What Did I Learn from My Near Death Experience? I've Always Had a Feeling that I Had Some Important Goal to Accomplish. Then I realized...

It wasn't so much of a BIG Goal that was Needed to Be Done but Helping People Daily Thru My Entire Life. Simply Making the World a Better Place To Live. That Was The Lesson. 

Since I Did Not Die at Age 19... I've held Many Jobs that Made a Difference... and I Joined AA where the Opportunity Arose to Do 12th Step Service... and Now that I'm Retired, I Can Write my Blog to Help People Learn How to Live... and Learn History... and Have Fun Printing Drawings to Color... It's a Wonderful World... 

My Jobs Included: Working as a Clerk in an Art Supply Store. I Helped People Buy Art Supplies and Gave Advice on How to Use What They Bought. Sometimes I Gave Bad Advice but In General, I Made the World a Better Place to Live... 

Then I Became a Draftsman in a Computer Company. We Made Machines that Helped Doctors Store their Patient's Charts. That's a Useful Idea... and Every Doctor Now Uses a Computer to Store Patient's Records.

Then I designed Equipment for the US Air Force. Helping to Defend the Country. 

Then I Delivered Pizza at Domino's... Helping Hungry People... Many Couldn't Leave the House... My Work Was Especially Useful During a Snowstorm...   

Then I Sold Electronic Equipment at Radio Shack. Helping People Solve Their Tech Problems. Our Store had a LOT of Retired Engineers that Could Give Accurate Technical Advice. I Learned from Those Old Men. 

Then I worked at The Welfare Department Helping Homeless People Live Indoors... and Get Food and Medicine... and Find a Job... 

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Now that I'm Retired... I Spend my Time Writing a Blog... Hopefully I Can Use this Platform to FIGHT BRAINWASHING by Republicans... Fox "News" Has A Mind Control CULT that Believes LIES...

I Know What it’s Like to Be Dead... 

Recently I Had a Colonoscopy. The Anesthetic used was propofol ( the same Drug that Killed Michael Jackson) – I remember in the Operating Room the Nurse said “Roll Over” and then Instantly I was in the Recovery Room Wondering IF I Had Had a Colonoscopy. So I asked… and She Said The Procedure was Over… and Would I Like a Cup of Coffee?

That’s What I Think Death is Like… Except no one brings you Coffee When You Wake Up because You Never Wake Up… 

 

You Can Do It! You Can WAKE THE F*CK UP! 

Did You Know that Fox "News" Was Caught Intentionally LYING and Had to Pay $787.5 Million Dollars? OH! You Didn't Know That? Because they Didn't Tell You that Fact ON FOX NEWS! Every OTHER TV News Station Covered that Story Except FOX... Surprise! They Lied By OMISSION! Keeping this News SILENT... 

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My Near Death Experience. In 1974 My Friends and I Went Backpacking at Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. One Day We ate LSD and Peyote and Smoked some Marijuana... Then we went Mountain Climbing... 

Since We had a Lot of Extra Energy and Courage, We climbed up a Chimney... a crack in the granite rock where a person can Shimmy Up... I've never done that Before or After that Day. But That was a Special Day... Tripping!

Later, I walked down near the Edge of the Tuolumne River so I Could Watch the Water Bubbling UP in a Big Pool that had been Carved into the Granite over a Million Years...

and I Slipped IN! I Was Swimming Out of Control in the Raging Waters... The River Forced Me to the Bottom of the Pool... and then I GAVE UP... I RELAXED AND ACCEPTED DEATH. 

and then the River Pushed me Up to The Surface at a Spot Where I Could Climb Out. I walked back to the Campsite, got into my sleeping bag and stayed there for The Rest of the Day... Safe and Warm... 

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Hey... I believe that there is a Reason I Didn't Die that Day... I was Spared so I Could Accomplish some Unfinished Business... I Don't Know Exactly WHAT That Business IS... So I Just DO Everything As If It Was Important!

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I also enjoy singing songs and Playing the Guitar... This is My Latest Effort... a SATIRE of "LODI" By Creedence Clearwater Revival... 

"Oh Lord, Stuck in Ukraine Again...

