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Kinetic Sculpture Race. Free Fun for the whole family. Memorial Day Weekend. May 28th 2022 at Noon in Arcata, CA, May 29th Eureka, May 30th Ferndale.

Official Website:

https://kineticgrandchampionship.com/

May 28th 2022 at Noon in Arcata, CA, May 29th Eureka, May 30th Ferndale. My Favorite Place is the Manila Cultural Center where they Change Tires From Street to Sand... and a Rock Concert, Kiddie Bounce and Food... See the Sculptures Up Close. Three days of travel by Whimsical Art Bicycles over Land, Sea and Sand.

Hippypotamus Kinetic Sculpture

Sailfish Kinetic Sculpture

Starwheel Kinetic Sculpture

Duane Flatmo Installing Sand Tires

for travel on the Beach and thru Sand Dunes.

Cute Dog and Dragon.

Tiki-Bar

Elephant known as Melvin.

Judge in Top Hat.

Live Music at Manila Cultural Center

IMHO: The best place to see the Kinetic Sculpture Race is at the Manila Community Center on Saturday at about 1 PM. They have live music, beverages, food, bathrooms and Kiddee rides... On Eureka's North Jetty Peninsula near Samoa Cookhouse. The Sculptures all stop there and change tires to prepare for traveling on the beach... and down DEAD MANS DROP... a very steep sand dune.

Fan with Hula Hoop at Manila.

Fans Strutting... One Man Giraffe Mobile.

Official Website: http://www.kineticgrandchampionship.com/

Rainbow over Humboldt Bay in California

Check Out My Mirror Image of this blog on WordPress:
https://purple64ets.wordpress.com

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Free Coloring Book by gvan42

https://purple64ets.wordpress.com/2021/07/07/free-coloring-book-by-gvan42/ ORIGINAL DRAWINGS!

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Photographs of Arcata, CA

https://purple64ets.wordpress.com/2021/07/06/photographs-of-arcata-ca/

Located on Highway 101 in Northern California near Oregon. Arcata is a UNIQUE Town… Home of Humboldt State University and Countless Artists, Musicians and Hippies!

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Free Coloring Book Art by gvan42

https://purple64ets.wordpress.com/2021/07/06/free-coloring-book-art-by-gvan42/ MORE DRAWINGS!

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Legalize Medicinal Psychedelics. Let Doctors and Patients Decide for Themselves what Medicine is Best…

https://purple64ets.wordpress.com/2021/07/03/legalize-medicinal-psychedelics-let-doctors-and-patients-decide-for-themselves-what-medicine-is-best/

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Photos of The Sacramento River near Chico, CA

https://purple64ets.wordpress.com/2021/06/25/photos-of-the-sacramento-river-near-chico-ca/

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Legalize Marijuana Nationwide, Tax It and Free All the Cannabis Prisoners

A Dramatic Savings of Government Spending CURRENTLY WASTED On Law Enforcement and Incarceration and a MASSIVE INCREASE IN VOLUNTARY TAXES! Everybody Wins! We Could Use the Extra Money to Pay for Education and Healthcare for All.

If you don’t smoke you wouldn’t pay a cent. It’s a Win-Win situation. More money going into the Treasury and Less going out. In addition, states that have legal medical marijuana have fewer deaths due to opioid addiction. Some people simply choose the safer drug… DUH…

https://purple64ets.wordpress.com/2021/06/11/legalize-marijuana-nationwide-tax-it-and-free-all-the-cannabis-prisoners/

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LEGALIZE VOTING – Fight the GOP Attempt to Overthrow of the US Government...

DEMOCRACY is Vastly Better than MONARCHY… Especially Mad King Donald… LOCK HIM UP!

https://purple64ets.wordpress.com/2021/06/05/legalize-voting-fight-the-gop-attempt-to-overthrow-of-the-us-government/

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Let’s Stop Advertising Prescription Drugs on TV. Those Ads COST a FORTUNE and The Patients Pay for Them in Higher Drug Prices!

https://purple64ets.wordpress.com/2021/05/10/lets-stop-advertising-prescription-drugs-on-tv-those-ads-cost-a-fortune-and-the-patients-pay-for-them-in-higher-drug-prices/

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Secret Trick to Life: Learn How To Do a FACT CHECK on Google.

That Way People CAN’T Lie to You. Because You Refuse To Believe Their Lies… Simply Type the Words “Fact Check” and the Statement You Want to Verify… Read the Results… It Can Be Quite Eye Opening!

https://purple64ets.wordpress.com/2021/05/10/secret-trick-to-life-learn-how-to-do-a-fact-check-on-google/

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1619 Project: #MoscowMitch McConnell is Reviving Interest Again… Now, It’s a GOP CANCEL CULTURE CAUSE!

