How to Reduce Plastic Waste. Simple Actions Anyone Can Do. #1. Never Buy Bottled Water. Filter Tap Water Instead.

Here's the Consumer Reports Guide of Filters that Remove Pollution from Tap Water... : 

https://www.consumerreports.org/home-garden/water-filters/

Did You Ever Notice that Water Bottled in Plastic TASTES like Plastic?  That's Plastic Going Into Your Body... 

Of Course, If You Shower in Toxic Waste Water... That's a Problem too... Your Skin Absorbs the Poison... That's Why a Whole House Filter is Best... Contact Your Local Plumber for advice and installation... or MOVE to a Safer Neighborhood. 

#2. Stop Drinking Coke... It's often packaged in Plastic Bottles... So is Pepsi, RC Cola, Mountain Dew and Generic Cola... I personally LOVE the HIGH I Get from Caffeine and Sugar... Especially when driving a car long distances! That's FUN! 

However... It is Possible to Simply Take Those Two Drugs without Dissolving them in a Flavored and Carbonated Beverage... TRY COFFEE... I Remember putting Brown Sugar and Nutmeg in a Cup of Coffee at the Coffee Shop and I FELT OPTIMISTIC! Buzzing Like a Bee and Enthusiastic About Life! Whee! 

Or Drink TEA... Or Drink Fruit Juice Made from a Concentrate... Avoid the Plastic Bottles!

Of Course, Caffeine is sold at the drug store in PILL Form... Especially Interesting is the Combo Pills with Aspirin, Acetaminophen and 65 mg Caffeine... Pain Relievers and Stimulant... Keep taking those and You'll end up driving from San Jose to Seattle... Whoosh! Whoosh!

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The Myth of Plastic Recycling... 

For many, recycling feels like a tangible way to personally combat climate change and to positively affect the environment. That's partially because of decades of public environmental campaigns, advertisements and even school education aimed at increasing recycling. But the reality is that only a small fraction of plastic is ultimately recycled...

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/08/1141601301/the-myth-of-plastic-recycling

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Exorcism at the US Capitol 1/3/2023. Surround the Building and Blow Whistles, Beat Drums, Dance, Chant. Burn Sage and Welcome the GOP House Members... 
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/12/exorcism-at-mar-loser.html

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I recently Got an Email showing me the Ecological Awareness Artwork of Benjamin Von Wong...

 https://blog.vonwong.com/turnofftheplastictap/

https://www.vonwong.com/

"There’s something really interesting about the idea that someone can make a living off of creating something that has no value except the value people associate to it." 

https://phlearn.com/magazine/ben-von-wong-creates-powerful-images-to-help-the-environment/

#3. Notice the Plastic Crap you consume and Simply Buy Less of it. I own an iPhone 6 and It Does Everything I Want a Phone to Do... "THEY" Keep on telling me to Buy a NEW IMPROVED Model... TV Ads Promoting the iPhone 14 and YET... I'm Already Happy... Why Buy More Plastic Crap? 

I own a Toshiba Laptop but the Hard Disk Drive Failed and... It made more sense to Replace the Entire Machine with a Chromebook than have the Hard Drive Fixed or Replaced... and the Chromebook Doesn't Have a Hard Drive so it's Impossible that the Hard Drive will fail... 

#4. Stop buying music CDs... Everything is available online for Free on Youtube... so... stop buying Plastic Ware! 

https://youtu.be/qMaJWESoZlk

#5. Buy High Quality Tools that Last a Lifetime... I Have an Yamaha Acoustic Guitar and It Will Still be Wonderful 50 Years from Now... Look at Willie Nelson's Trigger... 

#6. I watch Kids Cartoons on TV and The Advertisements Aimed at Children Promote Endless Streams of Plastic Crap...  My Grandfather Make a Toy Train Set out of Wood and My Brother and I Both played with it... His Daughters Played with it... and His Grand Daughters Played with it... 

The Plastic Crap Toys are designed to break, be thrown away... and then the Parents need to buy MORE MORE MORE!

#7. Plastic Knives, Forks, Spoons, Plates and Cups... REALLY! Simply Use Real Utensils and Wash 'em... My Great Grandmother Got Engraved Silverware for her Wedding and We Still Have It... 