Just about a Year Ago,

Vlad was Setting Out from Old Moscow...

Seeking to Bring Chernobyl, Back into the USSR...

The War Got Bad, The War Got Worse... I

Guess You Know it's True...

Pravda, The Russian People Got Screwed...

If I Only Had a Ruble, For Every Soldier Dead...

I could buy a Tractor and Start Me a Communal Farm...

But Vladimir is a Nutcase, He wants me to Go to the Front!

Oh Lord Stuck in Ukraine Again...

The Man from CNN, Said we were Gonna Lose...

Just Like in Afghanistan, we are Doomed to Bad News...

When the Babushkas Rise Up... It's time to Run Away!...

Oh Lord, Stuck in Ukraine Again... "

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Fox “News” Fined $787.5 Million for Intentionally Lying... Further Proof that we are Moving Towards a World Where Truth Matters, Honesty Matters, Justice Matters and...

 DOING EVIL GETS PUNISHED!

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Many More Lawsuits Coming: 

Smartmatic is Suing Fox, OANN, 

Rude Julie Anna, Sidney Powell 

and the My Pillow Guy...  

Will Fox “Learn its Lesson? or 

Will They Keep on Lying Because 

That’s All They Have? 

Time Will Tell!

 

 meme: Fox “News” Fined $787.5 Million for Intentionally Lying...

 

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Local artists: make real money doing good...

https://www.madriverunion.com/articles/local-artists-make-real-money-doing-good/

HUMBOLDT – The state of California is making an unprecedented investment in the arts. The “California Creative Corps” program will award $60 million in grants statewide to implement media, outreach and engagement campaigns.
The goal is to increase awareness related to issues such as public health, water and energy conservation, climate mitigation, and emergency preparedness, relief and recovery.
The Nevada County Arts Council is the administering organization for the upstate region, which covers 19 counties in the northern part of the state. It will award more than $3 million in grants for artists, as well as for arts and social service organizations that will employ artists between Spring 2023 and Spring 2024.
Supporting local outreach with local knowledge, as well as technical assistance for artists, and program development and evaluation, are multiple county arts agencies serving what amounts to the largest, most diverse, geographic area in California.
“We are identifying issues that are specific to communities across our service region, and inviting artists to position themselves to create awareness around them and get paid for it,” says Eliza Tudor, executive director at Nevada County Arts Council. “We want our process to be as inclusive and accessible as possible and to draw upon creative processes that spur conversation around how to create lasting change that our diverse populations can take pride in.”
The launch of a statewide Creative Corps pilot program is the first of its kind in the nation. Grant applications are now open and will run until Friday, April 14. Mechanisms in place for support in the grant application process include informational webinars, grant writing workshops, training and panel discussions.
To learn more visit upstatecreativecorps.org.

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Moving Earth flag above American flag in Arcata is reportedly legal... 

https://krcrtv.com/north-coast-news/eureka-local-news/moving-earth-flag-above-american-flag-in-arcata-is-reportedly-legal

ARCATA, Calif. — After serious discussion on the Earth flag is making its way to the top of the flag pole in Arcata and an associate professor at Cal Poly Humboldt says, the City of Arcata will face no legal action against it.
The placements of the flags will change after residents in Arcata voted "yes" on Measure M during the recent election.
However, this is not sitting well with some Veterans who say it's disrespectful that another flag will fly above a flag they fought for. Pierre, a Vietnam War Veteran says, "It broke my heart is what it did. It was like an insult to every veteran that gave his life gave a part of his body and family members who have veterans in them. It was a deeply saddening of my heart to even think of putting something above the American flag."
It's only a matter of time before all three city-owned flag poles will have the Earth flag on top, according to Dave Meserve who initiated the measure. Meserve says, he is proud that residents of Arcata understood his message of keeping the Earth clean.
"We need to recognize that we can't have a healthy nation unless we have a healthy Earth and so I think we need to focus our energies on the Earth as a priority. And having the Earth flag on top would remind us of that. And, again, no disrespect intended," Meserve says.
Many have raised questions over whether Measure M violates U.S. Flag Code, a set of guidelines governing the display of the United States flag. Part of the code says "No other flag or pennant should be placed above or, if on the same level, to the right of the flag of the United States of America."
Cal Poly Humboldt Associate Professor Joice Chang says based on her understanding the U.S. Flag Code is not enforceable because of the way it's worded. "I want to point out something really quickly: So the word 'should' is used all over the statute itself, alright. So instead of 'shall' or 'so' there's a sense that when the word 'should' is used, its advisory, or it's recommended, versus say, if a word like shall is used, then it's mandatory."
In addition, Chang believes the city of Arcata won't run into issues with the law once the earth flag is up. "There's no punishment, because there's no criminal law that exists to punish this particular kind of behavior," Chang said.
Arcata looks to be the first city in the U.S. to put another flag on top of the American flag on city-owned flag poles.

