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The Teenage Mental Health Crisis is NOT Caused by TikTok, YouTube, Rap Music Lyrics or the Lack of Jesus in the Classroom... It's ACTUALLY Caused by...

Corporate Greed, Corrupt Politicians, Climate Change, Inflation, Bad Wages, Endless College Loan Debt, Massive Diseases (COVID-19), Layoffs, The Likely Social Security Collapse, The US Government Going Bankrupt this June and Brainwashing by Television that Commands People to Buy, Buy, Buy More Plastic Crap...

Teenagers are Simply Accurately Noticing the Fact That the Quality of Life Keeps on Getting Worse and Worse and Worse...

and on TV They Keep on Advertising Doctor Drugs that will Magically Make you Happy! Beware of the Suicidal Side Effects!

another Side Effect of Massively Advertised Psych Meds is Uncontrollable Unusual Urges... WTF! Just How Unusual ARE They? Really Freaky Weird???

Hey Hey NRA,

How Many Kids Did You Kill Today?

and then We Have FOX "News" That Intentionally Lies to It's Viewers... So they can Have Higher Ratings and Make More Money Selling Advertisements... and Just to point out the Obvious... The Marketing Department at CNN & MSNBC also Broadcasts What People Want to Believe... So They can Make More Money! It's All Infotainment!

Fox "News" Caught Lying Again - Don't be a Sucker, Unplug Tucker

meme: want to protect kids? it's the guns...

and the Corporate Sponsors Keep On Pushing the Concept That Consumption is a Way to Justify Your Existence! The Plain Actress with The Dreamy Look in her Eyes asks "AM I A BIG DEAL?" Well... If You Keep on Buying Plastic Crap You ARE!

The Plain Actress with The Dreamy Look in her Eyes asks "AM I A BIG DEAL?" Well... If You Keep on Buying Plastic Crap You ARE!

and when she consumes... she flies off to Nirvana!

Mickey Mouse censors Fine Art in the Sistine Chapel... Governor Ron Death Santa is Insane!

Mickey Mouse Censors Fine Art in Florida

Melania Trump and David...

Censorship for Fine Art but the

Former First Lady made a

Career of Naked Photos!

and here's an Interesting Article from OCCUPY dot Com about Train Safety and Corporate Greed...

https://www.occupy.com/article/capitalism-s-conclusion-part-i-what-ohio-train-derailment-exposed#sthash.rkHsd4i0.dpbs

"In addition to demanding better pay and paid sick leave, railroad workers called on the industry to move away from Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR). PSR is essentially an industry euphemism for running longer trains with fewer workers and fewer safety inspections in order to maximize profits."

The New "Company Towns" - A Return to Slavery.

https://www.occupy.com/article/capitalism-s-conclusion-part-ii-robber-barons-musk-and-bezos-bring-back-gilded-age#sthash.VMDMVuu2.dpbs

On its surface, tech billionaire Elon Musk’s plan to build a town in Texas for workers employed at his companies sounds relatively harmless. According to Architectural Digest (citing the Wall Street Journal), Musk has as many as 6,000 acres near the town of Bastrop, Texas in which SpaceX and Boring Company employees could live and work. The town would be called “Snailbrook,” in reference to the Boring Company’s mascot:
Incorporating his own town would allow Musk to make some of his own regulations and dodge the slowdown effects of bureaucracy… Another benefit of the project would be providing employees with lower-than-market-rate housing. Snailbrook, although not yet an incorporated township, reportedly already has some modular homes, plus a public pool, gym, and outdoor sports area. An advertisement for Boring Co. employees last year touted two- to three-bedroom homes for rent starting at $800 a month, while the median rent in the area is about $2,200 a month, according to the Journal’s report.
It’s important to note that what Musk is planning is simply a company town. And while the tech industry of today is different than the railroad industry of the onset of the industrial revolution, billionaires like Elon Musk and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos are no different than the robber barons of the early 20th century, like the Vanderbilt family and the Rockefellers. And luckily, the solutions to stop today’s robber barons from halting the century of progress workers have made are the same as those of yesteryear.

Trump Mental Health Crisis. Family Stages Intervention. "Daddy Needed Help" says Ivanka.

