This is what living in a Democrat-controlled big city is like In normal times and under normal circumstances, Portland, Oregon—the “City of Roses”—is an idyllic place to live. It has hilly terrain with beautiful neighborhoods and suburbs, but is not as expensive as San Francisco or as rainy as Seattle. And you’re within easy reach […]
The Civil War Inside the Democratic Party
The mainstream media (MSM), ever loyal to the Democratic Party and the Left, magnifies every possible fissure in the Trump ranks. Any assistant dogcatcher in the GOP bureaucracy who breaks loose and supports Biden-Harris is hailed as the latest proof that, for all intents and purposes, the campaign is over, with Trump vanquished. The only […]
America Slides into a New Civil War
Civil wars do not develop overnight. It takes years, even decades, for revolutionary movements to grow, sapping the morale of the established order and concealing their ultimate goals until they reach enough strength. Then the pent-up political bubble bursts. And when that happens, events move very, very fast. Many people cannot process the unpleasantness and […]
Relocation: Beware the Too-Simple-to-be-True Lists
Safe Places Report #9: A hot topic in the news today is the flight of Americans to the countryside, away from the riots and coronavirus lockdowns in the big cities. That is a theme of these Safe Places reports, of course, so these articles always catch my attention. What amazes me is how overly simplified […]
Your Safe Place: How to Avoid or Minimize Tornado Risk
Safe Places Report No. 8: This is your second report on natural threats to your safety. In my Safe Places Report No. 7, we considered ways to minimize the risk of earthquakes in your new Safe Place. A tornado can be the most violent storm on Earth, and like earthquakes, one can strike with little […]
Gallup Survey Shows Why Conservatives Shouldn’t Give Up Hope
One of the main purposes of propaganda is to discourage the opposition. Make them think that their cause is hopeless. In military terminology this is part of what’s known as “information warfare.” In the domestic political sphere this masquerades as “news.” The “news”—or fake news—onslaught has been constant this year. Every venue of the “mainstream” […]
The Real Purpose of Gov. Cuomo’s Covid-19 Travel Quarantines
Pandemic Report No. 13: New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo obviously loves the spotlight that the Covid-19 pandemic has given him, and he loves the powers he has assumed thanks to the virus—whether they are constitutional or not. He issued his latest travel edict on August 11. If you travel to New York from 32 states, […]
Your Safe Place: How to Avoid or Minimize Earthquake Risk
Safe Places Report No. 7: This is the first of several reports where I will show you how to avoid or minimize risk from natural threats when selecting your new Safe Place. We each have our individual assessments of the natural threats we fear the most. For me, those are earthquakes and tornadoes, because they […]
Socrates, Galileo, and Today’s Covid-19 Authorities
Pandemic Report No. 12: At every turn, we are admonished to accept the dictates of the Authorities regarding the Covid-19 epidemic—the officially designated public health authorities, the Wise Men like Bill Gates, the media babbleheads who scold us when we stray from their ideological nostrums, and the politicians who kowtow to all of the above. […]
Choosing the Right Climate for Your New Safe Place
Safe Places Report No. 6 In my last Safe Places Report, I introduced climate as one of the factors in determining where you will relocate: Now we are looking at your tolerance for cold weather or hot weather. Humidity or aridity. How much rain or snow? Low or high altitude? Four seasons, or an endless […]
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