Are the Corrupt Supreme Court Justices In Danger? It's a Lifetime Appointment but... How Long is a Lifetime? Just Asking the Obvious Question... "The Future's Uncertain and the End is Always Near..." - Jim Morrison

Someone in Law Enforcement needs to put a LOT of Effort into Protecting these People...

I Remember JFK, MLK, RFK, Gandhi and John Lennon and DO NOT believe that Assassination is the Best Path Forward for the USA... 

We need to EDUCATE these Corrupt Justices and Have them UNDERSTAND the EVIL DEEDS That They Do... and Start Working in Favor of the American People... 

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Right NOW they are BRAINWASHED TrumpNiks® but I Believe That They Can WAKE THE F*CK UP!

While their Rulings Have Angered The Vast Majority of Americans, the REAL EVIL was done by tRUMP... He Appointed Three of these Slimeballs... and Is SO PROUD that they Overturned Roe v Wade... "I DID THAT!" says tRUMP... 

SO... Everyone Must Work to Beat tRUMP Again!

Donate Money to Democratic Candidates... and If You Can't do That... Share MEMEs on Social Media... and Talk In Person to Your BRAINWASHED Friends and Family... Remind Them that tRUMP was a Disaster for America and If He Wins Again... it's very Likely that he will Cause GLOBAL ECONOMIC COLLAPSE... and Billions of People Will Starve to Death... 

How to IMPEACH THE SCOTUS - Take Action Now! Contact Your Representative in the US House. Throw Out Insane Bratt Kava Kava Noogie.... and "Back to the Coathanger" AMY... and "Mr Bribery" Clarence Thomas...

https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

Has a Supreme Court Justice Ever Been Impeached? YES! Yes They Have!

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It’s not like it was secret that Ginny and Clarence have been selling access to the Supreme Court for decades. Roberts’s wife has her own multimillion dollar game going. These aren’t secret organizations or something. These are multimillion dollar businesses that operate in the open. Nobody has had the guts to do news stories about them, but all of this corrupt BS is business as usual.

Headline: ‘Unprecedented, stunning, disgusting’: Clarence Thomas condemned over billionaire gifts...
Calls for the supreme court justice to resign grow as new details of 38 more undeclared gifts and vacations from rich donors emerge...
ProPublica published new details of his acceptance of undeclared gifts including 38 vacations and expensive sports tickets.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/11/clarence-thomas-undeclared-vacations-gifts-rightwing-donors

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2023/04/safety-of-supreme-court-justices.html

Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France . Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible...

"The Path Forward" - 20 Simple Suggestions for Making the World a Better Place to Live... #1. Tax the Rich, Cut Taxes for the 99%. All that Extra Money in People's Paychecks Will Bubble UP Thru The Entire Economy; Increasing Sales, Increasing Profits...EVERYBODY WINS!

If YOU Have Any Ideas, Tell Me and I'll Include them in this eBook. gregvan[at]yahoo[dot]com

Here is The Path Forward!

1. Tax the Rich, Cut Taxes for the 99%. All that Extra Money in People's Paychecks will Bubble UP Throughout The Entire Economy. Raise the Minimum Wage to $15.00 and Increase All Social Security Checks by 15% - People WILL Spend that Extra Money at American Businesses Causing Higher Profits... and Increased Hiring to Handle the New Customers. EVERYBODY WINS!

2. Gerrymandering Allows Unpopular Candidates to Serve in Elected Offices. By Drawing Crazy Lines on a Map We Have Insane Monsters Represent Minority Viewpoints. A Tool That Has Allowed the Republican Party to Rule... UNTIL 2020... In That Election Trump Backlash Caused the Democrats to WIN The House, Senate and Presidency. A Total Rejection of Trump AND His Evil Minions!

3. Trump's EPA=Enable Polluters Agency. Let FLIP The Mission to Protecting the Environment! Do It For The Children!

4. End Federal Subsidies for Oil and Gas. Start Subsidizing Solar and Wind. Create a "Manhattan Project" to Do Basic Research into Better Batteries... and Solar Powered Desalinization... We Need Clean Drinking Water...

5. Increase Federal Spending on Our Crumbling Infrastructure. We Can Pay For It By Cutting Defense Spending In Half. Remember: Since 1945, The US Military Has Never Defended The Country. NOT EVEN ONCE. All Those Taxpayer Dollars are Just BOGUS Welfare for The Military Industrial Complex...

6. Start Training Classes For the Police So They Stop Murdering Unarmed Black People. This One Simple Trick Will Save Billions of Dollars Currently Wasted on Rebuilding Cities from Riots! There Simply Will Not BE Riots! and No Million Dollar Settlements With the Family of the Murder Victim. DUH!
$12 Million Awarded to Breonna Taylors Family AND Countless Millions Spent on Riot Control... The Police Don't Work For Free!

7. Legalize Marijuana Nationwide, Tax It and Free All the Cannabis Prisoners. Use the Empty Jail Cells as a Homeless Shelter. Just Remove the Bars and They are Already Set Up With Food, Medicine, Showers, a Library and Basketball Court! This Would Cause a Massive INCREASE In Voluntary Taxes and a Massive DECREASE in Government Spending... EVERYBODY WINS!

8. Fund Basic Research into Fighting Compulsive Hoarding of Money Syndrome. It's an Epidemic! Destroying The USA By The Blood Sucking Leeches of the Ruling Class... This Mental Health Disease Manifests Itself By The Super Rich Purchasing Senators and Congressmen That Pass Laws Benefitting the Super Rich... at The Expense of 99% of Americans... The only Solution I Can Think of is #FRANCE1789... #OccupyWashingtonDC There is a CrazyLaw® Called Citizens United That Needs to Be Reversed... It Legalizes Bribery of Politicians... WITH NO RECORD of Who Spent What... Enabling Russian Funding of The NRA and the GOP...

9. #ImpeachBrett #ImpeachAmy - Remove Bratt Kava Kava NOOGIE from the Supreme Court. Remove Amy Too... No Reason Needed... Just Have the House File Impeachment Charges and The Senate Convict Them... Before They Do Any More Damage to the USA...

