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Showing posts with label Central. Show all posts

I'm Really Enjoying the Croaking Frogs in the Creek. The Sound is so Very Three Dimensional. Some are Behind Me to the Right, Some Really Close and Some in Front of Me Far Far Away. And Everywhere In Between...

photo of my creek in the backyard in Orangevale, CA

It Rained Here Two Days Ago and That's What Brought Out The Frogs...

We also have about a dozen geese that live in the field down stream... and little chirpy birds... I was watching the Sunset... Big Puffy Clouds... and appreciating the wonders of nature... We Have so many trees... and they are just starting to blossom... It makes me feel that all is right in the world... then there are Jet Airplanes way up high... people rushing, rushing, rushing to keep appointments... seems silly... and of course, everyone loves the sound of a Harley in the Distance... It's a Wonderful World Here in the Central Valley of California.

I was looking at the Constellation Orion last night and the three Stars of Orion's Belt are NOT exactly in a straight line. One is slightly offset. JUST LIKE THE PYRAMIDS IN EGYPT. If you look at a Map... The Pyramids are Exactly in the same Arrangement as the Stars. Thanks, ANCIENT ALIENS TV SHOW. I Never would have noticed this without you. MY QUESTION is what is that Really Bright Planet nearby? REALLY REALLY BRIGHT... My Guess is Mars...

It's Important To Remember that... While those Crazy People on the TV News are Doing Insane Stuff... Life is Pretty Good Here. Yes, There is a Crisis in the World but, SIMPLY CHANGE THE CHANNEL ON THE TV and it all goes away... I Enjoy watching "Ancient Aliens." It raises some interesting Questions... and "Jeopardy" game show is FUN.

To Quote Wavy Gravy at the Ram Dass Funeral...
"Gimme an 'F'... (and the crowd says 'F'), Gimme a 'U'... ('U'), Gimme an 'N'... ('N')... What's That Spell? FUN!, What's That Spell? FUN!, What's That Spell? FUN!, What's That Spell? FUN! Of Course, This Chant Only Works if You Know Who Wavy Gravy IS and Had Seen the Movie 'Woodstock' so this is Totally Wasted on Rap Music Fans... and Who IS Ram Dass? Country Joe and The Fish? Why would anyone want to BE HERE NOW?


Free Coloring Book Art. Find MORE at Google Image Search using the Words: "gvan42 Coloring Book" - Print as Many Copies as You Want and Share With Friends... https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2020/04/peace-and-love-free-coloring-book-art.html <--- Click Here

Creepy Eye Wall Dark Side of the Moon Free Coloring Book Art by gvan42
That Creepy Masonic Eye from the Back of the Dollar Bill - and Pink Floyd's Wall - Dark Side of the Moon Prism
Free Coloring Book Art by gvan42

I DO NOT SEE a Problem With Illegal Aliens Invading the USA. In ACTUAL REALITY I Have NOT Noticed any Increase of People from South of the Border. I Believe it's all Just HATESPEECH ON TV in order to Re-Elect tRUMP. It's All a Made Up "Crisis."

What I DO SEE as a Real Problem is the Stock Market Crashing. The DJIA has been Swinging Wildly these last few weeks... One Day it's Up, the Next Day It's Down... but the General Effect is that American Businesses are Worth Less and Less. While "The Invasion" from Central America is Truly Fake News... Me losing my Life Savings due to tRUMP's Bonehead Trade War CONCERNS ME.  


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Take a Break From the Madness 
and Voyage to my Online Art Gallery!
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On a Vision Quest Button for sale!

Wear this Button when you are ON a Vision Quest... or... wear it any old time of day... because... are we not on a Vision Quest All Day Every Day? and Many Nights!

Another thing that is of Interest is the Republicrime Plan for Cutting Social Security and Medicare. They keep on giving MASSIVE Tax Cuts to the Rich and Want to Pay for it by Cutting Money from Millions of Americans. It's a "Reverse Robin Hood" Plan. Take from the Poor and Give to the Rich. tRUMP's Tax Cut Allowed Amazon to Pay ZERO TAXES. WTF?

