Almost anything could happen next here, simply because the U.S. said to Israel: "Don't attack Iran directly!" and basically what the U.S. said was: "We are not going to put boots on the ground or attack Iran ourselves."
So, Iran might feel that the only thing that they can do is to wipe out Israel completely. This would be a disaster unlike anything really since World War II or the Viet Nam War or the Korean War.
This is a very serious situation that hopefully dies down soon because Iran does not have an Iron dome which means that when Israel attacks and blows a lot of stuff up if it does you have to expect that Iran will send it's whole army into destroy Israel personally. This is a real Problem for the whole world!
For me as a writer, it is 5% writing something and then 95% editing it. Unless you have someone that you are paying to edit your work or maybe better yet a friend or relative that wants to edit your work for free, this is something to think about when you start writing if you also want to publish (as say a book or pamphlet what you write).
I didn't try really to edit anything much that I wrote outside of typos and context from 1980 to about 1999 or 2000. Why?
Because I never had planned to publish online or in any form what I was writing. My primary reason for writing was to heal myself at a really deep level. I had had enough traumas in my life like most people and one of the many reasons I studied to become a psychologist in the 1970s was to heal myself and anyone else that I could from the traumas of their lives too.
But, even though I actually never became a psychologist because my live in girlfriend got pregnant and we decided to get married, I still learned a great deal about healing myself and others at a very deep and profound level. And on top of this I always had good counseling skills which I learned also from my parents from the time I was 6 to 12 years old simply because my parents were in charge of a church in Los Angeles. And so often people needed counseling in their church and I listened too whenever it was okay with everyone present. I listened to rich and poor and middle class people ask for help in counseling of my minister parents. And so since growing up I was a listener and quiet and listened to the adults around me it made me wiser than many children and younger adults by the time I was 15.
So, as I started to try to heal myself more seriously after I moved to Mt. Shasta in 1980 when I remarried I used some or even all of the techniques I had learned from my parents and from studying to be a psychologist in college on myself.
However, at the time I believed I was writing a form of healing therapeutic Science Fiction. But, by 1998 and 1999 I finally realized that wasn't what I actually was writing. In 1980 when I began to write in more my present style of writing I didn't believe that one could access past, present and future lifetimes of one's soul or other souls that one knew along the way.
However, as I prepared for my death from a heart virus (even before doctors knew what it actually was) I realized later that almost everyone I knew of who had a heart virus in California in the 1990s died but me.
So, out of gratitude to God for saving my life I decided as a Gift back to God that I would publish my writings to help any of mankind who found my writings so they would better understand their pasts and futures as souls here on earth in human bodies.
So, this is how my personal style of writing evolved to where it is today.
I have a unique perspective partly from being born just after the end of World War II and partly from growing up in California in the 1960s and 1970s. I was 21 in 1969 so it was a very interesting but turbulent time coming of age during all the assassinations and the Viet Nam War which turned most people against our government and took away almost all trust in Government here in the U.S. ever since.
However, I still think the U.S. is the best country to be a part of simply because you might have a future here where in other countries you would be much more likely to starve to death and die of many different diseases because of the lack of a formal education which might save your life in various ways.
But, if you want to go from poor to rich you have much more chance of doing that someplace like Canada than the U.S. now because of their social programs.
But, you still might get rich if you grow up middle class in the U.S. but there is almost no hope now if you start out poor. But, then again there are always exceptions to every rule.
But, writing for me is very healing. And sometimes you heal yourself and sometimes you heal others along the way. It's all good if your motivation is good to begin with.
By God's Grace
Why?
Because he is a danger to all the lawyers and the Judge and the witnesses and their families. And because he is a danger to their very survival he likely will be put in jail at some point for revealing things that will endanger these people and their families.
It's likely when someone dies or is maimed by a crazy Trump supporter that will allow the judge to Put Trump in Jail or what they call "Protective Custody'.
The way Trump operates is like a Mafia Mob Boss in how he functions and the courts are used to putting guys like this in jail during trials in order to protect the general public from death or dismemberment by associates of the Mob Boss (or in this case crazies who support Trump in killing people). So, when the perpetrators are shot and killed after killing or maiming the family members of the Lawyers and witnesses and jurors of this trial etc. Trump likely will be put in jail at that point out of necessity for the public well being and good and general Safety.
