Showing posts with label culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label culture. Show all posts

Korean Dog News: They Have decided to Stop Eating Dogs... Headline: No more breeding and stealing dogs for meat in South Korea! Animal welfare campaigners hail decision as ‘historic victory’ after years of pressure at home and abroad...

I Eat Meat. Every Day... and If I Was Served Dog, I would eat it.... But here in the USA We don't do that... perhaps because we have the option of not eating dog... Maybe in Korea they face Severe hunger... and eating Dog is a Solution... I voluntarily choose to eat Cows, Pigs, deer, chickens and turkey... and every type of fish... but we don't eat dogs, horses, cats or pretty small birds... and we do not eat humans... how these cultural norms are decided I do not know... and what they do in Korea... is their own business...not mine...

Obituary for a Good Dog in California: LM Said:
Fare-thee-well to Millie the Hound Dog. She was 15, our most long lived canine companion. Came to us as a three year old escape artist from Red Bluff. She continued her wandering ways in Manton and could clear a standard four foot field fence like a blue ribbon high jumper. Also sailed through the air at head height to snag tennis balls. The girl could fly. Eventually she realized she was living in doggy paradise and stopped running away.
She was a pure bred Blue Tick Coon Hound without a lot of the usual speckles or barking. A quiet hound who was good with people, but particular about other dogs. The first time she met the dynamic duo of Artie and Danny (lab crosses who were about her age) she tried to crawl over Liz in the car to attack them. It didn't take her long to figure out they were more useful as her soldiers than enemies. The three of them made up our Best Pack Ever for several years.
Millie was one of the healthiest dogs we've known, rarely needing any vet care beyond annual shots. She aged gracefully, slowing down but always moving - that's a clue, humans. She went on the twice a day field walk every day until last month. At the end she could still climb stairs, eat a full meal, let us know she needed to go outside, and even bark warnings at the new girl Lucky, who quickly learned that Grandma Millie meant business. She was low maintenance, high energy, and a lot of bluster. She tolerated cats, but let them know she wasn't their buddy. She looked like a baby dragon with velociraptor feet when she coiled up to sleep and was stingy with her soft kisses. She could be aloof, but she loved her pack and made us laugh with all her seriousness. We miss you already Sweet Millie. Run, Jump, Fly Good Girl! We'll see you on the Other Side.

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and on a different Subject: SE Said:

I'm in a lot of Gen X groups, and I generally like the content, but it gets so tiring the way people constantly call each other "boomer" as an insult, or say things like "This post has boomer energy" or "This post has boomer vibes." I'm talking practically EVERY post. No matter what it is, usually the very first comment has the word "boomer" in it. I've even been called a "boomer" in some of the Gen X groups, simply for agreeing with a post.
Some of the so-called "boomer" posts are memes which reminisce about the past, and they sometimes say things like, "Those were the best times" or "We grew up in the best times" or "We had the best cars, the best music, etc." For some reason, those types of sentiments have "boomer energy." I realize that every generation probably feels the same way. You reach a certain age, and you look back on your past, and there are certain things which suddenly seem really special. It doesn't matter if you're a boomer or Gen X or a Millennial or Gen Z, when you reach a certain age, you will most likely feel that way about the music, fashions, and cars that were popular when you were young.
So why the endless, ENDLESS references to the boomers? These are Gen X groups. Gen X people are sharing those memes. Millennials are probably sharing similar memes in their groups. Why is there so much focus on the boomers? It's getting really old. People can't help when they were born. The boomers can't help the fact that they're boomers any more than I can help the fact that I'm Gen X. And the older I get, the more I look back on my childhood, teen, and young adult years with nostalgia and a certain sense of wishing certain things were still the way they were then. This is not something only the boomers feel, it's universal.
I hope there comes a day in the not-too-distant future when people tire of using the word "boomer" as an insult.

anti-boomer meme - gen XYZ


JB Said:
Those who love to bash “boomers” are also willingly overlooking the fact that the “boomers” are responsible for things like the EPA and Roe v Wade.

SE Replied:
I've always been fascinated with the things boomers got to experience when they were young. I often wished I'd been born earlier so I could have experienced the Summer of Love and Woodstock. But like I said in my post, nobody chooses when they are born. My generation had cool things too. Every generation does. But the boomers had some REALLY cool stuff in their time.

