TO MY FRIENDS -ALL OVER THE WORLD - EACH ONE OF US - ALL THOSE I KNOW - WE HAVE THE TENACITY AND FORTITUDE - TO UPLIFT ONE ANOTHER - I AM BLESSED TO KNOW SO MANY OF YOU - TREASURE EACH MOMENT.

Here you see me with Danny Glover.

Not long ago, I turned seventy-five - and as I review my life - from my early days in Nairobi, Kenya - to my travels all over the world - Southeast Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, the Americas - I learned so much. 

Looking back, the best moments were when I took the time to work with the youth - the many tournaments we held and became so close.

We held many workshops and camps- so those who had little got a lot of love. 

From a young, I have loved to play cricket, hockey, volleyball, football, or soccer - and I always like to allow all the players - to love one another.

Life is for the living, not the living dead.

Each of us - each one I have had the honor to know - talk about the many subjects we all love to have a dialog - this makes a big difference - dialog - deep communication - that sheds light where there abject darkness.

The Presidio of San Francisco, where I worked very hard. I served and serviced the twelve western states - of the United States - as the last Congressional Liaison - the Sixth U.S. Army and Presidio of San Francisco.

This mural depicts indigenous people, the Franciscan friars, the Spanish soldiers, and the Russian fur trappers at the Presidio of San Francisco circa 1776.

From a young, I learned from a wise man - a Masai, one of the many tribes in East Africa - who spoke to me and told me many things that I would encounter during my life - and how not to judge anyone.

I was just twelve years old - and all these many years - I treasure his words and see him in my dreams.

Working for the Sixth United States Army and Presidio of San Francisco - here in San Francisco - I got to learn - more about logistics, the value of teamwork - and saving lives - in this case, the lives of our soldiers - women and men - who are gone to Kuwait to deal with an autocracy - Sadam Hussien.

Desert Shield - Desert Storm earned me many awards - these are the only awards I treasure. I put in thousands of man hours - and was glad that the war - got over in a few months.

Paradoxically at the Presidio, we had some soldiers from Iraq who were in training at the Presidio of San Francisco. Technically, they were our enemies.

We agreed to send them to Jordon, and they returned from Jordon to Iraq. 

I learned quickly what most of us know - have mercy, and if you love one another - and commit yourself to good actions - good things will come to you.

Our U.S. women and men - lay their lives to serve our Nation - and preserve freedom worldwide.

I recently got involved in rescuing and helping Afghans - many of whom had served in the United States Army and other agencies within the U.S. Department of Defense. 

The United States had promised to bring the Afghans - here to the United States - knowing fully well - the Taliban and other such entities - would not treat them with disdain. Never happened!

The Presidio of San Francisco - where all Black - 500 Buffalo Soldiers are interred  - honored and revered for their skills in battle and as horse riders - some of the best infantry soldiers - in the world.

We once took it upon ourselves to buy a boat - Mustang I - sailed on the Bay and worked on weekends to keep the boat in good shape. We treasure those days - and sold the boat - it was too much - polishing the trim - and maintaining the engine.

From time to time, we visited San Quentin - a Federal Prison - with the youth - to show them - right from wrong. We keep pushing and standing with our youth - to do right.

We all know that the exit from Afghanistan did not have a well-planned EXIT - the debacle - haunts us to this day.

We here in the United States did our best to rescue many - and I have continued writing about the situation in Afghanistan. 

Today, Afghan women are denied access to higher learning - the Taliban are as ignorant as they come - and all and more will pass - we have to speak Truth to Power.

With San Francisco's Mayor Edwin Mah Lee and his wife.

My grandfather served in South Africa.

Thanksgiving Day is one day we all celebrate - here carving Turkey - several other dishes - too - caramel custard - champagne. 

At San Francisco City Hall - addressing issues that matter.

In Nurenberg, Germany, these youths met me to play table tennis - then we went for a walk. The youth loved frankfurters, and I liked the burger - fries for all - we became friends - as you can see - everyone smiling and happy.

