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Chernoble dome, 100 year life

                                                                                        

JUST FOR NO FUN

  You might see how far the international consortium has come building the largest  moveable object on Earth, The Chernoble Containment Arch, to last 100  years.

   If you’re interested in what is happening in Chernoble Nuclear Plant , See the NOVA short description of the progress on Netlix. The largest moveable object has been moved in place and the consortium is trying to figure how to do all the rest with robotics.  1.5 Billion Dollars  was collected from 30 nations.. Design &; construction was won by French companies who are way ahead of our lagging technology.

                                             

bUILD YOUR OWN

   

HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN AR-15

  Do, you want to mow down your co-workers? Your kids’ school & teachers? Well, I just discovered how you can do it without any pesky government interference.

  First of all , you buy modular housing receiver , which is the only part considered a firearm as it contains the serial number, but you can buy it without any paperwork or government approval.

The AR-15 is a semi-automatic gun, fires only one round each time you pull the trigger and looks like a AK-47, . Now that’s not fast enough for a really sick person, so you buy this small metal box, then order all the components online and receive them thru the mail. Then snap on the barrel, stock, bolt and buttstock and you have a fully automatic machine gun!

  Once a shooter has the lower receiver he can build himself

  an almost infinite variety of guns without anyone knowing what he’s got.

  More than thirty companies manufacture AR-15 receivers – not only Colt  & Smith  Wesson, but tiny shops like Iron Ridge Arms in a space the size of a two car garage.

  BY the way, both the Aurora & Sandy Hook mass killings were done with AR-15’s, The piece we’re talking about here. But most killings in U.S. are done by hand guns. It is estimated that there are about 100 million guns in the US.

   I have a confession to make here. I was shooting and killing small game (rabbits, etc.)  when I was twelve years old .  But since then, I don’t feel the necessity of carrying around a gun for protection against rabbits with guns.

UTOPIA THRU THE AGES

Ea= no     topia = place  Eutopia = No Place?

A lot of writers  over the Last few milleniums have tried to describe “No Place”, but they all kind of end up in a Fascists country. The following is a partial list of a few who tried. 

INVESTIGATING  UTOPIAS

PLATOS REPUBLIC

Socrates 529 BC?       Since Socrates didn’t write down anything, it was up to Plato to begin   looking at Ideal countries AND ENVIRONMENTS.

In his Symposium, Platos’s discussion of the various manifestations of love , the ancient Geeks were nor prudish about it all. The ‘Symposium’ were placed on the Index of Banned Books by the Catholic church until 1966 !  It turns out Plato was a closet Facsist!

 UTOPIA     1516    SIR THOMAS MOORE       

            Beheaded in 1595 by Henry 8^th\

^{Invented an alphabet for his Island paradise? In those days, they separated the head from the body of those who used them too much. These days, we vote them in as Presidents.}

^{No  Philosophers allowed.  How do we get rid of those? (Behead them?)}

^{Equal property for all (abolish private property) Money not used. Money is the root of many crimes. (I’ve been working on that principle for years, plus always trading my design fees for half drink & food. )}

^{Maximum 50 Towns on the Island}

            ^{Send older citizens to annual meeting General discussion.   Each house gets citizens to live in for two years, then out to the farm to hone those skills for a while.}

^{Women & children, as well as servants(slaves) are considered as common property of the state .Every possible means has been taken to obliterate any possible hint of individualism or anything looked upon as private.}

^{As they say, Plato’’s grades should read  Aptpha-plus for philosophy. Camma-minus for politics.}

^{The  faschists of the modern era (Hitler, Stalin, Franco & Mussolini) probably didn’t spend a lot of time on philosophy, but they seem to have gotten it the Utopia thing right.}

^{Owens United States 1817  Tried to initiate an ideal Socialistic Society in New Haromony, Indiana . It lasted only a couple of years.}

^{Henry George English write 1879}

Edward BELLALAMY   LOOKING BACKWARDS ^{ING BACKWARD                     1884 BEGAN AS A Fairy Tale of “Social Felicity”,}

