RUNAWAY CLIMATE CHANGE & MOTHER NATURE: She's Moving Faster Than We Can Pass Her ... with Air, Waters, & Lands in Her Hands ... The "Change 4 Change" Edition ... (GLOBAL WAR'N'ING PT.60)

NASA map of global temperature variation

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Climate Change 1958: The Bell Telephone Science Hour ... Thanx to greenman3610



This posting will serve as Part 60 of the "Global War'n'ing" series for this journal/ blog. Following the weather this year, you can see just how consistent extreme weather events have been, so I wanted to add some links below on what's going on. I opened above with a 1958 tele show clip ... which is 61 years ago, and we're still debating over this ... some. I don't spend time debating myself, it's pointless ... bottom line, is we are experiencing the impact of global warming weekly, and worldwide. You don't need to even be online, have a phone or computer ... turn on the radio or tele news daily, they will report everything from the extreme heat, flooding, storms, and the rest, or simply experience it for yourself. And some folks lost all common sense in this ... we have a President (Trump), that wants to ignore not only the problem with pollution/ fuels in the U.S., but to not even cooperate globally for goals to reduce greenhouse gases. President Trump has become a cult leader today, with millions following his every word, millions thinking it is the word of God through Trump, the messiah, and that his Presidency is the pinnacle of divinity. His "word" is, that global warming is a hoax ... and wants to also cut car/ vehicle emission standards ... I guess, so we can go back to his younger years he cherished, living in NYC with the pollution of the 1960's and 1970's. Doing these things is good for business? ... no, it's bad for business in the longrun, it's not good business ... it's insanity.

For those like Trump, money is the most importante thing, not even your life is more importante, and money should trump all, ONLY. All up and down the east coast, for example, take NYC, with neighbourhoods flooding frequently, subwayz turning into water falls, to extreme heat. Even in Chicago on the Great Lakes, heat so bad that it buckles the streets and roads, and shuts down the L/ subway ... with heat and humidity in these towns higher than what we experienced in Dallas- Fort Worth ... and they are not designed to withstand it. Do we realize how much the expense of dealing with this will be? In the City of Miami Beach (separate from City of Miami), had to shell out a half billion to install 30+ water pumps to pump water out of Miami Beach (plans are for over 90 pumps for Miami and Miami Beach), expand their sea walls, and elevate streets and sidewalks to where now, many homes and businesses are becoming basement level. They are pumping the water into a body of water above their ground level now, just to sustain their tourism business. Miami Beach is a small body of land, and they are currently building more high price/ rent highrises, on already sinking land, gentrifying all nearby higher land, to also build more, and raising real estate to where only those with most money can live. Yet, you are looking at an area that is being taken by the water ... even on a sunny day, when there is high tide, no rain, the streets flood ... how long will the investments and development retain their value? ... and what kind of urban planning is this? ... it's insanity.

Many of the top wealth just figure that science and technologies will save them and the planet ... and it has to, because we're running out of options, and the intensity of all is moving faster than we can keep up with. Again, this is huge, and will be a huge challenge and loss, not just to the environment, but even to the economy ... the neglect for decades is also our fault, and much ignored because of extreme greed, and no one wants to pay a thing, waiting for someone else to pick it up. Oil and insurance companies are already scrambling, and we're just in the early stages ... even proposing to have carbon fees/ taxes, and giving money generated to the working classes, as a sort of basic income dividend. It's swell, thinking of their love for us and all, and of course, folks could use the couple hundred dollar check, I myself ... desperation for the $$buck$$, it'll nail you every time. First of all, with the cost of living, a couple hundred bucks won't even get you a week rent in a modest small flat in any of your major cities. As far as I'm concerned, keep your change, because it won't change a thing ... you can bet, that even that dividend will have some catch to it ... they have groups of experts, like lobbyists, that sit around all day, just devising wayz to make profits and fuck people/ consumers/ taxpayers. And we think that we can just reduce our government oversight, and have these corporate members appointed to run our government and importante departments/ agencies? ... it's insanity.

