The Madaket Ferry crossing Humboldt Bay - It used to take Workers to the Lumber Mill - Now it's a Tourist Ride.

Madaket Ferry and WW2 Boat
Mural in Blue Lake - On Highway 299 going to Redding
Hobbiton Roadside Attraction on the Avenue of the Giants - Highway 101
Pacific Lumber Train in Scotia
Used to haul Redwood Logs to the Lumber Mill

Parking on the Eel River Sandbar for a Marathon Race
26 Miles but extremely flat - It's all along the River

Mastodon

Cats in Humboldt County - Some Real, Some Fantasy - Quest Trail in the Headwaters Forest Park

Our Cat Meadow on a Cloudy Day
Mom's Car out the Window - Plymouth Valiant
Mural in Eureka on the Fin and Feather Pet Store
Jack Noonan collecting signatures on petitions in front of the Library
Talking to a Reporter from the Newspaper
Carson Mansion in the Background
Start of the Trail in the Headwaters Forest
The Path Forward
Banana Slug near the creek

Chainsawed Bears in Humboldt County... In a grocery store on Highway 36 along the Van Duzen River. On the Avenue of the Giants, Highway 101

Benefit for the Fortuna High School Track Team - Raffle
Bear in the same grocery store... 
Traveling North on Highway 101 from San Francisco, Take a right Hand Turn on Highway 36... This rarely used road runs from The Coastal Region over The Mountains to Red Bluff in the Central Valley.

On the Avenue of the Giants Highway 101 Near Eureka
The Elfin Glen Gift Shop on Highway 101

Great TV Documentary: Climbing Half Dome in Yosemite with Huell Howser. They Took a Movie Camera to the top...

https://www.kcet.org/shows/californias-gold-with-huell-howser/episodes/half-dome

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1519492/

This episode is so remarkable that there is no pirated free copy of it... That I Can find...

So... Go ahead, pay for viewing it...

OR GO CLIMB A ROCK... YOURSELF...

VISIT Yosemite in person... https://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm

Video: "Let's Work Together" by Canned Heat sung by Greg Vanderlaan - A Classic 60s Anthem

https://youtu.be/qbPME-i8S4g

a Tribute to Bob Hite... aka "The Bear"

"Together we'll stand, Divided we'll fall.
Come on now people. Let's get on the ball.
And work together.
Come on, come on
Let's work together.

Because together we will stand
Every boy, girl, woman and man."

Complete Rainbow in Eureka, California


Great Book: "Turning Pages: My Life Story" by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor - It's a Good Idea to Read Books.

https://www.amazon.com/Turning-Pages-My-Life-Story/dp/0525514082

https://www.c-span.org/person/?soniasotomayor

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor tells her own story for young readers for the very first time!

As the first Latina Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor has inspired young people around the world to reach for their dreams. But what inspired her? For young Sonia, the answer was books! They were her mirrors, her maps, her friends, and her teachers. They helped her to connect with her family in New York and in Puerto Rico, to deal with her diabetes diagnosis, to cope with her father's death, to uncover the secrets of the world, and to dream of a future for herself in which anything was possible.

In Turning Pages, Justice Sotomayor shares that love of books with a new generation of readers, and inspires them to read and puzzle and dream for themselves. Accompanied by Lulu Delacre's vibrant art, this story of the Justice's life shows readers that the world is full of promise and possibility--all they need to do is turn the page.






Video: "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash. Sung by Greg Vanderlaan with Acoustic Guitar

https://youtu.be/nJGCVSYvwUI 
Classic American Country Song. Johnny performed for the Prisoners. He never was an Inmate. However, he understood them. 

Statue in Folsom, California



Who is Gary Orr? A Priest that Taught at Georgetown Prep. High School... Plead Guilty to Molesting a Student - Registered Sex Offender.

Maybe Georgetown Prep wasn't such a great school after all...

http://www.bishopaccountability.org/assign/Orr_Garrett_D_sj_.htm
Assignment Record – Rev. Garrett "Gary" D. Orr, s.j.

