Sunday, February 27, 2022

Emotional nu-metal w/ Sasami: NPR (video)

Sarah McCammon, NPR, 2/27/22; CC Liu, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
On February 25, 2022, the artist Sasami released her new album, Squeeze, which is a call for catharsis and healing for the disillusioned (Andrew Thomas Huang/Courtesy of the artist/NPR)


NPR bends over backward to be "alt."
(WQ) Asian American emo metal artist Sasami Ashworth is a weirdo, or at least she strives to be. She had a tough childhood with lots of childhood trauma, so we're all going to have to suffer for it. But she has made the best of her complex PTSD and gotten onto NPR's radar. She was featured today (2/27/22) for her new nu-metal album Squeeze. It's melodic and offbeat but hardly metal, except for those butterfly loving emo chicks who may begin to identify with and idolize her. It's a nice voice, but Sibylle Baier, Clairo, Cat Power, and others already do this voice.


Chick rock with a demented flair of trauma

(NPR) Filled with fantasy, rage, horror, tenderness, the latest album from singer-songwriter Sasami [who looks a lot like Aubrey Plaza], Squeeze, is unapologetic.

Yeah, I can see the resemblance. She's kooky, too.
The album, which focuses on catharsis [letting it all out in an enactment for relief], is an open invitation to femmes, people of color, queer folks, and anyone else to revel in pent-up frustration and disillusionment.

Sasami spoke to NPR's Sarah McCammon about her new album, Squeeze, released last Friday. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.

Sarah McCammon (Weekend Edition): Some of your newer work is described as nu-metal. How does that differ from heavy metal?

Sasami Ashworth: Nu-metal is a genre that came out more in the early aughts and is a bit more of a blend of pop and metal, and at least the inspo [inspiration] that I get from it is a little bit less serious. It's a little bit more clown-y and bizarre and experimental.

SM: Which song best represents that vibe you're talking about?

SA: Probably "Skin A Rat." I was thinking about how a lot of the metal songs that I feel really connected to, [it's because of] the instrumentals.

Sometimes I don't feel as attached to the lyrics or the screaming part of it. So I wanted to employ the sonic elements that are emotionally connected to the feelings...

Imagine Dragons feat. JID: "Enemy"

Dan Reynolds, Rapper JID, with music by Imagine Dragons; Eds., Wisdom Quarterly

LYRICS: "Enemy"
Singer Dan Reynolds
Look out for yourself
I wake up to the sounds of the silence that allows
For my mind to run around with my ear up to the ground
I'm searching to behold the stories that are told
When my back is to the world that was smiling when I turned

Tell you you're the greatest
But once you turn they hate us

Oh the misery
Everybody wants to be my enemy
Spare the sympathy
Everybody wants to be my enemy-y-y-y-y
(Look out for yourself)
My enemy-y-y-y-y
(Look out for yourself)
But I'm ready

Your words up on thе wall as you're prayin' for my fall
And the laughter in thе halls and the names that I've been called
I stack it in my mind and I'm waiting for the time
When I show you what it's like to be words spit in a mic

Tell you you're the greatest
But once you turn they hate us (Ha)

Oh the misery
Everybody wants to be my enemy
Spare the sympathy
Everybody wants to be my enemy-y-y-y-y
(Look out for yourself)
My enemy-y-y-y-y (Look yeah)
(Look out for yourself)
Uh look okay

Rapper JID sounding like Kendrick
[JID:] Okay uh
I'm hopin' that somebody pray for me
I'm prayin' that somebody hope for me
I'm stayin' where nobody 'posed to be p-p-posted
Being a wreck of emotions
Ready to go whenever just let me know
The road is long so put the pedal into the floor
The enemy on my trail my energy unavailable
I'ma tell 'em "Hasta luego"
They wanna plot on my trot to the top
I been outta shape thinkin' out the box I'm an astronaut
I blasted off the planet rock to cause catastrophe
And it matters more because I had it not
Had I thought about wreaking havoc
On an opposition kinda shockin' they wanted static
With precision I'm automatic quarterback
I ain't talkin' sackin' pack it
Pack it up I don't panic batter-batter up
Who the baddest? It don't matter 'cause we at your throat

Everybody wants to be my enemy
Spare the sympathy (Ah)
Everybody wants to be my enemy
Oh the misery (Ah)
Everybody wants to be my enemy
Spare the sympathy (Ah)
Everybody wants to be my enemy

Pray it away I swear I'll never be a saint no way
My enemy
Pray it away I swear I'll never be a saint
(Look out for yourself)

Saturday, February 26, 2022

Shamanism in Ireland (documentary)


Shadow and Light (Shamanism in Ireland)
(PMPictureandMotion, Jan. 29, 2020) This documentary examines modern shamanism in Ireland. For latest pictures, check out Instagram.com/pm_picture... and Facebook.com/PM.Picturean...