^{set in year 3000 at first, then HE  changed it to 2000 AD.}

^{Citizens work  a few hours per day, exploited by Nefarious Influence of Catholic Church.}

^{Industrial army – Single tax would open door to Utopia.  Suppression of the individual.}

^{THE DIOTHAS 1883 John Macnies}

^{NEWS FROM NOWHERE 1890  William MORRIS  ( Immersed in Bellamy,)   Morris had developed a small Utopia at his large estate in England which flourished for a while, but did not last for the next generation.              Artful Utopia   . Influenced by John Ruskins book.        A peaceful realm, devoid of State coercion., No compulsory Education, no conscription, no taxes, Jury duty or marriage licenses, no passports. Only labored at work they loved, (Multiple Occupations), Lived in beautiful buildings, surrounded by nature.}

^{TOWARDS DEMOCRACY 1883  Edward CARPENTERS’ Homogenic Utopia}      

            ^{If you are gay, this is he one for you.  All vegetarians, with cosmic consciousness.}

^{HERLAND 1920  Charlotte Gilmans   Motherly Utopia       If you are a Lesbian, this is the Utopia    for you.}

^{WOMAN ON THE EDGE OF TIME by Marge Piercy   More women stuff, I haven’t read this yet.}

^{THE DISPOSSESSED by Ursala La Guin,   Ditto.}

^{Designing a country is not as easy as it sounds, but a lot of folks have taken a whack at it. Personally, I never have, due to the fact that I am living in my personal Utopia, in Sebastopol, CA , surrounded by interesting people, not all perfect,}

^{HERE ARE MY SUGGESTIONS ON OUR GOVERNMENT}

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^{HEALTH CARE}

^{This should be available for all, even before you get to be 62 years old. But we need to get real that most of us will be dying at some point and not spend all our resources on keeping us alive.}

^EDUCATION   

^{Everyone doesn’t need to go to College . about learning skills that could get you a job in the real world? like from a ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Vocational School?  Rearn to be a carpenter, welder, car mechanic, etc.  We don’t’ build them like that anymoie.}

^{ENVIRONMENT           Maybe we don’t have to solve all our}

^{problems as fast as we thought.}

^{TAXES                         I guess there is no way we can add}

 ^{up all the income from the  IRS., Then draw}

^{up a budget that will reflect}

^{that sum, including our war chest.}

^{INFRA-STRUCTURE                 Large projects, such as ‘Fast Trains’}

 ^{can only by built & subsidized}

 ^{by the Federals.  Are grants the answer? NO . .How do they work??}

^{VETERANS                   When they lose arms & legs and}

                                    ^{their minds, maybe we could assist}

                         ^{t          hem more?, which should be part of the War chest.}          

^{AGRICULTURE             Lets delete old, worthless laws and}

                                    ^{pass new ones that will help}

                                    ^{our agriculture friends.  Can we help to feed the poor areas?}

^{IMMIGRATION                        How about allowing a certain percentage}

^{of immigrants into our workplace that}

^{are educated & have money, then the}

^{rest could be a work force that will do}

^{work even our high school kids won’t do.}

^{CIVIL RIGHT                I thought we had that all resolved.}

 ^{If not, lets keep up on it.}

^{FOREIGN POLICY                    We are not  (Or should not) be the}

 ^{World’s Policeman. Is it not apparent}

 ^{that when a small country is liberated}

^{and on it’s own it will set up a Communistic}

 ^{government for a while until things are}

 ^{sorted out, then they may be ready}

^{for a Republic (Democracy).}

^{WAGES                                    Everyone says  a $15/hour will give you}

^{a :living Wage.  Has anyone looked at}

^{the problem from the other end, like}

 ^{from a minimum  ($15/hr) budget concept?   I have,}

 ^{but it won’t work unless we can have a subsidized}

 ^{Child Care involved in the equation.(Instead of}

 ^{subsidized housing?)  Most working people have to}

^{get money ‘Under the table’ to make a living wage}

 ^{and get enough to eat..}

^{CLOBAL WARMING                 There does seem like enough scientific evidence that it is actiually happening and maybe we  should do something about it.}