Before You Vote, Look, Listen, and Pay Attention

Posted: September 1, 2020 in Health and wellness, News and politics
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(Info from PBS News Hour) Compared to people in most developed nations, including Canada, Americans have for years paid far more for health care while staying sicker and dying sooner!


“To Canadians, the notion that access to health care should be based on need, not ability to pay, is a defining national value.” Americans simply don’t live with that confidence. Losing a job is bad enough, but imagine that you’re going to have to lose everything you’ve got to qualify for Medicaid. Sell your house. Sell your car and basically be on the bones of your ass before you get any medical coverage! That is our way of dealing with healthcare! In 2019, health expenses drove more Americans into bankruptcy than any other reason, according to the American Journal of Public Health. That same year, health care consumed 17 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product, a greater share than in any other developed country, including Canada!


So here is my take. We need universal healthcare, but we need to design it better than Canada who has long wait periods for elective or none emergency operations. They (Canada) do not cover dental, for example, or drugs that have not been prescribed by a hospital. They are way cheaper even when you do have to pay, however. But Switzerland, for example, has a system where you pay, but if you cannot afford to pay the govt pays your premiums. No one goes uncovered. So what we have in the U.S. sucks, it is more expensive, it will bankrupt you before it will even give you minimal coverage, and you die younger, and are sick more than any other industrialized nation.

So I do not know exactly where Biden is going to be, but it has to be better than Trump’s plan which is to get rid of what we do have with no plan to replace it, at all! And he also wants to permanently get rid of payroll taxes for medicare and social security which will bankrupt SS in three years with no ability to pay us any dollars at all. So consider this when you vote, a vote for Trump means you die sooner, stay sick longer, and if you are like me and depend on my Social Security, I will starve, lose my home, my car, and be on the street in Trump‘s America! And so will you, please look at Trump’s policies, at what he does versus what he says while campaigning! They are never the same, and you and I both suffer, no matter whether we are left or right-leaning! Thank you!

America, The Joke

Posted: December 7, 2025 in Uncategorized
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If you have the time, look at what other countries, specifically those that were thought to be our Allies, are saying about the United States of America! It is not flattering, even though some of those world leaders do flatter Trump to his face! Why? Because they know they can get major concessions from him if they tell him how great he is! But when NATO gets together, they do not wait on our President anymore.

Trump, since taking office this second time, has fired most of the military leaders with the most expertise! He has replaced them with loyalists, people with no expertise in the areas of the leaders they are replacing. Point in fact, General Timothy Haugh, who was the Director of the National Security Agency, and the Commander of U.S. Cyber Command until he was dismissed by Trump. Why, because he was appointed initially by Biden, so the right did not think he would be a Trump loyalist! Cyber experts warned we were rolling out the red carpet for attacks, especially by Russia! He had over 30 years of experience, and we are weakened by his departure. He also had worked for both Democratic and Republican Presidents and was not political!

If you are paying attention, the same thing has happened to every agency and organization within Trump’s thrall! The World Health Organization, Department of Education, the Council on Homelessness, Voice of America, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, amongst a plethora of others! Why you ask, because they either place a light on the scams of this president, allow health organizatons to charge us more, or contain the greed of large corporations from polluting as they wish by destroying habitat, clogging our air, stream, rivers, and ocean with their waste, as Trump has weakened the rules and laws that control this kind of pollution! He has withdrawn from the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Environment Program, basically anything that limits big business from making more profit at the expense of our health and well-being.

Trump and his new Department of War and Hegseth are war criminals. Trump is not allowed to declare war, that is a power exclusively granted to Congress. Even if I believed that he was waging war on drug cartels by killing people and sinking boats, he is not showing cause! And let’s say that these boats, which have not got the reach to get to our shores, by the way, were captured instead of blown out of the water, would we not get a whole hell of a lot more information to be used against cartels!

I could go on, but I know when I have reached the limit of how much the more loyal of my readers will go! Just be aware that what is happening is not normal, and I have not even mentioned the masked men ripping people out of schools, their homes, jobs, and off the streets with no probable cause and sending them to foreign prisons without trial or even a hearing. That is not deportation, that is kidnapping and concentration camps!

