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Stay Away from Florida! 
Civil Rights Group Issues Warning Against Travel to Florida... They Have GUNS, Floods, The Giant Stinky Seaweed Blob and The Red Tide.

It's A Horrible Place to Take a Vacation!
Florida Seaweed Blob - Do Not Vacation This Year!

Florida Floods - Danger - Stay Away




Gay men, lesbians, transgender Americans and others are being warned to curb non-essential travel to Florida as a result of a spate of recent actions taken by Sunshine State Republicans, led by Gov Ron DeSantis.

That's the unprecedented warning from an organization which calls itself Florida's largest civil rights organization dedicated to securing full equality for the state's LGBTQ residents.

Equality Florida took what it concedes is the “extraordinary step” of issuing the travel advisory, warning of the risks posed to the health, safety, and freedom of those considering short or long term travel, or relocation to the state.


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Senate Panel Holds SCOTUS Ethics Hearing Amid Mounting Conflict of Interest Scandals.

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a contentious hearing on ethics standards for Supreme Court justices, following a series of revelations around conservative justices’ financial entanglements. This is Rhode Island Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse: “The Supreme Court is playing out of bounds of the ethics rules for federal judges. Justices read the ethics rules in unique and eccentric ways, and when they’re caught out of bounds, they refuse to allow any investigation of the facts.”

George Mason University's Law’s tight ties to SCOTUS.

George Mason University’s law school has cultivated an “unusually expansive relationship” with conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court, creating an environment where “their legal views are celebrated, they are given top pay and treated to teaching trips abroad.”—New York Times

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH EUREKA, CA
I don’t typically post anything on here but this morning I was out with my dog at the coopers gulch and I spoke with a city employee and asked what he was spraying and he told me he was spraying ROUND UP!!.
The main reason I am posting this is to let anyone who has taken there dogs to the park (next to the skatepark) and if your dog gets sick please take them to the vets and tell them that they have been exposed to ROUND UP or better still stay away for 48 hours, and the same thing for children too..
Sorry about the complaining but this made me pretty upset as they were doing this at 6:00 am so no one is there to see it, in my opinion.
May 4th, 2023

and SG Said on FaceBorg:
(I`m asking for just 5 min. of your time to read this. Some historical reminders and present day situations important for you to reflect upon, and especially make others aware of, please) ~
When Hitler and The NAZI Party took power in Germany of the 30s there were major changes that had to be made to ensure their absolute power. These things should be all too familiar to us as well now as they were also implemented first by Trump and continuing with HIS NOW GOP, with more to come be assured. Without any stretching of the imagination these are the NAZI ploys THEY have also imitated to hopefully ensure THEIR power should things continue in the direction THEY desire.
The first things Hitler and his NAZI Party implemented were to totally disregard Germany`s Fed. rights guarantees for ALL of it`s citizens and make it apply only to their selective demographics. That also involved tearing up Germany`s present Constitution.
Next for the NAZIs to attack was Germany`s legal system, and firing and replacing hundreds of judges which of course meant only members of the NAZI Party could be judges (of course all Jewish judges removed). Starting to sound familiar yet? What was the first thing Trump did when he took office? The firing of over 300 Fed. judges and replaced with his personal picks for judges. No Presidents in America`s history ever did that even on a small scale of only a few. Doesn`t end there in what went on and continues either.
The NAZI party only had a small base that ever voted for them so they set about resolving that problem. Once in power they put all elections on hold, but told the German people when (and if) they would resume not all people`s votes eligible to be counted (of course elections never did resume). Republican Governors in states like Texas, Florida, and other Red States have implemented many vote restricting laws targeting specific demographics that typically vote for their opposition. Minorities, senior citizens, students enrolled in colleges, and some others that have swung away from the Republican Party.
Going back to The NAZI Party ignoring established individuals rights eventually leading to tearing up Germany`s Constitution, the GOP have exactly those same plans for us should certain things continue in their favor. Republican leadership in recent yr.s made it very clear to their voters that whenever there is again a Republican Pres. with control of both houses of Congress that they will convene a new "Constitutional Convention" that they said will only be to "update" the present one. Translation: They will do as the NAZI Party did with Germany`s and tear up and replace it with one to guarantee future Republican Party control over America.
To finish, you can be sure what is now The 1st Amend. will look greatly different with selective speech allowed and our becoming a GOP "Christian"(?) theocracy. The present 2nd Amend. they seem to be in love with won`t even exist in their new Constitution. With them in total power it will be Republicans in power that will outlaw individual gun ownership (especially those equal to our military`s). So, Republicans want history to repeat itself their given a chance. 1930s Germany`s happening on American soil that is. FACT not opinion be it known by us all. Tell others what you have read here so we can all stand together (especially in 2024) to stem the tide of Republican fascism they destine for our country. Thank you for what I know will be your concern, my REAL Americans.