"Donald Trump has Not Gotten out of Bed in a Week. He keeps the Room Dark and has Stopped Eating, Refuses Visitors." Says a Member of the Staff that will remain Anonymous due to fear of revenge... if Trump Recovers...

McConnell steps up attacks on a weakened Trump...

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/3774290-mcconnell-steps-up-attacks-on-a-weakened-trump/

With Trump “leaking oil,” in the words of one GOP senator, McConnell isn’t wasting any time in striking back against someone who has repeatedly called for his ouster as Senate Republican leader.

STOP COLLECTING GASOLINE TAXES IN CALIFORNIA. Let's Take a Six Month Tax Holiday! We Have a Budget Surplus. Why Collect Gasoline Taxes at All? That's Compulsive Hoarding of Money... a Mental Health Disease.

You May Email the Governor using this Form:

https://govapps.gov.ca.gov/gov40mail/complete.php

and Your State Senator, Representative:

https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/

Stop Collecting Gasoline Taxes in California meme

Compulsive Hoarding of Money Syndrome - meme - gvan42

Gasoline Price Too High? Better Stop Driving... Why Pay a Fortune to Pollute the Air and Cause Climate Change When You Could Simply Leave The Damn Thing PARKED?

If You Sell Your Car You No Longer Have to Pay for Car Insurance. All those Crazy Ads on TV... They are Not Talking to ME! Liberty Mutual can F*CK OFF!

I Cut my Driving from About 50 Miles Per Day to 1 Mile per day by Simply NOT GOING PLACES... I DO Use LYFT to Visit the Doctor Twice a Year...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change

Sure... People Say That Climate Change will only Kill Off Four Billion Humans and Then The World Will Heal BUT... Why Not Take Action Now and Prevent Disaster? All That Mad Rushing Around Traveling All Over the Place FOR AMUSEMENT is in My Past... THE Past... Yes... I Used to Drive All Over the USA in order to Dance at Grateful Dead Concerts... WELL... We Can't Do That Anymore...
My Little White Truck with a
Red, White and Blue Heart painting.

I remember Riding the Bus To Work...
That's Excellent in Comparison
to Driving a Car.

Interesting Author: Derrick Jensen...

deep ecology...

http://www.derrickjensen.org/

Required reading at Humboldt State University: A Language Older than Words... about inter species communication... Like between Me and My Cats...

Free Coloring Book: Print as Many Copies as You Like and Share With Friends and Color with Felt Pens or Pencils... MORE ART at Google Image Search using the Word: gvan42

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2020/04/peace-and-love-free-coloring-book-art.html

Robot With a Headdress

VW Bus on a Sunny Day

Friendly Alien in a Flying Saucer - Free Coloring Book by gvan42

Friendly Alien Waving at You.

and then I Read on FaceBorg:

A guy goes into a bar in Washington where there is a robot bartender.
The robot says, "What will you have?
The guy replies, "Whiskey."
The robot brings back his drink and asks, "What's your IQ?"
The guy say, "168."
The robot continues to talk about physics, space exploration, and medical technology.
After the guy leaves and the more he thinks about it, the more curious he gets, so he decides to go back.
The robot asks, "What's your drink?"
The guy answers, "Whiskey."
The robot returns with his drink and asks, "What's your IQ?"
The man replies, "100."
The robot talks about Nascar, Football and Hockey.
The man finishes his drink, leaves, but is so interested in his "experiment" that he decides to try again.
He enters the bar and, as usual, the robot asks him what he want to drink.
The man replies, "Whiskey."
The robot brings the drink and asks, "What's your IQ?"
The man answers, "50."
The robot leans in real close and says, “the election was rigged. Trump Really Won.”

Some Thoughts About My Life at An Old Folks Home... Autobiography... a Few Words About My Housemates and What's Happening Now - August 2020

Briefly: I Live in a Six Person Group Home. We Have a Caregiver On Duty 24 Hours a Day. They Cook All Meals, Do Laundry, Give Us Our Pills, Shop for Groceries, Take Out The Garbage and Clean The House... We Also Have Gardeners That Take Care of the Property. In Fact, With a Guy Who Invests My Money and Another that Does My Taxes... ALL TASKS ARE DONE... AUTOMATICALLY...