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John Love and via the Love Chronicles

Excerpt from Shipp, Book II

Posted: December 3, 2025 in books
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No training was scheduled immediately after breakfast for the first time in a long time. No meetings were scheduled, and Shipp did not even want to probe us or subject the family to a download. Sam and Rob had eaten and made some excuse to leave on business only they knew about. I was sitting with my lovely wife, Cheryl, out on the veranda, looking at the forest and meadow stretched out before us. Shipp had built this domicile for us even before we came aboard! Their new domicile on Shipp was as large as a small mansion on Earth. Three large bedrooms complete with a large bathroom facility for each bedroom, each with a shower that you could verbally command specific temps and massage settings, as your mood dictated. Huge walk-in closets and sitting rooms were also part of the bedroom décor.  There was also a desk with a computer console and a place to do research or whatever might come up. Homework was done via a download, so no one needed it for basic education! Both our children loved this aspect of our changed dynamic!

An extensive library was at the end of the hall, just off the living room, in both book and video formats. There was a hot tub on the veranda, shielded except for a spectacular view of the meadow and forests stretching out and away from their new home. The forests, brook, and meadow came complete with a sky, day, and night features on an earth timetable, and animal life, just no mosquitoes, flies, spiders, snakes, or dangerous predators. Shipp had created a vast living space just for them with holo imaging for sky and clouds! Over the years, Shipp had imported the forests, plant life, and animals from Earth. So, she had everything to make a home within her hull, a lovely place indeed! The forest even had its own AI Robotic Ranger! Kind of reminded me of Howdy Doody! I suppose that dates me somewhat! The domicile also had a large living room, an entertainment area, and a dining room with a food dispenser. All food prep was done by Shipp, or rather, an AI-controlled robotic something-or-other. Shipp still had many secrets we had not had time to ask about. As a matter of fact, none of the entertainment accessories included in the house had been used other than the hot tub. They had all been too busy, and when they were done for the day, food and bed were all anyone wanted. Early on, as muscle mass developed, Cheryl and I, the older generation, did use the tub to soothe sore muscles from the boot-camp-like training, even though we healed up very rapidly. I admit we just liked hanging out in it!  Daniel and Jane shared quarters, as technically they were related, Father and daughter for all intents and purposes! But no meadow, forest, or brook. Jane had asked for some of the same things she had seen in the Carpenter living quarters because Daniel basically had lived in a stripped-down storage bay, as all he did there was sleep and shower before all the company showed up. It now resembled more of a home, with private accommodations for Jane and, as I said, some creature comforts Daniel had never bothered with. Jane did not expect to live there much longer as she had other plans. She had asked Shipp, the entity she considered to be her mother, to arrange living quarters for her and Rob as a wedding present. Shipp was already well on her way to doing just that long before being asked; her existence and design made her unable to be unaware of things happening within her structure or in near space, for that matter. So construction had started about a week after Rob and her creation, or daughter, met!

THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL

Posted: July 15, 2025 in climate change, Health and wellness, News and politics, science
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Mr. Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts to the rich, which was slated to sunset at the end of the year, will be made permanent! While also increasing spending for border security and defense!

The bill is partially paid for by significant cuts to health care and nutrition programs, like Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the bill would add $3.4 trillion to federal deficits over the next 10 years and leave millions without health insurance!

The legislation includes restrictions on Medicaid, which provides government-sponsored health care for low-income and disabled Americans.  The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the bill would result in 11.8 million Americans losing health coverage under Medicaid over the next decade.

The legislation includes more than $46.5 billion for border wall construction and related expenses, $45 billion to expand detention capacity for immigrants in custody and about $30 billion in funding for hiring, training, and other resources for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But starving kids here at home, nothing for them!

It would end tax credits for new and used electric vehicles, installation of home EV charging equipment, and insulation or energy-efficient heating and cooling systems. 

The bill also ends the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, which provides funding to nonprofit organizations that finance projects aimed at reducing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in communities. Trump has pulled us out of the Climate Accords for the second time. He has fired climate scientists, NASA scientists, and basically anyone who would disprove his own fifth-grade science across the board!

Trump or his billionaire buddy has fired or disbanded any organization that would protect you and me from big banks and corporations. He has put a non-scientist, non-doctor, anti-vaxer in charge of our nation’s health. We are already seeing a marked increase in measles because he has been gaslighting the public for years about vaccinations. The measles increase is just the tip of a very dangerous iceberg!