Virtual Journey: From Washington DC to EPCOT, Key West, the Pennsylvania Rainbow Gathering and Niagara Falls. Photos and Stories...

One Time When I got Laid Off, I Got in my Car and Toured the East Coast of the USA for 5 Months... 

EPCOT at Walt Disney World Florida


The High Points of this Trip was Disney World, The Rainbow Gathering in Pennsylvania and The Maid of the Mist Boat Ride at Niagara Falls... I was on a Quest to Find the Best Beach on the Atlantic Ocean... It Was Fernandina at the Northern End of Florida. 

Starting at My Condo Outside of Washington DC... 

My Condo in Oxon Hill Maryland

I drove North on Indian Head Highway, Took a Left onto the Washington Beltway, Crossed the Woodrow Wilson Bridge and Entered Virginia... 

Map of Oxon Hill Maryland and the Woodrow Wilson Bridge

Map of Oxon Hill, Maryland

On the Woodrow Wilson Bridge over the Potomac looking at Alexandria VA.

On the Woodrow Wilson Bridge over the Potomac looking at Alexandria VA. The Tall Building is The Masonic Lodge.

Entering Virginia Sign and turnoffs for Ft Belvoir and Alexandr

I Spent a Lot of Time Delivering Pizza for
 on Ft Belvoir and in Mount Vernon... Including Delivering to George Washington's Home... Yes, Park Rangers get Hungry and they Call for Pizza... Ft Belvoir has a LOT of Top Secret Engineering Sites that I was Not Allowed to Visit... so I'd Sell the Pizza to the Marine at the Guard Box... Unless the Weather was Raining or Snowing and then They Let Me Wander all over the Base... Security was Very Lax in Bad Weather!

Driving South on Highway 95 near Washington DC

Then I Left the Beltway and Took a Turn onto Highway 95 Heading South towards Florida... 

It's Boring Freeway Driving for Hundreds of Miles... 

The Next Interesting Place is the "South of the Border" Fire Cracker Store... Many People Drive across the South Carolina State Line to Purchase Legal Fire Crackers that Fly Up into the Air and Explode... and M-80s... I Remember that in Washington DC Those Fireworks were Popular... and The Fans of the Grateful Dead Shot a Lot Off after the Concert in Columbia, Maryland... So Much that the City BANNED the Grateful Dead from Ever Playing Merriweather Post Pavilion Again... They Were Worried that Symphony Woods Would Catch on Fire... 

South of the Border Firecracker Store

South of the Border Gift Shop

This is a Classic "Tourist Trap" - There are Many Strange Exhibits... Like the Reptile Lagoon... and Gift Shops with Bizarro Products... Like these CAT Sculptures... 

Ceramic Cat Sculptures at the South of the Border Tourist Trap

dog sculpture at South of the Border Fireworks Store



Coffee Cups and Ceramic Dogs at the South of the Border Tourist Trap

Coffee Cups with the Image of Pedro... The Patron Saint! 

Pedro holding the south of the border sign

Aligator Sculpture at South of the Border Fireworks Store SC

Day of the Dead - Dolls - South of the Border Giftshop
Day of the Dead - Dolls - South of the Border Giftshop

The Next Place of Interest Was EPCOT at Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida. I Camped Out for FIVE Days and Went to the Park... I went Early in the Morning and then took a Break at the Campsite and Went Back at Night... The Campsite was Packed With Mosquitoes! 