10. Allow ARREST of a Sitting President by the Department of Justice... There is a DOJ OPINION that Says We Cannot Indict a Sitting President... EVEN IF HE IS GUILTY OF A CRIME... That's a Crazy Idea... In Effect, It Made Crime Legal for "HE WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED" and His Friends... #fuBARR is a Co Conspirator... It's Just an Opinion... The Supreme Court Has NOT Ruled That It's VALID...

11. Overturn Citizens United. Remove Bribery From US Elections...

12. End the Electoral College. Most Americans Prefer Majority Rule... The Electoral College allowed the TWO WORST PRESIDENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY to serve... George Bush The Son and Donald Trump The Insane...

13. Legalize Medicinal Psychedelics. Let Doctors and Patients Decide for Themselves What Treatment is Best. Get Corrupt Lawmakers OUT of Medicine... They Are Just Puppets of Big Pharma. The GOAL of Pharmaceutical Corporations is PROFIT, NOT HEALTH.

14. We Could Provide Shelter for Homeless People in the Unused Jail Cells that Once Were Used to Incarcerate Cannabis Prisoners... Once you remove the Bars, a Jail Cell has a Bed, Food, Medicine, Showers, a Library and Exercise... Everything Needed to Rebuild a Life...

15. Get Vaccines for Your Children. They Save Lives. Not Just Your Own Children's Life but Everyone In The Community.

16. End Trump's Trade War With China. That Would Let American Farmers Sell Them More Food...

17. Let's Cut the Budget for NSA Spying on Americans. And CIA, FBI, DIA, DARPA and EIEIO Spying on Americans Programs... Those Program has Proved to be Useless and a Fundamental Invasion of Privacy... a Violation of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution... Hey, If You're a Freaking NARC, UckFay OuYay...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

18. Wear Masks, Practice Social Distancing and Wash Your Hands. It's Not Complicated. https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2020/11/wear-masks-practice-social-distancing.html




19. It Ought to be Illegal for People to Go on TV and Call for Murdering Other People. Like Steve Bannon, Rude Julie Anna and Trump's Lawyer Joe DiGenova Did.

20. Net Neutrality. Let the Internet be a Level Playing Field.

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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,[Except Blacks and Women] that they are endowed by their Creator [Named Jesus, Allah, Yahweh, Odin, Thor, KRSNA, Buddha or a Thousand Other Names] with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.”[Unless your Pursuit uses Marijuana or Psychedelics as a Sacrament] - DANG... So Many Disclaimers... Was This Written by a Freaking Lawyer? "

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What IS Bubble UP Economics and How Does it Work? Simply Raise the Minimum Wage to Fifteen Dollars an Hour and Raise all Social Security Checks 15%. Then all Those people will spend the extra money in their paychecks at American Businesses. Increasing Profits. Making Stockholders Happy! Then those businesses will have to hire more people to handle the extra Customers. Decreasing Unemployment Insurance Payments. Everybody WINS! With EMPLOYMENT AT A JOB becoming a Viable Alternative to Selling Drugs for a Street Gang, Some teenagers will choose Employment... Reducing CRIME... Reducing Costs for Prisons... Reducing Costs for Law Enforcement... People will buy more food for their Children. Causing Better Health and Smarter Kids... Starvation is Not Good for Children's Brains... Farmers will sell More. Truckers will move more merchandise to stores. Increased Competition for Workers will cause Everybody's Wages to Go Up. All those Workers will pay more in Income Taxes... That would make the Government happy... Right NOW, we are having a National Debt Ceiling Crisis because the Government is Spending More that it Takes in with Taxes... Bubble UP Economics would reverse that trend... The Money Bubbles UP Through Every Layer of Society... With a rising tide, every boat floats! We Tried Ronald Reagan's "Voodoo" Economics and It Has Failed...

"People" Say That Bubble UP! Economics WILL MAKE Employers LAY OFF Workers... However... Employers HAVE ALREADY LAID OFF EVERYONE THEY POSSIBLY CAN... Have you Ever Seen a Business where People Work There but Have Nothing To DO? Never!

Who Could Possibly be Opposed to the JOY of Bubble UP! Economics? Well, there are people in this world that have COMPULSIVE HOARDING OF MONEY SYNDROME. It's a Mental Health Disease just Like The Crazy Cat Lady...

Awaken Americans! The Talking Heads on TV Keep on Saying that the Economy is "Booming" - BUT - That's only true for the SUPER RICH... We the People are Hurting BAD! Trump-0-Nomics FAILED the 99% https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2020/07/bubbleup-economics-works-raise-minimum.html

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and then... D.S. Said: I don't know that we need to cut taxes for the 99%, but we certainly DO need to tax the rich! We also need to make businesses pay living wages, because if they can't afford to do so, they should not be running a business here - it's just not something everyone can afford to do, like not everyone can afford to buy a house, some folks have to rent, or live in mobile homes - life goes on just fine, thanks very much! We have to expect to pay taxes for the things we need, we just ALL need to be doing it according to income. Just my opinion, of course.😁

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A Friend of Mine Did Not Believe That Her Car Was On the Wrong Side of the Road and Heading for a Logging Truck... and then... She Went Through Her Windshield Head First! Wham! Reality DID Exist! But TrumpNiks Fail to Grasp That Simple Fact... No Matter How Many Lies Trump Tells, Reality Does Not Actually Change... AWAKEN!
Here is an Insightful Zoom Meeting with Marianne Williamson (Presidential Candidate) on Saturday Night Alive for The Global Peace Tribe...
https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=909901019543006&ref=watch_permalink

Great Book: Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_for_the_Dead
In it The Hero Publishes His Opinions about How Life Should Be Lived and His Sister Publishes the Opposite Viewpoint... ON A UNIVERSAL COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM LIKE THE INTERNET... and They Educate The Masses... and Improve the Quality of Life for all... Just Like We Do On Social Media Today...



