Friday, October 31, 2025

American Day of the Dead (Nov. 1)


What is the Day of the Dead?
Buddhist saint who saved his mother from hell
(ReligionForBreakfast) Writer: Dr. R. Andrew Chesnut. Editor: Mark Henry. Executive producers: Daniel Cuevas, Jay Gotschalk, Producer: Lyndsay Ballew.  Further reading: R. Andrew Chesnut, Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saint, 2011. RFB Patreon community: religionforbreakfast.
The Aztec Lady of the Dead: Mictēcacihuātl

Does beauty lure and lead us to Death?
(Lady of the Library): Cinzia DuBois is a part-time, self-funded doctoral (Ph.D.) student and writer, YouTuber, and podcaster. She has been creating videos for over 15 years. On this channel she talks about dark and ancient history, literature, and folklore. On a second channel, she discusses productivity, personal development, her doctoral thesis, academia, and mental well-being.

Aztec Goddess the Lady of the Dead
Mictēcacihuātl ("Lady of the Dead"), in Aztec mythology, is a [goddess] death deity and the consort of Mictlāntēcutli, the god of the dead [like Buddhism's Judge Yama in the underworld also known as Yama in Hinduism] and ruler of Mictlān, the lowest level of the underworld [1].

Her role is to watch over the bones of the dead and preside over the ancient festivals of the dead. These festivals evolved from Aztec traditions into the modern Day of the Dead after synthesis with invading Spanish traditions. She now presides over the contemporary festival as well. In this respect, the pseudo-Catholic cult of Santa Muerte owes much to her. More


Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte

Devoted to Death (Chesnut)
The third edition of Devoted to Death: Santa Muerte, the Skeleton Saint offers a fascinating portrayal of Santa Muerte [female Saint Death], a skeleton saint whose cult has become the fastest growing new religious movement worldwide over the past two decades.

Although condemned by mainstream churches, this folk saint's supernatural powers appeal to millions in Latin America, the USA, and beyond. Devotees believe the Bony Lady (as she is affectionately called) to be the fastest and most effective miracle worker, and as such, her statuettes and paraphernalia now outsell those of the Virgin of Guadalupe and Saint Jude, two other giants of Mexican religiosity.

Folk Saint Death

Aztec St. Muerte, Tepito, MX
In particular, Santa Muerte has become the patron saint of drug traffickers, playing an important role as protector of peddlers of fentanyl and marijuana; DEA agents and Mexican police often find her altars in the safe houses of drug smugglers.

Yet, Saint Death plays other important roles: she is a supernatural healer, love doctor, money-maker, lawyer, and angel of death. She has become without doubt one of the most popular and powerful saints of both the Latin American and American religious landscapes. More


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  • Religion for Breakfast, Oct. 24, 2021; R. Andrew Chesnut (book); Cinzia DuBois, Sept. 5, 2023; AZTLAN (song); AJ+, 2015; Crystal Quintero, Pfc. Sandoval, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
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Dodgers vs. Blue Jays at end of world


The stakes: If the Los Angeles Dodgers win tonight (Day of the Dead, Nov. 1, 2025), they’ll be the first team to win consecutive titles since the New York Yankees did it from 1998 to 2000.

Meanwhile, the Toronto Blue Jays won back-to-back championships in 1992 and 1993 — and they're back in the series for the first time in 32 years.

Help from the Other Side
If Toronto wins, it will be ecstasy for the country of mighty Canada, smearing it in the face of the Orange Dictator in his Demolished House commanding his ICE Gestapo.
  • Do the LA Dodgers have a supernatural edge tonight thanks to their large Latin/Asian fan base? YES! Today, the Mexican Day of the Dead, is Mexican super-pitcher Fernando Valenzuela's birthday, and the greatest living Dodger pitcher, Shintoist ONE MAN SHOhei Ohtani is pitching tonight. Nando willing, tonight is a cinch for the Dodgers!
  • What makes the Dodgers so good? It's the best team money could buy. And this is a capitalist country with a capitalist game that glorifies competition, rivalry, violent grit (sometimes breaking out in massive gang fights on the field when they lose and a little sports hooliganism on the streets when they win).
How did Shohei Ohtani happen?

