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Ireland was on my bucket list. This is Ireland today.

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, Crime and Punishment, Culture, DEI, elections, Gender Ideology, government, History, immigration, Media and the Internet, Media bias, Mental health, Politics in the Age of Trump, Progressive "Thought", social media, Travel and Vacations7 Comments

I have always wanted to visit Ireland, especially now that I have friends to see there. The idea of going there is not such a pleasant one now. Here is what Ireland has become. https://twitter.com/mick_o_keeffe/status/1903033803586642411?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/mick_o_keeffe/status/1902071832259199271?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ I have always loved rural areas of the United Kingdom, since I visited England and Scotland in 1984 and …

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Devastating flood damage in the Carolinas from Hurricane Helene. Media and Feds Ignore It. Updated Sunday 9/29.

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My headline is not a joke. I visited four media web sites, including some known as being impartial and conservative. Not one had a banner headline about the devastation in Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina. Entire towns are being swept away, millions of people are losing homes and property, more millions are without power, …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #277: Empty Spaces

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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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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #245: Environments

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We live in Western Washington, but one of my favorite environments has always been rural Eastern Washington.  On this side of the Cascades, it's often wet and rainy, with gray cloudy skies for most of the fall and winter.  Eastern Washington is much drier, with brown, rolling hills.  Eastern Washington grows wheat, hops, and, increasingly, …

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