That Leaves Me A Lot of Free Time to Write This Blog, Publish Original Songs on Youtube and Draw Art & Memes in Potatoshop...

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

My New Housemate is a DOORS Fan... and JOURNEY... (They are Sixties Rock Groups) A Caregiver has Karaoke on her Phone and we Sang "Lights"

He Plays Youtube on the TV Really Loud. I Got to Hear some rather Interesting Live Performances of "The End" and "Riders on the Storm" ... He is Here Because of Mental Illness. Some Asylum sent him here as a Halfway House... Just Like Me!

He went for Electroshock Therapy last week... It Apparently did no harm. I Was Surprised that anyone did that anymore but evidently they do... as a Cure for Depression when Chemical therapy does not work... WHO KNEW? I Always think of "One Flew Over The Cockoo's Nest" when anyone discusses that treatment." Or The "Sleep Room" the CIA MKULTRA Project in Canada lead by Dr. Donald Ewen Cameron... a Real Sicko!

anyway... It's Interesting to Have a Person That is Not Suffering from Severe Dementia...

We also have a Retired Fireman from Fremont... also a Pilot... He has Great Difficulty Remembering Names or Locations... It's Kind of Fun talking to Him because I have to guess what the subject is... often I take five or six tries to guess the meaning of his sentences... He is Registered to Vote and Supports Trump... Like So Many TrumpNiks, Totally Out Of Touch With Reality...

and a Widowed Housewife of an Air Force Policeman... She is unhappy about everything all the time... Complains about the Food Every Meal... Complains about the Temperature in her room... Her TV "Breaks Down" about once a week and I Fix It using the Remote Control... Wants to Move Somewhere Else but... No Action on that front by her Daughter...

and Then There is Trudy... I Have No Idea Who she is... Never actually had a conversation...

and Last Week Betty Died. Over 100 Years Old. Passed Away Quietly... I've become friends with her son... Soon I'll write a Email saying... "How You Doing? I'm Sure Glad to Have Met Your Mom." - or something Like That...

and... It was 108 Degrees Here Yesterday... and There WAS Thunder and Lightning... NO FIRES HERE... Yet... I Do Not Think that There is any kind of Evacuation Plan... However, Next Door Mickey and Elena Live and Both of them Have Cars... so I Guess I Could Ride along with them... and about Half of the Caregivers have cars...

We Have an Endless Stream of Young Black Women who work here... Wonderful! Most from Jamaica... and a Lot of Filipino and Hispanic Women... Odd that No White People Want this Job... I Guess Higher Pay at Amazon or the Postal Service... That's Where a Couple of them Went...

I Still Do the Guided Meditation by Sonya Sophia Every Monday... It's Worthy... LINK to a Webpage Called: Spiritual Teacher Sonya Sophia - Photo At the Goddess Temple in Chico, California - She Does Healing Workshops at The Rainbow Gathering and Burning Man... and Online... http://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/10/spiritual-teacher-sonya-sophia-born-in.html

and I Participated in The Harmonic Convergence 2020... Which Lead to The Saturday Night Alive Show with the Global Peace Tribe... https://www.theharmonicconvergence2020.org/

meme - CIA LSD MKULTRA - gvan42 - Gregory Vanderlaan Psychedelic Art...

Billowing Sails Spaceship - Art by gvan42 - Gregory Vanderlaan

READ MORE OF MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY:

LINK: https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/03/growing-up-in-los-gatos-california-in.html

My Brother Martin's wife Patti took me to my first AA meeting at Lake Tahoe. Thanks! It allowed me to live a lot longer.

More about Northshore Lake Tahoe and Squaw Valley. I remember riding the Tram to the top of Squaw Valley in the summer. Many Bicycle riders were going to the top in order to ride down. I just went there to walk around and look at the Lake and the mountains. At the top is a Restaurant/Bar and an Ice Skating rink. I got a glass of whiskey and sat on the porch. It is really high in elevation and the booze was strong... and wonderful...

