Life After Death: 3 Possible Paths - Heaven/Hell, Reincarnation or Nothing Happens at All. - In an Atomic War, I Live Close to Ground Zero... So I'll Already Be Dead before I Know What's Happening...

I figure that I'm in a good situation no matter what happens when I die... Because... according to the Christian Church, if you accept Jesus Christ as your Personal Savior... You go to Heaven... And I did that in 1976... And I really meant it... But I've gone to Church maybe three times in the last 50 years... So I'm what's technically called a "Backsliding" Christian... And that's good enough!

I don't know too much about reincarnation... But I don't recall any action required on my part... I think it just happens and I'll end up being reincarnated as a dog or something... With no memory of My Life as a human... I have heard that if you behave morally during your life you get reincarnated as a higher form of life Next Time Around. And if you do Evil you get reincarnated as a lower form of life. 

I have a feeling that it's a convenient excuse for the rich people in India to explain the reason why their lives are wonderful while the vast majority of the people are starving... "You did evil in a previous life." That's something that no one can ever check to see if it's true... But the people who are suffering can simply stop complaining and "Shut the F*ck Up! You did it to yourself!"

And if you get everything right, you don't get reincarnated at all... you become one with God. And that's only happened once as far as We Know. The Buddha. 

And of course, if nothing at all happens... I won't even know!

I found God on on FarmVille

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If anyone chooses to purchase life insurance on me it certainly won't be me... I'll be dead and I won't care... But maybe members of my family should buy Life Insurance as a bet... I'm guaranteed to die so the only question is will the monthly payments be greater than the total payout? 

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My brother and I filled out an official form explaining how much medical attention I wanted... And what to do with my body after I'm dead... It was notarized... And a copy given to my doctor and my brother... Of course, the real question is what do we do if he dies first... And in that case his daughter takes over the trust fund that pays all my bills... And is in charge of who gets what from my inheritance... But the one thing that is for certain... I don't have to do anything and I don't need to worry about anything because we figured it all out years ago...

I want a reasonable amount of doctor care to prevent my death but not excessive... My family will determine what a reasonable amount is... I want my body cremated and buried under a tree so that my body can feed the tree...

The one thing I'm certain about is: I don't want to spend years in pain... If my body becomes painful I want to be medicated with Morphine or Fentanyl or Oxycontin... Some powerful drug... Maybe start every morning with a cannabis cookie...

A part of my future... is the fact that I built an online business that does not require me to be alive to function... As long as the overall Corporation Called Zazzle is in business they will be mailing my family royalty checks... 
https://www.zazzle.com/store/gregvan

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Brief History of the Vietnam War. 58,000 Americans Died for Nothing... Something They Don't Teach in School Now... "Too Controversial"
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AMERICA'S BOGUS WARS - Since 1945, The US Military Has Never Defended The USA, Not Even Once. Ever since Victory in Japan Day, All of Our Wars have been Marketing to Sell Weapons for the Military Industrial Complex.
Often The USA chooses sides in Someone Else's Civil War, Gets Real Excited about Fighting Communism (or whatEVER) and then We Get Bored,...


Rick Scott: Republican Criminal - He Oversaw the Largest Medicare Fraud in History - Why Isn't He in Prison? DOJ: Do Your Job - OUTLAW CRIME
Source: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2014/mar/03/florida-democratic-party/rick-scott-rick-scott-oversaw-largest-medicare-fra/ In 20...


Artificial intelligence is Not Worth It. Too much Electricity and Water Used... They Want to Reopen Abandoned Nuclear Fission Power Plants! NO NUKES!
How to Turn Off the Google Artificial Intelligence Overview Feature: -ai prevents it from being displayed when using Google Search. MINUS SI...


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I Refuse to Ride in any Robot-Driven Taxi because that's Taking a Job Away from a Human. I use LYFT which Employs Drivers... Actual People...
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Is Trump's Imaginary Staffer that Posted the Racist Obama Video a Totally Fake Person? A Symptom of Trump's Paranoid Schizophrenia?
TRUMP CONFESSES: "@realDonaldTrump" IS NOT REALLY HIM! It's a Mystery Staffer! All Tweets on Tooth SoCal Are Not His Fault! #T...


Trump Should FIRE: RFK Jr, Pete Hegseth, Kash Patel, Lee Zeldin and Steven Miller... and ARREST Rick Scott for Medicare Fraud... NEXT: May 1, 2026 - No School. No Work. No Shopping.
May 1st Worldwide Boycott https://maydaystrong.org/ On May 1, 2026, workers, students, and families rally, march, and take action across the...