You cannot solve the problem either, simply fining and taxing these folks for spills, disasters, environmental, or even antitrust violations ... it's the same result as the banks they continuously fine over, and over, and over for cheating/ stealing from consumers, they still continue to cheat/ steal, etc. You can only get change from real punishment, and really enforcing regulations, and forcing them to comply to standards set by governments, not corporations only. They are crying to Washington to regulate them and make them pay more now? ... you know why? ... because they are being sued, they are also seeing competition from lower cost renewable energy, they are getting mass resistance from people, and businesses, etc. Sure they love us and want to give us a couple hundred bucks, so they can write the legislation, to make sure they are not held financially accountable or liable in any way for any disaster or whatever ill, they want complete immunity, because of what they see coming ... don't feed someone like myself, about your love for working class people, and our communities, etc ... we know what you're about. Better yet, maybe we should nationalize our utilities, see you bastards really whine then. All this talk about what our goals are for 2030, 2050 or whenever is fine, but it does not solve anything that we are having to face now. So, it's imperative that we need to tighten regulations, not loosen them, and enforce what needs to be. If they weren't so cheap, for example, you could have prevented the BP Gulf oil spill for under $10 million, and it wouldn't have happened ... the billions in fines and damages, most ended up paid by taxpayers ... it's insanity.

The glaciers of the world are now melting faster than we even thought they would, the water submerged bottoms, maybe up to 100x times faster (Livescience) ... do we think that they will stall from continuing, and wait until 2030 or 2050? We've been increasing our carbon output too, for economic expansion. We're lucky to have many working to solve our climate crisis, while so many stall. Again, we need the help of science and technology ... we're tight for time. We need not only every kind of carbon capture system we can implement, but even take more risky moves, such as solar geoengineering ... which has been in the worx, for years. It'll be met with skepticism, fear, and conspiracy talk ... but, we're pressed for time, and must try things we haven't before. We don't know yet what putting massive amounts of chemicals into the stratosphere may do, but testing is needed ... if we want to reflect away some of the sunlight. Then we have to see what impact it'll have on agriculture, weather, forests, etc, after all, we still need sun. There's also work being done in the oceans/ waters, to try to protect them from damages. A question some have, is who will pay for it? ... but, we may get to a point, where we will have to overlook monetary costs, we certainly won't take our money to the grave. Example ... all these folks have so much money, they're whining that they don't know what to do with it (Business Insider) ... well ... here's an opportunity to solve that problem. I got some links of interest below, and I wanted to close at the bottom with a video/ speech from Greta Thunberg of Stockholm, Sweden, she sums it up short and sweet. We spend too much time listening to CEO's, prepaid politicians, and charlatan preachers, that will get us nowhere, because ... it's insanity.


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 Prof. Michael Mann            Prof. Daniel Rothman



***** THE REAL NEWS NETWORK | PROF. MICHAEL MANN: New Study Predicts Millions of Americans May Become Exposed To "Off the Charts" Heat ... (video/ audio/ transcript)




***** THE REAL NEWS NETWORK | PROF. DANIEL ROTHMAN: Study: Breaching 'Carbon Threshold' Could Trigger Mass Extinction in Oceans ... (video/ audio/ transcript)




***** NATURE SCIENCE JOURNAL | JEFF TOLLEFSON: First sun- dimming experiment will test a way to cool Earth ... (newsread)




***** AXIOS | AMY HARDER: In major shift, corporate America demands climate change action from Congress ... (newsread)




***** NEW STATESMAN | ELEANOR PENNY: Who gets to survive climate change ... (newsread)




How climate change threatens to wreck the economy ... Thanx to CNBC






***** THE WASHINGTON POST | IAN LIVINGSTON: A record- challenging Greenland climate pattern is boosting extreme weather in North America and Europe ... (newsread)



You Are Stealing Our Future: Greta Thunberg, 15, Condemns the World's Inaction on Climate Change ... Thanx to Democracy Now!



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MOHINI DEY: "Interview & Bass Tips", "Mahaganapathim | Indian Fusion", "Day by Dey", "NAMM 2019", "Disconnect | Underside"

Mohini Dey @ NAMM Convention, Anaheim CA, January 2019

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Mohini Dey- Bass Tip- Odd Timed Signatures and Rhythm on Bass ... Thanx to TC Electronic



***** THE SCORE MAGAZINE | INDIA: UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH MOHINI DEY ... (interview/ read)



