Trump's Insane Iran War Has Started Again! The Streets of Whore Moose are CLOSED! OPEN! CLOSED! OPEN! CLOSED! #TACO both the USA and Iran are bombing...

Please Share Your Anti-Trump Memes on EVERY Social Media Platform. Especially TwitterX and Tooth SoCal --- Gab, LinkedIn, Mastodon, Minds, Tumblr, Gettr, Instagram, Blue Sky, Threads and Faceborg...

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and just yesterday I Wondered... 

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Will $300 Billion Dollars Make Iran Great Again? #TACO TRUMP SURRENDERS! The War is "OVER" ---  The War in Iran Was Not Just a Failure; It Was a MAGA Failure!

Before the war with Iran began the national average for a gallon of regular gas was $2.96. Now it's $4.00 per gallon, following a tentative peace deal that pushed prices down from a peak of $4.55 --- And there's no reason to believe that the gas prices will ever go back down... Big Profits! for Big Oil & the Stock Market... You Pay, They Win.

Some Guy on Faceborg Said: Trump is a demented old man. Trump’s war accomplished nothing – the Iran deal is proof. No one gets a Nobel peace prize for ending a war HE started. No amount of Donald Trump’s spin can obscure the fact that his newly announced deal with Iran is one big lesson in why this war should never have been launched. If there is a silver lining in this debacle, it is that the utter failure of Trump’s military adventure in Iran may give him pause before trying another...

Boycott Trump's Insane Iran War! REFUSE TO BUY GASOLINE. REFUSE TO FLY IN JET AIRPLANES. Simply "Be Here Now" Instead. This year, the "Staycation" is what's happening!

Do Gas Prices Make You Unhappy? Take the Bus. Ride a Bike. Get an Electric Car. Walk, Or just Stay Home! Since I Don't Own a Car... Gasoline price increases are not directly in my face... It must really suck to go to a gas station now... And be forced to pay outrageous prices... So much travel is involuntary... Commuting to work... Or going to the grocery store... Or going to doctor's appointments...

I feel certain that the grocery stores that deliver food here are charging more money to cover the extra costs of delivery... But I pay rent that includes food, laundry, mowing the lawn, Cooking, cleaning... everything...

I live at an old folks home and I see on TV news that other people are having problems... And quite often I just change the channel... Evidently, flying on commercial airlines is a mess with long wait times for the TSA people to check for terrorist bombs and box cutters it could be used to hijack the airplane...

I haven't flown in a jet airplane in over 25 years... So the problems of the "Jet Set" seem remote... I keep wondering: Why don't those people just wake the f*ck up? Getting a clue is an alternative!

Obviously, travel is something that we just cannot afford these days with the disaster economy given us by Mad King Donald... 

Why not fly a Jefferson Airplane instead?

If you use a match from a matchbook to light your marijuana cigarette, when you get down to the end it's hard to hold... So if you take that burnt match and split it in half... You can put the cigarette in the split half... And that's what a Jefferson Airplane is... Part that you hold is like a biplane... 

And

Secret Trick to Life: Learn How To Do a FACT CHECK on Google (or BING... or Duck Duck Go...) That Way People CAN'T Lie to You. Because You Refuse To Believe Their Lies...Simply Type the Words "Fact Check" and the Statement You Want to Verify... Read the Results... It Can Be Quite Eye Opening!




Music Video: Did You Ever Notice Reality? by Greg Vanderlaan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPthFNI07Qo

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Owning a Gun INCREASES the Chance of Having a Gun Accident. Suicides increase too... More Family Lives are LOST than Lives Saved Defending Yourself from "Bad Guys."

This is a Blessing for Mankind Because Dead People Don't Have Children... and The Defective "Gun Nut" Gene ENDS HERE...






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and It Seems Like the Human Race is Evolving into Two Separate Species... Like the Morlocks and The Eloi of HG Wells Time Machine... QAnon and The Followers of Donald Trump are Evolving into a Hate Fueled Race of Primitive Anger Monsters... While We The People are Becoming One... Online... Merging, Evolving, Learning... and Eventually (With our Computer Friends) We Will Become a Totally Different Animal... a Man/Machine Hybrid... Like Dr. Isaac Asimov's C/Fe Culture...


