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Interesting Panel Discussion at Earth at Risk Conference: Capitalism and Sociopathy. Derrick Jensen, Stephanie McMillan, Charles Derber, Stan Goff. #France1789

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1qa4YG70TI 

Is Capitalism the Only System? Is Capitalism Killing the Planet?


Derrick Jensen keynote speech -- Earth at Risk Conference 2014

Derrick Jensen keynote speech -- Earth at Risk Conference 2014


Massive #ArrestTrump Movement on Social Media. Millions of Americans are Demanding That The DOJ "Lock Him UP!" Read More at:
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2021/10/trump-lost-no-more-audits-free-memes-to.html 
Click HERE to Help Defend Democracy! Post Your Own Memes, Videos and Rants! or Like and Share Mine...

Derrick Jensen - Civilization & Resistance


Derrick Jensen interview for "Clearcut Nation" documentary


Clearcut Nation - the Movie

'Clearcut Nation' illuminates the decades of destructive logging practices which have been approved in the watersheds and forests of California--the watersheds that support all of the life in the state. It focuses on the Battle Creek watershed in Shasta and Tehama counties as an example, but overall is about how we treat, and relate to, the natural world. It includes interviews with author Derrick Jensen, botanist Julie Kierstead Nelson, PhD fire and vegetation ecologist Dennis Odion, PhD hydrologist Tom Myers, wildlife biologist Monica Bond, and rural residents who have experienced the vast changes to the land. This film is based on 8 years of research and field work, as well as decades of life experience in the wild lands of California. More info: www.thebattlecreekalliance.org A film by Marily Woodhouse, Battle Creek Alliance Battle Creek Alliance, northern California, Shasta County

computer art by gvan42
Computer Art - Gregory Vanderlaan - Done in paint dot net

http://www.fertilegroundinstitute.org/  
Fertile Ground Institute is a non-profit working for ecological and social justice.

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Interesting Author: Derrick Jensen... deep ecology

http://www.derrickjensen.org/

Required reading at Humboldt State University: A Language Older than Words... about inter species communication... Like between Me and My Cats... 
 https://derrickjensen.org/language-older-than-words/

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Interesting author: David Grinspoon - Deep Ecology - How we can engineer our way out of global warming.

Yes, we are clever monkeys... We can figure a way to solve our own problems. Looking at our history over millions of years, we have figured out how to survive every time and it's likely that we will do so this time too. Geoengineering might work!

I saw him talk about his book at the Smithsonian Institute and his words were uplifting. Just because we have not come up with the solution yet is not cataclysmic because there are smart people being born every day. Maybe one of them will think of something new. Like a giant air conditioner that moves excess air pollution into space...

Greg  in the Flower Garden in Eureka, CA -

Quote from the Amazon webpage about this book:
For the first time in Earth's history, our planet is experiencing a confluence of rapidly accelerating changes prompted by one species: humans. Climate change is only the most visible of the modifications we've made--up until this point, inadvertently--to the planet. And our current behavior threatens not only our own future but that of countless other creatures. By comparing Earth's story to those of other planets, astrobiologist David Grinspoon shows what a strange and novel development it is for a species to evolve to build machines, and ultimately, global societies with world-shaping influence.


Bees Love our Crepe Myrtle Tree. Blossoms all year round... Helping Wild Bees Survive.
Bees Love our Crepe Myrtle Tree. Blossoms all year round... Helping Wild Bees Survive.

CONVERT HUMAN FAT INTO ELECTRICITY With an Exercise Bicycle Power Generator. ZERO POLLUTION. Simply Use the Bicycle to Drive an Automobile Alternator with a Belt... Store Electricity in a Car Battery...


Hundreds of Thousands of exercise Bicycles
ALREADY EXIST and they Create ZERO Electricity...
Let's All Email PELOTON and ask them to
Build USEFUL Power Generator Bicycles!
Bicycle power generator. HSU CCAT
detail of Bicycle Power Generator showing the Belt Driven Alternator... and MY SHADOW

What if we installed electric power generators on every exercise bicycle nationwide... We could replace coal burning power plants and help reverse global warming/climate change. These bicycles let a person spin an automobile alternator using pedal power. Built by CCAT at Humboldt State University


The "Wonders" of Capitalism: Monsanto and RoundUP - "Somehow" tRUMP's EPA has Concluded that RoundUP is Safe and Should Remain Legal and Yet... The Courts are Awarding Huge Fines for CANCER...

RoundUP Causes Cancer



A Discussion on Linkdin - a Guy was Promoting his Book. Rainbows & Unicorns: A Friend "Educates"​ Me on Socialism... https://www.linkedin.com/in/huntingconartists/

I Replied:
Sweden and Holland are Socialist Countries and They Are GREAT! 

Jim Rossi Said: I've spent a lot of time up in Humboldt and on the HSU campus, mountain biked through Community Forest at least 100 times, golf at Muni and Beau Pre, working. My buddy in the article lives in McKinleyville. Love it behind the Emerald Curtain - except for the delusional, cult-like fascination with socialism. No bueno. Have a great summer in the redwoods for me.

