T-rump our savior.

I’m not kidding. I’m really impressed with this guy. There is no one else who could so clearly and perfectly embody the ugly American, from smug self-righteousness to the sheer gluttony and self-absorption. T-rump has been the perfect mirror, acting out the dark soul of egotistical, misogynistic, racist, corporate America. He is so delightfully unaware of his faults as he renames everything after himself or America, for in his deluded mind they are one. It is so comical that it seems straight out of a late-night television skit, but he’s for real- that makes it even more funny and tragic.

The metaphysical symbol of yin and yang shows how one energy begets another, reminding us that even our extremes contain elements of the opposite. Like if we try to be too good, controlling what we deem bad to make everything perfect, we can end up creating misery, and so vice versa. The corrupt administration, through their misdeeds, is revealing the ills that have been there all along. The subconscious demons of our society are now on the surface for us to tackle. Trump, in his hilarious, unreflective bumbling, has inadvertently revealed to the majority of Americans the hidden corruption and brutality of our toxic Americanism.

Through proclamations of ignorance, T-rump releases the pressure of the repressed doublespeak and denial that have made it hard to uproot systemic problems. He acts like a child with the U.S. Army and starts wars for fun and distraction. Unlike many other presidents who had the sense to cloak their wars with false reasons and vilification of the country’s leaders, T-rump doesn’t even bother to give one. He has a big army. We want oil. Just go kill someone for it. It’s that easy. We just do whatever we want. We’re Amricuns. Now that the Pentagon is run by an idiot, the military-industrial complex is so delightfully in shambles. It took real disrespect and ideocracy to fire all the major generals. But the Pentagon needed a shake-down, and now we can downsize this bloated institution more effectively.

The hike in gas prices is an unthought-out repercussion of the war that he pretends not to notice because T-rump can’t concede defeat.

He is so NOT a loser.

It’s about time gas was expensive anyway. We need to stop burning fuel, and everyone knows it. Through this war, he is inadvertently compelling this country to switch to electric transportation.

His simplistic view of tariffs has made him (or the government) a lot of money. Not because producers are paying, but because the American people are footing the bill for golden arches and a ballroom. Tariffs strain and complicate the global market, but from an environmental standpoint, shipping everything to and fro over the oceans is neither sustainable nor environmental. Not only is shipping energy-wasting, but also millions of tons of containers fall off ships and clutter the bottom of the oceans. As well, we are endorsing slave labor in other countries that have no personal rights or oversight. Most of the crap we can do without. Might as well consider pairing it down now before the oceans rise and the world’s ports flood anyway.

His raping of women and children has seeped out into the light of day. We’re horrified, but are we surprised? No.

Consider how long women and children have been stolen for sex slaves? We’re talking about antiquity. At least now it is a taboo and not just something men do. Also, this consortium of providers of pleasure has been quiet whispers in private offices, but now it is on the web; books are published by survivors, and women are standing up. People are afraid for their children. We are not only aware but actively repulsed. This is part of the healing process not only for the United States but for the world.

Trump has blatantly endorsed racism, the Palestine genocide, and political prisons. Remember that the USA is the birthplace of Nazism, as Hitler got his ideas from eugenic writings of wealthy white Americans. T-rump is endorsing wiping out Palestinians so he can have a beach resort. The political prisons are no longer hidden but validated by judicial rulings. With innocent people plucked off the street, shot, or with no trial, disappear to for-profit prisons, the broken system of justice is fully seen.  The white majority has been walking around with blinders on since the Founding Fathers. At least now it’s a known fact: the Justice system is broken, we fund genocides, and racial profiling is reality.

Now, with the last election, we know that when people get really pissed off, we can overcome the Electoral College, gerrymandering, false advertising, and voter suppression. Dubious elections have been a growing concern, but every election, the American public has rolled over and just taken what they got because we feel powerless. Our democratic process is a bigger issue and is now in people’s faces. The more the elections are messed with, the more we see what needs to be done to clean it up. So, good job, Republicans!

We have focused on the real problem: corporate power should not have its greedy hands on the government that serves the people. But even with the blue wave, there's still a lot of education to do because the blue is shallow; it’s like baby blue. The failure of Prop 40 in California to tax the rich shows it will take more to uproot mistrust of the elite and their glossy flyers.

T-rump has sacrificed his soul to provide us with clarity. He must be the second coming because no one with good intentions could have revealed and destabilized America's toxic underpinnings so thoroughly and comically as this Saint of Blunder.

