Elon Musk Blames Trump for Inflation and Bank Failures... However, Elon is Totally Wrong!

DEBUNKED INFLATION CAUSE CLAIM: Federal spending on pandemic relief like Trump's stimulus payments, small business loans and childcare credits gave consumers too much spending money, and raised demand and prices for everyone...

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However: "Inflation is global. There's been an acceleration of core inflation across every advanced economy, even the ones that did very, very little fiscal relief," he said. "And so I think the evidence linking specific Biden-era policies to the surge in inflation is just really, really weak."

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/29/1108388304/inflation-biden-fed-interest-ukraine-stimulus

Here is an excellent opportunity to TEST THE Bezos/Musk THEORY... If Prior Government Cash Giveaways ACTUALLY CAUSED Inflation... This one ought to CAUSE inflation ALSO... It's called Science... Repeat the experiment!

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How to Whip Inflation Now 2022 - Problem: The Ruling Class Has Voluntarily Selected to Raise All Prices. What's the Solution? 

The People That Actually Set Prices at Corporations Do Math to Determine Just How High They Can Set Prices before Customers STOP Buying. The Goal is to Maximize Profits and, if Customers are Not Buying, the Prices are Too High and It's "ROLL BACK" Time. SO... One Way to Motivate them is to SIMPLY STOP BUYING... 

My Personal Boycott is to Stop Shopping at Amazon. I Cancelled my Prime Membership and Haven't Bought Anything in Months... Of Course, This is Not a Big Deal because I Already Have Everything I Want... Jeff Bezos Has Been Behaving Badly Recently and I Refuse to Fund His Plans. 

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Remember: The Trouble With Taking Economics Classes is That You End Up BELIEVING the Fantasies They Teach... Watch the Film "Boom Bust Boom" Instead... MUCH More Insightful... It Starts with a Quote by Alan Greenspan, former Chainman of the Federal Reserve Speaking of the Collapse of The Banking Industry in 2008: "There was a Flaw in the Model I Percieved is the Critical Functioning Structure that Defines How the World Works... So To Speak... " - and That's Why the "Free Free Free Markets Crashed in 2008... He Believed in a Fantasy... and the Banks Lost all their Money... and Obama Magically Replaced the Money for Everyone Except Lehman Brothers... SOMEONE Had to be the Scape Goat... However, CEO Richard Fuld Personally Kept Millions of Dollars and Has Come Back to Play the Stock Market Again... The OCCUPY WALL STREET Movement was In Reaction to This Bailout of the Super Rich... 

Sally Said: "I believe It's Time to Actually DO the Things President Ford Suggested... Carpool, Plant Victory Gardens, Go on a Diet and Buy Less Food, Keep Your Cars a Few Extra Years... You Know, Common Sense Thrift." 

and Billy Said: "Nope. Not for Me... I just got this New Job at Higher Pay and I'm Just Going to Continue Shopping! I Can Afford It!" 

and Sally Replied: "Oh That's Great for YOU but I'm Actually Being Paid LESS than I was Before... Inflation is Greater Than Wage Increase... So The Bottom Line is... When I Go Shopping, I Come Home With Less." 

and On FaceBORG:

SG Said: 

"That’s why throwing stimulus checks out by the trillions gets you votes in the short term but the consequences of doing so hurts the consumer in the long run." 

Really? Did the Stimulous Checks Actually Have anything at all to Do with Inflation? NO... That's Just a Billionaire "Talking Point" designed to distract the Public from the Actual Cause... Which Is: More people getting Higher paid Jobs. That Allowed The People that Set Prices to Raise Prices... Because People Can Afford To Pay More... 

Headline: Elon Musk has told Tesla employees to come back into their respective offices at least 40 hours a week or leave the company.

AW Said:

I think many will leave. Competitors are becoming way more flexible and it seems like a requirement in order to retain and win talent. On the flip side, the job market has cooled off quite a bit lately. I’ve seen many recent layoffs in tech…

I said:

MANY People will Question IF Tesla is the Best Place to Work. Should I Take a Job with a Shorter Commute? or No Commute at all? Reality: Driving in a Car 2 Hours a Day is a Horrible waste of Life. 2 Hours that you could use to do something Valuable... Like Playing with your Kids... or Learning to Play the Guitar... or ANYTHING!

