EPA quietly telling states they can pollute more. Another Example of REPUBLICANS DOING EVIL in order to increase corporate profits.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/31/politics/epa-air-pollution/index.html
A state can emit 43% more pollution across state lines than before...

"EPA is allowing more harmful air pollution to be sent from big polluters in one state to neighboring states, refusing to control the pollution, then lying about what is an obvious rollback," said John Walke, the director of clean air at the Natural Resources Defense Council 

End the War in Yemen. The USA is selling bombs to Saudi Arabia that are used to Kill Civilians. Massive Starvation Crisis.

Pompeo and Mattis call for end to Saudi-led war in Yemen

"We’ve got to move toward a peace effort here. And we can’t say we’re going to do it sometime in the future. We need to be doing this in the next 30 days."

Music Video: "The Monster Mash" by Bobby Pickett. Covered by Greg Vanderlaan Guitar, Vocals

https://youtu.be/gzYldrRxJlQ 
A Halloween favorite. Partly sung, part spoken... a forerunner of Rap music which is all spoken... or something....

Music Video: "Ghost Riders in the Sky" by Stan Jones. Covered by Greg Vanderlaan Guitar, Vocals

https://youtu.be/66ubfWcm5jQ my father's favorite...

Justice Department investigating Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. So THAT'S Why they tried to replace the Inspector General.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/30/politics/zinke-justice-department/index.html
The Justice Department is investigating Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke for possibly using his office for personal gain, following a referral from Interior's inspector general, two sources familiar with the investigation say.

Referring a probe to the Justice Department means it will explore whether evidence warrants a criminal investigation. Mary Kendall, the acting inspector general of the Interior Department, is conducting at least three probes into Zinke’s conduct, but it was not clear which probe had been sent to the Justice Department, the Washington Post said.

HUD political appointee to replace Interior Department inspector general


Instead of becoming Interior Department inspector general, Tufts resigns from HUD

Questions were raised after a report that a Trump political appointee was about to replace the watchdog investigating Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.

It is possible that the #MAGAbomber believed that "The Fake News is The Enemy of The People" as Donald Trump has Stated.

 Then the #MAGAbomber took action to destroy That Target... CNN... I wonder if Fox News is also the enemy of the people... Why not MSNBC? They televise anti-trump shows... Sometimes they seem like an Orwellian Group Hate. Does MSNBC feel slighted? Like a sister who wasn't invited to the Prom?

#MAGAbomber is a Trump Supporter who had Pro-Republican Stickers all over his Van. Anti-Democrat pictures with Target images photoshopped on them... as if he was pointing a gun with a rifle sight at Donor George Soros and Filmmaker Michael Moore.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-media-is-enemy-of-the-american-people
So if fake news media = enemy of the people, which outlets fall into that category?
Quite a few. The first time that Trump used the phrase, “enemy of the American people,” he identified the New York Times, NBC News, ABC, CBS, and CNN. He’s also called the Washington Post “fake news” several times. 

Not mentioned is Fox News or Rush Limbaugh... Bright Bart or The Heritage Foundation and The CATO Institute. 

Beware of "Wiseman Pundits" on TV. Often they are WRONG. Remember William F Buckley? Totally Wrong about the Vietnam War. History Proved That He Was a Freaking Idiot...

William F. Buckley was a writer and political TV personality who helped make conservative politics popular in the 1950s-1970s.
https://www.biography.com/people/william-f-buckley-jr-9230494

And now we have Bill Kristol, a "Neocon" spouting wisdom on MSNBC... and CNN... 


Make America Groovy Again Embroidered Hat for sale on my zazzle gregvan webstore

Neocon Taking Head [Idiot] now hired to censor Facebook. The Weekly Standard Magazine Hired to determine What is Fake and What is Real.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/09/facebook-fake-news-thinkprogress-weekly-standard.html

Facebook has empowered a conservative magazine [The Weekly Standard] to suppress liberal viewpoints.

Bill Kristol, a frequent Talking Head on MSNBC, is an author for the Weekly Standard. Most Famous for being wrong about the Iraq War, he is a commentator stating is opinions as if he was a Wiseman Pundit. While in fact he is "not very bright."

While Millions of people protested against the War in Iraq BEFORE IT STARTED... The Weekly Standard Editor was totally fooled into Actually Supporting the War and Going on TV to Beat The Drums. 

Supposed Wise Pundit is actually an Idiot who Believed all the False Propaganda published by George W Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld.  

https://www.weeklystandard.com/ The Weekly Standard is a news Magazine Edited by Stephen F. Hayes

Stephen F. Hayes is an American journalist and biographer. He is a former senior writer for National Journal. He is now Editor in chief of The Weekly Standard[1] and the author of three books.