Letter: No escaping damage we’ve done to nature... 

https://www.chicoer.com/2023/04/13/letter-no-escaping-damage-weve-done-to-nature/

A few days ago there was a picture of a man on the front page of this paper. He stood on a bare dirt levy and behind him was a sweeping vista of open water harvested from local streams and diverted by millions in grant funding. What struck me was the man was the only living thing in the photo. The earth he stood on was bare, and the ponded water had not a green leaf or waterfowl on it. Man alone, standing on earth reduced to its singular elements; nature stripped and mined for elements and subsidized profits. Many of our local winter orchards look the same, subsidized monocultures.  Most of the damage done to the nature that spawned us has occurred in the last 100 years – over half of that in the last 30. I look at the roadways and the growing cracks exposed by the rains and know there is not the human dollars to maintain them. – Never was. There are cracks in everything.  The dawn that beams through those cracks are every day less likely to shine well on us. I could stop there. But, though these lands are mostly dead, others sing.
Literally.
Google “soil sing research.” Soils that sing are rich, green all year long, and full of life. To make gardens, farms, ranches, orchards sing, any land manager has but to contact the local Resource Conservation Districts, and/or avail yourself of the resources at the Regenerative Agriculture Program at CSU, Chico.
— Richard Roth, Chico

Jesus would be labeled woke, too

Why are Gov. DeSantis and his Republican cohorts impinging on the First Amendment rights of U.S. Christians, namely, “prohibiting the free exercise” of religion?
Christians are required to follow the teachings of Jesus who, according to the New Testament, demonstrated many teaching examples of inclusion and equality, and instructed his followers to love their neighbors, i.e., their fellow humans. These days Jesus would be labeled as “woke” because of his concern for others, and he would be derided by our Florida leaders and their followers.
Gov. DeSantis has promised to destroy “woke." Christians cannot fulfill their mission of helping others if Gov. DeSantis and the Republicans in the Florida Legislature enact laws against this help.
In addition to violating our constitutional rights, Gov. DeSantis and his followers erroneously portray Florida as a “Freedom State." What freedom? The freedom for their children to infect others by not wearing masks during a pandemic, enabling them to sneeze or cough germs on to others? The freedom from education, by selectively banning what knowledge can be taught? The freedom for children to suffer abuse by denying them specific health care?
Florida Statutes Chapter 39.02 defines child abuse as “any willful act or threatened act that results in any physical, mental, or sexual abuse, injury, or harm that causes or is likely to cause the child’s physical, mental, or emotional health to be significantly impaired.” As a mandated reporter, should I report Gov. DeSantis for child abuse?
Ann Coburn, Cocoa

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Someone on Quora asked “Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response:

A few things spring to mind.

Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem.

For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed.

So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever.

I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman.

But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers.

And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface.

Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront.

Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul.

And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist.

Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that.

He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat.

He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully.

That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead.

There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss.

After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum.

God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid.

He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart.

In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish:

‘My God… what… have… I… created?

If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.

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The "Russia Hoax" was Not a Hoax After All. Trump Actually Got Rubles to Help Him Campaign!

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/18/gop-operative-convicted-of-funneling-russian-donation-to-trumps-2016-campaign-.html

Republican political operative Jesse Benton was convicted in federal court of funneling $25,000 from a Russian businessman to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.