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Crime is Much Worse in Republican States than Democratic Ones. Crazy Gun Laws Cause More Murder. The Hopeless Poverty in "Red" States Causes Increase in Theft, Burglary and Armed Robbery... VOTE DEMOCRATIC.

https://www.thirdway.org/report/the-red-state-murder-problem

• The rate of murders in the US has gone up at an alarming rate. But, despite a media narrative to the contrary, this is a problem that afflicts Republican-run cities and states as much or more than the Democratic bastions.
• In 2020, per capita murder rates were 40% higher in states won by Donald Trump than those won by Joe Biden.
•  8 of the 10 states with the highest murder rates in 2020 voted for the Republican presidential nominee in every election this century.

Red states report higher rates of violent crime than blue states... 

https://gigafact.org/fact-briefs/do-red-states-rank-higher-in-violent-crime-rates-than-blue-states

According to 2019 FBI data, seven out of ten states with the highest per-capita rates of violent crime voted Republican in the 2020 election. In contrast, seven out of ten states with the lowest rates voted Democrat. 

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The Republican narrative on safety is absolute nonsense. People are MUCH SAFER in “BLUE” states...

All across the country, Republicans are focusing their closing message on public safety. And by some accounts in the press and the polls, it seems to be working.

One problem. It’s absolute nonsense.

Republicans do a much better job scaring people about safety than they do making people safer.

Let’s just take a look at three states, for example: California, Texas, and Florida.
Which state has the lowest firearm death rate between Florida, Texas, and California?
California has the lowest firearm death rate.

Which state has the lowest homicide rate between Florida, Texas, and California?
California has the lowest homicide rate.

Which state has the lowest violent crime and property crime rate between Florida, Texas, and California?
California has the lowest violent crime and property crime rate.

But it’s not just crime.
Which state has the lowest infant mortality rate between Florida, Texas and California?
California has the lowest infant mortality rate.

How about drug overdose rates?
Florida’s drug overdose rate is 160% higher than California’s.

How about COVID-19 death rates?
Texas’s COVID-19 death rate is 166% higher than California’s.

The facts are on our side.
Democrats should not surrender on this narrative. Not between now and Tuesday, and not afterward either.

We should FIGHT.
Because the truth is, it is the laws and policies in states led by Republican governors that contribute to these numbers.
People are safer in “Blue” states like California.

And that’s the truth.
Thank you,
Gavin Newsom

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We have a murder problem in America — especially in red states... 

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3274797-we-have-a-murder-problem-in-america-especially-in-red-states/

Republican-controlled states have higher murder rates than Democratic ones: study

https://news.yahoo.com/republican-controlled-states-have-higher-murder-rates-than-democratic-ones-study-212137750.html

CALIFORNIA’S REPUBLICAN COUNTIES HAVE WORSE CRIME TRENDS AND HIGHER VIOLENT CRIME RATES THAN DEMOCRATIC COUNTIES 

Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice 

Mike Males, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow

http://www.cjcj.org/uploads/cjcj/documents/californias_republican_counties_have_worse_crime_trends.pdf

and then on FaceBorg... 

David Covarrubias Said:

Republicans are so pro "freedom of speech" that they fought to stop our protests… they claim ANTIFA was a violent organization when it wasn’t even an organization at all… Did you ever see us smashing heads in with hammers or running over and murdering peaceful protestors with cars? Or showing up with assault weapons to silence freedom of speech at protests? Did we storm the nation’s capitol in an attempt to overthrow the government and reverse the vote? Yet they wanted to ban protests and even declare protestors as terrorists… Remember this? But this is all OK for Trumpsters and weak Republican “leaders”… Leaders who’s morality-of-the-day is based in political strategies alone… but all of this is to save American Freedom!!!… Give me a break! They aren’t even OK with the right to vote… From gerrymandering, to voter intimidation, to unfounded voter challenges, to literally breaking into voting machines; they have proven time and time again that they don’t love freedom at all (unless it is for themselves); they just want to win… This is why they will vote for a hypocrite who pays for abortions while preaching pro-life… They would rather suppress a woman’s FREEDOM to decide over her own body than put a person in office who actually has the qualifications to lead… This what they call freedom?

