Great Books: The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey - Illustrated by Robert Crumb - The Classic Novel That Inspired People to Form the Earth First! Ecology Group...

Read it and be inspired too. 

http://www.earthfirst.org/

Here is an Excerpt from the Book... as they look at the Peabody Open Pit Coal Mine in Utah.

"Parking in the shade and concealment of a group of pinyon pines, the gang took a walk up the nearest knoll, armed with field glasses.

Their view from the knoll would be difficult to describe in any known terrestrial language. Bonnie thought of something like a Martian invasion, the War of the Worlds. Captain Smith was reminded of Kennecott's open-pit mine ("world's largest") near Magma, Utah. Dr. Sarvis thought of the plain of fire and of the oligarchs and oligopoly beyond: Peabody Coal only one arm of Anaconda Copper; Anaconda only a limb of United States Steel; U.S. Steel intertwined in incestuous embrace with the Pentagon, TVA, Standard Oil, General Dynamics, Dutch Shell, I. G. Farben-industrie; the whole conglomerated cartel spread out upon half the planet Earth like a global kraken, pan-tentacled, wall eyed and parrot beaked, its brain a bank of computer data centers, its blood the flow of money, its heart a radioactive dynamo, its language the technetronic monologue of numbers printed on magnetic tape.

But George Washington Hayduke, his thought was the clearest and simplest: Hayduke thought of Vietnam.

Peering thru the dust, the uproar, the movement, they could make out a pit two hundred feet deep, four hundred feet wide, a mile long, walled on one side by a seam of coal, where power shovels, ten stories high, as Smith had said, gouged at the earth, ripped the fossil rock from its matrix of soil and sandstone, dumped it in ten ton bites into the beds of haulers. Beyond the first machine, in a farther pit, they saw the top of a boom, the cables and pulley wheel of another alien invader at work, digging itself in deep, almost out of view. To the south they saw a third machine, bigger yet: it did not roll on wheels like a truck, or on endless treads like a tractor, but "walked" one foot at a time, towards its goal. The feet were a pair of steel base plates resembling pontoons, each as big as a boat, lifted first one, then the other, on eccentric gears, rotated forward, placed down and the cycle repeated. Waddling forward, ducklike, the enormous structure of powerhouse, control chassis, superstructure, crane, cables and ore bucket yawed from side to side. Like a factory walking. The machine was electrically powered; as it proceeded a seperate crew of men handled its umbilicus the power line, an "extension cord" thick as a man's thigh through which throbbed the voltage driving the engines in the powerhouse - enough juice, its builders liked to boast, to light a city of 90,000 humans. The cable crew, four men with truck, kept the line clear and also towed the transformer unit, mounted on an iron sledge, keeping pace with the dragline machine. Giant Earth Mover: the GEM of Arizona.

We are so small thought Bonnie. They are so huge. "

http://www.abbeyweb.net/

http://www.abbeyweb.net/bookstore/index.html

The Kennecott Copper Mine Seldom Seen Smith speaks of

as viewed from space... easily twice as big as the Salt Lake City Airport.

Landslides have closed the mine for tourists but you may take a virtual tour at their website: http://www.kennecott.com/visitors-center and print the ever popular coloring book... of giant earth moving machines... 

Link to a Google Image Search for all the illustrations by Robert Crumb:
http://tinyurl.com/k9ahu2e

Dr Sarvis and Bonnie Abzug torch a billboard

Links to Earth First! http://www.earthfirst.org/ and http://efhumboldt.org/

Rock Sculptures on Mount Shasta

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Interesting TV Shows: "The Fidel Castro Tapes" on PBS ...and... "The Windsors" on CNN - Hours of Real Film of Castro With English Subtitles... The History of England During WW1 up to WW2

For Example: I did not know that King George the Fifth of England, Wilhelm of Germany and Czar Nickolas were Cousins and They All Looked Like Twins.  George V Refused to Allow Czar Nicholas to Flee to England with his Family after the Russian Revolution and so All the Romanovs Died...