Oscar Grant was shot by an Oakland Police Officer -  I was the first to write about the murder of Oscar Grant - here, I am with his

mother - after one of many events - to bring an end to police violence - who have Qualified Immunity.

At two years, I suffered from polio - which paralyzed the entire half side of my body - I overcame polio - now suffering from atrophy of my left leg - I wear a special custom-made brace - that serves me well to this day.

We are living in dangerous times - those of us who were born in one place had to travel to another place - make it our home - then, because of opportunities or good fortune - settle in yet another site - we call it the diaspora of sorts.

We know who started World War I and then World War II - today, we have a war in Ukraine - but also other " crimes against humanity " committed in Sudan, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan, China, India, Peru, Argentina, Mynamar, and untold places - and we call ourselves - civilized.

Our beloved Elders, infants, children, youth, Ukrainian women and men soldiers - should not die - at the hands of an autocrat - that is Vladimir Putin - time to put him out. 

Ukrainians have long been known to be very intelligent.

Even today, they are so creative - that the natural world marvels - at their tenacity and fortitude. Long live Ukraine.

GLORY TO    U K R A I N E 

 It is pathetic how the United Nations has not stepped up to put checks and balances.

The five nations with veto power are a JOKE - the United States, Britain, France, China, and Russia.

Even as Britain, France, and the United States - are failing to be genuinely democratic - each suffering linked to their spiraling economy - the United States and its January 6, 2021 incident - Donald Trump continues to pussyfoot with Russia. 

As for Britain - the death of Queen Elizabeth ushered in her son King Charles - to succeed her - Britain has had so many Prime Minister - creating a mess - that is too convoluted to put back on track. 

Protesters in Francisco - cannot be taken lightly - the socialists who have the power now - openly favor Mussolini and the Brown Shirts.

The younger generation - does not know about French General De Gaule - less about American General  McArthur and General Eisenhower.

At this juncture - we would be remiss not to mention General Montgomery - from Britain - all contributed to World War II - and there is more - to World War II - than D-day. 

My dear friends at this time - we all are on this journey - some I met fifty years plus ago - others forty years plus ago - the majority some thirty years plus ago.

Still others, some twenty years plus from all walks of life - faiths, professionals, and non-professionals - Generals, doctors, engineers, professional athletes, scientists - some of my students hold good jobs - and keep in touch with me.  

Here in San Francisco, I have good connections.

I choose my friends - my primary purpose is to help those who cannot be satisfied - uplift those that others put down - speak Truth to Power, and make good things - happen.

 

Each of us - much like the stars - with whom we all have a connection - carbon. Each star sheds light - some from millions of light years away.

We, humans, are diminutive  - gigantic because we have a soul - the spirit that knows no bounds. We know some - we all feel and touch - we express ourselves - and in doing so - we could shed good vibes.

The year 2022 will soon end, even as 2023 begins.

To you all that I know and love so much - I wish you all peace of mind, good health - the tenacity and fortitude to speak Truth to Power. Aho.

READ THE REPORT - JANUARY 6, 2021 - THIS REPORT 845 PAGES - CLEARS THE WAY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - ALL DECENT AMERICANS - WE NOW KNOW THE TRAITOR .

The L O S E R

The Final report - some eight hundred and forty-five pages were released last night. The Committee did an excellent job - considering they had to go out of their way to get the best recourses.

Making it easy for the Department of Justice - to take this concerted effort to a better place. 

Hopefully, lay to rest the abject situation of today and tomorrow - with an adjudication - that seals the sordid fate of the LOSER. 

Read it so that you may know more about those working hard behind the scenes - to neutralize our freedom and favor the autocrats like Donald Trump. 

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3786077-read-the-jan-6-committees-final-report/

No President in the history of the United States has shown so much disdain for our Constitution - an experiment created by our Founding Fathers - a Republic.

This report is an easy read - for those that want to really know - how Donald Trump months before the election that he lost - was planning to create pandemonium and arbitrarily declare himself - the winner.

