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Dystopian Nightmare

That dystopian novel I was never going to write is playing out right before my eyes here in the Golden State. They have been harming the children for over twenty months and no one seems to care.

Close schools. Close playgrounds. Mask all children over two. Lock them indoors. Take away their education. Take away their friends. Take away their grandparents. Instill fear to the point that they believe a virus, which has nearly zero percent chance of causing any harm, is more frightening than any monster under the bed.

Require masks in all educational settings, pre-school through high school, both indoors and out. Force them to eat lunch outside in the cold weather. Require that they do not see each other’s faces. Insure that they believe close contact is dangerous. Scare these young minds so relentlessly that the most terrifying thing in the world is an un-masked face
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Yes, the USA has Political Prisoners

Never in my life could I have imagined that the United States would hold political prisoners in solitary confinement, in deplorable conditions, and stripped of their civil liberties. I grew up with tales of such unwarranted detentions in the USSR, and in South America. I met former government prisoners while a Peace Corps Volunteer in Brazil. These types of extrajudicial tactics happen every day throughout the world. But in America? How is that possible?
It began on January 6, 2021. As live events unfolded at the capitol, many immediately spotted the agitators among the peaceful protesters. Anyone involved in protests of the 1960’s could easily recognize the culprits. Anyone who had read the reporting on non-mainstream media knew there was a great risk of violence that day. Antifa, and others with an agenda to sow discourse, had vowed to show up for the rally. And anyone with half a brain should have been alarmed that there appeared to be little, if any, extra security that day. Something was most certainly amiss.
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Worshipping at the Altar of Climate Change

All the big boys and gals are currently in Glasgow to Protect the Future of the Planet. They say that the world as we know it is going to end in ten years. I should be shaking in my rain boots…. or is it in my flip-flops? Deluge or desert? The scenario changes every few years so it’s hard to keep up.
No, droughts are not increasing, neither are floods nor hurricanes. Video clips of forests burning and tornados whipping and rivers breeching their banks, are not scientific proof of anything, let alone a Climate Crisis.
But if you yell loud enough that The Sky is Falling, and then get rich, entitled idiots to mouth off, accompanied by business moguls who stand to make a fortune in green snake oil, and follow that by doomsday-prophet-mentally-questionable teenagers, you set yourself up for a weeklong holiday in Glasgow. Oh goodie!
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Thank You Capt Kirk

I love the moon and the stars and the heavens above. For years I dreamed of being an interstellar traveler. I knew that true space exploration would occur well past my expiration date, but it did not matter. I devoured science fiction books to experience extraterrestrial flight and life on other worlds. When Star Trek rolled onto the evening television screens, I was their number one fan. Suddenly, my imagination had been realized on a weekly series that transported me to all those places I would never be able to visit.
Thus, it was extremely fitting when Captain Kirk, yet again, spoke to me over the communication device and opened my mind to a concept that I had never once considered.
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Eve of Destruction

The eastern world, it is exploding
Violence flaring, bullets loading
You’re old enough to kill, but not for voting You don’t believe in war but what’s that gun
you’re toting
And even the Jordon River has bodies floating
But you tell me over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don’t believe we’re on the
eve of destruction*
*P.F. Sloane

Eve of Destruction, released in the summer of 1965, became the unofficial anthem of many a Flower Child, myself included. The beautiful lyrics and enchanting melody captured the spirit of those of us who had grown up with the Free Speech Movement and anti-war protests in our own backyard.
I remember the feeling of despair we all had during those days – that the world was headed off a cliff. However, there is no comparison to what is presently taking place. This time it truly feels that we are on that Eve of Destruction.
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Newsome Won....CA Lost

Many of us truly believed that Governor Newsome could be recalled. But The Evil Disney Cartoon Villain* prevailed. (credit: *Dave Rubin) It had been a fair fight until mainstream media and Silicon Valley stepped in to silence those fighting to save our state.
What had been a movement to recall a truly inept, corrupt governor, became a Republican Takeover mantra. Local television stations, which not that long ago were fairly unbiased, began to report on the Newsome vs Elder contest. They echoed the cable news talking points. Stories ran on how Newsome would save us all from Covid, and Elder would kill us. Newsome actually stated that it “…was a matter of life and death.” That one, unsubstantiated lie, kept him in office.
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Travels to the 14th Galaxy

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