John Berman

Electronic hardware design and test; MSEE Stanford/Ginzton Lab-applied physics; B.A. Oberlin College, physics, math (minor English, unrecorded). Decades in research labs and at test benches, analyzing and solving real problems that must be solved and cannot be “written around;” building equipment with milling machines & a Hardinge lathe (whose gears I bruised because I thought I could shift it like a Muncie 22, see my websites for that and other notes); some years under my '69 SS Chevelle and pulling the M21 close-ratio twice because "that flywheel face sure felt right to me and didn't need turning"...that is, screwing up and breaking things and learning, often the hard way (J. Croce), so you really learn it and from the best teacher. It takes a few decades facing "adult" challenges (and not always succeeding but always learning), together with a constant drive to understand how the physical world works & how the pros get the job done right—because they have learned by doing, as well as by reading carefully. And almost always by teamwork & paying attention to those who know the tricks and the gotchas. My body was shattered, hitting the ground at 150mph in a plane crash. I returned to thank the team of a hundred first-responding pros who braved the worst cold and wind in 50 years. When I read my medical records, of the surgical pros who performed miracles reassembling me over two weeks and six surgeries while I was hallucinating in a medical coma, I re-evaluated many things.

• Feeling helpless under the thumb of abusive/corrupt power has, through the ages, led to riots (and more), which are rightly ILLEGAL & not productive in the modern US because there are still, at this time, more effective alternatives. Contrary to popular belief, there are not three “coequal” branches of government. Congress is the Big Magilla, controlled by Mr. & M(r)s. Peebles (formerly known as We the People). “Impeachment” is not just a majority vote by the House. It means “to call into question the integrity or validity.” A State’s Congressional delegation can impeach, on Congress' record, a judge’s decisions as egregious affronts to the law; & there are plenty. Schoolchildren care about their "permanent record." That is only Step 1.
• Stewing in isolation is especially bad for health & leads some people to pop. Reducing those chances is part of "public health," as well as promoting "healthy govt." Better access to petitioning & assembly can only help that. Our vaunted govt can't sink much lower than it has. A Mid-US Congress Center (KC, generally) would force media to reorient/relocate & actually focus on those who are most politically-neglected—the Mid-US. DJT’s appeal is no mystery requiring Hollywood "analysis." He attacked, as no one had, sacrosanct "institutions" (fed & state) at the root of an ossified protection racket, particularly in the courts. Has DJT always been "fair" about it? At my sites, you can read what judges say about "fairness:" you don't count.
• The Senate writes its own rules. The Senate has the power to expel a member. This is in the Constitution, article I, section 5. No one changes the Senate's rules but the Senate. (Same with the House.) Compared to a Constitutional amendment, the Senate's adopting and enforcing a Removal-Replacement rule is a piece of cake. For example: "The Senate shall expel a member whose State certifies a removal/replacement resolution to recall the member with at least 75% of a yes-no vote in a special election held not less than one year after the member takes his or her position in the Senate; and the State elects a replacement Senator." (Edit this example to your heart's content; you get the picture.) There is more at my sites.

A great many judges believe they are royalty and can do whatever they want. Due process & more hold they cannot. From 2/10/20 to 4/7/20, Hennepin County (Minneapolis) and Minnesota's appeals ct showed they are a protection racket for lawyers & other “connected” individuals; and believed they could do anything to serve that goal. On 4/15, I wrote to the Minn Supreme Court that Hennepin courts were a "military regime," making arbitrary decisions just because a judge dictates, "I believe." No actual reason, let alone legal authority. This is the definition of abuse of power ("discretion"). On May 18, I filed in Minneapolis fed. court because, under the conditions that existed, a federal court has authority over civil rights violations by a state court. More of the same there. A few days later Mr. Floyd was denied his right to oxygen. I was appalled but not surprised. I've written that the thought of messing with politics makes the exoskeletons of the bugs crawling on my skin, crawl. But that week, I decided to file in both Minnesota & Kansas for Senate. The first should be obvious. The second, because abuse of power naturally arises from its concentration. Congress must begin to decentralize by building a "chamber" & offices in the mid-US for easier mid-US access. The Senate first, as it would require a smaller facility—fully-networked and in full authoritative combination with DC. Crazy idea, for sure: citizens who can drive <8 hrs, find parking, then assemble peacefully. Nuts.