue reading The US Supreme Court made a momentous 2nd Amendment decision this year…
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That's sure what it says to me. "Leader of the Free World"? Not by any stretch of the imagination. We are in deep trouble.
Header photo taken at our local Chevron gas station on March 7, 2022. This photo was taken on June 14 at a Chevron station about a mile from our house. This is now. Tonight, June 26, 2022. Thank Demented Joe Biden for this, and his buddies in the environmental movement. F*** Joe Biden. F*** …
First of all, I would like to thank President Donald Trump for appointing three of the six Justices who voted to overturn the 1970s case that found a "right to privacy" in the Constitution where it did not, and does not, exist. The hysterical Left, for whom abortion is their Holy Sacrament, were losing their …
This is an excellent meme illustrating that it's all in your point of view. Two looks at the same situation. The Left sees criminals as victims, and homeowners as at fault if they use their own legal firearms to defend their homes. We see criminals as criminals, who give up their rights once they invade …
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