Thanks be for the refuge and refreshment of the countryside from all of the honest-to-goodness "Man Caused Disasters" we are trying to weather and survive. Not so long ago, of course, the Obama-era phrase kicked up limitless derision, at least in our own quarters, because "man caused disasters" was such an unwieldy cover for Islamic jihad against the West. Little did we dream that even greater onslaughts against our liberty and sovereignty, not only as a free country but as free citizens and human beings, would be mobilized against us and weaponized, even from within our own ranks, by elected, confirmed, appointed, background-checked, vetted, respected, quoted, sought after, relied upon existential enemies within. 

From the medical tyrants with the masks to the political tyrants of the lockdowns, 2020 is the year of Man Caused Disasters.  Don't miss getting outside...

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A month or so ago, I began posting videos and essays at Patreon, mainly but not exclusively for subscribers. I will be posting video weekly, but only so long as I have something new or something that has been overlooked. 

I must say I am enjoying the new format as well as the feedback so far and I hope you will consider joining.

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I have been reading a fascinating book -- Final Verdict by Adela Rogers St. Johns. It is a memoir about her father, Earl Rogers, a California superstar defense attorney in the early part of the 20th century.

St Johns was a highly successful and wonderful writer, screenwriter and journalist. What really sets this 1962 book apart from anything I have read before is her unique perspective on her protagonist -- her brilliant, charming, but, of course, flawed father. She didn't come to know her father as most children do; after work, on weekends, and so on, a child gradually pulling a father into focus along the way to maturity. As a very young girl -- her feet still didn't touch the floor under her chair -- Adela Rogers became what is best described as her father's professional confidante. While her peers were in classrooms, she was very often in court rooms and her father's...

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