This entry into this journal's music/ arts honour roll society, will definitely have to go to Mohini Dey, out of Mumbai, India. An opening video above with tips from Mohini on bass techniques, and a interview with Mohini linked below that. Mohini is just outstanding, period! ... she does it all, and is very versatile and exceptionally creative ... I really catch alot of jazz influence vibes from her music, she is an unconventional bassist though, in my view. The music Mohini sayz she loves is jazz, funk, Indian classical, blues, and fusion. I am a big fan of bass guitar work, I can listen to good bass lines throughout songs all day long, bass just has it's own unique way of setting the mood. For Mohini, it was her Dad, Sujoy Dey, who is a jazz fusion and sessions bass player, who inspired her much, he started her off, seeing she liked music, and it was a music household. Her Dad built her a small first guitar from wood, by hand, gave it to her to practice on, her Dad also done music for hundreds of Bollywood movies ... her Mom, Romia Dey, is a classical singer. A couple of my last full music postings in this journal also featured veteran bass greats, Jeff "JD" Pinkus, and Geddy Lee. There are many bass players I love throughout this journal's music/ arts section too, probably my all time favourite bass player, I would have to say was Gary Thain of "Uriah Heep" ... Gary is the one who got me so interested in examining bass in music as a kid, around 1970, and drove my love of bass work. Mohini started playing bass in 1999 at age 3 ... by age 10, she was already performing live, and in the studio ... she has played with and for just about everyone in India, session and live, and now starting to hook up with others in the west, and wants to move part- time to America, because of so many she wants to work with here too, and many here want her. She also has a few years compiled of her own music/ compositions, that she just has not had the time yet to produce and release, she is a DIY hands on musician, and likes her studio to be in her home ... and she has been very busy working with others. Today, she is one of the most "in demand" bass players for artists ... if she wanted, she would not even have to tour, she could make a very good living just doing studio/ session work ... but she likes being out in the field and doing live stuff.

I wanted to mix up the work here, I opened below with some Indian fusion, with an excellent selection of individual artists she is working with, also featuring India's well known violinist and composer, Abhijith P S Nair. The second video takes a different direction, and she is doing studio work with Gergo Borlai, Gergo is excellent as far as drummers, this song is called "Day by Dey". The next piece I chose was just some outstanding solo bass work at a NAMM booth earlier this year in Anaheim/ LA. To close out, yet another direction and style, covering bass for a song by neighbouring Nepal metal rock band, Underside, the song is called "Disconnect". Wishing Mohini an exciting career, and a long and fruitful journey .... excellent job, Mohini! ... Enjoy!




'Mahaganapathim' Indian Fusion | Abhijith P S Nair | Mohini Dey | Sandeep Mohan ... Thanx to Abhijith P S Nair





AMAZING YOUNG BASSIST MOHINI DEY (**** song title is "Day by Dey") ... Thanx to BassTheWorld.com




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Mohini Dey namm 2019 markbass ... Thanx to Nate Lopez





Underside- Disconnect- Mohini Dey ... Thanx to Underside Nepal




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NEOLIBERAL NAZARENE MACHINE 2019: The Gospel according to the Profits Prophets ... Can a Neoliberal Economics Loss, Be like nailing Ronald McDonald to the Cross? ... The "Corporatized Jesus" Edition ... (HUMAN MORALITY PT.28)- (NEOLIBERALISM CRISIS PT.9)

    

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"There's nothing in the Bible that talks about retirement. And yet it's been an accepted concept in our culture today. Nowhere does it say, "Well, he was a good and faithful servant, so he went to the beach" ... The example I think of is Noah. How old was Noah when he built the ark? 600. He wasn't like, cashing Social Security checks, he wasn't hanging out, he was working. So, I think we have an obligation to work. The role we have in work may change over time, but the concept of retirement is not biblical" - - U.S. Congressman Greg Gianforte (R- MT)
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This posting will serve as Part 28 of the "Human Morality" series, and Part 9 of the "Neoliberalism Crisis" series of this journal/ blog. This will also be a follow up to this posting. This is not to criticize a person's personal beliefs, but to expose the hypocrisy and agenda of those in power, who have an agenda to keep people enslaved to their game. What partly inspires this posting, is the first video below from PragerU, which is cute and clever, and good marketing. In the video below, Lawrence Reed sayz that "socialism is the concentration of power into the hands of the government elites"(?) ... but what he calls the "government elites", are all those put into power through corporate money in the establishment of the 2 parties. Meaning, they are using our money, through tax write- offs and other legislation the oligarchs buy, to control and promote what he calls "government elitism and control", because they are controlling the politicians they buy/ lease ... as well as almost total control of the markets. This is NOT promoting free market or liberty, but promoting corporate communism and control. He speaks against socialism, but, he/ they advocate for us/ taxpayers to give them socialism at the top 1%, and leave us with bread crumbs ... they are doing everything, they say they are against. These corporations are making enormous profits in business, and double dipping even more through tax cuts and subsidies, from legislation of the "government elites" they speak against, yet empower. But also, I have noticed a growing trend in this new marketing over the last several years of increasingly incorporating religion more than ever into capitalism, having read several pieces on it, and viewing many ministers pushing this.