Hey MAGA Morons: Trump's High Prices on Jet Fuel Caused Spirit Airlines to Go Out of Business. 17,000 People Lost Their Jobs... And Delta Airlines has decided to stop serving food and drink on flights to save money... How is that Making America Great?
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Tourists! Do Not Visit the USA. It Really Sucks... We ARE a Dangerous Third World Hellhole... Crazy people with Guns running around all over the place... Calling themselves Ice Ice Baby Agents... DANGER - DANGER
In Washington DC the museums have been Whitewashed... They're so Bland that they're not worth visiting... Trump Replaced Dali &...


THANK YOU! to Everyone that Marched! in the Anti-Trump Protests Yesterday in Washington DC... ‘We Have to Stop the Billionaire Takeover’
Thousands march in D.C. against Trump’s law enforcement takeover The “We Are All D.C.” march is one of the first major organized protests si...


VOTE AGAINST ALL REPUBLICANS! They are evil... Always Doing Things to Harm Americans... Hey MAGA Morons! #DumpTrump #RUNAWAY
THANK YOU! Worldwide Boycott: 5-1-2026 NO WORK - NO SCHOOL - NO SHOPPING - MAYDAY! MAYDAY! In America, Anyone can Grow Up to Become King! Bu...


I'm "WOKE" and proud of it! You can be "Woke" too if you just Wake UP... The Secret Trick to Life is to Stop Believing Lies! ----> WAKE UP! <---- You don't have to be a MAGA moron your whole life...
Click Here to buy this "Woke" button! Click Here for the same art on a T-shirt... Both men's or women's LINK to the ...


Pirate Trump Goes Crazy: Starts Wars in Venezuela, Nigeria, & Iran... He Kidnapped President Nicholas Maduro... Plans to steal all the oil... Insanity!
MADMAN! USA Out of Venezuela - Bumper Sticker for Sale Earth button for sale USA out of Venezuela https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c5yqygxe41pt...


Why is The FBI & DOJ Protecting THE ICE KILLERS? New Names, Secret Locations, Vacation With Pay... The Murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good were Both ruled Homicides... Let's Lock Up the Insane Monsters Before They Kill Again!
LET'S ARREST THE ICE KILLERS Danger Danger - Criminals are Posing as ICE Agents - Is that masked man really a federal government agent o...


The White House Will Not be Holding an Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday... Postponed until Monday the 6th... Why??? Instead of Going to Church or Having an Egg Roll Trump WAS PUT in the back of a limo and WAS DRIVEN all over Washington DC... And THAT'S supposed to be Proof of Life???
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REFUSE TO TRAVEL BY JET AIRPLANE! They Cause Climate Change! Remember: Burning gas is killing us... Have a zoom family reunion... Stay at home and visit on the computer...
Not only is travel bad for the health of the planet but, it's Astonishingly Annoying too... Getting stuck in the airport... Traffic jams...


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.
I Was Born in 1954. We lived Near the San Jose Airport until they Started Landing Jet Airplanes and We had to move... We went to Los Gatos ...


What Ever Happened to Trump's Phony Middle Class Tax Cuts? They Expired... But The Super Rich Got to Keep their Tax Cuts! #ArrestTrump #LockHimUp #InvestigateIvankaGate
During Trump's Time the Federal Government Failed to Collect as Much Money as It Spent... Vastly Increasing the Deficit! and then in 202...


Joe Biden is President. No Longer is there a Need to EXORCISE The White House... GOOD TRIUMPHED OVER EVIL... Here is a Post from Long Ago During The Dark Ages...
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Where is the Rainbow Gathering? July 1-7 So far, all we know is Pennsylvania or New York State. Location will be announced about June 15th... Call the phone number... ITS-INFO 530-487-4636... For the best driving directions...
What IS the Rainbow Gathering? To me, it's Woodstock with Amateur Musicians and I'm in the Band! Held at a Different Location in a N...


Amy McGrath for Senate in Kentucky... Beat #MoscowMitch! He is a Corrupt TrumpNik Obeying His Master, Vladimir Putin - Register and Vote! Throw OUT the Corrupt Old White Men. Like and Share Her Website Address Worldwide! Campaign For Amy on Social Media...
https://amymcgrath.com/ https://store.amymcgrath.com/ Amy McGrath, a retired US Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel raised in Kentucky, is ...


