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Spring is here. And there.

On By rushbabe49In art, business, cats, Culture, Fun and Games, Media and the Internet, Nature, photography, Random Musings About Life, social media, Space and astronomyLeave a comment

Here are some signs of Spring. https://twitter.com/visitnorthyork/status/2041775090350559236?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/watergypsi/status/2042010099292508485?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ English narrowboats ply the canals https://twitter.com/buzzpatterson/status/2042107527996043479?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ American paratroopers doing their thing. You do have to watch till the end. https://twitter.com/paul__browning_/status/2041969681372766449?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/nancyh_60/status/2041907570235801941?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/axaxia88/status/2042105223347675254?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/mlproduce/status/2042044834588799018?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/worldscholar_/status/2041668466877325638?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Beautiful in any season https://twitter.com/theiaincameron/status/2041620783374479735?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/thisisireland3/status/2041950939377000480?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ I really want to visit Ireland https://twitter.com/thefigen_/status/2041887059090997407?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ This place does have the biggest waves! https://twitter.com/canyoncoyote1/status/2041993453664448546?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Local to …

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To the Moon and back

On By rushbabe49In art, Culture, Education, government, humor, Media and the Internet, Military and Defense, Nature, photography, Politics in the Age of Trump, Science and research, social media, Space and astronomyLeave a comment

The Artemis astronauts sent back still photos and video from their trip around the Moon and back. Here are some. The back side of our Moon https://twitter.com/curiosityonx/status/2041268314287075789?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/curiosityonx/status/2041294633003528426?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/curiosityonx/status/2041217426612752841?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Not terrifying at all. Awe-inspiring. Here’s how it happened. https://twitter.com/curiosityonx/status/2041565901271474320?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ This is so cool! A bit of education. https://twitter.com/collinrugg/status/2041576782873424287?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/nasa/status/2041534940635152433?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/nasa/status/2041557036274475228?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Our beautiful planet and its …

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Less-known Signers of the Declaration of Independence: Joseph Hewes of North Carolina, by way of New Jersey and Pennsylvania

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For this installment in my 250th-anniversary series, I chose a signer whom I had never heard of. This gentleman had a circuitous life in the Colonies-born in one state and resident of two others. He earned wealth as a merchant, and served his country in the Continental Congress. It's a shame that he didn't live …

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*The Evil Death Cult. Communist China’s market in harvested human organs.

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, business, Culture, Economics, government, Health care, Law and Justice, Media and the Internet, Random Musings About Life, Religion, social media, technology4 Comments

Harvested from the sometimes-living bodies of Political Prisoners. Political prisoners are a huge proportion of the prison population in Communist China. This has been common knowledge for decades, since it doesn't take much of a violation of social rules in the heavily-surveilled country. Members of any disfavored group, like Uighur Muslims, the disgraced social outcasts, …

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*No Shame: The descent of modern society into Depravity

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, business, Covid Madness, Crime and Punishment, Culture, DEI, Education, Gender Ideology, government, Health care, History, Islam and Muslims, Law and Justice, Media and the Internet, Media bias, Mental health, Politics in the Age of Trump, Progressive "Thought", Random Musings About Life, technology1 Comment

https://twitter.com/theonlydsc/status/2033735513153122444?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ When did it start? What was the first inkling that what was previously forbidden behavior, was now going to become not only accepted, but celebrated. What happened that now, if you don't celebrate vulgar, depraved behavior, you are mocked and ridiculed? My guess is this started back in the 1950s and 1960s, with the …

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Friday Funnies. Ayatollah Memes.

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, Culture, Fun and Games, History, humor, Islam and Muslims, Media and the Internet, Military and Defense, Politics in the Age of Trump, social media, technology1 Comment

For some reason, the meme-makers have been quite prolific making fun of the Israeli penchant for eliminating Supreme Leaders of Iran almost before they take power. Here are some funnies from today. Remember the beepers? USA Not many applicants for that position Who will be left? And elsewhere… The general feeling in Tehran right now …

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This may be the most important post I do this year, for my fellow Pacific Northwesterners. The REAL Extremists, by Tony Seruga

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, business, Crime and Punishment, Culture, domestic terrorism, Economics, Education, environmentalism, government, Guest Blogger, History, immigration, Islam and Muslims, Law and Justice, Media and the Internet, Media bias, Politics in the Age of Trump, Progressive "Thought", social media, technologyLeave a comment

Tony Seruga and his partner are the Ultimate Dot-Connectors. They do geo-fencing at events, seeing who was there; compare data from zillions of events, and connect the attendance and funding dots. This X post, copied in its entirety and linked at the end, connects all the very ugly dots on who our Extremists really are. …

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Again By Request: Third Installment of Lesser-known Signers of the Declaration of Independence: John Hart of New Jersey

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This is for a descendant of Mr. John Hart. I envy people with ancestors from the early days of America. John Hart was born in Stonington, Connecticut, in 1713. His father, Edward Hart, was a farmer, justice of the peace, and public assessor. Soon after John’s birth, the family moved to Hopewell, New Jersey, where …

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

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, Culture, domestic terrorism, Energy/Petroleum, government, History, Islam and Muslims, Media and the Internet, Media bias, Military and Defense, Politics in the Age of Obama, Politics in the Age of Trump, Progressive "Thought", social media, technology, transportationLeave a comment

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

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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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