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Nothing New in SEVEN YEARS? WTF? UFOs Are Real - The US Navy Film is Absolute Proof... and The Phoenix Lights Were Seen by Thousands... Including the Governor. --- and--- The 1952 Washington, D.C. UFO incident...

and the Recent "Disclosure" by The US Military is Being Used to Justify Spending on the Space Force... We don't know what these UFOs are But they Might be Dangerous... Better Fund the Military to Fight Aliens! 

 Real UFO Film by the US Navy.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkPn-YMp9vI

We All Ought To Live More Like Star Trek. Many Different Races Working Together to Accomplish Great Things. A Year Ago, The President of the United States Was selling Hate... That ERA is OVER... Now, We all ought to Honor our Trekkie Roots...


Crop Circles - Many are Clearly NOT Made By People - Look At These Photos and a Video of an Entire Design being Created in 15 Seconds... Here is the Trailer for the Movie "Crop Circle Reality."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnd-S2WAgMQ

It Shows UFOs Flying over a Field and a Crop Circle Appearing LIVE. Look at the Video at Time=1:05

Great TV Show: Ancient Aliens... Based on the Book "Chariots of the Gods?" by Erich von Daniken... This Show Makes Me Think That They Might Be Right... That We Have Been Visited by ExtraTerrestrials in the Distant Past... and RECENTLY TOO!

Hudson River Valley. A UFO Hotspot for Centuries. Remember The Headless Horseman or Rip Van Winkle? Alien Contact... The Book Communion? Meeting a Grey... Thousands of UFO Sightings in the 1980s...

Communion: A True Story: The book is based on the experiences of Whitley Strieber, who experiences "lost time" and terrifying flashbacks, which hypnosis links to an alleged encounter with aliens.

"Lost Time" is the Fundamental Plot of Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving.

The Headless Horseman Could be a Description of an Alien... A Being that Didn't Look Like a Norman Human.

The Great American Ghost Story: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow... By The Historic Hudson Valley Society:
https://hudsonvalley.org/article/the-great-american-ghost-story/


It's Unlikely that Earth Will be Invaded by Aliens in Flying Saucers. Let's Defund the Space Force: It's a Total Waste of Taxpayer Dollars for an Imaginary Danger. gvan42

Remember:  Extraterrestrials Have Been Visiting for Thousands of Years without any Harm to Humans.

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They Have Vastly Superior Technology and Would Win any War. Let's NOT Make 'em Angry!



CONTACT Your Senators:
https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm


CONTACT Your Representative in the House:
https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative


CONTACT Space Aliens!
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2021/08/ce5-protocol-extraterrestrials-come-on.html


The Entire Reason Trump Started the Space Force is that He Thought He Was Under Attack by Space Aliens! That's a Symptom of Schizophrenia.

We Waste about 10 Billion Dollars a Year on Trump's Paranoid Fantasies...


The GOP House Wants to Cut US Government Spending... Here's a Way to Save a Fortune!

Yes, UFOs are Real BUT they Have Shown No Danger to Earth. They Just Fly Around Doing Whatever They Do... and Ignoring Humans...

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This Art Reminds Me of "The Battle of Los Angeles" a UFO Invasion During WW2... Searchlights Lit Up The Sky so Artillery Guns Could Shoot Down the Flying Saucer... 
You May Change the Words if You Feel Like It...
Battle of Los Angeles Newspaper Headline UFO
Battle of Los Angeles Newspaper Headline about UFO
Battle of Los Angeles Newspaper Photo
Battle of Los Angeles Newspaper Photo

Link to the Same Art on a Button!
https://www.zazzle.com/ufo_searchlights_button-145962304935090219

Link to ALL My UFO Gifts:
https://www.zazzle.com/store/gregvan/products?dp=0&qs=ufo

Another Link to Even More UFO Gifts:
https://www.zazzle.com/store/gregvan/products?dp=0&qs=ufo&pg=2

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 The Invasion of Washington,[1] was a series of unidentified flying object reports from July 12 to July 29, 1952, over Washington, D.C. The most publicized sightings took place on consecutive weekends, July 19–20 and July 26–27. UFO historian Curtis Peebles called the incident "the climax of the 1952 (UFO) flap" - "Never before or after did Project Blue Book and the Air Force undergo such a tidal wave of (UFO) reports."[2]

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_Washington,_D.C._UFO_incident


HEADLINE: 

Phoenix Lights: The Valley's most famous UFO story...