RAINBOW GATHERING 2021: Photographs of the Gathering Near Taos, New Mexico...
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Photos of Chico, California... Bidwell Park, Butte Creek Canyon and Big Al's Drive in Restaurant on The Esplanade... and My Memories of Going to College there in 1973... Then I Went Back in the Late 1990s...
Bear Hole in Upper Bidwell Park... Basalt - Lava from Mount Lassen... Click Here to buy this image as a postcard! Greetings from Chico! D...


Help Democrats Win Congress by Sharing Their Campaign Websites on Social Media. Here's a List! Simply Copy and Paste the Link and a Short Description..
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Mariia Butina: Russian Arrested in USA for failure to Register as a Foreign Agent: She Was Accused for Infiltrating NRA and Setting up Secret Back Channel for Financing Republicans. Eventually she was arrested, convicted and served time in US Prison... Then She Was Released, Moved Back to Russia and was Given a Hero's Welcome...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Butina In July 2018, while residing in Washington, D.C., Butina was arrested by the FBI and charged with...

Rick Scott: Republican Criminal - He Oversaw the Largest Medicare Fraud in History - Why Isn't He in Prison? DOJ: Do Your Job - OUTLAW CRIME

Source:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2014/mar/03/florida-democratic-party/rick-scott-rick-scott-oversaw-largest-medicare-fra/


In 2000, Columbia/HCA agreed to more than $840 million in criminal fines and damages over unlawful billing practices, according to a press release from the Department of Justice (DOJ). The company later faced an additional $881 million fine in 2002, bringing its total settlement to $1.7 billion.

"While Rick Scott was CEO of Columbia/HCA Hospital, he oversaw the biggest Medicare fraud in US history and was fined $1.7 billion, which was the largest healthcare fraud fine ever levied by the DOJ," tweeted political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen in response to Scott's post. "Maybe don't listen to this guy when it comes to protecting earned benefits."
Rick Scott is used to being attacked for the historic $1.7 billion Medicare fraud fine slapped on his former hospital company. But in a new twist, he’s trying to turn his weakness into a strength by accusing his opponent of “stealing money from Medicare.”
In a state with one of the nation’s largest populations of seniors, those are fighting words. And they’re also false words...
https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2018/08/30/democrats-medicare-fraud-is-fungus-scott-will-never-get-rid-of-573155

Rick Scott's Connection to Massive Medicare Fraud Scandal Resurfaces... 

https://www.newsweek.com/rick-scotts-connection-massive-medicare-fraud-scandal-resurfaces-1780279

Biden's Economy is GREAT! Good Jobs, High Pay. Stock Market Highest Ever. GDP UP! Remember: Trump Did a Horrible Job as President... Unemployment Went to 14.7% and there were Massive Lines at the FREE FOOD Giveaway Locations. Now, Unemployment is 3.9% and People Can BUY FOOD at the Grocery Store! Thanks, Joe!

SOURCE: https://www.bls.gov/charts/employment-situation/civilian-unemployment-rate.htm






Trumps Top 10 Failures: Like and Share these Facts Worldwide! We Must Beat Trump in 2024... and Exterminate the Republicriminal Party Forever!

#1 Over a Million Americans Died of COVID-19. It was NOT a "Democratic Hoax" Like Trump Said.

#2 Trump Lost The 2020 Election to Joe Biden. That's Why Trump Lives in Mar-A-Loser and Biden Lives in the White House.

#3 Trump Failed to Overthrow the US Government and Crown Himself King on January 6th. Over a Thousand Trumpanzees Have been Arrested... Including Trump Himself!

#4 Trump's Trade War With China. That Harmed American Farmers, Manufacturing Businesses and Consumers. Russia Benefited by Selling Soybeans to China.

#5 Trump Failed to Build the Wall and Have Mexico Pay for it... It's Incomplete and People Simply Walk Around the End...

#6 Trump Failed to Repeal and Replace Obamacare... He Had No Plan "Trumpcare" - He Just wanted to Harm Americans...

#7 Trump Failed to Change the Course of a Hurricane Using a Sharpie Felt Pen... Causing "Sharpiegate" and Many Joke Memes!

#8 Largest Loss of Money on the Stock Market in History.

#9 Massive Unemployment = 14.7%

#10 Huge Lines of Americans Waiting for FREE FOOD because they Could Not Buy Their Own Groceries...

ARE YOU SAFE? Expect Mass Arrests if Trump Elected. Thousands of Democrats, RINOS and "The Deep State" will be Sent to Concentration Camps for BOGUS Criminal Charges. #InvestigateIvankaGate #Jared2Billion #LockHimUp #DumpTrump

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Everyone that isn't a ULTRAMAGA Trumpanzee will be Attacked... Arrest, IRS Audit, FBI Phone Confiscation, Deportation... Not to Forget a Civilian Army of QAnon Freaks Harassing Trump's Supposed Enemies and their Families!


