#40

 

In my casual reading of this I find much that I resonate with.

In Defense of Thoreau - The Atlantic
( https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/10/in-defense-of-thoreau/411457/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook )

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Rare Testament to the need for anger, rage, among those waging love.

BLM Protests Anger Can Build a Better
( https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/how-anger-can-build-better-world/615625/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook )

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TV interview, James McGinley, Rockford Illinois, electric bicycle.

 https://www.wifr.com/2020/09/15/man-using-his-electric-bike-to-ride-across-the-country-makes-stop-in-rockford/

Facebook is actively criminalizing the truth, history. This cannot be by accident.

The second time in two weeks Facebook has  check my page down for at least 3 days  for simply siding historical facts. 

So here it is, relevant, constructive, life-giving truth is against Zuckerberg Community standards. We have funded our own executioner.

 

Angel's Nest indeed. A swarm.

 The goodness of these folks, of the owner Mike, is unlike anything I've hardly ever seen. Here. Seems that they saw a stranger trying to do something important and there was no end to the expertise or kindness or generosity. A great miracle for this mission. 30000 miles plus on this vehicle and creator may have many many thousands more miles in store for it. There were half a dozen opportunities for catastrophic failure and this shop brilliantly dealt with everyone that we knew of.

I'm overwhelmed.

Dreaming James is, or, we have fallen into an angel's nest.

 The country is almost literally out of bicycle tires until the spring and we are burning through trailer tires at an insane rate. So on top of all the axle work these last two weeks just to get it running that left the all-important alignment issue. Scouring for a shop that might be capable a week and a half ago using Google Maps I found one a hundred miles ahead of us where we landed this morning. Mike the proprietor, I don't know what touch them but something about the mission did and he made it clear that they would do whatever was needed. But what's the budget Mike? Will do whatever is needed. Was his answer. They're going to rebuild the entire axle assembly, the alignment was off by an entire inch they said.

Interview of a month ago. Not sure it was shared on this site at that time.

 I'm amazed that they covered the journey and were willing to put anything up. Of course they watered down a lot what I had to say but I don't begrudge them that. They are the only one that has tried in 14 months. 14 months, about 11,000 miles as I recall, and 39 state so far.

https://www.wkbn.com/news/local-news/eco-biker-makes-trek-across-valley-promotes-selflessness/

Every once in awhile someone gets infected with this mission.

 I think that's what happened to the truck repair crew here especially their boss. I'm quite sure they could get in substantial trouble for having worked on the vehicle like they have. They're only supposed to do trucks. But, and I'm purely guessing on my part, they saw someone trying to do something for the world they guessed and they didn't want it to fail. They tried to get the proper welding equipment and for a variety of reasons that didn't happen. So they found a site that one of them knew, I'm told they do race cars, they took it there, and just brought it back. I'm guessing it is way way way beyond anything I could have hoped for and certainly could have afforded by myself. Instead of the crude steel angle iron that I had supplied them with they decided that a thick strip of stainless steel running the entire length of the vehicle welded to the existing stainless steel angle iron was a better way to go so they just did it. 

There's what I experience as an invisible economy. If you devote your life to trying to help the world no matter what, the world will let you die, but there are these invisible folks that don't even know they exist themselves, and their souls get touched, and they reach out just as you're about to hit the rocks. It is certainly not foolproof, and it's never something I have tried to activate. But the way I live does activate it. Sometimes. So far. So tomorrow morning we resume the journey.

Headed to an off-site welder. They are really going above and beyond.

 

Day three or four at the truck stop or waiting Manpower and equipment for Axle Repair.

 By rights and rules I think this truck stop is taking the Bay Bridge with their company by trying to help. On that theory on Pleakley appreciative of their efforts. And doing other work on the vehicle while waiting.

This would complete the 46 States within the next month. And then the following month getting down to warmer climes hopefully in time.

 

Father, Mother, forgive them for they know not what they do.

 

The death of the mission?

 Turns out that the axle of the trailer is a massive Achilles heel, and so far getting it right has eluded us. Getting the alignment right has been impossible so far and several weeks ago work introduced a weakness that only now are we detecting twice in the last two days the axle Has Broken. We're about to get towed 30 miles back to the shop that last worked on it. They seem to really care and are going to take another crack at getting it right. Bleeding to death financially. But of the 46th state goal at least we've done 40 so far, Illinois being 39.

Update. Well, we survived the tow, great guy, I'm optimistic that the guys when they can schedule me in around the big trucks will Implement something that will hold this time but if not we're probably done. This has been a really really  dark juncture. Whatever Creator wants.

3 Day Facebook jail seems to have just ended. My guess is that they don't like my stances regarding Israel and are looking for any excuse to shut me down. You might want to subscribe to this blog page. Or book Mark it.

The most honest among us maybe the Trump supporters. The least hypocritical.

 In saying that Trump is protecting America that is true. America has always been racist in fact and function. It has always been based on oppression at home and abroad. Trump is Trump is heroically fighting to protect every aspect of that out in the open. Out in the open is the grotesque Park at the surface but what is really grotesque is that both the Liberals and the Democrats of any power of any means have faced their lives and continue to base their lives and promised to continue basing their lives on that hideousness. Trump's crime in the prime of his supporters is him being so blatant about it. Voice typing while riding.

FB says I'm suspended for 3 days

 For sharing this

Today Iowa returned with new conscious competence. Audio file in folder.

 

General update log. The new graphics are on. Failed motor diagnosed and repaired.

 Click here for video log.

Sol getting new graphics next week.

 

James Holy Grail of cycling.? Maybe.

 Audio log here.

Voice log file uploaded regularly

Link here

Unposted voice log mostly cycling.

Link to files here. I assume that they play, let me know if they don't. The last week has really been a tremendous Revelation in terms of cycling. Huge breakthrough.

I always carry a concealed handgun the young man told James

Click this link for the video. The photo below is just a placeholder.

Warning, cycling. Yesterday's euphoric log seems to have been an unintended trap.

Everything in it may be correct but the emphasis was disaster oh, well, a really really really unproductive difficult day with very low metrics. At all these things been subordinate to what I think is actually the Holy Grail, keeping 99% of the focus on savouring contributing energy efficiently in a circular manner, roiling manner, every inch of travel, every millimeter of travel, has everything been subordinate to that then maybe it would have been good. More to learn today.

James was asked, is the generator working out? His reply: It's....

James was asked, is the generator working out? His reply: It's.... a game changer. Many weeks I won't use it at all maybe many months, but when weather is really bad or long distance is required it is a tremendous asset. Also horribly heavy and I damaged my back this morning but maybe it was a warning in time.... and without it, and they're does not really seem to be a suitable