Addiction: "Prescription Thugs" (movie)


Prescription Thugs
Prescriptions drugs are super addictive.
(YT) In this follow-up to his film Bigger, Faster, Stronger, Director Chris Bell turns his camera on the abuse of prescription drugs and, ultimately, himself.

After witnessing friends and relatives face tragedy as they become addicted to prescription drugs, Bell sets out to explore the goals of pharmaceutical companies and doctors in this ever-growing market and asks how are they any different to back-alley drug-pushers?

They're worse than street drugs and grog.
His journey leads to experts on the nature of addiction in our culture as well as to pharmaceutical whistleblowers that testify to the solely dollar-driven aims of pharmaceutical companies.

As Bell learns more about the nefarious side of an industry he had been brought up to trust, he falls down his own hole of addiction, bringing a very intimate style and conclusion to this investigation.

Samuel Goldwyn Rating PG-13, released 2015, running time 1:26:00. Actors: Christopher Bell, Matthew “Horshu” Wiese, Chris Leben, Ted Lieu, Gwen Olsen, Richard Taite, David Healy, Greg Critser. Director Christopher Bell. Producers Peter Billingsley, Daniel J. Chalfen, Joel Cheatwood, Greg Young. Writer Josh Alexander. Genre: documentary.

Critical Race Theory (Last Week Tonight)


Critical Race Theory: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
(LastWeekTonight, Feb. 20, 2022) John Oliver explains what critical race theory is, what it isn’t, and why we can expect to hear more about it in the coming months.

Connect with Last Week Tonight online...on YouTube for more almost news as it almost happens, on Facebook like your mom would, on Twitter for news about jokes and jokes about news:  Visit our official site for all that other stuff at once: hbo.com/lastweektonight.

Friday, February 25, 2022

Joe Rogan on digital ID nightmare (TJDS)

Jimmy Dore (jTJDS); Russell Brand; Pfc. Sandoval, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
For tickets to any of these LIVE shows, go to jimmydorecomedy.com

How to get along with narrative believers


How to get along with narrative believers: narrative scripts
(AwakenWithJP, Feb. 22, 2022) Take a stand against censorship! Join the Awakened Warriors Email List: awakenwithjp.com/joinme. Finally, a solution on how to get along with narrative believers… NARRATIVE SCRIPTS!

Listen and subscribe to JP's podcast (apple.co/3fFTbPC), which is also available everywhere else podcasts are. Simply search and subscribe to "Awaken With JP Sears Show." Connect with JP Sears at: 
Grab a Red/Blue Light Teeth Whitening Kit at naturalteethwhiteners.com/jp

Jane Goodall: The Book of Hope (video)


Jane Goodall discusses The Book of Hope
(Los Angeles Times Events, streaming Feb. 25, 2022) Naturalist Jane Goodall will join L.A. Times Book Club readers to discuss her work The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times. Tune in Feb. 25 at 6:00 pm PT when Goodall will be in conversation with Times reporter Dorany Pineda. This conversation was taped earlier today.

DMT Portal: Unlock Spiritual Powers


DMT PORTAL | Unlock Spiritual Powers
(Lovemotives Meditation Music) When listening to this powerful DMT deep meditation music, the pineal gland or "third eye" (dibba cakkhu) begins to shake off the calcification and open. Streaming now. DMT helps us direct our waking consciousness through the observable world with the help of our imagination. It helps us to see a world beyond the world that is readily seen. #DMT #DMTPORTAL #DMTMeditation

16-step method of meditation: Empty Cloud


The 16-Step Meditation Method with Ven. Suddhaso
(Buddhist Insights) American Theravada Buddhist monk and abbot of Empty Cloud Monastery in New Jersey Bhante Suddhāso explains how to use the Buddha's 16-step "Mindfulness of Breathing" method when working with meditation objects other than the breath.

The Myth of the Aryan Invasion, Pt. 2

Salagram.net edited by Wisdom Quarterly

Hitler tilted it and added color scheme.
The theory of the Aryan invasion of India has been a matter of debate, and at times, incisive arguments have been presented for and against it.
According to this theory, the light-skinned Aryan people wandered into India in the 2nd millennium B.C. from Central Asia.

