“No God and no religion can survive ridicule. No political church, no nobility, no royalty or other fraud, can face ridicule in a fair field, and live.” – Mark Twain The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — We will see if Mark Twain’s satirical wisdom holds water still in these craziest…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Manhattan Grand Jury voted Thursday in New York to issue the first criminal indictment in American history against a former president. Donald Trump will be the first former president to face criminal charges in a case focused on a hush-money payment to a porn star Stormy Daniels…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maybe the American public is finally seeing the evidence of climate change due to global warming from the burning of fossil fuels where they live. That as well as the heightened news coverage about it and concern being shown by politicians and agencies in Washington again has the…
“Winners and losers, which one will you be today?” — Social Distortion Winners and Losers Video The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The California punk rock band Social Distortion summed it up in this song by Michael Ness. “We’re all good and evil … there’s cowards and heroes … lovers…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – So I woke up Sunday morning as I often do, listening to the show “On Being” on NPR. While spirituality is the subject of the show, it is a far cry from all the noisy preachers on radio and television pushing their denominational brand…
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Mississippi man was arrested Wednesday for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of counting the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Michael Leon Brock, 54, of Walls,…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — It will come as no surprise to college educated Democrats, liberal college professors and experienced journalists that American conservative Republicans who supported Donald Trump are subject to right-wing propaganda, political manipulation and suffer from authoritarian tendencies in the name of a mixed up anti-government philosophy based on a…
By Glynn Wilson – As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to action on climate change and restoring science to federal government agencies, the Environmental Protection Agency is taking the first step in a relaunch of its climate change website, according to a press release just out on the newly launched email list. Both the…
By Glynn Wilson – Poor Richard. It’s not fair. Richard Barnett, that is, the Arkansas redneck Trump supporting insurrectionist and domestic terrorist who was infamously photographed during the Capitol riot on January 6 with his feet propped up on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desk. He shouted at a federal judge during a virtual court appearance…
By Glynn Wilson – A half a million dead. So far, more Americans perished from COVID-19 than on all the battlefields of World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War combined. And before it’s all over, maybe near the end of summer, the number will most likely surpass the number of dead in…
Six Officers Suspended – By Glynn Wilson – In more evidence that some Capitol Police officers were in on the stand down order and inside job we reported first to allow Trump supporters to enter the building during the insurrection on January 6, it has been announced that six officers have been suspended and at…
By Glynn Wilson – Political courage was seriously absent in the United States Capitol on Saturday as only seven Republicans could find it in themselves to join 48 Democrats and two independents to find former president Donald Trump guilty of inciting a violent insurrection on January 6, 2021 as Congress affirmed the Electoral College votes…
Staff Report – Two off-duty Rocky Mount, Virginia police officers were charged this week in federal court in the District of Columbia in connection with the riots at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Jacob Fracker and Thomas Robertson were charged with one count of knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building…
Hate Breeds Hate – Violence Breeds Violence- “Violence never brings permanent peace.” – MLK The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – It’s tragic that Joe Biden cannot say what I’m about to say. Even if he did, at least a third of “the people” would not listen. They won’t listen to me either. But…
Democrats Win Historic Victories in Georgia and Take Control of Power in the Senate – By Glynn Wilson – On a historic day when all Americans should be celebrating a great victory for democracy, that news according to the visual media at least was overshadowed by a gang of delusional rednecks led to a fake,…
By Glynn Wilson – Like a modern day Scrooge, Lame Duck President Donald J. Trump came around in the wake of Christmas criticism from across the land, had a change of heart and mind, and decided to sign the bipartisan $900 billion pandemic relief bill after all from his Florida vacation resort Sunday when it…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — As the sun comes up over the smokies, reflecting the first morning light off a thick layer of Christmas white snow covering the ground and the trees, it’s amazing how quiet it can be in a city. As much as we love remote mountain…
Arizona, Nevada and Pennsylvania Expected to Flip Biden’s Way – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American people are waiting on pins and needles and in many cases with strong drink to find out who won the presidential election of 2020, as most states have reported results that show Joe Biden leading Donald…
The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — These are the last words I will write and publish before the election on Tuesday, Nov. 3, and I have to be brutally honest. There will be no pretense or posturing here. I could turn out to be wrong, but I don’t think so.…
Or we can keep fighting it for another four years – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – GETTYSBURG, Pa. — The election of 2020 is one week away and I’m driving up Highway 15 toward Gettysburg thinking about the Civil War we still seem to be fighting 155 years after the bloody war…
Camping, Hiking and Boating at Kymulga Grist Mill and Covered Bridge Park