The High Point was the Space Mountain Ride... A Roller Coaster in a Dark Building with Animated Movies all over the Place to Simulate a Journey thru Outer Space... 
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_cQz7nPaV4

Space Mountain EPCOT Disney World Florida

Inside the Space Mountain Ride - EPCOT

Space Mountain on the Ride Itself - EPCOT

The Giant Sphere next to the Lake was Lit Up at Night with Lasers so it Looked Like Planet Earth...
EPCOT at Night - Giant Ball at the Lake.
The Laser Beams Drew the Outlines of the Continents... and then they re-drew the Map to make the whole thing appear to be spinning! Excellent! at the same time there was Fireworks, Fountains with Colored Lights and Loud Beethoven Music. 5th and 9th Symphonies... 1812 Oveture... 
EPCOT Fireworks

another Great Ride was the Kraft Dancing Food Show... Kinda Strange that They Appear Like a Robert Crumb ZAP COMIX... 
the Kraft Dancing Food Show EPCOT

Kitchen Kabaret Kraft Food Show at EPCOT

I also rode the Monorail to the Famous Disney Hotel. Went out on the Roof to Admire the View.
Monorail Disney World Hotel Florida
I have a Tendency to Pick Up Hitchhikers and a Couple of Fellows Offered me a Job Building Apartments... Oh How Different my Life Would Have Been if I'd Said YES... 


And then The Next Adventure Was John Pennecamp State Park on Key Largo. We took a Boat Ride out to a Great Place to Skin Dive and Swam with Hammerhead Sharks, Barracudas and a Million Other Tropical Fish... Since it's a Park, Removing Coral is a Crime. Therefore, The Reefs are Still There! Unlike Most of Florida... 

Jesus Sculpture at John Pennecamp State Park. Key Largo, Florida
No... We didn't see this Sculpture of Jesus but had a Wonderful Time Snorkeling... 

Coral Reef Florida
THIS is What We Saw... and At Sunset we were on the Boat and I saw the "Green Flash" when the Sun set into the Ocean.

We went to a Bar and Asked the Guitar Player to Sing "Margaritaville" by Jimmy Buffet... He Grimaced because at least once a night he was asked to sing that song... But we made him sing it anyway... and we Drank Margaritas Too.

On to Key West and the Hemingway House. 

His writing Studio was above a Carriage House... I recall that the only way to get there was to cross a Rope Bridge... and that was a very difficult thing to do... so it made sure that he was not disturbed by visitors... or his wife... people could stand on the ground and shout to try and get his attention but if the door was closed... he would not be disturbed!  
Hemingway Writing Studio Key West Florida
My brother Went With me and He can Verify That This Story is true! 

Later We Ate Fried Plantains at a Cuban Restaurant in Miami... They Are Great... Similar to Bananas but very Tough in Texture... Can't Eat them Raw... only Fried!

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Then I Drove Back Home... on the Way I Swam at Many Beaches... Including Fernandina... Near the Florida/Georgia State Line. I don't Remember WHY this was my Favorite Beach... Just THAT it was my Favorite... 
Fernandina Beach... Near the Florida/Georgia State Line.

 
I went home for a bit of a Rest and then on to the Rainbow Gathering in Pennsylvania and Niagara Falls... 

Welcome Home Sign at the Rainbow Gathering

What IS the Rainbow Gathering? To me, it is Woodstock with amateur musicians and I’m in the band…


Thousands of people go backpacking for a couple of weeks… Every year during the end of June and the beginning of July… The location is different every year but it is always in a National Forest… It’s an intentional temporary village…

Bus and Lady at the Rainbow Gathering


Pennsylvania Rainbow Gathering Memories:
I was driving around the East Coast of the USA on Vacation and... 