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and Then Rob Wolter Said:
When I hear or see “God bless America “ I think to myself that just doesn’t seem right. Did God create America or the world? Does God choose sides? Does God have a favorite football team or a favorite politician for that matter? We’ve been conditioned to think that God will help “Our” side if only we pray enough or belong to a certain religion. If I believed there was a god, my god would make sure everyone was treated equally and the world would not suffer from the hands of man.
Bob Dylan Song "With God On Our Side"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfHLYIms97A

and then Dee Smith said:
Gerrymandering is just one of the very nasty tricks some states pull to screw 'certain' citizens out of their voice (and their power).
We need to end a LOT of the political dirty tricks we've fallen victim to over the years, including the Electoral College, and we need to do it NOW, well before the next big election.
The power is SUPPOSED to belong to 'We, the People', not to the unscrupulous representatives that somehow keep getting reelected in certain states.
Majority should ALWAYS rule here. An area (or state) with 10,000 people does NOT count the same as an area with 100,000 people - every vote must be equal, no matter where we live.


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Here is an Interesting Facebook Group.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/YouGoGreta/

Welcome new members - we're glad you're here! We work to make this a safe space to have a meaningful conversation about Greta Thunberg, climate change, and what we can all do to change ourselves and our systems.
We are people from all over the world, so we respect political, cultural, and spiritual differences. We are children; we do not post violence or profanity.
We are kind to each other and we would like you to tell us about any haters and trolls you meet. We delete their posts and block them from the group.

Please take some time to look back through what has already been posted. There is a lot of good material there that will interest you and that way you can avoid repeating posts we have already approved.
Please report comments that break the rules - we can't possibly see them all. You do this by holding the comment with your finger on a phone until the menu appears or by clicking the little ... or chevron in the upper corner of the post on your computer.
A word is needed about what we mean by respecting other people’s cultures, religions, political orientations, and spiritual practices. We do not see a conflict between science and spiritual practice. Both areas of human endeavor have their own intelligence, their own insights into life and the universe. They can coexist peacefully, as can all the world’s faith and wisdom traditions. All the world’s cultures are needed to solve these severe and challenging problems we face, no one people, tribe, nation, or hemisphere has a monopoly on the answers. So we need to learn how to talk across the artificial divides we humans are so good at making between ourselves. Listen, try and see things from other perspectives. Don’t condemn, make snarky remarks or post things that you know would insult the other person’s sensibilities. Be kind. If that is too difficult for you, we will block you from the group.
Sometimes we will just click "delete" on things that break the rules. That means you will get a message saying it's spam when it could be against a different rule. We trust you can look at the rules to figure it out. We are happy to answer your questions and to reconsider things. We’re not perfect. We’re a small group of volunteers.

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What 'Green' examples are you setting?
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Headline: Top Pentagon leadership gutted as fears rise over national security. Esper Fired by Trump...

and then Darryl Cherney Said:
Choice 1: The beast in the white house wants to turn his military on our citizens or 2: He making us vulnerable from an attack by a foreign power. Or both. While I'm at it, polls should ask 1. Do you believe we should have just a one party system. 2. Do you think all democrats should be killed? 3. Would you prefer a dictatorship under the beast over Biden? But they never ask these questions.
RM REPLIED:
He got rid of the forever wars leadership....
Darryl Replied:
Highly doubt that. Plus he's waging war on the people of the United States, in case you hadn't noticed. Let's see he's suppressed COVID protocols so there's 230,000 dead and rising fast, most of which could have been avoided. And the hatred against anyone not like him. Armed resurrections in towns across the country. Hmmm. Highly doubt we're done with war under him.
PH Said:
Every time he opens his mouth he wages war on Truth, Science, Ethics and Morality.
Darryl Sid:
Care to mention the 5 wars Hillary started? And here's a question for you: Did you vote for Bush over Gore or Kerry? Honest question. Point is all of our major current wars were not only started by Republicans--and I'm not a Democrat by the way in the least (I can't stand them or the Republicans even moreso)--but the whole premise of 9/11 was bogus. Even if we take the conspiracies out of it--it was the Saudis behind it and that's without complications. Afghanistan offered Bin Laden up to us--right there in the news. But we wanted that oil pipeline, and heroin trade to continue. That's the party currently in power.
TZ SAID:
Everyone should demand that Trump be immediately impeached again. 2 1/2 months is too long to let this traitor do whatever he wants. We need to keep him busy and under investigation. He may let his owner Vlad take Ukraine in exchange for the $421 million he owes Russian billionaires.
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I think we are heading in the right direction. Trump's Loss is Proof of Awakening...

and we do have the opportunity to explain things to the people in charge. I Email President Biden, My Senators and My Congressman Frequently. It's Especially FUN to Email Biden at the White House because I Start Every Email just Like a Formal Letter... "Dear President Biden: Congratulations! and then I Say what I Have to Say... " and I Know That Trump's Staff Read My Message... for another 56 days...

https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

I do believe Birth Control and Abortion Should Be Legal and FREE Worldwide... Remember: Osama bin Laden had 41 Brothers and Sisters... His Father owned a construction Company that Built Roads, Airports and THE MOSQUE at MECCA... With That Wealth he Bought Himself a Harem and kept Them Pregnant Constantly... That's Not a Great Plan...

and then I saw A Familiar Photo... and People Still Fighting the Vietnam war...


Bernie Weisz
November 2, 2012
A hippy dippy war protester in Wisconsin. Gunther Redcatcher sez: Their spawns have evolved. Besides screaming & screeching, they now riot, burn communities and "stoop" to a higher level of crime & chaos than their grandparents could ever dream of reaching. Kelly Winkelbauer sez: "passive aggressive fuck head." Jim Ullrich sez: The rioters, window breakers, and burners are thugs that move from city to city. Seattle & Portland police departments have collaborated and ID’d most of them. 18-26 year old male losers in all cases. Not the protesters. David Straza sez: Is there a reason to put that idiots picture on the site? Bernie Weisz reacts to David Straza : Yes there is.....I show EVERY ANGLE of the Vietnam Experience....from Dien Bin Phu in '54 to the final collapse on April 30, 1975. I publish the good, the bad and the ugly. If I post something that offends you, either scroll past it or unfriend and block me. No topic is off limits. No sugar coating. The truth of American Involvement in SEA will all be told here! As the saying used to go....."Love It or Leave it! Michael Dench sez: Wouldn't you just wanna reach out and grab him by the nose...hard. Gary D. Harrington sez: "I've looked at life from both sides now. From win and lose and still somehow It's life's illusions I recall. I really don't know life at all" "Both Sides Now" Joni Mitchell Lyrics. Bill Tucker sez: The cop is close enough to break a nose. Dan Truff sez: Liberalism truly is a mental disorder! Facts and logic mean nothing it’s all about feelings and emotion! They are essentially emotional cripples! Johnny Hurst sez: Knock his teeth out. Dan Pollitt sez: The rioters were burning in 1970, Wright State had their ROTC building burned down. Pat Fitzpatrick sez: Try it in China. Daniel Seidenberg sez: The first reaction to truth is hatred. Tertullian. John Gill sez: Years later- - and I still HATE THEM !!!!!!