I remember going to Peaceful rallies and having Piles of MAGA wanna be brownshirts waiting at the parking lot just to intimidate us…. Freedom of Speech?

Pathetic for being hypocrites and even more pathetic for believing their own hypocrisy…. My $0.02.

Darryl Cherney

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The phrasing of issues and slogans and the reactive responses are so often just awful. Examples: Stop calling the Jan. 6 people the "stop the steal" movement. They are the "Steal the elections" people, the very opposite. They are not election deniers--they are election stealers. Inflation is caused by republican oil company executives raising prices. Crime is rampant in republican majority cities. Abortion rights are an economic issue--ever pay for raising a child or try to work a job while raising one (which is a job)? Not to mention the "right to life" "movement." It's the forced breeding movement. Always call it that or something similar (note how men's responsibilities are 100% omitted from it). And it's not the pro-choice movement--it's the abortion rights movement. And what's the crap about abortion on the same day as birth? Why has no one rebutted that isn't even possible?! And anti-choice people who vote for people who have abortions aren't hypocrites--they are duplicitous. They are oppressors and bigots and know what they are doing. Defund the police? What a stupid saying. Reform the police, sure. Defund is never going to happen so why give the other side ammo? And stop saying tRump believes this or that--you can't know what someone "believes." You can only know what they say or do. Media: stop saying things are good for democrats or good for republicans. Democrats should not be happy that republicans do stupid things or vice versa. I want to know what's good for the country! Lastly, the concept that only republicans can win and therefore anytime they lose the election must be fraudulent--that shows criminal intent not some misguided notion.

Sharon Mattingly 

For all that they have tried to argue that the midterm election is a referendum on President Joe Biden’s handling of the nation’s high inflation, House Republicans today released a 1050-page “report” laying out their priorities for what they expect will be their takeover of the House.

The report begins as an attack on the FBI, claiming it has been politicized under the Biden administration and is now “broken.” It goes on to echo years of complaints from former president Trump, from his insistence that the FBI “spied on” his 2016 campaign through his complaints about the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago to recover classified documents he took with him when he left office.

Only the first 50 pages of the report are new prose. Kate Riga of Talking Points Memo read the rest and noted that about 1000 of the pages simply reprint letters Republican representatives have sent to members of the Biden administration, including 93 copies of a 5-page letter they sent to U.S. attorneys.

The House Republicans’ plan was apparently to grab headlines with an apparently big “report” and make people uneasy about the Biden administration. The document makes it clear that their priorities if they take the House will be to investigate Hunter Biden, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the evacuation of Afghanistan, immigration policies, and, perhaps above all, Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice (DOJ). But the report is a self-own in that it makes clear that the Republicans have no intention of actually trying to deal with inflation and are instead going to push the investigations that keep their grievances before the media and feed their base.

The House Republicans’ decision to double down on Trump just before the election shows exactly how they plan to govern after it. Leaders like Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) would like to downplay the role of the former president and keep voters focused instead on the economy, an issue on which they feel they can make headway as the world is still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic. But extremists in the House are signaling that they are all in for Trump.

Indeed, the timing of the House Republicans’ warning that they plan to launch numerous investigations might well be an attempt to protect the former president by taking the spotlight off Trump’s growing legal troubles.

Today, the former president’s allies told media outlets that shortly after the midterm election, Trump expects to announce that he is running for president in 2024. Knowing he is a lightning rod, Republicans have wanted him to stay out of the spotlight before the midterms, but he now has a reason—aside from the fact that he can never seem to abide being in the shadows—to announce his candidacy.

As Maggie Haberman of the New York Times tweeted: “Trump is facing multiple investigations that his advisers anticipate will heat up again after next week’s midterms, particularly into the documents held for no clear explicable reason at Mar-a-Lago. His advisers say he thinks DOJ will move differently if he’s a candidate.” (The Department of Justice has said its procedures will not be affected by any such announcement.)

Trump’s dangling of a presidential bid is almost certainly related to his looming legal troubles. Yesterday, his ally Kash Patel testified with limited immunity before a grand jury investigating the handling of the classified documents Trump took to Mar-a-Lago, meaning he had the option of testifying honestly without penalties or lying and risking perjury charges on this topic. Patel has maintained he is a hostile witness, but there is reason to think he will not shield Trump. Constitutional lawyer and law professor Laurence Tribe commented: “This will break the dam.”