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Please Email Me Your Ideas for How to Reduce Plastic Waste... gregvan(at)yahoo(dot)com or leave a comment below... 

Let's Stop Advertising Doctor Drugs on TV... They keep on using brainwashing techniques to convince people to take their Bizarro Medicines... And the voice over side effects listings are scary!

No "Smart" Drugs Actually Make You Smarter... Everything Advertised on TV is BOGUS! Except Coffee... and That's Why Billions of People Drink Coffee, Tea and Green Tea!


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My personal Experience: I owned a Chess Computer that Played at Different Skill Levels... On Coffee I was able to beat the Computer on Higher Levels. Every Other Drug made me Play Worse. I Tested This with Marijuana, Alcohol and LSD.

However... Some Creative Efforts are Enhanced by the Use of Drugs... For Example: The Beatles, Pink Floyd and The Moody Blues made Records Stating "This is What It Feels Like to Get Stoned" - Books Written about the Opium Experience include Alice in Wonderland and Many of the Edgar Allen Poe Mysteries... Authors Phillip K Dick and Jack Kerouac typed their books while on Amphetamines...

and then there is the Grateful Dead... Was That The Deployment of The CIA's Project MKULTRA? Just to Find Out what would Happen if Millions of Americans Took LSD... and then to Use Mind Control as a Culture War Weapon... For Example: a Deadhead Might Say: "Protest Against The War in Vietnam? No Thanks, Man... I want to Dance for Peace Instead..."

The Allegory of the Cave by Plato:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nHj3gL_JN0

I have not tried any of the So Called Smart Drugs...
Prevagen & Neuriva are Heavily Advertised on TV but Reviews from Actual Doctors Say They Don't Work.

https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-minute-dietary-supplements-dont-reduce-dementia-risk-but-3-tips-do/

Instead of taking dietary supplements for brain health, Dr. Petersen and the Global Council on Brain Health recommend that people focus on three things that are proven to help reduce the risk of dementia: regular exercise, diet and intellectual stimulation.

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Overall, there is a large body of evidence that maintaining healthy vitamin C levels can have a protective function against age-related cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease, but avoiding vitamin C deficiency is likely to be more beneficial than taking supplements on top of a normal, healthy diet.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3727637/

Barry Gordon, MD says there's "no strong evidence" that any of the supplements now being sold for their supposed memory-boosting powers are helpful.

https://www.webmd.com/vitamins-and-supplements/features/nootropics-smart-drugs-overview

Almost everyone uses a nootropic, whether they know it or not, says D'Adamo. He's talking about caffeine, and while it can have health risks if you overdo it, this natural stimulant has been shown to improve thinking skills. It doesn't simply make you feel more alert, says D'Adamo: Caffeine also gives you more access to several chemicals (neurotransmitters) in your brain such as acetylcholine, which helps with short-term memory and learning.

L-theanine: This supplement seems to enhance the mental effects of caffeine and counteract caffeine-induced jitteriness, D'Adamo says. Research has shown that combining caffeine and L-theanine may help you multitask better. The safest way to get this combo is by drinking pure green tea, which contains both caffeine and L-theanine, but it's also OK to combine your usual coffee or tea with an L-theanine supplement.

However... Exercising Your Brain Has Been Shown to Improve Mental Health... Playing JEOPARDY! and Wheel of Fortune on TV, Doing Crossword Puzzles, Reading, Writing... Doing Math without a Calculator... AARP Even Has Special Brain Games!
https://stayingsharp.aarp.org/about/brain-health/games-play/

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My Collection of MEMES...


























What Classified Documents did Trump Steal?
Did He Post them Online on TELEGRAPH for
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I find it interesting that BIG PHARMA is having a Battle with Republican Judges... The Texas Judge said "The Abortion Pill" is Now Illegal... And the Drug Company that sells it said: NO! Protect Our Profits! - as a Side Note: "The Abortion Pill" is the Number One way people perform Abortions... and all that Freaking Out over Roe V Wade was... about a Procedure that almost no one actually uses... HUH

The Price of Coffee Goes up 40% Because of Trump's Idiot Tariffs. He Says He's a Genius but in Reality He's a Disaster... And the Vast Majority of Americans Want him in Prison.

