Trump is a dumb-dumb getting dumber

Trump's VERY BIG announcement, evil plan to defund NPR/PBS, search for New Pope, celeb prom stories

Hello, Fat Dum Dum, you're dumb

(Jimmy Kimmel Live) May 7, 2025: Weight Watchers has filed for bankruptcy, The Conclave to select the next Pope has officially begun, Trump has a very bigly announcement that will be coming out soon, his evil plan to cut public funding from public radio and television stations NPR and PBS is taking shape, ships that are carrying Chinese goods are arriving half-empty in an alarming sign, and Ike Barinholtz, Quinta Brunson, Will Forte, Michelle Monaghan, Bert Kreischer, Aaron Paul, and Chelsea Handler share their prom stories.

(SNL) Trump signs a slew of new laws by decree

Carney tells Trump Canada "not for sale," Trump offends

Catholics with AI Pope image: A Closer Look

• Trump renames Persian Gulf, teases a “Big Announcement,” and US military loses another fighter jet | The Daily Show
• Trump: The problem with our leaders is that they're dumb, dumb

Worst Coachella; Warped Tour returns

This gent being deceased, it's hard to see how DJ Prodigy will pull this off

The goal of Coachella (coachella.com) is, of course, to make money. Forget art, new bands, tent raves, heat, the endless walking, dust, crowds, or tracker wristbands. This is about seeing and being seen. Too bad there are next to no bands worth seeing this year. Maybe Travis Scott will cause another satanic stampede riot by bringing Drake on stage as a surprise guest and reliving a previous disaster. Maybe Gaga will bore the crowd until football games break out in the audience so she can superheroine around on wires over the stage in a spacesuit. Green *yawn* Day, oy vey. What's the point. Maybe they can perform that Seinfeld song, a real arena anthem. Post Malone could invite skinny Jelly Roll to outshine him. Many already bought tickets, thinking it's usually a good show. For them there's:

• The Prodigy
• Gustavo Dudamel & LA Phil
• KNEECAP
• SAINt JHN
• Circle Jerks
• The Misfits
• Clairo
• Charli XCX
• Megan Thee Stallion
• GloRilla
• The Go-Go's
• Amyl and the Sniffers
• Ty Dolla $ign
• Infected Mushroom
• The Beaches
• Don't buy, WIN tickets to Coachella 2025 and if you don't win, maybe that's a sign not to go in accordance with the Law of Attraction (just sayin')

On the bright side, WARPED TOUR returns!

Warped Tour (VansWarpedTour,com) used to be the sort of alt skateboard (X Games) corporate endorsement traveling punk rock jamboree festival every summer. It dried up but has now been resuscitated. There's been a big announcement on the pages of USA Today: Vans Warped Tour reveals first few bands for 2025 comeback following long hiatus

• Pennywise, Simple Plan, Bowling for Soup among first group of Vans Warped Tour 2025 performers (Variety EXCLUSIVE)
• Long Beach already sold out for July '25, join waitlist (vanswarpedtourlongbeach.frontgatetickets.com)

Pennywise singer, featured on The Other F Word, sings "Alien"

Dance Hall Crashers take time machine to the nineties for ska, dancehall?

The Beaches "Blame Brett" (Blame My Ex)

Will Anthony Byrd (Tony Hawk) be there? He's injured so probably not, but other trucks will be whipping around on the asphalt.

• Karoline Leavitt: Trump picks youngest White House press secretary [because he misses Ivanka]
• Karoline Leavitt (because Trump has a type) on Wiki
• Seth Auberon, Sheldon S., Pfc. Sandoval, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Return of peace candidate Dennis Kucinich

Jimmy Dore (jimmydore.com); Pfc. Sandoval, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Epic compilation of Rachel Maddow’s blatant lies on MSNBC

Bernie LIVE election night speech (video)

Wisdom Quarterly; Bernie Sanders Speeches & Events; The Young Turks

"The struggle [revolution] continues!"

UPDATE: Bernie stays in the campaign all the way to Pennsylvania for the DNC (Democratic National Convention). Whatever he might have said to anyone -- Clinton or Obama or those around him -- he instead stayed on track. The revolutionary train is going to take it all the way. Plan B? Same as Plan A!

She's a huge b-tch!

Following the AP's psy ops operation calling the primary election before voting in the largest state and five other important states -- not to mention the Democratic party's voter suppression making it difficult for independents to have their votes counted (instead being given worthless provisional ballots or being turned away or being cleansed from voter rolls -- Sen. Sanders will make a "big announcement" sometime after 10:00 pm live from Los Angeles.

LIVE: Sanders Primary Election Night Rally 

WTF?!

California Primary Election Night in Santa Monica, California (Tuesday, 6-7-16) full speech: Bernie Sanders would have given us "A Future to Believe In" in Los Angeles, but people associated with the campaign are reportedly saying he's going to wrap it up tonight. Join supporters and schadenfreude-loving onlookers on election night live online right here. Start time: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 10:00 pm Pacific Standard Time, Wednesday, June 8, 2016 1:00 am on the East Coast.

Science: It's a girl thing! (comedy video)

Wisdom Quarterly; Alba502 (EU video)
What might a sexist commercial about men look like if society wanted less science out of us and more self-defeating behavior like alcohol and pornography addiction?
   

The following public service announcement (PSA) was published by the science commission of the European Union. It is part of a campaign designed to attract more females to a career in science. The commission says the inadvertently sexist video has to "speak their language to get their attention."

   

They add that it was intended to be "fun, catchy" and strike a chord with young people. "I would encourage everyone to have a look at the wider campaign and the many videos already online of female researchers talking about their jobs and lives," the commission added.

(Seattle P.I.) A European Union PSA was supposed to encourage girls to consider a career in the sciences. Instead, it turned out to be a big embarrassment, with critics (and pretty much everyone) saying it’s sexist and insulting... peppered with the words “lipstick,” “stiletto,” and “gawking dude.” More

Shambhala's new: "Jhanas Advice"

The authors with Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw, 2008 Forest Refuge Retreat

WQ is excited to report that two successful meditators (whose advice is featured in WQ) have recently signed a book contract with Shambhala Publications, the highly respected publisher of Buddhist and other authors such as the Dalai Lama, Joseph Goldstein, Ajahn Chah, A.H. Almaas, and Ken Wilber!

Book Release

Shambhala will release an expanded version of the book Jhanas Advice, in stores by Fall 2009.

Older (pre-Shambhala) cover

Possible 2009 Retreat
The authors are also in conversation with a Buddhist retreat center about the possibility of offering a public retreat in 2009.

2008 Intensive
There is still space for the day-long intensive on November 8, 2008, in San Rafael, California. The topic is "From First Sit to First Jhana--Navigating the Process of Purification of Mind through the Use of Wise Effort." Register at http://www.jhanasadvice.com/id6.html. Space is limited, so register early.

• More information: http://www.jhanasadvice.com/