Also, today was the deadline for Trump to produce documents for the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, and the committee this evening announced that it was in conversation with Trump’s lawyers about that production. It continued: “We have informed Trump’s counsel that he must begin producing records no later than next week and he remains under subpoena for testimony starting on November 14th.”

And the January 6th committee has continued its interviews, recently talking to the Secret Service agents who were in the presidential motorcade on January 6, 2021.

Trump has clearly made the calculation that his own interests are best served by teasing the idea of his running for office, despite the fact that many national Republican lawmakers have hoped he would keep his head down.

It is not clear that the idea of a resurgence of Trump will motivate Republican voters. Indeed, so far, election data for next week’s election is not showing the red wave that media has recently tried to argue was in the offing. Pollsters Simon Rosenberg and Tom Bonier both have focused less on polls and more on the early vote, which so far has shown Democrats overperforming. Races are still very close, but the idea of a red wave appears to be premature. The results of the election will come down to voter turnout.

In the midst of all this drama, the social media site Twitter, which was recently acquired by entrepreneur Elon Musk, appears to be imploding. Advertisers are fleeing, and this morning the company fired a raft of employees, apparently illegally in many jurisdictions because he did not give them the warning that laws require. They are now suing.

This afternoon, Jeff Seldin, the national security correspondent for Voice of America News, tweeted that two organizations representing state election officials who have used Twitter to get out reliable election information, including the National Association of State Election Directors, are watching Twitter’s changes with concern. The mass layoffs cut the teams dedicated to fighting election disinformation and communicating with campaign staff and journalists. Further, it currently appears that account verification, which makes it clear if an account is official or not, will end on Monday, the day before the election.

REALITY DENIERS: Republicans Have Gone Crazy. They Are a Danger to The USA... They Plan to Outlaw Freedom! Outlaw Abortion, Outlaw Birth Control, Outlaw Gay Marriage...

 

Remember: BLOCK and REPORT Every QAnon Freak! Report Them for Hate Speech, False Statements or Violence... Every Social Media Platform Has a Way to Block People... There is NO REASON In the World that I Would Want to Read Their CrazyTalk®

#ArrestTrump #LockHimUp #QAnonSucks 

Yes, Republicans are blaming, President Biden for the inflation. No one man, not even President of the United States can do that folks. It's corporate greed as displayed here, production and distribution breaks downs, and mostly republican politicians refusing to vote for anything remotely helpful to the American people. The only exception was the Pandemic relief money. However, that being said, the republican politicians kept wanting to reduce the amount Americans would be given to live on, (through no fault of their own) despite record unemployment, and a rampant deadly virus on the loose causing widespread shut downs with many businesses. It baffles my mind how people forget all that...all they were put through by republican politicians during one of the worst times in our nation's and world's history. More baffling is blaming President Biden for all their woes. He wanted people to get help, he tried and tried to get us pandemic relief money, more food assistance for those on government food programs, he kept people from getting evicted from their homes because they couldn't go to work. I could go on and on, but it was the republican politicians who not only didn't want to continue to help, but wanted to reduce help given and then began to say "no" to all help. I ask you who does that to people in need? I think or I would hope you know the answer to those questions. Please vote accordingly.

SE SAID:

It's interesting when people on the right make comments like, "The left is obsessed with Trump" or "The left can't stop talking about Trump." Of course, they never, ever acknowledge the reasons WHY we need to talk about Trump. Trump is the first president who refused to concede that he lost an election, and instead of the peaceful transfer of power, he rallied his supporters to stage a coup to try to seize power. That was almost 2 years ago, but now he still insists that he actually won the election, and he shows no remorse for his actions on January 6th. Then later, classified documents which did not belong to him were found at Mar-a-Lago, and he refused to return those documents, so the FBI had to go in and get the documents. These things have NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE with any other former president. Is it really so weird that "the left" would talk about these incidents?? It's not as if people are just sitting around talking about him for no reason. He has done things - and continues to do things - which can't be ignored because they are so egregious. How is it possible that anyone does not understand that?