Summary of Case: Orr was accused in the fall of 2003 of having molested one of his Georgetown Preparatory students in 2002. The school didn't report the accusation to the police until May 2004. He was not charged at the time. Although "suspended", Orr was allowed involvement in Campus Ministry and to direct a musical production at Loyola College in Maryland. A Jesuit review board deemed the accusation to be "substantially true" in 2006. Another man reported to the police in 2010 that Orr sexually abused him when he was a Georgetown Prep student in 1989. Police investigated, reopened the previous case, and arrested Orr in January 2011 on charges of sexually abusing the two students. Orr pleaded guilty and was sentenced in November 2011 to five years' probation. He was also ordered to register as a sex offender.

https://www.democraticunderground.org/100211155631

Kavanaugh pal Mark Judge verbally defended a priest at Georgetown Prep...

Judge has since come to Kavanaugh’s defense with emphatic declarations about their lives at Georgetown Prep. But one fellow classmate is calling Judge out for his history of victim-shaming.

According to a Facebook post by Eric Ruyak, Judge went on the attack after Ruyak alleged a priest from Georgetown Prep molested him.

“For those of you who don’t know, I went to Georgetown Prep, where both Kavanaugh and Gorsuch went as well,” wrote Ruyak. “When I came forward with allegations regarding Gary Orr, a former priest, sexually assaulting me…Mark Judge (Kavanaugh’s friend in this who despicable story of sexual assault) reached out to alums saying that Gary Orr was a great priest and that I had obviously been corrupted by liberalism into a homosexual and therefore was most definitely lying.”

Years later, Orr admitted to raping many children and Georgetown Prep confessed to the incident in a letter to parents and students.

Lyrics to "The Balance" by The Moody Blues... Meaningful and as True Today as It Was Then... Graeme Edge and Ray Thomas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlFYWRajMKY

After he had journeyed,
And his feet were sore,
And he was tired,
He came upon an orange grove
And he rested.
And he lay in the cool,
And while he rested,
He took to himself an orange
And tasted it,
And it was good.

And he felt the earth to his spine,
And he asked,
And he saw the tree above him,
And the stars,
And the veins in the leaf,
And the light,
And the balance.
And he saw magnificent perfection,
Whereon he thought of himself in balance,
And he knew he was.

Just open your eyes, and realize,
The way it's always been.
Just open your mind and you will find
The way it's always been.
Just open your heart and that's a start

And he thought of those he angered,
For he was not a violent man,
And he thought of those he hurt
For he was not a cruel man
And he thought of those he frightened
For he was not a evil man,

And he understood.
He understood himself.
Upon this
He saw that when he was of anger
Or knew hurt
Or felt fear,
It was because he was not understanding.

And he learned, compassion.
And with his eye of compassion
He saw his enemies
Like unto himself,
And he learned love.
Then, he was answered.

Just open your eyes, and realize,
The way it's always been.
Just open your mind and you will find
The way it's always been.
Just open your heart and that's a start
Just open your eyes, and realize,
The way it's always been.
Just open your mind and you will find
The way it's always been.
Just open your heart and that's a start
Songwriters: Graeme Edge / Ray Thomas

Kavanaugh Rage helps the Democrats Win House and Senate in 2018 Election. Millions of voters MOTIVATED to Vote Against Republicans in ALL States.

I Believe Dr Ford... and I Vote. 

Why not Subpoena Mark Judge? Brett Kavanaugh's Friend and Author of "Wasted: Tales of a GenX Drunk" What are Republicans AFRAID OF?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1568381425 There is a Character in this "Supposedly Fictional" Account named  "Bart O'Kavanaugh"...  

https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/09/17/mark-judge-michael-judge-brett-kavanaugh-memoir/ 

As Stephanie Mencimer reported in Mother Jones, Judge’s 1997 memoir of his time at Georgetown Prep describes heavy drinking, at times to the point of blacking out. (It also features a cameo by a “Bart O’Kavanaugh,” who “puked in someone’s car the other night” and “passed out on his way back from a party.”)

Mark Judge and Brett Kavanaugh - "Wasted: Tales of a GenX Drunk"

The ERA of The Old White Man in Congress is ending... Soon to be OUT of the US Senate and the US House and the Presidency... Retire and Go Fishing.