Pete Simon
Hold it folks. Did you read the text underneath the picture written by Gunther Redcatcher? ... It contains a VERY distorted view from the right on the anti-war movement. I am reminded of the verbal joust which almost erupted into a brawl (live on American television) during the Democratic National Convention in 1968, between William F. Buckley and Gore Vidal. The most EMOTIONAL person that evening was Buckley, hands down. ............... The author of the text above writes right out of the Dulles Brothers playbook-- the bastards who have controlled our national narrative on our foreign policy, the role of our military and HOW to define patriotism. The one President who tried to go against that grain was JFK and he paid for it with his life. ............. JFK was the only President who wanted to pull-out of Vietnam. But that "cardinal sin" against the thinking of the Dulles Brothers cabal did not stop there. JFK was the only President in Post World War TWO America who did not see young, emerging nationalistic leaders in developing countries as the threat to this country that our right wing painted them to be (yes, there is a difference between Pan Africanism and Communism; read George Padmore) --- he saw people like Patrice Lumumba as an opportunity to create a new and more equitable world order, where superior U.S. technologies and expertise could successfully out-do anything the Soviets or Chinese could offer (John Deere had it all over the Russian and Chinese tractors). ............... The JFK - Patrice Lumumba assassination reaction photo speaks volumes. It flies in the face of what the bastard wrote in the text above. It has nothing to do with being emotional, and everything to do with having common sense. ......................... https://www.democraticunderground.com/10026394418


Well said as always, Pete Simon. The idea that "people sympathetic to Communisn began teaching in our schools" (sic) is really bullshit. In college, albeit a cornerstone of my emerging belief system (which I hold to this day) we had an avowed commie teaching a particular history class. We all knew it and, frankly, rejected his simplistic approach. He was a laughing stock with few supporters. This underlying fear of a communist takeover continues, even to this day. And yet, when obvious attempts (by the aforementioned "commies") to undermine our elections and other standards of a free society, it is those same hippie, "pro-communist" (give me a frickin' break, honestly!) individuals who object. I would maintain that nowadays the American far right, NOT the far left, are much more in the evil communist's corner. And Pete Simon and I are on exactly the same page vis-a-vis Patrice Lumuba and Pan-African positions. Christ, even Castro asked for our humanitarian help first, before the Russkies. But, of course, since our financial interests were more aligned to the totalitarian Batista position, this alliance resulted in our "misguided" policies. The United States has been messing with other country's geopolitics for my entire life. And the results have not been all that moral or even helpful to our position in the world. I would recommend that if you are unsure of that comment, check out the actual history and events of post WWII America. Or, put in very straightahead terms, "what's so (funny 'bout)" defending human rights and free elections in other countries. C'mon now!


and then Victor Koman Said:
Gregory Laan — The threat of global economic collapse comes from the enemies of Trump and the American people: the Ruling Class/Corporate State Capitalists/Deep-State Administrative Statists who want a "Great Reset" (i.e., establishment of global fascism à la Communist China) run by unelected, extra-governmental "governance" organizations with dictatorial powers. If you like stay-at-home orders, mask mandates, and "social-credit" obedience rankings, you've been molded into the perfect subject for their rule.


and I Replied: Why did Trump Fail So Badly? TRUMP DESTROYED THE ECONOMY - Massive Unemployment, Endless Business Bankruptcies, Increased Homelessness, More Suicides, Drug Overdoses UP, Alcoholism Worse, Coronavirus Killed 224,000 SO FAR, Higher Prices, Lower Wages. #TrumpsFailedEconomy #ImpeachHimAgain #LockHimUp #DumpTrump #IvankaGate
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2020/08/trump-destroyed-economy-massive.html

and I replied: I personally am better off with the Continuing Rise of the Stock Market Starting in 2009... When Obama Reversed George Bush the Son's Idiot Policies... Straight Line UP! Until Trump's Disaster Day 3/16/2020... FYI: I Am a Part of the Ruling Class... Every Millionaire IS! I'm not Really Concerned About Middle Class Americans... I Just want to Continue Winning Money on the Stock Market... AND TRUMP THREATENED THE POSSIBILITY OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC COLLAPSE...
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-reason-i-teach-american-history-on.html
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While I was sitting in a Field, watching the Sun Rise, High on LSD, I Experienced True Enlightenment... Later It faded away but I'm Glad I did that for a Brief Moment... SOME of the Lessons stayed with Me... ONE: I ought to Do Things to Help People every day... TWO: I ought to Make the World a Better Place to Live for Everyone... THREE: I ought to have Some fun... do interesting things... FOUR: Teach Others... and Maybe everyone can Make the World a Better Place to Live... FIVE: Fight Evil and Evil People... Like Trump... MORE TO COME!

Top Eleven Idea! 

#1. Tax the Rich, Cut Taxes for the 99%. All that Extra Money in People's Paychecks Will Bubble UP Thru The Entire Economy; Increasing Sales, Increasing Profits...EVERYBODY WINS!

2. OUTLAW GERRYMANDERING: That way We Could Have Majority Rule in the USA. In Fact, Most People Prefer Majority Rule... We Tried Corporate Rule and That Was a Disaster!

3. Trump's EPA=Enable Polluters Agency. Let's FLIP The Mission to Protecting the Environment;

4. Legalize Marijuana Nationwide, Tax It and Free All Cannabis Prisoners; We Will NEED Empty Jail Cells to House TRAITOR TrumpNiks!

