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All of a Sudden, It's Fashionable to Ride a Bicycle to Work... and Everywhere Else Too. Want to Cut Your Gasoline Bill in Half? Ask Me How... Click Here!

Simply Drive Half as Far! Remember: Every Time you Start the Car You CAUSE Climate Change... Ask Yourself: Do I Really Need To Drive This Trip? REALLY? Couldn't I Substitute a ZOOM Meeting for a Face to Face Meeting? 

OR Ride a Bicycle... It's the Actual BURNING Of Fossil Fuel That is the Problem... 

Ride a Bicycle - It's FUN! Just ask Dr. Albert Hoffman...
Ride a Bicycle - It's FUN! Just ask Dr. Albert Hoffman...

or Ride a Tricycle... or Just Don't GO Places... One Thing We ALL Learned During the COVID 19 Pandemic is... There isn't really that much need to GO PLACES... 

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Gasoline Price Too High? Better Stop Driving... Why Pay a Fortune to Pollute the Air and Cause Climate Change When You Could Simply Leave The Damn Thing PARKED?

If You Sell Your Car You No Longer Have to Pay for Car Insurance. All those Crazy Ads on TV... They are Not Talking to ME! LiMu Emu? UckFay ouYay!

I Cut my Driving from About 50 Miles Per Day to 1 Mile per day by Simply NOT GOING PLACES... I DO Use LYFT to Visit the Doctor Twice a Year... 

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I remember Riding the Bus To Work...
That's Excellent in Comparison to Driving a Car.

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Shredded Rainbow Spiral Business Cards For Sale.

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and then on FaceBORG: a MEME... 
Dead meme on FaceBORG
and I Replied: Except Local Bands Playing Dead Songs... I've Had a Great time at those cover band events... Like the New Potato Caboose playing Outdoors at Wilbur's Farm in Maryland... They handed out invitations in the Parking Lot of the Capital Center at a Grateful Dead Show... and that's the same way I got an Invitation to the Rainbow Gathering in Pennsylvania 1987... Someone was handing out cards... like postcard size... and there was a Phone Number... When you called it had a Tape recording giving directions and the Date... July 1 - 7... 

MH Said: Jerry Garcia Band did play concerts too…
and I Replied: 
and I had fun at Bob Weir's Concerts too... One time Mickey Hart lead the worlds largest drum circle at Black Oak Ranch in Laytonville... right next to Wavy Gravy's Camp Winnarainbow... Frankly Speaking, Arcata, California and Mendocino are Wonderful too!

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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... 

JUST PARK IT. Let's Cut Driving in Half... It's the Burning of Fossil Fuel That is Causing Climate Change. Cars, Trucks, Vans, Buses and Jet Airplanes. Ask Yourself: Is It Absolutely Required that I Drive?

Can You Find Happiness Without Destroying Life on Earth? 

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/08/09/earth-edge-climate-crisis-must-be-treated-outbreak-world-war

Sure... People Say That Climate Change will only Kill Off Four Billion Humans and Then The World Will Heal BUT... Why Not Take Action Now and Prevent Disaster?

All That Mad Rushing Around Traveling All Over the Place FOR AMUSEMENT is in My Past... Yes... I Used to Drive All Over the USA in order to Dance at Grateful Dead Concerts... WELL... We Can't Do That Anymore... 

My Little White Truck with a Red, White and Blue Heart painting - gvan42
My Little White Truck with a
Red, White and Blue Heart painting.

Buying Used Stuff at Thrift Stores DOES NOT CAUSE ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE Like Buying New Stuff Does. When You Buy a New Product, the Corporation Has to Replace It.

They Mine Raw Materials, grow plants (like cotton) using pesticides and herbicides, Log Forests, Employ Slave Laborers in the Orient, Burn Gasoline Shipping the Plastic Crap Here From China... and on and on and on... Used Products ALREADY EXIST and so Buying Stuff at The Eureka Rescue Mission Thrift Shop (my local store) does NOT Harm the Planet. Actually, They Hire Local People to Work as Clerks and Do Delivery. We Bought ALL our Living Room Furniture there. Three Chairs and a Sofa... and Men Delivered It Upstairs in Our Home. NO WAY could I Move those Heavy Objects Up That Staircase... I Tipped those Guys $10 Each... and they were really Thankful. Yes, I Could Have Spent a Fortune at Sears or KMART but... I Prefer to Keep The Money IN MY WALLET. I Like Employing Guys That Live At The Rescue Mission. The Mission Does Good Work Here in Eureka and I've Met a LOT of Real People That They Help. I did buy new Beds at Sears. Somehow, those were just too Personal to Buy Used... also, I Do Not Buy Used Underwear... BUT, Clothes? YES! It's actually fun to find thrift stores in Super Rich Neighborhoods and Live Like the TV Show "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous..." A Great Place to Shop is North Shore Lake Tahoe... Snow Bunnies often Donate Extra Stuff When the Season is Over... and There is Also DUMPSTER DIVING in College Towns at the End of the School Year... FREE STUFF! 