My hitchhikers said the Gathering was at the intersection of 6 and 666 in Pennsylvania.  I drove there by myself and was greeted by a man that said "Welcome Home, Brother".  I parked and walked in carrying a backpack and sleeping bag... no tent... so the entire time I was sleeping in random different locations... When I arrived at the main campfire circle I noticed that the Gathering was located on a creek and so I wandered downstream to find a nude swimming hole... There by the creek side was a sweat lodge and a group of  bathers. I went swimming and waited for the opportunity to go into the lodge. By this time I had been approached by someone's child who recommended that I not smoke tobacco during my time at the Gathering... I took that advice and soon was feeling the withdrawal symptoms from my addiction... A group left the sweat lodge and I went in... a person asked me to leave as there were two couples that wanted a private sweat and I was a fifth wheel... I got angry because I had no knowledge of a queue waiting for the sweat lodge... and I was freaking from the tobacco "JONES"... I left after arguing a bit and later got to sweat with many other men... The sweat was very therapeutic and helped with my nicotine anxiety. I wandered up to the main circle and met a fellow that manufactured plate glass xylophones and wooden marimbas. I borrowed one and played at the main circle. Then went over to a stage near the entrance and joined a group performing there. I was not wearing any clothes... It's the one time in my entire life that I have performed on stage nude... We mostly played songs like "JINGO" by Santana... that classic beat...
And the song "Infinite Sun"

Lyrics:
We are all one 'neath the Infinite Sun,
forever, forever, forever...
I will never forget you,
I will never forsake you,
forever, forever, forever...

crowd of people at rainbow gathering

Later that day I met some women and retired to their blanketed campsite for a back rub... One was named Terri and we became friends... Traded phone numbers... She decided to leave the Gathering Early because she wanted to go to the Bob Dylan and The Dead concert at RFK Stadium in Washington DC.
I selected to not go because the Gathering was a better event... In my opinion...

On July 4th at the main circle I found a bowl of Peyote unattended... It had a sign saying Sacrament, Help Yourself... and I did... For the entire day I ate small bits of Peyote... Just a small amount and then wait a half an hour, then another small amount and wait... after about 12 hours I had eaten a LOT and truly got the Mescaline High without barfing. The flavor of Peyote is quite bitter and many people find it to be so bad that they barf... I prefer the slow, steady approach.

I wandered over to a stage made out of hay bales and enjoyed the music. There was a cable slide built into a tree and I rode that often. How it worked: there was a steel cable leading from a platform about 15 feet up in a tree stretched tautly to a stake in the ground... A person sat in a leather seat that was attached to the cable by a freespinning wheel and chain... Jump off the platform and ride the cable to the ground... whee! swing the seat back up the cable for the next rider... That was an amazing ride, home made by Rainbow Gatherers just for our own amusement... Thanks!!!

Then I started dancing with a lady that had coarse brown hair... we became friends and were kissing on the ground when she suggested we go on stage and sing for the rest of the tribe. By this time I was very high on Peyote. She gave me a choice of three songs to perform... the names of the first two songs were incomprehensible so I selected Kumbayah, the third choice. We did go onto the stage and sang for the rest of the tribe... by that time she selected to go to her campsite and we parted ways... I located my sleeping bag and found that another lady was in it... I told her to not worry or leave and we slept together like spoons...

In my reading about the Native American Church, one of the things that happens is that a person high on peyote meets Mescalito and is taught their song... then they perform it for the tribe... My experience was similar... I felt as if the woman with the coarse brown hair was Mescalita and we did perform my song...


A couple of days later I drove home and went out on a date with Terry. We had a fine time and she and her girlfriend wanted a ride to an Ashram in rural Virginia. So the three of us went to visit Dar San Singh near an army base on the Potomac. We could hear the explosions of the warriors practicing with their weapons. The sound provided contrast for what was happening at the Ashram.
The Spiritual Study of Indian Religion.
I didn't quite grasp the message of this GURU (mainly because I could not understand a word he said-heavy accent, talked quietly) so I and the Terry's girlfriend came back to DC and I dropped her off at her house.

Maid of the Mist Boat Ride at Niagara Falls
Maid of the Mist Boat Ride at Niagara Falls...

Niagara Falls
Since I Had a Bag of Marijuana in the Car, I didn't want to DRIVE into Canada. So I walked Across the Rainbow Bridge and Had a Labatts Beer in the Hotel. Walked to the Cave BEHIND The Waterfall and Returned to the USA. 

The Border Patrol Person asked me What was my REASON for Visiting Canada and I Said "To Get a Beer" and Started to Explain that Labatts Has Two Different Types of Beer... One for Export to the USA and a Different type for Canadians... 

She was not Amused or Interested and for a Moment there was Doubt IF I was Going to Get Back in the USA... Remember This, Kids: Always tell a Border Guard what they want to Hear! 


and that's how I spent My Summer Vacation!

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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.
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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...

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