World's greatest pitcher and hitter: S. Ohtani
How we got here: The Blue Jays on Friday seemed poised to tie the game in the ninth inning until Dodgers infielder Kiké Hernández initiated an incredible double play to end the game and secure a trip to Game 7.

Where things stand: The last game, the tiebreaker, will be at the covered Rogers Centre in Toronto, where the team of champions will claim Major League Baseball's Commissioner’s Trophy. More: World Series Game 7: The winner takes all as Dodgers seek a repeat title tonight (LAist.com)

Orange Dictator humiliates USA in Asia

YMCA greetings for a king | The Daily Show
Why do we Americans dishonor our king?
(Comedy Central Africa) Oct. 31, 2025: "The village people must be so proud that their song became America's official presidential anthem" 🤭 when all they did was write a song about getting r*iled at the gym. | The Daily Show on Comedy Central, DStv Ch122
  • MLB Highlights, 10/31/25; LAist.com; Desi Lydic, The Daily Show; CC Liu, Pfc. Sandoval, Crystal Q. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
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Did Europe devolve from indigenous ways?


What happened to Indigenous Europeans?
Figurine of West's Mother Goddess
(Claudia Ayuso) Oct. 30, 2025: There’s an unknown chapter of European history that’s no longer told in our books. [The gatekeepers removed it so that no one would know.]

Research suggests that thousands of years ago [in prehistory] — long before recorded history — the Indigenous peoples of Europe built unique, rich cultures. But then something changed — dramatically. Out of that shift emerged the Europe we know today: patriarchy, biblical genocide, violence, sexism, empires, kings, and bloody conquest — a legacy of settler colonialism that shaped today's world.

So what happened? Have traces of that earlier world survived?
God's wife, beloved Asherah
Does anyone remember the Western God's wife? And by "God" is meant the Judeo-Christian "God" of the Bible: Her name was the Western Goddess Asherah.

Marija Gimbutas or Marija Birutė Alseikaitė-Gimbutienė (1921–1994) was a Lithuanian archaeologist and anthropologist known for her research into the Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures of "Old Europe" and for her Kurgan hypothesis, which located the Proto-Indo-European homeland in the Pontic Steppe. More


Special thanks to: Sylvia Linsteadt, Kristian Kristiansen, Iosif Lazaridis.

ABOUT: Origin Story is an optimistic series about humans on Earth. Subscribe and catch all episodes: @claudia-ayuso. Stay in touch: claudiaayuso, originstory.earth, originstoryearth.substack.com
  • Claudia Ayuso, Oct. 28, 2025; Amber Larson and Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
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Candace dares to suggest Israel killed Kirk


Candace Owens must want to get assassinated by Israel, too

(The Young Turks) "A video of Charlie's Chief of Staff Mikey McCoy is currently going viral. We are going to go through it. Plus, I have more never before seen texts from Charlie Kirk. And I have exclusive footage that will make your skin crawl." Read more: Charlie's Angels or Demons? Disturbing Foo...

Charlie Kirk wanted to go Catholic like Candace Owens, disgusted by
"Judeo-Christian" propaganda term to make us all feel like we
have to support Israel's settler colonial genocide project
Oct. 28, 2025: WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE CHARLIE KIRK INVESTIGATION? Nuthin. Dir. KA$H Patel and Dan the Man Bongino already solved it and signed off on the cover up. Move along. Nothing to see here.