CW Said: 
It irritates me too. Not because I'm a boomer (I am) but because it's so bloody unoriginal! It's like the "Karen" thing... People are, seemingly, incapable of producing new tropes or even insults beyond every decade or so. So they trot out "boomer" or "Karen" and enjoy the frisson of thinking they've needled someone to the core... When in fact they're just flagging themselves up as part of the slack-jawed, stumbling herd.

AK Said:
It's a bit odd that Gen X would be making fun of baby boomers. Usually the people that say Boomer are millennials (people who turn 18 around the year 2000) or what they call Gen z (Born after 2000). The whole generation thing is dumb. The reason we were called Gen X is because WW2 arrow was the greatest generation, and then baby boomer generation was after that until 1964. People born from 1965 to 1980 or Gen X and were called that because we were supposed to be the lost generation or the ge
neration without a title. And people misunderstood what that meant, and names the next people Gen y and then Gen z. So people like that calling people Boomer and making fun of them is just another way of showing how clueless they are. Who cares what age somebody is

and I Said: 
as if the insults by a Gen XYZ have any Importance... 

One thing We had the opportunity to do as Boomers... Taking LSD at a Grateful Dead Concert... That was a priceless Experience...

and SE aid: 
I knew a LOT of deadheads in the late 80s and early 90s. These were people my age, so definitely Gen X. There was plenty of LSD at Dead shows then, too. Definitely not just a boomer thing. I worked with Deadheads back in those days. They were awful to work with because they missed a lot of work due to the fact that they were stuck in some far-off place following the Dead. So people like me had to pick up their slack.

and I Replied: 
I guess you are right... I wasn't paying attention to the age of the other people... they WERE much younger than me... but I didn't care... we Were all family...

Mandala Art by gvan42

Mandala Art by gvan42

Mandala Art by gvan42

Mandala Art by gvan42

What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance. Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy.
As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny "failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions."
"In 1984", Huxley added, "people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure."
In short, Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us. ~Neil Postman

I Like Living in a White Town... with a College... It's Excellent! I see on TV News that Minority Groups Have A Lot of Problems So I Just Change the Channel. PROBLEMS SOLVED!

I Escaped from San Jose, CA in 1999 and Moved to Chico and then Eureka. 

Minority Group Problem Example: I see that Vast Hordes of Hispanic People are Trying to Immigrate into the USA... Thankfully, None of them are Around HERE! 

I Can Certainly Understand Why they are Trying to #RUNAWAY from Mexico... There are Too Many Mexicans There! If I was Surrounded by Mexicans, I'd Try to Leave Too! I Actually Went to Mexico! The Last time was 1975... It REALLY SUCKED! and I'm Not Going to Spend Money and Go on Vacation to a Place that REALLY SUCKS! Starving Children Surrounding Me, selling "Chicklets" so they Could Get Money for Food... NO THANKS!

Wall Cartoon - why Birth control leads to a better world - too many starving babies is not a great Plan!

South of the Border, People Think that a Woman's Body is Like A Clown Car at the Circus... an Endless Stream of People Keep on Popping Out!

South of the Border People Think that a Woman's Body is Like A Clown Car at the Circus... an Endless Stream of People Keep on Popping Out!

and I also have noticed on TV News that The Police Frequently Murder Black People... and that ends up costing the Taxpayers a Fortune! Eventually we have to Pay the Family of the Victim MILLIONS of Dollars... but before that happens, there are Riots and Protest Marches... Costing Taxpayers another Fortune to Employ Police and National Guard Troops... and All of this Could be avoided if the Police SIMPLY STOPPED MURDERING BLACK PEOPLE... 

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Graffiti SUXX: Believe it or Not There are People That Think That Graffiti Makes a Neighborhood Look Better! Many Photographs!

Once I was riding the Bus in San Jose when a Teenage Man decided to Spray Paint his Gang "Tag" on the INSIDE of the Bus... This created a Horrible Paint Smell and Many of Us Got Off the Bus at the Next Stop. Including a Lady with a Baby... 


For Some Unknown Reason, He Felt the Spray Painted Gang "Tag" was More Important than the Health of His Fellow Passengers... Idiot... 


