Wednesday, January 15, 2025

MLK and DJT

 If, in the history of recorded information, there are two more different famous human beings than Martin Luther King and Donald J Trump....I would like to know who those candidates might be.  Maybe Jesus and Hitler but one of them might be a fictional character so that's not conclusive.

Today is MLK birthday and five days from now The Donald will take the oath for President of the United States.

We can examine the archives and find MULTIPLE quotes from Dr. King that offer high level inspiration.

Please show me one quote from Mr. Trump that offers anything resembling high level inspiration.

I'm open to learning so go ahead and fill me in.

I would write something about the fires in LA but as of this moment it's not over.....but suffice to say we have never seen anything like this.....

All we can do is help in anyway possible.

ANYWAY possible........



Monday, January 6, 2025

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

2024

 Today is the last day of 2024 and whereas so many things have changed it appears that tomorrow we simply enter another year on the Gregorian calendar'

In 21 days there will be a planetary alignment according to one source.  According to another source the alignment will happen on Jan 25. 

The stars are aligning—literally! On January 25, 2025, the cosmos will orchestrate a rare planetary alignment, setting the stage for a year brimming with transformation, success, and productivity. This celestial event isn’t just about jaw-dropping views; it’s about cosmic energy turbocharging ambitions and aspirations.....



There seems to be a few dates that vary for this rare alignment....starting with the 5 and extending to the 25.


I referred to NASA simply because that makes sense but other sources claim other dates and I guess it's up to you to keep your eyes looking up during the month of January.   Also keep your eyes on January 20 2025 when the United States of America will go backwards.


Going backwards can be rather dangerous and often results in stumbling and falling down.

In case you weren't paying attention the final vote count was
 

DJT  77,303,573

Kamala Harris  75,019.257

IF THAT FEELS LIKE A LANDSLIDE TO YOU THEN YOU ARE PROABLEY IN YOUR EARLY TWENTIES OR THIRTIES.

In 1972 Nixon won 520 Electoral votes to 17 for George McGovern

In 1964 LBJ won 486 and Barry Goldwater won 52


TRUMP GOT 312

Harris 226



It's pretty obvious that our country is equally divided. 


We have been here before......1960, 2000 (which is the closes election in history when GW Jr. got 271 electoral votes) and 2016.



WE CAN WITHSTAND EVERY TWIST AND TURN THAT TAKES PLACE ON A NATIONAL LEVEL.


BUT CAN WE HANDLE THE TWISTS AND TURNS THAT TAKE PLACE ON A PERSONAL LEVEL?


SOCIAL MEDIA AND INSTANT NEWS HAVE CHANGED THE PLAYGROUND AND THE ATMOSPHERE AND INTRODUCTION OF AI INTO OUR DAILY LIVES WILL PROVE TO BE EXTREMELY CHALLANGING



ESPECIALLY TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE A TENDENCY TO IGNORE RESEARCH AND SIMPLY LISTEN TO ONE OR TWO SOURCES.


2025 MUST BE A YEAR WHERE RESEARCH AND FACT CHECKING BECOMES STANDARD BEHAVIOR.

HOW ONE DECIDES WHAT IS TRUTH

AND WHAT IS BULLSHIT

IS

THE

CHALLANGE

OF

THE 

NEXT

FOUR

YEARS



GOOD LUCK!


HAPPY NEW YEAR













































Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Metals and more Metals

Gallium

Germanium

Antimony

Technology metals are cobalt, lithium, tantalum, indium, niobium, selenium and zirconium. 

And of course there are these.....

  • Cerium is used in light bulbs, TVs and ovens.
  • Dysprosium is mixed within alloys used in wind turbines, electric vehicles and nuclear reactors.
  • Erbium is used in lasers and fiber optic cables.
  • Europium is used in light bulbs, nuclear reactors and lasers.
  • Gadolinium is used in magnets, nuclear reactors and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
  • Holmium is used in magnets and nuclear reactors.
  • Lanthanum is mixed within alloys that are used in batteries and hydrogen vehicles.
  • Lutetium is used as a catalyst in refineries.
  • Neodymium is used in magnets and lasers.
  • Praseodymium is used in aircraft engines, fiber optic cables and magnets.
  • Promethium is used in pacemakers and guided missiles.
  • Samarium is used in microwave devices and magnets.
  • Terbium is used in light bulbs, memory devices and x-rays. 
  • Thulium is used in lasers.
  • Ytterbium is used in displays, x-ray machines and fiber-optic cables.
  • Yttrium is used in radars and as an additive within alloys used in high tech devices.
  • Scandium is used for fuel cells and alloys used in jet planes.
  • Cobalt is used in super-alloys, jet turbines and rechargeable batteries.
  • Lithium is commonly used in batteries.
  • Tantalum is used in capacitors, resistors and other electronic equipment.
  • Indium is often used in LCD screens.
  • Gallium is used in integrated circuits, LEDs and semiconductors.
  • Niobium is used in steel alloys that are a part of jet engines and rockets.
  • Selenium is used in photocells and rectifiers.
  • Zirconium is used in nuclear power stations.
And it's kind of amazing when you consider that just a few short years ago (in human history) there was just gold, silver and copper, tin, brass, aluminum, nickel, potassium, calcium, iron, lead and of course titanium....

I know I've left a few original darlings off the list but my point is......where are they all coming from?   Of course the answer is....

THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE

The current dilemma for the United States is that we rely on China for a big percentage of some very important HI-TECH minerals.  It turns out that Africa has a large NOT YET MINED cache of these minerals and in truth so do WE.

Perhaps a bi-partisan Mineral Department needs to be created.....which means more government and not part of the GOP 2025 Program.

Oh well.....or is it Orwellian?



Friday, November 15, 2024

Facts are facts

The Republican party has taken over Completely. The Presidency, The Senate, The House of Representatives and the Supreme Court.

To say I am slightly surprised would be the understatement of all understatements.

I AM ACTUALLY IN SHOCK.

In 2020 Trump got 74 million votes and lost the election by 8 million votes

In 2024 Trump got 76 million votes and won the election by 3 million votes

SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE MATH

I heard a funny line the other day....."Pants Suits don't work Ladies, the farmers need to see some skin."

I'm concerned that the GOP won't have anyone to blame after this thumping....and believe me it was a full flat out THUMPING.

It turns out that Elon Musk was extremely important in the 2024 Election.

I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SEC.

Years from now when lithium, nickel, copper and cobalt have changed the landscape of wilderness areas from massive mining projects and giant non-recyclable batteries have been buried in landfills next to your amusement parks and playgrounds.....who will get the blame?  Mr. Musk by then will be so wealthy that perhaps he will own the actual government of the United States.

I do know that it will be a lot smaller government in the next few years....right?

Our annual military budget is 960 BILLION DOLLARS and that's not going to be reduced because part of that contract budget has to go through Space X and Mr. Musk.

HE AND THE DONALD WILL BE REMEMBERED BY HISTORY IN A VASTLY DIFFERENT WAY THAN THEY ARE TODAY.

OF COURSE ELON WILL STILL BE AROUND UNLESS HE DECIDES TO RIDE ONE OF THE ROCKETS TO MARS.

THE DONALD WILL BE LONG GONE BUT BARRON WILL PROBABLY BE PRESIDENT or THE DONALD WILL HAVE PAID FOR AN IMMORTAIY DRUG AND WILL STILL BE PRESIDENT IN 40 YEARS.

By the way I would love to see our current Vice-President (remember who that is) on January 6 decide NOT TO CERTIFY THE VIOTES and standing next to her is Mike Pence.

The Donald's head would literally explode and that would be a viral video for the ages.

SIDEBAR

I just posted the US DEBT CLOCK so as to remind everybody what reality looks like.  If you study the clock you can go back to any time and see how things were under the different leaders.

Now the real question comes down to this.....WOULD I ACCEPT AN INVITATION TO PLAY GOLF WITH DONALD TTRUMP AT HIS COURSE IN SCOTLAND?

I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be allowed within a 1000 miles of anywhere The Donald was playing golf.

Anyway I'd much rather play golf with Dean Koontz and his BAD WEATHER FRIEND....who by the way is one of the best characters ever devised.  If you read the book you will agree with me.

WE ALL NEED A CRAGGLE 

AND ESPECIALLY NOW

Welcome to the future, my friends.

Michael Timothy McAlevey










Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Election is one week away and Dodgers are one game away. GOD only knows the results

 My avid Republican brother told me yesterday that the Madison Square Garden speech that The Donald gave on the 27th was the greatest speech he ever made.

So this morning I decided to watch the entire speech.

I am currently 16 minutes into IT and I'm once more reminded of the different interpretations that certain people have for the word GREAT.

He also informed me that 3 of his 4 daughters are voting for Trump.  I simply answered him by saying that sometimes people say things so they won't have to listen anymore.

Knowing those 4 beautiful nieces I am fairly certain that maybe 1 or perhaps 2 might be voting for Trump but since I can't imagine anyone voting for him I guess I'll just have to take a deep breath and accept that anything is possible.

Let's get back to his Madison Square Garden event.  My brother thought there were 80,000 people there and I had to explain that the building only holds 19,000....so right off the bat everything is ass backwards.

In the first 16 minutes of his speech he claimed that America was NOT going to exist anymore if Kamala Harris wins the election.

He also just said that the United States was an OCCUPIED COUNTRY.

 THIS IS THE TYPE OF STATEMENT THAT FEEDS HIS VOTERS.

THE UNITED STATES IS AN OCCUPIED COUNTRY 

like France was in WW11??????????

SERIOUSLY 

How could a person running for President say that our country is occupied?  

AND HIS PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT BULLSHIT AND THEN REPEAT IT TO THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

HE JUST STATED THAT ELECTION DAY IN 2024 WILL BE LIBERATION DAY IN AMERICA.

I will now go back and listen to the rest of the speech....maybe I'll be able to make it all the way through before the Dodger game starts in 6 hours.  It might take me that long because I simply can't stand they way he talks.  IT'S SIMPLY JUST BROKEN SENTENCES.....ONE AFTER ANOTHER......REPEATING WORDS AND THOUGHTS OVER AND OVER.

Hopefully I'll be able to give a complete report.

THEN AFTER ANOTHER 30 MINUTES OF LISTENING......

...........I can't take anymore of HIS STYLE.

I've decided to wait and finish this after the Dodger game.

I'm back and it's 8:30 pm and the LOS ANGELES DODGERS ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS FOR THE 8th TIME.

Somethings are right with the world......and somethings aren't.

Yankees have 27 championships so don't feel sorry for that franchise.

Trump's already been President once....isn't that enough?

Do I have to beg?

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE......NOT AGAIN.

6 DAYS AWAY.