Organizations that are Likely to Be Shut Down: ACLU, Planned Parenthood, League of Women Voters, ALL Non Christian Churches...


Presidential Pardons for ALL January 6th Insurrectionists... and MAGA GAGA GOO GOO Loyalists will have all Crime Declared Legal!
How to Defend Yourself From #TrumpAttack - Delete all of Your History from the Internet...
Ho will the MAGA Madmen Know About You if They Can't Find You By Doing a Google search?
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95589?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop
and...
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/465?sjid=9210125983232259501-NC

FYI:
If Elected, Trump Will Cause Global Economic Collapse. He Plans to Declare Bankruptcy for the Entire USA... So We Won't Have to Pay the Interest on the National Debt. BUT...

Then The Entire World will Go Bankrupt and MASS STARVATION will happen... The Only People that will survive are Hunter/Gatherers and Subsistence Farmers...

"The Debt Ceiling is just one more thing Trump doesn't know very much about." - Said JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon
https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/11/investing/jamie-dimon-trump-banks-debt-ceiling/index.html?utm_source=business_ribbon

Former President Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers to let the United States default on its debt if Democrats don't agree to spending cuts. MAY 10 2023
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/11/trump-endorses-debt-ceiling-default.html

Trump plays down consequences of a US default: 'Could be maybe nothing'
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-plays-down-consequences-us-default-could-be-maybe-nothing-2023-05-11/

Trump is Old and in Bad Health. Will He Survive Until Election Day? The #RUNAWAY Movement is Gaining Momentum as Millions of Republicans Abandon the Party. "Too Much Crime." - "Endless Corruption" - "They REFUSE To Make America Great! What's Up With That???"


Trump's Just a Knock, Knock, Knockin on Hell's Door...


What Did Trump DO to Make Your Life Better? ANYTHING??? ANYTHING AT ALL??? Go Ahead... Name Something He Actually Accomplished... You CAN'T! He's a Total Failure...

Yes, tRUMP Signed the Help Crazy People Buy Guns Law... HJ RES 40... and Yes, He Signed the Tax Cut for the Rich Law... But Did Either of those Actions Make YOUR LIFE BETTER???



Remember: Trump Signed the Help Crazy People Buy Guns Law... HJ RES 40... and now we have a Madman Murder 18 People in Maine... Where the Laws are Tragic... Insane!

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-joint-resolution/40 If a person gets a Social Security Check due to INSANITY They No Longer have to Report That Fact on a Gun Purchase Background Check...


LINK to All My Outlaw Guns Merch at Zazzle Gregvan

POP QUIZ! What Do These People Have in Common??? Jenna Ellis=GUILTY, Sidney Powell=GUILTY, Kenneth Chesbro=GUILTY, Scott Hall=GUILTY, Stewie (shot himself in the eye with his own gun) Rhodes=Guilty, Peter Navarro=Guilty, 4 Proud Boys=Guilty, 23 Oath Keepers=Guilty, Allen Weisselberg=Guilty, Jesse Benton=Guilty, Lev Parnas=Guilty, Igor Fruman=Guilty, Steve Bannon=Guilty, Nikolas Cruz=Guilty, John Lambert=Guilty, Roger Stone=Guilty, Paul Manafort=Guilty, Mike Flynn=Guilty, Michael Cohen=Guilty, Rick Gates=Guilty, George Papadopoulos=Guilty, Alexander Vanderzwaan=Guilty, Duncan Hunter=Guilty, Chris Collins=Guilty and Over 1,000 QAnon Freaks that Have Been Arrested for Storming the US Capitol on January 6th and FAILING to Overthrow The US Government and Crown Trump King...
ANSWER:

They are All TrumpNik® Swamp Creatures... Trumpanzees!

Open Space Wetlands Preserve - The Forest on the Creek in my Backyard. During Wildfire Season this is a Hazard... But it Sure is Popular with the Animals... Coyotes, frogs and a runaway house cat!

 

Official Cal Fire Map of What's Burning Now.

Tonight we had a lot of thunder and lightning. That's really exciting but it's a major cause of wildfires... And that frightens me. 5/26/2026

All those dead branches on the palm trees are super flammable... 

Big Puffy Clouds over the Open Space Wetlands Preserve...

Is it Possible to Use AI to Destroy AI? Choose Wisely: What We Do Today Causes the Future...