5. Legalize Medicinal Psychedelics; Let Doctors and Patients Decide What the Best Medicine Is... DUH...

6. End The Electoral College; Let The People Decide Who Becomes President.

7. Overturn Citizens United; Get Corporate Bribery OUT of Politics.

8.Cut Pentagon Spending in Half; Why Pay for BOGUS WARS?

9. Build Solar Powered Desalination Plants - We Need Fresh Drinking Water!

10. Wear a Mask, Practice Social Distancing and GET a Vaccine. Let's End Trump's Coronavirus!

11. Medicare for all. Costs Less, Works Better! Just Look At CANADA, They Pay Less Money and Live Longer... DUH...

Joe Biden is on a Campaign Tour While tRUMP is Stuck in his ADULTERY TRIAL... Remember the 10 Commandments? "Thou Shalt Not Boink a Porn Star While Married."

Trump's Promise: "ON MONDAY ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE!” Failed to Actually Happen... MAGA MORONS Have Lost Interest in Going to Jail for Their Cult Leader...

In a fundraising appeal Friday, Trump repeated the message.

“ON MONDAY ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE!” the email said. “BIDEN AND HIS ALLIES WANT ME LOCKED AWAY IN PRISON! RABID DEMOCRATS ARE POISED TO RAISE MILLIONS WHILE I’M STUCK DEFENDING MYSELF IN COURT!”

That critique ignores the high standard of evidence needed to bring criminal charges, and doesn’t refute the allegations, but that type of all-caps accusation has proved effective at keeping many Republican voters supportive of Trump.

Spokespeople for the Trump campaign did not return messages seeking comment for this story.

https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/04/12/trumps-repeated-escapes-from-political-damage-to-be-tested-in-nyc-trial/

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VOTE 4 JOE The Economy is Doing Great! Jobs are UP, Wages Are UP, Stock Market is UP... Vote for Democrats Everywhere... Protect Social Security, Medicare.  Fund the Police and The US Military.

Trump is Terrified of being Executed for Treason. That's Why He Wants Absolute Immunity... He Knows He's GUILTY and He Knows He's Going to Hell... and That's Frightening!

Biden Unveils the American Climate Corps, a program with echoes of the New Deal. 

https://www.npr.org/2023/09/20/1200483937/biden-climate-corps-job-training

Link to All my Decorated 

Christmas Ornaments 

For Sale at Zazzle Gregvan

The Allegory of the Cave by Plato:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nHj3gL_JN0

DANGER DANGER President Biden and former President Trump are tied at 43 percent in a hypothetical rematch in 2024, according to the New York Times/Siena College poll. The Electoral College would award the Presidency to Trump if they got Equal Votes... https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/01/us/elections/times-siena-poll-registered-voters-crosstabs.html

LINK to All My Christmas Ornaments for Sale on Zazzle Gregvan 

Many Have The EDIT TEXT - 

Change the Words Opportunity!

 

Donald Trump’s multiple crimes are encouraged and covered up by an organization of criminals—MAGA Republicans are trying to replace America’s Constitutional Republic with Trump’s Fascist Christian White-Supremacist Kleptocracy. Donald Trump and each of his co-conspirators—his complicit lawyers, former members of his cabinet and staff, members of Congress, and members of his family--must be prosecuted, convicted, and sent to prison for multiple crimes--including Perjury, Obstruction of Justice, Seditious Conspiracy, and Espionage.

and now for Something Completely Different...

Los Gatos, CA History!

BILLY JONES WILDCAT RAILROAD. Los Gatos.

During the war year of 1943, Billy Jones, a Southern Pacific railroad engineer, opened an 18-inch gauge railway in the southern San Francisco peninsular town of Los Gatos.

The Billy Jones’ “Wildcat Railroad” featured a miniature live steamer from the Los Angeles area (Venice), the Ocean Park and Playa del Rey Railroad. Jones acquired some PPIE Overfair passenger cars and modified their tracks for the “Wildcat” operation.

The 1915 San Francisco PPIE had a miniature steam railroad, called the Overfair Railway, that ran along the Marina between Fort Mason and the Presidio. A 10 cent fare provided transportation to the Polo Field, State / Foreign buildings, Calif. Building, Exhibit Palaces, Yacht Harbor, and The Zone. The design of the 1/3 scale locomotives was based on the Pacific type locomotive, which would have taken tourists to the San Francisco PPIE in 1915.

Following the PPIE, Louis MacDermot took his locomotives back to his estate in Oakland. Later, MacDermot found a new home for his trains at what is now known as the Oakland Zoo. In 1943, they all moved to Billy Jones' ranch in Los Gatos. After Billy Jones died in 1968, his railroad moved to Vasona Park and the remaining Overfair locomotives went to the Calistoga Steam Railroad.

When the Calistoga Steam Railroad closed, Al Smith, president of Orchard Supply Hardware and railroad enthusiast, bought the trains, along with a turntable, and took them to his 3200-acre ranch in Swanton, just north of Santa Cruz. With the help of many volunteers, the Swanton Pacific Railroad was built. More of the Overfair Railway made its way to the Swanton Pacific Railroad and cars to Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad in Vasona Park.

Al Smith also donated one incomplete Overfair Railway locomotive to Calif. State Railroad Museum in Sacramento where it was rebuilt and is now on display in the lobby of the museum. Since 1995, all of the Overfair Railway locomotives that ever ran at the Panama Pacific International Exhibition in San Francisco, are now at Swanton Pacific Ranch.

(Photo shows Walt Disney & Billy Jones becoming friends as they discuss narrow-gauge steam operation ideas for Walt Disney's upcoming grand opening of Disneyland Anaheim 1955).

An update…Al Smith’s Swanton Ranch suffered a devastating wildfire 3 years ago as part of the CZU Lightning Complex Fire. ALL of the on-site historic Overfair equipment was severely damaged. The ranch’s owner, Cal Poly whom received the ranch and railroad as a donation from Smith before his death, chose not to rebuild the railroad and seek an ownership transfer. In early July, it was announced the railroad is going to be moved to Santa Margarita where it’s new owner is committed to rebuilding the equipment. A new volunteer organization, the Overfair Pacific Railroad Society has been formed to support the new owner. The first loads of Overfair equipment left Swanton in the past couple of weeks.