They have destroyed the Republican Party with their Nominee for Supreme Court Brett Kavanaugh. The Voters simply think he is lying... The Old White Men in Congress have tied their future to a Dead Weight.

Voters Say: BE A HERO. Vote Against Kavanaugh

Interesting Biography: Bill Wilson - Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous - Movie about his life and the 12 Step Program he and Dr Bob Smith started.

He wrote the Book "Alcoholics Anonymous" and helped millions of people stop drinking... He came up with the fundamental idea during a hospital stay when he was taking "The Cure" - a five day doctor supervised Belladonna/Henbane experience. BOTH of those drugs are known Psychedelics.

He had a "Spiritual Experience" that helped him stop drinking...

He worked as a Stockbroker during the 1920s and then Lost All his money during the 1929 Crash.

In the 1950's he was very enthusiastic about LSD as a way for people to have a "Spiritual Experience" like he did... He quit using LSD when the US Government made it illegal.

He decided that Since the 12 step program was working fine without modification since the 1930's there was no need to change it in the 1950s... "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

By the year 2000, Everything that was not Alcohol Related was an "Outside Issue"... Tradition 10.

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5846686/
Bill W.: The Creative Force Behind Alcoholics Anonymous. A PBS Documentary
Interview's, re-creations and rare archival material tell the story of Bill Wilson, who battled his way to sobriety and helped others beat their addictions through co-founding Alcoholics Anonymous. A PBS documentary.
https://www.pbs.org/show/bill-w-creative-force-behind-alcoholics-anonymous/

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholics_Anonymous
Wilson admitted himself to the Charles B. Towns Hospital after drinking four beers on the way—the last alcohol he ever drank. Under the care of William Duncan Silkworth (an early benefactor of AA), Wilson's detox included the deliriant belladonna.[16] At the hospital a despairing Wilson experienced a bright flash of light, which he felt to be God revealing himself...

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/aug/23/lsd-help-alcoholics-theory
Headline: LSD could help alcoholics stop drinking, AA founder believed.
Author reveals Bill Wilson's acid theory, but his experiments upset other Alcoholics Anonymous members...

Will Brett Kavanaugh be Drinking ON THE JOB during Supreme Court Sessions? Can he decide cases accurately while drunk?

Inquiring minds want to know... 

EPA plans to close office of Science Advisor. Children's Health Protection Chief put on administrative leave...

Environmental Protection Agency is switching mission to Enable Polluter Agency.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-27/trump-s-epa-weighs-merger-that-could-quell-voice-of-scientists

Critics say the move could diminish the role and stature of scientists at the EPA, muffling their voice in the agency’s regulatory decision making. The shift, which was described to EPA staff in a meeting Wednesday, follows other moves under President Donald Trump to alter the status of agency scientists and their outside advisers.

It also comes one day after the EPA put its children’s health chief on administrative leave. Ruth Etzel, head of the EPA’s Office of Children’s Health Protection, told colleagues that her removal wasn’t for disciplinary reasons, Bloomberg Environment reported Wednesday.

https://www.ecowatch.com/epa-demotion-for-top-scientist-2608561616.html

EPA Shakeup Risks Sidelining Science, Environmentalists Say. 

I especially like visiting the Redwood Forests of Northern California. The Movie "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi" was filmed near Crescent City.

The Ewok Villages and the Forest Moon of Endor. The flying motorcycle scenes were filmed by having the Stedicam Inventor, Garrett Brown walk thru the woods following the path they travel... and then Industrial Light and Magic bluescreened in the Actors and Flying Motorcycles...

On Highway 101 traveling North from Eureka, just past Trinidad, there is a rest stop with a paved footpath that looks just like the movie... A little imagination and you can hear the little teddy bear people singing and playing the drums...

http://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/02/forestwalk-in-trinidad-ca-near-ewok.html
Here is a link to many photographs I took... of that Beautiful Forest.




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


Forestwalk in Trinidad, CA - Near the Ewok Village filming location - Photographs of the Mighty Redwoods - as if you went there...
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/02/forestwalk-in-trinidad-ca-near-ewok.html



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Directed by his son Adam Nimoy. An intimate portrait of Father and Son... Made me think about my own Father...