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2015/02/19/phoenix-lights-arizona-ufo-mystery/23677303/

Phoenix Lights UFO photo
Phoenix Lights UFO photo
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Lets HIRE IMMIGRANTS and Collect Social Security and Income Tax from Them. While Republicans are FREAKING OUT about the Border... the Solution is Obvious...

and Immigrants would do all those Jobs that Americans Refuse!

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/ Simple Social Security Fix: HIRE IMMIGRANTS and Collect Social Security from Them. People from Foreign Countries Tend to Be Young and Looking for Work.


and That would Solve the Problem of Illegal Immigration... Simply Legalize it and Put 'em to Work! Everybody Wins!

The Way Social Security Works is: Young People Pay IN and Old People Take OUT... It Requires a Balance Between Young and Old... and the Baby Boom Generation in America DID NOT Have Enough Children... However, Foreigners Have Been Breeding Like CRAZY! 

Trump's Failed Wall... People walk around the End. https://gvan42.blogspot.com/
Trump's Failed Wall... 
People Walk Around the End.

I wrote to my Representative in the US House Kevin Kiley and Said: Instead of wasting money building a wall... Let's EMPLOY Immigrants to do all those Jobs Americans Refuse... I Live at an Old Folks Home and ALL of our Care Givers are Immigrants... ALL of the Gardeners are Immigrants... This is an OBVIOUS SOLUTION! Why Not WAKE UP AND NOTICE REALITY? Sure... tRUMP Hates Mexicans and Blacks and Gays and Women but... His Ideas SUCK!


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and Now for Something Completely Different.
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Fry's Electronics Store in Campbell https://gvan42.blogspot.com/


SE Said: 
I still feel sad when I drive past the location of the Fry's in Campbell, which is an empty building now. I remember how much fun it was to shop there in the 90's and early 2000's. They had more than just computers and computer accessories. They were my favorite store to buy small appliances like coffee makers, toasters, vacuum cleaners, etc. Nowadays, any time I need a small appliance, my first instinct is to go to Fry's, but then I remember that Fry's is no longer there. I shopped mostly at the Campbell store (with an Egyptian theme), but I also shopped at the Brokaw Rd store, which had a Polynesian theme...and when I lived in Hollywood, I spent a lot of time and money at the Burbank store, which had an outer-space theme. That store is where I got a lot of supplies for Burning Man, because Fry's also had a great selection of zip ties, bungee cords, and many different types of battery-powered lights including rope light and EL wire.
It breaks my heart seeing so many iconic stores closing down. I love the experience of browsing around an interesting store, and being able to see and touch the merchandise before buying it. The modern world is forcing us to do online shopping even when we'd rather not. I could write a dissertation about all the things I dislike about online shopping, and I have written about it a lot, and I'm sure I'll write about it again. But for now, I really wish I could go to a Fry's store today.

and BE Said:
"Your Best Buys Are Always at Fry's...Guaranteed!"

Started in Sunnyvale, in 1985 by three brothers and another partner, the chain's first slogan was the "One-Stop Shop for the Silicon Valley Professional"

Nearly every store retained a "theme," one that extended both to the exterior and interior design elements. The Campbell store was draped in kitschy Ancient Egypt stylings, with huge mockup pharaohs and effigies to King Tut.

These aimless aisles were flanked by the company's signature "checkout row," where big flashing siren lights would flag lines of customers to their waiting cashier, with the help of a sales-associate-turned-flight-controller directing traffic from a ladder on high.

