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This is Western Civilization

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Since it’s been around 2,000 years, which is a long time, let’s take a look at more of the products of the culture of the West. https://twitter.com/atticuuuss/status/1961478343720669255?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ One of the greatest artists who ever lived https://twitter.com/biancodavinci/status/1961495811361022223?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Cathedrals could take hundreds of years to build https://twitter.com/biancodavinci/status/1961536838126252217?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Art Nouveau often features natural forms https://twitter.com/nouveaudeco/status/1960265275384750376?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Whoa! https://twitter.com/leodavinciwave/status/1961055798244815052?s=12 That’s …

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The Media May Have Moved On, but North Carolina is Still Suffering! Don’t Forget Them!

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I want to keep these images before my readers, to make sure they don't forget that Western North Carolina is still suffering greatly from the flooding caused by Hurricane Helene. FEMA is still not helping, and positively harming those people, by actually confiscating volunteer-supplied goods! The Federal government, in the hands of Deep State Leftists, …

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Sunday Stills: Dilapidated, desolate places and things

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, Culture, government, History, Nature, Photo challenges, photography, Travel and Vacations4 Comments

Maybe it's only me, but I seem to see a lot of news stories about bad things happening to people in cities recently.  Like the street crime in Chicago and New York City; homeless drug addicts attacking walkers on Venice Beach in California; and AntiFa attacking drivers stopped at traffic lights in Portland, Oregon. Aside …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #168: Seen Better Days

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This week's challenge, to show photos of places and things that have seen better days, could start with pictures of myself!  But it won't, sorry.  I will, however, start close to home.  A few blocks away from my house, along the arterial street, is a house that has definitely seen better days.  It's not that …

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Peek at some architecture-Photo Challenge

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This piece of building, obviously in ruins now, was the beginning of a breakthrough that formed the beginnings of Gothic architecture.  Want to see the rest of this very old building? Here it is.  You can see the tracery wall in the middle front of the medieval castle.  A peek into history. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/peek/

Weekly Photo Challenge : Transition..Building..to Ruin..to Building

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In the town of Bury St. Edmunds in England, the Abbey buildings have been crumbling for centuries.  From the original stone buildings, ruins.  Local residents pulled stones from the monastery ruins.  To build new dwellings.  Modern residence, built right into the ruins of the 11th Century Abbey.  How did the monastery become a ruin?  From …

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A Politically-incorrect way to think about the conflict in Syria

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So while our president is tying himself and his regime in knots trying to figure out what to do in/about Syria, here are some facts. The Iranians have said that, if we bomb Syria, they and their buddies, Hezbollah and Al-Quaeda, will take out the state of Israel. First of all, unlike our so-called commander …

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