A look behind the scenes at who was Leonard Nimoy and why Star Trek was important. Also a look into the vast quantity of other work he did... Broadway Musicals, Records, TV Shows, Movies, Photography and being a Father to his Son and Daughter.

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

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

One thing about Star Trek was that Many Different Races worked together to build a better future... That's a worthy goal today...

Leonard Nimoy acted as an advocate and activist for COPD, frequently posting on social media to educate his followers about COPD and the dangers of smoking. Tobacco killed him in 2015.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Nimoy_Presents_Mr._Spock%27s_Music_from_Outer_Space
Mr Spock's Music from Outer Space... one of Five Records he made...


Kavanaugh CAUGHT Lying about his Drinking on Fox News TV Show. Legal Drinking Age was 21 when he was a Senior at Georgetown Prep NOT 18 as he said.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/9/25/1798530/-In-Fox-interview-to-clear-his-name-Kavanaugh-lied-again

At those Senior Parties all the students were breaking the Law... Alcoholics Often Lie about their drinking... Brett didn't think anyone would NOTICE him lying or CHECK the facts...

In a wildly inappropriate and unprecedented move engineered by the White House, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh got a national hearing in front of the friendliest possible audience, Fox TV. But even in that set-up, where he was given every opportunity to demonstrate his good character and his fitness to serve, he lied. At least one very demonstrable time.

Asked about whether he ever drank at parties in high school, he said first, "When I was in high school […] I was focused on academics and athletics, going to church every Sunday at Little Flower, working on my service projects, and friendship, friendship with my fellow classmates and friendship with girls from the local all-girls Catholic schools." Getting that boy scout image thing down as his talking points told him to.

Then he said "And yes, there were parties. And the drinking age was 18, and yes, the seniors were legal and had beer there. And yes, people might have had too many beers on occasion and people generally in high school – I think all of us have probably done things we look back on in high school and regret or cringe a bit, but that’s not what we’re talking about." False statement... LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE!

The Whole World Laughs at Trump at United Nations Speech... What a Pathetic Loser...

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-united-nations_us_5baa4bbbe4b07dc0b87e2335
Headline: Donald Trump’s Boastful Comments Draw Laughter At United Nations General Assembly.

After missing his initial time slot at the annual New York City summit of world leaders due to tardiness, Trump kicked off his morning speech by patting himself on the back for what he considers a job well done.

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https://www.gq.com/story/united-nations-trump-laughed-at

Why were there NO Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Justice Neil Gorsuch during his confirmation hearing? It could be that Neil was Morally FIT to serve on the Supreme Court.

Trump and The Republicans forget history of less than a year ago... They Try to blame Democrats... or The Newspapers... or Michael Avenatti... or anyone but Brett [I didn't do it] Kavanaugh...

https://thinkprogress.org/the-neil-gorsuch-did-not-help-brett-kavanaugh-d47236011bb9/
Headline: The subtle way Neil Gorsuch stabbed Brett Kavanaugh in the back.
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https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/yale-students-protest-kavanaughs_us_5ba8fa09e4b0375f8f9f1e18
Headline: Hundreds Of Yale Students Protest Kavanaugh, Demand Investigation.
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Kavanaugh's Roommate at College says Brett was ‘Aggressive And Belligerent’ When Drunk... Is Brett a "Blackout Alcoholic" with no memory of what he did?

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kavanaugh-yale-roommate-drunk_us_5baa0c62e4b0375f8fa04108

Kavanaugh Was ‘Aggressive And Belligerent’ When Drunk, His Yale Roommate Says
James Roche said he was good friends with Deborah Ramirez, who accuses Kavanaugh of sexual assault, and she was “unusually honest and straightforward.”

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Some people have no memory at all of what they do under the influence of alcohol... sometimes waking up in a different state with no idea how they got there... or why they have injuries... or why they are in jail... Is Brett one of those? Is that why he denies all these allegations? Because he was having an OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE?

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"Animal House" is a funny movie but NOT SO FUNNY in real life... "Fat, Drunk and Stupid is no way to go thru Life."




