I'm Glad William Shatner Didn't Die Today. It Was Entirely Possible that He Would Have a Heart Attack on that Joyride... Or At a Crash Landing in the Desert.

I Was Watching that Launch this Morning and Fell Asleep During One of the Delays... and I Missed it... So I Found A Replay Online and... It Wasn't That Interesting Anyway... The Only Amazing Part Was When The Main Part of the Rocket Landed on a Pad Standing Up. 

Now We Have a Few Still Photos of
William Shatner is Space... 

https://texasnewstoday.com/blue-origin-shares-video-of-an-emotional-william-shatner-in-space-no-description-can-equal-this/498500/

Here is a Replay in Case You Missed It. 

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

The Actual Launch Starts at 4 Minutes into this Video... and There are Many Talking Heads Babbling... With Very Little Happening ON THE SCREEN and a Big NBC LOGO Covering the Entire Bottom of the Screen Blocking the View... It's all Over at 15 Minutes... Except for some Hugging of Everybody by Jeff Bezos at 25 Minutes... and Some Excited Talk by William Shatner... 

Here is a Better Video by CNN:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6lqcIF8hAM

It's Shorter and Has Less Talking...

William Shatner and Jeff Bezos

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Alien Socket Wrench (Fiction) by gvan42

It all started when I found this artifact in my backyard. I guess that an alien spaceship had landed there and was doing some repairs. When they left, they forgot this wrench.

I showed it to my neighbors and they said that they had never seen anything like that before. They recommended that I take it to the poLICE, but I'm not THAT dumb...Soon I was visited by some men in grey suits and black shiny shoes and was kidnapped... Just coincidence? I don't think so!

The grey suited men took me to a small windowless room. They asked me if I wanted to help them fight the Aliens that had left the socket wrench in my backyard... One said "Have you actually seen what visited you?" and he turned on a television...

OH NO, I cried... These aliens are just too goofy to look at... I'm so glad that you grey suited representatives of an unnamed government agency spirited me away to this windowless room... I'll cooperate fully... Please, please, please DON'T make me look at those goofy Escherian aliens anymore... (editors note: at this point our hero starts behaving like a total weenie and not at all like a true gentleman... Therefore, the rest of this scene is deleted... That gives us time to RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!)

It was clearly time for me to get some PROFESSIONAL PSYCHIATRIC HELP... Well, I couldn't afford that so I chose to visit my ONLINE "SHRINK IN A BOX"... Those disturbing images of Aliens had put me in a classic state of Paranoid Schizo... It seemed that instead of me watching the Television, the Television was watching ME!...

Get Help Now!

or just continue with the story...

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Eventually, the grey suited men realized that I was just too "LAME" to be of any use to them and they left. I inspected the television set that they had shown me the disgusting pictures of the aliens... and I came to the shocking realization that it was radically different to anything I had ever seen before...

At that moment I realized they had spirited me away to A parallel universe. I remember reading about them in a classic Sci-Fi book called "The Coming Of The Quantum Cats" by Frederik Pohl.

I turned on channel six and saw the president on the news. He said "I get no satisfaction, that's why I sing the blues..." Then the picture panned to his wife, she turned to him and said... "Don't get crazy, you know just what to do... Crank that old Victrola, put on your rocking shoes!

UN HUH!" It's Saturday Night!"...

I changed the channel and saw that they were playing an old movie called "FUTUREWORLD" WITH PETER FONDA AND YUL BRENNER...

Yet, It seemed to be like totally different than I remembered... As a matter of fact, ALL the stations were weird... SEE FOR YOURSELF! Try them all, eventually they all lead to FUTUREWORLD2525! When you think about it, this is true in life also... No matter what path you select at the "fork in the road" you end up in the same place... FUTUREWORLD2525!

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The epic failure of Donald Trump Letter To the Editor: Wisdom Here! Thanks Chuck Petty... #TrumpMustResign

The Trump presidency has been an abject failure from the very beginning and history will prove his tenure as the leader of the free world to be the worst in the annals of our democracy.

He has repeatedly failed to bring our country together as a nation by his inability to provide any leadership whatsoever when it was so desperately needed. He has failed the world when he walked away from NATO. He failed again when he said climate change is a hoax, solely blaming the Chinese and dropped out of the world organization. His failed trade wars and tariffs has had a very detrimental effect on many segments of our population, especially farmers and in particular beef farmers by importing 3.7 billion pounds of beef from 19 countries last year resulting in many struggling to survive.