I Moved Away from San Jose to Chico and then Eureka... Both of those Towns are Almost All White People and Do Not Have a Lot of Graffiti... The Worst Place I've seen is on the Amtrak Train Ride Thru Oakland, CA...


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The Shipwreck abandoned roadside attraction near Eureka, CA. USA - gvan42 purple64ets

King Salmon abandoned 
"Shipwreck" Roadside Attraction. 
Near Eureka, CA

The Shipwreck abandoned roadside attraction near Eureka, CA. USA - gvan42 purple64ets

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Murphy Ranch near Los Angeles

Murphy Ranch near Los Angeles
This one IS BETTER with Graffiti!

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Photos of the Ghost Train in Eureka. 
The Railroad Tracks were removed but 
the Train Remained to be a Graffiti Magnet. 

Ghost Train in Eureka, CA - Photo by gvan42

Ghost Train in Eureka, CA - Photo by gvan42

Ghost Train in Eureka, CA - Photo by gvan42

Ghost Train in Eureka, CA - Photo by gvan42

Ghost Train in Eureka, CA - Photo by gvan42

Ghost Train in Eureka, CA - Photo by gvan42

Ghost Train in Eureka, CA - Photo by gvan42

Ghost Train in Eureka, CA - Photo by gvan42

Ghost Train in Eureka, CA - Photo by gvan42








More Pictures and Stories of Eureka...  
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Arcata... 

Pobres Pueblos de la Tierra: Olvídense de USA. Camine hacia el sur hasta Brasil. Es maravilloso. Poor People of the Earth: Forget the USA. Walk South to Brazil. It's Wonderful.

In Reality, Hispanic Countries are a Total Failure. That's Why People are Coming Into The USA from Mexico and Central America. They COULD Walk South to Brazil! 

The Real Trouble When People From Failed Countries Come into the USA IS: They Bring Their Failed Culture, Their Failed Economic System, Their Failed Beliefs, Their Failed Religion, Their Failed Birth Control System and Their Failed Outlook on Life... We Don't Need A Whole Buncha Failed People Coming Into The USA... 

Let's Use the HAITI IMMIGRANT SOLUTION... A One Way Airplane Ride Right Back Where They Came From...That WORKED GREAT! A Whole Buncha Haitians Tried to Get Into The USA But We Sent 'em Right Back! And They are Doing Great at Home... Or NOT! Who Cares? It's Just another Third World Hellhole and Easy to Ignore!

Haiti Immigrants to the USA

Of all the "Solutions" to Immigration, the WORST was to Separate the Children from the Parents and Put Them All in Permanent Prisons... We the Taxpayers Have had to Pay for Room and Board and Guards for Thousands of People... with NO END IN SIGHT! and It's Expensive! 

Another Trump Era Failure... That Man Was a Real Idiot!

GREAT BOOKS: F Scott Fitzgerald Was "The Kerouac" of the Roaring Twenties... His Books were the Ones That "Everybody" Read: They Told of the Newfound Freedom of the Flappers... "Tender is the Night" ... "The Great Gatsby" ...

Real Name: Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald - His Cousin Wrote the Star Spangled Banner... 

F Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda
F Scott Fitzgerald and Wife, Zelda


Just to Be Clear: Jack Kerouac Wrote the Book "On the Road" that was Popular With Young People in the 1950s... Especially the Beatniks... 

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I'm spending a lot of time reading since we have a vast library here... 
and Tender Is the Night is totally Different Than Anything I've ever Read... 
It was Published in 1934 during the darkest days of the depression... 
It's all about the lifestyles of the rich and famous... an 18 year old movie star woman and a Married middle aged psychiatrist flirt on the French Riviera during the Roaring Twenties...

It's a form of "Wealth Porn" - Something poor people could read as escapism... 

and to make it even more bizarre: It's an autobiography - kind of... 

one thing I have noticed is the greatest authors have disastrous lives... 
Edgar Allen Poe and Lewis Carroll with their Opium and Alcohol Addictions...  
Phillip K Dick and his Amphetamine Troubles... that certainly caused his paranoid view of the world... at one point he was working full time at his wife's jewelry  making business AND Writing all night on his books!   That left ZERO time for sleep... and eventually it killed him... 

and then I just found out that Hemingway committed suicide... I wonder why?  