Hayes is a journalist. His work has appeared in the New York PostWashington Times, Salon.com, National Review, and Reason. He has been a commentator on CNN, The McLaughlin GroupFox News ChannelMSNBCCNBC, and C-SPAN.[2]
Prior to the proposed 2003 invasion of Iraq, Stephen Hayes spoke to BBC News, arguing for American intervention:

Trump accused of receiving 'secret payments' for endorsing a multilevel marketing company that lured people into investing.

https://www.thisisinsider.com/trump-acn-multilevel-marketing-company-endorsement-payments-2018-10
  • President Donald Trump and his children are accused of "deliberately" scamming Americans by encouraging them to invest in a multilevel-marketing company.
  • The lawsuit also names Trump's children, Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric, of luring vulnerable investors to buy into three businesses with "a pattern of racketeering activity."
  • Trump was reportedly paid millions of dollars in secret, in exchange for promoting one of the companies named in the lawsuit.
  • The complaint alleges the Trumps "were aware that the vast majority of consumers would lose whatever money they invested."
  • Trump Organization officials questioned the timing of the lawsuit, which was filed days before the November 6 midterm election.

Sending Soldiers to the Border With Mexico Now is Insane and Dangerous. What will they do to pass the time until the Caravan Arrives?

This article was written long ago... NOW THE MIGRANTS HAVE ARRIVED... and Trump is DOING EVIL TO THEM... Children locked in cages... KIDNAPPED and STOLEN FROM THEIR FAMILIES... INSANE!

Trump Has Totally FAILED At Mexico Border! Maybe He Should Ask G W Bush or Bill Clinton for Advice. They had TWICE as Many Illegal Aliens and THEY Didn't Have A Crisis! FIX THE FREAKING PROBLEM, LOSER... https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2019/06/trump-has-failed-totally-at-mexico.html



Since we have about a month before the Caravan of Immigrants arrive... how will the soldiers occupy their time? Playing War Games? Shooting at Jackrabbits? Taking Long Walks in the Desert?

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/29/caravan-mexico-border-troops-899006
The Pentagon's decision to send 5,200 active-duty troops to beef up the Mexican border — just days before the midterm elections — drew swift criticism Monday from some former military and national security officials who accused President Donald Trump of abusing the military for partisan gain.
“It’s a craven misuse of the U.S. armed forces for an obvious political stunt, and I’m surprised [Defense] Secretary Mattis agreed to it, given the range of real national security threats our military has to deal with,” said Kelly Magsamen, who served on the National Security Council and in the Pentagon during the administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

Neocon Taking Head [Idiot] now hired to censor Facebook. The Weekly Standard Magazine Hired to determine What is Fake and What is Real.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/09/facebook-fake-news-thinkprogress-weekly-standard.html

Facebook has empowered a conservative magazine [The Weekly Standard] to suppress liberal viewpoints.

Bill Kristol, a frequent Talking Head on MSNBC, is an author for the Weekly Standard. Most Famous for being wrong about the Iraq War, he is a commentator stating is opinions as if he was a Wiseman Pundit. While in fact he is "not very bright."

While Millions of people protested against the War in Iraq BEFORE IT STARTED... The Weekly Standard Editor was totally fooled into Actually Supporting the War and Going on TV to Beat The Drums. 

Supposed Wise Pundit is actually an Idiot who Believed all the False Propaganda published by George W Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld.  

https://www.weeklystandard.com/ The Weekly Standard is a news Magazine Edited by Stephen F. Hayes

Stephen F. Hayes is an American journalist and biographer. He is a former senior writer for National Journal. He is now Editor in chief of The Weekly Standard[1] and the author of three books.

Hayes is a journalist. His work has appeared in the New York PostWashington Times, Salon.com, National Review, and Reason. He has been a commentator on CNN, The McLaughlin GroupFox News ChannelMSNBCCNBC, and C-SPAN.[2]
Prior to the proposed 2003 invasion of Iraq, Stephen Hayes spoke to BBC News, arguing for American intervention: "I think liberating Iraq will send a strong message to IranNorth Korea, other hostile regimes not only because it will show that we will - the United States will not tolerate bullies, especially bullies with weapons of mass destruction, but it will also I think hopefully show what a free liberated people, what a free liberated Iraqi people can do for themselves and it will be - again it will be a fabulous model, not only for the Middle East but for places throughout the world that haven't had these kinds of freedoms in the past or haven't had them realised."[3]
Stephen F. Hayes is the author of three books. His first book, The Connection: How al Qaeda's Collaboration with Saddam Hussein has Endangered America, was published in 2004. It postulated an operational relationship between Saddam Hussein's Iraq and the al-Qaeda terrorist organization called . His major source was a leaked memo from Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas J. Feith to the U.S. Congress on 27 October 2003.[4] His other books were biographies of Paul Wolfowitz and Dick Cheney.