Trump is not a safe person for the U.S. government to have out and about harming and killing people by what he says ongoing in regard to this trial or anything else.
We are presently staying in a resort hotel that is many stories high which looks out to sea on surrounding Islands in Hawaii. It is very beautiful here and the sunsets are amazing. Yesterday we drove up to Haleakala and I was very pleased I did so well at 10,000 feet which is much better than I did in 2019 where I barely could get out of the car without passing out from the altitude. So, this was amazingly better thanks to Western Medicine.
However, last night the temperature in the room went up and up and up to around 77 degrees which for someone from northern California is not comfortable to sleep in. At home we set our heating system to 65 usually during the day and at night we set it to 68 or to 70 because my wife is in her late 60s and I'm 76 this month.
However, 77 degrees is pretty hot for us, especially if we are trying to go to sleep. After fussing with the air conditioning controls it wasn't working right so we called the maintenance people who work on air conditioning and other technical things for the resort. I wouldn't want this job tonight because they are likely dealing with 100 to 200 or more unhappy people with 77 degrees in their rooms and suites too who aren't going to be happy at that temperature. However, the maintenance technician said that the whole building was down (air condition wise) but that the system should reset itself and go back on within an hour or two which was good news except we were both exhausted (my wife and I) from the 9 hours we spend walking and driving and seeing the sights on Haleakala which is a really amazing experience.
Imagine you are in the middle of the Pacific Ocean about as far away as you could be from a major land mass or civilization (at least as we know it in the U.S.) and you are driving up through a sea of clouds and then you arise out of the clouds and into the bright bright sunshine with thousands of feet drops next to your road with basically no guardrails. Pretty exciting isn't it! Then you are seeing horses and cows and goats next to you, especially between 3000 and 5000 feet in elevation. Then you drive into a forest (planted by people) that is a minimum of 100 acres of knotty pine trees which is something you are not expecting to see on the Hawaiian islands but they are okay growing here because they were planted at around 5000 to 6000 feet in elevation which is a completely different microclimate than you get at sea level. Then you enter Haleakala National Park through an unmanned kiosk with a robotic machine that you have to navigate so every one is trying to figure out how to legally enter the park without getting arrested by a Ranger. Then I read on the sign that I don't need to do anything because I have a Senior pass that gets me in for free into all National Parks in the U.S. (which cost me about 10 dollars maybe 10 years ago and it's still valid today.)
Anyway back to the Air conditioning malfunction in our resort rooms. I'm too tired to wait and hour or two for the air conditioning in the building to reset so I go to sleep in the 77 degrees with very little on at all of course. My wife gets up frustrated in an hour or two and tries to reset the Air conditioner like the Technician said. I get up around 6 am and the temperature has dropped from 77 degrees to 74 degrees which is better. Then by around 8 to 9 am it finally went down to 71 degrees which is nice. So, my wife was finally happy at this temperature. What was the strangest thing to me was that when our rooms inside were 74 degrees outside it was 67 degrees at around 6 am. Now it's 79 degrees outside and 71 inside which is nice inside or outside with the sea breezes and the ocean waves crashing all along the beach below our veranda.
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WASHINGTON — Facing a divided party and pressure to act, House Speaker Mike Johnson rolled out three bills Wednesday to provide assistance to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, with the hope of holding final votes on Saturday.
The bills represent a major test of Johnson’s ability to navigate a thicket of political and global challenges with a wafer-thin majority. And it comes as Johnson, R-La., faces a serious threat to his gavel from Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky.
Johnson's biggest challenge is Ukraine funding, an issue that has bitterly divided the GOP. He has been squeezed by conservative security hawks who want to help Ukraine fend off Russia’s aggression and by an empowered isolationist wing that is feeding off former President Donald Trump’s criticism of NATO and prior Ukraine aid measures.
Multiple Republicans say they oppose any funding for Ukraine, meaning that a significant share of Democrats will be required to carry that measure over the finish line. Many of the provisions in the bills resemble the package passed by the Senate in one bundle, which Johnson rejected and refused to put to a House vote.