OK... I Found Out. He Had Electroshock Therapy and It burned his brain so he couldn't write anymore... so his life had become pointless... a word of warning... never have Electroshock Therapy...   

I've been to his house on Key West and It looked great! It had a rope bridge to his studio over the garage... and NO ONE ELSE could walk across that bridge... so if someone wanted to talk to him they stood on the ground and shouted up to the doorway... if it was open... 


Tender Is the Night is the fourth and final novel completed by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in French Riviera during the twilight of the Jazz Age

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Great Books! Read 'em before the Fascist GOP Bans 'em.

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The Monkeywrench Gang by Edward Abbey,

1984 by George Orwell,

The Search for the Manchurian Candidate by John Marks,

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe,

The Whole Earth Catalog by Stewart Brand,

One Flew Over The Coo Coo's Nest by Ken Kesey,

My Problem Child by Dr Albert Hofmann,

Remember, Be Here Now by Ram Dass,

Still Here by Ram Dass,

The Psychedelic Experience by Dr Timothy Leary and Dr Richard Alpert,

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenence by Robert Pirsig,

America's Bogus Wars by Gregory Vanderlaan,

Island by Aldous Huxley,

Foundation by Isaac Asimov,

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein,

You are not the Target by Laura Huxley,

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley,

The Time Machine by HG Wells,

Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne,

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll,

Thru the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll,

The Wizard of OZ by Frank Baum,

Tom Sawyer - Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain,

The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe (and Everything else he wrote),

The Call of Cthulu by HP Lovecraft,

The Teachings of don Juan by Carlos Castaneda,

The Four Agreements by don Miguel Ruiz,

The Art of the Failed Deal by don Trump,

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay,

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,

2001 by Arthur C. Clarke,

Dune by Frank Herbert,

The Black Cloud by Fred Hoyle,

The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien,

The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien,

The Violet Overgrow by Gregory Vanderlaan,

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card,

The Bible by Various Authors (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John,
Ezekiel, Enoch, Peter, Paul and Mary),

The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov,

I, Robot by Isaac Asimov,

Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley,

Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda,

Alcoholics Anonymous by Bill W.


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Slavery Was a Bad Idea. Free Boat Ride? Guaranteed Job for Life? Who Could Say No? Millions of Africans Came to the USA and Now They Won't Leave! *Just Joking*

Let's Teach Accurate History in Our Schools. The GOP Has Invented a "Culture War" Crisis Over - LYING LIKE A FLAMING TRUMP Or Telling The Truth. 

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Today would be a Great Day for Students All Over the USA to Publish Accurate History Lessons on The Internet... DO RESEARCH, Write a Blog, Share with Your Classmates and Visitors from All Over the World! 

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Massive #ArrestTrump Movement on Social Media. Millions of Americans are Demanding That The DOJ "Lock Him UP!" Read More at:

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The 1619 Project is a long-form journalism project developed by Nikole Hannah-Jones, writers from The New York Times, and The New York Times Magazine which "aims to reframe the country's history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of the United States' national narrative."[1] The project was first published in The New York Times Magazine in August 2019 for the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in the English colony of Virginia.[2] These were also the first Africans in mainland British America, though Africans had been in other parts of North America since the 1500s. The project later included a broadsheet article, live events, and a podcast.[3]


The first African slaves in what would become the present-day United States of America arrived August 9, 1526 in Winyah Bay with a Spanish expedition. Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón brought 600 colonists to start a colony. Records say the colonists included enslaved Africans, without saying how many.

Slavery strongly correlated with the European colonies' demand for labor, especially for the labor-intensive plantation economies of the sugar colonies in the Caribbean and South America, operated by Great BritainFranceSpainPortugal and the Dutch Republic.

Slave-ships of the Atlantic slave trade transported captives for slavery from Africa to the Americas. Indigenous people were also enslaved in the North American colonies, but on a smaller scale, and Indian slavery largely ended in the late eighteenth century.



Not Only did Slaves Come to America Before The Mayflower, 
They Went to South Carolina EVEN Earlier!