How many times do we need to elect old men to office to see them rule a country with dementia? In just my lifetime we’ve had four: Reagan, Bush Sr., Biden, and now Trump. Three out of four had dementia by the end. Can we not see this is a bad idea? Approaching 80 is a time when a person is supposed to retire, take naps, and relax, but instead we elect them to rule our country as they shit their pants, fall asleep, and babble at political rallies.  

This is just the short list of scum turning into sanity. I’m personally elated at how much has come to light. Rep-Rats are jumping from the sinking MAGA ship as this moron captain tries to stuff the holes with anyone still left. So, when T-rump blames his own Fox-Shit News for the election results, I’m cheering him on. GO! T-rump GO! You just alienate every one of your creepy friends.

What once were solidified and hidden maladies of our system are now all out in the open, naked, crippled, and unstable. Thank you, egomaniac Donald and all your greedy cronies, for making the deep ills of America so obvious. Shall you rot in prison.

Cultivating Innocence

We see it all. Nothing is hidden or glossed over. If anything, it’s all in excess. What used to be the silly songs of Barney or art-for-children of Sesame Street is now extreme emotions of Sponge Bob or raw sarcasm of South Park. Children play war games as soon as they can touch a button. Teenagers are propelled into a world of kinky sex before they even have kissed a real person. There seems to be no stoppers on what is allowed now a days.

This is where active participation in your own culture making power comes into play. We can edit ourselves and try to edit our children. We make our choices to not go down the rabbit hole by turning off our device and looking at the people and nature around us. To preserve our sanity, we must actively seek innocence because innocence is where joy is.

It’s no wonder that cute animal and kid reels are the most popular content. We just want to laugh and wonder again. It’s a relief to undo the inner corruption. When I concentrate on being innocent, letting my heart thump along happily without concern, it’s amazing how sweet the air smells, and the colors of the leaves glow. I noticed what is right about the world, what is good. My neighborhood feels like a happy place with children riding bikes and dogs barking. I appreciated the trees, gardens, and people on my street. I am transported out of a nasty world of unhappiness into a sweet world of playfulness, just by shifting my concentration from information overload to blithefully loving innocence.

It's not an ignorant innocence but a knowing innocence, an innocence by choice. A rebellion against the seriousness of it all by seeking playfulness, loving relationships, and nature. There is only so much any one of us can do or be responsible for. Information overload can paralyze us, so, like booze or drugs, it is important to know what you can handle. As soon as the horrors of the world start to weigh on me, it’s time for a healthy dose of nonsense. Sometimes I just babble out crazy words, shake my head, turn upside down, make fart sounds, anything to break the madness. And if people stare at me, all the better!

We cannot fix how other people choose to be, but we can create our own inner world. No one is in charge of that except ourselves. The hippy movement started during the horrors of the Vietnam war, struggles of the Black movement and the corruption of Nixon. It is the root of hippy wisdom to choose innocence of flower power when humanity is at its worst.

Bus of the month

For the day of the dead.

profiles of the hip

People living the solution

Rhythm

My whole vibe is that you matter. It's tattooed on my body. I think it's my sense of direction,  making people feel like they matter. It’s my superpower. I'm really good at connecting with people, looking deep into their eyes, and being a safe, soft place for them to land. That's like my favorite thing to do.

We are human beings not human doers. So, I try to remember to just be more.

who

I'm Who, and I have four kids - that's my passion.

Angel

I'm Angel and that's my birth given name. I'd say I've been on the road for a while and journeying in all sorts of ways – cars, bike, walking with E, my cat, and just letting God and the universe guide me.  I'd say I bring a lot of energy, work, positivity, and medicine to the world by just trying to be the best version of myself that I can. I think the best thing we can do is try to be the best version of ourselves because that emits a higher frequency. It helps others be comfortable with being their best version of themselves. So, bringing wholeness and my real, true self, my raw self, to the table allows others to feel comfortable with being themselves.

jonny 5

“My main name is Jonny 5, other known as Wheat-Thin. I've got a bunch of different nicknames – Triscuit-Chicken-in-a-Biscuit, whatever. In fashion, I think the most important thing is connecting durability wear with aesthetic style. Kind of like farm couture with psychedelic grandiose contour mixed together.

As for my style, one day I realized, as I looked down that all I could see were my pants where they met up with my shoes. I'm like, this is so boring. So, I found a really fun pair of socks and rolled my pants up and ever since then I've always have either stripes or argyles or something weird as a sock. It’s for my own aesthetic value, so when I look down at myself, I’m able to see my fun socks!”