He Wants the US Government to BAN Teaching the History of Slavery in the USA… In Public Schools…

https://purple64ets.wordpress.com/2021/05/10/1619-project-moscowmitch-mcconnell-is-reviving-interest-again-now-its-a-gop-cancel-culture-cause/

I Did a Scientific Experiment On How Drugs Effect My Skill Level Playing Chess.

Results: Coffee Made Me Play Better. Alcohol and Marijuana Made me Worse. LSD Made Me Reject the Entire Idea of Tests and I Refused to Play Games…

It was a Simple Test and You Could Recreate it Yourself for a “PEER REVIEW” – I owned a Chess Computer that Played at Different Skill Levels… I Took Those Drugs – I Played against the Machine and Determined What Level I Could Beat the Machine… and That’s Why… all these years later… the only drug I take is Coffee… and a Dozen “Doctor Drugs” That Don’t Seem to Do Anything but Don’t Seem to Do Any Harm Either… After All... “One Pill Makes You Larger, and One Pill Makes You Small… and The Ones That Mother Gives You Don’t Do Anything at All…” – Grace Slick

https://purple64ets.wordpress.com/2021/05/10/i-did-a-scientific-experiment-on-how-drugs-effect-my-skill-level-playing-chess/

Nolan Bushnell's Atari Manifesto: [full text] - A Utopian Vision from Silicon Valley.

GOALS:

FAIRNESS:
Fairness is the best single word which means play the game by the rules. We play hard, play to win, but we will play by the rules of local, state, federal and international law, as well as the standards of ethical business practice and fair labor relations.

An unethical corporation has no right to existence in any social framework, Besides, wining by cheating is, at best, a hollow victory.

PEOPLE:
A corporation is simply people bending together in an organized fashion to produce products or accomplishments which would not be possible otherwise. When the goals of Atari and the goals of its people are in harmony, Atari is strong and its people are happy and satisfied. Therefore Atari Will:

a. Provide maximum remuneration and benefits to its people based on their contribution to its profits and goals.

b. Provide a work atmosphere in which a person can maintain his dignity and identity.

c. maintain a social atmosphere were we can be friends and comrades apart from the organizational hierarchy.

d. Encourage and promote personal growth thru education and training suck as that we may all reach our individual potentialities.

e. Judge all people on the basis of their skills and contribution and not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, sex, appearance or personal life. At Atari, discrimination of the whites against blacks or blacks against whites; of short hairs against long hairs or the long hairs against the short hairs; the trained against the untrained; the experienced against the unexperienced will not be tolerated.

f. Bring together people who enjoy what they do and are willing to strive to build a strong and innovative corporation in which we can all take pride and satisfaction and know that our part is well done. Our corporation will only be as strong as the sum of its parts.

PROFITS:
Eventually, without profits, a corporation cannot exist. Therefore, all other goals except the first must be subservient to profits.

Profits should be large enough to fund our growth, share with our employees and strengthen our corporate base.

Our profits should also be reflective of our contribution to those that our products serve. The best and most lasting business relationships are those in which all persons involved make profits in proportion to their income. By fairly pricing our products we can keep ourselves, as well as our customers, financially healthy and contribute to the overall growth of the industry.

GROWTH:
Our goal of growth will be aimed at expanding our current market through innovative products as well as increasing market share through better solutions to our customers' problems. We will also grow by cautious entrance into allied fields, fields in which we can use our current successes to give us a competitive edge. Our growth will be dramatic, fueled by excellence in all areas, whether it be in research, finance, manufacturing, marketing or management.

CITIZENSHIP:
We will remember that this society and its institutions have provided this climate for business activity. We believe that corporate citizenship is important to keep our institutions strong. We will be politically active for causes we feel are just. Our colleges and universities will enjoy our financial and personal support, and charitable causes will be supported.

SIGNED, NOLAN BUSHNELL

I found a picture of this manifesto on
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/130414/the_history_of_atari_19711977.php and I read it and typed in all the words...

I'm Looking for Information About a SUCCESSFUL LIBERTARIAN UTOPIA. a Town, a Commune... ANYTHING! I'm Writing a Book About Libertarian Ideas and It Appears That THEY ALWAYS FAIL! Please Name Names in the Comment Section Below... or Email Me gregvan[at]yahoo[dot]comThanks!

Maybe Like "Warp Drive" in Star Trek, Their Beliefs Work Great in FICTION But Never in Reality... Remember: The Unseen Hand of the Free Market CAUSED The Power Failure in Texas in 2021... Without Federal Regulation, The Power Company FAILED to Winterize Their Natural Gas Generators and DISASTER!

It would Really Suck if I Published this Book and then Found Out That Their Ideas ACTUALLY WORK!