The barbaric Aryan race then destroyed an already existing and advanced Harappan civilization, conquered it, and laid the foundations of a foreign imposition of language and culture on India.

This supposedly marked the beginning of the development of a Vedic culture, or what is called Hinduism today.

The hypothesis of an Aryan invasion is apparently based on the conflicts between light-skinned Aryans and dark race of dasyus described in Vedic literature. This aspect is said to have been strengthened by the skeletal findings in the excavated sites in the Indus Valley.

When the Rig Veda (2:20:10) refers to "Indra, the slayer of Vritra, destroying the Krishna Yoni Dasyus," it is held as a proof that the "invading aryans" exterminating the "dark aboriginals."

However, other references in the Rig Veda (10:1:11., 8:85:3., 2:3:9) suggest that the Indians were a mixed race and also, no stigma was attached to any non-white complexion. Therefore, to imagine the invading Aryans to be a white race is suspicious.

According to Saayana, the word dasyu derives from the word das, that is, "one who harms." The Rig Veda (6:22:10) prays to Indra [Sakka] to give glory by which the dasyus can become Aryas, that is, changing the dasyus to ideal and cultured human beings.

Many a scholar and historian have acknowledged the discrepancies, raised objections, and rejected the theory of Aryan invasion since its inception in the early 19th century.

According to historian Wheeler (in his Civilization of Indus Valley and Beyond), "...the [Aryan invasion] cannot be proved and may be quite incorrect."

Also, Murrow in his book The Sanskrit Language comments, "For the Indo-Aryan invasion of India no direct evidence is available... In the text of the Rig Veda itself, although historical allusions are not uncommon, there is no reference anywhere to the fact of the migration, nor any definite indication that it was still remembered."

Indian Vedic scholars like Dayanand Saraswati, B.G. Tilak, and Sri Arvind had already rejected the Aryan invasion theory based mostly on literary analysis.

In spite of having no evidence to support this doctrine, it is amusing to know how academics held on to this dogma. The unobservant reading of the Rig Veda and its subsequent misinterpretation led to the doctrines of "class" and "color" struggles among the ancient Indians -- an appropriate tool to justify Marxist ideals and European racial theories.

This doctrine of Aryan invasion has been used as a perfect tool to divide the Hindu society and the Indian state:

The north-Indian Aryans were then pit against the south-Indian Dravidians, high-castes against low-castes, mainstream Hindus against the tribalsVedic orthodoxy against the "native" heterodox sects and later, to neutralize Hindu criticism of forced Islamic occupation as "Hindus themselves have entered the same way as Muslims have."

Till today, the Marxist and "secularist" forces continue to promote this theory and extract propagandist capital out of it.

Recent advances in archeological, linguistic, and astronomical research have also compelled the abandoning of the current view of the Aryan invasion and the falsely speculated antiquity of the Vedic civilization.

The excavated ruins of the submerged city of Dwaraka [where Krishna is said to have lived] by Dr. S.R. Rao and his team in 1985 (Marine Archaeological Unit), along the coast of Gujarat, provides authenticity for the existence of the Mahabharata civilization (3000 B.C.)

Satellite data combined with field archeological studies have discovered the now disappeared river Saraswati, which appears extensively in the Vedic literature. The study also showed that the river flow discontinued much earlier than 3000 B.C.

The deciphering of the Indus script by S.R. Rao shows an amazing affinity with the Sanskrit family, and analysis of the seals have put forth numerous words and names from the Vedic age.

It indeed becomes evident that the Harappan culture was a part and parcel and continuation of an earlier Vedic age: an age that existed much prior to 3000 B.C.

As opposed to any racial connotation, the word "Aryan" is an honorific title and was used for people who were cultivated in mind and character, a person whose way of life aims at elevating the individual soul through a disciplined life to godhood (mukhti).