While taking an $18 per head loss, the beef processing companies turn a profit of $600 a head. He failed us when he did not put together a national plan of action against the COVD-19 emergency. He failed us when he stopped funding to the WHO when it is most needed to fight the pandemic. He has failed to protect the American people from the current pandemic by refusing to listen to the advice of his own health experts and the dire consequences that would result from doing nothing. He actually stated “It will go away, it will be like a miracle it will just disappear. “ It is nothing but a hoax perpetrated by the Democrats.” He has failed us when he ignored the facts and refused to take any action in the fight against the pandemic until it was too late, costing untold thousands of lives.

He has failed us in trying to place the blame on anybody or anything but himself. The truth is, those thousands of lost lives lay only at the feet of the President of the United States. The blame cannot be cast elsewhere. The facts are not fake news. He has tried desperately to hide facts from the American people that might be detrimental to the health of the economy and his re-election. It is obvious his only concern is for himself and not anyone or anything else. He is willing to trade lives for the Dow Jones.


Be a responsible citizen and vote in the November presidential election to remove this inept and corrupt despot and return respect, sanity and dignity to the office and to us, the American people.

— Chuck Petty https://www.miamivalleytoday.com/2020/06/06/the-epic-failure-of-donald-trump/

The Idiocy of Donald Trump Letter to the Editor. 

The Mirriam-Webster definition of the word idiocy is as follows: Extremely stupid behavior, notably stupid or foolish-madness-lunacy-insanity. The definition for inept is as follows: Not suitable to the time and place-unfit-bungling- lacking sense or reason-generally incompetent. This accurately describes the personality and mental state of the man currently the leader of the free world, and reminiscent of a man of insanity from the past: Adolf Hitler.

The threat to the USA, our democracy, freedoms and liberty is not Russia and Putin, nor North Korea and Kim Jung-Un, nor China and Xi Jinping. The real and present danger sits in the White House as Donald Trump. The American Psychiatric Association classifies Trump as suffering from a narcissistic personality disorder characterized by exaggerated feelings of self-importance, an excessive need for admiration and a lack of empathy for others. He exhibits a preoccupation with power, prestige, and vanity. This condition is also characterized by exploitative behavior to achieve personal gain, exaggeration of skills, and accomplishments and intolerance of the views of others. Pathological narcissism personalities insult others constantly and cannot tolerate criticisms. He is also characterized as a sociopath and pathological liar with repeated lying, and manipulation of others with aggressiveness and consistent irresponsibility. American mental health professionals have long warned us Trump exhibits signs of clinical insanity and we haven’t listened.

In September 2017, a mere eight months in office, 60,000 mental health professionals crafted and signed a petition stating that he has serious mental illness and requested Congress remove him from office, according to article four of the 25th amendment to the constitution that states the president will be replaced if he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. That call has gone unheeded in Congress where Republicans habitually turn a blind eye to Trump’s insanities.

Politifact named Trump the winner of its annual “lie of the Year” award in 2015 with 72 percent of Trump’s public remarks about factual circumstances as false. To date there has been in excess of 18,000 documented and proven lies from this mentally disturbed despot.


Is this who we want as our president? I hope not. I pray not. A June 4 poll showed that only 26 percent of the respondents viewed the US going in the right direction. Most people now understand what we have is not what we want or need as our leader. Do your patriotic/civic duty and vote in November to remove this sick man from office.

— Chuck Petty https://www.miamivalleytoday.com/2020/06/21/the-idiocy-of-donald-trump/


New Music Video: "The Lock Him Up and Throw Away The Key,  tRUMP's a Danger to Self and Others... Police Code 5150 Blues" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS1v90vwlSo

#ImpeachBarr - He is a Menace to Society. https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2020/06/impeachbarr-he-is-menace-to-society.html

Skolstrejk för klimatetat #ClimateStrike - Protest Online Using "digital strikes" Instead of Mass Rallies in the Streets - Take Worldwide ECO-ACTION! - Greta Thunberg says: “We Are Striking to Disrupt the System” https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2019/09/global-climate-strike-920-worldwide-eco.html

WHY HAS tRUMP FAILED TO GET ANYTHING DONE? Except, Of Course, He Did Sign the "Help Crazy People Buy Guns" Law... https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2020/06/why-has-trump-failed-to-get-anything.html

Help Us BEAT tRUMP by Sharing These MEMEs on Social Media! #DumpTrump Volunteers Needed World Wide! https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2020/02/hey-russia-if-youre-listening-help-us.html

Music Video: "The Everybody's Laughing at Trump, He's a Dumpster Fire Blues" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz4Q3CYYHaA

Music Video "Vote for Joe, He's Not Insane!" CAMPAIGN SONG by Gregory Vanderlaan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcUJm5N8Cjw

#ImpeachBarr - He is a Menace to Society. Please Write to Your Senators and Representatives! He Has Made Crime Legal for Trump and His Evil Henchmen.