The list of things that The Big Beautiful Bill will not do for you and me goes on and on; the bill is enormous! But if you need to paraphrase, it enriches the already wealthy and does nada for the average American. It leaves us hungry, sick, homeless, and with no way to get help. We cannot even get help if a flood, tornado, or hurricane wreaks havoc on us. The scientists from the National Weather Service have been among those scientists I mentioned earlier that have been fired, along with the support staff and systems for early warning and help after! Trump does not believe in climate change! Actually, he does not believe in anything that puts even a small damper on making a profit, no matter what it does to the climate, our water, or our air! 

He is attacking our courts, federal judges, and any law organization that does not do his bidding, or goes after him for breaking the law! DANGER, DANGER, WILL ROBINSON, AMERICAN!!!

DEI, (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion)

Posted: March 20, 2025 in Life, News and politics
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The Trump Administration sets out to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs across the federal government and private sector! Companies like Google, Amazon, Meta, and some Wall Street banks have decided to go along with Trump and trash their DEI-related policies and pledges!

            But some have stood their ground. At Apple’s annual shareholder meeting on Feb. 25, investors rejected the measure, with 97% of votes cast against it.

Ben and Jerry’s unsurprisingly, when it comes to DEI, the ice cream company has no plans to roll back or slash its efforts!

Cosco shareholders voted against the proposal at Costco’s annual shareholder meeting on Jan. 23, with 98% votes cast against it!

DELTA AIRLINES maintained its line on DEI efforts last month. “DEI is about talent, and that’s been our focus! 

Clothing retailer Francesca’s affirmed its commitment to DEI in a LinkedIn post earlier this month. “DEI is not an abbreviation—it’s a Human Strategy, and respect and inclusion are good for business,” the post said.

JP MORGAN CHASE CEO Jamie Dimon reaffirmed the bank’s support of DEI! The bank—the largest in the U.S.—will continue its outreach to Black, Hispanic, LGBTQ+, veteran, and disabled communities, Dimon said.

Cosmetics company Lush wanted its message on DEI to be heard—and smelled—putting out three new bath bombs named Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. 

Microsoft has not made any moves to repeal its DEI policies, and put forward the business case for supporting diversity and inclusion practices!

Patagonia said that it will not scale back its DEI policies. “We stand firm in support of our justice, equity and antiracism policies and practices,” the outdoor apparel company said in a statement.

            I myself cannot think of any reason not to be inclusive or be afraid of DEI policies. If the most qualified or talented person is available, why would you hire someone less qualified just because they meet some outdated good ole boy strategy about what is acceptable? Me thinks Trump and his boys protest too much! Usually, the person making the most noise is trying to cover something up! You all know that is true!

The Most Dangerous Man in America

Posted: February 27, 2025 in News and politics
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If you look at Trump as a young man, he was a bully who was kicked out of his private school for just that, bullying younger kids. The military school he attended was not known for scholastic excellence but rather for its ability to handle delinquents. He was not accepted to Wharton at first; he did not have the grades for acceptance. His brother actually pulled some strings to get him in. And then his only major was real estate. His professor famously said he was the worst student ever, and his classmates said he was never prepared for class. That is why he threatened to sue anyone who released his grades. If he was the genius, he claims, why would he be ashamed of his grades. He is also famous for not paying his contractors. He would either sue or threaten to sue and pay them pennies on the dollar. He has been charged with racist actions against tenants of color by the federal govt, once in concert with his father and again with him alone. He is a convicted felon of crimes against women, and the list of women who have made complaints and charges of sexual assault is long and over many years! He has been a bully, a sexual predator, and a criminal all his life! All on the public record for you to find, not from some news media who defended itself in court by saying they were simply an entertainment company. It was understood that they should not be mistaken for an actual news outlet. Yet you elected this man, and your favorite news outlet claims not to be one! He loves and admires dictators; his narcissism needs only to be witnessed, not proved. He is the most dangerous man in America, bar none.

Trumps Tariff Wall

Posted: October 6, 2024 in Uncategorized
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Trump’s proposal to erect a Tariff wall, promising billions of dollars and a wealthier nation, is a contradiction in itself.  The following is an excerpt from a reliable source, Heather Cox Richardson.

“This is a deliberate lie. Tariffs are essentially taxes on imported products, and they are paid not by foreign countries but by American consumers. Economists warn that Trump’s tariff plan would cost a typical family an average of more than $2,600 a year, with poorer families hardest hit; spike inflation as high as 20%; result in 50,000 to 70,000 fewer jobs created each month; slow economic growth; and add about $5.8 trillion in deficits over ten years. It would tank an economy that under the Biden administration, which has used tariffs selectively to protect new industries and stop unfair trade practices, has boomed.” 