Back in the day, It's like anyone you found on the floor was part of the Geek Squad, before Geek Squad was even a thing.

and I Replied:
I liked the fact that they had access to the ABSOLUTE BEST computer parts... My Roommate assembled computers and sold 'em in San Jose and I went with him to get a "limit one per customer" disk drive... This was in the 1990s when the State of the Art was Changing Rapidly.

and then Someone on FaceBorg asked:
Is brainwashed a legitimate legal defense? It is definitely a cognitive impairment. One would have to assume that being brainwashed means you are not guilty by reason of insanity. Does our legal system recognize a treatment for the condition of brainwashed? Can those responsible for brainwashing a person be held accountable for the crimes committed by their victims?

and then Susan Creamcheese Replied:
I don't think any actual brainwashing took place.. When they first heard 'the big lie' (or possibly before that for many) they realized that a lot of what they were hearing wasn't true..but they badly wanted it to be true, so they blocked out the reality, turned the TV to Faux News and allowed themselves to become radicalized... Some of them have come to their senses now...(mostly those facing charges) but 'brainwashed'..? No.. they grasped on to the fear and hate that they had been hiding just below the surface and felt that they finally were allowed to show their racism, misogyny, homophobia for all to see...And now they are embarrassed...but ashamed..? No, unfortunately they don't feel the shame that they should...

and I replied:
The CIA put a Lot of Effort into Researching Brainwashing in their Project MKUltra... and Now... FOX NEWS is the DEPLOYMENT of What they Learned... Just Scream "DANGER DANGER" and the Lizard Brain in all of us reacts... That's why RUSH was so Popular... He was Talking to the Caveman that survived because they woke up whenever the tribal Lookout Screamed "Danger Danger"
Michigan attorney general says fake GOP electors she charged are ‘brainwashed’
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/22/politics/dana-nessel-fake-electors-michigan-comments

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Classic Stories: "THE UMMAGUMMA OF CAMBRIDGE" - by gvan42 - "The Golden Spoon of Montezuma" - "The Origin of Popcorn" and "The Glazier with a Rock" and Trippy Mushroom Drawings!



When the aliens found out that their spaceship was infested with Ummagumma they stopped at the first planet (eARTh) and dumped them. The place was called Stonehenge. The Ummagumma are an annoying life form that supports themselves by petty thievery. They were first reported in Dickens books...you know... Oliver Twist...Pickpockets...They also have an annoying habit of taking things apart and not putting them back. Have you ever noticed that for some unknown reason things just "go on the blink" ? That's the work of the Ummagumma. For centuries they lived in the swamps near Oxford (Cambridge, England - the land of Eng) but one day they walked down to the docks and snuck aboard a boat. When the captain found out that his boat was infested with Ummagumma he stopped in the first port and dumped them. He threw them right overboard and into the San Francisco bay. They swam to shore and quickly blended into the population. You see, they are short and brown and could be mistaken for Chinamen...............................Stay tuned... next time they disassemble Sutro tower in a futile attempt to "call an intergalactic taxi". ............................And then they wander down the coast and climb... Mount UMUNHUM... The giant box on the mountain overlooking the city of Saint Joe. ...................................................The Ummagumma always stowaway and they just had to get off the planet eARTh. This planet's just too boring. Got to get back to the Swinging Planets in the Crab Nebula...That's where all the Fun Is. and so, gentle reader Ta Ta For Now...


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Psychedelic Poetry - "CEREMONY AND RITUAL" - a story - Fiction - written by Gregory Vanderlaan about a Trip to Philadelphia - Grateful Dead at JFK Stadium and The Spectrum Arena - deadheads: stories from fellow artists

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OUR MINDS HAVE BEEN FUSED INTO ONE SHIMMERING
COLONIAL ANIMAL…
FLOWING IN THE
CURRENTS OF THE MUSIC…
adrenaline, serotonin, synapses on fire !


IN THE SHADOWS,TORCHES FLICKER IN THE BREEZE.
THE ORACLE BEGINS TO SPEAK,
FEEL THE HEAT…
adrenaline, serotonin, synapses on fire!