Trump's trade war took a stunning bite out of the US economy. The strongest evidence yet that he's shooting himself in the foot.

Banksters No-Likee Tariffs...

https://www.thisisinsider.com/gdp-trump-tariff-trade-war-us-china-2018-10
The Federal Reserve's latest Beige Book, a collection of interviews with business executives from each of the Fed's 12 regional banks, was chock-full of concern about possible costs from the tariffs. And many major corporations, including Tesla and 3M, have estimated that the tariffs will add tens of millions of dollars to their costs going forward.


"Yellow Submarine" by The Beatles. Cover by Greg Vanderlaan Guitar, Vocals

https://youtu.be/8Vsi2Uj9tdo 
Classic sing along song... fun to perform at family gatherings or on the street... 

The Monster Women - Rock Music - at Spamfest in Cutten, California

gvan42 The Monster Women - Rock Music - at Spamfest in Cutten, California

gvan42 The Monster Women - Rock Music - at Spamfest in Cutten, California

gvan42 The Monster Women - Rock Music - at Spamfest in Cutten, California

Sculpture at St Joseph's Hospital Evergreen Lodge in Eureka, California





Madaket Ferry on Humboldt Bay on the Kinetic Sculpture Race Day Fully Loaded with Passengers. Many Photographs of The Kinetic Sculptures AND Carson Mansion in Eureka, California - Silhouette


Madaket Ferry Eureka California Humboldt Bay
Madaket Ferryboat fully loaded on race day
Kinetic Sculpture Race - Whimsical Art Bicycles that travel over Streets, Sand and Water FOR THE GLORY! Eureka, Arcata and Ferndale in Humboldt County, California
Kinetic Sculpture

Kinetic Sculpture Race - Whimsical Art Bicycles that travel over Streets, Sand and Water FOR THE GLORY! Eureka, Arcata and Ferndale in Humboldt County, California
Kinetic Sculpture

Kinetic Sculpture Race - Whimsical Art Bicycles that travel over Streets, Sand and Water FOR THE GLORY! Eureka, Arcata and Ferndale in Humboldt County, California
Kinetic Sculpture

Kinetic Sculpture Race - Whimsical Art Bicycles that travel over Streets, Sand and Water FOR THE GLORY! Eureka, Arcata and Ferndale in Humboldt County, California
Kinetic Sculpture

Kinetic Sculpture Race - Whimsical Art Bicycles that travel over Streets, Sand and Water FOR THE GLORY! Eureka, Arcata and Ferndale in Humboldt County, California
Kinetic Sculpture
Kinetic Sculpture Race - Whimsical Art Bicycles that travel over Streets, Sand and Water FOR THE GLORY! Eureka, Arcata and Ferndale in Humboldt County, California
Kinetic Sculpture

Kinetic Sculpture Race - Whimsical Art Bicycles that travel over Streets, Sand and Water FOR THE GLORY! Eureka, Arcata and Ferndale in Humboldt County, California
Kinetic Sculpture at the College of the Redwoods...
Carson Mansion Eureka, California Silhouette
Carson Mansion, Eureka, California

Carson Mansion Eureka, California Silhouette
Carson Mansion, Eureka, California

The Bishop of Nottingwood - a WINPLOT Creature... FREE CLIPART for you to Pirate.

gvan42 vandergreg WINPLOT Bishop of Nottingwood

gvan42 vandergreg WINPLOT Bishop of Nottingwood

gvan42 vandergreg WINPLOT Bishop of Nottingwood

gvan42 vandergreg saddle plot

Truck pollution research cited by EPA was ‘not accurate’. The research about Glider Kits was funded by Fitzgerald Glider Kits, one of the country’s biggest glider makers.

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/412934-university-truck-pollution-research-cited-by-epa-was-not-accurate
The research the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cited in proposing to roll back a major truck pollution rule was “not accurate,” the university that conducted the study has concluded.
Tennessee Tech University’s conclusions, outlined in a letter Tuesday to the EPA, came after an academic review of the controversial research into the emissions of “glider” trucks.