I Repiled: I never noticed any interest in Socialism in Humboldt County... I Went to College for four Years at HSU in Arcata in Computer Science... A Lot of People are Interested in Ecology - EARTH FIRST!, Playing the Drums (Samba Parade & Calypso) and... Growing Marijuana... a Pure Capitalist Business... No Taxes, No Government Regulations and Illegal...  Plenty of Interest in New Age Religion... Yoga, Hinduism, Zen, Wicca... 


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and then we digressed into a lot of words about
the Relative Advantages of Capitalism, 
Communism and Socialism... 
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I Said: To Further Document the Absurdity of Monsanto... I See Television advertisements Promoting the sale of RoundUP at the Same Time That Other TV Ads Advertise Lawyers that will Represent you when you SUE Monsanto for Giving you CANCER... Do They Have This Madness in SWEDEN? Norway? Holland? Israel? 

I Said: An Especially Evil Corporation is  MAXXAM... Capitalism Gives us the Wonders of Junk Bonds and Michael Milken Loaning Charles Hurwitz Millions of Dollars so he could do a Hostile Takeover of Pacific Lumber... and Then Charles Cut Down all the Really Big Trees, Made a Massive Profit on them... Then "Magically" Declared Bankruptcy, Stole the Pension Fund and Went Back To Texas... Wonderful System You Have Here... https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/09/american-history-humboldt-county-timber.html

I Said: I like the Healthcare System in Canada. It Costs Less and Works Better. People LIVE LONGER with SOCIALIST MEDICINE. What is The Great Advantage of Paying for the Profits of the Stockholders of Pharmaceutical Corporations, Hospitals as Doctors... You Know Why We Pay More for Medicine...  Someone has to pay for profits... and that someone is You and Me... 


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Someone Else Said: Many countries get away with what looks like socialism, but is really an advanced societal responsibility. Sweden and Norway are essentially monocultures with a huge, pervasive, monsterous pressure to conform and take responsibility for each other (sameness). That doesn't translate to the US or many other western cultures.

This article, in a graph towards the end, maps Norsk culture as one of the global cultures furthest from the USA. 

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-cultural-distances-between-us?utm_source=pocket-newtab

I Said: I Understand. "Monoculture" is Secret Code for WHITE PEOPLE. The Reason Socialism Works Great in Scandinavia is White People Can Make It Work... But Here in the USA we Have Black, Brown and Yellow People So It Won't Work Here. I Agree... 

No one Really Promotes Socialism in the USA... Except Bernie Sanders and AOC... It's Just a BOGUS Trump Insult... We are Going to Remain Capitalist for the Foreseeable Future... and BIDEN is NOT Socialist... BUT... It's Fun for Trump to Point the Finger and LIE... Danger Danger They Are Socialists... Yu Know... Just Like Red China and The USSR! 

I Do Like Socialist ROADS, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS, WATER SYSTEMS, SEWER SYSTEMS, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE MILITARY... all paid for by All of Us Paying Taxes and The Society At Large Buying those things... Remember: Most TrumpNiks GET CONFUSED When FACTS are Presented... They Think That Communism and Socialism is the Same thing... of Course, Most TrumpNiks are Uneducated...  Is Israel Socialist? Kibbutz? another Example of a Successful Cooperative Society... 

I Like the Socialist Programs Called Social Security Retirement, Medicare and Unemployment Insurance... They Are Great! and When The Entire Economy Failed... It was wonderful that the Congress and Trump signed a Trillion Dollar Bailout for Everyone... A Capitalist Society Would Have Let the People Starve... FUN FACT! Ayn Rand Received Social Security Checks... I Guess She SHRUGGED Her Shoulders and said: "What They Hey! FREE MONEY!

Was The Bailout of Wall Street in 2009 a Socialist Act? The Banks Gambled Away All Their Money and The The Federal Government Magically Invented a Trillion Dollars so the banks Could Keep on Gambling... 

I do think #FRANCE1789 is a Good Solution to Our Crazy Capitalist System... What's The Logic behind Trump's Tax Cut for the Rich?  Well... The Super Rich Buy Politicians that Pass Laws That Benefit the Super Rich... If Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates Paid the Same Tax Rate as I Do... We Could Have Free College For All... and What's The Logic of our MASSIVE Defense Budget? Since 1945, The US Military has Never Defended The Country. NOT EVEN ONCE! All the Wars During My Lifetime Have Been BOGUS MARKETING so Lockheed, Boeing, Hughes and Dow could Sell Stuff to the Pentagon... https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/05/open-letter-to-our-elected.html


Guillotine - France 1789
#FRANCE1789
and then Jim Rossi Said: Here's looking at you, kid. Greg Vanderlaan and Included this Picture... 
Who is This?
Who is This?
Who is That Guy? I Do Not Recognize the Face... A Resident of Sweden? Holland? Norway? Denmark? Places that are EXCELLENT! I Have a Question: Was the Bailout of Wall Street in 2009 an Act of Free Market Capitalism? Ayn Rand Libertarianism? Or Was that "Magical" Creation of a Trillion Dollars Socialist? Welfare for the Rich? I Really Do NOT Know...  Is ENRON an Example of COMPULSIVE HOARDING OF MONEY SYNDROME?  #FRANCE1789 


Gee, I Would Appreciate it if You Put a Little More Effort into this Debate... Just Copying and Pasting a Pre-Fabricated Meme is Lame... Here is a Chart Comparing Socialist Healthcare Systems With For Profit Systems... Medicare For All COSTS LESS, WORKS BETTER. 

