Almost a month since last entry and there are good reasons....with Baffled being the word that best describes how I feel.

First and foremost the previous post was extremely important because the GOP and their leader will keep telling us for the next four months that mail-in ballots lead to fraudulent use of the voting system.

Please read the statistics from the last post and don't let THEM create a problem that doesn't exist.

Tonight in Tulsa Donald J. Trump is holding his first re-election RALLY and he choose Tulsa, Oklahoma for that event.

Tulsa, Oklahoma has been in the news because of historical events that took place 100 years ago.

I expect you to research the tragedy on your own or watch the HBO 8 episode film Watchman.  The sci-fi part of the story will make it more modern but it also might leave you asking more questions than you started with....but with everything happening in 2020, it looks like the questions are never going to end so deal with it.

Right now on CSPAN they are covering the RALLY and I am recording it for prosperity. Actually I'm recording it so I can skip through the bullshit which I'm sure will dominate the event.

He actually told Tulsa not to have a curfew and he also is discouraging people from wearing masks.....in truth HIS current plan of keeping us posted about COVID-19.....

........IS SIMPLY TO NOT TALK ABOUT IT ANYMORE.

With this rally in Tulsa I think this officially kicks off the election.

He actually started last Thursday night by appearing on his son's new internet talk show.  And in that show one question Don Jr. asked his dad if it was true that Osama bib Laden actually supported Joe Biden running for President in the late 90's?

THOSE TWO PEOPLE TOGETHER MAKE THE WALKING DEAD SHOW SEEM LIKE A FAIRY TALE.

While speaking of elections I wanted to remind you that the second season of The Politician on Netflix is now streaming.  I've watched the first two episodes and am very impressed with the writing.  The show is intended to be a black comedy but some of the political verbiage is really current and very important.  If you missed season one I advise going back and starting from the beginning.
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Covid-19 news

Our governor in California seems to be following the statistics by telling EVERYONE they need to wear a mask outside of their homes. Every state that opened early is getting a bump in cases and some countries that opened earlier are also feeling a resurgence.

BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY seems to be a phrase not being heeded by our President and his supporters.

I saw statistics that say 80 percent of Trump supporters don't wear masks
75% of Biden supporters do wear masks.

THIS IS A MASK ELECTION.    And when you stop and think about it on October 31 the type of masks that will be worn three days before the ELECTION will probably be very visible on Tuesday November 3.  
Why not just wear your costume to the polls? 

I'm officially putting that suggestion into the psyche of the American consciousness.   

All great ideas must start somewhere.
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Black Lives Matter movement.....all I can say is watch the documentary 13th on NETFLIX or YOU TUBE and then you might understand why this type of movement is extremely long overdue.

300 + years of focused betrayal of the words that Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1776.....
ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL.....BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH......

The fringe groups that are using the movement for something other than justice for Black people is quite another story and their attempt to steal the thunder will hopefully not interfere with the type of reforms that need to take place.

Redistribution of funding to Police Departments all over country is a very important issue.  Police should not have to deal with mental patients.  Police should not be concerned with people smoking pot. Police should not have to concern themselves with homeless people.

Santa Monica is a prime example.  We have an outreach program with qualified human resource people traveling around Santa Monica intending to help the homeless.

I think there are 6 to 10 of those outreach people.

We have 981 homeless people.

We have 233 police officers and 250 civilian officers (they don't carry guns and they travel in the white trucks)

Of the 981 homeless at least 50% have mental problems and should be in a facility that can help them either receive the right drugs or participate in programs that attempt to help them reenter society on a somewhat normal basis.

Younger people don't know that Ronald Reagan started the process of closing Mental Health facilities and basically created the homeless population that we have today.

AGAIN...THIS IS A SUBJECT THAT EACH AND EVERYONE SHOULD DO RESEARCH ON THEIR OWN.

JUST LIKE EXAMINING THE TREATMENT THAT BLACK PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED OVER THE LAST 400 YEARS.

Please simply type this question in your search engine.

HOW MANY BLACK PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HUNG SINCE THE CIVIL WAR?

If you ask that question and aren't horrified by the answer than you are part of the
problem.
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One thing I see missing in the protest movements of 2020. 

It's a question.

and it was the cornerstone question of the anti-war, free speech and female movements of the late 60's and early 70's

That question is simple.

WHERE IS THE LOVE?

One sure doesn't have to ask 
where are the guns?
where is the hate?
where is the chaos?
but all  
I'd 
like to
know

where
is
the
love?

It truly baffles me that the word is rarely mentioned by anyone wanting change.

Michael Timothy McAlevey