420 #ImpeachBarr Twist-0-Rama by gvan42

https://www.senate.gov/senators/index.htm  There is a drop down menu of STATES that this allows you to look up any Senator. 


https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative is the place to start your research for a Representative to the House. Use a ZIP CODE... 

This is what I Said: 
"Impeach Barr - He has Made Crime Legal for Trump and His Evil Henchmen. Barr's Firing of the Attorney in the SDNY goes too far. Barr is SUPPOSED TO ENFORCE THE LAW not protect "connected" people from being arrested. ...and... Legalize Marijuana Nationwide, Tax it and Free all the Cannabis Prisoners. It is a VOLUNTARY TAX. If You Don't Smoke, You Don't Pay. We Could SAVE MONEY CURRENTLY WASTED ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AND INCARCERATION. ...and... Refund the Money to the Taxpayers. More Money Going IN, Less Money Going Out, EVERYBODY WINS! That's a Smart Approach to Marijuana!"




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Barr Has Made Crime Legal for tRUMP's Friends. "Magically" Dropping all Charges Against Michael Flynn, Who PLEAD GUILTY... The Department of JUST US is Obviously Corrupt... #ImpeachBarr

Impeach and Remove Attorney General Barr. 

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/impeach-remove-attorney-general-barr?source=direct_link

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Impeach AG William Barr. 

https://www.change.org/p/nancy-pelosi-impeach-ag-william-barr

Headline: Michael Flynn Pleaded Guilty. Why Is The Justice Department Dropping The Charges?

Why is the government seeking to drop charges against Michael Flynn even though he pleaded guilty — in two admissions in court — to committing the crime at issue?

The short answers: The Justice Department is giving him a break. And Flynn has played his cards well.

The long answer: It's a long story.

The deal:

Flynn admitted to lying to the FBI about conversations he had had with Russia's then-ambassador to the United States as he and the rest of President-elect Donald Trump's camp waited in the wings early in 2017.

That case appeared clear. But the former Army lieutenant general also had been involved with other enterprises that might have resulted in more charges — including undisclosed foreign lobbying — and his deal with prosecutors swept that off the table.

It also apparently avoided prospective charges for Flynn's son. Flynn and his attorneys considered the deal to be the least bad way out of the jam.

"My guilty plea and agreement to cooperate with the special counsel's office reflect a decision I made in the best interests of my family and of our country. I accept full responsibility for my actions," Flynn said in late 2017 at the time of his plea.

All the same, few knew at the time of that submission how problematic Flynn's fateful interview with the FBI would be for nearly everyone else involved, including the specific FBI agents, the leadership of the bureau and the Justice Department.

https://www.npr.org/2020/05/08/852582068/mike-flynn-pleaded-guilty-why-is-the-justice-department-dropping-the-charges

Bank Robber Pretty Boy Floyd "Did It For the Good of the Country." He Stole People's Mortgage Notes and Burned them... and He Stole Money and Kept it for Himself. According to ALAN DERSHOWITZ, NO CRIME COMMITTED... Not an Impeachable Offense... Of Course, Dershowitz is Wrong...

and The FBI Shot Pretty Boy... Dead... Pretty Boy Floyd Did Not Get a Trial By Jury of his Peers... Like Trump Did. https://time.com/3518207/pretty-boy-floyd/

It's Wonderful that AG William "Chicken" Barr has started an investigation into WHY the FBI started investigating The Trump Campaign 2016. They are sure to be dissapointed when they find out the Truth: Republicrimes Did A Buncha Weird Stuff...

The FBI, CIA and  NSA NOTICED a LOT of Communication between Trump Employees and Russians. DUH. Papa Do Run Run did Drunk Talking about Russians to a Guy from Australia... Then the Department of Justice got a FISA Warrant to Spy on Corey Lewendowski FOUR times! And... a Republican Business hired Christopher Steel to do research and write a dossier... Later, they stopped paying Steel and the Clinton Campaign started Paying the bills. MOST OF THE STEEL DOSSIER HAS BEEN PROVEN TO BE ACCURATE. 