State of Jefferson and Washington DC - map of the USA
State of Jefferson and Washington DC
Added - Texas and Florida GTFO!
 - New map of the USA


From someone who teaches AP US History:
If you are confused as to why so many Americans are defending the confederate flag, monuments, and statues right now, I put together a quick Q&A, with questions from a hypothetical person with misconceptions and answers from my perspective as an AP U.S. History Teacher:
Q: What did the Confederacy stand for?
A: Rather than interpreting, let's go directly to the words of the Confederacy's Vice President, Alexander Stephens. In his "Cornerstone Speech" on March 21, 1861, he stated "The Constitution... rested upon the equality of races. This was an error. Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth."
Q: But people keep saying heritage, not hate! They think the purpose of the flags and monuments are to honor confederate soldiers, right?
A: The vast majority of confederate flags flying over government buildings in the south were first put up in the 1960's during the Civil Rights Movement. So for the first hundred years after the Civil War ended, while relatives of those who fought in it were still alive, the confederate flag wasn't much of a symbol at all. But when Martin Luther King, Jr. and John Lewis were marching on Washington to get the Civil Rights Act (1964) and Voting Rights Act (1965) passed, leaders in the south felt compelled to fly confederate flags and put up monuments to honor people who had no living family members and had fought in a war that ended a century ago. Their purpose in doing this was to exhibit their displeasure with black people fighting for basic human rights that were guaranteed to them in the 14th and 15th Amendments but being withheld by racist policies and practices.
Q: But if we take down confederate statues and monuments, how will we teach about and remember the past?
A: Monuments and statues pose little educational relevance, whereas museums, the rightful place for Confederate paraphernalia, can provide more educational opportunities for citizens to learn about our country's history. The Civil War is important to learn about, and will always loom large in social studies curriculum. Removing monuments from public places and putting them in museums also allows us to avoid celebrating and honoring people who believed that tens of millions of black Americans should be legal property.
Q: But what if the Confederate flag symbol means something different to me?
A: Individuals aren't able to change the meaning of symbols that have been defined by history. When I hang a Bucs flag outside my house, to me, the Bucs might represent the best team in the NFL, but to the outside world, they represent an awful NFL team, since they haven't won a playoff game in 18 years. I can't change that meaning for everyone who drives by my house because it has been established for the whole world to see. If a Confederate flag stands for generic rebellion or southern pride to you, your personal interpretation forfeits any meaning once you display it publicly, as its meaning takes on the meaning it earned when a failed regime killed hundreds of thousands of Americans in an attempt to destroy America and keep black people enslaved forever.
Q: But my uncle posted a meme that said the Civil War/Confederacy was about state's rights and not slavery?
A: "A state's right to what?" - John Green
Q: Everyone is offended about everything these days. Should we take everything down that offends anyone?
A: The Confederacy literally existed to go against the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the idea that black people are human beings that deserve to live freely. If that doesn't upset or offend you, you are un-American.
Q: Taking these down goes against the First Amendment and freedom of speech, right?
A: No. Anyone can do whatever they want on their private property, on their social media, etc. Taking these down in public, or having private corporations like NASCAR ban them on their properties, has literally nothing to do with the Bill of Rights.
Q: How can people claim to be patriotic while supporting a flag that stood for a group of insurgent failures who tried to permanently destroy America and killed 300,000 Americans in the process?
A: No clue.
Q: So if I made a confederate flag my profile picture, or put a confederate bumper sticker on my car, what am I declaring to my friends, family, and the world?
A: That you support the Confederacy. To recap, the Confederacy stands for: slavery, white supremacy, treason, failure, and a desire to permanently destroy Selective history as it supports white supremacy.
It’s no accident that:
You learned about Helen Keller instead of W.E.B, DuBois
You learned about the Watts and L.A. Riots, but not Tulsa or Wilmington.
You learned that George Washington’s dentures were made from wood, rather than the teeth from slaves.
You learned about black ghettos, but not about Black Wall Street.
You learned about the New Deal, but not “red lining.”
You learned about Tommie Smith’s fist in the air at the 1968 Olympics, but not that he was sent home the next day and stripped of his medals.
You learned about “black crime,” but white criminals were never lumped together and discussed in terms of their race.
You learned about “states rights” as the cause of the Civil War, but not that slavery was mentioned 80 times in the articles of secession.
Privilege is having history rewritten so that you don’t have to acknowledge uncomfortable facts.
Racism is perpetuated by people who refuse to learn or acknowledge this reality.
You have a choice. - Jim Golden”

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