Candace Owens is taking a lot of heat for continuing to question and tug at loose ends concerning the so-called FBI "investigation" into Charlie Kirk's public assassination by some Mossad-like agency, perhaps the CIA or FBI or just Kirk's own Israeli security detail.
Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss on The Young Turks. Agree with TYT's take? 🔥 Tired of corporate media? Get b*llsy news and bold commentary from TYT, except they fired Jimmy Dore for being too b*llsy and too bold, so find him and his team at TJDS. 📲 Or watch The Candace Owens Show since both Jimmy and Candace are far more honest and risk-taking in getting the truth out than TYT.
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The Dodgers' hopes rest on Yamamoto


Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Los Angeles is on edge and ready to riot if their team the beloved Dodgers fail to win Game 6. It's Devils' Night in WeHo (West Hollywood), home of the Halloween Carnivale, a night of LGBTQI+ revelry and possible debauchery, although this year they have shortened it by an hour so that it ends long before midnight, the Witching Hour. The keiki (children) are dodging cars on the suburban streets of the megalopolis as they run their culturally-approved shakedown for dopamine hits via sugary candies all across LA's 88 cities and countless neighborhoods.

The great Japanese pitcher will start Game 6, and with so much at stake, Dodger fans have to wonder if the stars are aligned. Avoid gambling. It's rigged. The fix is in. It's an emotional rollercoaster ride.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto's lifestyle IS NOT what you think!
(MLB Lifestyle) Oct. 25, 2025: From the bright lights of Tokyo to the star-studded streets of Hollywood, Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s story goes far beyond the mound. This video uncovers how one of Japan’s greatest pitchers rose to global fame, conquered Major League Baseball expectations, and built a life worthy of the spotlight. Learn where his journey began, how he made history in Japan, and what makes his transition to the Dodgers so remarkable — all without giving away the twists that make his story unforgettable. 🎬 Watch until the end for a deeper look into the man behind the legend.


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LIVE: West Hollywood's Halloween Carnival



LIVE: West Hollywood hosts Halloween Carnival
(Telemundo English) Started streaming Oct. 31, 2025: The spirit of Halloween is on full display as West Hollywood hosts its iconic Halloween Carnival. #Hollywood #Halloween

What is American Halloween (Hallow's Eve)?
Scare away the bad spirits with spooky items.
Halloween is also known as All Hallows' Eve [9] and All Saints' Eve [10]. It is a celebration observed in many countries on October 31st, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day.

It is at the beginning of the observance of Allhallowtide [11], the time in the Christian liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints ("hallows"), martyrs, and all the faithful departed (souls) [3][12][13].

In popular culture, Halloween has become a celebration of horror and is associated with the macabre and the supernatural [12][14], the gory, gruesome, magical, and morbid.

It's time for some divination games.
One theory holds that many Halloween traditions were directly influenced by Celtic harvest festivals, particularly the Gaelic festival Samhain, which are believed to have pagan (pre-Christian European) roots [15][16][17][18].

Some theories go further and suggest that Samhain may have been Christianized as All Hallows' Day, along with its eve, by the Church [19][1][20].

Other academics say Halloween began independently as a Christian holiday, being the vigil of All Hallows' Day [21][22][23][24].

Celebrated in Ireland and Scotland for centuries, Irish and Scottish immigrants brought many Halloween customs to North America in the 19th century [25][26]. Then, through American influence, various Halloween customs spread to other countries by the late 20th and early 21st century [14][27].

Popular activities during Halloween include
  • trick-or-treating (or the related guising and souling),
  • attending gaily feted costume parties,
  • carving pumpkins and turnips into spooky jack-o'-lanterns,
  • lighting bonfires,
  • apple bobbing,
  • divination games,
  • playing pranks,
  • visiting haunted houses and attractions,
  • telling frightening stories, and
  • watching horror flicks and Halloween-themed films [28].
Some Christians practice the observances of All Hallows' Eve, including attending church services and lighting candles on the graves of the dead [29][30][31], although it is a secular [32][33][34] or even demonic and Satanic celebration for others.

