I'm Glad That Patriots Are Using LASERS To Blind DHS Stormtroopers in Portland. If that is Actually True... Hey, Porkers... Just Quit Your Job and You''ll Be Safe...

Federal officers in Portland may have been permanently blinded by lasers, officials say... https://www.fox13news.com/news/federal-officers-in-portland-may-have-been-permanently-blinded-by-lasers-officials-say

Barr: It’s ‘possible’ Pelosi’s comments endangered federal law enforcement... The House speaker described DHS agents in Portland as “stormtroopers.” https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/28/barr-pelosi-comments-endangered-law-enforcement-384238

Insane Policemen Beat Civil Rights Marchers in 1963...
Just Like They Are Doing in 2020 To BLM Protesters...

Photos and Story about Staying in the Fancy Hotel at Crater Lake, Oregon... It's like the hotel in "The Shining" Movie... and the Delightful Valley at the Base of the Mountain. (Fort Klamath)

 Ranger Station - Gift Shop
Flag at Half Staff on May 15th, 2015
for Peace Officers Memorial Day

After I retired I drove around and explored Oregon, Washington State, Nevada and Utah. At Crater Lake I stayed at an OLD Hotel that had a balcony overlooking the lake. The rooms did not have television because the hotel was a historic landmark refurbished to be like it was before the invention of TV. So I played with my digital camera taking pictures of printed materials distorted by the water in a drinking glass and drank tap water. It was very tasty because they just pump it out of the lake... So, I drank a Lot of that excellent water...

That night I had a very realistic dream where I thought that I was sleeping in my Van and I woke up in the middle of the night to urinate... I got out of my Van and stood by the side of it and took a piss. Then I realized that I was not outdoors in a campground but in a fancy hotel! I was worried that I had done harm to the rug in the hotel room and dreaded getting a huge bill... I was actually worried about this for hours because the dream was so realistic... I went back to sleep. When I awoke I could not find a wet spot on the carpet... I guess that I actually went into the bathroom while dreaming... Lucky Me! Auto-pilot saved the day.

So I went down to the Hotel's Desk and checked out. I walked out the front door and everything was covered with Ice. I could not walk to my car or drive it if I did get to it. So I went back into the Hotel, got some stationary and envelopes from the clerk and wrote letters to my family while sitting by the roaring fire. A lady sat next to me and said that her husband was considering moving from Buffalo, NY to Brookings, Oregon. I recommended that move highly and drew her a map of where the freeways and cities were in Oregon and Northern California. Then I ate a fine breakfast and by then, the ice had melted...  So I drove around looking at the lake, parked and drew drawings in my sketchbook. I had been camping out in the van and had amused myself by drawing and listening to the radio. Great public radio stations in Southern Oregon broadcast from the University... Totally free station without corporate profits deciding what songs to play...

I tried to drive all the way home but felt too sleepy on Highway 101 near Crescent City. I stayed at a campground that looked a lot like the movie Jurassic Park- Lost World. There was a big meadow in the redwood forest.  The next day I drove home.

Advertising Novelty Duck
at a Swimming Pool Store in Medford Oregon

Souvenir Aluminum Coffee Cups and My Farmville Cow... Riding on the Dashboard of My Van...


Dairy Cows at a Farm in the Valley
Next to Crater Lake Oregon
(Fort Klamath)


Water being Pumped to the Dairy Cows

Welcome Sign to a Forestry Science School 

in the Valley at the Bottom of Crater Lake

Student Housing Klamath Outdoor Science School

The Road to Crater Lake Oregon

Rogue River Oregon

Pen Drawing about Jefferson Public Radio 

Southern Oregon University

I Drew This While Waiting for the Ice

on the Road Down the Mountain

to Melt... Dangerous Driving Conditions

https://www.ijpr.org/

Great Documentary Movie "Tending the Wild" - Yurok Wisdom - Forest Management - Kalamath River - Salmon - Acorns- Massive Fish Kill by George Bush the Son

https://www.kcet.org/shows/tending-the-wild

Intentional Controlled Burning of the forest to help fertilize plants, increasing growth. And causes roots to hold more water. Springs have more water after a controlled burn. A Better Plan Than Out Of Control Wildfires... OUR CURRENT SYSTEM.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbxLv9EEzs8

Golden Bear Statue on the Klamath River Bridge

American History: 

George Bush sold water to potato farmers in Oregon. That caused a Massive fish kill. Now, Once every five year there is a low salmon population. 