We Have Already Created Asimov's Encyclopedia Galactica... Where all Knowledge of Mankind is Stored... To Help us Re-Grow Civilization after a Collapse of Society and a Era of Hunter Gatherers... It's Wikipedia... The Pages Supply a Simple and Concise Rendition of the Knowledge... and The Footnotes Provide Links to The Source of the Facts.


I Have Contributed What I Know... It's Very Difficult to Find a Subject that Has NOT Already Been Thoroughly Documented... But I Did add One Sentence to the Forbes Mill in Los Gatos, California Page. "It was then abandoned and finally, in 1971, it was revived as a youth center for Los Gatos with live rock music on Friday and Saturday nights."


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I heard a Worthy Song on the Saturday Night Alive for the Global Peace Tribe Show... So I Wrote Down Every Word...

Transcript: Larisa Stow Says: "Hello. Hello Scott. Hello Everyone. We Are So Grateful To Be here With You. As To Be Part of this Show That is About Sacred Activism. For Me Sacred Activism Means That We Are FOR Something That You Care About.
That It's About Love. and It's about really standing up for what we are passionately, what Passionately Care About in Life. Rather Than Being Against Something. So, It's about Raising our Vibration and reaching out our hands and sharing our hearts... and Gandhi, This is one of my favorite Examples... Is That, In South Africa When there was this Oppression Against the Indians. Gandhi made friends with the Prime Minister, General Smutz Who was at the Time about Oppression of the Indians and He Would Not Give Up with Showing Up and having conversations that came from a place of love and Bridging friendship with General Smutz and Eventually General Smutz Changed his Mind, and dropped his thinking and dropped into his heart. and when he was asked "How Gandhi Changed His Mind?" he said: "He Didn't Change My Mind, He Changed My Heart." and That's what I Think of as Sacred Activism, is Heart Work, it's love work... and in THAT We Sing The Peacemakers... AHHH... Tap on Our Hearts...


OHHH... Yeah, Yeah...
OHHH... Hey, Yeah... hey, Yeah...


Love, Love, Love, Love, Love, Your Enemies....
Love, Love, Love, Love, Love, Your Enemies....


Do Good, Good, Good, Good, Good To Those Who Hurt You...
Do Good, Good, Good, Good, Good To Those Who Hurt You...


Yeah? Yeah. Yeah? Yeah.


We Shall Be The Peacemakers.
We Shall Be The Peacemakers.


and We Shall Be Called,
The Children of Love...
The Children of Love... "

"The Path Forward" - 20 Simple Suggestions for Making the World a Better Place to Live... 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!

Here is The Path Forward!

Anti-Gun Merchandise for Sale

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...



Top Ten ART Gifts on My Zazzle Webstore... https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2020/11/top-ten-art-gifts-on-my-zazzle-webstore.html

LINK TO MY STORE:

https://www.zazzle.com/store/gregvan/products?pg=1&st=Orders

Remember: All My Royalties Donated to Charity. Scroll Down to Find Out More...

Color Wheel Spiral Button
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Make America Greta Again Embroidered Baseball Cap
by gregvan

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?
Follow: @wescreamgreen
Image: World Climate Change Organisation
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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...

On a different Subject:

On Mother's Day, I was at an AA Meeting in Bidwell Park, Chico, Ca... and People were sharing again and again and again about how much they loved their mothers... and I aid: My Mother Drank Herself to Death... and that's why I'm Here today... to make sure I do not drink myself to death... and there was silence... and the mood of the meeting changed... for the better... FYI: Sunday Morning in the Spring, Summer and Autumn is an EPIC AA Meeting... at the Campfire Council Ring...

The "Jet Set" Used to be Groovy, but Hey Man, the Sixties Are Over! Trump's doing everything he can to convince people to Not Fly in Jet Airplanes... Long lines at TSA... High ticket prices... Insane ICE Monsters at the Airports Arresting People for the Crime of Having Brown Skin...

IN FACT: Trump's ACTIONS are Promoting Solar, Wind, Electric Cars, Bicycles, Public Transportation, Veggies & Brown Rice! 

With the price of gas being so high people are considering alternatives. Maybe an electric car is a good idea! Or riding the bus... Or a bicycle!

Decades ago it was considered totally HIP to get in a bus and follow the Grateful Dead all around the country... Driving hundreds of miles... Maybe thousands of miles... It seems really insane now!