President Biden won - and even then - Donald Trump and his minions went fifty times to court - charging the Democrats with frivolous claims - and lost all of them in the various courts. 

Today our Nation is divided - first, we had the two impeachments led by Nancy Pelosi and her allies - both failed.

Then came the pandemic, and we all know the toll it took on our Nation. The saving grace was Stimulus money - those who most needed help - got it. 

The Democrats are on the verge of passing a $1.7 Trillion budget - over $20 billion in that budget - pork barrel - the Democrats will dole out to their favorite projects - in the middle of this ongoing pandemic. 

The eight hundred and forty-five pages - will be recorded by the United States and generation after generation - will recall the sordid time - when one dangerous egoistical maniac - was taken to task - and his demonic plans laid bare.

Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)

Frederick Douglass played a role in assisting President Abraham Lincoln - Blacks fought well and won the Civil War - resulting in many Black winning their freedom.

The Founding Fathers - created an experiment - creating one of a kind Constitution - that has served us until - now.

Montesquieu - contributed to the concept of Separation of Powers - embedded in our Constitution - the Congress - the Senate - the Executive Branch - and the ever baffling Judicial Branch in the United States of America.

Influencing Founding Fathers John Adams, Jefferson, and Madison. Read his book The Spirit of the Laws (1748)

We have a population of 340 million here in the United States.

One-third of our population does not believe in the U.S. 

Our Constitution is in peril - this one fact should concern us - we are surrounded by divisive fanatics who want to destroy our Democracy.

It should not be a surprise that John Eastman, who once served as Clarence Thomas' clerk - in the Supreme Court - was deeply involved early on in the planning that led to the events - of the insurrection - on January 6, 2021. Time will tell. 

We are supporting Ukraine, and rightly so. However, we must also be fully aware the Republicans of today - do not favor bipartisan solutions - most are out to destroy our Democracy. It does not help the latest Budget proposed - has billions of dollars of pork barrel projects - favoring the Democrats who have control of the Senate - and have some Republicans ready to play hide and seek.   

Filth, addicts, and pandemonium rule the streets of San Francisco - the Mayor, London Breed, given the opportunity - barks up a tree - spewing a sordid diatribe - she is an utter failure - and has learned nothing much from the days when she lived in the hood.

The United States Plaza in San Francisco - with San Francisco - City Hall in sight - where corruption of the highest order - reigns supreme.

Scientists from South Africa were the first to detect the BA.4 and BA.5 variants. When our folks in South Africa informed us in the United States - our CDC and others - had some trepidation. 

We accepted the facts - Germany and other nations honored South African scientists for their work.

In doing so - new boosters were created, and thousands of lives were saved. 

In China today, thousands and dying every day - bodies incinerated round the clock - millions will die - and we do not know - if there are new variants - creating a surge?

We know the Chinese vaccines linked to Covid 19 are not effective.

We know the Chinese Elders - have not been vaccinated in the rural areas - Chinese autocrats - do not give a damn if millions die - they only care about their sordid Communist concept - which will not go far.

In the interim, our U.S. State Department has offered vaccines and bivalent boosters linked to BA.4 and BA.5.

Chairperson  - Xi Jinping better accept these offers and save lives.

 We must honor and respect our Elders - and Xi Jinping knows this - too.

Autocrats and those who think suppressing freedom is fine are sadly mistaken. These autocrats privately do what they want - and abuse their freedom. 

We know this and have the empirical data. Total lockdown for months on end is utter nonsense. 

Failing to provide N95 Masks is clueless - more in congregate situations. 

Failing to focus on our Elders is a crime - crime against humanity.

Check this article about BA.4 and BA.5 variants in the U.S.A.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90760132/omicron-ba-4-and-ba-5-cdc-tracker-and-map-shows-where-the-latest-variants-are-spreading

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/28/health/covid-subvariants-ba4-ba5.html

We have a raging surge in the new variants BA.4 and BA.5, which account for more than 25% of the new cases - we must address the situation on a war footing.