Music Video: "tRUMP's Giving Away Free Money!" [about the Coronavirus Stimulus Payments] by Gregory Vanderlaan - Lyrics and Chords Provided...



Kicking Back at Home... [G D]
Enjoying the Time Off... [F D#]
Using My Vacation to Write... [G D]
The Great American Novel... [F D#]
or Something... Gotta Do SOMETHING... [D]

{CHORUS}
tRUMP's Giving away Free Money... [G D C D] 
Work or No Work... It Just Don't Matter! [G D C D] 
The State Will Pay YOU... [G D C] 
The State Will Pay YOU... [G D C]
Karl Marx is Smiling... [G D C] 
Vladimir Lenin is Smiling... [G D C] 
Mao is Smiling... [G D C] 
Fidel Castro is Smiling... [G D C]
Ernesto "Che" Guevara is Smiling... [G D C]
I Guess Capitalism Just DID NOT WORK... [D] 
[D D# E F F# F E D# D]
Where is the Hidden Hand of the Free Market Now??? [D]
[D D# E F F# F E D# D]

Relaxing in my Home... [G D]
Picking a Guitar... [F D#]
Everybody's Spending Time... [G D]
in Prayer and Meditation... [F D#]
or Getting to Know Your Own Family... [D] 

{CHORUS}
F=E0 A0 D0 G5 B6 e5
D#=E0 A0 D0 G3 B4 e3
{JUST SLIDE THE D CHORD UP AND DOWN THE NECK}


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YOU MAY CHANGE THE WORDS IF YOU WANT TO...  Plenty of Space to Write Your MANIFESTO... Or The Great American Novel... WhatEVER!


"Art in the Time of Coronavirus"
For Sale...



"Art in the Time of Coronavirus" Coffee Cup for Sale...


YOU MAY CHANGE THE WORDS IF YOU WANT TO... 
The Swirly Background Allows Plenty of Space to Write Your MANIFESTO... Or The Great American Novel...

Response from Steve in Chico: 

Can't do the chords nor do I give a shit about them . . .  Can't sing a bit either, would scare you if I tried , ,
Love the ___ lines or the --- lines or even the  . . . lines.  Use them all the time.  
Munch called them Thought lines.  
Works for me  . . .
ALL true . . .
You gotta do SOMETHING . . .
 . . . and it looks like you are doin' ___SOMETHING . . .
Enjoying the time off . . .
Kicking back at home, more vacation  still waitin' for the Great American Novel.
To come to mind . . .  taking it real easy I guess . . .
Lots of name calling,  politics, anger, and negativity . . .
That just says who you are.
I choose, Mother Teresa,
My personal hero, Gandhi,
Copernicus, CARL Sagan, Einstein,  John Muir, should I go ON?
Sing praises to them, they are the ones that deserve it.
IT'S Fucking worked so far so get over it and work together instead of against all your brothers and sisters in this world.
Your attitude is simply old fashioned just like all those other GREAT men were.  Time to MOVE ON and give up the revolutionary attitude.
Time to just share, there is enough for all.  Why don't you get that my brother.

Steve


The Scream is Munch's most famous work, and one of the most recognizable paintings in all art. It has been widely interpreted as representing the universal anxiety of modern man.[48] Painted with broad bands of garish color and highly simplified forms, and employing a high viewpoint, it reduces the agonized figure to a garbed skull in the throes of an emotional crisis.

With this painting, Munch met his stated goal of "the study of the soul, that is to say the study of my own self".[50] Munch wrote of how the painting came to be: "I was walking down the road with two friends when the sun set; suddenly, the sky turned as red as blood. I stopped and leaned against the fence, feeling unspeakably tired. Tongues of fire and blood stretched over the bluish black fjord. My friends went on walking, while I lagged behind, shivering with fear. Then I heard the enormous, infinite scream of nature."[51] He later described the personal anguish behind the painting, "for several years I was almost mad… You know my picture, 'The Scream?' I was stretched to the limit—nature was screaming in my blood… After that I gave up hope ever of being able to love again."[52]

"Art in the Time of Coronavirus"

YOU MAY CHANGE THE WORDS IF YOU WANT TO... 
The Swirly Background Allows Plenty of Space to Write Your MANIFESTO... Or The Great American Novel...

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