HAPPY FLAG DAY!
Betsy Ross showing the first American flag to George Washington
Celebrating American patriotism is a tradition in small towns all across our country on Flag Day, June 14. This is the opportunity for all of us to wave Old Glory to show our love for America. Here are four photo examples:
KEEPING YOUR SANITY WITH RITUALS FOR EXCELLENCE
William James 1842-1910
As the great American psychologist, William James said well over a hundred years ago:
“The more of the details of our daily life we can hand over to the effortless custody of automatism, the more our higher powers of mind will be set free for their own proper work. There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision, and for whom the drinking of every cup, the time of rising and going to bed every day, and the beginning of every bit of work, are subjects of express volitional deliberation.”
Unfortunately for James, it turns out that the “miserable human being” he was describing was himself! Sometimes we can teach best what we most need to learn, and apparently James was quite good at that regarding habits.
So how do we establish strong, positive, and consistent habits? We create rituals that hold us to those habits.
SKARA BRAE
North of Scotland are the Orkney Islands. On a windswept bluff above the North Atlantic, archaeologists have unearthed an intact Neolithic village of farmers and cattle herders that’s 5,000 years old (3200 BC) – centuries older than the Pyramids of Egypt. Their homes had beds, chairs, cupboards, flush toilets, running water, cozy, warm, and comfortable.
What you see here is just one section of the village. What I found particularly interesting was this sign at the entrance to the site.
These villagers enjoyed a warmer climate than today, more fertile land. Skara Brae is a 5,000 year-old refutation of the Global Warming Hoax. If you ever get to Scotland, be sure the Orkneys are on your itinerary. Skara Brae is only one of the places you’ll find fascinating. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #210 photo ©Jack Wheeler)
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FLASHBACK FRIDAY SMUGGLERS PARADISE
Khasab, Musendam, Enclave of Oman, October 2006. The sharp tip of Arabia, known as the Musandam Point, sticks into the Persian Gulf, separating it from the Indian Ocean. The Strait of Hormuz is only 30 miles wide from Musandam Point to the coast of Iran, and through it passes a substantial fraction of the world's crude oil.
I came here to see the Persian smugglers. Go down to the wharves in Khasab and you will see them piled high with waterproof-wrapped bales of clothes, cases of soft drinks and juice, cartons of children's toys and electronic goods, an entire shopping mall of stuff, all ready to be crammed and tied down into 20 ft. long open speedboats with powerful outboard motors capable of outrunning Iranian Navy patrols.
There are dozens, scores, of waiting speedboats. The run from Khasab harbor to coves on the Iranian coast or the Iranian island of Qeshm takes about three hours. An average night will see dozens of speedboats racing across the Strait of Hormuz smuggling goods into Iran. The smugglers couldn’t have been more friendly to me. They hate the mullahs and are proud they are helping poor people in Iran. I had a great time with them. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #169 photo ©Jack Wheeler)
HALF-FULL REPORT 06/10/22
Wow… talk about living in Desperation City. Dems expect their prime time snoozefest of the Jan6 Committee hearings to save them from midterm wipeout five months from now?
It’s funny enough to read the hyperventilating tweets of Hollywood has-beens over this old news. Then comes the real ROTFLMAO: Bloomberg’s undies in a tizzy - Capitol Riot Apologists Go Unpunished as Memories of Horror Fade.
Here’s what’s worrisome, however. Every deception trick the Dems have tried now to avoid their November wipeout has failed…
So what’s next? Will their descent into ever-deeper desperation drive them towards more futile foolishness like these go-nowhere Jan6 hearings? Or towards something truly sinister?
SURREALISM IN CENTRAL ASIA
It only looks surreal – as so much of Central Asia can be. That’s why it’s one of the most magically entrancing parts of our planet. In a hidden valley high in the mountains of Tajikistan there is a stepping-stone series of lakes called The Seven Pearls of Shing. This is one of them at early sunrise.
The number of magically surrealistic-yet-real sights and experiences like this throughout Central Asia, be they in nature, in Silk Road history, in culture or with welcoming people everywhere, are as innumerable and they are unforgettable.
You owe it to yourself to at least browse through the photos of The Heart of Central Asia – Sept 18-Oct 4, 2022 so you can immerse yourself in imagining being there for real. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #209 photo ©Jack Wheeler)
SKYE’S LINKS 06/09/22
Got food? Got fuel? Got investments? Thanks to fanatical Xiden green policies and a hyped-up money supply, inflation is going to get a lot worse, especially for food and fuel, the coming economic downturn is going to be brutal.
But look at the bright side – the worse this will all be, the worse will be the Dem Wipe-Out in November!
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THE COMING SUPREME COURT DECISION MORE IMPORTANT THAN ABORTION OR GUNS
It is fascist insanity to claim CO2 is a pollutant
The press has focused on the Dobbs case because the Supreme Court will use it to sweep Roe v. Wade into the dustbin of history. The ruling will bring a lot of emotion from both sides, as 49 years of prayer finally are answered.
Likewise, NYSRPA II will get a lot of attention because the association likely will succeed in ending New York's draconian restrictions on carrying a pistol to protect oneself.
However, the Supreme Court case that matters the most this year is West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency. This is why.
COMMUNISM STILL HAUNTS RUSSIA
Russia is a superficially Europeanized society that sustained more than 70 years of communism. When the Soviet system finally collapsed in 1991, the result was not stability but a decade of near-anarchy. With such an inheritance, Vladimir Putin’s tyranny followed organically.
Mr. Putin has been described accurately as a fascist, owing to his cult of personality and ferocious ultranationalist assault on Ukraine. It is also true that Mr. Putin has been Soviet in his style of rule. He has amassed more personal power than any Russian since Joseph Stalin.
Many were naive when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, thinking communism was consigned to an irrecoverable past. The past three decades have proved to be a mere false start for Russia because the problems of communism are still with us.