We don't really have any reason to talk about Obama anymore. We don't really have any reason to talk about Bush anymore. The reason is because Obama and Bush have never broken any laws or threatened our democracy in any way. If either Obama or Bush had done the things Trump did, we WOULD talk about them. If a former US president threatens our democracy, of COURSE it should be talked about. Until Trump is finally held accountable for his actions, I hope everyone continues to talk about those actions.

and RB Said: 

By the way, the person that said that considers themselves to be very Left leaning.

and SE Replied:

You understand the reasons WHY people still talk about Trump, don't you? You understand that we wouldn't talk about him if he would stop with the "stolen election" lies and just fade into the background like every past president has done. Surely you can see the difference?

and RB Replied:

I know why you guys talk about him. The man is a media whore that the Left loves to feed. It doesn't matter if what said is good or bad, he knows that his value just goes up.

You're probably not going to like this either: Mark my words, after all of this Jan 6 stuff is done, Trump will not go to jail. He might loose some money (which has never bothered him because he always comes right back) but everyone around him will go down. Hate him or love him, he's not stupid and has got away with this kind of crap all of his life.

and then SE Said:

You're probably right that "Teflon Don" won't go to jail. But are you saying that you think we should just stop talking about the crazy stuff he does? It's not about some irrational obsession with Trump, it's based on the things he does! If any other past president did the things he has done, the media would talk about them just as much!

and RB Replied:

Like I said, talk good or bad about him, he just gets more recognition, fame and worth. All presidents do crappy things. They're just playing political games. Didn't Obama drone bomb an innocent wedding? And how are they all worth millions after getting paid $450K/year? They're not servants of the people, they serve corporations and special interests.

and AI Said:

The Jan 6th hearings have actually chipped away at his remaining support. It’s true there are still a significant number of people who are either completely out of touch with reality or who thrive in the bigoted atmosphere he allows and so still support him.

But his frauds have been laid bare in NY court and that judgement is likely to severely curtail his usefulness and his pocketbook.

It’s going slowly, true, but it is still going in the right directions. Unfortunately, too much still hinges on the upcoming election and the GOP is sure to pull out every dirty trick they can.

and JA Said:

bringing up an Obama drone strike only highlights one of the most striking differences between Trump and other presidents.

Other presidents have tried to do the right thing, but sometimes get bad intel.

With Trump, though, even when he had good intel, his tendency was to do the wrong thing.

He knew he had lost the election and that the conspiracy theories were false, but he amplified them anyway.

He had guidance that could have helped the country get through the COVID outbreak with less damage and fewer lives lost, but he insisted on resisting science.

Machine Gun Mass Murder in Sacramento. Gang War! Six Dead, 18 Wounded, 100 Bullets Fired. Map with Red Lines Showing Exactly Where the CrazyTown® District Is.

"Machine Gun" Smiley Martin and Brother Dandre Arrested for Mass Murder in Sacramento.

The Reason I'm Concerned by Machine Gun Battles in Sacramento is... I Live Near There. I might actually GO to the DangerZone®... I'll never travel to Russia or Ukraine... or Afghanistan or DirkaDirkaStan... but I Might Go to Downtown Sacramento... If I'm Called to Serve on Jury Duty the Courthouse is down there in CrazyTown® - Really! But Here's a MAP with RED LINES to Show Where the MADNESS LIES! 

Did You Know That Proposition 57 let "Machine Gun" Smiley Martin Out of Prison Early? 

So he could Commit More Violent Crimes! 

He was Incarcerated for Beating his Girlfriend... that's a Felony... but... The Law Says...

Forgive and Forget!

Could it BE 

That Black Lives Don't Actually Matter? 

Not to These Madmen!

The Simple Solution to Our Crime Problem

is to Lock 'em UP and Throw Away the Key.

These Men were able to Commit Mass

Murder ONLY Because they were

Let OUT of Prison... 

We have an Unused Prison in Susanville, CA

that Could Become the Permanent Home

for FREAKS Like This!

California HAS the Money in Our Budget

Surplus to Pay for Room and Board 

FOREVER!

