*Further developments in the Great Washington Income Tax Saga. Not going down without a fight.

Here is a generous sampling of what has been going on in Olympia, as Republicans hold Democrats to a long debate of the unconstitutional bill itself, and multiple amendments which need debate and separate votes. Republicans have been holding this debate literally all night long, attempting to run out the clock. The DemocRats of Washington …

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Does your local government use red-light cameras to issue traffic tickets? This story out of Florida might interest you.

Copied in its entirety, link at the bottom. Judge dismisses red-light camera ticket, rules law is unconstitutional | Eric Weiss & Antoinette DelBel, WPEC A Broward County judge has dismissed a red-light camera ticket, ruling that the state law used to issue the citation improperly shifts the burden of proof onto vehicle owners. In a …

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It takes a war to show a country who their real friends are. And are not.

The war against the world’s greatest sponsor of terrorism began last weekend, with the US and Israel taking out Iranian ships, nuclear sites, and its leadership, including its evil Supreme Leader. For the previous few weeks, the US had been moving military assets into the Middle East, and to our bases in Europe, so they …

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On Trump and Israel’s War with Iran

I admit, I was blindsided by the news early Saturday that the US and Israel had gone to war against the evil Ayatollahs of Iran. I was surprised and pleased to hear that they had eliminated Khamenei early on, and were taking care of other business later. I have mostly agreed with Robert Barnes that …

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News from the Environment

I saw all these stories recently. Mother Nature is more powerful than we are. https://twitter.com/volcaholic1/status/2023850637629481139?s=20 Hey, this is the time for Situational Awareness! https://twitter.com/volcaholic1/status/2023361802722001278?s=20 Hey drivers, watch where you're going! And from Ireland: https://twitter.com/cormac_mcginley/status/2023684176306991596?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/2023593252017111457?s=20 My readers might remember my photos of that same volcano when we were in Hawaii in 2018. That eruption was …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #383: Looking back to #174-Shapes and Designs

I learned that "shapes" are what are found in Nature; "designs" are what humans make, often mimicking that Nature. "I think that I shall never see a Poem as lovely as a Tree" is a little snippet of poetry that I'll bet every school child learns (author is Joyce Kilmer, who was male-yeah, I never …

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I learned something today, and now you can, too

Here are some learning articles posted on X. It is a platform that has more than just current events and politics. There are hundreds of thousands of accounts posting historical, cultural, nature, and other valuable information for people to expand their horizons. It's never too late to learn something new. https://twitter.com/ClassicalAegis/status/2016668751266210291?s=20 The above is in …

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On the Waterfront

We have had a series of sunny days here in Western Washington, so yesterday I went on a photo-hunting expedition down to the new Waterfront Place development on Marine Drive (aptly named, don't you think?). The channel divides the long Jetty Island from the new park, which has a walking/running trail (there were lots of …

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Holidays at the Marina

Thursday Hubby and I went out for dinner to our favorite Italian place, near the Marina. It was another cold, clear night with little wind. We noticed some bright blue lights nearby, so after dinner we went outside and found this. Lighted hollow ornament We thought it was very pretty. And the lights weren’t just …

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