I am currently seeing someone who lives in Hayward, California. I currently live in Bellingham, Washington. I am planning on visiting them next month after we are both safely vaccinated. I have family in Munich. My family is originally from Silesia, but after the end of World War II with the redrawing of borders we …
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Comparing my Predictions to AMTRAK’s planned expansion
I have written about AMTRAK a few times, and made predictions based on where I think AMTRAK should expand based on potential demand for rail service around the United States before. So when AMTRAK announced that they want to use part of President Biden’s stimulus to expand AMTRAK I was of course excited to see …
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We Support Victims
While thinking about some absolutely horrible events which have happened in my life… without going in too much detail… I have come to a realization. Psychological abuse is abuse. Psychological abuse needs to be treated with the same level of care as physical abuse. Human brains are malleable and with enough time and the right …
Elections and probabilities
Right now is a very exciting time in American history. We are currently in the third Democratic Trifecta over the last 40 years, we just saw congress pass the largest stimulus the United States has seen over the last 70 years, and we have several very exciting bills which have passed the House which need …
Guillotines are not funny or clever
The year was 1815, and my great-great-great-great-great grandfather Pierre Henry landed in his new home in Prussia. He was one soldier in the French Army which was part of Napoleon’s failed Russia campaign, and he was one of thousands of soldiers who did not make it back to France. He did not die as a …
Would I leave the United States?
Over my life, especially since I came to political awareness during the Bush administration, I have often thought about whether it would be worth leaving the United States. The United States has a lot of issues, until 2014 people like me had no guarantee of health insurance, college education is very expensive in this country, …
Today’s realization
The last time a Democratic President was succeeded by another Democrat through an election since the parties realigned was never. It has simply never happened. I’m only going to focus on the last 100 years. The last time we ran a progressive Democrat after a retiring Democratic President was in 1952 when we ran Adlai …
My experience with Cerebral Palsy
It is absolutely impossible to understand my life without understanding that I have had cerebral palsy since the day I was born. Having cerebral palsy means that it forced me to have a strong sense of social justice for my entire life, because people with my condition have literally been murdered simply for existing. Family …
How to Flip Texas Forever
2020 surprised most of the world with how Democratic Activists in Georgia flipped the State so it voted for President Biden. The big prize which is waiting for the Democrats to win now is Texas. It has a Gubernatorial election next year, and I believe the right strategy in the right counties can harness existing …
How to ramp up vaccine production
The world is right now in the middle of a global epidemic, and we are in a race against time. COVID-19 is mutating, with new strains appearing around the world, and billions of people around the world are waiting for a vaccine. Over 2 million people have died around the world, and the global economy …