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You know [maybe] I once cited Picasso as saying

"Art is not for decoration; it is an instrument of war."

Well, he had another definition, which may be closer to home;

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

It’s bad enough that school children today have a more limited exposure to education than I did in the day, going through primary and secondary education in the 50s and 60s, graduating from high school in 1967. Now, today, specifically, the teacher’s unions advocate children having the day off, a holiday on this May 1st. May 1st, boys and girls, is a communist/socialist holiday, not an American democratic republic holiday. Do children today truly understand the distinction, because it sure seems the institution of primary and secondary education in America today has forgotten that those other guys are as far from peace and freedom, and the celebration of the most successful political revolution, resulting in our United States of America is the best, longest lasting constitutional democratic republic that has ever exited on Earth. It’s not just 250 years, counting from 1776, but from principles we endeavored to establish from the landing of the Mayflower in 1620 over 400 years ago. 

Have you ever read the Mayflower Compact, and for Whom the voyage to establish a Colony was done, and Who is acknowledged first, middle, and last, but merely allowing that their Sovereign, King James was in favor of their voyage? These ideals enshrined in this Mayflower document are not communist/socialist. The Mayflower predated that heinous philosophy by 228 years.

According to many people I have met around the world, having been in about 30 countries, exposed to many other languages, in my 76 years, the English language, either as the original [and for many, their only language], or as a second [or more], is a very difficulty language to learn. The faults, so I've been told, are several, beginning with the fact that English is burdened with more words [well over a million] than almost any other modern or ancient language. Most English speakers have a vocabulary of 20,000 words; a full college education may double that, and daily expected language to be considered literate is 10,000-to-15,000 words. However, daily common use, college or not, is limited to about 4,000 words.

Another problem is grammar; ours is one of the most violated grammars of many, not so much reading, but speaking. We are terrible at slurring words, which makes it difficult for foreigners to learn the language. Further, our grammar rules are legitimately broken even by following such texts as the Chicago Manual of Style, which many professional writers of fiction and non-fiction use as a standard, yet violate it all the time, mostly because even though I feel like my formative education in Los Angeles was a good one, and I was a dedicated student, I never encountered the manual of Style until I was in college. Associated with grammar is spelling [not an issue with speech], which is inconsistent in spite of rules and pronunciation.

My point is that there is a need to cut foreigners some slack while they try to learn English; their knowledge of use of their language probably exceeds our use of ours, and positively our use of theirs. Native Europeans, Slavs, Asians, and Africans have an excellent second language learning of English, much better than our efforts in their language. Our American education seems to have drifted to makes sure we understand how people feel, and not so much on what the know. As long as our students feel good, that's more important than brain training. That's no way to run an education system.

As word salads go, Kamamlala holds the Aces, but the Eights belong to Kimmel. Kammycakes can be forgiven; she knows no better. Kimmel, by contrast, owns his failure legitimately. To be as funny as he can be - but frequently, of late, chooses otherwise - one must have a head that can actually construct on-the-spot, but Kimmel's funny bone has a very flawed streak with regard to his TDS, and expressing condolence for Melania's widowhood only means Kimmel is one of those who thinks his guns fire themselves by thought, alone. Maybe he should ban his mouth until his TDS is cured.

https://nypost.com/2026/04/26/us-news/read-whcd-gunman-cole-allens-full-anti-trump-manifesto/

Cole Allen, the latest attempted [and failed] shooter, who was specifically targeting President Trump, along with others in the administration at the WHCD dinner, is just another loser, the third to attempt assassination of president Trump, which now means more people have trierdf to assassinate than have managed to try to impeach. Failure has a way of spreading around, and it is, therefore, a contagion.

"I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes," he wrote in his Manifesto. Typical whacko Democrat banter, being inconsiderate in chronic, severe miscalculation of the truth. Trump has not been tried or convicted of the crimes of pedophilia, rape, or treason. As for "coating [his] hands with his [Trump's 'crimes,'" since TRu7mp has not been charged, tried, nor convicted for those crimes, the allegation is a baseless as someDemocrats have ben since 2014, fr4om which time many Democrats have been after stripping Trump of his hide, removing his head, or attempting, and failing to assassinate him. For what? Well, as Trump has not been convicted of any crime [the conviction in NY Court is on hold for appeal, and this observer predicts the conviction will be vacated for failure of proper prosecutorial procedure, if nothing else.The civil trial Trump endured, assumed to be, and claimed to be for rape, because rape is a criminal action, was really a civil trial; he was found "liable," not "convicted," and therefore, his punishment is strictly a fine, not jail. People who do not understand these distinctions in the law ought to shut up; they know nothing of their accusations, and thus render themselves undeserving of their blue-state superior education.

President Trump is now the most frequently targeted president in the history of the United States. That is not a stat to be proud to document. The rhetoric of some Democrats is obviously inspiring whackos to act on impulse, justifying only that some people have absolutely no control of themselves, willing to let others trigger them. That, as well, is a sad stat. It points to, on one respect, the asinine idea of gun control, because it is obvious that the first result of that legal, statutory effort is that only whackos will end up with guns to use. Tell me how that improves our society?

Second, the vocal Democrats inspiring would-be assassins need to settle down and do their hired, elected job, like passing reasonable legislation, instead of targeting others in government with whom they disagree.

What is threatening to Democracy much more than MAGA is alleged to be is Democrat or Republican rhetoric that is not aimed at achieving "a more perfect union."

As of today, I present a new avatar, keeping the same elements, but a change of detail in the color stripes, keeping my attachment to my French ancestry, and the frog, but also acknowledging my American longevity [since 1625].

All my indoor/outdoor lights will be on for y'all tonight, as I do every Earth Day [but not until after sunset].

Just had a battery pack installed last month for my 37-panel solar array, so it will cost me nothing this year.

Example: the debate Islam is Useless in Every sense [https://www.debatecraft.com/debates/d/71/islam-is-useless-in-every-sense], neither opponent enter argument. Pro [the instigator] forfeited each round, a full forfeiture, and thus automatic loss, but Con never wrote an argument in any round, but merely acknowledged forfeiture by Pro on round one, and rested on that statement for the balance of rounds, That is not a winning argument, either, so should not deserve to win, but there is a vote declaring Con the winner. How can one win a debate merely by default, It skews the rating of the opponent who has not legitimately offered argument. Surely, that cannot be. I argue. for adding a fourth voting option: a null vote, which does not award either opponent.

The null vote is needed to distinguish such debate results from a debate in which both opponents participate, but on which no voter registers any vote, which result is rendered as a tie. On DART, I was one of the leading contenders for such debate results: a tie because no one voted even though both participants participated. A tie is deserved in that instance, but not as above. In the case presented above, neither opponent even deserves the tie since neither participated. There must be a legit argument to meet BoP by at least one participant in at least one round in order to deserve a winning vote by at least one voter. If participants agree to a debate, to win or draw, they must participate in at least one round, better, of course, in all rounds. When one forfeits, the other can enter argument, and then waive following rounds to the end, or until the forfeiting participant enters argument in a later round.

Iran's problem, regardless who is the U.S. President, though most since Carter have not understood this point, and have not treated Iran with the position the U.S. should have always maintained, is they Iran, and its proxies, brought a gun to what was never to be a fight. Yes, I know the routine; don't bering a knife to a gun fight. But that presumes there is and should be a fight. And, yes, this misunderstanding has been the plight of human relations since Ug and Tok. Two thousand years ago, we heard a viable message: "love your enemies." It is only by that practice that "enemy" becomes a demonstrated, useless word, because there is then no meaning to it. Peace is not merely the absence of war, it is the preferred state of affairs of true civilization. As the US Constitution's Preamble states it: "A more perfect union."

Some of you have previously, bitterly complained that Trump was a draft dodger with a 1-Y classification during the 60s [Vietnam] for bone spurs, but did any of you know and mention that Biden had the same 1-Y classification for asthma-dodge? Both also had legitimate education deferments. In addition, Trump's draft lottery number was #356, meaning his birthdate was the 356th day drawn from a "hat," and since the draft never exceeded #195, how would have never been drafted, anyway? oops. Biden, born before the earliest year considered for the draft [1944], did not have a draft lottery number [a recognized old white man], but was still given deferment.

One less issue you can drop from woke complaints.

This is a post in response to one from a couple of days ago, "Shoes," in which SergeantLynch asks about Trump imposing tight shoes from China for his Cabinet.

So, did Oba'a, himself, force himself to shove his hand up JoJoBiden's arse to move the wooden puppet's mouth, and thereby serve a third term as President? Dirty job, but somebody had to do it. Too bad the arm wasn't long enough to occupy the puppet's brainbasket. Maybe a dirtier job.

But although Oba'a had two hands, he couldn't do the same for the veep to strangle her word salads?

Since this is now history, do we have any answers? Asking for a friend.

Btw, Barry's hands are not even from China. They claim to be home-grown, and that's fine with me.

Beginning 19 April and over 7 full days, 9am to 9pm, 84 hours in all, at the Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C., the entire Holy Bible will be read by some 84 distinguished people, and hour each, including President Trump.

If you think the Holy Bible speaks only to and of Israel, ignoring all others, prepare to be wrong. It speaks to all, even to those who think religion has nothing to say to them. That's your decision, not God's.

Personally, I suggest when you have read it, word-for-word, cover-to-cover, as I have frequently advised, why stop there. other books ought to populate your reading list. The Quran, The Book of Mormon, The Tripitaka, The Book of Shadows, The Vedas, The Tao Te Ching, and others. I have read the first five of the list [oincludes the Holy Bible, and four of the adjacent list], so I*m not recommending anything I have not finished or at least begun myself.

You will see by a more detailed than cursory reading that many principles are shared by people around the world, demonstrating that truth can be shared by virtually all of us in many different approaches.

Or, shun the efforts and be ignorant of foundational understanding of ourselves and our relation to the divine.

Many Democrats, official and on the street [blocking street traffic, usually, I guess because protest is ineffective on the sidewalk, and they typically misunderstand what the first amendment right to peaceably assembly means because it is not written in woke] think their entire lives have been disrupted [read "destroyed"] by Donald Trump.

Wouldn't it refreshing for them to realize much of what they protest was initiated by Dems in the first place?

Like Truman's WWII-ending nukes

Like Kennedy/Johnson's Vietnam War

Like Carter's Egypt/Israel Peace Accord.

Like Clnton's Bosnia attack.

Like Obama's deal with Iran, granting them $Bs

Like Biden's reelease of US sanctions against Russia's Nord Stream nat gas pipeline

Pope Leo ought to back off meddling with president Trump and the US v Iran.

After all, the Vatican has depended on the Swiss Guard for their protection since 1506 - over 500 years. Isn't it about time the Vatican have it's own home-grown force, and dress them a little more effectively than a carnival suit - not Micky's best work even though I admire him virtually above any other artist who ever lived.

The level-7 civilization is the next generation; being now godly in the sixth level, the seventh is passing the torch to our children, just as God anciently passed it to us, and thus, the cycle of civilizations begins anew, as it has for eons into the distant past, which had no beginning, and forward an equivalent infinite future, with no end to it, either. That is what eternity means.

Kardaschev's 6-level civ is a mature, god-like power which has control over every possible energy source material to create and shape it to an infinite-capable and universal energy source of omnipotent ability. There is only one further level of civilization beyond this, and that level is discussed by the level-7 civ.

Eric Swalwell [D-CA 14th] Congressman and former House Intel Chrmn who became Keystone Cop with Jerry Nadler [trhen D-NY 10th] under Nancy Pelostomy, inundated from several years ago with philandering with a Red Chinese spy, and now with several office "assistants," who tried valiantly with "evidence" to impeach Trump, had sacrificed his gov campaign [CA], and now has quit Congress. I'm so sad [not]

Swallowell deserved to choke.

Kardaschev's level-5 civ is universal in scope, purpose, and accomplishment. Its abilities begin to appear god-like, and are. Who said it was ever possible for man to become god? Well, for one, God did. Also, the ancient Egyptians thought so. I suggest reading the Egyptian Book of the Dead. There's an English translation by E.A. Wallis Budge, and Egyptologist of the early 20th century. It is a worthy read. It is more appropriately titled "Spells for Coming Forth by Day." It is about resurrecting in perfection. Abraham taught the Egyptians when he sojourned there, and they learned and absorbed much from him, and pattered their tremples of the middle kingdom-dynasties according to his instruction.

Don't know if Kardashev ever read any of this re: ancient Egypt, he doesn't seem to mention.

The level-5 civilization is learning to to manipulate matter and energy and to create both at atomic level to bring order out of chaos. That is the better understranding of what creation is: organization of matter and energy; not creation from nothing. Looked at from that perspective, creation does not sound like magic, but merely learning higher levels of knowledge than man can conceive.

In tyhefirst of this series, level-0, I mentioned eight steps of kazdaaschev's levels of civilization. I meant 7, which means there are 2 levels to go.

Kardaschev's level-4 civ is virtually unimaginable simply because at level 3, Galactic-level energy control, we have embarked on the virtual zenith of possible civilization, yet we're barely half-way along the scale. Here is the level of recognition of knowing all, because we have achieved the ultimate power; to manage a galaxy. Now, the challenge is to repeat the effort toward separate galaxies, but that is just expansion of wisdom without necessarily expanding knowledge.

The two are just about the same thing; knowledge and wisdom. One might say the distinction is levels of capability of perfection merely by repeated experience. It's like learning how to do a task once to ultimate perfection. Now, can we do it again? Repeat the performance? And then again, and then, still, again. That is the acqusition of wisdom, not just knowledge. How to use knowledge to its best effects. We may be able to stack an infinite number of stones, one upon another, but how stable are they? With experience of multiple efforts, stability will increase. That's true progress at this level of civilization.

Is it possible to achieve a higher level of civilization than this?

Yes; that is what levels 5 and 6 are for.

The massive shift of tech that is level-3 civ will contain the power to tame the entire galaxy of star system to bring them under human dominion. o

This is entry in to the third type of civilization; Galactic Civ.

One feature of level-3 is the development of Dyson Spheres around every star system of the entire galaxy, the Mike Way. This means that travel around d the galaxy is possible, and colonization of humans can be achieved everywhere within the galaxy where human life is able to be sustained. This id the ability to populate any planet in the galaxy able to sustain "Class-M planets" of "Star Trek" fame, as 23rd century [to date, still science fiction] achievement; featuring nitrogen-oxygen atmospheres, liquid water, moderate climates, and are usually found in a star’s habitable zone, with Earth, Vulcan, and Romulus being notable [in the fictional "Star Trek" realm].

It is also thought [by Kardashev] that humanity, at this level of civilization, may be distinguishably different by evolution than today's humanity, giving us such variations as exhibited but the fictional "Star Trek" series.

Kardashev's level-2 civ is another Planetary Civilization0; its influence and power does not exceed the effect and power to launch th4e civilization beyond the planet on which one lives; in our case, planet Earth, or perhaps even other planets of the solar system. Therefore, even our colonization of the Moon, or Mars, the only planetary bodies other than Earth we are likely to inhabit for any length of time with our current tech.

A level-2 civilization has the ability to harness the power of the Sun. One of the effects of this acquired tech is the ability to create am energy cell, or seal, around the Earth which can by engaged and disengaged so that we can travel through it to the Moon and other planets, but with in engaged, will protect the Earth from wayward bodies as large as our Moon which may be on a collision course with Earth, but will be utterly destroyed by the cell, such that small fragments will not pass through to impact the Earth, but will be utterly vaporized. This "cell" is now called a "Dyson Sphere," named for the American physicist, Freeman Dyson, who conceived the idea.

We will achieve level-2 status within a thousand years.

Kardashev's level-1 civ is another Planetary Civilization. I forgot to mention in the 0-level post that there are three types of civilizations, the first being planetary, meaning that it's energy-producing capability and power is limited to the planet whereon it is employed, and upon other planets in our solar system. We have, to date, landed people on the Moon, but the Moon is not another planet in our solar system, so it doesn't count for advancement We have successfully sent mechanical "robots" to Mars and other planets, and operate them from Earth, but all those are within the Solar System, so they don't count as advanced civilization, either. One must advance beyond type 2, engaging in type 3 civilization to advance beyond planetary civilization.

The second type is Stellar Civilization, wherein the energy sources are capable of powering other star systems within our galaxy, up to the powering of all star systems within the Milky Way, encompassing type 4 civilization.

The third type is Galactic Civilization, wherein the energy sources are capable of powering other galactic systems, up to the powering of the entire universe. We have a long way to go, since this is only achievable in type 6 civilizations.

So, back to planetary level-1 civ: Kardashev calculated that a level-1 civ was 200 - 500 years ahead of us; "us" being within the decade of our first landing and walking on. the moon, nearly sixty years ago. We had computer tech in its infancy; no independent hand-held devices, yet.

W'hat tech we hold in our hand, now, required room-size computing systems in the 60s, and much of that reduction can be attributed to the miniaturization required to leave Earth in a capsule capable of maintaining our lives in a relative vacuum in space immediately around the Earth. So, next time you think our investment in space exploration would be better served here on Earth, remember to toss your smartphone in to the trash, because you would not have it without space exploration. Consider that our tech, today, cannot match the concrete developed by the ancient Romans, and at that, our ancestors lost the formula and we re-invented a less capable version just 200 years ago, and have yet to match the Roman version.

I have seen a variety of definitions. Nat Geo once published - sometime in the 80s, I think, a list of six or5 seven defining principles, the whole of which would demonstrate the best of our civilization that disks not5 yet entertain nuclear power, or nuclear anything, meaning a level of technology free-dsating nuke tech. Technology, itself, in the broad stroke, was near the last of the list, if not the last, others included oral, then written language, to achieve complex, and even legitimate theoretical science over and above "earth sciences" of thousand of years in development. Another feature was elevation above an agrarian, hunter/gatherer status to full agriculture [plant and animal husbandry] Another was the wheel, and then other mechanically driven devices to assist and simplify work. Establishment of politics/government. Development of formal education from childhood into adulthood, and freeing up children from necessary farmers/huntrers to be so educated. Ther3e are others, but these formed Nat Geo's suggest3ed meaning of civilization.

Russian astrophysicist, Nikolai Kardashev, proposed the Kardashev Scale of Civilization in 8 steps in 1964. This scale was developed on the basis of energy use, and began at Level 0 as a civilization depending on petroleum as the primary energy source, meaning that in 1964, earthlings were a level 0 civilization.

Today, 6 decades later, our energy dependence on petroleum to the tune of 60%-plus, keeps us at level 0. But, Kardechev believed global warming [now called climate change, but Kardashev used the earlier term] was indeed an existential threat, as some. like AlGore, still believe it, believing that man is too stupid to figure out what isn't there case anyway; that petroleum is not a renewable engergy source.

Our familiar Nat Geo still believes that, and yet, petroleum continues to be a readily available energy source, and does not seem to be exhausting itself as was predicted in the 1950s, to be exhausted within 20-30 years]. We'rter still pumping th4e stuff out of the ground at increasing rates, worldwide, with no end in sight, given just proven reserves, let alone what is unknown.

Meanwhile, wind power, claimed to be "renewable," is not producing 24-7, is it? And solar fails every single night of the world. These may be "renewable," but they cannot be said to be perpetually sustainable with so many interruptions.

That petroleum ceased to be produced with the death of the dinosaurs is just a convenient myth. So, Kardashev's scale is, at best, just another biased climate change theory that is failing to inundate us by invading oceans onto our landmasses, as predicted by AlGore. It was his "inconvenient truth," and that it has not come to pass in his lifetime,

AlGore is a woke relic who, though he invented the internet [?}, it seems he's never been able to invent AlGoreGooeyJuice to replace petroleum, which is supposed to be completely eliminated and replaced in four years, by the originally established green schedule, and as guarantee by An Occasional Cortex [AOC] back in the Oba'a administration. So, we're a 0-level civilization, no more civilized than Ug and Gut.

We'll cover the more advanced Kardashev civilizations in other topics by the numbers.

Jeffries, a painfully scrawny man, and NY 8th's Congressman [God help them] said today that Major Pete Hegseth, SoW [Sec'ry of War] did not earned his position in Trump's Cabinet.

Jeffries ignores Hegseth's 9-years of military service in the National Guard [while Hak has served for 0 seconds], finishing at the rank of Major.

Hegseth was confirmed by the Senate along tied party lines, [Dems, as usual for a Trump presidency, were no-shows of support, so Vance, the VP, broke the tie, which is Constitutional [therefore, earned].

If it seems Dems are irrationally contrary to Trump, just remember their woke, DEI Dictionary has but 10 pages, 9 of which are English grammar instructions according to DEI, which is, sadly, a starved language they believe sufficient to lead blue-state America. When the bar is that low, any blue-stater passes, illiterate, or not, which is the explanation for their insistence that blue-state education is superior.

What they ignore, and Jeffries does in spades, is that there is no state in the union which has not been both blue and red. Not a single one, so their insistence of blue-state superiority is decidedly from a biased position, a position where a one-eyed man among totally blind is king, but one-eyed men lack binocular stereopsis; a key to see true perspective. Even politically expedient perspective.

Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., 77, rais3d a long-shot bid to impeach Trump by issuing 13 articles of impeachment as he faces a primary threat from younger challengers. He also faces violating his own House Rules in levying articles of impeachment in the first place, but even Nancy Pelostomy, in Trump's first term, issued articles of impeachment in violation of House Rules she, herself, ratified in the 116th and 117th Congress. By the rules, until the entire House membership votes to investigate a party for impeachment, no articles of impeachment can be issued. Pelostomy's launch, in both Congresses, was by a presser. Larson is no more creative than that, and is not the House Speaker, to boot. Just an ordinary Congressman. Well, no one said Democrats in Congress are particularly brilliant.

Amir-Saeid Iravani, the current Iranian UN Ambassador, in voted "humanity" as he complained against the US proposal to destroy Iran's bridges and power plants if they do not open the Strait of Hormuz in 5 hours from now, less a few minutes since Trump's stated ultimatum deadline.

This absurd declaration by Iravani was claimed on the floor of the UN General Assembly while women and children - humanity, after all - apparently surround power plants in Iran. What about humanity for its own citizens? For a Great Satan, their own humanity is null and void.

"Natural" supplements may not be as beneficial as advertised, specifically with regard to healthful benefit if taken in massive doses, and worse, so-claimed "natural" sources, such as "plant-based." In fact, it is well known, now, if not known as well known even 20 - 30 years ago, that massive doses of Vitamin C may be not just necessary, but even harmful, if taken in excess. Vit. C is not alone in that risk. There are many vitamins and minerals and other supplement "natural" products that are harmful to ideal health if taken in excess.

And, the fact is, if a diet is based upon fresh food, with little to no processed food sources - essential, food purchased on the perimeter of your grocery store, conveniently, or grown yourself, that diet will suffice without the need of supplements, which can, in some cases, be ridiculously expensive and nowhere near the limited benefit derived since it is mostly not absorbed in the body, but passed through and discarded. Do you really need to dump money down the crapper? Need vitamin C? - eat fruit. Have we forgotten, or never learned the real sources of the nutrients we require? Didn't mommy ever teach you? Mine did, thank God.

To the title's message, essentially the 'if' portion of an if/then statement, I would have the "then" say:

Come the 8 pm eastern time [US] deadline for Iran to surrender and open the Strait of Hormuz, I would send bombers to the selected bridges and energy sites in Iran, but the bombs would be shyte bombs. Yes, toilet product. Tons and tons and tons of it; enough to render these sites inhospitable for human decency. Not necessarily lethal, but it will send a message of unequivocal terms: Iran, the Great Shyte.

Anyt regime that, faced with targeted annihilation when offered a peaceful survival, and who would, instead place their most vulnerable to combat in the way - women and children - that regime, not the USA, is the Great Satan, period.