Remember when----

Fox and Ted Cruz (and others) were upset by changes made to some M&M candy characters.

The Mars Candy Company, the manufacturer, wanted the changes to reflect inclusiveness in society. However, some on the right thought the candy company to be "woke" and caving into pressure (from the left!) for the upsetting changes, such as Green changing footwear from go-go boots to sneakers. Brown's stiletto high heels were exchanged for a lower, sensible pump. Orange had been identified by Mars to have an anxiety disorder...which was too upsetting to consider.

Other candy companies may be in for a bumpy ride if they decide to make any changes that are perceived as threats by conservatives.

#VoteOutTheGOP

My Brothers and Sisters in Christ.

J.T. Smith said:

I made a search engine that will hopefully leave a huge impact on God's kingdom on Earth.
Isn't it strange that just a generation or two ago when we were kids, we learned from elders in the church, teachers we trust, books from the library, and of course our parents and grandparents.
Now every person has the full culmination of the world's information just at their fingertips, but almost nobody knows how to use it to build God's Kingdom.
That is what I'm proposing. A search engine where we seek truth, remove temptation, and encourage spiritual and church growth.
That doesn't mean every website is Christian on this search engine, in-fact if you search for a random word you're probably still going to get the Wikipedia article for it. But there is a much greater likelihood of Christian perspectives.
And instead of temptation being one click away, we put a stop to:
The Devil's Dropdown
Satan's Safe Search Switch
Temptation Toggle
Those are just silly names I came up with, but it illustrates a point that much of the world's sinful content is just one click away. On most secular search engines the default safe search setting is not "safe".
Philippians 4:8 ESV - Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV - "All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.
If you make the switch to Glorifind you will have a more positive, truthful, and productive digital experience. Please consider switching today, its completely free.

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Donald Trump: The real danger he presents to the nation as a candidate for the presidency of the US...is now clear and apparent. He is an obsessive liar, a deeply mentally disturbed man...ignorant, ruthless, aggressively vengeful, narrow minded, self-centered in the extreme, simplistic, spiteful and viciously ready to attack anyone who disagrees with him. In Europe in the mid-1930s there was a person who emerged into public life who had similar personality characteristics. Can we ever forget? Can we allow ourselves to forget now, again? Trump is Adolf Hitler personified. Be aware of the extreme autocratic danger he poses to our democracy.Trump had worked for Russia way back in 60s or 70s. Trump still works for them
Why can't anybody see the Trump is a traitor. Trump's only major legislation was a tax cut for corporate America and the wealthy. They've babbled about infrastructure for years along with a health care plan and immigration reform. Having won the white house by any means necessary, along with a majority in the House and Senate, you'd think they would pass meaningful legislation,,,,,they could have passed anything with their majority for Trump's first 2 years. Like the Bushs, Reagan and now Trump, another tax cut that gave 84% to the wealthiest people in the country. Hopefully some of those voting for the GOP take notice. Like they say, doing the same thing over and over again with the same disappointment every time is insanity Trump's only major legislation was a tax cut for corporate America and the wealthy. They've babbled about infrastructure for years along with a health care plan and immigration reform. Having won the white house by any means necessary, along with a majority in the House and Senate, you'd think they would pass meaningful legislation,,,,,they could have passed anything with their majority for Trump's first 2 years. Like the Bushs, Reagan and now Trump, another tax cut that gave 84% to the wealthiest people in the country. Hopefully some of those voting for the GOP take notice. Like they say, doing the same thing over and over again with the same disappointment every time is insanity

Grateful Dead Fanclub: One Man's Opinion...

Good day to all my favorite people…. Today I would like to clear something up. Here we go! Some of us were around in the beginning pigpen beginning others Keith and Donna others still the late great Brent MYDLAND and then Vince welnick and Bruce Hornsby . After that more new blood with Jeff chimenti and others filling in here and there. We all tend to have a favorite time and that’s cool but in no way does that negate the others who would follow the last. Is it not true pig was not a phenom on keyboards? Yet we love him and a blues man to the core some easy winds hard to handle lovelights at 38 minutes. body literally dying yet out there skinny as a rail giving his all. Who can criticize? Keith and Donna Keith a savant to be sure Donna beautiful with a beautiful voice added something we didn’t know we were missing and it all raised up a level or 2 even when Keith would be nodding out at the piano. But Keith was from a jazz upright piano background. Again when they were asked to leave in 1979 we didn’t know what we were missing until this guy not a hippie came along names Brent MYDLAND from the start there was something special in him and by 1990 perhaps the greatest music I’ve ever heard he was dare I say supernatural superb vocally and on the Hammond and on piano. Gave the band a big shot in the arm Jerry watching tape would spend most of his time playing off Brent with his beautiful contagious smile. Tragedy strikes again. Europe was on the horizon Brent due to legal issues wasn’t aloud to leave the country the band would go nonetheless and he became very. Very depressed. This group of men the band that he always felt like a third wheel was in fact his home his friends his family and things with his actual family were in trouble divorce 2 young beautiful girls and on that fateful day in California we lost him too. Now what? Really now what? These might be shoes that can’t be filled yet the tubes had a keyboard player Vincent Welnick a very nice man I met him backstage at the Knick in Albany had 15 minutes with him alone nicest guy and guess what could play. His style unique to him but found his fitting within the band even if they used Hornsby as a back up just in case who also was fantastic. Our worst fears became reality at Jerry’s passing. Now really really really NOW WHAT? Vince would die by suicide cutting his own throat in front of his wife a couple years after even though Bobby tried to take him along with RATDOG and what he was doing. Hornsby would gently fade away. So what’s the point? People will often say this or that person can never be replaced! It’s not true friends. No there will never ever be another Jerry Garcia we all know that yet the music still lives in us and actually. Many complain about that but we need to ask as Jerry always said in his efforts to not be the rock God but a musician a great musician my personal favorite musician that the “SUM IS GREATER THEN ITS PARTS”! So true here and in life generally. Through the long winding evolution of this band The Grateful Dead we have been witness to amazing things. Too many to mention but I will mention one. I’m an older guy yet I saw live John Mayer do guitar soloing on morning Dew the likes of which I’ve never heard even from Jerry. The music whoever is playing it is a testament to what these kids formed in what 1965? Phil 80 plus Bobby Billy Mickey right behind him with all new blood bringing the heart of the music and culture with its evolutionary twist! Like all dead shows some are other worldly some decent some awful but they keep coming back and we keep coming back. Why? Because the sun is greater than it’s parts. In fact it’s this that enables what’s been created to live forever. FOREVER!

and then JB Replied:

Actually, for me, it as always the audience I hated. How could anyone be so blessed as to be in front of such sublime music and have anything to say that just can’t wait, or scream and yell like we paid to see YOU?!?!? I still went, but the audience made the experience 50% of what it could have been.

a Question Posted on the Rainbow Family Board...