Historically, many Christians abstained from meat on All Hallows' Eve, a tradition reflected in the eating of traditional vegetarian foods on this day, including apples, potato pancakes, and soul cakes [35][36][37][38]. More
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Signs of progress in meditation (Rinpoche)


How do I know if I'm becoming a better meditator? Signs of progress with Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
(Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche) Premiered Aug. 20, 2024: Although meditation instructions are often simple and easy to understand, knowing whether we are practicing correctly can be difficult. [There's nothing easy about applying the easy instructions, nothing simple about actually doing the practice that sounded to terribly simple that there should have been nothing to it.] How do we know if it is being effective and helping us progress along the path of awakening (enlightenment)? In this monthly teaching, Mingyur Rinpoche gives helpful advice to assess how our "calm abiding practice" (samatha) or "insight meditation practice" (vipassana) is progressing.

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Hate Thy Neighbour: Inside US Neo-Nazi Cult

(True Lives) VICE investigates real white American racism
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Yoga is for white people (Zarna Garg)


Bikram ran scam called Bikram Yoga
Zarna Garg (born Feb. 15, 1975) [1] is an Indian American stand-up comedian and screenwriter. CNBC says she is "the zany, outspoken voice of the Indian American woman" [2]. She is also a New York Times bestselling author.
  • ZG is a "Desi" (a member of the Indian diaspora) comedian at Zarna Garg.com. Desi a loose term used to describe the peoples, cultures, and products of the Indian subcontinent and their diaspora [4], deriving from the Sanskrit देश (deśá), meaning "land" or "country" [5]. It traces its origin to people from South Asia: India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh and is sometimes extended to include the Sri Lanka, Nepal, the Maldives, and Bhutan. More: Desi
Early life and education

Born in India, she lived in Mumbai (Bombay) as a teenager. Her Indian father demanded that she get married the day after her mother died, which was when she was 14.

Why are we Americans overachievers?
Rather than submit to an arranged marriage, she moved out of the house and stayed with friends and family [4]. Eventually, she emigrated to the USA to live with her sister in Akron, Ohio [2][5].

She earned a BA degree in finance from the University of Akron and a JD (Juris Doctor) degree from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio [6].

After being a stay-at-home mother for 16 years, she was encouraged by her children to try stand-up comedy [7], so we have them to thank. More
  • Zarna Garg (Comedy Dynamics); CC Liu, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
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Hollywood's Halloween vs. Irish Samhain



University of Edinburgh, Oct. 31, 2016
Samhain (SOW-in) or Sauin is a Gaelic festival in Ireland that falls on the Mexican Day of the Dead, Nov. 1st, marking the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter or the "darker half" of the year [1].

It is also the Irish and Scottish Gaelic name for November. Celebrations begin on Halloween, the evening of October 31st, since the Celtic day began and ended at sunset [1].


The seasons and festivals of Ireland
This is about halfway between the autumnal equinox and winter solstice. It is one of the four Gaelic seasonal festivals along with Imbolc, Bealtaine, and Lughnasa.

Historically it was widely observed throughout Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man. Its Brittonic Celtic equivalent is Calan Gaeaf in Wales. More


The Citizens of Halloween: "This is Halloween" (from Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas")
(DisneyMusicVEVO) Oct. 14, 2021: Stream “Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas” on Disney+, the only place to stream favorites from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, and more [because there's absolutely nowhere else to stream. All hail the Disney Corporation!]

(BbaGumpSkrimp) The Making of The Nightmare Before Christmas

It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!

It was a time of innocent childishness and evil.
Remember waiting all October for Linus to see the Great Pumpkin? This Halloween classic wasn’t just wholesome—it changed American (and Canadian) TV forever. From hidden gags to production secrets and the real reason it almost got banned, here are 10 wild facts about It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown! most people didn’t know. Relive the magic of a simpler time. More

Disney Halloweens used to be easy: skeletons

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Dogman, wolfman, lycanthrope, werewolf

(Peter Austin) Lycanthropes (werewolves, dogmen, monsters)
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'We don’t know who we’re killing' (TJDS)

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