The respiratory syncytial virus is a common, very contagious virus that causes respiratory tract infections- a single-stranded RNA virus - which has significantly affected our children.

There is a new type of Strep A - that hardens the skin - and can be very dangerous - the evolution of strep and other new Covid variants - is just the tip of the iceberg.

Here in San Francisco, we have not mandated wearing masks in congregate situations.

It is common to have 15 or more individuals - not wearing masks on our MUNI buses - some of whom have not taken a shower in months.

Addicts are found all over San Francisco - living in tents and many crashing wherever they can.

The Mayor and her lackeys are playing with the IRE of the constituents of San Francisco.

San Francisco is no more - a destination for tourists - who will want to come to San Francisco - cars broken into, begging all over the place, filthy streets, and addicts galore - assaulting innocent people for no reason at all.

In the next two years, the City and County will realize a downfall in their fiscal resource - a shortfall of as much as $800 million - adversely impacting - the San Francisco General Fund.

Over 45 million square feet of commercial space empty - downtown San Francisco - our Financial District badly - hit.

The Redistricting Task Force, with intent, used gerrymandering to adversely impact Districts 5 and 6  - adversely impact one District Supervisor - and the Mayor and her Big Developer friends for sure do not care about affordable housing.

The Housing Element - 2022 going forward eight years.

https://www.sfhousingelement.org/

The San Francisco Planning Department has long been known to be in bed with Big Developers.

There is a glut of Market Price units, as many as 80,000 vacant.

The present Housing Element - mandates that the City and County build 82,000 units - from 2023 - 2030.

The long drab San Francisco Planning Department has taken a heavy toll on the 816,000 population of San Francisco.

Thousands of families have left San Francisco - never to come again.

San Francisco is about neighborhoods - every neighborhood had its constituents contribute to the community - much before the San Francisco Planning Department was created - former Planning Directors the linked of Green, Macris, Amit Ghosh, and John Rahaim who had a twelve-year - tenure. 

The present Directo Richard Hillis.

The impending recession - which is already impacting millions - in the Bay Area - food security, poor health services, a surge in the BA.4 and BA.5 variants - chronic respiratory ailments - thousands of children all over the Bay Area - affected.

We can no longer look at San Francisco alone - we must look at a wider region like the Association of Bay Area Government Association (ABAG). 

In the future, we must have our San Francisco - draft Housing Element - six months before we send our draft to Sacrament, California, for review.

It is simply mind-blogging watching the SF Planning Department Commission - discussing subjects and projects like a CABAL.

Muwekma Ohlone Warrior

The current San Francisco Planning Department has just awoken from its long slumber - it has no clue who land this is - the Muwekma Ohlone.

When the Director of Planning in the early 1980s was Amit Ghosh, we made sure that language was noted in the San Francisco General Plan - that the Muwekma Ohlone were the first people of San Francisco and the surrounding area. 

We exercised our Right of First Refusal in 1991 - when we attended the Disposition and Development Agreement - linked to the Presidio of San Francisco.

Today SF Planning Department has yet to learn what I am talking about. 

We have to be at the table - when it comes to the indigenous people - and all the talk about catering to Native Americans - we, the Muwekma Ohlone.

 

   

THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE VOLODYMR ZELENSKY HAS SPOKEN - HE SAYS THE UNITED STATES AND THE FREE WORLD MUST STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER - TO DEFEAT AUTOCRACY - AND VLADIMIR PUTIN - A MONSTER.

The Patriot defensive system can keep the Russians at bay - the United States must help - the Free World has reached a tipping point. Ukrainian soldiers - are intelligent and savvy - love Ukraine. The Russians are using conscripts - thousands have died - most have minimal training. Russia has used mercenaries from Syria and elsewhere as fodder - and failed - what else is there to say?

 

The Ukraine war was a long time coming - one could start in 1994 when the United States and Britain - chose to disarm Ukraine of 1900 nuclear missiles and hand them over to Russia.

