 Bob Gaydos: Musk wants to be a trillionaire why? Elon Musk asked Tesla shareholders for a $1 trillion pay raise. They actually gave it to him. Greed was reportedly involved. |
 John Hawkins: TV Series Review: The Lowdown Review of streaming series The Lowdown, starring Ethan Hawke and Kyle MacLachlan. |
 Bob Gaydos: Donald Trump, frozen in time Trump lacks the basic human instinct to care about another human in distress. Empathy is nonexistent in him. He doesn't know it and he doesn't care. |
 Philip Kraske: The Autopen Solution to the Government Shutdown The deal: if Trump will put up Biden's portrait, Dems will raise the debt limit. |
 Carl Petersen: Free Speech, As Long As You Dont Offend The King Jimmy Kimmel said the right thing. MAGA wants an apology. This isnt about decency; its about demanding submission and eliminating criticism. |
 Dave Lefcourt: Is Trump contemplating an invasion of Venezuela? Things are heating up w/regards to Venezuela. According to the Washington Post "Venezuela has requested assistance from Russia, China & Iran amid its standoff w/ the US. Pres. Maduro asked China for radar detectors, Iran for radar-jamming equipment & Russia missiles & assistance in repairing its fighter jets & radar systems. Significantly, Russia says it supports Venezuela's nat'l sovereignty & help it overcome any threats. |
 Bob Gaydos: Gambling replacing alcohol for young adults Survey showing a significant decrease in alcohol consumption also shows a significant increase in gambling, especially among young adults, with the advent of legal sports betting. That's a problem. |
 John Hawkins: my feminine ideal (poem) A poem inspired by California and the lovely and comely and powerful Angela Davis. Peope see her walk by and go, "Now there goes agency." |
 Dave Lefcourt: Trump just imposed new sanctions on Russia's oil sector creating additional havoc in the world President Trump just imposed new sanctions on two of the largest oil companies in Russia, Rosneft & Lukoil. This comes a day after Trump cancelled a proposed summit w/ Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest, Hungary. The thing is US sanctions on Russia haven't worked in the past. It's hard to see any benefit these sanctions on Russia will be. Tomorrow is another day. Who knows what's next from Mr. Unpredictable. |
 Bob Gaydos: Silence of the Republican lambs Republicans have sat by silently for 10 years while he has taken a wrecking ball to our nation. Their reasons don't matter anymore. Today they are him. |
 Steve Schneider: No National Guard Troops at Hollywood, Florida 'No Kings' Protest A joyous crowd gathered in downtown Hollywood,in Florida, on Oct. 18, as part of the 'No Kings' protests set for that day. Meanwhile, President Donald J. Trump hung out in nearby Palm Beach County, also in South Florida. |
 Bob Gaydos: Shhh the children are listening The fact that leaders of the Young Republican groups across the nation casually dropped racist, antisemitic, bigoted, and cruel comments in their chats with one another probably shouldn't come as a surprise, considering whom they model their behavior on. |
 Meryl Ann Butler: Millions Participate in No Kings Rallies! Millions peacably participate in No Kings rallies in the US and internationally on Sat Oct. 18. 15  |
 John Hawkins: Beyond the Internet: 5 DARPA Secrets That Will Change Humanity Forever This piece is part of my source informatio for the ongoing paper on Covid that I am assembling (see previous entry here). 1 |
 John Hawkins: Interview Transcript: DARPAs P3 Program and the COVID-19 Response How DARPA was prepared for Covid-19 and the likely readiness of their response to future pandemics. |
 John Hawkins: The Covid-19 Origin Essay Further Questions This is in follow-up to my previous posting of a paper in progress on the subject, with an invitation for folks to collaborate with more information, etc. More outstanding questions. 3 |
 Meryl Ann Butler: Portland Frog to the Rescue! It's always the artists of all kinds: visual, writers, actors, who save the day. Portland Frog leads the way! |
 John Hawkins: Covid-19 Origin: A Paper in progress This is a paper in progress about the Covid 19 origin story. It's essentially devoid of much political rhetoric, as I have direcetd at Trump I in previous reports on this issue. |
 John Hawkins: Devo and Their Dream Whippings (film review) Film Review: Devo. Netflix is running a biography of the crazy little band that made absurd the 80s nder Reagan. |
 Bob Gaydos: Lots of problems from the top Four separate problems stem from the top. The question is whether they can all be solved from the top. It looks doubtful. |
 Dave Lefcourt: The Federal Government shutdown as of 12:01 Wednesday The fed'l gov't shutdown as of 12:01 AM Oct.1 As if this dysfunctional gov't wasn't serving the interests of the American people the Dems & the Repubs accuse the other for the shutdown. That's what these miscreants do. They just accuse the other. They certainly don't talk w/ each other. W/ Trump in the Oval Office & Repubs in control of Congress it's the Dems that'll have to give in or else assure their losing in Nov. 2026 |
 Carl Petersen: Carvalhos Quiet Renewal: LAUSD Extends Superintendents Contract Without Public Input School Board votes to keep Carvalho in power after closed-door deliberations. Los Angeles families are left without a voice in their districts future. |
 John Hawkins: The End of Sanity The writer denounces the degree to which we have been shamed by this clown apostasy in the White House. |
 Carl Petersen: Why Democrats Keep Losing to Trump and How Newsom Could Change That Democrats keep losing to Trump, even when they have the facts, the policies, and the votes. Is Gavin Newsom the one to rewrite the playbook? |
 Bob Gaydos: GOP is going up the down escalator A stuck escalator, a faulty teleprompter and a broken promise all came together for Donald Trump at the U.N. |
 Carl Petersen: Democracy on the Line: Gerrymandering, Trump, and the Fight for Representation Trump's GOP erodes democracy through gerrymandering and power grabs. Can Democrats defend fair representation without losing it all? |
 Dave Lefcourt: Early this morning the IDF (Israel Defense Force) invaded Gaza city with thousands of troops This morning the IDF (Israel Defense Force) invaded Gaza city w/ two divisions numbering tens of thousands of troops. Even though the Trump administration supports Israel are they going to let Israeli PM Netanyahu get away w/ his blatant aggression in Gaza city? What is so ironic Israel is doing to the Palestinians what Hitler's Nazis did to the Jews in Europe & the USSR during WW2. Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. |
 John Hawkins: Netanyahu Before the Congress (poem) This is a poem that came to me as a result of the Netanyahu speech before Congress last year. Disturbing in its implications. |
 Bob Gaydos: Trump declares war on peace Desperate to deflect attention from the Jeffrey Epstein files, Trump has declared war on anyone and anything he can think of, apparently. That includes Tom Hanks. |
 Dave Lefcourt: Megalomaniac, that's Trump alright Megalomaniac, that's Trump alright. Now it's Chicago threatening the city for not going after immigrants fast enough. He's threatening to send the military into the city. Here's Trump spouting, "Chicago is about to find out why it's called the Dep't of War". At least Illinois Gov Pritzker pushed back writing "the President is threatening to go to war on an American city. Illinois won't be intimidated by a wannabe dictator." |
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