Brett Kavanaugh says he was a Virgin for many years after High School. Was he too WEIRD to get Laid? Obviously, Women STILL Don't Like Him...

Polls say Vast Majority of Women do not want Brett on Supreme court...and vast Majority of ALL AMERICANS don't want him...

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/brett-kavanaugh-virgin-high-school_us_5ba96904e4b0375f8f9fcf9a

He said on Fox News at least NINE TIMES "I have never sexually assaulted anyone.”
Why would he repeat himself NINE TIMES? Was he Trying to Convince Himself his Lies were True?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/09/21/poll-brett-kavanaugh-unprecedented-opposition-amid-christine-blasey-ford-assault-claim/1374835002/
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The Obvious FLAW with an All Boys High School is... The Boys Don't Learn How to Live With Women... Did Brett Kavanaugh Participate in Gang Rape of a Drunk Woman?

"This is not normal male behavior," Johnson said. "It's not normal drunken male behavior."

Georgetown Prep High School graduates WEIRDOS because it is boys only...

I went to Public High School and Enjoyed Meeting Girls my Own Age. It was fun... I Enjoyed Their Company...

Never in my school did anyone get a girl drunk and then have many boys have sex with her body while her mind was gone... That Behavior is OBVIOUSLY WRONG... I never even heard rumors of such behavior...

That seems absurd that Brett Kavanaugh lived in a Society where such behavior was acceptable...
Does he want his own daughters treated that way?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/09/25/kavanaugh-allegations-sex-assault-isnt-common-high-school-behavior/1408911002/

The sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh don’t reflect typical high school boy behavior, hormones or “horseplay,” as some have claimed.

Among those blaming gender, age and hormones is former Florida Republican congressional candidate Gina Sosa, who said last week in a CNN interview: "We’re talking about a 17-year-old boy in high school with testosterone running high. Tell me what boy hasn’t done this in high school, please. I would like to know." Sosa recently placed last in the Florida GOP primary for the 27th congressional district.

Did Kavanaugh Participate in Gang Rape or did he Just Watch?

Whatever happened to AIDS? It has faded from Newspapers and TV but people still get this disease... Mostly in Africa and Asia...

https://www.webmd.com/hiv-aids/news/20021127/whatever-happened-to-aids#1

Note the Date of Publication of this article - Nov. 27, 2002
Headline: "Whatever happened to AIDS? It flashes across front pages and television screens every Dec. 1 on World AIDS Day -- but more and more, we in the U.S. tend to forget about it."

AIDS fundraising events report record low donations. U.S. AIDS prevention efforts are mired in debates over sexual ethics. Services that provide lifesaving medicines in the U.S. and abroad are running out of cash. Once considered a crisis, AIDS simply doesn't seem to be a priority any more.

Because it's mostly a problem in Africa and Asia... and it's the type of Crisis that is easy to Ignore.

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I have a friend that organizes fundraisers for Orphans in Africa. AIDS has killed of many adults and their children have no living parents to raise them... BIG Problem because in some countries a quarter of the adults have AIDS.

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United Nations AIDS Fact-sheet:
http://www.unaids.org/en/resources/fact-sheet

36 Million people worldwide have HIV/AIDS - 6% in Europe and North America
The Vast Majority are in Africa and Asia...
https://www.hiv.gov/hiv-basics/overview/data-and-trends/global-statistics#gref

Where HIV/AIDS Happens Globally



American History: The Chinese Exclusion Act Successfully kept Chinese People OUT of the USA.

The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese. The Law remained in effect until 1952.

The first significant Chinese immigration to North America began with the California Gold Rush of 1848–1855 and it continued with subsequent large labor projects, such as the building of the First Transcontinental Railroad.

After the Railroad Construction was Done the need for Chinamen vanished and Laws preventing them from immigrating were passed. Many People who were here were violently encouraged to Go Back to China.

Imagine what a different world we would live in if 100 million Chinese lived in the USA... or even 10 million...
https://www.rewire.org/our-future/chinese-exclusion-act/


American History: WW2 and Japanese Internment Camps. They Were Successful in Preventing Sabotage and Espionage.

