May be some ‘bumps’ in my posting as I search for another line of income, and one is most definitely needed as the bills don’t stop ‘just cuz’ the income stream does.

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Today, REAL ID (mandatory for domestc flights and accessing certain FEDERAL installations starting May 7th)  (Domestic flights?   Seriously????)

Tomorrow: Digital ID for permission to access the internets?  (and they will use ‘fake information’ as the reason for that, betcha!)

I recall the whole Real ID hullaballoo back in the early Aughts and how it kept getting rolled back and rolled back.   It was inevitable to happen with the Patriot Act SNAFU, but there was still some pushback against it.

And just what does it do different that a regular ID can’t do?    Allows you do things that USED TO BE allowable under the other ID’s   Nothing different, just a way to gather up more money from the Dupes, and restrict us just a little bit more.    Another tooth of the Ratchet goes “Click!”

And there are oodles of people that don’t even have ID that are permitted to do the things that those that don’t are restricted from by the simple fact that they dress different or speak funny,,,,     EXACTLY OPPOSITE of what should be happening.  

I haven’t flown commercial since 2005.   I won’t ever again.    So long as there is a TSA, I refuse to fly commercial EVER again.   I can hop domestic private flights almost as easily, though maybe a bit more expensively, and without all the hoopla of taking off my shoes and getting anal probed or electronically scanned. (and even in 2005, I witnessed personally, three men in ‘dresses’ being waived through a TSA checkpoint because ‘that would be profiling’,,,,Seriously, With mine own two eyes,,,   And that same trip I had one of my swiss army knives (the smallest one they make for cleaning fingernails) confiscated as a weapon,,,,  WTELF is wrong with us, that we put up with such bullshit?   THAT is why I no longer am willing to ‘fly’, ANYWHERE, except on private lines.    )

The whole thing stinks to me, always has, and the more I dig into it and what its supposed to accomplish, it reeks of “encroachment” and is likely only one click of a strap they intend to tighten even further.  

And people say we are free,,,,    

We AIN’T FREE,,,, Try to leave the country permenently and find out just how far our goverment can reach out and touch you.  Rescinding citizenship isn’t even enough to escape the claws of the Rectum Stuffers now.   And thats global.    Only one man I know OF that escaped (and I don’t know him personally, so his story is suspect to me) and he went to CHINA of all places to escape,,,,, Seems a bit like ‘out of the pan, into the fire’ sort of move if you know what I mean,,,,

I’m watching things, and I ain’t gonna lie,,, it ain’t Trump, its something bigger, and its in motion and and it matters NOT who is supposedly at the helm of these ‘Untied Statz’,   I’m watching and NOT liking the direction things are moving.

and am fast ready to become an “unperson” if that is what it takes.    (read your Orwell,   there were people mentioned in the books, that big brother ignored,,,,)

But the damned bug-bear won’t go away!!!

read the article, follow the links for ‘straight from the horses mouth’,,,,

Sorry, the Racial bigotry, IMO, is clear and its NOT where the fingers are pointed.   In no words I read about the things Trumped said, was there a racist bend.  NO WHERE, and yet those progtards went straight for the race card to sell fear.   

NOW, either they are that dense, emotionally immature, incapable of critical thought and constructive reasoning (yes, to all) OR, they are aware of what they are doing and that means they are evil and pushing for racial war within the US.

And there could be slight matter of ‘little bit of both’, though lack of constructive reasoning would tell me they are the dupes following someone elses script, and that person is PURE EVIL.

I try to not go down this parkway, its caused issues in the past and my words have been taken so far out of context by someone I had trusted (burned once, Twice shy)  SO, let me state this for all not aware.  I am not prejudiced by color, gender, or creed:  I think most people are weasels, or rats, UNTIL THEY PROVE THEMSELVES.    I do try to give benefit of the doubt in personal involvement, but,,,

I take you at your word.  If you come at me saying there are 5047 fluid genders, I am taking you at your word: which on my table means you are labeled “Whack-Job” and will be handled with nuclear protective gear.   If you are on a public address system and start reading racial bigotry into EVERY SINGLE THING ONE MAN SAYS,,, I am taking you at your word that YOU are the bigot, and project that onto everyone ‘not like you’.    MLKjr’s “Character, not color” was completely misunderstood by such types.