The Fidel Castro Tapes has Films of Him Doing TV Interviews Before the Revolution in Cuba with Ernesto "Che" Guevara... Then they Show a Hero's Welcome Parade in New York City with Thousands of Americans Cheering Fidel... and Castro Meeting Vice President Richard Nixon... and Actual Film of Soldiers Invading Cuba at The Bay of Pigs.... They Show Film of Castro at Every Age All the Way to His Funeral and Raul Castro, His Brother Becoming Leader... With English Subtitles... Fascinating...

In 1959, Fidel Castro rose to power in Cuba. He has been one of the most controversial figures in the world ever since. This is the story of the Cuban dictator's turbulent career, told in part through media reports, rare images and recordings.
https://www.pbs.org/show/fidel-castro-tapes/

The Episode I Saw of "The Windsors" was Mostly About England in the Era of World War One thru the Late 1930's. King George the Fifth CHANGED HIS NAME from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor to avoid The English People's Hatred of Germans... after all, there was a War Going on and British Boys were Killing Germans. He took the name from the Castle that his Family was Living In.   

His Son, Edward the Eighth, Did Not Want to Do the Formal Work of Being Monarch and Spent his Time Traveling the Globe talking to Subjects and Trying to Convince then that Having an English Man as King was a Great Idea... Eventually, he failed completely and there were Revolutions in India, Australia, Canada, Africa and Asia... Edward fell in love with a Married American Woman, Wallis Simpson. She got divorced and They Got Married BUT... The English People Insisted that he STOP BEING KING if he wanted to Marry her... So he abdicated the Throne... Difficult to Believe... but That's what life was like in 1936... 
https://www.cnn.com/shows/the-windsors-cnn-original-series

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds 

Did you ever Notice Arcata, California? It's Simply Wonderful. Here is A Collection of My Best Photographs and Links to Cultural Happenings... MANY FREE EVENTS!

Arcata is a Lovely town on California's North Coast

about Halfway between San Francisco and Seattle

Very Close to the Oregon Border in the State Of "Jefferson"

Click on the Pictures to See Them Bigger!

Doing Engineering Design was a High Point of My Life... I remember laying out a Circuit Card and the Sun was shining thru the window and I felt BLESSED... Programmers call it "The Zone"... another time I was doing 3D graphics on a Computer at School and DING! 4 Hours had passed... Here is the picture I was Drawing... Homework For Statistics Class At Humboldt State University...

And That's what we do here...
Why not come and Visit?

U2 can Bliss Out, Now

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX2utDYfzCY&feature=youtu.be

Music Video: Blue Rhythm Revue.

"With a little help from my friends" by The Beatles

What if you wanted to know More about this GEM of a Town?

Click on the Links:
http://www.humboldt.edu/

http://humboldt.edu/clubs/club_sites/ccat

http://www.schatzlab.org/

http://www.northcoastjournal.com/

http://lostcoastoutpost.com/

http://www.darrylcherney.com/
"I see by Your T-Shirt That You are an FBI Agent,
You see by my T-Shirt that I'm an FBI Agent, Too..
If you get a T-Shirt then You could be an FBI Agent,
Mumble mumble mumble I forgot the last Line..."
Sung to the tune "Streets of Laredo"

However, all the accurate Lyrics are on Darryl's website.

http://www.jailhurwitz.com/
Sadly, This Contest is Over and it is TOO LATE to Enter.

http://www.jailhurwitz.com/pdfs/hfcb_cover.html
But You Can Still Download the Headwaters Forest Coloring Book!

http://www.humboldt.edu/music/
You could learn to play a musical instrument.

http://www.humboldt.edu/music/calypso-band
For Example: The Steel Pans

http://www.humboldt.edu/music/dan-aldag
Dan Aldag teaches a fine General Education Course
"The History of Rock and Roll."
I took it and Had a Great Time...

