My, My, My, Aren’t we Prescient!

It seems that just yesterday, I wrote a post right here about the poor conditions in Washington's forests making them primed for wildfires. This was based on a trip we took on Tuesday to Mount Rainier National Park. We drove up to Sunrise, and I commented that the Mountain itself was shrouded in wildfire smoke …

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Washington State Wildfires, waiting to happen

The video below is not the best, but I think you can see what I mean when I explain. (play video at 1/4 speed) On Tuesday, we drove down to Mount Rainier, and we drove through miles of National Forest. Literally everywhere we drove, the forest floor was littered with downed trees, fragments of trees, …

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And the Decline of Europe Continues Apace

The un-elected tyrants at the European Union, along with the Parliamentary-system elected officials in individual countries like England and France, continue to apply the straitjacket to their indigenous population, while welcoming in and supporting all manner of illegal migrants from the Third World. This has led to the predictable decline of European Culture and the …

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The Seattle Fishwrap (AKA Times) does a front-page article on Puget Sound Energy’s electricity rates exploding. I critique that article.

On Sunday, the Seattle Times did a long article describing how local residents are suffering from the high, and going higher, electricity rates imposed on them by their mandated supplier, Puget Sound Energy. Below, I provide quotes from the article, and my comments after each quote. The title of the article is "PSE customers hit …

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Guest Author: Cynical Publius on the Naval War College

Today, my online friend Cynical Publius, responded to the post below. https://twitter.com/johnkonrad/status/2014107439323398416?s=20 This is CP's response to that post on the Woke College. IMO, closing the Naval War College (and the other Service and Joint war colleges) it is not the answer. The answer is this: Fire all civilian faculty, other than those required for …

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Did you know that people often make the wrong “climate choices”?

Yes, that is a real question. In fact, it's the headline of an article on the KOMO Web site. The article, specifically referencing dogs, is originally from the Associated Press. I am going to reprint that article here in its entirety, for the pleasure of my readers. Believe me, this will make you laugh out …

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Well, well, what do we have here? Another story of the drawbacks of electric cars.

This article appears on the Web Site HotAir.com. Its subject is the fact that car-shipping companies are increasingly avoiding ocean shipping of electric vehicles. I have written about this multiple times in the past, emphasizing that electric vehicles, with immense Lithium-ion batteries, are extreme fire hazards. Electrical fires are notoriously difficult to extinguish, and a …

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Eloquence: Guest Author, Kaelion on X, on electric vehicles

I am going to post this in its entirety, so those of my readers who are not members of X/Twitter can partake of the eloquence. You will know that these are my sentiments, exactly, as I have written here many times. It was inspired by a post by Elon Musk about how the government of …

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Information about North Carolina and the hurricane/flood response: Wendy Patterson on X/Twitter

Once again, I will post this in its entirety for those who are not following Wendy on X/Twitter (she is @wendyp4545). This gives us a look into conditions prevailing in NC before the hurricanes and floods decimated the western part of the state, as well as eastern Tennessee. This also offers a look at the …

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Heatwave in Western Washington brings the expected responses

Yes, there is definitely a heatwave here in Western Washington.  Every local news web site has multiple stories about the high temperatures being felt here, where 80 is normal summer.  Here are a couple of screenshots of what I see on my phone right now. We have been in places where it was this hot, …

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