WE DANCE OUTSIDE OF THE TRADITIONAL
REALM OF TIME AND SPACE.
THE CROWD ERUPTS IN OUTBURSTS OF FREE-FORM MOTION
AS THE INTENSITY OF THE JAM PEAKS
adrenaline, serotonin, synapses on fire!
MY BODY IS TRANSFORMED INTO A PINBALL AND
I RICCOCHET AROUND THE SPECTRUM
ARENA BOUNCING OFF THE FLASHING LIGHTS.
A CROWD OF DEADHEADS
SURROUND ME INTENT ON TELLING ME STUPID JOKES…
THEY JUST…know… THAT I WILL LAUGH…
adrenaline, serotonin, synapses on fire!


THANK YOU DR. ALBERT HOFFMAN
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This was written after attending a Grateful Dead concert in JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I was sitting up above the crowd in the bleachers and could see the dancers move more enthusiastically during peaks of the music… less motion during gentle passages… as the dynamics of the improvisation ebbed and flowed, the dancers moved accordingly… like sea anemones moving in the currents of the ocean… I also mention the Spectrum in Philadelphia… It has many blinking advertisements for Atlantic city casinos in the area where refreshments were being served…

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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]

"The Glazier with a Rock"
(a glazier is a person that replaces broken windows)

When I lived in Maryland in an apartment complex with 500 units there was a man who replaced broken windows... When there were no windows to replace he hired children to throw rocks thru windows... Then he had work to do and got paid for replacing the broken windows. This plan is not that unusual... I have heard that firefighters in Trinity County, California often are arsonists... Start a fire, get work as a firefighter...

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"The Golden Spoon of Montezuma"

When Cortez arrived in Mexico, he was interested in GOLD. He also wanted to impress the people he met with how rich and powerful his KING was. He told an Indian that his King was so rich that he used a golden spoon for EVERY meal and then discarded it after he was done. His King was so rich that he could afford to THROW AWAY gold. The Indian was not impressed. The Indian said that HIS King was so rich that he could afford to use a NEW GOLDEN SPOON for EVERY BITE! How was this possible? Well, Montezuma used TORTILLAS for a spoon. He would scoop up his food using a tortilla chip (golden spoon) and so he used a new "golden spoon" for each bite. I love telling this story when I'M eating Mexican food at a restaurant.

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"THE ORIGIN OF POPCORN"

Way out in the Ozark mountains Sandy Chapin built a house out of rocks.He found an old farmers fence that had fallen down and he just moved it onto his land and stacked it up. Near the front door he put two abalone shells. Here in California, abalone shells are quite common but out there in the Ozarks they caused quite a fuss. The hillbillies came from miles around to see the "pearls as big as a possum". Pretty soon rumors got around that the "pearls" were magic. Folks said that they helped the old folks with their bones on rainy days. You know how people talk around the stove in the general store. Tall tales indeed. They said it was a cure for Rheumatism and arthritis. Then the shepherds got into the act. When they get to talking the stories get exagerated all out of proportion.

Pretty soon animals were lined up down the road all the way to the creek. A mooing and a quacking like you never heard. Barking dogs and oinking pigs. But the old dog 'zeke just lay there on the porch. Night fell and the moonshine appeared. Who brought it? The moonshiners, of course. They cooked it in a still and squeezed the goodness out of the corn. By the light of the moon the corn sparkled. A wind came up and the stalks moved like they were dancing. Waves of motion like they were dancing to a string band. Somebody started a fire to bar b-q a pig and that's when things really started popping. You see, the wind blew the glowing coals out into the field and the cornstalks caught on fire. Pretty soon the whole field was in a conflagration and presto chango ... POPCORN!

Sandy is a real person and does live in the Ozarks with a dog, Zeke in a rock house...


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Journalism: My Favorite Class in College. To Actually "BE" Woodward & Bernstein for a Semester. I Interviewed June Moxon & Went to an Earth First Tree Sit Eviction.

June is one of the Main People at the Kinetic Sculpture Race. She was Holding a Fundraiser Open House at the Kinetic Sculpture Laboratory and I Published my Interview BEFORE THE EVENT so Maybe Students That Read the Lumberjack Newspaper WERE MOTIVATED to buy a ticket and Go... My Article Might have Helped Finance the Event! and The RACE!


I Learned a Couple of things in that Class.

If You see Something and Say Something that's an "Opinion" Piece. If You Ask Three People What They Saw... That's a "News" Piece.