Sri Arvind in his celebrated book The Supramental Manifestation and Other Writings explains:
  • "...the word Arya expressed a particular ethical and social ideal, an ideal of well-governed life, candor, courtesy, nobility, straight dealing, courage, gentleness, purity, humanity, compassion, protection of the weak, liberality, observance of social duty, eagerness of knowledge, respect for the wise and learned, the social accomplishments. It was the combined ideal of the Brahmana (Brahmin priest) and the Kshatriya (noble warrior). Everything that departed from this ideal, everything that tended towards the ignoble, mean, obscure, rude, cruel or false, was termed un-Aryan or Anarya (colloquial, anari). There is no word in human speech that has a nobler history..." [which is why Nazis appropriated the mythology to their own malevolent ends].
Rama and Krishna have been addressed as Aryan, as are many other people in the Rig Vedic era, the antiquity of which is considered in the next section. More

Veterans for PEACE: Say NO to war

VeteransforPeace.org; Pfc. Sandoval, Sheldon S., CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Veterans for Peace want diplomacy not war
Give humans healthcare not warfare!
Veterans for Peace condemns the invasion of Ukraine. VFP's mission remains the same. It is committed to a sustainable and just peace.

As veterans know, increased violence only fuels extremism. We have all watched, and in some cases been firsthand witnesses, to how the human beings of Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, and so on have had their countries and lives destroyed by U.S. and Russian military involvement.

Also see pro-peace antiwar.com
For the United States and Russia, the only sane course of action now is a commitment to genuine diplomacy with serious negotiations – without which, conflict could easily spiral out of control to the point of further pushing the world toward nuclear war.

Genuine diplomacy is a commitment to compromise and maintaining open lines of communication. VFP rejects punitive U.S. sanctions that harshen the lives of people across the region.

The sanctions that U.S. Pres. Biden is proposing are not "tools of diplomacy," nor are they non-violent methods of foreign policy.


Image of VFP Logo
veteransforpeace.org press room news
They do NOT target those responsible for war but affect vulnerable civilian populations by limiting access to basic necessities.

The U.S. has a responsibility to pursue genuine diplomacy to push for an immediate ceasefire and to apply pressure on other nations to do the same. Read full statement

Webinar recording: The Military Industrial Complex and our Culture
Webinar: Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, VFP talks a lot about the "military-industrial complex," but what exactly is it? Who makes it up? And why are they so important?

This webinar looks at the effect these companies have on U.S. culture and how their influence has entered the world of sports, movies, charities, universities, and the media. Watch the recording.

War Industry Resisters Network
ABOUT: War Industry Resisters Network is a new coalition of groups opposing their local war companies. They have joined together to form the War Industry Resisters Network, focusing on corporate control over US foreign policy. This is the second in a series of webinars put on by the new network. Watch the first "Meet the Big 5: How the Military-Industrial Complex Controls Politics."

Did Russia "invade" Ukraine? (video)


This Changes Everything: Putin in the Ukraine?
(Russell Brand, Feb. 25, 2022) Russia has invaded Ukraine, allegedly – at least according to the much of the pro-war mainstream media (MSM) and certain greedy US/UK politicians. It’s as simple as Putin being the new "Hitler." But is it that simple? What role did our own governments play? And are we pushed towards WW III?
To listen, subscribe to the Luminary Channel on Apple Podcasts at apple.co/russell or on the Luminary app luminary.link/russell.

For meditation and breathwork, subscribe to Brand's side-channel: Awakening with Russell... The weekly meditation podcast, Above the Noise, is now available on Apple (apple.co/meditate) and Luminary (luminary.link/meditate).

Thursday, February 24, 2022

Who were the "Aryans"? Part 1 (video)

White bias extends into artist's renderings. Aryan invasion debunked (downtoearth.org.in)

Larry? - Hitler stole this symbol from Buddhism!
"
Aryan" in Buddhism is used figuratively to refer to "nobles." Nobles has two meanings, "warriors" (kshatriyas) and the "enlightened" (aryas).

In its literal sense, it may mean Iranian (prehistoric people of proto-Persia). This is based on the popular and sometimes debunked Indian myth that great invaders came from the north to found the Indus Valley Civilization by mixing with Dravidian peoples. They brought the Vedas ("Knowledge Books") and Laws of Manu.

This is a popular history the Buddha used skillfully -- as he did many things -- to further a message. While he did not say it actually happened, he did use the myth to further promote the Dharma.

The origins of the swastika (pardos) and the Nazi abuse of it as a corporate logo
.
Recent findings suggest that not only was the Buddha was a noble, "enlightened," he may have been a literal Aryan (Iranian arya), born in Central Asia, in the north of future "India," in the sprawling Hellenistic Greek empire.

The Myth of the Aryan Invasion
Salagram.net
Hitler tilted it and added color scheme.
The theory of the Aryan invasion of India has been a matter of debate, and at times, incisive arguments have been presented for and against it.