I was living in my Dad's Cabin at Northshore for a few weeks in the late 1990s. Often I would get up in the morning and take a walk down to the lake... I would FLIP A COIN to see if I rode the local bus towards Nevada or towards the California side of the lake. If I was going to Nevada, I would stop at the Safeway Grocery Store and pick up a free "Shopper Coupon" newspaper. There were many "Lucky Buck" coupons for the Casinos. They would allow you to place one dollar bill and a lucky buck coupon as a TWO Dollar bet. If you won, they paid you TWO dollars, if you lost they kept ONE dollar. This changed the odds of winning DRAMATICALLY in my favor. They believe that once a person is in the casino, they will continue and eventually lose a Hundred Dollars or whatever... However, if you just WALKED OUT AFTER THAT ONE LUCKY BUCK BET the odds said you were likely to be a winner. I used all the coupons and on average I won $14.00... Then I went outside and Did something else with my time... take a walk in the woods, go swimming, see a movie, eat lunch (paid for by the Casino) or dance to the House Band... All of those Casinos had "Classic Rock" Bands that played for free in the Lounge... I usually bought a drink and relaxed...

The Safeway store was within walking distance of Dad's Cabin and I remember shoplifting a Pint of Brandy in the middle of the night. Often... At 3 AM there were only two clerks and they were busy stocking the shelves. So I just walked in and put a bottle in my pocket and walked out. They never even noticed I was there... or if they did, they ignored me. Once, when I wanted to buy food, I had to shout loudly to get their attention so they could take my money at the checkout counter...

My Family came up one time and they determined that I should go to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. My Sister in Law Patti and I went to a tiny room behind a Realtors Office that was very secluded and elegant... a truly wonderful location... I attended one meeting, determined that it was not for me and didn't go back until years later... BUT... Since I Had Gone Once, I knew where to go when I decided to stop drinking... Years later I returned to that Tahoe Meeting after I was Sober and had a few months in the program but it was closed at the time I went... so I distributed a handful of coins all over the dirt floor in front of the Hall, wrote a Thank You Note and Left... Frankly speaking, the First 12 Steps in the AA program make no sense to me but THE 13TH STEP got my attention. It is an unwritten step that says... If you don't drink you get to have sex with the other members. As with any organization of Adults, there is an unstoppable urge to merge. This Particular Organization recommends that members DO NOT have sex with each other because some members might take advantage of new members who are confused and in a delicate state of mind. However, a Million years of biology is... something that just happens... I grasped the concept that I had to make a choice between drinking and sex and... I Married a member and we stayed married for 17 years. NOT an unusual story.

I really enjoyed riding the bus around Northshore Lake Tahoe. There was no public transportation to Southshore so I never went there... Except, on time I rode the Greyhound to Southshore accidentally and had to hire a TAXI to get to Northshore. VERY EXPENSIVE... The correct way to get to Northshore is to ride the Greyhound to Truckee and take a local bus to Tahoe City.

One time I was staying at the Cabin and the whole family went cross country skiing. That is a LOT of fun because it's just lie taking a walk in the woods except you can travel twice as far. Then you are going uphill, it takes as much effort as walking but when you are going downhill it takes ZERO effort. WHEE... I did not like downhill skiing because it is too dangerous and you go too fast... So I went ONCE at Mount Rose and then went to the Bar. Where I taught a German Man to sing the Song "Hound Dog Blues" by Hank Williams... ( also a hit song for George Thorogood.)

Another time we all went to a Musical Performance at Truckee High School. "Once Upon a Mattress" - pretty good fun!

Another time I was trying to get to Sparks Nevada and I stopped in Truckee to get gas for the Van. It was Very expensive and I filled the Tank for over $100... It was Friday night and the Town was Exploding with Drunk People and Live Rock Music in the Bars... I had quit drinking by that time and so I felt uncomfortable being in that scene...

Another time I was trying to attend the BURNING MAN Festival near Reno and I was riding the Greyhound. So I went to an AA meeting in Reno in hopes of getting a ride from one of the members... I announce my desire during the meeting and EVERY PERSON recommended I not Go. They DID recommend hat I go to an AA Convention at the Nugget in Sparks. So I rode the city bus to that hotel and had a great time. There was a rib cooking contest in front of the hotel with a LIVE BAND playing Janis Joplin and Grateful Dead songs. I went up after the show and asked where they were playing next and the said Hyatt Tahoe Incline. So I rode the bus there and saw them again at the casino. The stage overlooked the Craps and Blackjack tables... I really like Blackjack because if you play wisely, the odds are about even... That was a great band...