China turning into a Potemkin Country?

I came across this story in the Epoch Times about a mostly-unknown crisis in Communist China. Their population is rapidly aging, and since the huge re-estate collapse their "social insurance" program is in big trouble. Due to the disastrous one-child policy, which led to female infanticide as well as a shrinking overall population, there is …

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Guest Author: Travis Couture, WA Legislator, on the impact of all the new taxes on small businesses

This excellent essay was posted on X yesterday, and I think it deserves posting in its entirety. This is what we are experiencing here in Washington State. [emphasis mine] Tariffs aren’t affecting my small business, we manufacture custom cabinetry right here in Washington. What’s hurting us is Democrat tax increases. Everything we create is made …

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You’ve had the Friday Funnies. Now for the Friday Uglies, Seattle and Washington Edition.

These stories are all from today. A big thanks to all the locals who keep us informed about how our state and city politicians are taxing and regulating us into oblivion. https://twitter.com/bkheywood/status/1903235694220415259?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Overturning the will of the People https://twitter.com/vijayinwa/status/1902930873684771140?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Europe tried this and rejected it https://twitter.com/wahousegop/status/1903221151821975798?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ The Left has no limiting principal https://twitter.com/susan_dupres/status/1903240335205290387?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ Retirees who …

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Happy? New Year, Washington. Here are the new ways the Legislature made your life more difficult (and expensive).

As always on January 1, numerous new laws take effect in our state. Here is what the DemocRats in Olympia have done this time. This story is copied in its entirety from the web site of KOMO in Seattle. SEATTLE — With the arrival of 2025 comes a flurry of new laws taking effect. These are …

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Dispatch from Washington State: Doubling down on failure

Here are some news items from the State of Washington, and the City of Seattle.  Please note that the state and city are run by Leftists through and through. First, items relating to the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic.  Two weeks ago, our Dictator closed all state restaurants for inside dining, closed gyms, and reduced capacity allowed …

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How Seattle businesses prepare for the 2-week “Stay at Home” edict-Updated with Yep!

Remember Seattle?  The city on the Left Coast with the huge homeless population living in tents and under tarps on its streets?  The city where street people are allowed to remain on the streets if they don't want to "accept help"? This article in today's news just made me laugh (and vow, once again, to …

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