Hey yall, i became a follower and became interested in the freedom and the philosophy of community gatherings after giving a young lady and her dog a ride who was meeting up with the rainbow family. Im 62 and pretty fed up with trying to live in the chaos of society. Im wondering (especially from the females) how easy it is to walk away from what people consider civilization and what little owned and just live, in my car, in the wild, with like minded individuals. Ive been trying to keep a career in healing modalities going but keep comming up against obstacle after obstacles. My marriage of 34 yrs is failing because im awake to so many things now, im not the same person i once was. I simply dont know where i fit in anymore, my body is getting older but my mind is getting younger. I have had a NDE and realized the onness of all but feel so separate at times. Life is just to difficult to maintain the status quo anymore and i want experience and freedom. No negative, only good vibes replys please. Is this a spiritual group looking to become freerer, more enlightened? And wanting to be the change we want to see in the world or a free for all party lifestyle.Tell me what you love about your lifestyle/choices
What you would do differently, do you feel safe? do you travel in groups (like little families) is it clickish out there. Whats the philosophy and principles, etc. Ive been to a few festivals and gatherings (not rainbow) and felt like its where i thrive, i felt free and like i found me until i had to come home and back to this life that is so difficult. Just searching for my path Thanks everyone

GS Replied:

Haven't been out in more than 10 years. But I'm my 30s I traveled with a big dog and a tiny home built into a box truck. I never felt unsafe. There after clique-esque people all over the world but I found helping out the families. Plugging myself into volunteer kitchens and trusting the universe always brought me to the people I needed or who needed me. I wish my old family was still traveling! We've all seemed to slow down for kids or moved on to the next big adventure. I hope this has helped you.

RH Replied:

The freedom you seek is all in your mind. I encourage you not to abandon what you built for your family to seek idealisms. Give freely the love/gifts you have based on everything you're awake to.

JR Replied:

Rainbow is just refracted light... Your light brother... Run TO something, not away... Gatherings are a place where collective energy (via consensus) creates a little space to thrive for a bit... then the energy moves... this is my take on it... It did teach me about trusting the Universe... but now that I think about it... Trust came first, then the freedom ... Follow your heart man... this whole trip is an electromagnetic reflection of higher dimensions... N Love is the ultimate frequency

The Grateful Dead’s Bill Kreutzmann (left corner), Jerry Garcia (center) and Bob Weir perform at a stop on a 1970s trans-Canada train tour. Photo: Chronicle file photo
Fans may be most interested in the in-studio conversations between band members Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan and Bob Weir, as they worked in Pacific High Recording Studio in San Francisco during three weeks of sessions in February and March 1970.
“Keep it nice and f—ing together, you f—ers,” Garcia says, as the band works through the freshly written “New Speedway Boogie.”
“The Angel’s Share” complements the anniversary deluxe edition of “Workingman’s Dead,” which is scheduled to be released on Friday, July 10, on streaming services as well as a three-CD set. The special edition will also include a full live show from 1971.
For years, fans believed no great outtakes existed from “Workingman’s Dead,” the semi-acoustic album where the Dead, under the spell of the clapboard authenticity of the Band and the angelic harmonizing of Crosby, Stills and Nash, streamed its folk and blues roots and restless creativity into an enduring classic.

FREE Rainbow Mushroom ART! gvan42

FOR THOSE WHO ARE CLOSE to 60 yrs OLD AND ABOVE PLEASE READ THIS. This is for you. Some really great advice! Thank you to the person who wrote this.

Between 60 and death. It's time to use the money you saved up. Use it and enjoy it. Don't just keep it for those who may have no notion of the sacrifices you made to get it. Remember there is nothing more dangerous than a son or daughter-in-law with big ideas for your hard-earned capital.
Warning: This is also a bad time for investments, even if it seems wonderful or foolproof. They only bring problems and worries. This is a time for you to enjoy some peace and quiet.
Stop worrying about the financial situation of your children and grandchildren, and don't feel bad spending your money on yourself. You've taken care of them for many years, and you've taught them what you could. You gave them an education, food, shelter, and support. The responsibility is now theirs to earn their own money.
Keep a healthy life, without great physical effort. Do moderate exercise (like walking every day), eat well, and get your sleep. It's easy to become sick, and it gets harder to remain healthy. That is why you need to keep yourself in good shape and be aware of your medical and physical needs. Keep in touch with your doctor, and do tests even when you're feeling well. Stay informed.
The key goal is to enjoy your money with your partner. One day one of you will miss the other, and the money will not provide any comfort then, enjoy it together.
Don't stress over the little things. You've already overcome so much in your life. You have good memories and bad ones, but the important thing is the present. Don't let the past drag you down and don't let the future frighten you. Feel good in the now. Small issues will soon be forgotten.
Regardless of age, always keep love alive. Love your partner, love life, love your family, love your neighbor and remember: "A man is not old as long as he has intelligence and affection."
Be proud, both inside and out. Don't stop going to your hair salon or barber, do your nails, go to the dermatologist and the dentist, and keep your perfumes and creams well stocked. When you are well-maintained on the outside, it seeps in, making you feel proud and strong.
ALWAYS stay up-to-date. Read newspapers, and watch the news. Go online and read what people are saying. Make sure you have an active email account and try to use some of those social networks. You'll be surprised at what old friends you'll meet.
Respect the younger generation and their opinions. They may not have the same ideas as you, but they are the future and will take the world in their direction. Give advice, not criticism, and try to remind them that yesterday's wisdom still applies today.
Never use the phrase: “In my time.” Your time is now. As long as you’re alive, you are part of this time.
Some people embrace their golden years, while others become bitter and surly. Life is too short to waste your days on the latter. Spend your time with positive, cheerful people, it'll rub off on you and your days will seem that much better. Spending your time with bitter people will make you feel older and harder to be around.
Do not surrender to the temptation of living with your children or grandchildren (if you have a financial choice, that is). Sure, being surrounded by family sounds great, but we all need our privacy. They need theirs and you need yours. Even then, do so only if you feel you really need the help or do not want to live by yourself
Don't abandon your hobbies. If you don't have any, make new ones. You can travel, hike, cook, read, and dance. You can adopt a cat or a dog, grow a kitchen garden, play cards, checkers, chess, dominoes, and golf.
Try to go. Get out of the house, meet people you haven't seen in a while, and experience something new (or something old). The important thing is to leave the house from time to time. Go to museums, go walk through a park. Get out there.
Speak in courteous tones and try not to complain or criticize too much unless you really need to. Try to accept situations as they are.
Pains and discomfort go hand in hand with getting older. Try not to dwell on them but accept them as a part of life.
If you've been offended by someone – forgive them. If you've offended someone apologizes. Don't drag around resentment with you. It only serves to make you sad and bitter. It doesn't matter who was right. Someone once said: "Holding a grudge is like taking poison and expecting the other person to die." Don't take that poison. Forgive, forget, and move on with your life.
Laugh. Laugh away your worries Remember, you are one of the lucky ones. You managed to have a life, a long one. Many never get to this age, and never get to experience a full life.
My valued friends, enjoy peaceful life at this point in your life ...
Don't worry... be happy.