Later, a Republican [Rod Rosenstein] hired a Republican [Robert Mueller] to Investigate Trump and the 2016 Election... We are still waiting to read that report... From the part that has been released, we find that Trump did a Lot of really Treasonous stuff but CANNOT BE ARRESTED until he is out of office... However Eight of Trump's Employees have been arrested and Seven convicted... We are Still awaiting Roger Stone's Trial... The "Lock Her Up!" Chant FAILED COMPLETELY... Republicrimes like making noise in a big room but when it comes to Trials and Convictions, It's the TrumpNiks that are Going to Prison... Hillary is Free As A Bird, Going on TV to be Interviewed, Visiting her Grand Daughter, Sailing on the Bay, Dancing at Discos, Riding Horses and Earning Royalties on her Books... 

Julian Assange got 50 weeks in prison for jumping bail on CHARGES THAT WERE FALSE... AG William Barr said the President can dismiss any investigation IF HE BELIEVES THAT THE CHARGES ARE FALSE... Double Standard?

It's astonishing... Two Faced Liars...

Free Julian Assange Word Art

AG BARR CAUGHT IN OBVIOUS LIE TO CONGRESS. 

Van Hollen said: 'On April 20, I asked Barr, "Did Bob Mueller support your conclusion?" His answer was, "I don't know whether Mueller supported my conclusion."

'We now know Mueller stated his concerns on March 27, and that Barr totally misled me, the Congress, and the public. He must resign.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6979847/AG-Barr-RESIGN-says-Democratic-Senator.html

Keywords: Wikileaks, Julian, Assange, William, Barr, False charges, Bizarro World, 50 weeks, prison, Trump, #BerserkerPOTUS, #BogusPotus, #DumpTrump, #ImpeachTrump, 

WHITE HOUSE COVER UP: Why is the Trump DOJ refusing to let Congress SEE the Mueller Report? What are they HIDING?

I would like to read the Report about Trump/Russia... Will they EVER Publish It Online and in a Paperback Book... Just Like Every other Investigation has been... This one is Magically SECRET! Smells Like GUILT to me... #ReleaseTheReport

WHY IS TRUMP HIDING THE MUELLER REPORT? What are they AFRAID OF? We the People would Like to Read It Ourselves...

Clearly they are Hiding SOMETHING! 

Beware of "Wiseman Pundits" on TV. Often they are WRONG. Remember William F Buckley? Totally Wrong about the Vietnam War. History Proved That He Was a Freaking Idiot...

William F. Buckley was a writer and political TV personality who helped make conservative politics popular in the 1950s-1970s.
https://www.biography.com/people/william-f-buckley-jr-9230494

And now we have Bill Kristol, a "Neocon" spouting wisdom on MSNBC... and CNN... 

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Neocon Taking Head [Idiot] now hired to censor Facebook. The Weekly Standard Magazine Hired to determine What is Fake and What is Real.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/09/facebook-fake-news-thinkprogress-weekly-standard.html

Facebook has empowered a conservative magazine [The Weekly Standard] to suppress liberal viewpoints.

https://www.weeklystandard.com/author/william-kristol

Bill Kristol, a frequent Talking Head on MSNBC, is an author for the Weekly Standard. Most Famous for being wrong about the Iraq War, he is a commentator stating is opinions as if he was a Wiseman Pundit. While in fact he is "not very bright."

While Millions of people protested against the War in Iraq BEFORE IT STARTED... The Weekly Standard Editor was totally fooled into Actually Supporting the War and Going on TV to Beat The Drums. 

Supposed Wise Pundit is actually an Idiot who Believed all the False Propaganda published by George W Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld.  

https://www.weeklystandard.com/ The Weekly Standard is a news Magazine Edited by Stephen F. Hayes

Stephen F. Hayes is an American journalist and biographer. He is a former senior writer for National Journal. He is now Editor in chief of The Weekly Standard^[1] and the author of three books.

Hayes is a journalist. His work has appeared in the New York Post, Washington Times, Salon.com, National Review, and Reason. He has been a commentator on CNN, The McLaughlin Group, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, CNBC, and C-SPAN.^[2]

Prior to the proposed 2003 invasion of Iraq, Stephen Hayes spoke to BBC News, arguing for American intervention: