It turns out President "Biff" is a genius CONSTRUCTOR

I've finally come to the conclusion that if you can confuse EVERYBODY all the time 
then you probably can be considered a genius
IF
of course you have the resources
or
the power.

CCPS 
Building a completely camouflaged personality structure allows someone to actually do and say whatever they want, at anytime, because they have figured out the ultimate answer to what people will and will not pay attention to.

The constructor of said personality knows for certain that the more confused people are the less they pay attention to details.  That constructor also knows that the people who are confused will follow mindlessly because they think that the person creating the confusion must know what is going on.

Engage the people who are confused (Trump fans) 
with a strong media presence (Fox)which continually pontificates the benefits, however abstract or non-existent they are, of said constructor and crowds will form and signs will appear....and elections will be won.

The people who aren't confused and continue to view the past 18 months with disdain and anger and shock appear to be diminishing.

WE CAN'T LET THAT HAPPEN

The time to start campaigning is NOW because the CONSTRUCTOR is campaigning and has been since he registered his reelection papers the day after being inaugurated on Jan 20 2017.


Of course at the present time there doesn't seem to be an opposing personality who can verbalize, organize and realize the task at end.

THE TASK AT HAND IS TO MAKE SURE DONALD J. TRUMP, better known in the Mind Jazz world as President "Biff" DOESN'T GET A SECOND CHANCE to continue displaying his weird and completely self-centered driven personality.

Presently we are experiencing his attempt to fulfill promises from his unprecedented election campaign of 2016.

He vowed to pull out of the Iran treaty stating that it was the "worst deal ever made."

DOES ANYONE REALLY THINK IN 2016 THAT DONALD J. TRUMP READ THAT TREATY?

He made comments at the time that we "gave" Iran $150 BILLION to make that treaty a reality.

WE DIDN'T GIVE THEM ANYTHING.  WE RELEASED SOME OF THEIR MONEY THAT HAD BEEN FROZEN SINCE THE 1979 REVOLUTION.

The amount we released varies considerably....and it's very hard to get a definitive answer to that question....but it was and is their money.

This goes back to the ability of the CONSTRUCTOR to confuse and alter facts.   I read the other day that since he started running in 2016 the constructor has verbalized 3,000 incorrect statements.

3,000.

THE MAN IS A GENIUS

HE KNOWS PEOPLE DON'T REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO LIES
BECAUSE
HE
KNOWS
EVERYBODY 
LIES

You might like to refer to political exaggerations as not being lies
but
a rose is a rose
and
bullshit is bullshit
and
we have let the ultimate showbiz bullshitter determine the future of the United States of America.

Not only has he created international angst but his environmental policies are a legitimate treat to our health and the health of our children and their children.

THAT FACT DOES NOT SEEM TO SCARE ENOUGH PEOPLE

If North Korea follows through on their promise to stop construction of their Nuclear weapons then of course something positive has taken place.  I truly believe that China has a bigger hand in diffusing that situation but a victory is a victory. 

Our President doesn't seem to trust the United Nation's inspector's when it comes to Iran so why would he trust them in North Korea?

This last week we had the leaders of France,Germany and the UK ask "Biff" to reconsider his position and while there might be flaws in the treaty it is working as it was intended.

But when the CONSTRUCTOR says it's the worst deal ever..... then it must be true.

And the two countries that agree with him are Israel and Saudi Arabia...which happen to be Iran's sworn enemies, while at the same time receive the largest foreign aid packages from US.

THE MAN HAS LIED 
OVER
AND
OVER.......and over and over
and 
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE still believe him and follow him and like him 
and most of all  
TRUST HIM to make the decisions regarding
the best interests of the United States.

Which no matter what you might think
makes
him
a
freakin
genius.

Of course there have been other personalities in history that were considered 
geniuses 
until
they
weren't.

Unfortunately it usually took some time and very heavy tolls before those individuals were reclassified.

LET'S PRAY AND HOPE THAT HISTORY DOESN'T PUT OUR PRESENT SITUATION ON THE WRONG COLUMN OF WORLD EVENTS.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

1052

2018   April

1052

THE begins a story that never has been told

It is absolutely new and billions of years old

IT matters only to those who wonder why

And of course to those who wander in the sky

STUDY and learn about dark before light

And answers will appear that don’t appear right

BUT then it unfolds and quarks become larger than thought

And all the integers have been saved for not

WE now see NGC 1052 might not have dark matter at all

Which changes quantum theories and makes them very small

Experiments can only prove theories that math tells us are true

But without Hubble and his co-mirrored friends there is nothing we can do

NOW we can look into billions of years ago

And suddenly everything goes very very very slow

Without dark matter velocity is reduced

So maybe there is something else that keeps the universe juiced

AND thus the story of how we begin

Goes back to the period before time could end

And thus the story of how we begin

Starts with a number much less than ten

Maybe even a number below the number one

And when you stop and think about it

ZERO

Is

The

Ultimate

FUN

WE CAN SEE BILLION OF YEARS AGO

BUT WHAT WE SEE

DOESN’T MEAN WE KNOW

VISION TELLS US THERE WAS A HUGE EVENT

BUT

IT’S

HARD

TO

EXPLAIN

HOW

IT

CAME

AND

WENT

https://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/heic1806a/

Granddaughter can't get enough of Baby Beluga and

and of course.................

and I'm trying to get her into St. Vincent but 14 months might not be long enough....maybe 16 months.

I think she might be ready for The Sound of Music

Can't wait to introduce her to AC/DC

This is how I take my mind off of the White House and the EPA's attack on our water and air. 

I'm pretty sure America can withstand the Trump tornado....as long as it doesn't last too long.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

40 and forever...I'd like to introduce my son Sean if we met after 1994.

                    The birthdays never stop
                                     the memories never cease
                                                      the love never fades


                  
                Sean Maximilian McAlevey

I wish I had 25 more years of photos 

to

share

I post this every Earth Day....composed in 2004

There's a soul in the life of the land where we live

IT'S CLEAR

IT’S CLEAN

IT’S FRESH

AND IT’S OURS

IT DOESN’T CARE WHERE WE’VE COME FROM

IT DOESN’T ASK WHO WE ARE

JUST

DO WE LOVE

WHERE WE STAND

AT THIS TIME

WE CAN DRINK ALL THE WATER

AND MINE ALL THE COAL

BUT WHEN WE MIX THE TWO TOGETHER

IT TROUBLES HER SOUL

WE CAN TEST ALL THE BOMBS

AND DESTROY EVERY LAST TREE

AND THE ONLY THING IT REALLY DOES

IS ELIMINATE YOU AND ME

THE HARM THAT WE BRING

DOESN’T BOTHER THE LAND

WE ONLY HURT OURSELVES

BY FAILING TO UNDERSTAND

THAT THERE’S A SOUL IN THE LIFE OF THE LAND WHERE WE LIVE

IT’S CLEAR

IT’S CLEAN

IT’S FRESH

AND IT’S OURS

IT DOESN’T CARE WHERE WE’VE COME FROM

IT DOESN’T ASK WHO WE ARE

JUST

DO WE LOVE

WHERE WE STAND

AT THIS TIME

WE ARE GIVEN ALL THE TREASURES

THAT ANYONE COULD USE

BUT IF WE DON’T HAVE VISION

THEN ALL WE DO IS LOSE

WE DUMP OUR PROBLEMS

IN EVERY OCEAN, RIVER AND STREAM

WE LIVE BY A CODE OF COMSUMPTION

THAT DARKENS EVERY DREAM

WE THINK THAT OIL IS OUR GOLD

BECAUSE IT MOVES MACHINES AND MAN

AND ALL IT REALLY DOES

IS REMOVE THE SPRINGS OF LAND

WE NEED THAT SPECIAL CRUDE

BECAUSE WE’VE IGNORED OTHER WAYS

AND ALL WE’VE ENDED UP WITH

IS COUGHING THROUGH A HAZE

OUR CHILDREN’S CHILDREN

WILL REALLY PAY THE PRICE

AND JUST THAT THOUGHT ALONE

DOESN’T MAKE US VERY NICE

AND WHEN THE DUST HAS FINALLY SETTLED

AND ALL THE BILLS HAVE BEEN PAID

IT IS ONLY THE SIMPLE FACT

THAT’S THERE’S ONE MISTAKE WE’VE MADE

WE THOUGHT WE CONTROLLED THE EARTH

BY DOMINATING THE LAND

AND IT SIMPLY COMES DOWN TO ONE THING

THAT WE JUST DIDN’T UNDERSTAND

THAT THERE’S A SOUL IN THE LIFE OF THE LAND WHERE WE LIVE

IT’S CLEAR

IT’S CLEAN

IT’S FRESH

AND IT’S OURS

IT DOESN’T CARE WHERE WE COME FROM

IT DOESN’T ASK WHO WE ARE

JUST

DO WE LOVE

WHERE WE STAND

AT THIS TIME

Have a nice Earth Day

An attack on America?

In my narrow hallway of reasoning and deductive abilities I have come to the conclusion that President Biff's latest statement might be his
STUPIDEST STATEMENT
EVER.

The FBI raiding his personal lawyer's office resulted in 
DONALD J. TRUMP  (President Biff in my world) saying the following words.

"THIS ACTION IS AN ATTACK ON AMERICA"

I sincerely hope he does fire Robert S. Mueller 111 because
then it would be the beginning of the end for the Trump administration.

But getting back to his most stupid statement ever.....all this statement does is verify how large and misdirected his ego is. And of course we all realize that having a large ego is fundamentally important when one decides to enter the world of politics.  But that entry level political ego development usually begins shortly after college or law school not at the age of 68.  Then combine that with the ego enhancement from having hosted a successful TV show for numerous years after building a financial real estate empire and it's easy to see how the guy thinks he can do and say anything anytime he wants.

The President of the United States must possess a quality known as decorum.

The guy sitting in the oval office at 1600 Pennsylvanian Ave has NONE.
and by the way, the Webster definition of decorum
......propriety and good taste in behavior, speech, etc.

I will repeat myself......the guy has NONE.
ZIP
NADA

And if you believe that decorum can be camouflaged by gold chairs and gold coffee mugs, long red ties and dyed artificial hair then you might have voted for the asshole.

I mainly refer to him as an asshole because of what he has done to the EPA. The environmental issues that are being targeted by the Trump administration and his lackey, Scott Pruitt, are the main issues that will greatly affect my granddaughter and your grandchildren.

Of course his isolationist and trade war mentality might be putting US all in immediate danger but I have faith in the political system and fully believe that even Republicans know when to bite the bullet and flush the problem before it leads to mass chaos.

An attack on America?  
Technology has introduced new methods for attacking anyone at anytime and we have seen that form of attack happen in overt and subtle ways over the last few years.

THE FBI using a legal search warrant to secure documents ON ANYONE is not an attack on America

IT IS A GESTURE THAT SHOWS
AMERICA
WORKING
CORRECTLY

IF NOTHING IS FOUND THAT IMPLICATES ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR 
THEN THE FBI HAS SOME SPLAINING TO DO.   

BUT EVEN THEN 
THAT EXPLANATION WILL PROBABLY 
JUST 
BE 
AN
APOLOGY
but remember
A search warrant being issued 
generally doesn't bode well for the target.

An attack on America?

Please PRESIDENT "BIFF"
stop pretending this is your personal TV show and let me use your exact words.....

YOU ARE FIRED!

Michael Timothy McAlevey

The trade wars and "Biffs" behavior and something much more important

I don't really care what a celebrity does because it generally never affects my life....but when a celebrity starts making decisions that directly affects millions of people's lives then it's time to draw the line.

Let's first look at the facts regarding President "Biff" and his ladies.

That infamous video tape, released before the election, with Billy Bush, let everyone know who HE was and yet it was completely ignored by millions of voters. 

Getting upset with women who signed waivers not to talk but now are deciding to talk is really not an issue.  
But I do think that they should return the money.

The main issue here is that celebrities can get away with many things that a non-celebrity can't.

So we watch questionable behavior and read about irresponsible actions and then gossip about how crazy celebrities are.....and then we turn the page and get back to our lives.
BUT WHEN A CELEBRITY 
BECOMES PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
ALARMS
MUST
BE
SOUNDED

THIS PRETEND PRESIDENTIAL SITUATION HAS GOTTEN OUT OF CONTROL

THE NON-EXISTENT STABILITY ISSUE REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATION HAS GOTTEN 
OUT OF CONTROL

THE ENTIRE 14 MONTHS SINCE DONALD J. TRUMP HAS BEEN IN THE WHITE HOUSE
HAS
BEEN
A
JOKE
and
IT'S NO LONGER
FUNNY

When you stop and think about his slogan "Make America Great Again" and suddenly realize that he could actually reverse our position and make us less than we were when he started this ridiculous exercise in ego gratification.

HE IS AN EMBARRASSMENT and that truth reflects on the America people and our Great country.
(why people let him downgrade America with that stupid campaign slogan always baffled me)

The trade war, which officially gets underway this week, will only affect the average middle and lower class consumer.

IT DOESN'T TAKE A GENIUS TO UNDERSTAND THAT COMPANIES AFFECTED BY TARIFFS SIMPLY PASS THE INCREASE ON TO THE CONSUMER.

IT ALSO DOESN'T TAKE A GENIUS TO REALIZE THAT THE UPPER MIDDLE CLASS AND WEALTHY PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY COULDN'T REALLY CARE LESS IF PRICES INCREASE.

And then this entire Russian investigation just raises more questions then the average person can handle...and generally it gets overlooked.

There's no way that the present clown in the White House can survive one term.

My only real concern is that he doesn't take the rest of us down with him.

I still can't get over the fact that Donald J. Trump has somehow made George W. Bush look like Albert Einstein.

VERY VERY WEIRD!

BUT...and it's a big BUT.....

TOMORROW March 29th 
is the beginning
of
the
2018
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEASON
and after the great season the Dodgers had last year
(only one team had a perfect season)
It's very exciting to see if they can either repeat 
or take it one step further.

Getting to the World Series is the goal of every team in the spring.
Winning the World Series is a huge bonus 
and while everyone thinks 
Houston is the team to beat 
one must always remember that it is very hard to repeat in baseball.  
Probably the hardest of all the team sports, because so many things
can affect a season..... 
and 162 games is a very l   o   n   g season. 
One key injury can derail a team.  
Two injuries to key players and it's wait til next year.

Politics doesn't seem to have that problem.  Multiple injuries take place and replacements just simply appear and take over and then more injuries and more replacements and the beat goes on.

I feel sorry for those people who don't have a favorite team to root for......it truly takes ones mind off the bullshit game that politics has become.  

Some might say it's always been a bullshit game but I think the bar has been set at a new low.
But of course that's just me
you see.

GO DODGERS
( By the way, the D on the hats just doesn't work like LA)

Michael T. McAlevey

Sometimes you just need to be reminded

I'm not ignoring the guy.....it's just that I'm bored with the chaos......

It's been awhile since I pounded on the "Biff" Presidency and it's not from lack of wanting but instead I've come to realize the repeated chaos from the current administration, to put it mildly, is ......simply boring.

Everyday there's an issue of some sort that just makes me think we (i'm pretty sure you understand the we that we are) don't need to interject any outside contrarian opinion or influence because the guy just does it to himself....over and over and over and over.

As he tries to turn back the clock and recreate industries that have no chance competing with low wage countries it becomes  very clear on one, and of course there are many, of the main differences between this administration and the previous administration......

For eight years we had a President who was telling people that the creation of new jobs would come from new sources and that the future would look different than the industrialized America that was constructed after WW 2, and that people would have to adapt and change.  People who worked with their hands would have to learn how to use computers. The previous guy stressed the fact that jobs would be created in a wide range of Eco-friendly industries and technology and that the sooner workers got on board the better off they would be.

The new guy wants everything to be the way it was in 1952.   As an example The United States was the world leader in steel, auto and furniture manufacturing and great cities were built around those industries and a powerful and vibrant middle class was formed and prospered for 30 years, with hardly any competition except for the Japanese and their well built automobiles in the early 70's.  

Then countries without middle classes and possessing huge body counts realized that America loves to do one thing.......SHOP.   And of course when one loves to shop one loves to get the best deal and getting the best deal means being able to save money.

How in the world can the American steel industry complete?  Even if they retooled every steel plant in the country the wage barrier alone would never allow for the best deal.  And if the retooling were done properly then automation would virtually eliminate any need for human hands.

In order for the United States to compete with the wages of China, Viet-Nam, and India salaries would have to be reduced by 75%.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.  

Reducing salaries by 20% is not going to happen.

Our Middle Class consumer is the backbone of our country.  There will always be a certain amount of people who shop at Nordstrom's but compare the numbers to Costco and Wal-Mart and you see the reality.

It's nationalism versus globalization and without another World War there's no going backwards.

WE ARE THE INNOVATORS AND WE MUST ACCEPT THE FACT THAT OTHER COUNTRIES CAN BUILD BASIC GOODS CHEAPER THAN US.

LET THEM USE THEIR WORK FORCE AND CREATE THE PRODUCTS WE DESIGN.

WE WILL THEN BUY IT AND USE IT AND BUY SOME MORE.

BUT THAT CAN'T WORK IF WE DON'T FIGURE OUT NEW WAYS TO CREATE REVENUE FOR OUR MIDDLE CLASS.

AND 
WE CAN'T LET THE WEAPONS INDUSTRY EXPAND TO A POINT WHERE THE GOODS THEY MAKE ALL HAVE TO BE USED...... SO THEY CAN MAKE MORE.

RENEWABLE ENERGY
ECOLOGICAL AWARENESS 
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
SUPERIOR ENTERTAINMENT
UNEQUALED SERVICE

These are just a few of the avenues we can dominate but with our current leadership there appears to be no interest 
other than
expanding Twitter, trying to invent Clean Coal 
      using up fossil fuels as fast as possible
           stopping any progress related to health care
....and of course the main problem....
reversing any previous attempt to improve the quality of our
air
and
water.

By the way it's been 14 months since he took office and the amount of changes and legal issues in his administration have set records that will never be broken.....AND HE'S JUST GETTING STARTED.

I'm bored with his entire agenda and I'm simply hoping that the American public feels the same way.
Mid-terms are approaching and that should tell us something.,,,unless the GOP redistricting dealio has taken over completely

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Still the winner

On my last post I mentioned that I like to find the hottest "chicks" in the Olympics.....and of course mention a few compelling stories.

There are quite a few that grabbed my attention and they usually operate around the ice skating rink.
After careful consideration I think I have to pick the winner as the same winner I choose 4 years ago and eight years ago.

Madison Chock didn't win a medal but who cares?

The Shaun White story seems compelling but maybe for the wrong reasons.  Time will tell if his past behavior weighs more than his athletic accomplishments.

I keep thinking that maybe Lance Armstrong shouldn't be so tortured....after all he just abused himself.

The Lindsay Vonn saga is very compelling and Trump supporters are somehow involved in the post game parade of comments.....claiming she lost the downhill because of "Karma."  She was quoted a few weeks ago saying she wouldn't go to the White House if invited.  I think the real karma drama centers around the fact that now she doesn't have to worry about being invited.  She is the most decorated skier in United States history and that should be enough to keep her warm at night.  Look for her to be a lead commentator next to Bodie Miller at the next winter Olympics in 2022.

The US women's Hockey team defeated Canada for the gold medal in one of the most exciting hockey games I've ever watched.

YOU CAN COUNT THE HOCKEY GAMES I'VE WATCHED BY HOLDING UP YOUR TWO HANDS....and the games I've watched are in the Winter Olympics.

Getting back to the "babes"

Tessa Virtue from Canada just completed her fourth Olympic games and she won the gold medal with her partner, in all aspects of life, Scott Moir for Ice Dancing.

This is them awhile back.

 This is them......Now....gold medals and wedding bands......great story.

Norway has 5 million people and leads everyone in medals.
Of course there are lots of blondies in Norway and since they were Vikings it makes sense that they excel in winter sports.

This speed skater's name is Hege Bokko and I'm not sure how to pronounce it but she is definitely Bokko ok to me.

The 16 year old Russian skater who leads after the short program easily had the coolest looking costume and I think it helped her take a slight lead over the older Russian skater who is 18.  They both have great poise and the final should be quite entertaining.

That's enough beauty for now......it's time to get back to the Curling finals.  By the way how about the Curling dude who got expelled for Performance Enhancing drugs?  How in the world will he ever live that down?

So far I'm just elated that no one got killed in the Big Air and Half Pipe contests......

THOSE GUYS AND GALS ARE INSANE......
but 
Madison Chock is still the winner......

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Number 1300

This is my 1300th post on MIND JAZZ and it's the first day of the 2108 Winter Olympics, which are being held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

In a few days millions of Americans will actually know how to pronounce Pyeongchang and millions of human beings will turn their attention to an area of the world that has been dominated by a small "son of...." north of Pyeongchang.

I'm not going to spend time discussing the leader of North Korea because I'm sure he will make his presence  felt one way or another over the next two weeks.

I'm a huge fan of Olympic competition and today, before the Opening Ceremonies, the Curling events have started.

The shallow part of me always likes to find the most beautiful female faces participating in the Olympics but maybe all the recent news involving women coming forward regarding sexual harassment and abuse will make that type of entry.......wrong.

Does this mean I should  stop even looking a beautiful women with great athletic bodies?

There seems to be a fine line that I'm no longer allowed to cross.
or
does this get back to the old expression??????
"You can look but you better not touch".....which happens to be a lyric from a song

Most likely what will occur over the next two weeks of my Olympic coverage will be the following
situations.

:  I will point out a remarkable story or two regarding someone who might not even win a medal.
:  I will post a photo or two or three or four or even more of an extremely hot female athlete.
:  I will write about the winners and I write about the losers (of which there are none because once you are an Olympic participant you forever are an Olympic participant.
:  I will point out the good reporting of events.
:  I will also remark about the silly questions that get asked.

BUT THE MAIN THING I WILL DO OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS:

TRY TO AVOID NEWS ABOUT ANY EVENT THAT I'M INTERESTED IN THAT I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO WATCH ON THE DVR.

How in the world did anyone live before having a DVR?
My daughter's cell phone went down last night and she's asking the same question
about cell phones?
My take on cell phones is that they are totally addictive and withdrawal will be extremely painful.

If my DVR isn't working I just pick up a newspaper or a magazine and read about what happened.

Younger generations don't seem to know what a newspaper is....but the LA TIMES was just purchased for $500 million so there must be some value left....unless it's just a tax write-off for the billionaire Doctor who bought it.

God forbid that the whole INTERNET went down....or if some trillionaire bought it and started charging us by the nanosecond. 

I wouldn't be able to publish my 1300th article and you wouldn't be reading these words right now which would mean that you would be outside doing something physical....like participating in the 2018 Olympics.

Just stop for a sec and think about how hard all the athletes have worked to get to this moment on the world stage.  

Let's celebrate their efforts....win or lose.  And in the meantime let me be shallow and point out some beautiful female faces.

By the way....as you watch Lindsay Vonn try to win another medal do you also think about Tiger Woods?  Has your celebrity world completely blended into one odd bubble of information?
I'm trying not to think of Donald Trump as I get ready to watch the 2018 Games but I'm finding it almost impossible.  Watching the Curling doesn't work but maybe the more intense events will rid me of this ongoing nightmare.

Let the Games begin....and let the faces appear.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

And then came the actual facts

I'll give President "Biff" kudos on a few things from the State of the Union speech.

His hair wasn't orange.
He seemed subdued.
His tie wasn't overtly long.
He didn't talk for two hours.

As for some of his "strange" comments I'd like to start with the "clean coal" statement.

WHERE DOES CLEAN COAL EXIST?

I think back to when Ronnie removed the solar panels from the White House that Jimmy had installed in 1977.  Simply telling the fossil fuel and coal people that they had the upper hand.
Now 40 years later "Biff" announces that affordable solar panels from importers will be assessed a tariff that should even the playing field for US manufacturers.  In truth he's telling oil and coal people that once again they have the upper hand....and that no matter how much renewable energy has advanced he will do everything in his power to slow down the process.

I'm thinking that he can do whatever he wants but nothing is going to halt  the intelligent increase of renewable energy sources.  I'm also fairly certain that within a year or two when the renewable energy numbers continue to increase....he will take full credit and somehow spin the entire story so that he and Scott Pruitt of the decimated EPA will be heroes.

I know that sounds silly but so far he has taken credit for every single thing that was already happening to our economy,

Study the flow charts from 2008 regarding unemployment and stock market numbers and note that, as I've said many times before, the recovery from 2008 meltdown doesn't have an actual set time frame and that it could take 6 or 8 or 12 years.  It's been 10 years and of course the recovery started when that other guy was in the White House.

Once again he keeps talking about our resurgent military and once more I say look at the numbers.

Count our military airplanes, aircraft carriers and submarines compared to rest of the world

Look at the money we spend on our military budget compared to everyone else combined.

This discrepancy in numbers existed long before "Biff" entered office.

There has never been a stronger military in the world and even as China tries to play catch up and Russian tries to revamp...they are light years behind us....in both technology and machinery.

I suggest that if you want the actual facts regarding his speech that you do the research.


Of course I like Bernie's web page but that can't be a surprise.

And one more thing...don't try to point out that the Democrats didn't stand up for many of his statements,  Perhaps you can recall when the entire GOP side of the aisle sat on their thumbs for all of Barry's speeches.

That's just the game they play....and when you think about it.......it's not really a very nice game.

Facts and political speeches generally have very little in common.

Good luck sorting out the truth.

The fun part is doing the research and trying to figure out if any elected official is actually
an honest and right thinking human being.

It seems pretty obvious that the guy at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave is neither but then again he is not a politician.....he's just a celebrity.


And that my friends is an actual fact.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

"ODD"

That "family" in Perris, Ca has neighbors that thought their behavior was ODD.

I would summarize the last few years as ODD but in no way possible could that family be anything but
bat shit crazy.

I'm getting very concerned that there's something in the water or maybe those conspiracy people are right about the Chem-trails.

FOR EXAMPLE:

The "mom"  in Perris couldn't figure out why authorizes would come to her door.

The EPA allowing DOW to continue spraying nerve gas on our food.

The President of the United States expressing every thought he gets on Twitter.

A guy pushing the wrong button on a drill and making everyone in Hawaii think they were being annihilated.

The doctor for the female USA Olympic Gymnastic team. I can't even imagine how this went on for year after year after year.

Normally I'm very excited about the beginning of the Olympics but the location makes me very nervous.
I saw some pictures the other day of the area and first thought was.....where's the snow....and my second thought was how many of the 33,686 US soldiers lost their lives in those mountains.

They announced the other day that a North Korean team was being allowed to participate. I think one of the bobsled guys is Kim Jong Un.......(not capitalized normally but that's just the way I roll....deal with it)

I realize this is well off of point but it appears that the entire USC football roster is declaring for the NFL draft.

How about a slight change of pace......

And then there's another shift in style

Which actually happens to be the song I would select if asked to sing my favorite song for entrance to the pearly gates.

And then once I got inside I would crank it up a bit.

So let's interview the neighbors of those Perris people and then the grandparents, who apparently knew what was happening, and really figure out who is the oddest of them all.

I did hear a rumor that the Inland Empire, where Perris is located, supported Trump at about 70 percent.

Go figure.

ODD?

Probably not so much......more like the sign
of
the
times.


Michael Timothy McAlevey

Reviewing 2017 from non-personal angle

As I look back on 2017, with a social view, all I see is Trump.

Let's be honest here....the year was filled with an eclipse and the firing of the head of the FBI and of course that horrible incident in Las Vegas and the earthquake in Mexico.  Throw in three devastating hurricanes and the California fires and we had many things to take our mind off of what was happening in Washington D.C. with the GOP agenda.....
BUT
and yes it is a big butt......

Donald J. Trump, or as I like to call him, President "Biff" dominated the news....both at home and around the world.

The North Korean leader tried to steal some of the spotlight but every time he made a move "Biff" simply tweeted and took back center court.

Of course we had some sports moments that helped to take our mind off of reality....with the city of Houston celebrating their first ever World Series title after having been crushed by the flooding earlier in the year.

Those of us who are bit older in LA got to enjoy a local Dodger World Series experience for the first time in 29 years.

The Rams second season back in LA saw a complete turnaround of fortunes and this coming Saturday will mark their first playoff appearance since 2003.  Oh and by the way, the Rams are 6 point favorites over the Atlanta Falcons.....who actually played in last years Super Bowl and lost to the New England Patriots.

THIS POINT SPREAD DOES NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE ELEMENT OF A DEFEATED SUPER BOWL TEAM KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO NOT ONLY GET BACK TO THE BIG GAME....BUT WIN IT THIS TIME AROUND.

WHY THE ODDS MAKERS ARE IGNORING THE FALCONS SIMPLY MAKES NO SENSE TO ME AND IF I WERE A REAL GAMBLER...THIS WOULD SEEM LIKE AN OBVIOUS UPSET.

I'm just remembering how bad the Rams were a year ago, and yes they are now a much better team, but I think it takes a few years to be seriously able to advance in the playoffs.

But if I'm wrong then I'll sure as hell enjoy being wrong.

SEE......sports do take our minds off of reality.

Another area that takes our attention away from political reality is the world of show business.

2017 was unique because it tied show business up in a neat little knot known as "sexual harassment." In a year where Wonder Woman appeared with a huge flourish, many regular women came along and stood up for their dignity.

The sexual harassment issue then moved to politics and once more we were slapped with politics interrupting our leisure time.

The fact that two completely opposite political figures bit the dust (Franken and Moore) seemed like a sporting event.

2017 saw the 8th Star Wars story reach a billion dollars in sales within 3 weeks of its release.
1977 to 2017 and there seems to be no end in site unless Disney somehow implodes 
and since 1955 the name Disney has dominated every aspect of our culture NOT HAVING TO DO WITH POLITICS.

The real problems with the GOP agenda will become clear over the next year and reversing any damage will take a few more years.  Hopefully the upcoming midterm elections will be an indication of what will happen in 2020.

But I'm reminded of what part of Neo-Illumination #6 says.....

               "Happiness might be based on
                          how much
                          information
                                         one can ignore"

and if that's true then we might be faced with two terms of President Biff and everything that took place in 2017 will seem like a soft preview before the main attraction.

Just imagine for one second that 2017 was the gentle and uneventful year of his presidency.

I think I just scared myself.

Time to stop looking back and move forward into a year that will finally give me personal accomplishments that I been dreaming about since 1972 when I first started pounding out letters on my electric Smith Corona in an lovely little studio apartment overlooking a beautiful creek in Fairfax, California.

I think back to how much I detested the President of the United States in 1972 and this current dude just seems cartoonish compared to Tricky Dick....

The world has changed a lot since 1972 mainly due to the proliferation of arms and social avenues of communication but it has also changed in one other large way.

THOSE WHO ARE AWARE AND AWAKE
are
a much larger number then existed in 1972

and those who are aware and awake are much more aware and awake then
in 1972.

Of course there are now 7 BILLION people on the planet so everything has increased including things we can't seem to control like poverty, hunger, pollution, disease, migration and tragic climate episodes.

Those six bullet points listed above are what is exactly wrong with the GOP agenda.

Those issues are not on the table when we sit down to shallow what the Republican Party is serving.

But in the meantime....

Go Rams
and yes.........Spring Training is only 45 days away.......

Michael Timothy McAlevey