Want to Climb a Mountain? Here are 5 Peaks Perfect for Beginners

In the mountain adventure world, just like anywhere, it’s best to start small. Whether you’re just getting into hiking and camping around peaks or you have your sights set on someday climbing bigger, snowier, or steeper mountains, some places are better to start than others. Regardless of your mountain pursuit, these are the best peaks to lay the foundation and get off the ground.

— Read on curiosity.com/topics/want-to-climb-a-mountain-here-are-5-peaks-perfect-for-beginners-curiosity/

Civil War

Civil War…tought provoking
Dr. Jack D. Minzey died Sunday, 8 April 2018


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Jack was head of the Department of Education at Eastern Michigan University as well as author of numerous books, most of which were on Education and the Government role.
This is the last of his works:
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Civil War
How do civil wars happen?


Two or more sides disagree on who runs the country. And they can’t settle the question through elections because they don’t even agree that elections are how you decide who’s in charge. That’s the basic issue here. Who decides who runs the country? When you hate eachother but accept the election results, you have a country. When you stop accepting election results, you have acountdown to a civil war.

The Mueller investigation is about removing President Trump from office and overturning the results of an election. We all know that. But it’s not the first time they’ve done this. The first time a Republican president was elected this century, they said he didn’t really win. The Supreme Court gave him the election. There’s a pattern here.

What do sure odds of the Democratsrejecting the next Republican president really mean? It means they don’t accept the results of any election that they don’t win. It means they don’t believe that transfers of power in this country are determined by elections.

That’s a civil war.

There’s no shooting. At least not unless you count the attempt to kill a bunch of Republicans at a charity baseball game practice; but the Democrats have rejected our system of government.

This isn’t dissent. It’s not disagreement. You can hate the other party. You can think they’re the worst thing that ever happened to the country.  But then you work harder to win the next election. When you consistently reject the results of elections that you don’t win, what you want is a dictatorship.

Your very own dictatorship.

The only legitimate exercise of power inthis country, according to Democrats, is its own.  Whenever Republicans exercise power, it’s inherently illegitimate. The Democrats lost Congress. They lost the White House. So what did they do? They began trying to run the country through Federal judges and bureaucrats. Every time that a Federal judge issues an order saying that thePresident of the United States can’t scratch his own back  without his say so, that’s the civil war.

Our system of government is based onthe constitution, but that’s not the system that runs this country. The Democrat’s system is that any part of government that it runs gets total and unlimited power over the country.


If the Democrats are in the White House, then the president can do anything, and I mean anything. He can have his own amnesty for illegal aliens. He can fine you for not having health insurance. His power is unlimited. He’s a dictator.

But when Republicans get into the White House, suddenly the President can’t do anything. He isn’t even allowed to undo the illegal alien amnesty that hispredecessor illegally invented. A Democrat in the White House has discretion to completely decide every aspect of immigration policy. A Republican doesn’t even have thediscretion to reverse him. That’s how the game is played. That’s how our country is run. Sad but true, although the left hasn’t yet won that particular fight.

When a Democrat is in the White House, states aren’t even allowed to enforce immigration law. But when a Republican is in the White House, states can create their own immigration laws. Under Obama, a state wasn’t allowed to go to the bathroom without asking permission. But under Trump, Jerry Brown can go around saying thatCalifornia is an independent republic and sign treaties with other countries.

The Constitution has something to say about that.

Whether it’s Federal or State, Executive, Legislative or Judiciary, the left moves power around to run the country. If it controls an institution, then that institution is suddenly the supreme power in the land. This is what I call a moving dictatorship.

Donald Trump has caused the Shadow Government to come out of hiding: Professional government is a guild. Like medieval guilds.  You can’t serve in if you’re not a member. If you haven’t been indoctrinated into its arcane rituals.  If you aren’t in the club and Trump isn’t in the club, he brought in a bunch of people with him who alsoare NOT in the club.

Now we’re seeing what the pros do when amateurs try to walk in on them. They spy on them, they investigate them and they send them to jail. They use the tools of power to bring them down.

That’s not a free country.

It’s not a free country when FBI agentswho support Hillary take out an ‘insurance policy’ against Trump winning the election. It’s not a free country when Obama officials engage in massive unmasking of the opposition. It’s not a free country when the media responds to the other guy winning by trying to ban the conservative media that supported him from social media. It’s not a freecountry when all of the above collude together to overturn an election because the guy who wasn’t supposed to win… WON.

Have no doubt. We are in a civil war.

For the Biggest Benefit From Being in Nature, Get Wild

The saying “life’s not meant to be lived in one place” is a common one among Pinterest travel boards and wanderlusty Instagram accounts. But in the real world, it’s not so easy — it takes time and money to travel to wild and exotic places. Yet exploring your local wilderness or hiking somewhere nearby can be just as beneficial as traveling somewhere new, as long as you do it right. Maybe all you really need to do is go deeper, explore further, and most importantly, get wilder.

— Read on curiosity.com/topics/for-the-biggest-benefit-from-being-in-nature-get-wild-curiosity

Does Society Turn More Violent During its End Times? | Armstrong Economics

QUESTION: Is MMA the new Roman Colosseum? I’m a layman in history but didn’t blood sports rise in popularity during Rome’s decline? Now everyone and their mother is talking about MMA, and random celebrities e.g. Logan Paul or now Trump Jr. are jumping in the octagon or being challenged. JR ANSWER: Yes. For some reason, society begins to turn more violent toward its end times. Mixed martial arts is a full-contact combat sport that allows striking and grappling, both standing and on the ground, using techniques from other combat sports and martial arts. It is an interesting pattern. The Christian Persecutions really came into full swing only as the Empire was collapsing during the 3rd century.
— Read on www.armstrongeconomics.com/history/ancient-history/does-society-turn-more-violent-during-its-end-times/