The MAGAbomber sends explosives to The Obamas, Clintons, CNN, Eric Holder, Maxine Waters and George Soros.

https://www.salon.com/2018/10/24/trump-is-inciting-violence-and-now-we-have-a-magabomber/
In an attempt to Make America Great Again the MAGAbomber targets People on Trump's Enemies List.

https://thinkprogress.org/trump-rhetoric-explosive-devices-clinton-obama-soros-cnn-c7ccfa1255f2/

Someone is taking Trump’s angry rhetoric very literally...

Words matter.

Music Video: "Light My Fire" by Robbie Krieger of The Doors. Covered by Gregory Vanderlaan

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

"You know that I would be untrue. You know that I would be a liar. If I was to say to you... Girl we couldn't get much higher. Come on baby Light my Fire. Come on Baby Light my Fire. Try to set the night on FIRE! The time to hesitate is thru. No time to wallow in the mire. Try Now we can only lose and our love become a Funeral Pyre... Come on baby Light my Fire. Come on Baby Light my Fire. Try to set the night on FIRE!

Meetings with Remarkable People. Cindy at work. DHHS Humboldt County, California (The Welfare Office)

She is an Elderly, Diabetic, Gentle, American Indian.

She was a member of our Labor Union. I was NOT a member.

She said: "Greg, I've seen too many Strange things happen here that I want the Labor Union behind me."

I said: "I get the benefits of a Labor Union even if I don't Pay, so why should I join?"

She also sang out loud: "I don't want to work, I want to Bang on the Drum All Day."

So... One day she did not show up for work and someone came over and cleaned out her desk... and Leslie's Desk... and Cindy's Sister's Desk... They all just did not show up for work.

We got no explanation about our missing comrades...

About a week later, Leslie Came back to work and said: "There was money missing and they gave everyone who signed checks a week off from work with pay until they solved the crime. Then they offered us our jobs back and Cindy told them to [expletive deleted]... Cindy's Sister came back to work."

So... Cindy is living at a remote farm with her children and other random Tribal Members... Her Son is a local Rock and Roll Promoter... and he taught Cindy the Todd Rundgren Song. 

Music Video: "Fearless" by Pink Floyd. Cover by Gregory Vanderlaan Guitar, Vocals...

https://youtu.be/R9B7OSxjwOk 

LYRICS:
"You say that hill's too steep to climb. Climb It.
You say you'd Like to see me try. Climbing.
You pick the place and I'll pick the time.
And I'll climb that hill in my own way,
Just wait around for the right day.
And as I rise above the treeline and the clouds
I look down, hear the sound of the things you said today.

Fearlessly the idiot faced the crowd, smiling
Merciless, the magistrate turns 'round, frowning
and who's the fool who wears the crown?
Go down in your own way
And everyday is the right day
And as you rise above the fear lines in his brow
You look down, Hear the sound of the faces in the crowd"

at the end of the song there is singing by the Liverpool Football Club... "You'll Never Walk Alone" the team song...



Music Video: "Another Brick in the Wall" by Pink Floyd covered by Gregory Vanderlaan Guitar Vocals

https://youtu.be/9U7rVUogLAQ 

Everybody Sing Along... 
"We don't Need No Education. 
We Don't Need No Thought Control... 
No Dark Sarcasm in the Classroom... 
Hey! TEACHER, Leave Those Kids Alone!" 
Like the Book 1984... by George Orwell... 

Screenshots of my Java Automatic Art Program Running. The Art Evolves over time... Sadly, None of these programs currently work. Java is not backwards Compatible and the New version NO WORKEE...




50th Anniversary of 1968. Mexico Olympic Black Power Protests, Anti-War Chicago Democratic Convention Riots, Assassination of Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King...

The year began with the Tet Offensive in the midst of the Vietnam War.

Following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, the country erupted in violent riots.

A landmark piece of legislation, the Civil Rights Act of 1968, was passed in April, effectively prohibiting housing discrimination based on race.

President Lyndon Johnson announced: “I shall not seek and I will not accept the nomination of my party as your president.”

The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in June led to uncertainty in the race for the Democratic nomination for the presidency.

At the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, another wave of violent protests emerged, this time between antiwar demonstrators and police.

The semiconductor company Intel is founded.

 The musical Hair officially opens on Broadway.

Presidential Election: Richard M. Nixon defeats the Democratic candidate, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, and American Independent Party candidate George C. Wallace.

Trump's "Booming Economy" Fails for Most Americans... Tax Cut for the Rich did not help Middle Class... or Poor... The 1% made out like Bandits!