People often say that rounding up American Citizens who were of Japanese Descent and putting them all in jail WAS A BAD IDEA.

We certainly cannot know if Japanese People who were US Citizens would have actually committed Sabotage or Helped the Country of Japan Win World War Two but JUST TO BE SAFE the US Government rounded them up and jailed them in Prison Camps in California... 117,000 People...

We won the War and released the Prisoners...

We did NOT imprison people of German Descent... That might have been a good idea...

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

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation

"Japanese internment camps were established during World War II by President Franklin Roosevelt through his Executive Order 9066. From 1942 to 1945, it was the policy of the U.S. government that people of Japanese descent would be interred in isolated camps. Enacted in reaction to Pearl Harbor and the ensuing war, the Japanese internment camps are now considered one of the most atrocious violations of American civil rights in the 20th century."

That's the Official History... on History Dot Com... BUT, ARE THEY RIGHT?

"Canada soon followed suit, relocating 21,000 of its Japanese residents from its west coast. Mexico enacted its own version, and eventually 2,264 more people of Japanese descent were removed from Peru, Brazil, Chile and Argentina to the United States."

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Some People say that the Atomic Bombing of JAPAN was a bad idea... 
Really, I'm not making this up. 

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an interesting Science Fiction Book explores the theme of What IF Japan had won the war... 

At significant branches in the story, the main character Throws the I Ching in order to decide what to do... Philip Dick actually Threw the I Ching himself to assist him in plot decisions... Depending on fate, it might have been a completely different book... 

Is Trump's travel ban actually working? Is it preventing Muslims from entering the USA?

The answer is YES... Those people over there can't come in...

I do not see any benefit to the USA to allow Muslims in... They can keep their Beliefs OVER THERE... Why don't they simply BUILD an Islamic Paradise? Why do they want to #RunAway ???


https://www.vox.com/2018/7/29/17625194/travel-muslim-ban-lawsuit-waiver-how
The only people granted EXCEPTIONS are people who have Relatives Already in the USA.
and the Exceptions are very few...

https://www.wired.com/story/upholding-trump-travel-ban-supreme-court-harms-scientists/
Headline: "IN UPHOLDING TRUMP'S TRAVEL BAN, THE SUPREME COURT HARMS SCIENTISTS"

Difficult to believe the headline of this article... are there Muslim Scientists? Really?

Yes, there is at least one (HANI GOODARZI) and he wants other Iranians to Come to the USA instead of DOING GREAT WORK IN IRAN... They could cure cancer in Iran but for some unknown reason they want to live in San Francisco...

Goodarzi saw this coming. His wife, also Iranian, is a lawyer and had warned of the likelihood of this outcome. But even that knowledge couldn’t keep him from feeling devastated. His parents and in-laws were hoping to relocate here from Iran to be closer to family. Those hopes are now dashed.
UNLESS THEY ALL GO LIVE IN IRAN... I hear it's wonderful... Hasta La Vista, Baby!

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The Supreme Court voted to uphold the president’s September 2017 proclamation restricting travel into the US for nationals from several countries, most of them predominantly Muslim: Iran, Yemen, Libya, Somalia, Syria, North Korea, and Venezuela. 
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Learn All About the Lockheed Martin Bomb used to Murder Children in Yemen. Link to LM Web Page Advertisement with Photo Gallery... No Pictures of Dead People...

https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/dual-mode-laser-guided-bomb.html

Dual Mode Laser Guided Bomb (DMLGB)
Bomb Made by Laugh Head used to Murder Children
Instead of designing Spaceships to Fly us to the Moon, Mars and beyond... Lockheed is enabling Saudi Arabian Murderers... 

https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/contact.html

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: Corporate Profits are More Important than Children's Lives in Yemen. We will keep on selling BOMBS to Saudi Arabia.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/09/20/us-bombs-killing-kids-yemen-sanders-tells-pompeo-human-lives-worth-far-more-defense

American-made bombs are being used to massacre large numbers of civilians in Yemen, and new reporting shows that the Trump administration is allowing this carnage to continue and escalate in order to protect the profits of defense contractors.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/09/12/outrageous-fury-pompeo-puts-us-rubber-stamp-approval-saudi-slaughter-civilians-yemen 
"Pompeo overruled concerns from most of the State Department specialists involved in the debate who were worried about the rising civilian death toll in Yemen," the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a classified State Department memo. "He sided with his legislative affairs team after they argued that suspending support could undercut plans to sell more than 120,000 precision-guided missiles to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)."

