June 30, 2017

Yesteryear
One year ago today: June 30, 2016, getting underway.
Five years ago today: June 30, 2012, “tener to baratone barbershop cortected”.
Nine years ago today: June 30, 2008, by coincidence, the old Taurus.
Random years ago today: June 30, 2004, remember Hong Kong?

           I call this the Amtrak Trek. This is the station in Winter Haven, Florida. Notwithstanding the nice canopy of shade from which this photo was taken, see the people hiking down a dirt path to board cars at the far, far end of the train. The train that has pulled hundreds of yards past the station. I’m surprised you can’t see the heat waves as they hump their luggage and small children, why, they must be real suckers for exercise. There is an explanation, but Amtrak is still the culprit.

           You see, the station is located a few hundred feet past an intersection in the city. Being a transfer point, you can see this is rather a large crowd of people for the train, which means boarding takes time. The station was designed back when there were several short trains per day. Nowadays, the one long train either has to pull way past the station, shown here, or the tail end will block that city street. How is that still Amtrak’s fault? Well, it’s not like they don’t know about this and maybe extend the canopy or at least put in a proper path.
           Ah, if you are thinking they could also just reposition the Miami car, nope. They’d just have the opposite problem at other stations. But at least you’re thinking.

           My day off and for a change, I did nothing. Nothing does not include goofing off, so I read a lot. My notes here say time to mention food, so let me tell you a little about gluten-free. Once again, this gluten intolerance is a new condition present only in those who eat genetically modified food. It is stunning to realize in this late day and age people don’t recognize the danger of ingesting poisons. As a substitute for wheat flour, gluten-free products often substitute rice flower. Can’t these people hear the alarm?
           Rice is a grain that soaks up chemicals from the soil to a greater degree than most cereal grains. That soil has become increasingly polluted with pesticides and atmospheric irritants. According to Reader’s Digest, for those who still bother with that used to be great magazine, people eating gluten-free products have something like 70% more arsenic and mercury in their systems. Hmmm, 70% of beef jerky is sold at checkout counters to men under 24. It’s all meaningless statistics, right? Well, that’s what it is to people who don’t understand statistics.

           I also read the charts for the US demographics to 2075. Now is the time to prepare to move your family out. Buy some land in a white country now and your grandchildren will thank you beyond imagination. Note that Canada has been making the same mistake even longer, so we are talking only about countries that will be predominantly white in 2075. Listen here, I’m not saying white is good or better, but I am looking at what happens to states that take on socialistic policies. Like welfare, open immigration, big government, and armed police.
           Back in accounting school, we had to choose a foreign country to study their tax system, and I chose Canada. It was the only course in my life I failed twice. The law didn’t make sense, but I learned a lot about the slide of Canada into a welfare state. If I speak in American terms, just translate, since I don’t know the right Canadian words by heart. The Canadian fall began during the Trudeau administration in the 60s and 70s. By the usual tactic of promising everybody something for nothing, he became head of the Liberal party.

           His original stated aim was to sort-of-quote, “To get into the history books on the backs of the Canadian taxpayer.” To keep liberals in power, you always need people who will vote for liberal policies. More welfare, more handouts, more free stuff at society’s expense, so he made the two classic changes. One, open up the immigration floodgates to countries with no democratic traditions, and two, balloon the size of the civil service.
           People on welfare and on the civic payroll will never vote for less government. Because living off the government is what they do for a living. And, neither will their families. Trudeau showed you need as little as a 42% voting block to edge out the competition—provided you keep them fighting amongst themselves. That, along with fooling people into thinking they even have a choice, is a Canadian specialty. This worked so well that fifty years later his weakling offspring are being elected, piling free houses and free jobs upon immigrants while their own nationals live in constant worry.
           And the USA is taking the same route to third world conditions. Trust me, you don’t want to live in the third world. There isn’t much of a middle class left in America, but credit cards are disguising the fact.

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           In terms of socialist programs, Canada leads the USA. But the USA is continually bringing in more and more of the same dead-end policies as Canada. Canadian medical is not free and it’s getting harder for the taxpayers who actually pay the bills to get care when they need it. Despite this evident failure, the US is moving toward this type of government program. Their own citizens suffer while the doors are flung open to refugees and terrorists alike. So I would not go to Canada unless collapse here was imminent.