Ironically, while the farmers grew more potatoes and made MORE money that year, the LOSS to people catching fish, renting motel rooms to tourist fishermen and selling Guide services was TEN TIMES AS MUCH as the profit selling potatoes. 

A classic example of WHY it's a bad idea to bribe politicians to do favors for one industry or another. A BETTER PLAN is to do what is right instead of doing what the corrupt lobbyists want... Nowadays, Trump has sold the entire Government to the highest bidder and we have more pollution, more Fracking, more drilling for oil and gas and MUCH MORE pesticides and herbicides... This will cause Ecological damage that may last for 100 years... or more... if that suddenly "SAFE" Atomic Waste gets spilled on a highway when they are trucking it around... 

I have experienced Cannabis Psychosis. I saw things that were not there but I believed that they really existed. REEFER MADNESS ACTUALLY EXISTS BUT... Weed Should Be Legal Nationwide and All Cannabis Prisoners Released... Simply Close The Unused Prisons and REFUND THE MONEY TO THE TAXPAYERS.

and then I Stopped Smoking and The Dreamy Fantasy Effects Went Away in a Month... 

I experienced events that did not happen. That made it difficult to make smart decisions. Californians ought to be aware that it is possible to smoke too much dope. It took my smoking about a pound of Oregon Legal over a 7 month period for me to experience Psychosis. [I was also drinking coffee and smoking tobacco.] Yes, it's FUN to see some things that are not there, Like a cat about the size of a German Shepard Dog. Meow! However... I neglected to file my income taxes... etc. etc. etc.

I stopped smoking when I went on a driving vacation and didn't want to be in possession of an illegal substance while camping out in my van. I remained stoned for about a month due to having so much THC in my system. It was a great trip and I saw many beautiful parks and deserts in Southern California and Nevada. We were driving over "The Grapevine" and the highway patrol created a rolling roadblock to slow down the traffic. They actually forced us all to stop completely by driving back and forth across all the lanes of the freeway... I thought the CHP Car was dancing. Quite an interesting event to observe amplified by my THC enhanced brain... The combination of my being retired from work, having money in the bank and the Legalization of Marijuana in Oregon allowed me to simply take too much. Oregon was 100 miles from home and I bought an ounce a week... The stores rate and price their weed by quantity of THC per gram. I tended to buy the strongest stuff available... I went to the hospital to have an infected blister on my foot treated and they tested my blood and urine... I still tested positive for THC after not smoking for a month.

I started smoking marijuana in 1969 at age 14. I've smoked off and on my whole life. However I realized that I had to quit smoking while I was studying computer science at Humboldt State University. I believe that it would have been impossible to do my homework while stoned... So I quit for 4 years... In Arcata, the geographic center of illegal marijuana farming in Northern California. Marijuana is not addictive like tobacco is but it still has risks associated with it. One risk to be aware of is being arrested for driving a car while stoned.

I did a scientific study of playing chess while stoned on various drugs. I owned a chess computer that would allow me to play at different skill levels. I concluded that I played at a higher level when I drank coffee and a lower level on Marijuana and alcohol. On LSD I refused play at all as the entire test seemed absurd.

Cannabis does have entertainment value. Rock concerts are more enjoyable while stoned. One time I went to an Allman Brothers concert during a time when there was no marijuana available and the music seemed too loud and the guitar solos were pointless and too long. Sex is more pleasurable when stoned. Food tastes better. In general, all experiences are more fun. Reading a Science Fiction Book while stoned is astonishing as every page has a mind blowing revelation or plat twist. Of course, the author intentionally designed the book to twist your mind. Mission Accomplished!

Marijuana is not addictive in the sense that it does not cause pain when a person stopped using it like tobacco does. However, given a choice, I prefer to be stoned all day every day. Smoking at dawn and taking another puff whenever I feel like the effects are wearing off. During my 7 month smoke-a-thon with Oregon Legal I lost about 100 pounds of weight. Strange effect. I believe that the weight loss happened because during the first hour after smoking, I felt queasy and did not feel like eating. Since I was smoking at least once an hour, I did not experience the munchies. After I went to the mental hospital I stopped smoking marijuana and have gained all that weight back and more. Deep Sigh...