Crowd chant in England... 

Hey... Donald Trump... 

I want to know... 

Why you're such a cunt!

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

(Repeat)

Trump's Economic Disaster: Tariffs Cause MASSIVE PRICE INCREASE in Everything. Hamburgers, Laundry detergent, deodorant, razors, eggs, steak, coffee, chocolate, bananas, avocados, houses, cars and trucks... Everything is more expensive because of Trump! #MAGAFAFO 

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Price of Coffee Goes Way UP! Because of Trump's idiot tariffs ... I certainly won't be buying any new Smartphones, Cars, Trucks or Chinese Toys... But I Drink Coffee... I Remember that the Boston Tea Party was a Protest Against a Tariff on a Beverage!

It's becoming increasingly obvious that tariffs are an incredibly stupid idea proposed by an incredibly stupid man but... That's who the MAGA Morons voted for... 

And he'll be King for the Rest of his Life... Be that one day, one week, 10 years... No one knows...

What I don't understand is why the Republicans even want this guy? Usually, when a candidate loses, that person is cast aside.
They rarely run again, and they rarely do win if they do.
The best thing about democracy is that if your guy loses, you get a new guy (or gal).
When Hillary lost, that was that. Same with McCain or Romney or Gore etc. They lost......NEXT ! When George HW Bush lost, he just retired from politics and went out and made more money than he ever had in his life as a consultant.
Why can't this guy just go away? Why do we need to have his terrible personality inflicted onto us for 4 more years?
Why would anyone want that? Why do Republicans want the chaos? He doesn't actually do anything, he just
attacks people who he does not like, or does favors for Putin. All he really wants to do is try to figure out how to make things worse,
and get back at anyone he does not like. It's like giving the keys to the car to a crazy person with a self destructive streak who is drunk on power. And then we just have to watch as he tries to run over people that he does not like until he crashes the car and then runs away before the cops come, leaving us to deal with the consequences. Why does anyone want that? The only people who stick with him are either scared of him because he's such a vindictive a-hole, or they are also angry man-babies who like how this toxic person is able to actually hurt other people using the vast power of the US as his personal weapon.

The US coffee industry is seeking tariff exemptions on imported coffee, citing the potential for increased costs for consumers and harm to the industry. While some relief has been offered with a pause on reciprocal tariffs, a base 10% tariff still remains, raising concerns about the future of specialty coffee and fair prices.

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Trump’s tariff threats jeopardize avocados, tequila and other iconic Mexican products... 

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Short essay on our 35 Trillion
NATIONAL DEBT
It is sustainable in a Macroeconomic environment, especially one with a Fiat Currency that is the worlds RESERVE currency. For Sevetyfive years people with strong microeconomic credentials have related the very argument with passion. Then came along Dick Cheney who spilled the beans about Debt and deficit telling the world that they don't matter a very long time ago. Yet EVERY year some precious metals dealer or gold clearing house use the very same argument that this isn't sustainable and a collapse is right around the corner, buy gold now! They all say. Yet after 9 recessions since 1955 we are still growing and prosperous as ever! Banks have the magic positon in microeconomics, they can create value by lending money they DON’T have. Governments have that magic position in Macroeconmics. Most of that 35 trillion dollars debt is held by Americans and American institutions, in fact almost a full ten percent, nearly 3T, is held in the SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND. Bought with the taxes collected on payrolls. Why you ask? Because US treasury bonds are considered the worlds safest investment. And why all the countries in the world hold Dollar securities, because they are so widely used by International commerce and most commodities are priced in dollars.
But I digress. Since the republicans stumbled into this knowledge they have used these Macroeconomic principals to create billionaires our of millionaires, and Democrats have used them to pay for social programs without increasing taxes. The entire society is worse off because because of the missmanagement of these principals. Proper management of the “Magic” could provide a dynamic growing economy with a strong safety net for EVERY ONE!
There are universities in this world that offer comprehensive economics education, that still deny that macroeconomics is anything but a fools folly.
Under every Microeconomic parameter what we are doing is crazy and should not be sustainable.
But here we are.
Why?
Its not microeconomics.