Why Do Ayn Rand's Grand Ideas Always Fail?
Because They are a FICTION PLOT DEVICE
not an Actual Plan for Running the World... DUH...

The Short, Unhappy Life of a Libertarian Paradise...

The residents of Colorado Springs undertook a radical experiment in government. Here’s what they got. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/06/30/colorado-springs-libertarian-experiment-america-215313/

The question libertarians just can't answer...

If your approach is so great, why hasn’t any country anywhere in the world ever tried it?

https://www.salon.com/2013/06/04/the_question_libertarians_just_cant_answer/

and on FaceBorg M Said:

Ayn Rand was a bad writer whose ideas appeal to adolescent boys with no experience of The Real World, no knowledge of what a "straw man" argument is, and a healthy dose of magical thinking.

For example: Rand's John Galt destroyed western civilization, and then he and his followers withdrew from the world for a year. (Who did his cooking? Who did his laundry? Who supplied his vices, like tobacco?) Then he came back, surveyed the smoking rubble, and drew a dollar sign in the air to denote his true deity. Why did he suppose, after a year of economic collapse, that the dollar was worth more than toilet paper?

I like to imagine what happened next: John Galt found a hungry, ragged band of human survivors and offered them green 6"x3" pieces of toilet paper to be his servants. And the survivors killed and ate him.

Unlike Libertarianism, There are Many Examples of

Hippie Communes That Work and Religious Retreats.

For Example: The Farm in Tennessee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Farm_(Tennessee)

Black Bear Ranch is an 80-acre intentional community located in Siskiyou County, California.

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

Ananda Village:

A Spiritual Cooperative Community in the

Tradition of Paramhansa Yogananda...

https://www.anandavillage.org/

LINK TO BUY THE "Make America Groovy Again" EMBROIDERED HAT:

https://www.zazzle.com/make_america_groovy_again_embroidered_baseball_cap-233127261589788104

My Autobiography: Growing Up in Los Gatos, California in the 1960s by Gregory Vanderlaan and Living in San Jose, Washington DC, Chico, Eureka and Orangevale, CA.

In my reading about the Native American Church, one of the things that happens is that a person high on peyote meets Mescalito and is taught their song... then they perform it for the tribe... My experience was similar... I felt as if the woman with the coarse brown hair was Mescalita and we did perform my song...

MESCALITA (APACHE INDIAN GOD)

I MET A GIRL NAMED MESCALITA
WITH COARSE BROWN HAIR.
SHE TAUGHT ME A SONG IN A DIFFERENT KEY.
NOW I LIVE THERE.
MESCALITA, MI HIJITA.
YOU SHOWED ME HOW TO LIVE.
MY LIFE WAS FILLED WITH SORROW.
BUT NOW I CAN GIVE.

I USED TO SING IN THE KEY OF "E"
A KEY OF BLUES AND PAIN.
NOW I SING IN THE KEY OF "g"
AND I'LL NEVER GO BACK AGAIN.
MESCALITA,MI AMIGA, YOU SHOWED ME HOW TO DANCE.
MY LIFE WAS FILLED WITH SORROW.
BUT I'LL GIVE LOVE ONE MORE CHANCE.

READ MORE:
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/03/growing-up-in-los-gatos-california-in.html

My Chevy Luv Mikado Truck with a Heart
Painted on the Hood...
Like an American Flag! gvan42

Ayn Rand Wrote FICTION Not HISTORY. In Fact, Her Grand Ideas FAIL When Applied in REALITY. Ask Yourself: Why are There ZERO Examples of a Libertarian Utopia? No Communes... No Countries... Nothing!

Why Do Ayn Rand's Grand Ideas Always Fail? Because Libertarianism is a FICTION PLOT DEVICE! Just Like the Teleporter in Star Trek! While BEAMING ABOARD is a Wonderful Dream, and It Solves Many Plot Dilemmas in the Stories... No One Can Actually Do IT!

Unlike Libertarianism, There are Many Examples of Hippie Communes That Work and Religious Retreats.

For Example: The Farm in Tennessee
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Farm_(Tennessee)

Black Bear Ranch is an 80-acre intentional community located in Siskiyou County, California.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Bear_Ranch

Ananda Village:
A Spiritual Cooperative Community in the
Tradition of Paramhansa Yogananda...
https://www.anandavillage.org/

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As a Nation, We Need a $2 Trillion INFRASTRUCTURE Bill. a Massive Works Project Rebuilding America... Like The WPA of the 1930s... Everything is Crumbling... Did You Notice that The Electric Power Grid in Texas Failed? Let's Put Americans To Work!

I swam at a WPA Swimming Pool in Chico. They Dammed the Chico Creek and Made a Giant Concrete Pool... in Bidwell Park... The Federal Government Borrowed a Fortune and Created Jobs for People to Do During the Great Depression...