"and Then My Mind Sprouted" Postcard for sale.

classic "Space Art" documenting a Vision Quest




Wildfires in California are Important. I Look outside and See that the Trees in My Backyard are Dry and Thirsty. Ready to Burn. All it takes is a Spark and My Whole Neighborhood Will Be UP in Flame... Lightning or Arson or PG&E Failure to keep Trees away from Power Lines... We Have Not Learned the Lesson from the Fires in Paradise, Santa Rosa and Redding... What We Need To Do is Bring Home all the People, Airplanes and Helicopters Currently Stationed in Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq. Use them to Drop Water on Wildfires. I Bet all those Soldiers would be Happier Protecting America. As they Say: "Support the Troops, Bring 'em Home"


"Support the Troops, Bring 'em Home" - MEME - More at Google Image Search Keywords: gvan42 MEME

Trump-0-nomics Fails Again... That Whole "Give the Rich More Money and Magically the Poor Will Benefit..." Just Doesn't Happen IN REALITY.


HEADLINE: AT&T got a giant tax cut but has laid off thousands, union says...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/at-t-got-a-giant-tax-cut-but-has-laid-off-thousands-union-says/

HEADLINE: This farmer lost $400K. See his warning to Trump...
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/08/27/farmer-trump-trade-war-china-ctn-vpx.cnn

HEADLINE: More Americans Say the Economy Is Declining, and They’re Blaming Trump...
Yep, We Are Not Fooled By his LIES! Trump-0-nomics SUCKS!
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-28/trump-increasingly-blamed-by-voters-for-declining-economy

An alternative to building a Border Wall between the USA and Mexico is to make the quality of life Better in Mexico and Central America... RETURN WHOLESALE COFFEE PRICES to what they were a Couple of Years Ago SO THEY CAN EARN A LIVING.

Then they wouldn't want to come here. Instead of paying 16 Billion Dollars on a Wall why not spend it on job creation, better education, free birth control and plumbing... Clean drinking water is important! That would make life better. A Wall won't improve anyone's life.

Fall in Coffee Prices Is Fueling Guatemalan Migration to the U.S.: Report...

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/coffee-price-drop-fuels-guatemalan-migration-to-u-s-report.html

According to a new report from the Washington Post, a major fall in the price of coffee has cut out a huge income source for Guatemalan farmers, helping to fuel the spike in migration to the United States. Coffee prices have dropped about 60 percent since 2015, from $2.20 per pound in 2015 to a low this year of 86 cents. 

Why Has Trump FAILED So Badly at the US/Mexico Border? He has Done NOTHING to Fix the Real Problem. Low Prices for Coffee Farmers in Central America have CAUSED Those People to Walk North or Starve.

Obviously, Building a Wall Just FAILS... The Greed of Coffee Import Corporations Have Caused the Immigration Crisis. While there has been NO PRICE DECREASE in the cost Consumers Pay for a cup of Coffee, or a Pound... The Farmers are Getting HALF of what they got a Few Years Ago. All the Extra Money goes to Corporate Executives and Stockholders. 

Reality is More Important Than the LIES We See on TV. "They" tell You That The Economy is Great. "They" tell you that Consumer Confidence is High. "They" tell you to Keep on Consuming Using Your Credit Cards. "THEY" ARE LYING. Who ARE "They"? Corporations that Buy Advertising Time... Liberty Mutual, Big Pharma!, Monsanto, Humira (a drug company), Sandals Caribbean Resorts (Who can afford a Jamaican Vacation? No One I Know...), Beer Companies, Whiskey Companies, Car Companies, Truck Companies, Insurance Companies... Why would anyone trust Those _____________ (fill in the blank)? I'm especially Annoyed that Liberty Mutual Advertises an "Accident Forgiveness" Policy that is NOT Available in California. The Satellite TV Company KNOWS WHERE I LIVE and Yet they Allow Advertisements that are Obviously False! I Cannot Buy That Product but I Do Feel Warm and Fuzzy about Limu Emu and Doug... Cellphone Companies! Credit Card Companies! 

IF YOU ASK REAL PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW... REAL PEOPLE are increasingly Becoming Homeless, Committing Suicide, Overdosing on Opioids, More Alcoholism, More Lay Offs, More Businesses Going Bankrupt, More Stores Closing, More Family Farms Vanishing... The Actual Lifespan of Americans is Shorter Now than it Was when Obama was President. The Increase of "Deaths of Despair" has Caused Shorter Average Length of Life. WAKE UP!

