EARTH DAY 2020 | 50TH ANNIVERSARY: A Picture PERFECT Fair Solution to AIR and WATER Pollution ... The "Eyes on the Skies" Edition ... (GLOBAL WAR'N'ING PT.63)- (THE AWAKENING PT.57)

Beautiful clear view of Downtown Los Angeles, post coronavirus shutdown ... LA's longest stretch of clean air on record



This posting will serve the "Global War'n'ing" and "The Awakening" series of this journal/ blog, in recognition of the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, and to salute all those folks that busted ass over the years to push environmental protections. I also wanted to have this event we are experiencing recorded in this journal, because it is such a rare event ... I mean, we have millennials these dayz, that live in large cities, that never had the opportunity to even witness skies this clear ... imagine that ... it's the truth. Even LA's mountains can be clearly seen all around town, amateur astronomers that can see moon crater details from their home, parts of India, folks can see the Himalayas from up to 125 miles away, not seen in 30 years, and folks noticing they can breathe better. Sadly it took a global lockdown due to a pandemic to awaken us and put our eye to the sky ... to see what we been missing. It's remarkable how in only a couple months we see such drastic improvement environmentally, with air and waters cleaning up so quickly ... can you imagine what it would be like after a couple years of not trashing the earth? The speedy cleansing and recovery from this illness of nature getting over this sickness that we imposed on it, shows us just how destructive we are, not just to the planet, but to ourselves. Just imagine, if we acted as quick as nature, we'd be in paradise right now, instead of this cesspool of misery. And right now, we are in such a hurry to get back to killing ourselves and environment ASAP, which is a solution of lunacy, even to the economies, that political mouthpieces say they want to preserve for our children's future ... which makes you wonder, what kind of future are they talking about at the rate we been going? ... a continuation of what we been doing?

We are and have been at a point, to where we have all the resources to go entirely green energy, right now. As a matter of fact, by doing so, it would not just be a major boost to the environment and health, it would be a such a huge project, that it would feed the economies across the board for years to come, because of the magnitude of transition. Over the last decade, I have posted and compiled in this "global war'n'ing" series many projects from engineers, to scientists, to entrepreneurs and investors ... from converting our vehicles, electric power, heating/ cooling, and replacing all we have, which is past due ... because we have everything that we need right now, and much already in motion. The only reason we are where we are, is because of a handful of industries who don't want anything to change, trying to squeeze every last breath and nickel they can out of the earth and people. 50 years ago, we didn't have yet what it takes to make such a transition, today we have it all and more ... but, we are starting to go backwards by increasingly funding these fossil fuels giants ... we (our Congress) are actually now, not just subsidizing these industries, but bailing them out during this pandemic, that are already swimming in profits, because they took a slight dip in profits. Frankly, they (big oil) don't need a bailout, they're already subsidized, gains and losses, here and there, are part of business and markets. If they want to stay in the energies/ fuels business, they need to learn to keep up with technologies and the times, be competitive, or else go out of business ... you know, like business meets consumer demand? We should be making policies for these mega industries to invest in a more sustainable energy model, that serves the times, environment, needs, and consumers ... while creating a robust future economy much improved from what we have ... you know ... for our children (as they say).

Some read and views below ... and I wanted to close out with a Bill McKibben interview with Democracy Now.


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Blue skies and clean air in Los Angeles after coronavirus lockdown ... Thanx to CBS This Morning





***** CNN | Helen Regan: Air pollution falls by unprecedented levels in major global cities during coronavirus lockdowns ... (newread/ video)



***** DAILY MAIL | Chris Pleasance: Before and after images show how coronavirus lockdown is ridding cities of their air pollution and clearing the earth's skies ... (photos/ video)



Bill McKibben on Earth Day at 50: We Must Stop Subsidizing Fossil Fuel Industry Wrecking the Planet ... Thanx to Democracy Now!