I found that after attending three concerts in three nights I'd had enough and wanted to do something else... But those three nights were fun!

Every time you pump gas at the gas station the question stares you right in the face... Gee, maybe I should have gotten one of those electric cars that don't use gas... Charge it at night when I'm asleep and run it during the daytime...

I spent years riding the bus to work in both San Jose and Eureka... And I can tell you from personal experience that riding the bus was great... I sat in the back and talked to women...

Have you seen the price of hamburger recently? Maybe the hippies were right... Maybe veggies and brown rice is a better way to live...

and then there's bicycles... I used to live in Chico, California which is a completely flat town and everything is within 10 MI of everything else so... Owning a bicycle was the way to go... There's never a problem finding a place to park... The college has endless bike racks!

Insane ICE monster kicks a puppy... https://www.facebook.com/reel/920871503854219

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Legalize Medicinal Psychedelics. Let Doctors and Patients Decide for Themselves what Medicine is Best...




How I Meditate. I Ask a Question With Every Breath... Inhale "Who?" Exhale; Inhale "What?" Exhale; Inhale "Where?" Exhale; Inhale "When?" Exhale; Inhale "Why?" Exhale; Inhale "How?" Exhale; Repeat... Repeat... Repeat... I'm Looking for Answers...





























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and then I found a Lot of Valuable Words on The Greta Facebook Group... https://www.facebook.com/groups/389416715074257






https://www.thepetitionsite.com/966/414/956/a-treaty-with-mother-earth/
A Treaty With Mother Earth:


The Preamble.


We, the signatories to the Treaty, hereby state that the following treaty that we are entering into with our planet Earth on the 10th day of August in the year 2012, will be binding upon us and all of our descendants. The sole purpose of the treaty is to empower the common person to save our planet Earth and to continue our survival as a species for future generations. The treaty will combine our collective voices ...to force the governments of the world to do what is vital to save our planet Earth and us. The organization born from this treaty will be known, from this day forward as the W.O.R.D.


The Declarations.


We, the signatories to the treaty with planet Earth, hereby state that the following declarations are binding to us all and only changeable upon the event of a new treaty being made and signed by all the signatories of this original treaty, unless they are deceased.


1. From this day forth we will lobby all levels of our individual countries Governments to legislate acts of parliament or pass local bi laws that will,


(a) Abolish industrial and combustion engine pollution by abolishing the use all of fossil fuels.


(b) Abolish all products waste by enforcing the standard of all products be reusable or recyclable.


(c) Abolish the use of pesticides, insecticides and all forms of carcinogenic chemicals.


(d) Abolish the dumping of all wastes in the waterways and soils of the planet.


(e) Abolish the harvesting of native trees in all forest areas.


(f) Enforce the strict control, equal sharing of and sustainable usage of all foods.


(g) Enforce the strict control, equal sharing of and sustainable usage of all land.


(h) Enforce the strict control, equal sharing of and sustainable usage of all resources.


(i) Enforce the strict control of sustainable population growth.


2. We, the signatories to this treaty, on an individual level, do solemnly promise to


Love all living creation.


Do to all living creation the things we would have them do to us.


See all living creation as part of each one of us.


Do all our work for the benefit of all creation.


Nurture and harmonize with all living creation.


Follow a simplistic lifestyle and live in harmony with nature.


The Consequences:


If we do not fully and truly follow the treaty we sign today, the 10th day of August in the year 2012, with the planet Earth, then the only scenario that can happen is the destruction of our planet and us. We must ensure that all governments all over the world will follow this treaty as we will do. We are all here to protect, comfort and care for this entire world and all that exists on it. This world, and all that is on it, is a gift, our garden of physical life. Without our world of nature, we have no life.