"They" tell Us A Lot of Lies... and it's NOT JUST FOX NEWS and TRUMP! CNN and MSNBC also State the Corporate Brainwashing Slogans... For Example: "The Democrats Acknowledge That Trump's Economy is Good." They Say It Every Day... FACTUALLY FALSE. Only People who are Rich Enough to Own Stock are Making Money on the Stock Market. The Vast Majority of Americans Do Not Own Stock... We the People Didn't Benefit from the Tax Cut for the Rich Law... Prices are Higher, Wages are Lower... and... Most Good Jobs Have Vanished. Now we have the So Called "Gig" Economy where people actually have the Wonderful Opportunity to work for less than minimum wage... You are Self Employed! WHEE! No Benefits... No Health Care, No Vacation, No Sick Leave, No Labor Unions, No Retirement... A generation Ago a Person Could Assemble Cars at $30 Per Hour with Benefits and RAISE A FAMILY DOING ONE JOB. Now, all those Factory Jobs went to Mexico and the Orient. and MOST Good Jobs Have Vanished... You Can't Even Get a Job as a Retail Clerk anymore... Amazon Wiped Out Retail... Sears and KMART and Toys R Us have Closed Stores... Yes, You Can Become a Slave for Amazon Picking Products and Putting them in Boxes... BUT That is Intense Labor... Like the old Slavery Song... "Jump Down, Turn Around, Pick a Bale Of Cotton... Jump Down, Turn Around, Pick a Bale of Hay..." They supposedly have Vending Machines that Dispense Free Advil so Employees Do Not Hurt So Much that they Stop Picking Up Products... Pain Interferes With Profits...  

"They" say it's Great to Work for Yourself as an UBER Driver... Until you have an Automobile Accident and then you have a Broken Car, an Injured Body and No Health Insurance... and the more you drive, the more likely you are to have an automobile accident... How do I Know This? I was on the City Bus Talking to a Former UBER Driver who was Going to His Physical Therapy Appointment. All These Events Happened to Him and he was in CONSTANT PAIN... a perfect Victim for an Oxycontin Prescription... 

Even Google Has Bias... They have a tendency to Show Links to Mainstream Media at the Top of the Search Results. Look at Google News... or Youtube... The SOURCES of Content tend to be RELIABLE SOURCES... CNN, MSNBC, New York Times and The Washington Post... FOX... almost NEVER Content by RT(Russian TV Network) or ACT OUT! or Democracy Now! or Free Speech TV or LINK TV or independent Newspapers like The Santa Rosa Times... Or the Berkeley Barb or the Detroit Free Press or the Greenwich Village Other... WHO? Google Shows You a World That Reinforces the Corporate Brainwashing Lies... Yes, it is true that Alternative Opinions Do Show up in Search Results but WAY DOWN IN THE LIST... maybe #12... just far enough so it doesn't show up on the first page... That's Why People Should Use DuckDuckGo or Dogpile for Searching... or Simply Pay Attention to Reality! 

I find that Facebook Groups have Opinions That are Written by People I Know. Real People. I'm a member of "Things I Remember Growing Up in Los Gatos" and Those People are the actual Classmates from School... and Their Opinions are Real... and I still do not agree with the same people I disagreed with in High School... BUT... They are Real... Their Stories Have a Tendency to be Valid, Accurate... We all grew up near San Jose, California and We All moved away because the Price of Buying a House or Renting was too high. So we all have stories to tell about our lives... and That is More Real than "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" or "Jersey Shore" even though those shows are supposedly "Reality TV" - Guess What! They Have Scripts to make it interesting! No Reality There! TOTALLY BOGUS! and the Underlying message is that PEOPLE OUGHT TO Keep Up With The Kardashians... The Corporate Sponsors want you to BELIEVE that Consumption is the Path to Happiness... Did Buddha Charge a Buncha Stuff on his Credit Card? Did Jesus Come to Make Us Rich? 