I also included a link below that, which is a book review, I myself have not read the book, but the review sounds like a decent sales pitch, and pretty convincing. But, I see all this, as our newest politipop programming to legitimize and promote their newest neoliberal economics model, as well as all these other things they use, such as pop music and entertainment, to the military parades. They also have their military recruitment marketing they use to programme folks at sporting events, such as NFL football, which I've been following for decades, noticing how they use that today as a marketing tool to programme the masses, and most importantly to recruit the younger generation, and to promote corporate patriotism. Defense spending alone in the U.S. is more than several top countries combined, to protect multinational corporate interests, while our veterans are given the shaft half the time. When I was a little boy, probably around 9-ish, I remember asking my Dad what "God" was? ... well, Dad just looked around and told me that it was all life I see, plants/ trees, animals, people, etc ... but, he said "the number #1 God of humanity, is the almighty dollar". I really didn't understand what he meant by that, nor did he elaborate ... and for years, as many other things my Dad told me as a boy, I didn't quite understand. When I look back at those things he told me over a half century ago, on so much, I see how accurate he was. Some brief view and read below ... then at the bottom I'll add some input myself on this.



Was Jesus a Socialist? ... Thanx to PragerU






***** CHRISTIANITY TODAY | HUGH C. WHELCHEL: Imagining a Virtuous Capitalism ... (book review)



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***** PD/ RCJ: "HUMAN MORALITY" ... PART'S 27 THRU 1


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Thomas Hudson Pickering/ Ranch Chimp



Many folks are losing confidence in some of the economic policies today, you see a growing movement speaking out on corporate control and corruption for several years now, and the widening wealth gap between the top 1% and the majority of people under them. And the 1% of today, have so much money/ capital/ assets, they literally don't know what to do with it (Business Insider), many are just ratholing all the wealth, and buying back their own stocks, and running out of things to invest in ... imagine that ... you have so much wealth, homes/ assets, investments, and everything else you can imagine, that you just burned out. And of course, in many of the 1%er's views, it would be anti- capitalism/ anti- free market, to give away even a good fraction of it, even if they don't know anything else to do with it ... being somewhat of a "sin" in their philosophical view. Despite all the new millionaires, bustling stock markets, and job growth figures ... there are many working harder than ever, with wages stagnating way out of balance considering this high on the hog wealth and economic growth ... so the bottom 99% are justified in questioning how this is trickling down to them ... I mean, they been waiting for this trickle down for a few decades. As this growth in capital climbs, the 99% are getting hit with price increases (CNBC), despite the figures you hear, that there is no inflation, because of the way they figure inflation (MarketWatch). Most folks are getting squeezed, as far as the expenses of living and keeping up ... just look at our broken healthcare system and its expense (even with all the lame complex insurance plans and benefits), the credit debt, the student debt, and how you are nickel and dimed to death ... they call this all "freedom", some are wondering, just how free they are, and free from what? And you're told when you question the top wealth and politicians, that we have tried socialism and everything else, and nothing else worx ... that's because those raking in all the money, don't want anything else to work, or try anything else. Now that folks are questioning and protesting this, the top wealth will start to use religious obligations and commitments to sell you, since many folks already made many of their pre- paid politicians out as liars, and part of the problem.