In a message to members before releasing the legislation, Johnson said there would be "three bills that will fund America’s national security interests and allies in Israel, the Indo-Pacific, and Ukraine, including a loan structure for aid, and enhanced strategy and accountability."
He said Republican leadership will come forward with an amendment process "alongside a fourth bill that includes the REPO Act," which is aimed at seizing Russian assets to benefit Ukraine; the House-passed bill to ban TikTok in the U.S. unless it divests from its China-based owner; as well as "sanctions and other measures to confront Russia, China, and Iran."
“We expect the vote on final passage on these bills to be on Saturday evening,” Johnson said in a text message obtained by NBC News.
He said there will also be a "border security bill that includes the core components of H.R.2" — a conservative, House-passed immigration bill — moving under a separate process. That measure serves as a sweetener for reticent conservatives who are unhappy that the aid bills don't include domestic immigration provisions.
Multiple House conservatives pushed back immediately on social media Wednesday after Johnson's message went out, complaining that the border measures weren't directly tied to Ukraine funding.
"The Republican Speaker of the House is seeking a rule to pass almost $100 billion in foreign aid — while unquestionably, dangerous criminals, terrorists, & fentanyl pour across our border. The border 'vote' in this package is a watered-down dangerous cover vote. I will oppose," Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, wrote on X.
Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., the most recent chair of the hard-right Freedom Caucus, said: "Anything less than tying Ukraine aid to real border security fails to live up to @SpeakerJohnson's own words just several weeks ago. Our constituents demand — and deserve — more from us."
Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, earlier called aid to Ukraine unnecessary, saying: “I’m not giving them a nickel today, tomorrow or next week."
“Putin is not going into Poland. I don’t care what you say. Besides, anyway, it doesn’t really matter because ... when Donald Trump wins, Putin’s leavin’. Putin’s leavin’ Ukraine,” Nehls said ahead of the bill’s release, without explaining his logic.
House Democrats have repeatedly called on Johnson to bring up a Senate-passed foreign aid package instead, calling it the best — if not only — path to getting a bill on Biden's desk. They have posted a "discharge petition" with 195 signatories to end-run Johnson and force a vote on that bill. It needs 218 votes to come up, meaning it will need the backing of some Republicans in addition to Democrats.
At a Wednesday meeting with Democrats, House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., told members that they need to use their “personal relationships” with Republicans to garner support for the discharge petition, according to two people familiar with her comments.
At a bilateral meeting later Wednesday with Ukraine Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen plans to dial up the pressure on House Republicans to act.
“The failure of House Republicans to act to support Ukraine in this pivotal moment of the war for so long has been inexcusable—and detrimental to our national security,” Yellen will say, according to a Treasury source. “Every moment of delay by House Republicans strengthens Putin and emboldens America’s adversaries around the world who are closely watching to see if we, the United States, maintains its resolve to support a democratic Ukraine as it fends off an autocratic Russia.”
Meanwhile, Greene has not said when she might force a vote on her "motion to vacate" the speaker's chair, which would take a simple majority to remove Johnson from his job. Her effort gained a cosponsor in Massie on Tuesday, who predicted Johnson would be voted out.
It's not clear the votes are there to oust Johnson. Many conservatives, including some who voted to remove former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, have not joined the effort to oust Johnson. Some Democrats have also said they'll vote to protect Johnson from a motion to depose him.
But Massie said that would only hurt his standing with the GOP in the long term.
“Then he goes further in the hole with Republicans. He becomes toxic to the conference. For every Democrat who comes to his aid he’ll lose 2 to 3 more Republicans,” Massie said. “He doesn’t have much shelf life after that.”
Johnson struck a defiant tone Tuesday when asked about the threat to his gavel, calling it “absurd” while saying he’s “not concerned” about the motion and will continue to do his job.