Interesting Travel TV Show: Rick Steves Europe: Iran, Yesterday and Today. He visits Pretty Mosques and Interviews People on the Street... They Seem Friendly...

https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/video/tv-show/tv-specials/iran/iran-pledge-special
This Show made me realize that the US Government Propaganda is NOT Showing an Accurate View of Iranian People... I QUESTION WHY our Government is So Filled With Hate?

I Realize that our Puppet Dictator, The Shaw, was overthrown in a Revolution by People from the Church and our Government Lost Power... BUT... Isn't That Their Own Business and None of Ours?

https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/video/tv-show
He also visits ALL the countries of Europe... With locals showing the interesting places. 

I had a great teacher at Humboldt State University. Merle Wayne Knight taught Graphic Design, Computer Art... He passed away from Pneumonia.

Merle said that we ought to learn how to draw with pens and pencils first, then scan those drawings into the computer. That way our art would look Unique. People who only use the computer all look the same, boring and unsellable as graphic artists for customers.

Why would they Hire YOU as an Consultant Artist when they could simply get someone inside their own corporation to do a "good enough" job?

The Excuse "But Mommy, Everybody's Doing It." is not valid. Attempted Rape is Wrong. Republicans are confused when it comes to MORALITY.

https://www.newsweek.com/gop-woman-kavanaugh-assault-claims-what-boy-hasnt-done-high-school-1134736

REPUBLICAN WOMEN ON KAVANAUGH ASSAULT CLAIMS: 'WHAT BOY HASN'T DONE THIS IN HIGH SCHOOL?'

It would be wonderful if Republicans HAD PAID ATTENTION during Sunday School... Many Christian Churches Teach the Difference between Right and Wrong... Good and Evil... Moral Choices seem OBVIOUS to me but... many REPUBLICANS can't tell the difference.

Contact Your Senator and tell them to VOTE NO on Kavanaugh...
Phone Number: 1-202-224-3121.

Online Comment Forms... 

Millions of Women Flee the Republican Party because of Brett Kavanaugh and his Alleged Attempted Rape... They Just Won't Take It Anymore.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/09/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-hearing/570625/ The GOP Response to the Kavanaugh Allegations Sends an Unmistakable Message to Women. Weeks away from the midterms, Republicans are confronted with a widening gender gap.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqmC1T9rukk 
Link to The Who singing "We're Not Gonna Take IT" from Rock Opera "Tommy"

"See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me... "

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/candidate-gina-sosa-on-kavanaugh-what-boy-hasnt-done-this_us_5ba6d044e4b0375f8f9d9c0b  Former Florida House Candidate, Gina Sosa, On Kavanaugh Accusation: ‘What Boy Hasn’t Done This?’ - Actually, Millions of Boys did not attempt Rape in High school - Gina Just associated with the wrong crowd... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHhrZgojY1Q
Link to The Who singing "Won't Get Fooled Again!"

Why are Republicans on TV So Angry All The Time? Is that a Marketing Strategy to Attract Viewers? OHH, Let's Look at the Screaming Head!

Have you ever seen Hannity? Or Tucker? Or Jeanine Pirro? They point fingers and state falsehoods... and attract viewers that crave the fear they sell...  I usually keep the sound OFF while channel surfing and it's kinda sad to watch them rant and rave. I guess they are upset because their whole world is crumbling and they can't do anything about it...

Tucker the Sucker



I saw the "Values Voter Summit" on CSPAN and it was an endless stream of former important people making angry speeches... There was a moment of "OH, There's That GUY!" and then they would display the person's name... and I experienced the Memory Wave of Forgotten Pundits... They really dug up some zombies... Do you remember Michele Bachmann? Well, she is not dead, just ignored... and a Speaker at the "Values Voter Summit" a collection of people telling you what to do. 





