THE DONGBA SPIRIT OF NATURE
Originally nomads from the Tibetan Plateau, the Nashi people settled in the fertile Himalayan foothills of Yunnan over 2,000 years ago. From the ancient Tibetan religion of Bön, they developed a unique religion of nature-worship called Dongba. The progenitors of humanity and nature were two half-brothers, two mothers with the same father. Nature is controlled by a human-snake chimera called Shv – a statue of whom you see here.
The Nashi are a peaceful gentle people whose ideal is living in accordance with nature. They dress very colorfully, women have equal respect with men, they write with the world’s only still-functioning pictographic script, and are proud of preserving their culture for millennia. It is an enchanting experience to be among them. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #163 photo ©Jack Wheeler)
TRUMPOLOGY
Donald Trump has signaled he will announce his presidential intentions after the November midterm elections.
The disaster of the Biden Administration has been a godsend for Trump. Had Biden simply plagiarized the successful Trump agenda, there would have followed no border disaster, no energy crisis, no hyperinflation, and no calamitous flight from Afghanistan.
How ironic that the Biden catastrophe revived a Trump candidacy. Biden likely will cause the Democrats to lose Congress. His pick of a dismal Kamala Harris as vice president has likely ensured, for now, fewer viable Democrat presidential candidates in 2024.
So, will Trump run? Some logic might dictate that Trump not try a second campaign.
VOTER FRAUD TODAY, VOTER FRAUD TOMORROW, VOTER FRAUD FOREVER!
Last week, the New York Times published a hit piece on my friend Cleta Mitchell.
The Times story lies from the top, beginning with its headline: “Lawyer Who Plotted to Overturn Trump Loss Recruits Election Deniers to Watch Over the Vote.” Mitchell did not “plot to overturn Trump loss,” she worked in a single state, Georgia, to examine and expose election integrity issues there.
This is ostensibly a news story, not an op-ed. But when it comes to protecting the Democrats’ ability to implement a voter fraud strategy, the Times takes no chances. And neither will the Democrats in November.
THE GRAND PRISMATIC SPRING OF YELLOWSTONE
There are places in our world so staggeringly beautiful to have to see them to believe they exist. Yet those people walking along the foot bridge can’t see what you’re looking at. That has to be in the air, hovering from high above in a helicopter. We live in a world of such beauty it really does take your breath away. And best of all, the beauty of the Grand Prismatic Spring of Yellowstone is right here in America.
Here we are at Yellowstone in Wyoming, a wonderland by itself. Just to the south are the Grand Tetons. To the west is the Sawtooth Range and the Middle Fork of the Salmon River – one of the best whitewater runs on the planet. It goes endlessly on and on. America the Beautiful is not just a song – it’s glorious reality. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World 135, photo ©Jack Wheeler)
KEEPING YOUR SANITY BY TAKING YOUR TIME AT THE START
But what is it that gives us the impression of ease? They seem to take their time. Even when you’re seeing an elite athlete making lightning quick moves, it seems to be moving more slowly than the actual elapsed time. They’re not panicked, they’re not forcing things; the moves look fluid.
How does this help us if we don’ t actually have expertise yet? Let’s find out.
GRAND ESCALANTE STAIRCASE
As you can see, this place is aptly named. It is simply phantasmagorical – nature on LSD. Then again, so much of southern Utah is too, for close by Escalante are the Vermillion Cliffs, Capitol Reef, Bryce Canyon, Zion Canyon, Monument Valley and a lot more.
The entire area is Navaho country, so it is no surprise their native religion is based on peyote, a cactus containing the hallucinogen, mescaline, with the Navaho belief that nature surrounding them was designed by the Peyote Bird.
However, it is not necessary to take any hallucinogen to achieve a sense of ecstasy being here – just a deep appreciation of what a wondrous world – a breathtaking world – it is that we are all privileged to be alive in. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #180 photo ©Jack Wheeler)
THE PERFECT REBUTTAL
Bruce Willis provides the perfect rebuttal when the race card is played by Samuel L. Jackson in Die Hard 3.
FLASHBACK FRIDAY – WITH THE ANTI-COMMUNIST GUERILLAS IN CAMBODIA
July, 1984. The KPNLF – Khmer People’s National Liberation Front – was the Anti-Communist guerrilla movement fighting the Soviet-backed Vietnamese Communists in Cambodia. When I was first there in 1961, Cambodia was then a land of serenity, with a gentle and tranquil people who were at peace with themselves and the world. Now it was a land of indescribable Communist horror.
It was such a privilege to be with these brave men willing to wage war against that horror and bring freedom to their country. I told their tale in Turning Back the Terror, the February 1985 cover story for Reason magazine. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #20 photo ©Jack Wheeler)
HALF-FULL REPORT 06/03/22
The old cliché that “guns don’t kill people, people do” is still true and now more than ever, as the Dems desperately search for a diversion away from disaster at the polls five months from now. How gin-clear can it be with headlines like this last night (6/02): Joe Biden Says Radical Gun Control Should Be ‘Central’ to Voting in November?
How more hysterically demagogic can DDs (Desperate Dems) be when they scream: “Republicans are on the side of killers of our kids”?
This is no surprise, as you and I well know that Democrats and the Left are advocates of fascism not freedom, and that a disarmed citizenry is a necessary condition to achieve the fascist power they crave. And next November, any ability to have that power will be rudely ripped from their smarmy hands without a massive diversion.
Enjoy watching the Congresslady from Rifle, Colorado, Lauren Boebert, eviscerate the Dem gun control mania on the floor of the House yesterday (6/02). Prepare to stand up and cheer:
SKYE’S LINKS 06/02/22
Jack linked to this in last Friday’s HFR, saying it was a “big you-know-what deal,” and asked me to comment. Yes, this could be a HUGE deal. This is the approach that Clarence Thomas recommended. It means that the days of major social media censorship are coming to an end:
Ohio Court Rules Google May Be Designated a Common Carrier
You can read more about Justice Thomas's views on this subject here:
Justice Thomas Sends A Message On Social Media Regulation
Musk has been viciously attacked by progs for admitting that he read a Breitbart article. Big mistake for the progs:
Twitter Bluecheck Brigade Freaks Out Over Elon Musk Reading Breitbart Article
Texas Law Forces Companies To Be Neutral On Guns Or Face Consequences