A Vory Happy Man
...or just a pawn in the game?
In previous posts, I have introduced you to a more humorous way of looking at the drama now unfolding in Washington and on the world stage—through the lens of Detective, World’s Finest, and Batman comic books circa 1963, when the current U.S. president would have been reading them as a cadet at New York Military Academy in Cornwall, New York.
Our story now continues with more time travel—a flashback to that same 1963 summer, when young Donald was home from school and working for his father collecting dollars from change machines in the laundromats at Trump Village.
Next week our story resumes with the Beauty Pageant years, the financing of casinos in Atlantic City, a political toe in the water, a new wife, and more…. Please come back, and if you enjoy this, please share it with your friends.
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#RestorationGeneration.
When humans are locked in a cage, the Earth continues to be beautiful. Therefore, the lesson for us is that human beings are not necessary. The air, soil, sky and water are still beautiful without you. So, when you step out of the cage, please remember that you are guests of the Earth, not its hosts.
We have a complete solution. We can restore whales to the ocean and bison to the plains. We can recover all the tremendous old-growth forests. We possess the knowledge and tools to rebuild savannah and wetland ecosystems. Coral reefs rebuilt with biorock build beaches faster than the seas are rising. It is not too late. All of these great works of nature are recoverable. We can have a human population sized to harmonize, not destabilize. We can have an atmosphere that heats and cools just the right amount, is easy on our lungs and sweet to our nostrils with the scent of ten thousand flowers. All of that beckons. All of that is within reach.
Albert, this is not meant as a rebuke, but I really don’t care for AI illustrations and I wonder how you feel it fits into the themes you so commonly write about: energy, climate change, and the like.