The hypocrisy in so much of this is absolutely mind blowing and so convoluted, and the greatness of the top wealth and what they deserve ... using religion to tell folks that Abraham was a man of capitalism and very wealthy, so it justifies anything they legislate through your Congress, using tax dollars and revenues they took from you without any input from the people. Frankly, I wouldn't give a shit, if you tell us that Moses, Mary, Matthew, and Mark were also filthy rich ... it hasn't a bloody damn thing to do with this neoliberalism that you're peddling today. I agree that business ethics over the last 50 years have deteriorated, but I don't credit that to being less religious, and there has alwayz been corruption and greed ... I known several atheists that have good ethics/ morals. Where's the accountability and justice today?, you have created a culture in our societies, that promotes greed, slavery, injustice, corruption, and everything foul imaginable. Example, just one company, Wells Fargo, who are not held accountable for what they do, paying a small fine for habitual violations on consumers/ customers and business, this is what we have (Violation Tracker). The average person with a small fraction of this record, which is criminal for average folks, would be locked up for life ... and this is just one company, there are hundreds of illicit things going on that are treated the same way. Is it free market, when we can't even negotiate prescription drug prices? Is it freedom, when an insurance company that you been paying premiums to for years, decides it's better to take a $10,000 fine, over giving you an overpriced $100,000 needed surgery/ treatment? Is it freedom when you have a handful of corporate/ banking giants controlling everything that consumers buy, with mergers and acquisitions granted that create monopolies? Is it freedom when we allow corporations to act as dictators, and control every nickel we work for and spend? Is it freedom to allow them to rob us blind with hardly any punishment, to dictate what lands we will invade for their resources, and pay them to ship thousands of our jobs to other countries? Is it freedom when we have to fall and face consequences if we mismanage funds and lose, yet have to bail out some these giants that rob us blind if they take a loss?

Sure, we're a country of enormous wealth and capital, and we're equally a country of enormous waste and corruption. Millions, and not just the U.S., are protesting policies that are part of this neoliberal model of today, countries are being squeezed to the max, to make sure that the biggest too big to fail folks, get even bigger. The minute folks start to question and raise Hell about some of these policies and injustices, they are pigeonholed into some category. In the U.S. if we ask for accountability, or to have a sayso as far as helping those less fortunate in our society, who they call "losers", we are told we're promoting Nazi- era fascism or Soviet Union socialism, by asking our own government for help, from our own taxes ... and that we are destroying capitalism and freedom in doing so, and we're labeled as villains and terrorists. Any kind of socialism, even it's public owned property or parks, libraries, public utilities, law enforcement/ fire/ emergency services, freeways, entitlements that we pay for ourselves ... we are told is evil, and will be the destruction of capitalism. The CFPB for example, or the EPA, or Civil Courts, we're told, are all bad too, because we should let all these corporations regulate themselves ... it's great for capitalism. We're told, that markets should be the only government and voice of the people ... and people should have the right to choose if they want to work for $1.00 an hour or not, to let every company screw workers on wages, and if we don't like it, finding another job will solve all. Now you tell us, if we only embrace your religion, everything will be hunky- dory, and this culture you allow of extreme greed and corruption will disappear? Most of these giants could not survive without socialism themselves, we have to give them unlimited funding for all their failures and subsidize them. They create jobs? ... the masses is what creates jobs ... and all this talk about job growth, there is also going to be equal job loss because of automation. McDonald's plans to gradually replace workers with robots (Forbes) ... if we freely "chose" not to eat there, they would whine like babies to subsidize them, saying it's bad for capitalism, like nailing Ronald McDonald to a cross ... they're arrogant ingrates. Speaking of arrogant ingrates, I wanted to close out with a video below ... who are like our President (Trump) ... loud mouths with too much money and praise, that they don't deserve.


Word Out ....



Money Gospel ... Thanx to thechristianinfodesk




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RALPH NADER | ON CONTACT 2019: Importance of Civic Life, Rights, & Regulations to Our Nation ... "It's Easier Than We Think", when The People's 1% work In Sync ... The "Help Me" Edition ... (RALPH NADER PT.2)- (CHRIS HEDGES PT.3)- (THE AWAKENING PT.55)- (CORPORATCOMMUNAZICA PT.20)

    

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This posting will cover 4 series of this journal/ blog ... "Ralph Nader" "Chris Hedges", "The Awakening", and "Corporatcommunazica". This will focus on what it takes to clean up our country some, which is not alot, and easier than we think, as I myself point out throughout this journal, as far as exercising what rights we have, and utilizing all our tools ... we have so much going for us, as far as being able to challenge. Some may disagree with me, and not define the U.S. as a nation, due to various cultures and conflicts between ourselves, as a guy told me once ... but to me, it is (so, I may call it a nation, a country, a democracy, or a republic). Everyone that I know, from native born to immigrants, have many things in common that we/ they cherish about here ... such as a certain amount of liberties and rights, common laws, democracy, opportunities, achieving their goals and dreams, embracing their cultural arts and religions, or no religion, but having that choice ... even immigrants, learn and use a common American- English language. In this posting, Ralph Nader will explain in easy terms, just how simple it is, to make this country work for the majority of people much better ... because we have everything/ tools all available and necessary, and we don't even need a mass majority of people, nothing more than our own 1%, to counter the so called "elite" 1% ... yes, it's that simple! I alwayz like getting input from Nader, because he's been such a workaholic at defending public/ consumers/ workers as an advocate for rights and safety, as far as looking out for our interests ... even Ralph comes from a family of Lebanese immigrants.