The U.S.A. and Britain promised Ukraine in 1994 to protect the nation from others - if they cooperate and disarmed and handed over their missiles.

President Mikhail Gorbachev was in place - even though Vladamir Putin was around - the monster - still showed traits that he has developed today - a hardened thug and monster.

Long-range missiles incorporated in the Patriot defense system can buy us opportunities - Ukrainians have suffered a lot - the Russians, day in and day out - commit horrendous atrocities. The Patriot Defense System - can sustain the Ukrainian soldiers. 

The Patriot defense system placed in strategic locations - could defeat the Russians and the thugs that join them - defeat the Russians and send them where they belong - dead or utterly defeated.

We could start with 1883 with Catherine the Great invading neighboring nations - inviting Germans to join her and her minions to settle in Ukraine - in and around Odesa - by the Black Sea - and Catherine the Great -  kept conquering adjacent land.

Vladimir Putin is hallucinating - he thinks he is Stalin and Lenin and has become a monster - many compare him to Adolf Hilter.

There are many ways to understand this present war - Vladimir Putin is bloodthirsty, a maniac - and has decided to be a terror - sparing no infants, children, youth, Elders - those with compromised health - the most vulnerable. 

Many of us take our freedom for granted - there is freedom and license - misuse of space is license.

Let us not tolerate these autocrats - some right here in the United States - the land best known as Turtle Island.

Let us always remember - keep in mind - in recent decades, World War I and World War II - started in Europe.

In the next three months - there will be a tipping point - the Free World must stand tall and represent.

The United Nations, formed in San Francisco, can no longer serve the world - the Five Powers who can Veto are the United States, Britain, France, China, and Russia.

Russia and China will now have joint naval exercises - in the Southeast Seas and closer to China -  to send the United States a message - stay away from Taiwan and remember China is more comparable to Russia than most believe.

The United States - now has assets in Guam, Japan, Australia, Alaska, and a few other places -it is about more than flexing our muscles but leadership and the ability to maintain peace.

Glory to Ukraine

God Bless President Volodymr Zelensky 

For the sake of the many infants, children, youth, Elders, and those with compromised health - we, the Free World, must speak up - stand by Ukraine and do your best.

 

NOW THAT THE COMMISSION HAS DECIDED - THE EGOISTICAL MANIAC - CANNOT RUN FOR PRESIDENT - CAN WE FIND SOLUTIONS TO HELP AFGHANISTAN AND UKRAINE IN A MEANINGFUL - MANNER?

 

The demon himself - about time.

The Commission that met for over a year and a half - came to an adjudication - that we call knew about.

We, the people  -  had to hear it to believe it - so that the special counsel appointed - could further aid the Department of Justice - speed up the charges - and take Donald Trump to the cleaners - once and for all.

Soon the many years - befuddled by the Internal Revenue Service - his sordid tax returns - will be available to the public and those who really care to wallow - in the cesspool Donald Trump has created. 

The egoistical maniac - has many crimes against humanity - he ordered documents linked to children and immigrants destroyed.

He sent immigrants all over the place and made sure their documents were tempered - the State Department was reeling with backlog issues - and to this day - nothing much has happened.

Can you imagine signing a treaty - with the Taliban? Donald Trump did anything and everything to destroy whatever semblance we had remaining - suffice to say we have no business invading Afghanistan in the first place. The majority of the terrorists were from Saudi Arabia.

The man went out of his way to sign a treaty with the Taliban - an agreement that the taxpayers ignored.

Even today - so many Americans have no clue that the Taliban killed and keep killing - innocent people in Afghanistan.

The Taliban tortured and killed family members - those Afghans who worked for us - as translators and in other occupations - that helped us during the long twenty years of Afghanistan's occupation.

President Joe Biden - delayed exiting Afghanistan a bit - and then made a mistake - by ordering our U.S. Troops to leave Afghanistan - without an exit plan - putting millions in harm's way.

The United States has failed miserably in Syria, Iraq, Libya, and Afghanistan, on the Southern border - when it comes to human beings - and killing innocent people.