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***** PD | RCJ: "GLOBAL WAR'N'ING" ... PART'S 62 THRU 1

***** PD | RCJ: "THE AWAKENING" ... PART'S 56 THRU 1

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THE VISIBLE ENEMY- TRUMP & THE GOP: Reckless Endangerment & Crimes Pertinent ... The "Democracy's Demise" Edition ... (POLITICAL CORRUPTION & ETHICS PT.16)- (COVID-19 | 2020 PT.3)

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George W. Bush Urged Us to Prepare for Future Pandemics in 2005 | NowThis ... Thanx to NowThis News



This posting will be for the "Political Corruption & Ethics", and "Covid-19 2020" series of this journal/ blog ... a quick opening video above of what President George W. Bush warned Americans of in 2005, as far as preparing for the next pandemic, which was importante. The first video below, is 15 years after President Bush was pointing this out ... of President Trump, and his response to the pandemic, as it is infecting his city of New York, with hundreds dying daily. This posting is to have a quick update on some of the events, and particularly looking at the corruption that is increasingly clearer, not an "invisible enemy", as President Trump would put it ... but the "visible enemy" that we're at war with ... which is him and his administration. You have people with much wealth, like our President, some in politics, even the corporate/ banking world, that make decisions that kill many, and killed millions over the years ... they're your enemy. They chose to be our/ your enemy, and they started it all, they attacked us, we didn't attack them ... we should defend ourselves, as if they're a virus, because they are. They should be tried, imprisoned, and/ or executed by the majority, and replaced ... the last paragraph here explains this clearly. Some media folks on the left or even late night mainstream tele shows, make jokes about Trump and his moves, I don't find anything funny, cute, or entertaining about his handling of this crisis, or ripping us off ... he has took our country further into a hole, than what it already has been. While browsing through some newsread and videos, I selected a few below that inspired this update posting. At the bottom, I will add to it.



Donald Trump's coronavirus timeline: how the President's message has changed ... Thanx to Channel 4 News






***** AXIOS | Jonathan Swan, Margaret Talev: Peter Navarro memos warning of mass coronavirus death circulated in January ... (newsread/ memos)



***** ABC NEWS | Josh Margolin, James Gordon Meek: Intelligence report warned of coronavirus crisis as early as November: Sources ... (newsread/ video)



***** THE INTERCEPT | Mehdi Hasan: After Coronavirus, Let's Never Forget: Republicans Recklessly Put Our Lives in Danger ... (newsread/ article)



***** LOS ANGELES TIMES | Evan Halper, Janet Hook: After chaos in Wisconsin, fight intensifies over how to carry out presidential election amid pandemic ... (newsread)



People crowd Wisconsin polling stations during pandemic ... Thanx to CBC News: The National





***** MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL | Devi Shastri: In- person voting was likely a 'disaster' for Wisconsin's efforts to flatten coronavirus curve, national experts say ... (newsread)



***** THE JERUSALEM POST | REUTERS: Coronavirus: A holdout of US churches defy warnings for Easter ... (newsread)




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Voters stand in long line in the pouring rain outside Marshall High School in Milwaukee on Tuesday. The city cut its polling places from 180 to five citing lack of workers willing to staff the polls during the coronavirus pandemic. (Coburn Dukehart photo for Wisconsin Watch)

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***** PD | RCJ: "POLITICAL CORRUPTION & ETHICS" ... PART'S 15 THRU 1

***** PD | RCJ: "COVID-19 | CORONAVIRUS 2020" ... PART'S 2 & 1

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Some may say that this is not the President's fault, some actually think he's doing a great job ... but the way he chose to deal with this, is entirely his fault. He knew much more about this than what he claims, but chose to focus more on his political ratings and the stock markets, over doing everything in his power to defend his country and citizens, he contributed to thousands of deaths because of his inaction, as well. President Trump lacks integrity, or even any type loyalty to the people and country that he took an oath to serve, yet expects loyalty from everyone else. He's doing more damage because of his neglect, to the economy and stock market, that will likely stall recovery, and bring more misery and suffering. Frankly, the reason we have people in charge like Trump, and they get away with everything they do, including all kinds of crimes, is because we have a system that allows it, controlled by markets only, and insanity, saturated in pipe dreams, corporatocracy and theocracy, with legalized corruption. Any other people that are not part of this cesspool of aristocracy, would be criminally charged and tried for the crimes that people like Trump commit. In a country like communist China, he and even many of those in the corporate world that rob our country blind, would be imprisoned at least, and probably in Trump's case, be executed swiftly ... even in the underworld of organized crime, he would have been executed quickly ... and of course, it would be justified and in order, not because of incompetence, but his intentional disregard and reckless endangerment of everyone, and everything that we depend on to survive. I feel he's done a terrible job, and I'm going on performance and record, not on politics. Trump took a position and failed this country terribly in the worst crisis in my lifetime (I'm 64). He has the power and has all the top people and advisors whether science or finance to utilize, he has executive powers that can change things in a heartbeat. I hear all the time out of him, only about business and his fantastic handling of this and his approval ratings ... he is not of any value to this country, or even the wartime leader or whatever kind of leader he claims to be ... he's nothing but a two bit charlatan. We should learn from this, and do everything possible to make sure no one like this guy ever gets the Presidency again. He is probably the most unethical person in a top position of government that I have seen, and compulsive liar.