During the time I was smoking marijuana heavily, the number of visitors to my blog went up dramatically. Google provides statistics about how popular my words of wisdom are. I was writing what I call "Absurdist Fiction" and posting a lot of travel photographs/descriptions. I also figured out how to "GAME" the Google Search Engine Algorithm... My Blog uses keywords describing my posts individually.  For Example: If I write a post about Traveling to Oregon, I write a dozen words that describe that blog post. I found a way to copy and paste ALL of those keywords into a single blog post. Therefore the content of that blog post would rate high on almost any Google Search.
That technique no longer works as Google probably fixed the search algorithm to ignore that "Hack".
Anyway, I believed that the reason my blogs popularity had increased dramatically was that I was writing better when stoned. Just like The Beatles became Super Popular when the started recording records like Sargent Pepper... Yes, it's true that I came up with more and better ideas while stoned.
BUT... the vast majority of my increase in visits was due to that one trick I played on Google.

Dramatic Increase in Blog Visits when smoking marijuana

After I got out of the mental hospital I quit smoking marijuana and have not had any great ideas since. SO, I have been writing my Autobiography instead. Typing what I did in the past instead of creating the future. By the way, I'm really glad that Marijuana has become legal in California because freedom of choice is great. It's not the right drug for me but the last thing anyone needs is going to jail. We ought to legalize Marijuana Nationwide! Reduce spending on Law Enforcement while increasing VOLUNTARY taxes... AND... Release all the Cannabis Prisoners.

Legalize Marijuana Nationwide

Please Pirate this Image and post it worldwide... Thanks!

Sculpture of Horses made out of Welded Together Horseshoes - On Highway 101 in Del Norte County - Near Oregon - Folk Art - on the Road to the Legal Marijuana Store...

I used to Drive from Eureka to Oregon every two weeks because Marijuana was Legal In Oregon and Illegal in California... It's a Great Drive and I NEVER SMOKED WEED AND DROVE IT... After Buying the Weed, I drove that Tricky Section of Highway 101 CLEAN AND SOBER... It's got a LOT of Difficult Turns and VAST DIFFERENCES IN AMOUNT OF SUNLIGHT. In the Meadows, The Sunshine is BRIGHT but then You drive into the Redwood Forest and IT'S REALLY DARK... Basically, You are Blind for a second or two... and there is a LOT of Traffic on that Two Lane Road... 

But the Destination was wonderful... There were FOUR Legal Marijuana Stores in Brookings... and Each could sell a Customer SEVEN GRAMS A DAY... So, I visited all Four Stores and Bought an Ounce... Do You Metric Math! 7 x 4 = 28... and there are 28.5 Grams per Ounce... 

I was always concerned about the Fruit Inspection Station coming into California... Every Car is Stopped and they ask you if You are Bringing in any FRUIT... They IGNORED the Vast Numbers of People Importing Marijuana... They Never Inspected the Van... Quite Different than the Border at Tijuana!

Photo of the Marijuana Store in Brookings, Oregon

Clamshell on the Dashboard of my Ford Windstar Van

After I Retired... I Drove all over the Western USA sleeping in my Van... I put a Mattress in the Back... I "BECAME A TURTLE" - I always looked for Remote Locations so THE POLICE would not Bother me in the Middle of the Night... I Remember One Location in an Oak Forest Between RED BLUFF, CA and the Mountains of the Coast Range... The Acorns would Fall out of the tree and BANG! a Loud sound when the Hit the Roof of the Van... 

Are You UNHAPPY Living in California? Why Not GTFO? Move to the Beautiful Oregon Coast. It's Cool and Rainy and HAS NO WILDFIRES.