Republicans Like to Tell People What To Do... and most people do not want to BE TOLD What To Do... We Would Rather Think For Ourselves and Question Authority.



Behind our house in Eureka, California is a Redwood Forest that stretches for miles. I like to smoke tobacco in this outdoors room with comfy chair.

I'm not allowed to smoke inside the house so we set up an area just for me... It takes a long time for the rain to fall all the way to the forest floor so my chair is mostly dry. The trees are very tall even though they are "Second Growth" Redwoods. Our forest was logged sometime about 1860...

In the early morning, the sun shines through the trees and rays of light form shafts... When I exhale, clouds of steam float into the air and I can see rainbows... My exhaled breath has water and the edges of the clouds are pretty.

Read More of my Autobiography at:
http://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/03/growing-up-in-los-gatos-california-in.html

Photoshop Tutorial: Create a Rainbow Heart... or ANY Heart... Using Transform and Polar Coordinates Distort


How to create a Rainbow Colored Heart Shape.



Create two Layers. a Nature Scene as background...
The other a Gradient Fill...
Select Gradient TOOL,
Place mouse in the lower left corner of the image and
click and hold... then drag to upper right hand corner. release.


Select Edit; Transform; Perspective and click.


Click and Hold Bottom left corner and
drag it to the center of the image. release.
Click on the Check Mark at the top, center of the screen.


Select Filter; Distort; Polar Coordinates; click
Click on OK when the popup asks if you want rectangular.
Move heart to a pleasant location...

Of Course, the layer you do the "Heartification" to may be any rectangular image.
Portraits of people end up looking oddly distorted... Abstract Art is often wonderful...
The heart shape can be enhanced with a layer style... bevel and emboss and outer glow...

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A variation on the Theme:



Using Edit; Transform; Perspective...
Drag the lower left corner all the way to the lower right...
Creating a double Pyramid Layer.





Then Filter; Distort; Polar Coordinates;
click OK on the popup... Rectangular.

This leads to experimentation on the subject:
"What happens when I use Perspective Transform
moving the lower Left UP to the center of the SIDE?

and...

What happens with Polar Distort from
Circular to rectangular?

More Art at:
http://www.zazzle.com/gregvan/heart+gifts


While the USA Exploded over 100 Atom Bombs in Nevada, we were not actually AT WAR with Nevada. Zero Godzilla type creatures evolved.

I was watching the science fiction movie THEM! where Giant Ants terrorized the Southwest USA... When I realized that the actual effect of Radioactive Fallout is Death, not Giant Monsters... That was a common plot in movies of the 1950s. That was the origin story of Godzilla, Mothra and many other characters in Japanese Monster Flicks... and THEM!

THEM! Giant Ants Caused by Atomic Radiation

In Reality, radiation caused increased death by cancer in Utah and the states downwind from the Nevada Test Site. About HALF of the USA was Downwind and Most of the North West and North East States were NUKED. Actor John Wayne died of Atomic Bomb caused Cancer... He made many "Western" movies in polluted areas...

The USA exploded TWO (2) Atom Bombs in Japan during WW2. I believe that dropping atom bombs in Japan during WW2 Caused the Japanese to Surrender, ending the war.

AND it changed that attitude of the Japanese Government and the People as well. BEFORE Nuking, The Japanese Government had a severe case of 'tudinitis... They wanted to invade, conquer and enslave neighboring countries... NOT a very pleasant way of life for their neighbors... They also caused a lot of death... AFTER Nuking, they focused their attention on building great cars and electronic devices... a MUCH BETTER way of life...

While some people say that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were horrible events, the naysayers fail to acknowledge the CHANGE of Culture that ensued... Japanese People Became Nice and Pleasant to live next to. Just ask the People of The Philippine Islands, China and Vietnam...

Soldiers waiting to see what the Effects of an Atom Bomb will be.
Godzilla... a Mutant Caused by Atomic Fallout... Fiction
Map showing where Atomic Bomb Fallout Landed in the USA

https://www.commondreams.org/views01/0105-06.htm

https://newsela.com/read/lib-building-atom-bomb/id/30805/

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

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