Oddly, I Expressed These Opinions during a Group Discussion at an Ecology Class at Humboldt State University and ALL THE OTHER STUDENTS SAID I WAS WRONG... They said that Used Stuff Still Requires Ecological Damage to Exist at All... I tried to explain that the Manufacturing Damage Happened IN THE PAST and it is impossible to Change History but Buying New Stuff CAUSES Purchasing Agents at Corporations to Hire People to Create New Stuff IN THE FUTURE to Fill the Shelves At The Store. No One Grasped the Concept. But I Did Make The Other Students Think. and That's a Good Thing. It's a difficult concept... I Wish I Could Explain it in a Shorter Sentence... Maybe YOU can Re-Write the Concept Better and Post it in the Comments Section... Thanks!

Remember: There are Two Ways to Get Everything You Want. Get More or Want Less.

Skolstrejk för klimatetat #ClimateStrike - Protest Online Using "digital strikes" Instead of Mass Rallies in the Streets - Take Worldwide ECO-ACTION! - Greta Thunberg says: “We Are Striking to Disrupt the System”

Important Movie: I Am Greta

I Am Greta is a 2020 internationally co-produced 

documentary film directed by Nathan Grossman, 

following climate change activist Greta Thunberg.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Greta



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and then I read this On Facebook... All About California and Forest fires... 

If you're not from California, here are some important things you need to know about our fires:
Most of our fires are grass fires, not forest fires. In the summer, our grass turns a beautiful golden color all over the state. Rolling, golden hills will always mean "home" to me. Even if California's forests were "raked" daily, the fires would still be happening.
The state of California manages just 3% of our forest land. The federal government manages most of it. So when Trump says that California's forest land is mismanaged, think: "
Congratulations
; you just played yourself."
If you lived in California in the 80s, you might remember people saying that California would basically burn down every year if we did not do something about "global warming," as we called it at the time. And here we are.
California is huge. We have the world's fifth largest economy, surpassed only by the US as a whole, China, Japan, and Germany. California's economy is larger than every other nation on earth. When you hear that we're "failing" and a "shithole," that's political propaganda. Economically, geographically, and demographically, we are one of the most diverse political entities on the planet.
This means that very little you can say about California applies to the state as a whole. Life in San Francisco resembles life in London more than it resembles life in Bakersfield. Part of the beauty and allure of California is that, no matter what you want, we have it. Metropolitan cities are an hour away from rolling farmland, which is an hour away from the desert, which is a few hours away from snow-capped mountains. Get in your car and drive in any direction for a few hours and you'll see six different Californias.
People come here from all over the world, and that's our strength. We are your future-- no one race or ethnicity has a majority here, although Latinx people have the plurality, which will soon be true for America as a whole. But even "Latinx" is a category so broad as to be almost meaningless. California was once Mexico, so people of Mexican descent have always had the demographoc upper hand, but you can't pick up a square mile of California anywhere without getting Salvadorans and Guatemalans in that mix, along with Syrians, Lebanese, Persians, Ethiopians, people from the Caribbean, Chinese, Filipinx, and so much more. That diversity has always been one of our greatest strengths. You've heard of Sutter's Mill, where gold was first discovered? It's in the town of Coloma, which was almost entirely owned by a family of formerly enslaved Black people. You can still see the son's smithy and several other historic family buildings if you go there, which I recommend that you do! The whole town is basically a California history field trip.
California has always opened her arms to the world, and it's made us stronger, better, wealthier, and more beautiful.
We have nothing but love to give the rest of the United States. Well, that and our significant tax contributions (we pay more to the federal government than we get back), ports, industry, films, and music. Oh, and we produce the most food of any state. But mostly love.
So the next time someone tries to blame grass fires caused by lightning on "bad forest management," stand up for the Golden State, OK?

and I Replied:

I remember that TV Interview with Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom and Trump... Trump was speaking of the Fire That Happened in the town of "PLEASURE" - The Actual Fire happened in the town of "PARADISE" - A Classic Example of An Old Person with a FRIED BRAIN... The meanings of the words are similar and they reside in the same location of the brain... and When Trump attempted to DO DATA RETRIEVAL of the NAME of the Town He was standing in... There was a Data Error and the Wrong word popped out of his mouth... I am a 67 Year old man and some "Senior Moments" have happened in my life... BUT... I'm retired and errors just don't matter when you're retired... That's WHY It's Really Important for OLD PEOPLE to Retire... and GET OUT of Politics... Look at Biden... He's Freaking Senile... NOT as Bad as Trump but... Joe really ought to be sitting near the wood burning stove at the country store and... babble about "Kids These Days"

and she said:
Yeah, it's no big deal when an older person accidentally says the wrong word. But someone like that should not be President of the United States. The president needs to be able to address the nation in a clear and articulate manner. But if they talk in word salad, people get confused and misinterpret some of what they said. And that's a problem with someone as prominent and important as the president, because people are listening to them and looking to them for guidance. So it's not a job for anyone who can't articulate properly.