I find that The Great Depression was CAUSED by The Federal Reserve Bank. They Made an Error and People Starved for a Decade...

“Regarding the Great Depression, … we did it. We’re very sorry. … We won’t do it again.” Ben Bernanke, November 8, 2002, in a speech given at “A Conference to Honor Milton Friedman … On the Occasion of His 90th Birthday.”
In 2002, Ben Bernanke, then a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, acknowledged publicly what economists have long believed. The Federal Reserve’s mistakes contributed to the “worst economic disaster in American history”.
https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/great-depression
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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, [Except Blacks and Women] that they are endowed by their Creator [Named Jesus, Allah, Yahweh, Odin, Thor, KRSNA, Buddha or a Thousand Other Names] with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” [Unless your Pursuit uses Marijuana or Psychedelics as a Sacrament]
DANG... So Many Exceptions! Were the Founding Fathers Racist and Sexist Pigs? Betsy Ross Can Sew a Flag While We Manly Men Go Kill Us Some Brits!
Medicare For All. Costs Less, Works Better!

Try Reality for One Week...
If You Don't Like It You Can
Go Back to BELIEVING LIES

"I was Duped"
says the QAnon Shaman
Don't Be Duped Yourself
#RUNAWAY From tRUMP!

OF COURSE, THERE ARE UTOPIAN TEMPORARY VILLAGES... FO EXAMPLE:

My Journey to The Rainbow Gathering in Pennsylvania in the 1980's... Autobiography... and EPCOT in Florida, Niagara Falls, Canada...

This event really started at the Spectrum Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at a three day Grateful Dead concert. That's When I Got an Invitation to The gathering. A Card given to me by a Guy Who Believed I Was Worthy.

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Ayn Rand Wrote FICTION Not HISTORY. In Fact, Her Grand Ideas FAIL When Applied in REALITY. Ask Yourself: Why are There ZERO Examples of a Libertarian Utopia? No Communes... No Countries... Nothing!
Why Do Ayn Rand's Grand Ideas Always Fail? Because Libertarianism is a FICTION PLOT DEVICE! Just Like the Teleporter in Star Trek! Whil...
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Ayn Rand Wrote FICTION Not HISTORY. In Fact, Her Grand Ideas FAIL When Applied in REALITY. Ask Yourself: Why are There ZERO Examples of a Libertarian Utopia? No Communes... No Countries... Nothing!

Why Do Ayn Rand's Grand Ideas Always Fail? Because Libertarianism is a FICTION PLOT DEVICE! Just Like the Teleporter in Star Trek! While BEAMING ABOARD is a Wonderful Dream, and It Solves Many Plot Dilemmas in the Stories... No One Can Actually Do IT!

Unlike Libertarianism, There are Many Examples of

Hippie Communes That Work and Religious Retreats.

For Example: The Farm in Tennessee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Farm_(Tennessee)

Black Bear Ranch is an 80-acre intentional community located in Siskiyou County, California.

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

Ananda Village:

A Spiritual Cooperative Community in the

Tradition of Paramhansa Yogananda...

https://www.anandavillage.org/

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As a Nation, We Need a $2 Trillion INFRASTRUCTURE Bill. a Massive Works Project Rebuilding America... Like The WPA of the 1930s... Everything is Crumbling... Did You Notice that The Electric Power Grid in Texas Failed? Let's Put Americans To Work!

I swam at a WPA Swimming Pool in Chico. They Dammed the Chico Creek and Made a Giant Concrete Pool... in Bidwell Park... The Federal Government Borrowed a Fortune and Created Jobs for People to Do During the Great Depression...

I find that The Great Depression was CAUSED by The Federal Reserve Bank. They Made an Error and People Starved for a Decade...

“Regarding the Great Depression, … we did it. We’re very sorry. … We won’t do it again.” Ben Bernanke, November 8, 2002, in a speech given at “A Conference to Honor Milton Friedman … On the Occasion of His 90th Birthday.”

In 2002, Ben Bernanke, then a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, acknowledged publicly what economists have long believed. The Federal Reserve’s mistakes contributed to the “worst economic disaster in American history”.

https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/great-depression

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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, [Except Blacks and Women] that they are endowed by their Creator [Named Jesus, Allah, Yahweh, Odin, Thor, KRSNA, Buddha or a Thousand Other Names] with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” [Unless your Pursuit uses Marijuana or Psychedelics as a Sacrament]

DANG... So Many Exceptions! Were the Founding Fathers Racist and Sexist Pigs? Betsy Ross Can Sew a Flag While We Manly Men Go Kill Us Some Brits!

Medicare For All. Costs Less, Works Better!

Try Reality for One Week...
If You Don't Like It You Can
Go Back to BELIEVING LIES