I first heard of Ralph way back in the early 1970's, and it had nothing to do with politics, as for my interest in him, but as him being a consumer advocate. Even though I started voting in 1974, I didn't know a thing about politics either (and some would say, I still don't {:-) ... I just voted blindly for years, for whoever sounded best to me, in the newspapers, or on the tele. My parents, aunts, and uncles, I never recall ever talking much about politics, if any, nor praising or showing support for politicians and political parties, but looking back, they seemed kind of liberal as parents, aunts, and uncles. Nor did they talk about religion ... why? ... I don't know? ... so I had to learn about both religion and politics the hard way, on my own, and made many mistakes in how I voted as well, in the process. Being able to have access to the internet and being online since 2008, really is what molded many of my political views today, that I write about in this journal ... before that, I had NO opinion, nor cared about political parties in the least. There are 2 videos below, of Ralph being interviewed by Chris Hedges, well worth the listen and food for thought. Also my condolences to Ralph and his family on the death of his 24 year old grandniece, Samya Stumo, in the Boeing 737 MAX 8 Ethiopian Airline crash back in March (CBC Radio- Canada), and glad to see him taking them on to! ... which he also discusses some below. After Ralph and Chris, I'd like to add a little something below, and a closing music video.



On Contact: Importance of civic life with Ralph Nader ... Thanx to RT America





On Contact: Rights & Regs w/ citizen activist Ralph Nader ... Thanx to RT America




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***** PD/ RCJ: "RALPH NADER" ... PART 1

***** PD/ RCJ: "CHRIS HEDGES" ... PART'S 2 & 1

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As far as the regulations that are needed, I alwayz agreed with Ralph on that, and especially now more than before. Years back, despite the corporate culture of expansion, dominance, and maximizing profits, I really think they were a tad more ethical, and it was a more slower paced and smaller arena of players than today. I think it's more importante now, because of the short term investments outlook, expectations, and culture. Today, it's much easier to make a product, know that there are possible, and even likely dangers of some kind, but push it fast if the demand is there, and try to go as long as you can with it. If/ when you go under, sell or whatever, you have the money offshore and scattered investments, jump country to country, and play on the vulnerability of other places and governments with laxed regulations, and the markets have way more power than ever over governments, because of this newest model of neoliberalism. It's a severe conflict of interests in my view, when you have a President (Trump) appointing folks to run departments like EPA, FDA, HUD, Education, Agriculture, Transportation, Energy, Labor, Health Human Services or whatever, that have a history of liking to dissolve such agencies/ departments, or drastically transform them more towards privatizing such to for profit ONLY interests ... It's just a recipe for trouble. The list of things that came from Nader's crew of past as far as consumer protections is much, a Hell of alot ... can you imagine what things would look like if many of these safeguards were never implemented or even proposed for legislation? You can bet your ass, today, we would be in one Hell of a mess, and the body count and illness from such and damage to our land and infrastructure, utilities, etc ... would be far worse than anything we're facing now. And our pay scales and quality of living, would be that of a third world country. You know it, I know it ... don't kid yourself. None of these corporate giants want to self-destruct, any more than a dope fiend wants to overdose, or a gambler at the tables wants to lose all ... but they all share a similar level of intoxication. And I'm sure they think they can regulate themselves, but the arena is getting too big, the demand, and the incentive to go hog wild, watchdogs are importante, as well as the rules and requirements in regulating.