One of our guests had never been to Maui or Haleakala National Park so we decided to do that today and drive to 10,000 feet elevation on Haleakala on Maui. At first I drove over to Kahului to go up the mountain but I took likely a shortcut because the sign said Haleakala but son found if I went that way i would wind up in Kihei which wasn't where I wanted to be if I was driving up Haleakala. So, I got back on where I needed to be. Luckily, I lived here in 1989 and 1990 so I figured it out pretty quick. There are burned trees up this road on the ranches (horse and cattle ranches and I also saw some goats that were mostly around Kula elevation or 3000 to 4000 feet elevation. So, I figured maybe someone was burning trash or smoking a cigarette last summer or riding a motorcycle without a spark arrestor on his motorcycle or ATV maybe. (not sure exactly where the fires started last August that burned from up high across maybe to Lahaina? Not sure at this point.
Anyway, we got up to the pine forest which is just below the Entrance into the National park. By the way if you are over 65 you can get free entrance into ALL U.S. National Parks for a 10 dollar card and signing up. So I didn't have to pay because I'm in my 70s to go into the National Park. (could be more than 10 dollars now simply because I got mine at least 10 years ago now.
I was amazed to be as strong as I was at altitude. It likely is the Pacemaker I had installed in 2020 that year that allows me to be okay at 10,000 feet. However, I know better than to sleep at that altitude.
I found this out the hard way sleeping at 7100 feet at Old Faithful Lodge in Yellowstone and at high altitude At Lake Louise too but there it's only 5200 feet in elevation.
So, we went up to the crater and looked down which was nice and then we went up to the lookout and above the clouds and could see above the clouds 100 miles away Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa which are I believe 13,800 feet around there and Mauna Loa is 13, 679 so they actually are within a couple of hundred feet in altitude. Also, if you take the Mauna Kea altitude from the sea floor it is actually Taller than mt. Everest at 30, 610 feet from the sea floor. So, Mauna Kea is actually the tallest prominence on earth in distance from the sea floor?
| Mauna Kea | |
|---|---|
| Maunakea[1] | |
 Mauna Kea in December 2007, with its seasonal snow cap visible | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,207.3 m (13,803 ft)[2] |
| Prominence | 9,330 m (30,610 ft)[2] |
| Isolation | 3,947 km (2,453 mi)[3] |
| Listing | |
| Coordinates | 19°49′14.4″N 155°28′05.0″W[2] |
| Geography | |
  Mauna Kea Position of Mauna Kea in Hawaiʻi | |
| Location | Hawaiʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States |
| Parent range | Hawaiian Islands |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Oldest dated rock: 237,000 ± 31,000 years BP[4] Approximate: ~1 million years[4] |
| Mountain type | Shield volcano Hotspot volcano |
| Volcanic arc/belt | Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain |
| Last eruption | 2460 BCE ± 100 years |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | Recorded: Goodrich (1823)[5] |
| Easiest route | Mauna Kea Trail |
| Designated | November 1972 |
Mauna Kea (/ˌmɔːnə ˈkeɪə/ or /ˌmaʊnə ˈkeɪə/;[6] Hawaiian: [ˈmɐwnə ˈkɛə]; abbreviation for Mauna a Wākea)[7] is an inactive shield volcano on the island of Hawaiʻi.[8] Its peak is 4,207.3 m (13,803 ft) above sea level, making it the highest point in Hawaii and second-highest peak of an island on Earth. The peak is about 38 m (125 ft) higher than Mauna Loa, its more massive neighbor. Mauna Kea is unusually topographically prominent for its height: its wet prominence is fifteenth in the world among mountains, at 4,205 m (13,796 ft); its dry prominence is 9,330 m (30,610 ft). This dry prominence is greater than Mount Everest's height above sea level of 8,848.86 m (29,032 ft), and some authorities have labeled Mauna Kea the tallest mountain in the world, from its underwater base.[a] Mauna Kea is ranked 8th by topographic isolation.
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Also, on the way down from the top of Haleakala we were trying to get to Makawao but got too hungry around 6 pm to do that since the last meal we all ate was at breakfast. So, we went to Kula Lodge Restaurant which is very uptown now with live entertainment tonight and really great items on the menu. However, depending on the day you might need a reservation to eat there. But the food and entertainment there was really good and the sommelier (the wine steward was really excellent even though I don't drink alcohol because my father was allergic and me and my grandfather to alcohol).
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