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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Watchwords of a Biden administration

This is what you can expect from a Biden administration.  I hope you leftists are happy with what is coming. HIGHER TAXES:  Business taxes will be increased, on all sizes of firms, which will lead to fewer new jobs created, and lower pay for current employees.  Personal income taxes will be increased on high-earning individuals …

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Tripling Down on Failure: Today’s news from Washington State

If you had a goal in mind for your life, and you engaged in certain actions to achieve that goal, and all those actions had no effect on reaching that goal, what would you do?  Would you re-evaluate whether the goal was achievable at all, or would you simply persist in the same actions?  Would …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #126: Alphabet, Subjects beginning with the Letter “A”

This week's challenge turns out to be more difficult than I had anticipated.  I had lots of subjects in mind, but then thought a little harder.  With all the very upsetting things happening in our Nation this year, I have decided that, for me, the most important "A" subject must be, America.  At age 71, …

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