Instead of Trying to Recall Gavin Newsom, Why Not Get Up On Your Own Two Strong Legs and FIX YOUR OWN PROBLEMS? The Cost of Housing is 1/4 What It Is in The Cities of California. Taxes are Lower. People with "Conservative Values" are Tolerated. Instead of Being Unhappy with MAJORITY RULE... When People Like You ARE THE MINORITY, why not Solve Your Own Troubles by Going to Live in a Place where there are Plenty of Loggers, Fishermen and Farmers... and very few Hippies, High Tech Wizards or Gays! 

Ever Hear of an Author Named Ayn Rand? She recommends Taking Responsibility For Your Own Life... Instead of Complaining That Your Candidate Lost The Election... Take Action! MOVE! If You Can't Figure Out How to Earn a Living in Oregon, Why Not Try Idaho?  I've Been there and It's GREAT! Lots of Computer Factories in Boise... OR... You Could Own a Ski Resort in the Sawtooth Mountains... Or Work at a Resort... Lead Hunting Trips in the Summer... 

The Possibilities are Endless! Once You Stop Whining... Such Crybabies! FORGE YOUR OWN DESTINY! When I Needed to Take Action, I Left San Jose and Moved to Washington, DC and Became a Defense Contractor Designing Equipment for the USAF. Made Me Proud to Know that I Was Helping Protect the USA from Enemies... AND... High Pay!

Here in Eureka, California,
It's Butterflies and Rainbows
From Here to Eternity!

****** (~);-} ******

and now for a relaxing eARTh Show...

Feel Free to Print and 

Color any of these Drawings.

****** (~);-} ******

GOOFY GUY!

Nobody Drives Anymore - Too Much Traffic. It's the actual BURNING of Gasoline that Causes Climate Change. Question IF we really need to do all that traveling. Why not stay home and just visit people and places in Online?

I saw a fine TV Show about Amsterdam. Most people ride bicycles there. That lifestyle can work in small cities. It looks like that's a Wonderful Place. Healthy Happy People. I wonder what they do on Rainy Days or in the Snow... The TV Travel Shows always happen on a Sunny Spring Day... 

Nobody Drives Anymore... Too Much Traffic
gvan42 free coloring book art
print it and have fun coloring!

I do not own a Car. On the rare Occasions that I Go Out, Someone else drives. UBER or LYFT. It's wonderful to No Longer have a Car Payment or a Car Insurance Payment or to Have to Buy Gas... 

Reality is that places like Los Angeles have become an Insane Nightmare World... The Bubonic Plague is Starting to Become a Major Problem There. Since Rent is so high, thousands of people are homeless and RATS are a big part of that community. Rats that carry Bubonic Plague. It's Like a Crazy Doomsday Science Fiction Novel except it's real and happening now.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/video/los-angeles-reaches-a-tipping-point-for-the-spread-of-bubonic-plague/vi-AAEVAbP

Well, it's only going to get hotter and more crowded... People dying from Heat Exhaustion and No One Bothering to Move the Dead Bodies. 

Take this moment to ESCAPE the city and Move North. The Coast of Oregon and Washington State seems like a VALID place to live. Assume that Hurricanes will continue to Devastate the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida and all the way North to Boston. The Midwest will be doing Tornadoes and the Southwest is Just Too Damn Hot. California Burning... Over 100 Wildfires are Burning Right Now. Alaska, Idaho, Colorado... and in the Cities, traffic jams all day long on the freeways... ESCAPE! Become a Country Cowfreak!

People PRETEND That it's ExxonMobil's Fault That Fossil Fuels are Causing Climate Change. Well, we also are a part of this Disaster... BUYING GAS AND DRIVING ALL OVER THE PLACE... I did it. But after I retired I live a "MATRIX" type of life. Indoors most of the time watching TV or On The Internet... I Go out for a Walk every morning but It's Just Too Damn Hot in the Afternoon... 

What IF SIX BILLION PEOPLE DIE FROM CLIMATE CHANGE? So What! The Human Caused Air Pollution WILL STOP and The Planet Will Start to Heal.

People in Alaska, Canada and Siberia will Survive and Repopulate The World... OR MAYBE NOT! It's Entirely Possible that Extinction of Humans WILL HAPPEN... 

I figure that in the Immediate Future we can SIMPLY MOVE to the Coast of Oregon and ENJOY THE COOL RAINY CLIMATE... For the Next Few Years, The West Coast From San Francisco to Alaska Will Remain Habitable. After That... Just Keep on Moving North...  

