THE SECRET SAHARA
12,000 years ago, the Sahara – the world’s largest desert – was green, with forests, lakes, streams, woodlands, and an astonishing abundance of wildlife, making it a Paleolithic hunting paradise. One small remnant remains, in the deepest heart of the Sahara, high on a roadless uninhabited plateau where the ancient hunters left the greatest profusion of prehistoric rock art on our planet amidst an extraordinary geological wonderland. It is called the Tassili n’Ajjer.
I first explored it almost 20 years ago. Now I’m going to do it again. My son Jackson was with me when he was 10 years old. He loved every minute of what was a fabulously memorable adventure. So will you if you decide to join me. Here’s a glimpse of what we’ll experience.
SKYE’S LINKS 11/04/21
Australia’s nightmare is Xiden’s dream for America. One lesson is that Aussies have no 2nd Amendment and have been forcibly disarmed.
Vaccinations and vaccination mandates are NOT an effective public health measure. But don't expect any policy changes from corrupt government officials. Here is the real science: “There appears to be no discernible relationship between percentage of population fully vaccinated and new COVID-19 cases… the trend line suggests a marginally positive association such that countries with higher percentage of population fully vaccinated have HIGHER (emphasis added) COVID-19 cases per 1 million people.”
MONGOL NOMADS ARE OBLIVIOUS TO US
These Mongol nomads in the vast grasslands of central Mongolia milking their goats have a way of life unchanged for centuries. All of our concerns, worries and fears that plague us are totally irrelevant to them. They don’t know about them and wouldn’t care if they did.
Spending time with people such as these gives you an invaluably broader perspective of life on our planet. Our concerns, the issues that dominate our headline news, suddenly seem more parochial and far less important. An evening drinking kumiss (Mongol beer, fermented mare’s milk) in their yurts, telling stories, laughing at jokes – you realize how easy it is to relate to them through the core humanity we all have in our souls.
Exploring Mongolia in this way is a priceless adventure. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #9 photo ©Jack Wheeler)
WINSOME!
Last night (11/02) had an overabundance of bellwethers – but one really stands out:
A black woman from Jamaica who joined the US Marines and became a US citizen, married a fellow Marine, is pro-traditional family with two daughters, is pro-life, despises “Critical Race Theory,” is a conservative patriot who would “die for my country,” and is now the Lt. Governor-Elect of Virginia, becoming the first female of any race (much less black) and any party (much less Republican) to win state-wide office in the history of the Virginia Commonwealth.
She’s Winsome Sears. Here is her victory speech last night. Winsome is a living breathing refutation of the Dem narrative that the GOP is “racist.” Look at all those white hands cheering for her. Enjoy…
THE TIDE HAS TURNED
Breitbart News this morning 11/03
What an absolutely huge win this was for us yesterday — not just the election in Virginia, which was huge in itself —but the tightness of the race in New Jersey. And then there are other important referendums and races around the country all pointing in the same direction.
This is great news going forward. It shows us in a sense the formula for beating the Democrats and it's just such a huge relief.
I woke up this morning, I was looking in the mirror, and I thought, "I look a year younger." It wasn't just jubilation over the outcome, it's also just the sense that we've been suffering a little bit of PTSD, our side, going back to the 2020 election.
THE REVOLUTIONARY POWER OF “LETS GO, BRANDON!”
For very good reason, the media and Democrats feel threatened and terrified by the “Let’s go, Brandon!” chant, which is why we must never stop saying it.
Like the persecuted Christians of old who identified themselves to one another by drawing a fish in the dirt, “Let’s go, Brandon!” is shorthand for I’m with you. You are not alone. We are in this together. Oh, and eff Joe Biden.
It’s good, clean, rebellious fun – and here’s why it’s so terrifying to the Joyless Left.
THE BUZZ ON QUERCETIN
[Note by Jack Wheeler: I have taken quercetin daily for many years, for overall health and life-extension purposes. That research is emerging of its being protective against the Chicom virus, indeed all viruses as reported here by Dr. Joondeph, should be of interest to us all – although I’ll now have to double my dose to around 1 gram a day (500mg 2xday), the therapeutic dose of the research. Note that Amazon sells some two dozen quercetin formulas, at a cost of $20-$30 or so for 2 months supply.]
Quercetin has been in the news lately, particularly as one of many potential therapeutics that might have some benefit in the prevention or treatment of COVID infection. Is there anything to this?
Could quercetin be of benefit against COVID, or for that matter, the common cold or the flu? As are always told to “follow the science”, what does science say? Let’s take a look.
ROME IN AFRICA
The best place to see Roman ruins is not in Rome or anywhere in Italy. It’s in Africa – specifically on the Mediterranean coast of Libya. This is the Roman theatre at Sabratha built in the 1st century BC. Over 2,000 years old, it’s still mostly intact. Starting as a Berber village, the Phoenicians founded the city as Sabrat by 500 BC. Then came the Greeks, then the Carthaginians, and after the Punic Wars came Rome.
The Libyan coast was a lush fertile place back then. So much so that Sabratha and the other major Roman city nearby, Leptis Magna, produced several million pounds of olive oil per year – sale of which to Rome enabled them to achieve great wealth. It’s a shame that Libya remains today in chaotic civil war. Hopefully the day is not off when experiencing Rome’s most magnificent remains will be possible here again. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #79 photo ©Jack Wheeler)
KEEPING YOUR SANITY THROUGH THE PHYSICAL BENEFITS OF HAPPINESS
We are all familiar with the basic guidelines for good health: exercise, eat right - more fruits and veggies, less red meat, more fish, fewer calories, more fiber, less sugar- don't smoke, don't abuse alcohol or drugs. If people would follow these guidelines and maintain an optimal weight, many health problems would be greatly diminished.
But there is another dimension to our health. How we think and feel, how we interact with others, and the kind of activities we spend our time engaged in can have a huge impact on our physical health.
There have been many conflicting theories of psychology, and each one can lead you to practice very different ways of thinking, behaving, and interacting.
A Freudian would have you spend hours free associating about memories and fantasies, absorbed in your internal process, with an emphasis on your past.
THE MOST BRITISH ISLES
This is the Anglican Christ Church Cathedral in Stanley, capital of the Falkland Islands, consecrated in 1892. In front is its famous Whale Bone Arch, made from the jaw bones of two blue whales (the largest creature to have ever lived, bigger than any dinosaur, and still swimming in our oceans today).
The Falklands are in far southern Atlantic some 300 miles east of the tip of South America. Claimed by Britain in 1782, an ongoing dispute first with Spain then Argentine resulted in Britain declaring it a Crown Colony and establishing a settlement, Stanley, in 1840. In 1982, after constantly claiming the islands were theirs, Argentina militarily invaded. The Falklands War was won by Margaret Thatcher ordering the British Navy, Army, and Royal Marines to take the islands back at gunpoint.
Today, Falklanders are the most patriotic people of all British possessions. They are wonderfully cheerful and friendly. There’s no more British place on earth. Don’t ever pass a chance to come here. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #167 photo ©Jack Wheeler)