Scanning my face into the computer. I just completed the biometrics and photo ID requirement for the [ redacted ] website.

 ...kind of creepy but, that's my face and I don't care who looks at it... And if you want to see my driver's license, okay... I got one of those too... Actually it's not a license to drive... it's just a State of California ID card... I haven't driven legally in 10 years... I depend on the chauffeur system... LYFT...

" my Maserati Does 185... 

I lost my license, now I don't drive...

Got me a limo, ride in the back...

I lock the doors in case I'm attacked!"

Lyrics from "Life's Been Good" by Joe Walsh... 

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A little story about the Eagles and my YouTube videos... I played the guitar and sang the songs Hotel California and Witchy Woman... And then posted those cover versions on my YouTube channel... And the lawyer from the Eagles Corporation made me delete those videos... I guess they were afraid that I'd be taking away views from their own versions... I just did it cuz I thought they were epic songs... But I deleted them anyway... Made me realize that the Eagles Corporation was a bunch of freaks... Corporate weirdos... 

And then I made a bunch of videos of Grateful Dead songs... And entered them in a contest sponsored by the Grateful Dead to see who could do the best cover versions and post them... They love it when people sing their songs... Because people will be singing their songs hundreds of years from now... After all of the band members are in the grave... Just like how people play Mozart and Beethoven and Bach hundreds of years later... Their music will be part of the fabric of humanity... For maybe a thousand years!

I make an effort to put false information on the internet about who I am and where I live and how old I am and all that stuff... I go by the false name: Greg Laan - because my brother told me that in the country of Holland there are so many people named Van Der whatever that the phone books just do not sort names alphabetically... Using the Van Der... They just used the last word... In my case, Lawn... 

For some unknown reason I'm listed on many spam email lists as Gregory Van Buskirk... I don't know how they got that name... But it's absolutely certain that it's spam being emailed to thousands of people from a corrupted list... Haha!

Anyway... When asked where I live, I always say Eureka, California... Because I did live there about 10 years ago... And when they ask where I was born... I say Los Gatos, California... Which is false because I moved to Los Gatos when I was 6 years old... I was actually born in a different place... Just recently I managed to delete my date of birth from my Faceborg page... Why would I ever want to publish that? 

I often misspell my last name... Using the word for an area of grass out in front of the house... A Lawn... 

The Three Witches from Macbeth Say: "This GOP Stew Needs More Eye of Newt!" -and- What Does it Really Mean to Be Witchy?

 

Witches in the Movies:

on FaceBorg SE Asked: 
When a woman is described as “witchy,” what exactly does that mean? I’ve been hearing that term a lot lately, and I’m picturing a witch, like a Halloween witch with a pointy hat. But I’m sure that’s not what it means.
and I Replied:
I find "Witchy Women" to be Very Attractive... I picture a Coven Dancing Naked around a fire way out in the woods... The Person I Might Meet at a Rainbow Gathering...

I played the Song "Witchy Woman" by the Eagles on my Acoustic Guitar on the Streets of Chico... with a College Student... and when she sang the part that goes "oooh ahh oh oh ahhh oh oh ahhh yabba dabba doo" I imagined her head spinning around... like the Exorcist! So to bring the Onlookers BACK from Madness... We then sang the Old Negro Spiritual "Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning"

and then SG Replied:

Grounded, close to nature- talented gardener/ knowledgeable about plants and animals, bohemian, nurturing....that sort of vibe. And of course the whole crystals, astrology, tarot cards and that stuff are included.

I would be honored to be described as "witchy"

AHC Said:

Hippyish is what i picture. (I like the hippy/witchy aesthetic), with long, unstaightened hair and long skirts, flowy tops, unique sense of style/ doesn't care what's trendy.

Top tier in my books!

Here's a Version Sung by a Beautiful Woman and Backup Band... Velvet Rouge... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICT6UCteXBU

Trump hasn't been locked up because the ultra rich and the Republican party STILL protect him.

The ultra rich don't want to lose a candidate that gave them a permanent taxcut and could give them a fascist government.

Had CONMAN Trump been reelected...a conservative oligarchy, fascism WOULD have succeeded.

The Republican party committed treason and thankfully failed on January 6th, 2021.

In the 1970's, at least criminal Nixon resigned under pressure from both parties.

But the Republican party doesn't serve America anymore.

A fascist government always benefits the billionaire class as it does presently in China and Russia. The ultra rich don't want democracy.

The idea of fascism has never died.

The ultra rich with the help of the Republican party want to make a conservative oligarchy possible...where elections wouldn't matter anymore.

That's why Trump still walks free.

To protect OUR freedoms and Democratic Republic, one should NEVER vote for the fascist Republican party!

The FBI Killed a Man in Utah who was Making Death Threats on the Internet... Trump Has Been Making Threats On the Internet... Huh... Maybe The FBI Needs to Visit Trump!

Headline: Utah man killed by FBI agents after he allegedly made threats against Biden ahead of president’s visit... 

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/09/politics/fbi-utah-man-joe-biden/index.html

FBI SWAT agents were giving commands to the man when he pointed a gun at them, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the incident. The man, Craig Robertson, was facing three federal charges, including threats against the president as well as influencing, impeding and retaliating against federal law enforcement officers by threat. Investigators noted that Robertson appears to owns “a sniper rifle” and several other firearms.

The Eagles Removed my Music Video of Me Singing "Witchy Woman" Due to a "Copyright Takedown Notice." I Guess They Don't Want Fans to Sing Their Songs... IN CONTRAST... The Grateful Dead Sponsored a Contest to See Who Can Sing THEIR Songs the Best! and I recorded a BUNCH of Dead Songs on Youtube... Only Two Eagle Songs were Worthy...

