KEEPING YOUR SANITY XVII
It’s true what they say about beer – it’s so much more than just a breakfast drink!
Yes, we are going to talk about beer and sanity. Sounds like fun – and this will be, in ways you didn’t expect. We start with a type of beer that’s become a ubiquitous craze among breweries and beer enthusiasts: IPA.
That stands for “India Pale Ale.” Does that mean beer that comes from India, or once did as a historical name? Neither – for it has a magic ingredient instead.
Join the forum discussion on this postTHE INDIA LESS TRAVELED
This is Mysore Palace, home of the Wadiyar Rajas who ruled Mysore from 1399 to 1950. It is one of the many wonders of Southern India that’s far less known than traveler’s meccas up north like Agra and Rajasthan.
There’s the Nagarhole Tiger Sanctuary, more Asian elephants than anywhere else in the world, over 100 tigers, scores of leopards, their prey in profusion. Christian churches founded by Christ’s disciple St. Thomas in the 1st century AD. Towering Hindu temples covered with tens of thousands of eye-popping multi-colored sculptures. The gorgeous beaches of Goa, the serene peace of the Kerala Backwaters – “one of the most beautiful locations on earth” according to National Geographic, that you explore by luxury houseboat. It goes on and on.
And here also you find the business metropolis of Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India. We did all of this and more a few years ago, and may again in ’21 or ’22. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #81 Photo ©Jack Wheeler)
OBLIVIOUS… ON PURPOSE?
HALF-FULL REPORT 05/07/21
The reason we call the Thief-in-Chief occupying a stolen White House Zhou Xiden is because he’s the puppet of Marxist Fascists who want to transform America into a People’s Democracy modeled after Communist China, with them in permanent monopoly power. Inside a Democrat today is a totalitarian screaming to get out.
This is all flat-out unvarnished treason, which is why the Dems and their Big Media/Big Tech partners in crime are so fanatically desperate to prevent evidence of their 2020 presidential election theft becoming public knowledge.
Which brings us to Maricopa County, Arizona. And an absolutely, positively fabulous HFR!
FLASHBACK FRIDAY – A GLACIER IN THE GOBI
June 2002, the Vulture’s Mouth Glacier. In the deepest heart of the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, south of the Flaming Cliffs where Roy Chapman Andrews discovered dinosaur eggs in the 1920s, there is a naked spine of mountains called the Gurvan Saihan. In the Gurvan Saihan there is a deep gorge called Yol Alyn, the Vulture’s Mouth. And in the Vulture’s Mouth, there is a glacier.
It is not a big glacier, the continual ice buildup of a stream that never melts even in the heat of the Gobi summer. Yet it is a glacier nonetheless, thick enough for my son Jackson and I to walk on for more than a mile. The Vulture’s Mouth Glacier is just one of a multitude of extraordinary experiences Mongolia has to offer the explorer. Are you up for exploring it with me next summer of 2021? (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #90 photo ©Jack Wheeler)
OLIGARCHIES AND REMEDIES
What are hundreds of America’s biggest corporations doing as they browbeat the public to abolish the requirement of identification for voting? What are Twitter, Facebook, et al. doing when they prohibit people from sharing facts that are inconvenient to government policy or (and) the Democrat Party?
Is the government—in practice, the political party that controls the government—fronting for corporations, or do the corporations front for the Party? Who runs whom?
Understanding what is happening in America begins with dismissing such silly questions. Focus, instead, on the fact that those who rule us in all these matters are essentially the same people.
THE SUPERTREE GARDEN
The world’s most spectacular nature park is the 130-acre Gardens by the Bay in Singapore. In the gigantic greenhouse of the Flower Dome, virtually every rare flower on earth flourishes in abundance, while the Cloud Forest is a wonderland of tropical waterfalls seemingly falling out of the sky high above.
Dominating the park are the 160-foot high Supertrees, towering vertical gardens covered in orchids, ferns, vines, and exotic plants. There are elevated canopies and walkways between them. Exploring the astonishing display of hi-tech botanical artistry and genius that is Gardens by the Bay is absolutely awe-inspiring.
TTPer Cassowary was kind enough to guide me through the park as Singapore is his home. Perhaps he’ll tell us more about it on the Forum. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #102 photo ©Jack Wheeler)
SKYE’S LINKS 05/06/21
The Kansas legislature is already in massive revolt against their 'Crat governor. Is Kansas regaining its sanity after electing her?
Kansas Legislature Overrides Governor’s Veto on Guns and Elections
Florida has America’s best Governor:
Gov. DeSantis: 'For Sure' Signing Florida Voting Bill -- More Reforms Coming
Florida election integrity law:
Florida Passes Election Integrity Bill Restricting Vote by Mail
Solving the tech oligarch censorship problem the Clarence Thomas way:
Sen. Bill Hagerty Aims to Make Big Tech Platforms Common Carriers
POTUS IS BACK!
Donaldus Magnus is back online. He launched his site yesterday (5/04) that circumvents the Facebook and Twitter bans on his accounts. You can sign up to get his posts when they come up.
A sampling for your enjoyment:
IS THIS THE WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL BEACH?
According to the many thousands of world travellers on TripAdvisor, it’s #1: Praia do Sancho on the Brazilian island of Fernando de Noronha. You’ll also find it on just about any list of most beautiful beaches, such as Condé Nast, Harper’s Bazaar, and Luxury Travel.
The whole island is gorgeous. Mention that you’ve been there to any Brazilian who hasn’t and their eyes get misty. Fernando de Noronha (no-rone-ya) is the dream honeymoon, the dream vacation that only comes true for few in Brazil, as it’s hard to get to and hardly any place to stay once you’re there.
You have to get to either Recife or Natal in the far northeast, then fly 220 miles out into the Atlantic. Then take a boat, or scamper down the rocks of a 250ft-high cliff to be on the sugar sand of this enchanting beach – which you’ll have almost to yourself.
For some reason, all those lists have the name wrong, calling it “Baia” or “Baio,” when it’s “Praia” (beach in Portuguese). As the welcome sign proudly announces above the cliff trail: “Praia do Sancho – A Mais Bonita do Mundo,” Sancho Beach – The Most Beautiful in the World. If you’re lucky to ever get here, you’ll surely agree. (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #73 photo ©Jack Wheeler)