Pictures of where I live in Orangevale, California - Taken at Dawn - Near Folsom and Sacramento in the Central Valley. Trail to the Vineyard and Chicken Coop.

my trail to the grape vines in the backyard in Orangevale, California
My trail to the grape vines in the backyard
Looking the other direction at the chicken coop in Orangevale, California
Looking the other direction at the chicken coop
my grape vines at home in Orangevale, California
My grape vines at home
The Tree with Pink Blossoms and Sunrise in Orangevale, California
The Tree with Pink Blossoms and Sunrise
  Looking at the House Next Door - Mine Looks the same - Sunrise over the grapes
Looking at the House Next Door -
Mine Looks the same - Sunrise over the grapes

I do not believe building a WALL would actually stop Central Americans from coming in to the USA. They can use BOATS and Airplanes and Fake ID at Crossing Points to get in anyway... BUT...

Why not Just Accept the Fact that They are Moving Here and Make the Best of It? Most will end up living in East LA, San Jose or other already Latino Cities. It is becoming more and more obvious that the rest of us are going to have to move to Canada... Global Warming is Already Here and It Will Only Get Worse. America from Texas to Florida to Boston will become uninhabitable due to Hurricanes. The Midwest will be unlivable due to Tornadoes. The South West is too Hot. Wildfires from Colorado to California.... That only Leaves the West Coast from San Francisco to Alaska...  We have to move and the Central Americans can Just HAVE Texas, Arizona and SoCal...

Dancing in Central Park in Chico to live music. Chico-Freakos! Murals


Sounded like the Grateful Dead

Chico is Famous for Beautiful Women
On the Street during Friday Night in the Park Concert


Mural Downtown
Another Mural
In Mike's Backyard with the dog

I have visited the John Lennon memorial in Central Park, New York City. I was walking along when I noticed a dramatic shift in consciousness among the people...

They all seemed to be moving slowly and had thoughtful expressions on their faces. Then I noticed a tile mosaic floor that said "Imagine" and I realized where I was.

I'm enjoying a 1963 movie called "Sunday in New York" starring Jane Fonda and Rod Taylor. It's fun to see the "on location" shots of Central Park and the old cars, buses and airplanes... That was a time... Before the War in Vietnam... I can relate to Ronald Reagan's slogan "Make America Great Again" as the memory of our youth is sweet... I was in third grade in 1963... The current President, Donald Trump has copied Reagan's slogan and made it popular again.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057543/

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



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Who WAS Ram Dass? In the Sixties, He was a Psychedelics Researcher and Promoter at Harvard with Dr. Timothy Leary. (LSD, Magic Mushrooms and Peyote)


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 in 1960. I lived there until graduation from Los Gatos High School in 1972... an Ideal Childhood... FYI: Los Gatos is about 50 miles South of San Francisco on the edge of the mountains between San Jose and Santa Cruz.

I Went to West Valley Jr. College, learned electronics drafting and got a job at System Industries in Santa Clara... I feel blessed that not only did I grow up in a great location but I also grew up at a great time. I missed the Vietnam War by ONE Year and Silicon Valley Was Hiring Like Crazy When I Needed a Job.
Peace Sign Pie Chart
History of the Vietnam War. 58,000 Americans Died for Nothing... Something They Don't Teach in School Now... "Too Controversial" -

During the 1950s Americans went into a Mad Panic about Communists taking over the world. We built thousands of Nuclear Missiles and Fallout Shelters. The US Congress had witch hunts (Joe McCarthy-HUAC) to expose "Commies" who worked in The Hollywood Movie business and blacklisted folksingers that were leading our young people astray with Labor Union Organizing songs.


During the height of this hysteria Vice President Richard Nixon went on Television and explained "The Domino Principle" while pointing to a map of Asia. His theory was...

READ MORE: https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2017/11/a-brief-history-of-vietnam-war-58000.html

Who Won the War? DOW CHEMICAL AND HUGHES AIRCRAFT. Selling Napalm, Agent Orange and Helicopters...

Military Death Chart USA

AMERICA'S BOGUS WARS - Since 1945, The US Military Has Never Defended The USA, Not Even Once.

Ever since Victory in Japan, All of Our Wars have been Marketing to Sell Weapons for the Military Industrial Complex.







Free Coloring Book Art by gvan42 - UFO and Alien Hieroglyphics