We alwayz hear that the 1% (elite) is in all control, which is true to an extent ... but I write throughout these series ... "look at the math, simply, you have 1% vs. 99%, with the 1% dependent on the 99% for wealth and power ... go figure". A move to consider, Ralph points out, is having congressional watchdog teams spread across the congressional districts, which he advocated for years. We have local organized watch groups in and for our cities/ communities, so this would be an added plus. Only 1% could give citizens/ consumers/ workers an advantage. Again, we need to pressure Congress more ... when we don't, they have only the top 1% to focus on. We have plenty of people already across the country to implement change to that, with all the marches, groups, and the growing public resentment over politics in general, we have the fire. It's like helping a Congress ... that is crying out for help, to do what we need to, for support. The last Democratic Debates, much of what they were discussing, is what people been ranting for, for years ... you see a more diverse debate discussion and proposed platform ... because of the pressure. And forcing mainstream political panels to discuss it, that added exposure is a plus. We can't expect folks that been in Congress for years, and out of touch with so much, to know what we need, without hammering it to them, many live in bubbles. Healthcare reform, single payer, Medicare for All, etc, been hot talk ... but still looks shady to me, so hopefully this time, it will actually see some traction. Again, the people are what makes government, they are also the consumer, they drive and sustain the markets, they produce and invent everything, and have the power a 100x times over to change direction in this country. And the corporate media with massive voice and pressure, as well as the ruling corporate entities will have to listen and negotiate at some point. We even have power to boycott, walk out of jobs for a couple dayz, shut down business and obstruct business as usual, especially during big spending holidayz. We can set an ultimatum, we have before, and can do it again ... we will not get a damn thing without hammering back, history proves it time and again. They have strength and power? ... so do we, listen to Ralph ... never back down to injustices of any kind, any more than fascism.

Ralph also said there is "hope" in bringing change to the Democrat Party, the reason why, is for the same reason I pointed out ... we have had many new, more progressive candidates being seated and running, not in huge numbers, but they're certainly making some difference. Over the last several years, besides some basic rights issues for women and LGBT rights, which are importante ... they've embraced too much neoliberal policies. A huge issue I feel that will hit us hard, will be the extreme weather from global warming, which will be hard on everything, especially the costs too, and will be the most difficult thing to address. The Democratic Party has became more like a moderate Republican Party, and yes, by design, through lobbies/ special interests/ money. The big money plays our Congress through funding, like betting on horses at the race track, and have money on most. That is part of the strategy to privatize every single thing ... they force all parties on board to push their agenda through finance, they make/ pay one party to go far right, and the other to go moderate right, they'll allow some issues like LGBT or women's rights to be addressed, but they force both parties to be on the same page when it comes to issues that concern their bottom line/ profits and ownership. Again, the top wealth does not care about women, children, workers, who marries who, race/ ethnicity/ cultural/ religious differences, etc ... they care about one thing only, that we remain enslaved and in debt to them, and they control anything of value, including who lives or dies. They care about everything that can make them a profit, and will push and focus on that primarily. I also believe, like Ralph, as I pointed out myself throughout this journal, that if the Democrats (and Republicans) fail to make change, they will lose many, and yes, I feel a new, sort of people's political party will come about, maybe not in the next few years, but not long either, if we don't get significant change. It shouldn't be much problem for Democrats to win both Houses and the Oval Office ... they should thank Republicans for being such open assholes, and the President for being such a jerk ... making a win that more easy. It's the worst Republican Party ever, and a lousy President ... what more could you ask for in an election opponent? If Democrats should win a majority in Congress and the Presidency, they will have a golden opportunity to show what they can do for the people of the Republic.


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The Punkles- Help! Live at the Molotow Club, Hamburg, Germany (Beatles cover) ... Thanx to salzarm **** this is my favourite cover version of The Beatles 1965 classic called "Help". This cover version has a twist of punk to it, performed by The Punkles, who are a Beatles punk cover band out of Hamburg. The lyrics of the song are fitting for the posting, and "helped" inspire the title of the posting, because our politicians need your/ our help and motivation to act, in getting their feet back on the ground, due to the current challenges.




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**** GOODREADS: How the Rats Re- formed Congress by Ralph Nader (book)



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***** RANCH CHIMP JOURNAL "WELCOME" POST


***** "THE RESISTANCE | PERILS OF THE POWER POSSE" ... ( a 2 part futuristic Ranch Chimp Journal dream to dream on )


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DONALD THE GREAT- AD 2019: "And from this Stump, I shall Call Thee TRUMP" ... From the Commie Zone on the DMZ ... to a Donnie Throne by the Sea of Galilee ... The "Autocracy Prophecy" Edition ... (THE END MUST BE NEAR PT.14)