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2026/05/choose-wisely-futureworld.html

LINK: Climate Change and Wildfires... 

Cause and Effect???

Corporations are planning on reopening Abandoned Atomic Power Plants in order to run the Massive Data Centers used by AI... Creating Even More Atomic Waste that our Children will have to deal with...

ENCYCLICAL LETTER

MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS

OF HIS HOLINESSPOPE LEO XIV

ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON

IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Solar panels covering parking lots for cars... 

They could power charging stations for electric cars. 

Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has launched a public reporting platform focused on the impact of AI data centers, arguing that rapid expansion by major tech companies is placing growing pressure on local communities and natural resources. The website encourages residents to report concerns including noise pollution, rising utility costs, energy demand, and water consumption linked to nearby facilities.
The debate over data centers has intensified nationwide as more communities push back against large AI infrastructure projects. Recent polling from Gallup found that roughly seven in ten Americans oppose having AI data centers built near where they live, with many respondents citing concerns about water use, electricity demand, environmental impact, and rising utility bills. Brockovich has argued that greater transparency and stronger environmental oversight are needed as the industry continues to grow.
Source: Jones, J. M. (2026). Americans Oppose AI Data Centers in Their Area. Gallup.
Source: Craig, T. (2026). 7 in 10 Americans oppose data centers being built in their communities. The Washington Post.
Source: Chalfant, M. (2026). Data centers are wildly unpopular, poll shows. Semafor.
#EnvironmentalActivism #ErinBrockovich #AIDataCenters #fblifestyle

Erin Brockovich is taking aim at the AI industry, warning that Big Tech’s rapid data center expansion could become the next major environmental fight for American communities.

She recently launched a public reporting map at brockovichdatacenter, and within a week, more than 1,600 residents had submitted concerns about noise, rising utility bills, and pressure on local water supplies. To Brockovich, the pattern looks familiar: corporations promise jobs and tax revenue, local officials move projects forward with limited environmental review, and residents are left to live with the consequences.

The water issue is especially alarming to critics. Data centers can require large amounts of water to cool their systems, and some are being built near or above important aquifers. Brockovich has argued that wasting heat means wasting water, and that communities cannot afford either. She says technology already exists to capture and reuse waste heat, but companies are not being required to use it.

A recent Gallup poll reportedly found that 7 in 10 Americans oppose data centers being built in their communities, with some saying they would rather live near a nuclear plant than a massive data facility.

Brockovich’s message is direct: if Big Tech is going to use public resources, residents deserve full transparency about how much water and power these facilities consume. For her, the issue is not just about AI growth. It is about accountability, public trust, and whether communities get a real say before their resources are reshaped by corporate expansion.

California has a water problem. It also has a power grid problem. For years, the state watched billions of gallons of precious water evaporate directly into the sky from 4,000 miles of exposed canals baking in the sun. Then someone realized the empty space above the water was actually the solution. California is now covering its canal system with solar panels. The state didn't need to buy a single acre of new land. They didn't have to clear any natural habitats. They simply looked at existing infrastructure and made it do two jobs at once. The panels generate clean electricity for a stressed grid, and the shade they cast stops the water loss.

In early April 2026, residents of Trinidad, Texas started noticing something wrong with their tap water.

It was coming out brown. Murky. Leaving dark residue in sinks and bathtubs. People in local Facebook groups started comparing notes. Some said they had been getting sick. Some said they couldn't cook with it, couldn't bathe in it, couldn't do laundry.

Jennifer Combs decided someone needed to say something publicly.
She posted on her Facebook page, Southern Belle Watch, warning residents that the city's water appeared contaminated and that people had been hospitalized due to bacteria in the supply. She urged anyone experiencing symptoms or discolored water to come forward.

Trinidad Police Department responded on April 6th with their own Facebook post, calling her claims false information that was creating fear and panic in the community. Police Chief Charles Gregory said her hospitalization claims were simply false and had only caused unnecessary confusion.

On May 8th, Jennifer Combs was arrested and charged with felony false alarm or report.

She spent the night in jail. She had never had so much as a speeding ticket before.

Two weeks after her arrest, the City of Trinidad issued an emergency boil water notice.

The mayor confirmed to reporters that the city's water pipes date back to the 1950s. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality confirmed it had received a complaint and that an investigation was ongoing.

Combs has filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Trinidad, the police chief, and several other officials, alleging her arrest was an act of deliberate political retaliation.

Her attorney's statement to the court read: "The City of Trinidad has become a cautionary tale of what happens when unchecked ego masquerades as governance."

The felony charge is still pending.