I’m not gonna go making calls to hang the bastards (unless by trial, their actions deem that neccesary: Don’t hurt people, don’t take their stuff.)   And that goes for ANYONE, no matter the skin-tone or sexual appendages/orifaces.   THAT is what fair and equal justice means.   The law applies to all EQUALLY, no exceptions, NO special privilage for any reason.   

We ain’t there anymore*.  AND, that difference is driving large blinkin’ wedges into an already widening divide.  That divide is going to split wide open eventually, spilling daemons and vermin loose amongst the different sides.    No one wants to see a race war: especially those that are doing their damnedest to instigate one.   *(to be completely honest, I don’t believe we ever have been there,  and that is part of why things have swung so wildly in the opposite direction since the Civil Rights era started.  I do know that the time period I grew up in, racism was ‘dead dead dead’: at least, so I had thought,,,,)

And then I get all thoughtful, and RACE ain’t even a thing.   We have species and BREEDS, Much like Dawgums and Kittums are species, with internal breeds (that mix and collect and split and)  so we humans (species) have different breeds, caucasian, amer-indian asian-indian, etc etc etc etc etc,,,,    And honestly, In most instances, its the whiter breeds that tend to be the least ‘racist’,,,, Go live in some other ‘darker’ countries and see how quickly you feel the bigotry towards you.   India (China is a very close second place) has the reputation of the MOST bigotted to boot, even amongst their own countrymen; And VERY caste oriented (if you don’t know what that means, Wikipedia it,,, you are in for one hell of an education)  You know what the pity of all of this is (looking at it as species/breed)?   Most Dawgs will get along just fine with other dawgs, no matter what other breed the dawg is.  (except chihuahuas,,, those little inbred tyros are psycho,,,,)   When a dawg goes all stiff legged and hackles raised in the presence of other dawgs, its usually a territory thing, or pack hierarchy being sorted out.   Yuppers,,, Even Dawgies have ‘rules without rulers’: ain’t no Dawgie President dictating decrees, or Committees of Dawgum making laws,,,

And Kats,,,, The anarchists/contrarians from hell, baby,,,,   But they can get along just fine, no matter what the other breed of kat is, as long as they determine the other kat is actually “Kat” and not some kat shaped xenomorph looking to steal their favorite lap or treats.

So why the F! can’t we get over this happy bullshit dance of RACE?

Because some group out there doesn’t want to be seen, and the cover racial strife induces keeps their smoke screen on full.       More on that at another time, though I will give you one clue what I am hinting at.

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Read this article over at Mises Institute and gotzta thinkin’ about how we percieve so much ‘reality’ that ain’t.

Happiness is not a dollar figure, THAT, I do know.    There was a time where self and Ex cleared near a quarter mill (before the tax man came) and we were flat miserable.

These days, I take home less than 25k (it varies)  and I am comfortable.   No Mortage.  No Utilities.   A Fone bill and car insurance are the only real ‘utilities’ (read; Recurring without end) and of course my debt payments, that are  finite and controllable.   I also have no fashion sense, so clothing and appearances don’t bear much on my finances (just as long as I am not flashing my ass to the general public, I could care less if I look civilized.   I DO make sure I am hygenicly correct!  Can’t be smellin’ like the barnyard, yaknow,,,, )

And then I get a news letter from Robert Kyosaki that purt much stated similar, though he is still chasing ‘wealth’,,,  “That’s why the rich don’t work for dollars. They work for assets—things that produce income, not promises. Robert Kyosaki”  

Its perception,,, How you perceive your status in the world, and yeah,,, sometimes, there is another person in that equation.  (most times, actually)

And,,,,

ITS ALL ILLUSIONS

My perception is not your perception is not their perception,,,,

Be happy, however you find that.  If that is chasing the almighty dollar, like Robert swears he isn’t doing, then yah, thats your happiness.  If that is looking for that perfect white water river to run in a small boat,,, Thats your thing.  Or that little patch of ground that grows stuff, or just a perfect view of the world from a hillside,,,,    It doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg to make it valuable to YOU,,,,  hell, it could be free for the taking: like sitting under a tree watching the wildlife do its thing.  

