Extra! Extra! Read all about it!! State of Washington digs a deeper hole! Citizens hardest hit!!

And the blows to the law-abiding citizens of Washington State just keep coming. It now seems that every day there are new stories of further insults to the intelligence and the already-strained bank accounts of long-suffering Washingtonians. Every day, new indications that we will be hit with higher costs of living, additional red tape and …

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The Somali Daycare Scandal is blowing up, hitting right here at home in the Seattle area

It turns out that Minneapolis is not the only city in America where Somali "refugees" are setting up fraudulent daycare/child care businesses and billing the government for millions of dollars. It turns out that some of those government dollars are going straight to Somalia to fund the terrorist group Al-Shabaab. Below are some of the …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #277: Empty Spaces

This is the time of year when emptiness can predominate.  All the leaves have fallen off the deciduous trees, leaving their branches empty.  But still beautiful. In the autumn, most beaches are empty of people, since the vacationers are gone.  We were fortunate to visit Cape May, on the Jersey Shore, in October, when the …

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Road Trip Day 2, Oregon to Idaho

First stop today was gas. Walla Walla has more than one gas station which sells premium gas without ethanol! Next stop: Reininger Winery to pick up hostess gifts for our Colorado friends. Onward, south to Oregon. We stopped in Milton-Freewater for lunch, then down I-84, and over the Blue Mountains. Here are a couple of …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #158: Back Country Roads. Enjoy your Liberty!

Before we get going down some back-country roads, let me disagree with one of the quotes that Tina used in her post this week.  Liberty is not a privilege, it is one of your God-given Rights.  Let's return to those unforgettable words of the Declaration of Independence: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that …

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Freedom…It’s a beautiful thing!

For the first eleven days of September, Hubby and I drove from our home in Washington State to South Dakota and back.  We went through the states of Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota and North Dakota. The State of Washington has a state-wide "mask mandate", requiring all open businesses to require all their customers …

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