Dan has been seen playing Trombone in The Fortuna Bandemonium.
http://fortunaconcertseries.com/history/2006/greg-moore-bandemodium.htm

http://www.humboldtfolklife.org/node/2
at the Humboldt Folklife Festival in Blue Lake.

http://lilanelson.org/
Singer Wrong Righter, Lila Nelson. Righting Wrong Thru Song.

https://www.facebook.com/tofumike
and Lila's brother "Tofu" Mike Schwartz
Who will do the Sound Mixing For and Event
http://www.absynthquintet.com/
or Play the Drums.

http://humboldtgov.org/1346/Public-Library/
You Could Read a Good Book at the Humboldt County Library.

http://www.humboldtmusic.com/webpage/index.cfm?id=282
Mr. Bill plays the drums for Vintage Rock and Soul.

http://www.mtsmusic.com/
Two Street Music is on Second Street in Eureka! I have Found It, CA

http://www.humboldt.edu/centennial/
100 Year Party Celebrating Alexander Humboldt,
The Last Man who Knew Everything There Was to Know.

http://www.humboldtmusic.com/webpage/index.cfm?id=883
Tim Day slappa da Bass.
Tim Day is an electric bass player, drummer, and composer based out of Eureka, CA. Originally from Los Angeles, CA, he picked up the guitar at the age of 5 and began playing. Over the years Tim also picked up the drums and bass and continues to develop as a musician.

Currently, Tim has been playing drums for local group Vintage Soul for 11 years, and he plays bass for local group
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Blue-Rhythm-Revue/94493887977
 Blue Rhythm Revue now in their 4th year. He has played at local bars, clubs, private shows, and festivals in and around Humboldt county.

http://lostcoastoutpost.com/HumboldtApproved/
Winner Best Singer Award: Samantha Toste
of the Blue Rhythm Review.

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And, Now for something Completely Different:
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http://www.derrickjensen.org/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjNqlhPFc4Y
Firesign Theater Temporary Humbolt County
No it's not Permanently Humboldt County,
It's THC.

http://www.yuroktribe.org/
Supposedly Named by A Yurok Tribal member.

https://www.caljobs.ca.gov/vosnet/Default.aspx
Looking for a Job? Search CALJOBS by Zip Code

http://www.mss.ca.gov/
Or Find a Job anywhere in California

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http://www.abbeyweb.net/

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Great Book: "The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam" by Max Boot

https://www.amazon.com/Road-Not-Taken-Lansdale-American/dp/0871409410

In chronicling the adventurous life of legendary CIA operative Edward Lansdale, The Road Not Taken definitively reframes our understanding of the Vietnam War.

In this epic biography of Edward Lansdale (1908– 1987), the man said to be the fictional model for Graham Greene’s The Quiet American, best-selling historian Max Boot demonstrates how Lansdale pioneered a “hearts and mind” diplomacy, first in the Philippines, then in Vietnam. It was a visionary policy that, as Boot reveals, was ultimately crushed by America’s giant military bureaucracy, steered by elitist generals and blueblood diplomats who favored troop build-ups and napalm bombs over winning the trust of the people. 

https://www.amazon.com/Directorate-C-I-Americas-Afghanistan-Pakistan/dp/1594204586/

Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Resuming the narrative of his Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars, bestselling author Steve Coll tells for the first time the epic and enthralling story of America's intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan since 9/11

Prior to 9/11, the United States had been carrying out small-scale covert operations in Afghanistan, ostensibly in cooperation, although often in direct opposition, with I.S.I., the Pakistani intelligence agency. While the US was trying to quell extremists, a highly secretive and compartmentalized wing of I.S.I., known as "Directorate S," was covertly training, arming, and seeking to legitimize the Taliban, in order to enlarge Pakistan's sphere of influence. After 9/11, when fifty-nine countries, led by the U. S., deployed troops or provided aid to Afghanistan in an effort to flush out the Taliban and Al Qaeda, the U.S. was set on an invisible slow-motion collision course with Pakistan.

Steam Train Antique Tractor - cart - Chainsaw carving demonstration at Redwood Acres Fairground

Steam Train for Logging

Steam Train

Antique Tractor - and a cart for dragging entire trees.

Steam Train in Eureka, CA

Buffalo Springfield - For what it's worth

Chainsaw carving demonstration at Redwood Acres Fairground

Chainsaw carving demonstration at Redwood Acres Fairground