(Sheriff Lamb) FLORIDA, the nation's main vein draining into Trump's Gulf of America - Bubbly (possibly intoxicated) boob-exposing Bikini Princess loses it and commits felonies when police tell her Daddy's Mustang GTO is about to get towed and impounded for racing over 100 MPH ("criminal speeding") while the driver was determined to be operating the vehicle under the influence (DUI) of alcohol.
Why is Latin-flavored Florida this way? Why are Floridians (living somewhere in a limbo between the East Coast and the Deep South) so out of control, sexy, drunk, "rapey"?
Is it because Trump's Mar-a-Lago recruiting ground and Epstein's Island are close by?
They say the people of Florida are extravagant, impoverished, disastrous, prone to alcohol abuse and consuming excitotoxins, fighting alligators, relieving themselves in public, running from police, sleeping around, hosting a giant metal scene (Tampa), partying on the sand, dancing to Cuban rhythms, engaging in Spring Break madness, and being oh so very entitled...
It can't just be the weather, the tourists, or its proximity of the Bermuda Triangle, can it? There must be something in the air, all those enormous mosquitoes (skeeters), government experiments in progress, or something. Who can explain?
(Detective Andrew) Aug. 22, 2026: Commentator Drew Baxter is a retired police lieutenant and former detective with nearly 29 years of law enforcement experience at the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office in Tampa, Florida. He worked in 911 dispatch, undercover narcotics, informant handling, and wiretap investigations before retiring as commander of the communications center. He is a self-described "expert" instructor in interviews and interrogations and courtroom testimony and demeanor.
Want a deeper dive? Drew Baxter co-hosts The Comm Center with active 911 dispatcher Jon, breaking down real 911 calls, bodycam footage, and full investigations from the inside
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism is a book written by Robin DiAngelo about modern race relations in the United States. An academic with experience in diversity training, DiAngelo coined the term "white fragility" to describe what she views as any defensive instincts or reactions that a white person experiences when questioned about race or made to consider one's own race.
Author Robin Jeanne DiAngelo
In White Fragility, DiAngelo views racism in the United States as systemic and often perpetuated subconsciously (below conscious awareness, aka implicit bias) by individuals. She recommends against viewing racism as committed intentionally by "bad people" and instead advocates for seeing it for what it is. More
In our second investigation, Ms. Denny gets out of hand because she is hiding multiple identification documents. She shoplifts then wants to pay for the items, even though the clerk has previously refused the sale. She's bouncy and privileged with enough of a sense of entitlement that "Phil Lincoln," presumably the aggressive police officer responding to the call, gets tired of it very quickly and takes her down that results in broken glass from a bottle of stolen alcohol and charges of resisting arrest without violence in addition to petty theft.
Prices start at $2,000 and go up to $6,300, all under $10,000!
The cheapest car in the U.S. today (was the discontinued Mercedes' Smart car at $24,000 then the Nissan Versa at $18,000) is now the Nissan Sentra at $23,000.
Average new car in U.S. costs $50,000.
The model shown here, the Bestune Pony, is only $4,800 (the Playful Pony), the Petite Pony ($6,300)
Thinks fatal car crash is funny: "He didn't look okay" [because I mangled him with my vehicle]
You will cover up my crimes like I cover y'all!
(PoliceCamCentral) Washington State, summer 2025: Off-duty female cop drives drunk, kills motorcyclist, as police attempt to cover up her intoxication and avoid having her say anything incriminating on bodycam. She is finally arrested for DUI, found to be more than twice the legal limit. Through it all, she thinks the fatal crash she was involved in or caused is funny even as she is soaked in the blood of her victim, asking to be allowed to go home to get out of bloody and incriminating clothes as she gave CPR until she thought victim was dead and didn't bother to keep going, even though paramedics did continue. (She may have killed him by her drunken negligence as much as by colliding with him in the first place). It's silent behind the Blue Shield as other officers deserve to be arrested, investigated, and imprisoned for conspiracy charges of helping out their hot friend and colleague, scratching her back just as they would expect her to cover up for them.
(Ud 3.1) Thus have I heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove at the multimillionaire's monastery.
At that time a certain Buddhist monk was sitting close to the Buddha, legs crossed, with body straight.
As a result (vipaka) of past deeds (karma), he suffered painful, sharp, severe, and acute feelings, which he endured unbothered, mindfully with clear comprehension.
(BAUS Chuang Yen Monastery) June 27, 2022: In this Dharma talk, Bhikkhu Bodhi discusses The Numerical Discourses (Anguttara Nikaya) AN 4.233-238, a series of sutras in which the historical Buddha explains the four kinds of karma (kamma, deed, action):
dark karma with dark result
bright karma with bright result
dark-and-bright karma with dark-and-bright result
karma that is neither dark nor bright with neither-dark-nor-bright result or the karma that leads to the ending of karma.