I Also Learned to Say Everything You Have to Say in ONE SENTENCE. Then, Say Everything You Have to Say in ONE PARAGRAPH. Then, Say Everything You Have to Say in the Rest of the Article...

The Reader May decide that the Subject is NOT INTERESTING after One Sentence... and Move on to the Next Article... OR they May Read One Paragraph... and then Move on... RARELY do they Read More than That...

I took that Class because My Guidance Councillor said That The Lumberjack Newspaper was Going to Create an Online Edition and the Journalism Department Needed some Computer Experts to Help Them...

Dr. Hal Campbell Said: "This will be an excellent REAL WORLD Learning Experience. Someone Wants Something Done On the Computer... and You are Hired to Make it Happen."
The Allegory of the Cave by Plato:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nHj3gL_JN0


One thing I Never Did was to Interview a Hostile Witness... Woodward and Bernstein were Famous for getting people to Talk that did not want to Talk...

I Always Interviewed People that Were GLAD to See Me... Like: "I'm a Reported for the Lumberjack Newspaper and I'm Writing a Story About What You Are Doing Because It's Interesting."



Earth First! Movie: "Who Bombed Judi Beri?" In 1990 the FBI Bombed Activists Darryl Cherney and Judi Beri. The FBI was Fined $400,000 but Did Not ADMIT Guilt... and they Never Paid a Penny...

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/08/who-bombed-judi-beri.html

Trump Pardoned Michael Milken... Greed FREAK Mikey did Evil in Northern California... Loaning Charles Hurwitz enough JUNK BOND Money to Buy Pacific Lumber in Humboldt County... and Then Hurwitz Cut Down Thousands of Old Growth Redwoods... Once the Highly profitable trees were cut, Hurwitz stole the Pension Fund, Declared Bankruptcy and went back to Texas... and Kept all the Money...
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2020/02/trump-pardons-michael-milken-he-did.html

Virtual Journey: Trinity Alps, CA, USA - Simulates a Drive on the Bigfoot Highway (299) From Arcata on the Coast to Redding in the Central Valley. White Water Rafting! Gold Rush Ghost Towns!
We Start the Journey in Arcata's Central Plaza... Home to Farmer's Markets, Live Music, Parades and Spontaneous Drum Circles when it's Sunny!
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/04/highway-299-virtual-journey.html



The Headwaters Forest Coloring Book... Illustration by Mykol Blackwell. Text by Darryl Cherney. (C) 1999 Environmentally Sound Promotions. CLICK ON THE PICTURES TO SEE THEM BIGGER AND DOWNLOAD, PRINT...
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-headwaters-forest-coloring-book.html

Photo of what the plants look like FIVE Years after a Redwood Forest CLEARCUT near Eureka, California... MAXXAM SUXX - Earth First! Treesit Eviction Documented...

Taken on Greenwood Heights Road in Freshwater, California... The Pampas Grass THRIVES on all that brand new SUNSHINE... after MAXXAM cut down the Old Growth Redwoods, this hillside became Sunny and Warm.


It is easy to find this Location to see what it's like today... Simply Turn into the Freshwater Valley from Old Arcata Road and Take the First LEFT at the School... Drive up the hill in the Dark Forest... When it gets Sunny All of a Sudden, Park... That's the Location of the Clearcut...

MY NEWSPAPER ARTICLE:
Tree Sit Ecology Protest at Freshwater, near Eureka, CA 2003 - Earth First! - Complete Text of a Newspaper Article I wrote for the Humboldt State University Lumberjack. and Photographs...

HEADLINE: 8 arrested March 18th in Freshwater tree-sit. Trees chainsawed to death.