We must admit we have committed - " crimes against humanity. "

It is incredible how nonchalant so many so-called Americans are. 

Most so selfish - they do not respect the indigenous tribes of Turtle Island - most do not respect themselves.

How can they call themselves decent and purport to have standards that matter?

While we may feel that President Geoge Bush, President Bill Clinton, President Barrack Hussein Obama - others in their administration - do not pass the smelt test.

It is more than that - millions of innocent refugees on the Southern Border - were sent back into the hands of Cartels. Time will tell.

Day after day, we saw scenes like this - children suffered the most - and today in Afghanistan, as with Ukraine - millions of infants and children are dying. In Afghanistan, mothers and fathers are selling their children - food security.

The United States promised a safe haven to those that served with the United States Army and other related entities linked to the U.S. Department of Defense.

We know we blew it - and in confusion - many Afghan refugees who should have been vetted were not.

Many refugees from Afghanistan - and have landed here in the United States - are kept in temporary refugee camps. 

Other Afghan refugees lingering in Albania, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, and other places temporarily allowed the U.S. to take in Afghan refugees. 

Many have been there for over a year - living in despicable conditions.

What does the U.S. Department of State say?

Some Generals and Admirals have petitioned the United States Government and Congress to pass the " Afghan Adjustment Act " to vett all Afghans that are here but do not have the right to benefits such as education, health, and so on.

Other Afghan refugees are in camps in the countries I have mentioned above in this blog. 

Human beings must be treated as human beings - the United States Charter was created to give us some guidance - the United Nations was formed here in San Francisco in 1945.

The United States endured our failed policies - International policies that have to be revamped on a War Footing.

The refugees who are here - must be welcomed here - remain here in the United States and contribute to our Nation. 

Afghans are good people - loving - and once you bond with them - they will sacrifice their lives - as they have done in Afghanistan for over twenty years.

This fact has been noted by our Generals, Admirals, and bipartisan Congress - Democrats and Republicans.

Our Nation has always opened its door to immigrants for hundreds of years. Even the indigenous tribes will reveal that to the ignorant.

One has to visit Lady Liberty in New York - and read the verses that bring tears to the eyes of anyone whose heart is in the right place.

The flag of the United States

We in the United States cannot treat human beings - that we go out of our way - without second thoughts - to mess with.

Make a pact with these decent, hardworking Afghans and others - use them as translators - promise them in writing that they will be cared for - and then dump them like a dirty rag.

That is not the American way. 

I know that because I have been in the trenches - and know what it takes to serve  - we are not respected when we do not keep our "word."

 

Afghan children are children too that must be cared for and respected. 

The present mess started in 1994 - then visited Ukraine in 2014 and again in 2021.

Right now Ukraine is badly in need of long-range missiles that we the United States could have provided one year ago.

In 1994 we promised to help Ukraine - mandating Ukraine to give up over 1600 nuclear missiles - to Russia. We never seem to do a deep needs assessment and rush into things to win browny points.

In 2014 when Vladimir took Crimea and Georgia - we looked the other way.

When the same thing happened in 2021 - we underestimated - Ukraine. 

Today we pretend to support Ukraine and do it half-heartedly.

We even offered President Vlodomir Zelenszy to take refuge in the United States.  He did not want a ride, he said - give him ammunition.

Our United States international policies are dysfunctional - it makes those who know some - why we even call ourselves a superpower when we continue to make a fool of ourselves. 

Our failure in Afghanistan - triggered Vladimir Putin to challenge us - to invade Ukraine - the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was put to the test - and we know what happened.

It is winter in Ukraine - just in case we do not know it.

Is it okay for innocent infants, children, youth, and Ukraine Elders - those with compromised health - daily dying - in the middle of winter.

NATO has become united - but the suffering in Ukraine goes on.

Vladimir Putin wants to use sonic missiles and goes to Belarus to use that location, suggesting - fear-mongering - to bomb Ukraine with jets from Balaruz doing the dirty - deed.

Enough is enough - we must take down - cancer.