According to this theory, the light-skinned Aryan people wandered into India in the 2nd millennium B.C. from Central Asia.

The barbaric Aryan race then destroyed an already existing and advanced Harappan civilization, conquered it, and laid the foundations of a foreign imposition of language and culture on India.

This supposedly marked the beginning of the development of a Vedic culture, or what is called Hinduism today.

The hypothesis of an Aryan invasion is apparently based on the conflicts between light-skinned Aryans and dark race of dasyus described in Vedic literature. This aspect is said to have been strengthened by the skeletal findings in the excavated sites in the Indus Valley.

When the Rig Veda (2:20:10) refers to "Indra, the slayer of Vritra, destroying the Krishna Yoni Dasyus," it is held as a proof that the "invading aryans" exterminating the "dark aboriginals."

However, other references in the Rig Veda (10:1:11., 8:85:3., 2:3:9) suggest that the Indians were a mixed race and also, no stigma was attached to any non-white complexion. Therefore, to imagine the invading Aryans to be a white race is suspicious.

According to Saayana, the word dasyu derives from the word das, that is, "one who harms." The Rig Veda (6:22:10) prays to Indra [Sakka] to give glory by which the dasyus can become Aryas, that is, changing the dasyus to ideal and cultured human beings.

Many a scholar and historian have acknowledged the discrepancies, raised objections, and rejected the theory of Aryan invasion since its inception in the early 19th century.

According to historian Wheeler (in his Civilization of Indus Valley and Beyond), "...the [Aryan invasion] cannot be proved and may be quite incorrect."

Also, Murrow in his book The Sanskrit Language comments, "For the Indo-Aryan invasion of India no direct evidence is available... In the text of the Rig Veda itself, although historical allusions are not uncommon, there is no reference anywhere to the fact of the migration, nor any definite indication that it was still remembered."

Indian Vedic scholars like Dayanand Saraswati, B.G. Tilak, and Sri Arvind had already rejected the Aryan invasion theory based mostly on literary analysis.

In spite of having no evidence to support this doctrine, it is amusing to know how academics held on to this dogma. The unobservant reading of the Rig Veda and its subsequent misinterpretation led to the doctrines of "class" and "color" struggles among the ancient Indians -- an appropriate tool to justify Marxist ideals and European racial theories.

This doctrine of Aryan invasion has been used as a perfect tool to divide the Hindu society and the Indian state:

The north-Indian Aryans were then pit against the south-Indian Dravidians, high-castes against low-castes, mainstream Hindus against the tribals, Vedic orthodoxy against the "native" heterodox sects and later, to neutralize Hindu criticism of forced Islamic occupation as "Hindus themselves have entered the same way as Muslims have."

Till today, the Marxist and "secularist" forces continue to promote this theory and extract propagandist capital out of it.

Recent advances in archeological, linguistic, and astronomical research have also compelled the abandoning of the current view of the Aryan invasion and the falsely speculated antiquity of the Vedic civilization.

The excavated ruins of the submerged city of Dwaraka [where Krishna is said to have lived] by Dr. S.R. Rao and his team in 1985 (Marine Archaeological Unit), along the coast of Gujarat, provides authenticity for the existence of the Mahabharata civilization (3000 B.C.)

Satellite data combined with field archeological studies have discovered the now disappeared river Saraswati, which appears extensively in the Vedic literature. The study also showed that the river flow discontinued much earlier than 3000 B.C.

The deciphering of the Indus script by S.R. Rao shows an amazing affinity with the Sanskrit family, and analysis of the seals have put forth numerous words and names from the Vedic age.

It indeed becomes evident that the Harappan culture was a part and parcel and continuation of an earlier Vedic age: an age that existed much prior to 3000 B.C.

As opposed to any racial connotation, the word "Aryan" is an honorific title and was used for people who were cultivated in mind and character, a person whose way of life aims at elevating the individual soul through a disciplined life to godhood (mukhti).

Sri Arvind in his celebrated book The Supramental Manifestation and Other Writings explains:
  • "...the word Arya expressed a particular ethical and social ideal, an ideal of well-governed life, candor, courtesy, nobility, straight dealing, courage, gentleness, purity, humanity, compassion, protection of the weak, liberality, observance of social duty, eagerness of knowledge, respect for the wise and learned, the social accomplishments. It was the combined ideal of the Brahmana (Brahmin priest) and the Kshatriya (noble warrior). Everything that departed from this ideal, everything that tended towards the ignoble, mean, obscure, rude, cruel or false, was termed un-Aryan or Anarya (colloquial, anari). There is no word in human speech that has a nobler history..." [which is why Nazis appropriated the mythology to their own malevolent ends].
Rama and Krishna have been addressed as Aryan, as are many other people in the Rig Vedic era, the antiquity of which is considered in the next section. More

No war in Ukraine! No to NATO! (Feb. 26)

Ashley Wells, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Pfc. Sandoval (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

URGENT! We are horrified at the [US] escalation of the conflict in Ukraine. We must come together across borders to demand a diplomatic solution to the present crisis.

