The Washington State Secretary of State has been spying on conservatives, with taxpayer dollars

Yes, you read that correctly.  It seems that "Sideshow Bob" Ferguson, who is running for Governor in 2024, has been using a considerable quantity of taxpayer money to engage a British AI company to monitor those who think that our all-mail elections are not entirely secure. The original article appears on the Gateway Pundit Web …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #274: Asymmetry

Asymmetry is pretty simple for me to find.  I just step out the back sliding door, and I find my two small Japanese Maple trees.  Both are studies in Asymmetry.  The one that I planted first, just after I bought my house in the summer of 2000, is named "Fluffy" (by my husband).  It was …

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Snippets of Clarinetist Anat Cohen and the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra

I knew it was wrong, but I did it anyway.  We went to our Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra concert at the Kirkland Performance Center this afternoon.  The soloist today was Israeli jazz clarinetist Anat Cohen.  We have heard her before with the orchestra, and were eager to see and hear her again.  As usual, she …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #273: Symmetry

People are wired by Nature to seek symmetry.  People with regular features are seen as more attractive than those with variations between the two halves of their face or body.  We like things in our environment to be symmetrical too, and we notice things that have a pleasing symmetry about them.  and then, there are …

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The State of Washington: East Vs West

The State of Washington is divided by the North-South Cascade Mountains, a line of "extinct" volcanoes.  The scare-quotes are real (see 1980's eruption of Mount St. Helens).  The climate (in more ways than one) of each half of the state is dramatically different.  The Western half is known as the "wet" half, due to the …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #272: Billboards and Signs

I just love watching out for funny or original signs, and they seem to be just about everywhere.  In the 1980s, there was a popular TV series called Twin Peaks, that was filmed in the local town of North Bend, in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains.  The town takes full advantage of that little …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #271: Contrasts

My first set of contrasts this week is Desolate/Verdant.  First is a photo taken right along my drive to and from work every day.  There is a plot of land that is the most desolate, depressing place I can imagine.  I have no idea who owns the land, or how it got this way, but …

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I STAND WITH ISRAEL

THIS I KNOW Islam is incompatible with Western Civilization.  Muslims in any country, other than the Middle East, Africa, or Asia, do not assimilate into their host country.  They do not adopt the values of the countries into which they immigrated.  Countries in Europe now have "no-go zones", where violence runs rampant, and even police …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #270: On Display

One of the great benefits of having a cell phone with a great camera, is that you always have it with you to capture those scenes that just show up without warning.  Yesterday, as we were walking back to our car after the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra concert, we took a stroll through the Puget …

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