“I only have purple shirts that are all different hues, from plum to dark purple. This is my light purple one.

I just got this new hat. It's got a life of its own. It makes me feel like I'm the new sheriff in town. I just found these heart glasses which I've never been able to really wear glasses before because I like to be able to see people's eyes. But the heart and the rose color are light and fun. I always wear a tie. It covers up the most ostentatious thing I own. It's my favorite little judiciary sacred skull. I'm not trying to be too flashy; ya know.”

The women I tried to interview snubbed me. What? I guess it's kinda weird for a person to walk up to you and ask to take your picture and talk about your clothes. So I just snapped this picture of a really cool idea. The Lady made her own pant legs from jeans to go with her skirt. I loved the innovation.

And then there is your standard Deadhead. I just like to see the old original Deadheads out there still dancing.

Calico Lasean Anthony Williams

“My name is Calico LaSean Anthony Williams. Mr. Claus was short. I worked on the Jefferson project (a remodel of an old school into a thriving community center). I was a was nominated the chairman of fundraising back in like 2012, 2013. When it came to getting Recology on board and getting Billy Williams to get the asphalt up. I worked on that. It was my articles of incorporation that were used to move the Inc People out of the old Carson building to downtown. I did that with Chin Night and a couple others that participated.   

My mission is to empower young people with the skills to achieve their goals. I helped secure a grant for an anthropologist at Cal Poly Humboldt. That's what I do. Allocation of resources and trying to hound them out is one of my credits or specialties.

I also work on the politics of marijuana here in Humboldt. I talked on panels here at Cannafest to encourage growers to create S corps to alleviate the liabilities that are coming down the pipeline with cannabis. In fact, using an S corp. instead of an LLC means two names out of three have to agree on any one thing before it goes to court. So, if your dog is one of the signees, you can literally keep yourself out of a whole lot of the DEA exposure. So I’m working on straightening out the licensing process of growers, distributors, and manufacturers of the marijuana industry.”

Dragon Rider

“I’d like to call myself Dragon Rider because I’m into the Tao. The Chinese believe the chi of the world moves through the clouds, and the clouds symbolize the dragon. In Chinese mythology, the dragon and the clouds are inseparable. The clouds are the energy of the cosmos moving from place to place. It's the dynamic form of the dragon that they see as beneficial. It’s the bringer of life. So, when you ride the dragon, you're riding the chi of the cosmos. That's the goal - being in harmony with the chi. When you ride it, you ride the flow of the river of life and time; not fighting, not trying to control it, just flowing with it.

I studied the Tao. It’s what I have come to be guided by and understand. It's a very simple philosophy; basically, live in harmony with nature. that's all it says. And you will find peace. There's a cycle of life, but it's not death; it's life just recycling in constant transformation, and when we can move in the flow of the natural rhythm, in harmony, then we can live in peace.

The goal is to move in harmony with nature. It's that simple. It's being grounded. It's being connected, which means taking off the shoes and socks and standing on the earth itself. All is interconnected. All is interdependent. It's the obvious thing that people have known for millennia, but we've lost it, educated out of understanding that we come from the Earth and we return to the Earth. The Earth is home.”

History-

the Great Revealer

I’ve been watching Oliver Stone’s History of the United States, and man, it's a wild ride, almost too much. It makes what is happening today look like a cartoon, a farce, a comedy.

Mr. T getting up in front of Congress and saying the age ol’ -you’re with us or against us. Hand that man a cowboy hat! Aren’t we over that cliché dysfunctional persuasion? People are smarter than that, or let’s say a majority.  

Looking back at history, it’s been such a pandemonium of derangement, a chipping away of the decency America mistakenly thinks it has. You just have to watch Ollie’s History, the whole 10-part series, and then not sleep for a week from the horror of it all.

But the whole sorted past, playing before your eyes, also creates a lightness about today’s debacle, like hey, miracles of miracles, humanity is still alive.  

Here is the link. It’s been taken off Netflix because it’s too dangerous to know your history. But you can’t hide anything today. That’s one of the reasons that this T-hitler isn’t going to last. Somebody somewhere will have the truth posted. You just have to find it. And kids are curious, so I have hope that the next generation is not going for any more of this scam. I’m counting on savvy but spaced-out next gen. If they could only learn history.

Here it is – preserved by a site in Canada-

simple yet fun