Back to John Love! Tariffs over the years have always been bad for you and me, the consumer! Largely responsible for the famous Wall Street Crash and the main reason for the Great Depression! Trump is looking out for Trump, plain and simple, in everything he does. Tariffs do have their uses. They can be used to protect American jobs and manufacturing, but they must be used in specific ways, like surgery, never as a tariff wall. As was mentioned above, between the quotation marks!

Trump has told so many lies during this election campaign that even the most ardent Trump supporter cannot be unaware! Just common sense will tell you that no one brought over-the-border illegals to vote in any election. For one, it is a federal crime; two, all kinds of false documentation would be needed for each individual, requiring a vast manufacturing structure impossible to conceal. Plus, red states would be all over any such activity, and we would know about it. Actually, so would blue states; as I said, it is a federal crime; Trump lies every day, multiple times a day; it is who he is. We cannot have such a morally corrupt man in the white house. He is also not an educated man; just open your ears and listen to him speak! He only took real estate classes at Wharton and was even refused entrance for lack of grades until his brother interceded. Why do you think he has threatened to sue anyone for releasing his grades? Think about it!

Fact Check

Posted: September 29, 2024 in News and politics
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In the last few days, Donald Trump, as usual, told lies to the American people! He told the public that the Border Czar, Kamala Harris, had let into the country 13000 convicted murderers! He then added another thousand to that total the next day. So here are the facts! This number was gleaned from a report released by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement “non-detained docket” covering around 20 years. So, it included the time Trump was president! Also, they were not people being convicted of homicide by another country and then entering the U.S. They committed crimes after they got here; a lot of them are still in jail here in the U.S. The ones that are free have served their time and cannot be extradited because the country of origin will not allow it. So because of a Supreme Court ruling saying that they can only be held by Immigration for a limited time if they are no longer wanted by law enforcement, they are forced to free anyone who is not currently wanted by said law enforcement! None of this had anything to do with Kamala Harris. One, she was never the Border Czar; her mandate as Vice President was to try and meet with the countries where all these immigrants were fleeing from on a fact-finding mission to stem the origin of the problem. She had no mandate that actually included the border. As I have said before, Trump is a pathological liar, and none of what he has said about Kamala ever, really, is the truth! If you want proof it is easily obtained, just look at the report for yourself, it is not a state secret! We do not want this man for President. He is a liar; even when the truth would be more beneficial to him, he cannot help himself; he lies. Plus, he is not a moral man; the evidence that backs that up is easily found, and most times Trump is convicted by his own statements on air!

Lies Trump Spouts Daily

Posted: July 26, 2024 in News and politics, Uncategorized
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Trump says that virtually 100 percent of the new jobs under Biden have gone to illegal aliens. Did you know that? A hundred percent! Aside from being impossible even to try such a feat, it just isn’t factual! Trump lies!

Trump repeatedly labeled Biden as “corrupt” — but he applied the same charge to MSNBC, the 2020 elections, the judge in a libel case Trump lost, the judge in a business fraud case Trump lost, the prosecutor in a pending Georgia case, New York state and finally the entire United States. Trump is a felon, his trials had a jury of regular citizens, none associated with any branch of government or justice system. Trump is a liar!

Trump claims that the Democrats, and specifically the state of New York, are passing a bill to allow the execution of babies after they are born! You must be mentally disturbed to believe such a lie! Such a thing is illegal in every state, and no state is trying to kill babies after they are born. He also claims that Harris is all for it! That is untrue, Harris does want Roe v Wade back! Trump is a liar!

Trump claims that Biden is forcing all boat manufacturers to go totally electric. He further claims that electric boats would sink from all the weight. There are electric boats that float just fine and are very, very fast. They are mostly experimental, but Trump’s science is just not factual or true! Trump is a liar!

Trump claimed both Biden and Harris wanted to raise the retirement age. Biden did bring it up when he was a senator but has opposed it as President. Harris never wanted it and never discussed it! Trump is a liar!

Trump claims that Harris wants to outlaw red meat. What was said is that she would like to encourage people to eat less red meat but that she likes a good cheeseburger herself. Trump is a liar!