Let go.  Unplug.   Relax.

stop chasing the ‘dream’ as described by others; figure your dream out for yourself.   

I’m 57, and I ain’t done livin’ and I don’t wish to spend my remaining days chasing some carrot for tidbits of reward.     That path is why certain people are in power: the majority of people ARE on that ratwheel, powering the machine, chasing after some illusive “happiness” that those others kinda-sorta defined for them.  

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One big problem with blogging. 

CONTENT

Seriously, after 18 years, you start feeling like you are scraping the bottom of the rotton apple barrel for content.  All the good stuff is long gone, and whats left, “I’ve covered that in 18 different dialects and education reading levels; if they ain’t got it yet, only option is Clue Bat!”

Yeah,,,, Hell, I’ve had running dialogues with myself to flesh out content and just about the time I pull the keyboard close,,, BTDT  Has Tshirt,,,,

Such was the case today,,, three times, different angles, same old shit,    SAME     OLD SHIT,,,,, I get sick of saying, and I am sure y’all get sick of reading it

TODAY marks the 250th anniversery of “The Shot Heard Round the World”

May be a small chance we are in the midst of another ‘revolution’ but this one, so far, remains docile, not kinetic (at least not obviously so.  There may be some skeletons mouldering away in dark corners we aren’t aware of.)   Much like that time, Not everybody is on board with the doings and goings,,, Y’might even say its a three-way split, with a handful on the extreme ends of each side wanting things to escalate to kinetic.    I understand all three divides and even the extreme fringe, but

SAME OLD SHIT

We never learn a damned thing.  Individually YES, species wide: Humphf!!!     Dumber than a box of rocks when it comes to such.   

Here we are, either in the middle, at the ground floor or on the dusk, of the greatest “recorded” time of Humanity, where even our poor have enough to eat (usually more than enough if you look at the numbers of Obesity issues out there.)  Homeless (one of the lefts favorite rally cries for ‘mo-monies!!’) are typically there by choice in some way shape or form.   Some are even HAPPY AS DUCKLINGS IN A MUD PUDDLE ABOUT IT.    And I can understand that, too.   No bills past what they need day to day, week to week, Free-time to the point of BOREDOM,,,,   And no anchors to hold them down.   (There are those that are just waste cases, junkies or flat insane,,,  Thats what happens when you shut down EVERY psychological outlet except therapy/drugs.)  Seriously,   go through one of the Big Chain Grocery stores,,, look at the selections of WHAT we have choice of:  King Louis XIV didn’t have as many choices as the common man of today.  We have Gourmet Coffee shops with Frellin’ Drivethrus fer F!s Sake!!!

Most people think of poverty as a problem the government needs to fix.

But that’s not quite the right way to look at it.

Poverty isn’t some mysterious condition we fall into when systems fail—it’s the original state. It’s the default; the starting point, and it certainly isn’t something the government can solve.

Conner Boyack (tuttle twins author) emphasis mine.