Remember: SOME Life Forms are Doing GREAT With The Warmer Temperatures. For Example: The GREEN SLIME of Florida Loves A Warm Bath! Cockroaches, Ants and Butterflies will Inherit The Earth... 

Are You Fleeing Hurricanes, Wildfires or Extreme Heat? Try The Beautiful Oregon Coast... It's Safe, Cool, Rainy and Real Estate is Cheap. 

buy Oregon Real Estate, Safe Climate Change cool rainy

Skolstrejk för klimatetat - Global Climate Strike EVERY FRIDAY - a Worldwide ECO-ACTION! - Greta Thunberg says: “We Are Striking to Disrupt the System” #ClimateStrike

 https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2019/09/global-climate-strike-920-worldwide-eco.html

I Feel a LOT Patriotism for California but not much for the USA. I Believe that We Would All Be Better Off if The South was a Different Country. They Receive a Lot of Welfare Payments, Unemployment Checks and Food Stamps but Do Not Pay Much in Taxes.

 It's their Failed Economy that we are Bailing OUT... Year after Year after Year... Remember all those Brilliant Inventions Created in the South? Me Neither... OH! Wait, there was One... The Cotton Gin...

I Feel Even More Patriotism to the State of Jefferson... Southern Oregon and Northern California... YES, WE ARE DIFFERENT and Don't Have any Kinship with Kansas, Texas, Maine, West Virginia or Florida... I Feel Close to the People of Nimbin, Australia and Copenhagen and Amsterdam... But I don't Have Anything in Common with the Madmen in Washington, DC... 

I don't think we are going to HAVE an Election in 2020. If Trump Loses, He will declare the Election FAKE and remain in the White House as CZAR.

 Defended by GUN NUTS just like they did in Oregon This week... They keep on Talking about the coming Civil War and... IT'S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE. 

AMERICA IS HEADED TOWARDS A CIVIL WAR

 L.T. SMASH 

http://www.returnofkings.com/191926/america-is-headed-towards-a-civil-war

The people of a nation must have common ideological, economic, political, and social ideas they agree upon or the nation, the civilization, will eventually die. Civil war is coming to the United States. Division, contention, fear, and silent invasion are being used to “reshape America.” The civil war that will emerge in the United States will not be like the previous one. This war will be for the mind and heart of the United States. It will be for the soul of the United States. What will we do when this occurs and what will be rebuilt.

HOW THE SECOND AMERICAN CIVIL WAR WILL UNFOLD

 L.T. SMASH

https://www.returnofkings.com/192863/how-the-second-american-civil-war-will-unfold

The coming U.S. Civil War will not have the same outcome as the U.S. Civil War in the 19th Century. As society breaks down, other parts of our economy and civilization break down. Businesses will cease to operate. General services will become unavailable, and confidence in government is destroyed. The legal framework is being destroyed because justice is denied because of ideological lies. When the legal framework is destroyed, the entitlement among the population mindset will lead to murder, rape, destruction of property, starvation for some, and cannibalism for others.

There is no civilization without law and order. A barbaric society is a society with little or no law and order. When Europeans came to the Americas, they brought civilization, i.e. law and order, with them. While there were atrocities committed, the overall effect of European influence was to civilize, to bring law and order, to the peoples in the Americas.

One of the signs of barbarity, or the lack of law and order, is the systematic killing of babies and children (this includes unborn babies). Other signs of barbarity are the lack of children born in the bulk of a nation’s marriages and the decline of marriage.

I Wonder WHERE California Will Burn this Summer... Not IF but Where... I Predict Grass Valley... in the Foothills on Highway 80 on the way to Lake Tahoe...

The Wildfires in recent years have been in the Foothills... Santa Rosa, Redding, Paradise...

Frankly Speaking, The Best plan for Avoiding Death by Fire is to RUN AWAY!
For Safety, try living on the Coast of Oregon... Cool, Rainy... Within 5 miles of the Ocean the weather is safe for Humans... Starting in Santa Cruz, California all the way to Alaska it's Habitable.

Figure that the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida and the Entire East Coast will be Wiped Out By Hurricanes... RUN AWAY!