List Of Signatories


Trevor John Rintoull


Heidi Sundara Rintoull


Note, the original copy of the treaty was uploaded on Care Petitions, where it was possible to sign it. This link still exists, even though the petition itself is deactivated.


https://www.thepetitionsite.com/966/414/956/a-treaty-with-mother-earth/


List of Very Easy-to-follow things that WE ALL CAN DO every day to help slow down the process of Climate Change:
- Eat Less Beef since cattle produces Oodels of Methane Gas (a much stronger Greenhouse Gas than CO2). Choose chicken, Sea-farmed Fish and Pork instead of Beef - if You are not already a vegetarian.
- Turn Off all Unnecessary electrical lights and appliances, ie. Turn Off Stand By-power states on your TV, Computer screen etc., when not in use - Especially when You leave at Work!...
- Choose a Small Car to drive in - Thus more Economical, If Your region is not covered by adequate Public Transportation...
- Fly Less and only longer distances. if on Vacation - choose to Visit your Local Beaches instead of travelling the World looking for slightly whiter sand... 😉
- Commute More Together (With fellow cozy colleagues?)
- Buy Locally produced Foods & Beverages, since Transportation Alone, uses oodles of fossile fuels.
- Support electrical power-suppliers that uses Renewable energy sources ie. Waterpower (Hydro), Sun-cells, Windmills, etc.
- Keep your car tires at proper pressure. Seems trite, but if everyone did this it could reduce fossil fuel emissions by as much as 5%.
- Walk to the store if it’s at a reasonable distance. Your National Institute of Health suggests 30 minutes of vigorous activity per day. You can be healthier and so can the planet ! 😉
- Ride your bike more. Get a backpack if you don’t have one, so you can bike even when you’re carrying a small load around your town. If you have touring bags for your bike, use them. Make sure to ride safe, use the bike lanes, and wear a helmet.
- Use a ceiling fan instead of the air conditioner.
There are lots of contributions we can make by just WASTING LESS:
- Waste less groceries. A lot of fertilizers are petrochemical-based. Making more efficient use of food, leaves more oil in the ground and saves the ground from the negative effects of those petrochemicals. Even if petrochemical fertilizers aren’t used on your food, it takes fossil fuels to drive the field machinery and transport food to market.
- Recycle directly. Glass requires petroleum to melt. Plastic is made from petroleum. Further, most plastics that are “recycled” aren’t actually recycled. They end up as greenhouse gases because they’re transported to what are euphemistically called “toxic sacrifice Dump Yards” in the unregulated third world, where they are burned. So what’s better than taking glass and plastic cups & containers to the recycler? Reusing them Directly around the house !!
- Buy used. Shop at thrift stores if you can. That reduces the amount of stuff that needs to be manufactured. Manufacturing uses petrochemicals and fossil fuels. Transporting manufactured goods uses fossil fuels. Manufacturing creates jobs but we should manufacture ONLY what we need, and not simply to satisfy consumer marketing...
From Martyn Brynjolf.


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Denial of a crisis is no solution, neither in the case of climate emergency nor in the case of coronavirus outbreak. We cannot let ourselves be separated from society. We have to take over responsibility for all humans now. Treat the climate crisis and the coronavirus crises with the same seriousness.
All of Italy is in quarantine.
PFF Italy posted about our responsibilty for our fellow human beings during the coronavirus crisis:
PFF Statement
"PFF is a network that has been fighting for climate action for the future of our children and for those to come. We are currently living through a very critical and acute crisis: corona virus. PFF would like to make its contribution by inviting all our fellow citizens to remember that they are part of a collective and that united can we best face this challenge. Each and every one of us can contribute to slowing down the epidemic spread by following the scientific guidelines that are our primary defence. There are no individual solutions to a problem that has no borders!! Taking personal risk, because you are young or strong or do not feel like changing your habits can kill other people. Please do not under evaluate this!!
We would also like to speak to a theme that must be addressed: Denial. This is a normal psychological defence in a process of coming to accept a reality that is difficult. We are living exceptional circumstances, this is tough for all of us, however, let’s remember that some of our fellow citizens are battling for life and death with this disease and that there are people on the front lines, our doctors and nurses, making sacrifices we cannot even begin to imagine. It is a moment in which sacrifices must be made, a time for courage, not a time to escape reality and our own responsibilities to each other.
We take a strong stance against political voices that make noise and confusion by calling for division in a moment that requires unity. There is no place for profiting from this crisis for the squalid scope of consolidating future votes.
Finally, lets remember that life is about opportunity. This challenge to our global community is an opportunity to remember what is important and realize
e the limits in our current system. Crisis and change go hand in hand. But we must be there to imagine it and create the new together. This is our vision as Parents for Future."
https://www.facebook.com/groups/389416715074257


