What's Happening at Book Readers Heaven - I'm Running As Fast As I Can! - Plans for February and Beyond...

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Happy Black History Month! With the author's permission, I will be doing a more indepth review, by chapter, of this historical nonfiction book. Each chapter will be presented as I have completed reading. You have already been provided the Foreword as well as my personal response to it. An emphasis on Black History and what is happening right now in America is extremely important to the future of our country... A video on the firing of DEA employees is provided above. Civil Service employees are also being arbitrarily fired...I am convinced that news is not effectively being received by the people for whom actions by the Trump administration will dramatically affect them. I hope to help that situation.. Suggestions or comments appreciated!

You know folks, I had never gotten to personally know a Black person until I was in the 7th grade. My grade school was located in the small town of New Geneva and I happened to live there. In that general area surrounding the school, there were no Black families/children. It was only in junior high, I was bused to Masontown and on that bus, I met Marian Davis. I have to laugh, now, as I write this, that I've talked more about Marian since I graduated from high school, than any other student... She became one of a trio of best friends, including Carolyn who lived close to each other and, on the bus, they welcomed me as a new friend... 

After the election, I have found I wanted to talk to as many Black people as I could while shopping, which is about the only place I go out these days, especially during the hardest winter we've had in many, many years... In any event, I fell in line behind a Black man yesterday as we were both checking out at Walmart... I'd been having a bad time, just getting into the store... I have a cane and even a walker, but to get groceries, I depend upon the shopping cart to also respond to physical needs in walking. Would you believe there were NO carts anywhere in 5 or 6 rows of cars!? Finally, I saw somebody unloading groceries and I pulled into a space and got out of the car to get that cart! LOL... Only thing is that it was far from one of the entries to the store... Gotta say, it's Hell to get old... BUT, for me, the lack of courtesy for customers of all things that we daily need, including the government's support, is unbelievable... So, at least two people told me that it was now Walmart's policies to clear all carts back to the store ASAP... Which, for me, with a disability, wouldn't be so bad, if all of the Handicapped spaces--were not always full--and normally are whenever I have visited... If I remember my ADA regs from working at the University, I remember that a certain percentage of spaces must be provided based upon occupation and use of facilities... Well, all I can say is that, Walmart does not have a sufficient number of handicapped parking spaces...

In any event, by the time I had walked back into the store from where I had grabbed a cart, I found myself tearing up...Does anybody care, I wondered... Well, I stopped for my prescriptions first, which is why I had gone myself... And the lovely lady at the counter was a joyful woman who exuded friendliness... Thankfully... I needed batteries because my TV was telling me to replace them and I didn't want to be without an ability to hear the news... But I decided not to even bother with all that was on my list of needs. I was already dreading leaving--I had no idea where I had parked and knew that I would have to walk around to find it, which proved to be true... On the other hand, as I was checking out, a Black man turned around and spoke as people normally do in grocery lines... Me, I was primed and immediately started talking about DEI. He knew little about what was happening. But he immediately turned to me and said that we really didn't need to worry because there would be peace and no pain in heaven... I countered with a statement that I felt that God expected us as Christians to be concerned about other people and not just wait for Heaven as our rescue... In any event, we stood there quite a while just talking about today's world... But the one thing I wanted to ask him, he knew nothing about... That was about the Musk (he knew of Musk!) takeover of the U.S. Treasury! That's why I decided to write this today... But, first, a little diversion...

I admit that I was skeptical about the Trump win... I'm adding this video here, however, as I think about Fantasy Five's information about how white people maneuvers have been historically negatively affecting Blacks in America... back from the time of slavery!

Additionally, in reading the book about Facebook (below), there is evidence that misinformation is not being monitored there and possibly or probably on many other social sites... Consider that hacking/ misinformation was proven during the 2016 election... This is not included in this analysis, in my opinion... and could be what continued into the 2024 election... Especially when we saw major social site owners and corporations as special donor guests at the Inauguration.

Musk Takeover of Government Treasury with Trump's approval!

Folks, I've been bragging (or complaining) about the fact that I've been working with computers since 1963... In case, you're subtracting, yes, I'll be 80 next month... I decided to talk more about myself because age is also being attacked (Social Security, Medicare)... Are YOU aware that Musk, who has never been voted into any kind of official position and, indeed, is not eligible to run for office, as is routinely done, NOW has total control/access of the Treasury?! If you don't know the scope of that place, think income/ payments! Of ALL monies paid out by the government, including social security, IRS and return of monies to citizens, (and I'm assuming, all of the money contributed by citizens and/or taxed by the government) plus paying the salaries of federal employees, paying the bills of the government... Get the idea? Not only the amounts of money, but also the identification of each involved individual. That Means ME! And YOU! If you are still working, Your payments into social security is housed there! If you have, like I do, retirement from the university, then that money is probably there, or at least information of that money as part payment for insurance, for example. The individual in charge refused Musk entry. He was fired... The new Secretary appointed by Trump, gave him the keys! Now, all I got to say to finish this rude announcement is that Musk brought in a group of young systems people, I am sure... BY NOW ALL OF THAT DATA HAS PROBABLY ALREADY BEEN COPIED AND STORED OUTSIDE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. I could be wrong... but, ask yourself, why would systems staff be needed? Remember why Trump was impeached the first time, it was because he threatened holding up payment to Ukraine that the House had approved... He wanted dirt on Biden, etc... in return Do your research if you need to/want to know more... Trump/Musk having access to OUR money via taxes or mandated social security required payments!

Taking a Look at the Computer Systems Controlling Our Lives!

I am now reading the above book... and will be reviewing, as well as sharing my own story about my no longer being on this site where I spent over 10 years of my life posting about books...

Additionally, I will write an extensive and comprehensive overview regarding a number of corporations--ATT, PNC, Verizon, Amazon, LinkedIn, Walmart Delivery, AOL etc-- with which I have interacted during the last 2-3 years and provide a look at what computer security actual means to the individual... ME, YOU, small businesses, perhaps, and just about anybody that has to use a telephone, email, or slow mail for business. Insofar as appropriate. I will be using my Open Memoir format to document my background in the USE of computers...

The Use of God/Jesus Within Trump's Administration

Channel: Culture, Faith and Politics

On a personal level, this has been my greatest angst! How did it come about that millions of those who believe in Jesus chose to vote for Trump? I am grateful to Kahnke and other Christians who speak out about just how wrong choosing Trump has been... My following of this man came from reading his books A Christian Case Against Donald Trump and MAGA Seduction... Thereafter he has started and plans to continue an ongoing channel talking about Trump, Johnson and other republicans working with Project 2025/MAGA's hypocritical use during his presidency "In the Name of Jesus..." I keep in my YouTube library most of the videos I've used here on my blog... Will be checking if access can be granted for view by others...

A Final Reference Note:

Do you like the new NCIS: Origins? 

I Do... In many ways, it is better than the Series

Today I watched while I stopped for lunch, one of the members of the team quit

Later, we see him listening to his account of PTSD

I Could Feel the Man's trauma flashbacks and thoughts

Many times since the election I have been moved into short spirts of

regression into my own period of depression--trauma--job burnout

If I feel what I'm feeling; I know that millions of others in America

are feeling the same concern, fear, and, yes, anger

That's the time I pull out another novel, a fiction into which I can escape...

So you'll be hearing about many of those as well...

Escape into Reading!

God Be With Us All!

Gabby