China turning into a Potemkin Country?

I came across this story in the Epoch Times about a mostly-unknown crisis in Communist China. Their population is rapidly aging, and since the huge re-estate collapse their "social insurance" program is in big trouble. Due to the disastrous one-child policy, which led to female infanticide as well as a shrinking overall population, there is …

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This is Western Civilization

Since it’s been around 2,000 years, which is a long time, let’s take a look at more of the products of the culture of the West. https://twitter.com/atticuuuss/status/1961478343720669255?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ One of the greatest artists who ever lived https://twitter.com/biancodavinci/status/1961495811361022223?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Cathedrals could take hundreds of years to build https://twitter.com/biancodavinci/status/1961536838126252217?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Art Nouveau often features natural forms https://twitter.com/nouveaudeco/status/1960265275384750376?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Whoa! https://twitter.com/leodavinciwave/status/1961055798244815052?s=12 That’s …

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The Real Anthony Fauci (just a taste)

I have learned an astonishing amount of new information about the horrific history of Dr. Fauci. He compares to the famous Nazi Josef Mengele, who did his disgusting experiments on concentration camp inmates, often Jews. Here’s something that you might not have been aware of. https://twitter.com/endtribalism/status/1957977879985418271?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Fauci funded and supervised medical research on children. They …

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I must be getting old. I keep forgetting to do a post on the Bellevue Arts & Crafts Fair.

So here it is. Normally the last weekend in July, the Fair takes up a large portion of the Bellevue Square parking garage, and sometimes parking lots on surrounding streets. In its heyday, it ran 11 hours a day, with hundreds of booths. It was sponsored by the Bellevue Art Museum, and included an art …

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Guest Author: Mark Steyn and his guest on the Fertility Crisis all over the world

This extensive essay is from the Mark Steyn Club newsletter. The title is Steyn on Culture, A Baroness on Barrenness. Here it is in full. ~As I was saying twenty ...well, no, only five years ago, upon the centennial of my sometime acquaintance P D James. Baroness James wrote a remarkable novel about the existential crisis in …

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Guest Author: Mark Steyn on the state of Britain, Canada, and Western Civilization

Mark Steyn's Tuesday Notebook post is entitled "Cheek By Jowl", and it is presented here in its entirety for my readers who are not Mark Steyn Club members. [Thanks, Hubby, for my gift membership-it has more than paid for itself already] Here's what my favorite political commentator has to say. Please note that the X …

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So, Readers, what do you think of this sentiment?

This X post is somewhat self-explanatory. None of the commenters disagreed with the author. https://twitter.com/thekentacorn/status/1952056077102743884?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Notice the 970 likes. Fifteen comments. All favorable. Am I the only one who thinks that this statement is just plain wrong? The author is human too, and runs a project preserving oak woodlands in Britain. I follow him. If …

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Guest Author: Steve Gordon, Seattle business owner, on the Seattle Fishwrap Er… Seattle Times

I am copying Steve's post in its entirety for my readers, especially those who live in the Seattle area. Every word is true. I cancelled my subscription over 10 years ago, and the local fish wrap has only gotten worse in its communism. Way TLDR on legacy media. This is the next plank in the …

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Is Wind Energy really Green? Environmentally friendly? Let’s see.

Do you think that hillsides, fields, and waters sprouting huge three-bladed windmills are the answer to humanity’s need for energy that is cheap and reliable? Let’s start at the end of that windmill’s life. Wind turbine blade graveyard Those blades are made of hundreds of different types of materials, so they can’t be recycled. They …

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