Our Planet is being Destroyed by Government, by their criminal funding of the fossil fuel industry, by their intentional inaction, by them refusing to sincerely take human induced climate change seriously. They have their cosy little meetings where they pat each other on the backs, but the carnage continues unabated, without question, the economy they say, as the cost to regular people continues to go through the roof, then in ten years time, will anything have changed or been put right. These so called leaders need to be held to account and when possible, put on trial. Ecocide, neglect, complicity, the rules need to be rewritten so everybody is held responsible for our long term future, otherwise we will, as a species, have no future...
Think About It
Think
Write Your Own Rules
#WeAreAllGreta ❤


Millions of people are already suffering from the catastrophic effects of extreme disasters exacerbated by climate change – from prolonged drought in sub-Saharan Africa to devastating tropical storms sweeping across Southeast Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific. During the summer months for the northern hemisphere in 2018, communities from the Arctic Circle to Greece, Japan, Pakistan and the USA experienced devastating heatwaves and wildfires that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of people.
While we largely understand climate change through the impacts it will have on our natural world, it is the devastation that it is causing and will continue to cause for humanity that makes it an urgent human rights issue. It will compound and magnify existing inequalities. And its effects will continue to grow and worsen over time, creating ruin for current and future generations. This is why the failure of governments to act on climate change in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence may well be the biggest inter-generational human rights violation in history.
We are humans who want the same thing every other human wants — a safe place to live on this planet we call home. So while our work must continue to be unbiased and objective, increasingly we are raising our voices, adding to the clear message that climate change is real and humans are responsible, the impacts are serious and we must act now.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/climate-change/

Our demands
Amnesty International is calling for governments to:


Do everything they can to help stop the global temperature rising by more than 1.5°C.
Reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050 at the latest. Richer countries should do this faster. By 2030, global emissions must be half as much as they were in 2010.
Stop using fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) as quickly as possible.
Make sure that climate action is done in a way that does not violate anyone’s human rights, and reduces rather than increases inequality
Make sure everyone, in particularly those affected by climate change or the transition to a fossil-free economy, is properly informed about what is happening and is able to participate in decisions about their futures.
Work together to fairly share the burden of climate change - richer countries must help others.


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STAND WITH THE GUARDIANS OF THE LAND.
Greta Thunberg urges us to save the old-growth forests and fight for the rights of the indigenous people who are on the front lines of the climate and ecological crisis trying to protect them.
School strike week 151.
This Friday we are in a tree plantation in Sápmi, in Northern Europe. This used to be a forest, but after it was cut down forest companies have planted an invasive tree species that grows quicker than the local ones. Cutting down forests - at a time when we need to maximise every possible carbon sink - is not only disastrous for the climate, but also for biodiversity. Not to mention the local indigenous Sami reindeer herders who have lived here and cared for this land for thousands of years. When humans now change and destroy the landscape, they also completely alter the living conditions for the local wildlife, as well as for the reindeer and humans living there. It is not just the forests and carbon sinks that are being eliminated, but also the history, future and traditions of the Sami people.
Forests are not renewable, whatever the ries may say. Trees are renewable, but not forests. In a short term we only switch from one source of carbon to another when we burn biomass. Since we don't have the time it takes for the clear cut to compensate for the carbon debt (to stay below 1,5°C of global heating) it should not be considered "climate neutral". Amid the climate crisis and more frequent and intense extreme weather events (such as heatwaves, floods and wildfires) - these plantations also exacerbate their effects, increasing the devastation and suffering of people and wildlife.
The indigenous Sami people have been historically systematically oppressed, and still are so today. Indigenous peoples make up 5% of the world's population, but take care of 80% of the remaining healthy ecosystems. They are almost always on the frontline of the climate- and ecological crisis, but they are also leading the resistance. We have to listen to the guardians of the land and value their traditional knowledge to get out of this global crisis.
The exploitation of nature, land and people needs to stop.