49er Roses at Home in Orangevale, CA

Instead of Watching the News on TV, I took a Walk Outdoors and Photographed 49er Roses... Totally Relaxing to SEEK BEAUTY

Steven Alembik, donor of GOP campaigns, dies in attempted murder-suicide outside BurgerFi
72-year-old man who contributed to Trump, DeSantis, Scott campaigns shot himself, another woman in parking lot of BurgerFi west of Delray Beach...
https://www.wptv.com/news/palm-beach-county/region-s-palm-beach-county/donor-of-gop-campaigns-dies-in-attempt-murder-suicide-pbso-says


PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — A donor to former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and then-Gov. Rick Scott died in an attempted murder-suicide last week, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office confirmed Tuesday.

Steven Alembik, 72, of Boca Raton, shot a woman and then himself in a parking lot behind the BurgerFi restaurant west of Delray Beach, 7959 W Atlantic Ave., on the evening of Oct. 9.


The victim, who ran inside the restaurant after the shooting and is expected to survive, is not being identified because of Marsy's Law, sheriff's spokesman Teri Barbera said.

Over 20 years, he gave more than $200,000 in political donations, mainly to Republicans, the Miami Herald reported.

Alembik made racist remarks directed at former President Barack Obama in 2018.

DeSantis was running to replace Scott as governor. Scott, who was vying for the Senate, sent the $1,100 contribution from Alembik to charity after the remarks.

DeSantis' campaign and political action committees received contributions from Alembik. The PAC returned $11,000 but the campaign said $4,000 given separately had been spent in the primary and could not be refunded.

The governor's reelection campaign and a state political committee supporting that campaign, Friends of Ron DeSantis, received more than $5,000 from Alembik in 2021 and 2022, according to state records.

In 2017, Alembik moved a charity gala for his newly formed pro-Israel nonprofit group, Truth About Israel, to Mar-a-Lago after several charities canceled after his remarks about Trump's comments about a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

1969. Pictured at top Jim Horn, Alan White, Jim Gordon, Klaus Voorman, Bonnie Bramlett, Delaney Bramlett. Middle George Harrison, John Paul Jones, Keith Moon,Jim Capaldi, John Entwistle, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Botton John Bonham, John and Yoko.

Did You Ever Notice That the Fan in the Bathroom Make a really long sound and then repeats it exactly but in less time? For Example: Mine Goes: SchrneeeeeeeeeoooooooooouuuuuuuChirp, SchrneeeeeeeoooooooouuuuuuChirp, SchrneeeeeoooooouuuuuChirp, SchrneeeoooouuuuChirp, SchrneeooouuChirp, ScneeouuChirp, ScneouChirp, SeouChirp, Chirp, Chirp, Chirp, Chirp, Chirp, Chirp, rp, rp, rp, rp, rp, rp, rp, rp, rp, pppppppppppp... and then it repeats! SchrneeeeeeeeeoooooooooouuuuuuuChirp, SchrneeeeeeeoooooooouuuuuuChirp, SchrneeeeeoooooouuuuuChirp, SchrneeeoooouuuuChirp, SchrneeooouuChirp, ScneeouuChirp, ScneouChirp, SeouChirp, Chirp, Chirp, Chirp, Chirp, Chirp, Chirp, rp, rp, rp, rp, rp, rp, rp, rp, rp, pppppppppppp...

and then SE Said: 

Decided to try a Kinder Joy for the first time...mostly because I was curious, but also because it was supposed to contain a Harry Potter-themed prize. The prize was a tiny plastic Ron Weasley, which is cool, but I was hoping to get Snape. The candy part was absolutely delicious. It's basically a creamy chocolate and vanilla cream, similar to Nutella in consistency, topped with these 2 crunchy cookie things. My only complaint is that there should be a lot more of it. There was barely any at all. I'd definitely buy it again if both sides of the egg were filled with the chocolate/vanilla cream. I may buy it again anyway, especially if the Harry Potter toys are still around.
But either way, I can't help wondering how it compares to a Kinder Egg. I've never seen a Kinder Egg since they are highly illegal in the US. I've heard that if you ask someone to ship you one from another country, it will get seized in customs. Apparently Kinder Eggs are thought to be an extremely dangerous choking risk to American kids, but perfectly fine for kids in most other countries. I guess I'll have to travel to another country if I ever want to try one, or even look at one.

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