(left to right) Cyrus the Great and Donald the Great



This posting will serve as Part 14 of "The End Must Be Near" series of this journal/ blog. I have been absolutely amazed and entertained during this Trump Presidency, on all that President Trump has been made out to be ... although, every past President over several decades has been labeled as either an Antichrist, or a second coming of the Biblical Christ figure ... but the hysteria over Donald Trump has taken it to new levels, at least in my lifetime {:-) Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu is so blown away by President Trump, a new coin will made with Trump on it, and even comparing him to "Cyrus the Great", and decided to give him a town in the Golan Heights, to be called Trump ... "and from this stump, I shall call thee Trump, and on this land by the Sea of Galilee, shall be his throne" (Ranch Chimp 1:1) ... if that's not Biblical ... I don't know what is {:-) Even the mainstream media was in awe the other day when the Donald made those precious steps on the DMZ into commie North Korea ... all I can say is ... "it must be a miracle!" {:-) ... who could make such precious steps, without walking on water? It's also well known that President Trump likes McDonald's fast food, with his usual order of 2 Big Macs, 2 Filet- o- Fish sandwiches, and a large chocolate shake (Business Insider) ... now that's one hefty amount of calories, 4 sandwiches and a shake!? ... that's alot of grub for a lunch! I also figure that's what North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong- un (aka "Slim Kim") likes about Trump ... you know damn well, that even though several million may be hungry in NK, old Slim doesn't lack in his calorie intake. That's the catch ... Slim wants to make a deal for a bunch of McDonald's franchises, all of course owned by him, to be spread out all over NK.

I also wanted to dedicate this posting to Christian Evangelicals all over America, to show I'm a good sport (sometimes, other times I can be all up in your fundamoralist asses, like a priest on an altar boy, depending on the level of sillyism on y'alls part) ... even if I'm not Christian, and don't eat McDonald's, or support President Trump. I know how much he excites y'all though, and it's been fun watching and listening to all the prophecies about Donald the Great, and even the End Times parts. This is why it's in "The End Must Be Near" series ... because whenever we get something so extraordinary, like a man of Trump's caliber becoming President ... you can bet, it's prophecies galore, and a race to the last days! {:-) When putting together this posting, I couldn't help to think of that old familiar gospel favourite "How Great Thou Art", because of how great Donald is to so many. I remembered how that song brought tears to First Lady Melania's eyes when sang by Marlana VanHoose, during the Inaugural Prayer Service. So I chose a version of it by "Becoming the Archetype" out of Atlanta, to close out the posting with at the bottom for Melania and President Trump ... which I hope brings tears to the President's eyes ... be sure to crank it up, I have a good quality speaker and woofer system for my computer, specifically for music postings, and I really crank them. I will also include the song in the "RCJ MUSIC/ ARTS HONOUR ROLL SOCIETY" of this journal/ blog, for being such a well put together piece of music. I wanted to open below with Alabama Pastor John A. Kilpatrick and church members, with an opening prayer to protect President Trump from all the witchcraft that is attacking him. Pastor Kilpatrick has that old school style ... when a mother fucker pulls out his/ her handkerchief and starts patting their face and speaking in tongues, it don't get any better! Some links and video below to enjoy ... and have a great and fun apocalyptic adventure.


Word Out ....






Witchcraft and Trump ... Thanx to AL.com





***** CBN NEWS | STEVE WARREN: Trump Was Born on a 'Blood Moon'- Australian Pastor Points to Prophecy Being Fulfilled ... (newsread/ video)




***** THE GUARDIAN | HARRIET SHERWOOD: The chosen one? The new film that claims Trump's election was an act of God ... (newsread)




Israel group mints Trump coin to honour Jerusalem recognition ... Thanx to AP Archive






***** THE TIMES OF ISRAEL | ANDREW SILOW- CARROLL: Who is King Cyrus, and why did Netanyahu compare him to Trump? ... (newsread)




***** THE WASHINGTON POST | RUTH EGLASH: Netanyahu inaugurates Trump Heights, Israel's newest town on the Golan Heights ... (newsread/ video)




Kim Jong- un and Trump hold historic summit at DMZ and agree to resume working- level talks ... Thanx to ARIRANG NEWS





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Becoming the Archetype- How Great Thou Art ... Thanx to Big Zeke




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***** PD/ RCJ: "THE END MUST BE NEAR" ... PART'S 13 THRU 1


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***** RANCH CHIMP JOURNAL "WELCOME" POST


***** "THE RESISTANCE | PERILS OF THE POWER POSSE" ... ( a 2 part futuristic Ranch Chimp Journal dream to dream on )


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