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Unite with others locally, then eventually when everybody is involved in every community, globally, then that leads to world unity. People Power. We are not here to change the world, we are here to protect it, to respect it, to stop it being plundered, poisoned and destroyed. Love our earth, revere mother nature, for we are little specks of consciousness, each one born to really make the difference. Be silent no more. Rise up and passionately educate minds, nudge people to change their lifestyles, explain how when millions of people do small things, then great things really do happen ❤
#OnePlanet #OneChance
#ActNow
#WeAreAllGreta ❤

It's simply called REALITY DENIAL. In the psychology of human behavior, denialism is a person's choice to deny reality as a way to avoid a psychologically uncomfortable truth. Denialism is an essentially irrational action that withholds the validation of a historical experience or event, when a person refuses to accept an empirically verifiable reality, such as, in this case, CLIMATE CHANGE.
These are the six giveaway signs of REALITY DENIAL.
You refuse to talk about the problem.
You find ways to justify your behavior.
You blame other people or outside forces for causing the problem.
You persist in a behavior despite negative consequences.
You promise to address the problem in the future.
You avoid thinking about the problem.
ALL OF THESE SIGNS ARE PRESENT in the ridiculous idiotic and totally irrational behavior of the Climate Change Denier.



1997, 2005, 2009, 2015 they say
"There is No Time To Lose."




This meme says it all, our leaders are just a bunch of cheats and frauds, who put the interests of the big fossil fuel companies way before the health and well being of ourselves and the entire planet. They keep their voters doped on empty promises and lies and 'creative accounting' (or in other words downright cheating). And as long as we can all consume and be happy, we continue to put our faith in these fossil fuel puppets, year after year, and decade after decade, while the planet is slowly strangled along with ourselves. If it wasn't so tragic, it would actually be quite comical.


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and on FaceBORG SE Said:
I've posted before about how much I hate it when people post "HBD" instead of "Happy Birthday." How lazy can you get?
Well, today I'm seeing a lot of posts and comments from people saying "Happy V.D." I get that people have become too lazy to write out full words, but come on, people. Surely you know that when people talk about V.D., they're NOT referring to Valentine's Day. Maybe, just this once, you can write out a full word? If Valentine is too much, you can at least write the word "Day," can't you? That would be "Happy V. Day" rather than "Happy V.D." I'm pretty sure V.D. is NEVER happy.


and I replied:
and this is all caused by people trying to type on telephones... I use a Laptop with a real keyboard and I make it a Point to write in compleat sentences with punctuation... My Ideas need ROOM that a Phone Just doesn't have... and then I copy and Paste all my words into my blog... because blog posts with a lot of words rank higher on Google... One thing that's kinda fun is that Linkdin automatically suggests #Hashtag Words and Phrases... Then I Copy and paste those as well...


and then SE Said:
I was thinking how no matter when you were born, the world moves forward and technology advances, so after you reach a certain age, you look back on an item from your childhood and it suddenly looks like an antique. And you look back on the years you were growing up, and you see the way so many things have changed, and you start reminiscing about the past and how much simpler everything seemed back then. Depending on how old you are, you may remember before we had cell phones, the internet, DVRs, VCRs, caller I.d., call waiting, answering machines, ATMs, TV, etc. and as technology continues to give us newer and better stuff, the old stuff eventually seems like an antique that belongs in a museum. Like the early home computers compared to what we have now, or the early video game systems compared to now. Even the computers and video game systems of the early 2000’s seem archaic now. And if you live in an urban or suburban area, you’ve undoubtedly seen your area change over your lifetime, open space getting built up and older buildings replaced with newer ones. So then you start to view the way it used to look with rose-colored glasses. It wasn’t necessarily better, but it’s no longer the way it used to be, and that makes you kind of sad. And if you live in an urban or suburban area, you’ll likely have memories of playing on open land which has since been built over. Movies from your childhood become classics and seem a bit dated, and music from your childhood is played on classic stations and later becomes muzak at the grocery store. But you look back on your life and view it as a simpler time, no matter when you were born. It WAS a simpler time when you were younger, because technology keeps advancing and giving us new stuff, so there is always going to be something you look back on with fondness from your childhood, when times were simpler.


and I Replied:
I remember slide rules. They were mechanical math calculating machines. Used before the invention of the Pocket Calculator. I used them in Chemistry Class at Chico State in 1973... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_rule
I remember Leaded Gasoline... It caused a Horrible SMOG in San Jose... in 1972 the air was so polluted that I Couldn't see Mount Umunhum from Blossom Hill at Almaden Expressway... Where I worked as a Bag Boy at PW Super. Pushing Shopping Carts.