As part of that solution, Ukrainian membership in NATO must be off the table. The crisis over Ukraine has exposed how dangerous NATO is. It is an aggressive military alliance that has massively expanded since the end of the Cold War.

And as we head towards the next NATO summit in Madrid in June -- and the Peace Summit organized by the movements -- let's come together, across the Atlantic, to say No to War and No to NATO!

Check out the fantastic list of speakers and cosponsors that will make up this emergency online rally:
  • Cohosts: Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK and Kate Hudson, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)
  • Speakers:
  • Jeremy Corbyn,
  • UK Member of Parliament Daniele Obono,
  • Member of the French National Assembly Sevim Dagdelen,
  • Member of the German Bundestag,
  • Committee on Foreign Affairs Vijay Prashad,
  • Tricontinental Institute for Social Research Lindsey German,
  • UK Stop the War Coalition Nora Garcia,
  • Madrid Anti-NATO Peace Summit Nina Potarska,
  • Ukraine section of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Ludo de Brabander,
  • Belgium Vrede and No to Nato Coalition
  • Nadezhda Azhgihina, Russian journalist,
  • US-Russia Women’s Call for Peace Organized by Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,
  • CODEPINK,
  • Stop the War Coalition,
  • No to NATO Network
International Online Rally: No War in Ukraine - No to NATO (codepink.org)

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Spotify censors Joe "$100 Mil" Rogan

Mike MacRae, Jimmy Dore, Mischa McCortney Paullin, Jackson Hinkle (TJDS); Wisdom Quarterly

Science confirms near-death experience

Jonathan Chadwick, Mail Online, Feb. 23, 2022; Pat Macpherson (ed.), Wisdom Quarterly
The biological brain of a dying person is very active; the metaphysical mind is more active.

Our lives really DO flash before us: Scientists record the brain activity of an 87-year-old man at the moment he died, revealing a rapid 'memory retrieval' process
  • Researchers recorded brain activity of 87-year-old as he died from a heart attack.
  • Brain waves indicated rapid memory retrieval process occurred at time of death.
  • Findings suggest our life does flash before our eyes through "memory retrieval."
The mysterious EEG helmet tells all.
What happens in the brain as we die has been a source of mystery for centuries, but a new scientific study suggests our lives really do flash before our eyes in our final moments [like religion has said for centuries].

Neuroscientists inadvertently recorded a dying brain while they were using electroencephalography (EEG) to detect and treat seizures in an 87-year-old man, and he suffered a cardiac arrest.

It was the first time ever that scientists had recorded the activity of a dying human brain, according to the team. Rhythmic brain wave patterns were observed to be similar to those occurring during memory retrieval, as well as dreaming and meditation.

This supports a theory known as "life recall" [life review] – that we relive our entire life in the space of seconds like a flash of lightning just prior to death.

In fact, the brain may remain active and coordinated during and after the transition to death and may even be programmed to "orchestrate the whole ordeal," according to the researchers. More

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

The funny Beatles: "A Hard Day's Night"


A Hard Day's Night - funny George Harrison
(Kazam741852) In this smart scene from A Hard Day's Night, George says "grotty" and shows up the exploitation of youth culture by a corporate exploitation class. It's ironic, and one has to wonder if the viewers are catching on as the Beatles warn them that it's all about sales. The movie is genuinely funny and ahead of its time.


(Rudimentary Peni) There's a cosmetic plague, and it's "Defined by Age." LYRICS: "The gap between young and old/ Exists because it's what we're told/ The older generation or the youth of today/ Views and actions, defined by age/ Defined by age, defined by age/ The complacency of middle age/ False dignity, moral outrage/ Is just the same as the teenage rebel pose/ Another source of money-making/ Exploitation, manipulation/ A gap is nothing, an empty space/ In your mind, defined by age/ Fill the space, defined by age/ Fill the space, defined by age" (from the British anarcho-punk album Farce).