Trump has claimed for months that Biden was secretly behind all his legal troubles; now he claims it was Harris. In fact, it was civilians who had no part in government who indicted him and subsequently found him guilty on 34 counts, notwithstanding his legal troubles over trying to influence people to illegally find votes or trying to change the electorate votes. Trump is a liar!

Trump now claims that Harris is the border czar. Harris was never in charge of the border, her assigned job was to lead the diplomacy efforts with El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras in an attempt to address the conditions that prompted their citizens to try to migrate to the United States in the first place! Trump is always a liar!

Deaths from any kind of drug was around 107,000 according to the CDC, not the three million that Trump claimed was fentanyl that came over the border. Most fentanyl deaths are from legal prescription drugs that the patient overdosed on. And most illegal fentanyl comes through legal ports of entry smuggled by U.S. citizens. Trump is a liar!

Trumps claim that Harris is against all Jews is laughable as she is married to a Jewish man! Trump is a liar!

Trump claimed that Harris, a lawyer who was elected as San Francisco’s district attorney and then as California’s attorney general, “failed her law exams and continued to say she couldn’t pass her bar exams. She couldn’t pass anything. Couldn’t pass everything. She couldn’t pass anything, he chanted. She failed her first bar exam attempt and got it on the second try. She is one of the highest-rated attorneys in the country, but Trump is, of course, a liar! Oh, and not overly bright, either! It is probably one of the reasons he is such a habitual liar; he does not know many facts, so he just claims to know instead! But he has to hold the world record for lying in public with a straight face. But fact check any speech he has ever given, any speech; it will have multiple lies included every time!

Favorite Childrens Stories

Posted: May 7, 2024 in books, Fiction, short story
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Favorite Children’s Story

I did not have a normal childhood. I taught myself to read to understand road signs because I started driving at nine. I did not go to a full year of school until I was in the 6th grade. I hardly ever went to school at all before that year. So my reading was not the normal fare, and no one was reading to me. Around the 7th grade, I discovered Sir Walter Scott and Thomas B. Costain! I read a lot of books by both authors. Scott’s Ivanhoe was really one of my favorites. The Black Rose was also right up there by Costain. I know both have been done in the movies, but they do not come close to the books! Not really children’s stories but they made an impression on me that lasted. I came across the Count of Monte Cristo in the 8th grade, and kind of felt like I cheated when it was assigned to me as a sophomore to do as a book report! I read voraciously all through my teen years and in the Corps. I was on a plane coming back from Vietnam and other vacation spots when I discovered the Hobbit in the seat magazine holder. I was hooked on everything Hobbit after! As a youngster, I never had fairy tales to read or had them read to me, but I have now read a host of classics and a library full of science fiction and fantasy! I am currently reading the Scions of Shannara. I currently have five bookcases full of Sci-fi and fantasy, and a very large bookcase full of classics, all read. My wife made me cancel all my book subscriptions when I wanted to buy an extra Tuff Shed to store them.  She has no idea how many I have stored the Books app on my iPhone!

Time Travel

Posted: May 4, 2024 in Fiction, short story
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I have always thought that If I could go back in time I would like to visit North America before any Europeans came. I would, especially if I had a guarantee of safety, try and learn as many native languages as I could and warn them about what was coming! Then I would attempt to get them all to work together to watch their shores. I would not want them to massacre any who showed up! Greet them with overwhelming force, inform them that they did not discover anything, this land already belongs to, and is settled by, people who do not welcome them! If my fantasy has merit, then they would be given fresh water, jerky, dried fruit, and the basics to get them back wherever they came from! Then, I would head south to warn the people who were about to come in contact with Christopher Columbus! Make sure they knew he wanted to make slaves out of them and take any and all resources they had. I am aware that Europe and the rest of the populated world, knowing there were lands and how to find them, would eventually show up with forces well-armed and still subjugate, murder, rob, and rape their way across all of the Americas! So I probably would have made it much worse than it actually was over time. However, Christopher Columbus did not discover America. He and his men actually never set foot on North American soil, only a few islands in the Bahamas! Later in our history, the pilgrims did and became a blight on what is now North America. They were responsible for women being subjugated and thought of as inferior throughout our society here in America, the supposed land of the free. It was 1974 before women could have their own bank accounts, their own credit card, or their own home! The first act allowing women to own and control land was passed in 1848, but only if her husband had died, not leaving a will, and I think, without a male son! I would rather have the Vikings, who did discover America, to deal with. All they wanted to do was hunt here! 

Dhort More to Come!

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