So I deleted the Song "Hotel California" Too... I Clearly Stated the Fact that I was Not Making any Money from the Video... and I Said Who Wrote the Song... I Just Like Singing! I Cover Many Other People's Songs! 

So I Emailed The Eagles and Offered to Allow THEM to sing MY SONGS! I provide the Chords and Lyrics so anyone (including YOU) can learn to Sing My Songs!

https://www.youtube.com/user/gregvanderlaan/videos

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and now for this commercial break...

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Three Eyed Extraterrestrial Looking at You...

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Here is the Threatening Email... They Could Close Down MY Entire Youtube Site... I guess I should Find an Alternative Free Music Video Site so My Songs are Not Deleted by Wankers in Management... Maybe DailyMotion!

"Hi greg vanderlaan:

Due to a copyright takedown notice that we received, we had to take down your video from YouTube:

Video title: "Witchy Woman" by the Eagles. Covered by Greg Vanderlaan Vocals, Guitar

Takedown issued by: Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG)

This means that your video can no longer be played on YouTube.

You received a copyright strike

You now have 1 copyright strike. If you get multiple copyright strikes, we’ll have to disable your account. To prevent that from happening, please don’t upload videos containing copyrighted content that you aren’t allowed to use."

Swirling Blue and Gold T-Shirt for Sale!

You MAY Change the Words if You Want To... There are Two Layers of Letters... a White Layer with SLIGHTLY LARGER Letters and a Black Layer on Top... Have Fun! Write a "Manifesto" if you feel like it!

Swirling Blue and Gold T-Shirt
by gregvan

and then an Alert Reader on Mastodon Said:

Youtube is a false friend for our soc. And, I'm sure, it will take only 10-20 more years before you finally get it and stop making everything on earth a youtube and fb thing. ;)

and I replied:

I am certainly going to upload my original songs to DAILY MOTION just so I Have another Copy on the Internet... I should have realized that I should use MORE THAN ONE SERVICE PROVIDER 15 years ago when Yahoo Geocities Vanished... and then Microsoft Free Website Vanished and Tripod Vanished... Why Not Google? They Could Just Disappear any day! A  Targeted Virus could "EAT" all the Data and Hold it for Ransom... and All My Youtube Videos Go POOF!

Trump is an Ecological Disaster. The Damage He Has Done Will Take Decades if Not Hundreds of Years to Undo. IF EVER... That's The National Geographic's Opinion... He Is Freaking CRAZY!

Increased Water Pollution. Increased Air Pollution. More Fracking. More Toxic Chemicals "Blessed" by the EPA. Killing Endangered Species. Killing BEES (No Bees, No Food) and Just Buying Bottled Water Does Not Solve the Problem... When you Take a Shower Your Skin Absorbs Toxic Waste... Really...

Remember: Your Children Are Eating RoundUP for Breakfast... 

Headline:15 ways the Trump administration has changed environmental policies... For the past three years, National Geographic has been tracking how this administration's decisions will influence air, water, and wildlife.

Since the Trump administration took office, it has been fighting what they call an “anti-growth” agenda put in place by the Obama administration. Regulations that required businesses to spend time and money to meet the former administration's environmental standards were swiftly reviewed and, in many cases, rolled back.

National Geographic has been tracking the decisions that will impact America's land, water, air, and wildlife. What started with curtailing information when the president took office in 2017 has evolved into actions like executive orders that open public land for business.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/02/15-ways-trump-administration-impacted-environment/ 

Great Book: "Hate Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another." by Matt Taibbi - CNN, MSNBC, FOX all market their Infotainment by appealing to FEAR in our Primitive Lizard Brain...

https://www.amazon.com/Hate-Inc-Todays-Despise-Another/dp/1949017257
Part tirade, part confessional from the celebrated Rolling Stone journalist, Hate Inc. reveals that what most people think of as "the news" is, in fact, a twisted wing of the entertainment business

I saw an Interesting Interview on the Chris Hedges Show on RT... [Russian Television]

"Dirty Laundry" a Song by the Eagles... 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHimia_Fxzs 

TV News reminds me of the "Two Minutes of Hate" in the book 1984 by George Orwell. CNN, FOX and MSNBC all use the same marketing plan... They Shout "Danger - Danger" Compelling us to watch for the Imaginary Saber Tooth Tiger Stalking Us... Triggering a reaction from our primitive Lizard Brain... Now that we have Social Media people may watch the News and then TWEET Their Rage to the World... Ever Notice that Donald Trump starts every day with a Tweetstorm of his reaction to whatever poison FOX news pours into his brain... As many as 60 tweets in a single morning... Most Presidents Use their Mornings to be informed by the "Presidential Daily Brief" prepared by the CIA and other National Security Agencies... Not This Wanker... His Briefing is prepared by his master, Rupert Murcoch... 

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


"The horrible thing about the Two Minutes Hate was not that one was obliged to act a part, but that it was impossible to avoid joining in. Within thirty seconds any pretence was always unnecessary. A hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces in with a sledge hammer, seemed to flow through the whole group of people like an electric current, turning one even against one's will into a grimacing, screaming lunatic. And yet the rage that one felt was an abstract, undirected emotion which could be switched from one object to another like the flame of a blowlamp.[1]"

"Hotel California" by The Eagles sung by Gregory Vanderlaan. accompanied by Acoustic Guitar...

"Hotel California" by The Eagles sung by Gregory Vanderlaan strumming an Acoustic Guitar.

https://youtu.be/jJwA4eFASLg  

A classic rock ballad. A friend of mine said it was a reference to a prison in the California's Central Valley... but... I guess it has a special meaning for every listener and we all can find our own Hotel... The Eagles got their name from a talking bird they met on a Peyote Voyage...