Attention Climate Change Refugees: If your home BURNT in Santa Rosa or Redding, try relocating to Brookings Oregon. Safe, Cool and Rainy Climate

Did a Hurricane make your house vanish in the panhandle of Florida? Head west...

Remember Hurricane Sandy? Totally wiped out New York City... Too Hot in Nevada, New Mexico or Arizona?

Safe Place to Live - Brookings, Oregon

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/10/while-watching-stock-market-crash.html

Brookings Oregon - Green + Store - Legal Recreational Marijuana - The Ship Gift Shop and a Lagoon near Crescent City

While watching the stock market crash yesterday, I wondered what is a good investment now? Important question, The answer is: (~);-}

I recommend investing in real estate on the coast of Oregon... build homes for retiring people leaving The Bay area and Los Angeles... It has cheap land and NO WILDFIRES... The climate is cool and rainy... good taxes... there are millions of people who will be selling their home in San Jose and buying a place on the coast. Oregon already has many trailer parks for old people... but there is the entire baby boom generation to sell to... We all will need a room with a care-giver and a cook... and they have legal marijuana...Brookings, Gold Beach all the way North... Safe from wildfires...

https://oregoncoast.craigslist.org/search/rea?query=Gold+Beach&search_distance=5&postal=97444&availabilityMode=0&sale_date=all+dates  

https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Brookings-OR/pmf,pf_pt/51158_rid/pricea_sort/42.31667,-123.88424,41.981697,-124.499474_rect/10_zm/

Staying at the Fancy Hotel at Crater Lake, Oregon... It's like the hotel in "The Shining" Movie...

After I retired I drove around and explored Oregon, Washington State, Nevada and Utah. At Crater Lake I stayed at an OLD Hotel that had a balcony overlooking the lake. The rooms did not have television because the hotel was a historic landmark refurbished to be like it was before the invention of TV. So I played with my digital camera taking pictures of printed materials distorted by the water in a drinking glass and drank tap water. It was very tasty because they just pump it out of the lake... So, I drank a Lot of that excellent water...

That night I had a very realistic dream where I thought that I was sleeping in my Van and I woke up in the middle of the night to urinate... I got out of my Van and stood by the side of it and took a piss. Then I realized that I was not outdoors in a campground but in a fancy hotel! I was worried that I had done harm to the rug in the hotel room and dreaded getting a huge bill... I was actually worried about this for hours because the dream was so realistic... I went back to sleep. When I awoke I could not find a wet spot on the carpet... I guess that I actually went into the bathroom while dreaming... Lucky Me! Auto-pilot saved the day.

So I went down to the Hotel's Desk and checked out. I walked out the front door and everything was covered with Ice. I could not walk to my car or drive it if I did get to it. So I went back into the Hotel, got some stationary and envelopes from the clerk and wrote letters to my family while sitting by the roaring fire. A lady sat next to me and said that her husband was considering moving from Buffalo, NY to Brookings, Oregon. I recommended that move highly and drew her a map of where the freeways and cities were in Oregon and Northern California. Then I ate a fine breakfast and by then, the ice had melted...  So I drove around looking at the lake, parked and drew drawings in my sketchbook. I had been camping out in the van and had amused myself by drawing and listening to the radio. Great public radio stations in Southern Oregon broadcast from the University... Totally free station without corporate profits deciding what songs to play...

I tried to drive all the way home but felt too sleepy on Highway 101 near Crescent City. I stayed at a campground that looked a lot like the movie Jurassic Park- Lost World. There was a big meadow in the redwood forest.  The next day I drove home.

Read more of my autobiography at:
http://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/03/growing-up-in-los-gatos-california-in.html

Three Bears and My Cow... Camping in Oregon on the way to Crater Lake...

My Farmville Cow in the Dashboard of my Van at a campground in Oregon

Painting on the Wall of a Chico Coffee Shop

Bear at the Welcome Center on Highway #5 near Redding

Chainsawed Bear Sculpture near Crater Lake Oregon

Madison Bear Garden, a Bar in Chico

Waterfall on a Tributary of the Sacramento River... Flows to San Francisco Bay

My Ford Windstar Van at a Rest Stop on Highway #5