We have a poverty level here in the US, that I actually live BELOW,,,,    Its something on the order of 100K/yr and I am well below that level: granted, I also live in a state where a small percentage of people live above that level, and the cost of living here is marginal to other areas not that far away (like Knoxville TN,,, double the cost)  

And I live quite comfortably,,, Yeah, I live paycheck to paycheck (who doesn’t in this whacked out economy?) kinda-sorta-sumpin’like,,,, I do have savings, but its more a cushion for bad times, than ‘investment’, (and if you are investing by saving in your bank or your mattress, you are LOSING, and badly so.)  BUT, I have my comforts, I know where my next meal is coming from, and have stores put away for ‘whatever may come’,   My only complaint is that I am not free,,,,  I know I am not free.  If I were free, I could run with these crazy ideas of kayaking to the Gulf of America via inland waterways.  (and I could put in below the Cumberland falls, and with only a few portages, could go all the way to ‘NawLins’, or ‘Mobeel’, or hang a right just outside Paducah and head to Mizzorah, Chicongo, or the Great Lakes.  (hanging a hard right out of Paducah,,, Not likely,, current is STRONG after LooVulle: very hard upstream for self powered craft.)

Nope,,, not free, know it, and I choose to remain enslaved to the system because, well, reason,,,,,  I think.    More like Don’t wanna get out of my comfort zone is likely closer to the truth.   I like my little house, and warm bed, my truck, my tools that I have spent much time and money acquiring (that assist in making MORE money,,,,)    No, Not free,,, Choosing to chase that ‘almighty dollar’ chains us down pretty tight.

And the phones not being attached to the walls are now our chains.    Just owning a phone opens you up to direct marketing programs designed to help part you and those ‘dollars’: and they are very good at it,,,,   Just look at all those chainstores selling everything from gee-gaws to $14 coffees,,,,

We toss the money to feel better about our slavery,,,,

Somehow, we lost sight of the GOOD,,,,

I know one or two readers here are going to take this as a coming to God moment,,, Hold your breath,,, Its not,,, My thoughts on God are my own and aren’t likely to give you warm and fuzzy thoughts.   I do think we lost sight of our foundations when we left the earthier things behind, and we have been sold a bill of goods as a good thing, that is meant ONLY to empower a few,,,,   And yes, I do believe that there is evidence of that, even in the Bible itself.   

And the Tech is outpacing our evolutionary abilities.    Its growing faster than the species can accomadate.  Only individuals and small groups are able to fully comprehend what some of this stuff does.   I would bet the rocket Scientist’s building Elon’s SpaceX aren’t fully savvy on what comprises AI, and the AI techs look in awe as Booster 8 gets a Starship into low orbit then returns and LANDS itself to be reused quickly.

And the Lawyers couldn’t give a shit less,,,  Unless someone gets hurt,,,, or thinks they got hurt,,,, Or wants to play victim and make others pay for imagined hurts,,,,

We aren’t free,,,,    We never have been.

The lawyers and bankers run this planet and we are just pawns on the board.   So long as we comply, the game ‘rewards us’,,, And yet, I think it IS possible to exit the game and NOT commit social suicide (completely, that is,,, Don’t wanna be Robinson Crusoe,,,,,)

See?????   Same old Shit!!!!    I have covered EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF THE ABOVE in so many different ways and writing dialects; I read it, and start to worry that I am plagerizing myself.

more laters,,,,

Easter Sunday tomorrow,,,, If you believe, I salute you: if you are like me,,,, Think about the other implications of such an event,,,,

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Not that I ‘feel’ he is ‘in there’,,,,  hell, that could be cat-litter for all I know,,,,

Nope,,,I am very much of the mindset that when we cut ALL physical activity to include brain functions, we sever the quantum threads that link us to this interface on this rock/in this ‘reality’.    I made some sort of mention along those lines in my Christmas story, years back.

Voodoo may have been a smaller cloud bump, but he was very much ‘real’ for whatever that is worth in this not so real reality,,,,

gonna (already do) miss that freaky-eyed mutt.   And there are big paw prints to fill,,,,

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Some of this is probably sayin’ more about me than I should feel comfortable with, but, Here’ya’go,,,,

Just some fun stuff to get my work vibe flowin’. 

Just not much to talk’bout today.     Word was passed to me that Voodoos ashes are ready for me to pick up, and that kinda put a damper on any other thoughts I may have had.    SO,,, I cranked up some fun stuff to keep me out of the funks,,,,

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