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Outlaw Guns, Collect Guns, Melt Guns... It's Not Complicated... Free Coloring Book Drawing by gvan42... Make as many prints as you like, color with felt pens or pencils... share with friends!

If We Simply Freed all the Cannabis Prisoners we would have Plenty of Room in Prisons to House Real Criminals... The Wife Beaters, The Income Tax Cheats, the Murderers, the People Selling Fentanyl, the People that Planned 1/6...

Just Lock 'em UP!

Instead of reading the "NEWS" this morning I'm Playing with Potatoshop... There is a FREE version of AutoCad online Called PIXLR... Greatly Simplified but FUN to play with! and since AutoCad Ended my Career as a Pencil and Paper Draftsman... They Owe Me Bigtime!

yet another FREE Coloring Book meme by gvan42 - print as many copies as you like, color 'em with felt pens or pencils... FUN for the Whole Family! Unless You are a QuackAnon FREAK!

More Free Coloring Book Art at Google Image Search =  gvan42 Coloring Book  <--- LINK!

I Tried Watching the New "West Side Story" Movie Musical but Turned it off After the First Song. I found that I did not Like Juvenile Delinquents "The Jets" OR "The Sharks" and the Best Solution Would Be to Simply Lock 'em Up and Throw Away the Key... and the Regular People That Lived in That Neighborhood would be Grateful! Not really that interested in Interracial dating either... One Gang had Ancestors from Poland and the Other Gang Came from Puerto Rico... Seems Like people ought to date whoever they want... I certainly experienced a LOT of Inter racial dating when I lived in Washington DC in the 1980s... Not much of a story there... No need for a lot of singing and dancing... Maybe in the 1950s and early 1960s this was a big dead but... I looked at a Calendar and it's 2022... Maybe we should write some NEW STORIES! Maybe He could be a Member of QAnon and She Could be a High School Graduate? How would THOSE two Cultures Mix???

and then on FaceBORG CC Posted:

I'm not anti-God or anti-Spirituality but I AM ANTI-ORGANIZED RELIGION. I don't care which one it is, it's a man-made construct meant to intimidate, manipulate and control using guilt and fear-mongering plain and simple. I was raised in a controlling cult-like (oh it is a cult whether they call it one or not) religion and I'm lucky to have not just gotten out but to have been able to truly deprogram and it took YEARS to really do that. There are no bigger hypocrites on the planet, no more self-righteous people than religious people. I wholeheartedly believe NO CHILDREN should be indoctrinated with ANY organized religion.

and I Replied: I like UUSF... One of the Main Ideas of Unitarians is: You Choose Your Own God or No God at all... and Let's Meet, Do Good...

 https://www.uusf.org/

and CC Said: yes its an interesting organization. Unfortunately earlier on when I was still in the mindset of "i need a religion to feel spiritually connected" i did go to the local one here. Unfortunately back then I was hurting after having suffered a huge trauma of family loss which created severe mental illness at the time (i just snapped basically) and went down a really difficult path. I lost everything (of my own doing no one to blame) so when I wanted to get my life together and live again I went there. Thing is, I got j judged and I do mean judged. .. not by the organization but by the leadership there. Maybe it was just my perception etc but when i looked into the actual organization I think I just have hang ups about hierarchy, people vying for higher up positions even preachers being put on pedestals etc. but yes i hear you and think that's great for you! it does seem like a better option than a lot of others i checked out. 

and I replied: My brother is an active member Since he lives in San Francisco... I watch the Sermons on Occasion BUT... They seem to be way too interested in the troubles of Minority Groups... and Yet almost Everyone in the Congregation is White... I Guess they feel they should help the Minority Groups or something... I don't really know... I found RUNNING AWAY was a Great Solution... I Lived in Chico and Eureka for the Last 25 Years... No Notice of the Troubles of Non-Whites because I Just Change the Channel on the TV...

and In the Faded Memory Department of FaceBORG: I went to ELP and Mahavishnu... Best concert ever... Winterland! There was a big yellow glow in the dark stripe in the center of the dance floor... and Keith Jumped off the Stage and Ran around in that zone Zapping People with a Ribbon Controller that was attached to the MOOG. making that "spaceship taking off" sound... and that was after John McLaughlin Had Turned our Minds to Mush... With that Mahavishnu Orchestra...