I replied:

What I've noticed is sometimes it takes me a week to remember someone's name... for example: the editor of the school newspaper at HSU... I really admired her for being like Woodward and Bernstein... Well, I'm certain to remember her NOW... Eileen McGee, KHDU radio, Arcata, California (she also worked at the School Radio Station) https://www.grassrootspeace.org/depleted_uranium_rokke_03.html

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Massive #ArrestTrump Movement on Social Media. Millions of Americans are Demanding That The DOJ "Lock Him UP!" Read Help Defend Democracy! Post Your Own Memes, Videos and Rants! or Like and Share Mine...

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Everybody knows by Leonard Cohen:
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died
Everybody talking to their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And a long-stem rose
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that you love me baby
Everybody knows that you really do
Everybody knows that you've been faithful
Ah, give or take a night or two
Everybody knows you've been discreet
But there were so many people you just had to meet
Without your clothes
And everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
And everybody knows that it's now or never
Everybody knows that it's me or you
And everybody knows that you live forever
Ah, when you've done a line or two
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows
And everybody knows that the Plague is coming
Everybody knows that it's moving fast
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman
Are just a shining artifact of the past
Everybody knows the scene is dead
But there's gonna be a meter on your bed
That will disclose
What everybody knows
And everybody knows that you're in trouble
Everybody knows what you've been through
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
To the beach of Malibu
Everybody knows it's coming apart
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
Before it blows
And everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows

Every once in a while, it’s good to get an update on the state of the world from someone with a point of view a bit more enlightened than some periodical or the evening news. Leonard Cohen delivered just such an update on his 1988 classic “Everybody Knows,” a song that was thrillingly comprehensive in its overview then and somehow remains chillingly accurate now about the threats facing this planet and the foibles of the poor fools who inhabit it.


Cohen is not alone in deserving credit for this cynical masterpiece. He wrote the lyrics and handed them off to his former backing singer Sharon Robinson in the first of what would become many songwriting collaborations between the pair. Speaking to Uncut magazine, Robinson remembered the approach she took once she got a hold of the Canadian Bard’s words. “”It’s a protest song, so Leonard wanted something tough,” she said. “I’d bring home verses, and go to the grand piano in my living room, as his lyrics require that purity of melody.”


The song was included on an album (I’m Your Man) which found Cohen delving deeply into a synthesizer-based sound. The synths on “Everybody Knows” lurch forward into the abyss while Cohen’s voice booms forth with its warnings as if it belonged to an ancient oracle. Some flashy Spanish guitar adds just the right counterpoint to the arrangement, keeping the music from getting too somber.


Cohen doesn’t waste any time with tact or restraint, setting the tone in his opening lines: “Everybody knows that the dice are loaded/Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed/Everybody knows that the war is over/Everybody knows the good guys lost.” This generalized overview soon gives way to more specific concerns, as the relentless lyrics touch on greed, racism, and drugs. One verse seems to specifically reference the AIDS crisis, then at its height, as Cohen sings of a coming plague, meters to count sexual partners, and how “the naked man and woman/Are just a shining artifact of the past.”


Yet he also brings things down to a personal level with a verse about infidelity between two lovers. “Everybody knows that you’ve been faithful/Ah, give or take a night or two,” he sings. And it wouldn’t be a Cohen song if he didn’t bring spiritual concerns into it, with references to Calvary (juxtaposed ironically with Malibu beaches) and the Sacred Heart. Whether that heart belongs to Jesus or Leonard is never revealed, but, at song’s end, it’s poised to explode all over the whole sordid scene.


Cohen also makes room for flashes of mischievous wit, like when he implies that the death of a parent and the death of a dog are equally disturbing. Running through this litany of horrors is a subtle criticism of those who ignore it all in favor of their own self-interested pursuits: “Everybody’s talking to their pockets/Everybody wants a box of chocolates/And a long-stemmed rose.”


The repetition of the title phrase suggests that Cohen has not been blessed with some unique power of perception, but that these truths should be evident to anyone who walks through the world with even an ounce of coherence. “Everybody Knows” may not deliver news on the state of the world that anyone would want to hear, but, thanks to Cohen’s eloquent words and seductive delivery, you never tire of listening to it.

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