Freshwater Clearcut Logging near Eureka, CA

This morning I drove to Beautiful Freshwater (near Eureka, California) to visit the Tree Sitters. There were 10 sheriff's cars and 5 highway patrol cars. I saw 3 people handcuffed and then put in a sheriff's van. One person down the road was handcuffed and in the custody of a different sheriff. This lady was wearing "press" dogtags and was complaining that all she was doing was taking photographs. There were about 40 people standing around, talking on cell phones and playing drums. I could hear the sound of chainsawing. Then a large tree fell over. It makes a tearing sound then a big thump and a wail arose from the people. When four highway patrol cars stopped in the middle of the crowd and turned on their spinning lights, I left.(I was afraid of the police...protect and serve...corporations) As I was walking to my truck I noticed another highway patrolman writing tickets. I asked a citizen what that was all about and he said "don't worry about getting a parking ticket, none of these people will pay them anyway". I am concerned about the highway patrol being there. THERE CLEARLY WERE NO HIGHWAY RELATED PROBLEMS THERE. What's up with parking tickets? We were in the middle of the forest.









...this part written later that night...
We went to a protest to defend redwood trees today. There are 8 people that are camping at the top of redwood trees to prevent loggers from chainsawing the trees. The owners of the forest (Palco/MAXXAM) hired a guy (eric schatz)to climb up the trees and forcibly evict the trespassers. Then the Humboldt county sheriff's arrest the tree-sitters and send them to jail. Yesterday, there were 7 tree sitters and the police arrested 3 people. Then, during the night, 4 people went up. The grand total of people INCREASED. The loggers started chainsawing at the bottom of a tree that had people camping in it. This action enraged the crowd. We feel that if a logger cuts down a tree with a person in it that it is dangerous to that person. The loggers cut away a 2 foot circle of bark all the way around the tree. Someone said that was called "girthing" and the purpose was to kill the tree. My wife decided that some medicine was needed for the tree, so we went to the hardware store and bought a bucket of "tree wound" compound. It is used to seal the bare wood after pruning. We drove back to the ecology protest and she (with help from others) spread the healing compound on the bare wood. I got to spend a lot of time talking to a knowledgeable fellow named "Atilla". He said that the MAXXAM corporation has to cut down redwood trees in order to pay the interest on a giant "junk bond" debt. MAXXAM, a texas corporation, purchased the Pacific Lumber Company about 10 years ago in a hostile takeover financed by "junk bonds" that they got from Mike Milken. (remember, Ivan Boesky and Mike went to jail for wall street fraud) I saw on the News tonight that our governor, Gray Davis, has ordered the highway patrol to work 12 hour shifts to help defend the state of California from "terrorist" attacks. GEE, WHY WERE ALL THOSE CHPs OUT IN THE FOREST TODAY ? WHAT TERRORIST ATTACKS WERE THEY DEFENDING US FROM ? Atilla also told me why there were large trucks that look like they carry sand. They are used to haul gravel to build logging roads. After I left the protest in the morning, I drove way back into the woods and noticed large orange trucks with PALCO on the doors. The reason Palco hired a subcontractor (eric schatz)to do "tree service" is to protect themselves from lawsuits in case anyone gets hurt.
How to get there: From highway 101 traveling North, Take the Myrtle ave exit in Eureka and drive to Freshwater road. Take a right and then an IMMEDIATE left onto Greenwood Heights road. Drive 2 miles. When you see all the sheriff cars, you are there. From Arcata, travel south on 101 to Indianola cutoff. Take a left and drive to Myrtle ave. Take a right on Myrtle. Left on Freshwater road.


Pile of Wasted Trees


Logging Road near Eureka, CA


View of Humboldt Bay from Greenwood Heights Road, Freshwater, CA




Great Books: The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey Illustrated by Robert Crumb



This Book Inspired the Ecology Organization Earth First!
Read it and be inspired too.
http://www.earthfirst.org/

Silly Story!
A Trump supporter was seated next to an older woman on an airplane and he turned to her and said, “Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.”
The old woman, who had just started to read her book, replied to the total stranger,
“What would you want to talk about?”
“Oh, I don’t know,” said the man. “How about how they stole the election in 2020 and Donald Trump should be president.”
“Okay,” she said. “Those could be interesting topics but let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff – grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, but a horse produces clumps. Why do you suppose that is?”
The man, visibly surprised by the old woman’s intelligence, thinks about it and says, “Hmmm, I have no idea.”
To which the old woman replies, “Do you really feel qualified to discuss politics, when you don’t know shit?”



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