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/most-americans-say-their-finances-haven-t-improved-election-n923776

Most Americans say their finances haven't improved since the election... 

election

Hawaiian island practically disappears off map after Hurricane Walaka. Green Sea Turtle Habitat...

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/hurricane-walaka-damage-hawaii-island-vanish-13330320.php
"I had a holy s— moment, thinking 'Oh my God, it's gone,'" Chip Fletcher, a University of Hawaii climate scientist, told the Honolulu Civil Beat. "It's one more chink in the wall of the network of ecosystem diversity on this planet that is being dismantled."

Democrats Running on Healthcare, pre-existing conditions. Republicans running on Scary Aliens Approaching the Border.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/10/23/democrats-back-medicare-all-half-contested-house-races/1732966002/

Democrats back Medicare for all in about half of House races they're contesting.


Democratic candidates for the House are backing a Medicare for all approach to the nation’s health care system in just over half the races in which a Democrat is on the ballot, according to a new survey provided first to USA TODAY.
The tally by National Nurses United, which supports a government-run, single-payer system, shows how the idea has risen in popularity even as Republicans attack the plan as socialized medicine.
"This is historic," said Ken Zinn, the group's political director. "The campaign has really picked up steam."

Journey to the Rainbow Gathering in Utah - and Back home after taking a couple of Campers to the Emergency Room at The Heber City Hospital.

Mike Volunteered me to be an Ambulance Driver...

gvan42  Bear at the California Welcome Center in Redding
 Bear at the California Welcome Center in Redding

gvan42  Bear at the California Welcome Center in Redding
Bear at the California Welcome Center in Redding

Covered Wagon Information Sign in Nevada
Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah gvan42
Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah

gvan42 Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah
Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah

gvan42 Dan's Grocery Store in Salt Lake City
Dan's Grocery Store in Salt Lake City
gvan42 a Lake on the way to the Rainbow Gathering
a Lake on the way to the Rainbow Gathering

gvan42 The Parking Lot at the Rainbow Gathering in Utah
The Parking Lot at the Rainbow Gathering in Utah
I spent a day relaxing and chatting with the campers
in order to become acclimated to the 9,000 foot elevation

~~~~~~~~ (~);-} ~~~~~~~~
And then we spent Seven Days at The Rainbow Gathering
I took No Photographs. Accidentally, Mike took my Batteries
and my Camera was Dead... So I left it in the Van...
Ang I Lived My Life instead of Documenting My Life.
~~~~~~~~ (~);-} ~~~~~~~~
at the Rainbow Gathering I lead "The Band" in a Group Sing-Along Song... "You Are My Sunshine". I was playing the harmonica randomly and as so often happens... all of a sudden I was playing a song... There was a child that was attracting attention to herself by giving away flowers to the group and I guess that was the inspiration... about 20 people were sitting in the big shady spot in the main meadow and there were many guitars, drums, violin and a saxophone... we sang many songs... and now THAT song is mine... with a pleasant memory. What is funny is that I was unable to get "The Band" to play "This Land is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie even though I tried to get them to play along three times... on three different days...  

There was a momentary quiet at the Main Circle and I was playing a Big Bass Drum... Boom, Boom, Chick... Boom, Boom, Chick... and everyone ignored me... They could have played "We Will Rock You" by Queen but... Nothing... Go Figure...
~~~~~~~~ (~);-} ~~~~~~~~ 


gvan42 Greg Vanderlaan After the Rainbow Gathering at the Heber City Hospital.
Greg Vanderlaan After the Rainbow Gathering at the Heber City Hospital.
I delivered a Couple of Campers that were experiencing Dehydration and Exhaustion.

gvan42 My Van at the Heber City Hospital
My Van at the Heber City Hospital

gvan42 Heber City Emergency Room
Heber City Emergency Room 

gvan42 Helicopter Landing Pad Heber City Hospital
Helicopter Landing Pad

gvan42 The Camper who requested a ride to the Heber City Hospital
The Camper who requested a ride to the Heber City Hospital

gvan42   The Boyfriend of The Camper who requested a Ride to the Emergency Room
The Boyfriend of The Camper who requested a Ride to the Emergency Room

gvan42 Salt Lake City Airport
Salt Lake City Airport - After we finished with the Hospital
our Young Friends Called an Uncle That Bought Them Tickets to Fly Home.

gvan42 Leaving the Salt Lake City Airport
Leaving the Salt Lake City Airport

gvan42 Cloudy Skies at a Motel 6 In Nevada
Cloudy Skies at a Motel 6 In Nevada

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