The longer this President is in power, the worse he will get, unless he miraculously changes overnight, which is not likely ... and he is willing to put millions more in harms way, just to keep power. He is really not much different, than most of the worst well known dictators of the world over the last couple hundred years. And he has not done a thing for all his supporters in states that so strongly support him ... they are no better off with him as President, nor did they get any of what he promised of any worth and substance that could be beneficial to their lives. His boldness and irresponsibility is unprecedented in U.S. presidents of past. He has publicly stated that he don't take responsibility for anything in this crisis, and instead of admitting any fault on anything, he blames the previous Obama Administration, the Democrats, and everyone from the World Health Organization, down to his own intell network and people he appointed in his own administration, if needed ... all the qualities of any fascist dictator. He'll hire you and love you, and just as quickly fire you and hate you, in short time ... he has so many afraid to even tell him things that need to be done, out of fear of being fired. He runs his office like a business selling fast food franchises, with a day trader mentality as far as strategies to invest ... and when you put someone like that in charge, especially as disorganized as he is, and giving him anything close to a blank check on spending ... you're asking for trouble. The reason the Republicans support him, is because they feel they're losing favour, not because they like him, they like that he is good at conning people. This is also why Republicans needed to do so much as far as gerrymandering, they will support and do whatever, including destroying whatever democracy we still have, to maintain power. They're also trying to rush through another stimulus, without adequate consideration and help to those millions who can't work, while wanting very minimal oversight of any stimulus money distribution to small businesses through banks or anyone they enrich ... cloaking it in "free market" or related nonsense. They are also responsible for voter suppression, and encouraging folks to go out and vote even in a pandemic, instead of delaying the vote or supporting alternative methods ... or telling folks to go to church gatherings, knowing of the danger they are putting people in, or to work before it is safe, all in the name of freedom, or sacrificing their lives for the stock market/ Wall Street. A closing video below of pandemics history.


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Spanish Flu: a warning from history ... Thanx to Cambridge University **** this video is from 30 november 2018



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THE PUNKLES: "Magical Mystery Tour", "Hey Jude", "I'm A Loser", "Help!", "Please Please Me", & "Rain"

    



This entry into the music/ arts honour roll society of this journal/ blog, will be to feature some of the cuts from The Punkles out of Hamburg, Germany. Although I followed much punk for years, I never heard of this band until on YouTube, back about 8 years ago ... and don't recall anyone off hand in those circles of punk ever mentioning them. But I sure would have loved to see this crew live somewhere. When I first heard this crew, if I wasn't looking at a video or reading anything about them, only listening to audio, I probably would have thought, they were the Ramones covering a couple Beatles songs. This crew started up in 1998 and disbanded 2006 ... but those years they were around, I read, they were really doing well in Europe and Japan ... then just disappeared ... but they could probably sell out shows all over if they done a reunion tour. Nothing stands out special of this crew either, they do have some good harmonizing and guitar work though ... they simply do the same lyrics and music on these tunes as they were originally wrote/ recorded, they just add that punk style twist to them. But if you liked some of the classic stuff from The Beatles, and liked the Ramones punk style, you will probably like this crew and these cuts ... they just plain kick ass, too ... they really put out a good sound on these. Thanx to these guys for the music they left us with. Enjoy! ....



The Punkles- Magical Mystery Tour ... Thanx to jamesosterberg





The Punkles- Hey Jude ... Thanx to jamesosterberg





The Punkles- I'm A Loser ... Thanx to punklescomeback




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***** "RCJ MUSIC/ ART'S HONOUR ROLL SOCIETY" N THRU Z

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The Punkles- Help! ... Thanx to salzarm





Please Please Me ... Thanx to The Punkles- Topic





Rain ... Thanx to The Punkles- Topic




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