Bhikkhu Bodhi (BAUS, Carmel, New York, 6/18/22); Dhr. Seven (ed.), Wisdom Quarterly
Q: Is we slightly stoopid? We owned muscle cars as teens. Very mindful, very demure, right? We had fat tires, needlessly shiny rims, and coatings of black primer instead of proper paint jobs, which were coming.
A: Listening to hardcore LA punk and heavier and heavier metal of all kinds, it made sense. American boys need power, at least the LA (and Detroit) ones. Humans need the feel of speed. We were hardly the first American'ts to feel drawn to the exaggerated feminine curves of the Chevy Corvette over the square stylings of the Ford Mustang or the silly buggy shape of Hitler's Folkswagon (VW). The Chevy Camaro, the Malibu, the Nova, the Predator, the Scylla, the Leviathan, somewhere there were balding men during the Fifties fueling these fevered dreams of "Man and Machine." Women, too, strange tomboys and uberkoolchix. It was not the most meditative thing one could have been doing though in someways there was Zen and being in the zone. Gary Numan had a lot to do with it.
What synthetic drugs must you have been on in the Seventies, Gary?
The best rock 'n roll song about driving: Deep Purple's "Highway Star"
But we had watched so many car chase scenes on the big and small screen, we needed to instigate fights between Rubber and Asphalt, drift, spin out, make shifting sounds with our mouths, and annoy the neighbors with roars and squeals. What, we were the only ones? It only got worse.
Polish until Death's reflection is clearly visible.
Needing more speed and agility, I upped the ante by purchasing a motorcycle, a deadly "moto-sickle" as I used to call it, not realizing the danger I was in. The tank on the Yamaha was shaped like a little coffin. That should have been a sign. I hit the wall. But the spongy brain, being what it is, had amnesia. So I kept driving, speeding, and skidding about.
Brits love Buicks? Madness "Driving in My Car"
Fortunately, others were much smarter than I was. Cars, Man, cars are the way to go. That way when one brakes, they might actually stop and, if not, the bumper might absorb the impact instead of using the forehead.
But classic cars? Who's interested in polluting the environment with a gurgling gas guzzler, a blinding chrome land missile, a metallic death trap, a gleaming attention magnet?
Imagine the singlemindedness it takes to drive. The faster one goes, the more focus. The more dangerous the ride, the more remaining calm (samatha), cool (upekkha), and collected (ekagata nearly to the point of samadhi) becomes paramount. Harder, faster...calmer. If one were in a sword fight, that's no time to stress, strain, and think. It is time to act decisively and reach of state of zen (jhana, dhyana, chan). Driving can make one more meditative, more calm, in the zone, beyond thinking, operating in a state of being that must remain present or 🚗 💥. In the mosh pit, one can have this same feeling, or in war, or in any life-and-death situation. The mind quietens. Focus becomes like a laser. The senses heighten but the breath seems to disappear. This is not about efforting and panicking but the opposite, exhiliration and "being here now."
What does a mosh pit have to do with anything?
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What would one do with two cars?
My second car's a videogame. Is that pathetic? Hey, the insurance is much cheaper.
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With only 19,000 original miles, one could say this Chevelle SS454 didn’t get out much over the past 54 years. But the big news is what’s under the hood – a 450 horsepower LS6 big-block V-8, making this dream machine the undeniable king of the screamin’ muscle cars.
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Terrifying noises are coming from a HAUNTED TOWN in Rajasthan, India 🇮🇳
(Itchy Boots) KULDHARA, India - In this episode, Itchy Boots leaves Jaisalmer and rides to Jodhpur. On the way out, she stops at the abandoned haunted town called the village of Kuldhara.
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The 82-year-old crank, seen here last month, addressed 250 supporters during town hall meeting on Friday afternoon about what he believes to be the biggest problems in America. No one cared.
I'm unburdened by what has been, and you have been, Bernie, you has-been! STFU.
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*Click, POW!* - I'll kill you, you SOB old man!
Bernie Sanders has issued a stark warning to Democratic nominee hopeful Kamala Harris that she needs to battle economic inequality or face losing the election.
The 82-year-old Independent addressed 250 supporters during a town hall meeting on Friday afternoon about what he believes to be the biggest problems in America.
Listen to me, Camel La! I know better!!
After an audience member at the event chimed in that the biggest problem was economic inequality, he spoke at length about its far-reaching implications.
He told the crowd:
"Discrepancies between rich and poor, income and wealth inequality...I happen to tend to agree."
I'm an angry capitalist and rich.
Speaking with The Boston Globe after delivering the remarks, Sanders said: "[Kamala] needs to have an agenda that speaks to the crisis facing working families all over this country."
Sanders said that Harris had to have an agenda that speaks to working families facing economic inequality.
STH up, Bernie. Let the Black girl do her thing.
Sanders added: "I think the Democrats are going to have to be very, very clear as to what ideas they have in the midst of massive income and wealth inequality.
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